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Section 6. Runoff Elections
   (A) If no candidate receives forty percent (40%) of the votes, plus one vote, cast for a particular office, a runoff election shall be held within thirty (30) days after certification of the results of the election. The two (2) qualified candidates who receive the highest number of votes cast for the office shall automatically become the candidates in a runoff election without filing a declaration of candidacy. (Res. R2012-34, 7-24-2012)
   (B) The council shall, by resolution, fix the date of the runoff election and specify the offices to be filled and the names of the candidates therefor. The resolution shall be published once, at least seven (7) days before the runoff election date. No other publications are required in connection with runoff elections. Eligibility to vote in a runoff election shall be the same as in the original election for the particular office and only such voting precincts and procedures will be reactivated as are necessary to accommodate any runoff race. (added Res. 89-10, 3-14-1989)
Section 7. Authority To Opt In
Notwithstanding any provision in this Article VI or elsewhere in this Charter to the contrary, the Council of the City of Gallup shall have the authority to enact an ordinance opting in to the election of the City's municipal officers in the regular local election in accordance with Section 3.1 of the Local Election Act (NMSA 1-22-3.1) and all other applicable provisions of the New Mexico Election Code (NMSA 1-1-1 - 1-26-6) as the same are currently formulated. Except as necessary to enact and make effective the foregoing ordinance, nothing in this Section 7 shall alter or affect, or authorize the Council or any officer of the City to alter or affect, any provision of this Charter. (Res. 2023-21, 7-25-2023)
ARTICLE VII
PLANNING, ZONING, HOUSING
Section 1. Power To Plan; Zone
The council shall have full power and authority to perform any act necessary, including the power to establish a planning commission for the city and such other agencies as may be required from time to time, to provide for planning, zoning, development, slum clearance, housing, housing rehabilitation, replanning, redevelopment and such other improvements and development of the city not prohibited by state or federal law and deemed necessary by the council. All ordinances existing pertaining to planning and zoning of the city are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 2. Board Of Appeals
The council may appoint a board of appeals to be composed of at least three (3) members, none of whom shall be a member of the planning commission or zoning commission. This board of appeals shall hear all complaints of recommended action taken or proposed action of the planning commission or zoning commission. Following a thorough and complete investigation of each complaint, the aggrieved person will be heard. The action or proposed action of the planning commission or zoning commission and such board of appeals may be overridden by a majority vote of all the members of the council.
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