[1. ROLL CALL AND STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY CLERK]
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NATION, NATION DEAR GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
JUSTICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE.
JULIE, CAN YOU PLEASE DO ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE PRESENT VICE MAYOR NIELSEN HERE.
AND MAYOR, SINCE WE DID NOT PLAY THE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO, I WILL READ A STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION FOR THE RECORD.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA OR UNDER UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE? SHOULD RAISE YOUR HAND THROUGH THE ZOOM MEETING PLATFORM TO REQUEST TO SPEAK.
IF YOU ARE JOINING THROUGH A PHONE CALL, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF THROUGH ZOOM AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES IF MORE THAN FIVE REQUESTS TO SPEAK ARE RECEIVED.
COMMENTS MAY BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE.
IF YOUR COMMENTS CONCERN AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
ARIZONA OPEN MEETING LAW RESTRICTS MAYOR AND COUNCIL ACTIONS.
IF YOUR COMMENTS CONCERN AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAY RESPOND TO CRITICISM, REQUEST THAT STAFF REVIEW THE MATTER OR REQUEST THAT THE MATTER BE SCHEDULED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS THAT WENT UP, BUT WERE THERE ANY, UM, REQUESTS TO SPEAK PRIOR TO THAT? THANK YOU MAYOR.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK.
ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE CALL THAT WISHES TO REQUEST TO SPEAK? OKAY.
[3. CONSENT AGENDA]
GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FOR CONSENT? SEPARATE CONSENT.
CAN I GET A MOTION? MY HAND IS RAISED.
I'M SORRY, MAYOR, MY HAND IS RAISED.
YES, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM THREE B.
CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM THREE B.
OKAY, SO WE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WEISS.
UH, JULIE, CAN WE DO A VOICE? VOICE VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER CONDE AYE.
[b. Approval of Secondary Employment]
OKAY, ITEM THREE B IN REGARDS TO APPROVAL OF SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT.COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, YOU ASKED FOR THE ITEM TO BE PULLED.
UH, IS THERE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? UM, NO, I WAS, I HAD MADE A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO BE SHARED, SO I WANTED TO, UM, SEE IF IT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO, UM, PAUSE UNTIL WE COULD GET SOME ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY IN REGARDS TO DATA THAT I'VE ALREADY MADE A REQUEST DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
SO, UM, I WAS JUST AWAITING SOME DATA AND IT, IT DIDN'T ARRIVE PRIOR TO THE START OF THIS MEETING.
I WAS ABLE, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN.
UH, YES, RON, SHE ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE TEACHING JOB.
I'D BE HAPPY TO EITHER READ THAT INTO THE RECORD OR I SENT IT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND JULIE AND MARCELLA SO WE CAN GET IT ADDED TO THE RECORD.
UM, JUST AS IF I WERE HANDING A HANDOUT AT A END MEETING PERSON.
BUT I, I DID, UH, PROVIDE THAT TO COUNSEL.
BASICALLY I WILL BE A PROFESSOR TEACHING HR RELATED MATTERS FOR A SMALL COHORT COHORT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING THEIR, UH, BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
I'LL BE TEACHING THE HR COURSE FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT WEEKS, STARTING IN JANUARY, UH, IN TEMPE IN PERSON.
BUT I DID SEND OVER THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
I APOLOGIZE, I GOT TO IT LATE.
UM, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET THAT OVER TO, TO COUNSEL AND THE CLERK.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BY ANY OTHER COUNSEL MEMBER AT THIS TIME BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING? AND I CAN'T SEE HANDS UP, SO JUST SPEAK UP IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
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OKAY.UM, I HAD ASKED RON IF THIS, UM, AND I SPOKE TO HIM DIRECTLY, UM, IF IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MUCH LIKE THEY DO FOR US, A PRESS RELEASE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
'CAUSE NOT ONLY SHOULD WE FOCUS ON COUNCIL, BUT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND RON TEACHING THE CLASS IS A POSITIVE THING.
SO I DID SHARE THAT WITH RON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IF WE DO APPROVE HIM GOING FORWARD WITH THIS, UM, EMPLOYMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MR. SOLORIO.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS? UM, COUNCIL GARCIA? YEP.
UM, I ACTUALLY LIKE, UH, I WANTED TO, UH, AGREE WITH US, UH, COUNCILMAN SOLO RIOS, UH, REQUEST ABOUT THE PRESS RELEASE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN HONOR WHEN SOMEBODY GETS ASKED TO, UM, TEACH OUR YOUTH AND TO TEACH, UH, THESE TYPE OF CLASSES.
UM, SO, AND I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO RON FOR BEING EVEN REQUESTED TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT IF WE COULD DO A PRESS RELEASE, IF WE DO APPROVE THIS TO GO FORWARD BECAUSE FORWARD IT IS HONESTLY A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, I TOO, UH, AM UH, GRATEFUL, UH, THAT WE HAVE HIRED, UH, A CITY MANAGER AND, UH, OTHER STAFF IN PARTICULAR, WELL WE DIDN'T, UH, BUT DID AS PART OF HIS TEAM THAT ARE AS CREDENTIALED AND IS EXPERIENCED AS THIS TO WHERE THEY'RE GETTING OFFERS LIKE THIS, UH, WHERE UNIVERSITIES ARE SEEING, UH, THE POTENTIAL THAT THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TYPE OF INFORMATION, I'M SORRY, OF, UH, OF CAREERS AND ARE ABLE TO PASS THAT INFORMATION ON TO STUDENTS THEY'RE SEEKING THEIR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES.
UH, BUT THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE IS THAT, UH, OR SORRY, THE, UH, MOTION THAT HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, I APOLOGIZE.
I, I HAD BEEN, I I JUST ASKED FOR, I WANTED TO PULL IT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE DATA AS IT RELATES TO THE COURSE OFFERING AND THE JOB DESCRIPTION TO KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT THIS IS.
SO THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO MOTION.
I JUST WANTED TO PULL IT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD THE SCOPE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE A MOTION BY ANY MEMBER OF COUNSEL TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD? I SECOND.
BUT THAT WAS A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA? YES.
JULIE, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER CONDE AYE.
LOOKS LIKE ITEM PASSES AND AT THIS MOMENT CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
WE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
GOT A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR, I'M SORRY, A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
UH, JULIE, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? VOTE.
COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL BE AT THE LEAGUE TOMORROW, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 25TH.
SO STAFF, PLEASE HAVE A SAFE DRIVE HOME.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE MEETING TONIGHT AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK OR DURING THE WEEK.