 for the Pledge of Allegiance. Let us bow. Our gracious God, we come before you once again, Lord, just to say thank you. Father God, we gather today on this special occasion for this set appointment, Father God, that you have installed upon Councilwoman Martinez. Now, Father God, as she began this journey, Father God, you will order her steps, Father God, that you will anoint her and give her the wisdom to do what is right for the people of District 11. Father God, we thank her family, Father God, and ask them to give them the patience and endure the tasks you have set before her. Now, Father God, when it's all said and done, we're gonna be quick to give you the glory where it is your set appointment, it is your doing, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. We stand for the nation under God and indivisible with liberty and justice. Father of Texas, God, I pledge allegiance to thee, in the name of the Father, God, and indivisible. Mayor and Council, you have received the Certified Certifications of the Tabulation of the Official Election Returns from Tarrant County for the runoff election held on Saturday, June 10th, 2023 for the purpose of electing a city council member for District 11 of the city of Fort Worth, Texas. With the certified cumulative returns for such election, the results of the elections are as follows. Rick Herring received 1,059 votes, Jeanette Martinez received 1,528 votes. As a result of the election, as a result of the election, Jeanette Martinez was elected as city council member, District 11. Mayor and Council, the next action will be for council to adopt the resolution canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the runoff election held on June 10th. Thank you, Jeanette. Council members, you have received the returns of the June 10th, 2023 runoff election and a copy of the resolution canvassing those returns. Please show approval of the resolution by show of hands for the record. All in favor? Aye. Excellent. The canvassing resolution is approved. And now it's my great honor to present the certificate of elections to council member-elect, Jeanette Martinez. Next, council member-elect Martinez, her sister, Gloria Martinez, will administer the oath of office to the council member-elect. Gloria, if you would like to come forward to the podium. State your name. Aye, Jeanette Martinez. Do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of council member-district 11. That's too long. Just give me like four words. City of Fort Worth of the state of Texas and will to the best of my ability preserve. I can't remember. I can't remember. That would be four words. Do solemnly swear or affirm. Do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office. That I will faithfully execute the duties of the office. Of council member-district 11. Of council member-district 11. City of Fort Worth of the state of Texas. City of Fort Worth of the state of Texas. And will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend. And will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend. The constitution and laws of the United States. The constitution and laws of the United States. And of this state, so help me God. And of this state, so help me God. Thank you honor for the first time to welcome council member from district 11 and the first Latina ever elected to the Four City Council. Miss Jeanette Martinez. Jeanette, the floor is yours. Okay. Thank you everybody for being here. I am overwhelmed at the amount of support that I have received through the campaign up to this day. And I'm grateful for everything that all the calls, all the emails, all the texts that I've received, I am blessed. I want to thank my family, Eddie, my husband. Thank you for being there for everything. For everything that you did to my children. Thank you for your support, for your patience. I love you. My mom who is here who recently had her knee replacement and it's hard for her to be here but she's here and I, gracias mami por todo tu apoyo y por tu paciencia y por todo lo que has hecho por nosotros. And thank you to team Jeanette. This was folks that helped me throughout the campaign, my volunteers, donors, supporters, everybody who had a hand in this. I'm ever so grateful. Commissioner Brooks, thank you for being my biggest cheerleader. Commissioner Brooks, my mom and my husband were one of the first people that I reached out to and I made the final decision to file for this office. They just, they mean the world to me. And while I didn't run to be the first at anything, I'm extremely proud to be part of a more diverse city council to represent my Latino culture on this dais. I look forward to represent all the people in this new district and we'll work hard to create change and improve our new district. There's one person who's not here to see this and I know that he would be very proud of me at my father. Daddy, te extraño, sé que estarías muy orgulloso de mi en este momento. Si se pudo, gracias. Well that's just about the happiest city council that I've gotten to preside over. Each of you are of course so welcome to take pictures and remain in our city council chamber for a bit longer but with that, congratulations to council member Jeanette Martinez and your meeting is completed.