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          EVENING. IT IS 6:01 P.M. AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO 
          [B. Invocation - Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Kelly]
ORDER. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. FIRST UP ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM PATRICK KELLY. JOIN ME IN A COLLECTION. THANK YOU. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE. I 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. I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM D CANVASING OF THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL AND CHARTER AMENDMENT. 
          [D. Canvassing of the May 3, 2025 General and Charter Amendment Elections, Issuance of Certificates of Election, Administering of the Oaths of Office, and Calling the Runoff Election.]
ELECTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION, ADMINISTERING OF THE OATHS OF OFFICE AND CALLING THE RUNOFF ELECTION. ITEM ONE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE NUMBER FOUR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER FIVE, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER SIX AND THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION. 
          JENNIFER MALONE, OUR ACTING CITY SECRETARY, WILL PRESENT THE OFFICIAL TOTAL VOTES CAST IN THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION AND CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION. FOR COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE NUMBER FOUR LONNIE TIPTON RECEIVED 1075 VOTES FOR 47.05% OF THE VOTES. CARLOS E ANDINO, JR RECEIVED 370 VOTES FOR 16.99% OF THE VOTES. JOSHUA SHANNON RECEIVED 840 VOTES FOR 36.76% OF THE VOTES. TOTAL VOTES CAST 2002 85. DUE TO NO CANDIDATE HAVING A MAJORITY VOTE, A RUNOFF ELECTION BETWEEN LONNIE E TIPTON AND JOSHUA SHANNON WILL NEED TO BE CALLED FOR COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE NUMBER FIVE KRISTEN GREEN RECEIVED 1652 VOTES FOR 100% OF THE VOTES. TOTAL VOTES CAST 1652 FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER FIVE. THE WINNER IS KRISTEN GREEN FOR COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER SIX PATRICK KELLY RECEIVED 1649 VOTES FOR 100% OF THE VOTES. TOTAL VOTES CAST 1649 FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER SIX. THE WINNER IS PATRICK KELLY. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS CASTING A BALLOT WAS 2428. FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION, PROPOSITION A RECEIVED 2058 VOTES IN FAVOR AND 303 VOTES AGAINST. TOTAL VOTES CAST. 2361 PROPOSITION EIGHT PASSES. 
          PROPOSITION B RECEIVED 1294 VOTES IN FAVOR AND 1049 VOTES AGAINST. TOTAL VOTES CAST. 2343 PROPOSITION B PASSES. PROPOSITION C RECEIVED 1148 VOTES IN FAVOR AND 1191 VOTES AGAINST TOTAL VOTES CAST. 2339 PROPOSITION C FAILS. PROPOSITION D RECEIVED 1582 VOTES IN FAVOR AND 704 VOTES AGAINST TOTAL VOTES CAST. 2286 PROPOSITION D PASSES. PROPOSITION E RECEIVED 1868 VOTES IN FAVOR AND 461 VOTES AGAINST TOTAL VOTES CAST. 2329 PROPOSITION E PASSES. 
          PROPOSITION F RECEIVED 1248 VOTES IN FAVOR AND 1112 VOTES AGAINST TOTAL VOTES CAST. 2360 PROPOSITION F PASSES. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS CASTING A BALLOT IS 2428. ALL RIGHT. ITEM TWO APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION, CANVASING, RETURNS, AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF A CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, ON MAY 3RD, 2025, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. COUNCIL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. THE RESOLUTION IS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION AND AS RECEIVED FROM THE ACTING CITY SECRETARY DURING ITEM D ONE SECOND I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO NOTHING. ITEM THREE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION. CANVASING, RETURNS AND DECLARING 
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THE RESULTS OF A GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, ON SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, 2025, TO ELECT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER FOUR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER FIVE AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER SIX AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION AS RECEIVED FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY DURING ITEM D ONE. HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO NOTHING. ITEM D FOR PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION BY MAYOR GILMORE AND OATHS OF OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. PLACE NUMBERS FIVE AND SIX. AND I HAVE THOSE CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION. AND WE DO HAVE THE JUDGE BRIAN HOLMAN, AVAILABLE TO SWEAR AT PEOPLE OR WITH PEOPLE. I GO DOWN HERE. 
          THANK Y'ALL. COME ON DOWN. NOPE. I THINK WE'RE STILL TOGETHER, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE BOTH. OR DO YOU WANT TO DO THEM IN TEN? WE CAN DO IT. OR SHOULD WE DO IT AT THE SAME TIME? SO THAT'S JUST EFFICIENCY. YOU CAN COME DOWN HERE. IF YOU WANT. TO GET ONE. HOW MANY? OKAY. IF YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME I AND STATE YOUR NAME. I, KRISTEN GREEN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF AND STATE THE PLACE OF PLACE NUMBER FIVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. STATE OF TEXAS. STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST 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 OF THIS CITY, AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY. AND I FURTHERMORE SOLEMNLY SWEAR, AND I FURTHERMORE SOLEMNLY SWEAR, THAT I HAVE NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED, OR PROMISED TO PAY, PAID OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY CONTRIBUTED, NOR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTED, NOR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE OR PROMISE, ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT AS A REWARD, AS A REWARD FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF VOTE, OR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING A VOTE AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, AT THE ELECTION OF WHICH I WAS ELECTED. SO HELP ME GOD, SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANKS, EVERYBODY. THREE MORE YEARS. ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM D FIVE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, CALLING A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR JUNE 7TH, 2025 TO ELECT A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE NUMBER FOUR TO A FULL THREE YEAR TERM, PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING AND FOR NOTICE OF RUNOFF ELECTION, PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE RUNOFF ELECTION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, APPROVAL OF AN ELECTION CALENDAR AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE ELECTION ORDER. 
          BECAUSE NO CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF VOTES IN THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION, A RUNOFF ELECTION IS NECESSARY TO FILL THIS POSITION. 
          THE NAMES OF THE TWO CANDIDATES RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE GENERAL ELECTION WERE LONNIE E TIPTON AND JOSHUA SHANNON, AND THEIR NAMES SHALL BE PRINTED ON THE BALLOT AND SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL CALL THE RUNOFF ELECTION FOR JUNE 7TH, 2025, AS IT IS DESIGNATED BY THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE AS THE ELECTION DATE FOR RUNOFF ELECTIONS RESULTING FROM ELECTIONS HELD BY LOCAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS ON THE MAY 3RD, 2025 UNIFORM ELECTION DATE. GIVEN THAT TEXAS LAW REQUIRES CANVASING OF TOTAL VOTES TO BE HELD BETWEEN THE THIRD AND 11TH DAY FOLLOWING RUNOFF ELECTION, STAFF FURTHER RECOMMENDS THE CONDUCTING OF THE CANVASING OF THE RUNOFF. 
          ELECTION RESULTS. AT A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 18TH, 2025, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND ELECTION CALENDAR, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE ELECTION ORDER AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND ELECTION CALENDAR AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE ELECTION ORDER AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE NOTHING. ITEM E VISITORS FORUM SPEAKERS MUST ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR RATHER THAN TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. SPEAKERS SHOULD SPEAK CLEARLY AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO BEGINNING THEIR REMARKS. 
          SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES FOR TESTIMONY. SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS FROM THE 
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AUDIENCE, STAMPING OF FEET, WHISTLES, YELLS, CLAPPING, AND SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. ACTION CAN ONLY BE TAKEN AT A FUTURE MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR THE VISITORS FORUM? PUBLIC COMMENT. HEARING NONE. AND AS THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE ARE ADJOURNED
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