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          THIS IS MAYOR 
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FORD. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED. 
          THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY CASTLE AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE. 
          PRESENT MAYOR PROTEIN, PRESTON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, KATHERINE GRAHAM PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY PRESENT. 
          SORRY, THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF MEMBERS AND MEETING PRESENTERS. 
          AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE OR PRESENT IT. 
          LUMPS CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, PRESENT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLENN MARTEL PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY E-JUICE EMO PRESENT. 
          DID HE SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON PRESENT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION, STACY WALKER, AND THEN DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, MARTIN RUSSELL PRESENT. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          [2. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE TIME IS NOW SIX OH ONE. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THIS IS ANTHONY MARULA. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO TAG THIS ITEM PLEASE. 
          AND I HAVE A REASON, OKAY, MARY COUNCIL, WE VOTE AND APPROVE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 
          AND WHEN WE DO, WE'RE GIVEN AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW THAT WE ASK STAFF QUESTIONS, WE REVIEW OUR PACKAGE SO THAT WE CAN ALL MAKE REALLY GOOD DECISIONS. 
          UM, TONIGHT WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE A REALLY BIG DECISION IN HIRING OUR NEXT CEO. 
          AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          I DIDN'T GET THIS PACKET UNTIL JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WHEN I GOT HOME FROM WORK. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO GET MORE TIME TO, UM, TO REVIEW THE PACKET POLICE. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S THERE'S NOT A PACKET. 
          THERE'S JUST THE STANDARD, UM, CONTRACT, BUT I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          UH, ARE THERE, THAT WAS YOUR MOTION, CORRECT? UH, THAT WAS A TAG STATEMENT. 
          YES. 
          UH, I BELIEVE THE NEW PROTOCOL IS YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE TAGGING IT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE EACH JOYCE, I GUESS MA'AM DO YOU ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE UNLESS THE TAG IS, UH, WOULD MAKE THE ITEM THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED MOOT AND WHICH AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS ETHIC KNEE. 
          AND IN THAT CASE, THEN THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE. 
          BUT IF THE ITEM IS NOT DETERMINED, THE MOOT BECAUSE OF THE TAGS, THEN THERE WOULD NOT BE A VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DON'T NEED ABOUT CORRECT IN THIS SITUATION NOW MA'AM ALRIGHTY. 
          UM, WELL THAT, I GUESS THAT'S IT RIGHT? JOYCE. 
          WE CAN END THE MEETING. 
          YES. 
          MA'AM WITH THAT. 
          UM, YES, ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE A FULL TIME JOB AND I WAS ABLE TO LOOK OVER THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED ALL. 
          ALRIGHTY, ANYBODY ELSE? MEREDITH HAS COUNSEL AND EMORY. 
          UM, UH, I RECEIVED IT WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE DID, BUT, UH, AS EXPENSIVE AS IT IS AND, UH, THE, UH, MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE, UH, UH, BEING SUGGESTED. 
          I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME FOR ME ANYWAY, TO GO THROUGH AND TO BE ABLE TO REALLY DIGEST WHAT WE'RE PLACING IN THIS, UH, THIS CONTRACT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE ARE UTILIZING THE STANDARD CONTRACT THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGERS. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT WAS REMOVED AS JUST THE FYI FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS PUT IN ANTHONY SNIPES CONTRACT. 
          UM, DUE TO THE REASONING ON LAST TIME WAS THAT BECAUSE HE WAS INEXPERIENCED AND NOT A CITY MANAGER, UH, PRIOR TO US HIRING HIM. 
          BUT THE CONTRACT IS BASICALLY MIRRORING EVERYTHING FROM ALL THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT. 
          SO JUST AS AN FYI IDEA, HAVE EVER BLUE STARS CONTRACT PUT IN THERE, YOU COULD ALSO REQUEST FRANK SIMPSON'S CONTRACT IS IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME. 
          SO, UH, ANY OTHER STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS BEFORE I JOINED THE MEETING? ALRIGHTY, WELL, WE WILL ADJOURN.
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