* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THIS IS MAYOR FORD. [00:00:01] I CALL THIS MEETING [Item 1] TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED. I WILL NOW DO A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL. AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAY HERE OR PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON PRESENT, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S COUNCIL MEMBER MORALIS COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. I WILL NOW DO A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE OR PRESENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, CITY ATTORNEY CITY, SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON, PRESENT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, STACY WALKER, PRESIDENT DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. MARTIN RUSSELL, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT I DID NOT CALL? WE WILL START WITH [Item 2A (Part 1 of 2)] DISCUSSION TO A SUBMIT CONSIDER AND DISCUSS CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES FOR ADDITIONAL SCREENING. WE ARE ADDRESSING THIS BECAUSE AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A MOTION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE TOP FIVE CANDIDATES AND TO PROVIDE THEM TO STAFF, TO CONTACT, TO SCHEDULE, UH, SCREENINGS WITH THEM AND, UM, EG ADVISE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT, MAKE THAT MOTION IN A, UH, ANOTHER MEETING, UM, SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO HR. SO THIS IS WHY THIS AGENDA ITEM IS ON THIS MEETING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE STAFF WITH, UH, MARTIN RUSSELL WITH THOSE TOP FIVE CANDIDATES SO THAT HE CAN CONTACT THEM FOR SCREENING. OH, I COULDN'T MAKE THEM. YES. I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY THAT CAUSE THIS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS OUT AND I COULD MAKE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL TO SUBMIT AND DISCUSS OUR CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES THAT WE WILL LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING. IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS KELSEY MOVER, PRESTON. I SECOND THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS I'M NOT HEARING ANY COMMENTS, SO, UM, I WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO SUBMIT THEIR, UH, CANDIDATES TO MARTIN SO THAT HE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SCHEDULING THEM FOR SCREENING. THERE WERE DATES IN THE MOTION FROM LAST WEEK. SO, UH, ALL THAT HAS BEEN SET, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, PLEASE SUBMIT THE, UM, IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR CANDIDATE SPREADSHEET UNDERNEATH APPLICANT, YOU WILL SEE A LETTER THAT'S A, B, C WHATEVER THE APPLICANT NAME OR THAT COORDINATES WITH THAT APPLICANTS SUBMIT THE LETTER ONLY TO MARTIN, ONLY THE LETTER, THE LETTER COORDINATES WITH A CANDIDATE. SO ONLY SUBMIT THE LETTER TO MARTY. UH, MARTIN WILL THEN COMPILE, UH, THOSE CANDIDATES, UH, AND HE WILL COME AND PROVIDE US WITH THE TOP FIVE AND HE WILL CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN BE SCREENED. MAY I APPROACH AND KRISTIN, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. IS THERE A COMMENT I WAS WONDERING WHEN DOES MARTIN PROJECT THAT HE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO US NEXT WEEK? HE, HE OUGHT TO BE MARTIN. ARE YOU ABLE TO EVEN GIVE THIS TO US AT THE END OF THE MEETING TODAY? IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GET, GET, GET THOSE OVER, EMAIL THOSE TO YOU NOW. OKAY. IF YOU GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE OVER TO MARTIN NOW, UM, HE WILL GO AHEAD AND COMPILE THAT AND GET US THE LIST. MARTIN, PLEASE ONLY PROVIDE US WITH THE LETTERS, UH, UNTIL THOSE PEOPLE ARE CONTACTED. UH, WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH NAMES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO IF YOU GO AHEAD AND EMAIL THOSE TO MARTIN RIGHT NOW, HE WILL COMPILE THEM RIGHT NOW. MY REPORT, I WILL HAVE MY WHOLE LIST SUBMITTED. OKAY. YOU CAN SUBMIT THE WHOLE LIST TO HIM. I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. OKAY. WELL YOU JOYCE TECH DONE DURING THE MEETING. YEAH. SO JUST RESUBMIT IT AND YOU ALL COULD ALSO JUST PROVIDE THE LETTERS TO MARTIN OUT LOUD. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE'S PREPARED TO NOTATE [00:05:01] THAT WANT TO HAVE A ROLL CALL AND JUST GIVE HIM THE LETTERS OUT LOUD. THAT WAY HE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, START COMPILING. