Yep. All right. Um the time being 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026, to bring the appointments committee meeting to order. Um announcement of open recordings. Uh
the literature is over there on the wall. Is anyone here recording today's meeting? No, there is none. All right. And um if the clerk would please call the role. >> Council Heath >> present. >> Council Head >> present.
>> And councelor Kazinsk present. >> Reading of minutes of prior meetings November 12th, 2025. >> Move to dispense with the reading of the minutes and accept them as presented. >> Second. >> All right. Um motion made by councelor
Hegeland, seconded by councelor Kiscus to wave the reading of the minutes. Is there any discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I. >> All those against? Motion pass. All
right. We're going to go ahead um with these interviews. I'm just going to go, if you guys don't mind, we'll go out of order. um as we do have a couple of the um officers here. So, we'll go ahead, if you guys don't mind, we'll just go to the police officers and then we'll go
ahead and resume the order. So, we'll go with item 11755, a measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Christopher J. lack to position of permanent police officer permanent both of them there.
>> Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Uh just to reiterate as we do with all of the police officer appointments that we have, the general laws of the Commonwealth have these as a permanent appointment. So while most of our other appointments are for a period of either 3 years, 5 years, one year, two year, uh a permanent appointment is uh basically creating them a full appointee. Uh
that's because the appointment uh from a municipality confirmed by the council does give that uh police officer the authority to conduct their business in the city especially if they had to go to court and so on from things like that. So that's why that is something that is unique to police officer appointments that you hear uh that they are permanent
appointment it's for that measure. Uh officer Black is a graduate from the uh Fitsburg State uh police academy. This is the first gardener police officer that we have from that academy right out. This was one of the reasons why we left civil service so that we could get more uh police officers directly from
that uh program that was there. Uh he gardener resident graduated narrogance at high school on top of uh Fritzburg State University. Uh he's completed his field training currently assigned to the overnight shift and has done a great job so far. Comes at the high recommendation of the chief and the deputy chief who are both here who I'm sure have other
things to say as well, but I'm happy to put forward his appointment. >> Awesome. Thank you. Um, Officer Black, would you like to introduce yourself? >> Uh, so I'm Officer Black, Chris Black, and um, very happy to be here. Um, grew
up in Baldenville. Uh, I got a couple younger siblings and, um, you know, I wanted to become a cop since probably my sophomore year in high school. Wanted to work with kids and help develop them into good outstanding citizens.
>> Awesome. Um, for the record, we have a deputy chief chief here. Um, would you guys like to go ahead and go? >> Yeah. Officer Black, he had graduated from the Fitsburg State Academy back in September 12th, I believe, was the date. >> Yep. >> Um, he completed his field training and
since then he has been on the overnight shift here at Gardener PD. Uh, he's been doing great. Uh, great feedback from his uh, field training officers during his field training program. Uh, he really excelled in that program. uh was up to speed where we would need him to be at that time and uh his supervisor speak
very highly of him and his uh capability of doing his job. >> Thank you Dan not to keep reiterating but um allowing us to get out of civil service and be able to streamline the hiring process certainly bringing qualified candidates to the city. Um
Chris has been a great addition to the department and we can't be happier to have him. um look forward to a few more years with him, but uh he he's he's been a great addition to the department. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> No questions for me. Just thank you and
uh you know, glad to have him. >> Thank you, sir. >> I have no questions either. I think um what the chief had said about civil service, when you when you go through a process and you make a change like that, you want to see the outcomes of the change and so great to have an outcome of that change in front of us. So, um,
no pressure, but um, we really appreciate you, um, putting your work into Gardener and look forward to seeing what you do. >> Thank you, ma'am. Awesome. Um, Black, I I like to say thank you as well as, um, you know, I I haven't gotten to
meet you. However, um, my personal job, I'm in the stores, I'm in the community a lot, and I've had a couple guys come up to me and say, "Hey, I got Chris. The guy Chris Black, he's uh, you know, he's coming through." And I was like, this is before I even gotten your name to come across the desk and I was like, hm, who
is this guy and everything else? And they spoke nothing about highly about you. So, um, that's awesome. Um, I think it's great that you're living here in Gardener. Um, it's okay that you graduated against it. Um, but, um, you know, I I I heard the chief
say for a couple years, I could be here for, you know, the longevity. And um you know I'm you're young so you know I'm I'm happy to have you. >> Thank you sir. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Good job. Thank you. >> Appreciate
you're free. Thank you. Item 1178 I'm sorry 11787. a measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Michael King to the position of gardener police officer. Quer.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, Officer King is a recent graduate of the Western Mass Police Academy in December of 2025. He's currently in his field training program. Um, there might be an update from that from uh the deputy chief and chief as to, you know, what the process goes after with the field training program that's there. Uh, another Gardener resident with his wife and
children. uh his you know the reports I've received from the chief and deputy chief have been very um positive uh and very honestly stellar uh from officer king's uh performance with his time at Gardner PD so far and another one I'm happy to put as a weapon for you today
um officer king would you like to introduce yourself >> sure yeah my name is Michael King I live locally in gardener excuse me a wife and uh three kids I grew up in Westminster so I'm very familiar with the the gardener area, but always wanted to
become a police officer, and it makes sense to me to become a police officer in the town where my family lives and where I live. So, Officer King has completed his field training. He's assigned to our overnight shift as well. Uh, he graduated the
Western Mass Academy December 12th. Um, no issues in the academy. He excelled in his field training program. All his field training officers spoke very highly of him. Uh the supervisor of the field training program also said that he we didn't have any issues. He hit every
mark that we need him to hit and then some. Uh and he's been a great addition to our department. >> Again reiterate um having Michael has been fantastic. The reports got from supervisors and field training officers again with deputy chief said has been b
pretty much stellar. So um he's he's setting the bar for pretty high for himself and uh we hope we expect it to continue. You'll be a great addition to the city. Love >> to hear that. >> Council of questions. Um, council Hegler. >> Sure. Thank you. Nice to meet you as
well. Thank you um for your interest in being here and in Gardner. I think it's a nice theme so far of community policing and being in the community you're working in. And I think that's something our department does a really good job at and getting to know the community. So happy to have you and that uh that mindset. Thank you.
>> Appreciate it. Thank you. >> I have no questions. just congratulations and thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um second officer said it's nice to meet you and um I'm glad that we have this process for the council so that we are able to um meet the people that we are able to um support the appointments of.
Um so welcome. >> Thank you. >> Um I just want to say thank you as well. I mean I guess none of us can thank you enough. Um I think it's great again the process to be able to go ahead and get you in the air and everything else. So, I want to apologize to everyone that we
had all the delays now. I just thought about it, I said the process. Um, but um, thank you. I'm excited to see where you're at. Um, hopefully we can go ahead and uh, get you a couple uh, stars on your sleeve and you can go ahead and be here for a little more. I appreciate it.
>> Thank you. >> Don't be in a rush for >> Thank you. Thank you. Good job, man. Thank you. Item 11789, a measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Derek White to the
position of Garner Police Officer for the Mayor. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Officer White recently graduated the Malboro Police Academy, uh, also with the field training program here at GPD. uh also serves in the uh US Army National Guard um and is an active member of the
National Guard. I think you said you had drill on Monday. I do. >> Um so uh you know happy to have him here. Happy to uh you know I think that was uh another topic that came up when we were leaving the civil service process was making sure that we still had a process to make sure those who were in the uh National Guard and active
duty still had a chance to serve our community in this capacity too. So I want to thank the chief and deputy chief for making sure that we've been able to continue that process here even though we are out of the civil service formal process. Um, but again, just as I said with the other officers who were here before, I don't think I've gotten a negative comment at all about Officer
White. Uh, the work that he's done so far has been something that I've received positive feedback on in my office. Um, actually on a regular basis. Um, so I'm very happy to put his appointment for you today. Um, so White, would you like to introduce yourself? Of >> course. Uh, Derek White. I originally
grew up in Connecticut around the Hartford area. Uh, went to school Westfield State. Ended up getting the guard during that time. found my way out here while researching police departments in Massachusetts. The SAR Police Department had a very strong uh community service orientation, especially with the uh the school while
I was in school. I worked at the Boys and Girls Club where I found I would definitely want to work with kids in the future. So, for me, that was definitely a draw factor here. Getting to learn the city and the people that live here has been a good time. I really like it here. The FTO program has been really helpful and insightful just learning how to do
the job. and uh chief, deputy chief, his staff, everyone at the department's been great and uh super helpful. Happy to be here. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Yeah, he graduated the first Marro Academy. Uh Boilson Police Academy, moved to Marorrow. Um they actually
started in Boilson and finished in Maro. So they had a transition period while they're in the academy of moving as well. Um so he is part of the first class from the Maro Academy and they graduated January 29th. Um, since then he's been in the FTO program. He's still currently in the FTO program that's 10
weeks long. Um, we the positive feedback we've been getting from his FTO officers and the supervisor of the FTO program have been stellar. Just like the other candidates, uh, he's hitting all the points we needed to hit. He's going to be a great addition here for the Garden PD.
>> Again, um, reiterate everything I've received, all the information, all the feedback we we've got about Officer White has been again stellar. Um I think what you see here is a connection to the community and what we're looking for. Um all three of these officers certainly have that and Derek himself especially.
