AMAZING. KAHNEMAN BOOK IS FASCINATING ABOUT THAT. ANYWAY, YOU GUYS GOT TO GAVEL. ALL [00:00:05] RIGHT. ARE YOU READY? READY? ALL RIGHT. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THAT FIRST. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MAY [CALL TO ORDER] 14TH, 2025. WE ARE IN A CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AT OUR NEW CITY HALL, 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET, THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. WE ARE CANVASING THE RESULTS FOR THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION AND CALLING FOR THE JUNE 7TH, 2025 RUNOFF ELECTION. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON [Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Certifying the Results of the May 3, 2025, City of McKinney, Texas, General Election for Mayor and City Council Members for District 1, District 3, and At-Large #1] AGENDA ITEMS I SEE NONE. SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT TO OUR SPECIAL AGENDA ITEM. I'M SORRY SIR, IN THE BLUE SHIRT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? SO TMP 25 2185 CONSIDER AND ACT ON AN ORDINANCE CERTIFYING THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 3RD, 2025 CITY MCKINNEY, TEXAS GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT THREE, AND AT-LARGE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS EMPRESS DRAIN, CITY SECRETARY. THIS FIRST ITEM IS TO CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 3RD ELECTION FOR THE SEATS THAT WERE MENTIONED FOR THE MEETING RECORD, I WILL READ OFF THE RESULTS FOR EACH ELECTION. SO ON MAY 3RD, THERE WAS AN ELECTION FOR MAYOR AT LARGE NUMBER ONE, DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT THREE FOR THE MAYORAL RACE, MATT ROSTAMI RECEIVED 1109 VOTES FOR A TOTAL OF 5.79%. TAYLOR WILLINGHAM RECEIVED 1268 VOTES, FOR A TOTAL OF 6.62%. BILL COX RECEIVED 8957 VOTES FOR 46.78% OF THE VOTES, AND SCOTT SANFORD RECEIVED 7813 VOTES, FOR A TOTAL OF 40 40.81%. SINCE NONE OF THOSE CANDIDATES RECEIVED MORE THAN HALF OF VOTES, THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION WILL MOVE FORWARD TO A RUNOFF ON JUNE 7TH, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL AT LARGE SEAT. BRIAN MAGNUSON RECEIVED 3257 VOTES, WHICH TRANSLATES TO 19%. DEREK TARVER RECEIVED 3072 VOTES FOR 17.92%, ERNEST LYNCH RECEIVED 5027 VOTES, WHICH REPRESENTS 29.33%. TAHA ANSARI RECEIVED 2361 VOTES FOR 13.78%, AND JIM GARRISON RECEIVED 3422 VOTES, FOR A TOTAL OF 19.9%. AND AGAIN, SINCE NONE OF THESE CANDIDATES RECEIVED MORE THAN HALF OF THE VOTES, THIS ELECTION WILL MOVE FORWARD TO A RUNOFF ON JUNE 7TH FOR DISTRICT ONE. OUR INCUMBENT COUNCIL MEMBER, JUSTIN BELLER, RAN UNOPPOSED AND HE RECEIVED SEVEN 1708 VOTES FOR A TOTAL OF 100% OF THE VOTES, AND HE DID INDEED WIN THAT ELECTION. AND FOR DISTRICT THREE, OUR INCUMBENT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, GERRY FELTUS, RECEIVED 3861 VOTES FOR A TOTAL OF 53.51%, AND TAMI WARREN RECEIVED 3354 VOTES, FOR A TOTAL OF 46.49%. AND WITH DOCTOR FELTUS RECEIVING THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES, SHE HAS ALSO BEEN REELECTED THE EMPRESS. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT LAST PART AGAIN? I JUST I WAS DISTRACTED FOR A SECOND. YES, SIR. DOCTOR FELTUS WAS REELECTED WITH A TOTAL OF 53.51% OF THE TOTAL VOTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. AND WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL STAND AT THIS TIME FOR IT. OR I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION. NO I WON'T. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. GO FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EMPRESS? AND ONE. SO GLAD HOW THE CITY SPOKE SO CORRECTLY. I APPRECIATE THAT IN THAT DISTRICT THREE ELECTION AND DISTRICT ONE. JUSTIN, I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT ONE FOR A WHILE, BUT YOU YOU JUST PULLED THAT OUT SO STRONGLY. THANK YOU. NEVER NERVOUS ABOUT THREE MOTION TO APPROVE. I'M GOING TO JUMP IN AND SAY I'M MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND. DO I NEED TO SIGN IN? SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. I'VE GOT A BING WEBSITE. WE CAN DO A. I'LL JUST DO IT. WE CAN DO A VERBAL MOTION BY MAYOR COLE. YEAH. GOOD. WOULD YOU SECOND? YEAH. SECONDED. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. I DON'T HAVE ANY VOTES, SO I, I. IS MR. PHILLIPS. MR. PHILLIPS IS NOT HERE. OKAY. SO UNANIMOUS WITH THE SIX THAT ARE [Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Calling for the June 7, 2025, City of McKinney, Texas, Runoff Election for Mayor and Council Member At Large #1] [00:05:07] HERE. WE WILL MOVE TO TMP 20 5-2184. CONSIDER AN ACT, AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR THE JUNE 7TH, 2025 CITY MCKINNEY, TEXAS RUNOFF ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. AS YOU KNOW, THE FINALIZATION OF THE ELECTION REQUIRES THAT CANDIDATES RECEIVE MORE THAN HALF OF THE VOTES TO WIN. IN THE CASES OF THE MAYORAL SEAT AND THE AT LARGE SEAT THAT DID NOT OCCUR. SO CANDIDATES FOR THE MAYOR SEAT OF BILL COX AND SCOTT SANFORD WILL MOVE FORWARD AGAIN IN AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON JUNE 7TH, AS STATED AND IN THE AT LARGE SEAT, ERNEST LYNCH AND JIM GARRISON WILL BE THOSE TWO CANDIDATES. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR EMPRESS? EMPRESS, CAN YOU REMIND US WHEN EARLY VOTING STARTS FOR THAT? YES. EARLY VOTING WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY, MAY 27TH. THERE'S NO VOTING ON MEMORIAL DAY, AND IT WILL CONCLUDE ON JUNE 2ND. IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK JUNE 3RD. JUNE 3RD, WHICH IS THE WEDNESDAY. RIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT. TUESDAY SECOND. AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD. SURE. USUALLY THEY CLOSE ON CLOSED ON TUESDAY, BUT I THINK BECAUSE OF MEMORIAL DAY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I COULD BE WRONG. THERE'S NO THERE'S NONE ON MEMORIAL DAY. RIGHT. I THOUGHT THEY DO HAVE THE INFORMATION ALREADY POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEB PAGE. AND WE WILL MAKE CONFIRMATION TO YOU. I LOVE IT. SO IT COULD BE SECOND. COULD BE THIRD. I THINK JENNIFER IS OVER THERE LOOKING IT UP. TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD. I THINK IT'S JUNE 3RD BECAUSE MEMORIAL DAY TUESDAY. CORRECT. SO THERE IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT. YEAH. NO NO NO NO. TUESDAY IS JUNE 3RD. TUESDAY IS JUNE 3RD. YES. SO THERE IS VOTING ON MEMORIAL DAY AS WELL. NO, NO, NO VOTING ON VOTING ON MEMORIAL DAY. AND IT STILL ENDS ON TUESDAY, JUST LIKE IT DOES BEFORE. SO THERE WILL BE NO VOTING SUNDAY OR MONDAY SUNDAY, AND WE'LL SEND CALENDARS TO ALL THE COUNCILMEN. RIGHT. MEMORIAL DAY IS THE 26TH. I'M SORRY. I'M A WEEK BEFORE. RIGHT? I APOLOGIZE. YES. SO IT BEGINS ON TUESDAY, MAY 20TH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, MR. MAYOR. WITH APOLOGIES TO THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY, I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND. TO BE FAIR, I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR FIVE HOURS BEFORE I GOT HERE. SO THAT IS FAIR. OKAY. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. YES. I DON'T VOTE IN FAVOR. I OPPOSE THAT IS THE END OF OUR MEETING. WE HAVE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I HAVE A MOT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.