[1. CALL TO ORDER]
[00:00:04]
ALL RIGHT.LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND WITH THAT, THIS, UH, SPECIAL MEETING THE CITY COUNCIL LIVE WEBCASTS.
THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UH, 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, UH, IN PERSON, UH, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE SALMON COLORED SLIPS, UH, OR BY EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
CITY CLERK, WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI, I WILL NOTE, AS IS ABSENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA PRESENT, VICE MAYOR BUSH HERE, MAYOR MORRISON, PRESENT.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'LL ASK, UH, MEMBER MOLINA, IF YOU, YES, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT (Public Comment will be restricted to Agenda Items Only)]
WE WILL NOW HEAR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE AGENDA.AND, UH, WITH THAT YOU HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS.
WE'RE GONNA LIMIT TO TWO MINUTES.
AND FIRST OF ALL, ON ITEM FIVE ONE, WE HAVE, UH, CARLA, HERE WE GO.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CARLA PEGGI, CHAPTER PRESIDENT FOR SEIU, MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES OF NATIONAL CITY.
I COME HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.
CURRENTLY, MOST OF THEM ARE STILL WORKING.
THEY CANNOT ATTEND RIGHT NOW, BUT I COME WITH NEWS AND UPDATES TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS OF THE RESULTS OF THE RATIFICATION CONTRACT WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH OUR MEMBERS.
98% OF OUR MEMBERS VOTED YES TO THE LAST AND FINAL THAT THE CITY, UM, PRESENTED TO US.
YES, WHEN WE WERE EXPLAINING TO THEM WHAT THEY WERE GONNA BENEFIT ON THAT CONTRACT, A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS GOT VERY EMOTIONAL.
THAT 100, 200, $300 THAT THEY WILL BE GETTING A MONTH MAKES A DIFFERENCE THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO PAY FOR GAS.
THEY WEREN'T GONNA WORRY ABOUT THE INCREMENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET ON THEIR RENT.
THEY ARE SURE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A JOB THAT THEY CAN RELY ON.
THE WORD GOT AROUND ABOUT OUR STRONG CONTRACT.
WE HAVE EMPLOYEES FROM THE CITY OF CORONADO, FROM MAC, FROM FIRST FIVE, WHO ARE REACHING OUT TO US TO GET POINTERS TO BE PART OF OUR UNION.
MY ANSWER TO THEM IS, IT'S OUR COUNCIL, OUR COUNCIL, OUR MAYOR.
THEY CARE AND VALUE OUR EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO GET US STRONG CONTRACT.
SO I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE VALUE TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEIR HARD WORK.
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL GET APPROVED TODAY AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE ROSALYN, AND THEN GOING ON TO 5.3.
WE WILL START OFF WITH ALICIA MORRISON.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MOST OF YOU DO, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS ROSALYN CASSIDY AND I, UM, HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE SENIOR ORGANIZING REP FOR THE CITY NATIONAL CITY WORKERS.
AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF SERVING AS THE LEAD NEGOTIATOR, UM, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE, UM, FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORKERS OF NATIONAL CITY.
THE WORK THEY DO IS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE SUCCESS OF NATIONAL CITY AND TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY SERVE.
UM, ON BEHALF OF SEIU MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR ALLIES ON CITY COUNCIL FOR THE COLLABORATION ON ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC CONTRACTS THAT NATIONAL CITY AND I HAVE EVER WORKED ON.
UM, OUR MEMBER, OUR MEMBERS HELD YOU ALL ACCOUNTABLE TO PUT NATIONAL CITY WORKERS FIRST,
[00:05:01]
AND YOU ALL DELIVERED ON THAT PROMISE.UM, SO NOW WE CALL ON YOU TO APPROVE THIS, UH, VOTE FOR THE CONTRACT.
UM, BUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I WANTED TO GO OVER, UM, COLA INCREASES OF MORE THAN 16% OVER 13 YEARS.
THAT'S EXTREMELY HISTORIC, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
UM, HIGHER BILINGUAL PAY, RESIDENTIAL PAY, STUDENT LOAN, FORGIVENESS BENEFITS, AND ADDED BENEFITS FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
SO WHAT IS NEXT? WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP CITY ACCOUNTABLE, ACCOUNTABLE TO FIXING SOME OF THE ERRORS ON THE ONGOING SALARY SURVEY.
UM, BUT OF COURSE WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY, UM, COLLABORATION, UM, MOVING FORWARD AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, ALICIA MORRISON, THEN I'M GONNA GO BACK ON 5.1 TO ED NETTO.
