Let's talk about what you consider to be the most important.

I'd like to call the meeting of the city council public financing authority to order.

City Clerk, may I have the roll call, please?

Councilman Twine?

Here.

Councilman Kennedy.

Here.

Mayor Pro Tem McKeon.

Here.

Mayor Burns.

Here.

Councilwoman Vandermark.

Here.

Councilman Gruel?

Here.

Councilwoman Councilman Williams.

Here.

All present.

All right.

Tonight's invocation will be Bria Badajos from the Scouts of America Troop Eleven Thirty Four of Huntington Beach.

Please join us in the manner you are accustomed to in your faith.

Dear God, we come before you this evening with gratitude as we begin our council meeting.

We ask for your wisdom, clarity, and discernment.

Guide our city council members as they consider the matters before them, and help them work collaboratively for the good of our entire community.

Lord, we thank you for the wonderful city of Huntington Beach, its neighborhoods, its natural beauty, and the people who make it a special place to live.

We lift up our first responders and public servants who dedicate themselves to protecting and supporting others.

Watch over them and bless their families for the sacrifices they make.

We pray for each person gathered here tonight.

Council members, staff, and visitors.

As we move through this holiday season, surround them and their families with safety, peace, and joy.

Help us remain mindful of those in need, and inspire us to approach challenges with humility, unity, and compassion.

We ask for your continued protection over our city and its future.

Fill us with hope as we look ahead to all that awaits us in twenty twenty-six.

May your presence guide our decisions and strengthen our resolve with integrity and grace.

Amen.

Please put your right hand over your heart.

Oh, I guess pledge allegiance.

I gotta announce you, brother.

Please put your right hand over your heart.

Ready?

Begin.

I don't allegiance to the heart.

For which is that my nation, under God, indivisible, the liberty and justice for all.

We're gonna we're gonna go out of order a little bit.

Senator Strickland is going to present, make a presentation a little out of order.

Good evening.

Good evening.

It's uh unique to be on this side uh of the the lector and but um it's a privilege and honor to serve Huntington Beach in the state senate, and one of the biggest honors I've ever had was being mayor of Huntington Beach.

In fact, we brought my Huntington Beach jacket here for today.

Um let me open with this.

Um I love all of you.

Uh the magnificent seven, and a lot of people work very hard for all of us to be together and and whatever we need to stay together as a family, whatever we could do uh to stay together as a family uh to fight for the people of Huntington Beach.

And I will say um I'm really honored to be here today to honor uh Pat Burns, who did a remarkable job as mayor.

Um we did.

Pat, I don't know if you remember, you're the one that nominated me to become mayor of Huntington Beach, and uh we did a hundred and ten events together as the Fab Four.

Uh I consider you family.

I feel like you're my brother, and um, I'm just very proud of what you've done as mayor of Huntington Beach.

Uh your leadership uh and you're just steadfast.

You're you're Pat Burns.

Uh you say what's on your mind, and sometimes it gets you in trouble.

Uh but thing is everybody knows where Pat Burns stands and uh people love you, and I'll tell you when we were campaigning, uh, I tell you this a many many times.

The first time uh we got together and campaigned together, we walked uh up and down uh the Fourth of July parade, and almost everybody had a personal relationship with you in Huntington Beach.

Uh, and everybody knows you, they love you, they know your heart, and uh I just think you've done a remarkable job as mayor.

Uh you've done a remarkable job in the council, and it's my honor to present this certificate, uh, this resolution, California State Resolution.

Uh, there's a lot of whereas and therefore's, but really it just says you're a fantastic guy.

Uh, and and you epitomize Huntington Beach.

So thank you so much for your leadership.

Let's give Pat Burns a big round of applause.

You got a real quick, can we get all seven?

Yeah, come on.

You'll be a lot better.

All right, thank you, Tony.

Uh city clerk will move on.

City clerk, do we have any supplemental communications?

Yes, Mayor.

We received one email communication regarding item number seven.

All right.

Thank you.

Magic question.

City clerk, do we have anyone to sign up to speak?

Yes, Mayor.

We have 60 speakers this evening.

Okay.

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The public comments portion of the meeting is an opportunity for the public to be heard and address those issues in a public forum.

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We're gonna give 30 seconds, we're over 50.

Uh so more than generous.

Thank you, sir.

Awesome.

You guys are ready.

Mr.

Mayor, can I make a humble request for 60 seconds?

I already gave it.

One last go for you.

God, dude.

I gave everybody my word out there that would do 30 seconds if we went over 50.

Is that prior to the start of the meeting?

And during this meeting, I just said sorry.

I haven't told you.

You asked me.

Yeah.

60 seconds.

One last go.

Well, let's put it before the council.

Anybody got an opinion?

30.

30.

Okay, sorry, 30 seconds.

All right, call the first 15.

When your name is called, please come down, line up, use both podiums.

Brett Bush, Dominic, Lazlolac, Andrew Einhorn, Charles Jackson, Isaiah Contus, Rick Brown, Adriana Fauches, Keith Sparks, Keith Jorgensen, Joe Pettick, Ann Palmer, Steve Parsons, Joe Velasquez, Tome, Mr.

Amory Hanson.

Good evening, Brett Bush.

Uh again, congratulations to Casey becoming mayor.

You guys know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, though he was rich, yet for your sakes and our sakes, he's became poor.

By his poverty, he can make you rich, rich in spirit, not monetary or power elite rich.

I voted for all of you guys.

You guys are all part of my team.

I've taken hits for every one of you.

I would just ask you guys going forward, going into this next session.

Let's pull together.

Let's not pull apart.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Ed Don McGee, uh, 24-year resident of Huntington Beach.

Um, you know that I love you all.

Campaign for every one of you.

Worked, walked, but I just ask that you follow the policy.

It's only right that Chad becomes the next pro tem.

He earned it, he deserves it.

Please follow through.

Congratulations to you all.

We love you.

Okay.

And again, I just want to stipulate that I still love you all.

Okay.

But please do the right thing.

Right back at you.

Love you.

Bye-bye.

Good evening.

My name is Justine Makoff.

I'm here on behalf of Free Rain Foundation at the Huntington Central Park Equestrian Center.

Tonight I'm proud to share with you a very important milestone.

Last month, Free Rain Foundation was officially accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuary.

Why is this a big deal?

I share this tonight on Giving Tuesday because this accreditation ensures our supporters, our partners, our community, that their generosity goes to a vetted, transparent, 100% volunteer run organization.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Good evening, everyone.

I'm Isaiah Contois.

I'm a 23-year-old U.S.

Coast Guard veteran.

I moved here in August, three weeks after moving here.

My home was broken into in broad daylight.

I reported it for about a week.

I was getting great hope from the police department.

Thankful for them, but I haven't heard anything in almost three months.

The perpetrator is still at large.

I'm just asking for an update.

I went to the station, they told me to email and call the sergeant.

I did that.

Haven't heard anything.

That's it.

Go ahead and fill out a blue card if you can.

We'll try to get back to you.

Awesome.

Thank you.

Hi.

It is common for a land acknowledgement to be led by the leader of a meeting.

In this case, the mayor or their designee.

I'll give one now.

We acknowledge that the land on which we gather in Huntington Beach is the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tongva and the Heshtaman peoples, who have been the traditional caretakers of this land since time memorial.

We honor and pay respect to their elders, past and presence, and their ongoing connection to this land and water.

We recognize our presence as guests.

Thank you.

Right.

Hello, Joe Peddock here, Huntington Beach resident for quite a long time.

Pat Burns, you did an awesome job as mayor.

We love you very much.

Good job.

Good job for all that you've done.

I just I'm here on behalf of Chad Williams.

Obviously, you guys know that.

I think it's right that he is the next mayor pro tem.

I think it's lawful.

I just plead with you to do the right thing.

I think deep down you know that it's right.

And just asking you guys, let's do what's right here.

Um I know there's a lot of, you know, mistakes.

Um everybody makes mistakes.

Everybody's, you know, we can look down and say, wow, he did this or he did that, but uh deep down we all mess up.

All right, thank you.

