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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CLARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER
[1) CALL TO ORDER]
COUNCIL PERSON ALLEN WILL SERVE AS OUR CHAPLAIN OF THE DAY AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL PERSON REDD IF YOU WILL PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE. LET US BOW.HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU AND IN THE HUMBLEST WAY THAT WE KNOW HOW WE ASK THAT YOU COVER THIS MEETING WITH YOUR LOVE AND GRACE AND YOUR TENDER MERCY, WHERE WE ASK RIGHT NOW THAT YOU JUST COVER EVERYONE.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE COVERED AND WE ALL NEED YOUR PROTECTION AT THIS VERY MOMENT IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.
MEMBERS, PLEASE REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE.
ALL MEMBERS PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCILPERSON LITTLE CURRENTLY WARD ONE AND WARD FIVE SEATS ARE VACANT.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY CLERK
[5) APPOINTMENT OF CITY CLERK]
RESOLUTION 18-2021-22 APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF CITY CLERK.IN ORDER TO GET IT PROPERLY BEFORE US, I'LL NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
MEMBERS REPLACING OUR CITY CLERK IS NOT A TASK I WANTED TO DO, AND IT COULD BE SAID THAT REPLACING SYLVIA SKINNER IS A NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TASK.
MS. SKINNER HAS DEVOTED MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE TO OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. HER SERVICE AS CITY CLERK HAS ESTABLISHED A STANDARD THAT FEW COULD EVER HOPE TO MEET. WE COULD SPEND THE BALANCE OF THE EVENING RECOUNTING THE WAY SHE HAS HELPED KEEP OUR GOVERNMENT ON TRACK AND ACCOUNTABLE, BUT NAME A SUCCESSOR, WE MUST.
SHE'S DECIDED TO RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND WE HONOR HER FOR HER DEDICATION.
I'M PLEASED TO OFFER FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION AS LISA CANFIELD AS OUR NEXT CITY CLERK.
LISA IS A NATIVE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IN 2019, SHE HUSBAND ROB FOLLOWED ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN TO CLARKSVILLE TO.
SINCE THAT TIME, SHE SERVED AS AN IMPORTANT LINK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS BY CONNECTING THEM TO THE SERVICES THEY NEED.
HER PROFESSIONAL MATURITY AND SERVANT HEART MADE HER AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. IN THE MONTHS PRIOR TO MS. SKINNER MAKING HER INTENTION TO RETIRE KNOWN MS. CANFIELD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN SERVING AS A BACKUP TO THE CLERK.
SHE BEGAN LEARNING ABOUT THE CLERK'S POSITION AND YOU'VE SEEN HER SITTING AT MS. SKINNER SIDE AT MANY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES.
SHE HAS EXPERIENCE IN CALIFORNIA, SERVING IN SIMILAR ROLES AND IS EAGER TO PUT HER EXPERIENCE AND DESIRE TO SERVE TO WORK IN AND FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
IT WAS NOT BY GRAND DESIGN, BUT MORE BY PROVIDENCE THAT MS. CANFIELD ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE LIST OF APPLICANTS TO BE OUR NEXT CITY CLERK.
I HAVE SUPREME CONFIDENCE THAT SHE WILL SERVE IN THIS ROLE FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY AND WITH DUE REGARD TO THE WELFARE OF THE CITY.
I'VE ASKED LISA TO ADDRESS YOU WITH A BRIEF OPENING STATEMENT AND BE PREPARED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL NOW NOW ASK LISA CANFIELD TO COME TO THE WELL TO MAKE A BRIEF OPENING STATEMENT, AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE CANFIELD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
I PUT MY EYES ON SO I CAN SEE YOU ALL HAVE MY RESUME IN FRONT OF YOU.
RATHER THAN GOING LINE BY LINE, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
I HAVE OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL, AND DURING THAT TIME I PROVIDED SUPPORT TO HIGH LEVEL EXECUTIVES, TO A GOVERNING BOARD, TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO MAYORS AND OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS.
I AM THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO LOOKS AT THINGS TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
HOW CAN WE FIND EFFICIENCIES? FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS, I PROVIDED SUPPORT TO A BOARD OF TRUSTEES DURING THAT TIME OR ACTUALLY WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THEY WERE DISTRIBUTING ALL THE BOARD PACKETS, THEIR PAPER PACKETS AND BINDERS VIA THE U.S.
MAIL, AND I FOUND THAT THAT WASN'T REALLY A GOOD USE OF RESOURCES.
AND SO I LED THE TASK OF TRANSITIONING THEM TO ELECTRONIC BOARD PACKETS AND SHARE DRIVES AND LAPTOPS OR IPADS, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ALL USE HERE.
I BELIEVE IN CONTINUED EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
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I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT.SO I CO-FOUNDED A LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS, AND I SERVED AS A FIRST PRESIDENT.
MOST RECENTLY, I CO-DEVELOPED WITH MY COLLEAGUE MS. LAVON BRACY, WHICH MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE ADMIN ACADEMY.
AND THE GOAL OF THAT AND THE VISION IS THAT WE INSPIRE ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS TO ATTAIN EXCELLENCE, BUT ALSO TO OFFER NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AND A WAY FOR THEM TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS AND TAM CARR, WHICH IS THE TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS AND RECORDERS.
AND I'M CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS MY DESIGNATION AS A CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK.
I'M ALSO A LICENSED NOTARY IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, ALMOST IN CALIFORNIA.
THAT WOULD BE WRONG. I ALSO BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT SERVING ONE'S COMMUNITY.
I SERVE ON THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY DIVERSITY TASK FORCE, AND MOST RECENTLY I CO-CHAIRED WITH THE FIRST LADY SUBCOMMITTEE THAT HOSTED THE WOMEN OF CLARKSVILLE EXPO TWO WEEKENDS AGO. SO YOU WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND COUNCILPERSON ALLEN WAS ONE OF OUR GUEST SPEAKERS.
