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OKAY, TODAY IS JUNE 16TH, 2026.
IT IS 5:00 PM WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START OUR CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START OUT, UH, BY, UM, HEARING OF THE RESIDENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY RESIDENTS HERE, WISH AND SPEAK? NOPE.
[1. Council Liaison Selection Process (Councilmember Westbrook)]
WELL MOVING ON.UH, WILLOW, GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO THE WORKSHOP.
UH, AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM FOR THE WORKSHOP TODAY, AND IT MIGHT BE PRETTY LENGTHY, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OFF WITH, UH, COUNCIL.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT.
IT IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR CURRENT CODE, CODE OF ETHICS, ORDINANCES, AND COUNCIL PROCEDURES REFLECT THE EXPECTATIONS AND PRIORITIES OF TODAY'S COUNCIL, OUR EXISTING RULES AND, UH, PROVIDE IMPORTANT GUIDANCE.
BUT SOME PROVISIONS MAY NO LONGER FULLY ADDRESS HOW COUNCIL WISHES TO MAKE REVIEW AND ADJUST BOARD COMMITTEES AND COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS, SENIORITY, CONTINUITY, QUALIFICATIONS, WORKLOAD, AND MEMBER INTERESTS, UH, MAY BE AND ARE APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATIONS, BUT COUNCIL SHOULD DETERMINE HOW THOSE FACTORS ARE BALANCED.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO CONSIDER WHETHER OUR CURRENT GOVERNING DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE UPDATED TO ESTABLISH A MORE TRANSPARENT, FAIR, AND RESPECT REPEATABLE ASSIGNMENT PROCESS THAT REFLECTS THE COLLECTIVE DIRECTION OF COUNSEL AND STRENGTHENS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.
UM, REC THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS CONSIDERED MORE WHETHER OUR CURRENT PROCEDURES, UH, SHOULD BE AMENDED AND OR DIS DOCUMENTED TO ESTABLISH A MORE TRANSPARENT FEAR.
I'VE ALREADY, I REREAD A PARAGRAPH.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, UH, CHERIE, WOULD YOU LIKE, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? WELL, I WAS GONNA RUN THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEMBERS AND LIAISONS AND WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO AND WHERE YOU CURRENTLY SIT AS FAR AS THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
SO, UM, THE HOPE IS THAT WE'LL BUILD A TRANSPARENT AND CONSISTENT ASSIGNMENT POLICY MOVING FORWARD.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MEMBER AND A LIAISON.
SO AS A MEMBER, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS, UM, YOUR ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED, AND MOST TIMES YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF VOTING RIGHTS.
AS A LIAISON, YOU'RE THERE TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BOARD COMMITTEE, COMMISSION AND COUNCIL TO ACT AS AMAN FOR COUNCIL ONLY.
WHEN DIRECTED BY COUNCIL, ATTENDANCE IS ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED.
UH, ATTENDANCE IN ANY BOARD RETREAT IS DISCOURAGED.
YOU SHOULD NOT ATTEND CLOSED SESSIONS, IDENTIFY PROCEDURAL OR STRUCTURAL ISSUES RELATING TO THE EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF THE BOARD COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION, AND YOU HAVE NO VOTING RIGHTS.
SO WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE KIND OF ODDITIES WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS.
THE FIRST ONE BEING THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU, AS THE COUNCIL, DO NOT APPOINT ANYBODY TO THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.
IT'S ACTUALLY RUN THROUGH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY HAVE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP.
WE HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTED AS A MEMBER, AND THAT WAS, UH, ALLISON HAYWARD.
AND SHE WAS APPOINTED BECAUSE ONE OF THE, UH, STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIPS ALLOWS FOR AN OFFICIAL OF THE CITY, UH, THE CHURCH SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S SO RELATIVELY NEW UNDERNEATH THE UMBRELLA FOR COUNCIL.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU JUST WANNA ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE AS IT HAS BEEN.
AND THEY HAVE, UM, CREATED THEIR OWN BOARD.
THEY DON'T GO THROUGH ANY KIND OF AN INTERVIEW COMMITTEE THROUGH THE CITY.
WE DO HAVE TWO LIAISONS AND ONE LIAISON ALTERNATE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE SHIRTZ HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, THE MAYOR ACTUALLY APPOINTS THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, HISTORIC RECORDS SHOW RESOLUTIONS WERE CREATED AND PASSED.
THE CURRENT PROCESS SHOWS THE APPOINTMENTS ARE NOT BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL AT ALL.
SO THESE ARE THE CURRENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE MAYOR, AND TWO LIAISONS, CVL GCS, THE EX OFFICIO, AND ONE ALTERNATE.
THE HAL BALDWIN, UH, SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE HAS TWO MEMBERS.
THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE HAS THREE MEMBERS, AND BY MEMBERS, I MEAN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE THREE.
MAIN STREET IS FOUR AND S-S-L-G-C IS ONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE BOARDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY APPOINTED BY, UM, THROUGH
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THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE PROCESS.SO WE HAVE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE MAYOR.
WE HAVE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION, WHICH IS VACANT.
WE HAVE CAC, WHICH IS VACANT, EDC, WHICH IS NOW VACANT HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, WHICH IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK AS AN ALTERNATE LIBRARY.
