Nomination Committee Meeting Minutes
October 2, 2023
DRAFT - REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MINUTES
FOR THE CITY OF NAPA NOMINATION COMMITTEE
O ctober 2 , 2023 – 5:30 P.M.
City Hall Council Chambers
955 School Street, Napa, CA 94559
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL – 5:47 P.M.
N
OMINATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Vice Mayor Painter and Councilmember Narvaez
ST
AFF MEMBERS PRESENT:
Tiffany Carranza, City Clerk; Samantha Pascoe, Deputy City Clerk; Breyana Brandt, Parks and Recreation Director
2. AGENDA REVIEW AND SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS – NONE
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4.A. Meeting Minutes
A
pproved the February 24, 2023 Regular Nomination Committee Meeting Minutes.
5. INTERVIEWS AND RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS
5.A. Interview applicants and make recommended appointments to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission.
C
ity Clerk Carranza reminded the nomination committee that applicant Cindy Deutsch was not able to attend the meeting, but had submitted a letter, included in Attachment 1 to the staff report as to why she wished to be reappointed.
V
ice Mayor Painter and Councilmember Narvaez interviewed the candidates in the following order:
ATTACHMENT 2
Nomination Committee Meeting Minutes
October 2, 2023
1. K
yle Larson
2. Robert Reber
3. James Rosen
A
t the conclusion of the applicant interviews, Vice Mayor Painter and Councilmember Narvaez completed a ballot, ranking the applicants on a scale of 1-4 with four being the most qualified. Ballots were then distributed to City Clerk Carranza.
T
he balloting resulted in the following votes:
P
ainter: Larson (1); Deutsch (4); Reber (3); Rosen (2)
Narvaez: Larson (1); Deutsch (4); Reber (3); Rosen (2)
Cit
y Clerk Carranza announced the scores and that Cindy Duetsch and Robert Reber would move forward as the recommended nominees for appointment. 5 .B. Interview applicants and make recommended appointments to the Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Commission.
A
pplicant Hugh Hinds was absent.
V
ice Mayor Painter and Councilmember Narvaez interviewed the seven remaining applicants in the following order:
1. C
hris Meadors
2. Amy Deck
3. Josephine Palacios
4. Catherine Quinlisk
5. Rainer Hoenicke
6. Ellen Udoff
7. Joe Streng
A
t the Conclusion of the applicant interviews, Vice Mayor Painter and Councilmember Narvaez completed a ballot, ranking the applicants on a scale of 1-8, with eight being the most qualified. Ballots were then distributed to City Clerk Carranza.
T
he balloting resulted in the following votes:
P
ainter: Hinds (1); Meadors (2); Deck (7); Palacios (4); Quinlisk (3); Hoenicke (8); Udoff (5); Streng (6)
N
arvaez: Hinds (1); Meadors (2); Deck (8); Palacios (5); Quinlisk (3); Hoenicke Nomination Committee Meeting Minutes
October 2, 2023
(7); Udoff (4); Streng (6)
Ci
ty Clerk Carranza announced the scores and that Amy Deck, Rainer Hoenicke and Joe Streng would move forward as the recommended nominees for appointment.
6. ADJOURNMENT – 7:14 P.M.
Tiffany Carranza, City Clerk