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LIKE, OKAY, IT'S 1800 HOURS.

[CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:05]

I'M GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING 2020 3-05 TO ORDER.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO PLEASE RISE. DEPUTY MAYOR, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH WE'RE SAYING, GOD, THIS IS JUST A STRONG ROCK.

OKAY. MADAM JONES.

PRESENT. HERE.

HERE. HERE.

HERE. HERE.

[BUSINESS]

OKAY. OUR FIRST ITEM FOR BUSINESS.

I'M GOING TO YIELD TO MADAM SMITH.

RESOLUTION 2023.

THAT'S ZERO SIX, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, DECLARING THE POSITION OF SEAT FIVE ON THE PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL VACATED AS OF FEBRUARY 17TH, 2023, DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF PETER FILIBERTO PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHES WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AND MASTER CHIEF.

AND THEN MISS JANICE, IS IT? THE MASTER CHIEF.

SILVERTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THIS ONE.

SINCE THE VACANCY WAS FEBRUARY 17TH, THE 60 DAYS THAT IS APRIL 18TH.

IS THAT CORRECT? BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE POSITION FILLED BY APRIL 18TH.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BELIEVING.

I'LL HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY RESPOND TO THAT OFFICIALLY, MADAM SMITH.

I HAVE A COMPUTER, BUT IT STARTS FROM FEBRUARY 17.

YES, COMMENCES FEBRUARY 17.

THANK YOU, MR. CHIEF.

MISS JANICE, YOU WERE NEXT.

IT IN THE RIGHT ORDER.

MY NAME IS JANICE ZENKO.

I LIVE AT 570 SHERMAN STREET, SOUTHEAST AND PALM BAY.

BEEN A LONG TIME BOVARD RESIDENT, ONLY FOUR YEARS HERE IN PALM BAY.

AND I MOVED HERE BECAUSE I SAW THAT THE CITY STARTED HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I'VE TRIED TO MEET WITH YOU ALL, AND I GUESS TIMING WAS OFF.

AND SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

BUT ONE THING THAT I ASKED BEFORE THIS ALL UNFOLDED, AFTER THE RESIGNATION WAS HOW MUCH WEIGHT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CITIZEN BOARD APPLICATION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ASK FOR MUCH INFORMATION.

ALL IT'S ASKING FOR IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH HAVE YOU DONE FOR THE CITY, BASICALLY, AND BECAUSE OF COVID AND MANY OTHER REASONS, THERE'S MANY OF US THAT WILL HAVE A VERY SHORT APPLICATION.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE LONG EXPERIENCE THAT WE COULD ADD TO THE CITY AND BE A GOOD.

TEAM MEMBER FOR THIS DIOCESE AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. OR.

I BELIEVE THIS GENTLEMAN RAISED HIS HAND BEFORE YOU, SIR.

I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME. AND THEN, MR. GRAHAM, YOUR NEXT.

HI, MY NAME IS ALAN MILES.

I LIVE AT 301 LISA ROAD, NORTHEAST.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF PALM BAY FOR OVER 35 YEARS AND A RESIDENT OF THE SISTER CITY, PORT ST LUCIE, FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE REPLACEMENT COUNCIL MEMBER BY A VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE FOUR REMAINING MEMBERS.

I HAVE A DOCTORATE FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY.

I WAS BORN IN THE SLEEPY TOWN OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AND GREW UP OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, D.C..

MR. MILES, I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOUR YOUR RESUME.

RIGHT. HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING WHO GETS APPOINTED HERE TODAY.

WE'RE ESTABLISHING A RESOLUTION MOVING FORWARD.

RIGHT. APPLICATION PROCESS WILL WILL ENSUE.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON REGARDING THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION? WELL, LOOKING AT THE CHARTER, THE VACANCIES FILLING OF VACANCIES, IT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

ONE, YOU CAN RUN AN ELECTION OR TWO, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS CAN VOTE SOMEBODY IN.

SO RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THE EXPENSE AND DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO PUT MYSELF OUT THERE.

YES, SIR. AND I AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE NO LONGER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION.

SO THE BOARD, THIS COUNCIL WILL BE APPOINTING ONE OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WILL COME IN DOWNRANGE.

THAT WAS VOTED ON THIS PAST NOVEMBER.

WELL, I THOUGHT THE SPECIAL ELECTION OPTION IS NO LONGER.

I THOUGHT THE SPECIAL MEETING WAS TO PRESENT YOURSELF, IF NECESSARY.

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I DON'T BELIEVE, MA'AM.

TECHNICALLY. THIS IS JUST THE RESOLUTION.

YES, THIS ITEM IS JUST THE WE HAVE TO ALTHOUGH COUNCILMAN ROBERTO SUBMITTED THE RESIGNATION LETTER AND IT WAS EFFECTIVE WHEN GIVEN OUR CHARTER REQUIRES THAT WE PASS A RESOLUTION ANNOUNCING THE VACANCY AND SAY IN COUNCIL STATING THE CAUSE.

SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY. BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO APPLY AFTER WE ESTABLISH THAT PROCESS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IF I COULD JUMP IN, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MISS JANICE, WHO SPOKE BEFORE YOU.

SO IF YOU ARE WANTING TO MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY JUST TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SHARE YOUR RESUME IN MORE DETAIL, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ANY ONE OF US AS WELL, SIR.

SO THEY WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE? I BELIEVE, MR. GRAHAM, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ANYONE ELSE AFTER MR. GRAHAM? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO MADE A POINT OF ORDER THAT YOU SKIPPED OVER CHARTER REVISIONS, WHICH INCLUDED PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO YOU HAD NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, AS WE USUALLY DO AT MEETINGS.

SO I WOULD ASK FOR A LITTLE LENIENCY FOR TIME IF I GET CLOSE.

I WOULD QUESTION THE REASON TO EVEN HAVE THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

THE CLOCK ALREADY STARTED ON THE 17TH.

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES A DECLARATION MAKE IF IT'S TONIGHT OR NEXT WEEK AT THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING? HIS NEW BUSINESS? IF IF THAT WASN'T THE CASE, IF IT DIDN'T START THEN AND DIDN'T START UNTIL YOU MADE THE DECLARATION, YOU COULD STILL WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO MAKE THE DECLARATION.

BUT TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH 24 HOURS NOTICE IS NOT TRANSPARENT.

WE CAN DO BETTER.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING I EXPECT FROM THIS COUNCIL IN 2023.

IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD EXPECT FROM THE COUNCIL IN 2016.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH.

HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND? TO WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.

THAT IS CORRECT. HE HE EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER THE TIMETABLE WAS ALREADY SET UPON THE VACANCY, AND WE COULD HAVE MOVED THIS MEETING TO NEXT WEEK. IS THERE A RESPONSE YOU WISH TO PROVIDE? CERTAINLY ONE.