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, I'LL START MARTIN. ARE YOU READY? YES, I AM READY. OKAY, SO I'LL START AND THEN I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LIST. UM, SO MY R F AS IN FRANK, A R AS IN ALPHA RABBIT, A B AS IN APPLE BUNNY, H AS IN HOT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAY I APPROACH HIM PRESTON? YES, MARTIN MINE, OR S AS IN SALLY, H AS IN HECTOR, F AS IN FRANK, A, B A R. THANK YOU. PRO TIM PRESTON CAST MEMBER EDWARDS. OKAY. MINE. FIRST ONE IS F AS IN FRANK, S AS IN SAM, A, B A R A R. AND THEN MY LAST ONE IS H THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. LET ME GO BACK OVER YOURS AGAIN. YOURS WAS F AS IN FRANK, S AS IN SAM, A B A R N H. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU, MAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING JS, AND JASON. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE. UH, I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND. IT WAS, UH, PRESENTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE VOTED ON ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR. NO, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST PROVIDING MARTIN WITH ALL THE WE'LL GO AND VOTE. WE'LL JUST PROVIDE HIM MARTIN WITH ALL THE LETTERS. CAUSE HE, JOYCE SAID TO GO AHEAD AND VERBALLY GIVE IT TO HIM. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR AFTERWARDS. YES, GO AHEAD. AS I, AS I STATED BEFORE, UM, I WOULD LIKE ALL APPLICANTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO HR ALL EQUALLY WEIGHTED THE SAME AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. OKAY. AND MY RULE IS NOT ON COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY WANTS ALL HIS, UH, SUBMITTED ALSO CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY. I I'VE TAKEN OUT A FEW TO, UH, TO DROP OFF. OKAY. UM, THOSE ARE, GO AHEAD. YOU'RE DROPPING THESE OFF, RIGHT? YOU'RE REMOVING THE DROPPING OFF. DON'T WANT THOSE ON ALL THE OTHERS ARE WORKING ON. OKAY. YOU W X, Y H E A F A I A J A U. THESE ARE ALL THOSE THAT MAR NET INDICATED WERE NOT QUALIFIED. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M DROPPING THEM OFF. OKAY. THANK YOU. MA'AM. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. SO WE'VE GIVEN MARTIN ALL THOSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AND ASK FOR COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. HE WANTS THOSE REMOVED FROM HIS LIST. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM, PRESTON. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. THERE WAS NOISE. YAY. COUNCIL MEMBER AT WORKS. COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE, [00:10:01] UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS IS NOT OUR COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY NAME. ALRIGHTY. AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD AND YES. SO MOTION PASSES. UH, MARTY, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM. SO IF YOU CAN COMPILE THOSE AND JUST LET US KNOW, UM, AT THE END OF THE MEETING, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE IT READY, UM, WHAT LETTERS ARE THE TOP FIVE TO MOVE FORWARD? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL HAVE THAT READY FOR YOU. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL CONSIDER [Item 2B] AND DISCUSSED CITY BOARDS, COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION MEMBER APPOINTMENTS. AND REAPPOINTMENTS MARIA. YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS, COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS AS A FOLLOW-UP FROM MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETINGS. UM, NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS AND BOTH HAVE AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING NEXT SLIDE. THIS YEAR, WE DID RECEIVE QUITE A BIT FOR APPLICATIONS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEIR NAMES ARE JANE DAVIDSON, ALICE THOMPSON, AMY KWAN, AND RAYMOND RICHARDSON. NEXT SLIDE. YEAH, THIS IS METAPHOR. BEFORE YOU GO FURTHER. ARE WE APPOINTING TONIGHT? NO, MA'AM THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE. I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND, UM, UH, UH, THE GROUPS THAT THEY BE, THE ONES THAT AGREED TO SERVE TO, UH, BOTH OF THEM, UH, TO CONTINUE BY ACCLAMATION. AND THEN ALSO WE ALSO IN THE PAST HAVE, UH, INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES FOR ALL VACANCIES AND OPEN POSITIONS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THOSE, FOR THAT. THAT'S YOUR MOTION? YES. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND MOTION? CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION PLEASE? WELL, HE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION. UH, ONCE I GET A SEC, IF I GET A SECOND, THEN WE CAN GO TO QUESTIONS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION THAT A SECOND. