[CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM IS PRESENT]
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WE ARE GOOD TO GO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. ANNOUNCED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND WE CALL TO ORDER THIS SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE INVOCATION AND THEN THE PLEDGE. SO EVERYONE PRESENT, PLEASE STAND UP. PLEASE. BODY HITS. DEAR LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. WE THANK YOU FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CONTINUING TO STAND FORWARD AND VOLUNTEER TO BE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS STOOD BEHIND THEM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR INTEGRITY AND THEIR DESIRE TO MAKE MANER CONTINUE TO MAKE MANER A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT ARE PRESENT AS YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE US THE WISDOM AND GIVE US YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GUIDANCE. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. ALRIGHT, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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. ALRIGHT, MAY BE SEATED. WE DO
[REGULAR AGENDA]
NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP STRAIGHT INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS RELATING TO THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 CITY OF MINOR GENERAL ELECTIONS AND THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS DO THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE CITY OF MAYNARD GENERAL ELECTIONS. SO BEAR WITH ME. I HAVE TO READ ALL OF THE NUMBERS.GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 RESULTS FOR SIX PRECINCTS 126, 127, 142, 143, 144 AND 145.
TOTAL REGISTERED VOTERS 9652. TOTAL BALLOTS CAST 5515. TOTAL VOTER TURNOUT 57.14%. THE FIRST ITEM FOR RECALL FOR CASTING WAS ON THE LIST AS MAYOR, AND I'M GOING TO READ ALL THE WAY ACROSS ALL THREE CANDIDATES CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, EARLY VOTING 1756. VOTE BY MAIL 50 ELECTION 463 PROVISIONAL, FOUR VOTING PERCENTAGE 49.67%, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 2273 VOTES. CANDIDATE ROBERT BARTELL, EARLY VOTING 406 VOTES. VOTE BY MAIL FIVE. ELECTION 146. PROVISIONAL ZERO VOTING PERCENTAGE 12.17%. TOTAL WAS 557 VOTES. THIRD CANDIDATE TRISHA CAMPBELL. EARLY VOTING 1286. VOTE BY MAIL 30 ELECTION 423 PROVISIONAL SEVEN VOTE VOTING PERCENTAGE WAS 38.16%.
TOTAL 1746 VOTES. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE ONE. EMILY HILL 2145. EARLY VOTES. VOTE BY MAIL 60 FOR ELECTION 608. PROVISIONAL FIVE. VOTING PERCENTAGE 68.41%. TOTAL 2822 VOTES. STEPHEN RUSHING. 954. EARLY VOTES. VOTE BY MAIL 18. ELECTION 326. PROVISIONAL FIVE VOTING PERCENTAGE 31.59%. TOTAL VOTES 1303. WITH EMILY HILL AS THE WINNER. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACED THREE. JOHN STRANGE 728 VOTES FOR EARLY VOTE, 17 FOR THE VOTE BY MAIL, 208 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY, TWO PROVISIONAL VOTES PERCENTAGE WAS 23.07%, FOR A TOTAL VOTES OF 955 VOTES. TODD SHANER 662 EARLY VOTES, 15 VOTES BY MAIL, 199 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY. TWO VOTES PROVISIONAL AND 21.20 21.21%, 878 TOTAL VOTES. MARIA AMESCUA ON EXCUSE ME. EARLY VOTING 1722 48. VOTE BY
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MAIL 530 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY, SIX VOTES THAT WERE PROVISIONAL AND 55.71% OF TOTAL VOTES, WHICH WERE 2306. AND THE WONDERFUL PLACE THREE, COUNCILMEMBER PLACE FIVE AARON W MORENO 1007 1770.ON EARLY VOTING 44 VOTES. VOTE BY MAIL 516 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY. FIVE VOTES ON THAT WERE PROVISIONAL PROVISIONAL, 59.07% OF THE TOTAL VOTES, WHICH WERE TWO 2335 VOTES. ARMANDO.
