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          ALL RIGHT, DEBORAH, GIVE ME THE FINGER OVER THERE. 
          [I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]
ATTABOY. IT IS NOW 7:04. WE'RE NOW GOING TO HAVE A NEW MISSION. 
          MISS HOGAN COME FORWARD FOR THE RESOLUTION. MR. BEACH, YOU ARE FORMALLY CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:04 P.M. 
          YES, MA'AM, I WILL. WE HAVE A QUORUM SPECIAL IN THIS MEETING. WILL NOW BE PRESENTED AT
07:04. 
          THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC
FORUM, 
          [III. Superintendent's Message]
SO I'LL TRANSITION IMMEDIATELY. IF DOCTOR LOPEZ DOES NOT HAVE A MESSAGE HE'D LIKE TO SHARE
DURING THIS TIME. 
          REGARDING THE PROPOSITION A, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT
OF PROPOSITION A. 
          THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS IN THE LONG TERM. 
          IT JUST MEANS A LOT TO SEE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE RALLIED AROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR TEACHERS
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION OF THE COMMUNITY. GARLAND ISD IS THE BIGGEST EMPLOYER OF THE TRI
CITY AREA. 
          AND WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. AND WE PLAN TO FULFILL OUR PROMISES LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS
HAVE. 
          SO THANK YOU, COMMUNITY. THANK YOU DOCTOR LOPEZ. 
          [IV.A. Canvass the election returns of the November 4, 2025 Voter- Approval Tax Rate Election, Proposition A and adopt an Order declaring the results of said election - Mechelle Hogan]
I'LL GO AHEAD AND TRANSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 4,
THE ACTION ITEM TO CANVASS THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION, PROPOSITION A,
AND THEN WE'LL ADOPT AN ORDER REGARDING SAID RESULTS. 
          BEFORE YOU YOU WILL HAVE A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER WITH BLUE TEXT ON IT PROVIDED TODAY FROM
DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS ONCE THEY'VE RECEIVED ALL FINAL VOTE TALLIES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FRONT SIDE UNDER THE TAB STATISTICS,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THIS ELECTION WERE 179,436 VOTERS. 
          WE HAD 33,058 BALLOTS CAST, WHICH INDICATED AN 18.42% VOTER TURNOUT. 
          I'D LIKE TO APPLAUD EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT THAT IS LIKE DOUBLE,
IF NOT TRIPLE MY TYPICAL NOVEMBER ELECTION RESULTS. 
          I THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND PARTICIPATED IN THIS ELECTION FOR US. 
          IF YOU WILL FLIP THE PAGE OVER, YOU'LL GET OUR OVER AND UNDER TOTALS,
MEANING THE OVERVOTES INDIVIDUALS WHO ACCIDENTALLY CAST DOUBLE BALLOTS, AND IT WAS CAUGHT BY DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS AND CLARIFIED. 
          AND THEN THE UNDERVOTES THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ELECTION AS A VOTING MEMBER OF THIS
COMMUNITY, BUT CHOSE NOT TO ELECT A FOR OR AGAINST SELECTION REGARDING PROPOSITION A,
WHICH GAVE US A TOTAL OF 32,689 BALLOTS AND VOTES CAST. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 19,808 VOTES TOTAL TALLIED FOR FOUR
SELECTIONS, AND 12,881 VOTES TALLIED AGAINST. WITH THAT SAID,
I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAD THE MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION A, AND THAT WILL LEAD TO US REQUIRING A SPECIAL BIT OF MESSAGE FROM MR. JOHNSON. IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND READ OFF THAT OFFICIAL STATEMENT FOR ME. 
          WELL, THE QUORUM BEING PRESENT, LET THE RECORD STATE THE RETURNS OF THE NOVEMBER 4TH,
2025 VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION ARE AS FOLLOWS. 
          FOR THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, ELECTION PROPOSITION A,
A TOTAL OF 32,689 VOTES WERE CAST, 19,808 VOTES WERE CAST FOR. THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION,
PROPOSITION A. 
          AND 12,881 VOTES WERE CAST AGAINST THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION,
PROPOSITION A HAVING RECEIVED THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES FOR THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION, PROPOSITION A SUCCESSFULLY PASSED. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CANVASING RESULTS? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. MILLER. DO WE NEED A. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? SECOND FROM MR. GLICK,
I GUESS. 
          DO WE HAVE A CLICKER? GO WITH YOUR HANDS. I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE A CLICKER THERE. I WOULD
LIKE TO IDENTIFY EACH BOARD MEMBER THAT IS VOTING ON THIS. 
          I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE VOTE WITH RAISING THE RIGHT HAND. 
          ROBERT, WHY DON'T YOU START OFF. ROBERT SELDERS,
JR. 
          LARRY GLICK. JAMIE MILLER. JOHNNY BEACH. WES JOHNSON. 
          DAPHNE STANLEY. EACH BOARD MEMBER VOTED YES. NO OPPOSITION. 
          THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE FORMAL CANVASING FOR THIS ELECTION. 
          I HAVE NO ITEMS PREPARED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT. IT IS NOW 7:08. 
          [VII. Adjournment]
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED. 
          WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 7:08. MR. JOHNSON, WHAT TIME DO YOU WANT TO START THE NEXT
MEETING? WE WILL START THE ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING AT 7:15. 
          07:15.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.