LAST WEEK, THE MAYOR ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY GREATEST STRENGTH, AND I HAVE TO SAY IT'S MY TENACITY.
I'M VERY DETERMINED AND DRIVEN, AND WHEN I DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING, I'M ALL IN.
ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, I GOT THE CRAZY IDEA THAT I WANTED TO DO AN OPEN WATER SWIM.
I'D NEVER DONE ONE BEFORE, BUT I'VE BEEN A SWIMMER MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND SO I DIDN'T JUST CHOOSE ANY OPEN WATER SWIM.
I CHOSE THE ALCATRAZ OPEN WATER SWIM, WHICH IS TYPICALLY A ONE MILE SWIM ACROSS THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. EXCEPT THE DAY I DID IT, THE WATER WAS VERY CHOPPY.
WE HAD A DOUBLE CURRENT THAT SHIFTED, AND IT ENDED UP BEING A MILE AND A QUARTER.
EVERY DAY I WAS IN THAT POOL AT 5:00 A.M..
RAIN OR SHINE, EVEN IF THAT POOL DECK WAS ICED OVER AND EVERY DAY I PUSHED MYSELF TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I DID THE DAY BEFORE.
AND THAT'S HOW I APPROACH EVERYTHING THAT I DO, AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.
I KNOW I HAVE VERY BIG SHOES TO FILL WITH MS. SYLVIA LEAVING, BUT I'VE TRAINED MY ENTIRE CAREER FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I TRAINED THE LAST THREE MONTHS WITH HER LEARNING TO BE HER BACKUP.
TO SERVE AS A CITY CLERK IS A HUGE HONOR, AND IT'S ONE THAT I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL GIVE THIS POSITION AND ALL OF YOU THE SAME LEVEL OF DEDICATION AND DETAIL THAT I GIVE TO EVERYTHING THAT I DO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU, MS. CANFIELD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION? SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE.
EVERY MEMBER VOTED, ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE.
11 YES. ZERO NO, ZERO ABSTAINED.
MS. CANFIELD WILL BE SWORN IN OFFICIALLY ON THE 1ST AND THEN WE WILL DO AN EVENT PRIOR TO THE OCTOBER REGULAR SESSION TO SWEAR HER IN.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND WHAT A SIGH OF RELIEF.
MS. SKINNER. OK, WE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA CITY COUNCIL VACANCIES.
[6) CITY COUNCIL VACANCIES]
THE APPOINTMENT OF WARD ONE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND OATH OF OFFICE.AND THE APPOINTMENT OF WARD FIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND OATH OF OFFICE.
I'VE ASKED MR. BAKER IF HE WOULD TO PLEASE COME TO THE WELL AND REVIEW ONE MORE TIME THE VOTING PROCEDURE THAT WILL WE WE WILL USE THIS EVENING, MR. BAKER. SO THIS COMES FROM CITY CODE SECTION ONE TWO ONE ZERO.
I WON'T GO OVER THE PRE VOTE PROCEDURES, BUT ALL OF THOSE PROCEDURES TO GET US HERE TONIGHT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED BY THE CITY CLERK AND THIS BODY.
SO WE'LL TURN TO SUBSECTION D, WHICH IS THE VOTING PROCEDURE TO BE USED TONIGHT.
THE APPOINTED AND SUB SECTION SUB SUBSECTION ONE.
THE POINTED APPLICANT SHALL BE APPOINTED ONLY UPON RECEIVING A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WHOEVER GETS APPOINTED WILL HAVE TO RECEIVE SEVEN VOTES NO MATTER THAT WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES.
AND EVEN AFTER THE ONE VACANCY IS FILLED, WE STILL HAVE ONE VACANCY LEFT.
NO MATTER THAT SOMEONE MIGHT WALK OUT, NO MATTER IF SOMEONE DECIDES TO ABSTAIN.
STILL GOING TO HAVE SEVEN VOTES? EACH APPLICANT'S NAME SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED BY THE CITY CLERK THERE AFTER EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY VOTE FOR ONLY ONE APPLICANT BY A ROLL CALL VOICE VOTE BY STATING THE NAME OF
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THE APPLICANT THEY VOTE FOR.IF ANY APPLICANT RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE OR MORE OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL, THAT APPLICANT SHALL BE APPROVED AND APPOINTED TO FILL THE VACANCY FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE VACANT MEMBER.
SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET A FULL FOUR YEARS, BUT THEY WILL FILL THE FULL UNEXPIRED TERM, WHATEVER THAT PERIOD IS.
IF NO APPLICANT RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE DURING THE FIRST VOTE, SECOND ROUND OF VOTING COMMENCES FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCEDURE.
AND IF SOMEONE GETS A MAJORITY VOTE, THEN THEY WILL BE APPOINTED AFTER THE SECOND ROUND.
IF NOT, YOU GO TO THE THIRD ROUND.
IF NO APPLICANT RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE DURING THE THIRD ROUND OR RATHER AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE THIRD ROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL NOT CONSIDER AND NO MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE FOR.
THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T STATE ANY NAME OF ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS WHO RECEIVED THE LOWEST VOTE TOTAL DURING THE SECOND ROUND OF VOTING.
AND THEN IT RAISES THE QUESTION, OK, WELL, WHAT IF THERE'S TWO OR MORE PEOPLE TIED WITH THE LOWEST VOTE TOTAL? THE CODE ADDRESSES THAT IF AFTER THE SECOND ROUND OF VOTING, TWO OR MORE HAPPENS ARE TIED TO THE LOWEST VOTE TOTALS FROM THE PRECEDING VOTE, THAT IS THE SECOND ROUND VOTE.
THEN WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE RUNOFF.
