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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-0953 - Ordinance - 02/18/1975ORDINANCE NO. 953 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS ORDERING A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION ON TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1975, FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNCILMEN FOR PLACE 1, PLACE 3, AND PLACE 5; 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 Tuesday in April, 1975, the same being April 1, for the purpose of electing councilmen for Place 1, Place 3 and Place 5. 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 8:00 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: Polling Place No. 8, at South Knoll Elementary School, in said City with W. W. Scott, Jr. as Presiding Judge, and John B. Longley as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint the necessary clerks to assist him. Polling Place No. 9, at A&M Consolidated Special Services Building at 1330 Jersey, Room 13, in said City with L. G. Jones as Presiding Judge, and J. E. Simmons as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint the necessary clerks to assist him. Polling Place No. 10, at College Station Fire Station, in said City with A. C. Vinzant as Presiding Judge, and Mrs. Fred Bouse as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint the necessary clerks to assist him. Polling Place No. 20, At TAMU University Center, in said City with Ms. Lois Luke as Presiding Judge, and Ms. Jerri Lynn Ward as presiding Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint the necessary clerks to assist her. Polling Place No. 21, at College Station Municipal Building at 101 Church Avenue, in said City with Mrs. Charles Hall as Presiding Judge, and Ernest Gregg as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint the necessary clerks to assist her. Polling Place No. 24, at College Hills Elementary School, in said City with Mrs. George H. Draper as Presiding Judge, and Mrs. Alfon Quitta as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint the necessary clerks -to assist her. SW U,2539 ORDINANCE NO. 953 Page 2 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 precincts and electronic counting devices and equipment shall be used for counting the ballots at 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 114 S. Bryan 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: Doyle M. Ranson b. Clerks: to be named by Presiding Judge The following state officials and other designated persons are hereby authorized to be present at the Central Counting Station to observe the election counting process: 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. 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 0. M. Holt b. City Manager North Bardell c. City Secretary Florence Neelley d. Presiding Judge Doyle M. Ranson Copies of this Ordinance, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Secretary, shall, when posted at six public places in the City of College Station, serve as proper notice of said election. PASSED AND APPROVED this 18th day of February, 1975. ATTEST City Secreta y APPROVED Mayor 400