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, STERLING. YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I LOOKED THROUGH, I REVIEWED ALL OF THE, UM, THE BOARDS AND, UM, I'M, I'M JUST A LITTLE BAFFLED. WELL, WHY DO WE KEEP NOMINATING PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXCESSIVE ABSENCES AND THESE PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO SERVE AND THEY HAVE MS. HALF OF THE YEAR. SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERN. IF THEY MISS OVER FIVE, UH, THREE TO FIVE ABSENCES A YEAR, WHY DO WE JUST KEEP NOMINATING THEM FOR BOARD? ARE YOU ASKING ME OR MARIA, OR JUST, I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED. WE JUST KEEP NOMINATING THEM OVER AND THEY KEEP WANTING TO SERVE EACH TIME, BUT THEY ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS. AND I'M JUST FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR MEETINGS. AND SO IN REFERENCE FOR ME, UM, I AGREE WITH YOU, UH, BUT JUST IN THE PAST, UM, PRIOR TO ME BEING IN THIS POSITION, UM, THAT WAS JUST THE MODE OF OPERATION THAT IF PEOPLE AGREE TO SERVE, THEY WERE BASICALLY JUST PUT BACK ON WITH A COURSE OF COUNCIL VOTE. UH, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, UH, IF SOMEONE HAS EXCESSIVE ABSENCES, IT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE THEY'RE JUST NOT THAT INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE BOARD. UM, SO NOW, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, SO I'LL DO A WELCOME, WELL, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE, UH, I HAD A QUESTION, UH, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, STERLING, ARE THERE SPECIFIC, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'VE SEEN THAT, UM, FIT THAT CRITERIA THAT WE COULD DISCUSS? I MEAN, BECAUSE I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSING THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THEY'RE NOT A GOOD VALUE TO THE CITY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU MAY BE REFERENCING. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW NAMES. I MEAN, I JUST LOOKED AT, I MEAN, I KNOW THE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS, BUT I LOOKED AT THE LIST TODAY AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE, UM, VIA CRITERIA AND, UH, RESOLUTION FOR SERVING. AND I LOOKED AT THE ATTENDANCE POLICY AS WELL. SO, AND I LOOKED AT, UM, THE ABSENTEES AND MOST OF THEM HAD ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FIVE, THREE APPS, AS I CAN UNDERSTAND, BUT MORE THAN THREE AND YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, I DON'T, I THINK THAT'S DOING A DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. RIGHT. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING BEFORE WE CAST THE BOAT? THAT SHOULD BE RIGHT? YEAH, I DO MEAN, I JUST TOOK NOTE SEVEN. I DON'T KNOW WHO JR. ATKINS CIRCLE PARTS BOARD HAS HAD FOUR ABSENCES AS FOUR OUT OF THE YEAR. SO THAT MEANS YOU ONLY ATTENDED, YOU KNOW, UM, [00:15:01] YOU KNOW, HALF, WELL, NOT HALF A YEAR, BUT ALMOST HALF OF THE YEAR. AND THEN ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING, THERE WERE, UM, JAMES, UH, HE HAD THREE ABSENCE. HE BRIGHTWATER HAD FIVE ABSENCE. UM, JAMES BAILEY HAD THREE MICRO HARASSES, HAD THREE COURTNEY ROSE HAD FIVE. AND SO I'M JUST GONNA LOOK CONCERNED. IF YOU HAVE FIVE APPS, IS IT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO SERVE. SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE JUST CONTINUE TO SERVE. AND IF THEY AGREE TO SERVE FROM THERE, NOT REALLY SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY POINT OF CLARIFICATION, CUSTOMER COUNSEL STERLING IS BRIGHT BRIGHTWELL UP FOR, I'M NOT SURE. UH, I WAS LOOKING AT ABSENCES, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S, UH, UM, ANOTHER POINT THAT MAYBE, UH, MARIA OUR, UM, UH, CAN HELP US WITH. I THOUGHT WE HAD HAD A POLICY THAT WE ESTABLISHED THAT IF THEY HAD MORE THAN THREE AVERAGES IN A ROW, THAT, UH, THEY WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE, UH, TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF REMOVING THEM. ISN'T THAT IN PLACE? THAT'S CORRECT COUNSEL, BECAUSE I READ IT TODAY. AND, BUT THEN I UNDERSTAND WHEN I READ THE POLICY AS WELL. SO YES, THAT, THAT IS, AND MAYBE, MAYBE JOYCE OR, UM, MARIA CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY, BUT WHEN I READ THE POLICY, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL. OKAY, GO AHEAD. HI, THIS IS MARIA. SO THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY BOTH HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE THAT FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE, UH, REGULAR MEETING ABSENCES THAT ANY BOARD MEMBER HAS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR TERM IS UP, UH, UP OR NOT. AND COUNCIL IS TO BE NOTIFIED. AND I THINK WE DID HAVE A CASE TODAY FOR A PARKS BOARD MEMBER WHO, UM, THERE WAS A MEETING YESTERDAY AND THAT WOULD CLASSIFY THAT THIS PERSON, EVEN THOUGH HIS TERM IS NOT UP, HE DOES HAVE THREE CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES. AND