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Raymore council adopts emergency ordinance certifying April election results, 8-0

Raymore City Council · April 14, 2026

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Summary

The Raymore City Council unanimously approved Bill 4029 on April 13, 2026, declaring municipal election results from April 7 and enabling newly elected council members to assume office immediately under an emergency reading.

The Raymore City Council on April 13 unanimously approved an emergency ordinance declaring the results of the April 7 municipal election, then completed the formalities needed to seat newly elected members.

The council approved Bill 4029 in both a first reading by title and a full second reading before voting 8-0 to adopt the ordinance. Council member Sonia Abdelghawad moved to approve the first reading and a colleague seconded; later a motion to approve the second reading carried unanimously.

The ordinance, read in full by the city clerk, cites the April 7, 2026 general municipal election, Section 9.3 of the Raymore City Charter, and the Comprehensive Election Act of 1977 (Revised Statutes of Missouri) as the legal basis for the council to canvass and declare winners. The clerk read the vote totals the council recorded: Ward 1, Josh McDonald 464, Reginald Townsend 187; Ward 2, Thomas Serco 354, Tracy M. Williams 271; Ward 3, JD Holman 304, Jamie Falkinder 295; Ward 4, Jeremy Rowe 532, Sonia Abdelghawad 334. The ordinance states the winners shall hold office for two-year terms until successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified under law.

Mayor Turnbull declared the ordinance an emergency to "promote the administration of government and permit the newly elected officials to begin their terms." The ordinance’s effective date is coincident with the mayor's signature and attestation by the city clerk.

The council did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript beyond the announcement that the motion "carried unanimously, 8-0." No amendments or dissenting views were recorded during the readings or vote.

The council then proceeded to swear in the newly elected members and moved to a brief reception before a special session later the same evening.