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[Special City Council on November 12, 2024.]
WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.OH, WE'LL DO, YEAH, WELL, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE'RE DOING THE PLEDGE FOR THIS ONE.
JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL, AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
NOW, MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL ROKU.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD, WHAT IS THAT, BILLY? WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS MAYOR, WE'RE GONNA GO TO NUMBER FOUR.
I JUST WANNA BE SURE WAS A MISSING SOMETHING.
UH, WE WILL DO A PUBLIC FORUM AND FOR RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING COUNSELORS OR COUNSELOR, UM, INCLUDING ANY RECOGNITION FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, THIS IS THE, THE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC.
CAN WE MAKE THIS ANY SMALLER JESUS CHRIST.
TIME FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, TO COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT LISTED IN THE AGENDA.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS ITEMS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ON THE AGENDA.
THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO A RS 38 DASH 4 3 1 0.01 H ACTION, UH, TAKEN AS A RESULT, RESULT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO DIRECTING STAFF.
UM, TO STUDY THE MATTER, RESPONDING TO ANY CRITICISM, UH, SCHEDULING THE MATTER FOR LATER DISCUSSION, UH, UH, CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM.
KATHY, I THINK YOU WANNA COMMENT YOU WELL, HE MEANT PUBLIC FORUM.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS PULLED FORWARD.
SO I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, FROM AAS MM-HMM.
WELL, I SAID YOU'LL BE DEPARTING.
UH, I WILL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR THE END.
KATHY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING.
UM, I WANNA, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE I CAN THINK OF THROUGH MY LIFE FROM WHOM I HAVE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL, AND COUNCILLOR WILLIAMSON ABSOLUTELY FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY.
YOU HAVE HELPED ME BE A BETTER COUNSELOR UP HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE HELPED ME NAVIGATE HOW I WANNA PRESENT THINGS, TO ANTICIPATE QUESTIONS, UM, TO MAKE STRONGER POINTS.
IT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND I'VE LEARNED FROM YOU, YOU ARE A DEDICATED PERSON AND THERE IS, WHEN YOU SET YOUR MIND TO SOMETHING, THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE.
SO, I JUST WANNA SAY, I ABSOLUTELY HAVE APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND FOR THE INTELLECT THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP TO THIS DAUS YOU HAVE MADE, UM, POINTS THAT HAVE MADE ME RETHINK THINGS, MADE ME CONSIDER THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN CAN DO THAT CAN REALLY OPEN OTHER PEOPLE'S MINDS.
SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME WE'VE SERVED TOGETHER.
AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING BACK AFTER A FAIRLY, UH, RIGOROUS AND INTRUSIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURE.
UH, AND I HAD SET A GOAL TO BE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE MY COUNSEL DS PARTNER HERE TO MY LEFT, UH, JESSICA WILLIAMSON.
UM, SHE'S ALWAYS TREATED ME WITH GREAT RESPECT.
WE HAVE, UH, REALLY INTERESTING, UH, CONVERSATIONS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWPOINT ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER TIME.
AND SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AND I WILL MISS YOU AS MY DIOCESE PARTNER.
SO, JESSICA
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IS THAT I NEVER KNOW WHEN A PEARL OF WISDOM IS GOING TO COME FORTH FROM YOUR MOUTH.AND, UH, OFTENTIMES IT IS AT UNEXPECTED TIMES, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THOSE TIMES.
BUT THE ANECDOTE THAT I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, AND I WILL SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES IF I HAVEN'T SHARED WITH THEM PREVIOUSLY, IS THAT THE MOST MEMORABLE THING YOU HAVE SAID IN MY TIME, UH, AROUND YOU OVER THE LAST TWO PLUS YEARS, WAS ACTUALLY, WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY THREE PLUS YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN CITIZENS ACADEMY, AND YOU ALL CAME TO THE FIRST MEETING AND INTRODUCED YOURSELVES.
AND THE THING THAT YOU SAID THEN THAT I HAVE CARRIED FORTH, AND I CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT REGULARLY, IS THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS A NIMBY WHEN THE DAY IS DONE.
AND IT'S ONLY A FACTOR OF WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
AND HAVING THAT APPRECIATION IS USEFUL AND VALUABLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.
