Ord 025-2007 3/6/2007 ORDINANCE NO. � �� �
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING A GENERAL-SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 12, 2007, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING A COUNCILOR AT LARGE, COUNCILOR DISTRICT 1, AND
COUNCILOR DISTRICT 2; AND SUBMITTING A PROPOSITION ON
MEET AND CONFER AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF THE
PROPOSITION; DESIGNATING ELECTION PRECINCTS; APPOINTING
ELECTION OFFICIALS; ESTABLISHING PAY RATES FOR ELECTION
WORKERS; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION;
PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF VOTING MACHINES; PROVIDING FOR
EARLY VOTING; ESTABLISHING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS OF
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ON TWO DAYS OF EARLY VOTING BY
PERSONAL APPEARANCE; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE
MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, in accordance with the TExAS E�ECTioN Co�E, the TExas Loca�
GOVERNMENT CODE Constitution of the State of Texas, City Charter and general laws, a
General/Special Election is hereby called and ordered for the second Saturday in May
2007; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk has advised the City Council that the next authorized
date to call a General-Special Election is May 12, 2007, for the purpose of electing a
Councilor at Large, Councilor District 1, and Councilor District 2; and to consider the
meet and confer proposition relating to police officers..
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. A General-Special Municipal Election is hereby ordered to be held
on the 12th day of May, 2007, for the purpose of electing a Councilor at Large,
Councilor District 1, and Councilor District 2.
SECTION 2. Furthermore, that this General-Special Election be held for the
purpose of submitting to the qualified voters the proposition of whether the City of
Wichita Falls may meet and confer under Section 142 of the Loca� GovERNnnErvT Co�E.
The meet and confer proposition shall be submitted to the qualified voters on the ballot
in the following form, with the words "for" and "against" printed to the left of the
proposition on the ballot:
"Authorizing the City of Wichita Falls to operate under the state law allowing a
municipality to meet and confer and make agreements with the association representing
municipal police officers as provided by state law, preserving the prohibition against
strikes and organized work stoppages, and providing penalties for strikes and organized
work stoppages."
SECTION 3. Such election shall be held at the polling places with the election
judges and alternate election judges shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto for all
purposes. The polls for said election shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is expressly authorized to obtain election supplies
and equipment required by law and necessary to conduct said election.
SECTION 5. The judges and clerks shall be compensated at the rate of nine
dollars ($9.00) per hour. No judge or clerk shall be paid for more than one hour of work
before the polls open and no period of time subsequent to one hour after voting is
concluded by all voters offering themselves for voting during regular voting hours,
whichever is later. The judge who delivers the returns of the election shall be paid an
additional twenty-five dollars ($25.00), provided he/she also returns unused ballots,
election supplies, and ballot boxes when he/she makes delivery of the returns of the
election.
SECTION 6. iVotronic Voting System (Direct Recording Electronic {DRE})
equipment shall be used for voting at the foregoing election precincts, and electronic
counting devices and equipment shall be used for counting the ballots at said election.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk is designated as the Early Voting Clerk. Early voting
shall be conducted at the Municipal Building, 1300 Seventh Street, Wichita Falls,
Texas. Optical scan ballots shall be used for early voting by mail, and iVotronic (Direct
Recording Electronic {DRE}) voting machines shall be used for early voting by personal
appearance. Early voting by personal appearance for the election shall commence at
8:00 a.m. on April 30, 2007, and end at 7:00 p.m. on May 8, 2007. Early voting by
personal appearance shall be conducted during the regular business hours of the City
Clerk's Office each weekday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., except for May 4, 2007 and
May 8, 2007 of the early voting period. On those two days of early voting by personal
appearance, the City Clerk's regular business hours are hereby designated as 7:00 a.m.
until 7:00 p.m.
SECTION 9. An Early Ballot Board is hereby designated to canvass the early
votes cast by mail and provisional ballots. Iwilda Mitchell is duly appointed as Presiding
Judge of said Board, and she shall appoint such other members as provided in the
TEXAS ELECTION CODE, Section 87.002(b).
SECTION 10. The County Clerk's Office, located in the County Courthouse, 700
Seventh Street, Wichita Falls, Texas, is hereby established as the Central Counting
Station to receive and tabulate votes and ballots cast in said election.
SECTION 11. The following persons are hereby authorized and approved as
persons employed and designated to handle the ballots, operate the tabulating
equipment, count the ballots, and be present in the Central Counting Station:
a. Central Counting Station Presiding Judge - Gordon Wallace
b. Central Counting Station Manager - City Clerk Lydia Ozuna
c. Tabulation Supervisor — Sharon Kaufhold
d. Clerks - to be named by Presiding Judge.
e. Consultant for Election Systems & Software, if required.
SECTION 12. A committee is hereby established of the following persons to
hold three computer accuracy tests. The first test shall be conducted at least 48 hours
before the count of voted ballots. The second test shall be conducted immediately prior
to the start and the third test immediately subsequent to the count of voted ballots to
ascertain that the computer will accurately count the votes cast for the offices to be
voted upon in said election:
a. Gordon Wallace
b. Lydia Ozuna
c. Sharon Kaufhold
d. Consultant for Election Systems & Software, as needed.
SECTION 13 . The election materials as outlined in Section 272.005, TEx,�,s
ELECTION CODE shall be printed in both English and Spanish for use at the polling
places and for early voting for said election.
SECTION 14. The Mayor is authorized to sign an Order of Election and a Notice
of General-Special Municipal Election prescribed by the State of Texas and attached
hereto. The Notice of General-Special Municipal Election shall be published in
accordance with the provisions of the TExas E�ECTiorv Co�E and the City Charter.
SECTION 15. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at
which this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 6 of March, 2007
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City Clerk
"EXHIBIT A"
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS GENERAL-SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
MAY 12, 2007
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1 40, 43 Sam Houston School Irene Wallace
2500 Grant Street Don Huston
2 35, 36, 41 Region IX Education Center Cheryl Craig
301 Loop 11 Vickie Clement
3 45 Crockett School Steve Draper
3015 Avenue I Betty Welch
4 37, 38 Martin Luther King Center Louise Dibble
1100 Smith May Green
5 30, 34 Washington/Jackson Lallora Taylor
1300 Harding Tommie Walker
6 31 WFISD-Education Center Wanda Lame
1104 Broad Street Celia Davis
7 10, 12 M.S.U. Hardin Admin. Bldg. Ramona Rodriguez
3400 Taft Frances Shaw
8 42, 44 Cunningham School Ann Harper
4107 Phillips Wanda Williams
9 11, 46 Jefferson School Lisa Talley
4628 Mistletoe Dr Cherith Talley
10 16 Fowler School John Enriquez, Jr.
5100 Ridgecrest Ruby Selvidge
11 18 TXDOT-W.F. Training Ctr. Nel Enriquez
1601 Southwest Parkway Will Ibarra
12 15 Fain School Sue Ramser
1562 Norman Dewayne Robertson
13 13 McGaha School Bill Fortune
1615 Midwestern Parkway Dot Fortune
14 20, 32, 39 City View High School Annella Evans
1600 City View Drive Frances Munoz
15 21, 22 Kate Haynes School Ella Mae Smith
1705 Katherine John Ritchie