All right, good evening and welcome to tonight's city council meeting for Wednesday, July 8th, 2026.

I'd like to call this meeting to order.

At this time, we will have a moment of silence.

Thank you.

Please rise as Alderman John Blunk will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

And to the Republic, which is one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

All right, thank you.

Brian, can you call the roll, please?

Ardun here.

Vasquez?

Here.

Lean in.

Present.

Grip.

Here.

Newton.

Present.

Here.

He done.

Here.

Job Jin.

Here.

And Burkholder.

Here.

Nine present, Your Honor.

All right.

Thank you, Brian.

And good evening and welcome to everyone here at tonight's city council meeting.

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And we appreciate your engagement in city government and ask that your particip participation reflects our shared goal of making Davenport an even better place for everyone.

Thank you for being a part of tonight's meeting again.

And just a few reminders, please silence any devices that you might have, tablets or phones.

There will be an opportunity to address the council during the public with business portion of the meeting later this evening.

And when speaking, please come to the podium.

Wait to be recognized by the mayor and address the council as a whole and not to any one individual.

And please limit your remarks to five minutes.

Thank you.

Well, an alder person move approval of the city council meeting minutes for June 24th, 2026.

Motion has been made and seconded.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, same sign.

The minutes are approved.

Is there an update from the city administrator this evening?

Yes, sir is uh mayor and council.

It's uh first cycle, so it's employee recognition, and that's all I have tonight.

Uh for those in attendance.

Uh first cycle uh of every month for the council meetings.

We uh try to take a moment to uh recognize our employees, and uh that's what we're gonna do.

New hires to uh the city.

We have Michael uh that joined our uh fleet as a mechanic.

We have Carter that was hired as a laborer, and then Jaden uh also was hired as a laborer.

We also have as uh a new hire uh Tim uh Timothy uh was hired as a street heavy maintenance worker, and then we move on to uh promotions.

Uh the first one being uh Greg Benning, 31-year uh veteran of uh the police department was promoted to uh police chief last month.

Ryson was promoted into a sewer heavy equipment operator position, and Garrett was uh promoted into a natural resources equipment operator.

Also moving up uh is Tegan Trees.

Tegan uh was the assistant to the city administrator's office.

This truly is uh a promotion for her where she's moved into the Capital Improvements Program Manager, part of a uh many reorganization at city where we took some existing uh staff and moved them into some uh key areas, needs for the city, but for Tegan, this truly was a promotion, and we do have one retirement.

I know we do because I've got it on my printout.

And we don't have the picture, but what I am gonna say is it is Leo Yarrington.

He was a uh Packer driver loader for the city, and he had 30 years of service with the uh city of Davenport.

So congratulations to him and this next uh next chapter of his life.

Mayor, back to you.

All right, thank you, Tim.

Uh well, an alder person move approval on of the committee of the report of the committee of the whole for July 1, 2026.

So move.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, same sign.

Those are approved.

Uh, we have two appointments this evening.

I'll read both of these and ask for a motion to approve.

So the first one is for the combined construction code board of appeals and review.

Uh, it is Craig Shannon, and that is a new appointment.

The second is a parks and recreation advisory board member, and that is Terry O'Connell, and that is an appointment of the fifth ward alder person.

Uh, would someone move approval of those uh nominations?

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, same sign.

All right, those appointments are made.

Um we have a very special presentation this evening.

Uh we're going to recognize some outstanding athletes that are part of the Davenport Parks and Recreation Special Olympics Scott County Thunder program, along with the coaches, volunteers, supporters, and others who helped make this success, their success possible.

Uh so I'm gonna just highlight some of your successes here, and then I'm gonna meet you all down front.

We have a couple of certificate of recognitions to hand out, and I also have uh the mayor's challenge coin.

So for all the athletes, I'd like to personally give you a uh a mayor's uh challenge coin.

So a little bit about this group and and this team.

