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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER AT TIME IS 5:30 PM.[2(a) Consider and discuss the Ethics Commission member appointments.]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO A CONSIDERING DISCUSS THE ETHICS COMMISSION MEMBER APPOINTMENTS.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY INTERIM CITY, SECRETARY, BECKY.
IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF YOUR ETHICS APPLICANTS.
WE NEED TO KNOW IF YOU DESIRE TO INTERVIEW A SELECT FEW ARE ALL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE REACHED OUT TO THESE CANDIDATES? LAST DAY TO FILE WAS NOVEMBER 30TH.
SO WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO THEM SINCE THEY'VE MADE THEIR APPLICATION.
SO WE HAVE HAD THIS APPLICATION PROCESS OPEN FOR HOW LONG.
SO I CAN'T TELL YOU EACH CHOICE.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY BEGAN? UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN AS TO WHEN THEY BEGAN, BUT IT CLOSED ON NOVEMBER THE 30TH.
RIGHT? SO I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT, UM, THIS, THE WINDOW HAS BEEN OPEN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THERE MAY BE SOME OF THESE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD NOT LIKE TO SERVE.
UM, AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO DEAL INSTEAD OF INTERVIEWING ALL OF THEM.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO DUE DILIGENCE TO JUST MAKE SURE ALL OF THEM STILL WANT TO SERVE, UM, AND WANT TO STILL BE CONSIDERED AN APPLICANT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE WAY I LOOK AT IT ON THE LIST IS YOU HAVE 18 PEOPLE AND WE HAVE SEVEN POSITIONS.
SO WHAT DO YOU, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, ADDITIONALLY, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CRITERIA, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF THE CANDIDATES READ THE CRITERIA, BUT I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO RE REREAD THE CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T, UM, THAT THEY MEET THE CRITERIA IS ESSENTIALLY TO SERVE NOW OUR OFFICE HAS CROSS-CHECKED EVERYBODY.
YEAH, MAYOR, UM, I, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM, FOR THE FACT THAT THEY DID APPLY, UH, KNOWINGLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, UH, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST, UM, GROUP THAT WE WILL BE CONSIDERING FOR THAT IT'S COMMISSIONED THAT WE CONSIDER, UM, INTERVIEWING ALL CANDIDATES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY ELSE? YES.
UM, EXCUSE MY TARDINESS, BUT I DO AGREE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, BONNIE, MANY TIMES WE HAVE, IN MY OPINION, PUT PEOPLE IN THESE POSITIONS AND THEY ACTUALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POSITION.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE IS.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO DO A THOROUGH INTERVIEW PROCESS ON THE CANDIDATES JUST TO UNDERS MAKE UP, MAKE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AND A DECISION FOR MYSELF THAT WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE POSITION TO SERVE, YOU KNOW, ACCORDINGLY.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE THOROUGHLY.
SO I GUESS ONCE YOU PUT THAT OUT THERE AND I AGREE, WE NEED TO INTERVIEW EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE INTERVIEWED, BUT I GUESS AT THAT TIME THEY CAN DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO, UM, GO IT, GO FORWARD.
UH, QUESTION ON, UH, THE, UH, PUBLICATIONS OR DISQUALIFICATION, A MEMBER OF ANY CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION OTHER THAN THE SAS COMMISSION, DOES THAT INCLUDE IF THEY ARE ON A TOURIST BOARD THAT WOULD, THAT, THAT WOULD EXCLUDE ANY CURRENT MEDS? YES, SIR.
IT WAS THAT WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE TO, UH, AN AD HOC TYPE COMMITTEE.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, ONE THAT WAS JUST CREATED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT WOULD JUST BE FOR SOME OF OUR ENDING, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
IT DOESN'T SPECIFY THEREFORE THE CONSERVATIVE APPLICATION WOULD BE ANY CITY BORDER COMMISSION WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THIS? HOW LONG HAS THE TERM? THIS IS A THREE YEAR IS A THREE-YEAR TERM.
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SO I GUESS FOR TONIGHT THEN WE'RE JUST BASICALLY LETTING THE INTERIM CITY SECRETARY KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THE, UM, ALL THE CANDIDATES TO BE INTERVIEWED.AND THEN, SO DO WE SET THE CRITERIA FOR HOW LONG THE INTERVIEW IS AND, AND ALL THAT TODAY? YES, SIR.
IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO LIMIT EACH INTERVIEW, YOU ALL CAN DO THAT MAYER.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STATES WHERE WE NEED TO REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS A PART OF ONE OF THE BOARDS OR ELECTED MEMBERS OR MADE ANY CONTRIBUTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE WE START THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING? SURE.
I MEAN, I THINK, UM, INTERIM CITY, SECRETARY, I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAVE YOU TAKEN FROM THIS 18 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED INTEREST IN APPLYING HOW WE LOOKED AT THAT? YES, SIR.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CROSS CHECKED.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CROSSCHECKED.
UM, CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE THE WEEK OF THE 23RD, WE'LL STARTING THAT SUNDAY.
WE HAVE A, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, INTERVIEW SESSION WITH THE, UH, CITY SECRETARY, UH, THAT WE DO SOMETHING BEGINNING IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WHEREAS THE INTERVIEWS AND MAYBE, UM, DO MULTIPLE DAYS AS WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
AND DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, I MEAN, SO JOYS, ARE YOU PART OF THIS OR IS IT JUST THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE? I MEAN, HOW DOES THIS GO THROUGH? SO, SO WE, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND ALL THAT, BUT WHO WILL BE IN THERE JUST THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR WHERE WILL YOU BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE? I GUESS I'M ASKING HIM, WHO'S THE STAFF OVER, THIS IS WHAT I'M ASKING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
IT IS THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING, THE CITY ATTORNEY OR A RAPPER REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE PRESENT AS WELL.
SO WILL THIS BE SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL BE UNDER THE CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER OR CITY SECRETARY? OR HOW DOES THIS FUNCTION, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
THERE WILL BE AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY OR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL WORK WITH THE COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE SERVICES AND FACILITATE, UH, ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.
SO, SO WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THEN I GUESS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? I MEAN, JUST THE, UH, TIMING, RIGHT? SO WOULD IT BE, SAY 45 MINUTES PER CANDIDATE IN THAT LAOS? EACH COUNCIL MEMBER ALLOWS US SIX MINUTES PER COUNSELING.
THE WRATH QUESTIONS IS THAT TOO MUCH.
WE NEED, WE NEED TO LET THE CITY SECRETARY KNOW THE TIME SLOTS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY BREAK IT OUT OVER A COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS.
BUT IF YOU DO 45 MINUTE INTERVIEW SLOTS, AND THERE'S SEVEN OF US ASKING QUESTIONS, WE EACH HAVE ABOUT SIX MINUTES TO ASK A QUESTION, IS THAT OKAY THAT WE HAVE 45 MINUTE INTERVIEWS? AND THEN MAYBE WE DO THREE A NIGHT OR DOES THAT A LOT TIME FOR THEIR Q AND A, AND THAT 45 MINUTES WE CAN DO AN HOUR INTERVIEW IN 45 IS US.
OR WE CAN DO 30 MINUTE INTERVIEWS AND THEN 15 MINUTES OF THEIR TIME.
BUT I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IS TO DETERMINE THE TIME SLOTS TO ME, THIS IS A PRETTY BOARD COMMITTEE.
SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT CANDIDATES ARE ON THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE DURATION OF THIS COMMITTEE IS ALSO FOR THREE YEARS, WHICH IS A LONG TIME.
AND EVEN THOUGH THIS COMMITTEE MAY NOT FUNCTION LIKE YOUR P AND Z OR, OR YOUR PARK'S BOARD, YOU KNOW, ON ROUTINELY, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING DO TAKE PLACE AND THIS COMMITTEE WILL GO INTO PLACE, SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE MORE THOROUGH WITH OUR QUESTIONS.
SO I AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A 45 MINUTES OF US ASKING, AND THEN MAYBE ANOTHER 15
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MINUTES FOR THEM TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT WE VOTE ON WHO, WHO ARE ALL THE SEVEN CANDIDATES ANYWAY, DID WE AGREE ON AN HOUR? WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK COLLEAGUES ARE? SOME MAY GO FASTER THAN OTHERS? OKAY.WELL, FOR THE SAKE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 18 PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO TAKE UP A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR TIME.
WE NEED TO DETERMINE THAT TIMEFRAME.
I AM, I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD GET A LOT ACCOMPLISHED.