SAMANIEGO 1199 VOTES OF EARLY VOTING, 34 VOTES BY MAIL, 380 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY FIVE VOTES. PROVISIONAL, 40.93%. TOTAL VOTES AND WHICH IS 1618 VOTES WITH PLACE FIVE BEING AARON MORENO. AND. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE BY ELECTION. MAYOR HARVEY TO REELECT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. PLACE ONE. EMILY HILL REELECTED. COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE THREE MARIA MARIA METZGER AND REELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FIVE AARON MORENO. SO IF YOU ALL WOULD COME FORWARD, I GUESS WE DO ONE AT A TIME AND GET SOME PHOTOS. SO WE'LL START WITH PLACE ONE, PLACE THREE, AND THEN PLACE FIVE. YOU ALL WANT TO COME DOWN TO THE FRONT. AND YOU CAN CLAP. TO MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION. IT SAYS THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT EMILY HILL, AT GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, ON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024, BY VIRTUE OF HAVING RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST, HAS BEEN ELECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER ONE OF THE CITY OF MAIN, NORTH TEXAS, AND WAS ON THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2024, CERTIFIED BY CANVASS OF THE VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS. NOW, THEREFORE, BY REASONABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED TO QUALIFY AS THE LAW DIRECTS FOR THE SAID OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE ONE OF THE CITY OF MANNER AND THEREFORE ENTER UPON THE DISCHARGE OF YOUR DUTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. IN SUCH CASES MADE AND PROVIDED WITH WITNESS, MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MANAGERS. 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024. DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR SCOTT MORRISSEY, MANAGER AND YOU'VE AUTHORIZED THE CITY SECRETARY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, PLACE NUMBER THREE. KNOW I'M GOING TO READ IT OUT. I'LL GIVE YOU THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU. SO KIND CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION. JUST READ THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT. MARIA, I'M A DMF AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, ON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024. BY VIRTUE OF HAVING RECEIVED THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST HAS BEEN ELECTED. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER THREE OF THE CITY OF MAIN OF TEXAS, AND WAS ON THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2024, CERTIFIED BY A CANVASS OF THE VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, AND THEREFORE BY REASON OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MEDINA, TEXAS. HERE YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED TO QUALIFY AS THE LAW DIRECTS FOR THE SAID OFFICE AND COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE THREE OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD AND THEREFORE TO ENTER UPON DISCHARGE OF YOUR DUTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. IN SUCH CASES MADE AND PROVIDED WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF TO YOUR MAYOR THIS 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024. DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR, DOCTOR MORRIS CITY MANAGER. STATE SECRETARY.
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CONGRATULATIONS. TO. GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO SAY FIVE. TO THE BEST DRESSED. THIS IS THE CERTIFY THAT. SORRY. SO YOU DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION? IT'S CERTIFIED. AARON W MORENO AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF MANOR, TEXAS, ON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024. BY VIRTUE OF HAVING RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST, HAS BEEN ELECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER FIVE OF THE CITY OF MAIN IN TEXAS, AND WAS ON THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2024, A CERTIFIED BY CANVASS OF THE VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS. NOW, THEREFORE, BY REASON OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MAGNOLIA, TEXAS, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED TO QUALIFY AS A LAW DIRECTOR FOR THE SAID OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACED BY OTHER CITY OF MANNER, AND THEREFORE ENTER UPON THE CHARGE DISCHARGE OF YOUR DUTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW IN SUCH CASES MADE AND PROVIDED.WITNESS MY HAND AND BE SEALED UNTO THE MAYNARD. HIS 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024. KNOCK CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR SCOTT MORRIS, CITY MANAGER AND CITY SECRETARY. CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU. FLAVOR RIGHT THERE. ON THAT. YEAH. OH, UP THERE. CHEERS. OH, YEAH. YEAH. I KNOW. CROSS YOUR EYES. YEAH. OKAY. YOU DID SHOW. OKAY. ARE YOU READY? COME ON UP.
ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. YEAH. YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE? COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, BIG SMILE.
BIG SMILE. Y'ALL KNOW HOW WE DO IT. DON'T BE BASHFUL. YOU. INDIVIDUAL. OH, HOLD ON. HE GOT.
HE GOT CUT OFF ON THE. AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK AGAIN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR COMING IN AND JOINING US NOW THIS THAT WAS ALL THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. IT'S NOT OFFICIAL YET UNTIL THEY GET DOWN HERE AND DO OUR SWEARING IN WITH OUR WITH OUR JUDGE. SO ITEM PART THREE OF ITEM AGENDA. ITEM ONE IS THE OATH TO OFFICE BEGINNING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE ONE AND EMILY HILL. SO YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND HEAD ON DOWN THERE. DO WE NEED TIME? DO WE NEED TO GET THE MIC UP HERE OR Y'ALL GONNA DO IT RIGHT THERE? IT'LL BE LOUD. OKA. WHAT DO YOU WANT? JUST COME IN FRONT OF US AND JUST FACE EACH OTHER LIKE THAT? YEAH, WELL, A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. THERE YOU GO.
