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MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 9, 2022
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SAN GABRIEL CITY COUNCIL
CALL TO ORDER
Vice Mayor Ding called the special meeting of the San Gabriel City Council to order at 6:34 P.M. on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, 320 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel, California, 91776.
ROLL CALL
Council Members Present:
Council Members Absent:
Staff Members Present:
ANNOUNCEMENTS
John R. Harrington, Denise Menchaca, and Vice
Mayor Tony Ding.
None.
City Manager Mark Lazzaretto, Deputy City Attorney
Martin Koczanowicz, Human Resources/Risk
Management Director Edward Macias, and Assistant
City Clerk Marilyn Bonus.
Assistant City Clerk Bonus provided information for the public on how to view the meeting and submit comments, and how to request meeting agendas.
1. PUBLIC COMMENT - None.
2. INTERVIEWS OF APPLICANTS FOR CITY COUNCIL VACANCIES
Assistant City Clerk Bonus announcements that applications had been withdrawn by Anagh Mamdapurkar, Scott Doucette, Christopher Garcia, and Nick Nie.
City Manager Lazzaretto presented a suggested process for interviews. Following discussion, there was a consensus of the City Council to allow each candidate five minutes to present information relative to their candidacy with any time remaining used for questions by the City Council. The City Council would then identify the top ten candidates they would like to see return for more in-depth interviews on February 10, 2022, at a special meeting. The top six to eight candidates would be chosen to return on February 10, 2022.
The following applicants were interviewed:
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES Page 1 of 3 February 9, 2022 • John Wu • Chasity • Mark Ramos
• George Carney Jennings-Nunez • Jeanne Raya
Eric Chan • Eric Lee
• • Carina Rivera
Juli Costanzo • Rodney Luck
• • Erlinda Romo
Jorge Herrera • Sean McMorris
• • Reno Thai
Richard Hsueh • Bridget Prince
• • Jeffrey Welch
I At the conclusion of the interviews, the City Council cast votes as follows:
Applicants Ding Harrington Menchaca Votes
Richard Hsueh 1 1 1 3
Carina Rivera 1 1 1 3
John Wu 1 1 1 3
Chasity Jennings-Nunez 1 1 2
Sean McMorris 1 1 2
Jeanne Raya 1 1 2
I Eric Chan 1 1
Juli Costanzo 1 1
Jorge Herrera 1 1
Eric Lee 1 1
Rodney Luck 1 1
Bridget Prince 1 1
Erlinda Romo 1 1
Reno Thai 1 1
Jeffrey Welch 1 1
I George Carney 0
Mark Ramos 0
Total 8 8 8 24
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Therefore, the following candidates were chosen to return for second interviews on February 10, 2022:
• Richard Hsueh
• Carina Rivera
• John Wu
3. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
Approved this 1 st day of March,
2022:
~ DU\y:
TONY DI NG, Vice Mayor
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• Chasity Jennings-Nunez
• Sean McMorris
• Jeanne Raya