City Commission Regular Meeting on 2023-12-19 6:00 PM

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What opening formalities and roll‑call procedures are performed at the beginning of the meeting?

Dean Trantalis 0:03

I apologize for the delay. Um there were a number of items that we had to take care of this afternoon but um the meeting lasted longer than expected. Um Uh For those of you who are here for the first time, uh just like to uh welcome you and and to let you know that our format is that we begin our e meetings with a pledge of allegiance, we take a roll call, and um there are no presentations tonight. Normally presentations are uh intended to recognize uh events, people or um activities that are taking place in our community. So t um um except for Christmas, uh Hanukkah's behind us, Kwanza's ahead of us. So uh those are the holidays we have to look forward to. So those are the those are the announcements tonight.

Dean Trantalis 0:49

Um so if I could all ask you to please rise and join me in the pledge. 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, liberty, justice, and earth. Please

Susan Grant 1:09

be seated.

Dean Trantalis 1:22

In this holiday season we have so much to be thankful for and uh a lot to think about and and so if you could please join me in this moment of silence.

Dean Trantalis 1:45

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, could you please call the roll?

David R. Hebert 1:49

Commissioner Herbst. Present. Commissioner Glassman? Here. Commissioner Sturman? Here. Mayor Trentals. Here.

Unknown 1:55

And then a motion for the Vice Mayor.

Dean Trantalis 1:57

Yes, I'm about to do that. Thank you.

Unknown 1:58

Dean Trantalis 2:01

Just check it. I'm not as C now as I was. Do I hear a motion to approve the Vice Mayor being able to participate in tonight's meeting remotely? So moved. Do I hear a second? Moved and seconded. Please call the roll.

David R. Hebert 2:15

Commissioner Herst? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Sturman? Yes. Mayor Trent Halls.

Dean Trantalis 2:22

Yes. And welcome Vice Mayor. Thank you so much. Thank you. Uh we have one agenda announcement. CM two the applicant has asked that that item be removed from tonight's agenda. Uh so do I now hear a motion to approve the minutes and the agenda as amended? Give me one minute, Mr. Mayor. I just want to wonder if we couldn't. Could you

Steven Glassman 2:43

ask

Dean Trantalis 2:43

for

Steven Glassman 2:43

polls yet? I'm sorry? Did you ask for polls of consent yet?

Dean Trantalis 2:47

No, we're not up to that yet. Okay, good. Thanks. We're not up to that yet. I guess before you do that, could we uh change the order of one thing here? Um I wonder if we could delay uh just the order R four until after we do the resolution regarding that same topic. Or eight rather, my mistake, or eight. What do you want to do there? What did you want to do there? No, no. Excuse me, I have it backwards. Um the the motion for the contract for the BDO I think the it makes more sense if we do the resolution first and then do the BDO contract after. Probably I think that's M nine. Thank you. Okay, so we'll take up M nine after we do R eight. Is that what you're asking? Yeah, I think that would make more sense. Okay, that's fine.

Dean Trantalis 3:40

Thank you, M Mr Mayor. Okay. Um All right, did we vote on the minutes in the okay, so please uh did someone make a no. Okay. So someone please uh move to approve the minutes and the agenda as amended. So moved. Second. Please call the roll.

David R. Hebert 3:58

Commissioner Herbst? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Vice Mayor Beasley Pittman? Yes. Commissioner Sturman? Yes. Mayor Trental.

Dean Trantalis 4:07

Yes, and the minutes and the amended agenda are now approved. Um so at this point we now move into our consent agenda items. Uh I ask each member of this commission if they have any consent agenda items they'd like to have pulled and we'll consider and vote on them separately. Otherwise um we will vote on all of them together. If there's a consent agenda item that you're here for that you feel you need to speak on that has not been pulled, please let me know before we vote and I'll be very happy to let you speak on that agenda item. So Commissioner Herbst, do you have any consent agenda items you'd like pulled? No mayor. Um Vice Mayor, do you have any consent agenda items you'd like pulled? None. Okay.

Dean Trantalis 4:50

Commissioner Glassman. C M nine. C M nine? And is that it?

Steven Glassman 5:01

Yes,

Dean Trantalis 5:01

thank you. And Commissioner Sturman? CR two. CR two. Okay. Um So CM nine and C R two have been pulled

Dean Trantalis 5:24

Let's see. Questions only

Dean Trantalis 5:36

So M Maggie Hunt, Maggie, are you here?