[Call to Order]
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COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR CITY COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL THE ROLL. MISS BURROWS HERE. ANDERSON HERE. MALINGA HERE. OMAR. HERE. HOLT HERE. BARRY! HERE. STURM HERE. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING
[Appointment of Council President]
IS TO APPOINT A MEMBER OF COUNCIL. AND I OPEN THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME FOR NOMINATIONS.I'LL MAKE A NOMINATION FOR JODY BURROWS. OKAY. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE RANDY HOLT. MAY I? I MAY DECLINE THAT, I UNDERSTAND. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE TED BERRY.
OKAY. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED. MR. HOLT, YOU'RE DECLINING YOUR NOMINATION. YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT. THE VOTE WILL BE CALLED FOR MISS BURROWS TO BE PRESIDENT. CAN WE HAVE DISCUSSION? NO. THERE'S USUALLY NO DISCUSSION ON NOMINATIONS.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'M JUST FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. IF YOU THINK THEY ARE. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT CAN HURT. AND FRANKLY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THEY WANT TO DISCUSS THIS. SOMEBODY MAKES A MOTION. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IT'S NOMINATION. WELL, IT'S A NOMINATION PROCESS. I'M JUST ASKING, IS IT THE WILL OF COUNCIL TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL? WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW DISCUSSION. IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND THAT. BURROWS? YES, ANDERSON. YES. YES. OMAR. YES. HOLT. YES. BARRY. YES. STERN. YES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR FOR THE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP ROLE. AND THE LEADER WHO IS ELECTED IN THIS POSITION SHOULD BE WILLING TO DO THE WORK. AND IT'S GOING TO BE DOING THE WORK, AND IT'S ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND MOVING IT FORWARD AND NOT ABOUT POLITICS. AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COMMENT.
I'LL MAKE SOME STATEMENTS TOO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO AGAIN, YES, WE HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS. I WAS THE ONE WHO NOMINATED MISS BURROWS FOR THE ROLE OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I THINK MISS BURROWS WOULD DO AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THE YEARS THAT SHE HAS ALREADY SERVED, AND WOULD ABSOLUTELY DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO BE DONE. I THINK IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT PAST PRESIDENT ROLES AND UNDERSTAND APPROVAL OF TIME CARDS, APPROVAL OF INVOICES WHERE THINGS MAYBE WEREN'T APPROVED, WHERE AUTOMATIC ALLOWANCES WERE MADE SO THAT THINGS JUST WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM VERSUS BEING APPROVED. I BELIEVE THAT MISS BURROWS COMING IN WOULD ABSOLUTELY STEP UP TO THIS ROLE AND BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT IS NECESSARY AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS THAT AREN'T POLITICALLY MOTIVATED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK? I NOMINATED TED BERRY FOR PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL AS A NEW
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MEMBER OF COUNCIL. I FEEL THAT WE NEED SOMEONE THAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE IN THAT PARTICULAR POSITION. MR. BERRY HAS SERVED IN THAT POSITION, AND HE IS ALSO HAS THE SENIORITY ON COUNCIL TO KNOW HOW THINGS ARE HANDLED AND HOW THEY ARE DONE. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, I THINK THAT HE WOULD BE THE IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR THAT POSITION. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? MR. OMAR? SO I NOMINATED MR. HOLT, THOUGH HE DECLINED THE NOMINATION. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN, YOU KNOW, FRESH VOICES AND FRESH LEADERSHIP AS WE SEE HERE TODAY. THERE ARE NEW MEMBERS ON COUNCIL. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE MR. BERRY WOULD BE A PHENOMENAL PRESIDENT, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT MR. HOLT HAS EXHIBITED LEADERSHIP FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT TO REALLY HELP TAKE THE COUNCIL TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I NOMINATED HIM TODAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST NOMINATION WAS FOR MISS BURROWS, AND THE VOTE WILL BEGIN WITH. APPOINTING MISS BURROWS AS PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE, WE CALL THEM IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE RECEIVED. THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL TO GET FOUR VOTES, THE IT'S DONE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANDERSON. YES. OLINGA. NO. OMAR. YES. HOLT. PRESENT. PRESENT.I'M CALLING THE VOTE FOR YES OR NO FOR MISS BURROWS AS PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, I THINK PRESENT IS AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE. IT'S NOT A YES, AND IT'S NOT A NO. THAT'S CORRECT.
