Ordinance 2016-09 ORDINANCE NO.2016-09
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE MAY 7,
2016 GENERAL ELECTION; DECLARING THE ELECTION
RESULTS FOR CITY COUNCIL PLACE 1 AND PLACE 3; AND
PROVIDING A SAVINGS/REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Wylie,Texas("City Council")duly authorized an
election to be held within the City of Wylie,Texas("Ciff")on May 7,2016("Election')for the purpose
of electing two members of the City Council,Place 1 and Place 3, for a term of three years each; and
WHEREAS,the Collin County Elections Administrator administered the Election for Collin
County voters,and the City administered the Election for Rockwall County and Dallas County voters;
and
WHEREAS, the Collin County Elections Administrator and the City Election Administrator
have made the return of the Election results and delivered them to the City Council in the time and
manner required by law; and
WHEREAS, Election returns lawfully submitted to the City Council and filed with the City
Secretary are set forth in Exhibit A and incorporated herein for all purposes; and
WHEREAS,the City Council finds that the Election was duly called;that notice of the Election
was given in accordance with the law and City Charter;that the Election was held in accordance with
the law and City Charter;that the Election returns were duly and legally made and delivered;and that
there were cast at the Election valid and legal votes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and declares that the meeting at which this Ordinance is
considered is open to the public as required by law, and that the public notice of the time,place and
purpose of the meeting was given as required by Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, as
amended; and
WHEREAS,the City Council,having canvassed the combined early voting and election day
accumulated totals, finds that the votes cast result in the following:
CITY COUNCIL,PLACE 1
Keith Stephens received 431 or 100%of the votes cast.
CITY COUNCIL,PLACE 3
Jeff Forrester received 333 or 57.21%of the votes cast.
Bennie Jones received 247 or 42.79%of the votes cast.
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NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE,TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Findings_Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the
body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Election Results. The Election returns as set forth herein are declared to be
official. Accordingly, Keith Stephens is hereby declared elected to City Council Place 1 and Jeff
Forrester is hereby declared elected to City Council Place 3.
SECTION 3: Approval of Elections Results. The City Council hereby finds and determines,as
a result of the canvass held on May 17,2016,that a combined election day and early voting total of 5 82
votes were cast in the Election,with 426 early votes cast, as indicated by the poll list for the Election
held on May 7,2016. It is hereby declared that the City approves and accepts the results of the Election
for City Council Place 1 and Place 3 as set forth in the returns attached hereto as Exhibit A, as
determined by the majority vote of the qualified voters of the City.
SECTION 4: Severability. Should any section, subsection,sentence,clause or phrase of this
Ordinance be declared unconstitutional and/or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is
expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and
effect. Wylie hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section,subsection,
clause and phrase thereof regardless of whether any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases may be declared unconstitutional and/or invalid.
SECTION 5: Savings/Repealing. All provisions of any ordinance in conflict with this
Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in conflict.Any remaining portion of conflicting
ordinances shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6: Effective Date. This Ordinance and shall become effective immediately upon its
passage.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE WYLIE CITY COUNCIL on this 17th day of
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Exhibit A
Certified Election Returns
[5 pages attached hereto]
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STATE OF TEXAS § CANVASS OF THE
CITY OF WYLIE
SPECIAL ELECTION
COUNTY OF COLLIN § MAY 7, 2016
1, Bruce Sherbet, 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 May 7, 2016, City of Wylie 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 1P day of May 2016
Bruce Sherbe
Elections Administrator
Collin County
City of Wylie
Elections Administrator
Rockwall and Dallas County Voters
1, Carole Ehrlich, the undersigned Elections Administrator of the City of Wylie for voters in
Rockwall and Dallas County do hereby certify that I have made the actual check and comparison of all
the ballots tabulated as voted with Return Sheets, and the unused ballots as recorded on the Register of
Official Ballots for Wylie voters in Rockwall and Dallas County. I therefore make the following findings
from the May 7, 2016 City of Wylie General Election that was held at the Municipal Complex, 300
Country Club Road, Bldg.300,Wylie,Texas 75098.(Smith Public Library)
I, hereby,certify the results to be full,true and correct tabulation, audit and count of the votes
cast in the said election.