CERTAINLY WE ARE ANNOUNCING THE VACANCY, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING AHEAD AND CODIFY IN THE PROCESS.

THERE IS A PROCESS THAT COUNCIL REGULARLY USES FOR BOARDS AND WE USE IT ALL THE TIME, BUT IT'S IN THE BOARD'S POLICY.

IT'S NOT A SEPARATE ORDINANCE.

SO WE WANT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE.

CERTAINLY THERE WAS A CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD USE THAT PROCESS, BUT WE ALSO NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROCESS WAS CODIFIED.

SO THAT GO AHEAD. IT ALLOWS US TO NOW SEE VACANCY AND HAVE THE.

FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE CODIFIED IN THE PROCESS, WHILE ALSO STARTING THE APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE A VERY SHORT WINDOW.

GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU.

DOES THAT RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, SIR? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2023.

DASH SIX.

I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

IF YOU GENTLEMEN DON'T MIND, I WANT TO HAVE COUNCILMAN FOSTER WHO'S ON THE PHONE.

I CAN'T MAKE A VISUAL.

ALLOW HIM TO BE THE FIRST TO SPEAK.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER, ARE YOU TRACKING US? YES, MAYOR. I HAVE NO COMMENT.

HEY, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

BUT HE MADE NO COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO THROW THIS OUT THERE, GENTLEMEN.

WE'RE WE'RE ENTERING INTO A POSITION WHERE THE CITY HAS NEVER BEEN INTO BEFORE.

RIGHT. WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SELECT THE CANDIDATE TO SIT ON THIS DAIS.

RIGHT. AND IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE.

AND SO THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE TYPICALLY IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT DECIDE.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO PUT A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY ON US.

SO I WANT US TO BE PRUDENT ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

BY THAT I MEAN WE SHOULD WE SHOULD INSTITUTE AND PROBABLY THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT ITEM, BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A BACKGROUND CHECK, MAKE SURE THAT WE BECAUSE IF WE'RE HIRING A NEW PERSON ON.

AS AN EMPLOYEE. THEY GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS, THEY GO THROUGH DRUG TESTING.

AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE SAME ISSUES IN LINE.

BUT OTHER THAN THOSE COMMENTS, WHICH I'LL REPEAT THE SECOND AT THE SECOND ITEM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON WHERE WHERE YOUR MAYOR STANDS AT THIS TIME.

SO I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I.

[00:10:02]

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER TWO. MISS SMITH, ORDINANCE 2023.

THUS TEN. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

TITLE FIVE LEGISLATIVE CHAPTER 50 ELECTIONS SUBCHAPTER FILLING THE VACANCIES BY MODIFYING PROVISIONS CONTAINED THEREIN PURSUANT TO THE PALM BAY CITY CHARTER, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. MRS. JONES. UH.

SORRY. ANY. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UM, NO, SIR. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE STEP FORWARD, MR. GRAHAM. ANYONE ELSE? MASTER CHIEF AND THEN MISS WRIGHT.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO AGAIN STATE MY OBJECTION, TOO.

THERE'S A REASON THESE ORDINANCES TAKE TWO READINGS.

THERE IS A REASON THESE ORDINANCES TAKE TWO READINGS NOT TO BE DONE ON A 24 HOUR NOTICE MEETING.

PRETTY MUCH YOU'RE COVERED BY SUNSHINE, BUT JUST BARELY.

I MEAN, MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR BEING TRANSPARENT, ABSOLUTE MINIMUM STANDARDS.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHIEF. GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

I HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON THIS ONE.

EXCUSE ME. THE FIRST ONE NEW APPOINTMENT ENDS IS GOING TO BE 2026 OR IS IT GOING TO BE THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION? SO IT'LL BE BECAUSE THAT MEANS IT'LL BE THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.

THAT MEANS WE'RE FILLING FOUR SEATS, WHICH IS KIND OF CONTRADICTORY OF WHAT WE TRY TO OPERATE OUR GOVERNMENT SO WE DON'T HAVE A FULL BRAND NEW TOTAL GOVERNMENT SITTING UP THERE AT ONE TIME.

SO THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION THERE.

SO WE'D BE FILLING FOUR SEATS AT THE NEXT ELECTION.

ITEM NUMBER TWO.

HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT ACQUIRING THE FORM IF YOU WANT TO BE AN APPLICANT SUBMITTING THE FORM? WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE FORM? EXPLAIN THAT. SO THE PEOPLE THAT DO WANT TO FIND OUT WILL KNOW.

I KNOW IT'LL BE POSTED TO THE WEB, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY ON A PUBLIC MEETING TELL PEOPLE HOW TO GET IT.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IN DATE FOR THE 30 DAY APPLICATION PROCESS IS THAT 30 DAYS FROM TODAY, 30 DAYS FROM WHEN THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED OR WHAT? SO WHAT'S THE END DATE BY WHEN A PERSON HAS TO HAVE THEIR APPLICATION IN BY EXCUSE ME, ITEM NUMBER FOUR? THIS PROCESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AFTER NOVEMBER ELECTION.

SO WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT THE PROCESS WAS GOING TO BE AND PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT IT.

BUT THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE AT THIS TIME.

BUT WE KNEW IT WAS COMING BECAUSE IT.

WHY WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE? BECAUSE YOU SAW WHAT A WHAT THE SAY THE IMAGE THAT IT PORTRAYS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT NOW YOU SEE THE IMAGE.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AND CAN BE CHANGED AT THE WHIM OF OUR SITTING COUNCIL.

SO THIS PROCESS BY WHICH WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS JUST AN ORDINANCE.

AND IF WE SAY IT DOESN'T WORK AND WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN SAY, WELL, WE JUST WANT TO REWRITE OUR ORDINANCE, YOU'LL DECIDE AMONGST YOURSELF ON THE ENTIRE PROCESS COULD BE CHANGED AGAIN BASED ON THE SITTING COUNCIL.

JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE THAT THIS IS IT'S IN STONE.

ONCE YOU PASS IT AND TELL SOMEBODY BUYS A RAW CAMERA AND YOU BRUST OUT ROCK UP, AND THEN IT'S STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S STRICTLY BASED ON AN ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WANTED TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS FIRST.

THE FIRST QUESTION 2024 IS, AS YOU KNOW, MASTER CHIEF, AND THEN IT WILL GO ON CYCLE IN 2026 AGAIN.

SO IT'LL BE A TWO YEAR TERM.

UNTIL IT RESETS ITSELF.

THEN I WANTED THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

PERHAPS, MR. REESE, YOU CAN YOU COULD SHARE ON THAT.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH SOME HERE.

I'M BELIEVING.