We ask it you would do that.

Thank you, guys.

Go ahead.

Thank you for uh the time.

City council.

We appreciate you.

See many of you at church.

We love you guys.

As was said earlier, the Fab 7.

I just want to say the Bible says in Micah chapter 6, verse 8.

He has shown you, oh man, what is good, what the Lord requires of thee to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Are we all good at that?

No, we work at it?

Absolutely.

I want to encourage you to just put your support behind Chad, and I love that all of you are here tonight.

Thank you.

Good evening, uh City Council members.

Thank you for your continued dedication to serving the residents of Huntington Beach.

Tonight, tradition and protocol guide us as we select our next mayor and mayor pro tem.

Casey, you served honorably as a mayor pro tem, and you are now next in line to serve as mayor.

Congratulations.

Following a long-standing decorum and next in line for mayor pro tem is Chad Williams, who earned the highest vote total in Huntington Beach history and has shown leadership and readiness to take this role.

By moving forward in a diplomatic way tonight, we set the stage for our colleague Butch Twine to be announcing next year.

Steve Parsons here, Staff Commodore, Huntington Harbor Yacht Club.

I want to I'm here to give our appreciation to all of you, AB 7, and rock on for the next voyage in your in your procedure here.

Thank you very much, Casey.

You're here and rock on.

My name is Kent Sparks.

I'm from Beach Cities Community Church.

I've had all of you guys over at the church.

We got Butch over here, my son's favorite golf partner.

We got Mr.

Kennedy, whose wife's in my wife's Bible study.

We have Casey McKing, Ken King of the Carnivore Feast over there at the Palace.

And then we have.

Oh, I don't want to get choked up.

Pat Burns, you remind me of the guy that mentored me and passed this last year.

You just have a wonderful spirit.

And every time around you, I feel like hugging you.

Thank you.

You're terrific.

And Tracy, I mean Gate.

Gracie, sorry.

Go ahead and follow protocol and trust the sign behind you.

And God we trust.

And God will bless you all.

Andy Einhorn, the Burns Legacy.

Any council member who resorts to calling Huntington Beach residents the F-word, fat cow, or any other degrading insult, has no business representing this community.

Such language is unbecoming of an elected official and falls short of the dignity and gravitas the office demands.

Happy holidays.

Keith Jorgensen, I had the unique honor of being able to campaign campaign with all of you guys up on the dais.

We all know that Chad was one of the hardest working people campaigning for his role, and because of that, he has had more support than anyone else.

I would ask that uh you guys follow the procedures of council set out before you to clearly state that he is next in line to be the mayor pro tem.

Uh he's received the highest votes.

Because of that, he gets that.

This is simply a matter of integrity, a trait that I know all of you possess.

Thank you, God bless you.

Mr.

Amory Hansen.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

My name is Mr.

Amory Anson.

I'm speaking tonight to thank the mayor for his service.

I'm expressing my support for Councilman Williams to be mayor pro tempore, and for Councilman McGeon to be the eighty-eighth mayor of Huntington Beach.

Hopefully, council will consider supporting Mr.

Amory Hansen.

A historic choice.

I look forward to working with the council during America's semi-centennial.

Thank you.

Hi, I'm Adriana Force.

I'm actually from Newport Beach, but Newport Beach looks to Huntington Beach a lot.

You guys are just a great city council.

And I'm just urging uh you, a lot of you I know you personally, to follow the um decorum and the regular order for who you choose for mayor and mayor pro tem.

There are people who are who are paying attention, and we do root for this city.

Thank you.

My name is Joe Velasquez.

I've been here in the community for about 24 years.

Um I supported the people last year, which you guys are now in position of.

I'm here to support Chad Williams tonight.

I feel that um recently I was we were informed that there were things going on that should not be going on, and so basically I'm here to address the issue that basically you should uh uh he should be next in line as a pro tem.

And I just want to say that and um I just thank you for your time.

All right, thank you.

Hello, thank you for letting us speak.

Uh, my name is Mark Anderson, resident of Huntington Beach, and a member of Calvary Child Club, the harbor.

As I read provision uh sixty-three twenty, it says here that Pastor Chad Williams will be installed as the mayor pro tem.

Um at least in spirit it says that.

So I hope you all follow through on that because uh he gets my support, and I thank you very much.

God bless you.

Glory to God.

Hi, my name is Tomoe.

Bible says, and there's no creature hidden from God's sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of God, to whom we must give account.

So uh according to the Lude, uh not only I many are looking for the two uh Councilman Chet Williams will be elected as a mayor and put them, and uh I hope that the everybody think about give account in front of God in the day of judgment.

Thank you.

Hi, I'm here to thank you all for a great year in Huntington Beach.

This administration has accomplished so much for our city to improve safety, infrastructure, and the daily lives of residents.

We appreciate you greatly, Mayor Pat, and look forward to another stellar year with Mayor Casey.

I support each and every one of our elected officials and city staff, and trust that your efforts, deliberations, and processes, no matter how difficult will benefit Surf City.

I will continue to support you.

Thank you.

Next 15.

Jesse Walker, Mark Anderson, Richard Hangley, Jeannie Gooden, Seth, Jody Posenti, Paula Schaefer, Elaine Keeley, Mariana Cinco, Rich Cinco, Diana Phillips, Matt Sill, Mitchell Seal, George Washington, Julia Oka.

They told me I could.

Hello, I'm here in strong support of appointing Councilman Chad Williams as Pro Tem Mayor Pro Tem.

In 2024, he received 52,335 votes, the highest in our city's history, reflecting the voters' will.

I would advocate the same if any of you council members were here in his position.

I would be here for any one of you, speaking about what is right.

I'm putting my trust in God and that he will guide the outcome according to his perfect plan.

Thank you.

I'm Jesse Walker.

I am a resident of Huntington Beach for the last 17 years.

I'm here to support my brother in Christ, Chad Williams.

Um deserves it, followed the policy.

I asked you to do the right thing.

Um Chad does it every day.

Veteran, pastor, family man.

Um he didn't just carry uh a bulletproof vest overseas, he carries the honor of God.

He does it every day, day in and day out.

We owe it to him.

He's a hero.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Some gave all.

You're done.

All right, thank you, sir.

Thank you, Jesse.

Next speaker.

Good evening.

My name is Jody Pacenti, and I am here to support Chad Williams.

I didn't know I was speaking tonight, so I don't have anything written now.

What I can tell you is I've watched Chad and I've known Chad, and um for about 15 years, and I he is a man of God.

He's a man of integrity, he is a great husband, he's a great leader, and support Chad Williams for mayor pro temp.

Good evening.

I'm Elaine Keeley, the president of the Friends of the Library, a nonprofit who has been in standing for 54 years, founded by my mother, Charlene Bauer and wife of former mayor Ralph Bauer.

I have to skip a lot because I can't do it in 30 seconds, but Ashley Wisaki asked us for 250,000.

We returned with a grant proposal, and we've heard nothing from anyone.

We're just looking for a response.

We have funds that we make from a used book sale from a gift store and from people's bequests.

We want to give it to you.

Okay.

If you can fill out a blue card, we'll try to give back to you as soon as possible.

Please next speaker.

As part of the grant agreement that Aileen was speaking about, the Friends has wishes to donate $825,000 to the library.

It requests three conditions that the city not impose any laws that violate the First Amendment of the Constitution and the state laws regarding censorship and discrimination on the basis of content, allow the Friends organization to continue to use the library facilities for book sales and gift shop sales and continue usage of the meeting rooms.

We want to do this with our continued 30 speakers.

City rules are clear.

The council member with the most votes become mayor pro temp.

Chad Williams received over 51,000 votes more than anyone else.

Ignoring the rules and the voters' choice undermines our democracy.

Please honor both.

Appoint Chad Williams as mayor pro temp.

Thank you.

Hi, I'm Rich Sinko.

I've been a resident here for 20 years.

I'm here in strong support of Chad Williams as Mayor Pro Temp.

He's a man of God, he's a family man, he serves his country, and he received the most votes of anyone on the council.

So I believe he's earned this right.