VOTE SHALL FIRST BE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE THIRD ROUND VOTE BETWEEN ONLY THE TIDE APPLICANTS WITH THE LOWEST VOTE TOTALS FROM THE PRECEDING SECOND ROUND VOTE OR BETWEEN ALL APPLICANTS.
IF ALL APPLICANTS RECEIVED AN EQUAL NUMBER OF VOTES DURING THIS SEPARATE RUNOFF VOTE, ALL CITY COUNCIL MAYORS MAY VOTE, BUT ONLY FOR ONE OF THE TIDE APPLICANTS, EXCEPT FOR THE MAYOR WHO SHALL NOT HAVE A VOTE IN THE RUNOFF VOTE.
THE APPLICANT, WITH THE HIGHEST TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE RUNOFF VOTE, SHALL CONTINUE TO THE THIRD ROUND OF VOTING FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE ONE WITH THE LOWEST VOTE TOTAL DOESN'T GET TO CONTINUE FORWARD.
AND YOU MAY SAY, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A TIE VOTE IN THE RUNOFF VOTE IN THE CASE OF A TIE VOTE DURING THE RUNOFF VOTE? THE MAYOR SHALL VOTE AND BREAK THE TIE BY SELECTING FROM AMONG THOSE TIED WHICH APPLICANT SHALL CONTINUE TO THE THIRD ROUND OF VOTING.
SO THE MAYOR WOULD STATE THE NAME OF WHO HE WANTS TO CONTINUE IN THE PROCESS, NOT THE PERSON THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO CONTINUE.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD ROUND OF VOTING, AN APPLICANT WHO RECEIVES THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP SHOULD BE APPROVED AND APPOINTED FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
SUBSEQUENT VOTING ROUNDS TO INCLUDE RUNOFFS IF WE HAVE LOW VOTE GETTER TIES, IF NECESSARY, SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAME PROVISIONS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS APPLICANT HAVE RECEIVED A MAJORITY VOTE.
FINALLY, UPON APPROVAL AND APPOINTMENT BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE APPLICANT WHO GETS, YOU KNOW, SEVEN VOTES SHALL IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER BE SWORN IN BY THE MAYOR AND SHALL TAKE THEIR SEAT AND HOLD OFFICE UNTIL THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.
SO THANK YOU, MR. BAKER, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS AFTERNOON? MS. SKINNER, THE CLERK, WILL READ THE NAMES OF WARD ONE AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF VOTING.
MS. SKINNER. DAVID BOYD, LAURA LEACH OTHERS.
IF YOU WOULD NOW PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND MEMBERS IF YOU WOULD STATE THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT YOU WISH TO VOTE FOR.
FOR WARD ONE, MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. RED, GREG JOHNSON.
MS. REYNOLDS. BRENDA GILLESPIE.
THE STREET MEN. MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS, RAY JOHNSON.
ADAM CLARK, WHEN YOU READY, PLEASE READ THE VOTE.
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MR. BOYD HAS THREE BOATS.I APOLOGIZE. MS. JOHNSON HAS FOUR VETS.
MR. ZACHARIAS HAS THREE VOTES.
SO NO MEMBER, NO NOMINEE RECEIVED SEVEN VOTES.
COUNCILPERSON SMITH, DID YOU WISH? OK. OK, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE AGAIN ROUND TWO.
SAME BOARD, YEAH. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH, BRIAN ZACHARIAS.
MS. REYNOLDS. MS. STREET, MEN. MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS RE JOHNSON.
ADAM CLARK, AS SOON AS YOU TALLY THE VOTES, PLEASE.
MR. BOYD HAS THREE VOTES, MS. JOHNSON HAS FOUR VOTES.
MR. ZACHARIAS HAS THREE VOTES.
OK, NO CANDIDATE HAS ACHIEVED THE SEVEN VOTE NECESSARY.
EXPLAIN WHAT ROUND THREE LOOKS LIKE IF NO APPLICANT RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE OR MORE OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE SECOND VOTE, THEN A THIRD VOTE ROUND OF VOTING SHALL COMMENCE DURING THE THIRD ROUND OF VOTING.
THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL NOT CONSIDER, AND NO MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE FOR THE APPLICANT HAVING THE LOWEST VOTE TOTAL DURING THE PRECEDING VOTE.
IF AFTER THE SECOND ROUND OF VOTING, TWO OR MORE OPPONENTS ARE TIED WITH THE LOWEST VOTE TOTALS FROM THE PRECEDING VOTE, THEN A SEPARATE RUNOFF SHALL FIRST BE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE THIRD ROUND VOTE.
WERE THERE ANY CANDIDATES AND I THINK THERE ARE THAT GOT ZERO VOTES? MADAM CLERK MR. DAKIN. ARE THOSE THE ONLY TWO? ALL RIGHT, I BELIEVE THEN WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A RUNOFF VOTE.
LOWEST VOTE TOTALS FROM THE SEPARATE RUNOFF VOTE.
TO DECIDE WHICH OF THOSE TWO WILL COULD STILL BE IN PLAY, EVEN THOUGH NOBODY'S VOTED FOR THEM YET. SO YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE A VOTE AND EVERYONE WILL EITHER HAVE TO NAME CHILDERS OR DAGON.
SO YOUR CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY VOTES, RIGHT? OK. SO WE'RE VOTING TO ADVANCE ONE OF THE TWO, MS. CHILDERS OR MR. DAGON.
HANG ON A SECOND. LET'S LET'S LET MR. BAKER. HAVE A MOMENT IF AFTER A SEGMENT OR TWO OR MORE APPS ARE TIED WITH THE LOWEST VOTE
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TOTALS AND THEY GOT NO VOTES.THEN A SEPARATE RUNOFF VOTE SHALL BE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE THIRD ROUND VOTE.
