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Sweetwater commissioners elect Marco Villanueva president, Jose Marti vice president
Summary
At the June 2 City Commission meeting, commissioners selected Marco Villanueva as commission president and Jose Marti as vice president using the ordinance-prescribed nomination and polling process.
Commissioners at the City of Sweetwater elected Commissioner Marco Villanueva as commission president and Commissioner Jose Marti as vice president during the June 2 meeting.
Under the city ordinance governing commission organization, each commissioner was allowed to nominate one candidate; the clerk polled commissioners and candidates who received a simple majority were declared winners. Commissioners Ydani Yano and Luis (surname not specified in the record) nominated Villanueva for president; Villanueva was installed immediately after the vote. Commissioners then nominated and polled for vice president; Jose Marti received the majority and assumed the post.
The nominations and the clerk’s roll-call polls were conducted on the record and the mayor and commissioners offered brief remarks thanking outgoing leaders and congratulating the newly elected officers. Commissioners noted continuity and team cooperation as priorities going forward.
No formal motions to contest the results were recorded. The procedural steps followed the ordinance described on the record: nomination, close of nominations, polling of commissioners, and immediate seating of the winners.
The commission resumed regular business after the organizational votes.
