Newark Municipal Council Special Meeting: Leadership Change and Judge Appointment - September 17, 2024
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Newark Municipal Council Special Meeting: Leadership Change and Judge Appointment - September 17, 2024
The Newark Municipal Council held a special meeting on September 17, 2024, at 10:00 AM in the Council Chamber at City Hall. The meeting began with a roll call for an executive session to discuss a personnel matter, after which the council reconvened publicly. Council President LaMonica R. McIver resigned from the presidency, leading to an election for a new council president. The council then changed the order of business to address an appointment to the Newark Municipal Court. Other agenda items (ordinances and resolutions) were deferred from previous meetings and not discussed during this session.
Executive Session (Personnel Matter)
- The council voted unanimously to enter executive session for a personnel matter. All members present voted yes except Council Members Ramos and Silva abstained? The transcript shows Ramos and Silva abstained on the vote for council president, but for executive session, all voted yes (Council, Crump, Gonzalez, Kelly, Quintana, Ramos, Scott-Rountree, Silva, McIver) – but check: after roll call, the transcript says "Yes. Gonzalez. Yes. Kelly. Yes. Yes. Ramos. Yes. Scott Round Three. What's that? Yes or no? Yes, I say. Yes. To those. And participants in the chamber." This is unclear but seems all voted yes. Then the executive session occurred before the public meeting.
Leadership Change
- Council President LaMonica R. McIver resigned as president of the council. Council Member C. Lawrence Crump was elected as the new council president on a roll call vote: 7 yes (Council, Crump, Gonzalez, Kelly, Quintana, Scott-Rountree, McIver), 1 no? Actually only abstentions: Ramos and Silva abstained. So 7 yes, 2 abstentions. Crump then made opening remarks, pledging to serve all council members and the community.
Appointment (Item 8A – Pre-Meeting Schedule)
- After changing the order of business, the council proceeded to item 8A on page 18 of the pre-meeting schedule: an appointment as a Newark Municipal Court Judge (part-time). No further details on the appointee or vote were provided in the transcript. The meeting appears to have adjourned after this item (the audio concludes).
Key Outcomes
- Council President LaMonica R. McIver resigned; Council Member C. Lawrence Crump elected as new council president (7 yes, 2 abstentions).
- The council went into executive session on a personnel matter before the public meeting.
- An appointment to the position of part-time Newark Municipal Court Judge was taken up; outcome not specified.
- All ordinances on the agenda (6PSF-a through 6PSF-e) had been deferred from the September 5, 2024 meeting and were not discussed. Resolutions 7R8-a, 7R8-b, and 7R8-c were listed but not addressed during the meeting.
Meeting Transcript
Council on Tuesday, September 17th. Council members, I've been advised by council that we need to go into an executive session to discuss a personnel matter. Can I get a roll call for an executive session, please? Council is absent. Yes. Gonzalez. Yes. Kelly. Yes. Yes. Ramos. Yes. Scott Round Three. What's that? Yes or no? Yes, I say. Yes. To those. And participants in the chamber. Thank you for your patience. We are in the special meeting of the Nord Municipal Council on Tuesday, September 17th, 2024. Council members, I need to bring to your attention that Council President McIver has resigned as the president of the council. We need to take a vote on who is going to be the council president and who is going to run this meeting. Do we know any discussion? Second by seeing no discussion. Roll call, please. Council. Yes. Crump. Yes. Gonzalez. Kelly. Yes. Quintana. Stay in. Ramos. Abstain. Scott Roundtree. Yes. Silva. Abstain. McGyver. Yes. Thank you. Councilman Crump. Any opening statements? Uh, let me first say thank you to my council colleagues that voted and supported me in this endeavor to be the council president. And I I do endeavor to be the council president and be a councilman to all here. Um, not just those that voted for me, but I have relationships with all the others who abstained. Um, you know, we're moving into a new uh era, I will say.
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