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DECEMBER 20TH, 2024.THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM WE HAVE A ROLL CALL AND CERTIFICATION OF QUORUM.
I DO CERTIFY THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, NO.
MRS. MAYOR PRO TEM, WE DO NOT.
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FOUR, WE'LL DO A CONSIDERATION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE RUNOFF GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2024.FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT CE JOYCE.
THIS IS A ORDER AND NOT OH, OKAY.
THANK CITY ATTORNEY, UM, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM, AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, TONIGHT I HAVE PRESENTED, UH, BEFORE YOU THE ORDER WHICH CANVAS, THE CANVASES, THE 2024, UM, ELECTION FOR THE RUNOFF, WHICH WAS HELD ON DECEMBER THE 14TH.
UH, THE RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
UH, JOANNA ODENKIRK RECEIVED 842 VOTES, WHICH IS 71.66% OF THE VOTES THAT WERE CAST SHA GANY RECEIVED 333 VOTES, AND THAT IS 28.34% OF THE VOTES THAT WERE CAST.
UH, WHICH RESULTS IN, UH, JOANNA ODENKIRK BEING ELECTED TO THE POSITION OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, UH, IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THIS ORDER? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.
I DO SEE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
OH, WE GOT SOME PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER? YES, YOU KICKED ME OUT.
WANT ME TO COME BACK TO YOU? NO, I, I JUST PUT IT BACK IN THERE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, PUBLICLY SAY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLI.
UM, I, ALONG WITH EVERYBODY, APPRECIATE NOT ONLY YOUR SERVICE, YOUR DEDICATION, BUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
TO BE ABLE TO CALL YOU MY COLLEAGUE AND MY FRIEND IS AN HONOR, AND RU AND RU.
EVERYBODY GOT A NICKNAME FOR ME.
UM, BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WHEN I STEPPED INTO THIS SEAT, YOU WERE NOTHING BUT KIND YOU, UM, YOU OPENED, YOU, YOU, YOU TAUGHT ME SO MANY THINGS.
UH, IT WAS AN HONOR BEING, UH, ONE OF THE MEMBERS ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES THAT YOU WERE ON, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
THERE, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH WORDS TO SHOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU AND HOW MUCH YOUR IMPRESSION ON THIS CITY AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, WILL BE LONG LASTING FOR THIS CITY.
SO, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE BEFORE I START CRYING.
UM, AND TO YOU, JOANNA, UM, YOU'VE GOT SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT NO DOUBT YOU HAVE TRULY EARNED THIS SEAT.
UM, YOU HAVE A GREAT MENTOR HERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE GREAT MENTORS WITH EACH ONE OF US ON CITY COUNCIL.
UM, YOU RAN A REALLY GOOD RACE, AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU SERVING ALONGSIDE EACH ONE OF US.
ANYTIME THAT YOU WANT OR NEED ANYTHING, WE ALL WERE IN THIS SEAT BEFORE, AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AS YOU SERVE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS, MAYOR PRO TEM.
OH, I, I PUT MYSELF IN THE QUEUE.
UM, RU I'M NOT GONNA GET MUSHY ON YOU TONIGHT.
I'LL SAVE THAT FOR THE SIXTH
BUT, UM, CONGRATULATIONS, JOANNA.
UM, YOU FOUGHT A VERY GOOD RACE.
UM, I'VE, I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN SUCH A KIND RACE SUCH AS THE ONE THAT YOU RAN, AND I
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ENJOYED WATCHING IT.YOU DO HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT NO DOUBT YOU'RE GONNA DO GREAT.
I, I FEEL THAT, UM, YOU, YOU'VE BEEN PREPARED, YOU HAVE BEEN PREPARING, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE TRULY, TRULY READY.
UM, I'M GONNA START WITH JOANNA, UH, SO I CAN STAY STRONG.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN RUNNING YOUR RACE AND STICKING TO THE POINTS AND CONNECTING WITH YOUR RESIDENTS, WHICH WILL NOW BE YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY WELCOME TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, YOU'RE JOINING A FANTASTIC CITY COUNCIL AND A GROUP THAT REALLY MESHES WELL TOGETHER AND DOES THE GOOD FOR THE CITY.
AND SO YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO GIVE ME A CALL AND ANY ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES NOW.
AND, UM, AND JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE A GREAT CITY SECRETARY THAT'S GONNA ONBOARD YOU AND REALLY JUST GET YOU CONNECTED AND YOUR OTHER TWO APPOINTEES, UH, E JOYS AND CITY MANAGER JONES.
UM, WE'RE ALL EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU.
YES, IT WAS STATED THAT YOU HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STILETTOS THAT ARE ABOUT TO WALK UP HERE.
WE HAVE GIRL POWER UP HERE NOW.
UM, AND TWO, UH, MY FOREVER COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C, THE PLACE TO BE.
UM, IT'S JUST BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS TOWARDS ME WHEN I JOINED.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR YEARS THAT YOU'VE SERVED.
UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING AN EXAMPLE THAT I COULD LOOK AFTER AND LOOK UP TO, UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME, UM, AND ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS ANSWERED.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ME PERSONALLY THROUGH MY HEALTH CRISIS.
UM, I'LL NEVER EVER FORGET THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
UM, TOO BAD WE CAN'T TRADE PLACES.
BUT, UM, WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO THIS CITY, TO THIS COUNCIL, AND TO THIS COMMUNITY.
MY FAMILY WISHES YOU SO MANY BLESSINGS AS YOU CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAYS.
AND WE KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING ELSE AND SERVE IN SOME CAPACITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT, UH, ADVENTURE.
MAY GOD KEEP YOU AND HAVE HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL PROBABLY SAY MORE ON THE SIXTH, BUT, UM, MIXED EMOTIONS.
UM, MY DAD TAUGHT ME TO BE KIND TO COEXIST, TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT.
UM, I'LL NEVER FORGET THE $40,000 THAT I RAISED FOR THE EMPLOYEES IN MISSOURI CITY WHEN THEY HAD THE STORM.
ALTHOUGH JJ WATT RA RAISED LIKE 40 MILLION.
UM, BUT WE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE IN NEED AND THAT'S PUBLIC SERVING.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE FIVE GRAND I RAISED FOR LIEUTENANT JEFFERSON GOING EVERY LITTLE RESTAURANT, PUTTING BOXES TO COLLECT MONEY THAT'S PUBLIC SERVING.
AND THEN ALL THE CONSTITUENTS ARE SUPPORTING ME FOR NINE AND A HALF YEARS, PUBLIC SERVING.
UM, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS TEAM, THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM OF EJO AND MY FRIEND CRYSTAL, AND ANGEL AND SCY.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH AND I'M GONNA MISS THE HELL OUT OF IT.
I LOVE GETTING IN THE MIDDLE ON ENGINEERING AND SIDEWALKS AND PLUMBING AND WHATEVER.
UH, SO I'LL FIND SOMETHING COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND YOU FORGOT ABOUT THE FRISBEE.
BUT, UM, ON THE SIXTH, I HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT FOR YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS, BUT GOD BLESS JOANNA, I'M HERE FOR YOU.
CONTINUE TO LET DISTRICT C BE THE PLACE TO BE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, IF THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO THAT, UM, WITH THAT TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE NO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:40 PM WE DO STAND ADJOURNED.