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ALL RIGHT, GANG. GOOD EVENING.
[A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum]
WELCOME TO A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO NEXT UP, WE HAVE PUBLIC FORUM.
ON OUR AGENDA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE OKAY, PERFECT.
NEXT UP IS OUR CANVASING ELECTION RESULTS.
[C. CANVASS ELECTION RESULTS]
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, IF YOU'LL LOOK IN YOUR FOLDER, YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FOLDERS TONIGHT.YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THIS DOCUMENT WITH THE PAPER CLIP ON IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE TO LOOK OVER THE RESULTS.
AND MR. SAVOY HAS SOME WORDS FOR US.
MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
REMEMBER, WE HAVE THREE COUNTIES THAT ARE VOTING IN OUR BOND.
BOTH OF THE CONTESTED SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, HOWEVER, ARE ALL CONTAINED WITHIN HAYS COUNTY.
THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD COMPARE THE TOTAL VOTES TO THE PRECINCT BY PRECINCT.
SO THIS TOP SHEET IS ONE THAT WE CREATE.
THIS IS THE GRAND TOTAL FOR ALL.
AND FOR THE RECORD, BYRON SEVERANCE, WITH A GRAND TOTAL OF 1151 VOTES TO AMY GRANT WITH A GRAND TOTAL OF 854 VOTES WAS DECLARED THE WINNER IN THAT RACE.
BEAR HIZER FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FIVE RECEIVED 468 VOTES.
ESPERANZA OROSCO RECEIVED 838 VOTES.
AND PROPOSITION A THE ONLY PROPOSITION ON THE BOND THIS IS COUNTING ALL THREE COUNTIES IN THE FOR VOTES WERE 2570 VOTES AND THE AGAINST WERE 2440 VOTES.
AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A REPORT FROM EACH COUNTY EXCEPT CALDWELL, WHERE YOU HAVE THE THE FIRST AS THE CUMULATIVE GENERAL REPORT FOR HAYS THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALL OF THE VOTES THAT CAME IN FOR THE BOND AND THE CANDIDATES IN HAYS COUNTY.
THEN YOU'LL HAVE A PRECINCT BY PRECINCT BREAKDOWN IN HAYS COUNTY THAT SHOULD MATCH THE TOTAL SHEET.
TRAVIS COUNTY WILL HAVE A CUMULATIVE REPORT THEN FOR THE VOTES THAT WERE RECEIVED THERE.
THEN YOU HAVE A PRECINCT BY PRECINCT BREAKDOWN FOR TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND WE ONLY HAD TWO DIFFERENT PRECINCTS IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
WE HAVE MORE THAT ARE ENCOMPASSED IN TRAVIS AND ONLY VOTERS FROM TWO AND THEY'RE ON THAT SHEET.
AND I WILL NOTE THAT CALDWELL COUNTY DOES CONTAIN SOME TERRITORY FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT TWO, BUT THE CANDIDATE THERE WAS UNOPPOSED AND DECLARED ELECTED AND SO THAT JUST SIMPLY APPEARED ON THE BALLOT AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
BUT THEY DID VOTE IN THE BOND.
SO THERE IS NO PRECINCT BY PRECINCT BREAKDOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL CONTAINED IN THE SAME PRECINCT.
IT'S JUST A GRAND TOTAL CANVASS ON THE CALDWELL COUNTY.
OKAY. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? LET ME NOTE FOR THE RECORD ALSO THAT THIS IS ONLINE.
THE PACKET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ONLINE AND AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
NOW IT HAS TO BE WITHIN TWO CLICKS OF OUR HOME PAGE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT WITHIN ONE.
IF YOU GO ON OUR HOMEPAGE, THERE IS A BUTTON THAT SAYS ELECTION RESULTS.
IT'S RIGHT UNDER ALL OF OUR BANNER PICTURES.
AND WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT, IT'LL BRING ALL THIS UP FOR YOU.
I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A MINUTE OR TWO AND THEN SEE IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. SAVOY.
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I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT THERE'S A NEW REQUIREMENT IN THE LAW THAT WE PUT ON HERE, PROVISIONAL BALLOTS, THE GRAND TOTAL IN THE ELECTION.I DON'T HAVE THOSE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE BROKEN DOWN FOR US AT HAYS COUNTY, BUT WE HAD A TOTAL OF 80 PROVISIONAL BALLOTS CAST, OF WHICH 39 WERE COUNTED AND LEAVING 41 UNCOUNTED.
WE WERE NOT REPORTED TO HAVE HAD ANY PROVISIONAL BALLOTS IN CALDWELL OR TRAVIS COUNTY.
NOW, THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY BOND VOTES ONLY THOUGH THEY ARE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS FOR THE ENTIRE ANYONE WHO VOTED IN OUR DISTRICT, WHETHER IT WAS AN UNDERVOTE OR AN OVERVOTE, WHICH HAS WHICH THAT HAPPENED ON SOME OF THE RACES IN HAYS.
