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City clerk certifies April 7 municipal election results; incumbents asked to rise for oaths
Summary
The city clerk certified the April 7, 2026 municipal election vote counts for aldermanic wards and asked incumbent candidates to stand for the oath of office; the results were attached to the meeting minutes.
The city clerk read and certified the official results of the April 7, 2026 municipal elections during the May 11 meeting.
The clerk read the vote totals into the record: Barbara Ann Hughes, Ward 1, 70 votes; Michelle Freeman, Ward 2, 89 votes; John R. Harder, Ward 3, 158 votes; Kristen McDowell, 52 votes; David Murphy, Ward 4, 137 votes. "These results will be attached to and made a part of tonight's minutes, the certification from the board of election," the clerk said.
Following the certification, the clerk asked the incumbent candidates to rise to be sworn into their new terms and instructed them to repeat the oath.
The transcript records the certification and the clerk's request for the oath but does not include the text of the oath or a recorded roll call of the administration of oaths in full.