Scott County Thunder is Davenport Parks and Recreations Special Olympics team with approximately one hundred and fifty athletes ages twelve to seventy plus competing year-round in sixteen different sports.

The program has served athletes for more than thirty years, fostering lifelong friendships, teamwork, confidence, and a true sense of family.

Today's recognition honors the Team Iowa uh basketball team made up entirely of Scott County Thunder athletes and coaches.

This team has been a dominant force in Iowa, winning seven Special Olympics Iowa State basketball championships since twenty seventeen.

That's pretty impressive.

Their success earned them the opportunity to represent Team Iowa at the Special Olympics USA Games in Minnesota, a distinction awarded to only one team per state, per sorry, per sport from each state.

So one per sport per state.

The team proudly represented Davenport and Iowa, bringing home a fifth place finish while gaining invaluable experiences, friendships, and memories.

Special Olympics provides athletes with opportunities to compete, travel, build confidence, and develop life skills in an environment where everyone is welcome and celebrated.

We also honor the memory of Courtney Lytle, who was selected to represent Team Iowa in swimming, but passed away one week before the USA Games after nearly 40 years as a special Olympics athletes.

His dedication was recognized during the USA Games by Team Iowa, ESPN, and the game organizers.

Scott County Thunder demonstrates that determination, teamwork, and perseverance transcend physical and intellectual disabilities, making Davenport proud both on and off the playing field.

So let's give a round of applause for these folks.

And uh let's all meet up front.

Uh we have, like I said, two certificate uh of recognition, and uh we'll get some photos as well.

Okay, yes.

Okay.

So feel free to at this moment, Scott County Thunder basketball team, which is actually one eight straight state titles.

Brian.

Come on.

We would like to present the mayor with bag with actual the pins from state games, world games, USA games, and all the players' signatures and coaches.

All right.

Yeah.

How do you want to do that?

So I have to say over here.

Right here.

Okay.

Oh, we have to work.

Everyone stands here.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Congratulations on your success.

Congratulations on anymore.

I got a few more.

Anyone else?

Another big round of applause for you, guys.

Let's bring it in.

Let's bring it in.

Last time for the season.

One last time for season.

One last time for the season.

This is our house, remember?

Here we go, it's our house.

Everybody know we're here.

One, two, three family.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Go ahead.

Please do.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

So good evening, Mayor Gordon, and members of the city council.

I'm Sherry Fisher.

I'm the adaptive and inclusive recreation supervisor for Davenport Parks and Rec.

Today I stand before you with great pride and gratitude for your recognition and truly of this truly extraordinary group of athletes that have represented the city of Davenport on a national level.

Davenport Parks and Recreations coaches and teams are dedicated and diverse and a really strong family.

The city of Davenport should be proud to be represented by such an inspiring group of people.

And by recognizing their talents tonight, you demonstrated to the entire community that programming and opportunities for persons with disabilities, regardless of their physical or intellectual diagnosis is important to Davenport, and that everyone deserves a fair chance to achieve greatness.

Thank you for all you do.

Appreciate it very much.

Are there any petitions or communications from council members this evening?

Alderman Vasquez.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Yeah, I represent the third ward of Davenport.

Okay.

And we in the past, I've heard the same thing, three main concerns from the constituents.

Children's programs, housing issues, and abandoned homes, and everything that circles around them, and the homeless challenge we all face.

Okay.

We've had meetings.

I've been in several meetings where we've talked about these things and gave and we have been given some commitments to work on those programs, and nothing's happened yet.

But I don't blame any one person because no one person is responsible for it because it's all of our jobs.

I firmly believe that.

When the department heads realize or see that it's a repeat problem that we face over and over, then let's move to address it.

When staff sees that or we do, we have to address it.

I don't like fighting the same battles, and that's what I seem to be doing, and I'll fight them.

But let's let's take it in a direction to where we can resolve them.

It's part of all of our jobs.

Okay, we all have to do that.

The council as well, whether it's strengthening ordinances or or giving the funding to the departments that need it.