YES. MAYOR, IF APPROVED TONIGHT, THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE PLACED ON THE WEBSITE UNDER THE ELECTIONS PAGE.

AND ALSO THEY CAN CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK AND I CAN SEND IT VIA EMAIL OR THEY CAN COME AND PICK IT UP.

IMAM. AND THEN THE END DATE, THE 30 DAYS THAT MASTER CHIEF WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS WOULD BE MARCH 29TH, BECAUSE THE SELECTION WILL HOPEFULLY BE ON APRIL 6TH.

APRIL 6TH MEETING.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND, OF COURSE, NUMBER FIVE WAS ALL ABOUT IMAGE.

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I BELIEVE MISS WRIGHT, YOU WERE NEXT.

WAS SELECT SELECTION.

THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S RIGHT.

I. ISABEL WRIGHT 858 BRISBANE STREET, NORTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. FILIBERTO FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN OUR PRAYERS.

SECOND OF ALL, ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY HE MENTIONED.

I THINK THAT WE ARE IN A ON A SPEEDING PROCESS BECAUSE THE TIME IS LIMITED AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE BEING TRANSPARENT.

AND I AND I THINK THAT.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE ARE HURTING AND WE NEED TO HEAL.

SO THE FASTER WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS, THE FASTER WE CAN TAKE CARE OF STARTING THE HEALING PROCESS.

I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT YOU GUYS WILL PICK THE RIGHT PERSON AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR NEEDS OF THAT PERSON THAT SITS RIGHT THERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.

AND AS FAR AS BACKGROUND CHECKS, I JUST FEEL THAT IF YOU GUYS WERE NOT BACKGROUND CHECKED, THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BE SITTING UP THERE SHOULD NOT BE BACKGROUND CHECK BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE A DIFFERENCE.

ONCE THE ELECTION PROCESS GETS THROUGH, THEN WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE.

FOR NEXT ELECTION IN 2024, WHERE WE CAN BE FAIR AND BE INCLUSIVE OF WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE.

BUT FOR THIS ELECTION, I THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY RUNNING OR SOMEBODY WHO'S INTERESTED.

I DON'T THINK A FULL BACKGROUND CHECK LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT EMPLOYEES.

WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SIT. THERE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE, LIKE YOU GUYS SAID BEFORE, YOU'RE NOT EMPLOYEE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IT'S A NICE.

OH, WE'RE TIM.

TIM'S BEFORE YOU, SIR.

TIM. ALRIGHT, RAISE YOUR HAND, TIM.

YOUR NEXT TIM AND THEN MR. STICE. AND THEN WHO ELSE? I HOPE EVERYBODY. WELL, SIR, WE WANT EVERYBODY'S VOICE TO BE HEARD HERE IN PALM BAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO GET THIS STRAIGHT IN MY OWN SCRAMBLED UP BRAIN.

SO THESE CHANGES ARE CHANGING THE ORDINANCES THAT DICTATE HOW YOU REPLACE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

RIGHT. SO IT APPEARS TO ME AND I'VE READ IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, GOBBLEDYGOOK STUFF SOMETIMES, BUT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS FOR SOMEBODY TO REPLACE A SEAT ON THE COUNCIL.

THAT COULD BE ANYBODY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

AND THEN THE FOUR OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO.

SELECT WHO'S GOING TO FILL THAT SLOT.

IS HOW I UNDERSTAND IT.

AND THAT'S NOT ALLOWING THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY TO BE THE SELECTOR OF COUNCIL MEMBERS UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION, WHICH I THINK IS NOVEMBER 24.

SO I'M JUST NOT QUITE SURE ON THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW.

IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE UP MORE.

I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO GO THAT DIRECTION.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS I HAD STATED BEFORE, MAYOR NATHAN WHITE GARNERED ALMOST 18,000 VOTES IN THE LAST ELECTION. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HIS CORNER IN THIS JURISDICTION.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT VOTE ON THESE ORDINANCES AND MAKE THESE RULES FOR.

WHAT YOU DO HERE ON THE COUNCIL.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH SAY IN IT, BUT HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT OF SAY IN IT.

AND I HOPE YOU ALL DO THE RIGHT THING AND WE GET A GOOD BALANCE OF REPRESENTATION ON THE COUNCIL THAT GIVES DIRECTION TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY IN THE NEXT LOT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A YEAR AND A HALF TILL NEXT ELECTION.

SO IT'S A LONG TIME.

IT'S A LOT OF MEETINGS AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DECISIONS.

I WISH YOU ALL WELL ON MAKING THAT REPLACEMENT CHOICE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ADAM SMITH.

CAN YOU JUST RECAP WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS DECISION JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED THIS PAST NOVEMBER?

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THERE WAS A REFERENDUM ON CHANGES TO THE CHARTER, ONE OF WHICH DEALT WITH HOW A VACANCY ON COUNCIL WOULD BE WOULD BE FILLED, BECAUSE PRIOR TO THAT, THE CHARTER IS MOST RECENT.

CHARTER STATED COUNCIL WOULD PASS AN ORDINANCE.

AND SO THERE WAS SOME HEATED DISCUSSION ABOUT COUNCIL HAVING THE AN ORDINANCE WHICH CAN BE COMPLETELY CHANGED BY COUNCIL.

SO INSTEAD WHAT WAS ON THE REFERENDUM AND WHAT THE VOTERS VOTED FOR WAS A PROCESS IN WHICH COUNCIL, WHILE WE WOULDN'T HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION UNLESS COUNCIL FAILED TO APPOINT WITHIN 60 DAYS, AND THEN THAT PERSON, WHOEVER WAS APPOINTED, WOULD COME UP FOR A VOTE AT THE NEXT REGULAR ELECTION SO THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A NEED FOR A SPECIAL COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY ELECTION EXPENSE, BUT THAT THE VOTERS WOULD ACTUALLY STILL HAVE A SAY IN IT BY HAVING THAT PERSON BE ON THE NEXT ELECTION FOR THIS CITY.

SO IT WAS VOTED ON.

SO THE PUBLIC DECIDED THAT THEY PREFERRED THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.

MR. STICE, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. ROBERT'S DAY IS 1796 WHEN BROOK DRIVE.

JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS. WHEN I WAS HIRING PEOPLE, I HAD A ADMIN ASSISTANT WHO INTERVIEWED.

WELL, BACKGROUND CHECKS WENT THROUGH JUST FINE DRUG TESTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND WHEN I GOT HER IN PLACE, THINGS WERE GOING A LITTLE CRAZY.

I FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS ARRESTED IN A NEIGHBORING TOWN, AND FOR ONE OF IT WAS ASSAULTING THE POLICE.

AND IF FOUND THAT ONLINE, THERE'S A LOT OF FREE INFORMATION ONLINE.