AND IN 30 MINUTES, UH, PERSONALLY, UH, WITH MAYBE 15 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, BUFFER ON THE BACK CHANNEL, BACK IN, UH, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT A TOTAL OF 45.
BUT I MEAN, UM, WE HAVE 18 PEOPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE'RE NOT IN A RUSH, ALTHOUGH W WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT AND WE TAKE OUR TIME DOING IT.
SO, UM, IF WE'RE WILLING TO COMMIT THE TIME AND THE DAYS TO DOING IT, WE CAN HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
OR WE CAN TRY TO GET SIX PEOPLE IN, IN A THREE-DAY PERIOD IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
WHEN IS THIS, UH, COMMISSIONER I SUPPOSED TO BE GO LIVE? UM, WHENEVER WE PUT IT IN PLACE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE WAITED UNTIL, I GUESS, UM, TILL JANUARY, BECAUSE OF, WE DIDN'T HAVE CITY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, AND THEN WE HAD BACK AND FORTH.
SO, SO WE DECIDED THAT BEGINNING OF JANUARY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TRY TO GO TO THIS PROCESS, WHICH WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN, UM, ONCE WE FEEL AS COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN PEOPLE THAT WE CAN PICK AND PUT IT ON THIS COMMITTEE AND THEN MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW? SO THERE'S NO LIKE A DEADLINE DEADLINE, YOU KNOW? ALL RIGHT.
SO, SO, SO EGO IS DOING AN EMOTION.
I WOULD RECOMMEND A MOTION AT THIS POINT.
I HAVE, UM, SOUNDS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER, A MAYOR, PRO TEM BONEY, UM, JOYCE PUTTING THAT CLOSER, BRING THE MICROPHONE CLOSER.
IT SOUNDS AS IF COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM BONY HAS ASKED FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY TO INTERVIEW ALL CANDIDATES FOR 30 MINUTE OR IN 30 MINUTE INCREMENTS WITH ABOUT A 10 TO 15 MINUTE SESSION FOR THE CANDIDATES, ASK US QUESTIONS, RIGHT? MAYOR PRO TEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW THINGS GOING ON.
UH, BUT I'M JUST, I DIDN'T NECESSARILY SAY ALL OF THEM DONE IN THE FIRST WEEK, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT MAYBE THE SECOND WEEK.
UM, YEAH, I WOULD JUST, MAYBE JUST FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY, AND WE'LL WORK IT OUT THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
I ALSO WANT TO PROPOSE IF WE CAN POSSIBLY DO IT VIA ZOOM OR FLEXIBILITY AND, UM, FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BE A LITTLE SAFER CONSIDERING COVID NUMBERS ARE INCREASING, BUT, UM, I KNOW HOW YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT VIRTUAL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
WELL, THE THING ABOUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I LIKE LOOKING PEOPLE IN THE EYES.
I LIKE LOOKING AT THEIR RESPONSES, THEIR MANNERISMS, AND YOU CAN'T REALLY CARE.
YOU CAN'T REALLY CAPTURE A LOT OF THAT, UH, VIA ZOOM OR WEBEX.
UM, IN MY OPINION FAIR, IF THERE, UM, CAMERA'S OFF, BUT IF THEIR CAMERA'S ON, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU JUST SPOKE OF, OR WHAT WE CAN DO IS IF WE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF 18 PEOPLE, IF WE FEEL THAT THERE'S MAYBE 10 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR IN-PERSON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I REALLY DON'T WANT TO APPOINT ANYBODY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY SEEING THEM IN FRONT OF THAT'S JUST ME, BUT I I'M OKAY WITH YOUR IDEA, DOING THE ZOOM TO MAYBE TO LOOK AT THE 18 AND SEE WHICH I DON'T KNOW, 10, MAYBE JUST FOR PURPOSES.
I MEAN, MAYBE SOME OF IT WE CAN GET FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE ZOOM THAT WE MIGHT, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
I DID JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WHEN YOU, UH, RECOMMEND A REQUEST TO HIM, YOU ONLY MEAN FOR THE CANDIDATES AND NOT THE COUNCIL, IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOVERNOR STILL REQUIRES A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND WE WERE ABLE TO MEET, UH, VIA ZOOM AND OTHER ITEMS. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE REQUEST TO HAVE THE INTERVIEWS BY ZOOM
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ONLY REFERS TO THE CANDIDATES AND NOT THE ACCOUNTS.SO HOW WILL WE INTERVIEW THEM IF YOU'RE NOT? SO YOU ALL WOULD BE IN PERSON AND THERE WOULD BE A SCREEN WHERE THEY NEEDED THAT CLARIFICATION.
