* 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. ORDER [00:00:02] AND, UH, [1. CALL TO ORDER] A UH, LIVE WEBCAST. THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. NOTICE AN AG, UH, AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NATIONAL 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 A NUMBER OF WAYS. UH, IN PERSON WITH ONE OF THESE SALMON COLOR SLIPS, THEY'RE AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER. UH, EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO 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. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH HERE. MAYOR MORRISON. UH, PRESENT. I'M HERE. I'M HERE. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE WITH THE DI AND VICE MAYOR MOLINA PRESENT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND WE'LL NOTE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ IS ABSENT AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MEMBER BUSH, IF YOU WOULD LEAVE US A SECOND. RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY TO BEGIN ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, [4. PUBLIC COMMENT (Public Comment will be restricted to Agenda Items Only)] WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT ARE ON ITEMS SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA. AND WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, LOOKS LIKE FOUR SPEAKERS. AND WE'LL, UH, ALLOT, UH, TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. AND DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS? WELL, WE DO NOT. WE DO NOT. IT'S JUST THE WINS AND DEAL. ALRIGHT. UH, WITH THAT, UH, ALICIA MORRISON TO BE FOLLOWED BY DOYLE MORRISON TO BE FOLLOWED BY MIKA POLANCO. GOOD AFTERNOON. A GOOD CITY MANAGER NEEDS TO BE A TRANSPARENT, ETHICAL LEADER WHO POSSESSES THE ABILITY TO BE POLITICALLY NEUTRAL, A STRONG FINANCIAL HUMAN WITH EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS, WITH THE ABILITY TO TURN COUNCIL POLICIES INTO EFFICIENT DATA-DRIVEN COMMUNITY SERVICES. IT HAS NOW BEEN ONE YEAR. IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, A RECRUITMENT AGENCY WAS BUDGETED FOR A SEARCH NATIONWIDE. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE RECRUITMENT AGENCY. SO I HAVE SUBMITTED PRAS. I'M ASKING FOR THE AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES UTILIZED IN THE RECRUITMENT PRO PROCESS TO FILL THE OPEN POSITION OF CITY MANAGER. UH, SINCE THE POSITION THE TIME WAS VACATED, PLEASE PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THAT HAVE APPLIED, THE NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, AND THE NUMBER OF OFFERS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO FILL THE VACANT CITY MANAGER POSITION. THE LONGER THIS GOES, THE WORST IT MAKES THIS CITY LOOKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOYLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY MIKA POLANCO, FOLLOWED BY MCCARTHY. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL. OKAY, CAN WE PLEASE HOLD DOWN THE CHATTER OUT IN THE AUDIENCE? OTHERWISE WE CAN'T HEAR UP. TURN MY TIME OVER. THANK YOU. UM, GOOD EVENING, UH, COUNSEL. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, THE CITY MANAGER UNDER THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE UNDER 2.01. POINT ZERO TWO POWERS AND DUTIES. A SAYS TO SEE THAT ALL LAWS AND ORDINANCES ARE DULY ENFORCED. AND ITEM B SAYS, TO EMPLOY DISCIPLINE AND REMOVE ALL HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND ALL SUBORDINATE, UH, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY. UH, AND THEN UNDER YOU, IT SAYS TO REJECT CLAIMS AND DEMAND AGAIN AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY. AND WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO APPROVE, SETTLE, COMPROMISE OR CLAIM SUCH DEMANDS. WILL THIS CURRENT ACTING CITY MANAGER HANDOUT THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT DISCIPLINE, OR WILL HE BE KNOWN AS NOT SEEN THAT ALL THE LAWS ARE DULY ENFORCED? AND THEN WILL THE NEXT ACTING CITY MANAGER HAVE TO PUT THIS FIRE OUT? PLEASE DISCIPLINE ALL CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE FOUND GUILTY. THANK YOU. ONCE FOUND GUILTY. YES. MIKA POLANCO FOLLOWED BY MCCARTHY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON, UH, THE CITY MANAGEMENT POSITION BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE CITY AND IT'S BEEN [00:05:01] WAY TOO LONG FOR ANYBODY NOT TO FILL THIS POSITION. AND, UM, HE HAS BEEN GIVEN A AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND OVERSEE THE CITY'S OPERATION AND TO PROTECT ALL