The council as well, whether it's strengthening ordinances or or giving the funding to the departments that need it, or listening to our citizens, simply listening and acting is something we have to do.

So today I set forth a bunch of proposals based on the conversations that we've had.

And it's open for discussions.

Let's get together, let's brainstorm, let's work on them, let's solve them.

We have the tools.

The tools are here and the people are here.

Let's not keep fighting the same battles.

We can solve this if we really work on it.

And I believe that we need to do that.

I've said this before many times.

We're all in this together.

We are.

And when we all pitch in and we all realize something or anything is wrong, and we all decide we've had enough, then let's work on it.

Let's sit down.

I'm willing to do anything I can with any group I can and help put these things together.

Let's solve these problems.

We can do it.

Thank you.

Thank you, Alderman Vasquez.

Any other Alderman with communications this evening?

All right.

Seeing and hearing no one.

The next item on the agenda is individual approval of items on the discussion agenda, and we have one this evening, and that is uh resolution approving the standards of cover for the Davenport Fire Department's 2026 accreditation cycle.

Is there anyone from the public with comment uh on this item on the agenda?

All right.

Seeing and hearing no one, well, an old person move the resolution.

Is there any discussion from council members?

Uh Alderman Jobjan.

Thanks, Mr.

Mayor.

I'll take a stab at this.

Um City Minor administrator a few iterations ago was pretty good about uh reminding the council and others to stay in our lane.

So I'm gonna take my comments and from kind of that perspective, trying to stay in my lane as a city council member.

So what's before us, a resolution to approve standards of cover for fire department's 2026 accreditation cycle.

Completely supportive of this resolution.

Hopefully uh my fellow colleagues see the same.

You know, I from all the discussions I've had, this is a completely retrospective document looking backwards, right?

I believe our city policy should be that we have an accredited fire department.

Um, and not just to be able to tout that, but you know, having a conversation with our chief, being able to do so from um uh process improvement standpoint, right?

Be able to look backwards, be able to make sure we go forwards, right?

And so again, I'm I'm supportive.

I'm thankful to those from you know the community, those that uh either serve you know on our fire department, those that represent uh the union, um, or those just had concerns that reach out to me um to discuss.

I I believe there are um some things going on that I'm I'm supportive of overall, right?

You know, our fire chief is is uh taking action.

Um I believe that you know, people coming forth with their best interests, you know, reaching out to us council members.

Hey, great, do so.

I love I love to hear it.

But I've said it before, I'm I'm not gonna micromanage a fire department.

Ben Jobchen, professional physical therapist has no reason to step into that bounce.

I'm gonna stay in my lane.

Um I do ask that I'm gonna ask our city administrator, right, to make sure that as we go forward, right?

Some of the conversations that I've had uh with people, especially our fire chief, that we just adhere to those commitments, right?

Just reviewing um how things are going with you know deployments going forward, that there is that commitment to we have kind of I don't want to say short leash, but just that short um review cycle.

Hey, if what we're doing is not working, then we're gonna pivot, right?

If it is, great, good.

Let's keep doing it, because I believe we have a wonderful fire department.

Um a lot of people that I know that serve on that that do a tremendous job to keep our community safe and go places that I would never think about going, doing things I would never think about doing.

So I just you know, I want to be very supportive of those men and women there, and I know I know our administration is as well.

Um so I don't want that lost in all of this.

Um, and then lastly, um kind of utilize this, you know, staying in our lane and our role as uh policymakers, right?

I just want to make sure that going forward, you know, our policy is that hey, we're gonna do what we need to do to fund our fire department to make sure that we have appropriate personnel, we have appropriate equipment, and that they can do what is best at their core, right?

I mean, we we hear about uh the volume of calls and and you know, unfortunately the way in which you know some of our systems are set up, you know, they're our firefighters are getting drugged kind of away from kind of their core their core uh uh responsibilities, right?

You know, going on more and more EMS calls and those types of things, right?

And we want to fire fighting fires.

We want to get out there in the community.

