04-07-10-Ordinance-Declaring Unopposed Candidates in the May 8, 2010 General Election-04/05/2010ORDINANCE 04-07-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, `1'I XN'-,, I)iS,(_-;LARI.NG UNOPPOSED
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR AND COIJNCILIWEA/II;1?R ELECTED TO OFFICE;
REQUIRING ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO EACH
CANDIDATE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, an election was called for May, 8, 2010, to elect a Mayor and two members of
the City Council; and
WHEREAS, each candidate whose name appeared on the ballot was unopposed; and
WHEREAS, no proposition or opposed at -large race app: aced on the ballot and
the City Secretary certified that there was only one candidate for Mayor and two candidates for
Councilmember and that, therefore, each candidate is unopposed for office; and
WHEREAS, no candidate's name was placed on a list of write-in candidates for any office
under applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the City Secretary has delivered such certification to the City Council;
NOW; THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE, CITY ICOUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANGER, ERAS:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the above stated premises are true and correct.
SECTION 2. That the unopposed candidates for City ' Council listed below are hereby
declared elected to the office listed, to wit:
Thomas Muir -Mayor, for a term of two years;
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Gal'y Bllyeu-<rr.ouiic .illilCllll)ei ', Place 2, ford tei1n of lwo j'CiliS; wid,
Andres Garza-Councilmember, Place 4, for a term of two years.
SECTION 3. The City Secretary is directed to post a copy of this ordinance on election
day at each polling place that would have been used for the. election. The City Secretary is directed
to issue a Certificate of Election to each of the above- named members of the City Council in the
same manner and at the same time as if the election had been held. Each person elected must
qualify for the office in the manner provided by the Texas Constitution.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect from and I ter its passage, as the law and
Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS, ON THE DAY OF a 2010.
APPROVED:
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Certification of Unopposed Candidates
By the City Secretary
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
CITY OF SANGER
I, the undersigned, Tami Taber, certify that I am the City Secretary of the City of Sanger,
Texas, and the authority responsible for preparing. the ballot for the May 8, 2010, general
municipal election. I further certify that no proposition appeared on the ballot at the election, no
person has made a declaration of write-in candidacy, and all of the following candidates were
unopposed for the offices listed below and, were the election held, only the votes cast for such
candidates in the election for that office may be counted, to wit:
Thomas Muir -Mayor, for a tern of two years;
Gary Bilyeu-Councilmember, Place 2, for a term of two years; and,
Andres Garza-Councilmember, Place 4, for a term of two years.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE in Sanger, Texas, the
day of 2010.
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Tami Taber, City Secretary