It's the decorum, and I know he'll do a great job in that role.

Thanks.

Hi, my name is Julia Oka, and I just want to lend my support to Chad Williams for Pro Mayor Pro Tem.

He's a man of integrity and a great great man.

So please do the right thing and follow the protocol.

Thank you.

Good evening.

I'll start by saying I know that no one is perfect, and we are all guilty as sinners, but you all have the opportunity to do the right thing here.

Honor the legislative policy resolution 6320 and stand behind your brother in Christ, who has shown time and time again that he values true morality despite his adversaries and has not compromised.

Mr.

Williams has shown nothing but dedication, love, and sacrifice to Christ, his family, city, and country.

Honor that.

Do the right thing.

Thank you.

Good evening.

My name is Jeannie Gooden, and I'm a longtime resident of Huntington Beach.

I am very disappointed in some of you on this council who are not following policy.

Chad Williams should rightly be uh selected as the next mayor pro tem.

And so I'm asking you, uh those of you who represent me to please follow policy.

And I thank you for that, and God bless all of you.

Amen.

My name is Matt Sill.

I'm a recent homeowner and buyer of Huntington Beach.

I moved to Huntington Beach because Huntington Beach stands up for what the people believe in that you guys do what's right.

Uh Chad Williams obviously got the most votes in the last election that we've ever seen in Huntington Beach.

The American government and the American government policies have always been a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

So give the people what they want and let Chad Williams be the next mayor pro temp.

Hello, my name is Mitchell Schill, Matt Sewell's father, and I'm here to um ask you to do what's right, follow decorum, and put the man of integrity that's rightfully owned, the mayor pro temp Chad Williams.

Hi, I'm Diana Phillips, and I'm a 21-year resident of Huntington Beach.

I worked very, very hard to get the HB3 in, and I understand that in the history of Huntington Beach that we have had only one person that didn't become the next pro tem.

We need to stay with what tradition is.

We are based in the United States based on traditions and laws.

Shall means he shall be in office as pro-temps.

We need to follow the rules and regulations.

Thank you.

I was blessed to raise a family in Huntington Beach.

And I taught those kids to believe in this city because the city believed in them.

They're grown now.

I want them to know that we keep the rules that we put in place.

And if the people gave the most votes to Chad, he deserves the next position.

And that's what we should be teaching our children.

We keep our commitments, and we expect you to do the same.

Hello, good citizens.

Chad Williams is somebody we can count on.

Good against evil.

And that's all I have to say right now.

Thank you.

My name is Shauna, and I'm here to support Chad Williams.

Let's get some God-fearing people in here.

And it says in God we trust, and Chad Williams is a good man, and let's trust in Chad Williams and do the right thing.

My name is Amy Gasso, long resident of Huntington Beach, past volunteer with the police department, which I love very much, and I pray for the protection all the time.

I'm here to encourage you to follow policy.

Yes, follow policy.

So according to policy, the next mayor pro tem is Chad.

I love all of you, and we have worked very hard to get you guys elected.

You earned it.

You all have served honorably.

The difference, Chad earned 10,000 more votes than anyone in Huntington Beach election history.

Chad raised more money.

Chad shall be mayor pro tem.

Every single one of you knows the difference between right and wrong.

We the people elected Chad.

This is our decision.

Don't dishonor a decorated combat veteran to con that continues to choose to uphold his oath to our constitution and our city.

Chad deserves to be honored, so honor him, Skywalker over now.

Those who scream the loudest never win.

The only winners will be those who are willing to listen, learn, and lead.

Let the best man be chosen, not by threats, not by brute, and not by misleading storylines from secondhand informers.

This is in God's hands, and God will guide his decision by the MAGA 7 on the dais tonight.

Whomever is chosen will be strong enough to do the right things for their constituents to benefit and lead this community with accountability and transparency with honor, confidentiality, and integrity.

Pray for the MAGA 7 for the best outcome for the next Pro Tem Mayor.

Love you all.

Thank you, next speaker.

Next 15.

Ben Viz, Brandon Bettis, Nancy Buchos, Jasmine Stotling, Jeff Triano, Roz Price, Dan Salerno, Lynn Sameta, Tim Geddes, Michelle Walker, Tracy White, Rick Mortimer, Carol Tracy, Steve Solett.

My name's Jeff Triana.

I'm a resident for three years now.

Uh last year I voted for the magnet of the three.

I have a hat.

Said H to B E three.

And uh I want to still be excited about you guys, but uh there's one that outdid you guys, and this is his name.

And he deserves to be the next pro tem because he's and also integrity is a big word that should be uh thought about tonight.

Thank you guys all for your service.

Appreciate it.

Thank you, thank you, counsel, for the opportunity to address you tonight.

Um I just want to say you guys have been great, unified is so powerful and so good, and I don't want you guys to do that anything else than that tonight.

So just go along and give honor where honor is due and follow the policies, and HB will go on.

Thank you.

Hi, my name is Roz Price, and I am here today to um first of all uh thank the Scouts of America for that awesome invocation.

That was just amazing.

I myself have an Eagle Scout out of Huntington Beach, and I am so honored and proud of that.

So go, Scouts of America.

Um, I am here to say what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong.

Let's stick to common sense, you guys.

It's that simple.

Chad Williams deserves to be next mayor pro tem.

I'm beating the horse in the head right now.

We all know.

Let's use our common sense, people.

Good evening, everybody.

Um, I first want to congratulate Casey on um becoming mayor.

Look forward to collaborating for the Southeast.

I'm fired up about what's coming our way.

Um, I'm also here to support Chad Williams, who um, I'll be honest, I haven't always supported Chad Williams, but Chad Williams has really stood up for um me and our community.

Um, just being a real good communicator.

I'm super fired up to see him be the next potential mayor pro tem, and I highly recommend you follow policy.

I think it's appropriate.

Thank you.

Thanks, hello, Lynn Semeta, former mayor here tonight.

And first I want to congratulate Casey as you embark tonight on a privilege of a lifetime serving this amazing city as mayor.

Coming from a family with a long history of business owners, volunteers, and committed supporters of so many nonprofits in town.

You know what the magnitude is of what you're about to do.

So I congratulate you.

Honor that privilege and exercise it with courage, clarity, and humility.

I also want to thank or congratulate Mayor Burns on your term.

Um thanks for supporting nonprofits like the Boys and Girls Club.

All right, thank you.

Hello, Tracy White here.

I'm a 25 year Huntington Beach resident, and thank you all for your service.

I'm so thankful to have you all serving our um great state and serving our um city.

And I'm just here on behalf of Chad Williams.

Chad is an excellent person.

I voted for him, I voted for a lot of you guys, and I'm so glad you're in office.

And I just hope that you'll honor your commitment and put him in his proper role as mayor pro tem.

Thank you very, very much.

Thank you all for serving.

My name's Danny Salernell.

I've been a resident for in Huntington Beach now for 48 years, kind of dating myself.

But uh, I just want to tell you we're here to support Chad Williams.

Uh, known Chad for many years.

He's a team player, ex Navy SEAL.

That's that's saying a lot.

And thank you all for all your service.

Thank you, Pat, for everything you've done serving and uh do what's right.

Thank you.

Hi, my name is uh Dr.

Stephen Sollett.

I am a uh retired dentist, and I uh pastor here, assistant pastor, and uh at Calvert Chapel of the Harbor.

So um I just want to put in my vote for um Chad Williams.

I've known him for several years now.

He's a great guy, great man, man of integrity.

He just he does what he believes.

And so I I'm just saying do the right thing and follow protocol.

Thank you.

Hi, my name is Carol Tracy, and I am here to support Chad Williams as mayor pro tem since he did receive the most votes.

Also, he actually served our country.

I think we need to honor him.

Thank you.

Um, good evening, Tim Gethis here.

Charlie would have given us three minutes.

I uh I have been speaking in public comments uh every year since 2000.

Pat Burns has been a disgrace in handling public comments.

His uh his successor as mayor should be held responsible and accountable if normalcy is not restored.

Thank you.

Bye.

Next speaker.