ADVISORY BOARD IS MS. WATSON PARKS AND REC DAVIS PLANNING AND ZONING.
WESTBROOK TURS IS THE MAYOR DAVIS AND MACALUSO AND T SAC IS DAVIS.
UH, ANIMALS AT SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, AS I MENTIONED A WHILE AGO, IS VACANT.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS THE MAYOR AND MS. WATSON IN ONE VACANCY.
C-V-L-G-C IS THE EX-OFFICIO IS MS. WATSON.
THE ALTERNATE IS MR. WESTBROOK, THE HAL BALDWIN SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE, UH, MACALUSO AND GUERRERO.
THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE IS DAVIS MACALUSO AND ONE VACANCY.
THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE HAS THE MAYOR GUERRERO AND ONE VACANCY.
MAIN STREET HAS THE MAYOR DAVIS AND TWO VACANCIES.
SO CURRENTLY ON THE S-S-L-G-C, WE HAVE WESTBROOK SCHWARTZ HOUSING AUTHORITY DAVIS, AND THE SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, THE MAYOR, MS. WATSON, AND ONE VACANCY.
AND THEN I JUST LAID THEM OUT.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PARTICULAR SCREEN EVERY BY, UH, MAYOR OR COUNCIL BY NAME WHO HAS WHICH BOARDS.
IT JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE.
SO, UM, ORIGINALLY WE HAD ORDINANCE 22 M 29, WHICH HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED TWICE NOW.
AND, UH, THE RULES FOR LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS HAS FALLEN OFF.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO PUT THOSE BACK IN.
SHERIDAN AND MSDS DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY ASSIGNMENTS BEING THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD.
UH, AGAIN, HERE'S ANOTHER MEMBER VERSUS LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS.
SO THE PRINCIPLES, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE TRANSPARENCY.
HOW ARE THE, AS ASSIGN ASSIGNMENTS MADE, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S FAIR.
DO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BEEN GIVEN A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS INTEREST? IS THERE CONTINUITY? AND DOES THAT PARTICULAR BOARD BENEFIT FROM INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE? THE ROTATION? ARE MEMBERS GIVEN A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OVER TIME, QUALIFICATIONS AND INTEREST? DOES THE ASSIGNMENT CONSIDER EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE AND A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE? AND DOES IT NEED TO HAVE SPECIFIC EXPERTISE IN ORDER TO SERVE WORKLOAD BALANCE? ARE THE HIGH DEMAND ASSIGNMENTS PROPORTIONATELY DISPERSED AND PUBLIC TRUST? ARE THE ASSIGNMENTS DONE IN A MANNER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY CONCENTRATION OF INFLUENCE? SO THE IMPORTANT FACTORS BEING SENIORITY, IT BRINGS INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, CONTINUITY, HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, AND NETWORK DEPTH.
BEING BALANCE BETWEEN CONTINUITY AND OPPORTUNITY.
A REQUEST TO CONTINUE IN CONTINUITY IS IMPORTANT.
THE REQUEST TO ROTATE TO NEW ASSIGNMENT ANNUALLY PROVIDE NEWER MEMBERS WITH MEANINGFUL COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE.
LONG-TERM SERVICE ON THE SAME ASSIGNMENT SHOULD BE VIEWED, REVIEWED PERIODICALLY.
HIGH IMPACT ASSIGNMENTS SHOULD NOT REMAIN INDEFINITELY CONCENTRATED AMONG THE SAME MEMBERS UNLESS COUNCIL DETERMINES CONTINUITY IS NECESSARY.
FURTHER ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION, THIS IS THE WAY, UM, IT WAS WRITTEN ORIGINALLY IN 22 M 28, FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER ELECTION CYCLE.
THE CITY SECRETARY PROVIDES COUNSEL WITH A LIST OF ALL MEMBER LIAISON, ALTERNATE AND VACANCY POSITIONS.
EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMITS A PREFERENCE, IDENTIFYING THEIR PREFERRED ASSIGNMENTS, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE OR QUALIFICATIONS, CURRENT WORKLOAD INTEREST IN CONTINUING, ROTATING OFF THE CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS.
IN MY TIME IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY PROVIDED A FORM FOR YOUR PREFERENCES.
IT WAS JUST MORE LIKE A ROUND, ROUND ROBIN AROUND THE, UH, THE COUNCIL, MAYOR, CITY SECRETARY, OR DESIGNATED, UH, COUNCIL PREPARES A PROPOSED SLATE USING ADOPTED CRITERIA.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA THINK ABOUT GOING FORWARD IS WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THE CRITERIA SHOULD INCLUDE SENIORITY, WORKLOAD, BALANCE, EXPERIENCE, SUBJECT MATTER KNOWLEDGE, CONTINUITY, MEMBER INTEREST, AVOIDING CONCENTRATION OF INFLUENCE, STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ROTATION.
THE CHAIR MEMBER LIAISON AND ALTERNATE ROLES ARE IDENTIFIED SEPARATELY.
THE PROPOSED SLATE IS PLACED ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION ACTION, AND MID-YEAR CHANGES ARE PLACED ON AN AGENDA AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
SO THESE WERE THE AREAS WHERE I FOUND THIS INFORMATION.
SO THEY ARE IN ORDINANCE 18, MO SIX, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL CODE OF ETHICS.
