City Council Special Called Meeting Transcript – 12/19/2018 Title: City of Austin Description: 24/7 Channel: 6 - COAUS Recorded On: 12/19/2018 6:00:00 AM Original Air Date: 12/19/2018 Transcript Generated by SnapStream ================================== [10:02:43 AM] >> Tovo: Good morning. I'm mayor pro tem Kathie tovo and I would like to call this meeting of the city of Austin city council to order. We do have a necessary quorum. We have different quorum rules for this type of meeting. And so we do have a quorum of council. It is Wednesday, December 19th, 2018. It's 10:01. And we're meeting in the boards and commissions room. Under state law just two councilmembers are actually required for this type of meeting. To canvass an election. So we'll now take up item number 1 to approve a resolution canvassing the results of the December 11th, 2018 special runoff election. The election of councilmembers for districts 1, district 3 and district 8. In the runoff election the returns of the election show the following: In the district 1 race, there were 3,439 votes for Natasha harper-madison and 1,346 votes for Mariana Salazar. With Natasha harper-madison receiving majority of all votes cast for city council district 1. In tistrict 3 race, there were 2,427 votes for Sabino Pio Renteria. And 1,353 votes for Susana Almanza. With Sabino Pio Renteria receiving a majority of all votes cast for city council district 3. In the district 8 race there were 6,172 votes for Paige Ellis and 4,821 votes for frank ward with Paige Ellis receiving a majority of all votes for city council district 8. Before we take a motion is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak on this item? We have a very small audience. [Laughter]. And my daughter is not going to speak up on this item. There being no one who wishes to address this body I'll now entertain a motion on item 1. Councilmember Garza. >> Garza: I move we approve the resolution canvassing and accepting the returns for the [10:04:44 AM] December 11th, 2018 special runoff election in districts 1, 3 and 8 and declaring Natasha harper- madison in district 1 as elected, Sabino Pio Renteria in district 3 as elected and Paige Ellis in district 8 is elected. >> Tovo: Is there a second? >> Houston: I second the motion. >> Tovo: >> Houston: Seconds the motion. So there was a motion by councilmember Garza, seconded by councilmember Houston. Is there any further discussion? All in favor please say aye? Any opposed? And that motion passes on a vote of 5- 0. And the resolution is approved. Congratulations to our new colleagues. Happy holidays, everyone. We stand adjourned at 10:03 A.M.