We want them um training, you know, inspecting all those types of things.

And so hopefully we can continue to be supportive as a council so that you know we can get down to the grassroots of what they do to keep our community safe.

So hopefully I was succinct, but just going back to it, I'm supportive of this resolution.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Alderman Job June.

Alderman Lenin.

Thank you, Mayor.

I'm gonna duplicate a lot of what Alderman Jobin said, so bear with me here.

I scribbled out some notes here, so I'm gonna hopefully stick to them.

But first and foremost, I want to thank the chief for taking time of a schedule to meet with most of us.

I hope all the council uh had a chance to do that.

I'm not sure that they did.

Uh to echo what Alderman Jobjan uh said in a different way.

I don't have a fire chief badge on my chest.

Okay, uh, I'm a plumber.

And when you have people in positions that know what they're doing based on their years of experience, their education, their training, you trust those people.

And I think the job as council with the fire department is to make sure, as Alderman Job has said it, do they have enough manpower?

Do they have the tools?

Do they have the equipment?

And we do that through the budgetary process.

Uh so and in my day job, I do accreditations many times over the last 18 years, all the way from the Department of Labor to the NFPA, believe it or not.

And so I understand and appreciate the value and the importance of accreditation.

Uh, and as the fire chief said in our meeting, the accreditation process is a is a process looking backwards, and I I agree with that.

Uh, you know, when a when a fire chief or a police chief or somebody comes in, you know, you could maintain the status quo.

Some leaderships leadership styles might do that, maybe tweak something here and there and not rock the boat, and the accreditation process is smooth sailing.

But when you have a true leader who comes in and says, hey, let's look at every angle, let's turn over some rocks that maybe haven't been turned over for many years.

There's nothing wrong with that.

And again, I'm not qualified to get into the deployment of the fire department.

Uh, but I trust, and I've from all accounts I've heard that the fire chief has a very open door, open discussion policy with his union membership, all the way from the president to the eboard to the rank and file.

And I assume that will continue, and he will uh take their uh concerns and thoughts under advisement and do the what's best for the the not only the Davenport Fire Department but the citizens of Davenport.

So um now the accreditation.

I'm assuming that the changes that may be made if if they are end up making will not, I'm assuming the fire chief doesn't want to jeopardize a future accreditation process three, five years from now.

I've forgotten how long the period is.

So again, I trust our fire chief, and uh I don't know how any other way to say it.

Uh I am in total support of this resolution to proceed with the accreditation.

And uh let's give the tools the chief needs to to move forward, and one of those tools is the accreditation of our program.

So thank you.

Thank you, Alderman Lenin.

Alder Woman Newton.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um I'm not gonna restate what my colleagues are stating.

Um, but I do have some questions, Chief.

Do you have a moment?

I sent you an email on Monday, Chief, and I did not get a response.

Uh so perhaps you could address some of those questions that I have.

One of the overall questions, because I didn't have a chance to meet with you, Chief.

I found out about office hours less than 24 hours in advance, and I was already booked at the time you were having them.

Can you explain it in layman's terms what the document before us, 70 some pages?

This the standard of covers is.

I think you've explained it to my colleagues, but I would feel more comfortable if you explained it uh to me.

Okay, I had a prepared statement for you, but kind of you uh some of you have already touched on it, but you are more than welcome if you have a statement.

Absolutely, sir.

Yeah, we might answer a lot of the questions.

Um, some of it might be repetitive from some of the office hours that we had, but um I'll uh I'll read this.

This whole purpose of tonight's request is to ask the city council to approve the Davenport Fire Department's community risk assessment standards of cover document as required by the Center of Public Safety Excellence as part of our fire accreditation process.

Unfortunately, there appears to be some confusion regarding whether this document is connected to the fire department's recently implemented deployment model.

I want to be absolutely clear about this.

These are two separate and independent matters.

My comments this evening are intended to ensure that the council's decision is based solely on the purpose of the resolution before you.

The community risk assessment standard of covered is a backward looking document.

