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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CANVASSING THE MAY 3RD GENERAL ELECTION.
THE TIME IS 1:38 P.M. ON MAY 14TH, 2025. WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU READ THE ROLL?
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RIGHT. WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL SESSION.WE HAVE ONE ITEM TODAY ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR 1:30 AGENDA.
I WILL ALSO NOTE FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING AND FOR THE COUNCIL, WE HAVE A 2:00 MEETING AS WELL THAT WON'T START UNTIL RIGHT AT 2:00 FOR TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SO IF WE HAVE A SHORT BREAK, MAKE SURE TO COME BACK ON TIME. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK
TO READ THE ORDINANCE. >> CLERK: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M DEBBIE RACCA-SITTRE, CITY CLERK. AND I HAVE A PRESENTATION, WHICH S THE REPORT -- THE OFFICIAL CANVASSING REPORT. AS YOU KNOW, THE ELECTION WAS ORDERED BY CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2025. EARLY VOTING PERIOD BEGAN APRIL 24TH AND RAN THROUGH MAY THE SECOND. ELECTION DAY WAS MAY THE THIRD. THE EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD MET ON MAY 12TH, AND THE ELECTIONS OFFICE PROVIDED THEIR REPORT TO ME YESTERDAY, SO WE FINALIZED THE CANVASSING REPORT AND THE OFFICIAL TABULATION IS THIS REPORT TODAY. TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST INCLUDING PROVISIONAL AND OVERSEA BALLOTS WAS 102,300 OUT OF 87,297 REGISTERED VOTERS WHICH WAS A 8.18% VOTER TURNOUT. MY REPORT INCLUDES UNDERVOTES WHICH WERE NOT MARKED AND OVERVOTES WHICH REPRESENTS MORE THAN ONE MARK ON A PAPER BALLOT. WE HAD 27 INDIVIDUALS RUNNING FOR MAYOR. THE RESULTS INCLUDED VOTES FOR -- TOTAL VOSES CAST OF 101,150 VOTES, AND NO OVERVOTES, BUT 1,150 UNDERVOTES.
A CANDIDATE MUST RECEIVE MORE THAN 50% OF THE TOTAL VOTES, A MAJORITY, TO WIN, FOR OR A POPULATION -- A CITY AND POPULATION OF 200,000 OR MORE OR A CITY THAT HAS TERMS LONGER THAN TWO YEARS.
IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVED THE VOTE NECESSARY TO BE ELECTED, IT WILL REQUIRE A RUNOFF. THE CANDIDATES IN RUNOFF ELECTIONS ARE THE CANDIDATES THAT RECEIVED THE HIGHEST AND SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE MAIN ELECTION. SO FOR THE RUNOFF FOR THE MAYOR WILL BE ROLANDO PAB
BLOS WHO RECEIVED 16% OF THE VOTE AND GINA ORTIZ. >> JONES: S WHO RECEIVED 27% OF THE VOTES T BALLOT WILL BE IN THE SAME ORDER FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, WE ALSO HAVE A RUNOFF BETWEEN SUKH KAUR WITH 48.92 OF THE VOTES AND PAT FBI GIBBONS WITH 17.8% OF THE VOTES. IN PLACE 2, WE HAVE A WINNER, JALEN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ RECEIVED 61.36% OF THE VOTES. IN PLACE 3, WE HAVE A WINNER, PHYLLIS J. VIAGRAN RECEIVED 57.34% OF THE VOTES.
