City Council
Mayor Neysa Hinton
Vice Mayor Diana Rich
Sandra Maurer
Jill McLewis
Stephen Zollman
City Manager
Larry McLaughlin
[email protected]
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC
Mary Gourley
[email protected]
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
MINUTES FOR Special Meeting of June 6, 2023
As Approved by the City Council at their regular meeting of June 20, 2023 The City Council Regular meeting was held in Person and by Remote/Virtual Teleconferencing Pursuant to Current Brown Act Rules and Regulations.
Please note that minutes are not meant to be verbatim minutes and are meant to be the City’s record of Actions Taken (Approved Motion of Agenda Item(s)).
2:30 pm Convene Special City Council Meeting
Call to Order: Vice Mayor Rich called the Special meeting to order at 2:35 pm.
Roll Call:
Present: Vice Mayor Diana Gardner Rich
Councilmember Sandra Maurer
Councilmember Jill McLewis
Councilmember Stephen Zollman
Absent: Mayor Neysa Hinton
Staff: City Manager/City Attorney Larry McLaughlin
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk Mary Gourley
HR Consultant
STATEMENTS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Conflicts of interest may arise in situations where a public official deliberating towards a decision, has an actual or potential financial interest in the matter before the Council. In accordance with state law, an actual conflict of interest is one that would be to the private financial benefit of a public official, a relative or a business with which the Councilmember is associated. A potential conflict of interest is one that could be to the private financial benefit of a Councilmember, a relative or a business with which the Councilmember is associated. A Councilmember must publicly announce potential and actual conflicts of interest, and, in the case of actual conflict of interest, must refrain from participating in debate on the issue or from voting on the issue and must remove themselves from the dais.
There were none stated.
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (FIRST COMMENT PERIOD):
Up to Twenty (20) Minute Time Limit (Two Minutes for up to ten speakers). Additional public comment will be held at the end of the discussion and action items for up to an additional twenty (20) minutes. Mayor has discretion to allow for additional time beyond the 20 minutes allocated for public comment dependent upon the subject matter or number of speakers.
Process for calling on Speakers: Mayor or designee shall ask for public comment as follows: Speakers to be called on in an alternate manner (One speaker in person to be called on first; then one speaker remote to be called on second with additional speakers to be called on in the same manner) based upon the time limit.
There was no public comment.
Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: June 20, 2023
INTERVIEWS/CONSIDERATION OF AWARD:
1. Interviews with Executive Firms for City Manager Recruitment/Consideration of Award of Contract (Responsible Department: MuchmoreThanConsulting (MTC)/City Administration) The City Council conducted interviews as follows:
1. CPS HR Consulting
2. William Avery & Associates, Inc
The meeting was opened to public comment following the interviews. There was no public comment.
City Council was in consensus to direct staff to bring to the June 20th Council meeting an agenda item for consideration of approval of agreement with Avery and Associates, the most responsive firm to the request for proposals.
City Council Action: Directed staff to bring to the June 20th Council meeting an agenda item for consideration of approval of agreement with Avery and Associates, the most responsive firm to the request for proposals.
Minute Order Number: 2023-136
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: Three minutes per speaker for up to twenty (20) minutes total for public comments but can be reduced at Mayor’s discretion depending upon the number of speakers or Mayor has discretion to allow for additional time beyond the 20 minutes allocated for public comment dependent upon the subject matter or number of speakers.
There was no public comment.
ADJOURNMENT OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
June 6, 2023 Special Meeting will be adjourned to the Regular City Council Meeting of June 6, 2023 at 6:00 pm (In Person and Remote/Zoom Virtual Meeting Format)
Vice Mayor Rich adjourned the City Council Special Meeting at 3:45 pm. to the Next Regular Scheduled City Council Meeting of June 6, 2023 In person and zoom virtual meeting format to be held at 6:00 p.m. In person meeting to be held at the Sebastopol Youth Annex, 425 Morris Street, Sebastopol, Ca.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mary Gourley
Assistant City Manager/Attorney/City Clerk
Agenda Item Number: 1
Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: June 20, 2023