BETWEEN ONLY THE TIDE HAPPENS WITH THE LOWEST VOTE TOTALS FROM THE PRECEDING SECOND ROUND VOTE OR BETWEEN ALL APPLICANTS.
IF ALL APPLICANTS RECEIVED AN EQUAL NUMBER OF VOTES DURING THE SEPARATE RUNOFF VOTE, ISD COUNCIL MEMBER MAY VOTE, BUT ONLY FOR ONE OF THE TIE TO APPLICANTS.
THE APPLICANT WITH THE HIGHEST TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE RUNOFF SHALL CONTINUE TO THE THIRD ROUND.
SO YOU NEED TO VOTE BETWEEN CHILDERS AND DAGON FOR WHOEVER YOU WANT TO REMAIN IN PLAY.
OK. AND THEN THE WHOEVER COMES OUT ON THE LOSING END OF THIS VOTE CANNOT BE VOTED ON ANYMORE. OK, THEY'RE OUT.
EVERYBODY CLEAR. EVERYBODY GOT IT.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS COUNSEL, PERSONALITY YOU RECOGNIZED.
SO IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
SO I NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE THOSE TWO DIDN'T GET ANY VOTES AND IT SAID THE LOWEST VOTES FROM THE PREVIOUS ROUND.
THAT'S RIGHT. BUT THEY'RE TIED.
THERE'S TWO THAT GOT ZERO VOTES THERE TIED.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE WHOEVER THE LOWEST VOTE GETTERS ARE, IN THIS CASE, WE'VE GOT SOME THAT DIDN'T GET ANY VOTES.
BUT PEOPLE COULD STILL, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, IF YOUR PERSON GETS ELIMINATED, YOU MIGHT WANT TO VOTE FOR ONE OF THESE PEOPLE.
SO WHAT WAS ROUND ONE FOR? WELL, I THOUGHT ONE ROUND ONE ON ONE WAS TO ELIMINATE PEOPLE THAT NOBODY GOT VOTES AND THEN THE ROUND TWO WAS OUT OF THOSE PEOPLE.
WELL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO VOTES BEFORE WE START ELIMINATING ELIMINATING PEOPLE.
COUNCILPERSON SMITH HAS A QUESTION.
WELL, THE TWO LOWEST VOTES IN THE SECOND ROUND WHERE ZACHARIAS AND BOYD, THEY BOTH HAD THREE VOTES.
SO I WAS THINKING THOSE DIDN'T HAVE A VOTE.
SO IT SAID THAT WE WOULDN'T VOTE ON THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE A VOTE, BUT THOSE WHO RETIRED IN THE LAST ROUND.
THAT WOULD BE WITH THE TWO OR THREE ZACHARIAS AND BOYD.
THEY WERE THE TWO THAT TIE BECAUSE MR. JOHNSON HAS THE HIGHEST VOTES THUS FAR.
FROM WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, I MIGHT BE WRONG.
WELL, THERE WERE THOSE WHO HAD THE LOWEST VOTES.
THESE TWO DON'T HAVE ANY VOTES.
CHALLENGERS DON'T HAVE ANY VOTES IN DAVIS, DON'T HAVE ANY VOTES.
SO THESE ARE THE TWO LOWEST THAT HAVE VOTES.
UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ZERO NO VOTES.
THAT'S HOW I'M INTERPRETING IS WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.
SO THEY ARE THE TWO TOWERS AND DAGON ARE THE TWO LOWEST VOTE TOTALS.
BUT YOU GO THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE THAT IN THE THIRD ROUND, BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY SWITCH THEIR VOTES AROUND WHOEVER SURVIVES THIS RUNOFF VOTE MAY ACTUALLY GET A VOTE.
SO IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO ELIMINATE ONE OF THESE TIDE LOW VOTE TOTALS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M READING THAT, SAYS THOSE WHO HAS THE LOWEST VOTES.
THESE HAVE NO VOTES, ZERO VOTES, SO THEY WOULDN'T EVEN BE IN THE IN THE RUNOFF.
WELL, THE CHAIR CAN MAKE THAT DECISION IF HE WANTS TO.
I'M JUST SAYING WHAT YOU READ SAYS THAT THE LOWEST THAT HAS THE TWO LOWEST VOTES, THOSE HAVE BEEN VOTED ON.
THESE TWO DON'T HAVE ANY VOTES.
I UNDERSTAND IT WOULDN'T EVEN BE IN THE GAME.
PART OF WHY I'M TELLING YOU TO DO THIS IS TO ELIMINATE ANY POSSIBILITY OF A LAWSUIT ABOUT NOT BEING ALLOWED TO PROCEED.
SO LET'S LET'S PROCEED WITH THIS BECAUSE THESE TWO CANDIDATES RECEIVED NO VOTES, ZERO VOTES IS LESS THAN ONE VOTE.
WE HAVE THREE OTHER QUESTIONS MR. BAKER, COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I KIND OF JUST WANT CONFIRMATION.
I THINK THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO LOSE ONE PERSON PER ROUND, CORRECT? EXACTLY.
ALSO, PERSON READ, YES, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET SEVEN ULTIMATELY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT PREVENTS US IF IT DOES GET LIGHT AND WE GO DOWN THE ROAD, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM MAKING A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND JUST GO BY A MAJORITY? MR BAKER, THIS IS NOT A RULE, THIS IS A LAW WRITTEN INTO THE CODE, YOU CAN'T SUSPEND THIS, OK?
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COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND, YOU HAD A QUESTION.YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU. HOW DOES THIS VOTE FOR THE TWO LOWEST VOTES IMPACT THE OTHER VOTES? OR SO WE'RE VOTING OUT ON ONE OF THE CANDIDATES WITH THE LOWEST VOTES? AND HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO OUR PREVIOUS IN THIS RUNOFF VOTE THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO? YOU NEED TO PICK ONLY BETWEEN CHILDERS, CHILDERS AND DAGON, AND THE PERSON YOU NEED TO NAME IS THE ONE THAT YOU WANT TO STILL BE ABLE TO BE VOTED FOR.
