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MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 10, 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 Thursday, February 10, 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, Community
Services Director Rebecca Perez, 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
The San Gabriel Police Officers Association provided questions regarding safety issues directed to candidate Dr. Chasity Jennings-Nunez.
Mario Pace commented that only finalists that received votes from all three Council Members at the first interview should be given second interviews, and expressed displeasure with some candidates.
2. INTERVIEWS OF APPLICANTS FOR CITY COUNCIL VACANCIES
City Manager Lazzaretto presented a suggested process for interviews. Following discussion, there was a consensus of the City Council to allow 30 minutes for each candidate, with 10 minutes per Council Member to ask questions. Each Council Member would then vote for two candidates, with lowest-scoring candidates being dropped, repeating the process until two candidates rose to the top.
The following applicants were interviewed:
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• Chasity Jennings-Nunez • Carina Rivera
• Sean McMorris • John Wu
• Jeanne Raya • Richard Hsueh
Following interviews, the following votes were cast:
Order Applicants Ding Harrington Menchaca Votes
1 Richard Hsueh 1 1 2
2 Chasity Jennings-Nunez 0
3 Sea n McMorris 0
4 Jeanne Raya 0
5 Carina Rivera 1 1 2
6 John Wu 1 1 2
Total 2 2 2 6
Per established procedure, the bottom three candidates were eliminated. The next vote was as weighted with each Council Member casting two votes for their first-choice candidate and one for their second-choice candidate as follows:
Order Applicants Ding Harrington Menchaca Votes
1 Richard Hsueh 1 2 3
2 Carina Rivera 2 1 3
3 John Wu 2 1 3
4 Chasity Jennings-Nunez 0
5 Sean McMorris 0
6 Jeanne Raya 0
Total 3 3 3 9
For the third vote, each Council Member cast ten votes to be split as desired among the three candidates. Results were as follows:
Order Applicants Ding Harrington Menchaca Votes
1 Carina Rivera 1 8 4 13
2 John Wu 6 1 2 9
3 Richard Hsueh 3 1 4 8
4 Chasity Jennings-Nunez 0
5 Sean McMorris 0
6 Jeanne Raya 0
Total 10 10 10 30
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City Manager Lazzaretto announced he would bring back resolutions to the next City Council meeting for City Council consideration to appoint the top two candidates.
Vice Mayor Ding thanked all applicants for their participation.
3. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:46 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
Approved this 1 st day of March, 2022:
TONY DING, Vice Mayor
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