I don't know what.

Yeah, yes, I don't know what.

It is four o'clock.

Do we have or need a quorum?

We good.

I don't know what he's doing.

All right.

Good afternoon and welcome.

I officially call this meeting to order.

This is the 2026-2027 special council meeting on leadership vote.

So let's do roll call.

Council President, we have a quorum with 18 present.

We have eighteen present.

We don't need any introductions.

So I'm going to turn it over to the council secretary to get us in order.

Oh, no, he said.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

This is the council leadership vote of May 26th, 20.

I'm on mute.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

This is the City Council leadership vote of May 26, 2026.

The council rules require paper ballots for leadership vote.

You should all have your ballots in front of you.

The council president vote is first, and the council vice president vote is second.

The council president will open the floor for nominations.

Once the nominations are closed for president designate, you can make your selection, sign your ballot, and legislative services staff will collect them.

Each signed written ballot shall be delivered to the council secretary who shall read each ballot orally after all ballots have been received and shall total and announce the results thereof.

When no nominee for an office receives a majority on the first ballot, the two nominees receiving the highest number of votes shall be voted on on a second signed written ballot.

All other nominees being dropped from consideration.

In the event of a tie vote for the position of second nominee, the members involved in such tie vote shall immediately be voted on separately by all council members voting to break the tie, with the person receiving the most votes there from being the second nominee.

The process will be repeated for the council vice president designate.

Following the leadership votes for both offices of council president designate and council vice president designate, the president will extend the privilege of the floor to the newly elected officers.

You turn that back over to me.

Alright, before we open the floor for nominations, I see uh past President Carlucci in the queue.

Did you have a question or anything to add before we open?

Oh.

Alright, yes, we got you.

Okay.

So I officially opened the floor for nominations for the Office of City Council President.

Dr.

Johnson, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Colleagues, uh members of the council.

First of all, it's good to be here today.

I turned 50.

I just gotta say it.

It feels good, y'all.

Feels good.

Three years ago, I got to know uh the person I'm gonna nominate as a friend, uh Nick Howland, and I met him standing in line with royalty.

Uh now to be clear, the royalty that we had been visiting that particular day had been passed on for more than a tri-millennium.

We were at the King Tut exhibit surrounded by gold, antiquity, breathtaking art, and just an amazing experience.

However, the other royalty that I stood with was our uh the person I'm nominating, his mother, because even though we were in awe of the artifacts, I got to know someone who was just as beautiful as the jewels and wonderful things that I saw.

Uh I met this woman in line and she asked me about my family.

And I told her about my mom, who had passed away a few years before.

It's only had only been three years at the time.

And when I was at it, something inside me, she could tell that I had a moment when she asked me about my mother.

Now, anybody who's ever lost a mom knows that it is not an easy thing at all.