BUT SO I HAVE A QUESTION OR A SUGGESTION.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THE 18, UH, CANDIDATES THAT ARE LOOKING TO BE ON THIS BOARD AND DETERMINE, UH, X AMOUNT, HOW MANY WE ACTUALLY DO WANT TO INTERVIEW VERSUS INTERVENE ALL 18.
UH, SOME OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE CHANGED THEIR JOB SITUATIONS OR WHATNOT.
THEIR COMMITMENT LEVEL MAY HAVE CHANGED AND VERSUS GOING THROUGH 18, UH, INTERVIEWS AT 30 MINUTES, EACH IS MAYBE THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND DECIDE ON WHICH ONES WE ACTUALLY WANT TO INTERVIEW MAYOR.
IF I COULD, YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPTION TO USE A SPARKS HIRE INTERVIEWS FOR THIS AS WELL.
LIKE YOU DID FIND THOSE CITY SECRETARIES, SO YOU COULD DO THE SPARKS HIRE FOR THE 18, AND THEN YOU GUYS COULD WATCH THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN COME BACK TO A COUNCIL MEETING AND CUT THE LIST DOWN TO WHATEVER NUMBER YOU WANT TO DO IN PERSON AND SAVE YOURSELVES A BUNCH OF TIME THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT W WHAT WE NEED TO DETERMINE FIRST IS WHAT OUR CRITERIA IS AS TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, IN THESE COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED THAT.
I KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA IS, UH, TO BE A MEMBER, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE JUDGING THEM OFF OF.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT AS A BODY.
SO, UM, I, I LOVE ANYTIME WE CAN DO THE SPARSE HIGHER OPTION, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND HOW WE'RE JUDGING THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME CRITERIA THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUDGE, RIGHT.
SO CAN WE COME UP WITH, CAN YOU, UH, WHAT'S THE WAY THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME, DO WE HAVE TO PUT IN THE CRITERIA, OR IS THERE A CRITERIA THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF ESTABLISHED IN HERE THERE'S BASIC, UH, CRITERIA AND THE ORDINANCE, A PERSON IN GOOD STANDING.
UM, AGAIN, SOMEONE WHO HASN'T SERVED ON A COMMISSION AND THREE YEARS, SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A DONOR.
SO THERE'S, THERE IS BASIC CRITERIA IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT IN TERMS OF INTRINSIC, UM, ITEMS OR CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR, UH, THAT'S NOT IN THE ORDINANCE.
UM, WHO ARE, UH, ANY VIRUS, CITY, SISTERS HAVE A, AN ETHICS COMMISSION.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, I DON'T HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT DO, I'M JUST WONDERING, IS IT VALUE TO SEE WHAT THEIR CRITERIA IS FOR A SELECTING AN INDIVIDUAL? UH, WE KNOW WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE, BUT AS A, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER BONING, HE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT QUESTION THEM ON.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA IS, UH, FOR THAT, UH, THAT, UH, COMMISSION.
SO SORRY WE COULD DO IS PROPOSE A SET OF CRITERIA FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER PERHAPS AT ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THOSE, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SCHEDULING OF THOSE INTERVIEWS.
CAN WE ALSO SUBMIT QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ASKED FOR THAT, TO MEET THAT CRITERIA AS WELL? YES.
SO I WOULD SAY NEXT WEEK WE'RE MEETING ANYWAY, RIGHT? WE HAVE A MEETING.
SO MAYBE JOYCE, TO YOUR POINT, IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH, I MEAN, THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S JUST GUIDELINES, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO NOT SERVE FOR ANY BOARDS AND ALL THAT, BUT IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF AN, I KNOW IN THE INTERIM, I MEAN THE CITY SECRETARY THING, MARTIN HAD HELPED, BUT IN THIS SITUATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY A FUNCTION OF HR.
SO IF WE CAN GET SOME CRITERIA IS THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND WE'LL KIND OF, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE NEXT MEETING, GO FROM THERE.
I KIND OF LOOK AT IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH IN THE COURTS, SELECTING A JURY, YOU KNOW, YOU DECIDE WHO YOU WANT TO BE APPLAUDED THE JURY.
