[1) CALL TO ORDER Mayor Joe Pitts ]
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IT'S 5 PM IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE SPECIAL SESSION COUNSEL FOR MARCH 30.
WE ARE NOW BACK IN A SESSION. I ASKED THE DEPUTY. AND WE WILL GET TO VOTING.
IF YOU RECALL THE ROLE JUST FOR THE RECORD.
[5) 1. Review of Procedure Lance Baker ]
>> EACH APPLICANT'S NAME SHOULD BE ENOUGH BY THE CITY CLERK AND THEREAFTER EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY VOTE FOR ONLY ONE APPLICANT BY ROLL CALL VOICE VOTE BY STATING THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT A VOTE FOR. IF ANY APPLICANT RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE OR MORE OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT APPLICANT SHALL BE APPROVED AND APPOINTED THE VACANCY OF THE UNEXPIRED VACANT SPOT. NO APPLICANT RECEIVES THE MAJORITY VOTE OR MORE OF THE ENTIRE OF THE CITY COUNCIL THEN THE SECOND ROUND OF VOTING SHALL COMMENCE FOLLOWING THE
SAME PROCEDURES. >> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> LAST TIME WE WENT AROUND AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHY OR HOW WE ARE VOTING.
I WANTED TO COME BACK AND WHAT I HANDED OUT EARLIER ALL OF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS.
ONE OF MY RESIDENTS OR SEVERAL OF MY RESIDENTS REACHED OUT AND SAID THAT THE MEMBERS ARE BUILDING COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPERS CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE ARE WELL REPRESENTED ON SO I WENT BACK AND I DID SOME RESEARCH. AND THE OTHER COMMENT I MADE WAS ABOUT DIVERSITY ON THE COMMITTEES AND WHEN I SAY DIVERSITY THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN, YOU KNOW, RACE, COLOR, IT ALSO MEANS INDIVIDUALS, DIVERSITY IN OUR INDIVIDUALS.
AS I WAS REVIEWING THE COMMITTEES I FOUND THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VACANCY OF 21 CITIZEN SEATS ARE EMPTY RIGHT NOW. THIS INFORMATION IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE WEBSITE. AS AN INFORMAL, JUST ME, TAKING AWAY AS I COUNTED AND SOME OF THEM WERE NOT UPDATED.ÁDICTATE SO I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT 100 PERCENT.
I ALSO NOTED THAT ONE COUNCILPERSON HAS NINE COMMITTEES AND MOST OF THEM, WHEN A PERSON REPRESENTS US, ON MOST OF THE RPC RELATED COMMITTEES.
MANY OF, WHEN A PERSON HAS NINE, MANY OF OUR MEMBERS ONLY HAVE THREE EACH.
SO JUST THAT NUMBER ACROSS THE BOARD IS NOT EQUITABLE. WHEN YOU COME OVER AND YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES WE ALSO HAVE FIVE INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS THAT HOLD 19 SEATS ON
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COMMITTEES. FIVE PEOPLE HOLD 19 SEATS. ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS ASKING TO BE SELECTED FOR COMMITTEES AND SO WHEN I SENT DIVERSITY THAT IS WHAT I MEANT BY DIVERSITY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW.>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, COUNCILPERSON.
>> ALTHOUGH I CAN RESPECT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES THAT MAYBE SHE BELIEVES IS INEQUITY OF COMMITTEES. I'M HERE TO MAKE THE VOTE FOR THE NEXT PERSON TO FEEL MORE AND 11 SEAT AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THAT.
>> COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR THOUGHT AND WE MOVE ON.
THE REASON I SAID THAT THE BUILDERS AND CONSTRUCTION ARE WELL PRESENTED ALREADY AND I DON'T OBLIGATED OR THE NEED TO FRAME THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN I MADE MY DECISION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON BUCKLER AND WILL GET TO VOTE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I WROTE A STATEMENT FOR TONIGHT BUT I WANT TO RESPOND TO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.
POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN IRISH IN THE GRAPHIC. MAYOR, I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION TO YOU. DOES MS. RITA SIT ON ANY OF THE COMMITTEES FOR THE CITY?
NONE THAT I AM AWARE OF. >> I AM NOT SURE WHY YOU CHOSE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON HERE I ASSUME BASED ON HIS PREVIOUS SPEAKER THAT THIS IS BASED ON THE PEOPLE THAT HOLD MAY BE THE MOST SEATS.
>> YES, THERE WERE MANY VACANCIES. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT I PUT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE AND I DO BELIEVE THAT MR. REA SERVES ON AT LEAST ONE OR MAYBE TWO AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE.
>> COUNCILPERSON BUCKLEY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> MY COMMENT TO THAT WOULD BE MY OTHER CONTESTANT FOR THE APPOINTMENT JUST SENT ON RPC AND ARC, CORRECT MAYOR?
>> HE SAYS ON THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION I DON'T THINK HE SAYS ON THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION I THINK IT MIGHT BE A DESIGN REVIEW BOARD BUT IS NOT THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION. > OKAY, THANK YOU.
I WILL MAKE THIS QUICK. AFTER SOME OF THE CONVERSATION LAST WEEK AND FEEDBACK FROM MY CONSTITUENCY, AND I GO OUT A LOT, I KNOW YOU GUYS DO TOO, WE GOT A LOT IN THE LAST WEEK AND THAT IS GOOD. FOR ME, AND WAS EQUAL ON BOTH SIDES.
I TOOK EXTRA CARE TO LOOK OVER THE DATA AND OF THE LINES OF THE REDISTRICTING AND I APPRECIATE MR. TYNDALL FOR THAT COMMITTEE TO THE SUITE OVERLAY OF WHAT WARDS WENT TO MAKE THE NEW 11.THAT SAID, IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS DURING THE PROCESS OF DISAPPOINTMENT I AM CONFIDENT THAT A LARGE PORTION OF THE 1580 PEOPLE THAT'S ROUGHLY 38 PERCENT WHO VOTED FOR MY PROGRESSIVE FORMER COLLEAGUE WILL NOT BE DUTIFULLY REPRESENTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF WARD 9. AS FOR THE SPICE APPOINTMENT OF THE REDISTRICTING BOARD 11 IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE APPOINTMENT MADE HERE TODAY I AM STILL BOUND BY MY ELECTION TO REPRESENT THE AREA I WAS ELECTED TO REPRESENT WHICH INCLUDES ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE NEW WARD 11. I AM COMMITTED TO THAT RESPONSIBILITY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HOPE IT IS A SOMBER REMINDER THAT AFTER THIS VOTE THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY WILL HAVE APPOINTED 1/4 OF ITS MEMBERS NOT TO INCLUDE THE MAYOR. I GREATLY LOOK FORWARD TO NOVEMBER WHEN THE PEOPLE'S
[5) 2. Appointment of Ward 11 City Council Member a) Oath of Office ]
VOICE AND ACTUALLY BE HEARD. THANK YOU.>> OKAY, WE ARE READY TO VOTE. WE ARE STARTING I THINK MAMA CLERK WE LEFT OFF AND A ROTATION WITH COUNCILPERSON MARQUIS WILL BE FIRST. MAMA CLERK, TAKE THE BOAT.
>> SEVEN FOR MR. SHE HAVE. MR. SKINAB HAVING THE MOST VOTES IS DULY AWARDED THE SEAT.
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FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.>> I JOE IS ON. 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 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 MEMBE , FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY AND WITH DUE REGARD FOR THE WELFARE OF THE CITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
>> THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL SESSION HAVING BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.