HE HAS TO CHOOSE. CHOOSE? I'M SORRY, MR. HOLT, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE. YOU CAN'T.
THAT'S LIKE. THAT'S LIKE ABSTAINING. AND YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION UNDER YOUR RULES OF COUNCIL TO ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE, OKAY? NO. MR. BERRY. NO MR. STURM. NO. THERE BEING NOT A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL, I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT NAME. ONE CALL. OH, I'M. OH, I'M SO APOLOGETIC. MISS BURROWS GETS A VOTE. I THOUGHT SO, LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, MISS BURROWS. YES.
NOW, NOT HAVING A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL. I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT NOMINATION. MR. HOLT DECLINED HIS NOMINATION. SO THE NEXT NOMINATION IS FOR MR. BERRY. HALINKA? YES. OMAR? YES.
HOLT. YES. BERRY. YES. STURM. YES. BURROWS. NO. ANDERSON. NO. MR. BERRY, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED AS PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, AND I WILL TURN THE REST OF THE
[Appointment of Clerk of Council]
MEETING OVER TO YOU. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNCIL CLERK. I NOMINATE TAMMY KELLY TO THAT POSITION. SECOND. ARE THERE ANY ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? I GUESS, MISS KELLY, YOU HAVE TO CALL YOUR OWN ROLL. TED AND RANDY. YES.OMAR? YES. HOLT. YES, BARRY. YES. STURM. YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. NO. HALINKA. YES.
CONGRATULATIONS, MISS. KELLY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE SEATING CHART. SO WE'LL GO WITH
[Seating Arrangement]
THE MIDDLE SEAT BEING FOR THE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL. MR. GEORGE WILL BE ON THE IMMEDIATE RIGHT, FOLLOWED BY MISS ANDERSON AND THEN OMAR BY STEVEN. ON THE LEFT WOULD BE[00:10:05]
RANDY ALLEN AND THEN JODY ON, ON THE ON THE FAR LEFT. WHEN IT COMES TO ASSIGNMENT OF COMMITTEES. MR. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, MR. BERRY. WE NEED SEATING ARRANGEMENT BY YOUR RULES OF COUNCIL SHOULD BE APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT AND MOVE TO BE APPROVED. SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, YOU CAN APPROVE IT BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. OR WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A VOTE? WE CAN. WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. IF ANYBODY HAS AN OBJECTION, I OBJECT. OKAY, OKAY. SO YOU, MR. BERRY, YOU MOVE THAT THE SEATING ARRANGEMENT BE FROM. FROM THE FAR FROM THE CENTER YOURSELF. MR. MISS ANDERSON AND OMAR TO THE LEFT. RANDY ALLEN AND THEN JODY. SO MR. HOLT STAYS WHERE HE IS? YES, THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED OUT. I'M SORRY I SAID IT TOO FAST. IS SO OKAY, MR. OMAR AND MISS BURROWS ARE CHANGING SEATS. YES. OKAY. DOES HE NEED A SECOND? YES, SECOND. OKAY. MR. HOLT? YES. BARRY? YES. STURM? YES. BURROWS? NO.ANDERSON. NO. KALINGA. YES. OMAR. NO. SEATING ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED. OKAY. WHEN
[Assignment of Committees]
WE LOOK AT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE PARKS COMMITTEE, MISS BURROWS, LANDS COMMITTEE, MR. HELLINGA SERVICE COMMITTEE. OMAR. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE, MR. HOLT, FINANCE COMMITTEE. ALLEN. SAFETY COMMITTEE. MISS ANDERSON. DO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THOSE OR. SURE.HOW DO WE DO THAT? I DO IT BY THE BY A MOTION. SEEMS AS THAT SHOULD BE APPROVED TONIGHT.
