HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-1101 - Ordinance - 02/09/1978ORDINANCE NO. 1101
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, ORDERING A GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION.ON SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1978 FOR THE ELECTION
OF A MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN FOR DISTRICT 2, DISTRICT 4, AND DISTRICT 6; FIXING THE
TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF HOLDING THE ELECTION AND APPOINTING JUDGES AND CLERKS
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS:
A general election shall be and the same is hereby ordered to be held on the first
Saturday in April, 1978, the same being April 1, for the purpose of electing a
mayor and councilmen for District 2, District 4, and District 6.
The election will be held under the provisions of the laws of the State of Texas
governing general elections, and only duly qualified voters who are residents
of the City of College Station shall be allowed to vote.
The polls shall be opened promptly at 7:00 a.m. and shall be closed promptly
at 7:00 p.m.
The Office of the City Secretary shall perform all duties normally performed
by the County Clerk in general elections with respect to absentee voting, giving
notice of the election, and preparing the official ballots.
The election will be held at the following places and the election officials
shall be, for the purpose of this election as follows:
Council District 1 Polling Place, at College Hills Elementary School, in said
city, with Mrs. Jay Zal as Presiding Judge, and Mrs. Sally Forehand as Alternate
Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint no more than 8 clerks to assist her.
Council District 2 Polling Place, at A&M Consolidated Special Services Building
at 1330 Jersey, Room 13, in said city, with Mr. Fred Gardner as Presiding Judge,
and Mrs. Peggy Owens as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint
no more than 8 clerks to assist him.
Council District 3 Polling Place, at Lincoln Center, in said city, with Mrs.
Helen Hawkins as Presiding Judge, and Mr. G. W. Litton as Alternate Judge, and
said Presiding Judge shall appoint no more than 8 clerks to assist her.
Council District 4 Polling Place, at South Knoll Elementary School, in said
city with Mrs. Fumi Sugihara as Presiding Judge, and Mrs. Doris Watson as
Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint no more than 8 clerks
to assist her.
Council District 5 Polling Place, at Bee Creek Municipal Swimming Pool, in
said city with Mrs. Leatrice Bouse as Presiding Judge, and Mrs. Sharon Claassen
as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint no more than 8
clerks to assist her.
Council District 6 Polling Place, at College Station Fire Station, in said city
with Mrs. G. H. Draper as Presiding Judge and Mrs. Nina Quitta as Alternate
Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint no more than 8 clerks to assist
her.
Absentee voting shall be conducted by the Office of the City Secretary at her
office in the City Hall at 1101 Texas Avenue, in said city.
Punch card voting machines shall be used for voting at the foregoing election
districts and electronic counting devices and equipment shall be used ,fforr
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counting the ballots in said election.
The Council Room of the College Station City Hall is hereby established as the
Central Counting Station to receive ballots for said election, the ballots
to be transported to Texas Data Center, Inc., located at 1705 E. 29th Street,
Bryan, Texas, to be tabulated and returned to the Central Counting Station.
The following persons are hereby authorized and approved as persons employed
and designated to handle the ballots, operate the tabulating equipment, and
count the ballots:
a. Presiding Judge: O.M. Holt
b. Clerks: to be named by Presiding Judge
The following persons are hereby authorized and approved as persons employed
and designated to handle the ballots, operate the tabulating equipment, and
count the ballots:
a. The Mayor and members of the City Council of the City
of College Station
b. The County Judge and members of the Commissioners Court
of Brazos County
c. The Attorney General of the State of Texas or his
authorized representative
d. Frank Boriskie, County Clerk of Brazos County
e. City Secretary
f. Candidates for the office of City Councilman and Mayor
A committee is hereby established of the following persons to hold a Computer
Accuracy Test prior to the start and subsequent to the count of the voted ballots
to ascertain that the computer will accurately count the votes cast for the
offices to be voted upon in said election:
a. Mayor Lorence Bravenec
b. City Manager North Bardell
c. City Secretary Florence Neelley
d. Presiding Judge O.M._Holt
A copy of this ordinance, shall, when published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of College Station, serve as proper notice of said
election.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 9th day of February, 1978.
PROVED
Mayor
ATTEST
City Secretary