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Home My WebLink About2012-11-19 Special Meeting PacketCITY COUNCIL MEETING SIGN IN SHEET DATE: Please sign -in as a record of attendance. All persons desiring to address the council are requested to sign below and fill out an Opinion/Speaker Registration Form.. Please hand the Opinion/Speaker Registration Form to the City Secretary prior to the start of the City Council Meeting. NAME ADDRESS i�� HOMETOWRT CITY OF ANNA AGENDA NOTICE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING November 19, 2012 6:00 p.m. — Anna City Hall Administration Building The City Council of the City of Anna will meet in Special Session at 6:00 p.m., November 19, 2012, at the Anna City Hall Administration Building, located at 111 North Powell Parkway (Hwy 5), regarding the following items. 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call and Establishment of Quorum. 3. Consider•/Discuss/Action regarding an ordinance canvassing the returns of the City of Anna Special Election held November 6, 2012, to elect one City Council Member to fill an unexpired three-year term, Place 2; Ordering a Runoff Election for the Position of City Council Member, Place 2 for December 10, 2012. (City Council) 4. Adjourn. This is to certify that I, Natha Wilkison, City Secretary, posted this agenda at a place readily accessible to the public at the Anna City Hall and on the City Hall bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m., November 16, 2012. Natha Wilkison, City Secretary 1. The Council may vote and/or act upon each of the items listed in this agenda. 2. The Council reserves the right to retire into executive session concerning any of the items listed on this agenda, whenever it is considered necessary and legally justified under the Open Meeting Act. 3. Persons with a disability who want to attend this meeting who may need assistance should contact the City Secretary at 972 924- 3325 two working days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. I 1-1942 CC Special Meeting Agenda.doc 1 Posted 11-16-12 Council Meeting: November 19 2012 Account Code #: N/A Budgeted Amount: N/A Item No. 3 City Secretary's use only City of Anna City Council Agenda Staff Report Staff Contact: Natha Wilkison Date Prepared: 11-15-12 Exhibits: ❑Yes ❑ No AGENDA SUBJECT: Consider/Discuss/Action regarding approving a Resolution canvassing the returns of a November 6, 2012 Special Election to fill a vacancy, Place 2 for a six month term of one City Council Member and Ordering a Runoff Election for the position of City Council Member, Place 2 for December 10, 2012. SUMMARY: On August 14, 2012 City Council passed Ordinance No. 589-2012 ordering a November 6, 2012 Sp Tuesday, November 6, 2012 was the packet for your review. No 0 Runoff Election is needed between one receivers. ecial Election. Early voting was held for 10 days and Election Day. Canvassing documents are included in candidate received a majority of the votes and a William C. Dove and Lauren Lovato the top two vote RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends a motion to approve the ordinance canvassing the returns of the City of Anna, November 6, 2012 Special Election and Ordering a December 11, 2012 Runoff Election. CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 6, 2012 TO FILL A VACANCY OF ONE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE 2, FOR A SIX- MONTH TERM; ORDERING A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE POSITION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE 2 FOR DECEMBER 10, 2012. WHEREAS, a special election was held in the City of Anna, Texas on November 6, 2012 for the purpose of the election of one city council member, to fill the vacancy of an unexpired three-year term, Place 2, for six-month term. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anna ("Council") has reviewed and investigated all matters pertaining to this election and returns thereof; and WHEREAS, the Council hereby canvasses the returns of this election, at which there was submitted to all resident, qualified electors of the City for their action thereupon, the election of one city council member, to fill the vacancy of an unexpired three-year term, Place 2, for six-month term; and WHEREAS, the Council has diligently inquired into the poll lists and the official election returns which were duly and lawfully made to this Council by the judges, officials and clerks holding and conducting the election, the poll lists and the official elections returns showing separately the votes cast in the election; and WHEREAS, from the returns, this Council hereby finds that the following votes were cast in the election by voters who were resident, qualified electors of the City; and WHEREAS, each of the candidates in said election received the following votes; Candidate William C. Dove Lauren Lovato Dick Dowd Number of Votes NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS THAT: Section 1. The above stated recitals are true and correct and are incorporated here as if set forth in full for all purposes. Res. 2012-I 1- Canvassing the November 6, 2012 Special Election and Ordering a Runoff Election for Dec. 10, 2012 1 I 1-19-12 Section 2. It is hereby certified that no candidate for the position of City Council Member, Place Two received a majority of votes cast and a runoff election is hereby ordered for December 10, 2012 between William C. Dove and Lauren Lovato, Section 3. The Council officially finds, determines, and declares that the election was dully and properly ordered, that proper legal notice of such election was dully given in the English language and the Spanish language, that proper election officers were duly appointed prior to the election, that the election was duly and legally held, that all resident, qualified electors of the City were permitted to vote at the election, that returns of the results of the election have been made and delivered, and that the City of Anna has duly canvassed such returns, all in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and of the United States of America and the ordinance calling the election. Section 4. On December 10, 2012, the polling place will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 .in. The polling place on Election Day is: City of Anna Administration Building 1 I I N. Powell Parkway Anna, Texas 75409 Section 5. The polling place for early voting by personal appearance is the same as the polling place on Election Day. The dates and times for early voters