It is nearly 160 pages of analysis that examines the risk of the City of Davenport experienced during the five-year period from January 2021 through December of 2025.

It identifies our community risk, evaluates how our fire department has responded to those risks, and establishes a factual baseline for future planning.

As part of the CPSE accreditation process, one of the required elements is that the authority having jurisdiction formally acknowledge and approve this document.

During previous accreditation cycles, the city administrator served as that authority having jurisdiction.

However, during our on-site accreditation assessment in April, our peer assessors advised us that the appropriate AHG AHJ for this process is the elected governing body, the city council.

Accordingly, they instructed us that the proper method of demonstrating that acknowledgement is through adoption of a resolution such as the one before you tonight.

Your approval of this document accomplishes three important objectives.

First, it demonstrates the city's commitment to continuous improvement by supporting an accreditation process that promotes regular self-assessment, strategic planning, and the ongoing pursuit of excellence in the delivery of fire and emergency services.

Second, it confirms that the city's governing body has been informed of and understands the community's fire, EMS, hazardous materials, and technical rescue risk.

Finally, it provides a factual foundation that can inform future discussions regarding fire station locations, apparatus replacement, staffing needs, and long-term capital planning.

Those future discussions remain separate policy and budget discussions for this council.

It is equally important for me to understand for me to point out what this document does not do.

It does not direct or mandate any changes to the fire department deployment model.

It does not commit this council to any future staffing levels, station construction, apparatus purchases, or budgetary decisions.

And it does not ask you to approve, endorse, or ratify the department's deployment model.

It is simply an objective assessment of our community's risk and our operational performance during the previous five years.

Because questions have been raised regarding the relationship between this document and the department's deployment model, I would just like to briefly address that topic so there is no misunderstanding.

The deployment model was developed over several months through a deliberate and data-supported process.

Department leadership conducted more than 30 meetings with personnel representing hundreds of hours of discussion, planning, operational analysis, and evaluation.

Four different deployment models were developed and analyzed before the current model was selected based on operational data and effective response force analysis.

The deployment model is quite simply a data-supported solution.

It is based on measurable operational data, response analysis, nationally recognized deployment principles, and more than 30 years of professional experience.

While it would take several hours to present all of the supporting analysis, I can assure you that this decision was made only after careful review of the available information.

As your fire chief, one of my primary responsibilities is evaluating operational risk and making deployment decisions that best protect both our firefighters and the citizens we serve.

Those decisions are based upon professional judgment, operational experience, nationally recognized best practices, and the data that's available to us.

I would never knowingly implement a deployment model that compromises firefighter or community safety.

In fact, this deployment model actually increases firefighter safety in our service delivery to the community by adding an additional responding company to structure fire responses, strengthening our effective response force and improving the resources available during critical incidents.

Its purpose is to reduce operational risk by addressing deficiencies that had developed within portions of our response system over time.

Also want to emphasize that this deployment model is not viewed as a finished product.

It is the beginning of an ongoing process of evaluation and continuous improvement.

To ensure accountability, our management analyst is collecting and analyzing operational performance data on a daily basis.

In addition, I've established a process for regularly reviewing this information with the department leadership and employee representatives to evaluate performance, identify concerns, and determine whether adjustments are warranted.

That review process will continue for as long as necessary to ensure the deployment model is accomplishing its intended objectives and provide the highest level of service to our community.

Ultimately, however, tonight's discussion should remain focused on the matter that's actually before you.

The standards of cover is a required component of our accreditation process.

It documents where our community has been, identifies the risk we face today, and establishes a factual foundation for future planning.

Your action this evening demonstrates the city's commitment to continuous improvement and fulfills an important requirement of maintaining our accredited status.

The deployment model is a separate operational matter that falls within the responsibilities entrusted to the fire chief.

And will continue to be evaluated as part of our and my commitment to providing safe, effective, and efficient service to our community.

I recognize that change often generates questions and differing opinions.