UH, AGAIN, ORDINANCE 22 M 29, WHICH I REFERENCED, UM, A MOMENT AGO.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES DOES TALK ABOUT THE CREATION OF COMMITTEES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS IN 26, M 28.
IT JUST DOES NOT IDENTIFY YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES OR ROLES AS LIAISONS.
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SO THESE ARE ALL THE ONES, ALL THE BOARDS THAT ARE, UH, THAT GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE.AND WE DO THESE THREE TIMES A YEAR.
AND THEN THESE ARE, UH, MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR COUNCIL, BUT THEY DO NOT GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW BOARD.
SO NOW IT'S, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON A PROCESS FORWARD, HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, UM, THE CURRENT WAY THAT IT'S BEING DONE, UH, ANY CHANGES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.
UH, AND I WILL GO BACK AND I WILL DRAFT, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO OUR COUNCIL RULES OF CONDUCT AND PROCEDURE AND BRING THEM BACK TO YOU VIA ORDINANCE FOR APPROVAL BASED ON WHATEVER YOU TELL ME THIS EVENING.
UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION TO TRY AND GRAB SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO PROCEED FROM COUNCIL.
SO, SO MAYOR, I THINK THIS, THIS PROBABLY, PROBABLY ACTUALLY STARTED WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I ESSENTIALLY WAS DEFAULTED INTO THE, WHAT SCA HAD.
OLA THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL NEVER HAD.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT I GOT.
I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A SAY SO.
'CAUSE BY THE TIME, UH, WHEN WE DID CHOOSE, EVERYTHING GOT TO ME.
IT WAS ESSENTIALLY GOT WHAT I ESSENTIALLY RECEIVED WHAT SKAGGS HAD.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD HAD WHAT SHE HAD.
EVERYBODY SENIOR THAN ME HAD WANTED WHAT THEY HAD KEPT, WHAT THEY HAD, DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING UP.
AND SO I, BY DEFAULT, UM, I ONLY RECEIVED WHAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER HAD.
I THOUGHT THERE SHOULD BE A BETTER WAY OF DOING IT.
I ASKED CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE HOW, IS THERE ANYTHING WRITTEN DOWN? YES.
UH, THE CITY CODE OF CONDUCT, CITY CODE OF ETHICS, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE ORDINANCE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WAS EXCEPT WHAT WAS IN THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS, THAT'S ALL AS WE GOT.
AND THEN SHE SAID THERE ARE ANY, IF THERE ARE TO BE ANY CHANGES, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL.
AND, UM, I THINK WITH SO MANY NEW MEMBERS, EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR TWO OR IN THEIR FIRST TERM.
AND SO I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS IT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I CAN THROW OUT WHAT I THOUGHT IN MY MIND, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, UM, IF, IF YOU CAN LIKE LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS, UH, GOING FORWARD AND SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN DO THE SAME, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN COME UP WITH A GOOD SELECTION PROCESS BASED UPON SENIORITY ON THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL, EVERYBODY GETS THEIR FIRST TWO.
THEY CAN KEEP THEIR FIRST TWO AS INDEFINITELY AS LONG AS THEY WANT IT.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANT, BY THE TIME YOU GET DOWN HERE, WHETHER YOU'RE NEW OR NOT, JUST TO, TO GET WHAT'S EVERYTHING THAT'S LEFT OVER.
AND LIKE, YOU MAY NOT GET WHAT YOU WANT.
YOU MAY NOT BE EVEN, THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE, SOME SPECIALTIES DOWN HERE THAT MAY WARRANT THEM TO BE ON A, ON ANOTHER, UH, BOARD COUNSELOR COMMITTEE.
YOU GET YOUR FIRST TWO AS LONG AS YOU WANT.
UM, BUT AFTER THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE IS SHARED.
THAT'S HOW I WOULD SEE IT IN MY MIND PLAYING.
SHERI, IS THERE ANY, UM, ARE, ARE THERE ANY POSITIONS THAT THE MAYOR HAS TO SERVE ON? BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN OR CALLED.
UH, SO WITH THAT SAID, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET THAT SLIDE UP OF WHERE EVERYBODY'S CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY AT? AND SO THAT WAY IT GIVES US A GOOD STARTING POINT TO SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO, UM, PROCEED ANY OTHER COMMITTEES AND OR CHANGE COMMITTEES? SO MAYOR, I, I THINK DURING THE WORKSHOP IT'S, WE'RE DISCUSSING CORRECT? IF I'M WRONG, WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING THE PROCESS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
BUT, UM, SO, 'CAUSE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT IS IF, IF WE CAN DO, LIKE, ONE OF, ONE OF MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS TRYING TO COME UP WITH LIKE A TIER PROGRAM, LIKE TIER ONE, TIER TWO, TIER THREE, TIER ONE, MEANING THAT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME COMMITMENT FROM YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.
UH, AND IT GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE ALSO GONNA COMMIT TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS THAT NEED TO BE ATTENDED.
UH, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN KEEP COUNCIL INFORMED AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO TIER TWO.
