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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-01-04 Transcription #2 Page I ITEM NO.2 CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPOINT CITY CLERK AS TEMPORARY CHAIRPERSON. Karr: First Item, consider motion to appoint City Clerk as temporary chairperson Bailey: First Champion: Second Karr: Moved by Bailey, seconded by Champion. Discussion? All those in favor? All ayes. Karr: Opposed, same sign (Silence) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. #3 Page 2 ITEM NO.3 NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY. Karr: Ok, Item number 3, nominations for the office of Mayor for the City ofIowa City. Bailey: I nominate Ross Wilburn. Vanderhoef: Second. Karr: Moved by Bailey, seconded by Vanderhoef to nominate Ross Wilburn, are there other nominations? Elliott: I nominate Mike O'Donnell. Bailey: Move to close nominations. Karr: Ah, we have a motion. Champion: Second. Karr: and a second. Moved by Elliott, seconded by Champion, to nominate Mike O'DonneII.There's a motion by Bailey to close nominations, is there a second? Vanderhoef: Second. Karr: All of those in favor of closing nominations signify by saying "Aye". All ayes. Karr: Opposed same sign. (Silence) Karr: Okay, we'll vote in order of those nominated. The traditional method would be simply "Ayes" and "Nays", voice vote. Is there any discussion on method of voting other than that? Voice "Ayes" and "Nays" acceptable to the majority? Champion: Yes. Elliott: Sure. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Conncil meeting of January 4, 2006. ._-----~._-----------,-_..,."----,-"..,--,------~'"..--,-_._-"_..._-----,._~~--_.._--_.__.__._" #3 Karr: Voice: Karr: (Silence) Karr: Elliott: Karr: (Clapping) Elliott: Champion: Elliott: O'Donnell: Karr: Page 3 Ok, the first vote will be for the office of Mayor, for Council Member Ross Wilburn. All those in favor say "Aye" Ayes. Okay, opposed? Ok, can we show a show of hands on the "Ayes" please? One, two, three, four, five, six. All those wishing to vote for Council Member Mike O'Donnell as Mayor signify by saying "Aye" Aye Ok, that would be a one to six, therefore I declare the new Mayor of the City of Iowa City for a two year term, Council Member Ross Wilburn. Congratulations. Can we make a move to make that unanimous? Yes. I so move to make the vote unanimous. I second. So noted. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. #4 Page 4 ITEM NO.4 NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY. Karr: Well now I have item 4, nominations for the office of mayor Pro-tern. Nominations are now open. Wilburn: I would like to nominate Regenia Bailey. Correia: Second. Karr: Moved by Wilburn, seconded by Correia to nominate Regenia Bailey. Champion: I would like to nominate Dee Vanderhoef. Karr: Moved by Champion, is there a second? Hearing no second, okay, are there other nominations? Wilburn: Move to close nominations. O'Donnell: Second. Karr: Moved by Wilburn, seconded by O'Donnell, to close nominations. All those in favor of closing signify by saying "Aye" All ayes. Karr: Opposed, same sign. (Silence) Karr: Since there is one nomination, is there a motion? Vanderhoef: Move to unanimously accept. Karr: The appointment of Regenia Bailey as Mayor Pro-tern, is there a second? Correia: Second. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription ofthe Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. _._----~._-_._~"._..._",.__._~------_._~-------------..-. #4 Page 5 Karr: Moved by Vanderhoef, seconded by Correia to unanimously support the nomination of Regenia Bailey as Mayor Pro-tern, all those in favor signify by saying "I" All: I Karr: Opposed, same sign (Silence) Karr: Council member Regenia Bailey is the new Mayor Pro-tern City of Iowa City. Congratulations guys (Clapping) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. --_._._._----_.~----- ------.--- --_._._---~".,"-_..._.._._-----_._--_._------_.. "._.~.-._-_._----_.__." #5 Page 6 ITEM NO.5 MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM SWORN IN. Karr: You want to do the swearing in? Mayor and Mayor Pro-tern at this time? Wilburn: Yes, I would like to invite the whole council to stand and have pictures and make it a photo opt I guess. Karr: Ok, certainly. Do you want to do it down here, up here? Wilburn: We'll just do it up here so. we don't have.... Karr: Be great (City Clerk administers oath to Mayor and Mayor Pro tern) (Clapping) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. #6 Page 7 ITEM NO.6 MOTION FOR CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS Karr: Mr. Mayor, Item #6 Wilburn: Ok, and thank you, and before we get started Ijust want to thank the council for the opportunity to serve as Mayor and to help represent us in Iowa City, the Corridor, the State and the Country, so thank you very much again. Item 6, entertain the motion for City Council appointments, Marian, I forget in the past have we kind of run through these and then vote on them in block or? Karr: We certainly can if you like to do it that way or you can do it one by one, entirely up to you. Wilburn: Why don't we just go ahead and get the names, take them in a slate kind oflike we do with the commissions if that is ok with the council. Elliott: Sounds good. Wilburn: Rules Committee, in the past we have had Connie and Mike. Are the two of you interested or is anyone? Vanderhoef: I would serve on that one. Champion: It takes about 10 minutes a year. O'Donnell: Or less. Wilburn: Dee is interested, anyone else? Vanderhoef: Maybe you can come back to some. Wilburn: Come back and see how we do. Ok, Emergency Management, Mike you have been serving that, would you like to continue on? O'Donnell: I would like to drop off, I have been on that twice now. Wilburn: Ok, just so that everyone else knows, how often do they meet and..... O'Donnell: You meet once a month on a Wednesday. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. #6 Page 8 Wilburn: Ok. O'Donnell: Very good committee, good group of people, I think everyone should have an opportunity to serve on that one time. Wilburn: Is that a afternoon, morning, evening? O'Donnell: At seven o'clock in the evening. Vanderhoef: Do you know which Wednesday it is? O'Donnell: It's by announcement. Vanderhoef: It's not a set Wednesday? O'Donnell: No. Vanderhoef: Then I can't. I can't commit to it anyway. Champion: Wednesday's are bad for me because ofthe jail task force meeting. Wilburn: Okay. Amy? Correia: I'm in class. Wilburn: Bob or Regenia? Elliott: I'm not interested. Wilburn: Ok. Elliott: I want to be back on the Economic Development. O'Donnell: That is one I would like to be on. Vanderhoef: As would 1. Wilburn: We have some competition for that one so why don't we move on too. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. ~-,_.__._._--~------,._..--.._-------"-,._.,------_._---_._~- ~ P.9 Vanderhoef: I was just going to say I have been on the Student Senate Subcommittee for 8 years and it is time for me to go off that. Wilburn: Ok, why don't we make a mental note of that, Johnson County Council of Governments, typically, traditionally the Mayor severed as the alternate and I would look for that to continue. Iowa City Convention, Iowa City Coralville Visiting Convention Bureau Bailey: I am interested in continuing that, if that's acceptable. Champion: You've done a good job. Wilburn: Ok, so Regenia. Bailey: Thank you Wilburn: Student Senate Sub Committee? It's been Bob and Dee. Elliott: As a matter of fact, I don't know that we did anything did we? Vanderhoef: At this point we have asked for meetings several time and never had a response from them since we have student liason. Champion: Maybe they don't find it necessary any more Vanderhoef: Well, I don't know, this particular student president and vice president have apparently not been interested in meeting. Champion: Well I wouldn't mind pursuing that a little bit. Wilburn: Maybe we can put that in a work session have a conversation with the student senate and see where they are at. Elliott: Ifwe do have one Ross, I would enjoy doing that. I would say again but it didn't do anything last year so.... Wilburn: Ok This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. #6 Page 10 Correia: I would be interested in that too. Wilburn: Ok, alright. We'll go ahead and make the appointments and we will approach them about revamping that if we need too. Economic Development Committee? Elliott: Yes, I would like too. O'Donnell: I would like too also. Vanderhoef: So would I. Champion: Everybody would like that. Vanderhoef: I am interested in continuing. Wilburn: Ok, umm, we have had some activities outgoing, I think it would be helpful to have some carry over consistently if that makes sense to folks, which would mean... Vanderhoef: I have had 2 years on that committee and I have been gone for a few years and I would like to come back on that committee. Wilburn: Why don't we.... we've got Regenia is interested, Dee is interested, who else was interested? O'Donnell: I'm interested. Champion: Mike's interested, Connie's interested, draw names out of a hat. O'Donnell: I withdraw my name from that. Wilburn: Mike is going to withdraw his name, that leaves us with I believe 4 interested? Umm, let's come back to that one and vote in a block. Youth Advisory Board, I know Amy you are interested in that one. Correia: I'm still interested in that one. Wilburn: Is there anyone else interested? Okay, so we've got Amy, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. #6 Page 11 Vanderhoef: Can I inteIject another possibility? i Wilburn: Sure. Vanderhoef: It's not an appointment here but yet it gets council nod, you have been serving now for a number of years on the ECICOG, and I have served on it for 5 years and that might be something that might interest other council's if you were ready to step back from that, which I don't know. Wilburn: I was looking at ECCOG, if there is some other interest it would be good to have another face to represent it. Karr: We can't do it at this meeting, cause it's not on the agenda. Vanderhoef: I know we can't, if we are looking at Wilburn: We can keep that in mind. Vanderhoef: Sort of balancing everyone in some varies positions that might be another position we can think about. Wilburn: Okay. Actually, let's ah, let me back up a step, let's take care of the ones that where, that are set. We have the Johnson County Council of Governments, Item 6c, with the mayor serving as alternate, and the other council members being designee's, we've got the Student Senate Sub Committee, with Bob and Amy, Item E, we've got the Youth Advisory Board, Item G Bailey: You still need an alternate on that Youth Advisory Mr. Mayor. Wilburn: Anyone interested in alternate? Bailey: I'll serve as alternate. Elliott: Who is the...? Wilburn: Amy would be the designee. Elliott: Amy? Regenia alternate? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Conncil meeting of January 4, 2006. #6 Bailey: Wilburn: Bailey: Wilburn: Bailey: Karr: Wilburn: Bailey: Elliott: Wilburn: All ayes. Wilburn: (Silence) Wilburn: O'Donnell: Wilburn: Elliott: Page 12 Then we have D as well, Convention and Visitors Bureau. Ok, Regenia and Dee for CVB? No, Item D. Item D, Ok and you were... I'm interested in continuing. C,D,E. C, D, E and G, so I will entertain a motion to approve Item C, D, E and G So moved. Second. It's been moved and seconded by Elliott, all those in favor signify by saying "Aye". Opposed signify by saying "Nay" Ok, let's get to Item F. Economic Development. Unless someone is willing to back off, I guess I will have to go to nomination. Who's interested? Let's see, Bob is interested, Dee is interested, Regenia is interested in continuing, Amy is not interested. Bob, Dee, Connie, Amy, er, Bob, Dee, Connie and Regenia Bob and Regenia would be continuing and I would like very much to be a continuing member on that, I would like that committee to be much more pro- active and we just starting talking about things like that. I think that is going to be an extremely important committee for this city This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. ----"_.._~~--_._------,-----_._,----~---_.-_..__.._---.._.._---"~.._-,_... #6 Page 13 O'Donnell: I nominate Bob, Regenia and Connie. Wilburn: There has been a nomination for Bob, Regenia and Connie, is there a second? Vanderhoef: Excuse me, that has typically been chaired by the Mayor, which means that if the Mayor sits on that committee, we can't have 3 nominations. Champion: It is very important that the Mayor sit on that committee Wilburn: In the past I've back out of that committee because they do make the primary recommendation for the committee development block grant funds, so I would suggest that perhaps the Mayor Pro-tern should serve on that and share that development committee. O'Donnell: That makes sense. Wilburn: So there was a motion to have.... O'Donnell: Bob, Regenia and Connie. Wilburn: Bob, Regenia and Connie? Is there a second to that nomination? Champion: I'll second it. Wilburn: Connie will second? All those in favor?? All ayes. Wilburn: All those opposed? (Silence) Wilburn: Ok, so, Regenia, Bob and Connie will serve. That leaves us with finalizing the Rules Committee and the Emergency Management Commission. Dee had said she would be one, we need a second. Correia: I'll do it. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. .~_._._---------_.._._~._-_._--_._._---_._--------~- #6 Page 14 Wilburn: Amy? Let's see, Mike what did you say the Emergency Management Commission would... O'Donnell: I will continue to serve. Wilburn: I could also.... O'Donnell: Yeah, that's fine. I will do it, I enjoy the commission. Wilburn: Ok, so I need a motion to approve the designees's for Item A, Band F. Karr: No F. Wilburn: A and B, I'm sorry. Champion: Oh, I'm sorry, who is on the Rules Committee? Who volunteered for that complex committee? Wilburn: Dee and Amy. Karr: Ok, now that would mean, just to note, that there would be no appointments for Champion, oh, Economic Development. Okay. Wilburn: Yup. Karr: Ok. Wilburn: Understand motion for A and B? Elliott: I move. Wilburn: Moved by Elliott. Bailey: Second. Wilburn: Seconded by Bailey, all those in favor signifY by saying "Aye" All ayes. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription ofthe Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006. -----,------_._._.---~--_._~----~--- -_._~.._._,--_._.__..~-_."..~-----_.__.._._-,.._----_.-_._---,_.._-,~..-._---,._._--- #6 Page 15 Wilburn: All those apposed say "nay". (Silence) Wilburn: Ok, it is approved. Champion: The other thing we could put on our work session is I think we need to talk about the J ail Task Force and according committees. I think the county would like more council representation on that. So maybe we could put it on our work session and talk about it and I can fill you in. Wilburn: Ok Elliott: Connie, you said the jail committee and something else? Just the jail committee? Champion: I said coordinating the task force. Karr: And Dee did you want at the same time ECCOG or..? Vanderhoef: Yes. Karr: ECCOG. Wilburn: Steve can you take care of that? Elliott: I'll take care of that. Wilburn: Ok, thank you very much. Item 7 is a motion to adjourn Elliott: Before we do that I would like too congratulate the new Mayor and the new Mayor Pro-tern, I said earlier that I wasn't terribly either interested or concerned who got it because I had great confidence that anybody that did would a splendid job so I have great confidence, I am happy for you, let's move ahead. O'Donnell: Absolutely. Wilburn: Thank you. So we got the budget to get to so Wilburn: Meeting is adjourned. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of January 4, 2006.