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OKAY, THE TIME IS NOW FIVE 30.
OUR SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TODAY, UH, MAY, I'M SORRY, JANUARY 28TH, 2025 IS NOW IN SESSION.
UH, FIRST ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE OPENING PRAYER, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW BY THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
MAY THIS BUILDING STAND FOR A BEACON OF HOPE NOURISHING BOTH OUR BODY AND SPIRIT.
MAY THE MEETING HELD BE HELD IN THIS PLACE TODAY.
BE FILLED WITH COMPASSION AND EMPATHY.
LET US SEEK ABUNDANT BLESSINGS UPON ALL WHO ENTERED THESE DOORS.
MAY IT BE A HAVEN OF SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE IN NEED.
GOD GRANT WISDOM TO THOSE WHO LEAD AND PROVIDE STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO SERVE MAY GRACE AND GENEROSITY OVERFLOW WITHIN THIS BUILDING, FOSTERING A COMMUNITY BOUND BY FAITH IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.
AMENS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDI.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.
IN FACT, UH, WE HAVE MORE GUESTS HERE THAN WE NORMALLY HAVE AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[ Hearing of Residents This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should fill out the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than 3 minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting. All handouts and/or USB devices must be submitted to the City Secretary no later than noon on the Monday preceding the meeting. Handouts will be provided to each Councilmember prior to the start of the meeting by the City Secretary. All USB devices will be vetted by City IT staff to ensure City property is protected from malware. Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry, and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who have signed up to speak in the order they have registered.]
AGENDA IS A HEARING, THE RESIDENCE.THIS TIME IS SET ASIDE FOR ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A SIGNUP SHEET.
UH, YOU ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
AND BEFORE YOU ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
PLEASE CALL FIRST, UH, RICHARD AKINS AKINS.
I RESIDE AT 29 60 RED TIP SHIRTZ, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 8.
UH, I'M ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCHS POLICE ASSOCIATION.
COME HERE TO, UH, EXPRESS OUR EXTENDED CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO RAN FOR COUNCIL SEAT, GIVING THE CITIZENS A SHIRTS, UH, A CHOICE IN WHO THEY WANT TO, WHAT REPRESENT THEM.
OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE DEPENDENT ON THOSE BEING ON THOSE WHO ARE THERE AND WILLING, UH, TO SERVE.
AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR COMMITMENT AND SACRIFICE.
THE SBA ALSO WISHES TO RECOGNIZE THE WHO'S WHO WORKED FOR THE ELECTION OFFICES, WHOSE EFFORTS WHO, WHO, THE WHO.
WITHOUT THEIR EFFORTS, WE WOULD HAVE NO ELECTIONS.
BUT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO CHOSE TO VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND VOTING WITHOUT THEIR VOTES, WITHOUT THEIR PART PARTICIPATION.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WOULD SIMPLY FAIL.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY.
[1. Resolution 25-R-010-Approving a Resolution to canvass the returns and declare the results of the January 18, 2025, Runoff Election, and other matters in connection therewith. (Mayor/Council/S.Edmondson)]
FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS WE HAVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 1 0 APPROVING A RESOLUTION TO CANVAS THE RETURNS AND DECLARE THE RESULTS OF THE JANUARY 18TH, 2025 RUNOFF ELECTION AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH MS. EDMONDSON.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.
THIS AFTERNOON I BRING FORWARD RESOLUTION 25 R 0 1 0.
THIS RESOLUTION IS TO APPROVE THE CANVAS OF THE JANUARY 18TH, 2025 RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PLACE FOUR, AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF SUCH ELECTION.
THE RUNOFF ELECTION WAS HELD IN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ ZONE, AGAIN, THE 18TH OF JANUARY, 2025 TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR, TO SERVE THE REST OF A THREE YEAR TERM.
ENDING NOVEMBER OF 2026, MS. LISA HAYES GUADALUPE COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR HAS PROVIDED THE CITY WITH THE ELECTION RESULTS
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AS TABULATED.DURING EARLY VOTING, THERE WERE 518 VOTES CAST FOR ABSENTEE VOTES.
THERE WAS 213 ON ELECTION DAY, THERE WAS 179 VOTES.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IN THIS ELECTION WAS 910.
OF THE 910 VOTES CAST, MR. TIM DSEK RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 447 VOTES FOR A 49.12 PERCENTAGE.
MR. BEN CORDERO RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 463 VOTES FOR A 50 POINT 88 PERCENTAGE.
