City Council Special Called Meeting Transcript – 05/11/2021 Title: City of Austin Channel: 6 - COAUS Recorded On: 5/11/2021 6:00:00 AM Original Air Date: 5/11/2021 Transcript Generated by SnapStream ================================== Please note that the following transcript is for reference purposes and does not constitute the official record of actions taken during the meeting. For the official record of actions of the meeting, please refer to the Approved Minutes. [8:45:22 AM] >> Mayor Adler: Let's go ahead and start. >> Mayor Adler: Good morning. I'm going to call to order the Austin city council special called meeting here on may 11th, 2021. The time is 8:45. This meeting is being held via video conference. This is the special called meeting to canvass the may first election. There being the necessary quorum of the city of Austin city council, the meeting is called to order. [8:46:23 AM] It is meeting virtually due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and is allowed by the governor's emergency declaration and the related suspension of certain open meeting status. As you know, only two council members are necessary for a quorum to canvass an election. We have more than that present. We're now going to take up the single item today to approve a resolution canvassing the results of the may 1st special municipal elections. In the may 1st election the returns of the elections show that there were 124,334 votes for and 29,110 votes against proposition a. 90,498 votes for and 66,360 votes against proposition B. 96,993 votes for and 57,307 votes against proposition C. [8:47:28 AM] 102,174 votes for and 51,536 votes against proposition D. 87,604 votes for and 63,560 votes against proposition E. 21,805 votes for and 449,002 votes against proposition F. It 85,410 votes against proposition G. 65,553 votes for and 87,734 votes against proposition H. Can we confirm before we take a motion that there is as I understand it no one registered to speak on this item? >> That is correct, mayor, there are no speakers. >> Mayor Adler: Okay. There being none, I would entertain a motion on this item number 1 to approve the [8:48:28 AM] resolution canvassing and accepting the returns for the may 1st, 2021 special municipal elections. Declaring that propositions abcde are adopted and propositions fg and H are not adopted. >> So move P. >> Mayor Adler: Councilmember pool makes the motion. Is is there a second is to the motion? Councilmember tovo seconds the motion. Is there any discussion? Then let's take a vote. We can do this just -- well, let's take a vote. Those in favor please raise your hand? Voting in the affirmative are councilmember Kelly, tovo, pool, Casar and myself. I see that's everyone on the dais that's with us. >> I think we also have councilmember Ellis and council member -- >> Mayor Adler: I'm sorry, [8:49:29 AM] I'm not seeing the other people. >> Good morning, I'm voting in the affirmative. >> Mayor Adler: I see everybody now. Let me take the vote again. Thank you, Leslie. Those in favor please raise your hand. Voting aye on the dais are council members pool, Ellis, Kelly, tovo, Casar, Fuentes. I think that's everyone present all voting aye. This measure passes on a vote of 7 in favor. With that, that is all the business at our meeting. So at 8:49 this meeting is adjourned. I'll see you all at the joint meeting with the county in just a few minutes.