THIS SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA POSTED, CONTAINED A LETTER DATED AUGUST 26TH, 2025 TO MAYOR RON MORRISON FROM GILLIAN LAW FIRM.
WHERE EIGHT REDACTED PAGES UNDER ITEM TWO STATEMENT OF FACTS, I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT.
TWICE MY CHILD IS MENTIONED AND SIX TIMES MY NAME IS MENTIONED IN THAT LETTER THAT I KNOW BECAUSE THERE ARE EIGHT PAGES THAT HAVE BEEN REDACTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF MY CHILD'S NAME OR MY NAME IS MENTIONED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THOSE EIGHT REDACTED PAGES.
CAN YOU CLARIFY, OR BETTER YET, CAN ANY PERSON IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TELL ME WHAT IS ON THOSE EIGHT REDACTED PAGES? THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT STATES UNDER SECTION 5 4 9 5 0 POLICY DECLARATION.
PARAGRAPH TWO, THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE DO NOT YIELD THEIR SOVEREIGNTY TO THE AGENCIES WHICH SERVE THEM.
THE PEOPLE IN DELEGATING AUTHORITY DO NOT GIVE THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE TO KNOW AND WHAT IS NOT GOOD FOR THEM TO KNOW.
THE PEOPLE INSIST ON REMAINING INFORMED SO THAT THEY MAY RETAIN CONTROL OVER THE INSTRUMENTS THEY HAVE CREATED.
WHAT IS BEING WITHHELD IN THOSE EIGHT PAGES? IN THAT LETTER DATED AUGUST 26, UM, ADDRESSED TO MAYOR RON MORRISON.
OKAY, NEXT WE GO BACK TO 5.1 FOR ONE MORE SPEAKER THERE, NIETO, UH, TO BE FOLLOWED, GO BACK ON THREE POINT, UH, 5.3 RULE ALEXANDER GURU.
YEAH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 5.1, UH, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS COME FORWARD AND I SAY, WELL, HOW MUCH IS THIS LABOR NEGOTIATION GONNA COST US? AND I ALWAYS POINT TO THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
ACCORDING TO THE JUNE'S, UH, MEETING WE HAD, IT WAS ONLY $4.8 MILLION TO PAY FOR THESE INCREASES IN PAYS.
AND, UM, THAT EVEN 4.8 WAS EVEN AN OVERSTATEMENT, I THOUGHT, BECAUSE IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN HAD THAT 4.8, IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE $2 MILLION, UM, ARPA ADJUSTMENT THAT HAD OCCURRED, UH, YEAR END.
SO WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT $2.8 MILLION FOR SALARY NEGOTIATIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THIN AND YOU ALL KNOW, AWARE, AWARE OF THAT.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR? YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, THESE, THESE INCREASES ARE GONNA BE COMPOUNDED.
I'M NOT AGAINST THE INCREASES.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOU'RE GONNA ALL PAY FOR THIS.
AND I WISH YOU WOULD, WHEN YOU MAKE THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS, I HOPE YOU MAKE A CORRESPONDING ANNOUNCEMENT OF WHAT OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCES, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE ZERO.
AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 16 POINT, ABOUT $16 MILLION IN THAT UNASSIGNED VAN BALANCE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING VERY CONCERNING FOR THE CITIZENS THAT PROVIDES, THAT ARE EXPECTING SERVICES FROM THE CITY AND EXPECTING LEADERSHIP AND SOUND BUSINESS DECISIONS.
AND TO ME, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A SOUND A A ROAD TO SOUND BUSINESS DECISIONS, UNLESS YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOME GREAT REVENUE THAT WE HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED.
AND I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU GUYS SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
I'M VERY CONCERNED AND I THINK THIS IS NEWSWORTHY.
THE REPORTERS BACK HERE, AND WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF HAVING NO MONEY AT ALL.
AND YET COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SPENDING MONEY THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING MONEY ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE SENSITIVITY TO THE, TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED OF, UH, OF, OF NATURAL CITY HERE? NO SENSITIVITY.
IT MAKES THIS COUNCIL COUNCILS TERM LOOK REALLY, REALLY BAD IN MANAGING CITY GOV, UH, CITY GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
ALEXANDER GUTTER TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARIA SEVERSON, TO BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL AGAR.
[00:10:01]
JOSIE FLORES CLARK'S AUGUST 26TH FALSE CLAIM FOR AGENDA ITEM 5.3.YOU MAY BE FOUND TO HAVE COLLUDED WITH FLORES CLARK IN MAKING SUCH A FALSE CLAIM.
AND THIS WOULD BE VIOLATION OF GOVERNMENT CODE 12 6 5.
