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Summary of Minutes
Special Formal Organizational Meeting
January 2, 2024 - 4:00 PM
1. Call to Order
2. Consider a motion to appoint City Clerk as temporary Chairperson.
Motion to appoint City Clerk. Moved by Andrew Dunn, seconded by Megan Alter.
Motion Passed. (7 Ayes)
3. Nominations for office of Mayor of the City of Iowa City.
3.a Motion for nominations for office of Mayor.
Motion to nominate Councilor Teague. Moved by Joshua Moe, seconded by Mazahir
Salih. Motion Passed. (7 Ayes)
3.b Motion to close nominations.
Motion to close nominations. Moved by Andrew Dunn, seconded by Laura Bergus.
Motion Passed. (7 Ayes)
3.c Vote (in order of nominations).
Motion to elect Councilor Teague as Mayor of the City of Iowa City . Moved by
Joshua Moe, seconded by Mazahir Salih. Motion Passed. (7 Ayes)
4. Nominations for office of Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Iowa City.
4.a Motion for nominations for office of Mayor Pro Tem.
Motion to nominate Councilor Salih. Moved by Megan Alter, seconded by Shawn
Harmsen. Motion Passed. (7 Ayes)
4.b Motion to close nominations.
Motion to close nominations. Moved by Andrew Dunn, seconded by Laura Bergus.
Motion Passed. (7 Ayes)
4.c Vote (in order of nominations).
Motion to elect Councilor Salih as Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Iowa City . Moved
by Megan Alter, seconded by Shawn Harmsen. Motion Passed. (7 Ayes)
5. Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem sworn in.
6. Consider a motion making two-year City Council appointments.
6.a Better Together 2030 Board (1)
2023 appointee - Bergus
Appoint Councilor Alter.
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6.b Community Police Review Board Liaison (1)
2022-23 appointee - Bergus
Appoint Councilor Bergus.
6.c East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG Policy Board) (1 — one
year appointment) 2022 appointee — Bergus (Harmsen as alternate) - NO
APPOINTMENT IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
No appointment for Iowa City needed until 2026.
6.d Economic Development Committee (3)
2022-23 appointees—Alter, Bergus, Thomas
Appoint Councilors Bergus, Dunn and Moe.
6.e Emergency Management Commission (1)
2022-23 appointee - Thomas
Appoint Mayor Teague
6.f Graduate and Professional Student Government Organization (1)
2022-23 appointee —Weiner (replaced by Dunn)
Appoint Councilor Dunn.
6.g Iowa City Assessor Evaluation Committee (1)
2022-23 appointee —Teague
Appoint Mayor Teague.
6.h Iowa City/Coralville Visitors & Convention Bureau (1)
2022-23 appointee - Teague
Appoint Mayor Teague.
6.i Johnson County E911 Service Board
2022-23 appointees — City Manager designee, Liston (alternate)
Appoint City Manager designee, Police Chief Liston as alternate
6.j Johnson County Suicide Prevention Coalition (1)
2023 appointee — new in 2024
Appoint Councilor Bergus.
6.k Joint Emergency Communication Center Policy Board (2)
2022-23 appointee —Taylor, Weiner (replaced by Bergus)
Appoint Councilors Bergus and Harmsen.
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6.1 Metro Coalition of Cities (1 plus alternate)
2022-23 appointee - Fruin, with Teague as alternate
Appoint City Manager Fruin and Mayor Teague as alternate.
6.m Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County (MPOJC -6 + 1
alternate) - City Manager, City Clerk, and City Attorney have served as
alternates in past years.
2022-23 appointees -Alter, Bergus, Harmsen, Taylor, Thomas, Weiner
(replaced by Dunn)
Appoint Coucilors Alter, Bergus, Dunn, Harmsen, Moe, and Mayor Pro Tem Salih.
6.n Partnership for Alcohol Safety (1)
2022-23 appointee - Mayor co-chairs the
Committee
Appoint Mayor Teague as Co-Chair.
6.o Rules Committee (2)
2022-23 appointees - Taylor, Harmsen
Appoint Councilor Dunn and Mayor Pro Tem Salih.
6.p Seats Paratransit Advisory Committee (1)
2022-23 appointee - Bergus
Appoint Councilor Moe.
6.q UNESCO Board of Directors
2022-23 appointee -Alter
Appoint Councilor Harmsen.
Motion to appoint selected Council members to committees as noted in items 6.a through 6.q.
Moved by Andrew Dunn, seconded by Laura Bergus. Motion Passed. (7 Ayes)
7. Adjournment
Motion to adjourn at 4:46 PM. Moved by Shawn Harmsen, seconded by Mazahir Salih.
Motion Passed. (7 Ayes) L�
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