So um we appreciate look forward to many years of service here good good addition to the community and department questions. >> Thank you. Thank you again. Thank you for your service. Um I know how rough those drill weekends can be from some friends. So glad you got through that
one too. Uh and and I I agree. I think that the continued community approach is wonderful. Um, and uh, we have a lot of young, I think, new perspectives as well, it seems like, which I I'm excited to see how that might influence the department's operations as well. >> Welcome aboard. Thank you. >> Appreciate it.
>> Great. >> Um, congratulations to you as well and welcome. Um, and I just echo the sentiment of the community policing and it's you get to join a really cool tradition when you become part of the Gardener Police Department and you've seen um, you know, a few recent retirements and you just, you know, just
kind of the the feeling when you get people in front of you and you feel like you did with, you know, those officers that you've known um, some of us a very long time cuz we're from here and we still live here. Um, but I think it's it's the people who get it and want it stay and they're part of it and and it's
something special to them. So, I hope that's their experience as well. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um I want to say thank you for your service. Um I'm going to every they they taken a lot of what I was going to go ahead and go say. Um but what I what I would like to go ahead and go say is
like I I think that the fact that like you said that you do things at the Boys and Girls Club, you said the community and things and such. I think that's huge. Um, I do a lot with the kids and I, you know, it's good for the kids to go ahead and go see someone that they're going to look up to and they may follow your
footsteps, you know. um officer that's coming up right after you who I'm pretty sure that hopefully in 6 months you know we have another officer that's going to come up who's following his footsteps because we both coached him and you know like your your
influence in what you do besides you know with the badge on is huge. So, you know, just, you know, I I I would love to be able to go ahead and go see like you go back to the Boys and Girls Club cuz they see what you're doing and like, "Wow." You know, cuz like in school when I grew up used to have, "Oh, I want to
be a teacher and I want to be a, you know, you bring your parents in and you know, there was never an astronaut. I wish there was, but it was always a doctor, there was always a teacher, um, things of such, but um, you know, police officers who always want firefighters and things and such. And I don't think that really happens as much anymore."
And um you know like I think that that's great and I don't know if you realize the power of the influence that you have. So I'm excited to see um and I don't know maybe we can do some things together during the day. I love dealing with the kids. >> We love to appreciate it. >> All right. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Item 11788, a measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Ryan Colts to the position of sergeant report for the mayor. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, I feel like the chief and deputy chief are going to
have the most to say on this appointment, but I'll just say off the bat that I don't think I can say anything bad about Sergeant Coats. Uh, I've been very proud to be working on the same team as him in the six years I've had the pleasure of serving as mayor in the city. I don't think I've seen someone as hands-on and interactive
and just has that energy with the job of just jumping at something when something comes through, but making sure all the eyes are dotted and te's are crossed at the same time. Um, I'm really proud of him. I'm really proud to be able to know. Uh, and I think he's a great asset for us here in the city and I'm looking forward to seeing how he continues in this new role that he's in.
>> Awesome. >> Thank you, >> Sergeant Coats. >> My name is Ryan Coats. Um, I grew up here in Gardener. I'm a member of the greatest class 2008. Right, Brad? >> Absolutely. >> Uh,
I live here in town as well like some of these other guys. Um, I'm married and have two young boys. Um, as of tomorrow is 12 years. Seems it's crazy to me, but uh, coming out of a
position that I absolutely loved. um been very very lucky to do some of the things I've got to do on the job and I absolutely love the job like some of these guys is it's all I really wanted to do once I realized I wasn't going to the NFL. Um very fortunate to work with some
great supervisors these two included um as my direct supervisors for most of my career one way or another. And now I'm very fortunate and lucky to uh try to pass on some of the things that have been instilled in me, good leadership
traits on to the next generation. So um comes at a good point in my career and I'm very excited to take this new lead. Thank you. >> Awesome. >> I've had the privilege of watching him from day one when he came in. I was his direct supervisor. He was assigned to my
shift and uh he's just excelled. Um, you could see he had the passion for the job from day one. Very dedicated. Uh, you could tell he plays team sports because he's a team player, willing to help out anybody and everybody. Uh, and to see how he excelled in the narcotics
detective position just kind of it blew my mind. Um, I haven't seen anybody in my career take it to the level that he was able to take it to. And I think him being a supervisor, he's going to be able to give knowledge to these younger officers that I was not able to give cuz I just didn't have that experience at
that time. Um, and it's going to be very unique for our department to have someone in of his caliber in that position. And uh, super excited that I'm able to to see it. And I'm I would hope someday he'll be sitting where I'm sitting or his position at some point.
Um, it's just been great. He's a great addition to our supervisor staff. I'm going to make him feel real uncomfortable. Um, as as the deputy chief said, um, either one of us had pretty much basically supervised Ryan since he started the department. Um, I supervised
Ryan um until my appointment as chief. I was in charge of the detective bureau as the lieutenant. um I I brought we brought Ryan into the unit um with kind of a blank slate and um he turned the job and he he brought the narco's
position to again what Nick just said to a level I've never seen and I've supervised multiple detectives, numerous detectives. Um he was part of a federal and state task force. Um he is highly experienced. you'll probably not meet somebody able to pivot and maneuver um
and changing d a changing dynamic like like Ryan. Simply put, he's probably one of the finest police officers you'll ever meet. Um I can't be prouder to recommend him. Thank you. Appreciate that.
>> Council questions, council he >> sure as noted, we go way back. Um so no real questions. I'm just I am it's it's been awesome to see the work you've done, the trajectory you've been on uh and all that gardeners I think benefited from in terms of your efforts and leadership now. So, I'm really excited
for you and excited to see where things go for you. >> Thanks for consensus. >> Yes, I'm incredibly proud of you. I might not get through as much as the chief did. Um known Ryan for a long time. He's a good he's a good man and he's a he's an excellent police officer.
He's wanted to do this his whole life. And um I remember when you were doing dispatch way back in the day. >> Um and I He's just one of those that you just, you know, these guys here, you want to have somebody like this that in front of you. Um cuz it's not that far off. 12 years does go by pretty quickly,
doesn't it? >> Yeah. >> Um >> and so I was so excited to see this for you and I think you've absolutely earned it. And again, it's just part of the like a great solid um and honest tradition in the Garden Police Department where you can work your way
where you need to be if you put the work in. It gets noticed. It gets rewarded and everybody appreciates it. And City of Garden is really lucky to have you. So, I'm really proud of you. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> All right. Um I don't know if you noticed this, but the room like when
people are talking about you, their voices change a little and that's how impactful you are. And obviously, you got a real woman with him right here. And I cannot, you know, I couldn't point if I had to go ahead and go say a better officer for the position than you. You you're
I got a lot of love and respect for you. And I am so happy that you made this recommendation um this promotion. Um, and you know that there is one thing I I did see why you didn't make it to the NFL because I was with you at some
practices and I think but um, you know, I just want to say congratulations. Um, I jokingly said I had a scroll of, you know, accolades, but I don't even think that's long enough for the things that you've done for the city and, um,
you know, what you've done for this department and everything as such. So, um, thank you and I can't wait to see you just keep moving. All right. Sky's the limit. >> Thank you. Good. >> Thank you.
>> Appreciate you. Thank you. Item 11771, a measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Melissa McDonald to the position of building commissioner for term expiring January 13, 2027. Report from the mayor. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm very happy
to put forward Commissioner McDonald's appointment before you today. Um there was a lot that she inherited when she took over the position both from you know the previous building commission the interimm period that we had in between with an interim commissioner. when you're dealing with, you know, that much of a transition period there. There's some stuff that just needs a
cleanup and uh Commissioner McDonald's been a real big asset that we've had and cleaning up some backlog in the department, cleaning up some processes that just needed to be updated, suggesting new processes that uh just there were better options out there that we hadn't seen. And bringing that
outside perspective into the department, I think, is really going to help the city in the long term um get things into shape and get things to where they need to be. uh someone who was in the construction field herself before she became a commissioner um has that perspective of being on the other side of the table that I think is vital
in a position like this where you know what someone's going through when they're pulling a permit and you know what can come up when someone may not understand the code fully because it's written for someone who writes code not for someone who's actually out in the field with a hammer uh in most cases and being able to communicate that in a way
that people understand I feel like is something that she's been able to get across really well because I've been able to understand it when she talks to me and I'm a history major that was far from the building field other than growing up in my grandfather's wood shop. Um I'm I think she's done a good job. I think she's brought a lot of growth to the position and I'm really happy to see
what she does with the city moving forward. >> Awesome. Um >> would you like to introduce yourself? >> Sure. My name is Melissa McDonald's. Um, like the manager said, I came from construction and I also have the added
benefit of helping my father with developments um, and maintaining properties, apartment buildings specifically. So, it's a it's a good add-on for this facility side. And I can't believe I have to follow
that sergeant. >> We get to do all the appointments. So yeah, right. >> Um, >> how's that question? Heck. >> Yeah, thank you. I was on two actually. One for the mayor. Um, cuz I know with a previous appointment you had done your
letter saying it had to be up to 3 years. >> Yes. >> Would you be willing and able to sort of just for the council so they understand why this is a one year correct that with like a newation? >> Yes, I will correct that too. um for the department head, similar like we did with another appointee who you'll see before you today. Um because there's no
legal uh method for us to do a probationary period and to do the uh regular process that's outlined that we normally do in practice. Um we did get a full legal opinion on that matter. So appointments do not have to be a minimum 3 years as uh you know it was said earlier. So that can certainly be
corrected in upcoming communication. What we normally do with department heads is do the initial probationary period for 60 days, then do a one-year appointment, and then do the three-year appointment after that. That's the progression that we've done with department heads moving forward out of practice and almost a uh an informal policy that I've had with the department heads who I've appointed just to make
sure that um things are going well and it's not just for us on the city end of thing, but for feedback from the appointee to see if we can get, you know, if things can be improved, we can improve them that way. Um, so just like we did with director Stevens and other department heads before that, that's why you see that here because the commissioner is the department head for the building department.
