1 00:01:30,860 --> 00:01:39,320 I would say good afternoon, but it's still noon. So good noon. I'm going to call this special meeting of the City Council of City 2 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:47,760 Massing to order for a can of saying a general municipal election. And with that, I'd like to roll call, please. 3 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:58,780 Mayor Finley, Council Member Oblesky, Council Member Spears, Council Member Powell, Council Member Shaw, Council Member Bartlett, 4 00:01:58,780 --> 00:02:02,580 here. Councilmember Denzene. Councilmember Seaford. 5 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:11,880 I'm here. So with that, we do have a calm and next item on the agenda is opening and counting 6 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,720 of the provisional ballots. So listen, I will follow your lead, ma'am. 7 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:17,200 Okay. 8 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:33,960 So this afternoon, we're going to follow the state law that tells us 9 00:02:37,460 --> 00:02:42,260 11-46 that's 26 by the state code that we need to 10 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:45,560 canvas election which involves the provisionals. 11 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,000 Provisional ballots for those who don't know, 12 00:02:48,180 --> 00:02:51,560 those are ones that may have had circumstances 13 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,240 that our chief inspect just couldn't cure at the location. 14 00:02:55,540 --> 00:03:00,280 So these were written and the boxes have been sealed and they were 15 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,600 secured in my office until this meeting. 16 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:09,360 The morning after the election, my responsibility was to take all the 17 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:13,080 provisional ballot information to the registrars for both counties. 18 00:03:13,740 --> 00:03:21,520 Since we straddle limestone and Madison counties carry company and we went to the 19 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,880 Register's office and took them the provisional ballot. 20 00:03:25,380 --> 00:03:31,760 Their task by the state code is to go in and try to cure the information that was 21 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,220 needed missing or needing updating from their office. 22 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,960 And once they were complete with that process, then they determined, they determined, 23 00:03:40,980 --> 00:03:45,420 if those votes could be counted, and we did have several that could be counted. 24 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:51,460 We had three districts that had provisional ballots, and the boxes have not been open 25 00:03:51,460 --> 00:03:52,860 since election night. 26 00:03:53,280 --> 00:04:00,180 The only information I have are the PBFours, which is what the registrers include their 27 00:04:00,180 --> 00:04:06,260 information in there and they tell me which ball is we can count. So the first task we're 28 00:04:06,260 --> 00:04:11,520 going to do today, Laura's going to help me and we're going to open the boxes, we're going 29 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:16,760 to take out the ballets that are listed the names of here. And once we take out the ballets, 30 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,480 I'm going to call the votes on who they voted for. You will not know who these people are, 31 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:28,360 who will not say their names. And Miranda's going to track it for us by each person when I tell her 32 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:33,120 add the vote. The idea is when we're completed with these three boxes, we're going to 33 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:38,480 then add the provisional ballots to the final total as reported unofficially on election 34 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:44,200 night, and Ivonne's going to continue to tabulate that she's a tabulator for the night 35 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:51,640 of the election, along with Madison County employee. But she's going to add the provisional 36 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:57,380 count to the final votes, and that will in turn give us the final vote of the election for 37 00:04:57,380 --> 00:04:59,420 each candidate that did receive provisional. 38 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:03,640 And then with that, after we've finished with this piece of it, 39 00:05:03,780 --> 00:05:07,760 we're going to go and I will read again the final votes for each candidate 40 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:13,580 that ran for office and in turn present to you a resolution to vote. 41 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:15,060 Certifying the election. 42 00:05:38,970 --> 00:05:42,330 The first box is limestone district four 43 00:05:44,660 --> 00:05:47,100 and there were two. 44 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,840 And I do have permission from the red to star that we can count these votes. 45 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:50,740 Okay, the first provision over limestone floor, we have one vote for Renee Bartlett, one vote for Michael McKay, 46 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:11,480 still on limestone floor, district floor, 47 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:35,220 one vote for Renee Bartlett, and one vote for Michael McKay, 48 00:07:59,990 --> 00:08:02,210 okay, this one is for district six, 49 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,500 I mean do we have total, we have 10, 50 00:08:29,530 --> 00:08:29,650 okay. 51 00:09:21,150 --> 00:09:23,890 And we have permission to count all ten. 52 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:47,560 One vote for Scott Harbor. 