HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/05/17-Minutes-City Council-Special CalledCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CALLED SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 17, 2012
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Frank Moss, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Absent:
Mayor Pro tem W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Kathleen Hicks, District 8
Council Member Joel Burns, District 9
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Ronald P. Gonzales, Assistant City Secretary
Nicole M. Seidel, Assistant to the City Secretary
1. Call to Order.
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Price called the Called Special
Session of the Fort Worth City Council to order at 6:56 p.m., on Tuesday, May 17, 2012, in the
City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth,
Texas 76102, with Mayor Pro tem Zimmerman and Council Members Hicks and Burns absent.
2. Certification of Official Returns by the City Secretary.
Assistant to the City Secretary Nicole Seidel advised the Council that before them was the
certification and tabulations of the official election returns from Tarrant County of the Special
Election held on Saturday, May 12, 2012, for the purpose of electing the Council Member for
Single Member District 8 of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. She stated that the certified returns
for such election reported were as follows:
Ramon Romero, Jr. 896 votes
Kelly Allen Gray 650 votes
Marshall Hobbs 445 votes
She further stated that the certified cumulative results showed that no candidate received a
majority of the total number of votes received by all candidates for the Office of City Council
Member District 8; therefore, no candidate could be declared elected to that place. She added
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CALLED SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 17, 2012
Page 2 of 2
that in accordance with Chapter IV, Section 2, of the City of Fort Worth Home Rule Charter, a
Runoff Election was hereby declared necessary for City Council Member District 8 and the
Runoff Election would be ordered by separate action of the City Council. She advised that a
motion was necessary to acknowledge the receipt of the certification of official election returns
and that they be filed of record in the City's election register.
Motion: Council Member Shingleton made a motion, seconded by Council Member Espino,
acknowledging the receipt of the Certification of Official Election Returns. The motion
carried unanimously 6 "ayes" to 0 "nays ", with Mayor Pro tem Zimmerman and
Council Members Hicks and Burns absent.
3. A Resolution Canvassing the Returns and Declaring the Results of the Special Election
Held on May 12, 2012, for the Purpose of Electing a Council Member for City Council
District 8 to Serve the Remainder of an Unexpired Term.
Motion: Council Member Scarth made a motion, seconded by Council Member Moss, that
Resolution No. 4090 -05 -2012 be adopted. The motion carried unanimously 6 "ayes" to
0 "nays ", with Mayor Pro tem Zimmerman and Council Members Hicks and Burns
absent.
4. An Ordinance Ordering a Run -off Election by the Qualified Voters of Council District 8
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, the 23rd day of June, 2012, for the
Purpose of Electing a Council Member for City Council District 8 to Serve the
Remainder of an Unexpired Term.
Motion: Council Member Shingleton made a motion, seconded by Council Member Moss, that
Ordinance No. 20221 -05 -2012 be adopted. The motion carried unanimously 6 "ayes"
to 0 "nays ", with Mayor Pro tem Zimmerman and Council Members Hicks and Burns
absent.
5. Executive Session.
No Executive Session was held.
6. Adjourn
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:59 p.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 5"' day of June, 2012.
Attest:
Nicole M. Seidel
Assistant to City Secretary