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Home My WebLink About2017-3899 - Ordinance - 07/27/2017 ORDINANCE NO. 2017-3899 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7, 2017, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, PLACE 1, 3 AND 5, 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 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 7, 2017 from the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. This general election will be conducted jointly with Brazos County and will be administered for the City by the Brazos County Elections Administrator, but this general election is not a county-wide election. At this election the qualified voters of the City will elect City Councilmembers for Place 1, 3 and 5, with each position having a term of three years. SECTION 2. Should any candidate in the general election fail to receive a majority vote, then in that event a runoff election shall be ordered for every place in the general 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 12, 2017. Canvass of the returns of the runoff election, if necessary, shall be held no earlier than the 8t1' day and no later than the 1 lth 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, 211d Fl First Baptist Church - Bryan Texas A&M Campus, Joe Routt Blvd. 3100 Cambridge Drive College Station, Texas Bryan, Texas 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 ORDINANCE NO. 2017-3899 Page 2 of 4 Wellborn Community Center Fellowship Freewill Baptist Church 4119 W. Greens Prairie Road 1228 W. Villa Maria Road College Station, Texas Bryan, Texas Smetana Fire Station Christ United Methodist Church 3098 Fazzino Rd 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 he conducted by personal appearance and by mail. The period for early voting by personal appearance for the general election shall be October 23 through November 3, 2017. 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 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 Road, College Station, Texas Memorial Student Center - Room 526, A&M Campus, Joe Routt Blvd., College Station, Texas October 23 — October 27 8:00 am— 5:00 pm (Monday—Friday) October 30 —November 1 8:00 am— 5:00 pm (Monday - Wednesday) November 2 —November 3 8:00 am— 8:00 pm (Thursday - Friday) ORDINANCE NO.2017-3899 Page 3 of 4 SECTION 5. Early voting by mail ballot shall be conducted in accordance with applicable provisions of the Texas Election Code. The address of 302 E. 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 County Election Administrator's Office, 300 E. William J Bryan, Suite 100, Bryan. 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 8, 2017 and on or before October 28, 2017, and will be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before October 17, 2017. SECTION 11. A writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code will be delivered on or before October 23, 2017 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 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. ORDINANCE NO. 2017-3899 Page 4 of 4 APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of College Station this 27th day of July, 2017. CITY OF COLLEGE STATION: ATTEST: APPROVED: City Secretar Moo►: ayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: Carla Robinson, City Attorney