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6:00 AM ON THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2020.
GO AHEAD AND CALL THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, LIZ PROVENCIO FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL BE PERFORMING THE CLERK DUTIES, UH, FOR OUR MEETING.
SO LIZ, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE ROLE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DISTRICT FOUR COUNCILWOMAN ADRIANA GARCIA.
COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ.
COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX COUNCILWOMAN.
[A. 20-4652 Interview City Clerk candidates and deliberate the duties, appointment, and employment of the City Clerk candidates pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 (personnel matters), and discuss related legal issues, pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 (consultation with attorney).]
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.WE HAVE, UH, ONE THING TO DO HERE TODAY, UH, WHICH IS TO, UM, GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE FINALIST INTERVIEWS FOR OUR CITY CLERK.
UH, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR HR PANEL, THAT'S JEFF AND CRYSTAL.
LET ME, LET ME ASK, UH, JADA, UH, TO JUST GIVE US A SUMMARY OF THE PROCESS AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO IT.
I WANNA THANK YOU JADA FOR, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PROLONGED SEARCH BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, UH, DESPITE ALL THAT ADVERSITY.
SO DANA, UH, TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND THEN I'LL GET IT OVER TO OUR TEAM.
UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO JEFF AND CRYSTAL, UM, TO COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE COUNCILWOMAN ANNA SANDOVAL.
UM, WHEN I TELL YOU THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN BECAUSE WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUESTIONS AND THAT THE SEARCH WE DID WAS INCLUSIVE, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ASKED ABOUT OUR STRUCTURE OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WITH THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING TO INTERVIEW.
AND SO WITH THE HELP OF ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A VERY THOROUGH INTERVIEW PROCESS.
UM, WE PUT OUT THE FIRST SEARCH, UM, THAT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC TRULY, UH, STARTED TO HAVE A SHUTDOWN.
AND AS WE STARTED TO COME OUT OF IT, UM, WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE SEARCH AGAIN AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE COULD TRULY TAP INTO TO BROADEN THE SEARCH, UM, TO MAKE IT MORE OPEN TO APPLICANTS SO WE COULD HAVE A THOROUGH AND FULL, UM, DYNAMIC.
AS WE WENT FORWARD WITH UM, LOOKING AT THE APPLICATIONS, LOOKING AT THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THOSE WE WANTED TO INTERVIEW.
SO WITH THE HELP OF CRYSTAL AND JEFF, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT A SECOND SOLICITATION WHICH CAME BACK WITH MORE APPLICANTS, BUT WE WERE STILL ABLE TO GET THE TOP APPLICANTS THANKS TO THEIR DEDICATION, TO LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN.
AND THEN RISING TO THE TOP OF THOSE, THOSE THAT ARE THE MOST QUALIFIED.
AND SO THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WE, UH, INTERVIEWED AND DURING THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO YOUR TOP THREE THAT WE'LL BE INTERVIEWING TODAY.
ALL OF THEM HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS OF EXPERIENCE, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF POPULATION AND DIFFERENT BUDGET LEVELS.
UM, WE FEEL THAT AT THIS TIME THESE ARE THE STRONGEST THREE CANDIDATES TO BRING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL.
BUT IN THIS PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW AND SPEAK WITH EACH OF THESE CANDIDATES WAS THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE BECAUSE THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH ALL OF US.
SO WE ARE HERE TODAY, MAYOR, I WILL NOT TAKE UP ANY MORE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH JADA.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS AN OPEN SESSION.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONVENE NOW INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GO THROUGH OUR, OUR PANEL BRIEFING AND THEN THE INTERVIEWS THEMSELVES.
SO THE TIME IS NOW 9:11 AM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2020.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BY VIDEO CONFERENCE TO INTERVIEW CITY CLERK CANDIDATES AND DELIBERATE THE DUTIES APPOINTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE CITY CLERK CANDIDATES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS AND DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.
THE TIME IS NOW 1:12 PM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2020.
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THE CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENING AN OPEN SESSION.NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.