SO IF THE CITY ITSELF CAN'T DO BACKGROUND CHECKS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY LAW THAT YOU JUST CAN'T LOOK AND FIND AS A LOT OF INFORMATION ONLINE THAT YOU CAN GET FROM PUBLIC RECORDS. SO JUST PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THE OTHER THING IS, I REALLY LIKED THE NEW STAFF THAT YOU HAVE HERE AND YOUR MEMBERS HERE THINKING OUT OF THE BOX AND WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IN LAYMAN'S TERM.

EVERYBODY DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID, WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT OR WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE LEFT.

LOOK AT THIS IN AN INDEPENDENT MIND.

MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE PEOPLE WITH BLUE EYES OVER HERE AND GREEN EYES OVER HERE AND AND BROWN EYES OVER THERE, ETC., ETC..

I LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU HIRE PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU, YOU HAVE THE SAME STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.

I'M NOT I'M NOT A MICRO GUY.

SO I HIRE PEOPLE THAT ARE BECAUSE I'M A MACRO GUY.

ALL RIGHT. PLEASE LOOK AT THAT.

WHEN YOU TAKE THIS IN CONSIDERATION, LOOK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

SO I WOULD I WOULD ASK IF YOU YOU KNOW, YOUR FLAVOR IS DEMOCRATIC.

TAKE OFF YOUR DEMOCRATIC HAT.

REPUBLICAN. TAKE OFF THAT HAT.

WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE CITY? BECAUSE DEBATE IS HEALTHY.

YOU GET EVERYBODY IN HERE WHO'S GOT THE SAME FOCUS AND THE SAME STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS AND YOUR WEAKNESSES ARE GOING TO JUST JUMP OUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT GIVE AND TAKE.

AND I THINK AS A COUNTRY WHERE WE GET REALLY HEALTHY IS THAT HEALTHY DEBATE.

SO PLEASE DO NOT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT BODIES.

LOOK AT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO WHO'S GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE BOX AND PUSH THE NORM ON THAT.

AND I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, BUT THERE'S PEOPLE HERE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF PROCESSES, REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GIVE YOU DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT IT.

SO AGAIN, DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID, FELLOWS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. YOU, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS EDWARD MICHAEL.

IT UP ON THE MIKE, SIR. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? MY NAME IS EDWARD MCCALL, 717 FERNANDINA STREET, NORTHWEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR TEN YEARS ON THIS PROCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW AS AN ORDINANCE.

YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE REPLACING SOMEBODY.

AND I'VE ALREADY HAD SOMEBODY SAY THEY DON'T WANT A BACKGROUND CHECK ON THEM.

I'M KIND OF A LITTLE BIT LEERY ABOUT THAT.

WE HAD THE PERSON THAT WE ARE NOW TRYING TO REPLACE IN THIS CITY.

HE MUST NOT HAVE GOTTEN A BACKGROUND CHECK EITHER.

AND WE KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPENED WITH THAT.

I'M AGAINST ANYBODY GETTING UP ON THAT BOARD THAT DOESN'T GET A BACKGROUND CHECK, EVEN IF IT'S CURSORY.

DON'T SOMEBODY SAY, DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID.

IT'S NOT ABOUT KOOL-AID, BUT IT'S ABOUT AS HAVING SOMEBODY THAT'S SITTING UP THERE ON THAT BOARD THAT'S GOT THEIR BRAIN ON THEIR ON THEIR SHOULDERS, AND THEY'RE NOT DOING STUPID THINGS EITHER OUT IN THE CITY OR UP ON THAT DAIS.

I'M A NOBODY.

I'M JUST A NOBODY.

AND I WANT TO FILL OUT.

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I WANT THAT FOR.

IN THE DOCTOR.

WE'RE GOING TO GO HEAD TO HEAD ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOBODIES AND NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THEM THAT DOESN'T REALLY KNOW THE WORKINGS OF A GOVERNMENT.

IT SITS UP THERE, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON AND FINDS OUT HOW TO RUN A CITY ALONG WITH THE REST OF YOU, BECAUSE THIS CITY IS GROWING SO FAST THAT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A COMMON CITIZEN.

WE ALL WATCH THE CITY GROW.

OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO THIS CITY.

YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'VE GOT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHO YOU'VE GOT.

YOU GUYS SHOULD DO A BACKGROUND CHECK.

CURSORY BACKGROUND CHECK.

MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO PUT UP THERE, THAT FILLS OUT THE FORM.

NOT TO BE A KOOL-AID DRINKER, BUT NEW YORK DIDN'T VET SANTOS WELL, AND APPARENTLY.

RANDY FINE DIDN'T INVENT THIS LAST ONE EITHER.

SO I DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID.

ESPECIALLY IN A NON PARTIZAN SITUATION, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.

MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHO YOU GET.

JUST LET IT RIDE.

DON'T SAY WE'RE NOT THE POLICE BECAUSE.

THEY ARE. YOU CAN DO A CURSORY CHECK.

VERY SIMPLE.

THAT MAN OVER THERE IN THE CORNER THAT SAID THIS MEETING WAS HELD, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS IF I HADN'T BEEN CALLING UP THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON A TOTALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS MEETING, I WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN.

AND THIS IS AN EMPTY ROOM, CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS YOU HAVE IN THIS AREA.

THIS IS AN EMPTY ROOM.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM.

WHEN YOU HAVE TO OPEN UP ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS TO GET PEOPLE IN HERE.

KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? YOU'RE. YOU'RE AFTER HIM.

PHILIP CORCORAN, 1878 WIND DRIVE.

WITH ALL THIS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN THROUGH IN THE LAST TEN OR 15 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CONSIDER ANYBODY WITHOUT DOING A FULL BACKGROUND CHECK AND COMPLETELY VETTED IN PERSON. WE DON'T WANT THE FBI IN HERE AGAIN.

I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS WHAT THE PROCESS IS FROM FROM HERE.

YOU FOUR GENTLEMEN ARE GOING.

IF DID OR STUCK WITH MAKING THIS DECISION.

AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION.

SO HOW WILL IT GO? YOU WILL CONSIDER EVERYBODY'S RESUME AND EVERYBODY PICKS ONE AND WE DISCUSS THE THE FOUR THAT YOU PICK OR HOW IS IT GOING TO GO AND WILL IT BE DONE PUBLICLY IN A VENUE WHERE THE THE ELECTORATE GETS TO SEE WHAT QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO WHILE HE'S COMING UP, MYSTERIES, ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THIS MORE ON A RANKING BASIS LIKE WE DO BOARD MEMBERS? IS THAT HOW YOU ENVISION THIS? YES, MAYOR. IN ADDITION TO THE APPLICATION, EACH INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE PURSUANT TO THE CODE.

