Presenter/Contact
Presenter
Patrick Aten, City Secretary
Contact Info
(830) 221-4010 - paten@nbtexas.org
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SUBJECT:
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Approval of a resolution adopting an order cancelling the May 6, 2017 Regular Election for Mayor and City Council Districts Five and Six; and declaring the candidates for Mayor and City Council Districts Five and Six Elected.
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BACKGROUND / RATIONALE:
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 17, 2017, and after the deadline for filing an application for a write-in candidate passed on February 21, 2017, without additional candidates, the City Secretary certified in writing to the City Council on February 22, 2017, that the candidate for Mayor, City Council District Five and the candidate for City Council District Six are each unopposed. After such certification the City Council may declare by order each unopposed candidate elected to the office, thereby canceling the May 6, 2017 Election.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the resolution.