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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
April 8, 1985
8:30 a.m.
PRESENT:
Mayor Luther Jones
Mayor Pro Tem Betty N. Turner
Council Members:
* David Berlanga, Sr. City Manager Edward A. Martin
Welder Brown City Attorney J. Bruce Aycock
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy, Jr. City Secretary Armando Chapa
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
ABSENT:
Council Member Leo Guerrero
Council Member Mary Pat Slavik
Mayor Luther Jones called the meeting to order in the Council Chamber of
City Hall.
Council Member Welder Brown gave the invocation, following which the Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States was led by Mayor Pro Tem Betty N.
Turner.
City Secretary Armando Chapa called the roll and verified that a necessary
quorum of the Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct
a legally constituted meeting.
Mayor Jones announced the canvassing of the returns of the General Election
conducted April 6, 1985.
City Secretary Chapa briefly reviewed the memorandum he had prepared which
explained several slight discrepancies between the telephone returns that were
released Saturday night, April 6th, and the corrected figures according to the
General Returns. Mr. Chapa then certified that the following Council Members
had been elected without a runoff:
MICROFILMED
Minutes
Special Council Meeting
April 8, 1985
Page 2
Mayor Luther Jones
Council Members At -Large -
Council Member District #1
Council Member District lit
Council Member District ll3
Council Member District #4
Council Member District ll5
Dr. Jack Best, Mary Pat Slavik, Bill Pruet
- Frank Mendez
- David Berlanga, Sr.
- Leo Guerrero
- Linda Strong
- Joe McComb
* Council Member Berlanga arrived at the meeting at 8:44 a.m.
Mayor Jones then selected two precincts at random to check the General
Return sheets with the computer print-out and they proved to be correct. He
inquired if anyone in the audience planned to request a recount. There was no
response.
Mayor Jones then called for the votes on the ordinance canvassing the
returns and declaring the results of the General Election.
City Secretary Chapa polled the Council for their vote on the ordinance and
the following was passed:
ORDINANCE NO. 18780:
CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE REGULAR ELECTION FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
HELD ON THE 6TH DAY OF APRIL, 1985; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the ordinance passed by the following vote:
Jones, Turner, Berlanga, Brown, Kennedy, McComb, and Mendez voting, "Aye";
Guerrero and Slavik, absent.
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There being no further business to come before the Council, on motion by
Council Member Brown, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Turner, and passed unanimously,
the Special Council Meeting was adjourned at 9:00 a.m., April 8, 1985.