UM, THE APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL SHALL MEET THE CITY'S QUALIFICATIONS FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING PUBLIC OFFICE.

SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO HAVE EACH INDIVIDUAL COMPLETE A RESIDENCY OF CANDIDATE AFFIDAVIT FORM, WHICH INCLUDES THAT THEY ARE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY, THEY ARE A REGISTERED VOTER, THEY RESIDE AT A CITY ADDRESS.

AND IF THEY HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY FELONIES, THAT THEY'VE HAD THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORED.

SO THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION.

AND THEN ONCE COUNCIL REVIEWS ALL THE APPLICATIONS, IT WILL BE A RANKING SYSTEM.

NOW, JUST AS YOU DO WITH THE BOARD APPLICATION.

AND AND I SEE THAT AND I GUESS WE COULD DISCUSS THIS LATER.

BUT OUR THE JOB APPLICATIONS, IF I'M NOT.

I MAY BE MISTAKEN, BUT OUR CITY JOB APPLICATIONS, THEY THEY'RE DIFFERENT.

I REALIZE THAT. BUT IT ASKED IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY ARRESTS AND WHAT THE OUTCOME HAS BEEN.

IS THAT ACCURATE? THIS WOULD NOT BE A JOB APPLICATION.

THIS IS OUR BOARD APPLICATION.

I'M JUST ASKING THE JOB APPLICATIONS.

DO THEY HAVE HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED? MADAM CHAIRMAN, IS THAT.

CAN YOU. IT SAYS ON THE BOARD ON THIS APPLICATION CANADA AFFIDAVIT, IT SAYS, HAVE YOU BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY? NOT ON THE CANDIDATE AFFIDAVIT ON THE ACTUAL BOARD APPLICATION.

SO IT SAYS, HAVE YOU BEEN ARRESTED ON THE BOARD APPLICATION? I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.

I'M CLARK. AND CAN YOU PROVIDE THAT TO US, PLEASE? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THAT'S GOOD. CARRY ON, SIR.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SORRY. NATHAN WHITE 1301 SEA BREEZE STREET, SOUTHWEST.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I DO HAVE TO AGREE WITH A COUPLE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN TONIGHT THAT THE SHORT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING IS CONCERNING A LITTLE BIT,

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NOT WITH RESPECT TO THE RESOLUTION DECLARING THE VACANCY.

THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

THERE'S NOT REALLY AN OPTION THERE.

THE VACANCY IS THERE.

IT'S A KIND OF FORMALITY IN A WAY.

BUT CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCES REGARDING WHO SITS ON THIS DAIS IN ANY CAPACITY SHOULD HAVE THE MAXIMUM PUBLIC INPUT. I HEARD AN ANSWER TO WHY WE'RE DOING THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT.

THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

IS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON OR NEED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS OTHER ORDINANCE CHANGE, PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE TONIGHT INSTEAD OF AT A REGULAR MEETING.

THE NOTICE. THE NOTICE WAS SHORT.

THERE ARE 18 RESIDENTS IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW.

AND IF YOU RECALL, WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE OR POSTED, I SHOULD SAY IN THE AGENDA TO REMOVE SPECIAL ELECTIONS FROM THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS POSTED ON A ON A FRIDAY, THE ORDINANCE BY THURSDAY, SIX DAYS.

OVER 300 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO A COUNCIL MEETING.

SO 1 TO 2 DAYS NOTICE VERSUS SIX DAYS MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES TO ANY PART OF THE PROCESS OF HOW SOMEONE SITS ON THAT DAIS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC INPUT.

SO WE HEARD WHY WE'RE DOING IT IN GENERAL.

IS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON WE'RE DOING THAT AT THIS MEETING INSTEAD OF SAVING THAT PART TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WHOEVER WANTS TO TAKE THAT QUESTION.

MOTHER JONES OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, ADAM SMITH.

AS FAR AS THE ORDINANCE CHANGE, WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH THE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN START SOLICITING APPLICATIONS.

THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 2ND.

BUT THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE APPLICATIONS, THE FOLLOWING MEETING, AND THEN THE APPOINTMENT TO BE MADE AT THE APRIL 6TH MEETING.

SO WE NEEDED TO GET THE PROCESS STARTED FOR THE ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO START SOLICITING APPLICATIONS.

MAYOR, I WILL NOTE AS FAR AS HE SAID, THE PRIOR REGULAR MEETING WHERE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS HERE AT THAT MEETING, IT WAS AT WHAT THE PROCESS WAS AND COUNCIL DID STATE WHAT THE PROCESS WAS.

THIS IS REALLY ABOUT CODIFYING THE PROCESS, BUT THE PROCESS THAT COUNCIL WAS GOING TO USE AND WHAT COUNCIL PROVIDED A CONSENSUS WAS, WAS STATED AT THAT REGULAR MEETING IN WHICH THE ROOM WAS PACKED. SO THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY SOMETHING NEW IS WHAT IS DOING.

IT IS MAKING SURE THAT IT LEGALLY FOLLOWS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, THAT IT IS CODIFIED.

IT'S NOT JUST THE CONSENSUS, IT'S NOT JUST A POLICY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.

BUT THE POLICY THAT WE'RE USING WAS WHAT WAS THIS NOUNCED AT THAT MEETING THAT WAS REGULARLY SCHEDULED AND WHERE THE THERE WERE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE YOU WEIGHING IN.

MR. COCHRAN, YOUR NEXT HERE.

WHAT WAS WHAT WAS IT? WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION GOING TO BE A PUBLIC PROCESS.

IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A RANKING PROCESS.

WE'RE GOING TO RANK THE APPLICATIONS AND AND WHOEVER WHOEVER YOUR NEXT MAN.

GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.

DAWN, BATTER FOUR, SEVEN, NINE.

FOUNTAIN STREET, SOUTHWEST.

LET ME BEGIN BY CHEERING THE NEW ROADS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OK.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

ON A SEPARATE NOTE, I HOPE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SOMEBODY TO SERVE THE CITY.

WE'VE DONE SO MUCH GOOD WORK HERE.

IT WOULD BE SAD TO SEE AN ALL UNRAVEL JUST BASED ON.

A MISTAKE.

OKAY. A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON, RIGHT? WE DON'T BRING DOWN A WHOLE PROCESS BASED ON JUST A MOMENT.

SO I'M HOPING, GIVEN ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE, THAT WE SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GOVERN WHO DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE AND DON'T KNOW OUR CITY.

PLEASE CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD.

WE'RE AT A TIPPING POINT AND AND A GOOD ONE.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS.

WE ONLY WANT TO MARCH FORWARD.

RIGHT. WE ARE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? THIRD COME UP. YOU SPOKE AT THE LAST ITEM.

DID YOU WANT TO COME SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

AND AFTER MISS JANICE.

