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          TEST ONE, TWO. 
          YEP. 
          ROLL BACK IN YOUR SHAPE THEN TESTING ONE, TWO. 
          MIC TEST. 
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GOOD 
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AFTERNOON 
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EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 5:33 PM WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          WELCOME TO THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING. 
          THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. 
          WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL LOPEZ IS NOT PRESENT, BUT HE HAD A CONFLICT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT, GABE? YES. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UH, THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, UM, HE HAS CONFLICTED OUT, SO HE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM AS EVERYONE ELSE IS PRESENT AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE AS COMMISSIONER MIKE SMAR LEADS US IN THE INVITATION, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
          UH, DEAR GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS, OUR INDIVIDUAL GIFTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THIS ROOM, AND THANK YOU FOR OUR COLLECTIVE GIFTS. 
          HAVE MERCY UPON ALL OF OUR SOULS. 
          HAVE MERCY UPON OUR CITY. 
          HAVE MERCY ON THE PRESIDENT AND ALL CIVIL AUTHORITIES HAVE MERCY ON THE MILITARY. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. 
          IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. 
          I'M AMEN. 
          NOW, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, AND LIBERTY. 
          H MARK. 
          UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COMMISSIONED MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING 
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FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM. 
          MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION NOR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM. 
          ARE THERE ANY KNOWN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? NONE. 
          NONE. 
          NO. 
          NONE. 
          NONE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOVING ON. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM THREE, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. 
          AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION AND SPEAK ON ANY MATTER NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGENDA. 
          PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY NOT RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR DELIBERATE ON TOPIC TOPICS ADDRESSED. 
          MAYOR? NO. 
          WE HAD NO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION SIGNED UP FOR TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM FOUR, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDER CALLING FOR A GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN TO TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE NEED ANY, UM, ANY DISCUSSION OR IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND THAT IS IT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          FASTEST MEETING. 
          WE'VE HEARD. 
          FASTEST MEETING WE'VE EVER HAD. 
          EVER, EVER. 
          FASTEST MEETING COMMISSIONER? OH, NO. 
          NO. 
          I THINK MINE WAS STILL.
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