AND THEN TIER THREE BEING THOSE COMMITTEES WHERE YOU'RE JUST KIND OF LIKE A LIAISON, IF YOU WILL,
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DOESN'T REALLY REQUIRE MUCH, BUT YOU STILL WANNA BE SOMEWHAT CONNECTED AND, UM, AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WHATEVER GUIDANCE IS NEEDED.UM, WAS KIND OF MY THOUGHT PROCESS BECAUSE, UM, AND, AND THEN, UM, THAT WAY ANY, NO ONE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LIKE OVERWHELMED, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO FOR ME IT WOULD BE, IT'D BE UP TO US TO DETERMINE WHAT TIER ONE, TIER TWO, TIER THREE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, DEFINITELY, UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, C-V-L-G-C, UH, S-S-L-V-G-C, UH, UH, S-S-L-G-G-V-C, AND UM, AND TOURS, UH, UH, THOSE AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEES, THOSE THINGS REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
UH, AND THEN WHATEVER OTHER COMMITTEES WE SEE FIT, UH, THAT, THAT WILL DO THE SAME.
SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS.
UH, MR. SHERIDAN, MAYOR, UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, AND MAYBE BEFORE WE, WE GO THERE, I SAW A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES, UM, FOR ANY QUESTIONS SUCH AS THE MAIN STREET COMMITTEE I'VE SEEN THAT'S BEEN PRETTY INACTIVE.
UM, I LOOKED IN THE WEBSITE, THERE'S NO MEETING MINUTES OR AGENDA ON THAT FOR, I I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY POST-IT ON THERE.
AND THEN SECONDLY, THE SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, DON'T THEY FALL UNDER THE PARKS AND REC BOARD? THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BOARD FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND IT'S BASED ON MEMBERS OF THE ACTUAL SENIOR CENTER.
BUT I KNOW PARKS AND REC BOARD GOVERNS THE SENIOR CENTER THOUGH, RIGHT? YES.
AND THEN IF THERE, IF FOR ADJUSTMENT WISE, I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE CAN ADD FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE IF, IF, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS, THAT'S ALL.
BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT AUDIT COMMITTEE COVERS FINANCIAL AND BUDGET THOUGH, FROM WHAT I READ, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT FROM THE, FROM WHAT I READ, YEAH, JUST MY THOUGHTS.
IF WE CAN LET OUR CITY MANAGERS, UH, GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON THAT TO SEE.
SO WHAT, SO THERE IS AN INVESTMENT COMMITTEE AND THEN THERE'S THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND THEN TYPICALLY THE WAY THE CITY HAS APPROACHED THE BUDGET IS THAT IT INCLUDES THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THROUGH, THROUGH RETREATS, ET CETERA.
UM, IT, IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S WILL, WE COULD CREATE THAT.
IT WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE BIT, I MEAN, YOU COULD DO A FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE ESSENTIALLY, BUT I GUESS MAYBE MY THOUGHT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER A FINANCE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THE CITIZENS SOME INPUT INTO HOW OUR BUDGET FINANCE IS GOVERNED AND, AND MAYBE PROVIDE SOME INPUT.
JUST LIKE OUR OTHER COMMITTEES, MR. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, WE WE HAVE THAT AS, AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
THE STAFF DEVELOPS AN INITIAL BUDGET, THEN WE HAVE A PRE-BUDGET RETREAT THAT'S AN ACTUAL MEETING THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE ADVERTISE THAT AT THE PRE-BUDGET CYCLE.
UH, RESIDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ATTEND IT.
AND THERE'S A HEARING OF RESIDENTS WHERE THEY CAN SPEAK UP.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FOLLOW UP BUDGET MEETINGS AFTER THAT, WHICH EVERY ONE OF 'EM IS A PUBLIC OPEN MEETING.
AND I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR MAYBE SOME TYPE OF FORMAL, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND THAT'S JUST MY POINT, YOU KNOW, AS A, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS MORE DIRECTLY THAN, YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR PRE-BUDGET.
YEAH, I TEND TO AGREE WITH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS ON THIS.
UH, WE DO HAVE BUDGET RETREATS.
UH, THOSE ARE OPEN TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE 46, 40 8,000 RESIDENTS.
AND JUST TO HAVE LIKE TWO OR THREE SHOW UP TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 46 OR 48,000, I DON'T THINK WOULD, WE WOULD BE DOING ANY JUSTICE AS FAR AS THAT GOES AS WELL.
UH, I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A SAY AND THAT'S WHY IT'S OPENED UP TO THE RESIDENT.
UH, YOU ARE, UH, YOU HAVE THE LONGEST TENURE HERE.
UH, ANY SUGGESTIONS, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? YOU KNOW, I, I'M AN ADVOCATE, IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT NOW.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE ANYTHING'S BROKEN.
UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT SENIORITY AND, AND TAKING
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OVER WHAT A FORMER MEMBER HAD.UM, BUT SENIORITY FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, CHANGES EVERY ELECTION CYCLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A BRAND NEW MEMBER NOW DOWN AT THE FAR END WHO'S, WHO'S BRAND NEW.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER FOLKS HAVE NOW MOVED UP IN, IN THE ORDER.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY CIVIL, UH, ABOUT BOARD MEMBERSHIP AND LIAISON.
AND I THINK THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SWIM LANES.
THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A MEMBER OF A BOARD OR COMMISSION WHERE IT TAKES ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, UH, AND YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL VOTE VERSUS JUST BEING A LIAISON AND HANGING OUT FROM TIME TO TIME WITH, UH, ONE OF OUR OTHER BOARDS AND, AND ACTING AS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY REASON WE REALLY PUSHED THE LIAISON PORTION WAS SO THAT WE HAD A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON ON SOME OF THOSE COMMISSIONS.
UH, INSTEAD OF ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVING IT POP UP AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER TO COME BACK AND SAY, BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST CONCERN IN THE LAST THREE MEETINGS AT THE PARKS BOARD HAS BEEN THE SOCCER COMPLEX.
UM, INSTEAD OF GETTING BLINDSIDED BY IT, UM, EVERY OTHER TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, IT'S BEEN RELATIVELY CIVIL.
I MEAN, EVERY TIME SOMEONE'S TALKED ABOUT AN OPEN POSITION OR WANTING A POSITION, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE BACK AND SAID, OH, HERE'S WHAT I'M ON.
UH, IF, IF YOU REALLY WANT IT, YOU CAN HAVE IT.
YOU KNOW, ME, ME IN PARTICULAR, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN S-S-L-G-C AND, AND THINGS LIKE CCMA, I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS.
UH, I WORK FULL TIME MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO SINE FOR AN S-S-L-G-C MEETING DURING THE DAY WITH MY SCHEDULE.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT I'D BE INTERESTED ON.
UM, I MEAN, IF, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE IT, CHANGE IT, BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE, NO MATTER WHAT WE CHANGE, IT'S GONNA MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
SO, UH, AND LIKE I SAID, IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN RELAT RELATIVELY CIVIL, IF I CAN REMEMBER A COUPLE OCCASIONS WHERE, UH, A MEMBER OF COUNCIL HAS SAID, I, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THIS BORDER COMMISSION.
I MEAN, I USED TO BE ON THE, UH, AUDIT COMMITTEE BACK IN THE DAY, HAD NO PROBLEM GIVING IT UP.
UM, SO I MEAN, I'LL DEFER TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ROTATION BECAUSE WHEN I WAS PLACED IN, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHITAKER'S AND THEN IT WAS JUST, I DEFAULTED TO HERS.
AND THEN I HAVE TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO TAKE ON OTHER COMMITTEES, BUT APPARENTLY THEY WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, READY TO GIVE UP.
SO I'M ALL FOR GETTING SOME OPPORTUNITY AND ROTATION FOR OTHER FIRST TWO PRIORITIES WOULD BE AMAZING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MAYBE THE LAST TWO, WE CAN FLIP FLOP BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE THERE'S TONS OF OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
BUT IT GIVES EVERYBODY A LITTLE MORE DIVERSITY INTO THE CITY TOO.
WELL, IS ANYBODY OPEN TO ANY OF THE WE HAVE VACANCIES CURRENTLY, DO WE NOT? YEAH.
ANYBODY INTERESTED IN ANY OF THOSE VACANCIES? CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? MM-HMM
UM, SO MY LIST IS QUITE LENGTHY FROM, DO I AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME, IS THAT THE ASSUMPTION THAT I AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME ALL OF HAYWARD'S OR ARE THESE NOW VACANT? YES.
THE WAY THINGS ARE CURRENTLY WRITTEN, UH, YOU WOULD ASSUME THOSE DUTIES.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? OKAY.
UM, SO CAN YOU PUT UP THE, THOSE, UM, COMMITTEES THAT ARE, THAT ARE VACANT, PLEASE? I GUESS IT STARTS HERE.
ALL THESE WITH THIS BEACH CHAIR.
SO WE HAVE A BUILDING AND STANDARDS CAC, UH, EDC, ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD.
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE, TWO MAIN STREET COMMITTEES,
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AND THE SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD.YOU WOULD LIKE THE EDC? I WOULD LIKE THE EDC AND, AND ANY OTHER ASSIGNMENT THAT YOU WANNA GIVE ME? I'M, I'M OPEN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, PRIMARILY I WOULD LIKE THE EDC, BUT ANY OTHER I WOULD, I WOULD BE OPEN.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC COMMITTEES THAT, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND BE A PART OF? NO, MAYOR, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S, UM, NO, THE S-S-L-G-C, UH, THIS, THE CITY COUNCIL KIND OF ALLOWED ME TO SERVE OUT THE REST OF TIM BROWN'S TENURE.
SO I'M ON THERE TILL 2028 AND LIKE, UM, COUNCILMAN DAVIS SAID IT DOES TAKE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, I HAVE LIMITED BANDWIDTH, SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE OTHER THAN S-S-L-G-C I'M INTERESTED IN.
HOWEVER, UM, AFTER ALL THE LIAISONS AND COMMITTEE, UH, MEMBERS, ALL THE COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN, UH, MEMBERS AND EVERYTHING'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
SHOULD THERE SOMETHING IF FALL ON MY PLATE, I WILL CERTAINLY DO MY, UH, FAIR SHARE.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE MEMBER SHOULD HAVE EIGHT, SEVEN, OR SIX, AND THE REST OF US ONLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE, TWO, OR THREE.
I DO MY FAIR SHARE, BUT, UM, S-S-L-G-C DOES TAKE UP A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MY TIME.
IF I COULD INTERRUPT FOR JUST A MOMENT, THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENING IS TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS, NOT TO ACTUALLY DO THE ASSIGNMENTS.
'CAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT AS AN ACTION ITEM AT COUNCIL.
AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
I'M TRYING TO, UM, FIGURE OUT A PROCESS THE BEST WAY TO BE ABLE TO SELECT, UH, IS THERE, UM, DO WHAT? UM, WELL I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO DO A SIGNUP SHEET.
UH, BUT I MEAN, WOULD IT START OUT WITH IF ANYBODY, UH, CAN WE LOOK TO SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE ANY OF THEIR, UH, ANY, ANY OF THE POSITIONS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE OVERSIGHT? AND IF THE ANSWER'S NO AND THEY HANG ON TO WHATEVER THEY WANT, UH, STARTING WITH THE SENIOR MEMBERS.
SO I THINK THE FIRST PROCESS IS WE'RE GONNA GO SENIORITY FIRST, RIGHT? MM-HMM
IS ANYBODY DISAGREEMENT WITH SENIORITY? STARTING WITH SENIORITY ON THE COUNCIL? OKAY.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GONNA START.
THEORETICALLY WE WOULD START CHOOSING, THEN THERE'S, I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS DOES A SENIOR MEMBER GET EVERYTHING HE OR SHE WANTS? OR IS IT LIMITED TO WHATEVER NUMBER? AND THEN WE GO DOWN.
THAT'S HOW WE GO DOWN TO JUST BY DEFAULT.
JUST BY CHANCE THE JUNIOR MEMBER ON THIS COUNCIL GETS WHAT HE GETS AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE SENIOR MEMBER HAS CHOSEN.
SO ARE WE GOOD WITH, UM, ARE WE GOOD WITH DOING THE SENIOR MEMBER AND THEN MAYBE TAKING, UH, ALL THESE COMMITTEES AND, AND IDENTIFYING WHICH ONES WOULD BE TIER ONE, TIER TWO, TIER THREE, AND THEN ALLOWING EITHER ONE OR TWO SELECTIONS ALL THE WAY DOWN, UH, IN EACH ONE OF THOSE TIERS AS THEY GO ALL THE WAY DOWN BASED ON SENIORITY.
NOW WITH THAT SAID, KNOW THAT WE'RE LIKE, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM DAVIS WAS SAYING, UH, WE'RE FIXING TO HAVE WHAT, LIKE THREE PEOPLE RUNNING HERE PRETTY SOON AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE TOO BIG TO BE SMALL AND WE'RE TOO SMALL TO BE BIG.
AND JUST RELYING ON THE GOODWILL AND GOOD FAITH AND THE, AND KUMBAYA ATTITUDE OF EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER
I, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK WE SHOULD BE MORE PROFESSIONAL THAN THAT.
I, HOWEVER, WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WRITE IT DOWN, CODIFY IT, GIVE THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICE CLEAR DIRECTION, CLARIFICATION ABOUT HOW IT'S DONE, WRITE IT DOWN AND MOVE ON.
BUT OKAY, WE CAN'T BE GOING UP.
OH, WE'RE JUST GONNA, WE'RE JUST GONNA THE GOODWILL, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
SO, UM, IS EVERYBODY GOOD WITH DOING SENIORITY AND THEN TAKING THESE COMMITTEES AND PUTTING THEM IN D THE DIFFERENT TIERS AND THEN YOU SELECT, UH, BY SENIORITY GOING DOWN, MAYOR, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
THE OTHER POINT THAT I WANNA MAKE IS THAT MAKING SURE THAT IT'S BALANCED ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND, AND THAT IS KIND OF PRIMARILY MY CONCERN IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BALANCED ACROSS THE BOARD.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
THE ONLY THING IS, UM, WHEN WE ARE SELECTING, UH, IF WE CAN GET, UM, LIKE A LIST OF EACH ONE, THE TIMES THAT THEY MEET FOR THEIR, THEIR MEETINGS PLACE,
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IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, THAT WOULD BE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL.BECAUSE LIKE MAYOR PROTE, UH, DAVID STATED, YOU KNOW, HE WORKS FULL TIME, I WORK FULL TIME.
MOST OF ALL OF US WORK FULL TIME AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING DURING THE DAY, WHY SELECT IT? IT'S NOT GONNA BE BENEFICIAL.
SO IF WE CAN GET A LIST OF EACH ONE OF 'EM, THE TIMES, PLACES WHERE THEY MEET, THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I DON'T KNOW.
I KIND OF HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ON IT.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK AND I CAME IN AT, AT THE SAME TIME, WE KIND OF REALLY DIDN'T GET ANY CHOICE OF, OF ANY ASSIGNMENTS.
WE WERE JUST KIND OF GIVEN WHAT WE WERE GIVEN.
AND, UM, I, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
'CAUSE UH, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY OPPORTUNITY WHERE SOMEBODY DOES HAVE EXPERTISE IN A SUBJECT OR DOES HAVE A, A BIG INTEREST IN SOMETHING AND THEY WOULD BE THE BEST FIT FOR THAT COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IT.
I JUST, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ANSWER IS.
I THINK STARTING WITH SENIORITY IS A GOOD START, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, UH, JUST GIVEN WHOEVER'S SENIOR AT YOUR CHOICE, YOU GET EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT EITHER.
