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Ordinance 2025-19ORDINANCE NO. 2025-19 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE ELECTION RETURNS OF THE MAY 3, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION; DECLARING THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR CITY COUNCIL PLACE 1 AND PLACE 3; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS/REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ("City Council"") duly authorized and ordered a general election to be held within the City of Wylie, Texas ("City"), on May 3, 2025 ("Election"), for the purpose of electing two members of the City Council, Place 1 and Place 3, for a full term; and WHEREAS, the Collin County Elections Administrator administered the Election for Collin County voters, the Dallas County Elections Administrator administered the Election for Dallas County voters, and Rockwall County Elections Administrator administered the Election for Rockwall County voters; and WHEREAS, the Collin, Dallas, and Rockwall County Elections Administrators have made the return of the Election results and delivered them to the City Council in the time and manner required by law; and WHEREAS, Election returns lawfully submitted to the City Council and filed with the City Secretary are set forth in Exhibit A and incorporated herein for all purposes; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the Election was duly called; that notice of the Election was given in accordance with the law and City Charter; that the Election was held in accordance with the law and City Charter; that the Election returns were duly and legally made and delivered; and that there were cast at the Election valid and legal votes; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and declares that the meeting at which this Ordinance is considered is open to the public as required by law, and that the public notice of the time, place and purpose of the meeting was given as required by Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, as amended; and WHEREAS, the City Council, having canvassed the combined early voting and Election Day accumulated totals, finds that the votes cast result in the following: City Council, Place 1 David R. Duke received 1,455 or 100% of the votes cast. City Council, Place 3 Hamza Fraz received 916 or 37.15% of the votes cast. Todd J. Pickens received 1,550 or 62.85 % of the votes cast. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS: SECTION 1: Findings Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body Ordinance No. 2025-19 Canvass of the May 3, 2025 General Election Page 1 of 3 4796701 of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein. SECTION 2: Election Results. The Election returns as set forth herein are declared to be official. Accordingly, David R. Duke is hereby declared elected to City Council Place 1 and Todd J. Pickens is hereby declared elected to City Council Place 3. SECTION 3: Approval of Elections Results. The City Council hereby finds and determines, as a result of the canvass held on May 13, 2025, that a combined Election Day and early voting total of 2,527 votes were cast in the Election, with 1,589 early votes cast, as indicated by the poll list for the Election held on May 3, 2025. It is hereby declared that the City approves and accepts the results of the Election for City Council Place 1 and Place 3 as set forth in the returns attached hereto as Exhibit A, as determined by the majority vote of the qualified voters of the City. SECTION 4: Severability. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional and/or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Wylie hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause and phrase thereof regardless of whether any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared unconstitutional and/or invalid. SECTION 5: Savings/Repealing. All provisions of any ordinance in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in conflict. Any remaining portion of conflicting ordinances shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 6: Effective Date. This Ordinance and shall become effective immediately upon its passage. DULY PASSED AND APPROVED, by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas on this 13th day of May 2025. Matthew Porter, Mayor ATTEST: )614Akki, Stephanie Storm, City Secretary Ordinance No. 2025-19 Canvass of the May 3, 2025 General Election Page 2 of 3 4796701 Exhibit A Certified Election Returns [5 pages attached hereto] Ordinance No. 2025-19 Canvass of the May 3, 2025 General Election Page 3 of 3 4796701 CITY OF WYLIE GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS SUMMARY OF PRECINCT RETURNS