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San Jose City Council certifies election results and swears in new councilmember
Summary
The San Jose City Council voted to certify municipal election results and administered the oath to incoming Councilmember Anthony Tortillos. The motion to accept the certification passed on a roll-call vote; the meeting then proceeded to a swearing-in and moved to closed session.
The San Jose City Council voted to certify the results of a municipal election and then administered the oath of office to incoming Councilmember Anthony Tortillos during the meeting.
The council president announced a single agendized action — item E C, accepting certification of the election results — and asked for a motion. The roll-call vote recorded affirmative votes for Kamay, Campos, Salas, Cohen, Ortiz, Mulcahy, Dwan, Ken Dulles, Casey, Foley and Mahan; the motion passed and the council president said, “election results are thereby recorded, certified.”
Before the vote, the presiding official thanked Councilmember Salas for serving in the seat as an appointed council member for about six months, calling Salas’s community engagement “a tremendous job to restore trust and bring city hall back out to the neighborhoods of District 3 and kind of meet people where they are.” Councilmember Salas replied, “6 months, 2 days, and 2 hours.”
After the certification, incoming councilmember Anthony Tortillos took the oath of office. The oath included pledges to support and defend the constitutions of the United States and the state of California; Tortillos repeated the oath and afterward said, “I would just say thank you to everyone who helped me get to this point. Thank you to my family for joining me today. You know, this is an immense honor and a responsibility that I don't take lightly, but I'm looking forward to serving the people of our city.”
With the certification recorded and the oath administered, the presiding official noted that there were no public comment cards and the meeting adjourned to closed session.
Votes at a glance: the motion to accept certification of the election results (item E C) passed by roll-call (Kamay: yes; Campos: yes; Salas: yes; Cohen: aye; Ortiz: aye; Mulcahy: yes; Dwan: yes; Ken Dulles: yes; Casey: yes; Foley: aye; Mahan: aye).
