Maria Gonzales sworn in to Mabton City Council

Maria Gonzales was sworn in as a member of the Mabton City Council during a brief ceremony on Jan. 2, 2026. Gonzales stated her name and recited the oath, pledging to "support the Constitution of the United States" and the laws of Washington state before concluding with "So help me God."

The oath included a commitment to "faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office" for the city council of Mabton in Yakima County and was subscribed in January 2026. The clerk administering the oath prompted participants through the standard oath language and confirmed the subscription and swearing in.

After Gonzales took the oath, the meeting moderator asked newly elected and returning members to step forward. The moderator introduced Ruben Olivares as newly elected and named returning members Sofia Sotelo and Mary Alvarado; Arturo de la Corte was noted as present. The moderator said the swearing-in concluded and the meeting was adjourned.

The public record shows the meeting closed at 6:17 p.m. on Jan. 2. The transcript contains several garbled place-name references (for example, variants such as "Macton"), which have been normalized in this report to the locally confirmed name "Mabton."