PERFECT, PERFECT. YOU MIGHT HAV. YEAH. IT'S FINE, IT'S FINE. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. REPEAT AFTER ME. GIVE PERSONALIZED ANSWERS WHERE APPROPRIATE. I STATE YOUR NAME. HI. EMILY HILL,
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SOLEMNLY SWEAR. SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I HAVE NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED, PROMISED TO PAY, PAID, OFFERED, PROMISE TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE. CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE. ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PROMISE TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION. THE VOTE AT THE ELECTION, AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, WHICH I WAS ELECTED, OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE, OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION. MY APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND I FURTHER DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, AND I FURTHER DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. AND I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF YOUR PLACE, OF THE OFFICE OF PLACE, ONE OF THE CITY OF MAINE OR STATE OF TEXAS. THE CITY OF MAYNARD, STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE, AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES, AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THIS CITY OF THIS CITY. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. AND WE JUST KEEP GOING. SO PLACE THREE AND THEN PLACE FIVE.OKAY I YOUR NAME I, MARIA, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I HAVE NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED PROMISE TO PAY PAID, OFFERED, OR PROMISE TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE. CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PROMISE TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION, AT THE AT A OF A VOTE OF AN ELECTION. AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, AS WHICH I WAS ELECTED, OR AS EXCUSE ME, OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION. MY APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND I FURTHERMORE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, AND I FURTHERMORE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF REPLACE OF THE OFFICE OF PLACE THREE OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD. STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD. STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE, AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES, AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THIS CITY, OF THIS CITY. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
RIGHT HERE. READY? YES, DUDE. ALL RIGHT, I YOUR NAME I AARON W MORENO, SOLEMNLY SWEAR. SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I AM NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED PROMISE TO PAY PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISE TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE. CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PROMISE, ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING, FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION OF A VOTE. AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE, OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION, MY APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND I FURTHERMORE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, AND I FURTHERMORE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF YOUR PLACE OF THE OFFICE OF PLACE NUMBER FIVE OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD. STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY OF MAYNARD, STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, OF MY ABILITY.
PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THE STATE, AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES, AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THIS CITY OF THE CITY. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY,
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BEFORE BEFORE YOU ALL SIT DOWN, CAN WE GET EVERYONE TO COME UP AND SIGN THEIR OATHS AND HAVE THE JUDGE SIGN BEHIND ME? SO LET'S COME DOWN AND SIGN. THERE'S A PEN UP HERE AS WELL. I THINK. THEN WE'LL GET A PICTURE WITH YOU HOLDING YOUR OATH. THEN WE'LL GET GOING. SO YOU HAVE YOURS, MARIA. AND THIS IS YOURS. THIS IS YOURS, MARIA. YEAH. THAT'S YOURS. YEAH, YEAH. YOU GOT IT. OKAY. OH, YOU NEED A PE? THERE YOU GO. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE THREE OF YOU. ALL FOR Y'ALL. OKAY? OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. OKAY. IF Y'ALL CAN JUST LINE UP RIGHT HERE AND GET ONE MORE PHOTO OP, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AGENDA.SURE. IS THAT RIGHT? RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE. CANVASING THE ELECTION RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, FOR THE CITY OF MAYNARD'S MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL PLACE, ONE. PLACE THREE AND PLACE FIVE. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? SOMEBODY NEEDS Y'ALL NEED THE LANGUAGE. RIGHT, MAYOR.
COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 766, CANVASING THE ELECTION RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD. HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, FOR THE CITY OF MAYNARD. COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER ONE, COUNCILMEMBER PLACE NUMBER THREE AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER FIVE. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR BY COUNCILMEMBER DEJA. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WARE? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? ANY COMMENTS. WELL MY COMMENT IS JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR AGAIN STEPPING UP TO RUN AGAIN AND CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE'VE STARTED. AND DEFINITELY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND ARE GOING TO DO AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE SEAT OF MAYNARD. SO GLAD YOU ALL ARE ALL BACK. ALRIGHT, NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THEN WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. THE TIME IS 7:24 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED
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