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Home My WebLink About2016-3788 - Ordinance - 07/28/2016 ORDINANCE NO. 2016-3788 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, 2016, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBER, PLACE 2, AND TO FILL A VACANCY FOR THE TWO YEAR REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER, PLACE 4, AND THE ONE YEAR REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER, PLACE 3, BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION; ESTABLISHING EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND POLLING PLACES FOR THIS ELECTION; AND MAKING PROVISIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE ELECTION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION: SECTION 1. A general and special election is 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 8, 2016 from the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. This general and special election will be conducted jointly with Brazos County and will be administered for the City by the Brazos County Elections Administrator, but this general and special election is not a county-wide election. At the general election, the qualified voters of the City will elect a Mayor and one City Councilmember for Place 2 with each position having a term of three years. At the special election, the qualified voters of the City will elect a candidate to fill a vacancy in the office of Councilmember, Place 4, for the two year remainder of the unexpired term of that office, and in the office of Councilmember, Place 3, for the one year remainder of the unexpired term of that office. SECTION 2. Should any candidate in the general and/or special election fail to receive a majority vote, then in that event a runoff election shall be ordered for every place in the general and/or special election to which no one was elected as required by Section 17 (d) of the City Charter, as amended. In the event it becomes necessary to conduct a runoff election, it shall be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2016. 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 3. The Vote Centers (polling locations) for College Station for this election shall be as follows: Vote Centers Vote Centers Arena Hall Church of the Nazarene 2906 Tabor Road 2122 E William J Bryan Pkwy Bryan, Texas Bryan, Texas Lincoln Center Castle Heights Baptist Church 1000 Eleanor 4504 E. Hwy 21 College Station, Texas Bryan, Texas - Memorial Student Center (MSC), 2408, 2°a Fl First Baptist Church - Bryan Texas A&M Campus, Joe Routt Blvd. 3100 Cambridge Drive College Station, Texas Bryan, Texas Ordinance No.2016-3788 Page 2 of 4 College Station ISD Administration Building Living Hope Baptist Church 1812 Welsh 4170 Texas 6 Frontage Rd College Station, Texas College Station, Texas Parkway Baptist Church Beacon Baptist Church 1501 Southwest Parkway 2001 East Villa Maria Road College Station, Texas Bryan, Texas College Station City Hall Aldersgate Methodist Church 1101 Texas Avenue , 2201 Earl Rudder Freeway College Station, Texas College Station, Texas Wellborn Community Center Fellowship Freewill Baptist Church 4119 W. Greens Prairie Road 1228 W. Villa Maria Road College Station, Texas Bryan, Texas Siegert Center—Smetana Christ United Methodist Church 1830 Smetana Road 4201 State Highway 6, South Bryan, Texas College Station, Texas Pct. 4 Volunteer Fire Station (Brushy) St. Francis Episcopal Church 6357 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy 1101 Rock Prairie Road College Station, Texas College Station, Texas Zion Church of Kurten Galilee Baptist Church 977 N. FM 2038 804 N. Logan Kurten, Texas Bryan, Texas Millican Community Center College Heights Assembly of God 22284 Pierce Street 4100 Old College Rd. Millican, Texas Bryan, Texas _ Brazos County Admin. Building Brazos Center 200 South Texas Ave. 3232 Briarcrest Drive Bryan, Texas _ Bryan, Texas Momentum Church GW Williams Tabernacle 1216 Beck St. 311 Waco St. Bryan, Texas Bryan, Texas SECTION 4. Joint early voting shall be conducted by personal appearance and by mail. The period for early voting by personal appearance for the general and special election shall be October 24 through November 4, 2016. 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 election shall be conducted jointly at the locations and on the following dates and times specified by the Brazos County Elections Administrator: Brazos County Administration Building—200 S. Texas Ave., 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 Rod, College Station, Texas Memorial Student Center - Room 526, A&M Campus, Joe Routt Blvd., College Station, Texas October 24—October 28 8:00 am—5:00 pm Ordinance No.2016-3788 Page 3 of 4 (Monday—Friday) October 29 8:00 am— 8:00 pm (Saturday) October 30 10:00 am—3:00 pm (Sunday) October 31 —November 4 8:00 am— 8:00 pm (Monday - Friday) SECTION 5. Early voting by mail ballot shall be conducted in accordance with applicable provisions of the Texas Election Code. The address of 302 East 24th Street, 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 6. 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 7. A Direct Record Electronic ("DRE") System, as the term is defined in the Texas Election Code, shall be utilized in connection with the election. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. Notice of the election, including a Spanish translation thereof, will be published at least once in a newspaper published in College Station on or after October 9, 2016 and on or before October 31, 2016, and will be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before October 18, 2016. SECTION 11. A writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code will be delivered on or before October 24, 2016 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. Ordinance No.2016-3788 Page 4 of 4 SECTION 12. 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 13. 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 14. That this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption. APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of College Station this 28th day of July, 2016. CITY OF COLLEGE STATION: Nancy Berrry,lvlayor ATTEST: Pyt.,,,uk,„_ _- Sherry Mas m, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: COM jot A96-4146 trIL. Carla Robinson, City Attorney