[00:00:11] AND I CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ABILENE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. [CALL TO ORDER] I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILMAN SHANE PRICE TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGES THIS AFTERNOON. LET'S PRAY. LORD, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IN THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION AND RECOGNITION OF THE ELECTION THAT WE HELD AND IS GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GOT OUT AND VOTED. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER TERM OF GOOD SERVICE AND FAITHFULNESS TO THE CITIZENS AND FAITHFULNESS TO YOU. AND WE PRAY FOR THE RUNOFF THAT THAT WILL BRING OUT A LOT OF VOTERS AND THAT THEY WILL VOTE FOR THOSE THAT THE ONE THAT REPRESENTS THEM BEST. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE OUT ON RAINY DAYS, ON HOT DAYS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF THE NEEDS OF THE AS CITIZENS AND JUST APPRECIATIVE AS THEY WORK THROUGH HARDSHIPS OF THE RECENT CYBER ATTACK AND STILL ACCOMPLISHING ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS. PRAY THAT YOU'D BE WITH US TODAY. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. I WALK IN AND SHAKE IT. GOOD. I DON'T HAVE YOUR BUCKET. SORRY. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC. COMMENT PERIOD. THERE WILL BE NO VOTES OR ANY FORMAL ACTION TAKEN ON SUBJECTS PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL ALLOW ONLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT IDEAS AND AN INFORMATION TO CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF. PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND THE CITY YOU RESIDE IN. FOR THE RECORD. WITH LIBERTY GRACE THE PUBLIC SAYING NO ONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND I WILL NOW I'LL THANK SHAWNA ATKINSON. [2. Presentation: Annual Salary Checks to Councilmembers and Mayor] HEY. IT'S PAYDAY. HEY, SWEET. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. OH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I KNEW THIS WAS GOING. TO REFILE MY TAXES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I NOW MOVE TO ITEM THREE AND [3. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Canvassing the Returns and Declaring the Results of Bond Election Held in the City of Abilene on May 3, 2025 (Shawna Atkinson)] I'LL ASK SHAUNA ATKINSON, CITY SECRETARY, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. HELLO. SO WE ARE GOING TO CANVASS THE BOND ELECTION FIRST TODAY. SO THE CANVASS FROM MAY 3RD. EXCUSE ME. THE CANVASS FOR THE BOND ELECTION FOR MAY 3RD, 2025. THAT WAS CALLED ON FEBRUARY 13TH, AND THE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS HAVE COME IN AND MEASURE A, WHICH IS THE AIRPORT BOND FOR $20 MILLION, PASSED WITH 2738 VOTES FOR 52.8%. SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS OF MISS ATKINSON. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL NOW ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO MOVED. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER. WE'RE OLD SCHOOL. WE'RE JUST. YEAH. YOU CAN'T. OH. THAT'S RIGHT. NEXT TIME, HOPEFULLY. YEAH. FURTHER DISCUSSION. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM MCALLISTER. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CRAVER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BEARD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. REAGAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YATES. YES. AND MAYOR. HURT. YES. MOTION CARRIES. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, AND I WILL ASK SHAUNA ATKINSON AGAIN TO [4. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Canvassing the Returns and Declaring the Results of the General Election Held in the City of Abilene on May 3, 2025, and Ordering a Runoff Election to be Held on June 6, 2025 for City Council Place 5 (Shawna Atkinson)] PRESENT THIS ITEM. HELLO AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE CANVASING THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 3RD. THIS TIME, AS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTION, I CANNOT TALK TODAY. EXCUSE ME. ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBERS PLACES FIVE AND SIX. SO THE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOWED THAT TRAVIS CRAVER RECEIVED 64.13% OF THE VOTES FOR PLACE SIX, AND NO CANDIDATES RECEIVED MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTES FOR PLACE FIVE. SO A RUNOFF IS NECESSARY BETWEEN KYLE MCALLISTER AND MIGUEL ESPINOSA. SO THE RUNOFF WILL BE JUNE 6TH, 2025. THAT IS SET BY THE STATE. NOW WE DON'T GET TO PICK THAT DATE ANYMORE. EARLY VOTING WILL BE MAY 27TH THROUGH THE 30TH, AND THEN JUNE 2ND THROUGH THE THIRD. [00:05:02] THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE HAS ALREADY PASSED. THE LAST DAY TO REQUEST A BALLOT BY MAIL IS MAY 27TH. AND THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE RUNOFF, WHICH I JUST PUT IN YOUR PACKETS JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO, IS $50,501. I BELIEVE ELECTION DAY IS JUNE 7TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY. IT IS. IT IS JUNE 7TH. MY APOLOGIES. OKAY, SO YES, THAT WAS INCORRECT. I JUST ORDERED SOME CARDS. IT IS A SATURDAY, I PROMISE. SO WHATEVER THAT SATURDAY IS. BUT I BELIEVE IT'S JUNE 7TH. SO ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO MOVED. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN YATES. A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'RE READY TO VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER. YATES. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM MCALLISTER. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CRAVER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BEARD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. REAGAN. YES. AND MAYOR. HURT. YES. MOTION CARRIES. MOTION CARRIES. JUST. TRAVIS. [5. Issue the Following to Councilmember-Elect Travis Craver - Place 6: • Certificate of Election • Oath of Office] NEED TO. COUNCIL REVIEWED. MEET CITY SECRETARY DOWN FRONT. THANK YOU. CAN I HAVE YOUR NOTICE OR CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION FOR YOU. AND THEN NOW WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. ARE YOU READY? OKAY. IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME, I STATE YOUR NAME. I, TRAVIS CRAVER, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES FOR THE ABILENE CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE ABILENE CITY COUNCIL. LAY 6.6 FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WITH 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 THE STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CRAVER, CONGRATULATIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SERVICE OF THREE MORE YEARS FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF FOR OR AGAINST COUNCILMAN CRAVER? BETTER NOT BE LATE FOR THE AGAINST PARK. YEAH. CAN I SAY SOMETHING REALLY FAST? I JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE RESULTS ARE RESULT ON PAPER. IT'S MORE THAN PAPER. I THINK IT'S. OR AT LEAST TO ME, IT'S A COLLECTION OF AN INCREDIBLE SPIRIT IN THE CITY OF ABILENE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE THE QUIET STEWARDS, WHO WERE CITIZENS WHO SHOW UP, THEY KNOCKED ON DOORS, THEY GAVE MONEY, THEY PRAYED DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS, HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK, SAID, DEMOCRACY IS THE INCREDIBLE BELIEF THAT EXTRAORDINARY POSSIBILITIES ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE. AND I THINK THAT US BEING HERE AS COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES, BUT MORE SO OUR CITIZENS EVERY, EACH AND EVERY DAY AND TRUST US TO DO THAT. AND SO I LOOK AT IT AS NOT JUST A CONCLUSION, BUT A CALLING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PERSON WHO'S TRUSTWORTHY AND A PERSON WHO'S WILLING TO SERVE NO AGENDA, BUT A PERSON WHO'S WILLING TO RAISE THEIR HAND AS A CITIZEN AND JUST GO ABOUT DOING THE BEST THAT THEY CAN TO MOVE ABILENE FORWARD IN A PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KRAMER. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM SIX FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR [6. Oral Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Appointing a Mayor Pro-tem & Deputy Mayor Pro-tem] PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. THAT WOULD BE MAYOR PRO TEM BRIAN YATES AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BLAYZE. REAGAN. AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BEARD. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PRESS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'RE READY TO VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. REAGAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YATES. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM MCALLISTER. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. CRAVER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE. YES. AND MAYOR. HURT. YES. MOTION CARRIES. MOTION CARRIES. IT IS NOW 4:09 P.M.. AND THIS MEETING OF THE ABILENE CITY COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.