COUNCIL IS NOW AWARE OF THAT. AND IT REALLY AT THE COUNCIL AS THE WEATHER, HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THE POLICY SAYS THAT COUNCIL IS TO BE, UH, THAT THOSE ABSENCES AND INDIVIDUALS ARE TO BE REPORTED TO COUNCIL, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID IN THAT ONE CASE, UH, FOR, FOR TODAY IN ANY OTHER CASE. SO ANYTIME THAT THERE'S CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES COUNSELING, RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW THE, I DON'T KNOW THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, I DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE ABSENT FROM, UH, UH, FROM, UH, THE PARTICULAR MEETINGS OR THE CONSISTENCY OR, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, HOW SPREAD OUT THEY ARE, THINGS DO HAPPEN. AND PEOPLE DO HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT MAY ARISE JUST LIKE OUR COLLEAGUE IS NOT ON TODAY BECAUSE SOME PRE, UH, I GUESS, ARRANGED. AND I HAD TO MODIFY MY SCHEDULE TO BE ON THIS PARTICULAR MEETING TODAY. SO THINGS DO COME UP. UH, PEOPLE DO HAVE OTHER FIVES AND THINGS THAT HAPPENED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF A LACK OF, UH, INTEREST OR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. I JUST THINK THAT, UH, IF, UH, I THINK THAT THOSE, THOSE BOARDS HAVE PRETTY GOOD CHAIRS, UH, THE PARKS BOARD AND, UH, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING. AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE VERY COMMUNICATIVE WITH THE STAFF AND WITH THE COUNCIL AS TO THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT MAYBE SOME COUNT FOR SOME OF THEIR, UH, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. BUT, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE, YOU RAISED A GREAT POINT THAT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY MISSING, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, MARIA, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS IN RELATION TO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY JUST STATED, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING, THEY DECIDE THEIR OWN RULES, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL INSTITUTED FOR THOSE BOARDS, UH, THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION, THEIR, UH, RULES AND PROCEDURES WERE APPOINTED OR APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL BY RESOLUTION. RIGHT? SO IF, SO, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE, UH, CONSIDER A CHANGE, MAYBE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, FOR SOME OF THE RULES, UH, TO PRESENT TO THEM, OR HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, THE CHAIR THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PROBABLY LOOK AT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS I SAY STATED, I BELIEVE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE VERY, VERY SOLID CITIZENS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO MISSOURI CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVEN'T PROVEN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE INTEREST IN AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY, MY OPINION. AND I JUST FIND IT QUITE CHALLENGING. THEY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO BE ELECTED TO THE BOARD. SO IF THEY HAVE EXCESSIVE ABSENCES, WHY DID THEY NOT COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? AGAIN, I, ANYTIME YOU MISS ACCENT, YOU HAVE AN EXCESSIVE AND MARIA, CAN YOU PUT A P A ABSENTEE, UM, CHEEK THAT YOU HAVE? BECAUSE, [00:20:01] I MEAN, THAT'S JUST ME PERSONALLY. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SERVE ON ANY BOARD AND NOT ONLY THAT BE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION ON A BOARD AND STILL HAVE EXCESSIVE ABSENCES. THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN. THIS IS MAYOR FORD. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND JUST FYI. UM, WE STILL DO HAVE TIME TO APPOINT PEOPLE. SO, I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE VOTE ON THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, BUT IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, UM, WE COULD HAVE, WE CAN NOT APPOINT TONIGHT IF THAT MOTION DOESN'T PASS. SO JUST FYI AND WE CAN APPOINT AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, THOSE PEOPLE, AND WE CAN GET A BETTER GRASP OF THE ABSENCES, BUT IT'S UP TO Y'ALL. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, SO WE WILL DO A VOTE. UM, BUT JUST FYI. SO, MARIA, ARE YOU ABLE TO GET THAT, THAT INFORMATION UP, DOUG, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE SLIDE WHERE THE ESSENCE IS THERE IT IS. THAT'S 2019 FOR THE BOARD. AND THEN, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE THAT IS FOR THIS YEAR. YES. SO THIS WAS A SLIDE THAT WAS UPDATED JUST TODAY WITH A POSITION. NUMBER 11, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THERE'S THREE NOW, CONSECUTIVE, REGULAR ABSENCES, AND WE ALSO HAVE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO IF COUNCIL IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO THAT SLIDE. OKAY. THERE WE GO. WELL, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ATTENDANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 MAYOR. THIS IS COUNCIL PRESTON. I HAVE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME. I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF AUTOMATICALLY REAPPOINTING PEOPLE ON THE BASIS THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING. ONE THING THAT I'VE PICKED UP ON FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH CITIZENS IS THEIR WILLINGNESS AND THEIR DESIRE TO SERVE ON SOME OF THE BOARDS. UM, I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT POOL OF PEOPLE THAT SERVE. UM, BUT IF WE GET INTO THE MODE OF REAPPOINTING PEOPLE, UM, JUST BASED ON THEIR DESIRE TO CONTINUE SERVING IT IN A SENSE LIMITS, OTHER PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO JOIN THESE BOARDS, UM, THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE RECEIVED AND CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS. AND SO I AM AT THE MOMENT, NOT IN FAVOR OF REAPPOINTING PEOPLE ON THE BASIS THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I CALL FOR THE VOTE? ALRIGHTY, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON, NO COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, NO COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, NO COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE. YES. WE'RE REAL. THIS IS NOT ON. AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD. NO. SO, UM, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. WHAT'S SOMEBODY GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY. SO MARIA, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING, I SEE YOU HAVE PLANNING AND ZONING PARKS BOARD. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? YOU HAD THE, THE PARKS FOUNDATION. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE THAT FOR ALL THE BOARDS OR JUST THOSE? DO YOU HAVE THE ATTENDANCE FOR ALL THE BOARDS? I, THE OTHER BOARDS THEY DON'T MEET AS OFTEN. UM, SO, UM, DOESN'T YEAH, SO YOU CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST PUT IT IN OUR DROPBOX. SO AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, WE COULD GO AHEAD. NOT UNLESS YOU GUYS WANT TO GO THROUGH AND APPOINT PEOPLE TONIGHT. IS THAT, IS THAT THE DESIRE OR Y'ALL WANT TO GO WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING. THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON. I HAVE MARIA, WHEN DO WE NEED TO HAVE THESE POSITIONS FIELD TO STAY IN LINE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF APPOINTMENTS? SO THIS POSITIONS EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE ROLLED OVER THE CASE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. AND I THINK THAT'S A CARRY OVER. UH, AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT EACH CHOICE IS A CARRY OVER AND IF JOYCE HOLDOVERS TO REFERENCE THE HOLDOVER? YES. OKAY. I'M OF THE OPINION. I DON'T THINK THAT THE HOLDOVER WOULD BE NECESSARY THAN LESS A CIRCUMSTANCE PRESENTS ITSELF WHERE THAT IS [00:25:01] NECESSARY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE COUNSEL AMPLE AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CROSSED OUR T'S AND DOTTED OUR I'S TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS KNOW, I KNOW COMMUNICATIONS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, GETTING THAT INFORMATION, BUT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT MAY WANT TO JUST ALSO LET RESIDENTS KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. I THINK IF WE CAN DO IT BEFORE THAT JUNE 30TH MEETING, UM, AND REALLY GIVE COUNSEL OPPORTUNITY, UM, I'VE GONE THROUGH IT, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH THESE APPLICATIONS AND CONTINUE TO GIVE RESIDENTS OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS. SO IF THAT'S, IF NO ONE MAKES ANOTHER MOTION AT THIS POINT, UH, SINCE MARIA WAS JUST GIVING US AN UPDATE, WE CAN GET THIS ON THE NEXT, THE FIRST MEETING. YOU SAID JUNE 30TH, CORRECT MARIA FOR THE EXPIRATIONS OF THOSE POSITIONS. OH, FOR THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE POINTING A VACANT. UH, THEY CAN SEE, I THINK THAT ONE EXPIRES IN 2021, DECEMBER 31ST. SO WE CAN PUT IT ON THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE. AND THAT WAY COMMUNICATIONS CAN PUSH THIS OUT FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. AND AT THAT POINT, THAT'S PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEM TO GET APPLICATIONS IN MAYOR. I'M SORRY, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON. AND