Josephine council adopts canvass of Nov. 4 election and swears in new members

The Josephine City Council voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 25-11-19, formally canvassing the returns of the Nov. 4, 2025, general election, then proceeded to swear in newly elected council members.

Unidentified Speaker 2 moved, "I move that we accept, accept the canvass and adopt based on Resolution 20 25 11 19, canvassing." Unidentified Speaker 1 seconded with, "I'll second." Unidentified Speaker 1 then called the vote and stated, "It's unanimous." The transcript records unanimous approval but does not list individual roll-call votes by member name; the earlier roll call recorded three members present: Alex Esquivel, Dr. Pam Sardo and Gary Chappell, while Mayor Tierney, Doug Ewing and Brad Allfinger were absent.

After adopting the canvass, the council paused adjournment at the request of attendees to install new members. Unidentified Speaker 1 asked "April, Pam, and Jane, will you please come down to the front for swearing in?" and also recognized Alex. Unidentified Speaker 2 administered the oath of office, reciting the standard oath to "faithfully execute the duties of the office of city council of the state of Texas and ... preserve, protect, and defend the constitution and laws of The United States and of this state, so help you God." The transcript records the oath being given but does not provide last names for two of the people identified only as "April" and "Jane." Dr. Pam Sardo and Alex Esquivel were named earlier in roll call.

The meeting record shows the procedural adoption of the canvass by resolution and the subsequent swearing-in; no further discussion of the canvass or vote tallies appears in the transcript. The record does not specify additional administrative steps, effective dates for any offices, or the full names of two newly installed members.