IN PLACE 4, WE HAVE A WINNER, EDWARD MUNGIA RECEIVED 56.8% OF THE VOTES. IN PLACE FIVE, WE HAVE A WINNER, TERI CASTILLO
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RECEIVED 76.83% OF THE VOTES. IN PLACE 6, THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF BETWEEN KELLY ANN GONZALEZ WHO RECEIVED 19.71% OF THE VOTES AND RIC GALVAN WHO RECEIVED 19.3 7% OF THE VOTES. IN PLACE 7, WE HAVE A WINNER, MARINA ALDERETE GAVITO RECEIVED 71.58% OF THE VOTES.IN PLACE 8, THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF BETWEEN AYE VA LIS MEZA GONZALEZ AND PAULA MCGEE. IN PLACE 9, THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF BETWEEN ANGI TAYLOR ARAMBURU WHO RECEIVED 35.58% OF THE VOTES AND MISTY SPEARS WHO RECEIVED 38.01% OF THE VOTES. AND FINALLY IN PLACE 10, OF THE VOTES. AS A RESULT, THE MAY THIRD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ARE ELECTED FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM COMMENCING JUNE 1ST, 2025, JALEN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ, DISTRICT TWO, PHYLLIS VIAGRAN, DISTRICT TWO, EDWARD MUNG GEE YEAH, DISTRICT FOUR, TERI CASTILLO DISTRICT FIVE, MARINA ALDERETE GAVITO DISTRICT 7 AND MARK WHYTE, DISTRICT 10.
FOLLOWING MY PRESENTATION, THEY WILL BE SWORN IN EFFECTIVE JUNE 1ST. ASSUMING THAT COUNCIL CANVASS THIS VOTE.
SO THE CANVASSING REPORT CALLS FOR A -- WE HAVE ALREADY CALLED FOR A RUNOFF ELECTION. THERE WILL BE 30 EARLY VOTING SITES CITYWIDE.
EARLY VOTING WILL BEGIN MAY 27TH AND END JUNE 3RD.
THE DATES AND TIMES ARE LISTED. THERE WILL BE 183 ELECTION DAY SITES CITYWIDE AND ELECTION DAY WILL RUN FROM 7:00 A.M.
TO 7:00 P.M. ON JUNE THE SEVENTH. JUNE THE SEVENTH IS A UNIFORM ELECTION DAY ORDERED BY THE STATE. OFFICERS -- AUDIO] -- TAKE OFFICE JUNE 1ST. THE RUNOFF ELECTION EARLY VOTING STARTS MAY 27TH. ELECTION DAY IS JUNE 7TH.
BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THE RESULTS TO MY OFFICE ON JUNE 17TH, AND CITY COUNCIL WOULD CANVASS THE OFFICIAL RUNOFF TABULATION ON JUNE 18TH. AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY WILL RETURN JUNE 18TH FOR ALL COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE 2025-2029 COUNCIL, SO I NEED TO UPDATE THAT, BECAUSE THE FIRST MEETING DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL JUNE 25TH, BUT IT'S THE 2025-2029 CITY COUNCIL. SO THE PROPOSED CANVASSING ORDINANCE WAS PREPARED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THANK YOU, AND -- AUDIO] -- ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED CANVASSING ORDINANCE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, DEBBIE. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ORDINANCE TO CANVASS THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS, AS WELL AS ADOPT
THE TIMELINE FOR THE RUNOFF. >> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A
MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEM NUMBER 1. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT, WE HAVE OUR OFFICIALLY CANVASS RESULTS. WE'LL HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO HAVE WON OUTRIGHT IN THE MAY 3RD ELECTION COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM TO GET SWORN IN FOR A TERM EFFECTIVELY BEGINNING ON JUNE 1ST. SO -- AND MR. MUNGIA, WELCOME ABOARD.
[APPLAUSE] >> CLERK: IN THE NAME OF AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, REPEAT AFTER ME. I, STATE YOUR NAME, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF CITY COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE 2025
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THROUGH 2029 COUNCIL TERM. AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THE DAIS WON'T CHANGE OFFICIALLY UNTIL JUNE 1ST WHEN COUNCILMAN-ELECT EDWARD MUN MUNGIA COMES UP TO SUCCEED HIS PREDECESSOR ROCHA GARCIA, SO WE'LL SHARE OUR COMMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS AT THAT TIME, BUT UNTIL THEN, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF. IT IS 1:48 P.M. ON THE 14TH DAY OF MAY, 2025. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED, AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES FOR OUR
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