HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013/05/21-Minutes-City Council-Special Called CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL NIEETING
MAY 21, 2013
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tern W.B. "Zim" Zinnnennan, District 3
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Frank Moss, District 5
Council Member Jun-us Jordan, District 6
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Joel Burns, District 9
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Ronald P. Gonzales, Assistant City Secretary
I. CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Price called the Special Meeting
session of the Fort Worth City Council to order at 10:06 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the
City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth,
Texas 76102.
11. CERTIFICATION OF OFFICIAL RETURNS BY CITY SECRETARY',
Assistant City Secretary Ronald Gonzales advised the Council that they had been provided with
the certifications and tabulations of the official election returns from Tarrant County for the
General Election held on Saturday, May 11, 2013, for the purpose of electing four (4) city
council members for their respective single member districts of 2, 4, 5, and 8 of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas. He stated that the certified returns for such election reported were as follows:
Member of City Council District 2
Jim Lane 1.217
Salvador "Sal" Espino 1,482
Member of City Council District 4
Danny Scarth 1,287
Paul Gardner 945
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Member of City Council District 5
Frank Moss 1,107
Gyna Bivens 1,192
John Tunmire 219
Member of City Council District 8
Kelly Allen Gray 1,513
Kathleen Hicks 1,256
He added that as a result of the tabulations the following persons were declared elected to the
City Council:
Council- District 2 Salvador "Sal" Espino
Council - District 4 Danny Scarth
Council - District 8 Kelly Allen Gray
Assistant City Secretary Gonzales advised that the certified cumulative results also showed that
no candidate received a majority of the total number of votes received by all candidates for the
office of City Council District 5 and that no candidate be declared to the office of City Council
District 5. Therefore, in accordance with Chapter IV, Section 2, of the City of Fort Worth Home
Rule Charter, a runoff election was hereby declared necessary to fill the office of City Council
District 5 and the runoff election would be ordered by separate action of the Council.
Motion: Mayor Pro tem Zimmerman made a motion, seconded by Council Member
Shingleton, acknowledging the receipt of the Certification of Official Election
Returns and direct that they be filed of record in the City's Election Register be
approved. The motion carried unanimously 9 ayes to 0 nays.
III. A RESOLUTION CANVASSING. THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE
RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MA t' 11 2013, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICTS 2 4 S AND 8.
Motion: Council Member Shingleton made a motion, seconded by Mayor Pro tem
Zimmerman, that Resolution No. 4205-05-2103 be adopted. The motion carried
unanimously 9 ayes to 0 nays.
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IN'. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION.
Mayor Price presented Certificates of Election to: Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2;
Mayor Pro tern W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3; Council Member Danny Scarth, District 4;
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6; Cotmcil Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7;
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 and Council Member Joel Burns, District 9.
Mayor Pro tern Zimmerman presented a Certificate of Election to Mayor Price.
V. AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A RUN-OFF ELECTION BY THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF ('OJTNCIL DISTi2IC L 5 OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
TEXAS ON SATURD.�1Y THE 15TH D 1Y OF JUNE 2013 FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR CITY COUNCIL
1)1STRICT S.
Assistant City Secretary Gonzales advised that section 4(b) was to be amended to add "The City
Secretary may change the places and,or times contained in Exhibit A without further City
Council action or approval after consulting with the Tarrant County Elections Administrator and
determining that a change in place and/or time is necessary".
Motion: Council Member Shingleton made a motion, seconded by Council Member Espino,
that Ordinance No. 20753-05-2103 be adopted as amended. The motion carried
unanimously 9 ayes to 0 nays.
VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION - THE CIT1 COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED
iNEETING AS AU i'HORIZFD BY SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS
GOVERNMENT CODE; TO SEED THE, ADVISE OF ITS .kTTORNEYS ON
LEGAL. ISSUES REGARDING ANY MATTER LISTED ON THE SPEC'IAL.
CALLED CITY COUNCIL :1GEN1)_k.
Mayor Price stated that she was advised that an eyecutive session was not necessary.
V'11. kD.IOURNIIE:NT
There being no further business, Mayor Price adjourned the Special Meeting at 10:12 a.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 4th day of June, 2013.
Attest: Approved:
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Mary J. Kayser ' % Zim ZirnirieAT6 n
City Secretary' Ylavor Pro tern