Min - City Council - 2014 - 05/20 - Special CalledCity Staff:
ALLEN CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
CANVASS OF THE ELECTION
MAY 20, 2014
Present:
Eric Ellwanger, Assistant to the City Manager
Stephen Terrell, Mayor
Councilmembers:
Call to Order and Announce a Ouorum is Present
Gary L Caplinger, Mayor Pro Tem
Kurt Kizer (absent)
Ross Obermeyer
Joey Herald (absent)
Robin L. Sedlacek (absent)
Baine Brooks
City Staff:
With a quorum of the Councilmembers present, the Special Called Meeting of the Allen City Council was
called to order by Mayor Terrell at 2:03 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in the Council Chambers of the
Allen City Hall, Allen Civic Plaza, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, Texas.
Consider All Matters Incident
and Related to the General Election Held on May 10, 2014
1. Canvass of Election Returns.
Ms. George reviewed for the City Council the election returns for the City Council General Election
of the Mayor and City Councilmember for Place No. 2. She distributed and reviewed handout
materials including early voting totals, Election Day totals, and the combined Election Day totals. She
also reviewed voting statistics including 51,535 registered voters and 3,134 total votes, which
indicated a 6.1 % voter turnout. Any votes cast by military overseas ballots (FPCA - Federal Post
Card Application) and provisional ballots have been verified by the Early Voting Ballot Board and
are included in the verified totals. The totals verified the following results:
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Peter H Vargas, City Manager
Shelley B. George, City Secretary
Peter G. Smith, City Attorney (absent)
Shelli Siemer, Assistant City Manager
Eric Ellwanger, Assistant to the City Manager
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Call to Order and Announce a Ouorum is Present
With a quorum of the Councilmembers present, the Special Called Meeting of the Allen City Council was
called to order by Mayor Terrell at 2:03 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in the Council Chambers of the
Allen City Hall, Allen Civic Plaza, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, Texas.
Consider All Matters Incident
and Related to the General Election Held on May 10, 2014
1. Canvass of Election Returns.
Ms. George reviewed for the City Council the election returns for the City Council General Election
of the Mayor and City Councilmember for Place No. 2. She distributed and reviewed handout
materials including early voting totals, Election Day totals, and the combined Election Day totals. She
also reviewed voting statistics including 51,535 registered voters and 3,134 total votes, which
indicated a 6.1 % voter turnout. Any votes cast by military overseas ballots (FPCA - Federal Post
Card Application) and provisional ballots have been verified by the Early Voting Ballot Board and
are included in the verified totals. The totals verified the following results:
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ALLEN CITY COUNCIL
CANVASS OF THE ELECTION
MAY 20, 2014 PAGE 2
EARLY REGULAR TOTAL
VOTES VOTES VOTES
CAST CAST CAST
MAYOR
STEVE TERRELL 2,054 555 2,609
COUNCILMEMBER PLACE NO.2
FAIZ ZUBERI 183 112 295
ROSS OBERMEYER 1,868 490 2,358
2. Adopt a Resolution Declaring the Results of the General Election.
RESOLUTION NO. 3226-5-14(R): A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE
GENERAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF ALLEN HELD MAY 10, 2014, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCB,MEMBER FOR PLACE NO. 2; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MOTION: Upon a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Caplinger and a second by Councilmember Obermeyer,
the Council voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to approve Resolution No. 3226-5-14(R),
as previously captioned, declaring the results of the May 10, 2014, General Election. The
motion carried.
Adjourn
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Obermeyer and a second by Councilmember
Brooks, the Council voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to adjourn the Special Called
Meeting of the Allen City Council at 2:06 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The motion
carried.
These minutes approved on the 27ih day of May, 2014.
ATTEST:
Shelley B. George, TRMC, CITY SEMETARY
APPR7D:
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Stephen Terrell, MAYOR