53 00:13:22,910 --> 00:13:26,450 One vote for Nae Bartlett, one vote for Erica White, 54 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:34,040 One vote for Margie Daily, one vote for Karen Denzin, 55 00:16:09,910 --> 00:16:12,830 one vote for Steve Smith, one vote for Scott Harbor, 56 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:18,820 the final for district six. 57 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,060 Last district is number seven, 58 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:49,900 we had one ballot that we could count. 59 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,900 One vote for Renee Bartlett, one vote for Keith Jackson. 60 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:48,720 that 61 00:18:14,090 --> 00:18:17,410 item seems to be completed and an actual move into the 62 00:18:17,410 --> 00:18:23,990 canvassing of August 26, 2025 general municipal election results. 63 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,940 First up, you have resolution number 2025, 64 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:36,420 279-R, canvassing and declaring the results of the general municipal 65 00:18:36,420 --> 00:18:40,160 election held on August 26, 2025. 66 00:18:43,820 --> 00:18:46,240 We need just a moment we're tabulating. 67 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:47,040 Okay, 68 00:18:52,250 --> 00:19:01,250 I think the resolution has blanks, but it didn't kind of recommend first. 69 00:19:02,770 --> 00:19:04,910 That lines wait. 70 00:19:05,950 --> 00:19:08,130 And that lines wait. 71 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:14,740 On all these years, I've never been disappointed. 72 00:19:45,370 --> 00:19:52,970 Okay, we have the final for Resolution 2025-279-R and I'll read the candidates and I'll 73 00:19:52,970 --> 00:19:56,610 read the final totals with the professionals at it. 74 00:19:56,930 --> 00:20:04,390 First up, we have for mayor, we have Renee Bartlett with a total of 4,591 votes. 75 00:20:04,390 --> 00:20:16,270 We have Margie Daily with the total of 968 votes, and we have Steve Smith with 2621 votes. 76 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:35,160 District 4, Rachel Homilac, with Provisional's Addit, we have her number at 240, Michael McKay, 658, Karen Denzin, 314, Scott Harbour, 540, 77 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:47,380 in 40, Erica White 721, Kenneth Jackson 777, John C. for 609. 78 00:20:51,190 --> 00:20:53,070 Be it resolved that Renee Bartler 79 00:20:53,070 --> 00:20:58,870 received the majority votes cast for the Office of Mayor and hereby declare duly elected 80 00:20:58,870 --> 00:21:05,630 to that office for the term beginning the first Monday in November. Secondly, Michael 81 00:21:05,630 --> 00:21:11,590 Okay, receive the majority votes cast for the office of the City Council member district four, and here 82 00:21:11,590 --> 00:21:17,210 about by declare duly elected to that office for the term beginning, first Monday, November, 83 00:21:17,370 --> 00:21:19,010 November, 2025, 84 00:21:21,630 --> 00:21:25,390 be that no candidate receive the majority of votes for the office of 85 00:21:25,390 --> 00:21:31,530 Council district six, Scott Harbor and Erica White receive the most and second most votes 86 00:21:31,530 --> 00:21:36,750 for the office, therefore run off election between the candidates is here by order to 87 00:21:36,750 --> 00:21:44,810 held on September to say the 23rd, pursuant to the requirements of the Section 11-46-20, 88 00:21:45,670 --> 00:21:50,470 the Office of the Alabama Code of 1975 as amended. 89 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:56,630 Finally, that Kenneth Jackson received a majority of votes cast for the Office of City Council 90 00:21:56,630 --> 00:22:02,330 District number seven, and is hereby declared the duly-lected, duly-lected to that office 91 00:22:02,330 --> 00:22:06,270 for the term beginning that first Monday, in November of 2025. 92 00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:20,640 Is that it? Okay. Move to approve. 93 00:22:20,980 --> 00:22:22,000 That's it. 94 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:24,260 Have a motion in the second. Is there any discussion? 95 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:29,080 I'd just like to thank you and your team for having a great election. 96 00:22:29,620 --> 00:22:32,400 Yeah, everything went smooth and appreciate that. 97 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,760 I'm grateful I wasn't involved in at this time. 98 00:22:36,020 --> 00:22:36,960 That's all I've got. 99 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,140 Thank you. 100 00:22:38,780 --> 00:22:39,520 Thank you. 101 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:40,780 Thank you. 102 00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:44,220 Can we get the vote, please? 103 00:22:44,980 --> 00:22:46,020 Council Member Powell. 104 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:47,680 Council Member Spears. 105 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:49,620 Council President Seefert. 106 00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:51,540 Council Member Roblesky. 107 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:52,720 Council Member Shaw. 108 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:54,200 Council Member Bartlett. 109 00:22:55,060 --> 00:22:56,360 Council Member Denzin. 110 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,060 All right, that motion passes. 111 00:23:01,950 --> 00:23:03,330 And all I think left on here. 112 00:23:03,690 --> 00:23:07,010 I believe is a German unless you have anything else. 113 00:23:07,510 --> 00:23:12,390 The final that I have is we quickly move from here to the right off. 114 00:23:12,390 --> 00:23:18,250 and we should have absentee ballots in our office before the fifth and the last 115 00:23:18,250 --> 00:23:25,130 state of absentee walk-in is on the 18th and the election will be on the 23rd 116 00:23:25,130 --> 00:23:26,270 and be held at the library. 117 00:23:28,660 --> 00:23:29,620 All right. 118 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:31,660 Thank you. 119 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,240 All right. 120 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,760 And in a time of motion for adjournment, we are adjourned. 121 00:23:37,820 --> 00:23:40,440 I know we have several documents that we need to sign on some. 122 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:41,520 All of you to the final. 123 00:23:43,890 --> 00:23:44,630 Thank you very much.