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WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
UM, I CAN BARELY CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT, SO THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH IT.
UH, THIS IS ACCEPTABLE BUSINESS ATTIRE FROM NOW ON IN THESE CHAMBERS,
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SO, UH, WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.BOTH, UH, LIKELY REQUIRE ACTION.
SO TO START US, LET ME GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO, UH, OUR CITY CLERK TO GO OVER CANVASSING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS OF MAY 6TH, 2023, CHARTER ELECTION.
AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE MAY 6TH, 2023, GENERAL, GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS AND ORDERING A RUNOFF ELECTION, WHICH ACTUALLY YOU'RE ALREADY ORDERED, AS WELL AS SETTING THE LOCATIONS FOR VOTING.
SO THIS IS MY OFFICIAL CANVASSING REPORT.
I'M GONNA GO OVER THE, UH, ELECTION TIMELINE.
CITY COUNCIL ORDERED THE ELECTION FOR THE CHARTER, THE GENERAL ELECTION, AND THE RUNOFF IF NEEDED ON FEBRUARY 17TH.
THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD FOR THE MAY 6TH, 2023 ELECTION WAS APRIL 24TH THROUGH MAY 2ND.
THE EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD MET ON MAY 15TH, AND BEAR ELECTIONS PROVIDED ME WITH THE OFFICIAL RESULTS.
ON MAY 15TH, I PREPARED THE CANVASSING REPORT, AND YOU'RE GONNA OFFICIALLY CANVAS THE TABULATION TODAY.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CASTS, INCLUDING PROVISIONAL AND OVERSEAS BALLOTS, WAS 142,000 708 83 VOTES OUT OF 825,260 REGISTERED VOTERS.
THE VOTER TURNOUT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ELECTION WAS 17.3%.
THE NEXT, UH, SLIDES I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT UNDER VOTES AND OVER VOTES.
UNDER VOTES REPRESENT ELECTRONIC AND PAPER VOTED BALLOTS, WHICH WERE NOT MARKED.
SO THEY DID NOT MAKE A SELECTION ON THAT ITEM.
OVER VOTES REPRESENTS MORE THAN ONE MARK ON A PAPER BALLOT.
NEITHER UNDER VOTES NOR OVER VOTES COUNT TOWARD ANY, UH, FOR OR AGAINST.
SO ITEM NUMBER ONE IS CANVASSING THE PROPOSITION.
A SAN ANTONIO JUSTICE CHARTER, JANUARY 10TH, 2023, GROUND GAME, TEXAS SUBMITTED A PETITION TO AMEND THE CITY CHARTER TO ADOPT A JUSTICE POLICY.
THE CITY CLERK VERIFIED AND REQUI THE REQUIRED SIGNATURES TO PLACE THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE MAY 6TH, 2023 BALLOT.
THE RESULTS OF THAT VOTE WAS, UH, 23%, FOUR AND 71% AGAINST THE MEASURE HAS FAILED.
THE NEXT STEP, MY OFFICE RECOMMENDS APPOINTING A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THE CHARTER ITEM.
NUMBER TWO IS THE GENERAL ELECTION CANVASSING REPORT.
STARTING WITH PLACE 11, THE MAYOR, WE HAD, UH, A TOTAL OF 137,039 VOTES.
60.74% WERE FOR RON NIERENBERG.
SO RON NIERENBERG WILL BE ELECTED MAYOR PLACE NUMBER ONE, DISTRICT ONE, WE HAD 15,428 VOTES.
OF THOSE, NO CANDIDATE RECEIVED MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTES.
THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES SUKO RECEIVING 33.91% AND MARIO BRAVO RECEIVING 26% WILL BE IN THE RUNOFF PLACE.
TWO OF THE TOTAL VOTES OF 8,735 CAST 56.04% WERE FOR JALEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UH, COUNCILMAN MCKAY RODRIGUEZ IS DECLARED, UH, ELECTED COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE
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OF THE 8,832 VOTES.PHYLLIS
4,643 OR 75% WERE FOR, UH, ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA.
SO COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA IS DECLARED ELECTED PLACE FIVE OF THE TOTAL 5,903 VOTES.
62.9% WERE FOR TERRY CASTILLO.
COUNCILMAN TERRY CASTILLO IS DECLARED ELECTED PLACE SIX OF A TOTAL 11,500 HUNDRED AND NINE VOTES.
6,187 OR 53.76% WERE FOR MELISSA CAB HDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER HDA CAB HDA IS DECLARED ELECTED PLACE.
SEVEN OF THE 16,496 VOTES CAST.
NO CANDIDATE RECEIVED MORE THAN 50%.
THEREFORE, THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES, DAN ROSSER, RECEIVING 21 POINT 13% AND MARINA ALDRETE GRITO RECEIVING 42.59% WILL BE IN THE RUNOFF PLACE.
EIGHT OF THE 13,849 VOTES IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT, MANNY PEZ RECEIVED 70.47% COUNCIL MEMBER APPLIES IS DECLARED ELECTED IN PLACE.