ANYONE ELSE?

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AND ZINC. OH 570 SHERMAN STREET SOUTHEAST.

AND I'LL START OFF WITH APOLOGIZING FOR BEING OUT OF ORDER.

I DIDN'T INTEND TO DO THAT.

SO THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE SHORT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN APPLICATION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST, WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT IN THE LAST WEEK, I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE A BOARD APPLICATION AND NOW THAT MIGHT BE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT. AND WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT IT IS TWEAKED AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION TO BE HELPFUL TO YOU ALL TO MAKE THIS SERIOUS DECISION FOR OUR CITY AND THAT WE DON'T REPEAT PAST MISTAKES.

AND ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY, IF IT'S OKAY TO PUT ON THERE, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF SOMETHING? I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD OBJECT TO THAT IF IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE.

AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WEIGHT IT? I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE WEIGHTED WITH A POINT SYSTEM, BUT IS IT? OH, I'VE LIVED IN PALM BAY FOR 50 YEARS AND SO I SHOULD HAVE 50 POINTS.

OR IS IT? AND I'M BEING SILLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET MY POINT.

IS IT GOING TO BE ONE POINT FOR EACH ONE AND ONE A LITTLE MORE WEIGHTED IT? WILL THERE BE A PLACE WHERE SOMEBODY COULD WRITE A SUMMARY OF WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND IS, THAT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD DO.

THANK YOU. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, MA'AM.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM. STEP FORWARD.

MY NAME IS HELEN VOLTZ.

I DON'T LIVE HERE, BUT I USED TO.

I SERVED ON THE BOARD HERE.

BUT I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

WHEN YOU DO THIS RANKING, ARE THE PEOPLE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST A CANDIDATE? ONCE WE KNOW WHO THE CANDIDATES ARE? NO, MA'AM. AT THAT POINT, WE THE COUNCIL RANKS, IF IT'S LIKE THE BOARD, AND I GUESS WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

BUT NO, MA'AM, WE'LL WE'LL BE RANKING.

WE'LL CONSIDER THE APPLICATIONS.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS AN APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP, FOR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PLUMB LINE, IF YOU WILL.

AND IT'S GOT ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT.

YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD MORE INFORMATION.

LIKE MS. JANICE SAID, ONE OF ONE OF THE DISPOSITIONS OF BEING CONVICTED.

THERE'S A QUESTION ARE HAVE YOU BEEN CONVICTED OR PLEADED GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE TO ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES? SO THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE LISTED.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT APPLICATION, IT'S GOING TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RESIDENCY CANDIDATE AFFIDAVIT.

THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO START START THAT PROCESS.

BUT WHEN IN THE PAST, WHEN THOSE BOARD APPLICATIONS COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND SAY THERE'S LIKE THREE CANDIDATES, EVERYONE ON THE DAIS RANKS ONE WHO THEY FEEL IS ONE RANKS WHO'S TWO AND WHO'S THREE AS A AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THEN WHOEVER GETS THE MOST NUMBER ONES, I GUESS, IS THE ONE THAT WOULD BE SELECTED.

AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT, MA'AM? YES. WELL, YOU'VE RECEIVED THE LOWEST NUMBER WOULD BE APPOINTED TO COUNSEL.

OKAY. AND I'M JUST THINKING THAT THIS ISN'T REALLY A BOARD APPOINTMENT, BECAUSE WHOEVER IS UP THERE HAS CONTROL OVER THE BUDGET OF OVER 100,000 PEOPLE IN TAXES.

SO I DON'T THINK THE SAME CRITERIA SHOULD BE USED FOR A BOARD POSITION AND A COUNCIL POSITION.

THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.

THANK YOU. MA'AM, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM. STEP FORWARD.

NATHAN ROSS 717 WARNING COVE CIRCLE.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT IS WHAT IS YOUR CANDIDATE? WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? LIKE, HOW WILL HE FIT INTO YOUR GROUP? THAT'S MY. I MEAN, YOUR VISIONS.

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I DON'T CARE WHETHER I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THEIR THAT THEY'RE DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL.

WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WE CAN ALL THE THREE OF US HERE IN THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S ON THE PHONE, WE CAN ANSWER THAT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

RIGHT? I CAN I CAN SAY FOR ME.

RIGHT. NUMBER ONE, THAT THEY HAVE LONGEVITY IN OUR CITY, THAT THEY LOVE OUR CITY, THAT THEY TRULY CARE, THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN OUR CITY, THAT THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGED.

AND THAT COULD BE IN ANY DIFFERENT FACETS.

BUT ALL OF US ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS, DIFFERENT MAKEUP OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

AND I KNOW THAT FOR ME, I'M JUST GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT QUALIFICATIONS.

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BUT I AM STERN ON, I BELIEVE BECAUSE.

BECAUSE. THE PEOPLE AREN'T SELECTING THE INDIVIDUAL.

WE ARE. I REALLY, TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING FOR MORE, JUST LIKE IF THEY WERE EMPLOYEES.

BECAUSE FACE IT, WE'RE EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY AND WE'RE CONSIDERED EMPLOYEES.

WE MAY BE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT WE'RE CONSIDERING EMPLOYEES.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM, THERE'S JUST NOT ONE FIT CRITERIA.

WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE ON A PERSON SITTING ON THIS.

I, I GET THAT.

BUT AS A GROUP.

WHEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND THEY TRY TO GO FORWARD WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS, DIFFERENT THOUGHTS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME COMMON INTERESTS.

WELL HOPEFULLY THAT THAT THAT'LL PAN OUT WHEN WE MAKE THE SELECTION.

YEAH. AND YOU GUYS, I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION OF 120,000 PEOPLE MAKE DECIDE ON HOW, HOW OUR LIVES GO GOING FORWARD. SO THAT'S A BIG TASK.

SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL THOUGHT OF WHEN YOU MAKE THAT DECISION.

I'LL BE THAT. MA'AM, I AGREE WITH YOU.

THE PEOPLE VOTED THIS PAST NOVEMBER TO GIVE US THAT THAT CHALLENGE.

I PREFER THAT THE PEOPLE ALWAYS CHOOSE WHO SITS UP ON HERE BECAUSE IT IS A JOB INTERVIEW.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S HOW I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN THE ELECTION PROCESS.

IT'S A JOB INTERVIEW.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US UP HERE HAS FACED THAT.

THIS IS THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA TODAY.

SO BUT THANK YOU FOR FOR COMING UP AND ENGAGING WITH US, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. AND, MR. STICE, DID YOU ALREADY SPEAK ALREADY, OR ARE YOU JUST WAVING? HELLO, OK.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TERRY MILLER, 2796, FIESTA AVENUE, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY.

