[1. CALL TO ORDER] [2. MINUTES] [00:00:12] >>> WE'LL CALL TO ORDER TONIGHT'S COMMITTEE FOR THE WHOLE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD HAVE THE MINUTES, MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SO [3. INDIAN PINES PUBLIC PARK AUTHORITY] MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE ONE VACANCY, JUNE 21, 2025, AND THEN JUNE 20, 2029, INCUMBENT BRADLEY MARTIN SERVED ONE TERM AND DID NOT SEEK A SECOND. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE WILLIAM HUGHES FOR THAT POSITION. >> MOTION IS SECOND FOR WILLIAM HUGHES. ANY COMMENTS? >> MR. MAYOR, I'VE KNOWN WILLIAM GOING ON 15 YEARS NOW. I WAS INTRODUCED TO HIM PROFESSIONALLY. HE'S A CPA. SO I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM PERSONALLY. I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET ON THE BOARD. I THINK HIS ACCOUNTING BACKGROUND WOULD BRING A LOT OF VALUE TO THE BOARD, AND HE'D BE VERY DEDICATED TO SERVING. SO, I'M IN SUPPORT OF WILLIAMS TONIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY I KNOW THE OTHER APPLICANT, RANDY ALDRIDGE, GREAT GENTLEMAN AS WELL. TWO OUTSTANDING APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION. BUT I THINK THE CPA BACKGROUND OF÷÷ WILLIAM IS WHAT SET HIM APART, AND I THINK HE WOULD BE A VALUABLE MEMBER TO THE BOARD. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? >> APPRECIATE DO YOU YOUR SUPPORT, MAX. IF I WERE TO CARRY A DESCENTING VOTE, I WOULD WAIT UNTIL LATER TO DO THAT. I APPRECIATE MR. HUGHES. I'LL BE SUPPORTING MR. ALDRIDGE. HE'S A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN, HAS BUSINESS REFLECTIVE OF THE GAME OF GOLF, AND I BELIEVE HE WOULD BE AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AS WELL. BUT I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING MR. HUGHES, BUT I APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS TO WANT TO SERVE. >> ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF MR. WILLIAMS HUGHES, PLEASE SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? >> NAY. >> WE'LL CONFIRM MR. HUGHES LATER IN THE AGENDA. >> MAYOR, DO YOU WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT YOU DID NOT VOTE FOR -- MINUTES REFLECT APPROPRIATELY THAT NOBODY IS VOTING AGAINST ANYBODY BUT YOU HAD A DIFFERENT [4. QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA] CANDIDATE IN MIND. >> SURE. THAT WILL BE FINE. THANK YOU. >> THAT WAS JUST ONE, RIGHT? >> YES. YEAH. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY. QUESTIONS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR THE CITY MANAGER? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER? ANYTHING FOR US? >> BEFORE WE GET TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, I WANT TO QUICK REMIND YOU, I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE UNEXPIRED TERM ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE WE HAD RESIGNATION OF EXISTING MEMBER, AND YOUR COUNCIL RULES TALK ABOUT X AMOUNT OF DAYS FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE OUT THERE AND, KIND OF, X AMOUNT OF DAYS BEFORE YOU APPOINT SOMEBODY TO ALIGN WITH THE SECOND MEETING IN JULY. YOU'RE, KIND OF, IN THAT WINDOW, BUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS SHORTENED. YOU DON'T HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF MANDATORY DAYS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT -- IT'S THE 23RD, WE WILL CLOSE APPLICATIONS. WE'LL OPEN THEM ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE PORTAL WILL BE -- AND WE'LL CLOSE THEM ON THE 23RD, SO I CANCAN THEM TO YOU TO BACK UP THE NUMBER OF DAYS YOU REQUIRE FOR INTERVIEWS. SO, PROBABLY JUST A FEW DAYS SHORTER, BUT I WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO FIT THIS IN TO GIVING A NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER TIME FROM THE JULY 22ND MEETING UNTIL WE GET TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THE SECOND THURSDAY IN AUGUST, A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR RAMP-UP. SO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THAT DATE IS TO GIVE SOME ORIENTATION TIME AND TIME FOR YOU TO GET INTERVIEWS DONE IN JULY. >> OKAY. SO, WE COULD BE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL STARTING TOMORROW FINDING A DATE AFTER THE 23RD TO SET UP FOR INTERVIEWS, CORRECT? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY. I'LL DO THAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING THAT? WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE MR. BIRMINGHAM'S SERVICE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE. IS THERE A MOVEMENT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.