1999-056AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS, ON MAY 1, 1999, AND, IF A RUNOFF ELECTION IS REQUIRED, ON MAY 29,
1999, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCILMEMBER8 TO PLACES 1, 2, 3 AND 4
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING VOTING
PLACES AND APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS, PROVIDING FOR BILINGUAL
NOTICE OF THE ELECTION, ORDERING THAT AN ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM BE
USED, MAKING ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE CONDUCT THEREOF,
PROVIDING AN OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That a mumcxpal elect~on ~s ordered to be held m the City of Denton, Texas, on
Saturday, May 1, 1999, such date being aumform elect~on date as defined m Tex Elec Code
§41 001, as mended (the "Code") for the purpose of electing Cotmmlmembers for Places 1, 2, 3
and 4 In the event a runoffm required, the nmoff electaon shall be held on Saturday, May 29, 1999
That all those provisions ~n tlus ordinance for designating electaon officials, polling places, and
describing other election procedures shall be ~ncorporated ~n an ordinance calhng a City Charter
amendment electron passed on or about the same t~me as flus ordinance
SECTION II That the polhng places, wbach shall be open from 7 00 a m to 7 00 p m, shall
be as follows
1 Voters residing m D~stnct No 1 shall vote at
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR RECREATION CENTER
1300 WILSON STREET
DENTON, TEXAS
2 Voters residing in D~stnct No 2 shall vote at
FIRE STATION NO 4
2110 SHERMAN DRIVE
DENTON, TEXAS
3 Voters residing m D~stnct No 3 shall vote at
NORTH LAKES RECREATION CENTER
2001 WEST WINDSOR DRIVE
DENTON, TEXAS
4 Voters reslrhng ~n D~stnct No 4 shall vote at
DENIA RECREATION CENTER
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1001 PARVIN
DENTON, TEXAS
SECTION IH That the election officials for the elect~on and the rtmoff, if any, shall be as
follows
1 For the Central Counting Station George Spuller, Presiding Judge, Don Alexander,
Manager, and Randle Srmth, Tabulation Superwsor
2 For District No 1 Ruby Cole, Presldmg Judge and , Alternate Judge
3 For Dlsmct No 2 Dons Cinpman, Presiding Judge and Mary Mecay, Alternate Judge
4 For District No 3 Bill Wllhamson, Presiding Judge and Karen Pitman, Alternate
Judge
$ For Dlsmct No 4 , Pres~chng Judge and Joyce Snay, Alternate Judge
6 Jennifer Walters, City Secretary, shall conduct early voting under the Texas Election
Code
7 George Spuller shall be Presiding Judge for the Early Ballot Board
The presiding judge of the Central Counting Station and of each district are anthonzed to
appoint a,suffielent number of clerks as necessary to assist them in the election, including bilingual
assistants as reqmred by law The rate of pay/'or electionjudges and clerks shall be the maxnnum
amount prowded for by State law
~ That early voting shall be conducted for the election, and the runoff election if
necessary, by the Office of the City Secretary m the Mummpal Bmldlng at 215 East MeKlnney
Street in ~e C~ty of Denton, Texas The polls for early votmg by personal appearance shall be open
between the hours of 8 00 am and $ 00 pm Monday through Friday, commencing on Apnl 14,
1999, and ending on April 27, 1999 In adchtion, early voting shall be held on Saturday, April 17,
1999, between the hours of 10 00 a m and 3 00 p m, at the same location as weekday early voting
~ That the Mayor as hereby d~rected to provide notice of the election, and the
runoff election if necessary, in accordance with Sections 4 002 and 4 003 of the Texas Election
Code, the nolace to be pnnted m the Spamsh language and the Enghsh language
~ That an eleotromc votang system, using optacally scanned ballots, meeting the
reqmrem~nts of Chapter 124 of the Code, shall be used for smd election Preparation of the
necessary eqmpment and officml ballots for the election shall conform to the reqmrements of the
Texas Electron Code
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SECTION VII That the City Secretary is authonzed to prepare the official ballot for the
election and perform every act reqmred by the C~ty Charter and laws of the State of Texas for
holdtng elect~ons
~ The elect~on officers named above shall make returns for the elect~on in the
manner reqmred by law The ballots that are properly marked ~n conformance with the prows~ons
of the Texas Elect~on Code for votes cast both dunng the period of early voting and on the day of
the elect~on shall be counted m the manner mqmred by law
SECTION IX. That the manner of holding such election and all questions pertmmng thereto
shall be governed by the elect~on laws of the State of Texas
SECTION X Substantial cop~es of this ordinance in both Enghsh and Spamsh shall serve as
proper notme of the election and smd notace shall be (a) pubhshed at least once ~n a newspaper of
general c~rculat~on pubhshed w~thln the C~ty, not less than the thirtieth day or later than the tenth
day before the electron, (b) posted, not later than the twenty-first day before the electron day, at a
public place m each election dastnct that ~s m the jurisdiction of the city, (c) posted, not later than
the twenty-first day before elect~on day, on the bulletin board used for posting notices of meetings
of the C~ty Council of the City, and (d) posted, as may other~v~se be reqmred by Tex Elec Code
§4 003 and other apphcable law
SECTION XI. That it is hereby officmlly found and determined that the meeting at wbach
this ordinance ~s passed was open to the pubhc as reqmred and that public not, ce of the time, place,
and purpose of smd meeting was g~ven as mqmred by the Open Meetings act, chapter 551 of the
Government Code, Tex Rev C~v Stat Ann 1997
SECTION XII That tins orchnance shall become effective ~mmedlately upon its passage,
pubhcat~on, and approval
l~yRl~SoEuncN~flEo~ ~e~PtyAoSfSl~Den~onnt, h~. x/as~, b~bydaaYvoOtfeFoe~m~, 1999, at a regular meeting of
the C e ayes and ~) nos at the
regular meeting of the C~ty Council of the City of Denton, Texas
PASSED AND APPROVED thls the j/~Cp,, dayof ~/~ 1999
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBER~ L PROUTY,flTY, ~TORNEY
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