Returns of every municipal election shall be delivered forthwith
by the election judges to the City Secretary with a copy of the returns
being sent to the Mayor. The Council shall canvass the returns, investigate
the qualifications of the candidates and declare the official results
of the election prior to the first regular Council meeting following
delivery of the votes to the City Secretary all in accordance with
the Texas Election Code. The results of every municipal election shall
be recorded in the minutes of the Council. The qualified person receiving
a majority of the votes cast for any office shall thereupon be declared
elected by said Council. The decision of the Council, as to qualifications
of candidates, shall be conclusive and final for all purposes.
If no candidate receives a majority of all the votes cast for
an office, the Council shall immediately upon declaring the official
results of the election, order a run-off election for each office
to which no one was elected. Such run-off election shall be held in
accordance with State law. In such run-off election the two (2) candidates
who received, in the preceding election, the highest number of votes
for each office to which no one was elected, shall be voted on again
by the qualified voters, and the candidate who receives the majority
of the votes for each such office in the run-off election shall be
elected to such office.
The City Secretary, with the concurrence of the Council, shall
promptly notify all persons elected to office. A candidate who is
elected in a regular, special or run-off City election shall, after
taking the oath of office as prescribed herein, take office, and enter
upon his duties at the next council meeting after the date of the
election.
Every officer of the City, whether elected or appointed, shall
take the oaths of office prescribed by Article 16, Section 1, Appendix
J & K of the Texas Constitution prior to assuming office.