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OKAY.[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TEXAS WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A SPECIAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM UH, ROLL CALL.MAYOR LONG IS GONNA BE ABSENT.
UH, COURTNEY? UH, WE HAVE NOT SEEN COURTNEY.
AND, UH, SEAN IS GONNA BE ABSENT AS WELL.
UM, SECTION NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[3. CANVASS ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 CITY OF LEAGUE CITY GENERAL-SPECIAL ELECTION]
CANVAS ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, CITY OF LEAGUE, CITY GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION.AND, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA READ THESE OFF.
WE'RE GONNA PUT THEM ON THE SCREEN, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
SO, UM, THERE IS YOUR RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE COUNCIL POSITIONS.
AT THIS ELECTION, THERE WERE 57,432 BALLOTS THAT WERE CAST AND THOSE RECEIVING MAJORITY VOTES WERE, UH, POSITION COUNCIL.
POSITION THREE, TOM CRUISE, 50 POINT 60%.
COUNCIL POSITION FOUR RAN UNOPPOSED COURTNEY CHADWELL RECEIVING 100% OF THE VOTES.
AND COUNCIL POSITION FIVE JUSTIN HICKS RECEIVING 54.06%.
UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE PROPOSITIONS WITH ALL OF THEM PASSING FOUR.
UH, AND THERE WILL BE AN AGENDA ITEM AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I BELIEVE THAT WILL FORMALLY ADOPT THEM AND GIVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE, CORRECT MICHELLE? I BELIEVE SO.
AND LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN CHADWELL CAME AT 6 0 1.
UH, SECTION FOUR, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, CITY OF LEAGUE, CITY GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION.
[4A. 24-0587 Consider and take action on a resolution canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the November 5, 2024 City of League City General Election for Council Positions No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 and instructing the Mayor to certify the results of the election to the appropriate state and federal officials (City Secretary) ]
WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR A, CONSIDER TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION, CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 CITY OF LEAGUE CITY GENERAL ELECTION FOR COUNCIL POSITIONS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.AND INSTRUCTING THE MAYOR TO CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND APPROPRIATE STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS.
CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? SO DORU, UH, OKAY, I'LL GIVE THAT.
SO I WILL GIVE THAT TO TOWELL AND CONES.
THE MACHINE IS CURRENTLY, UH, BEING WORKED ON.
[4B. 24-0592 Consider and take action on a resolution canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the November 5, 2024 City of League City Special Election and instructing the Mayor to certify the results of the election to the appropriate state and federal officials (City Secretary) ]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 CITY OF LEAGUE CITY SPECIAL ELECTION AND INSTRUCTING THE MAYOR TO CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION TO THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS.
CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVE.
CAN I GET SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
IS THE MACHINE WORKING? IT'S WORKING.
[5. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS]
NEXT ITEM.ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND, UM, THERE IS NO COMMENTS ON HERE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY AND ALLOW, UH, ANY PERSON THAT WAS BACK INTO OFFICE AFTER WE DO THE, UM, AFTER WE DO THE OATH OF OFFICE, UH, WE'RE GONNA ALLOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE US TO SAY THANK YOU TO ANY PERSON THAT MAYBE, IF YOU WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE
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THE DUTIES.CITY COUNCIL POSITION NUMBER THREE OF CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY OF THE CITY OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE.
TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
HAVE SOMEBODY YOU WANTED? NO, WE'RE GOOD.
UH, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
COURT I COURT CHAD WILL, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILLFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I'LL FAITH FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF CITY COUNCIL POSITION NUMBER FOUR OF CITY COUNCIL POSITION NUMBER FOUR OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE STATES.
SO HELP ME, GOD AND OF THE STATES.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'LL GO NEXT.
I JUSTIN HICKS, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF CITY COUNCIL.
POSITION FIVE OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE STATES.
SO HELP ME, GOD AND OF THE STATE.
SO, UH, BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THE MEETING, I'M GONNA TAKE A, UH, LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE OUT OF COUNSEL FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
AND, UH, I THINK WE HAD A PRETTY QUICK MEETING.
UH, WE DIDN'T GET TO, UH, GIVE A WHOLE LOT IN THE COMMENTS ABOUT THINKING OUR, UH, PEOPLE THAT HELPED US OUT.
BUT, UM, SO I'M GONNA GO FIRST IF THAT'S OKAY, GUYS.
AND, UH, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, I, UH, THANK GOD AND THE, UH, LEAGUE CITY VOTERS, MY WIFE DEBORAH, AND, UH, MY FOUR DAUGHTERS, REBECCA, SARAH, JULIA, AND LEAH, FOR PUTTING UP WITH THE NONSENSE THAT WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH.
AND, UH, I'LL START WITH MY VOLUNTEER LIST.