Good evening.

My name is Brandon Bettis.

I'm a fellow resident here.

I'm here on behalf of my friend Chad Williams.

I've known him over 20 years.

I've traveled with him for many years.

I've seen this man have integrity.

Everything that you see him on stage is what he is at home.

Um I think the people have spoken for themselves.

It's because of him that I actually changed my voting party so that I can actually participate in some of the local votes here.

And so just know that if you guys don't do the right thing, I'm gonna remember that next time we vote.

Hi, my name's Michelle Walker.

I'm a longtime resident of Huntington Beach.

Uh wasn't planning on speaking tonight.

Don't normally do that sort of thing, but I felt the need to speak up for Chad Williams.

I know he's a man of God.

He's served as a Navy SEAL, he's now serving and doing a great job in Huntington Beach, and we thank you for your service, and I ask that you do the honorable thing in making him the mayor pro Tim.

Hello, my name is Jasmine Sulting.

Um I'm a little confused because I thought you guys were all like one team, so I'm not sure why there's division, but a house divided shall not stand.

So I say work together.

Chad is a great man.

He's a pastor of a pastor at my church, and I love him.

So I just um yeah, vote him in for the next mayor pro term who got the most votes.

That's just how policy is supposed to be done.

So do it right.

Um, yeah, that's all I have to say.

Bye.

Good evening, 40-year resident, uh, proudly of Huntington Beach, raised my family here for good reason, continue to not leave the state, um, and support you guys, and uh I'm here to support Chad.

There's nothing else I can add that everybody has already said.

I do uh as a serial entrepreneur, retired at 50.

Um, I struggle with why we're even having this conversation.

Decorum and protocol is the foundation of our democracy.

Um please follow it.

Good evening, counsel.

Never spoken here before, but uh wanted to just say thank you to Pat Burns for doing a great job.

Maybe the only mayor in history to be upside down in a helicopter in the history of Huntington Beach.

I don't know that for sure.

We have to ask the HBPD, but I would just say uh we've heard a lot of reasonable people tonight, and also this council has worked really hard to get to a place where our city has sanity, so let's try to keep the team together, and um I trust in your judgment.

God bless you.

Good evening, good evening.

Is this working?

Yeah, good evening.

Um, I'm here to implore you and beg you to put Chad in the seat and keep the team together.

Thanks very much.

Pat Mayer, thank you for what you did this past year.

You were my favorite mayor.

Thank you.

Casey, congrats.

Thank you.

You all know that I love all of you.

We have supported all of you.

The whole town knows I have created so much enemies.

I love every one of you.

Let's do the right thing, let's reunite, and let's not make the enemy happy.

That's all we're asking, the community.

Thank you very much, Pat.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next 15.

Yvonne Arnsdale, Edward Antonio, Blake Parisian, Karen Riley, Wayne Golden, Desi Pineda, Denora Echevara, Pat Goodman, Brian Thenis, Heidi Barlow, Paula Schaefer, Justine Mankoff, Ed Graham, Bryce Snova, Nor Norova, Sam Geezey, Joyce Diane, Riley, Joe Bookout.

Go ahead, sir.

Is there a timer so I can follow?

Yeah, right up there.

Okay.

It was the 18th century uh preacher George Whitfield that preached the Americas in the 18th century.

And it was Benjamin Franklin who supported him.

He didn't support him because of his theological views.

He disagreed with him, but he knew he was doing the right thing.

And so I'm here to support Chad Williams because I know Chad Williams, and he's doing the right thing.

And you don't have to agree with everything he says, but if he's doing the right thing, let's back the man.

My name is Blake Paraso, and this is the city I've been growing up in since 2003.

And I just want to throw my hat behind Chad Williams, as everyone else has.

He's a man of integrity, and he is served his time overseas and has jumped through many hurdles in order to get to the point where he is now.

I encourage you to follow through with resolution 6320, and that he shall become Mayor Pro Tim.

God bless.

Hello.

Uh my name's Karen Riley.

I am so honored to stand before you.

Thank you for all of your service.

I'm here to support Chad Williams.

He's a brother of mine in Christ and is a man of integrity and uh just a great person all around.

Please honor the um resolution, the policy resolution 6320, and do what the law has required you to do.

Thank you.

My name is Ed Graham.

I've been a resident for 25 years here, and I'm here to support Chad Williams for Pro Temp.

Uh Pro Tem, excuse me.

You know, Chad, Chad's uh he's a good guy.

You know, that's from the heart.

A lot of people love him, and uh we know him.

We know his family.

And uh just give him a chance to sit in the big chair.

He deserves it.

Lots of love, Chad.

Good evening, everyone.

We we do honestly love all of you guys, and I'm here in support of Chad Williams.

And um, I just wanted to say that we've had the honor and privilege, or I have the honor of serving alongside of Chad Williams for the last five years.

Um, he has served our community.

Um, he served our country and he served our church as well, and um, I'm just here in support of him.

I really truly truly enjoy working alongside of each one of you guys.

You guys mean so much to me, and I thank you.

Thank you.

Hi, I'm here to support Chad Williams.

My name's Wayne Golden, I've lived here for 52 years.

Uh I love Huntington Beach.

Behind you, it says you trust in God.

Well, Chad Williams believes in Jesus Christ as God, and he will do the right thing.

So do the right thing here.

Thank you.

Merry Christmas, everybody.

Hey, my name is Sam Geeze.

I read a book about four years ago called Seal of God.

And in it, I saw that the I found out the author had gone to Marina High School and grew up in Huntington Beach.

Well, I grew up in Hennington Beach and went to Marina High School.

So I reached out to that person.

I had a question to ask, and I thought I probably won't answer it, but he did, and his answer was accurate, and his guidance was very helpful.

I watched what God has done through this man, Chad Williams, and I'm anxious to see what God is gonna do through him in the future.

Thank you.

I'm here tonight because we the people support Chad Williams to be the next mayor pro tem.

And I want this council to respect its own rules.

Chad constantly shows up for his community.

He serves his family, he serves the country, he serves his church, and he's serving the people.

Your own council resolution 6320 says the mayor pro tem position is supposed to go to the top voter, which is Chad Williams, and that's what the people want.

Uh good evening.

My name is Dinora Chavarria.

I'm native from Cuba, brought to this country by the U.S.

federal government.

And I have history if anybody wants to see it.

I appreciate all of you guys in Huntington Beach, my number one city, and I support all you guys for doing a great job and keeping America great.

As I recall growing up in 1969.

I'm 21, like all you guys.

God bless you guys.

And we'll see you guys soon.

Thank you.

Good evening, Council members.

Uh, Brian Thina is here.

I'd like to congratulate Casey on being the mayor.

I know you're gonna be a great mayor.

Look forward to it, and Pat, great job this year, and thank you for bringing me and getting me involved.

You taught me that everything that happens inside this room directly infects the environment around me and how important following our codes is.

And with that, I'd like you here to support Chad.

Chad's very compassionate about the city.

He always shows up prepared, and he's he's maybe sometimes a little too passionate, but he's very passionate about this city, and I recommend Chad will.

My name is Joe Bookout.

I've been a resident for 46 years of Huntington Beach, and I know that all of you are here by divine appointment.

I know that not only through the vote, by prayer.

Because I'm one of the people that prayed for each and every one of you.

And I now ask you to continue to do the right thing and push Chad Williams in his rightful position for the policy.

As a fellow veteran, I stand firmly behind him after all these years.

Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor Burns and Council.

Every year, hundreds of unhoused residents die on the streets of Orange County.

This month we honor them through the purple flag memorial displays and hunger and homelessness awareness activities, including like today's giving machine where our mayor Pat Burns was to kick it off and um the giving Tuesday.

The longest night memorial will be held Sunday, December 21st at 7 p.m.

at the Arboretum at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove.

You're all invited.

Thank you.

Joy is really a member of the Christian community.

I'm here to urge you follow your own rules.

Elect Chad Williams to be the mayor pro tem.

He's a man of God.

He's a man of integrity, and he will serve your city well.

Thank you.

Hello, I'm Yvonne Ann Still.