DON'T NAME THE PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO ELIMINATE.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? SEND OR POST.
THEN AFTER THAT, WE WILL CONDUCT THE THIRD ROUND OF VOTING TO INCLUDE WITH BOYD REED JOHNSON, ZACHARIAS GILLESPIE AND THEN WHOEVER GETS THE HIGHEST VOTE TOTAL BETWEEN CHILDERS AND DAGON IN THIS RUNOFF VOTE.
OK, SO AND AFTER THIS VOTE, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER VOTE.
SO THE THIRD VOTE AND LET'S JUST ASSUME THIS IS NOT THE THIRD VOTE.
AND LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT ONE OF THEM, IT'S ONE OF THEM, IS GOING TO GET ELIMINATED IN THE RUNOFF VOTE. AND THEN LET'S SAY CHILDERS IS THE ONE THAT GOES FORWARD.
JUST BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, IF CHILDERS THEN IN THE THIRD ROUND IS THE LOW VOTE GETTER THAT SHE'LL BE, OR HE'LL BE ELIMINATED IF CHILDERS AND SAY GILLESPIE BOTH GET ONE VOTE IN THE THIRD ROUND, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A RUNOFF AGAIN BECAUSE THEY WOULD BOTH HAVE ONE VOTE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER IS EXACTLY CORRECT.
THE PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE ONE AT A TIME.
OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET TO THE RUNOFF? OK. YOU'RE VOTING FOR.
CHILDERS, CHILDERS, ACTUALLY, OR DAGON? MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE BOAT, MR. READ. MS. SMITH, I GOT A QUESTION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE VOTING FOR THE ONE THAT WE WANT TO ELIMINATE. NO, YOU'RE VOTING FOR THE ONE YOU WANT TO KEEP.
YOU VOTE FOR THE ONE THAT YOU WANT TO STILL BE IN THE PROCESS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
MR. HOLLIMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. THE STREET MEN.
SEVENS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS BACON.
MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY.
THERE. OH, THAT'S RIGHT, EXCUSE ME, MR. RICHMOND. WHEN? LET US FINISH THE VOTING.
YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO VOTE IN THE RUNOFF.
THAT'S TRUE. MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE.
HERE YOU GO. MR. DAGON. COUNCIL PERSONNEL AND YOU WISH TO BE RECOGNIZED.
OK, SO NOW YOU WILL PROCEED TO ROUND THREE WITH BOYD RE JOHNSON, ZACHARIAS GILLESPIE AND DAGON. AS THE AS THE CANDIDATES, OK, ROUND THREE.
MADAM CLERK, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
MR. HOLLOMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. RENEE GILLESPIE.
MISTREATMENT. MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAY PETS RE JOHNSON.
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MR. RICHMOND.YOU CAN'T DRIVE SOMEBODY SO MUCH.
MR. ZACHARIAS HAS THREE VOTES, MS. JOHNSON HAS FOUR VOTES.
OK, THE LOW VOTE GETTER WAS DAGON WITH ZERO.
SO NOW YOU WERE PROCEED TO THE FOURTH ROUND OF VOTING AND DAGON IS ELIMINATED, THE ONLY ONES YOU CAN NOW VOTE FOR ZACHARIAS.
REED JOHNSON, BOYD AND GILLESPIE.
MR. HOLLIMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. MISTREATMENT.
MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MEGA PITS REID JOHNSON, MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH. EXACTLY WHERE ARE YOU? MR. ZACHARIAS HAS THREE VOTES.
MR. BAKER. SO NOW YOU GO TO ROUND FIVE, MS. GILLESPIE CANNOT BE VOTED FOR AND IS ELIMINATED.
YOU CAN ONLY VOTE FOR BOYD, REED JOHNSON AND ZACHARIAS.
OK, MADAM CLERK, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS, REED JOHNSON.
MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH, RIGHT? MR. HOLLOMAN.
MR. BOARD HAS THREE VOTES, MS. JOHNSON HAS FIVE VOTES.
MR. ZACHARIAS HAS THREE VOTES.
MR. BAKER. NOW YOU MUST CONDUCT A RUNOFF BETWEEN THE TWO LOW VOTE GETTERS.
MS. OR BOYD WITH THREE, ZACHARIAS WITH THREE.
YOU CAN ONLY NAME BOYD OR ZACHARIAS IN THIS RUNOFF, AND THE PERSON YOU NAME SHOULD BE THE
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ONE THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE.AND THE MAYOR DOES NOT VOTE AND THE MAYOR DOES NOT VOTE EXCEPT TO BREAK A TIE.
MADAM CLERK, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH. MR. HOLLOMAN. MS. ALLEN. MR. BOYD HAS THREE VOTES.
AND MR. ZACHARIAS HAS SEVEN VOTES.
OK. MR. BAKER. SO NOW YOU DO THE NEXT ROUND OF VOTING AND THE ONLY NAMES YOU CAN PICK ARE BETWEEN ZACHARIAS AND FRED JOHNSON.
BOARDS ELIMINATED. MISTREATMENT.
MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS RE JOHNSON.
MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH. MR. HOLLOMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS.
SO. WE DON'T HAVE WE DO HAVE A LOW VOTE GETTER, MR. ZACHARIAS, BUT REID JOHNSON DID NOT RECEIVE THE NUMBER OF VOTES REQUIRED, WHICH IS SEVEN.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN.
ROUND SIX, ROUND SIX, SEVEN, SIX, SEVEN, 10, ROUND SEVEN, SEVEN.