EMPLOYEES AND FOR NO ONE EMPLOYEE TO BE ABOVE THE LAW. MY CONCERN IS WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU SENDING TO THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WHEN OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED FOR FAR LESSER, UH, MISCONDUCTS, ONE EMPLOYEE GETS AWAY WITH IT. WHAT MESSAGE OF MORALE IS THAT SENDING TO THE REST OF THE EMPLOYEES? THAT'S MY CONCERN. YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE CITY MANAGER NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION. WE CAN'T KEEP DELAYING AND DELAYING AND KICKING THE CAN UP THE ROAD. NOW MARCUS, YOU ARE A VERY, VERY SMART YOUNG MAN. LOOSE, GRADUATED FROM BERKELEY, MY GOSH. WORK TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WORK TOGETHER WITH THE REST OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND COME TOGETHER TO FIND A RESOLUTION THAT'S POSITIVE FOR THE CITY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT RON ASKS YOU TO DO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COLLUDE WITH HIM. HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO HIM. HAVE THE COURAGE TO HAVE YOUR OWN VOICE. BELIEVE ME, I WAS HIS FRIEND FOR 20 YEARS AND HE BACK STABBED ME. I BELIEVED HE WAS A GREAT PERSON. I BELIEVED HIS SMOOTH TALKING. AND GUESS WHAT? HE CAME TO BITE ME IN THE ASS. IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TO YOU, YOU GOT A NEW REALITY COMING. HE'S NOT A FAITHFUL TRUTHFUL. UH, HE'S A, HE'S A HE. HE WILL BETRAY YOU SOONER OR LATER. ALL YOU HAVE TO, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PAST BEHAVIOR DETERMINES FUTURE BEHAVIOR. JUST LOOK AT HIS PAST BEHAVIOR. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO DO. PLEASE LOOK AT HIS PAST BEHAVIOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MCCARTHY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AGAIN, WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS AND ARE GIVEN ONLY TWO MINUTES WHEN WE SHOULD BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. MS. HEIDI, I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT YOU DON'T ENFORCE THE POLICIES OF THIS CITY. RON MORRISON, THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY ARE LEARNING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AWAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER OF NATIONAL CITY AND YOU HAVE ILLEGALLY ASSUMED THE ROLE OF CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR. OVER A YEAR AND A HALF HAS PASSED SINCE WE HAVE HAD A CITY MANAGER. INSTEAD, YOU HAVE SUBSTITUTED MAKE BELIEVE CITY MANAGERS WHILE YOU DICTATE AND DICTATED THE DECISIONS THAT THE AN INDEPENDENT CITY MANAGER SHOULD BE MAKING. YOU KNOW, AND A GROWING NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY ARE BEGINNING TO DISCOVER THAT THE REASON YOU HAVE COUNSELED THE CITY MANAGER IS TO AVOID DISCOVERY OF YOUR WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION. WE CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY TO DEMAND THE COUNCIL HIRE AN INDEPENDENT QUALIFIED CITY MANAGER THAT YOU BRING TO AN END YOUR SCHIZOPHRENIC GOVERNMENT AND BEGIN TO REPAIR THE CRITICAL DAMAGE YOU HAVE INFLICTED UPON THE CITY AND OUR PEOPLE. THE ROLE OF A CITY MANAGER IS A POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT DEMANDS ACTION, LEADERSHIP AND RESULTS. SHOW THE PEOPLE COUNSEL, SHOW THE PEOPLE YOU TAKE THIS OATH SERIOUSLY BY STANDING AGAINST FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE. RON, YOU NEED TO GO. IT IS TIME. IT IS TIME TO HAVE REAL LEADERSHIP AND SOMEONE WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THEIR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY GIVING THEM THE RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH [5. CLOSED SESSION] THAT, WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION ON ITEM 5.1, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 B ONE. AND THE POSITION WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IS CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU MUCH WITH THAT. WE'RE IN CLOSED SESSION. WE'LL BE, WE'LL COME BACK TO ADJOURN BUT THEN WE'LL REPORTING OUT THE END OF COUNCIL MEETING. ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO UH, CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AND WE HAVE A SILENT ROSE CALL. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE DAAS. UH, WE ARE COMING OUTTA CLOSED SESSION AND SO AT THIS POINT I WILL ADJOURN THE CLOSED SESSION. WE'LL COME BACK FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL. * 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.