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IS THAT KATHY WITH US WHEN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
I KIND OF GOT MY VIDEO ON MY COMPUTER AND I'M CONNECTED TO MY PHONE AND WHICH I COULD GET MY VIDEO ON, BUT I WOULD NEED CTM TO PULL THAT IN AND GIVE ME VIDEO.
YOU WANT US TO WAIT KATHY? OR CAN WE GO AHEAD AND PROCEED? YEAH, GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
DID YOU PULL ME IN ON THE PHONE AND THEN I CAN TURN MY CAMERA TIME ON WITH AUDIO.
IF CTM COULD TRY TO WORK ON THAT.
[1. Approve a resolution canvassing the results of the December 15, 2020 runoff election.]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND START.TODAY'S TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 2020.
THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO CANVAS THE, UH, ELECTION RUNOFF.
UH, THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD, UM, UM, UH, REMOTELY THROUGH A WEBEX.
UM, WE HAVE A NECESSARY CORUM OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS MEETING.
UH, ACTUALLY ONLY REQUIRES TWO PEOPLE TO SERVE AS A QUORUM FOR THIS TYPE OF MEETING.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO MEET, AS I SAID, VIRTUALLY DO THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UH, AS ALLOWED BY THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND A RELATED SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN OPEN MEETING STATUTES.
UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER ONE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RESULT, UH, OF THE, UH, DECEMBER 15, 2020 RUNOFF IN THAT RUNOFF ELECTION.
THE RETURNS OF THE ELECTION SHOW THAT IN AS REPORTED BY THE CLERK THAT IN DISTRICT SIX RATES, THERE WERE 7,295 VOTES FOR JAMES JIMMY FLANNIGAN, 7,961 VOTES FOR MCKINSEY KELLY MCKINSEY, KELLY RECEIVING A MAJORITY OF ALL VOTES CAST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT SIX POSITION IN A DISTRICT 10 RACE.
THERE WERE 12,480 VOTES ARE ALISON ALTER, 11,824 VOTES FOR JENNIFER VERDIN WITH ALISON ALTER RECEIVING A MAJORITY OF ALL VOTES CAST FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT TAM.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT'S REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKERS.
SINCE THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS, UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER ONE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION CANVASSING AND ACCEPTING THE RETURNS FOR THE DECEMBER SIX 2020 RUNOFF ELECTION DECLARING MCKINSEY KELLY AND DISTRICT SIX IS ELECTED AND DECLARING.
ALISON ALTER IN DISTRICT 10, UH, IS, UH, ELECTED.
IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
IS THERE GOING TO SECOND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO SECONDS THAT MOTION IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
UH, AND WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOBO ME KITCHEN CAUSE R AND ALTER, UH, HERE, UH, PAIGE AND I AND PO VOTES.
UH, YES, UH, THIS, UH, UH, MOTION, UH, PASSES AND THE ELECTION IS CANVAS CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ELECT KELLY.
UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO, UH, IN THIS, UH, SERVICE.
AND ALSO AS A COUNSELOR, WE HAVE ACTUALLY EARNED THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE'LL GATHER TOGETHER TO SWEAR IN A NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY.
BUT UNTIL THEN, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS SOMETHING ELSE AT 1207, UH, THIS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.