ONE SECOND IN SPONSORING FLORES CLARK'S ATTACK ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT AT A CITY COUNCIL, YOU MAY HAVE VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION AND THE OPEN MEETING LAW, WHICH STATES THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO INSTRUCT THE REPRESENTATIVES AND A RIGHT OF ACCESS OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.
PLEASE DO THINGS BY THE BOOK AND BY THE BOOK, I MEAN THE CONSTITUTION AND CALIFORNIA LAW.
UH, MARIA VERSON, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL AGUIRE, FOLLOWED BY JAMES KIM.
SO WHERE DO I BEGIN? FEE IRREGULARITIES IN GETTING THIS ITEM ON, AND I MEAN 5.3, THE, UH, JOSIE FLORES CLARK LETTER.
THERE'S SO MANY IRREGULARITIES AND IT DOESN'T EVEN COMPLY WITH THE LAW OR YOUR OWN POLICIES.
I SEE MS. CHAPPELLE THERE, CITY CLERK.
THE LETTER WAS SUBMITTED TO MAYOR MORRISON.
THAT'S A BIT OF A TELL RIGHT THERE.
AND CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD KNOW THIS AS WELL.
THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT IS GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT.
IT'S DATED AUGUST 26TH, AND THEN WITHIN THREE DAYS THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING CALLED, AND IT GETS RUSHED HERE, AND THEN IT'S ATTACHED, AND THEN IT'S ATTACHED TO THE, UH, WEBSITE WITH HYPERLINKS TO DOCUMENTS IN THE CLAIM.
IF THAT IS NOT SPONSORING IT, I MEAN, MAYOR, DID YOU ACTUALLY, IT WAS SENT TO YOU, OR I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS SENT ACTUALLY, BUT I HAVE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO FIND OUT.
SO DID YOU THEN GIVE IT TO THE, UH, TO THE CITY CLERK? BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? YOUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL TELL YOU THAT IF IT WASN'T SUBMITTED THE RIGHT WAY, IT WOULDN'T EVEN BE A PROPER CLAIM.
SO ARE YOU FACILITATING THIS, ORCHESTRATING A CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT AND DEFEND? THE CLAIM FORM IS RIGHT HERE.
IN FACT, IT'S ON MR. SCHULTZ'S CITY ATTORNEY WEBSITE.
IT SAYS CLAIMS MUST BE FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK.
WAS IT? IT HAS ON HERE WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE POSTMARKS, HOW IT WAS RECEIVED, HAND CARRIED.
WHERE'S ALL THAT INFORMATION? I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT.
THEN IT HAS TO BE SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY.
THAT IS NOTICEABLY ABSENT HERE.
THE CITY SAYS THE CITY ONLY ACCEPTS CLAIMS THAT EITHER PERSONALLY DELIVERED TO THE CLERK AND AN ORIGINAL SIGNATURE.
THIS HAS NEITHER, CAN'T WAIT TO GET THE RECORDS TO FIND OUT HOW THIS MADE IT HERE TODAY.
MICHAEL GERRY, FOLLOWED BY JAMES KIM, FOLLOWED BY LILIANA ARMENTA, UH, TO OUR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COLLUDING, CONSPIRING JOSIE FLORES CLARK TO MAKE A FALSE CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
YOU'RE HELPING A CITY EMPLOYEE RECOVER MONEY.
SHE'S NOT ENTITLED TO, AGAINST YOUR CITY TO WHOM YOU OWE A FIDUCIARY DUTY.
NOW, I'VE SEEN THIS KIND OF STUFF HAPPEN BEFORE YOU, YOUR BEHAVIOR IS A LOT LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF CITY OF BELL.
I DUNNO IF YOU REMEMBER THAT CASE.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE, LOOK IT UP.
CITY OF BELL, THERE WERE PROSECUTIONS IN THAT CASE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? SOMEBODY BREAKS, SOMEBODY TALKS.
IT MAY BE YOU, MS. MOLINA, MAYBE YOU MIGHT BE JOSIE.
AND WHEN THEY TALK, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOUR BAD BEHAVIOR BECOMES KNOWN.
AND THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATING THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT IS TROUBLED DAMAGES OUT OF YOUR OWN PERSONAL ASSETS AND RESOURCES.
THE SECOND THING, MAYOR, YOU'RE RETALIATING AGAINST PEOPLE FOR EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
NOW, YOU'VE BEEN SERVED TODAY WITH THE 177 PAGES OF THE EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT YOU DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT ABOUT A MATTER FROM WHICH THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
YOU ALWAYS SAY, OH, THE, THE, UH, UNCONSCIONABLE, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS OVER.
