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STATE OF TEXAS )(
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD )(
COl1NTIES OF GALVESTONlHARRlS )(
NOVEMBER 13, 2000 )(
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL.THAT HELD ON NOVEMBER
13, 2000 AT 6:30 P.M. AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL, 910 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS, WITH THE FOLLOWiNG PRESENT CONSTiTUTING A QUORUM:
MAYOR HAROLD L. WHITAKER
MAYOR PRO TEM KIM BRIZENDINE
COUNCILMEMBER K17TEN BRIZENDINE
COUf�CiLMEMBER JERRY ERICSSON
COUNCILMEMBER LARRY TAYLOR
COUNCILMEMBER MEL MEASELES
CITY MANAGER RON COX
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
MAYOR WHITAKER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
�`'�COUNCILMEMBER TAYLOR MOVED TQ APPROVE RESOLUTION N0. R2000-55, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF A
SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 7, 2000, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING ONE (1)
COUNCILMEMBER TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING MAY, 2003 FOR POSITION 3 TO TNE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD. VOTES FOR POSITION THREE: TRACY GOZA - 2,872;
HARLESS BENTHUL - 1,457; MICHAEL MABREY - 620 W1TH TRACY GOZA BEING ELECTED TO THE
UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING MAY, 2003.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KITTEN BRIZENDINE. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
6-0.
JUDGE JAMES YARBROUGN, GALVESTON COUNTY COURT, ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF OFFICE TO
COUNCILMEMBER GOZA.
COUNCILMEMBER GOZA STATED HE WAS VERY EXCITED AND OVERWHELMED BY THE RECORD
VOTES, THANKED BOTH CANDIDATES AND STATED THEY WERE TRUE GENTLEMEN, THANKED HIS
WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, HIS MOTHER, FATHER, RANDY WEISINGER, MARJORIE HOFFMAN, SALLY
MABREY, GREG CRINION, HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER, AND THE MANY OTHERS WHO HELPEQ IN HIS
CAMPAIGN. COUNCILMEMBER GOZA STATED HE WAS HUMBLED BY THE SUPPORT, ASKED FOR
{NPUT FROM THE COUNC{L AND CITIZENS, URGED EVERYONE TO JOIN TOGETHER, AND HE WAS
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, STAFF AND EVERY CITIZEN.
MAYOR WHITAKER CONGRATULATED COUNCILMEMBER GOZA ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL FOR
BEING ELECTED TO POSITION 3 AND STATED COUNCIL IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
HIM.
A MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO AQJOURN AT 6:43 PM.
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A RECEPTION FOLLOWED THE MEETING.
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MAYOR HAROLD L. WHITA R
ATTEST:
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DELORIS MCKENZI , TRM
CITY SECRETARY