PIEDMONT CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting Minutes for Monday, March 23, 2026
A Special Meeting of the Piedmont City Council was held on March 23, 2026, at 4:30 p.m., in the City Council Conference Room, 120 Vista Avenue. In accordance with Government Code Section 54957(b), the agenda for this meeting was posted for public inspection on March 19, 2026.
CALL TO ORDER Mayor Andersen called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Betsy Smegal Andersen, and Councilmembers Jennifer Long, Lorrel Plimier, and Tom Ramsey
Absent: Vice Mayor Conna McCarthy
Staff: City Administrator Rosanna Bayon Moore, Fire Chief Dave Brannigan.
Police Chief Frederick Shavies II, Finance Director Kiran Bawa, Recreation Director , Chelle Putzer, City Clerk Anna Brown
SPECIAL MEETING The Council considered the following items of business:
Interviews The Council interviewed applicants for vacancies on Commissions and Committees. There was no Public Testimony on this matter.
At the conclusion of the interviews and following deliberations, the Council reached unanimous consensus and directed the appointment of the following individuals to posted vacancies on City commissions and committees:
Resolution 21-2026
RESOLVED, that the City Council appoints the following residents for the terms as noted:
Budget Advisory and Financial Planning Committee
Murat Bozkurt 2nd term – 06/01/26 to 05/31/2029
David Kimball 2nd term – 06/01/26 to 05/31/2029
Carter Dunlap 1st term – 06/01/26 to 05/31/2029
John Mangini (alternate) 1st term – 06/01/26 to 05/31/2028 Civil Service Commission
Lori Elefant 2nd term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/2029
Representative to the Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District (AMCAD) Ted Kinch 1st term expiring 01/01/28
Park Commission
Arden Hall 2nd term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
Jack Fischrup 2nd term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
Parking Hearing Officer
Matthew Goldstein 2nd term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
Planning Commission
Michael T. Beuselinck 1st term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
Wayne C. Rowland 2nd term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
John L. Cooper Partial – 04/16/26 to 03/31/27
Francoise Putting (alternate) 1st term – 04/16/26 to 03/31/28 Public Safety Committee
Marie Retherford 2nd term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
Deborah Dinerman 1st term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
Recreation Commission
Chris Hart 2nd term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
Sara Ironside 2nd term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
John O. Tulloch 1st term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
Nancy Beninati 1st term – 04/01/26 to 03/31/29
Moved by: Long, Seconded by Ramsey
Ayes: Andersen, Long, Plimier, and Ramsey
Noes None
Absent: McCarthy
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ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Mayor Andersen adjourned the meeting at 6:20 p.m.