City Council - Special Meeting

the Sageno city council in order. Please rise for the pledges 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. I aliance to the Texas, one state under God, one indivisible.

Thank you. Please be seated. Uh item C is the invocation. Do I have a volunteer from the audience or the the DAS that would like to do the invocation? Anybody feeling so moved? Thank you, Brack. Please pray with me. Dear heavenly father, we thank you so much for today. We thank you for the many blessings that you've given us, the way that you've blessed our lives. Pray that you would uh watch over us, keep us safe, be with our public u first responders, that you would uh watch over them as well. Uh let us have a good meeting and pray all these things in Jesus name. Amen.

Thank you, Bri. Honor participation. You can speak on any item that is on the agenda. It is a brief agenda, but you are allowed to speak on any. So, moving to business 2 a consider action of approval of order canvasing the returns and declaring the results of a bond election. City Secretary Vicky Vega.

Thank you, Mayor and Council. Um, the item before you today is ordinance number 202609, canvasing the returns and declaring the results of a bond election held on May 2nd, 2026. There were three propositions on the ballot and the unofficial returns were provided by Tarant County Election Office. I would like to also note that 1541 of 16,322 registered voters voted, which is 9.44% rate of participation. Is this our biggest turnout ever? Pretty close. I believe it is. Yeah. So, congratulations. Thank you folks for voting.

Um, the propositions included Proposition A. This is a tax increase, the issuance of bonds in the amount of 38 million for street improvements with priority given to Mroy Boulevard and Industrial Avenue. Proposition B, this is a tax increase, the issuance of bonds in the amount of 6 million for park, recreation, and open space improvements. Proposition C, this is a tax increase, the issuance of bonds in the amount of 15 million for an animal control facility. Today, Tarant Tarant County provided the official results. The final totals change slightly from the unofficial results by six. The official results are as follow. Proposition A received four 955 votes. Against 582 votes. Proposition B received four 767 votes and against 766 votes. That is one vote difference. Proposition C received for 883 and against 646 votes. It is staff's recommendation that the city council approve ordinance 20269 canvasing and declaring the results of a bond election held on May 2nd, 2026 and declaring the proposition A, B, and C as passed.

Any questions on this? If not, I'll entertain a motion. Mayor, I move to adopt the ordinance number 2026-9 canvasing the returns and declaring results of the bomb election. Thank you. Do I have a second?

Valerie second. Please cast your votes. Motion passes. Let the record reflect. We do have a quorum. Moving on to B. Consideration action regarding resolution 20267 camping returns and clearing result general election for council member place 4 and council member place city secretary Vicky Becca.

Thank you again mayor. Uh today's resolution number 2026 07 canvasing the returns and declaring the results of a general election on May 2nd for council member place 4 and council member place 6. Tarant County election office provided the unofficial election results on election night to today Taran County provided the official results. The final totals changed slightly from the unofficial results. Um and resolution 20267 has been updated to reflect the official res uh results and they are as follow. Council member place 4 which was Bra Stlair received uh 722 votes which was 53.76%. Brian Thompson received 621 total votes which is 46.2%. For council member place 6, Benjamin Guty, 536 votes, which is 38.23%. Mary Copelan received 866 total votes, which is 61.77%. It is staff's recommendation that mayor and council approve resolution number 202607 canvasing the election results in reelecting to office council member place four Stlair and council member place 6 Mary Copelan.

Council any questions comments on this this item? If not I will entertain a motion. Mayor, I move to adopt a resolution number 202607 canvasing the returns and declaring the results of a general election and reelect council member place for Bra Stlair and for council member place Mary Copelan. Thank you Valerie. Do I have a second? I'll second. Congratulations to you both. Please cast your votes. Motion passes. Welcome back folks. Congratulations.

Congratulations. Now we have two C is why I think we have an audience here. Oath of office for council member place four and council place six city secretary Vicky Vega. Will the the winners please meet uh city secretary down? Please don't fall and hurt me.

I know it's because they're all crammed under. I state your name do solely swear overnare that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of council member place in your place I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of council member

of the city of Texas

and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state and the ordinances of the city of Sagos to help us to the best of my ability to preserve, protect this or so Congratulations both you. I look forward to working with you even more. It's a great day. So with that, I think that's all we have. I will entertain a motion to adjurnn.

I make a motion we adjourn. Do you have a second? Rack. Oh, I got Did you unplug? I'm I'm unplugged. He's unplugged. He tripped over it. It's all laying down here. It is. Oops. I vote yay. Oh, it says yay. All right. All right. So at 5:38 we're journed. Thank you'all. Hey Pedro.