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GOOD EVENING, IT'S 5:30, WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 10TH, 2021, I'M MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN AND THIS SHOULD BE SHORT AND SWEET.
BUT FIRST WE'LL START AS WE ALWAYS START WITH OUR INVOCATION.
AND PASTOR CLAY REID, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, SIR.
LORD WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS EVENING WHERE AS WE WALKED IN TONIGHT, WE WERE REMINDED OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.
WE GIVE THANKS FOR THEM, FOR VETERANS.
YOU TELL US IN THE SCRIPTURE THAT GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN A MAN WOULD LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
SO WE THINK OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND WE PRAY BLESSING UPON THEM, HEALING FROM THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH WOUNDS FROM WAR AND HELP FOR OUR COMMANDERS, OUR GENERALS, OUR MILITARY STRUCTURES.
THEY MAKE DECISIONS WHERE WE ALSO STOP TONIGHT AND JUST REMEMBER ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO'S HAD A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OVER THE LAST TEN DAYS.
WE PRAY FOR THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY, FOR THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH.
LORD, IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THESE THAT SOMETIMES WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK, WHAT TO MAKE SENSE OF.
BUT LORD, IN THOSE MOMENTS, HELP US TO TURN AND LOOK TO THE CROSS.
AND REMEMBER THAT YOU LOVE US, THAT YOU CARE ABOUT US.
AND THERE'S HOPE WE ALSO TONIGHT GIVE A PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO SERVE ON THIS COUNCIL, LORD AS THEY RATIFY THIS TONIGHT.
I JUST PRAY BLESSING AND PEACE AND MERCY ON THEM AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A SPIRIT OF WISDOM, OF HELP AND STRENGTH.
WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS EVENING IN THE TIME WE SHARE TOGETHER IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR. REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ARE WE DOING PLEDGES? DO WE DO WE NEED TO DO PLEDGES OR WHAT THE HECK NOT? WE'RE DOING THE WHOLE THING. LET'S DO PLEDGES.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL CALL ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 21-051.
[3. Resolution No. 21-051, Canvass the returns and declare the results of the Special Election held on November 2, 2021.]
CANVASING THE RETURNS AND DECLARE THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021.NOW BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I'M GOING TO READ THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH IS A LONG AND WORDY, BUT WE NEED TO READ THE WHOLE THING, I BELIEVE TO MAKE IT LEGAL.
SO RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-051 A RESOLUTION, CANVASING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE BOND ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 2ND 2021.
EXCUSE ME. WHEREAS AN ELECTION WAS HELD IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS ON THE SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER 2021 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING A CERTAIN PROPOSITION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO THE RESIDENT ELECTORS OF THE CITY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS HEREBY FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT THE NOTICE OF THE ELECTION WAS DULY GIVEN IN THE FORM MANNER IN TIME REQUIRED BY LAW AND SAID ELECTION WAS IN ALL RESPECTS, LEGALLY HELD AND CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE PROCEEDINGS CALLING AND GOVERNING THE HOLDING OF SUCH ELECTION.
AND WHEREAS THE RETURNS OF SET ELECTION HAVE BEEN DULY AND LEGALLY MADE AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CANVASING AND A TABULATION OF THE RETURNS FOR THE POLLING PLACE AND FOR EARLY VOTING AS CANVASED AND TABULATED BY THIS GOVERNING BODY AND SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO REFLECT THAT THE TOTAL SUM OF VOTES COUNTED FOR AND AGAINST THE PROPOSITION SUBMITTED IS AS FOLLOWS BOND PROPOSITION A.
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $50 MILLION OF CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR PARKS, INCLUDING OPEN SPACE AND PASSIVE PARKS IMPROVEMENTS AND THE IMPOSITION OF A TAX EFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPLE OF AN INTEREST ON THE BONDS FOR FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE VOTES AGAINST THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR VOTES. NOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS ALL THE RECITALS CONTAINED IN THE PREAMBLE OF THIS RESOLUTION ARE FOUND TO BE TRUE AND AND ARE ADOPTED AS FINDINGS OF FACT BY THIS GOVERNING BODY AND AS PART OF ITS JUDGMENT.
IT IS FURTHER FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION ARE AS CANVASED AND TABULATED IN THE PREAMBLE HEREOF AND IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS VOTING AT SAID ELECTION VOTED FOR PROPOSITION A.
AND THE CITY SECRETARY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE ENTRIES OF INFORMATION APPEARING IN THE TABULATION OF PRECINCT RESULTS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A.
ATTACHED HERETO IN THE ELECTION REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 67.006 OF THE ELECTION CODE AND THAT IT IS PASSED AND APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2021.
AND DO WE VOTE ON THIS, MS. SHELLEY? OK.
WITH THAT, I'LL DO WE NEED A MOTION OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION? WELL, YES, MAYOR, WE DO.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-051, WHICH IS CANVASING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE BOND ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 2ND 2021.
THE BALLOT LANGUAGE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $50 MILLION OF
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CITY OF THE SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR PARK, INCLUDING OPEN SPACE AND PASSIVE PARKS FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.THAT IS, AND THE IMPOSITION OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND THE INTEREST ON THOSE BONDS. FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE VOTES FOR AND THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR VOTES AGAINST.
WE HAVE A MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THE RESOLUTION PASSES THREE TO ZERO, WHICH MEANS THE ELECTION IS CANVASED, AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR SPECIAL MEETING.
SO WITH THAT SPECIAL MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.