HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2024-022 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-022
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE ELECTION RESULTS
OF THE MAY 4, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION; AND DECLARING
CANDIDATES ELECTED TO OFFICE.
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills, Texas ("City") is a home rule city acting
under its charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section
5 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the Local Government code;
and
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills Charter provides that city elections shall be
held in accordance with laws of the State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, Section 41.001(a) of the Texas Election Code, as amended by the 84th
Texas Legislature, establishes the first Saturday in May as a uniform
election date for the purposes of conducting a General Election; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.004(b) of the Texas Election Code provides that the governing
body of a municipality shall be the authority to order a General Election for
the purposes of electing members to the governing body; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2024-009, calling the General
Election of May 4, 2024 for the purpose of electing council members to
serve as Mayor and City Council in Places 2, 4, and 6.
WHEREAS, an election was duly held in the City of North Richland Hills on the 4th day
of May, 2024 to elect a Mayor and Council Places 2, 4,and 6; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has met to canvass the votes cast in such election and
accept the tabulations provided by Tarrant County Elections Administrator
(Exhibit A).
CANDIDATE NUMBER OF VOTES
Mayor
Jack McCarty 4,825
Tito Rodriguez 2,752
Place 2
Ricky Rodriguez 4,241
Rita Wright Oujesky 3,236
Place 4
Matt Blake 3,005
Tracy Bennett 1,471
Jeff Arwine 2,790
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Place 6
Brianne Goetz 2,952
Russ Mitchell 4,052
Sean Nutt 394
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1: The City Council hereby finds that the recitals set forth above are true and
correct and are incorporated into this Resolution as if written herein.
Section 2: The following are, and the same are hereby declared to have been elected
to the offices listed below to serve until May of 2026, or until their
successors have been duly elected and qualified.
OFFICE NAME
Mayor Jack McCarty
Council member, Place 2 Ricky Rodriguez
Council member, Place 6 Russ Mitchell
Section 3: Place 4 there was no candidate that received more than 50% of the votes.
In accordance with Section 2.025 of the Texas Election Code, a runoff
election will be held on June 15, 2024 to determine who is elected. The
candidates in the runoff election are the candidates who received the
highest and second-highest number of votes. In accordance with Section
52.094, the order of the candidates' names on the ballot of any resulting
runoff election shall be the relative order of names on the original election
ballot.
CANDIDATE
Matt Blake
Jeff Arwine
Section 4: This Resolution shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its adoption, and it is so resolved; and all Resolutions of
the City Council of the City in conflict herewith are hereby amended or
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this 14th day of May, 2024.
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CITY 0 ORTH IC LAN LLS
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Cara Leahy White, I terim City Attorney
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Exhibit A
Resolution No. 2024-022
[document provided at meeting]
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City of North Richland Hills Tarrant County Official Results
Cumulative Report Registered Voters
Joint General and Special Elections 7602 of 48382= 15.71%
EN24 Joint Elections
Run Time 11:49 AM 5/4/2024
Run Date 05/13/2024 Page 1
City of North Richland Hills Mayor
Choice Party Absentee Voting Early Voting Election Day Voting Total
Jack McCarty 137 53.94% 3,392 63.50% 1,296 65.42% 4,825 63.68%
Tito Rodriguez 117 46.06% 1,950 36.50% 685 34.58% 2,752 36.32%
Cast Votes: 254 100.00% 5,342 100.00% 1,981 100.00% 7,577 100.00%
Undervotes: 0 16 9 25
Overvotes: 0 0 0 0
City of North Richland Hills Council Member,Place 2
Choice Party Absentee Voting Early Voting Election Day Voting Total
Ricky Rodriguez 83 32.94% 3,007 56.86% 1,151 59.42% 4,241 56.72%
Rita Wright Oujesky 169 67.06% 2,281 43.14% 786 40.58% 3,236 43.28%
Cast Votes: 252 100.00% 5,288 100.00% 1,937 100.00% 7,477 100.00%
Undervotes: 2 70 53 125
Overvotes: 0 0 0 0
City of North Richland Hills Council Member, Place 4
Choice Party Absentee Voting Early Voting Election Day Voting Total
Matt Blake 68 27.87% 2,071 40.20% 866 46.31% 3,005 41.36%
Tracy Bennett 62 25.41% 1,024 19.88% 385 20.59% 1,471 20.24%
Jeff Arwine 114 46.72% 2,057 39.93% 619 33.10% 2,790 38.40%
Cast Votes: 244 100.00% 5,152 100.00% 1,870 100.00% 7,266 100.00%
Undervotes: 10 206 120 336
Overvotes: 0 0 0 0
City of North Richland Hills Council Member,Place 6
Choice Party Absentee Voting Early Voting Election Day Voting Total
Brianne Goetz 121 48.59% 2,110 40.28% 721 37.73% 2,952 39.90%
Russ Mitchell 111 44.58% 2,875 54.89% 1,066 55.78% 4,052 54.77%
Sean Nutt 17 6.83% 253 4.83% 124 6.49% 394 5.33%
Cast Votes: 249 100.00% 5,238 100.00% 1,911 100.00% 7,398 100.00%
Undervotes: 5 120 79 204
Overvotes: 0 0 0 0
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