SO, JESSICA, YOU AND I HAVE NOT ALWAYS SEEN EYE TO EYE AND, UM, IT'S ALWAYS MADE IT AN INTERESTING SET OF CONVERSATIONS, BUT I WANNA SAY THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OBVIOUS TO ME THAT YOU CARE A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT YOU CARE A LOT FOR ALL THE ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, AND EVEN TOURISTS, WHICH FLY INTO BUSINESSES.
AND THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN WE SIT UP HERE, IS THAT WE NEED TO REPRESENT THE FULLNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S DIFFICULT, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT.
AND SO EVEN WHEN WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS SEEN EYE TO EYE, I THINK WE ARE BOTH AGREED THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT AND THE FUTURE OF SEDONA IS IMPORTANT TO US.
JESSICA AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME.
BEFORE I EVEN CONTEMPLATED RUNNING FOR COUNCIL, WE WOULD HAVE VIGOROUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
AND WE'VE CONTINUED THOSE CONVERSATIONS AFTER.
UM, I'VE JOINED YOU ON THE DAAS AND, AND, UH, I'M GONNA MISS THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THEY DO PROVOKE ONE, THEY'RE THOUGHT PROVOKING AND YOU ARE A GREAT HISTORIAN AND OF, OF THE PAST AND OF THE RATIONALE AS TO WHY WE DID THINGS AND HOW WE DID THINGS AND WHAT THAT BROUGHT US TO TODAY.
UH, I KNOW I, YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT SEEING YOU IN THE, IN THE FUTURE, BUT YOU WILL BE MISSED.
UH, YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.
YOUR VOICE WAS AN IMPORTANT VOICE.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING IT.
SO IT WAS 2014 WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I THINK I'M, AND I AM NOW THE, WITH JESSICA'S DEPARTURE, I'M THE WILL BE THE LONGEST SITTING PERSON ON CA ON THE DAUS HERE.
AND FROM THAT TIME I MET JESSICA, ACTUALLY BEFORE 2014 WHEN I WAS RUNNING, HER PASSION ALWAYS DRILLED ME.
HER KNOWLEDGE WAS SECOND TO NONE BETWEEN HOUSING.
SHE'S TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT HOUSING THAT I NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT HER PASSION FOR THE YARAPA COLLEGE AND HER KNOWLEDGE FOR THE YARAPA COLLEGE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ME.
AND BY THE WAY, UH, JESSICA HAS AGREED TO CONTINUE ON HELPING ME, UH, AFTER LEAVING THE DAUS, UH, WITH THE OUT BY COLLEGE.
AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WE MORE BODIES ARE BURIED THAN I, THAN I DO.
SO HER HISTORY OF THIS CITY IS ALSO VERY APPRECIATED.
AND WHILE ALSO WE DON'T ALWAYS GET ALONG, BUT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ALWAYS GET ALONG, BUT WE ALWAYS RESPECT EACH OTHER.
AND I DEEPLY RESPECT YOU, JESSICA, AND APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE'VE SHARED ON THIS DAYS TOGETHER.
AND AS HOLLY SAID, YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
BUT I HOPE WE CAN, UH, REMAIN FRIENDS AND CONTINUE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YEAH, I WOULD.
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UM, WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR COUNCIL, I RAN BECAUSE I WANTED TO SAY THINGS THAT NOBODY ELSE WAS SAYING.AND I WANTED TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT NEEDED TO BE HAPPENING.
UM, FOR A LOT OF YEARS, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY, NOBODY WANTED, EVERYBODY WANTED TO JUST KICK A CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
AND IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TIME TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
SO I'VE BEEN VERY, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE VERY KIND THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT ME.
I, UM, I, I WANNA THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME OVER THE YEARS.
AND I WANT TO REALLY, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF OF THE CITY, THE STAFF.
I THINK I HAVE, I HAVE WATCHED IT OVER THE YEARS, UM, WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNCILS.
AND THE STAFF HAS ALWAYS STEPPED UP AND DONE THE, THE JOB THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, UM, IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL AND, UM, RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE WAY.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S TRUE OF EVERY STAFF IN EVERY CITY, BUT I THINK SEDONA STAFF I THINK IS REALLY EXCELLENT.
AND I JUST, NOTHING THAT WE WANT TO DO WOULD EVER GET DONE WITHOUT THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE.
ANNETTE, YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS.
AND THAT HAS A FEW THINGS TO SAY.
