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          >> TIME AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MAY 12TH, SPECIAL COURT MEETING OF HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT TO ORDER AND IT IS 10:04. 
          I'LL BE SERVING AS YOUR PRESIDING OFFICER TODAY AND WE ONLY NEED TWO MEMBERS OF COURT TO CREATE A QUORUM WHICH IS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR THIS SPECIAL COURT TO CANVAS A VOTE FOR THE SPECIAL ACTION FOR THE TEXAS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 4 WHICH TOOK PLACE ON MAY SECOND, 2026. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS HERE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? 
          [Departments]
          >> NO, SIR. >> WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON TODAY'S AGE AGENDA. 
          AND THE ITEM, I'M ASSUMING, NEEDS NO CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS. 
          IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM? 
          Y NO DISCUSSION OR CHANGES. >>, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO EVERY DAY. HEARING NO DISCUSSION IS THERE A 
          MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1A? >> SO MOVED. 
          >> SECOND. >> AND THAT IS REQUEST FOR ADOPTION OF THE OFFICIAL CANVAS FOR ALL VOTES CAST IN THE MAY 2ND, 2026 SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL A VACANCY FOR THE STATE SENATE DISTRICT 4. AND THAT WILL BE AS PRESENTED. 
          I SUPPORT THE MOTION. AND TWO FOR AND NO AGAINST. 
          >> I'LL SHOW THREE, FOUR. >> OH. 
          >> MR. ELLIS THERE YOU ARE. >> YOU GOT IT. 
          >> I'M NOT QUITE THERE. I THINK YOURS IS ONE MINUTE. 
          >> HI COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING 
          >> FOR THE RECORD I SHOW COMMISSIONER BRIONES MAKING THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER ELLIS MAKING THE SECOND AND PASSED 
          UNANIMOUSLY. >> YES. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> AND I ECHO THE THANKS. 
          THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNITY EVERY DAY. 
          >> THANK YOU AND OUR TEAM WILL APPRECIATE HEARING THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
          >> WELL DONE. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> BYE COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> HELLO COMMISSIONER ELLIS. 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION ADJOURN? IT IS 10:OF. 
          DIDN'T QUITE MAKE THE RECORD OF COMMISSIONER ELLIS BUT
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