HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-4204 - Ordinance - 08/13/2020ORDINANCE NO. 2020-4204
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2020-4199 ADOPTED ON OR ABOUT JULY 23,
2020 AUTHORIZING A GENERAL AND SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 3, 2020, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, PLACE 1, 3
AND 5, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CITY COUNCILMEMBER PLACE 4; AMENDING
THE DATES AND TIMES OF EARLY VOTING; AND MAKING PROVISIONS FOR CONDUCTING
THE ELECTION.
WHEREAS, on or about July 23, 2020 the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas adopted
Ordinance No. 2020-4199 calling for a general and special runoff election to be held November 3, 2020;
and
WHEREAS, since then additional dates and times for early voting have been added so that the City Council
of the City of College Station, Texas finds it to be in the best interests of the general public to amend the
above ordinance to incorporate such additional dates and times; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the facts and recitations set forth in the preamble of this Ordinance are
declared true and correct.
SECTION 2. A general and a special runoff election are ordered to be held by the City of College
Station (the “City”) at the various polling places and election precincts within the corporate limits of the
City, as hereinafter designated, on November 3, 2020, from the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. These
general and special runoff elections will be conducted jointly with Brazos County and will be
administered for the City by the Brazos County Elections Administrator, but these general and special
runoff elections are not county-wide elections. At these elections the qualified voters of the City will elect
City Councilmember Place 1, with a position of a two year term and Councilmembers for Places 3 and 5,
with each position having a term of four years and for the purpose of electing City Councilmember Place
4 in a special election run off by the qualified voters of the City of College Station among the two
candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast.
SECTION 3. Should any candidate in the general election for Councilmembers for Places 1, 3 and 5 fail
to receive a majority vote, then in that event a runoff election shall be ordered for such position in the
general election to which no one was elected by a majority of votes case as required by Section 17 (e) of
the City Charter, as amended. In the event it becomes necessary to conduct a runoff election, it shall be
held on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. Canvass of the returns of the runoff election, if necessary, shall be
held no earlier than the 8th day and no later than the 11th day following the date of the runoff election or
on the next regular business day if the 11th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or official state holiday.
SECTION 4. The Vote Centers (polling locations) for College Station for these election shall be as
follows:
Vote Centers Vote Centers
Arena Hall
2906 Tabor Road
Bryan, Texas
Church of the Nazarene
2122 E William J Bryan Pkwy
Bryan, Texas
Lincoln Center
1000 Eleanor
College Station, Texas
Castle Heights Baptist Church
4504 E. Hwy 21
Bryan, Texas
Rudder Exhibit Hall - Texas A&M Campus,
401 Joe Routt Blvd.
College Station, Texas
First Baptist Church - Bryan
3100 Cambridge Drive
Bryan, Texas
College Station ISD Administration Building
1812 Welsh
College Station, Texas
Living Hope Baptist Church
4170 Texas 6 Frontage Rd
College Station, Texas
Parkway Baptist Church 1501 Southwest
Parkway
College Station, Texas
Beacon Baptist Church
2001 East Villa Maria Road
Bryan, Texas
College Station City Hall
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
A&M Church of Christ – Commons/Refinery
2475 Earl Rudder Fwy S.
College Station, Texas
Wellborn Community Center
4119 W. Greens Prairie Road
College Station, Texas
Fellowship Freewill Baptist
Church 1228 W. Villa Maria Road
Bryan, Texas
Zion Church of Kurten
977 N. FM 2038
Kurten, Texas
College Station Utilities Meeting & Training
Facility
1603 Graham Road
College Station, Texas
Millican Community Center
22284 Pierce Street
Millican, Texas
Christ United Methodist Church
4201 State Hwy 6
College Station, Texas
Brazos County Administration Building
200 S Texas Avenue
Bryan, Texas
Galilee Baptist Church 804
N. Logan
Bryan, Texas
Bryan Ballroom
703 Palasota Dr.
Bryan, Texas
College Heights Assembly of God
4100 Old College Rd.
Bryan, Texas
GW Williams Tabernacle
311 Waco St. /1216 Eureka St.
Bryan, Texas
Brazos Center
3232 Briarcrest Drive
Bryan, Texas
Texas A&M College of Medicine
8447 Riverside Parkway
Bryan, Texas
SECTION 5. Joint early voting shall be conducted by personal appearance and by mail. The period for
early voting by personal appearance for the general and the special runoff election shall be October 13
through October 30, 2020. Optical scan ballots shall be used for early voting by mail and direct
recording electronic voting machines shall be used for early voting by personal appearance. The Early
Voting Clerk for said elections shall be the Brazos County Elections Administrator. She shall determine
the number of election workers to be hired and arrange for training of all election workers. Early voting
by personal appearance for the general and special runoff election shall be conducted jointly at the
locations and on the following dates and times specified by the Brazos County Elections Administrator:
Places:
Brazos County Administration Building (Sanctuary) – 200 S Texas Avenue, Bryan, Texas.
Arena Hall – 2906 Tabor Road, Bryan, Texas.
Galilee Baptist Church – 804 N. Logan, Bryan, Texas.
College Station Utilities Meeting & Training Facility – 1603 Graham Road, College Station, Texas
Memorial Student Center - Room L504, Texas A&M University, Joe Routt Blvd., College Station, Texas.
Dates and Times:
October 13 – October 17 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
(Tuesday – Saturday)
October 19 – October 23 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
(Monday – Friday)
October 24 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
(Saturday)
October 25 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
(Sunday)
October 26 – October 30 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
(Monday - Friday)
SECTION 6. Early voting by mail ballot shall be conducted in accordance with applicable provisions
of the Texas Election Code. The address of 300 East Wm. J. Bryan Pkwy, Suite 100, Bryan, Texas 77803,
shall be the early voting clerk's mailing address to which ballot applications and ballots voted by mail
may be sent for the City.
SECTION 7. All early votes and other votes to be processed in accordance with early voting procedures
pursuant to the Texas Election Code shall be delivered to the Early Voting Ballot Board at the Brazos
County Election Administrator’s office. Early votes shall be counted at the central counting station. The
Early Voting Ballot Board shall perform in accordance with applicable provisions of the Election Code.
SECTION 8. A Direct Record Electronic (“DRE”) System, as the term is defined in the Texas Election
Code, shall be utilized in connection with these elections. This system shall be utilized for all early voting
as well as for all precinct voting conducted on Election Day. The Brazos County Elections Administrator
will appoint a programmer, who shall prepare a program for the automatic tabulating equipment. Ample
voting equipment shall be provided for early voting and in each of the various precincts on Election Day.
The central counting station is established as the Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive, Bryan, Texas.
SECTION 9. The Brazos County Elections Administrator will appoint the Early Voting Ballot Board, a
Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station, a Tabulation Supervisor of the Central Counting Station,
and a Central Counting Station Manager.
SECTION 10. The election will be held in accordance with the provisions of the Charter and
Ordinances of the City of College Station and the laws of the State of Texas.
SECTION 11. Notice of the elections, including Spanish translations thereof, will be published at least
once in a newspaper published in College Station on or after September 28, 2020, and on or before
October 9, 2020, and will be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before October 5, 2020.
October 13, 2020, by the Brazos County Elections Administrator to the presiding and alternate judges
of each election precinct in which the election is ordered to be held.
SECTION 13. Testing of the automatic tabulating equipment will be performed and notice thereof will be
given in accordance with Subchapter D of Chapter 127 of the Texas Election Code.
SECTION 14. If any portion of this Ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 15. That Ordinance No. 2020-4199 adopted on or about July 23, 2020 is hereby amended to
the extent inconsistent herewith.
SECTION 16. That this Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of College Station this 13th day of
August, 2020.
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION:
Karl Mooney, Mayor
ATTEST:
Tanya Smith, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
SECTION 12. A writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code will be delivered on or before