And welcome to this meeting of the Denton City Council.

Today's date, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026.

It is 3 ish, 3 15 p.m.

And so we'll call the meeting to order.

And the first thing on the agenda are pledges to the United States and Texas flag.

Please stand with me if you're able.

And to the Republic for which it stands under God.

One state under God, one and invisible.

And uh before I come down, so the next thing on the agenda are uh canvassing the is that right?

This is the right for.

Yeah.

Got it.

Okay, perfect.

So canvassing the results, and then also uh if we are at capacity in here, so as people uh try uh may slide out, we may ask people if those spaces clear, we'll take a moment, take a pause, and let people come in.

Uh other than that, they'll be in the in the overflow uh temporarily or um during the duration.

So just want to make that announcement.

And that said, I will come down, right?

No, staff presents, right?

The the canvasing, they can present that.

Okay, so it's 3A, ID 260 0792, consider adoption of ordinance of the city of Denton, canvassing the returns and declaring the results of a of the municipal runoff election held on Saturday, June 13th, 2026, and providing an effective date.

As a reminder, on May 2nd, uh we held the general election for places 5 and 7, and in that race, no candidate received a majority of votes, and so we called a runoff on May 12th for June 13th.

The final election results provide uh the vote counts as follows.

Place five, candidate George Michael Ferry Jr.

received 50.39% of votes cast, and in place seven, the mayor candidate Chris Watts received 50.17% of votes cast.

City council needs to accept final results to officiate the outcome.

You can see here the official results provided to us by Denton County Elections Administration for place five.

And the results for place seven, the mayor's race.

With that, staff recommends uh adoption of the draft ordinance for the runoff election held on Saturday, June 13th, 2026.

And I'll stand for questions if you have any.

Okay, and forgive me, I went out of order, but was so we have a uh representative from District 5.

Mayor for the final time on motion approval.

Thanks, sir.

Representative from district two.

I second that.

Okay, we have a motion and a second to uh for item A.

Please vote on the screen.

And that passes 70.

That takes us to item uh 2A, ID 26070 proclamation uh for Brandon Chase McGee and appreciation.

So is it that so if you can meet me down at the podium?

Okay, well, give it a minute.

Yes, sir.

We'll send it there for a second, so you don't have to hold that while you speak, but that's we'll hold that up so people can see it.

Uh wanna we have a proclamation, and then uh I'll let you share your your your comments, and then we have we have a frame picture as well.

And so the proclamation meet reads a proclamation by the mayor of the city of Denton, Texas, to all whom these presents shall come greetings.

Whereas Brandon Chase McGee has served as council member at large, place five of the city city of Denton City Council from May 17, 2022 to June 23rd, 2026.

And whereas among his contributions to the community, Brandon Chase McGee has also served as a member of the Committee on the Environment Community Partnership Committee and Mobility Committee.

And whereas Brandon Chase McGee has served with the commitment, consistently demonstrating exceptional dedication to the city, and has the respect of his colleagues and community.

Now, therefore, our Gerard Hutch with Mayor of the City of Denton, Texas, formally conveyed that the community's appreciation of Brandon Chase McGee in the permanent manner by reading this proclamation into the official minutes of the City of Denton and be it further resolved that the City of Denton does hereby officially extend thanks to Brandon Chase McGee for his successful career as a council member of the City of Denton.

If we can give him a hand.

No, it's awesome, it's fantastic.

And we have something for you, don't forget back there.

But uh the the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um first I will uh if you don't mind, I want to address my colleagues.

I want to recognize all the other elected officials that are in attendance today.

Um, and to Susie and Jordan and Jill and Joe and Nick and Allison and Brian and Paul and Jesse and uh Vicky, there she is.

Um I'm grateful for having served with each and every one of you.

Of course, the mayor.

I'm sorry, both mayors.