I've um I'm 82 years old.

I've lived in Huntington Beach, went to Huntington Beach High School.

My children have gone to Honey Beach High School.

Three generations of our children live here.

I'm so blessed to have this city council.

And I want to just tell each and every one of you you're special.

It's a special, special place that you're uh in charge of.

But I today want to thank you for being the counsel that you are, especially with Chad.

Thank you.

God bless you, Chad.

Thank you for what you do.

Next speaker.

Hi there.

Hold on just one sec.

Mammy, drop your pen.

Drop your pen.

All right.

Starting in.

All right, thank you.

Uh hi, my name is Desi Paneda.

I've had the honor of knowing Chad for a number of years and working alongside him during his campaigning for a number of efforts for the city.

And I've borne witness to his dedication and sacrifice towards furthering the efforts of the city and the city council.

I have known nothing from him but sacrifice for this community.

And I just hope that you honor um I uh I help you honor what's necessary here tonight.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hi, thank you.

My name is Solomon Ortiz.

Uh I've been a guest resident of Huntington Beach.

I go to church there for the last four years.

I do leave in, I do live in East LA.

Uh I do happen to be a mentor to a lot of young men who struggle with addictions and they're lost.

Every time I send them the testimony of Chad, I've had several young men that have been totally radically revolutionized and transformed to his testimony in character.

Thank you.

Mayor Pro Temp, Chad Williams.

Hello, my name is Ali Sandish.

I'm here because I want to talk about Chad.

He is one of the people I strongly respect for the way that he lives his life.

I would go to him for advice above many, many people.

He's one of the few people I would go to because he's not going to tell me what I want to hear.

He's gonna tell me what is true.

And he is a huge honest man who is very integrous, and I just respect him so much.

So I'm just so grateful.

Thank you.

God bless you guys.

Jingush Patty are a lifelong resident.

Casey, so excited for you, man, for the next New Year's mayorship.

It seems like everyone's beating the same drum.

We really want Chad to be the mayor of Hotem.

I know you all are either gonna go by the rules or do what's best, and we can't fault you for that, but we all vote for what we want in this city, and we voted all four of you up there in the last three we did, so we're supporting you, Chad.

Keep it up, bud.

Any more?

No, no more public speakers are seen up.

We will move on to uh council committee appointment announcements.

Any council member have any appointment announcements?

No.

Uh AB 1234 reporting.

Does anybody have any of that?

Nope.

Openness and negotiation disclosures.

Does anybody have anything disclose?

Nope.

City manager's report.

Anything?

Okay, we're gonna move on to item number three.

I'm going to.

Oh, it is.

I didn't even know that until I was just told, but it's our city manager's birthday.

Troubles.

Thank you, Mayor.

You look great for 72.

Be birthday to you.

Happy birthday, dear travel.

Happy birthday to you.

Okay.

I'll read this.

It's time for uh an award.

And this person is very, very worthy of this award.

Michelle Hoffman is a senior legal analyst or assistant in the city attorney's office and has been for in with the city for eight years.

She has been working as a legal field in the legal field for nearly 30 years and has her paralegal certificate.

Michelle heads up the advisory division of the city attorney's office and works with every single department in the city.

She manages the flow of all requests for legal services that come through the city attorney's office.

She prepares hundreds of contracts a year, 90% of all rela resolutions, ordinances, and agreements for all departments.

All this, and she handles cases for the litigation division as well.

Michelle is always willing to help colleagues and is well respected by her co-workers, city staff, department heads, and elected officials.

She takes pride in her work.

She is dependable, conscientious, and reliable to a fault.

There are just a few, these are just a few of the reasons I have chosen her to receive the mayor's excellent award this year.

She's very worthy of this.

And City Attorney Mike Vigliota is gonna say a few things.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

And just just briefly, I just want the public to know that Michelle is an absolutely invaluable member of the city attorney team.

Um she goes above and beyond her job duties every day, makes sure issues are handled properly, correctly, and quickly.

She's a problem solver, creative, thinks outside the box when dealing with the flood of issues that often uh come to our office.

Um but more importantly, I think everyone should know Michelle.

More importantly, the being invaluable.

She's she's an awesome person, and I I thank God every day that she's part of the team and to call her a friend.

So she's very well deserving of the award.

Yeah, I go in that office, and I always go try to straighten to her, and I can depend on a pretty straight answer.

It's awesome to have her there, and that's why she was an e pretty easy choice for me this year.

So, Michelle, where are you?

This is her favorite part.

Like, who wrote your speech for you?

Who do I owe the thanks?

You wouldn't give me your age or anything.

Turn around and have it back.

I know.

Well, I was talking about it.

Um, I'm super honored, super humble.

There's a lot of incredible people that work for this city that I get to work with every day.

And it's a privilege.

And you guys make my life easier.

And there's probably people more deserving than this, but I appreciate it and I'm humbled, and thank you so much.

My pleasure.

You deserved it full on.

Thank you.

Here's him.

Are we?

Okay, now we're going to go.

How about a hand for the show again?

Thank you.

Two months old.

No, it's not.

But it might be it might be in his thing.

It's just a might be in the stroller.

Here comes a wrap of the gavel.

All right, we're gonna continue with some recognition, and uh right now, really this uh our office, our assistant administrative assistant.

She does our calendars, she takes our calls, she organizes a lot of things, and I'll tell you, without her, I'd I'd be a mess.

I'd be a complete mess.

And uh I want to call her up and uh council also, and we will recognize and present her with some flowers, Kathy Fikes.

Thank you, Kathy.

All right, I guess I'm supposed to say a few words.

That's about all due to just spend a good me but yeah, 30 seconds, too.

Twenty second, ten seconds.

I go do I hear five.

Uh no, it's been a good year.

Thank you for letting me serve.

I appreciate it.

We're gonna be here for some more time.

We'll see uh next year how it works out, but at least for another year, I'll go straight to councilman after I release this thing.

You guys won't have to listen to that as hard.

But uh thank you guys all for your support, thanks for all the kind words.

That's it.

That's an easy one.

All right.

No, thank you guys.

I appreciate it.

It's awesome.

It's also awesome to give the Casey this gavel.

Um, but now we're gonna do some special presentations.

Huh?

No, that is that it's no, it's uh from the I think Janet Tree Taw and them, right?

Okay.

So we got a microphone right there.

Well, you want me up there?

Yes.

Audible.

I'm so honored to be here to recognize the leadership of Mayor.

Potburn, thank you so much for your service.

Thank you so much for your leadership.

Uh I believe that the community and resident in Huntington Beach really, really appreciate everything you've done for the community.

And I myself uh have an honor to work with Huntington Beach for the last few years.

Uh actually, actually, rightly saying the portion of Huntington Beat in Sacramento.

So I love the CD.

I love your leadership style, and thank you so much for your service.

And on the Have a California State Assembly, I'd like to recognize and honor you for your leadership.

Thank you so much.

Anyone else?

Anyone?

All right.

Mayor, you know you love me.

30 seconds, right?

Um Mayor, I just I want to come here just to thank you.

You've stepped into this role as our mayor.

Um you know our community has been at the center of major debates about growth, housing, public safety, and the future of our beach town.

Through it all, you've been a strong and steady voice for local control, public safety, and protected the quality of life that makes Huntington Beach so special.

And as a resident of Huntington Beach, I personally appreciate you.

Um you've never been afraid of tough issues or tough conversation.

You're a passionate advocate for Huntington Beach's right to chart its own course as a city and consistently fought for the people and small business who call this place home.

Tonight we honor you not just because of the type of mayor, but the person behind it.

Uh we honor the long nights you having to read staff reports.

We honor the countless emails and phone calls you get from residents and from your county supervisors as well.

We honor the long the hours you spent away from your family to serve our community.

Um and I want to thank Mayor to your family.

Um we want to thank them for sharing you for uh to us.

Um public safe public service is never a solo act.

Um every late night meetings, every weekend events, every emergency call pulls away you away from your family.

Um your support made this, you know, your service possible.

I mean, their support makes your service possible.

And so to your family, we thank you.

