The Ellsworth City Council at a special meeting moved to accept the official results of the Nov. 4, 2025 City of Ellsworth election, including the Nov. 14, 2025 recount, and to direct the city clerk to notify each person elected to city council, the school board and the library trustee positions and to administer the required oaths of office.

The council considered a staff memo from "Tina" outlining the election and recount results and a suggested motion from city staff. Unidentified Speaker 2 moved the motion; Unidentified Speaker 1 seconded. The motion’s text in the record called for acceptance of the certified final results and written notification to the individuals elected, with required oaths to be administered.

City staff and councilmembers praised election staff and the recount process during the meeting. An unidentified staff speaker said, "The election was perfect at all wards, and the recounts too went off about an inch." Unidentified Speaker 3, who attended multiple recount sessions, said there was "such good positive energy" among candidates and workers despite long hours.

The meeting record shows the motion was put to a voice vote. The transcript includes a brief hesitation from an unidentified person during the call for votes but does not record a roll-call tally or list votes by name; the council chair then closed the item and the meeting moved to adjournment.

The council also approved a motion to adjourn the special meeting by voice vote. The transcript does not specify dates for follow-up notifications or the schedule for administering oaths.

Next steps: city staff were directed to notify elected individuals in writing and to administer oaths of office; the transcript does not record the timeline or responsible staff member for carrying out those notifications.