PRESENTER: Presenter
Gayle Wilkinson, City Secretary
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Approval of an ordinance to cancel the May 4, 2024 Regular Election for City Council District Four (4); and declaring the candidate for City Council District Four (4), Lawrence W. Spradley, elected upon receipt of the Certification of Unopposed Candidates.
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DEPARTMENT: City Secretary’s Office
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 4
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Texas Election Code specifies procedures for electing unopposed candidates for City Council. The City Secretary is to certify that a candidate is unopposed for election and that if the election were held only the votes cast for that candidate in the election for that office may be counted. After the deadline for filing an application for a place on the ballot passed on February 16, 2024, and after the deadline for filing an application for a write-in candidate passed on February 20, 2024, without additional candidates, the City Secretary certified in writing to the City Council on February 26, 2024, that the candidate for City Council District Four is unopposed. After such certification the City Council may declare by order each unopposed candidate elected to the office, thereby canceling the May 4, 2024 Election for District Four.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the ordinance.