to cast ballots by personal appearance are as follows: Monday November 26, 2012 Tuesday IN 27, 2012 Wednesday November 28, 2012 Thursday November 29, 2012 Friday November 30, 2012 Monday December 3, 2012 Tuesday December 4, 2012 Wednesday December 5, 2012 Thursday December 6, 2012 Friday December 7, 2012 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 5*00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 5*00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Section 6. The Collin County Elections Administrator is designated as the early voting clerk. Qualified voters may mail applications for an early voting mail -in ballot only from November 26, 2012 until the close of business of December 3, 2012. Requests for applications must be mailed to: Sharon Rowe Elections Administrator 2010 Redbud Blvd., Ste 102 McKinney, Texas 75069 Res. 2012-11- Canvassing the November 6, 2012 Special Election and Ordering a Runoff Election for Dec. 10, 2012 2 I 1-19-12 Section 7. The City Secretary is ordered to do the following: 1. Coordinate with the Collin County Elections Department, Sharon Rowe, Elections Administrator, to hold the December 10, 2012 City of Anna Runoff Election conducted in accordance with the Texas Election Code. Paper ballots approved by the Texas Secretary of State will be used on Election Day and for early voting. 2. Provide and publish notice of the elections ordered in this ordinance in accordance with the Texas Election Code, Section 8. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or its application to a particular set of persons or circumstances, is declared invalid or adjudged unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it does not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, as the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of Anna, Texas, declares that it would have passed each and every part of this ordinance notwithstanding the omission of any part that is declared invalid or unconstitutional. PASSED AND APPROVED on this 19th day of November, 2012. ATTEST: Natha Wilkison, City Secretary Mike Crist, Mayor Res. 2012-I 1- Canvassing the November 6, 2012 Special Election and Ordering a Runoff Election for Dec. 10, 2012 3 11-19-12 City of Anna, Texas SUMMARY OF PRECINCT RETURNS I, the undersigned, the presiding officer of the canvassing authority for City of Anna Election, held on the 6th day of November 2012, Collin County, Texas do hereby certify that the following is a total of all votes received by each candidate and votes received "for and "against" each measure as shown by the precinct returns. I further certify that the following vote totals include early voting votes by precinct received under section 87.1231 of the Texas Election Code. Name of Office or Proposition Name of Candidate Total Votes Received City Council, Place 2 William C. Dove 493 City Council, Place 2 Lauren Lovato 736 City Council, Place 2 Dick Dowd 245 Dated this 19th Day of November 2012. Mayor, Mike Crist Certificate of Election IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TE�;AS THIS IS TO CERTIFY, that at a Special Election held on November 6, 2012 No one Candidate Received a Majority of the Votes for Council Member, Place 2 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and caused the Seal of the City of Anna, Collin County, Texas to be affixed, this 19th day of November, 2012, Signature of Presiding Officer of Canvassing Authority CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS CANVASS OF SPECIAL ELECTION November 6, 2012 I, Mike Crist, Mayor of the City of Anna, Texas, met with the City Council sitting as the canvassing board to canvass the Special Election of November 6, 2012 on November 19, 2012 at Anna City Hall Administration Building, in Anna, Texas. I certify that the figures on the tally sheets correspond with the figures on the returns. Witness my hand this 19th day of November, 2012. Presiding Officer of Canvassing Authority 11-19-12 Certify figures votes. Doc. 1 I1-19-12 STATE OF TEXAS § CANVASS OF THE CITY OF ANNA SPECIAL ELECTION COUNTY OF COLLIN § November 6, 2012 I, Sharon Rowe, the undersigned Elections Administrator of Collin County, do hereby certify that I have made an actual check and comparison of all the ballots tabulated as voted with the Return Sheets, and the unused ballots as recorded on the Register of Official Ballots. I, therefore, make the following report of my findings from the November 6, 2012, City of Anna Special Election that was held in Collin County, Texas. I hereby certify the results to be a full, true and correct tabulation, audit and count of the votes cast in the said election. WITNESS, my hand on this the 13th day of November, 2012. Sharon Rowe Elections Administrator Collin County Election Summary Report November 6th, 2012 General and Special Summary For Jurisdiction Wide,, Anna Early Voting Accumulated Totals 67 of 67 Vote Centers Reoortina Registered Voters 462102 - Cards Cast 1646 0.36% City Council, Place 2 -Anna Number of Precincts Precincts Reporting Vote For Times Counted Total Votes Times Blank Voted Times Over Voted Number Of Under Votes Total 0 0 1 1646/4177 39.4 % 951 695 0 0 William C. Dove 320 33.65% Lauren Lovato 463 48.69% Dick Dowd 168 17.67% Date:11/13/12 Time:19:51:40 Page:1 of 1 Num. Report Precinct 0 - Num. Reporting 0 0.00% Election Summary Repoli November 6th, 2012 General and Special Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, , Anna Election Day Accumulated Totals 67 of 67 Vote Centers Registered Voters 462102 - Cards Cast 871 0.19% City Council, Place 2 -Anna Total Number of Precincts I 1 Precincts Reporting 11 100.0 % Vote For 1 Times Counted 871/4177 20.9 % Total Votes 523 Times Blank Voted 348 Times Over Voted 0 Number Of Under Votes 0 William C. Dove 173 33.08% Lauren Lovato 273 52.20% Dick Dowd 77 14.72% Date:1 I / 13/ 12 Time:19:49:21 Page:l of 1 Num. Report Precinct 202 - Num. Reporting 202 I[IIQIIIYL�7 Election Summary Report November 6th, 2012 General and Special Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, Anna Combined Accumulated Totals 67 of 6 7 Vote Centers ReD0rti Registered Voters 462102 -Cards Cast 2517 0.54% City Council, Place 2 -Anna Total Number of Precincts 11 Precincts Reporting 11 100.0 % Vote For 1 Times Counted 2517/4177 60.3 % Total Votes 1474 Times Blank Voted 1043 Times Over Voted 0 Number Of Under Votes 0 William C. Dove 493 33.45% Lauren Lovato 736 49.93% Dick Dowd 245 16.62% Date:11/13/12 Time:19:40:54 Page:1 of 1 M. Report Precinct 202 - Num. Reporting 202 100.00%