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[1:30] 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
[1:39] Massing to order for a can of saying a general municipal election. And with that, I'd like to roll call, please.
[1:48] Mayor Finley, Council Member Oblesky, Council Member Spears, Council Member Powell, Council Member Shaw, Council Member Bartlett,
[1:58] here. Councilmember Denzene. Councilmember Seaford.
[2:03] I'm here. So with that, we do have a calm and next item on the agenda is opening and counting
[2:11] of the provisional ballots. So listen, I will follow your lead, ma'am.
[2:17] Okay.
[2:30] So this afternoon, we're going to follow the state law that tells us
[2:37] 11-46 that's 26 by the state code that we need to
[2:42] canvas election which involves the provisionals.
[2:45] Provisional ballots for those who don't know,
[2:48] those are ones that may have had circumstances
[2:51] that our chief inspect just couldn't cure at the location.
[2:55] So these were written and the boxes have been sealed and they were
[3:00] secured in my office until this meeting.
[3:03] The morning after the election, my responsibility was to take all the
[3:09] provisional ballot information to the registrars for both counties.
[3:13] Since we straddle limestone and Madison counties carry company and we went to the
[3:21] Register's office and took them the provisional ballot.
[3:25] Their task by the state code is to go in and try to cure the information that was
[3:31] needed missing or needing updating from their office.
[3:35] And once they were complete with that process, then they determined, they determined,
[3:40] if those votes could be counted, and we did have several that could be counted.
[3:45] We had three districts that had provisional ballots, and the boxes have not been open
[3:51] since election night.
[3:53] The only information I have are the PBFours, which is what the registrers include their
[4:00] information in there and they tell me which ball is we can count. So the first task we're
[4:06] going to do today, Laura's going to help me and we're going to open the boxes, we're going
[4:11] to take out the ballets that are listed the names of here. And once we take out the ballets,
[4:16] I'm going to call the votes on who they voted for. You will not know who these people are,
[4:21] who will not say their names. And Miranda's going to track it for us by each person when I tell her
[4:28] add the vote. The idea is when we're completed with these three boxes, we're going to
[4:33] then add the provisional ballots to the final total as reported unofficially on election
[4:38] night, and Ivonne's going to continue to tabulate that she's a tabulator for the night
[4:44] of the election, along with Madison County employee. But she's going to add the provisional
[4:51] count to the final votes, and that will in turn give us the final vote of the election for
[4:57] each candidate that did receive provisional.
[5:00] And then with that, after we've finished with this piece of it,
[5:03] we're going to go and I will read again the final votes for each candidate
[5:07] that ran for office and in turn present to you a resolution to vote.
[5:14] Certifying the election.
[5:38] The first box is limestone district four
[5:44] and there were two.
[5:50] And I do have permission from the red to star that we can count these votes.
[6:39] Okay, the first provision over limestone floor, we have one vote for Renee Bartlett, one vote for Michael McKay,
[7:07] still on limestone floor, district floor,
[7:31] one vote for Renee Bartlett, and one vote for Michael McKay,
[7:59] okay, this one is for district six,
[8:20] I mean do we have total, we have 10,
[8:29] okay.
[9:21] And we have permission to count all ten.
[12:46] One vote for Scott Harbor.
[13:22] One vote for Nae Bartlett, one vote for Erica White,
[15:30] One vote for Margie Daily, one vote for Karen Denzin,
[16:09] one vote for Steve Smith, one vote for Scott Harbor,
[16:17] the final for district six.
[16:40] Last district is number seven,
[16:47] we had one ballot that we could count.
[17:44] One vote for Renee Bartlett, one vote for Keith Jackson.
[17:47] that
[18:14] item seems to be completed and an actual move into the
[18:17] canvassing of August 26, 2025 general municipal election results.
[18:26] First up, you have resolution number 2025,
[18:31] 279-R, canvassing and declaring the results of the general municipal
[18:36] election held on August 26, 2025.
[18:43] We need just a moment we're tabulating.
[18:46] Okay,
[18:52] I think the resolution has blanks, but it didn't kind of recommend first.
[19:02] That lines wait.
[19:05] And that lines wait.
[19:13] On all these years, I've never been disappointed.
[19:45] Okay, we have the final for Resolution 2025-279-R and I'll read the candidates and I'll
[19:52] read the final totals with the professionals at it.
[19:56] First up, we have for mayor, we have Renee Bartlett with a total of 4,591 votes.
[20:04] We have Margie Daily with the total of 968 votes, and we have Steve Smith with 2621 votes.
[20:18] District 4, Rachel Homilac, with Provisional's Addit, we have her number at 240, Michael McKay, 658, Karen Denzin, 314, Scott Harbour, 540,
[20:35] in 40, Erica White 721, Kenneth Jackson 777, John C. for 609.
[20:51] Be it resolved that Renee Bartler
[20:53] received the majority votes cast for the Office of Mayor and hereby declare duly elected
[20:58] to that office for the term beginning the first Monday in November. Secondly, Michael
[21:05] Okay, receive the majority votes cast for the office of the City Council member district four, and here
[21:11] about by declare duly elected to that office for the term beginning, first Monday, November,
[21:17] November, 2025,
[21:21] be that no candidate receive the majority of votes for the office of
[21:25] Council district six, Scott Harbor and Erica White receive the most and second most votes
[21:31] for the office, therefore run off election between the candidates is here by order to
[21:36] held on September to say the 23rd, pursuant to the requirements of the Section 11-46-20,
[21:45] the Office of the Alabama Code of 1975 as amended.
[21:51] Finally, that Kenneth Jackson received a majority of votes cast for the Office of City Council
[21:56] District number seven, and is hereby declared the duly-lected, duly-lected to that office
[22:02] for the term beginning that first Monday, in November of 2025.
[22:17] Is that it? Okay. Move to approve.
[22:20] That's it.
[22:22] Have a motion in the second. Is there any discussion?
[22:25] I'd just like to thank you and your team for having a great election.
[22:29] Yeah, everything went smooth and appreciate that.
[22:32] I'm grateful I wasn't involved in at this time.
[22:36] That's all I've got.
[22:37] Thank you.
[22:38] Thank you.
[22:40] Thank you.
[22:40] Can we get the vote, please?
[22:44] Council Member Powell.
[22:46] Council Member Spears.
[22:48] Council President Seefert.
[22:50] Council Member Roblesky.
[22:51] Council Member Shaw.
[22:53] Council Member Bartlett.
[22:55] Council Member Denzin.
[22:57] All right, that motion passes.
[23:01] And all I think left on here.
[23:03] I believe is a German unless you have anything else.
[23:07] The final that I have is we quickly move from here to the right off.
[23:12] and we should have absentee ballots in our office before the fifth and the last
[23:18] state of absentee walk-in is on the 18th and the election will be on the 23rd
[23:25] and be held at the library.
[23:28] All right.
[23:30] Thank you.
[23:31] All right.
[23:33] And in a time of motion for adjournment, we are adjourned.
[23:37] I know we have several documents that we need to sign on some.
[23:40] All of you to the final.
[23:43] Thank you very much.