>> Thank we can certainly mention, but I think it'd be helpful for people to have too. >> Uh, now back to the star of the show. >> Um, how have you been settling? Because I'll say we've had some great conversations and great interactions and I really appreciated your mindset of wanting to make sure people aren't afraid to come to the building
department because sometimes that can be the case and and so I I love that. I vote you. Yeah, just how have you been settling in? Anything you want to highlight for us or >> um uh it's really important for me to meet people where they are. So if they don't understand the code and and this is part of uh settling in is knowing
that um that is what I do. But settling in has been good. Um, and do you have a specific question about settling in or >> No, I mean, yeah, just in terms of getting the city projects you're working on, anything you're excited about or
>> So, the city council and that cuz I came from a a town manager, so that has been a lot to learn, but the mayor has been doing a really good job coaching me. So, >> but everything to be expected. >> Thank you.
>> If I could add to that, Mr. chairman too um because we just talked about this last week. One of the ways that one of the projects that uh Commissioner McDonald's uh kind of brought to my attention is ways that uh different online permitting software u may be helpful to the city in terms of
expanding our options uh with those. Um there's a particular software that we're looking into right now that not only does permitting but also initial plan review but and then also uh a um here's where my tech talk doesn't come into play. a option on the homepage of the
city's website that you can just go in and type the question, it'll direct you to the correct page on the website uh to answer that question. So, if you say, you know, you go to gardener-m.gov and you're looking for a question on what, you know, are there hours at the gardener dog park? Even though that's not related to the permitting themselves, it'll still search the
website and provide that information uh for you there and then give you the link to the actual page on the website. So, you're not scrolling through menus on those. So, that's something that she's brought to the table uh that's new that we're currently talking about. It's like an AI bot and it really helps with the process. So, you know, they'll
say, "Do you can you build a shed 200 square feet or and it'll direct you on exactly what to do by going through the charter as well as the building code." >> So, a lot of questions will be answered. >> Any questions, comments? No, I mean we've had a couple of good conversations
and I think that what you've brought to the city like just what the mayor gave an example there is really helpful. Um looking for efficiencies and looking where we can make things better. I know that's certainly been a thing that's been brought out from your department so far and it was um you know it was an
acknowledgement but also a concern of yours at the same time and as city councilors just on our end of things that helps us with directing constituents and business owners and potential you know people want to do potential projects like where do we go what do we do um we have a really busy
department with a lot of responsibility and for someone who is you know kind of taking that on for the first time in the city setting I think that um you've done a great job so far, but I know that you want to do a lot more and you you need that type of ambition when it comes into this job. I know we I briefly talked
about that when we had first met. Um um but there is there's a lot to learn and just kind of taking that direction and knowing what to do with it. And it does seem like to me like your best foot is forward. You want to do a really good job and you know you want to make sure that your department is the capacity it
needs to be at. Whereas um getting in there you didn't really have that and so you right away wanted to get that structure moving. um that's not easy to do in any job, but it's really also important in your job and in your department, and I think that you recognize that. So, I I appreciate that so far. I really don't have any other
questions. Um and um that's it for me. All right. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um first things first, I' I'd like to say um happy Women's History Month. >> All right. I said that right. Right. >> Yeah. >> Right. I always worry that I say that wrong cuz I know it's international day
and >> I messed it up on one of my first meetings so it's always going to be in the back of my head. But um you know we've had some great conversations and um I think that what you're bringing to the city with the first set of eyes is is needed. Um so I I think that it's
great. You know, I haven't heard anything bad. I've heard nothing but good. Um I'm I say it all the time. I'm in the stores. I follow the grocery stores. for me personal job and you know I had one of the store managers come up and say who's that new building
commissioner ask me for stuff I've never had to ask enter he was like but if she's right you know what I mean so I went ahead I went through the process and everything else and um he was just like I been at the store for a long time like I don't think I've ever
had to do that before and you know I was like well listen uh she knows her stuff she's on it and he's like nope I type of complaint. I was just surprised and I'm happy that she asked for it cuz I didn't realize that I needed it for compliance on my end. So, um, so yeah. So, it it's
cool to hear, you know, good stories from the stores that I'm at and everything else. So, um, I don't really have any other questions. So, thank you and I, you know, if there's anything that we can do, let us know. >> Thank you. Thank you. Good job.
Thank you. Stay for the rest of >> item 11770. Measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Jason Stevens to the position of director of community development and planning for term expiring January 13, 2029. Report from the mayor.
>> Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Uh Jason Stevens has been an all-star with the team this year. Really, this is an all-star meeting with everyone who's come before. uh the committee today. Um he's helped me and my operations as mayor in his just over a year he's been with us here in the city. Um
and the amount of work he's gotten done and the hours he's put into making sure things are done the right way, uh getting projects to where they need to be, overseeing uh the development of future projects and building that long-term vision for where the city needs to go through his work in the
development department. Um I couldn't ask for better. Uh I'm really happy with the work that he's done. I think the uh it's night and day from what we used to see in that department. Um and I think you can see that from any of the economic devel economic and community development subcommittee um
videos that have been posted from the last year. Um I'm sure there's certain projects that he's waiting to get off his desk and see completed and certain ones he's excited to get on his desk and started. Um but I'm sure there's plenty to talk about too. So I'll end my remarks saying I'm just I'm very proud to have him on the team. I think we're very lucky to have him here. I think we
were blessed to get him when we did uh to clean things up the way we are and I don't think we'd be in as strong of a spot as we are in the city right now but for the work he's done in the last year. >> Mr. Stevens introduce yourself. >> Yeah, my name is Jason Stevens. I'm the
director of community bond planning and executive director for the Gardener Redevelopment Authority. I had the pleasure of being in this position past my 60-day appointment into a one year. Now I'm at the one year facing a three.
Um my first day here we were faced with a lot of challenges just from the get- go. We faced issues with our financial reporting. We faced issues with project management everywhere from rear main to
the Greenwood pool park the north central pathway and we've been able to continue those projects on we've had issues with CDBG in terms of our reporting in terms of our financials in regards to
that and we had to go through an entire period of no staff myself and my conservation agent being the only ones remaining. and myself having to hire not only the executive assistant but my assistant director and then restructuring the
department in a way that brings in a new position for the economic development and finance manager which by and large people thought I was crazy in terms of the job responsibilities that it was going to require such a specific individual to complete those
responsibilities but I've been able to find two amazing people who are sat behind me and have been biting at the bit to be here for this for this meeting to to be able to support me. So, I I feel incredibly blessed to have the team that
I have behind me, incredibly blessed to have the support um and the opportunity to to be in this position. I think at one of my um various addresses to the city council, which I have the rare ability to do at at points uh over the
past year, I said that my me and my assistant director had a conversation in one of our one-on- ones, which we have every Monday. And the conversation came up on what drives us to be in this position and and do the work that we're doing. And I
said, and and she agreed with me with this, that the work that we do makes people proud for the communities that they live in, that it gives them hope for the future of it. And I feel like we've been able to make really great
strides towards seeing that come to fruition. That there are projects like I ones that I've mentioned, ones that are I haven't mentioned, but that everyone in the city knows are either upcoming or that the city is currently working on that they had
left off to the sidelines. They thought the city was never going to be able to get done. And we've been able to prove them wrong and inspire that hope again. So, a long- winded introduction. Um, but it has been quite a year. So, I felt it warranted.
>> Mhm. >> I just uh add to the end of that um because they're here that Jason's hired in an all-star team as well. I know I've said that allstar a lot. I'm talking about here too, but there's a lot of work that the two individuals in the pew behind us um get done every day. And so,
I want to thank Jason for hiring them, but also them for the work that they've done. Um, I know I said this last year for his one-year appointment, but by way of background for the public who's watching, Jason came to us in the marketing department from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce before he came here. Um, looking to uh, branch out into something different. Uh, so that's
how we ended up with him here. Uh, he is a part-time beekeeper on the side. >> Uh, aside from his work here, uh, and a former president of the Greater Boston Beekeepers Association or >> my fiance was, I was just a member. So, um, she's allstar in that regard. all
different sorts of background uh with this one, but they all come together and really pushing the city forward and happy to have him here with us today. Thank you. >> Um if you guys don't mind, can I just ask your team to come right up over here, please? >> Yeah, >> come right over here. Just sit with them because we're referring to you. We might
as well be up here. Um council He >> questions. >> Thank you. No questions. And honestly, that's as a result of the thorough and transparent updates you give or to the economic development and the city council. I don't know that we've ever had that much good information come out
of that department. So, it's really helpful and beneficial just to keep us updated on what's going on because there are so many projects that you all have to keep your hands on the pulse of. Um, and so then for us with all the other things we have to worry about and think about in the city, it's really a a great benefit. Um, I think your diligence and
hard work has been topnotch. I think the department is exemplary right now uh and the team you've assembled. So I have nothing but good things to say and I look forward to supporting this. Thank you. >> Well, if I have any questions and I haven't been paying attention.