LET ME, UM, MAKE MYSELF CLEAR. THE REASON THAT I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE DOES AN OPPORTUNITY, FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO GET APPLICATIONS IN. UM, THAT'S NOT TO SAY CANDIDATES THAT HAVE AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING WILL NOT ULTIMATELY BE CHOSEN AGAIN, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE OPEN THIS PROCESS UP FULLY AND THAT RESIDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND LIGHT OF EVERYTHING GOING ON TO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN, SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS, GIVE US TIME TO REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE THE BEST INFORMED DECISION FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THAT'S FINE. SO UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER MOTION, MARIA, CAN YOU PUT IT ON THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE? YES, MA'AM. UM, I HEARD SOMEONE GONNA MAKE A COMMENT WAS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS. ONE OF THE MEMBERS. NO FINE. OKAY. SO, UM, MARIA, WE'LL GET THE ATTENDANCE FOR ALL OF THE BOARDS THAT SHE CAN GET ATTENDANCE FOR. SHE'LL GET THAT ON, GET THAT INTO OUR DROP BOXES AND WE NEED TO BE READY TO APPOINT IN THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE AND COMMUNICATIONS. UM, IF I THINK STACY, YOU'RE ON THE CALL. ARE YOU STILL HERE? YES. IF YOU CAN PUSH THIS OUT, UM, FOR THE BOARD AND, UH, BASICALLY LET THEM LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND IF THEY CAN GET THOSE APPLICATIONS, WE NEED THEM IN MARIA. WHAT IS, I GUESS, A DEADLINE? IS IT THE LAST MARCH, MAY 31ST, THE DEADLINE FOR YOU. SO YOU HAVE THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE JUNE 1ST COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE, WHICH IS THAT SUNDAY. THAT WOULD BE MAY 31ST. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. SO PERFECT. THIS IS STACY. SO WE'VE PUSHED OUT THE BOARDS COMMITTEES PRIOR, AND IT'S ALSO BEEN IN THE DIGITAL NEWSLETTER. SO MARIA, IF YOU WILL SEND ME THAT UPDATED DEADLINE, WE WILL ADD THAT TO THE NEWS RELEASE AND WE SEND IT OUT NEXT WEEK AND IT'LL BE IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER AND IN THE NEWS SO WE CAN PUSH IT OUT TO ALL THE OUTLETS. ALRIGHTY. ALL RIGHT. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, WE'RE WAITING IS MARTIN BACK YET? I'M SURE HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO YOU'RE READY, MARY, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE. I DID HAVE MY MOTION ALSO INCLUDED ANOTHER COMPONENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO RE RE UH, STATE THE MOTION THAT, UH, FOR ALL VACANCIES AND FOR, UH, OPEN POSITIONS, NOT THOSE AT ARE, UM, AGREEING TO SERVE, UH, THAT, THAT WE INTERVIEW THOSE VACANT AND OPEN POSITIONS, NAMELY THE CHARTER COMMISSION REVIEW, AS WELL AS VACANCIES ON ALL OF THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. OKAY. UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT MOTION, JOYCE, IS THAT OKAY IF HE MAKES THAT AS A SEPARATE MOTION OR IS THAT GONNA BE SINCE IT WAS ALREADY MADE AN ISSUE? UM, IT WAS A COMPONENT OF THE FIRST ITEM, BUT IF A PERSON, IF A MEMBER, UH, [00:30:01] WHO VOTED AGAINST IT WITH BLACK TO MAKE THAT MOTION NOW THAT COULD, UM, AND THERE ARE FIVE VOTES FOR IT THEN, UH, YOU ALL COULD VOTE ON THAT ITEM IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS INTERVIEW. OKAY. WE'VE INTERVIEWED, UH, OPEN POSITIONS. THEY CAN PUT ME, THEY CAN POSITION AN OPEN POSITIONS. AND, UH, I W I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THESE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. UM, I'M OPEN. UM, SOMEBODY JUST HAS TO MAKE THE MOTION. AYE. SO MAKE THE MOTION WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE FOUR. OKAY. SO IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY WHO VOTED AGAINST IT, ANYBODY OKAY. TWICE NOT HEARING ANYTHING. SO, UM, WE'RE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. ALRIGHTY. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THE DIRECTIVE THAT, UM, FOR MARIA TO PUT IT ON THE FIRST AGENDA ON IN JUNE. ALL RIGHT, MARTIN. [Items 2A (Part 2 of 2) & 5] ALL RIGHT. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. YES. YES. OKAY. UM, FROM THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED TONIGHT, THE TOP FIVE ARE LETTERS, F S H A B N A R A. THESE FIVE WILL BE CONTACTED. AND YOU GIVE THEM AGAIN, MARTIN, I'M SORRY. YES. UM, EXCUSE ME. UH, APPLICANT F AS IN FRANK, S AS IN SAM, H AS IN HENRY, A, B, N A R. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, GO AHEAD, CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE. THERE WAS A DATE IN THE MOTION FROM LAST WEEK. THEY NEED TO SCHEDULE SCREENINGS WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME. UM, AND ONCE THEY AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEIR NAMES WILL BE PUBLIC AT THAT POINT, MAYOR. YES. UH, YOU SAID YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE SCREENING. YES. GO. SO I WAS GOING TO ASK, THE NEXT THING IS TO TELL MARIA, UH, TO POST AT THIS POINT, UM, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE A QUORUM. SO MARIA, YOU NEED TO POST, UH, I GUESS FOR ALL OF, I THINK IT WAS THROUGH THE 15TH THAT THERE WAS, UM, THE END DATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS PUT IN HER MOTION. SO AS OF, SO FOR TUESDAY, FOR TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE, UH, FOR US TO SCREEN, MARTIN CAN CALL ON MONDAY, BUT SO THAT WE DON'T MISS THE 72 HOURS JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTS TO SCREEN ON TUESDAY FOR CLARITY. WHEN YOU SAY A SCREEN MORTON AND IT HIT ME UP, OR DO YOU MEAN INTERVIEWING THESE PEOPLE OR HAVING THEM PRESENT, OR HOW, WHAT DO YOU REPRESENT WHEN YOU SIT IN SCREENING? SO THEY BOTH THEY'LL, THEY'LL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS. AND LIKE I SAID, I HAVE THE BOOKLET, UH, WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS. AND MATTER OF FACT, I'LL JUST LEAVE THE BOOKLET, UM, UP AT CITY HALL, MARIA, I'LL LEAVE IT IN YOUR CHAIR. SO IF YOU CAN, UM, IF ANYBODY WANTS ANY QUESTIONS FROM HERE, IF YOU CAN, OR I DON'T KNOW, MARTIN, DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE IT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE MARIA? I DON'T KNOW WHICH IT'S EASIER FOR YOU GUYS TO GET THIS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON WHOEVER'S INTERESTED IN ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS. UM, I THINK MARIA DOES A VERY GOOD JOB IN GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO COUNCIL. OKAY. SO MARIA ALI, THE BOOKLET IN YOUR, IN YOUR CHAIR, UM, FROM 2015 WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS IN IT THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US, SO YOU'LL HAVE A REFERENCE. UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT POSTED FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK, YOU CAN SET ALL OF THEM UP FOR SIX O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. UM, AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WORK IN BETWEEN THOSE TIME CONSTRAINTS WITH SETTING UP SCREENINGS. SO BETWEEN SIX AND NINE. SO JUST LET THE CANDIDATES KNOW THE FIVE TOP PEOPLE THAT THOSE TIME SLOTS ARE BETWEEN SIX AND NINE ON TUESDAY [00:35:01] TO FRIDAY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. OKAY. THE POINT OF CLARIFICATION COMES FROM MEMORY, AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AT CITY HALL, OR IS IT GOING TO BE THROUGH JONES ZONE? OKAY. WOULD THIS BE OPENED UP TO THE COMMUNITY OR IS THIS JUST FOR COUNCIL AT THIS POINT? OR HOW WOULD I, SO EOS WILL GET, ARE WE ABLE TO DO THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR DO THEY HAVE TO DO IT IN AN OPEN MEETING? UM, YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THIS PORTION AND AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE IT'S STILL DELIBERATION, WHATEVER, ANY VISION, ANY VOTE THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MUST BE MADE IN AN OPEN MEETING. OKAY. SO WE WILL DO THE ACTUAL SCREENINGS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND AS SAID, IF THERE'S A NEED TO TAKE A VOTE, WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT IN AN OPEN SEC, OPEN MEETING MORE THAN THIS. MY FINAL QUESTION. IS THERE A TIME LIMIT FOR EACH CANDIDATE THAT WOULD BE A COUNCIL CALL? UM, I, I, I DON'T HAVE A TIME LIMIT. WOULD YOU LIKE ONE? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE ONE BECAUSE, I MEAN, IF YOU GO, I MEAN, LAST LIMITED, WELL, I WAS AT WORK. I'LL LEAVE THAT TOMORROW. I MEAN, THAT'S A COUNCIL CALL ON HOW LONG WE WOULD WANT THEM TO. SO, I MEAN, DOES AN HOUR WORK COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? I'M AT THE WHEEL OF THE COUNCIL MAYOR FOR THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON. I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO MR. RUSSELL TO GIVE US SOME BEST PRACTICES AS IT RELATES TO HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO THOROUGHLY SCREEN CANDIDATES MORE DOES ONE HOUR SEEM REASONABLE? DOES THAT SEEM LIKE AN AMP AMPLE AMOUNT OF TIME? SHOULD WE EXTEND THAT? WHAT ARE YOUR SUGGESTIONS? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I NEED TO LOOK AT IS HOW MANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN THAT BOOK THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO ASK THE, UH, THE, THE CANDIDATE. AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY DETERMINE HOW LONG THIS, UH, INTERVIEW WILL LAST. SO MAYOR FORD, DO YOU KNOW, BASED UPON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, HOW MANY QUESTIONS YOU'RE LOOKING TO ASK THAT PARTICULAR CANDIDATE? UH, FOR ME, I WOULD, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE FROM LIKE THREE QUESTIONS. I WOULD PICK MY TOP THREE OUT OF HERE, BUT THE BOOKLET HAS, OH, WOW. THE BOOKLET HAS LIKE OVER 70 QUESTIONS IN HERE THAT YOU CAN PICK ACTUALLY IT HAS 99 YOU CAN PICK FROM. OKAY. UM, AND ARE THOSE QUESTIONS ARE THE SAME QUESTIONS GOING TO BE ASKED TO EACH CANDIDATE OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AS TO EACH CANDIDATE THERE SHOULDN'T BE, THAT SHOULD BE THE SAME QUESTION FOR 18 ORDER TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE. IT SHOULD BE THE SAME QUESTION. YES. EVERYBODY SHOULD ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS OF THERE. THEY'RE SAYING THREE, FIVE QUESTIONS OF EACH CANDIDATE. OKAY, GREAT. UM, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EACH MEMBER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT EACH MEMBER WILL ASK. AND FROM THAT WILL DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW LONG THAT INTERVIEW WILL LAST, BECAUSE I DO KNOW WE DO HAVE CANDIDATES THAT COULD BE VERY LONG WINDED, BUT WE ALSO MIGHT HAVE SOME CANDIDATES THAT ARE VERY PRECISE TO THE POINT ON ANSWERING QUESTIONS. UM, AND IF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO THREE OR FIVE, BASED UPON EACH COUNCIL MEMBER THAT COULD TAKE A, UH, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO FINISH. UH, IF, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY QUESTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS COUNSELING PRESTON AT THE VERY LEAST, UH, I THINK IT SHOULD BE AN HOUR. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN WE CONDUCT BOARD INTERVIEWS, WE AT LEAST GIVE THEM 15 TO 20 MINUTES IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. BUT, UM, THE, THE WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS AND THE POSITION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FEEL, UM, FOR US TO GET THEM OUT OF TIME. UM, AT THE VERY LEAST IT SHOULD BE AN HOUR. WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FILL THE TOP POSITION. OKAY. I AGREE AS COUNCILMAN STERLING AND HOUR. AND IF IT'S IN, IF A CANDIDATE WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER, LET'S SAY AN ADDITIONAL 15 MINUTES AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES LONGER. I MEAN, EVEN IF THEY'RE DOING PRESENTATIONS, THAT'S AMPLE TIME. OKAY. WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST, I WOULD SUGGEST A, IN AT LEAST EACH CANDIDATE AN HOUR AND A HALF BECAUSE [00:40:01] OF THE, UH, COMPLEXITY OF THE, NOT THE COMPLEXITY, BUT THE AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS THAT COULD BE ASKED. AND IF THAT, UH, THAT CANDIDATE WILL, UH, WOULD HAVE A, SOMEWHAT OF A PRESENTATION THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL BASED UPON HIS EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND. AND THAT WORKS FOR ME. SO LET'S DO AN HOUR AND A HALF. UH, LET'S KEEP EVERYBODY SINCE IT'S SEVEN OF US, THREE QUESTIONS, UM, PER CANDIDATE, AND THOSE QUESTIONS, THE SAME QUESTION NEEDS TO BE ASKED OF EACH CANDIDATE AND DO NOT SCHEDULE MORE THAN TWO PER EVENING. OKAY. YES. YES. MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. SO, UM, JUST TO RECAP THE CONVERSATION, COUNCIL'S GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, EITHER TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, OR FRIDAY, STARTING AT 6:00 PM TO INTERVIEW THE CANDIDATES AND CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. BUT A MEETING NEEDS TO BE QUOTE POSTED FOR EVERY EAT FOR EVERY DAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY. UM, SO UNTIL SO TO MAKE SURE AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A 72 HOURS FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY. RIGHT. SO THE 72 HOUR NOTICE FOR THE TUESDAY MEETING IS SATURDAY. AND THEN THE 72 HOUR NOTICE FOR THE WEDNESDAY MEETING. IS IT SUNDAY? SO UNLESS COUNCIL DIRECTS OTHERWISE, UM, I CAN GO AHEAD AND POST ALL FOUR OF THEM TODAY, AND THEN THAT WAY IT'S ON THE CALENDAR. AND THEN, UM, IT'S READY TO GO FOR NEXT WEEK. WHATEVER IS EASIER FOR YOU, MARIA. I'M I'M OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND POST IT TODAY AND I'LL SEND A CALENDAR INVITATION. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO COUNCILMAN, UH, EMORY, AS I INDICATED BEFORE, I WON'T BE PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THESE, UH, INTERVIEWS OR SCREENINGS. SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE MY, A LOT OF TIME FOR, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU CAN BEST USE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THAT'S IT? WE ARE NOW JOURNALING. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. THANK YOU, MAN. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.