ROUND SEVEN. MADAM CLERK, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, MR. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS RE JOHNSON.
MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH. MR. HOLLIMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. THE STREET MEN.
MR. ZACHARIAS HAS FIVE VOTES, MS. JOHNSON HAS SIX MR. BAKER.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP VOTING UNTIL THERE'S SOME MOVEMENT.
OH. THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU.
OK. I THINK THIS IS ROUND EIGHT.
GIVE THE CLERK TIME TO MAKE SOME MORE COPIES OF THE TALLY SHEET.
MADAM CLERK, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY FOR ROUND EIGHT.
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READ. MS. SMITH. MR. HOLLOMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. THE STRAIGHT MAN.MS. EVANS. ZACHARIAS FIVE, JOHNSON SIX, MR. BAKER. SO I THINK THAT THE CITY CODE PROBABLY DID NOT CONTEMPLATE THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO MEMBERS OUT AND IT'S LEAVING US IN THIS ODD PREDICAMENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT TO TELL YOU.
MAYBE THE CHAIR IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION IN THAT DECISION COULD BE THAT WE JUST KEEP VOTING UNTIL THERE'S SOMEBODY CHANGES THEIR VOTE OR MULTIPLE PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR VOTE SO SUCH THAT A SINGLE CANDIDATE GETS SEVEN VOTES BECAUSE THE CODE REQUIRES THAT IT'S A MAJORITY OF THE FULL MEMBERSHIP, WHICH IS SEVEN VOTES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE CODE ALSO SAYS THAT DURING EACH ROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL NOT CONSIDER, AND NO MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE FOR THE APPLICANT HAVING THE LOWEST VOTE TOTAL DURING THE PRECEDING VOTE.
AND SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE TO ARGUE, WELL, WE'VE TAKEN TWO OR THREE VOTES NOW IN THE LOWEST VOTE GETTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.
BUT JUST BECAUSE THAT IT SAYS THAT IT ALSO SAYS AND IT'S KIND OF BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY TWO OPENINGS, IT'S KIND OF CAUSES A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE THE WINNER GET SEVEN VOTES.
MR. RICHMOND, YOU HAD A QUESTION, COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES, I COULD BE OFF, BUT I THOUGHT I HEARD LAST WEEK THAT.
SO IF WE MOVE TO FIVE AND VOTE IN FIVE, THEN THAT WOULD BREAK THE TIE.
WOULDN'T IT AND I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE HAD, I HEARD LAST WEEK I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A VOTE AND THEN ONCE WE VOTED THAT PERSON, SINCE WE'RE AT A STALEMATE IN THIS ONE AND THIS ROUND, UNLESS SOMEONE'S CONCEDING, WE VOTE IN FIVE.
AND THAT WOULD THEN BE THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED THE 7TH VOTE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BREAK THE BOARD ONE TIE.
THERE IS I HEARD SOMEONE SAY I'M NOT SURE WHO IT WAS, MAYBE COUNCILMAN REYNOLDS, THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN HERE ABOUT WHO YOU VOTE ON FIRST WHEN YOU GOT MULTIPLE VACANCIES, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED DOWN THIS PATH.
THERE'S NOTHING SAYS, THOUGH, THAT YOU CAN'T SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.
THIS VOTE ON THE WARD ONE VACANCY AND MOVE TO TAKE UP THE WARD FIVE VACANCY, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS VACANCY, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND.
YOU'D HAVE TO VOTE TO TABLE IT AND TABLE IT.
JUST IT JUST SIMPLY MEANS YOU'RE MOVING IT TO LATER ON IN THE SAME MEETING.
OK, HOLD THAT, HOLD THAT POSITION WE'VE GOT.
SOME FOLKS WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, COUNCIL PERSONNEL AND YOU RECOGNIZED, OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE IT AND GO TOWARD THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
OK. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO TABLE TABLE, THE VOTING FOR WARD ONE PROPERLY SECONDED COUNCIL PERSON'S TREATMENT.
YOU RECOGNIZED FOR A QUESTION.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET IN THIS EXACT SAME SITUATION AGAIN ON WARD FIVE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST KICKING IT DOWN AND WE CAN BE IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION.
THEN DO WE JUST TABLE IT AGAIN AND GO BACK AND FORTH? IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD FINISH ONE, THEN DO THE OTHER.
I MEAN, I REALIZED THAT WE ARE AT A STALEMATE CURRENTLY, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET TO FIVE AS WELL BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE. BECAUSE THERE'S NO TIME TO HANG ON A SECOND, LET'S DON'T CROSS TALK.
AND WHAT YOU SAID CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY.
SALESPERSONS TREATMENT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
WELL, THEN WHAT EXACTLY DO WE GAIN THEN FROM MOVING TO THAT? AND LIKE I SAID, LOOKING AT BEING IN THE SAME POSSIBILITY, I REALIZE WE LOOK AT IT IS THAT IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME NUMBER OF CANDIDATES.
BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO TWO CANDIDATES, IT'S THE SAME NUMBER THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND WE'D HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE VOTING.
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I MEAN, TO ME, IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS ONE BEFORE WE TRY AND TACKLE THE NEXT ONE.COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU HAD A QUESTION.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IT IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT'S ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT IT MAY NOT HAPPEN AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE IF WE DON'T MOVE FROM THE NEXT ONE UNTIL IT'S OVER.
I MEAN, WE JUST BUT IT'S ONLY A POSSIBILITY.
SO WE TRY TO MOVE FORWARD ON ON THE ON THE MOTION.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND YOU RECOGNIZED.
I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY A POSSIBILITY.
COUNCIL PERSON READ YOU RECOGNIZED.
