Apr 13, 2026 Special City Council

OKAY,

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[ Call to Order]

WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH OPENING PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, BY COUNCILMAN BEN GUERRERO.

EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND.

OKAY.

AND BOW YOUR HEADS.

LORD, WE ASK FOR STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND WISDOM FOR EACH ONE OF US TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY.

PLEASE WATCH OVER THIS ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS RESOLUTION OF EXISTING CHALLENGES AND ISSUES.

FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD, AS WE ACCEPT YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, 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, TEXAS, TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO HEARING OF RESIDENCE.

[ 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.]

UH, BUT BEFORE WE DO HEARING OF THE RESIDENCE, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, ALL REMARKS SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL OF THE BODY AND NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER THEREOF.

ANY PERSON MAKING ANY PERSONAL IMPERTINENT LANDS REMARKS WILL ADDRESS 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 MONDAY PROCEEDING.

THE MEETING HANDOUTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING BY THE CITY SECRETARY.

ALL USB DEVICES WILL BE VETTED BY THE CITY IT STAFF TO ENSURE CITY PROPERTY IS PROTECTED FROM MALWARE.

UH, WHEN YOU COME UP, YOU'LL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

RAQUEL GARCIA, I MEAN RAQUEL GUTIERREZ.

PLEASE STEP UP.

MY APOLOGIES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL CITY STAFF, SHORTZ RESIDENTS.

MY NAME IS RAQUEL GUTIERREZ AND I RECITE AT 10 16 SILVER TREE.

TONIGHT I COME BEFORE YOU AS A CANDIDATE FILLED WITH GRATITUDE.

I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE RESIDENTS WHO DID THEIR CIVIC DUTY AND VOTED DURING THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

YOUR VOTE SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AND ABOUT THE PRIDE YOU HAVE FOR OUR CITY.

I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE OTHER CANDIDATES WHO COURAGEOUSLY STEPPED FORWARD TO RUN.

PUTTING THEIR NAME IN THE HAT TAKES TIME, EFFORT, AND A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND THAT DESERVES RECOGNITION AND RESPECT.

THANK YOU.

ALL CANDIDATES AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE MANY SUPPORTERS WHO STOOD WITH ME DAY AFTER DAY OUT AT THE POLLING SITE.

YOU GAVE YOUR TIME, YOU ENDURED THE ELEMENTS, YOU WAVED AND SMILE AND ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

YOU DIDN'T JUST HOLD SIGNS, YOU SHOWED WHAT IT MEANT TO TRULY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

AND TO THOSE WHO WALKED BESIDE ME WHILE I KNOCKED ON DOORS AND SHARED CONVERSATIONS.

A HUGE THANK YOU.

EVERY DOOR MATTER, EVERY CONVERSATION MADE A DIFFERENCE.

THAT'S WHERE TRUST IS BUILT IN.

HOW A COMMUNITY GROWS STRONGER.

SHIRTZ HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR OVER 35 YEARS.

IT'S WHERE I'VE INVESTED MY TIME, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO SERVING OTHERS.

AND WITH EVERYTHING TEAM RAQUEL HAS ACCOMPLISHED EVERY DOOR IN EVERY CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD, WE'RE NOT DONE YET BECAUSE TEAM QUEL IS IN A RUNOFF EVERY DAY.

IT'S A MARATHON.

OUR WORK IS NOT DONE.

THERE'S MORE DOORS TO KNOCK ON, NEW NEIGHBORS TO VISIT, MORE CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD.

AND I'LL SAY THIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

TEAM RAQUEL STILL NEEDS YOU AND WELCOMES YOUR SUPPORT IN THE UPCOMING RUNOFF.

SO TO OUR COMMUNITY, I SAY STAY ENGAGED.

LOOK FOR TEAM RAQUEL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO KEEP SHOWING UP, KEEP LISTENING, AND KEEP BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITY TOGETHER, I'M COMMITTED TO SERVE WITH HEART, LEAD WITH EXPERIENCE AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND NOW I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE AND YOUR SUPPORT IN THE RUNOFF.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THAT WILL END HEARING OF RESIDENTS.

MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION

[1. Resolution 26-R-050- Approving the canvassing of the election returns and declaring the results of the April 4, 2026, Special Election for Place 6, and other matters in connection therewith. (Mayor/S.Edmondson)]

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THERE WITH WE HAVE, UH, SHEILA EDMONTON.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.

