##VIDEO ID:9dt_9u3ePOY## >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WELCOME TO  THIS ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL  MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION FOR JANUARY 8TH,  2025.  I'M KENNEDALER FROM THE  CITY CLERS OFFICE CAN IT'S MY  PRIVILEGE TO CONVENE THIS ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL OANIZATION OF  THE BOARD ESTIMATE AND TAXATION  BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING I  WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY  REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS STAFF  AND PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETING  ARE BROADCAST LIVE FOR BROADER  PARTICIPATION.  THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE  ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY, THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF  THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR  THE BROADCAST.  WE ASK ALL  SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED  AND THE CLARITY OF THEIR  COMPENSATES.      I WILL NOW CALL THIS  MEETING TO ORDER AND ASK THE  CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO THAT  WE MAY VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A  QUORUM.   (ROLL CALL.)  >> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS TOTAL. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT  WE DO HAVE A QUOM.  THANK YOU, IT'S MY FIRST DAY.  LET THE  RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A  QUORUM.  WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO  OUR AGENDA.  A COPY OF WHICH WAS POSTED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO TH  CITY'S LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION  MANAGEMENT SYSTEMVAILABLE AT  MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV.  THE FIRST  ITEM BOARD MEMBERS, IS THE  ADOPTION OF TODAY'S AGENDA.  I  WILL NOTE THAT ON THE PRINTED  AGENDA IT INCLUDES ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES BUT WE DO NOT ACCEPT  MINUTES AT ORGANIZATIONAL  MEETINGS SO, SO IF I COULD HAVE  A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA  WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE  ACCEPTANCE OF MINUS.   >> SO MOVED.   >> THAT MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.      ANY DISCUSSION?   SEEING  NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.   >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.  THE  AYES HAVE IT AND THE AGENDA IS  ADOPTED.      NEXT WE WILL PROCEED TO THE ELECTION PORTION O OUR AGENDA.  ITEM 3 REFERENCES THE PARK BOARD AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING ON  JANUARY 2ND.  THE PARK BOARD HAS REAPPOINTED CAME THE KATHERINE  TO THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE TAX  BETI SO WELCOME BACK  COMMISSIONER ABENE.   >> THE NEXT IS THE BODY  ELECTION OFFICERS AS SET FORTH  SECTION 3.2 OF THE BOARD OF  ESTIMATE AND TAXATION BYLAWS IN  TERMS OF PROCEDURE I INTEND TO  ADMINISTER THE ELECTION FOR BOTH PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND WE WILL FOLLOW THE SAME  PROCEDURE FOR BOTH OFFICES SO  THE PROCEDURE WILL BE AS  FOLLOWS.  FIRST I WILL OPEN THE  FLOOR FOR ANY NOMINATIONS.   AFTER ALL NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN  MADE THE NOMINATING PERIOD WILL  BE CLOSED ONCE THE NOMINATION  PERIOD IS CLOSED, NO FURER  NOMINATION ITS WILL BE ACCEPTED. AFTER THE NOMINATIONS PERIOD IS  CLOSED WE WILL PROCEED TAKE THE  VOTE.  IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE  CANDIDATES WE'LL TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON EACH NOMINEE AND ACT ON  EACH IN THE ORDER THEY WERE  RECEIVED.      IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE  NOMINATIONS WE WILL DO A VOTE BY ROLL CALL AS WELL BUT IF THERE'S JUST ONE NOMINEE, WE'LL JUST DO  THAT ON A SIMPLE VOICE VOTE.   UNLESS ANY MEMBERS OBJECT TO  THAT.      ONCE THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED I  WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO  THE PRESIDENT TO PRESIDE OVER  THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA.      ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS  ABOUT THAT PROCESS?   GREAT.      SEEING NONE, WE WILL  PROCEED TO THE ELECTION FIRST OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF  ESTIMATE AND TAXATION.  THE  FLOOR IS NOW OPEN TO  NOMINATIONS.  ARE THERE ANY  NOMINATIONS?   IS IT  COMMISSIONER ABENE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE  STEVE BRANDT ON THE -- >> SECOND.   >> FANTASTIC, COMMISSIONER ANE HAVE VOICE VOTED -- ANY FURTHER  NOMINATIONS, SEEING NONE, THE  NOMINATING PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. BEFORE WE -- BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE, I WILL JUST  DOUBLE-CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S  ANY GENERAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.   SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR  OF APPOINTING STEVE BRANDT AS  RESTAURANT OF THE BOARD OF  ESTIMATE AND TAXATION SAY AYE.   >> AYE.   >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.  THAT  MOTION CARRIES, AND COMMISSIONER BRANT HAS BEE ELECTED  PRESIDENT.      I WILL NOW PROCEED TO THE  ROLE OF VICE PRIDENT.  ARE  THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE  ROLE OF VICE PRESIDENT?    COMMISSIONER PAYNE? >> I MOVE TO NOMINATE  SAMANTHA PREE-STINSON FOR VICE  PRESIDENT.   >> SECOND.   >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PAYNE HAS NOMINATED PREE-STINSON FOR  VICE PRESIDENT.  ARE THERE ANY  FURTHER NOMINATIONS?   ANY  FURTHER NOMINATIONS?   SEEING  PHENOMENON, I WILL CLOSE THE  PERIOD FOR NOMINATIONS FOR VICE  PRESIDENT AND OPEN THE FLOOR TO  ANY GENERAL DISCUSSION.  SEEING  SAMANTHA PREE-STINSON AS VICE  PRESIDENT, PLEASE SAY AYE.    AWK.   >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.  THAT  MOTION CARRS, AND COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON HAS BEEN ELECTED  VICE PRESIDENT.      WITH THAT PRESIDENT BRANT,  I WILL TURN THE CHAIR OVER TO  YOU.   >> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU TO  BOARD MEMBERS.      ITEM 5 ON OUR AGENDA IS THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE BYLAWS.   DOES ANYONE HAVE A EN DISCUSSION OR WANT TO PROPOSE ANY CHANGES  TO OUR BYLAWS?   OKAY.       I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON  D HAVE A CHANGE THAT SHE WAS  INTERESTED IN.  ICAME TO ME  RELATIVELY LATE AND ITASN'T IN WRITING AND I'M NOT CONFIDENT  THAT I WOULD FULLY UNDERSTAN IT OR EVEN -- THAT I SUPPORT IT,  BUT I JUST WANTED T EVERYBODY  IS THAT NOTICE, THE BYLAWS  PROVIDE THAT WE MAY AMEND THE  BYLAWS AT ANY MEETING WITH  PROPER NOTICE AND THE ADVANCED  PUBLICATION OF THE PROPOSED  BYLAW CHANGE SO THAT OPTION WILL BE AVAILABLE TOOMMISSIONER  PREE-STINSON AND, OF COURSE, IT  WOULD TAKE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE.      SO WE HAVE NO MOTION BEFORE US, SO SEEING NO MORE MOTIONS  WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 6, WHICH  IS DISCUSSION NO. 6 WHICH IS  CONFIRMING OUR CALENDAR OF 2025  REGULAR MEETINGS.  IS THERE A  MOTION TO CONFIRM THE CALENDAR? >> SO MOVED.   >> SECOND.   >> WE HAVE PROMOTION BEFORE US.  IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?    SEEING PHENOMENON, ALL THOSE IN  FAVOR SAY AWK.   >> AWK.   >> -- AYE.   >> OPPOSED NAY.  OKAY.  THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE CALENDAR IS  CONFIRMED.      SO WE NOW MOVE TO THE  ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION OF OUR  MEETING AND I WILL KEEP THIS  SHORT BUT I DO HAVE SEVERAL  THGS TO MENTION IN PASSING.   THE FIRST ONE IS THAT NOT ONLY  DO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ABENE  BACK AS THE COMMISSIONER  REPRESENTING THE PARK BOARD, BUT SHE IS NOW THE NEWARK BOARD  PRESIDENT.  I HOPE YOU'LL YORBA  LINDA ME IN CONGRATULATING --  YOU'LL JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING HER ON THAT ACHIEVEMENT AND  LCOME HER BACK.      I WILL GIVE THE EXTENT OF  THE HIRINGPROCESS.  THE UPDATE  IS QUITE SIMPLE TO MY KNOWLEDGE  THERE HAS BEEN NO PROGRESS SINCE WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION AT OUR  DECEMBER 11TH MEETING.  I LAST  WEEK REQUESTED HR TO PROVIDE AN  UPDATE IN TIME FOR TS WEEK'S  MEETING ON THE AMOUNT OF -- WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AND THE  AMOUNT OF TIME HR BELIEVES WILL  BE NEEDED TO EXECUTE THE STEPS  OF ADVERTISING ANDINISHING THE SEARCH AND THEN BRINGING NAUM TO BE INTERVIEWED BEFORE THE --  NAMES TO BE INTERVIEWED BEFORE  THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.  I HAVE  NOT HAD A RESPONSE.  I THINK A  LOT OF PEOPLE WERE OUT OVER THE  HOLIDAYS SO WITH LUCK, WE'  HAVE AN UPDATED OUR MEETING ON  THE 22nd.      ALSO LOOKING AHEAD TO OUR  MEETING ON THE 22nd, YOU WOULD  LIKE TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE  AGENDA WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF A DISCUSSION OF A WORK PLAN FOR  OUR NEW STAFFER.  I DON'T  ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL  CESSARILY FINISH IN ONE  MEETING.  HOWEVER, I'D LUKE  PEOPLE TO COME TO NEXT MEETING  WITH THEIR IDEAS FOR THE WORK  PLAN FOR THAT STAFFER.   OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THEM ARE  FAIRLY SPECIFIC AND SET FORTH IN THE JAQ BUT WE ALSO HAVE A  FAIRLY LARGE AREA OF THIS  PERSON'S TIME THAT WILL BE DEVOTED TO VARIOUS RESEARCH  PROJECTS ON OUR BEHALF AND I'VE  BEEN KEEPI A LIST OF THINGS  BUT THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT  THAT YOU CERTAINLY HAVE IN MIND  FOR THIS PERSON TO DIVE INTO.   WHEN THEY COME ON BOARD.      SO I JUST ASK THAT AND  YOU'LL TRY AND SEND OUT A  REMINDER ABOUT A WEE BEFORE THE MEETING ON THAT.      AND THEN I GUESS I'VE  ALREADY MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER  PREE-STINSON'S INTEREST IN A  POTENTIAL BYLAW CHANGE DOWN THE  ROAD.  S IS ILL WITH PNEUMONIA TODAY, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S NOT  HERE.      ANY QUESTIONS?   ALL RIGHT.       WITH THAT WE'VE COMPLETED  ALL BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE US  AND WE STAND ADJOURNED.