AGD 12/23/2024 City of Wichita Falls
City Council Agenda
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Bobby Whiteley, Mayor Pro Tem/At Large
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Robert Brooks, District 2
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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
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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
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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
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AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.