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AGD 12/23/2024 City of Wichita Falls City Council Agenda Tim Short, Mayor e, `> Bobby Whiteley, Mayor Pro Tem/At Large Whitney Flack, District 1\-- Robert Brooks, District 2 Jeff Browning, District 3r r1r n �C�� Q a �S Mike Battaglino, District 4 4 7Ni TEXAS Tom Taylor, District 5 "�� od`. Stue5Aie�:4o/deo Oyportumities: �r James McKechnie, Interim City Manager �AA,LL Kinley Hegglund, City Attorney Marie Balthrop, City Clerk Notice Of Special Meeting Of The Mayor And City Council Of The City Of Wichita Falls, Texas, To Be Held At The MPEC, 1000 Fifth Street, Hayley Eye Clinic Seminar Room, Monday, December 23, 2024, Beginning At 8:30 A.M. This meeting can be accessed and viewed at the following locations: 1. A livestream will be shown on the Spectrum/Time Warner Cable Channel 1300 2. A livestream will be shown on the City's Facebook page (City of Wichita Falls, Texas Government) (https://www.facebook.com/citvofwichitafalls) 3. A video of the meeting will be posted on the City's YouTube page (https://www.voutube.com/citvofwf) Item # 1 . Call to Order 2. (a) Invocation: Mayor Tim Short (b) Pledge of Allegiance 3. Ordinance canvassing the returns of the General Runoff Election held in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas on December 14, 2024. 4. Adjourn Spanish language interpreters, deaf interpreters, Braille copies or any other special needs will be provided to any person requesting a special service with at least 24 hours' notice. Please call the City Clerk's Office at 761-7409. Every item on this agenda shall be considered a public hearing. Regardless of the agenda heading under which any item is listed, any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda shall be considered a subject for consideration for purposes of the Texas Open Meetings Act and other relevant law, and City Council may deliberate and vote upon any such subject and resolutions related thereto. Resolutions, ordinances, and other actions concerning any word, phrase, or other subject may be voted upon, regardless of any language of limitation found in this agenda or any document referring to such action. Any penal ordinance, development regulation or charter provision of the City of Wichita Falls or item which is funded by the current or next proposed City of Wichita Falls budget, including, without limitation, any street, water pipe, sewer, drainage structure, department, employee, contract or real property interest of the City of Wichita Falls, may be discussed and deliberated, and the subject is hereby defined as such without further notice. Any item on this agenda may be discussed in executive session if authorized by Texas law regardless of whether any item is listed under "Executive Sessions" of this agenda, regardless of any past or current practice of the City Council. Executive sessions described generally hereunder may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda plus any subject specified in the executive session notice. Executive sessions described generally hereunder are closed meetings, may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda plus any subject specified in the executive session notice, and may include items under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.084, and/or 551.087. CERTIFICATION I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at Memorial Auditorium, Wichita Falls, Texas on the 18th day of December, 2024 at 4:00 o'clock p.m. City Clerk J CITY COUNCIL AGENDA PAGE 2 OF 2 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA December 23, 2024 ITEM/SUBJECT: Ordinance canvassing the returns of the General Runoff Election held in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas on December 14, 2024. INITIATING DEPT: City Clerk STRATEGIC GOAL: Actively Engage and Inform the Public. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE: Practice Effective Governance. COMMENTARY: In accordance with Chapter 67.003 of the Texas Election Code, canvassing of precinct returns will be conducted not earlier than three days and not later than fourteen days after the election in even-numbered years. The canvass is the official tabulation of the election results. The City Council reviews the canvass report, which states the total number of votes for each candidate by precinct and a total of all precincts. After the review, the Council will take action to declare the results of the election and name the duly elected candidate. ® City Clerk ASSOCIATED INFORMATION: Ordinance and Canvas Report (the canvass report will be provided at the meeting.) ® Budget Office Review ® City Attorney Review ® Interim City Manager Approval PAGE 1 OF 2 PAGES AGENDA ITEM NO. 3. Ordinance No. Ordinance canvassing the returns of the General Runoff Election held in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas on December 14, 2024 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls called for a General Runoff Election to be held in said City on December 14, 2024, to elect a Councilor At-Large; and, WHEREAS, election officers who held the election have made the returns of the results, and said returns have been delivered to the Canvassing Authority; and, WHEREAS, it is officially found and determined that the meeting at which this ordinance was passed was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of this meeting was given, all as required by the Texas Government Code; and WHEREAS, after canvassing the official returns of the election, it was found to be duly and legally held in all respects, that voters voted in the election and that votes were cast as follows: Councilor At-large: Sam Pak received votes Austin Cobb received votes NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: 1 . The election was in all respects legally held in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter and the Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls. 2. was duly and legally elected Councilor At-Large. 3. This Ordinance is effective immediately upon its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of December 2024. MAYOR ATTEST: City Clerk PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.