Paula Settle is Humble’s newest councilmember Written by Tom Broad Paula Settle has prevailed in the Humble City Council election. A recount of the 601 votes cast in the Humble City Council runoff election has verified that the original vote from the December 13 runoff did not change. Paula Settle received 301 votes while her opponent, Arliss Bentley received 300 votes. Since the election was not overturned, there is no need to canvass the results again, according to Humble City Secretary Jenny Page. The Position 4 election has been quite a journey for Settle and Bentley and demonstrates that every vote really does count. In the final count, just one vote separates the two candidates. Fewer than eight percent of the City of Humble’s registered voters cast ballots in the December 12 runoff election, according to statistics provided by Page.