(a)
Except where otherwise provided herein, the general election laws of the state, insofar as applicable, shall control all elections, general and special, held by the city.
(b)
Section II of article XI of the Texas Constitution provides that a city, town, or village operating under the general laws of the state shall elect a mayor and city council members for two-year terms. The city acknowledges that it is a general-law city operating under said laws of the state and hereby sets the terms of office for mayor and city council members as two-year terms. The council members shall be elected from the city at large, and each council member shall be elected to and occupy a place on the council, such places being numbered and designated 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and mayor.
(c)
In accordance with the state constitution, it has been determined that governing body members serving as officers of the city may be designated by “place” numbers. The existing places of the city council shall be replaced with the following “place” numbers as herein described.
Existing Place | New “Place” Number |
|---|---|
Place 1 | Place 1 |
Place 2 | Place 2 |
Place 3 | Place 3 |
Place 4 | Place 4 |
At-large | Place 5 |
Mayor | Mayor |
(d)
All regular elections for mayor and city council members shall be held on such date as is prescribed by state law or city ordinance not in conflict therewith. In order to preserve the current terms of office, the mayor and council members for Places 3 and 4 shall be elected in odd-numbered years, and the council members for Places 1, 2, and 5 shall be elected in even-numbered years. The city council shall have the power to call such special elections as they deem proper.
(Ordinance 308-01 adopted 6/19/01)