I spent a lot of time um with director Stevens in the economic in um the economic development in um uh standing committee and uh I have also praised him publicly a number of times and I'm happy
to do it again. Uh he has been you've just been such an incredible addition. I I I second everything the council said, everything the mayor said. You've been incredible addition to the city. Um the restructuring and rebuilding of your department has been an incredible asset
to the city. We're so happy to have you. Thank you. Um and all of the work that you've done over the past year has been truly beneficial to every single person in this community. Um your department is unique in the sense where um you can
bring so many different things to the city. You can literally pay for yourself and the work that you do. Um to be to be literal about it. Uh, and I just don't have enough good things to say. We would just be here all day long. But, um, developing the new standing committee of
the council, it requires another committee, more time for other counselors when we have more standing committees to do more oversight. Uh, I think um, I'm biased, but I'm so glad that we made the committee. And, uh, I think it really served its purpose in the first year, and I think that was
only for us to be able to help support you. And, I think that it did. Um, but you really, you know, you did all the work. Your staff came in, they took it on, they've done the work. It's so nice to see this and it will, for me, it will always be an example of something that we can do in the city if something
really needs to turn itself around like there is a process. It can work and there's a way that, you know, there's a way to do it and this is the example of how to do that and it could happen in any department if it was if it were ever needed. Uh, and you just you put like I
just remember being so relieved when you got like one new staff member. It was like, "Okay, like director Stevens might be able to go home at four o'clock today." You know, it's just like one of those things. Um, and you just always had a great attitude, never complained, always looked moving forward, wanted to check the next thing off the list, and do it the right way, have it documented.
Your commitment to transparency is literally unmatched. Um, in my opinion, uh, you just that's always like at the front of what you're going to do. That's what we asked. That's that was one of the asks, the big asks, right? And that what's that's what's going to help keep and drive your department moving
forward. Um, and I think it's a general uh it's just kind of a general sense in the department is like here's all the info, here's what organized next year, this is the way we're going to do it. Um, here's what we've done so far. It's just it's overwhelming and I just
couldn't be happier to have you. Um, and I'm really really glad and proud to be able to I will support your through your appointment. Thank you. Thank you to both of you as well. >> Um, they said enough.
You know, I I um I might not be, you know, working with you as much as councelor Consiscus does, but you know, I I know we're in a lot of committees together. We have conversations and, you know, I I am ecstatic that you got a full squad. You know, like you guys are
working well. That's why I wanted you guys to come up if you don't mind. Um I guess it's too late if you did. But um you know like I just feel like camera time is important where you know like you guys as a team, you as a leader, you guys are doing great things for the city
and I just want to say thank you. They touched on everything. So I'm just going to keep it very vanilla and say thank you. No, I I thank you guys for allowing my team members to be up here because I wouldn't be I the term that people say I think is
like they refer to their significant other as like their better half. But I think in terms of my professional career, in terms of my my 8 to 430, the this and my conservation agent and Justin and my executive assistant uh Susan are my better threequarters. Um
they support me each day. But not only them, but the city council has been supportive and has been a welcome deer to allow me to grow into this position. Uh, council president, the mayor, other members of city hall. Um, they've all
been it's a support structure that that is needed to make something like this happen. And I'm lucky enough to be the outcome to feel the support uh that we've been able to build so that we can be here today. So I want to thank them
most of all but everyone who's supported over the last year the department. >> You thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you ladies. >> Happy women's history month. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate you.
>> Thank you. No, >> just keep on. >> Yeah, she is one of the unpaid ones, too, that sent a letter, but if you want to keep it on, we can keep it on, too. >> Oh, right. That is true.
>> All right. Um, item 11757, a measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Linda Rice to the position of historical commission member for term expiring December 11th, 2028. Report from the mayor. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Uh, Mrs. Rice wasn't able to be here today, but she actually for the
next three appointments you have are individuals who reached out to my office directly expressing their interest in joining without having to be recruited for a position, which is always a nice sign to see. Uh, Mrs. Rice is very very familiar with the gardener community as a former principal of Prospect Street School, former principal of Sacred Heart
School. Uh charter member of the Garden Museum. Um knows gardener like the back of her hand. Uh does a lot of work with family genealogy. Um got a little extra knowledge of the city through her uh family work with her husband being the former state representative to the area.
Um but even her own resume speaks for itself. She I I think for terms of a historical commission, having someone with this much background knowledge in the people of Gardener through her work and seeing that many students pass through uh schools in Gardner, be it through Sacred Heart School or Gardener
Public Schools, uh and then continuing her work through her own family history, learning about garden history. If you look at her uh letter of interest, it mentions, you know, Esther Moore who wrote the history of gardener book that, you know, several of us have seen. Uh Warren Sinclair, Dr. Russell, Donald
Baker, uh, Father Baker, the a lot of names that are historic here in Gardener and changed a lot of and made a lot of impact in Gardener's history here, too. And having those relationships build up, that knowledge that's there, I think will be an asset to the historical commission. >> Council questions, colleagues,
>> no questions for me. I've known uh, you know, Miss Rice a long, long time. I think she's going to be a great asset. Um, she does again come with a lot of good qualifications and experience and knowledge. Um, and I know, you know, she couldn't be here today. We could or could not take more time on it. I would be fine, you know, if we decided our
next meeting to keep this going and moving this one along. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, I also have known Mrs. Rice for a very long time. I think I was happy to see her on here. I think she's going to be a fantastic addition. This is right up her alley. It's it's great for the historical
commission. And um I also since she did provide the letter which is something that we you know we've said that we're going to require as a committee uh I am also um fine with moving us along to the next meeting as we normally would um as this position she wouldn't need to be
present because she was able to submit a letter. So I just wanted to put that out there as well. But I I support this um and like I said I was glad to see her on here. I think it's great. >> Awesome. Um I'm I'm right along with you guys. Um I I think when I see her name um I think
she was on the appointments last year for a different department. Is she on another committee? >> She may have been last year. I have to try. >> I think so cuz um I remember all the credentials and everything else. So um you know I'm definitely in support of
this. Um and then we'll just go ahead and item 117 58 measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Marcia White to the position of historical commission member for term expiring December 11th,
2028. Report for the mayor. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Marsha has had a I mean history is Marcia White uh that we have here being a former uh local history and genealogologist librarian at uh Levi Haywood Memorial Library. She
knows Gardner's history because she worked to catalog it uh catalog it over at uh the Levi Haywood Memorial Library. I think she's going to be a perfect addition to the historical commission uh and the work that they're doing over there. And again, I'm always happy when someone reaches out themselves looking for uh an appointment that they're
interested in because they did the research, found out there was an opening, and wanted to get involved. Um, I'm really happy to put forward her uh appointment here today, and I think she'd be a great addition to the commission. >> Thank you. Um, Miss White, would you like to introduce yourself?
>> I'm Marsha White and I currently live on Ryan Street, but I grew up in South Gardener. um among a large extended family of aunts, uncles, grandparents, great-grandparents, and a number of years ago, my husband
and I decided we'd cross the railroad tracks and build a house on Ryan Street. And so there we are. Um, several years ago, Alan Dingelli, who I've known for many years, approached me about attending meetings
of the historical commission because of my knowledge of the holdings of the library and my interest in research and such. And so I attended a meeting and have been coming ever since. um my interest at the library. I'm not a
trained librarian, but um I had been volunteering for a number of years and when they had an opening, they asked if I'd be interested in joining the staff, which I did. And so my interests really are in research and of the people, places, and
buildings of the city. interested in preservation but not at the expense of reasoning and reason and careful consideration. >> Council questions, council. Sure. >> Thank you. >> Very nice to meet you. Um what's great about this process is as was said
earlier, we always get to put names and bases together. Um so thank you for your interest. The letters were I think a great touch. Uh no particular questions from me. I think you have wonderful um you know skills and background. I think it'll be a great asset. Um, I had a feeling poor Alan Prom was twisting your
arm. So, I'm glad I was making it official after all this time. Apologies on >> He asked me a couple of times before I said, "All right." >> Well, thank you. Thank you. Good to have you. >> I enjoy it. >> Viscus.
>> I echo the counselor. It's so nice to meet you. I'm so glad to have you here um with us. It's nice of city councilors when we do have the appointments to have the appointees with us, you know, in the room from the mayor. I think it's important for us to do that. And uh really it was a thorough submission. So
I don't have any questions. I'm really thank you so much for your time and your service to join the historical commission even though you were attending the meetings as it is anyways. And I share the sentiments um of of the counselor um about Mr. describe Nelly because he is so passionate about it and
he wants a strong team and if he recruits you, you have to be somebody special. So um I really really appreciate that and um I I have nothing further and I'm going to be happy to support it. So thank you. >> Um thank you. Happy uh Women's History
Month today. Um I did say your name wrong at the very beginning. I apologize. I said it's >> I'm used to it. Um, but I just want to go ahead and go say thank you for, you know, being a
part of this. And, you know, I can't say anything more than what they said besides the fact that, you know, I want to thank you for being a volunteer, even if you twisted your arm, um, to volunteer um, Allan there. But, um, I appreciate you for coming through and
wanting to be a part of this. Um, you are a neighbor of mine. I'm one of over there online. Um, and yeah, if you ever need anything from us, just let us know. But that will definitely be in full support. >> Okay. It's my pleasure. I enjoy it.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Thank you. I will just let you know the um the clerk's office will be in touch. Thank you. >> Item 11759, a measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Otavio Canoe to
the position of historical commission member for term expiring December 11th, 2020. I did say that right. >> Close. How do you say the name? >> Kanu. >> Kanu. >> Yeah. >> Report for mayor.
>> Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I've made that mistake before, so I knew how to do that one. Um, Mr. Kanu, uh, you know, again, reached out himself proactively. Um, requesting appointment to the commission. Um, one of the things, you know, that struck me about him when he first came to me to talk
about this is that, uh, before he decided to write the letter or not, he went and sat in on several of the meetings on the historical commission. So, someone really did his research, if you will, we going a history pun not intended, uh to make sure he this was a good fit for him, and it was. He's got a strong passion for genealogy and local
history. I've had the pleasure to work with him outside of the historical realm. Uh when I was first elected mayor, I think he was uh one of the first constituents I had pleasure of interacting with, just talking about different things around the city, everything from the electric car charger here at city hall to different issues around the city uh and various different
streets and different projects and different things of that nature. He's someone who really does his homework and someone who really knows what's going on around the city. Someone who uh takes a proactive part in knowing about the community around him and is stepping up to serve that community around him. And I'm really happy to put him forward before you today.
>> Uh Mr. Kanu. >> Yeah. >> My name's Otavio Kanu. I um was born here in Gardener in 1949 and I have either lived in Gardener or paid or
own property since that time. So a long life uh inhabitant of of of the city. Um and I knew about this uh position talking with Alanelli
and that's what I did. I sat in on some meetings. I wanted to see if it was something that would be a fit for me. And um so now if all of us get positioned um they will finally have a full seven people member and so they
have a big project coming up. They'd like to redo the city of garden update the um the properties and stuff and um I would be part of that and I'd be happy to do that. And um I've had a lifelong
interest in the history of garden to seeing the changes that has that have come about from from when I can remember till present. And um I I really have taken a
a a hopeful attitude that I can be of some assistance to this commission. Thank you. Questions, council. >> Thank you. Thank you for your interest and thank you for being here today. Really appreciate it. Um, no questions
for me. It sounds again like you're bringing great perspective and knowledge. Um, being a lifelong gardenerite and doing your diligence and homework sounds like you'll be an asset to the commission. So, thank you again for your interest. Appreciate it. >> I hope so. >> Council consiscus.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, thank you also for being here today. It's nice to meet you in person. Um, like I always said before, we're so glad to have you here um during our process here. I would say um I love to know the background of people when they come in here and why
they're interested in how they got involved. Um and it's really exciting as you had said to get the historical commission up to the full, you know, seven members and we can only do that when people want to give their time and they their interest to us um in the city. So, I'm excited to see the project and and where it goes. And I'm I'm sure
that they're going to be happy to have you because again, more more hands- on deck and with a full crew, um, a lot more can get done. But I I have no questions either. I thought your submission was very thorough and, um, I appreciate you introducing yourself today. So, thank you.
>> Um, thank you. I can't, you know, I can't say more than what we just went ahead and said except for thank you for everything that you're going to bring to the table, everything that you're doing. I mean this is a unstipen position. So I mean your time just being willing to go
ahead and put your time into investing into the city and helping us get to you know a place that you're comfortable with and that you're happy with that you can say hey I was a part of that. Um that says a lot about you. So I just want to say thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Thank you. And again the um the clerk will be in touch uh for the next steps. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you. >> Resignations. Uh we do have a couple uh
to give you a heads up on resignations and retirements. Sergeant Russell St. Pierre from the Garden Police Department and Detective Rob Allard uh both retired uh from their work with the Garden Police Department. That's why you saw Sergeant uh Coats here before you today bumping up to that uh promotion for um
to fill that position. Uh thank you. And um I believe we talked at the previous meeting that detective um Anthony Webb, Tony Webb, uh is the specialty assignment to fill the detective position vacated by uh Detective Allard.
Uh we do have another open detective spot now that uh Sergeant Coats is bumping up to the sergeant's position. So, that's something that we will have a specialty assignment for. That's an assignment, not an appointment. Uh, but it's in a different bureau of the department. So, we do like to let you know about those when those uh transitions happen as well. Uh, Lisa
Arseno in the uh treasure collector's office uh is going to be retiring at the end of March. Uh she did give her notice already, so she's working through that. The position is posted, so we are going to be uh shortly hiring for that position as well. Uh city hall maintenance manager Phil HooL has also
submitted his resignation to the city. Uh that position is posted and I believe there's going to be interviews happening very shortly with that. Uh firefighter Angelopoulos uh is going to be uh transitioning to the Devons Fire Department. Uh so uh Director Morris and Chief Lgoy are working on that posting
as well. That is still a civil service position uh that has to be posted. MK who is our teen librarian at the Levi Haywood Memorial Library is also going to a different library system as well. Uh, so we're in the process of filling that position, working with um um
Marita, uh, no, director Clemens. I had to think of her last name for a second and blank for a sec. Um, to fill that position right there. There's a lot of programming that's been started in the teen librarian section. Uh, so making sure that we find someone with right energy to continue that uh, progression that was made there. Uh, Dewan, who was
the health department admin, uh, also left uh, but we've since filled that position. Uh so that is uh uh up and running there and we've also hired uh we um some u of you may remember a couple months ago uh we had a resignation from the part-time position uh for licensing
clerk that we were waiting to fill until we evaluated the needs of that licensing clerk if it needed to be full-time or part-time. Uh the part-time uh position has since been filled and the new employee um Betz has taken over uh as of last Monday. Uh so she's just finished
her first week in that position. Dalda Fischer, who is the clerk for the water and sewer department over at the DPW, uh has also given her resignation notice. She's moving uh to a different state. Uh so that position is also uh posted and in the process of being filled. And then Shawn Dame, who is our alternate
electrical inspector, uh has also decided to go back to the contracting side of things rather than the inspecting side of things. Uh that is an alternate inspector. Uh so that takes over when our uh full inspector Daryl Sweeney is not uh around to do that. So with that being a full-time alternate
right now while um Mr. Sweeney goes through uh you know everything he has to go through to get back to the job um he just said it was too much for him to do with the time commitment. So we have now since hired uh a new uh alternate electrical inspector who's carrying things on full-time right now as we um
move forward with those inspections. Um on the other side of things, we do have four additional police officers in the police academy that just started yesterday. Um so that's on top of the individuals you saw here today. So that's planning for some of the res uh retirements that we knew were coming up. Uh making sure that we can uh fill all
the positions in a timely manner because of the way that the police academy works. Uh they'll graduate the academy in September. um by the time they're done their field training, we're probably looking at a November uh time that they'd be before you October, November before they'd uh be before you here. But just so you know that they are
uh beginning that process right now uh in the police academy for our department. Uh we've had a couple other uh hires along the way. Uh we do have a new assistant veterans director who's begun her probationary period here with the city. Um while um Nikki Lavolet who
is our veterans director uh for the department is on maternity leave um she is currently in Lemonster shadowing our former director and Lemonster's director Cory Hasselman so that they can learn the job there. So she's doing gardener's cases just in Lemonster so she has a VSO that she can ask the questions to and
shadow and see how the processes go uh to be able to learn the position. Uh so she will be here before you after her 90-day probationary period has expired. Uh because that is an appointed position uh the director and the assistant in that department. Uh so it's been uh a busy personnel season for us here in
late February and uh early March. Uh and we're uh keeping it going as best as we can. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> That's a lot to remember. >> I've got my notes. Uh discussion on appointees. Um item
11654 measure confirming the mayor's appointment of Duncan Burns to the position of conservation commission member for term expiring August 21st, 2028. So um this item right here was the item for um was missing a signature and
this is why it's back in front of us which that has been rectified. >> Um >> and that's you know That's it. Um, is there >> I make a motion that we recommend confirmation of the um appointment full council.
>> Second. >> All right. Um, sorry. Motion made by councelor Kazinsquez to make a motion to recommend to the full council seconded by council Hegelin. Um, is there any discussion?
>> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. All those against say no. Motion pass. Appointies confirm appointees confirmed in council. So this right here is a new item um on the agenda. This item right
here will be there for the appointees that we've recommended to the full council. They've come in um they've gotten they've gotten the um they've gotten the uh I'm thinking of
the right word to go ahead and say it. >> So they've been confirmed. >> Yes, they've been confirmed. >> Um and but they just haven't gotten to go ahead and take the oath. Um with that being said, since the last meeting, um so we have two people on this right here. You have Greg Dumis, Conservation
Commission, David Orwick, Conservation Commission. Um David Orwick has stepped into the office, has had the um oath administered. >> So what we'll do on this right here is we will keep this
item on until So this would be a reminder. So with every meeting, we will bring these names up until they're administered. So right now, we only have the one so that we don't fall behind um and making sure that no one hasn't. So, if
the clerk may if you can reach out to Greg Dumis to go ahead and let him know that he still needs to get the um oath administered. >> Well done. >> Um is there any discussion on this? >> So, David Orwick would move down to appointee oath administered for our next meeting. >> Correct.
