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Item 1 - Call to Order
The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, met in a special session on December
23, 2024, in the Seminar Room at the MPEC with the following members present.
Tim Short - Mayor
Bobby Whiteley - Mayor Pro Tem/At-Large
Whitney Flack - District 1
Mike Battaglino - District 4
Tom Taylor - District 5
James McKechnie - Interim City Manager
Kinley Hegglund - City Attorney
Marie Balthrop - City Clerk
Absent: Robert Brooks — District 2, Jeff Browning — District 3
Mayor Short called the meeting to order at 8:31 a.m.
Item 2a — Invocation
Mayor Short gave the invocation.
Item 2b — Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Short led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Item 3 — Ordinance 68-2024
Ordinance canvassing the returns of the General Runoff Election held in the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, on December 14, 2024.
Marie Balthrop, City Clerk, read the following cumulative totals from the canvassing
report:
Councilor At-large:
Sam Pak received 1 ,614 votes
Austin Cobb received 1 ,655 votes
A total of 3,277 votes were cast, and Austin Cobb was duly elected as Councilor At-Large.
Moved by Councilor Whiteley to approve Ordinance 68-2024 with the numbers as read
by the City Clerk.
The motion was seconded by Councilor Battaglino and carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mayor Short, Councilors Battaglino, Flack, Taylor, and Whiteley.
Nays: None
Item 4 — Adjourn
Mayor Short adjourned the meeting at 8:34 a.m.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 21st day of January 2024.
Tim Short, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Marie Balthrop, TRM , MMC
City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
December 23, 2024
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