Personnel and Public Employees Committee Meeting - October 18, 2022
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Personnel and Public Employees Committee Meeting - October 18, 2022
The Personnel and Public Employees Committee met on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. via teleconference. Chair Angelique Ashby presided with Members Jeff Harris, Sean Loloee, and Vice Chair Katie Valenzuela present. The committee approved the consent calendar and nominated a candidate for the Utilities Rate Advisory Commission (URAC).
Consent Calendar
- Approved the Personnel and Public Employees Committee meeting minutes from September 20, 2022, by unanimous vote.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Alexander Hoke spoke during public comment, stating he had filed an ethics complaint with the city clerk regarding the URAC selection process and alleging that specific committee members' behavior should disqualify them from participation. He claimed his legal background made him an ideal candidate.
Discussion Items
- Nominations for the Utilities Rate Advisory Commission (URAC) – Seat E: The committee considered candidates for a seat requiring expertise in accounting, auditing, construction management, engineering, finance, law, or related fields. Staff reported that 19 applications were received, 10 interviews were conducted, and the current commission had three seats from District 3, two from District 4, one from District 6, and none from Districts 1, 2, 5, 7, or 8. Member Harris proposed a ranked list: Lara Johnson, Ryan Mahoney, and Robert Gillette (all from underrepresented districts). A motion by Member Harris, seconded by Vice Chair Valenzuela, to nominate Lara Johnson was passed unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- Motion passed: The committee unanimously voted to nominate Lara Johnson to the Utilities Rate Advisory Commission Seat E, forwarding the nomination to the Mayor and City Council for appointment. Chair Ashby encouraged other candidates to reapply for future openings.
- Meeting adjourned at 3:05 p.m.
Meeting Transcript
All right, we're gonna put 30 seconds on it's on 19. Do we need to do this? Okay, all right, Madam Clerk. Let's call to order this October 18th meeting of the personal and public employees committee meeting. Member Valenzuela. Here member Leloy. Here, Member Harris? Here. And Chair Ashby? Here. We have a quorum. Okay, we're gonna be quick today. We only have one item on the agenda. It is well, I guess we do have consent. If I could get a motion to move consent. So moved. Moved and seconded. All in favor signify by aye. Aye. Any opposed or abstaining? We just have this one discussion item, and we've already done the interviews for this. Uh so we really are just need to pick today from the list of candidates who we would like to add to the URAC. So, Madam Clerk, could you tell us first of all if we have anybody signed up to speak? And second of all, how many people we need to choose here? So we do have one hand raised for comment. Um you did do interviews at the last meeting. 19 applications and 10 interviews occurred. Um you have one seat, which is C E and it's largely described as someone who has an accounting auditing or construction management background. All right, very good. And do we have a person from representing the URAC commission, meaning a staff person who wants to talk to us? We have Tyler Stratton on the call. All right, great. Tyler, do you have uh any comments you want to make to us before we hear from the member of the public and make our selection here? Hey, good afternoon. Uh no, we we've just been uh pretty happy with all the the appointees so far on the URAC commission. Uh and we we trust this uh this committee to give us another good uh candidate for the for the URAC here. All right. Uh one thing one thing to point out is that we did notice is that we have we currently have three seats in uh district three, two seats in district four, and one seat in district six. Uh and there's no representation currently on the URAC from uh one, two, five, seven, or eight. So just uh food for thought. That's really helpful. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Appreciate that. Okay, Madam Clerk. We have one member of the public, Alexander Hoke, if you would unmute. I'd just like to inform the committee that I've filed an ethics complaint with the city clerk in an effort to address the many shortfalls associated with the execution of this process. Also provided them with documentation of specific membership's role in jailing me for my attempts to participate in the no-ano coalition and declaring that I'm willing to run against them next cycle. It might not be perfect, but at least I still have a soul. And given that specific membership of the URAC has stated that they would like to play a greater role with the public utilities commission.
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