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City Hall City of Farmers Branch 13000 Wm. Dodson Pkwy. Farmers Branch, TX 75234 Meeting Minutes - Final City Council Monday, June 30, 2014 6:30 PM Council Chambers Special Meeting Mayor Glancy called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Presiding: 1 - Mayor William P. Glancy Present: 5 - Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Kirk Connally, Council Member Ben Robinson, Council Member Harold Froehlich, Council Member Ana Reyes and Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Fuller A. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Brother Eddy Ketchersid from The Branch gave the Invocation and Mayor Glancy led the Pledge of Allegiance. B. CONSENT AGENDA Approval of the Consent Agenda A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Fuller, seconded by Council Member Reyes, to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Connally, Council Member Robinson, Council Member Froehlich, Council Member Reyes and Mayor Pro Tem Fuller B.1 Consider approving Resolution No. 2014-059 authorizing the submission of an amended project application to Dallas County for the 2014 Fiscal Year of the Dallas County Community Development Block Grant project; repealing Resolution No. 2014-035; and take appropriate action. This Resolution was approved. C. CEREMONIAL ITEMS C.1 Consider approving Resolution No. 2014-058 canvassing the election returns of the June 21, 2014 Runoff Election for Mayor and City Council District 2 and take appropriate action, including swearing in of duly elected City Council members. City of Farmers Branch Page 1 City Council Meeting Minutes - Final June 30, 2014 The official canvass, made and certified by Mayor Glancy for the City of Farmers Branch, Texas, of the returns of the runoff election held on June 21, 2014 for the purpose of electing a Mayor and a Council Member District 2, as reflected by the results shown below: RUNOFF ELECTION - MAYOR: Bob Phelps Early Voting in Person - 1,155 Early Voting by Mail - 173 Election Day - 459 Provisional EV/ED - 0 Election Day ADA - 0 Total - 1,787 David Koch Early Voting in Person - 943 Early Voting by Mail - 111 Election Day - 440 Provisional EV/ED - 0 Election Day ADA - 0 Total - 1,494 RUNOFF ELECTION - COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 2: Luther Bernstein Early Voting in Person - 271 Early Voting by Mail - 33 Election Day - 149 Provisional EV/ED - 0 Election Day ADA - 0 Total - 453 Harold Froehlich Early Voting in Person - 322 Early Voting by Mail - 40 Election Day - 141 Provisional EV/ED - 0 Election Day ADA - 0 Total - 503 A motion was made by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Connally, seconded by Council Member Robinson, that this Resolution be approved. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Connally, Council Member Robinson, Council Member Froehlich, Council Member Reyes and Mayor Pro Tem Fuller The Oath of Office for Harold Froehlich as City Council Member for District 2 was administered by Mayor Glancy. The Oath of Office for Bob Phelps as Mayor was administered by Judge Bruce Woody. Newly appointed Mayor Phelps and Council Member Froehlich took their seat at the dais. C.2 Elect a City Council Member to serve as Mayor Pro Tem and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem. Motion by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Connally, seconded by Council Member Reyes, for Jeff Fuller to serve at Mayor Pro Tem. Motion passed with all ayes. City of Farmers Branch Page 2 City Council Meeting Minutes - Final June 30, 2014 Motion by Council Member Reyes; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Fuller, for Kirk Connally to serve as Deputy Mayor Pro Tem. Motion passed with all ayes. C.3 Reception for newly elected Mayor Bob Phelps and City Council Member, District 2, Harold Froehlich. Meeting attendees were asked to attend a reception honoring the newly elected city officials. Mayor Phelps read the agenda for Executive Session item D.1. City Council took a recess at 6:47 p.m. D. EXECUTIVE SESSION The City Council convened into Executive at 7:25 p.m. D.1 Discuss personnel matters - Texas Government Code Section 551.074: Discussion of a resident’s concern related to ethical conduct of a Council representative. The City Council concluded Executive Session at 8:31 p.m. E. THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENES INTO OPEN SESSION Consider necessary action on items discussed in the Executive Session. Mayor Phelps called Open Session to order at 8:34 p.m. Mayor Phelps announced Mayor Pro Tem Fuller had recused himself from Executive Session. No action was taken as a result of Executive Session. F. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Council Member Robinson, seconded by Council Member Froehlich, that this Meeting be adjourned. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Connally, Council Member Robinson, Council Member Froehlich, Council Member Reyes and Mayor Pro Tem Fuller The City Council Meeting ended at 8:35 p.m. __________________________________ Bob Phelps, Mayor ATTEST: __________________________________ Angela Kelly, City Secretary City of Farmers Branch Page 3 City Council Meeting Minutes - Final June 30, 2014 City of Farmers Branch Page 4