That is healthy and expected with any organization that is committed to improvement.

My responsibility is to carefully evaluate those perspectives, rely on objective data, and make decisions that best serve the citizens of Davenport while protecting the men and women of this department.

I did not come here simply to maintain the status quo.

I came here to lead the Davenport Fire Fire Department forward while embracing continuous improvement and ensuring that we are prepared to meet the evolving risk facing our community.

I respectfully ask for your support of the resolution before you tonight and your continued support of the Davenport Fire Department's commitment to excellence.

If there are any additional questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them now.

Well, thank you for that presentation.

That actually answered a lot of the questions that I had for you tonight.

Um final question just to make sure.

I think I know the answer, but I want to make sure.

Page 26 of the uh standards of cover talks about current deployment, um, where it lists out, for example, you know, one, the the age and the actual equipment there, like engine one, engine two, truck one, district chief.

Yep.

Am I correct in stating that this even though it says current deployment is referring back to like as of December of 2025?

Yes.

Um so essentially that document is as a point in time of like January 1st, 2026, because we throw in 2025 data.

So we were operating that model up until Sunday.

I'm sorry, yes, this past Sunday.

Okay.

Well, thank you.

I don't have any further questions for you.

I appreciate you presenting.

I think um for future, not just fire, but any any when we have an an item before council that's not your everyday item, like in this case, as he explained, this is the first time the council actually has to vote on this because in previous accreditation processes that was disapproved by the administrator.

Getting an explanation like that up front is very helpful.

Um, because it's a lot, I mean, it's a lot to read and digest, and I would echo the comments of my colleagues.

I'm I too, that's not my area of expertise, as I kind of mentioned in my email.

So it's important to understand, and I will again echo their comments in regards to we're here to support the fire department.

Glad to hear that there's ongoing discussions and 100% on board with um Alderman Jokin in terms of like when there's change, obviously keeping a close eye to see if it's working.

If so, wonderful.

If not, then you know, keep an open mind because obviously the number one goal when it comes to fire and police is we want to have our community safe.

We want our employees safe.

So thank you.

I have anything further.

All right, thank you, Alder Woman Newton.

Anyone else from council?

All right, seeing and hearing no one, Brian, can you call the role on this resolution, please?

First, can I confirm who seconded?

Moving no one did.

I just thought about that.

So I didn't think so.

Uh I asked for okay.

There's your second.

Was that lean?

Alderman Lenin.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

Roll.

Lean in.

Yes.

T Done.

Yes.

Newton.

Yes.

Vasquez?

Yes.

Job Jen?

Yes.

Kirkholder?

Yes.

R Dunn?

Yes.

Blunk.

Yes.

And Grip.

Yes.

Uh, nine yeses, Your Honor.

All right, thank you.

Uh, next is our motion for approval of all items on the consent agenda.

Second.

All right.

Uh, roll call, please on the consent agenda.

Newton.

Yes to all items except for abstention on item 17.

Do two now being comfortable on voting on that item.

Thank you.

Yes.

Lean in?

Yes.

T done.

Yes.

Job Jen.

Yes.

Grip?

Yes.

R done.

Yes, except item number 17 for the same reason as Alderwoman Newton.

Okay.

Thank you.

Blunk.

Yes.

And Vasquez.

Nine yeses with both Newton and Rdun's abstentions noted.

All right.

Thank you.

Next is other ordinance resolutions and motions.

We don't have any of those this evening.

And so we are at the public with business.

Is there anyone from public that would wish to address the city council this evening?

So state your name, order, address, please.

Cheryl Shagna, third ward, and here we are again trying to finish up with informing the especially the new council what has happened in the past that brings us where we are, especially concerning the settlement, the voided settlement agreements.

Um as a matter of fact, there was uh rulings written by Judge McDaniel in both December and in March, and that's why I brought up the time factor.

The trial was in May.

The ruling was end of December around Christmas time, and it talks about the time factor to claw back the voided agreements, the voided settlements.

And so the judge is telling you all to take action.