THEREFORE, WITH THE FOLLOWING VOTE COUNT, CITY COUNCIL FINDS THAT THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION REFLECT THAT MR. BEN CARRERO IS HEREBY DECLARED AN ELECTED OFFICE TO THE OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER PLACED FOR THANK YOU MR. EMERSON.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, THESE ELECTIONS STARTED BACK ON JULY, 2022 AND WE FINALLY CAME TO THE END OF ALL THE ELECTIONS, ALL THE SEATS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN GETTING THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
WITH THAT COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 1 0.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[2. Oath of Office (S.Edmondson) Officer-Oath of Office Comments]
WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE OATH OF OFFICE.MR. GUERRERO, WILL YOU PLEASE, UH, STEP UP TO THE PODIUM HERE AND OUR CITY SECRETARY WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH.
AND CHRISTINA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN, UH, MR. GUERRO.
SIR, IF YOU COULD REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, BEN GUERRERO, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR I BEN GUERRO DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL PLACE FOR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF CITY COUNCIL PLACE FOR, AND WE'LL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, AND WE'LL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND THE, AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, THE LAWS AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS, OF THIS STATE.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER AND NOW PLEASE STEP UP TO YOUR CHAIR.
OH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
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COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, FIRST, I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME THE COURAGE, STRENGTH AND WILL TO START AND COMPLETE THIS CAMPAIGN FOR CHURCH CITY COUNCIL PLACE.I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM GUERRERO, CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS FOR THEIR ENORMOUS EFFORTS AND EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT DURING THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN.
FOR EXAMPLE, PLACING DOOR HANGERS, POSTING YARD SIGNS, UPLOADING PHOTOS ONLINE, CALLING AND TEXTING PEOPLE, COORDINATING MEETINGS, KEEPING OUR TEAM UPDATED ON SPECIFIC SITUATIONS, ASSISTING WITH ENDORSEMENTS, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CAMPAIGN SIGNS AND HOLDING UP SIGNS DURING BOTH EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY.
THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT EACH ONE OF YOU, AND I MEAN THAT.
THIRD, I WANT TO THANK MY MOM, SISTER, AND NEPHEW WHO DROVE DOWN FROM EL PASO, TEXAS TO BE AT THE VOTING AREA, HOLDING UP A SIGN ON ELECTION DAY 18 JANUARY, 2025.
IN ADDITION, I WANT TO THANK MY IN-LAWS FOR DRIVING DOWN FROM HOUSTON TODAY TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW.
MY FAMILY AND I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE.
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF OUR SUPPORT TO EACH OTHER.
IN ADDITION, OUR TEAM HAD ABOUT 38 TO 42 PEOPLE PRESENT, HOLDING UP SIGNS, WAVING POMPOMS, HOLDING, HONK FOR BEN SIGNS, BLOWING WHISTLES AND SHOUTING, VOTE FOR BEN TO PASSING CARS.
THE MOTIVATION AND ENTHUSIASM IN OUR SUPPORTERS THAT PARTICULAR DAY WAS PHENOMENAL.
ANY MILITARY COMMANDER WOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THIS GROUP.
FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE CHRISTINA, FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL THAT HAS TRANSPIRED.
ALL MY STUBBORNNESS, ALL MY AWKWARDNESS, AND ESPECIALLY ALL MY UNSTABLENESS
CHRISTINA KEPT ME FROM GOING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND HELPED ME STAY FOCUSED ON MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT BY HAVING ME PLACE GOD FIRST.
HOWEVER, I HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IS CHRISTINA'S BIRTHDAY.
IN CLOSING, I THANK EVERYONE HERE FOR THEIR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION AND GENUINE SUPPORT.
I MUST SAY, WHAT A BIRTHDAY PRESENT YOU GOT TODAY, RIGHT,
AND HE IS VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THAT.
UH, ON THE SPECIAL FUNNY NOTE, UH, I GOT A CALL ON ELECTION DAY AND THEY, MY WIFE SAYS THERE'S A LOT OF TROOPERS OUT THERE, AND I SAY, WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, WHY IS THE MILITARY OUT HERE IN FRONT OF THE ELECTION OFFICE? NO, IT'S BEN'S TROOPS WERE OUT THERE,
UH, AND HE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW, UH, UH, OUR DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY AND MYSELF WENT OUT THERE AND THERE WAS AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE OUT THERE.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SITTING IN THIS CHAIR.
UH, WITH THAT, IT IS NOW, UH, 5 44.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS OUT IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.