AND NOT BASED OFF OF MAYBE CERTAIN QUESTIONS ASKED AND CERTAIN CRITERIA MANNERISMS. I THINK A LOT OF THAT TEMPERAMENT, I THINK A LOT OF THAT MATTERS WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, BY PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE IN DEBTORS OR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR POINT.
I, I DO SEE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IN HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKE AGGRESSIVELY ACTION ON POLITICAL RACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE A CONCERN THAT I HAVE, BUT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT CAUSES EVEN MORE FRICTION AMONGST IT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WE NEEDED TO THINK IT THROUGH AND HAVE SOME CRITERIA THAT COMES
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UP SO THAT THIS WAY WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND THEN COME BACK, COME, COME BACK TO Y'ALL WITH MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY.I WOULD THINK YOU BASICALLY HAVE IN THE ORDINANCE IS LIKE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE TO DRIVE A SCHOOL BUS.
SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO BE AS GOOD SCHOOL BUS DRIVER.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT IS WHAT'S THAT NEXT STEP TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD SCHOOL BUS DRIVER.
AND, AND MOST OF THE TIME, THOSE ARE FLESHED OUT WITH QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, YOU, UM, PLANE COMES BEFORE YOU, AND IT SAYS THIS, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RESPONSE FOOT OR WHAT WOULD BE YOUR, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU GET TO IT.
SO GETTING QUESTIONS FROM YOU GUYS, AND I THINK I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT, GETTING QUESTIONS TO GET TO THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND, I THINK IS PROBABLY TO BE THE EASIEST WAY TO GET WHAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR.
DID HE MANAGE YOUR, UM, HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH ETHICS COMMITTEES IN ANY OF YOUR PREVIOUS CITIES? OKAY.
AND WHAT WAS THAT PROCESS LIKE? UM, IT WAS A SHORT INTERVIEW, BUT IT WAS A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION INTERVIEW.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY BASICALLY LOOKED AT THE CHARTER AND TOOK PROVISIONS OUT OF THE CHARTER AND SAID, OKAY, THIS COMES BEFORE YOU.
UM, AND THIS IS A SITUATION, WHAT YOUR RESPONSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT THE HYPOTHETICAL THINGS JUST LIKE THEY WOULD ASK THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS RIGHT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY LIKE SELECTING JURORS.
I MEAN KNOW, ARE YOU FOR, OR AGAINST THE PENALTY FOR THIS? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTE OR ARE THERE GRAY AREAS TO THIS, TO THIS PROVISION IN THE CHARTER, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS ALL HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS, BUT I'VE GOTTEN SOME THAT WE CAN FORWARD TO YOU GUYS AS WELL.
BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF US BEING ABLE TO PRESENT SOME, UH, SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS.
UM, AS YOU GUYS RESEARCHED THE LAYOUT OF WHAT OTHER CITIES MAY HAVE DONE, HOW THEY MET THEIR CRITERIA.
AND THEN ALSO, I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO ADD WHAT COULD POSSIBLY DISQUALIFY YOU DOWN THE LINE ONCE YOU'RE A PART OF THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT ETHICS.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT SOME, UH, DISQUALIFICATION, UM, THINGS IN THERE AS WELL TO ADDRESS IF WE WENT INTO THESE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR CITY.
AND SO TO MYRA'S POINT, UH, WE COULD HAVE SOME THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE DOWN THE LINE.
SO WE WANT TO BE VERY, UM, KEEP OUR EYES OPEN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOTTING ALL THE I'S AND CROSSING ALL THE T'S AS WE CREATE THIS.
AND I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT IF WE CREATE A GUIDELINE OR A POLICY, UH, FOR WHAT THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION LOOKS LIKE AND BE VERY DETAILED ABOUT IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE, THIS ONE IS VERY SPECIFIC AND IT'S VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, AGAIN, I SAID, IT'S DEALING WITH ETHICS AND THAT'S A VERY DEEP ISSUE.
UM, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, I WANTED TO KNOW IF I WAIT FOR HIM.