JUST WANT TO SAY YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SINCE YOU RAN FOR MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND I LIKE THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY HAS GROWN IS REFLECTIVE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, THAT THE CITY HAS GROWN SO FAST.

WE DO NEED ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT FROM HERE, WHAT EVERYBODY IS SAYING I MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD REFLECT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL'S CONSTITUENTS JUST TO MAKE IT FAIR TO EVERYBODY.

AND PALM BAY SUFFERED ENOUGH.

AS FAR AS HIS IMAGE GOES, AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE MOVING FAST ENOUGH FROM WHAT I SEEN, AND I DON'T THINK THERE WAS REALLY A TIME FRAME FOR YOU GUYS TO DO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING NEW.

SO JUST WANT TO SAY I TRUST YOU GUYS OPINION AND MAY GOD GUIDE YOU ALL IN YOUR DECISION.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE.

I'M ASKING FOR EMOTION.

MOST IMPROVED ON ITS 2023 DASH TEN FIRST READING.

SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

YES, MAN, I MADE THE MOTION, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE NEED A MOTION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

SO I WANT IF I COULD PASS IT TO YOU.

I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT YOUR TAKE ON HOW TO ADD A LITTLE MORE TEETH TO THIS.

SO. YES, SIR. AND GOD BLESS YOU.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I REALLY THINK THIS IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY FOR US, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

WE WENT THROUGH AN ELECTORAL PROCESS, AND IN THAT PROCESS WE WERE INTERVIEWED BY HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OUR BOSSES.

OUR BOSSES ARE THE PEOPLE.

WE REPRESENT THEM.

AND IN THAT PROCESS, THEY SELECTED, HEY, IT'S EITHER IT'S IN MY CASE, THERE WERE FOUR CANDIDATES IN THE RACE, THEN THERE WAS TWO.

AND I WAS TRULY BLESSED THAT THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY SELECTED ME ONE OUT OF FOUR.

RIGHT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT THAT WITH THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS, TERRY, THAT THAT MADE THAT CHOICE.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAVE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

BUT THE ONUS WAS THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE VOTED MADE THAT SELECTION.

AND SO WHEN THE PEOPLE CHOOSE, THAT'S WHAT OUR THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

THAT'S WHAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT.

THIS PAST NOVEMBER, OUR PEOPLE, OUR BOSSES DECIDED THAT THEY WANT US TO MAKE THAT SELECTION.

THAT'S A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY, GENTLEMEN.

AND SO AS PART OF THAT SELECTION PROCESS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BACKGROUND CHECK THAT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE ANYTHING FOOLPROOF.

BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN TRYING TO SELECT THE MOST VIABLE CANDIDATE.

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RIGHT. AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE LAST MEETING, I, I WANTED US TO TAKE A DRUG TEST.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT FAILED.

BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DID GO TAKE THAT DRUG TEST THIS PAST WEEK.

I DID DO THAT.

PRAISE THE LORD. IT'S IT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE.

BUT ANYWAY, I THINK I THINK PART OF PART OF THAT.

OH, SO THAT'S THAT'S A PUBLIC RECORD YOU MIGHT WANT TO.

WAS THAT RELEASED TO YOU, MADAM SHERMAN YET YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, BUT IT IS PUBLIC RECORD AND GOD BLESS YOU.

YEAH, THE GUY TOLD ME I PASSED.

HE ACTUALLY HIS QUOTE WAS, THANK GOD I DON'T HAVE TO FILL OUT MORE PAPERWORK BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

BUT IT WAS A REP TEST.

ANYWAY, GETTING BACK TO THAT, I THINK WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF TRYING TO TREAT THIS AS AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND EMPLOYEE.

AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH ADDING LANGUAGE IN REGARDS TO A BACKGROUND CHECK.

I WANTED TO REFER TO MADAM CITY ATTORNEY FIRST ON THE LEGAL ASPECT OF THAT.

WELL, IT'S NOT SO MUCH IT DOES HAVE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE 60 DAYS.

I HAVE TALKED TO THE HR DIRECTOR AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HAVE A BACKGROUND CHECK.

THERE'S A HAVE A BACKGROUND CHECK, THE SAME AS THE CITY EMPLOYEES, THE CITY EMPLOYEE, THE BACKGROUND CHECK THAT WE UNDERGO.

I WAS TOLD IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST 30 DAYS.

CONSIDERING YOUR TIME LIMITS, I DON'T THINK THAT IS PROBABLY PRUDENT AND YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO OVER YOUR TIME.

THERE IS A MORE ABBREVIATED TEST THAT CAN BE WELL, JUST WITH THE FLORIDA RECORD, WHICH COULD PROBABLY BE DONE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, OF COURSE, I WOULD HAVE TO CREATE A FORM WHERE ANYBODY WE'RE GETTING A BACKGROUND CHECK, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSENT TO THAT BACKGROUND CHECK.

AND YOU ALL ARE ALSO NOT, AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE, CHARGE YOU FOR THIS.

AND I BELIEVE JUST TO GET A FLORIDA BACKGROUND, WE CAN PROBABLY GET THAT RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

AND I BELIEVE THE COST WOULD BE $45.

BUT YOU'RE REALISTICALLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE SAME THING AS CITY EMPLOYEES.

YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME.

THANK YOU, MADAM ATTORNEY.

AND THAT THAT COST OF THE 45 THAT WOULD BE ON THE APPLICANT'S.

OR THE CITY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT CHARGING AN APPLICATION FEE.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT CHARGING AN APPLICATION FEE, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE A CITY EXPENSE.

WELL, MY MY INTEREST WOULD BE FOR IT TO BE FOR THE APPLICANT APPLICANT TO PAY THE SAME WAY WE AS YOU KNOW TO.

TOUGH. YEAH, WE HAD TO.

HOW MUCH WAS IT? 100.

IT WAS MORE THAN $45.

I KNOW THAT MUCH, TINY.

YOU SAID HOW MUCH? 91.

90. SO? YEAH, THE FILING FEE.

SO I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE FOR A $45 CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

SO IF THAT.

HOW WOULD THIS NEED TO BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE LIKE THAT? MR.. MADAM ATTORNEY.

THIS IS THE SUGGESTION THAT THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP.

SO SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING IT NOW, IT WILL BE ADDED NOW AND THEN.

IT'S ON US NOW.

IT'S CLOSED NOW, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SECOND READING TO DISCUSS THIS AGAIN AS WELL.

IT'S JUST CLOSED NOW. MA'AM.

MA'AM, THIS IS CLOSED.

SO ON SUBSECTION TWO, THE NEW LANGUAGE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, WHICH THE FIRST SENTENCE MENTIONS, THE VACANCY WILL BE ANNOUNCED NO LESS THAN TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS.

YOU HAVE A SOLICITATION PERIOD.

