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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
MEETING TO ORDER A, UH, LIVE WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.AND NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY'S WEBSITE INFORMS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, EITHER IN PERSON BY SUBMITTING ONE OF OUR SALMON COLORED SLIPS LIKE ONE OF THESE, OR, UH, BY EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA PRESENT, VICE MAYOR BUSH.
AND WE'LL NOTE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ IS ABSENT.
AND WITH THAT, CAN WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? UM, MEMBER PLEASE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT (Public Comment will be restricted to Agenda Items Only)]
OKAY.WE WILL, UH, NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE AGENDA.
AND, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR ANYTHING ON ZOOM? WE DO NOT.
SO WE JUST HAVE THOSE THAT ARE IN, IN-HOUSE ONLY.
UH, WE WILL GIVE YOU, UH, TWO MINUTES.
AND SO FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE, UH, UH, MIKA BLANCO BE FOLLOWED BY LUISA MCCARTHY, BE FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDER GUT.
UM, I AM SPEAKING IN, UH, AGENDA ITEM 5.1.
UH, IN REGARDS TO CITY MANAGER, THE CITY MANAGER'S POSITION, I BELIEVE WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT AND ACCOUNTABLE CITY MANAGER.
A CONCEPT THAT, UH, RON AND RON'S ASSISTANT BUSH AND COUNCIL MEMBER BELINA HAVE BLATANTLY DISRESPECTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH AND MOLINA ARE GOING ALONG WITH RON AND NOT ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER TO RUN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE CITY INDEPENDENTLY.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, RON, HIS ASSISTANT BUSH AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, HAVE OBSTRUCTED THE CITY MANAGER FROM PERFORMING THE VERY DUTIES THAT THE CITY MAN MANAGER MUST PERFORM TO MAINTAIN A PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL CITY.
HAS RON AND HIS, UH, TWO DISCIPLES OR APOSTLES DISCLOSED TO THE CANDIDATE FOR THE NEW CITY MANAGER? WHY BENJAMIN MARTINEZ LEFT THE CITY.
THE FORMER CITY MANAGER WASN'T THE ONLY THING THAT DISAPPEARED.
BENJAMIN MARTINEZ PHONE BANISHED AFTER PUBLIC RECORDS WERE REQUESTED FOR COMMUNICATIONS FROM BENJAMIN MARTINEZ PHONE RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE PROJECT.
ALMOST A YEAR AFTER WE REQUESTED THEM, YOU FINALLY PRODUCED THE BILLS, SHOWING MANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS BY THE FORMER CITY MANAGER WHOSE PHONE IS STILL CONVENIENTLY MISSING IN ACTION.
I HAVE RIGHT HERE WHAT WAS PRODUCED.
WHAT YOU, WHAT ARE YOU HIDING? I CAN'T WAIT FOR OTHER CITIES AND OTHER COUNTY SUPERVISORS TO LOOK AT THIS TO SEE HOW UNLAWFUL IS THIS? THAT'S NOT A WAY A PUBLIC RECORDS ACT IS DONE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.
AND PRETTY SOON YOU ARE GONNA BE FOUND OUT.
NATIONAL CITY SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT CITY MANAGER, ONE WHO FOLLOWS THE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE AND ONE WHO FOLLOWS THE PUBLIC RECORDS SET AND ONE WHO FOLLOWS THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION.
AND WE'RE GONNA SIT HERE AND WE'RE GONNA COME HERE UNTIL THAT COMMUNICATION IS TRANSPARENT.
UH, LOUISE MCCARTHY, FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDER GR TO BE FOLLOWED BY DANIEL KAY.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT BEING A DISCIPLE, THOUGH.
THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT YOU'RE JESUS.
BUT ANYWAY, WHATEVER SHE DID CORRECT HERSELF.
AGAIN, NATIONAL CITY IS SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION IN A CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS SUPPOSED TO BE INDEPENDENT.
THE CITY MANAGER IS SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION LIKE A CEO, ENSURING CITY OPERATIONS RUNS SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
THE CITY MANAGER IS SUPPOSED TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND IS SUPPOSED TO ENFORCE THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE.
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CAN YOU GET MARIJUANA BUSH TO SIT IN HIS SEAT? WE JUST STARTED AND HE ALREADY HAS TO LEAVE TO TAKE A SMOKE OR CHEW GUMMY.THE CITY MANAGER IS SUPPOSED TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND IS SUPPOSED TO ENFORCE THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHAT THAT DESCRIPTION IN MIND AND AT ALL TIMES WHAT IS INEFFICIENT IS THE MAYOR ALLOWED HIS ASSISTANT TO APPENDED THE ITEM 5.3 OF THE NATIONAL CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025.
A HIGHLY ATYPICAL RUSH SCHEDULING OF A CLOSED CITY COUNCIL SESSION TO PUBLISH THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE.
A CONTRIVED DEFAMATION SHIELD BY THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT.
THE CITY HAS STILL NOT PRODUCED, REQUESTED PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST ON HOW THE CITY ABRUPTLY CHANGED ITS PUBLISHED CLAIM FORM AND REMOVED ITS PUBLISHED DIRECTIONS REGARDING CLAIM PROCEDURES.
COINCIDENTALLY, RIGHT AFTER THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED, THE CITY IS OBSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER'S ABILITY TO DISCIPLINE CITY EMPLOYEES LIKE THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT WHO IMPROPERLY TOUCHED AND COMMENTED ON THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF A CITY EMPLOYEE.
THE NEW CITY MANAGER MUST BE STRONG AND HONEST ENOUGH TO RESTORE NATIONAL CITY TO A CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT FREE OF THE MAYOR'S TAMPERING, CORRUPTION, WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.