Um mayor, on behalf of the county of Orange, um, I appreciate being able to work with you on issues that affects not only just the city but also the county and to continue our partnership.

We've had some you know tough road with the county and many issues this year, but we we fought together and for the benefit of the resident of of um Huntington Beach.

And so thank you for your service, your dedication, and more importantly, your love for Surf City USA.

Tonight we honor you and we appreciate you.

Three, two, and one.

Good evening.

My name is Hunter Griffiths.

I'm here on behalf of Assemblymember Diane Dixon to thank Mayor Pat Burns for everything that you've done for the city of Huntington Beach.

I think most people here have lived in Huntington Beach longer than I have, but as a resident, when I think of someone that truly embodies the soul of this city, I think of the retired cop pilot and his uh Hawaiian shirt, preferably in shorts and flip flops.

Um but I really think you are the perfect representation of this city, and we're so grateful to have you, and so grateful for everything that you have done to uh to continue improving it.

So thank you, Mayor.

All right, Janet just saved my hide.

She reminded me.

I was given expressed instructions tonight before I left the house, and it's usually not very easy for me to talk about.

I'm already kidding.

Couldn't do this without my family.

Wife and kids, I love you.

Thank you very much.

That's about it.

Thank you.

All right, that's it.

Now item six.

I'd like to make the motion to elect Casey McKeon as our next mayor.

Second.

I second that motion.

All right.

Any discussion.

All right.

Can we have the roll call, please?

Councilman Twine.

A proud yes.

Councilman Kennedy.

Yes.

Mayor Pro Tem McKeon?

Yes.

Mayor Burns.

Yes.

Councilwoman Vandermark?

Yes.

Councilman Gruel?

Yes.

Councilman Williams.

Yes.

Motion passes.

Seven zero.

All right.

Tracy will uh do the administration of oath of office to the new mayor.

You.

I said Gracie.

Casey.

All right.

Family, come on, come down, gather around.

I didn't know you had this much family case.

Messed up.

I wouldn't take the picture.

Thank you.

Okay.

Mr.

Mayor, please raise your right hand and repeat after me.

I did that too.

You remember.

Okay.

I state your name.

Hi, Casey McKeon.

Do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution.

Solemnly affirm that I'll support and defend the Constitution.

Of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California.

Of the United States and of the and the Constitution of the State of California.

Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

That it will bear true faith and allegiance.

That it will bear true faith and allegiance.

To the Constitution of the United States.

To the Constitution of the United States.

And the Constitution of the United States of California.

And the Constitution of the State of California.

That I that I take this obligation freely.

Without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.

Without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.

And that I will well and faithfully.

And I that I will well and faithfully.

Discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter.

Discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter.

Congratulations, Mayor.

Thank you.

Well, guys.

Make this official.

Congratulations, Case.

Here's your official.

Gabble and uh I don't know what the heck they call that.

Let's go.

Mayor Pat Burns.

Uh it's been great riding shotgun with you this past year, man.

Um it's been a joy working with you.

We've had so many fun laughs, uh good times.

Our mayor's spotlight awards.

I mean, I think the out take grill on those things alone.

Wouldn't want to say any kind of comedic award that would be given out.

Um love being able to dress casual with you, which has been great.

Um, just had a really good time this year, and I really owe a lot um to you for kind of showing me the ropes and I look forward to honoring your name and carrying the torch forward, man.

So thank you so much, Pat.

Okay.

Well, I'll move when I go.

I'll move it.

Okay, I'll stuff.

So we'll start with this plaque from Mayor Pat Burns, the eighty-seventh mayor, City of Huntington Beach, 2024 to 2025.

And then the best trophy of all.

The ultimate challenge trophy for every every mayor gets, and it's an amazing trophy, and I know Pratt Pat's super stoked to have this.

This is probably the best thing anyone could get, so congrats, Pat.

All right, all right, all right.

All right, moving on through the agenda.

Um, let's see.

Alright, so uh before I go to summon, I want to move to set aside resolution uh six three two zero, which sets a policy for selection of the mayor pro tem and allow city council members to nominate and then vote uh for the mayor pro tem.

And then before I entertain a second, since this is uh ceremonial and celebratory meeting as the mayor and presiding officer.

Uh, we'd like to limit discussion on this matter to two minutes.

Uh excuse me, with oral discussion only, which I would like to add to my motion.

Uh, do I have a second?

Second.

I have a point over order.

Sure.

Uh so just a procedural uh issue.

I think I got a slide that we can pull up, please.

Uh Shannon.

And uh this has to do it's a resolution.

Uh Chad, point of order.

I made a motion as part of my motion that would limit discussion to move forward with 60 6320.

So it's on that.

Oral discussions only.

So I'm happy to call the role on that unless you'd like to make a substitute motion.

It's uh it's a point of order about the procedure of whether or a slideshow, you know we are to move forward with sixty sixty three twenty.

So it's it're happy to do so.

Okay, yeah, we we had a phone conversation before, and you basically said you wouldn't do this, you'd give me an opportunity.

Okay, it's all right.

You didn't talk about putting up a slideshow.

Push through.

Push through.

So or I think orally you can do it, right?

Right.

Friend, do what you came to do.

Okay.

Clerk may uh can you please call the rule?

Councilman Twine?

Yes.

Councilman Kennedy?

Yes.

Mayor McKeon?

Yes.

Councilman Burns.

Alright.

Councilwoman Vandermark?

Yes.

Councilman Gruel?

Yes.

Councilman Williams.

Nope.

Motion passes.

6-1.

All right.

Um can I have a motion and a second to elect the new mayor pro tem?

Point of order.

Yes.

With regards to the procedures of selecting the new mayor pro tem.

Now, if we could go to this uh slide that we have.

Councilman Williams, we just approved the to.

Did you not say that I could go to the slides after we did not say that I said we're limiting discussions to oral discussions only, and that was part of my motion, which we all just voted 6-1 to approve.

That's what that was part of my motion.

Uh point of order is a procedural point of order.

I would like to go over the procedure.

Okay, orally you can discuss it, but we just voted to set aside resolution 66320.

Again, I would like to discuss it the procedure.

Thank you.

Okay, if I can get this.

There's no slideshow.

I said orally, that's part of my motion.

This is a celebratory meeting, Chad.

You don't want people to actually see what the resolution says on the screen.

Why can't you just read it?

Why can't you just read it?

Why don't you want people to see it?

Chad, I asked part of my motion.

Bizarre.

It's not bizarre.

This is not, we're not, this is not like a slideshow and visual.

I said orally, let's just discuss it.

Why do you need to like why can't you just read it out loud?

Uh I think that the people would like to see what we're talking about here.

Going against the will of the people, lack of transparency is not a very good start to your mayoralship.

Alright, do I have a motion a second to elect a mayor a new mayor pro tem?

Second to elect the mayor.

No, I'd like to make a motion.

Yeah, I'd like to make the motion.

I'd like to make a motion to uh nominee councilman uh Mr.

Butch Twiney for Mayor Pro Tem.

I'll second that.

Just for to be fair, I'll make a substitute motion to nominate Chad.

Pat.

I'll second it.

Alright, clerk call the role on the substitute motion to um.

Can we deliberate?

Can we deliberate?

Two-minute discussion, go for it.

Okay, if I could get the visual.

There's no there's no slideshow, Chad.

There's no slideshow.

Just talk about it orally, Chad.

Let's just discuss it.

There's nothing to be afraid of anything.

Like you just talk about it.

Alright, as far as the procedures go, and I do believe there's an apparent Brown Act violation that's occurring here because you did make a motion to make a decision on uh legislative policy 6320, and the government code 54954.2A3, uh, due to a lack of a 72 hour public notice, there is a lack of transparency that's taking place here.

The government code literally says no action or no discussion shall under shall be undertaken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda.

This was not posted on the agenda to vote on policy number 6320.

In past years, it has been when they have done that, but if you want to cowmick me, it needs to be posted on the public agenda.

You have not done that, and so there's an apparent brown act violation happening.

I'll repeat the code.