SO SINCE WE'RE, SINCE WE ARE GOVERNING THIS, UM, COMMISSION AND THERE, IN TERMS OF GOVERNING OUR ETHICS, HOW WOULD, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE IN PLACE? AND I GUESS THIS WILL BE A LEGAL RECOMMENDATION OR FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, UM, MR. JACKSON, WHAT CAN WE DO? DO WE JUST REMOVE THEM OR HOW DO WE ACTUALLY GOVERN THEM AND THEIR ETHICAL, UM, I GUESS MISCONDUCT AND THE CITY MANAGER JUST ASKED ME, I JUST, FOR CONFIRMATION OF WHETHER THE COMMISSION ITSELF IS SUBJECT TO THE COMMISSION AND IT IS, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IF A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION VIOLATES ONE OF THE RULES, ONE OF THE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, THEY THEMSELVES CAN BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND A RECOMMENDATION COULD BE MADE TO COUNCIL OR REMOVAL, HOWEVER, YOU ALL ARE THE GOVERNING BODY.
SO YOU ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST TO REMOVE THEM AS WELL FOR, CAUSE IF, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THEY GET CONVICTED OF SOME SORT OF A CRIME, UH, YOU ALL WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO STATE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE REMOVING YOU BECAUSE HE'D BEEN CONVICTED OF THIS CRIME AGAINST MORAL TURPITUDE.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK EGO IS THERE'S EMOTION.
I MEAN, WE NEEDED TO COME BACK THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND MAYBE PERHAPS IN THAT MEETING, ONCE WE GET SOME CLARITY, THEN WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
YEAH, THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
[2(b) Receive information on the amendments to the boundaries of interest for the Texas Parkway/Cartwright Redevelopment Advisory Committee.]
ALL RIGHT.WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO B RECEIVE INFORMATION ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE BOUNDARIES OF INTEREST FOR THE TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT WEED DEVILMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY AUBREY NETTLES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVIL EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, NAMELY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, EXCESS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT ROAD ARE A VERY IMPORTANT CORRIDOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.
AND WE'RE MAKING SUBSTANTIAL STRIDES TOWARDS REVITALIZATION AND
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REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR COUNCIL EARMARKED $1.5 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS REVITALIZATION EFFORTS IN FISCAL YEAR 21.AND WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AT THE SOD IMPROVEMENT AND PROGRAM AS WELL AS MADE A SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TOWARD UNIFICATION ALONG MEETINGS ON TEXAS PARKWAY.
NOW THAT WE STARTED ADVERTISING THE PROGRAM FOR THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE GARNERED A LOT OF INTEREST.
WE'VE RECEIVED THREE OFFICIAL APPLICATIONS, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN CALLS ON ALMOST A DAILY BASIS, INQUIRING ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND RECEIVING CALLS.
SOME OF THE INTERESTS HAVE COME A LONG TEXAS PARKWAY FROM BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE WITHIN MISSOURI CITY CITY LIMITS, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE CORRIDORS PARAMETERS, WE DECIDED TO TALK TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR WHO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE TO DECIDE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALSO ON TEXAS PARKWAY, AS IT WOULD ALSO IMPACT THE CORRIDOR IF WE INCLUDED THEIR BUSINESSES AS WELL.
AND SO WE WANT TO SHOW YOU TODAY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS THE NEW BOUNDARIES FOR TEXAS PARKWAY WITHIN THE FORD OR PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS TEXAS PARKWAY FROM HIGHWAY 90 A TO CART.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING IT, STARTING AT ESSENTIALLY TURTLE CREEK A LITTLE BIT BEYOND, AND THEN TAKING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN PAST 98, WHERE IT TURNS INTO SOUTH GESSNER ROAD, ALL THE WAY TO THE BELTWAY.
SO THIS WILL GIVE US MORE LAND TO COVER AND REALLY INCLUDE A LOT OF PREMIERE ENTRANCES INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THROUGH TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR.
SO WE HAVE OUR CHAIR TO JEFFERY MONI AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S PART OF THAT MONICA RILEY FOR DISTRICT K IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS FROM YOU.
SO THIS ITEM DID COME BEFORE THE TEXAS PARKWAY CAUGHT RIGHT, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THAT, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE ACCOMPLISH THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, WHICH DOES INCLUDE, UM, ON THE BELTWAY TO 90, WHERE THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE AS WELL AS SLIGHTLY PAST, UM, CAUGHT RIGHT, GOING UP TO TURTLE CREEK, UH, DRIVE THAT THIS WAS, UH, THE FAIR AND EQUITABLE THING TO DO FOR THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.
