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City of Mesquite, Texas Minutes - Final City Council Tuesday, May 15, 2018 7:00 PM City Hall | Council Chamber 757 N. Galloway | Mesquite, Texas Present: Mayor Stan Pickett and Councilmembers Jeff Casper, Dan Aleman, Robert Miklos, Bruce Archer, Greg Noschese and Tandy Boroughs, City Manager Cliff Keheley and City Secretary Sonja Land. SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 7:00 P.M. OTHER BUSINESS 1 Canvass results of the General and Special Election for the purpose of electing Councilmembers for Places 3, 4 and 5 and to consider amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the City of Mesquite, Texas, held May 5, 2018. Sonja Land, City Secretary, read the results, according to the canvass reports provided by the Dallas County Elections Department, of the General and Special Election for the purpose of electing Councilmembers for Places 3, 4 and 5 and to consider amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the City of Mesquite, Texas, held May 5, 2018. 2 Consider a resolution canvassing the returns and declaring and adopting the results of the May 5, 2018, General Election for the purpose of electing City Councilmembers for Places 3, 4 and 5 and canvassing the returns and declaring and adopting the results of the May 5, 2018, Special Election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters certain proposed amendments to the home rule Charter of the City of Mesquite. Mr. Archer moved to approve Resolution No. 28-2018, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 5, 2018, GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CITY COUNCILMEMBERS FOR PLACES 3, 4 AND 5 AS WELL AS CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 5, 2018, SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY, FOR ADOPTION OR REJECTION, CERTAIN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE, TEXAS; ENTERING AN ORDER IN THE RECORDS OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE THAT EIGHT (8) CHARTER AMENDMENTS HAVE PASSED BY MAJORITY VOTE; ENTERING AN ORDER IN THE CITY’S RECORDS DECLARING THAT THE EIGHT (8) CHARTER AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED; PROVIDING FOR CERTIFICATION OF AUTHENTICATED COPIES OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO PROPERLY RECORD THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS IN THE CITY’S RECORDS; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. City of Mesquite, Texas Page 1 City Council Minutes - Final May 15, 2018 Number of votes cast for the Office of Councilmember, Place 3: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE Bruce Archer 3,502 100.00% Number of votes cast for the Office of Councilmember, Place 4: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE Shannon Long 1,946 45.58% Daniel Aleman, Jr. 2,323 54.42% Number of votes cast for the Office of Councilmember, Place 5: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE Janice Bell 1,674 38.98% Greg Noschese 2,620 61.02% Number of votes cast regarding Proposition A - Establishing a Maximum Number of Terms for City Councilmembers and the Mayor: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE For 3,840 86.90% Against 579 13.10% Number of votes cast regarding Proposition B - City Council Structure: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE For 3,322 76.47% Against 1,022 23.53% Number of votes cast regarding Proposition C - Date of City Council Election: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE For 3,463 79.74% Against 880 20.26% Number of votes cast regarding Proposition D - Minimum Staffing Level in Police Department: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE For 3,809 86.16% Against 612 13.84% Number of votes cast regarding Proposition E - Establishing a City Attorney’s Office: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE For 3,429 80.04% Against 855 19.96% Number of votes cast regarding Proposition F - Deletion of the One-Year Contract Period Limitation: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE For 2,711 63.52% Against 1,557 36.48% Number of votes cast regarding Proposition G - Amendments to Conform to Actual/Current Practices: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE For 3,347 81.89% Against 740 18.11% City of Mesquite, Texas Page 2 City Council Minutes - Final May 15, 2018 Number of votes cast regarding Proposition H - Technical Amendments to Conform to State Law and City Code; to Correct Terms; to Correct Spelling; to Clarify Language; to Provide Gender-Neutral References; and to make other Technical Amendments: NAME NUMBER OF VOTES PERCENTAGE For 3,236 77.92% Against 917 22.08% Motion was seconded by Mr. Boroughs and approved unanimously. (Resolution No. 28-2018 recorded in Resolution Book No. 54.) 3 Installation of newly elected Councilmembers. Mayor Pickett administered the Oath of Office to Councilmembers Bruce Archer, Place 3, Dan Aleman, Place 4, and Greg Noschese, Place 5. 4 Consider appointment of a Mayor Pro Tem and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem for one-year terms. Mr. Archer moved to appoint Dan Aleman as Mayor Pro Tem for a one-year term. Motion was seconded by Mr. Casper and approved unanimously. Mr. Miklos moved to appoint Tandy Boroughs as Deputy Mayor Pro Tem for a one-year term. Motion was seconded by Mr. Archer and approved unanimously. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Casper moved to adjourn the meeting. Motion was seconded by Mr. Noschese and approved unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 7:19 p.m. Attest: Approved: __________________________________ __________________________________ Sonja Land, City Secretary Stan Pickett, Mayor City of Mesquite, Texas Page 3