Thank you.

Okay.

Welcome to the June 16th Boards and Commission subcommittee of Newcastle County Council.

Call the meeting to order, take roll car roll call.

Here in the chambers, I have uh Councilman Smiley, Councilwoman Kilpatrick, Councilman Cartier, Councilman Hollins online virtually.

We have Councilman Cartier, Councilwoman George, Councilman Tackett, Councilman Connecko, and Councilman Toole.

My name is Dee Durham, Chair of this committee, and my aide Ken Hempel will be taking minutes for us today to have a motion of approval for the minutes of April 21st.

So approve is posted.

Second.

Second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Okay, thank you.

They are uh approved.

Today we have two um new appointments uh to consider.

The first being Ryan Wilson to the Newcastle County Ethics Commission in Valerie George's district.

And if I'm not mistaken, oh, and welcome to uh Council President Monique Johns, who has also joined us online.

Um I think Mr.

Wilson might be online if he can.

I had to rejoin with the new presenter role.

Okay, there you go.

Um Councilwoman George, do you uh turn the floor over to you?

Yep.

Thank you, Ms.

Jerem.

Uh I was very excited uh to have a conversation with Ryan uh about three six months ago.

Um I've been working with Mr.

Wilson in his community for several years now and have always been impressed with how he handles issues that arise uh and they are very challenging.

And so uh he he certainly has a a character that uh I admire.

And when he approached me and let me know that he was looking to get more involved in public service and he was looking to join a board and commission, and we talked about the places that would be appropriate, and I think we both kind of landed on the ethics commission.

So uh I was very thrilled actually to sponsor him for this appointment.

So if he would like to talk a little bit about what he wants to accomplish or the reasons for uh him personally wanting to be on this board uh and commission, happy to allow him to do that.

Okay, if you'd like me to go ahead, I'll take a couple minutes.

Yes, Mr.

Wilson.

Okay, thank you.

Uh first, thank you for the time today.

Um I guess somewhat recently, a few months ago, I talked to Ms.

George.

Um I'd just been paying attention to what's going on in the world and thought that we can't outsource all of government to everyone above us.

And I started asking myself how can I get involved more on a local level.

I don't have the background and how the government works, and so I asked her, I said, Hey, um, you know, we've worked together a little bit and I enjoy it.

And I asked for some recommendations about how I can get more involved.

Uh she pitched me the boards and committees list, and I immediately was drawn to the ethics committee.

Um it would be an excellent opportunity for me to meet more of you, um, understand how the local government works, um, meet more people in the area, understand what's going on, uh, help keep an eye on what's happening and make sure that the standards that we need to uphold are being upheld.

Uh so that's really it and short of why I'm here.

Uh if you have any questions about my background uh or anything else, I'm happy to entertain those.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you so much uh for being here today and for your willingness to serve on this committee.

Um your uh bio has been shared with everyone here.

Are there any questions from council or seeing seeing none?

Um we you may know this will not be voted on until next Tuesday.

Uh no need for you to necessarily attend next week next week.

You're welcome to um, but uh hopefully it will become official next week and then uh someone will be back in touch with you about the commission.

So thank you very much again, um Ryan, for your willingness to serve.

All right, thank you for your time and consideration.

Thank you.

Um second new appointment on the agenda is for Beatrice Ariola to the Newcastle Newcastle County Claymont Design Review Advisory Committee in Councilman Cartier's district.