HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017/05/16-Minutes-City Council-Special Called CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
May 16,2017
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tem Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Absent:
Council Member W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
I. Call to Order—Mayor Betsy Price
With a quorum present, Mayor Price called the Special Called meeting of the Fort Worth City
Council to order at 3:03 p.m., on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in the City Council Conference
Room 290, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
II. Certification of Official Returns by the City Secretary- City Secretary Mary Kayser
City Secretary Kayser advised Council that they had been provided with the certifications and
tabulations of the official elections returns from Tarrant County for the General Election held on
Saturday, May 6, 2017, for the purpose of electing the Mayor and eight (8) City Council
Members for their respective single member districts of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas. She stated that the certified returns for such election reported were as follows:
Mayor
Betsy Price 23,219
Chris Nettles 9,819
Member of City Council District 2 — City Secretary Kayser advised that these numbers
reflected the official tabulation results from Tarrant County and advised that a runoff election
would take place on Saturday, June 10, 2017
Steve Thornton 1,050 (Runoff candidate)
Jennifer Trevino 532
Carlos E. Flores 1,277 (Runoff candidate)
Tony Perez 56
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SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 16,2017
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Member of City Council District 3
W.B. "Zim"Zimmerman 3,674
Brian Byrd 4,360
Member of City Council District 4
Cary Moon 2,266
Max J. Striker 728
Member of City Council District 5
Gyna M. Bivens 2,582
Bob Willoughby (Write-In) 113
Member of City Council District 6
Jungus Jordan 2,795
Nicholas St. John 539
Roderick"Rod" Smith 624
Paul E. Hicks 484
Member of City Council District 7
Dennis Shingleton 2,791
Michael Matos 971
Member of City Council District 8
Kevin"KL"Johnson 758
Kelly Allen Gray 1,914
Johnnie Sanders (Write-In) 13
Member of City Council District 9
John Fitzgerald 1,603
Ann Zadeh 3,159
As a result of the tabulations the following persons were declared elected to the City Council:
Mayor Betsy Price
District 3 Brian Byrd
District 4 Cary Moon
District 5 Gyna M. Bivens
District 6 Jungus Jordan
District 7 Dennis Shingleton
District 8 Kelly Allen Gray
District 9 Ann Zadeh
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MAY 16,2017
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Council Member Jordan made a motion, seconded by Council Member Bivens,
Motion: acknowledging the receipt of the Certification of Official Election Returns and
directed that they be filed of record in the City Secretary's Office. Motion passed
8-0, Council Member Zimmerman absent.
III. A Resolution Canvassing the Returns and Declaring the Results of the General
Election Held on May 6, 2017, for the Purpose of Electing a Mayor and City Council
Members for the City of Fort Worth and Declaring a Run-Off Election for District 2
Motion: Council Member Shingleton made a motion, seconded by Council Member Bivens,
that Resolution No. 4780-05-2017 be adopted. Motion passed 8-0, Council Member
Zimmerman absent.
IV. Presentation of Certificates of Election—City Secretary Staff
The City Secretary noted that the Certificates of Election would be presented at the Council
Meeting at 7:00 pm.
V. Administration of Oath of Office to Council Member Elect Brian Byrd — City
Secretary Mary Kayser
City Secretary Kayser administered the Oath of Office to Council Member Elect Bryan Byrd.
Council Member Byrd took his seat at the table.
VI. Adjourn—Mayor Betsy Price
There being no further business, Mayor Price adjourned the Special Called meeting at 3:08 p.m.
Attest: Ap ed:
Mary J. Kay Be rice
City Secretary Mayor