AND THEN AFTER THAT SENTENCE, BECAUSE THAT SENTENCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE SOLICITATION PERIOD OF 30 DAYS OR CLOSE THERETO SHALL BE GIVEN FOR THE RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS, IF YOU WANT IT TO REQUIRE AN APPLICATION.

CANDIDATES WOULD PAY AN APPLICATION FEE OF $45 THAT WOULD BE USED FOR A BACKGROUND CHECK.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST LOGICAL PLACE FOR IT.

OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO CARRY ON.

SO KIND OF RELATED.

UM. A GUIDE TO US.

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BUT GUESS THE 45.

NOW, WHAT IF YOU DID MENTION THAT THEY HAVE TO CONSENT TO I MEAN, TO TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK.

WHAT IF. PERSON CHOOSE NOT TO? DOES THAT REASON FOR DISQUALIFICATION AUTOMATICALLY? OR IF YOU ALL ARE REQUIRING IT, THEN IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THE PERSON HAS TO MEET THE LEAST THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF STATE, WHICH IS WHAT THE WHOLE POINT OF THE RESIDENCY CANDIDATE AFFIDAVIT IS.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE NOT ONLY ARE YOU WANT THEM TO MEET THE MINIMUM STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU WANT THEM.

HAVE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD BE IN EFFECT FOR THE ONE YEAR BECAUSE OF COURSE ANYBODY AFTER THAT POINT WOULD NOT HAVE TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

THEY WOULD ONLY BE SUBJECT TO THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

THE SAME REQUIRES THAT EACH OF YOU WERE SUBJECT TO IT, AND THE ANSWER WOULD BE SHOULD THEY DECLINE TO ACCEPT IT.

IS YOU ALL ARE YOU ALL ARE DECIDING NOW, IF YOU ALL DECIDE THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE REQUIRED.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE STATUTORY.

THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU ARE CREATING.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT AS WELL.

EVEN THE INDIVIDUAL DECLINED TO CONSENT AND SENT TO TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK.

THAT SHOULD BE A REASON FOR DISQUALIFICATION OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE IT BE A REQUIREMENT OF THE APPLICATION THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION TO COMPLETE THE CANDIDATE AFFIDAVIT AND A CONSENT TO A BACKGROUND CHECK.

THEN HE HAS TO PULL HIS MOTION FOR WELL, PULL YOUR SECOND, I PULL MY SECOND.

OKAY. AND THEN I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE A $45 APPLICATION FEE FOR THE APPLICANT FOR A BACKGROUND FOR A REQUIRED BACKGROUND CHECK IN THE EVENT.

IF THEY DO NOT SUBMIT TO A BACKGROUND CHECK, THEN THE APPLICATION IS NOT IS DISQUALIFIED.

YEAH, A SECOND.

SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE.

IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE'RE.

YOU'RE NOT HERE. YOU'RE NOT MAKING A I CAN'T MAKE A VISUAL, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, SIR.

YOU'RE THINKING THAT I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT.

YOU CAN'T MAKE A VISUAL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE PRETTY.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY BACKGROUND CHECKS.

THE VERY TOP SECRET CLEARANCE, BACKGROUND CHECKS, MILITARY AND FEDERAL GUN.

AND THIS IS AN APPLICATION OF VOLUNTEER PERSONS WHO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON THE CITY.

WE DON'T MAKE ANY BOARD MEMBERS GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK.

I DIDN'T GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK WHEN I RAN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

I DON'T THINK. COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX WENT THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK.

I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT, THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO REQUIRE A BACKGROUND CHECK IF THE INDIVIDUAL, AFTER WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE PAST WEEK, WE HAVE THE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.

WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THIS JOB? AND. IN 2024, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND I'M QUITE SURE THEIR OPPONENT IS GOING TO BRING UP WHATEVER.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET EMBARRASSED.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE EMBARRASSED.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE EMBARRASSED.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE A JOB THAT A BACKGROUND CHECK IS NECESSARY.

BECAUSE WE GOT TOO MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES.

YOU DON'T SIGN MY SIGNATURE, DON'T GO ON ANY PAPERWORK TO APPROVE CASH.

SOMETHING FROM THE CITY FUNDS.

NOT ONE. I DON'T CARRY A FIREARM TO DO MY JOB AND ARREST PEOPLE.

AS A CITY COUNCILMAN.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS MY POINT IS THIS.

IF I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS, IT SHOULD BE OPTIONAL.

THE INDIVIDUAL WHO APPLIED FOR THIS APPOINTMENT AND SAID, YEAH, I PAY THE $45 TO DO BACKGROUND CHECK OR NO, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

AND IT'S UP TO YOU.

AS A COUNCIL PERSON.

TO MAKE THE SELECTION.

IF THAT MAKES THIS PERSON DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECK, THIS PERSON DID.

THAT'S YOUR CHOICE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE A REQUIREMENT FOR ME TO SELECT SOMEBODY.

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IF YOU'RE A CRIMINAL IS GOING TO SHOW.

YOU COULD GO THROUGH ALL THE BACKGROUND CHECK.

I KNOW SOME OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE AT ALL KINDS OF CLEARANCE AND THEY WIND UP TO BE CRIMINALS.

MOST OF THEM ARE POLITICIANS.

OKAY, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

INTEGRITY, MORALS AND WHAT THEY DO.

AND FOR AN ELECTION LESS THAN 18 MONTHS.

WE DON'T NEED TO DO THIS.

WE NOW HAVE 5050 APPLICANTS.

WE ALREADY GET PEOPLE TO APPLY BEFORE WE EVEN PASS THIS ORDINANCE.

AND THE CITY GOT TO RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK WITH THE STAFFING FOR THAT.

IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PASS OUR CONSTITUTION DUTIES.

AND THAT WASN'T IN THE ORDINANCE.

ORDINANCE. EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS IN THE CHARTER THAT WE REQUIRE A BACKGROUND CHECK TO SELECT SOMEBODY.

SO I WANT TO STICK TO THE CHARTER.

GO DO WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS.

PEOPLE VOTED ON IT.

NOW WE'RE CHANGING THE RULES AGAIN.

THE KEY CHARTER THIS THIS BOARD PROCESS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR MANY MONTHS, MANY YEARS.

IT'S NOT NEW. LET'S CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

LET'S NOT CHANGE THE GAME AT THE LAST MINUTE.

SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.

AND THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FOSTER, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.

THIS IS ALL NEW.

WE'VE NEVER APPOINTED.

YOU KNOW, WITH A YEAR AND A HALF.

BUT I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I.

ALL OPPOSE.

CAN I GET A ROLL CALL? MS.. YES, I.

NO. I KNOW.

THAT CONCLUDES. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES 3 TO 1.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.

THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.