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TOWN OF WESTLAKE
ORDINANCE NO. 966
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE,
TEXAS CANCELING THE MAY 6, 2023, GENERAL ELECTION AND DECLARING
EACH UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE ELECTED TO OFFICE; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake, Texas, is a General Law municipality located in
Tarrant and Denton Counties, created in accordance with the provisions of the Local
Government Code and operating pursuant to the enabling legislation of the State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with law a general election has been ordered for May 6,
2023, for the purpose of electing three (3) Council Members to serve two (2) year terms on the
Town Council in the Town of Westlake; and
WHEREAS, no proposition is to appear on the ballot; and
WHEREAS, the Town Secretary has certified in writing that each candidate on the ballot
is unopposed for election to office and delivered this certification to the Town Council on March
27, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the filing deadlines for placement on the ballot and declaration of write-in
candidacy have passed; and
WHEREAS, in these circumstances Chapter 2, Subchapter C of the Texas Election Code
authorizes a governing body to declare each unopposed candidate elected to office and cancel the
election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The following candidates, who are unopposed in the May 6, 2023, general
election, are hereby declared elected to office, and shall be issued a certificate of election:
Anna White Council Member
Tim Shiner Council Member
Victor Sansone III Council Member
SECTION 2: The Town secretary is directed to post a copy of the Order of Cancellation
attached as Exhibit ÐAÑ, at each designated polling place on May 6, 2023.
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SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances of the
Town of Westlake, Texas, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict
with the provisions of such ordinances, in which event the conflicting provisions of such
ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Town Council that the
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this
ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the Town Council without the
incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph
or section.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
WESTLAKE, TEXAS, ON THIS 27 DAY OF MARCH.
ATTEST: Sean Kilbride, Mayor
_____________________________________
Amy M. Piukana, Town Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
____________________________
L.Stanton Lowry, Town Attorney
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CERTIFICATIONOFUNOPPOSEDCANDIDATESFORTOWNOFWESTLAKE
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certifythatthefollowingcandidatesareunopposedforelectiontoofficeforthe
electionscheduledtobeheldonMay6,2023.
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