Government code 54954.2a 3, no action or discussion shall be undertaken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda.

You don't want me to show that to everybody.

The fact that it's not on our posted agenda, and when this has been done in the past, it has been done properly.

It was posted on the agenda, and I could go on.

So, Mr.

City Attorney, is there any reason legally why I cannot show what I want to show on the screen here?

Yeah, because a vote was taken to limit discussion to oral.

Only Mr.

Attorney, can you opine on the what council member?

Sure, sure.

We and we we we've looked at this matter.

So it's a uh the vote on on setting aside the resolution is a procedural matter that's part of the process to designate the mayor pro tem, and it's detailed in resolution 2024-23.

And it does not need to be separately agenda.

Okay, so I'll just briefly uh kind of summarize here.

Then there was a resolution that was passed in a previous year, signed by uh then Mayor Gracie Vandermark, and it was a handbook for uh council members.

And what council members agreed to is on the selection of a mayor pro tem.

If city council wishes to diverge from these procedures, it must set aside resolution 6320 and establish different procedures.

One implemented, once implemented resolution, the resolution will be reinstated immediately.

Uh, this is what the resolution states.

I'm sorry, this is what uh the policy procedure says in 6320.

The member of the city council having the longest consecutive council service shall become this is the strongest language in uh legally speaking, it's an apparative, it's not a may, shall become mayor pro tempore.

In the event that two city council members have the same length of service, then the member who received the greatest number of votes in the last council election in which such member was elected shall become mayor pro tempore.

It just so happens I was sworn in before any of the other HB3, so I do have the longest consecutive.

Okay, and I've got the most votes in the history of the city, not just in the previous election.

What I would like to try and show up on the screen is the fact that uh this was not agendized, it was not placed on the agenda to discuss legislative policy 6320.

It has been in the past when this was done in the past to Dan Kalmick.

You guys failed to put this on the agenda, and so since there was not a public notice, is an apparent brown act violation, like I said, government code 54954.283, no action or discussion shall be undertaken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda.

And so, as far as I could tell, this is just a way for you to ram through uh your guys' agenda, and I I don't think there's a very good start to things, and I'd be happy to discuss uh if you guys are open to it, uh, maybe why you're looking to pass me up for mayor pro tem.

So uh the city attorney, thank you, thank you, Mayor.

I have nothing, I have nothing further to say.

No, I already said the city attorney's the legal voice of the city.

You already said it doesn't violate the brown act.

This this has been happening the last five years in a row.

The council manual dictates this process to set aside the resolution.

I made a motion to set aside the resolution, it was seconded, and it was voted.

It's been set aside.

So now so now I've asked for a motion to elect a mayor pro tem.

Andrew did a substitute motion, you seconded it.

So clerk, call the roll, please on the substitute motion.

The set aside was not posted on the public agenda 72 hours prior to the meeting.

Like I said, the city for the record.

The city attorney is the legal voice of the city, he's already opined on the matter.

Clerk, please call the roll on the substitute motion.

Why don't we have a little deliberation in terms of why we've already you guys want to rob me of mayor pro tem?

Let's have a discussion.

Let's talk about it.

I think the people would like to hear it.

Go ahead.

Councilmember Kennedy.

Okay.

If I may come on the so if I may, uh, mayor, may I have the two minutes?

Yeah, of course.

Okay, so this is not about backing the man, my running mate and colleague, and I do respect Chad, so I'll let that be known.

Like one speak, like one speaker, like one speaker said, he will speak the truth.

There's many truths in life, like a dime with many fat a diamond with many fasts.

This is not easy.

Let me point things out.

Ascension to the position of Mayor Pro Tem carries real expectations.

And when a person, anyone who displays open contempt, demeans others, and attacks colleagues, and shows no willingness to support or collaborate with or work alongside our future mayor, a person displaying these behaviors will not receive my vote.

So this is bigger than my vote.

It's about the behavior accountability and really the absence of any contrition.

I see this actually as an opportunity for growth.

I love Chad.

He is a warrior, but I see this as an opportunity for growth and for some contrition.

For the record, you know, I won't be bullied by biased social media forms pushing out false narratives, or for the record, you know, church members making overt or or veiled threats.

I'll always vote my conscience, and that's what's expected of me.

So because of that, I nominated a person who's been building bridges and knocking down walls.

That's why I nominated councilman twine for the mayor pro tem.

We all know that's not the real reason.

If you guys want to discuss this, uh, go ahead.

I'll speak.

I'll tell you, this has not been easy, none of this.

We've been battling this discord in a sense for months and months and months.

This is no secret, no surprise.

But I'll tell you, when it came down to for me, what it came down to, what's best for the city, what's best for the governing of the city.

As always, I put that first.

And I think it is best.

I think there's a lot of good things that Butch is uh he doesn't work, he's available, he's at the city hall all the time.

Casey's got a wife and family and career, he's gonna be busy, there's gonna be things besides that.

There's other issues that I think that we can build upon, and I'm very supportive of Chad.

I want to see him build and grow into the position and get ready for it.

At this time, I just think for the governing of Huntington Beach, first and foremost, what's best for the citizens in the decision making, what's best for the businesses, community, and everything.

I think it's gotta go a different way, and we're headed in that direction.

I love everybody on this council, I love everybody's enthusiasm and respect the support you've given Chad and uh, well, and I hope you give that to Butch once we make this decision.

It hasn't been easy.

So, uh again, trusting God.

You guys think that this is just a one time, you guys and please, it this has been ugly, it's been thrown out into the community, and how and how did it get out there before it even got to this today?

How did it how was it put out there?

Well, that's the we don't know, but it is bottom line is it's for the best governing of this city.

Go ahead, Don.

Let me address one thing.

Let me put this false narrative false narrative to rest.

This is not about any uh desire for me to be a mayor.

I I know as number four, no.

I've seen I've heard the false narrative.

Let me make something, I'll make it you can see this on the record.

If you grow and you show contrition, and you you enhance your your inner person.

If you grow and show contrition, next year you will be the mayor pro tem.

It's as simple as that.

Order.

If Chad Williams grows and shows contrition, he will be next year's mayor pro tem.

This has zero to do with me.

This is everything to do with you.

All right, real quick.

There's a there's a real real real quick, guys.

This is not like a WWE wrestling match where you're like yelling from the audience, this is a business meeting, we have decorum here.

You guys have had your opportunity to speak, public speak.

This is our turn to speak, this is our turn to deliberate, right?

This is we we've earned that right.

Thank you guys for your support.

I would just say on this comment, when I was elected in 2022, Pack got the most votes, right?

The people the people elect you to counsel, and then your colleagues up here on the dais decide who should be the mayor and the mayor pro tem because they work with you in private behind closed doors.

They see how you are with staff.

They see what the public doesn't see.

And that moment, Pat decided, he's like, hey, we think Tony has uh more experience and is as a leader to jump in.

We're all rookies, and Pat stepped aside and ended up going third, right?

And then the next year we set aside the resolution again for Gracie.

And then last year we set aside the resolution again for Pat.

And then two years before we got on council, they set aside the resolution in the same manner for Posey and Del Glaze.

So this is not a new concept.

But the call your your council colleagues up here decide in their opinion who is in the best position to lead this city based on their experiences with these individuals up here behind closed doors with staff, how they operate with attorneys, with consultants, things.

Council Member Williams, I'm speaking.

Thank you.

So for me personally, I think the next person that has shown that leadership to take over the city is is for me Butch Twine.

He's a man of great integrity.

He's been a CEO of a multi-million dollar corporation.

He's he's worked, he's a professional, he's worked with many consultants, many attorneys, like a great experience to lean on.

As Pat mentioned, he is retired, he's always at City Hall.

He's someone that me personally, I look to rely on.

I have a great family history with him.

He grew up with my parents.

He went to grade school with my parents, he went to high school.

He's a good friend of my parents.

So for me, for me, for me, that's why I will choose at this moment in time.

It has nothing to do with with anybody else.

It's in my in my opinion, my feel that the next person to be the great leader of the city is Councilmember Butch Twine.

Thank you.

Okay.

