[CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM IS PRESENT]
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          READ. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 12:02 P.M. AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE. 
          I ANNOUNCE THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND WE WILL BEGIN THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL CALLED SESSION. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE'LL START OFF WITH AN INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. JUNIOR CARL HARVEY, JUNIOR, IF YOU COME TO THE PODIUM AND EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. LET'S PRAY. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY AS WE CLOSE OUT ANOTHER YEAR. WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE GRACE AND THE MERCY AND EVEN THE PEACE THAT YOU'VE EXTENDED US. AND WE PAUSE AT THIS MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU, BUT ALSO AT THIS MOMENT TO SEEK YOUR YOUR WISDOM, TO SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE NOT ONLY FOR THE BUSINESS OF TODAY, BUT OF THE BUSINESS OF THE UPCOMING FUTURE. AND SO, GOD, AS WE LOOK TO YOU FOR THAT WISDOM, AS WE LOOK TO YOU FOR THAT GRACE, WE TRUST THAT YOU WILL GIVE IN SUCH A WAY THAT RIGHT DECISIONS AND WISE DECISIONS ARE MADE, AND THAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY AND THIS AREA WILL BE BLESSED. 
          WE PRAY AND ASK ALL OF THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE STAND. 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. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA 
          [REGULAR AGENDA]
ITEM. NUMBER ONE CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS RELATED TO THE DECEMBER 14TH, 2024 CITY OF COUNCIL, CITY OF MAYNARD RUNOFF ELECTION AND CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE CITY OF MAYNARD. RUNOFF ELECTION. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION FOR REELECTION. REELECTED MAYOR DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY AND OATH OF OFFICE TO MAYOR HARVEY AND PRESIDING JUDGE J. CABRERA. RUNOFF ELECTION, DECEMBER 14TH, 2024. RESULTS FOR SIX PRECINCTS 126 127, 142. 143, 144 AND 145. TOTAL REGISTERED VOTERS 9775. TOTAL BALLOTS CAST 470. TOTAL VOTER TURNOUT 4.81%. VOTES CAST FOR MAYOR HART. MAYOR FOR THE MAYOR. CANDIDATES CHRISTOPHER HARVEY. EARLY VOTING WAS 212 VOTES. VOTE BY MAIL WAS 29. ELECTION DAY 116% OF THE VOTES 75.96%. TOTAL VOTES 357. MAYOR CANDIDATE PATRICIA CAMPBELL. EARLY VOTING WITH 66. VOTE BY MAIL WAS TEN. ELECTION WAS 37. PROVISIONAL WAS ZERO. VOTE PERCENTAGE WAS 24.04%. TOTAL 113. WITH MAYOR CANDIDATE CHRISTOPHER HARVEY AS THE WINNER. Y'ALL CAN CLAP FOR THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE AND OATH OF OFFICE. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY AT THE RUNOFF ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS, ON THE 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024, BY VIRTUE OF HAVING RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST, HAS BEEN ELECTED MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS, AND WAS ON THE 26TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2024, CERTIFIED BY CANVASS OF THE VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS. NOW, THEREFORE, BY REASON OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED TO QUALIFY AS THE LAW DIRECTS FOR THE SAID OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD, AND THEREFORE TO ENTER UPON THE DISCHARGE OF YOUR DUTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. IN SUCH CASES MADE AND PROVIDED. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD. THIS THE 26TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024. MAYOR PRO TEM EMILY HILL. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND IF WE COULD GO DOWN AND HAVE A PICTURE, PLEASE. COUNCIL. 
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RIGHT THERE. THANK. 
          YOU. THANK YOU. THANK. YOU. OKAY. MAKING SURE WE CREATE THE RIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT. DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY SOLEMNLY SWEAR. ALL RIGHT. DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I AM NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, I'M NOT DIRECTLY PAID. OFFERED PROMISE TO PAY. THEY ALSO PROMISED TO PAY. CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE. CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC, OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE, OR A GIVING OR THE COUNTING OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, AND THE ELECTION TO WHICH I WAS ELECTED, OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE OR AS A REWARD TO MY APPOINTMENT OR COMPROMISE OR COMPROMISE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND I FURTHER DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, AND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES, AND I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD. THE OFFICE OF MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF STATE OF TEXAS. 
          STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO TEST MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE MAYOR OF. ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE, AND OF THIS THING, AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THIS CITY, AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THIS CITY. SO HELP ME GOD. SO I HAVE CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. SPECIAL. DO YOU HAVE FIRST? I DON'T THINK. I. 
          ALL RIGHT. WANT TO DEFINITELY. THANK. ALL OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. FAMILY, FRIENDS, CITY OF MAYNARD AND EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAMPAIGN AND GETTING US THIS FAR. WE'RE DEFINITELY READY TO DO THE WORK, AND COUNCIL IS READY TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS AND NEEDS OF THE CITY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, AND LET'S CONTINUE TO BUILD A STRONG NUMBER TWO CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE, CANVASING THE ELECTION RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE RUNOFF ELECTION OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 2024, FOR THE CITY OF MAYNARD'S MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? I NEED THE PAPER. OH, YOU GOT IT. GO AHEAD. I DON'T THINK I. COVID-19. SHE GOT OVER HERE. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MAYOR COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 772, CANVASING THE ELECTION RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE RUNOFF ELECTION OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 
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2024, FOR THE CITY OF MAYNARD'S MAYOR. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN HILL. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM EMILY HILL. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          ALRIGHT. THE TIME IS 12:12 P.M, AND THIS
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