>> And Greg Duma stays there and then Jim Bido is off because we've already acknowledged he's been administered at this meeting. Correct. >> Correct. >> Okay. Not to move ahead jump ahead but just to make sure I understand. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, um, so in in my file for appointments, I have the first step
where they go ahead and they um they're in there for to be in front of us. The second step is for us to go ahead and hopefully or we go ahead and vote and put it to the full council um in which
if confirmed it'll be here and then the third step will be on what we're about to go ahead and go to. So we will keep the second step with the um appointees confirm the council for everyone until they get confirmed. >> So it'll be a reminder for us to go ahead and make sure that they get
confirmed. Um any more discussion? >> I like the slot. I think the format's great. I hope it's working for the clerk's office, but this is nice and clear and I think it has a lot of closing the loop and accountability. So I think it's great. >> Awesome. There there there is going to
be one thing that I'm going to ask if we go back to a discussion with appointees after all our literature over there is probably in parenthesis say what meeting that we had them in. That's usually it. You know what I mean? Like >> just as a reminder, but that's that's the only
>> that's just me. So it's >> easier for me to say what meeting it was at. Other than that, that's it. Um >> just to be clear, there's no vote. This right here is just information. Correct. >> All right. App appointee of administered
um Jim Below. He was at the last meeting the meeting before the last um full city council meeting in which he um he was sworn in. So the um oath has been administered. Um is there any discussion on that?
>> Communications. Um item 11797, a measure the a measure approving the job description change for the city's human resources director. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Uh this item relates to the following item as well. Uh, one of the questions that I
constantly get asked and have been asked and have been come up in the budget hearings that I've been here as mayor too is uh why the uh operations of the Greenwood Memorial outdoor pool fell under the provisions of the human resources director. That was a decision that was made by the previous administration. Um, this these two items
that you have before you removes those job duties from the uh job description of the human resources director and puts those job duties in the position of the youth center director. uh that came uh through discussions with both positions actually independently in of each other
um with director Moore saying that she'd like to focus more on the human resources side of things and while it's certainly manageable for her to do it just is something that was outside of what the regular HR director duties would be and in independent conversations with uh Mr. Huey, who oversees our youth center, saying that
he was looking to get a more active uh involvement in the city, uh mainly because the youth center is open during the school year, but he wanted to continue something during the summertime as well. Uh so that's uh how he wanted to stay active and involved in the community during the summertime. So since it came up independently in conversations without the two of them
together, we brought the group together uh had the conversation and uh found out that it was a real uh actually manageable uh step to take for these positions uh transition to have for those. Uh so that's why this is before you because since the when we changed the administrative section of the city
code, we added a new provision that said any changes to job descriptions uh must be uh approved by the city council. Prior to that, the ordinance code was actually silent on job descriptions. Uh there were some department heads that had their job descriptions codified. Um
and most other department heads that had nothing codified in ordinance but were just uh basically done on an executive function level between the mayor and the human resources director without any other um conversation with uh the council or any other public input or anything like that that was done. Uh by
adding that position to the uh provision to the ordinance code. Uh the goal was set to make it so that there was a more public process of understanding that this is what this job is actually doing for the city and making it so that um honestly the first step counselors weren't confused when they had a budget
hearing with a employee and said oh we're doing this now too and they didn't know that that was added to the duties of that job because it was all done on the executive level. Um, and also it didn't make sense that we had the majority of, you know, people who weren't, uh, department heads in
particular that weren't codified in ordinance, except for like five or six of them that were, and then the conservation agent was the only non-EP department head who had their job description codified in ordinance, and none of the other non-EP department head positions had them. So, by putting this uh, provision in the ordinance code, it
cleaned up the code itself. It made it a lot more easier to follow in terms of this is what the department oversees rather than this is what this position does within that department but also uh added that extra step of oversight into the job duties of those positions. So that's why that was done and that's why
we're here before you today with these two positions. >> Um any questions discussion? >> I I do too. So go ahead. I was just going to say, so on this item, I'm I'm hoping and assuming we're going to keep it at least one more meeting per our two
meeting rule. Um, it sounds like the HR director was involved. She was content and happy with the >> Yeah, she's the one who prepared the two job descriptions. >> Okay, thank you. That's good to know. That's it for me at the moment. >> Okay. I I also wanted to keep this on for a couple just um because I did have a couple of changes. So, Norah on item
1797 um and it does really go along with 1798. I have a couple I have a couple of small things that I think should be changed about the youth center services description. Um and I think that if we keep this on they can get changed and
then it can get resubmitted um if everyone agrees with me um for the next meeting that way we'll have like we'll have a more complete set of them and then when that goes to the council the council gets our like complete vetted ones. Okay. Um meet ones meaning the
descriptions. Um so that was the first thing. So, I'll wait till we get to the next item to go over the changes there. I had none for the HR piece of it. My only question is um because we're talking about the HR one right now and things were taken away. So, with something taken out of the job
description and it going to another job description, is there is there other compensation for these services? Like because they're getting more duties? Like I I just want to be really clear on that because I think that's that's just where my head went with it. And also the HR is getting something taken off of
their plate as well. So if that was being paid in that department, is that now paid to this other department or like how is that going to work compensation wise? Is it related even? >> Yeah. Um it's not related to these here. We there was no change in compensation that was planned for either position. Um talking to the HR director, this was
probably 5 to 10% of the time that she was spending on that and the rest of it was for HR work. Um so there wasn't anything planned because if you look at the market for uh both what the salary study that was done by the independent group that the city hired uh was done the uh position was on par with what
area uh human resources directors were already making to make sure that the job was uh where it should be. And so when we followed that when we created the compensation ordinance that was recently adopted by the city council through the ad hoc committee that was done uh it stayed uh in that pay range that was there. So that's why there wasn't
anything planned uh for the human resources director position. Additionally, on the youth center director's job where it's still in its first year, um we had planned for a full year salary, even though knowing that they were work because we planned for adding something for the summer, we just were still trying to figure out what
that something for the summer was. Um so that's why there is no change in compensation planned here uh as part of these changes. Uh but happy to you know, did I answer your question? I just wanted it to be >> transparent for the public watching for us to be sure we understand because once
it goes to the council just anticipate any questions that might be asked because when there is some type of a change and if it if it was built in kind of the way it was built in we just I just wanted to have that information out there because I think the explanation is important. Um also as we review probably other job descriptions going down the
road is that seems it's like something that um has been brought up and that we want to do. Obviously it would start with this committee. I just think it's a of course it's a fair question but I just think it's it's fair to say well the expectation can be different depending on what the positions are and clearly with the youth services position like you said when we'd created that
position it was it is brand new and there was this kind of summer gap where there's clearly going to be planning for the school year but also more more can be taken on kind of this literally fit that season. >> Um and just as another note I've always thought it was weird that this fell into the HR department like it just made it
just it just doesn't make sense. I I do understand that the previous administration needed to put it somewhere so that it had life. Um and because a lot had actually changed with the pool at the time in the way that it was managed and and run. Um so that that makes sense to me then, but now things
are different. So it it doesn't to me it just doesn't make sense anymore that it doesn't really fall um under that area. And HR had a little bit of restructuring in their department too. Um >> and because now we have this youth services position, there's the other change. So I'm I'm glad to see it. Um,
and yes, it did answer my question. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um, so I actually had a couple questions as far as it goes. And one thing is is the way that the two departments are and I know it's kind
of a take from here and you put it over here, but is was it was everything like vetted through from that like what was in the um I guess you can say in the pool, right?
>> Was it all looked through updated or was it just taken from here and just put over here? kind of the copy and paste type of um the reason why I as it just I personally just feel like I need more time to look through it. Um obviously
we're going to give more time anyways. Um >> but you know that's just the one thing that I had to say about that. The other thing I >> I think we might have to reook into even if we're going to do obviously we're looking into job description
changes. I think we might have to look into changing the name of that position. Um, considering the fact that, you know, like we're adding stuff in it. I know it's youth center director, but you said use what did you you just used the word?
>> I probably said services. >> Yeah. And but this is actually a good name that I think that could be, you know, so I'm just I'm just >> speaking out loud as far as it can go because >> I I personally don't know exactly what department the pool should go in. Um, I
do understand why it would be there, but I think that we might have to look into the name of the position itself, um, going forward because >> if if we ended up losing our director that we have and that position went out
for hire, right? >> Mhm. >> Some people from the outside are looking like, "What do you mean I got to control the pool?" um and things as such like I'm I'm trying to you know I'm trying to be a youth center. I want to be you know
one here but now I have this position over here as well. So it's just a thought that that's something that I I I think that we might have to go ahead and possibly look at. I mean I could be wrong but I'm just looking at the long haul on you know I'm pretty sure this individual that's in that position now
can go ahead and handle it. Um but we're we're making the changes for the position and not the person. And that's how I'm that's just what I'm >> Yeah. Um just to to comment on that, uh
the position titles that a person has and gets paid for have to be coded to match what is in the ordinance itself for the compensation ordinance. So, if a title does change in a job description, it does have to then be changed in ordinance to otherwise we don't have a legal avenue with which to pay that person per our auditing requirements that we have. And I know that's for the
next position. Uh not so much the human resources director for that one, but just so you know that that's why that's still in here. Um because it's a question that did come up uh for that position as well because it's not just youthaged people who use the swimming pool, it's a community pool. So, it's one of those things that I do understand
the basis for the statement just so the reason why that wasn't changed. um is because of that reason. Director Morris did go through both sets of job descriptions and make sure that they match the actual duties that were involved with the pool. In fact, there were a lot of stuff in the human resources director's job description
that she was like, "That's that's really not an accurate description of what I do." Um it can be worded better. The the wording was maybe there, but it was confusing as to what it meant. So, she tried to clean that up in her uh job description as well, too. So, it really was a thorough look through, not just a quick copy paste job to make sure that
it was just from one to the other. Emma, if you'd like to for the human resources director's description, I'm also happy to provide you the former one too, so you can compare if that would be helpful as well. >> I would I request that. I just again just for transparency purpose, I think that we should we should do that. >> Yep.
