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Home My WebLink About1976-1003 - Ordinance - 02/19/1976ORDINANCE NO. 1003 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS ORDERING THE SUBMISSION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS AT AN ELECTION APRIL 3, 1976; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF THE ELECTION, POLLING PLACES AND JUDGES AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF BALLOT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: SECTION 1 That an amendment to the existing charter of the City of College Station, Texas be submitted by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas to the electorate of the City of College Station, Texas at a general municipal election April 3, 1976 so as to amend Section 18-(a) of Article III of said Charter to read as follows: (a) The Mayor, who may reside anywhere within the City Limits of College Station, shall be elected at large by a plurality vote. The City shall be divided into six council districts and the qualified voters of each council district shall elect, by a plurality vote, a Councilman who must reside within the council district from which he is elected and must have resided within the district for a period of at least 90 days prior to the date of the election. The City Council shall, after each Federal Decennial Census or at such other time as the City Council may decide, after a public hearing, make alterations in the council districts as are necessary. Each of the six council districts shall be composed of approximately equal numbers of persons as far as practical and reasonable and justification must be shown for the variance between council districts. This charter provision shall be put into effect as of the date set for the general municipal election in 1977 wherein Councilmen from district 1, district 3 and district 5 shall be elected to fill the vacancy in place 1, place 3 and place 5; and as of the date set for the general municipal election in 1978 wherein a Mayor shall be elected and Councilmen from district 2, district 4 and district 6 shall be elected to fill the vacancy in place 2, place 4 and place 6. SECTION 2 That the aforesaid amendment shall be submitted to the qualified voters within the City of College Station, Texas for acceptance or rejection at an election called for April 3, 1976, following the adoption of this ordinance. At such election, the proposed amendment shall be submitted to the voters under the question: "Do you favor an amendment which would provide that a Mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City at large, and each of the six Councilmen shall be elected by the qualified voters of the district in which he resides?" SECTION 3 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. ORDINANCE NO. 1003 Page 2 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 Julia H. Phillips as Presiding Judge, and Lonnie Jones as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint no more than 8 clerks to assist her. Polling Place No. 9, at A&M Consolidated Special Services Building at 1330 Jersey, Room 13, in said City with Frederick A. Gardner as Presiding Judge, and Mrs. Jay Zal as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint no more than 8 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 no more than 8 clerks to assist him. Polling Place No. 20, at TAMU University Center, in said City with James W. Crawley as Presiding Judge, and Denise Dupont as Alternate Judge, and said Presiding Judge shall appoint no more than 8 clerks to assist him. 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 no more than 8 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 H. E. Hampton 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 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 IL 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 06037 e. City Secretary ORDINANCE NO. 1003 Page 3 f. Candidates for the office of Mayor and 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 proposition 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 SECTION 4 The form of the ballot to be used in such election shall be substantially as follows: Article III, Section 18-(a) which presently reads as follows: "(a) The Mayor and other members of the City Council shall be elected from the city at large." Be amended and repealed so as to hereafter read: "(a) The Mayor, who may reside anywhere within the City Limits -of College Station, shall be elected at large by a plurality vote. The City shall be divided into six council districts and the qualified voters of each council district shall elect, by a plurality vote, a Councilman who must reside within the council district from which.he is elected and must have resided within the district for a period of at least 90 days prior to the date of the election. The City Council shall, after each Federal Decennial Census or at such other time as the City Council may decide, after a public hearing, make alterations in the council districts as are necessary. Each of the six council districts shall be composed of approximately equal numbers of persons as far as practical and reasonable and justification must be shown for the variance between council districts. This charter provision shall be put into effect as of the date set for the general municipal election in 1977 wherein Councilmen from district 1, district 3 and district 5 shall be elected to fill the vacancy in place 1, place 3 and place 5; and as of the date set for the general municipal election in 1978 wherein a Mayor shall be elected and Councilmen from district 2, district 4 and district 6 shall be elected to fill the vacancy in place 2, place 4 and place 6." YES NO SECTION 5 The City Secretary is hereby ordered and directed to mail a copy of the proposed amendment to each qualified voter of the City of College Station as such list appears on the tax rolls of the said City of College Station for the year ending December 31, preceding said election, which notice shall be mailed not less than thirty days prior to said election as provided by Article 1167 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. SECTION 6 A copy of this ordinance signed by the Mayor of the City of College Station, Texas, and attested by the City Secretary of the City of College Statig 9 ORDINANCE NO. 1003 Page 4 under seal of said City, shall serve notice of such election. The Mayor is hereby ordered and directed to cause a notice of said election to be published in said City of College Station in some newspaper of general circulation in said City, which notice shall be published on the same day for one day each week for two successive weeks prior to said election, the first of said notices to appear not less than 14 days prior to the date of such election. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 19th day of February, 1976. APPROVED 7 r ��y Mayor ATTEST, City Secreta