Mayor, you have a motion.

You've got a motion.

Reality check.

I called Casey a coward one day when he needed to hear it.

He needed to step up and straighten out.

It's a bright light.

I know what I stand for, I know what I stand against.

I come from a brotherhood where we look out for each other, we will die for one another, and we will tell each other when we're wrong, when we're about to betray somebody else.

You call them out on it.

What this really comes down to is a closed session, as you told me on the phone call, Casey.

So I'm happy to waive privilege over the closed session that took place uh just the other Friday, and we can have a real discussion about what happened.

In terms of this not really being about other things, Don, I don't know because your councilman right next to you, he told me that uh Casey was going to nominate him, and that you told him that you have to accept it so that when you become mayor, you can make me mayor.

Otherwise, I'll never become mayor.

That's straight from Butch's mouth to me.

And so this is like I said, I'm just gonna hey Butch.

All right, there's been a motion and a second.

Uh, call the question clerk, please call the role.

So, so to be clear, the motion by Gruel to nominate Butcher listening.

The motion on the table is substitute motion is by council member gruel to nominate Chad to be pro tem.

That was seconded by Chad for Chad to be pro Tem.

Clerk, please call the role.

Councilman Twine.

No.

Councilman Kennedy.

No, mayor McKeon.

No.

Councilman Burns.

Councilwoman Vandermark.

No.

Councilman Gruel.

I'm gonna support everybody, so I'm gonna say yes.

Councilman.

Yes.

Councilman Williams.

Motion fails.

Five, two.

Alright.

The motion on the floor was my was Don Kennedy's motion, Councilman McKenzie's motion to nominate uh Butch Twine as pro tem.

Seconded by me.

Clerk, please call.

It's not a game show.

Butch, please.

Obviously, I'm the villain in this room.

Is that correct?

Is that correct?

By you?

Because of him.

Let me tell you something.

I didn't campaign for this position, this nomination.

I didn't make one phone call.

Not one.

I didn't sta not one.

I didn't stand in front of my on the pulpit of my church, my Catholic church.

Oh, that's right.

They wouldn't let me do that.

And tell people that I am getting screwed.

I didn't do that.

I love Chad Williams and he knows it.

I've tried to.

I I I love his family.

I like you know, but that's alright, because you guys are you you guys really changing my mind right now.

He's showing who he really is.

You shouldn't have to campaign for this job.

All right?

The mayor should have, the mayor should have somebody by his side, a mayor pro tem that he or she can depend upon cooperation.

Every day I come to work and I show cooperation and collaboration.

Every time I deal with any of anybody up here, I show cooperation and collaboration.

I'm considerate to everybody.

I'm generous to everybody to a fault.

I'm courteous to everybody to a fault.

Those are some things that he can't say.

There's people in this in this building that work here, staff that are afraid to have meetings with him, all right?

So teamwork.

That's another thing.

I I promote teamwork every single time, I build bridges, not walls.

The figures.

Kindness, respect.

This isn't a popularity contest.

It's not.

I heard I heard 51,000 votes.

51,000 votes.

Well, if we are running for student council at Seacliff Elementary, that'd be great.

He'd be the student body president.

But this is the second most important job in all of the city, and I'm ready to take over that.

I'm here every day.

And so for him, so for Chad, Chad is diminish what I've accomplished, and I can have, there's a zillion staff people in this room right now, and I can tell you a zillion support me because I built bridges with them.

I become friends with them, I talk to them, I'm friendly with them, I'm courteous.

You know, I've worked hard at this for a year.

From day one, I came in this in this office.

I retired at the end of 2021.

And I came in here, not on a mission to be mayor pro ten, because quite frankly, as as as early as last Saturday, I mean as recent as last Saturday, I call Casey's.

I don't want to do this.

I don't want to do this.

It's causing too much problem.

But I came to my senses and said I'm the best person for the job, and I still think I'm the best person for the job.

And I will continue to build bridges, even with the guys over there.

I had friends that came up here and nominated, you know, and and stood up for chat.

I still love you guys.

It's all right.

I understand, but I'm telling you, I I believe that I'm best for the job.

I know, yeah, yeah, fine, fine.

Alright.

That's fine.

You don't listen.

All right, thank you.

Bye.

But the motion on the table by Don Councilmember Kennedy for Butch Twine for Mayor Pro Tem, seconded and by myself.

Please call the roll.

Councilman Twine.

Yes.

Councilman Kennedy.

Yes.

Mayor McKeon.

Yes.

Councilman Burns.

Councilwoman Vandermark.

Yes.

Councilman Gruel.

Yes.

Councilman Williams.

No.

Motion passes.

One.

No, now we got to swear you in.

Keep the great challenge.

No, I didn't.

No, it didn't.

Congratulations, bud.

Thanks, Brad.

You're a good man.

We'll give it a couple more minutes.

Okay, Butch.

Repeat after me.

I state your name.

I Butch Twining.

Do solemnly solemnly affirm to solemnly affirm that I will support and defend, that I will support and defend.

The Constitution of the United States.

And the Constitution of the State of California.

And the Constitution of the State of California.

Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

That I will bear true faith.

And allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States.

And the Constitution of the State of California and the Constitution of the State of California.

That I take this obligation freely, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation, without any mental reservation, or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion.

That I will well and faithfully, that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon, discharge the duties upon, which I am about to enter about what I'm about to enter.

You may now kiss your wife.

Oh, I'm over there.

I appreciate you guys' patience.

Whoa.

Whoa.

Okay.

I just want to thank everybody.

I know this was really, really tough.

I know it was.

So I still love you.

I want you to know that.

And Casey and I are going to work really hard for the benefit of the city.

I promise you that.

What's up, HB?

Let's go.

So first I want to thank uh my council colleagues for electing me to be the mayor.

Um it's an honor and a privilege that I do not take lightly.

Um I never thought growing up as a kid in Huntington Beach that I would ever be mayor, nor did I want to.

Um, but here I am, and I'm I'm really honored and and and it's a it's a great privilege.

It's an amazing city.

Um I especially want to thank my family uh for always supporting me.

It's very hard uh to be on council.

You get uh attacked mercilessly sometimes by your own side, but that's okay.

Um, but they're always there for you.

Uh it's really hard, especially when you have a young family like I do.

Um, my son Liam is three, and Brady's one year old, so I could not do this without my beautiful wife, Josephine.

Uh, she's my rock.

And that goes for Dana, too.

And and Dana for Butch.

Um, and you know, I'm just I'm really proud of what we've accomplished these last three years.

Uh, we fulfilled our contract with the voters within less than a year.

As you guys know, we we are pushing back against the state on their high density housing mandates.

Um, we implement our nine-eight-day plan to combat homelessness.

In the last three years, we've achieved record homeless reduction numbers in the history of our city.

Historic.

We've cracked on on crime with our amazing police.

Crime is down over 27% on average across all categories.

Some categories, like catalytic catalytic converter theft is down eighty percent.

Really proud of that.

And then lastly, we roll out the red carpet and cut the red tape for businesses.

And our streamline program is increased permits issued by 23% year over year.

And I the last item is what I really want to focus on this year, is really focus on our businesses, in increasing our uh permitting process, enhancing our streamline program, highlighting our businesses, doing amazing videos to showcase our businesses, get attract new investment from businesses here, and really just focus on that and really make our local economy strong.

And lastly, next year is a semi-quincentennial, which is America's 250th birthday.

So, we're gonna have a lot of fun.

Yeah, every every event's gonna be the biggest.

It's gonna be the biggest Independence Day parade ever.

It's gonna be the biggest air show ever.

Uh, biggest darker waves concert coming back ever.

So it's gonna be a really fun year, really excited about it, and thank you guys so much.

Appreciate it.

That ain't mine.

He didn't move for water, did he?

All right.

Let's put this thing to bed.

Do I have a motion to adjourn?

Motion to adjourn.

Second.

Meetings adjourned.

The next regular scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council Public Finance and Authority is Tuesday, December sixteenth in the Civic Center Council Chambers, two thousand Main Street, Huntington Beach, California.