HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2022-O0013 - Creating New Voting Precincts and DistrictsFirst Reading Second Reading
January 25, 2022 January 27, 2022
Item No. 7.33 Item No. 2
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-00013
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1.02.004 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO VOTING
PRECINCT BOUNDARIES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAME BY CITY COUNCIL
BY ORDINANCE; CREATING ADDITIONAL AND NEW VOTING PRECINCTS;
PROVIDING A MAP OF THE VOTING PRECINCTS AND DISTRICTS OF THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHERES, the City Council of the City of Lubbock (the "City Council") received the
results of the 2020 Federal Census and engaged the law firm of Bickerstaff Heath Delgado
Acosta LLP (the "Consultant") to act as its redistricting consultant; and
WHEREAS, on December 14, 2021, the City Council adopted the final plan regarding
redistricting of the six City Council single -member districts; and
WHEREAS, the City Council after due consideration of the recommendation of the
Consultant and other information provided by the staff and the public has determined that it
would be in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to require that the following
changes be made to the City of Lubbock voting precincts; and
WHEREAS, on December 27, 2021, the Lubbock County Commissioner's Court
adopted reconfigured voting precincts within the City and the County of Lubbock; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock deems it to be in the best interest
of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to amend Section 1.02.004 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Lubbock to amend the boundaries of existing voting precinct boundaries, creating
additional and new voting precincts; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 1.02.004 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1.02.004 Precincts and voting places
(a) All general and special elections of the city shall be held at voting places that will be
designated by election order, which shall be the voting places for the voting
precincts. Voting precincts shall be established by ordinance and may be altered
from time to time in like manner.
(b) The voting precincts shall be divided into six (6) City Council voting districts,
with each district to contain the following named voting precincts:
Voting District No. 1: Precinct Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17, 19, 24, 63, and 114.
Voting District No. 2: Precinct Nos. 6, 11, 20, 25, 26, 29, 40, 67, 108, 118, 119,
122, and 153.
Voting District No. 3: Precinct Nos. 7, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30, 49, 50, and
126.
Voting District No. 4: Precinct Nos. 12, 28, 32, 37, 52, 54, 60, 66, 75, 109, 110,
123, 127, and 141.
Voting District No. 5: Precinct Nos. 62, 78, 104, 111, 112, 124, 125, 128, 129,
138, 139, 140, 154, and a portion of 155.
Voting District No. 6: Precinct Nos. 9, a portion of 31, 47, 53, 57, 58, 59, 72, 76,
92, 113, a portion of 120, 135, and 152.
(c) The voting districts and voting precincts, as established by City Council, shall be
delineated on a map. A copy of the original of such map shall be kept in the office of
the city secretary and shall be available for public inspection. At each special and
general city election, a true copy of said map shall be furnished by the city secretary to
each of the presiding judges of the voting precincts for such special or general city
election.
SECTION 2. THAT pursuant to Chapters 42 of the Texas Election Code, the
configurations and boundaries for the City's election precincts are hereby amended, and that the
new and reconfigured election precincts plan, as depicted on the maps attached as Exhibit A
and incorporated herein by reference as though set out completely in detail, is hereby adopted,
approved, and designated to define the City's election precincts from and after the Effective
Date. A copy of the attached maps shall be kept on file in the office of the city secretary and
shall be available for public inspection.
SECTION 3. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, clause, phrase of word of
this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this
Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 4. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of publication
provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading on January 25 , 2022
Passed by the City Council on second reading on January 27 2022.
DANIEL M. POPU 34AYOR
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DISTRICTS & VOTING PRECINCTS
Effective: January 1, 2022
As required by Chapter 2051, Geospatial Data Products of the
Government Code, this product is for informational purposes
and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal,
engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an
on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate
relative location of property boundaries.
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