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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, HELD ON
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1984 - 1:30 P.M.
A special meeting of the City Council of the City of
Stephenville, Texas, was called to order by the Mayor with the
following members present:
Mayor Joe F. Cummings Charles Riggins,
Councilmen: G. A. Swindle William G. Brede
James L. McSwain Ray Reynolds
Floyd Gordon. Larry Tatum
Larry Hammett
City Administrator Kurt Ackermann, City Secretary Joyce
Pemberton, Mayor - Elect David Clayton, Mrs. David Clayton and mem-
bers of the press were also present.
Mayor Cummings advised that the purpose of this special
meeting was to consider the report from the Recount Committee
regarding the mayor's race of the City Officer's Election held on
April 7, 1984.
Mayor Cummings read the following report from the Recount
Committee:
"We have recounted the ballots from the April 7, 1984 City
Council Election_ relative to Mayor's race between David Clayton
and John Pollan as follows:
David Clayton--- - - - - --
776
John Pollan---------------------------- - - - - -- -753
Ballots with no vote for either candidate
for Mayor---------------- --------------- - - - - -- 18
Write- Ins--------------------- ---------- - - - - -- 7
Total Ballots Counted
- - - - - -- -1,554
Dated this the 16th day of April, 1984 at 11:15 am.
s /Lee Solley, chairman
s /Janet Hinshaw
s /Harvey Gover
Councilman Swindle moved that the report from the Recount
Committee be accepted as read and that David Clayton be declared
the winner of the mayoral race of the City Officer's Election
held on the 7th day of April, 1984. Councilman Riggins seconded
the motion. The motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: All members present voted aye.
NOES: None
Mayor Cummings presented David Clayton with the Certificate
of Election, City Secretary Joyce Pemberton administered the Oath
of Office, and David Clayton took the chair as Mayor of the City
of Stephenville.
There being no other business to come before the Council,
Mayor Clayton adjourned the meeting at 1:40 p.m.
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David Clayton, Mayor
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