A Call for a Vote of No Confidence in County Chair, Bryan Christ

WHEREAS, Chairman Bryan Christ is elected by the Republican voters of Montgomery County to represent the county party in a fair and impartial manner; and

WHEREAS, the county chair is elected as the presiding officer of the County Executive Committee; and

WHEREAS, Chairman Bryan Christ has caused and created division, acrimony, and irreparable harm to the Montgomery County Republican Party name by effectively dividing the party into two entities, by

  1. June 21, 2022, failing to report the elected Precinct Chairs to the Secretary of State as required by law TEC 172.118 and the MCRPTX Bylaws (Bylaws).

  2. July 19, 2022, improperly adjourning the statutorily required Organizational Meeting (OM) in violation of RONR 21:3.2 and 21:12.

  3. July 21, 2022, allowing two special meeting calls to be issued for the same date, place, and time but with differing agendas, violating RONR 8:2.1.

  4. July 23, 2022, Chairman refused to accept the will of the majority to Chair the meeting that was called to complete the OM meeting agenda as adopted on July 19, 2022; then Chairman Christ abandoned the Chair leading to him being removed as Chair in accordance with RONR 62:9-10 but continued to disrupt the meeting until security was called.

  5. July 23, 2022, Chairman improperly calls a meeting with an electronic voting option in violation of our Bylaws which do not allow “electronic” CEC meetings.

  6. July 23, 2022, Chairman calls dual meetings at the same place, at the same time and in the same location in violation of RONR 8:2.1 for the purpose of disrupting an “in person” meeting which was properly called in accordance with RPT Rule 8(e).

  7. July 23, 2022, In accordance with the rules governing an OM, the July 19th agenda was completed by the elected precinct chairs present; Officers, Steering Committee and other key Committee members were elected which Mr. Christ, to this day, refuses to acknowledge.

  8. July 25, 2022, the Chairman attempted to hold an improperly noticed “electronic” meeting without publishing the required information and when questioned about the procedures to be in accordance with RONR 9:30-36, he did not respond until July 31 and did so with inadequate information to allow an electronic meeting.

  9. July 30, 2022, Precinct Chair Dennis Tibbs petitions for a CEC meeting to be held on August 13, 2022 with more than the required number of petitioners(27).

  10. July 30, 2022, Precinct Chair James Byers petitions for a CEC meeting to be held on August 13, 2022 for the same date and time but with a different agenda. However, this meeting call does not meet the required number of petitioners (19 of 20 required per the Bylaws); it affects everything deriving from that meeting thereafter.

  11. July 30, 2022, again Mr. Christ sends out dueling meeting calls that continue to divide the party.

  12. August 13, 2022, the improperly called CEC meeting by Mr. Byers proceeded to elect steering committee members and conduct “business” all of which is invalid, but Mr. Christ refuses to acknowledge such and continues to recognize those elected as “official” members of the steering committee of the CEC. All meetings/actions thereafter from that meeting are ruled as null and void by the CEC.

  13. September 6, 2022, the CEC convened and agreed to be under the 2020-2022 bylaws in an effort to unify the party. All officers, committee chairs and precinct chairs were, once again, elected by the majority of the body, in accordance with the agreed upon bylaws and a petition was then signed by sixty-four (64) members of the CEC to attest to this. Chairman Christ still refused to recognize these officers, committee chairs and Precinct Chairs and continued to recruit people to fill vacancies that didn’t exist in defiance of the majority of the party and then falsified the Precinct Chair record on file with the Secretary of State.

  14. September 30, 2022, Chairman Christ attends mediation after being compelled to do so by the State Party in accordance with RPT Rule 8m. During mediation, Chairman Christ admits that he does not have the majority of the CEC supporting him. Then, despite agreeing to confidentiality, following mediation Chairman Christ sends out an email to the CEC in which he gives false information regarding the mediation discussions and results. This causes further division in the party.

  15. December 6, 2022, the CEC held a Special Meeting as called in accordance with our bylaws (Article VI, Sec. 2) and by Precinct Chairs elected in the Primary, since Chairman Christ was not protesting the legitimacy of those people. With a quorum present and more than a majority voting (57 CEC Members), after the meeting was called to order, the party objected to Chairman Christ’s statement that Mark Frank (Pct 10) was the duly elected Secretary as well as Chairman Christ’s refusal to acknowledge and accept the CEC objections against his call to be “at ease”. The CEC then voted unanimously that Christ had abandoned the chair for not acknowledging and accepting the objections to his call to be “at ease” and his statement that Mark Frank (Pct 10) was the duly elected Secretary. Because Chairman Christ would not chair the meeting in accordance with Robert’s Rules and party bylaws and move the business forward, he was removed from the chair (RONR 62:10). Christ then continued to claim that the meeting was “at ease” so no business was done despite the vote of fifty-seven (57) members of the CEC who voted unanimously to the contrary.

Chairman Christ’s actions are causing great harm to the Republican Party of Montgomery County and the State of Texas as he continues to divide and create acrimony between the CEC members by knowingly spreading false information and turning the party membership against itself. Therefore, due to Mr. Christ’s total disregard for the will of the body as expressed time and time again by a majority vote of the County Executive Committee and in consideration of Chairman Christ’s refusal to acknowledge properly called meetings and the results derived from those meetings, the County Executive Committee must take action.

THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the CEC members call for a VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE in Chairman Bryan Christ on this day, January 3, 2023.

LET IT ALSO BE RESOLVED that the CEC members call for the immediate resignation of Chairman Bryan Christ for the good of the Republican Party of Montgomery County and the State of Texas.

LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED that a copy of this VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE be referred to the Republican Party Of Texas and that the Montgomery County Republican Party demands that the State Executive Committee take action in accordance with TEC 171.029(c) and declares that Chairman Christ has abandoned the Chair.

01.03.2023