That was literally the first assignment that this new council received when you came on board and or the last council that exited at the end of 2025 is to not sit idly by and to claw back the that settlement money from both the Torres and uh the Thorndike agreements.

So the public's expectation is is that you are not going to sit idly by.

It is July.

I'm still waiting for something to come up on the agenda that says you are taking action on this, that you are stopping the forward motion that was started by former corporate counsel that has been now reprimanded by the attorney disciplinary board.

We also, furthermore, I did sit through the entire Dirk's trial and I want you to know what Warner was reprimanded for.

I see the same thing in our current corporate council.

I kept sitting there wondering who is representing who and why.

It makes no sense to me as a member of the public.

Why are we fighting this?

Why are we paying three attorneys to sit there for three days plus the prep work?

It makes zero sense to me as a member of the public.

And I can't expect all of you to know this.

That's why I stand up here as a messenger.

Please do not shoot the messenger as they say.

And if you are having these discussions about calling this back, and it is being slowed down, I am going to suggest it's being slowed down by some of the same people that overstepped the lines that did not follow the processes that kept these settlements secret.

There are still three on this council right now.

They don't want to admit they made a mistake.

They spent a lot of time hiding what they did.

Corey Spiegel, if anybody wants to see the documentation where she wrote back in January 2024, she confirms again the blog, the blog I tried to give to corporate counsel.

But corporate counsel was not interested in it, and that was confusing to me.

It is confusing to me who is corporate counsel representing because it seems like they're representing individuals who are no longer employees.

And a few of you that kept the agreements secret until after the election.

So the public was not fully informed.

So how am I supposed to trust you?

How am I supposed to believe that you have an iota of integrity?

You've proven to me that you do not.

So how can we expect you to keep calling this money back to recoup it?

As was given the instruction by Judge McDaniel to City Council in clause four, clause nine.

Please read it.

If you don't have it, I can give you copies of it.

I can also um share with you uh that you've received this information in email form.

So if you are one of the ones that does not open external emails, that's going to work against you.

How much can you trust corporate council to protect you as our representatives?

Are they giving you all the information to make the good decisions?

In my experience, what I'm seeing is they are not.

Talk about micromanaging.

You need all the information to make good decisions and to move forward to have a new day.

We have to claw back 1.9 million dollars.

That was not done properly.

167,000, 100 and some odd thousand on the other one.

But we know that 1.6 million, that was also a shady deal.

And we're just been reprimanded for it.

I could write a grievance against Huff at this point, and I feel it would be accepted.

Thank you very much.

Is there anyone else from the public this evening?

Good evening.

My name's Dale Gilmore.

I'm a resident of the sixth ward.

I thought maybe we could uh end the meeting on a little bit lighter note.

Um I agree a hundred percent with obeying the rules, but let's do a quick rule check to refresh my memory.

So you're not allowed to talk to the to the public with comment about anything that was on the agenda.

Okay, but if something isn't on the agenda during the meeting, that's a violation of the rules.

And you will all be served with yet another frivolous lawsuit.

And the public with comment is technically part of the agenda.

So how do we say something about an item that isn't on the agenda if the rules prohibit it?

I'm confused.

So I see two viable options to this dilemma.

Either eliminate the public with comment or adjourn the meeting and have the public with comment after the meeting and not an actual part of the meeting.

Either of these would satisfy the existing rules.

Oh, and by the way, I just violated a rule and it'll probably lead to yet another frivolous lawsuit.

I approached the podium, stated my name and word, and did not wait to be acknowledged by the mayor before beginning my comments.

My bad.

Perhaps uh prepare to be served with yet another frivolous lawsuit next Wednesday.

And maybe I'll be included.

I don't care.

Bring it on, please.

All right, thank you.

Is there anyone else from the public this evening?

All right, seeing and hearing no one.

Are there any final comments from council or the mayor?

Seeing and hearing no one, is there a motion to adjourn?

So move.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, same sign?

We are adjourned.