City Council

Monday, November 17, 2025, 11 a.m. (Austin time), Austin City Hall

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0:03 Heidi, it's 11 o'clock in the morning on November 17th, 2025.

0:06 And I will call to order this special called meeting of the Austin City Council.

0:11 Uh, we have a quorum present, uh, but we have, we have the necessary quorum of the Austin

0:16 City Council present, uh, present under texas state law.

0:20 Only two council members are necessary for a quorum to canvas an election, and we have five members

0:27 of the City Council present here today.

0:30 We will now take up item number one on the agenda and that is to approve a resolution

0:35 canvassing the results of the November 4th, 2025 special election.

0:40 In the special election.

0:42 The returns of the election show that there were 62,952 votes for proposition q and 109,375 votes against

0:55 proposition q. Before we take, uh, a motion on this item, is there anyone who has signed up

1:01 to speak on this item?

1:03 Yes, Mayor. We have one speaker, lee delman, lee noodleman, mr.

1:12 Delman or ms. Delman?

1:15 Lee noodleman. I don't believe they're here.

1:19 That's all. Mayor. Okay.

1:20 Thank you very much.

1:21 Those are all the people that have signed up to speak.

1:23 So, uh, there being no further action in that regard.

1:28 I'll entertain a motion on item number one and the motion that I'll entertain is to approve the

1:33 resolution, canvassing and accepting the returns for the November 4th, 2025 special election.

1:39 The declaring proposition q is not adopted.

1:43 Motions made by Council Member Siegel.

1:45 It is seconded by Council Member uchin.

1:47 Is there discussion on the item?

1:50 Hearing none without objection.

1:52 The item is adopted.

1:53 And for the record, uh, the members that are here and voting in favor of that are, uh,

1:59 Council Member lane, Mayor pro, tim Fuentes, Council Member uchin.

2:02 Council Member Alter. Council Member Siegel and Mayor Watson.

2:08 Members, there is no further business to come before the Austin City Council at this special called meeting.

2:14 Uh, so without objection, we will adjourn the special called meeting at 11:02 am.

2:19 Thanks everybody.