UM, SEBASTIAN LARO, KATIE FRENCH, LINDA BATTERSON, JOSHUA MINE, DEBORAH HICKS, MY WIFE, DEBBIE BRANCH, BRIAN AND DEBORAH WEDEMEYER, WES JORN, UH, BARBARA HUBBARD, CAJUN WILLIAMS, BRANDON WILLIAMS, TAMMY BILLINGSLEY, MIRANDA KOOPMAN, MALAN SWEENEY, KATHY DRISCOLL, MANDY AND JOE FELTNER, AMY HIAM,
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THOMAS DAVIS, SCOTT BOWEN, MISTY DAWSON, KEVIN MCBRIDE, HOUSTON WEIR, A PORTION OF THE FOLAND TEAM AND, UH, CINNAMON SCULLY.AND THEN ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, SOME PUBLIC FIGURES THAT ALSO ENDORSED MY, UH, BID FOR REELECT.
UH, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, SENATOR MAYS MIDDLETON, UH, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
UH, REPRESENTATIVE JULIE PICKRIN, UH, SCOTT PRESLER FROM THE PERSISTENCE AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IN PENNSYLVANIA.
UH, MAYOR NICK LONG, C-C-I-S-D TRUSTEE SCOTT BOWEN, TOMMY COES, ANDY MANN, SEAN SAUNDERS, COURTNEY CHADWELL, KEVIN EDMONDS, GABE BOWEN, LORETTA ROBERTS, JUSTIN RUSSELL, SETH ROLANDS, DEBBIE BRANCH, AND DELLA BROWN.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I HAVE TO SAY, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES, WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, ELECTIONS GET TOUGH IN THIS TOWN.
WE'RE 125,000 PEOPLE WE'RE DOWN BALLOT, AND YOU NEED A LOT OF HELP.
AND SO I GUESS THE HINT OF ADVICE THAT I WOULD OFFER, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES IS IF YOU WANNA REMAIN HERE, UM, ENGAGE YOUR VOTERS, ENGAGE YOUR CITIZENS, DON'T IGNORE 'EM, THEY WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH.
WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT? GO AHEAD.
MINE'S, UH, LITTLE SHORTER, A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
I DON'T HAVE AS LONG AS A LIST LIST TO THANK, BUT, UH, I, I RAN AN UNOPPOSED, UM, WISH I COULD SAY THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I'VE DONE OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M STILL LEARNING.
UH, WOULD LIKE TO THANK THESE GUYS UP HERE.
I'VE, I'VE LEARNED, MAN, AND THE ONES THAT AREN'T HERE, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE REMOTELY AND, UH, MAYOR LONG, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THESE GUYS IN THE LAST MONTH.
UH, AND THAT'S KINDA LIKE THE FIRST, THE FIRST YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT'S BAPTISM BY FIRE, YOU CAN PREPARE FOR IT, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO UNTIL YOU, YOU'VE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BEEN THROUGH IT, RIGHT? AND, AND SPENT SOME TIME UP HERE, UH, ON THIS DAIS.
BUT, UH, SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU UP HERE.
UM, THANKS TO THE LEAGUE CITIZENS, RIGHT? TO ALL THE VOTERS OUT THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW UNDER VOTES, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.
AND I DID HAVE SOME SUPPORT AND EVEN THE GUYS THAT MEANT TO, BUT DIDN'T VOTE FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT TOO, RIGHT? WE'LL, WE WILL GET 'EM NEXT TIME, BUT, UH, UH, JUST HAPPY TO BE UP HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAD NO AGAINST VOTES.
THAT IS TRUE IN THAT SCENARIO.
I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT THAT'S HERE.
UM, CHRISSY JUST, SHE JUST KEPT GOING AND GOING AND GOING.
AND EVEN WHEN I THOUGHT I, I WAS LIKE, THIS IS JUST GETTING TO BE TOO MUCH.
SHE JUST KEPT EVERYBODY GOING.
AND THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC FAMILY, FRIENDS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND I HOPE THAT THIS WILL KIND OF HELP BRING FORTH SAYING THAT YOU CAN WIN AN ELECTION IN LEAGUE CITY WITHOUT SPENDING, YOU KNOW, UPWARDS OF $50,000, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO NEGATIVE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST TRY TO RUN ON MERITS.
YOU CAN RUN A CAMPAIGN LIKE I BELIEVE THAT JESUS WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO DO.
SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS AND OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE CAN LET ME BE THE BEGINNING OF A CHANGE AND LET'S SHOW THAT WE CAN HAVE NEW BLOOD, NEW THOUGHTS.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY PARTISAN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET SOMEBODY ELSE DECIDE WHAT PARTY YOU BELONG TO.
AND SO I HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BACK TO WORK, BUT MOSTLY I RE RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
YOU WORKED SO HARD AND I APPRECIATE IT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK BEFORE WE ADJOURN? JUST TO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CANDIDATES AND, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM, COURTNEY AND JUSTIN THIS TIME.
UH, IT'S HARD TO RUN FOR ELECTION IN LAKE CITY, BUT Y'ALL ALL DID A GREAT JOB.
ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN.
UM, I'M HERE IN NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
SO AT SIX 15 THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.