* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:11] APPEARED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. 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. IN PERSON AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THE SALMON COLORED SLIPS, OR 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. WITH THAT, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI. I'M HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, VICE MAYOR MOLINA. PRESENT. MAYOR MORRISON. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH IS ABSENT. OKAY. WILL YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? AND, UH, MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, WOULD YOU PLEASE, PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART? READY? BEGIN PLEDGE ALL TO DO WHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR FORT STANDS. ONE NATION, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. OKAY, NOW THEN, UM, [4. PUBLIC COMMENT (Public Comment will be restricted to Agenda Items Only)] WE'LL NOW HEAR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ITEMS SPECIFIC TO OUR AGENDA. AND, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, MR. EDWARD NIETO. GOOD. A GOOD EVENING. UM, LET'S SEE. I'LL SAY THE MEETING TOPIC, SO I UNDERSTAND IS THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S DISCUSSION NOW, UM, WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS, I, I'VE WATCHED CONFUSION DOMINATE THIS DIOCESE ON THE CITY MANAGER'S POSITION. OKAY. CONFUSION ABOUT THE AUTHORITY, CONFUSION ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY MANAGER. I DON'T THINK THEY WERE REALLY CLEAR, LATE, LAID OUT, UH, CONFUSION ABOUT WHO RUNS THIS CITY. IN SOME WAYS, LET'S BE CLEAR THAT CITY MANAGER DOES NOT WORK FOR, FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS. THEY'VE WORKED FOR THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, BUT YET, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER WORKS. UM, AND, AND THEN THEY HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES. I MEAN, FIDUCIARY RESPONSE, TAXPAYER, UH, THE CITIZENS IN ALL THE POLITICAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. I MEAN ALL THE, UH, ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE AGENDA, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE IN THE EARLY STAGES THERE WAS A MISTAKE THAT, AND WE HAVE, ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I READ THE POLICY AND IT'S SOMEWHAT GOOD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT'S SOMEWHAT, BUT THE POLICY ITSELF HAS SORT OF BEEN IGNORED IN MY OPINION, FROM THE CITIZEN CITIZENS. UM, WHEN BEN MARTINEZ, MARTINEZ WAS HIRED, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, YOU GOTTA DISSECT YOUR PROBLEMS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND NOT TO PICK ON ANYBODY REALLY, BUT YOU GOTTA FACE UP TO THE PROBLEMS AND MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WHEN BEN MARTINEZ CAME ON BOARD, WHAT WE HEARD, WHAT HAPPENED IS DI A DITAS LAID OUT A LIST OF PERSONAL THINGS SHE WANTED THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCOMPLISH. JOSE ALLY ASKED JOSE, UH, BEN, BEN IF HE WANTED THE JOB, AND THEN BEN IMMEDIATELY SAID, FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME, YOU KNOW, I WANT THE JOB. LISTEN TO HOW CITIZENS PERCEIVE THIS. THIS COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS THEM TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, DO YOU REALLY WANT THE JOB, BEN? THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE JOB, THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO, UH, PANDER TO INDIVIDUALS WHEN THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE YOU REALLY WANNA SEND. THE MESSAGE YOU WANNA SEND IS AS A WHOLE, THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO COMPLY WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO, THAT'S THE ME THAT'S THE MESSAGE I WANT. YOU GOTTA TAKE THESE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST AND DISSECT THEM AND ASK, HOPEFULLY THE NEW CITY MANAGER, WHOEVER IT IS, THAT THEY DON'T REPEAT THOSE SAME MISTAKES AND YOU CAN'T IGNORE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. YOU HAVE TO LIST THEM OUT AND IMPOSE THEM AS A QUESTION. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? CITY MANAGER, IF THERE WAS A POLICY THAT WAS WEAK AND THERE WAS NO GUIDELINES FOR PEOPLE TO DO OTHERWISE, WOULD YOU JUST BE QUIET, LET THINGS GO AS THEY HAD BEEN GOING? IT NOT ONLY HAPPENED TO THE CITY MANAGER, IT ALSO HAPPENED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS GIVEN A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER AN EXPENDITURE WAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ED. OH SHOOT. . YEP. I THOUGHT OKAY. YOU'RE AT THAT TIME. YEAH. [00:05:02] OKAY WITH THAT. THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE. YES. YES SIR. EITHER, EITHER IN PRESENT OR ON ZOOM. [5. CLOSED SESSION] UH, THEREFORE WE HAVE ONE ITEM FOR CLOSED SESSION AND I'LL TURN IT ON OVER TO OUR INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY. ALRIGHT, THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE FOR CLOSED SESSION UNDER 5.1 FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 B ONE AND THE POSITION TO BE DISCUSSED WITH CITY MANAGER. ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GOING CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL BE, UH, WE WILL CONCLUDE THAT, BUT THEN, UH, WE WILL DO THE REPORTING OUT AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA, UH, MAKE COMMENTS. I'M GONNA BRING US BACK INTO, UH, INTO OUR OPEN SESSION. IF WE COULD HAVE A SILENT ROLL CALL WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT ON THE, ON THE DIOCESE. WE ARE COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL BE, UH, REPORTING OUT AT THE END OF COUNCIL MEETING. AND WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN THE CLOSED SESSION. GIVE US ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO GET OUR PAPERWORK TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL START THE REGULAR MEETING. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ALL WITH THAT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.