HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 79-07 RESOLUTION 79'07
ELECTION OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
The Colony, Texas
April 7, 1979
CANVASS OF RETURNS AND DECLARATION OF
RESULTS OF ELECTION
BE IT REMEMBERED THAT on this the 7th day of April, 1979, at a meeting
of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, a quorum being present, the
meeting was called to order and the following business was transacted.
Upon motion of Couneilmember ..~__~/~_~ z~/
and seconded by Couneilmember ~ , it
was unanimously ordered that the City C[Jouneil consider the official returns of an
election held in the City on the above mentioned date, for the election of City Officers.
WHEREUPON said official returns were opened, examined, canvassed and
the results declared as follows:
CANVASS OF RETURNS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS
WHEREAS, heretofore, the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas,
called an election to be held in the City on April 7, 1979, for the purpose of electing
a Mayor, one Councilmember for Place No. 1 and one Councilmember for Place No.
2, each to serve for two-year terms and also to elect one Councilmember for Place
No. 5 to serve for a one-year term; and
WHEREAS, immediately after said election the Presiding Judge and other
officials holding said election made their returns of the results thereof to the City
Council as follows, and said returns being made according to law, and duly authenticated,
and it being shown that written notice of said election was posted for the time and
in the manner provided by law and a]l other proceedings pertaining to said election
having been shown to have been done and performed at and within the time and in
the manner provided by law, and all papers pertaining tl~ereto having been returned
and filed with the City Council and no protest or objection being made to or regarding
any matter pertaining to said election;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of The
Colony, Texas, after examining said returns and opening and canvassing the votes of
said election, that the results of said election are as follows:
That the number of votes were cast for the fo]lowing named candidates for
the office of Mayor, to-wit:
NAME NUMBER OF VOTES
Virginia McCollum /~
Norman H. Adeler
Sandra Shearer
Richard Turner ~.~/
That the following number of votes were cast for the following named
candidates for the office of City Councilmember, to-wit:
Councilmember, Place 1 (for a two-year term):
NAME NUMBER OF VOTES
Bill ,,ongo
H. Cliat Davis c~ ~
Councilmember, Place 2 (for a two-year term):
NAME NUMBER OF VOTES
Eddie Toms /
Linda A. Adams ~f
Bill Gagan c~ ~
Councilmember, Place 5 (for a one-year term):
NAME NUMBER OF VOTES
James Bonds /
Lowell O. Tullis /c~/
Chris Fabian
It appearing that J//~ ~//]f////'~/~:-/-c~j received the high-
est number of votes for the office of Mayor, snd ..... ""~ ;° ~'~"v.w~. ~^~'~^~ ....
a runnoff is required; and
est number of votes east for the office of Couneilmember, Place 1, and he is hereby
declared to be elected to the office to serve after qualifying for the term commencing
April, 1979; and
It appearing that //1 (~ ~.f-J//Tc~ ~'c:/c~ ~'~.. received the highest
number of votes cast for the office of Councilmember, Place 2,
^~.:~ ~o?o. and a runoff is required; and
It appearing that ('~,,/7~,'~ F~ ~;)t'c:? ~ received the
highest number of votes cast for the office of Councilmember, Place 5, and he is
hereby declared to be elected to the office to serve after qualifying for a one-year
term commencing April, 1979;
IT IS, FURTHER ORDERED that this canvass and declaration of results of
said election be entered in the Minutes of the City Council and that said officers,
after they have qualified and taken their oaths, shah serve during the term commencing
April, 1979, and thereafter until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
That this Resolution, declaring the results of the election called for April
7, 1979, shall become effective immediately after its passage.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, this
the C~ day of April, 1979.
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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