Remarks by Christi Fraga
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“So between first and second reading, we can change that.”
“Thank you very much. Okay, I need a motion.”
“Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second.”
“All right, item G is, well, let's open up to public hearing. Public comments now open for item 25-6014. Anyone would like to speak, please approach the podium regarding this item. Being no one, public comments is now closed. And I will turn it over to our city clerk.”
“OK, thank you very much. I need a motion.”
“Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. Please call the roll, Madam Clerk.”
“Opening up public comments for item 25-6023. Anyone who would like to speak on this item, please approach the podium. Seeing none. Public comments is now closed. And we will turn this over to our city attorney.”
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“Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second? Second. Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. There are no additional questions. All right. I am going to ask for each of us to bring back our nominations for the committee at the next hearing, which would be February 12th. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
“Provide your names to the clerk so she can put an item on the agenda for the next meeting to approve the board to select the I G all right to move on to the next item item I.”
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“I have a couple questions. Motion to approve by Councilman Pinero, and we have questions by Vice Mayor Borjas.”
“Okay. All right, is there any other questions? So I think the only thing that we're going to be adding is in section three, I'm sorry, section 2-54C, there's going to be a reference to section 2.1 of our city code regarding the seal. And 2-53.”
“Oh, okay, I'm sorry. Yes, we're adding from the code. Correct. Into that item.”
“Yes. Thank you. But only into section 2-54.”
“Well, there should be no proclamations created in any, or any type of recognition that resembles a proclamation.”
“No, it says right here, it says, all proof proclamations are to reflect the name of the mayor, and should the mayor not be available to present the proclamation, the requesting council member shall be able to present it. In addition, in the vice mayor's absence, the mayor may delegate a council member. So basically the way it works, and we talked about this when we did the policy, is that if If the mayor is not available, we've always done it where the council member that requests it gets it. For a year, for a year, as the mayor and the official spokesperson, I wasn't even asked when a…”
“And so what happened this past year was not against the charter, Vice Mayor?”
“I apologize, but there's no consistency in your recommendation. I'm okay with it the way it is. We will make the change to Section 2-54, Section C, unless there's consensus on something else. I don't think that the policy needs to be amended any further.”
“Yeah, I think that between first and second reading, if you want to bring back some type of additional opinion, that would be great. It gives you some time to look at it. In the meantime, from first to second reading, I think that we'll make the changes that we've discussed and move forward with the current language. There's a motion on the table. Is there a second? Second. with the amended changes to Section 2-54, Section C only. Yes. Thank you.”
“All right. We move on to the next item, second readings. Oh, that's right, we did these. That's right. So we've exhausted our agenda for the evening. Thank you very much for joining us. And I do want to mention that today is Ginger's second birthday. I was just told by our business chief. So happy birthday, Ginger, our emotional support dog. We need her around here. Bring her. Thank you very much. I need a motion to adjourn. Motion. Motion to adjourn cohesively by Councilman Pinedo and Councilman Reynoso. The second is by Councilman Pinedo today. All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion is approved…”
“And we'll take the roll call. Adam Clark.”
“Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Vice Mayor Porras.”
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