WELL, IF WE GET STUCK THIS WAY, I WAS THINKING TOO THAT EVEN THE TOP, EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE SEVEN VOTES, THE ONE THAT HAD THE LOWEST AMOUNT WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED IF THEN WE WOULD HAVE JUST VOTED WHETHER OR NOT TO CONFIRM THE HIGHEST VOTE GETTER.
AND THAT'S THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
UNDERSTOOD IT COULD MAKE THAT RULING.
AND. THAT COULD BE LEGALLY CORRECT.
IF WE GOT SUED BY THE THE ONE WHO WAS ELIMINATED, I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW A COURT WOULD RULE.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE WARD ONE.
VOTING IN FAVOR OF MOVING TO WARD FIVE, I THINK WE NEED TO DISPOSE OF THAT OF THAT ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS MOTION TO TABLE SEEING NONE.
BUT. YOU REMEMBER VOTED ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE, MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE SEVEN YEARS FOR A.
ZERO ABSTAIN. THAT ONE GOT SEVEN.
WE ARE WE ARE MOVING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF WARD FIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO, MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE READ THE NAMES OF THOSE THAT WE WILL CONSIDER AND THEN WE WILL START THE PROCESS.
ALEXANDER ALLEN, JOEY DEISINGER, KATARINA GUZMAN, JEFFREY JAMES, AMBER MAKIS, CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, JOSHUA WICKHAM.
OK, YOU'VE HEARD THE NAMES ONE MORE TIME, MADAM CLERK.
JOEY DEISINGER, CATARINA DE GUZMAN.
CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, JOSHUA WICKHAM, OK, YOU'VE HEARD THE NAMES, YOU KNOW, THE DRILL.
FOR WARD FIVE, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM CLARK, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
NO. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH. MR. HOLLOMAN. MR. ALAN MS., ALAN, I'M SORRY.
MS. REYNOLDS. ALAN? MISTREATMENT. MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER.
MR. WITCOMB, TWO VOTES, MR. GUZMAN FOR VOTES.
MR. ALLEN TWO VOTES, MR. DEATH SINGER ONE VOTE.
OK, YOU'VE HEARD THE TALLY, MR BAKER.
TEXT SECOND, WE GOT DIANE SAWYER, ALAN.
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LIKE. MARK? SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MADAM CLERK, BUT WE HAVE JAMES AND RICHARDSON RECEIVING NO VOTES EACH. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. SO, WELL, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR SECOND VOTE BEFORE WE GET TO THE RUNOFF, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER SECOND VOTE.AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE A SECOND ROUND OF VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES WHEN THE CLERK IS READY.
YOU'LL VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE OF YOUR CHOICE.
MS. SMITH. MR. HOLLOMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. MR..
MISTREATMENT. MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS IS ONE.
MS. MARKEY HAS THREE VOTES, MR. WHICKHAM, ONE VOTE, MR. GUZMAN FOR VOTES, MR. ALLEN TWO VOTES, MR. MESSENGER ONE VOTE MR. BECKER. JAMES AND RICHARDSON BOTH ZERO AGAIN.
CORRECT. NOW YOU'LL HAVE TO DO A RUNOFF VOTE BETWEEN JAMES AND RICHARDSON, STATE THE NAME OF THE PERSON YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BE IN PLAY, TO BE IN THE PROCESS. OK, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE VOTING ON THE TWO LOWEST VOTE TOTAL GETTERS. AND YOU VOTE FOR THE ONE YOU WISH TO STAY IN THE PROCESS, MADAM CLERK.
THE SMITH. MR. HOLLOMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. MISTREATMENT.
MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS, JAMES.
MR. RICHMOND. WHEN A VOTER HAS BEEN CALLED, I'M SORRY.
SORRY. THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
MR. RICHARDSON HAS SEVEN VOTES AND MR. JAMES HAS THREE BOATS.
JAMES IS OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED.
ONLY PEOPLE YOU CAN VOTE FOR NOW OR ALAN DEISINGER GUZMAN.
MARK MARK KI RICHARDSON AND WICKHAM.
EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND, YOU GET A QUESTION ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CANDIDATES AND I'M LOSING WHO'S WHO IN THE CANDIDACY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO. I JUST HAVE THE NAMES.
OK, MADAM CLERK MR. READ. MS. MS.. MR. HOLLOMAN. MR. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. MR.
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ALLEN. MISTREATMENT.MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS.
ADAM CLARK, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
MS. MARQUÉE HAS TWO VOTES, MR. WHICKHAM, TWO VOTES, MR. GUZMAN FOR VOTES.
HANG ON A MINUTE, MADAM CLERK, PROCEED, PLEASE.
START AT THE TOP AGAIN, WHICH YOU MEANT CLARK.
MS. MARKEY HAS THREE VOTES, MR. WHICKHAM, ONE VOTE, MR. GUZMAN FOR VOTES, MR. ALLEN TWO VOTES, MR. DEISINGER ONE VOTE, MR. BAKER. GO TO THE NEXT ROUND, RICHARDSON IS ELIMINATED YOU, I ONLY VOTE NOW FOR GUZMAN, MAKI, WICKHAM, ALLEN OR DEISINGER.
MR BAKER, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THOSE NAMES? AND THIS IS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
GUZMAN, MARCIE, WICKHAM, ALAN AND DEISINGER.
AND. MR. HOLMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. MISTREATMENT.
MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS.
MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ.
MR. WHICKHAM TWO VOTES, MR. MR. GUZMAN THREE VOTES.
MR. ALLEN QUOTES MR. SINGER ONE BIG MR. BAKER. THAT SINGER IS ELIMINATED IMMINENTLY, ONLY VOTE FOR GUZMAN, MARCIE WICKHAM OR ALAN. ADAM CLARK, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, MR. HOLLOMAN. SIR ALAN.
MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITS GUZMAN.
MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH.
