City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
City Council
6:00 PM Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream |
Comcast Channel 15 | AT&T Channel 99
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Special Meeting: Councilmember Appointment - 6 PM
6 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Public Hearing/General Business)
CALL TO ORDER
Pursuant to Government Code Subdivision 54953(e), the meeting was conducted telephonically; pursuant to state law, the City Council made the necessary findings by adopting Resolution No. 1089-21, reaffirmed on January 25, 2022.
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. via teleconference.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Larry Klein
Vice Mayor Alysa Cisneros
Councilmember Gustav Larsson
Councilmember Glenn Hendricks
Councilmember Russ Melton
Councilmember Omar Din
Present: 6 -
Mayor Klein, Vice Mayor Cisneros and all Councilmembers attended via teleconference.
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
1 22-0055 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in the At-Large City Council Seat No. 3 to a Term Ending January 3, 2023
City Clerk David Carnahan provided the staff report and presentation.
Public Hearing opened at 6:10 p.m.
No speakers.
Public Hearing closed at 6:10 p.m.
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Councilmembers provided remarks in support of specific candidates.
City Clerk David Carnahan conducted random rank choice roll call votes, tallied the votes and reported the results as follows:
INITIAL RANKINGS
Mayor Klein:
Rank 1 – Candidate James Griffith, Rank 2 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 3 – Candidate Jennifer Britton; Abstention on Candidates: Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Vice Mayor Cisneros:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith, Rank 3 – Candidate Jennifer Britton; Abstention on Candidates: Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Larsson:
Rank 1 – Candidate James Griffith, Rank 2 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Hendricks:
Rank 1 – Candidate James Griffith, Rank 2 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Melton:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate Jennifer Britton, Rank 3 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
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Councilmember Din:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith, Rank 3 – Candidate Jennifer Britton; Abstention on Candidates: Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Council took a recess at 7:54 p.m. to allow the City Clerk to review initial Councilmember ranking and counting first-choice votes. Council reconvened at 8:02 p.m. with all Councilmembers present via teleconference.
Mr. Carnahan announced Candidates James Griffith and Anthony Spitaleri tied with three first-choice votes each. No candidate was appointed.
Mr. Carnahan conducted a second round of random rank choice roll call votes, tallied the votes and reported the results as follows:
Mayor Klein:
Rank 1 – Candidate James Griffith; Rank 2 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Vice Mayor Cisneros:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Larsson:
Rank 1 – Candidate James Griffith, Rank 2 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Hendricks:
Rank 1 – Candidate James Griffith, Rank 2 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean
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Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Melton:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate Jennifer Britton, Rank 3 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Din:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Council took a recess at 8:30 p.m. to allow the City Clerk to review Councilmember ranking and counting first-choice votes. Council reconvened at 8:33 p.m. with all Councilmembers present via teleconference.
Mr. Carnahan announced Candidates James Griffith and Anthony Spitaleri tied with three first-choice votes each. No candidate was appointed.
Council took a recess at 9:22 p.m. and reconvened at 9:25 p.m. with all Councilmembers present via teleconference.
Mr. Carnahan conducted a third round of random rank choice roll call votes, tallied the votes and reported the results as follows:
Mayor Klein:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Vice Mayor Cisneros:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
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Councilmember Larsson:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Hendricks:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Melton:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Councilmember Din:
Rank 1 – Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, Rank 2 – Candidate James Griffith; Abstention on Candidates: Jennifer Britton, Prashanth Channabasavaiah, Sean Dechter, James Gavney, Nupoor Kulkarni, Richard Lesher, Shantha Ranganathan.
Council took a recess at 9:30 p.m. to allow the City Clerk to review Councilmember ranking and counting first-choice votes. Council reconvened at 9:31 p.m. with all Councilmembers present via teleconference.
Mr. Carnahan announced Candidate Anthony Spitaleri, having received six first-choice rank votes was appointed to the At Large City Council Seat No. 3 to serve a term ending January 3, 2023.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 9:36 p.m.