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[Special Commission Meetings on May 16, 2023.]

[00:00:10]

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

MAY 16TH, 2023.

IT'S, UH, 5 0 1.

UM, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY, UM, FOR THIS SPECIAL LOCATION.

I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR, FOR THE SUPPORT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, COMING OUT TO VOTE.

OKAY? AND, UH, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THERE, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN EXPLAIN TO OR GIVE MY GRATITUDE TO EVERYBODY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP HERE ALSO.

AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A GROUP OF, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT CAME FROM, UH, AND GRA AND, UH, TO ALL OUR, OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, EVERYBODY.

UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

OKAY.

SO I KNOW WE GET THE, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WANTED TO DO MINE OUTSIDE, THOUGH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA BE OKAY, BUT WE'LL SEE.

OKAY.

WE'LL EVEN KNOW.

OKAY, GREAT.

I'M OKAY WITH IT, SIR.

OKAY.

AND THIS, THE, UM, SO ITEM NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

MAYOR, NO.

NO.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 20 23 DASH 516 0 0 1 R.

RESOLUTION FOR THE, UH, OFFICIAL CANVASSING OF THE OFFICIAL, UH, RESULT OF THE CITY OF SANTO GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 6TH, 2023.

AND, UH, RUTH, HAS THIS BEEN APPROVED ALREADY? RUTH? UM, YES, SIR.

THE CANVASSING WAS, UH, DELIVERED, UH, TODAY, AND THE RESOLUTION ATTACHED SHOWS ALL THE NUMBERS FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR, COMMISSIONER PLACE ONE, AND COMMISSIONER PLACE TWO.

OKAY.

SO, SO WE'RE ACCEPTING THIS PENDING CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL? YES.

OKAY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? SO MOVED.

MAYOR.

I GOT A MOTION BY COM.

UH, MAYOR POT VIA FRANCO.

SECOND.

SECOND, MAYOR.

SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

OKAY.

AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ADMINISTER, UH, OATH OF OFFICE TO THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND DO WE BRING THEM UP, UP HERE OR DO? IT'S UP TO YOU.

OKAY.

IT'S UP TO YOU, MAYOR.

AND THIS, UM, WELL THEN, UH, FRANCO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ONE OF THE, THE, THE MOST HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE DONE TO, TO THE CITY.

YES.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE, ON YOUR VICTORY TO YOU AND THE NEW, UH, NEW DETECTIVE OFFICIALS TO THE MANY VOTERS OF SAN MY SUPPORTERS, MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS THAT I'VE SERVED THE CITY.

I KNOW I SERVED IT WITH, UH, GOOD INTENT.

I KNOW WE'VE MOVED, WE'VE MOVED THE CITY FORWARD, WE RAISED THE BAR HIGH, AND, UH, I'M CONFIDENT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA CONTINUE MOVING THE CITY FORWARD.

AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU GUYS.

YOU, SO DO YOU WANT ME TO GO UP HERE AND DO IT? OKAY, MAYOR, YES.

YOU CAN LIST AND THEN, UH, SHE NEEDS THIS ONE, SO THAT WAY SHE CAN FOLLOW ME.

OKAY.

SO JUDGE, MAYOR, DO YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU? YES.

[00:05:02]

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS JESSICA GONZALEZ AND I'M A MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR THE CITY OF HONDO.

I AM VERY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE HONOR AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SWEAR YOU IN.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER NAME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, CITY OF SANTO SANTO, I, RICARDO GURA.

IRIC GURA.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES, EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY, OF MAYOR, OF SANTO, OF THE CITY, OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF SANTO, MAYOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, CITY OF SANTO, CITY OF SANTO, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE OF, OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

SO KIND OF INTO THAT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

YOU GUYS CAN, YOU GUYS CAN STAY UP HERE.

MA'AM, YOU GUYS CAN STAY UP HERE.

I'LL JUST HAVE MR. GOODMAN COME THIS WAY.

YOU CAN TURN AROUND, SIR.

THERE YOU GO.

RIGHT THERE.

MR. GOODMAN, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

JUST SWEAR YOU IN.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

AYE.

TOM GOODMAN.

AYE.

TOM GOODMAN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I I WILL THANKFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY OF SANTO COMMISSIONER.

PLACE ONE CITY OF SANTO, COMMISSIONER.

PLACE ONE 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.

OKAY, TAKE YOUR TIME.

I'M SORRY.

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

OF UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

[00:10:47]

READY? THANK YOU, MS. MORALES.

YOU READY? YES.

BEEN A LONG TIME WAITING.

RIGHT? EXCITING.

GREAT.

FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING THIS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

SOLES.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, DEBRA A. MORALES.

I, DEBRA A. MORALES.

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.

ASAM BENITO, COMMISSIONER, PLACE TWO, CITY OF SAN BENITO, COMMISSIONER PLACE TWO 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 ANDY, 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 ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

YES.

YES.

THANK YOU.

YES, IT'S READY, SIR.

UH, THANK YOU VERY FOR COMING THIS WAY.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE GOT 15 MINUTES.

WE HAVE FIVE 30.

WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.

SO YOU NEED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

YOU NEED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

YOU CAN JUST DO IT HERE REAL FAST.

I MEAN WITH THE, UH, GOT IT.

.

YEAH.

HOLD ON.

GOT IT.

UM, MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE? UH, I'M SORRY, BUT, UH, I NEED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

SO, UH, , I'M VERY SORRY.

OKAY.

SO NOW, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, FIVE 15.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

[00:15:01]

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN.

THE TIME IS FIVE 16.

WE ADJOURNED.