WITNESSED by my hand,this 111h day of May, 2016
Carole Ehrlich
City of Wylie Elections Administrator
Wylie voters in Rockwall and Dallas County
UNOFFICIAL
SUMMARY OF PRECINCT RETURNS
CITY OF WYLIE
GENERAL ELECTION
EARLY VOTING&ELECTION DAY COMBINED
MAY 7,2016
Position Candidate Name Dallas—Rockwall Collin Counties Total
- ----- - - ----- - --- - - - ---- ------
Place 1 Keith Stephens 7 424 431
---- -- ---- --- - - --- - - - -- - - -------- ------- -
Place 3 Jeff-Forrester __ _ _ 4._ -__ 329_
- - - - - - - - --- - - ---
Place 3 Bennie Jones.___ _ _ _ 4 247 251
COMBINED ELECTION DAY & EARLY VOTING BALLOTS CAST: 582
PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED VOTERS: 2.4%
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS: 23,839
GENERAL ELECTION
EARLY VOTING ONLY
MAY 7,2016
UNOFFICIAL
Position Candidate Name Dallas-Rockwall Collin County Total
Place 1 - Keith Stephens,
;Place 3 --- Jeff Forrester242
!Place 3 Belude Jones 4 174 178
EARLY VOTING BALLOTS CAST: 411
PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED VOTERS:
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS: 23,839
Election Summary Report Date:05/13/16
Time:11:10:17
Collin County, Texas Page:1 of 1
General and Special Elections
May 7, 2016
Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, Wylie City
Early Voting and Election Day Combined Accumulated Totals
Registered Voters 482033-Cards Cast 582 0.12% Num.Report Precinct 199-Num.Reporting 199 100.00%
Wylie Councihnember PI (450)
Total
Number of Precmcts 10
Precincts Reporting 10 1000 %
Vote For 1
Times Counted 582/23839 2.4 % i
Total Votes 424
Times Blank Voted 158
Times Over Voted 0
Number Of Under Votes 0 j
Keith Stephens 424 100.001/1.
Wylie Councilmember P3 (460)
Total
Number of Precincts 10
Precincts Reporting 10 100.0 %
Vote For 1
Times Counted 582/23839 2.4 % ;
Total Votes 576
Tunes Blank Voted 6
Times Over Voted 0 '
Number Of Under Votes 0 i
Jeff Forrester 329 57.12% ;
Bennie Jones 247 42.88%
Election Summary Report Date:05/13/16
Time:10:56:46
Collin County, Texas Page:1 of 1
General and Special Elections
May 7, 2016
Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, , Wylie City
Early Voting Accumulated Totals
Registered Voters 482033-Cards Cast 419 0.09% Num.Report Precinct 199-Num.Reporting 199 100.00%
Wylie Councilmember P1 (450)
Total
Number of Precincts 10
Precincts Reporting 10 100.0 %
Vote For 1
Times Counted 419/23839 1.8 % '
Total Votes 307
Times Blank Voted 112
Times Over Voted 0
Number Of Under Votes 0
Keith Stephens 307 100.00%
Wylie Councihnember P3 (460)
Total
Number of Precincts 10
Precincts Reporting 10 100.0 %
Vote For 1
Times Counted 419/23839 1.8 % ,
Total Votes 413
Times Blank Voted 6
Times Over Voted 0
Number Of Under Votes 0
Jeff Forrester 239 57.87%
Bennie Jones 174 42.13K.1.
Election Summary Report Date:05/13/16
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General and Special Elections
May 7, 2016
Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, , Wylie City
Election Day Accumulated Totals
Registered Voters 482033-Cards Cast 163 0.03% Num.Report Precinct 199-Num.Reporting 199 100.00%
Wylie Councilmember PI (450)
Total
Number of Precincts 10
Precincts Reporting 10 100.0
Vote For 1
Times Counted 163/23839 0.7 %
Total Votes 117
Times Blank Voted 46 1
Times Over Voted 0
Number Of Under Votes 0
Keith Stephens 117 100.001,76
Wylie Councilmember P3 (460)';
Total
Number of Precincts 10
Precincts Reporting 10 100.0 %
Vote For 1
Times Counted 163/23839 0.7 % f
Total Votes 163
Times Blank Voted 0
Times Over Voted 0
Number Of Under Votes 0
Jeff Forrester 90 55.21%
Bennie Jones 73 4479%