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Oakland Public Ethics Commission Meeting - October 11, 2023: No Quorum, Meeting Adjourned

Public Ethics Commission — Wednesday, October 11, 2023
BodyOakland, California
SessionPublic Ethics Commission
DateWednesday, October 11, 2023
StatusFILED
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2:56

All right, let's go ahead and get started.

2:59

This is the regularly scheduled October meeting of the Oakland Public Ethics Commission.

3:07

And as I that sounds better.

3:50

What happened was we had a couple of commissioners who were under the weather, and a commissioner who was out of town, and we have a vacancy on the commission because we have an unfilled seat.

4:03

So because of that, uh, we knew this morning that we wouldn't have a quorum.

4:08

So we let other commissioners know that they shouldn't come in.

4:32

So stay tuned for that.

4:35

But with that aside, I'll go ahead and take the role for uh official reasons.

4:45

Commissioner Gage, Commissioner Gage is absent, Commissioner Pertit, Commissioner Pertit is absent, Commissioner Steele, Commissioner Steele is absent, Commissioner Upton, Commissioner Upton is absent, and I am present.

5:00

So we do again do not have a quorum, so we will not be able to take action uh this evening, but however, we will take public comment before we adjourn.

5:09

So are there any comments from the public?

5:17

All right.

5:18

Uh seeing no seeing none I do want to acknowledge that we do have a couple of staff members here.

5:28

We have our executive director Nicholas Hydorn and we have uh Chris Gonzalez here who's uh our what's your official title Chris?

5:40

Admin assistant and with that I will adjourn this meeting.

5:48

Thank you very much.

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Summary of Proceedings

Oakland Public Ethics Commission Regular Meeting - October 11, 2023

The Oakland Public Ethics Commission convened for its regular meeting on October 11, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Due to multiple absences and an unfilled seat, the commission lacked a quorum and was unable to take any action on the scheduled agenda items. The meeting was adjourned after opening remarks and a call for public comment, which yielded no speakers.

Meeting Cancellation Due to Lack of Quorum

  • Chair Ryan Micik announced that because of absences from Commissioners Gage, Perteet, Steele, and Upton, and one vacancy, the commission did not have a quorum. No votes, discussions, or decisions on any agenda items occurred.
  • Staff members present included Executive Director Nicolas Heidorn and Commission Assistant Chris Gonzales.

Public Comments

  • No members of the public provided comments during the open forum.

Key Outcomes

  • The meeting was adjourned without any action taken. The next regular meeting is scheduled for a future date, pending quorum.

Meeting Transcript

All right, let's go ahead and get started. This is the regularly scheduled October meeting of the Oakland Public Ethics Commission. And as I that sounds better. What happened was we had a couple of commissioners who were under the weather, and a commissioner who was out of town, and we have a vacancy on the commission because we have an unfilled seat. So because of that, uh, we knew this morning that we wouldn't have a quorum. So we let other commissioners know that they shouldn't come in. So stay tuned for that. But with that aside, I'll go ahead and take the role for uh official reasons. Commissioner Gage, Commissioner Gage is absent, Commissioner Pertit, Commissioner Pertit is absent, Commissioner Steele, Commissioner Steele is absent, Commissioner Upton, Commissioner Upton is absent, and I am present. So we do again do not have a quorum, so we will not be able to take action uh this evening, but however, we will take public comment before we adjourn. So are there any comments from the public? All right. Uh seeing no seeing none I do want to acknowledge that we do have a couple of staff members here. We have our executive director Nicholas Hydorn and we have uh Chris Gonzalez here who's uh our what's your official title Chris? Admin assistant and with that I will adjourn this meeting. Thank you very much.

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