IT'S WHERE A CANDIDATE MAY OR WHERE A VOTER MAY GO AND VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE, BUT THEN SKIP THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BOND OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND, WHERE THEY WILL VOTE FOR THE BOND AND SKIP THE QUESTION THAT BECOMES AN UNDERVOTE.
AND THOSE ARE THOSE ARE NOTED ON THE PRECINCT BY PRECINCT.
AND THE TOTAL TABULATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL. ALL RIGHT.
ANYBODY NEED MORE TIME? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A LONG MOTION.
ARE WE READY FOR THAT, MR. SAVOY? YES.
YOU'LL BE DOING TWO. YOU'RE DOING ONE ON THE TRUSTEE AND ONE ON THE BOND AND.
YES, SIR. OKAY. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO ACCEPT THE PREPARED TABULATION, SHOWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY VOTES RECEIVED IN EACH PRECINCT, THE SUM OF THE PRECINCT TOTALS, AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO CAST A BALLOT FOR EACH CANDIDATE.
I FURTHER DIRECT THE SECRETARY TO NOTE IN THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING THAT THE BOARD HAS COMPLETED THE CANVASING ON THE AS OF THE MAY SEVEN, 2022 TRUSTEE ELECTION RESULTS FOR HAYS CISD SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR AND SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FIVE AND TO ENTER THE TABULATION DIRECTLY INTO THE LOCAL ELECTION REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE DISTRICT.
MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MR. VELA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSE.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN-ZERO.
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ABOUT THE BOND.
MOVED MOVE BY MR. MCMANUS. SECONDED BY MRS. RUNKEL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
GREAT. ALL RIGHT, WE'VE DONE THAT.
WHAT'S NEXT, MR. SAVOY? WE SIGN THE PAPERS.
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE A FORM TO SIGN ON THE TRUSTEE ELECTION.
AND AT THAT POINT, YOU MAY ADJOURN AND THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY OCCUR OUTSIDE OF A CALLED MEETING.
OKAY, PERFECT. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
NEXT UP, WE'LL BE DOING THE SWEARING IN.
THEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STAND UP AND CHEER.
YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT THE DOOR.
THIS SWEARING IN PROCEDURE SHOULD TAKE NO FEWER THAN 6 HOURS.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE A STATEMENT OF OFFICER.
THEN THEY WOULD SIGN THEIR OATH FOLLOWING THE STATEMENT OF OFFICER.
AND THEN WE CAN DO THE SWEARING IN.
AND WITH US IS THE HONORABLE MARK JONES TO DO THE CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN.
AND I BELIEVE HE HAS A FEW WORDS.
JOE, I WANT TO JUST THANK THE RIGHT HONORABLE REVEREND DR.
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I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL ARE DOING.AND AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS.
ALL RIGHT, IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE, I AND STATE YOUR NAME.
I, ESMERALDA PEREZ GONZALEZ DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE..
THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE.
THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE..
ON THE HAYS CISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES..
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY..
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND..
PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION..
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES..
AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD.
THANK YOU, SIR, APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU ANYMORE.
IF ANYBODY WAS WANTING TO KNOW WHAT MEREDITH'S GOING TO BE DOING FROM HERE ON OUT, SHE'S GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT TEN YEARS GOING THROUGH EVERY VOTER ROLL OF EVERY RACE SHE RAN, LOOKING AT THE TEN PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR HER TO FIND OUT WHY.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME TO GET TO DO THIS FOR YOU ALL, YOUR FAMILY MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.
I APPRECIATE IT. I WILL GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE OF WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO.
AND THE BEST THE BEST THING I CAN DO.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN ANALOGY FROM A BASEBALL ANALOGY.
WHEN YOGI BERRA WAS PLAYING FOR THE YANKEES, THEY GAVE HIM A DAY OFF.
AND ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME, THE LEFT FIELDER WAS JUST MADE ERROR AFTER ERROR.
SO THEY SENT YOGI OUT TO PLAY LEFT FIELD.
HE DID WORSE THAN THE GUY BEFORE HIM, SO HE MADE EVEN MORE ERRORS.
SO HE COMES INTO THE DUGOUT, THE MANAGER MEETS HIM AND HE SAYS, WHAT HAPPENED? HE SAID, WELL, THAT GUY MESSED UP LEFT FIELD SO BAD NOBODY CAN PLAY IT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIX WHAT MEREDITH MESSED UP.
SO. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, I STATE YOUR NAME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR. FOR THE DUTIES OF THE SINGLE TRUSTEE DISTRICT.
THERE YOU GO. YOU DID GREAT ON THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME GOD. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, ESPERANZA.
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I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL. LET ME DO THIS SO GOOD.BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SERVICE YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN.
I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FIVE ONLY HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SWEARING IN.
AND MOSES IS HERE TO TAKE SOME AWESOME PHOTOS IF Y'ALL WANTED TO GET SOME DIFFERENT PHOTOS.
NONE OF THOSE LIKE SENIOR PICTURES LIKE [INAUDIBLE] THE TREE AND LEANING UP AGAINST.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.