City Council Special Meeting Minutes February 18, 2025
CALL TO ORDER
The special meeting of the City Council of the City of Highland was called to order at 6:01 p.m. by Mayor Lilburn at the Donahue Council Chambers, 27215 Base Line, Highland, California.
ROLL CALL
Present: Hogan, Lilburn, McCallon, Timmer
Absent: None
Vacancy: District 2 Councilmember
PUBLIC COMMENT ( LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA ONLY)
None
CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS
1. Hold Candidate Interviews and Consider Appointment of Candidate to Fill the City Council Vacancy in District 2 and if an Appointment is Not Made, Call a Special Election to Fill the Vacancy
Mayor Lilburn introduced the item for consideration.
Each applicant, Moori Richardson, Svetlana Abdulkarim, and Jimmy Saldana were allotted five minutes to introduce themselves.
All Councilmembers posed a series of follow up questions for each applicant.
Mayor Lilburn announced that after hearing each applicant, the following process will be done to attempt to select an applicant to fill the District 2 vacancy:
1) Each Councilmember has been distributed a ballot that includes the name of each applicant, listed in the order the applicants spoke, as well as a " none of the above" option.
2) Each Councilmember is to check " Yes" next to the name of each applicant that they would be willing to appoint to the District 2 seat. 3) If a Councilmember does not want to appoint one of the applicants to the District 2 seat, then they should check " No" next to that person' s name. 4) If there is no candidate that a Councilmember is willing to appoint to the District 2 seat, then the Councilmember should check off" none of the above". 5) Once all the ballots have been collected, they will be read out loud by the City Clerk. The City Attorney and City Manager will keep a tally of how each CouncilmembervotedandtheresultswillbeannouncedbytheCityManager.
6.) If only one applicant receives a majority or unanimous vote, a motion will be made by a Councilmember and seconded by another Councilmember to adopt the resolution to appoint that applicant.
7) If two or more applicants receive a majority vote, or if no applicant receives a majority vote and any applicants receive a split vote (2-2) then the Council will only
City Council Special Meeting Minutes February 18, 2025
further evaluate these candidates to determine if a majority decision can be reached on who to appoint.
8) If the majority of the council votes that none of the candidates should be appointed, the Council shall make a motion to adopt a resolution calling for a special election.
Ballot forms were filled out and City Clerk Munoz reported each Councilmember' s votes while City Manager Zamano and City Attorney Marroquin tallied the votes.
Applicant Votes
Mood Richardson 0
Svetlana Abdulkarim 0
Jimmy Saldana 4
Mark Brandon Valadez No Show
A MOTION was made by Mayor Pro Tem McCallon, seconded by Councilmember Timmer to:
1) Appoint Jimmy Saldana to fill the vacant City Council District 2 seat; and 2) Adopt Resolution No. 2025- 006, confirming the appointment. Motion carried 4-0, with Councilmember vacancy in District 2.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025- 006
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND,
CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING A MEMBER TO FILL THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCILMEMBER ANAELI SOLANO FOR DISTRICT 2, AS A RESULT OF
RESIGNATION
ADJOURN
There being no further business, Mayor Lilburn adjourned the meeting at 6:45 p.m.
Submitted By: roved By:
Alondr. unoz Penny Lil urn
City Clerk Mayor