HOW MANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES WOULD THAT INCLUDE EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES? I CAN GET YOU AN EXACT BUSINESS COUNT.
AND ON THE CARTWRIGHT TURTLE CREEK SIDE, IT WAS JUST A FEW ON THE HIGHWAY 92, THE BELTWAY IT'S GONNA HIT MORE, BUT I WOULD SAY, UM, ALTOGETHER IT'S LESS THAN 20.
AND HAVE YOU HAD ANY INQUIRIES FROM ANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES? YES.
SO THIS ALL STARTED BY A LAW OFFICE THAT IS LOCATED ON TEXAS PARKWAY, ALMOST AT TURTLE CREEK THAT IS INTERESTED IN THE FACADE PROGRAM.
AND SO WHEN WE, UH, I ACQUIRED A LITTLE BIT MORE, CAUSE I STARTED JUST AFTER THE PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES AS TO IF THE GROUP WOULD BE OPEN TO EXPLORING AND OPENING THE BOUNDARIES UP.
AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT, IT SEEMED TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO REALLY INCLUDE ALL OF IT THAT WAS WITHIN MISSOURI CITY CITY LIMITS.
UM, BEFORE WE, UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UM, PRIOR TO EXPANDING, HAVE YOU OR THE, YOUR DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY CANVAS THE WHOLE ENTIRE CORRIDOR TO SEE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IF THEY HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD OF THIS PROGRAM? SO WE, WE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO SEND OUT LETTERS TO ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND EMAILS.
WE ALSO HAVE WORKED WITH COMMUNICATIONS ON ALL OF THEIR SOCIAL PLATFORMS AND HAVE THE, UM, SIGNS OUT ON BOTH THE DIGITAL AND THE, UM, THE OTHER SIGNAGE, UM, AS WELL.
AND SO I'M SURE WE HAVEN'T CAPTURED EVERYONE JUST YET.
WE'RE ALSO, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING EVERYONE.
WE ARE ALSO AT THIS TIME WORKING ON OUR FIRST MIXER FOR BUSINESSES WHERE WE'RE HANDING OUT INVITATIONS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DISCUSS IT THERE AT OUR MIXER.
AND TWO, THE GOAL IS TO GET EVERYONE, BUT I KNOW THAT IT WILL TAKE TIME BEFORE WE REACH EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS.
SO WHEN I THINK OF CANVAS, I THINK OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
I THINK OF GOING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
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TRYING TO BE, I GUESS, AS OPPOSED TO THEM LOOKING FOR THOSE, THAT INFORMATION, I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD TAKE IT TO THEM AND FIGURE OUT HOW CAN YOU BE A BETTER ASSET TO THEM AS OPPOSED TO THEM LOOKING FOR THE INFORMATION BEFORE WE EVEN, UM, EXPAND.I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO EXPAND, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR US TO HIT THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN CAPTURED.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, OWNING THE PROPERTIES FOR THE MOST PART DON'T, AREN'T THERE ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO IT'S HARD TO GET THEM BY WALKING, UM, THE, THE SITES.
AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX A LITTLE MORE TO, TO GET THE FOLKS' ATTENTION.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, SENDING THE LETTERS.
THOSE WERE SOME OF OUR BIG PROJECTS OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK.
UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP AND SEE, UM, IF DRIVING AROUND AND REACHING OUT THAT WAY IS A BETTER OPTION.
BUT I ALSO THINK SOME OF THESE BUSINESS, UH, BUILDING OWNERS, I SHOULD SAY, DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THIS STATE, SOME OF THEM DON'T.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE HARD THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS, YOU KNOW, REACHING THEM ACROSS WHERE THERE'S SOME MORE MY NORTHEAST OR, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE, WEST COAST OR SOMEWHERE.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO CONSUMMATE EDWARD'S POINT, I MEAN, I THINK MAYBE WE CAN GET WITH SOME OF THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OCCUPYING THOSE SPACES AND THEN FIND OUT IF THERE'S A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OR, YOU KNOW, UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO CALL SOMEONE TO THERE'S A PROBLEM.
