HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 16-005 Canceling the May 7 Election and Declaring Unopposed Candidates ElectedORDINANCE 16/005
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, DECLARING
UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER ELECTED TO
OFFICE; CANCELING THE ELECTION CALLED FOR MAY 7, 2016; REQUIRING
ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO EACH CANDIDATE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, an election was called for May 7, 2016, to elect a Mayor and four members of
the City Council; and
WHEREAS, no proposition or opposed at-large race appears on the ballot and the City
Secretary has certified that there is only one candidate for Mayor and four candidates for
Councilmember and that, therefore, each candidate is unopposed for office; and
WHEREAS, no candidate's name has been placed on a list of write-in candidates for any
office under applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the City Secretary has delivered such certification to the City Council;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the above stated premises are true and correct.
SECTION 2. That the unopposed candidates for City Council listed below are hereby
declared elected to the office listed, to wit:
Olin Lane, Mayor, for a term of two years;
Taylor Armstrong, Councilmember, for a term of two years;
Gage A. Prichard, Sr., Councilmember, for a term of two years;
Dawn Moore, Councilmember, for a term of two years; and
Randy Biddle, Councilmember, for a term of two years.
SECTION 3. The City Secretary is directed to issue a Certificate of Election to each of the
above named members of the City Council in the manner and at the same time as provided for a
candidate elected to office at the election. Each person elected must qualify for the office in the
manner provided by the Texas Constitution.
SECTION 4. The May 7, 2016 General Municipal Election is cancelled and the City
Secretary is directed to cause a copy of this ordinance to be posted on Election Day at each polling
place used or that would have been used in the election. ·
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, as the law and
Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, ON THE 1st DAY OF MARCH 2016.
ATTEST:
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CHRISTINE GREEN, CITY SECRETARY
City Attorney (RLD!i24=16,'757t 0)
Certification of Unopposed Candidates
By the City Secretary
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK
I, the undersigned, Christine Green, certify that 1 am the City Secretary of the City of
University Park, Texas, and the authority responsible for preparing the ballot for the May 7,
2016, general municipal election. I further certify that no proposition appeared on the ballot at
the election, no person has made a declaration of write-in candidacy, and all of the following
candidates were unopposed:
Olin Lane, Mayor, for a term of two years;
Taylor Armstrong, Councilmember, for a term of two years;
Gage A. Prichard, Sr., Councilmember, for a term of two· years;
Dawn Moore, Councilmember, for a term of two years; and
Randy Biddle, Councilmember, for a term of two years.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE in University Park, Texas,
this 1st day of March 2016.
SEAL:
Christine Green
City Secretary
City of University Park, Texas