I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. MR. BARRY, YOU MADE THE MOTION. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. BARRY. YES.
STURM. YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. NO. KALINGA. YES. OMAR. YES. HOLT. YES. NEXT ON
[Declare Clerk of Council the Designee for Council Members on Open Records Certification]
THE AGENDA IS THE. DECLARE THE CLERK OF COUNCIL THE DESIGNEE FOR COUNCIL ON ALL OPEN RECORDS CERTIFICATIONS. I WOULD MOVE THAT THAT THAT BE THE CASE. SO I NEED A SECOND. SECOND. STURM.YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES. KALINGA. YES. OMAR. YES. HOLT. YES. BARRY. YES. AND THEN
[Acceptance of Rules of Council]
THE LAST ITEM IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COUNCIL RULES. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CURRENT COUNCIL RULES AS WE WORKED ON THEM LAST YEAR. SECOND. MISS KELLY, I APOLOGIZE. SORRY. NO, I JUST WANTED TO. I KNOW THAT I REACHED OUT TO YOU EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THE AGENDA PACKET.NOT HAVING THE CORRECT COUNCIL RULES. YES. IT'S ONLINE. IT I. I ATTACHED THE WRONG SET, SO I JUST. YEAH. THE RULES OF COUNCIL WERE APPROVED I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER OF 25. AND THAT'S THE SET THAT YOU ARE ACCEPTING THIS EVENING. IT'S THE SAME WE WORKED ON LAST YEAR. YES. THE MOST CURRENT PIECE. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WE WERE ADOPTING THE CURRENT.
ABSOLUTELY BY RESOLUTION CR 1125. CAN I REQUEST THAT WE HAVE PHYSICAL COPIES BEFORE WE COME BACK AT 7:00 OF THE CURRENT COUNCIL RULES THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE? YOU'RE APPROVING THEM NOW, CORRECT. I'M JUST ASKING FOR PRINTOUTS AFTERWARDS. PLEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE ANY CALL FOR THE VOTE, BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES.
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KALINGA. YES. OMAR. YES. HOLT. YES. VERY. YES. STURM. YES. WITH THAT, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE COVERED ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE WILL ADJOURN THE. WE WILL ADJOURN THIS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND THEN RECONVENE AT 630. YES. I'M SORRY, MR. BERRY. THE MORE SEAT THOSE ARE APPOINTMENTS. I WAS GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AFTER THE FACT. SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT IN FOR THOSE. ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT AFTER THE FACT THOUGH, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY'S INTERESTED IN. I YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LIAISON, THE LIAISON POSITIONS, THOSE LIAISON POSITIONS ARE AS REQUESTED BY ORGANIZATIONS. THE ONLY POSITION THAT IS A STANDING POSITION IS THE MORE SEAT ONE. AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I HAVE RECEIVED NO REQUESTS FOR A LIAISON FROM ANYBODY AS OF TODAY. OKAY. SO BUT TYPICALLY WE HAVE THE PARK BOARD. TYPICALLY WE HAVE THE TOWN CENTER GROUP. AND AND TYPICALLY WE HAVE THE BCB CHAMBER AND THE CHAMBER. BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T RECEIVED REQUESTS YET. SO WHAT IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE. JUST LET YOU KNOW LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL WE'LL GO ABOUT THAT AND GO ABOUT IT THAT WAY. BUT WHY DON'T WE? THE OTHER THING IS, TAMMY, WHY DON'T WE SEND OUT A LIST OF ALL THOSE TO EVERYBODY SO THEY CAN SEE THEM? AND WHEN THEY TYPICALLY MEET, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. YES, SIR. I CAN DO THAT. IF THEY DON'T ASK FOR LIAISON. RIGHT. JODY? WHEN DOES WHEN DOES MOORPARK TYPICALLY MEET? CHRISTINE WAS THE ONE WHO SAT IN THAT APPOINTMENT OR THAT APPOINTMENT. BUT YES. YEAH I'VE NO I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT PENDING APPROVAL OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ADJOURN THIS SEGMENT OF THE MEETING?