AND THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
BUT IN THE NEAR PROCESS IN THIS, WE NEED THE BUSINESS, THE BUILDING OWNERS WHO ACTUALLY OWN THE, ON THE FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, AUBREY, I WANT TO COMMEND YOUR TEAM AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR GETTING OUT THERE AND REACHING OUT TO THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS A CHALLENGE.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD ASK IF, UH, AT THIS MIXER THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, UH, TO MAYOR'S POINT AS WELL AS TO COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD'S POINT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS HERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT THE PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT THEY PROBABLY HAVE A DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OR EVEN THE OWNERS IN SALES.
SOME OF THEM ARE OWNERS THAT ARE LOCAL AND SOME OF THEM DO LIVE A FAR, BUT MAYBE DURING THAT, YOU CAN BE KIND OF INTENTIONAL AND ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR INFORMATION AND GATHER THAT AT THAT TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE NETWORKING, MIXING, BUT ALSO INTENTIONAL TO GATHER SOME, MAYBE SOME KEY INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THESE BUSINESSES KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, NET, UH, IN THIS COMMITTEE, WE'LL DO ALL RIGHT, MAN.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WITH THE EXTERIOR FACADE PROGRAM, WE'RE DEALING WITH A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING FUNDS UP TO $200,000, UH, FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
AND SO IF I MAY SAY, FOR INSTANCE, FIVE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM, THEN WE'VE EXHAUSTED THOSE FUNDS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ON THE CORRIDOR ARE LARGE IN STATURE.
AND SO THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN QUALIFY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
THEY PROBABLY NEED TO COME BEFORE THE TERRORS, UH, TO BE CONSIDERED SUCH AS THE PROPERTY WHERE THE MOVIE OLD MOVIE THEATER IS OR WHERE THE OLD KROGER LOCATION IS, ET CETERA.
AND SO, UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE INTEREST ON THE SMALLER PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN EXHAUST THOSE FUNDS, BUT THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN HOPEFULLY DO SOMETHING GREATER FOR 2023.
[3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE.AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07.
ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
MAY I HAD A QUESTION? UH, EGOS, DID WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE NO.
SO B A B COMMITTEE, THE TEXAS PARKWAY COMMITTEE IS ACTUALLY A COMMITTEE THAT WAS CREATED BY THE MAYOR.
THE MAYOR SETS THE BOUNDARIES AND THAT'S THE CRITERIA FOR THAT COMMITTEE.
HOWEVER, IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO CHANGE THE FUNDING PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE, THEN THAT CAN COME UP AND IT HASN'T BEEN THE 90 DAY TIMEFRAME YET, BUT THAT CAN COME UP AT A FUTURE MEETING FOR AMENDMENT CLARIFICATION.
IT'S 5 5, 5, 5 5 5, 1 0.87 AND 5 5 1 0.74.
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THANK YOU.[4. RECONVENE]
THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.IS THERE A MOTION MAYOR LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM THREE? A I MOVED AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH SANCHEZ GLOBAL MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 20 3008 75 TO SETTLE ANY DISPUTES OR POTENTIAL DISPUTES TO QUOTE NUMBER 1 0 4, 2 AND 1 0 5 2.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY, SO HEARING NONE.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORALIS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? UM, MAYOR, UH, PURSUANT TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, AND BECAUSE WE NEED, HE NEEDS CONCURRENCE FROM COUNCIL.
I MOVED TO CONSENT TO THE DISMISSAL OF STACY WALKER AS THE COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RABBONI SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
MEROLA'S MADE MOTION MAPPING A 10 BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
MEROLA'S IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES.
UM, I WOULD BASICALLY LIKE TO SAY SO MANY TIMES WE WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY SO MANY TIMES WE WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT BEING TRANSPARENT OR HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE, ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR STAFF.
BUT HERE WE ARE TERMINATING A STAFF THAT HAS GIVEN THEIR ALL TO THIS CITY FOR COUNTLESS YEARS AND HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TIRELESSLY FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE THE CITY LOOK GREAT.
I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AREN'T AND HERE WE ARE STILL BEING HELD BACK AS A CITY, NOT MOVING FORWARD.
SO STACY WALKER, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS CITY.
YOU HAVE LED WITH INTEGRITY AND I WISH YOU WELL, AND I'M SO SORRY THAT YOU HAD TINDER THIS, BUT I'M KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GO AND CONTINUE TO EXCEL WHEREVER YOU GO, AND THEY SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH EMOTION BY MAYOR.
PRO-TEM BONEY SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER MOBILES.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE.
SO ANY FURTHER BUSINESS WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.