May 13, 2025 Special Meeting

INTO ITEM NUMBER THREE, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICES OF MAYOR AND THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, VALENCIA.

[1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present]

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

GOOD EVENING.

IT IS SIX O'CLOCK AND WE WILL CALL THE ORDER THIS MEETING OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 13TH.

AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT THIS EVENING.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE'D LIKE TO START A MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE OF BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE ABLE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION OF GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE, FRAUD.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE INDIVISIBLE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS EVENING.

WE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY BRIEF MEETING.

WE'LL GO RIGHT

[3. Present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance canvassing the returns of the May 3, 2025 General Election for the Offices of Mayor and three (3) City Council Members.]

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

VALENCIA GARCIA, CITY SECRETARY.

I'M HERE TO CANVAS THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE MAY, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION.

UM, JUST SO QUICK BACKGROUND, WE ORDERED THE GENERAL ELECTION VIA ORDINANCE 25 0 0 2, UM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING ONE MAYOR AND THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR TWO, UH, YEAR TERMS EACH.

UM, SO EARLY VOTING WAS AT THE END OF APRIL WITH ELECTION DAY HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, 2025.

UM, WE HAVE OFFICIALLY RECEIVED OUR RESULTS FROM DALLAS COUNTY WHO ADMINISTERED OUR ELECTIONS FOR US.

UM, AND THEN AS REQUIRED BY LAW, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST MEET, UH, TO CANVAS THE RESULTS AND DECLARE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.

SO WE'LL START WITH THE ONES FOR MAYOR.

UM, SO THE TABULATION OF THE RETURNS FROM THE MAY, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION.

UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, UH, MAYOR BRUCE ARSON WAS REELECTED AS THE SOLE CANDIDATE WITH 823 VOTES.

AND THEN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RACE, UH, WE HAVE THE TABULATION OF RETURNS FROM THIS ELECTION.

UM, AS CAN BE SEEN BELOW, RANDY SMITH WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH 629 VOTES.

UM, BOTH DAN LISIO AND MARLON WILLISON WERE EACH REELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, WITH 580 VOTES EACH, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 2,333 VOTES THAT TAKE.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? UH, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION.

WILL YOU APPROVE? I SECOND.

THANK YOU CHRIS AND DARREN FOR THE SECOND.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

ITEM THREE IS APPROVED.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE.

I'LL READ THESE BOTH TOGETHER.

THEY'LL HAPPEN PRETTY MUCH SIMULTANEOUSLY.

ITEM FOUR

[4. Administer the Oath of Office to the Mayor and three (3) Council Members elected at the May 3, 2025 General Election.]

IS ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE MAYOR AND THREE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED AT THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION.

[5. Present Certificates of Election to the Mayor and three (3) Council Members elected at the May 3, 2025 General Election.]

AND ITEM FIVE IS PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION TO THE MAYOR AND THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED AT THE MAY 3RD, 2025 ELECTION.

I GUESS I'M FIRST YES.

ALRIGHT, , PUT IN ALL, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOUR RIGHT HAND IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I STATE YOUR NAME.

I, I BRUCE ARCHON.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, THE WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

ALRIGHT, THIS, THANK YOU.

WHEN I CAN HAVE MY COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT COME UP TO, UM, PERFORM OR TO DO THEIR OATH OF OFFICE.

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ALL RIGHT.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I STATE YOUR NAME, SOMON.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL, MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL, MEMBER OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON.

IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WE WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND YES, OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME, GOD.

GOD, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOUR CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ALRIGHT, VERY

[6. Presentation to outgoing City Council Member.]

GOOD.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS PRESENTATION TO OUTGOING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO THIS EVENING WE ARE SAYING GOODBYE TO, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR TO, UH, NANCY CRAIG.

AND, UM, BEFORE WE SAY OFFICIALLY GOODBYE, I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN OFFER UP OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO THE SAME, IF YOU WOULD.

SO CHOOSE.

UH, SO NANCY, IT'S BEEN, UH, TRULY A PRIVILEGE AND A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU THE LAST TWO YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, YOU SERVED AS THE LAST YEAR, THIS LAST YEAR AS THE, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU'VE DONE NOTHING BUT BRING, UH, YOUR WISDOM, YOUR INTELLIGENCE, YOUR CALM DEMEANOR, UH, YOUR, UM, YOUR SERIOUSNESS, BUT NOT OVERLY SERIOUS.

THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THAT, BUT, BUT YOU, BUT YOU BRING, UH, SOMETHING TO THE, UH, TO THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, RAISES OUR ESTEEM AS A COUNCIL.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU'VE REPRESENTED ADDISON VERY WELL AND, UH, REPRESENTED THE TOWN WELL.