UM, JESSICA, ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, WE HAVE A SMALL GIFT FOR YOU AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RECIPROCATE.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATED YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, AND UH, ALTHOUGH I'VE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE A VERY LONG TIME, I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE STAFF THAT, UM, THEY'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR CANDOR, YOUR SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS, YOUR ABILITY TO, UM, GET TO YES ON THINGS.
AND I LOOKED BACK AT YOUR, UM, 2018 CAMPAIGN COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES WERE.
AND I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN.
UM, UPTOWN TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS, GETTING TRANSIT GOING, THE TRANSITION OF MANAGING TOURISM.
UM, AND SO I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
YOU'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR 12 YEARS, AND AS WE JOKINGLY SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, IT'S LIKE YOU WENT FROM KINDERGARTEN TO GRADUATING SENIOR NOW.
AND WE HAVE THIS LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU.
I ONLY WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING THAT, UH, I THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND WHAT I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO IS TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR SEDONA NOW AND IN THE FUTURE WITH THE NEW, THE NEW RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE HERE, THE NEW CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
WHAT'S THAT? DO I LEAVE NOW? NO, YOU CAN HANG AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE MEETINGS.
WE'LL BE DONE BY 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT.
WE ALSO HAVE CUPCAKES AFTERWARDS.
SO, UM, WE CAN DO THE SWEARING IN, UH, AND YOU'LL, I HOPE YOU'LL STAY AROUND AND HAVE CUPCAKES WITH US AND SIT AROUND.
WE'LL BE HERE TILL PROBABLY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME
YEAH, WE, WE NEED, WE NEED TO LEAVE FRONT AND CENTER.
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO DO, HOW IT'S DONE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE JUDGE IS GONNA BE READING.
AND HE DOESN'T NEED HIS, THE JUDGE HAS HIS, SO HE CAN LISTEN.
WHEN WE GET TO THIS PART WHERE IT SAYS DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, I'LL, I'LL SAY DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.
THEN I'LL ALSO SAY OF THE OFFICER.
COUNSEL, DO YOU WANT TALK INTO THE MIC SO THAT YOU CAN BE HEARD OVER THE SPEAKER? WE CAN MOVE CLOSER.
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YEAH, WE WON'T BE ON.JESSICA, ON HIS VOICE TO CARRY.
OH, BECAUSE I HAVE A BAD VOICE RIGHT NOW.
WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS? I STATE YOUR NAME.
SCOTT, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM SOLEMN.
SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT I SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES SUPPORT AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME.
AND DEFEND THEM AGAINST ALL ENEMIES.
AND DEFEND, DEFEND THEM AGAINST ALL ENEMIES.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL FAITH FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR.
THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNSELOR.
DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNSELOR, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
OR SO I DO AFFIRM OR SO I DO AFFIRM.
SEE YOU AROUND TOWN ON THE TRAILS.
THAT, OKAY? THANK YOU JESSICA.
LOCAL PHONE CALL APPOINTMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE THE BIGGEST, OH, I'M, I JUST WANNA GET CONGRATS.
MAYOR, DO YOU NEED TO ADJOURN? OH, WE GONNA HAVE CUP COPIES.
WE'VE GOTTA DO ANOTHER ROLL CALL AND DO AN APPOINTMENT FOR VICE MAYOR.
HEY JOE, WE WE'RE ALL STEPPING BACK.
ERIC, WHERE YOU GOING? RIGHT HERE.
OKAY, NOW MADAM CLERK ROLL CALL PLEASE.
GOT ME CONFUSED, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF A VICE MAYOR.
UH, I WILL SORT OF BREAK MY NORMAL, UH, PROCEDURE AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HOLLY KLUG AS A VICE MAYOR.
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IF THERE'S ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS.CAN I SECOND THAT NOMINATION? NOT YET.
IT'S JUST OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE ELSE TO NOMINATE.
SO, AND THEN YOU CAN GO TO, IS THERE ANY OTHER NOM NOMINATION? HEARING NONE.
SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, HOLLY PLU IS THE VICE MAYOR.
DID WE NEED TO SEE ELECTION ON THE VOTE OF YOUR HISTORY?
WHEN, WHEN YOU STARTED BACK IN.
NOW, DO WE HAVE CUPCAKES? WELL, WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO, UM, WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.