>> So for the next meeting, we would have that in our packet. >> Yep. >> Yeah. >> Um so with the communications, do we need a motion on these? >> Since I know we're just going to keep So just going to keep both of them on. >> Yep. We still need to just do the next
talk. you have to formally the next one because I do have some changes to that one. >> All right. So 11797 um and to be clear, my my comments wasn't even actually for 11797. It was actually for 11798, which we're going to get to. Um but um 11797. We're going to
go ahead and we'll keep this on file. I mean um keep this on the agenda if there's no. All right. Item 11798. Um a measure approving the job description change for the city's youth center director. Um I I pretty much explained this in the
previous one. Um, I will say that this was one of the last positions that we had before the administrative ordinance took effect. Um, so this was one of those that the job description I think this is the first uh it was included uh when the position was created to be added to the ordinance um in the packet
when that position was added um and the youth center opened. Uh but I think uh this is a reformatted version that the HR director and Mr. we went through. Um, and I'm happy to hear whatever suggestions are here on this one because
again, this is a it's a trial year is what we said for for near the initial year of the youth center. I know that uh the director is appearing before the public welfare committee on Thursday to give the update on how things are going. Um, and this is exactly, you know, if there are any changes, the purpose of
having this trial year of seeing what works, what doesn't, what should be add, and what shouldn't be. So, happy to hear that. Thank you. Is there a motion? >> So, I have a a general question first and then I it sounds like there might be some changes that I think I had similar thoughts on. Um I know that sound there
was a great conversation between the three of you. Is there going to be further training and transitioning taking place as we get into the pool season? >> Yes. Yeah. Yeah. This is this is something that the two of them have already talked about like going through everything about this is when you know you have to start talking about passes
and when the um pool should be getting ready for opening and if there's any maintenance work that needs to be done and how the filter works and interactions with um Jess the head lifeguard whose last name is escaping me at the moment. um to make sure that the lifeguards are hired the right way and how many lifeguards are they going to
need and are they can they you know reach back out to the former lifeguards to see if they're willing to come back this year especially now that we have the new compensation schedule for the lifeguard pays there. So going through all of that process is something we do plan on having on a regular basis. Uh we normally begin those conversations when
college spring break happens because a lot of our lifeguards are high school and college students. Uh so that's when we first start to have preliminary uh conversations. So, I guess within the next week, week or two, um, initial conversations we'll be having in the event that this does get passed by the council. That way, we're not behind the eightball and still being able to move
forward. Uh, but the two positions would still be working together to make sure that the right processes are followed. >> Thank you so much. Um, I'll turn it over for >> Okay. Thank you, counselor. Um so just within the job description itself um I
will give this to you if you can want to give it to the um human resources director but it was just on the first page under the position purpose it said that um it serves students in grades 6 through 12. It is 7 through 12. Um and
it's also um the um so also in that actually same no I didn't see it before I guess it could be changed it says and daily operations of the city's youth center um well we can
leave that there I guess but but my next change was the next part under supervision it says performs a a variety of very responsible functions requiring the exercise of jud judgment. I'm like, what does very responsible functions mean? >> If that could just be like changed and I
I would leave it at the >> director's discretion. That just is just a funny thing to me. It doesn't I don't know what that means. >> Yeah. Um and I I'm sure that it was just a, >> you know, a quick miss or whatever, but um I I leave it up to her discretion. I'm sure she'll change it to something
that is more defined. Um, and then under I printed this out, so this is the second page, but it's under essential functions. The very first bullet, it says oversees the daily operations of the Gardener Youth Center. It's Gardener Community Youth Center. And I just think
that um it's important to have the correct name in there just for obvious reasons, but also I don't mind down the road where it's just referred to as youth center or whatever, but um that name's important. So, I just wanted to get that changed. Um, I'd asked you about the compensation piece, so I
crossed that on here, so I'm good with that. And then, um, that was it. So, just a few small things. Um, but they're big things cuz they're important. And I don't I don't know if anyone else has had any objection to that, but that's
>> um that's my um And you have a copy of that, so you're okay. So, I'm just going to keep this I can't remember what I said. >> Yeah. Um I think I I guess I suppose I could make a motion if there's one more discussion. >> No, I had I'm glad you caught those. I
had similar um edits as well. So I'm glad you caught some of those too. Similar though to our chair as well. Um I tried to look at this as if I was applying for this for the first time and how would I approach that? And I found it a little jarring as well that title, purpose, environment.
um there's really nothing on that first page about the pool and then all of a sudden you get to the bottom of the list and it pool. >> Um so I think for me to be ready to support this I would want to see and I know that's good to know about the the code you know change and change but I
for me that's something I would happily explore um and release more language and the the front page there to give some more and heads up that that's coming. Um, and then on that in the same description, I didn't notice, but I could be wrong,
anything about hiring and scheduling lifeguards and staff and hours, which I does that fall to this? >> So, the schedule scheduling still falls to the head lifeguard. That's in the head lifeguard's position. >> Um, the all hiring processes go through
the human resources department. Um, and there was a conversation is that, you know, the hiring process is done through HR, but overseen by the person overseeing the pool right there. So, how to best word that in there, too. I'm sure there's some language we can put in to clarify that, and I'd be happy to
look into that and bring that to the HR director as well. >> Thank you. >> Um, >> I think it comes from, and I'll interrupt the counselor, um, but I think it does come from if you're looking at the position so the person is 100% clear on what they're getting into as >> um, so I think you know, I'm just it
just informs them. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So, um the edits that were that were noticed were some of the things on why I made the comment that I made earlier as far as like the swap and everything else. I
just jumped ahead of myself between the two items, but um that's all I got to go ahead and go say. You had a motion. >> Uh you know what? I don't think we need to. So, we're all I think I don't think we need to make a motion. I would say we're all in agreeance that there's a few changes that need to be made. the mayor has them, you will distribute them
to the HR director and so before um well our next meeting is tomorrow so it couldn't really happen but um like it wouldn't necessarily be in the packet but if you could if we could get >> maybe updated printed items before then I mean we can keep this on longer than that too. It doesn't need to be
>> Yeah. >> Is is there any urgency to have these changed sooner than later? >> Uh no I mean just the pool season coming up but I don't think so other than that. >> Okay. Um, >> so if we could have till the end of March because we'd have another meeting in March if that would be okay too. Um, but I don't think we need a motion just
because >> we're keeping it on the calendar. Yeah. But that's kind of the discussion for now. That's like the request of of the committee, I would say. >> Um, I can certainly bring it to the HR director first thing in the morning, too. If she can get it done, I'm happy to have them leave printed copies and but I'm sure that it's also good to take
a moment to read what those changes would be before it's moved forward, too. Um, I did inform the chair that I wouldn't be at I'm not able to make it to tomorrow's meeting too. Uh, so if there is a way that she can get it done, I'll certainly leave them on the the desk for you. Um, but if not, you'll have them for certain
>> for whenever the next subsequent meeting is. >> Okay. If that's if that's >> I understand like totally. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> Makes sense. >> We can just keep it on the calendar. And um for clarity, I did um I did schedule a meeting going out two weeks
from this week. So I I think it's the 24th and uh the second if I remember right off the top of my head. Um it actually be on tomorrow's agenda. Actually, it's probably online. It already has a date um on tomorrow's agenda. It has under the um upcoming
meetings tab. All right. Um so with that being said, we'll just go ahead and keep that on the agenda. All right. discussion on appointments committee rules. Um, this right here we resubmitted. Um, it should be in the pack. It was just updated on changes that we already agreed to, you know,
last time um at the last meeting. So, um, that's really it. There's I don't know if there's any discussion on that right there. I just wanted to go ahead and give a little bit of a heads up. Did you have any discussion on >> It looked good to me. I thought all the amendments were were reflected in there
and I didn't have any other further I have no other further changes to the rules are are suggestions for the rules right now. I think they're very clear and um like I said the as far as I can tell the updated um the updated document is correct what we said. So that's what
I have >> agreed. I think it looks great. I think it reflects everything we wanted to change. So, just in light of what my previous motion was, I'll move to fully accept the rules as amended. >> Second. >> All right. Um, motion made by councelor
Hegel to go ahead and accept the rules as amended. >> Seconded by councelor Kazinskus. All those in favor say I. I. >> All those against say no. >> Motion pass. >> And I did like how it was now bigger font and it's on two pages, but it looks
very nice. So, thank you. Um, all right. Discussion on the current status of appointments. Um, so did you have any questions? >> Uh, sure. I can say that my office is pulling together all of the current or the Yeah, current I guess is the correct term for it. Uh, expiration dates for
every one of the appointees. Uh, just going through the old binders and finding the former uh, expiration date to make sure they're all accurate and everything like that. and then working uh to get the different columns that we talked about at our last meeting uh in terms of you know oath given uh notified all that other stuff too. So we're in the process of getting that done and I
think we'll have that ready not for tomorrow's meeting but for the subsequent meeting after that for sure. >> So it's like so you're just like updating the whole thing so when we go in it's kind of what we talked about previous meetings what we're looking for so like all the stuff is correct and y >> great awesome I think that's progress. >> Um my other question would be to if I
can Mr. care >> um on the >> status of appointments and I know this is a process for for you that we've talked about with through the rules but um if there was any like appointments that were submitted previously that we
didn't take up because it was too soon I would want a new like if if they're coming down the pipeline I would want like a new sheet of them like if I'm not saying the ones you've submitted cuz I know you did like 40 of them at once it's not that um but it's um that are
all within the the time. But if there was any like at the end of last year or anything like that that we got that we was too soon for us to get them. I would want because there's been so much time that's passed. I would assume if you're putting that person up, their performance may have changed or you know
whatever. So, I would want I would request to have a new um a new um sheet for them and not whatever the previous one was that we had received. >> Yeah. >> Um because I I just don't think that's cuz you're putting them up, you would be
putting up now close to their appointment, not then whenever you know what I'm saying, like in the fall or last whatever it was where it was way too soon. You would be putting up them close to their appointment. So, I would want updated information on their appointment. Okay. >> So, to be clear, um an updated
certificate. >> That's what I was Yeah, I was just >> Yeah. So, you could do that, but also the um >> it's the form also the form too. Like we we had just re we just kind of been using the form at the time, I think it was. And I think there's a couple that we didn't entertain because it was like
they were so far out or something. Um if they come up, I wanted I'd want a new form with them now because it's been months later and their performance could have changed, could have gotten better, could have whatever. But if they come up again, I don't want use I wouldn't want the previous form with the previous information from months ago. You know
what I'm saying? Um I think you would file a new certificate though anyway. >> I'd have to check just on that one to see what just how the certificate rules go because I know those are already given like item numbers, all that other stuff with it. It's considered a legal filing. So I just want to just double check with what that
>> procedure looks like. Yeah. >> Um I don't know if >> that's something we could do. Um, but I certainly have unless it's formally withdrawn. Um, right. >> But I just I'd have to look at what the process is. >> And I'm not trying to like this is not to make you redo a bunch of work or none of that. It's just like just anything
that I think there may have only been one or two of them quite honestly. But if there's any that think that was submitted before and then withdrawn or we just never took up, I think it would be fair to say that we need um a new certificate and we need a new um form submission form for that person. Um and
not if it's in the queue not to just take what was there because it was from months ago. >> Um but I don't think there's a lot of those that exist. >> I don't I don't I don't think that's a thing. >> Yeah, I have to I I have to check to see. I I know there's still several pending from when I that I submitted in the August time frame.