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MS. MARQUÉE HAS FOUR VOTES, MR. WHICKHAM, ONE VOTE, MR. GUZMAN FOR VOTES, MR. ALLEN, TWO VOTES, MR. BAKER. AUTUMN IS ELIMINATED.YOU MAY NOW ONLY VOTE FOR KUZMIN, MARKEY OR ALAN.
OK. WHENEVER THE CLERK IS READY, MS. ALLEN. NO MARKET.
MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITTS GUZMAN.
MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH. MR. HOLMAN.
MS. MARKEY HAS SIX VOTES, MR. GUZMAN HAS FOUR VOTES.
ALLEN HAS ONE VOTE. MR. BAKER. REALM IS ELIMINATED, MEAN NOW ONLY VOTE FOR GUZMAN OR MURKY.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. MS. REYNOLDS. MS. STREET, MEN. MS. EVANS. MS. BUTLER. MAYOR PITS GUZMAN.
MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH. MR. HOLLOMAN. MS. ALLEN.
MS. MARKEY HAS EIGHT VOTES AND MR. GUZMAN HAS THREE VOTES.
AMBER MARQUIS HAS LEGALLY RECEIVED THE NUMBER OF NECESSARY VOTES IN ORDER TO BE SEATED AT THE CITY COUNCIL. MARSHALL INVITES YOU UP FRONT TO THE WHALE.
WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEAT AND ENJOY THE FUN.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE HOT HERE, ARE YOU READY TO TAKE YOUR OATH OF OFFICE? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME? I STATE YOUR NAME.
I SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY ALL OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
AND THEN I WILL, IN ALL RESPECTS, SUPPORT AND OBEY THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, AND THAT I WILL DEMEAN MYSELF AND THAT I WILL DEMEAN MYSELF.
IT'S MY NEW PROVIDENCE ACCIDENT ACCENT IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER,
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FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY AND WITH DUE REGARD TO THE WELFARE OF THE CITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. CONGRATULATIONS.OK, MR. BAKER, YOU RECOGNIZED YOU'LL NEED A MOTION NOW TO TAKE FROM THE TABLE ON A SECOND AND A VOTE ON TO TAKE FROM THE TABLE.
OK, MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO LIFT FROM THE TABLE, THE MOTION TO TABLE THE WARD ONE VOTING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THAT MOTION TO LIFT FROM THE TABLE? HANG ON A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS ON THE BOARD.
WE'RE VOTING TO LIFT FROM THE TABLE, THE MOTION TO TABLE THE WARD ONE VOTING.
ARE WE READY? EVERY MEMBER CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE'RE VOTING TO LIFT FROM THE TABLE.
ANY MEMBER WHO WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE COUNTS, A PERSON, MARKEY OR YOU SQUARED OVER THERE? OK.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON SMITH, FOR HELPING HER.
ALL RIGHTY, MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.
12, YES. ZERO, NO, ZERO ABSTAIN.
OK. WE ARE LIFTING FROM THE TABLE THE THE VOTING ON WARD ONE, SO NOW WE'LL PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF. IF YOU DON'T MIND MR. BAKER, PLEASE RESET.
I BELIEVE THE LAST TWO NAMES CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
SO YOU MAY ONLY VOTE FOR EITHER REID JOHNSON OR ZACHARIAS.
HEY, YOU'VE HEARD MR. BAKER EXPLAIN IT. SO, MADAM CLERK, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
WITH MS. BUTLER. PITS RE JOHNSON.
MR. RICHMOND. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. SMITH. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
LITTLE GRACE, PLEASE, LITTLE GRACE MS. MARQUEE. MR. HOLLOMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS. MISTREATMENT.
MS. JOHNSON, SIX, MR. ZAKARIYA SIX.
YES. MR. BAKER. WELL, WE TRIED MADE IT WORSE.
TO APPROVE SOMEONE WITH SEVEN BOATS.
SEVEN BOATS. SO YOU HAD TO KEEP BOATING FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO GET IT DONE.
OK, YOU'VE HEARD YOU'VE HEARD, MR BAKER.
DR. RICE. MR. LITTLE. MR. READ. MS. MAKI. MS.
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SMITH. MR. HOLLOMAN. MS. ALLEN. MS. REYNOLDS ZACHARIAS.THE STREET MEN. MS. EVANS, RIGHT? MS. BUTLER, BIGGER PITS.
MR. ZACARIAS HAS SEVEN BOATS, MS. JOHNSON HAS OTHER.
MR. ZACHARIAS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME, YOU'RE WELCOME TO BRING FAMILY OR FRIENDS WITH YOU AND WE'LL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.
ARE YOU READY TO TAKE YOUR OATH OF OFFICE? ALL RIGHT, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, REPEAT AFTER ME, I STATE YOUR NAME.
SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY ALL OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS SUPPORT AND OBEY THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, AND THAT I WILL DEMEAN MYSELF IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY AND WITH DUE REGARD TO THE WELFARE OF THE CITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
I THINK THAT SEATS RESERVED FOR YOU.
WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI AND COUNCIL MEMBER ZACHARIAS. WE ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE CITIZENS WHO STEPPED FORWARD, PLACE THEIR NAME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TO BE CONSIDERED.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT.
AS WE KNOW, THERE IS THE CAMPAIGN AND THEN THEY'RE SERVING, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO NONPUBLIC MEETING TO HEAR A REPORT FROM OUR
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CITY ATTORNEY.SO I WILL INVITE THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE EXIT THE CHAMBERS.
AND TREY, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE TURN US OFF ON THE RECORD ON THE LIVE FEED.
WE ARE NOW RECONVENING THE PUBLIC MEETING OF THE SPECIAL SESSION OF SEPTEMBER, THE
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SEVENTH 2021.THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS SPECIAL SESSION HAVING BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN WITHOUT OBJECTION.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.
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