Jun 21, 2022 City Council

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AND WELCOME FAMILY AND GUESTS TO OUR SPECIAL CALLED COUNCIL MEETING DATED TUESDAY, JUNE THE 21ST, 2022

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

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ON THE DOT. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL US TO ORDER.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, SO WE'LL START OFF BY RECOGNIZING.

[1. Recognition of Council Member Mikey Svoboda.]

WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR HIM AND JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK HIM FOR HIS PARTICIPATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

IT'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT WHEN MIKEY'S AROUND.

HE'S JUST GOT HIS. HE'S GOT A LITTLE QUIRKS ABOUT HIM AND HIS LITTLE COMMENTS THAT KIND OF MAKE US SMILE AND CHUCKLE INSIDE.

SO FOR MIKEY [INAUDIBLE] HE'S NOT HERE, BUT FOR MIKEY SVOBODA, WE DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION THANKING HIM FOR HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM MAY 2020 TO JUNE 2022.

THE CITY OF ANGLETON IS A BETTER COMMUNITY THANKS TO HIS HARD WORK AND HIS COMMITMENT.

AWARDED THIS 21ST DAY, JUNE OF 2022.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GIVE THIS TO MIKEY AND GIVE HIM A BIG HUG AND A PAT ON THE BACK.

TELL THEM THANK YOU. AND WE'RE SURELY GOING TO MISS MIKEY HERE AT OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, HIS BUSINESS INSIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MISS MIKEY.

IF YOU'RE LISTENING, MIKEY, OR IF YOU WATCH THIS LATER, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

BUT Y'ALL WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO MIKEY.

WELCOME, MR. GONGORA.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED HAVING MIKEY ON COUNCIL.

THE THINGS HE'S BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.

HE'S GOT A GREAT BUSINESS ACUMEN, BEING A REAL, YOU KNOW, TESTED AND BUSINESS OWNER AND LOCAL TOWN HERE. HE'S REALLY PROVEN HIMSELF.

AND WHEN HE WHEN HE SPEAKS ABOUT THAT, I REALLY LISTEN TO HIM AND I'LL MISS HIM.

AND HE'S ALWAYS PROVIDED A LOT OF INSIGHT AND FUN.

SO HE WAS A LOT OF FUN TO BE ON THE COUNCIL WITH.

SO. GOOD LUCK, MIKEY, AND I HOPE ALL YOUR FUTURE PLANS PAN OUT.

ANYBODY ELSE. I JUST WILL SAY THANK YOU TO MIKEY AS WELL, MAINLY BECAUSE HE DOES SO MUCH FOR THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY AS A PRIVATE ENTREPRENEUR. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT REACH BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WORK FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THEIR OWN WAY.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THAT AND HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS BACK LIKEWISE AND APPRECIATES IT.

SO. JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, MIKEY, FOR SERVING. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE HAVING HIM ON THE BOARD, ON THE COUNCIL.

AND HE WILL BE MISSED.

BUT YEAH, HE DOES GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY AND I HOPE HE CONTINUES TO DO SO.

GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[2. Discussion and possible action on a resolution canvassing a runoff election held on June 11, 2022; declaring the candidates for Council Member, Position 1 and Council Member, Position 5 is duly elected; and containing other provisions relating to the subject.]

I DO HAVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION THAT MR. FRANCIS ASKED ME TO READ ALOUD FROM THE COUNTY'S OFFICE IN REGARDS TO THE ELECTION.

I DO HAVE THE RESULTS THAT THEY FORWARDED US THAT THEY HAVE CERTIFIED FOR COUNCIL POSITION ONE.

MR. ERIC BROWN RECEIVED 278 VOTES, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 34.98%.

AND MS. CHRISTIENE DANIEL RECEIVED 513 VOTES AT 65.02% FOR A TOTAL OF 100%.

IN POSITION FIVE, MARK GONGORA RECEIVED 429 VOTES, EQUIVALENT TO 55.86%.

AND MR. BLAINE SMITH, WHO RECEIVED 339 VOTES, 44.14%, ALSO TOTALING 100%.

COUNCIL DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUBMITTED RESULTS FROM THE COUNTY.

MAKE A MOTION.

OK GOT A MOTION BY TOWNSEND.

SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN THAT MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD TO THE FUN PART IS ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS SO WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER THREE IS ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO CHRISTIENE DANIEL

[3. Administer Oath of Office to Christiene Daniel, Council Member, Position 1.]

SO IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD OVER HERE, MS. DANIEL IF YOU'LL COME HERE, IF YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR FAMILY UP, PLEASE DO SO.

MOMENTOUS OCCASION FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

AND THEY'LL ADMINISTER THE OATH.

RIGHT THERE. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. YOU STAND.

YOU HOLD HER.

YOU WANT TO. YOU KNOW YOU'RE FINE RIGHT THERE.

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[4. Administer Oath of Office to Mark Gongora, Council Member, Position 5.]

ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO MARK GONGORA COUNCIL MEMBER POSITION FIVE.

ALL RIGHT, I GUESS BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I GUESS, COUNSEL, IF WE WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER TOGETHER.

YEAH, WE'RE ALL HERE, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO ADJOURNMENT.

SO WE'LL TAKE ONE QUICK PHOTO AND . YEAH.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO DO US FOR TONIGHT.

WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:09.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.