SO, 'CAUSE THEN JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK SAYS, IT'S JUST GONNA WORK DOWN JUST KIND OF HOW IT WAS, YOU JUST GET WHATEVER IS LEFT FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, THE NEWEST MEMBER.
SO I, I THINK FINDING A, A COMBINATION WHERE THERE'S SOME, UH, REWARD FOR THE SENIORITY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME GIVING SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH SOMETHING THAT, UH, THEY'D BE A GOOD FIT IN.
YOU KNOW, FINDING THAT BALANCE WOULD BE GREAT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ANSWER IS.
IS THERE ANYTHING, ANYBODY, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO ADD? SURE.
I AGREE WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO, THAT I THINK DEFINITELY IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF GUIDANCE ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY MEETINGS PER MONTH, WHAT THE TIME COMMITMENT IS.
'CAUSE AS MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID, I WORK FULL-TIME AS WELL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER I'M COMMITTING TO I CAN HANDLE AND 'CAUSE I WANT TO GIVE IT EVERYTHING I'VE GOT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
AND, UM, I THINK THE TIER WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE WHAT WAS SUGGESTED BEFORE, IF, IF WE DO BY SENIORITY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TWO PICKS AND THEN IT GOES DOWN.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T GET TO PICK ALL FIVE AT ONCE THAT YOU WANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET JUST, OR MAYBE JUST ONE PICK AT A TIME DEPENDING ON WHAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, SO LOOKING AT ALL THESE COMMITTEES, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, UM, WHICH ONES DO Y'ALL FEEL WOULD BE TIER ONES? AS FAR AS TIME COMMITMENT, MR. MAYOR? IF I'D OFFER, I, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF I, IF I SEE A TIER ONE, TIER TWO IN TIER THREE.
UH, WHAT I SEE IS, AGAIN, THE WAY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS PRESENTED, 'EM, WHEN YOU'VE GOT MEMBERSHIPS ON CERTAIN ONES WHERE MANDA, WHERE ATTENDANCE IS VIEWED AS MANDATORY BECAUSE YOU'RE POTENTIALLY A VOTING PERSON VERSUS BEING THE LIAISON TO A A BORDER COMMISSION.
THOSE ARE THE TWO BOUNDARIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I GO TO T SAC, UH, OR I'M THE LIAISON TO T SAC.
UM, THE REALITY OF IT IS T SAC MEETS KIND OF INCONSISTENTLY.
THEY HAVE A SCHEDULE, BUT IF THERE'S NOTHING FOR THEM TO LOOK AT, THEY CANCEL A MEETING.
UM, SOMETIMES WHEN THEY HAVE A MEETING, IT'S ONE ITEM.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF IT'S ONE SMALL MINOR ITEM BECAUSE A NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS A SPEED BUMP, I PROBABLY DON'T GO TO THAT PARTICULAR MEETING
UM, BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, THEY'RE GONNA BRIEF EVERYBODY THAT'S THERE, THAT THERE'S A PROCESS FOR A SPEED HUMP, AND WE'VE GOTTA DO A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND TRAFFIC COUNTS AND LOOK AT THE MATH AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO TO ME, THE DIFFERENCE IS WHETHER YOU'RE A LIAISON, ATTENDING COUNCIL OR ATTENDING COMMISSION MEETINGS OR BOARD MEETINGS, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEIR AGENDA AND FIGURING OUT SHOULD I BE THERE? UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M LIAISON TO THE PARKS BOARD AND DO I GO TO EVERY ONE OF THEM? NO.
BUT WHEN THEY WERE HAVING CERTAIN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MANAGEMENT OF THE SOCCER COMPLEX, I WAS THERE.
AND THAT'S STUFF THAT WE KNOW IS GONNA COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO TO ME, THE DELINEATION IS BETWEEN WHETHER YOU'RE A LIAISON TO THE BOARD, TO A BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT'S A STANDALONE BOARD AND COMMISSION, THAT IT'S THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE VOTING ON AND DOING ALL THEIR STUFF, AND YOU'RE JUST THERE TO LISTEN AND TAKE NOTES OR PRESENT SOMETHING BACK FROM, FROM COUNCIL OR WHETHER YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT,
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FOR EXAMPLE, THE TS, UH, I'M ON THE TS TOO.UH, I ATTEND EVERY ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
UH, THOSE MEETINGS WHEN THEY'RE SCHEDULED, THEY DO OCCUR, UH, BECAUSE THEY INVOLVE THE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT, TO ME, THAT'S THE DELINEATION IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF A BOARD VERSUS YOU'RE JUST A LIAISON TO, TO SOME OTHER STANDALONE UNIT.
SO BASED ON GETTING EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK, UH, AND ALL AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, UM, SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE'RE BETTER OFF JUST, UM, KIND OF GOING BY SENIORITY AND LIMITING THINGS.
UH, THE DECISIONS TO LIKE TWO AT A TIME GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN.
UH, ONLY BECAUSE, UM, AS STATED, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT DO WORK FULL TIME THAT DON'T HAVE THE, THE PRIVILEGE THAT OTHERS DO TO BE ABLE TO GO TO MEETINGS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS DURING THE DAY.