AND AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'VE STOOD IN MY PLACE AND REPRESENTED ME WELL.

SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WILL CERTAINLY MISS YOU, UH, ON THE COUNCIL, AND I WILL DEFINITELY SEE YOU AROUND TOWN.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY COUNCIL? MARLON MAYOR, I'D LOVE TO JUMP IN.

UM, I WANT TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S THOUGHTS.

UM, THE WAY YOU REPRESENT US HAS, HAS BEEN FABULOUS.

AND, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO SEE YOU AROUND TOWN.

THEY SEE YOU ON VIDEO, BUT THEY DON'T, UH, GET TO SEE IT, SEE US IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE A LOT OF TIMES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT REAL ESTATE.

UM, AND THAT'S, UH, IN MY OPINION, WHERE YOU, YOU SHINE THE MOST.

UM, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF, A LOT OF GREAT ATTRIBUTES, BUT, BUT WE NEEDED, UH, TO LEAN ON YOU WITH REAL ESTATE.

UM, I COULDN'T HAVE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, WITH THE QUESTIONS YOU WERE ASKING, THE INFORMATION YOU WERE SHARING.

YOU MADE US ALL A LOT MORE INTELLIGENT ABOUT THOSE DECISIONS AND YOU REALLY GUIDED US.

I, I BROUGHT NOTES SO IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS BRUCE IS.

UM, THANKS FOR, UM, SERVING TOGETHER WITH US.

UH, I, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN SERVING FOR MANY YEARS FROM PNZ TO, UH, BOND COMMITTEES AND OTHER COMMITTEES.

AND, UM, YOUR 40 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, REAL ESTATE HAS REALLY ADDED TO THE, OUR DELIBERATIONS.

UM, WE ALL BRING OUR OWN, UH, TALENTS AND SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES AND, AND THAT, THAT HELP FILL THAT VOID.

I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF ADDISON.

AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE AND ALL THE RESEARCH THAT YOU DO ON THE AGENDA ITEMS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, UH, TOPICS THAT WE COME UP WITH.

UM, AND I DO ADMIRE YOUR, YOUR RESILIENCE IN, IN THIS LAST RECENT TIME.

AND, UH, I, YOUR COMMITMENT TO ADDISON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FURTHER COMMITMENT, ADDISON AND, AND SEEING YOU AROUND TOWN.

SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU, DARREN.

ANY OTHERS? I DO, UH, I HAD NOTES AS WELL, BUT YOU GUYS STOLE ALL MY THUNDER.

UH, WHAT I'LL SAY IS JUST, I, I REALLY ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT A BIG HEART, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'M SURE THIS IS NOT THE LAST WE'LL SEE OF YOU.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE IMPACT YOU'VE HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, CHRIS.

NANCY, ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? I DO HAVE SOME.

THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ADDISON.

ANYTHING I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I'VE ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU AS WELL.

I APPRECIATE ALL

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I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE THE BEST THAT ANY OF US COULD DO.

I APPRECIATE IT AND I WISH YOU THE BEST.

AND, UH, I'VE ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU AS WELL.

UH, YES, I DO HAVE A, A FEW WORDS AND I HAVE ALSO, CAN YOU BRING THAT MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT? I HAVE, UM, NOW IS THAT BETTER? THE WHOLE THING I HAVE, I HAVE WRITTEN A FEW WORDS DOWN TOO, BUT FIRST OF ALL, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S, UH, NICE TO SEE ALL OF THE FACES AND, AND CERTAINLY THANK ALL OF YOU UP HERE FOR YOUR VERY, VERY KIND WORDS.

UM, I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT.

UM, IT OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO SERVE THE LAST TWO YEARS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, TO ALL OF MY SUPPORTERS.

I HAVE HEARD FROM SO VERY, VERY MANY OF YOU ALL DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS AND MORE RECENTLY AFTER THE ELECTION, EXPRESSING YOUR APPRECIATION FOR MY SERVICE.

UM, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE.

AND THE REAL THANK YOU IS MINE TO YOU, UM, TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM.

IT IS TO BE RESPECTED.

YOUR INSIGHT, RESOURCE, AND ANALYSIS WERE GREATLY, GREATLY APPRECIATED TO COUNCIL THOSE CURRENTLY SEATED, THOSE RETURNING AND THOSE JOINING.

AS YOU ADDRESS THE BUSINESS OF OUR TOWN, PLEASE RESPECT THE SEPARATION OF POLICYMAKING AND MANAGEMENT.