THE PUBLIC INTEREST ISN'T OVER.
[00:15:01]
YOU CAN CLEANSE YOURSELVES.IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO CLEANSE YOURSELVES, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GOING DEEPER AND DEEPER AND DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO A WHOLE OF LIABILITY, PERSONAL LIABILITY.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE JAMES KIM, FOLLOWED BY LILIAN ARMA, FOLLOWED BY DOYLE MORRISON, MAYOR COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF LOCAL 2, 2, 2, 1 IN OUR MEA GROUP AND OUR NEGOTIATING TEAM.
UH, REALLY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS LOOKING AFTER OUR CONTRACT.
UH, LIKE CARLOS SAID EARLIER TODAY, UM, 95% OF OUR MEMBERS WERE SATISFIED.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE MAGNITUDE, WHICH YOU GUYS DID.
IT SEEMS SMALL, BUT IT'S A MILESTONE FOR A LOT OF US FOR RECEIVING A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT MEANS A LOT FOR US.
I SHOW THAT YOU GUYS CARE FOR EMPLOYEES, AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR RIGHT NOW, AND I'M GRATEFUL RIGHT NOW TO SEE STAND IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AND TO, YOU KNOW, SAY OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOU GUYS FOR LOOKING IN AND, UH, EVERYBODY THAT IN THE MEA AND GIVING THEM A, A GREAT, YOU KNOW, UH, A DECENT CONTRACT FOR THEM TO, TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD ON.
OKAY, LILIANA ARMA, FOLLOWED BY DOLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY NIETO.
OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, I WROTE SOMETHING HERE, BUT, UM, I'LL TRY TO READ WHAT I CAN, BUT I DO NEED TO SPEAK ON THE, UM, MISLEADING AND HURTFUL CLAIMS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FOR MONTHS.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF I GET EMOTIONAL, BUT, UM, READING THE 72 PAGES HAS BEEN A COMPLETE EMOTIONAL HABIT FOR ME BECAUSE, UM, IT'S JUST TIME FOR OUR CITY TO STOP FEELING THE PAIN.
EVERYTHING FROM JOSIE, YOU KNOW, TO ACCUSATIONS AGAINST MARCUS, WHO JUST ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND WHAT PERSONALLY EVEN MAKES ME SHIVER IT IS JUST, UM, EVEN THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, EVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT I HAD A FRIENDSHIP WITH, UM, MIKA AND, UM, AND LISA, YOU KNOW, AND TO LET THEM IN MY HOME, TO LET THEM, YOU KNOW, SPEND TIME WITH ME, WITH MY DAUGHTER IS JUST REALLY PERSONAL.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I'VE HAD A REALLY TUMULTUOUS YEAR, YOU KNOW, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, YOU KNOW, AND NOW LUIS MIKA DEFENDING, I DON'T EVEN KNOW I WAS STUCK.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAVE THIS CONNECTION WITH JOSIE.
I HAD A CONNECTION WITH THEM, AND I JUST WANT ALL OF US TO JUST LEAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, HEAL.
I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS FILED CORRECTLY OR NOT.
I LIKE THAT THERE'S INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE, AND I JUST REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO, UM, TO JUST, UH, BE TRANSPARENT.
IF YOU NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE AND, AND SPEAK ON SOMETHING, PLEASE SHOW UP.
YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THERE'S MENTION THAT YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT TRUST HAS WAS BETRAYED FOR PERSONAL GAIN.
AND WHEN FRIENDSHIP IS WEAPONIZED, WHEN POLLUTION IS HIDDEN AND WHEN THE TRUTH IS TWISTED, IT IS NOT JUST POLICY THAT SUFFERS, BUT IT'S ALL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SUFFER.
DOYLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY EDNA.
WE REALLY NEED TO GET A MIC THAT'S TALL.
SOME OF US HAVE TO GO LIKE THIS, UM, ON THIS ITEM, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A HARASSMENT, UH, CHARGE AND PROPER HANDLING.
SO, UH, UH, OF THAT INVESTIGATION.
AND, UH, WHEN I READ THIS MULTI PAGES, UH, 74 PAGES, I GOT TO THE AREA WHERE IT WAS ALL BLACKENED IN AND, UH, MADE ME WONDER WHAT, WHAT WAS IN THOSE PAGES THAT I DIDN'T SEE.
UM, THERE WAS SOME STUFF THAT I DIDN'T REALLY AGREE WITH IN THE, THE REST OF THE PAGES, BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE DO NOT YIELD THEIR SOVEREIGNTY IN THE AGENCIES, WHICH SERVE THEM.