SO IT'LL ALLOW THEM TO SELECT OTHER COMMITTEES THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, UM, SO IF Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH THAT, AND MAYBE WE CAN GIVE, UH, UH, CHERIE THE, THE GUIDANCE TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH, UH, JUST LAYING EVERYTHING OUT AND THEN WITH A SELECTION OF TWO AT A TIME, GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO KIND OF SHAKE THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT AND GIVE PEOPLE THE FREEDOM TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER COMMITTEES.
UM, SENIORITY GETS FIRST PICK, THEY GET TO PICK, UH, MAYBE A BOARD MEMBER AND OR A, OR A LIAISON OR, OR, OR ANY, ANY CHOICE OF THEIR TWO.
I I I CAN, I CAN CONCUR WITH THAT.
AND THEN JUST GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE Y'ALL GOOD WITH THAT? YES.
I STILL THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A LIST OF YES, FOR SURE.
AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A LIST AND, UH, THAT THEY'LL LAY OUT AS FAR AS LIKE TIME COMMITMENT, UH, WHEN THEY'RE MEETING.
SO THAT WAY WHEN YOU DO SELECT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO.
SO MAYOR, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY.
SO TO COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK'S CONCERN ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, IF YOU DO THIS NOW YEAH.
RIGHT? HOW, WHEN DO YOU REPEAT THIS PROCESS? IS IT ANNUALLY? IS IT AFTER EACH ELECTION? UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, HOW, HOW GIVE SHE DIRECTION ON, ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD? YEAH.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO IT AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTION, POSSIBLY, UH, EARLY DECEMBER.
AND THAT WAY YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND ANY POSSIBLE RUNOFF, IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE A MIDYEAR BECAUSE SOMEBODY RESIGNS, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO MS DEEDS AND ALSO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN, UM, THEN MAYBE WE, THEY JUST PICK UP THOSE ASSIGNMENTS UNTIL THE NEXT ACTUAL GO ROUND, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO ANNUALLY BASED ON THAT TIMEFRAME? OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO EVERY OTHER YEAR? MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE DO IT? I DON'T THINK ANNUALLY BE IDEAL.
MAYBE EVERY THREE YEARS OF SOME SORT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT ELECTION CYCLE YOU'RE IN EVERY THREE YEARS.
IF WE DO IT THIS YEAR, GUESS WHAT? THE NEXT THREE YEARS WE, WE REEVALUATE.
SO IF YOU, UM, SO THE NEW ELECTED WOULD TAKE OVER, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CURRENT, UH, ASSIGNMENTS.
THAT'S INSTEAD OF DOING IT ANNUALLY, THREE YEARS SEEMS TOO LONG TO ME, MAYOR, THAT'S JUST THREE YEARS IS, I THINK IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE TOO LONG.
UH, ANNUAL MAY BE TOO SHORT, BUT YOU STILL SHOULD HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR, IN YOUR FIRST TERM TO BE ON MORE THAN JUST WHATEVER YOU PICK THE FIRST, YOUR FIRST TIME GOING FORWARD.
MY ONLY PROBLEM WITH, UH, HAVING IT ANNUALLY IS THAT, UM, I FEEL LIKE ONE IS TOO SOON BECAUSE THE MINUTE YOU, YOU'RE STARTING TO LIKE LEARN THE PROCESS, UH, YOU'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT PRO, POSSIBLY MOVING AND THERE ARE SOME COMMITTEES THAT, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU CARRY THAT CONTINUITY AND, AND NOT JUST CHANGE ALL THE TIME.
SO, UM, SO ARE WE UP FOR EVERY OTHER YEAR? OKAY.
WHAT IS, SORRY, YOU WANNA DO IT HOW OFTEN? EVERY THREE YEARS.
HOW WOULD THAT WORK? AND ANY, UH, NEW VACANCY FILLED BY A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, THEY WILL JUST ABSORB THOSE UNTIL THE NEXT AT HOW MANY TIMES? OKAY.
SO EVERY TWO YEARS WOULD IT BE A COMPLETE RESET? UH, SO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND DO THIS PROCESS EVERY TWO, TWO YEARS? MM-HMM
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IT WOULD BE IN DECEMBER, AND IT WOULD GIVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.UH, IF YOU'RE A SENIOR MEMBER AND YOU WANT TO HANG ON TO WHAT YOU HAVE AND YOU CAN HANG ON TO WHAT YOU HAVE, SO, AND DECEMBER IS OKAY FOR THAT.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A STATEMENT THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM EXCHANGING SHOULD THEY SEE FIT.
LIKE, HEY, I'M JUST TIRED OF COMMITTEE X AND THEY, I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER BAB OR C AND JUST SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS JUST NOT WORKING OUT.
MAYBE THERE'S A CONFLICT, MAYBE THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT.
MAYBE THERE'S JUST PERSONALITY DISPUTE.
YOU MAY JUST NOT BE A GOOD FIT FOR THAT PARTICULAR BOARD.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T WRITE THAT IN.
YEAH, IT, AS LONG AS COUNCIL AGREES TO IT BE, IT COULD BE THAT, OR YOU CAN JUST HAVE, UH, SOMETHING THAT KIND OF CHANGE THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE AND YOU NEED TO COMMIT TIME MORE AT HOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR, AND THEN THAT REQUIRES A CHANGE AND THEN I DON'T SEE WHY WE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PERMIT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'LL WORK ON THAT LANGUAGE AND SEND YOU THE LIST.
WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS WORKSHOP AT 5 41.