>> Yeah. Um, I want to say that there were 20 or so that were there submitted in that August time frame, but I I'll go. >> You submitted those recently though was what I'm saying, right? Or was it then that they were submitted in August? >> Yes. >> Okay. I I just I don't
>> The write up forms were for most of them were recent, but the certificates were filed in August. >> Yeah, the certificates. I I don't have a concern about the certificates that those were done because there's it just so that the date is reflected correctly. And I wish I could be clear on this cuz I don't have an example, but like the
idea is that I I want I think it's important that this it's clear when they're whatever dates are on the certificates makes sense, which I think that they probably would because it's going to be from the date of their reappoint. Do you know what I'm saying? Like it's not going to be like you file it back then and their
appointment starts back then, right? >> So that that that's the part that I would have to check. Okay. Because the right now, like we said before, the certificates, the new expiration date is from the date of filing, >> right? >> So, if they're filed right now, then it would be a retroactive start to when they were filed.
>> Okay. >> So, that that's that's part of the whole legal thing that I'd have to just take a look into. >> Okay. >> Um cuz like I said at the last meeting, absent an ordinance saying that a reappoint begins when the next the previous appointment expires. Right now, it goes from the date of filing. >> So, since those are filed, that's what I
would just have to check. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Okay. I mean, I I would be fine if for when from I don't want to make this confusing because this was not this was not meant to be this way. Um I just want it to be organized and correct is really what the goal is. So if I work from that, I can
say that if you filed them back and we're catching up on things, um I would I I guess I would say that's fine as long as their expiration date was like then like I but I don't think we're catching up on anybody now is what I'm trying to say. Yeah, I I have to I can
certainly check. >> Okay, Brad. >> And Jo, said it just sounds like you want the dates to be as accurate as possible and the writeups to reflect recent performance. >> Yes. >> Exactly. That's exactly what it is. It's it's that is exactly what I was saying. Does that that I hope that makes sense cuz nothing I just said made up. >> Okay.
>> Um but that was really I was really was less focused on the certificates honestly. It was more on the forms. I think the forms needs to reflect their most recent performance because things could have changed since then and I don't think it's fair to >> say months old or paid employee something. >> Yeah. And have them sitting in front of us when maybe things could have happened
since then or or whatever. And also obviously I assume anything in there you're still willing to put up the person. Um but I would want that double checked anyways cuz I wouldn't want the chair then to be in a place where we assume something someone ends up on an agenda and then we're like uh oh this wasn't supposed to be this way.
>> And I only thought of this just um looking through this agenda going like, "Okay, moving forward, what are we doing?" And then reviewing the rules again. So, that is accurate. Thank you for the interpretation of my own. >> The the write up pages and the appointment intake forms um are certain
those are easy to update anytime. >> The certificates themselves, that's just the legal filing that I just don't know the process of updating the certificates themselves. And that that that's that's the only >> if the certificates are that's fine. Like whatever because that is that is a set process, right? Like that's what that's supposed to be. That's totally okay. I wouldn't expect there to I
personally wouldn't expect there to be any hoops to jump through >> because we need to entertain them and that's what we need to do at this point. Like you've already filed them. So I'm I would be okay with that. But just double check to have it cuz we don't want to run anything down. So might as well have the information. >> Yep. >> Well, so um so for an example the um
zoning board of appeals, we had their members that were up, right? Their certificates were August dates. We just got them in just now. So, I mean, we brought them up and everything else. So, the certificates would have to keep that date, the work is fixing everything
going forward, right? As far as like with the new process as far as when you file their paperwork and everything else, it should be closer >> for anyone who's a new appointee who's not already submitted. But for the 430 or so that have already been submitted
between August and now, those would have to have whatever date they were filed in August, unless there's a different process. But that's the filing date per the state law that would have to be the through X number of years from that date because that was the filing date and we don't have that ordinance provision that
would say otherwise. >> That's where appointment the new appointment begins like August if it was August 30th of 2025, it's going to be August 30th of 2028. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Okay. for the three-year appointment, which they typically are. >> Yeah. So, also, >> and I'm I'm okay with that. I'm not disputing any of that.
>> Yeah. Yeah. That's what we um that's why I brought up the um the CDA, cuz that's what we did. >> Yeah. No, that's good. Thank you for doing that. That makes that made this make more sense. >> And um as far as um the current status of appointments, I know that there was a comment made of
expired appointments. Those are um do I have all of the expired appointments that Oh, no. Let me rephrase this. Not expired appointments. They didn't get their oath. >> Yeah, most of those that are still pending a grandfathered from that. >> Yes.
>> Um but we can certainly add that as the a column on the sheet that we're updating them to. >> Okay. All right. because I just know that there was again you alluded to it at the >> because there are appointees besides these two that have been confirmed just not at the last meeting. >> Yeah.
>> Um that are still pending their oath. These are the people who have confirmed since the last meeting. >> Um >> Lefon and Hanks and No. Um Wida. >> Weda. Yes. >> Yeah. Weda. Yep. Okay. >> All right. So yeah, that's I just wanted
to know if any of those need to and maybe we can go ahead and get in touch with them to have them >> now. Maybe I guess we should get them in. >> I know they've all recently been reached out to saying come in and get your oath by, you know, by a certain date to make sure that they're all up there. We're also using this to make sure they all have all of their paperwork and from HR
for the paid positions. >> Um, so it's it's been a good tool to help us update those records as well, too. and with the HR director to be on the shared spreadsheet as well. She can see all that information that's there too. Um, so it's really helped clean up a bunch of stuff too.
>> Awesome. M I had the same question I was going to ask about that as well like what the status of that group was missed the 90day period to get their oath in. So it sounds like there's some grandfathered. >> Yeah. >> Are there going are there any that aren't? >> That we're checking now. >> Still checking cuz my concern is that those people will have to go through the
process again. Yeah. >> And then if we know if they're serving on any committees, I just hopefully they're not in a decision-m capacity without having taken their oath because that obviously problematic. Um so do you know when we might know who needs to be
reappointed if >> I mean I know we have the full list of everyone whose oath is pending. um it's just matching that up with the dates of their votes. And that's part of just going through and finding the former expiration dates for finding the um the current dates and you know figuring out
if there's a change between when a a reappoint may be filed and someone may be out of date. All those other things there too are um it's it's a full look on not just that specific date but the full picture with it too and it just >> hopefully soon. Um thank you just going
through the process. appreciate any more discussion. All right. Um so as far as the uh discussion of current status of appointments, we'll just go ahead. We'll keep that on the agenda. Um if there's any objection
upcoming meetings tomorrow, March 10th, 2026. Um, other than that, I'd like to entertain a motion to adjourn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion made by councelor Hegman, seconded by councelor
Kazinskus to adjourn. All those in favor say I. I. >> I. All those against say no. >> Motion pass. We stand.