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[1. Roll Call - Announcement of a Quorum]
IT IS BY MY CLOCK 4:50 AND WE'RE READY TO START THE SPECIAL MEETING.WE CERTIFY THAT NOTICE OF THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING HAS BEEN -- >> MA'AM I'M SORRY.
I NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL FIRST.
>> I'M JUST ANXIOUS TO GET THIS GOING.
IT IS 4:51 AND THIS IS THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OF DALLAS COLLEGE.
I WILL BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL.
>> TRUSTEE JAMESON IS NOT PRESENT TODAY HOWEVER WE HAVE A GUEST TRUSTEE ELECT CLIFTON BOYD.
MS. FLORES YOU CAN BEGIN THE MEETING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HERE TO REWIND.
THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING TO CANVAS THE VOTE AND ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.
[2. Certification of Notice Posted for the Meeting]
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUSPENDED RULES WE CERTIFY THAT THIS HAS BEEN POSTED ON-LINE FOR 72 HOURS.ALTHOUGH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE NOT GATHERED IN A CENTRAL PHYSICAL LOCATION WE HAVE A QUORUM.
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AS WE WOULD AT ANY IN PERSON MEETING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE WEBSITE FOR REGISTERING TO SPEAK WILL BE UNMUTED FOR FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
IF THE SPEAKERS HAVE SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS IN ADVANCE THE BOARD WILL READ THE COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD.
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THIS MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET AND AN AUDIO RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPT ARE BEING MADE AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT A LATER DATE.
THIS SOFTWARE APPLICATION ALLOWS FOR ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE AND OVER 10,000 TO VIEW IT OVER STREAMING.
WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ANY UNFORESEEABLE DIFFICULTIES AND APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
CHANCELLOR CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED.
ACCORDING TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5515.04.
>> ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD?
>> MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE NO CITIZENS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THIS SPECIAL BOARD MEETING.
[4.A. Approval of Resolution Canvassing Returns and Declaring Election Results of the December 8, 2020 Runoff Election, District 5]
CAN YOU VERIFY THAT WE RECEIVED CANVASSING OF VOTES FROM DALLAS COUNTY OF ELECTIONS.IF YOU REVIEW THEM AND SEE THAT THEY MATCH ALL.
INFORMATION INCLUDED YOU MAY MAKE A MOTION.
I'M SORRY TO INTEREST RESULT YOU AND I APOLOGIZE YOU AGAIN FOR MY CAMERA.
MY CAMERAS NOT WORKING TODAY UNRELATED TO THAT.
BUT AS MS. -- SAID WE HAVE RECEIVED THE TABULATION OF VOTES FOR EACH OF THE CANDIDATES IN THE RUN OFF ELECTION FOR EACH OF THE 129 PRECINCTS AND I'VE REVIEWED THOSE AND COMPARED THOSE TO THE VOTES CAST IN THE ELECTION AS CERTIFIED SO I REPRESENT TO YOU AFTER EXAMINATION THAT THEY ACCURATELY REFLECT THE TOTAL VOTES CAST IN A TOTAL OF 4009 WITH MR. BOYD RECEIVING 2200 AND MR. -- RECEIVING 800 VOTES.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION
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CERTIFYING THE ELECTION RESULTS AND THAT THE CANVAS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED.>> SO TRUSTEES FOR AGENDA ITEM 4A APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING ELECTION RESULTS OF DECEMBER 8,2020 FOR DISTRICT 5.
YOU DID RECEIVE THE ELECTION REPORTS.
LEGAL COUNCIL HAS GIVEN YOU A SUMMARY.
THAT INCLUDES A PRECINCT BY PRECINCT TOTALS.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE COMPTON.
IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, MS. MOLINA, ROLL CALL.
>> AND TRUSTEE JAMESON IS NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.
MS. FLORES YOU HAVE A MAJORITY.
SO NOW WE MOVE TO THE OATH OF OFFICE.
ADMINISTERED BY LEGAL COUNCIL WIN LAND.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE ADMINISTER TO MR. BOYD.
MR. BOYD I'M AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO ADMINISTER THE OATH TO YOU.
[5. Oath of Office for Elected Officials of Trustee District 5 & 6]
SO ALTHOUGH I CANNOT SEE YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.>> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE FOR DALLAS COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS -- AND
WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND -- >> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS UNITED STATES OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD.
>> MR. FLORES MAY I ADMINISTER THE OATH TO YOU.
>> IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS I STATE YOUR NAME.
>> I -- DO SOLEMNLY SECURE OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE -- THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE FOR DALLAS COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.
CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE FLORES.
>> THERE IS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUIRED.
WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNING THIS SPECIAL MEETING.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.