Fort Worth City Council certifies May 2 election results; Chris Jamieson sworn in for District 10

The Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday night formally certified the returns from the May 2 bond, charter and special elections, announcing that a slate of bond propositions and several charter amendments had passed and that Chris Jamieson won the special election for Council District 10.

City staff presented certified tabulations from Tarrant, Denton, Parker and Wise counties. The presenters reported the following results for the bond propositions: Proposition A 59.7%, B 60.89%, C 62.64%, D 57.53%, E 64.65% and F 59.1%; the council noted that the bond propositions were approved by the voters. On charter amendments, the transcript lists G (55.29%) and I (58.72%), J (55.85%), N (69.22%), and O (76.49%) as passing; H, K, L and M were recorded as not approved. In the District 10 special election, the council noted Chris Jamieson received 51.05% of the vote and was elected to fill the remaining term.

Mayor Parker called for motions to adopt the canvass ordinance and related resolutions. The council moved, seconded and voted to adopt ordinance 26-5967 canvassing the bond election, resolution 26-5968 canvassing the charter election, and resolution 26-5969 canvassing the special election; the transcript records each motion as carried but does not include a roll-call tally.

During the public-comment period, two speakers urged the council to reconsider how it publicizes elections and criticized the bond package. Adrian Smith, who identified himself as "Adrian Smith, District 6," called the bond "fraud," cited what he said was a $49,300,000 shortfall for fiscal year 2027 and said someone had "lied" at a May 5 budget work session; he said he supported only Proposition D and opposed future bonds. Another attendee said turnout for the May 2 vote was only about 4% and blamed limited city publicity and developers' advertising, alleging the assistant city manager removed an opposition sign; the speaker urged reholding the measure if the city wanted a fair process. These complaints were recorded as public comment; the transcript does not record a staff response on those points during the meeting.

After the canvass, council members offered remarks and the body moved to present the certificate of election and administer the oath. The certificate was presented and the oath of office was administered; council members congratulated Jamieson on his election.

The council adjourned the public meeting and convened an executive session to seek attorney advice (Texas Government Code §551.071), deliberate real property matters (§551.072), consider economic development negotiations (§551.087) and deliberate security matters (§551.076 and §551.089).

Actions recorded in the transcript: ordinance 26-5967 (canvass of bond election), resolution 26-5968 (canvass of charter election) and resolution 26-5969 (canvass of special election); each motion "carried" as read aloud in the meeting. The transcript does not include vote tallies or individual roll-call votes for those motions.