THERE ARE VERY SOUND REASONS WHY THAT STRUCTURE SHOULD EXIST.

THE GOAL HERE IS A HEALTHY, VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

ADDISON IS TRULY BOTH SPECIAL AND UNIQUE.

CONTINUE TO TREAT IT.

SO THANK YOU.

NANCY.

WOULD YOU JOIN ME AROUND FRONT PLEASE? SURE.

I HAVE A FEW TOKENS OF OUR APPRECIATION WE'D LIKE TO, UH, SHARE WITH YOU.

FIRST ONE, JUST FOR YOU.

YOU CAN OPEN THAT UP.

TRADITION HERE AROUND BOULEVARD.

LET'S SEE.

NOT REALLY SECRET AS TO WHAT IT IS.

HAVE, HAVE A WIRE ON THE BACK THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, I'LL FIND, I'LL FIND THAT APPROPRIATE PLACE.

SEE THAT IN FRONT YOUR HOUSE, RIGHT? OKAY.

AND THEN, UH, THERE'S THE PERSON HERE, YOU, YOU WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO, UH, SHARE THAT WITH US BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT, ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

KINDA HEAVY THOUGH.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THANKS YOU, THERE IT IS.

OH MY.

OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

OH, NICE.

I WOULD READ IT TO YOU, BUT I, ALL MY GLASSES ON , I'LL TAKE CARE OF NANCY CRAIG, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM MADISON, CITY COUNCIL 2023 TO 2025.

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU THAT SOME FLOWERS OUT IN THE, THAT ARE YOURS WILL TAKE.

AND IT HAS YOUR NAME ON THE CARD THERE, SO I KNOW THEY'RE FOR YOU.

OH, OKAY.

SO MAKE SURE YOU GET THOSE.

I LOVE, I LOVE FLOWERS.

YEAH, I'LL GO SIT, I'LL GO SIT DOWN.

YES, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US?

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NOW WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS RECOGNIZED MAY, 2025 OF A LS AS A LS AWARENESS MONTH.

MY FIRST STEPS, WHERE AM RIGHT? AINT THAT SO I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

MY, I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

[7. Recognize May 2025 as ALS Awareness Month.]

WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE AN ITEM AT THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, BUT SINCE THE THE MAY IS A LS AWARENESS MONTH, WE DIDN'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL OUR MEETING AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I WILL READ TO YOU.

IS THERE SOMEBODY FROM A LS THAT WAS GOING TO BE I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NO, I WITH MY OWN PEN.

WOW.

ALRIGHT.

BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF TOWN OF ADDISON.

WHEREAS ATROPIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS A LS IS ALSO COMMONLY KNOWN AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE IS A PROGRESSIVE FATAL NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE THAT GRADUALLY ROBS INDIVIDUALS OF THEIR ABILITY TO WALK, TALK, EAT, AND BREATHE.

AND WHEREAS EVERY 90 MINUTES SOMEONE IS DIAGNOSED WITH A LS AND ANOTHER DIES FROM IT, WITH MOST PATIENTS SURVIVING ONLY TWO TO FIVE YEARS AFTER DIAGNOSIS.

AND WHEREAS A LS HAS NO KNOWN CAUSE OR CURE AND MILITARY VETERANS FACE A HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING THE DISEASE.

AND WHEREAS ACCESS TO NEW THERAPIES, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND COMMUNICATION TOOLS IS VITAL FOR THOSE LIVING WITH A LS.

AND WHEREAS CLINICAL TRIALS ARE ESSENTIAL TO ADVANCING TREATMENTS, IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE, AND SUPPORTING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND WHEREAS THE A LS ASSOCIATION, THE WORLD'S LARGEST PHILANTHROPIC FUNDER OF A LS RESEARCH HAS INVESTED OVER $154 MILLION IN OVER 550 PROJECTS ACROSS THE US AND 18 COUNTRIES.

AND WHEREAS THE ASSOCIATION REMAINS DEDICATED TO MAKING A LSA LIVABLE DISEASE WHILE WORKING TOWARD A CURE, AND WHEREAS ATROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS AWARENESS RAISES PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING HONORS THOSE AFFECTED AND PROMOTES EFFORTS TO END A DISEASE.

NOW THEREFORE, WHY BRUCE ARF AND MAYOR OF ADDISON ON BEHALF OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL DO NOW DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY AS A LS AWARENESS MONTH IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN AND SUPPORTING A LS RESEARCH, ADVOCATING FOR INCREASED FUNDING AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS RELENTLESS DISEASE.

WE WILL SEND THIS TO THE, UH, FOLKS AT THE A A LS ASSOCIATION RUNNING LAPSE.