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[Special Commission Meetings on May 14, 2024.]

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NOTICE OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION.

MAY, UH, MAY 14TH, 2024.

IT'S, UH, 5 31.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.

GOOD.

CAN WE HAVE, UH, ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.

ROLL CALL.

UH, MAYOR RICARDO GURA.

PRESENT MAYOR PRO.

PEDRO GALVAN.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER TOM GOODMAN.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER DEBORAH MORALES.

PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL DO THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.

A PLEDGE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

I TAKE THE FLAG.

FLAG.

I PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS ONE, THE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

JUST, UH, WE DON'T HAVE AVI.

YEAH, I'M SORRY.

I'LL, I'LL HAVE, I'LL DO WE GOT IT.

COMMISSIONER, MR. .

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JU.

YOUR HONOR, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE TODAY AND TO BE ABLE TO, TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND TO LOOK TOWARDS THOSE THINGS WHICH WILL ENRICH THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS HERE.

WE SEEK TO THAT WE PRAY THAT WILL LIFT AND, AND CARE FOR US, AND, AND WAYS THAT AS WE STRIVE TO CARE FOR OURSELVES, WE'LL BE BLESSED.

WE PRAY FOR THE INSPIRATION FOR AND, AND DIRECTION FOR OUR LEADERSHIP, FOR OUR CITY.

PRAY FOR OUR CITY WORKERS, AND ALL THOSE THAT STRIVE TO SERVE.

WE PARTICULARLY PRAY AT THIS TIME FOR RAIN THAT WE APPRECIATE.

WE LOVE THE RAIN AND WE APPRECIATE THE RAIN WE RECEIVED LAST NIGHT AND PRAY THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HELP US WITH MORE.

WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE GREAT THINGS AHEAD, PARTICULARLY AS WE INSTALL NEW OFFICERS TONIGHT.

WE PRAY FOR THY SPIRIT TO BE WITH US, ALWAYS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.

NOBODY.

OKAY.

UM, ITEM THREE, THE, UH, CONSIDERATION FOR THE RESOLUTION.

RUTH.

THAT'D BE ITEM NUMBER THREE.

MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

YES.

GO AHEAD.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE.

ACTION.

APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO DASH 2 0 2 4 DASH 504 DASH 0 0 1 R.

A RESOLUTION FOR THE OFFICIAL CANVASSING OF THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE CITY OF SAN MANINO, GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 4TH, 2024.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

WELL, UM, RUTH, ARE YOU GONNA READ IT? SURE.

OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CITY SECRETARY READ THE RESULTS SO WE CAN ENTER, ENTER TO THE RECORD JUST WHILE I'M SITTING UP HERE.

THAT'S ALL.

YES, SIR.

YOU'LL GET YOUR CHANCE.

ALL RIGHT.

PROMISE.

UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 24 0 5.

UH, ONE FOUR DASH 0 0 1 R.

UM, CANVASING OFFICIAL CANVASSING OF THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY THE SIXTH, 2024.

UM, REGARDING, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, PLACE THREE, WE HAVE, UH, PEDRO A GALVAN WITH A TOTAL OF, UH, 1,684 UNOPPOSED ZERO.

COMMISSIONER PLACE, FOUR JOE EVARO, TOTAL 1069.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, RENE FRANCO, TOTAL 975.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

NOW, NOW CAN WE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE CANVASSING.

OKAY.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

NA.

MOTION PASSES.

GOOD.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

EXCUSE.

YEAH.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS GONNA BE THE, THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHICH IS GONNA BE AMER.

AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE MR. RO, UH, WE'LL GO WITH, UH, AMER PROTE FIRST JUDGE.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

READY.

PETE? YEAH, YEAH, OF COURSE.

JUDGE, HOW ARE YOU? I'M ALREADY SWORN IN.

IT'S OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK

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YOU.

SWORN IN OR SWORN AT? YES, ALL THE TIME.

ALL TAKE.

OKAY.

MR. GARVAN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER BI PEDRO A GARVAN.

I, PEDRO AVAN.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY OF SAN BENITO.

COMMISSIONER PLACE THREE, CITY COMMISSIONER SANTO.

PLACE THREE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS FOR THE UNITED STATES.

FOR THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP BE GOD.

SO HELP BE GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

COME ON.

THANK, THANK YOU.

OKAY, SURE.

ONE MORE.

EXCUSE ME.

ONE FOR THE CITY, MAN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MR. NORO.

COME ON DOWN.

YEAH, BRING HIM UP.

CONGRATULATIONS.

MR. RO, PLEASE, PLEASE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT I, NOVATO.

AYE.

PLEASE.

SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.

EXECUTE THE OF THE OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF SAN MANINO, COMMISSIONER PLACE NUMBER FOUR, COMMISSION FOUR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST, WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE, AND OF, SO HELP ME, GOD.

YOU WANT ON SECOND? GO AHEAD.

GOT IT.

THANK JUDGE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

A CHAIR.

SIT DOWN.

YES, SIR.

SEAT.

TAKE YOUR SEAT, SIR.

I'LL TAKE YOUR SEAT.

NOT HERE YET, BUT WE'LL GET YOUR, WE ALREADY ORDERED.

OKAY.

I'M GONNA PUT IT AT THE, FOR A VOTE FOR ADJOURNMENT.

THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FIRST VOTE HERE.

.

THIS ONE'S GONNA BE ADJOURNMENT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ANYBODY? YES.

MOTION.

GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

SECOND FIRST.

MOTION.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND.

BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? AYE.

I'M GONNA STAY LONGER.

.

OKAY.

FOUR YAYS, ONE NAY.

THAT'S IT, SIR.

OKAY, SO MOTION PASSES.

THE TIME IS, UH, 5 39 AND WE ADJOURN.