UH, ALEXANDRIA GUT FOLLOWED BY DANIEL KAY.
THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE PLACES THE AUTHORITY TO MANAGE THE CITY AND ENFORCE ITS LAWS IN THE HANDS OF AN INDEPENDENT CITY MANAGER.
THE MAYOR AND HIS ASSISTANT WITH THE SUPPORT OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, HAVE USURPED THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER AND OBSTRUCTED THE CITY MANAGER'S ABILITY TO DISCIPLINE CITY EMPLOYEES LIKE THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT WHO IMPROPERLY TOUCHED AND COMMENTED ON THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF A CITY EMPLOYEE.
THE MAYOR AND HIS ASSISTANT OBSTRUCTED THE ABILITY OF THE CITY MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT BY FAILING TO PRODUCE PUBLIC RECORDS RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE PROJECT, WHICH WAS REJECTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT WHICH THERE IS STILL PUBLIC INTEREST.
WE HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT THIS THREE MEMBER COUNCIL HAS THE INTEGRITY TO APPOINT AN INDEPENDENT AND ACCOUNTABLE CITY MANAGER.
ANY CANDIDATE CONSIDERING THIS POST SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE PATTERN OF MISCONDUCT BY THE MAYOR AND HIS ASSISTANT IN DECIDING WHETHER TO TARNISH THE REPUTATION BY BECOMING THE CITY MANAGER OF NATIONAL CITY.
UH, DANIEL K. GOOD AFTERNOON HONORABLE MAYOR.
AS MS. BLANCO, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALLUDED TO, THE IDEAL CITY MANAGER REPRESENTS SOMETHING SORELY LACKING IN THE CITY.
A NONPOLITICAL PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATOR WHOSE ROLE IS TO ADMINISTER POLICY, NOT INFLUENCE AND NOT CREATED.
CITY MANAGER POSITION EMBODIES ONE OF OUR NATION'S MOST SACRED IDEALS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE.
THE SEPARATION OF POWERS, THE INTERNATIONAL CITY AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION EXPLAINS THAT THE VERY CONCEPT OF A CITY MANAGER AROSE FROM THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, A TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE POLITICIANS RAN C UH, RAN CITIES THROUGH WEB OF SANCE, EXCHANGING FAVORS WITH EACH OTHER.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE PLAGUED BY PARTISAN, PARTISAN BICKERING AND CORRUPTION.
ARGUABLY THEY STILL ARE TODAY.
AN ACTUALLY INDEPENDENT CITY MANAGER IS ONE WHO CAN'T BE BULLIED IN A SUBMISSION BY ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL AND CERTAINLY NOT THE MAYOR.
INSTEAD, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS BEEN A PUPPET OF THE POLITICAL MACHINE IN THIS CITY.
THE LAST CITY MANAGER WAS TURNED INTO A MERE EXTENSION OF THE COUNCIL'S WILL AND WHEN HE WAS NO LONGER USEFUL, HE WAS DRIVEN OUT FROM HIS POSITION AND DISCARDED.
THE CITY MANAGERS AREN'T MEANT TO BE JUST ADVISORS, THEY ARE INDEPENDENT OF YOU AND THEY'RE MEANT TO BE LEADERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
WE HOPE THE CITY HAS A CAPACITY TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME.
PEOPLE CERTAINLY EXPECT THAT MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.
UM, I WILL MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT AND I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF.
UM, IF INDEED THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS JUST MADE WAS TO BE PUT INTO A LIBRARY, IT WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO GO INTO THE FICTION SECTION.
CAN I JOIN IN A LOT OF LIES HERE? A LOT OF LIES AND CONTINUE.
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MR. MAYOR.HUH? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD PROCLAMATION RESERVE SEATS FOR OUR RECIPIENTS? WHY DO WE HAVE PROCLAMATION RECIPIENT SEATS THERE THAT ARE VACATED? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD THAT? IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WENT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UH, SO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A HUGE AUDIENCE THAT'S EXPECTED FOR THE ACTIVITIES TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA, IT, IT'S MORE OF A VERY SPECIFIC SITUATION THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT.
[5. CLOSED SESSION]
WITH THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOUR ITEMS IN CLOSED SESSION.OH, YOU OKAY? I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP PROVING THE POINT AND MAKING COMMENTS LIKE THAT.
I THINK YOU SHOULD STOP CAMPAIGNING.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK HE'S CAMPAIGNING.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE ON THE ONE LEAKING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO THEM.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO IT.
ALRIGHT, BOTH OF YOU KEEP IT UP.
UM, WITH THAT WE DO HAVE FOUR ITEMS TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND I WILL UH, TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO LEAD US INTO CLOSED SESSION.
ITEM 5.1 INVOLVES PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 B ONE THE POSITION TO BE FILLED.
CITY MANAGER 5.2 IS CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL INVOLVING EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 9 D ONE AND THE CASE IS DELGADO ET AL VERSUS CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
5.3 IS CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ANTICIPATED LITIGATION AND THAT IS, UH, POTENTIAL CASE OF ONE.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.6.
WITH THAT WE ARE IN A CLOSED SESSION.
WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT TO THE MEETING.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA, UH, CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
WE JUST GOT, GOTTA CLOSE OUT THIS MEETING THEN YOU CAN HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES TO TALK AMONG YOURSELF BEFORE WE START THE REGULAR MEETING.
WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AND WE HAVE A SILENT ROLL CALL WITH ALL MEMBERS, UH, PRESENT AT THE DAAS.
UH, WE WILL COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL BE REPORTING OUT AT THE, UH, OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WITH THAT, THE, UH, UH, SPECIAL MEETING, THE UH, CLOSED SESSION IS ADJOURNED AND WE'LL BE BACK IN 10 MINUTES TO START THE MEETING.