EARLY VOTING & ELECTION DAY COMBINED May 3, 2025 Position Candidate/Proposition Total Percentage Place 1 David R. Duke 1,455 100.00% Place 3 Hamza Fraz 916 37.15% Place 3 Todd J. Pickens 1,550 62.85% Charter Amendment Proposition A - For 975 42.78% Proposition A - Against 1,304 57.22% Charter Amendment Proposition B - For 1,729 78.70% Proposition B - Against 468 21.30% Charter Amendment Proposition C - For 1,918 84.31% Proposition C - Against 357 15.69% Charter Amendment Proposition D - For 1,985 89.33% Proposition D - Against 237 10.67% Charter Amendment Proposition E - For 1,140 51.96% Proposition E - Against 1,054 48.04% Charter Amendment Proposition F - For 1,485 67.10% Proposition F - Against 728 32.90% Charter Amendment Proposition G - For 805 36.46% Proposition G - Against 1,403 63.54% Charter Amendment Proposition H - For 646 29.43% Proposition H - Against 1,549 70.57% Charter Amendment Proposition I - For 1,316 62.91% Proposition I - Against 776 37.09% Charter Amendment Proposition J - For 1,871 84.20% Proposition J - Against 351 15.80% Charter Amendment Proposition K - For 1,172 54.01% Proposition K - Against 998 45.99% Charter Amendment Proposition L - For 1,916 87.61% Proposition L - Against 271 12.39% Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Proposition M - For Proposition M - Against Proposition N - For Proposition N - Against Proposition 0 - For Proposition 0 - Against Proposition P - For Proposition P - Against Proposition Q - For Proposition Q - Against Proposition R - For Proposition R - Against Proposition S - For Proposition S - Against Proposition T - For Proposition T - Against Proposition U - For Proposition U - Against Proposition V - For Proposition V - Against Proposition W - For Proposition W - Against Proposition X - For Proposition X - Against Proposition Y - For Proposition Y - Against Proposition Z - For Proposition Z - Against 1,145 1,070 836 1,224 1,421 675 1,448 678 1,865 286 1,302 850 1,512 564 503 1,631 1,669 456 1,214 978 1,681 507 1,663 491 1,587 488 708 1,443 51.69% 48.31% 40.58% 59.42% 67.80 % 32.20% 68.11% 31.89% 86.70% 13.30% 60.50% 39.50% 72.83% 27.17% 23.57% 76.43% 78.54% 21.46% 55.38% 44.62% 76.83% 23.17% 77.21% 22.79% 76.48% 23.52% 32.91% 67.09% COMBINED EARLY VOTING & ELECTION DAY BALLOTS CAST PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED VOTERS TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS 2,527 6.85% 36,874 CITY OF WYLIE GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS SUMMARY OF PRECINCT RETURNS EARLY VOTING ONLY May 3, 2025 Position Place 1 Place 3 Place 3 Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Candidate Name David R. Duke Hamza Fraz Todd J. Pickens Proposition A - For Proposition A - Against Proposition B - For Proposition B - Against Proposition C - For Proposition C - Against Proposition D - For Proposition D - Against Proposition E - For Proposition E - Against Proposition F - For Proposition F - Against Proposition G - For Proposition G - Against Proposition H - For Proposition H - Against Proposition I - For Proposition I - Against Proposition 1 - For Proposition J - Against Proposition K - For Proposition K - Against Total 962 495 1,055 638 801 1,085 287 1,257 175 1,259 136 767 610 983 403 542 843 429 950 825 477 1,234 168 755 603 Percentage 100.00% 31.94% 68.06% 44.34% 55.66% 79.08% 20.92% 87.78% 12.22% 90.25% 9.75% 55.70% 44.30% 70.92% 29.08% 39.13% 60.87% 31.11% 68.89% 63.36% 36.64% 88.02% 11.98% 55.60% 44.40% Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Charter Amendment Proposition L - For Proposition L - Against Proposition M - For Proposition M - Against Proposition N - For Proposition N - Against Proposition 0 - For Proposition 0 - Against Proposition P - For Proposition P - Against Proposition Q - For Proposition Q - Against Proposition R - For Proposition R - Against Proposition S - For Proposition S - Against Proposition T - For Proposition T - Against Proposition U - For Proposition U - Against Proposition V - For Proposition V - Against Proposition W - For Proposition W - Against Proposition X - For Proposition X - Against Proposition Y - For Proposition Y - Against Proposition Z - For Proposition Z - Against 1,202 166 738 660 570 721 942 365 949 384 1,181 176 879 475 959 333 355 986 1,066 267 819 557 1,078 296 1,046 303 1,000 297 485 868 87.87% 12.13% 52.79 % 47.21% 44.15% 55.85% 72.07% 27.93% 71.19% 28.81% 87.03% 12.97% 64.92% 35.08% 74.23% 25.77% 26.47% 73.53% 79.97% 20.03% 59.52% 40.48% 78.46% 21.54% 77.54% 22.46% 77.10% 22.90% 35.85% 64.15% EARLY VOTING BALLOTS CAST PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED VOTERS TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS 1,589 4.31% 36,874