THE PEOPLE DELEGATING AUTHORITY DO NOT GIVE THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE TO KNOW AND WHAT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE TO KNOW.
THE PEOPLE INSIST ON REMAINING INFORMED SO THAT THEY RETAIN CONTROL OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS THAT THEY HAVE CREATED.
I KNOW THAT THAT'S, YOU'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
I'VE SAID THAT HERE BEFORE AND IT MAKES ME WONDER WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE PRAS, UM, TRANSPARENT.
IT SEEMS TO ME JUST FROM WHAT I'M READING, THAT THERE ARE THINGS, THERE'S GAPS.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PRAS ARE
[00:20:01]
TAKEN CARE OF SO WE CAN GET BEYOND THIS.OKAY, ANETTA, I, LIKE MANY OTHERS, HAVE READ THE LETTER AND READ THE PREVIOUS LETTER FROM BOTH THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M SAYING, WELL, WHAT A DR.
THIS DRAMA, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DRAMA.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M THINKING, HOPEFULLY WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER WITH YOU, I'LL LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF ALL THIS? AND I'M LOOKING AT IT AND I'M SAYING, THIS IS INTERNAL, AN INTERNAL CONTROL PROBLEM.
THIS IS POOR CITIES TO SET UP.
THIS IS ONE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD QUESTIONABLE EXPENDITURES STARTED, RIGHT? RODRIGUEZ NEPOTISM, UH, UH, UH, NEGOTIATION STARTED BY RODRIGUEZ AGAIN, THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, YOU KNOW, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
UH, EVEN THE CITY ATTORNEY, I, YOU KNOW, I GOT, I, I FELT THAT WAS QUESTIONABLE IN SOME OF HIS CALLS.
UM, AND EVEN RODRIGUEZ KEEPS FOUNDING THIS, THIS, UH, HIS ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT HE'S SCREWING THE COMMUNITY IN SOME WAYS AND MISCOMMUNICATING ALL THE CITY POLICIES.
THIS, THE, THE DRAMA'S NOT NECESSARY.
ANYWAY, WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS IS, IS THAT THERE'S A DEFINITION OF INTERNAL CONTROLS.
IT TALKS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS, AND THERE'S A DI THE DEFINITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS IS THERE'S A TOP DOWN LEADERSHIP CULTURE, UH, PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CITY.
I THINK IT STARTS WITH THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THE, THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
AND YOU GUYS NEED TO START PLANNING ONCE THIS'S ALL OVER WITH ON WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO CORRECT THIS? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO GET THROUGH THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THIS AND NOT HAPPEN? LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
YOU NEED TO THINK BEYOND THIS.
THERE'S MANY MORE THINGS IN THE CITY, THEN WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS LA VISTA PROBLEM? AND YOU HAVE BIGGER ISSUES THAT I THINK THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND PUT THIS ASIDE AND MAYBE HAVE AN AUDIT DONE.
THERE'S A YELLOW BOOK, UH, FROM THE GENERAL, UH, UH, UH, ACCOUNTANCY OFFICE THANK YOU, THAT TELLS YOU ABOUT HOW TO SOLVE THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS. I WISH YOU GUYS WOULD READ UP ON THAT.
THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE ON THIS ONE? NO, WE DO NOT.
I DIDN'T, DIDN'T THINK WE'D SEEN ANY, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL BE GOING TO
[5. CLOSED SESSION ]
CLOSED SESSION.WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION THIS AFTERNOON, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO USHER US IN.
THE THREE ITEMS FOR TONIGHT'S CLOSED SESSION 5.1 IS CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS, UM, THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS, MEA, UH, NATIONAL CITY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, POLICE OFFICER ASSOCIATION, AND UNREPRESENTED GROUPS.
5.2 IS CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
ANTICIPATED LITIGATION NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CASES, ONE AND 5.3 IS ANTICIPATED LITIGATION AND IT'S CLAIMANT JOSIE FLORES CLARK.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW IN A CLOSED SESSION AND WE'LL BE, UH, RECONVENING AND THEN WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER SILENT ROLL CALL WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE DAIS AND UH, WE ARE COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, OKAY? ALRIGHT.
UH, WE ARE COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND UH, UH, SO WE ARE ADJOURNED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL BE TAKING ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
JUST GET OUR PAPERWORK AND WE WILL START THE COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT I, SO THAT MEANS WE WILL BE STARTING AT SIX 13 ACCORDING TO THAT CLOCK, FOLKS.