On March 25, 2026, Chairman Will Lane (District 3) and Councilmember Rockland Johnson (District 14) held a meeting to discuss leadership qualities and the upcoming City Council Vice President election. The meeting also included a public comment from John Nooney.
All right, let's call this meeting the order. I think it is. Oh, we got a minute. Mike, we're on time. No, we're gonna be out real quick. No, I don't think we'll go that long at all. You got a notice meeting at three? Uh, I'm meeting news for Jacks. Gotcha. And boom, let's call this meeting to order uh with Chairman Lane and Introductions, Rockland Johnson, District 14. Will Lane and District 3. Mr. Chair, thank you for coming to meet with me. This meeting, of course, is about leadership. Um, there was uh, you know, this is as you know in the speech I gave uh about moving into this space, uh, I think it's important that we have conversations with our colleagues, and this is something we don't get to do often. Um, and so I would like to you know be able to do it. So the question for you, I guess first question um what do you think it takes, or what do what would you be looking for? And I hope we see you in the space um to be, you know, I'm I'm big fan of yours, you know, as one of your committee members. Um, and and of course, your fiscal accountability and responsibility. A lot of us defer to you, and I don't know what other councils did because they didn't have a Will Lannon on their council. But what do you think is needed at this time for the number two? Yeah, sure. And and and first, just to uh you mentioned me in that space one day. I feel like I have been from the beginning. Yes. In fact, uh I was one of the first, I think it was the only year one vice chair of neighborhoods, and then I've been a chair every other year, um, including VAB chair if you count that. I think we count that. Uh yeah. Also floor leader, and then I've been uh I've been very clear that uh I only want to do this job for two terms, no aspirations after that. And my highest political ambition is to be the finance chair, maybe even a couple of times. So I hope that's coming uh uh sooner rather than later. Because that's really uh, as you know, that's the part of our government function I've been most involved in. And so kind of what I'm looking for in the next couple of years is uh really two things, less drama and more numbers and less words, because again, like I view that as our most important function. People ask me like three years in now, uh, tell me about the job, and I say, well, it's 90% about the budget, uh, five percent about land use and zoning, and five percent noise. And that's really how I feel about the because it's uh again, like the budget is the big piece of our responsibility. It's making sure we're taking in enough revenue and that our expenses we are really only spending that revenue on what is required to run a city of a million dollars. Uh and then LUZ, yours may be different. I can tell you district three, I have one item on the agenda tonight, and that's a rarity. You have your what's the best way to put this? I'm kind of a more uh settled district. You're more of a growing district, I believe. Um, and so I think that means you have it may be 80, 15.5 for you, whereas it's 95.5 for me is kind of how I describe that. So again, that's really kind of what I'm hoping. Uh I just want to see uh uh stable leadership to where we're focused on the real priorities uh of the city going forward because uh we only I mean at most we do this. Uh there's a couple special election council members, so they may do it for nine or ten years, but most of us are gonna do this for eight years, so I want to make sure that uh every year counts. And it's interesting you say that while I'm not gonna commit to saying I'm only gonna do this, because I don't know. I don't know what the future holds. I'll tell you, interestingly enough, the question I get all the time is like, what are you gonna do next? Absolutely. I guess all the I got that year one.