62.48% WERE FOR JOHN COURAGE COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE IS DECLARED ELECTED IN PLACE.
MARK WHITE IS DECLARED ELECTED.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE LIST OF ALL THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE DECLARED ELECTED MAYOR RON NIERENBERG, DISTRICT TWO, JALEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, DISTRICT THREE, PHYLLIS V GRAND DISTRICT FOUR, ADRIANA ROJA GARCIA, DISTRICT FIVE DEREK CASTILLO, DISTRICT SIX, MELISSA BAYER HDA, DISTRICT EIGHT, MANNY ELA, DISTRICT NINE, JOHN COURAGE AND DISTRICT 10, MARK WHITE.
THE TERM WILL BEGIN JUNE 1ST, 2023.
THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WILL BE IN A RUNOFF ELECTION ON JUNE 10TH, 2023.
DISTRICT ONE SUKKAR AND MARIO BRAVO, DISTRICT SEVEN, DAN ROSSITER AND MARINA RETE GATO.
THE NAMES WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT IN THE SAME ORDER THAT THEY WERE IN THE BALLOT FOR THE MAY 6TH ELECTION.
THE FOLLOWING VOTING LOCATIONS WILL BE USED FOR THE JUNE 10TH RUNOFF AND FOR EARLY VOTING.
EARLY VOTING BEGINS TUESDAY, MAY, MAY 30TH AND RUNS THROUGH, UH, JUNE THE SIXTH.
BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE, BEXAR COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, LYONS FIELD, MEMORIAL BRANCH LIBRARY, MAVERICK BRANCH LIBRARY.
AND I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN CASTRO FOR CALLING ME YESTERDAY AND ASKING IF I COULD ADD WONDERLAND MALL OF THE AMERICAS BECAUSE IT'S A VERY HEAVILY USED SITE AND SITS HALFWAY IN BETWEEN DISTRICT ONE AND SEVEN.
UH, I CONTACTED BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE TO GET WONDERLAND MALL THE AMERICAS.
EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE IS TUESDAY, MAY 30TH THROUGH JUNE 6TH.
THE DEADLINE TO REQUEST A MAIL-IN BALLOT IS MAY 30TH.
THE SITES WILL BE OPEN FROM TUESDAY, MAY 30TH THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 2ND FROM EIGHT TO 6:00 PM ON SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, MONDAY MAY 5TH, AND MONDAY MAY 6TH FROM EIGHT TO 8:00 PM AND AS REQUIRED BY LAW ON ELECTION DAY JUNE THE 10TH, I'M SORRY, THAT WAS JUNE 5TH AND SIXTH.
ON JUNE THE 10TH, IT WOULD BE SEVEN TO SEVEN.
SO THE OFFICERS, UH, THE NEXT STEPS ARE THE OFFICERS THAT WERE ELECTED ON MAY 6TH.
WE'LL TAKE OFFICE ON JUNE THE FIRST.
WE WILL DO, UH, SOARING IN BEFORE THAT COUNCIL MEETING.
THE RUNOFF EARLY VOTING AGAIN IS MAY 6TH THROUGH JUNE, MAY 30TH THROUGH JUNE 6TH.
THE RUNOFF ELECTION DAY IS JUNE 10TH.
BARRY ELECTIONS WILL PROVIDE RESULTS TO MY OFFICE BY JUNE 20TH.
I WILL PREPARE THE CANVASSING REPORT THAT DAY, AND WE WILL HAVE, CITY COUNCIL WILL BE CANVASSING THE OFFICIAL RUNOFF TABULATION JUNE 21ST WHEN WE WILL HOLD, ALSO HOLD THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY.
AND THE FIRST FULL MEETING OF THE 2023 THROUGH 2025 CITY COUNCIL WILL BE JUNE 22ND.
THE CANVASSING ORDINANCES WERE PREPARED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED CANVASSING ORDINANCE AND RE RECOMMEND VOTING ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO INDIVIDUALLY.
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THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
DEBBIE, YOU HEARD THE, YOU HEARD THE PRESENTATION.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO? OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CANVASSING ORDINANCE AND OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, OUR MAY 6TH GENERAL ELECTION, UH, HAS BEEN MADE OFFICIAL.
UH, WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE AGENDA FOR OUR B SESSION.
SO THIS HAS BEEN, OH, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER TWO.
UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ORDERING OF THE RUNOFF ELECTION SOME.
THERE'S A CANVASSING IN THE CHARTER.
SO THE VOTE ALREADY TAKEN WAS AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE MAY 6TH GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS.
THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER TWO AND APPROVING THE, UH, EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY SITES.
THE NEXT VOTE WOULD BE THE ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS OF THE MAY 6TH CHARTER ELECTION.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
THIS HAS BEEN OUR SPECIAL SESSION FOR THE CANVASSING OF THE MAY 6TH, 2023 GENERAL ELECTION.
THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS ON THIS AGENDA.
SO AT 2:14 PM ON THE 17TH OF MAY, 2023, OUR SPECIAL SESSION HAS ADJOURNED.