TONIGHT I BRING FORWARD RESOLUTION 26 R 0 5 0 TO APPROVE THE CANVASSING OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON APRIL 4TH, 2026 FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF PLAY.

SIX.

THERE WERE FOUR CANDIDATES IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION RACE, MS. SARAH DIETZ, MS. LURE, MS. TIFFANY, MG GIBSON, AND MS. RAQUEL GUTIERREZ.

THE OFFICIAL VINYL VOTE COUNT FROM THE SPECIAL ELECTION ARE AS FOLLOWS.

MS. DIETZ RECEIVED 544 VOTES OR 45.26% OF THOSE WHO VOTED, MS. LU EZ RECEIVED 14 VOTES OR 1.16 PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTE TOTAL.

MS. TIFFANY AND GIBSON RECEIVED 165 VOTES OR 13.73% OF THE VOTE TOTAL.

AND MS. RAQUEL GUTIERREZ RECEIVED 479 VOTES FOR A PERCENTAGE OF 39.85% OF THE VOTE OF THE VOTE TOTAL.

THE TOTAL VOTES CAST DURING EARLY, UH, EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS WERE 1001 VOTES.

ON SPECIAL ELECTION DAY, THERE WERE 203 VOTES CAST.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IN THIS SPECIAL ELECTION WAS 1,204 VOTES.

STAFF RECOMMENDS YOU APPROVE RESOLUTION 26 R 0 5 0 AND ACCEPT THE FINAL VOTE COUNT FROM THE GUADALUPE COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION? 26 R DASH 0 5 0.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO.

CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CAST THE VOTES? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED PLEASE? OKAY.

HAVING SEVEN YAYS, NO NAYS.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

MOVING

[2. Resolution 26-R-051-Order Runoff Election for Council Place 6 (if needed pending the Canvassing of Special Election Place 6 on (04-04-2026)) (Mayor/S.Edmondson)]

I MEAN MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 26 DASH R DASH 0 51.

ORDER RUNOFF ELECTION FOR, UH, COUNCIL PLACE SIX.

UH, WE HAVE CITY SECRETARY SHEILA EDMONDSON.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

ON SATURDAY APRIL 4TH, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERTZ HELD A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM FOR PLAY SIX THIS EVENING THROUGH ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 26 R 0 5 0, THE CITY COUNCIL CANVASED AND APPROVED THE VOTE TOTAL COUNT FOR THIS ELECTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS ELECTION CODE SECTIONS 2.021 AND 2.023.

IF NO CANDIDATE FOR THE, A PLACE ON THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE VOTE.

IF NO CANDIDATE FOR A PLACE ON THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION RECEIVES DOES NOT RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES, A RUNOFF ELECTION IS REQUIRED BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES.

THEREFORE, I BRING FORWARD RESOLUTION 26 R 0 5 1 A RESOLUTION TO ORDER A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM FOR PLAY.

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THE TWO CANDIDATES TO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES ARE MS. SARAH DIETZ, WHO RECEIVED 544 VOTES AND MS. RAQUEL GUTIERREZ, WHO RECEIVED 479 VOTES.

THE RUNOFF ELECTION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, MAY 16TH, 2026.

EARLY VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH THROUGH TUESDAY, MAY 12TH, EIGHT TO FIVE AND NO WEEK IN VOTING MONDAY, EXCUSE ME, MAY 5TH, 2026 IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR A MAIL-IN BALLOT APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE ELECTIONS OFFICE.

MAY 16TH IS THE RUNOFF ELECTION DAY FOR PLAY SIX AND TUESDAY MAY 26TH WILL BE THE SCHEDULED DATE.

TO CANVAS THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 16TH, 2026 RUNOFF ELECTION.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT YOU APPROVE RESOLUTION 26 R DASH 0 51 AND ORDER A RUNOFF ELECTION.

OKAY.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION? 26 R DASH 0 5 1.

SO MOVED SECOND.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CAST THE VOTES PLEASE? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED? OKAY.

HAVING SEVEN YAYS, NO NAYS.

MOTION PASSES.

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THIS WILL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE THE, UH, SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 13TH, 2026 AT SIX 10.

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