* 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. AND [00:00:01] FILE AN UPDATE ON THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, MEET AND CONFER AND GET A MOTION. SECOND, I'LL MOVE. ARE YOU, ARE YOU SEEING THE, OKAY, GREAT. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DISCUSSED WHO WAS GOING TO, UH, START US OFF ON THIS. SO I'LL LET BETWEEN CHRISTINA AND GARY, IF EITHER OF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A, UM, THIS IS A, WAS SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN SHARED WITH US BY HUMAN RESOURCES. AND SO THIS IS A COMPILATION OF ALL [CALL TO ORDER] THE, UM, MEET AND CONFER MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE. UM, I THINK ALL THE UNIONS WERE INVITED. [ROLL CALL] I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY PARTICIPATED, BUT THIS IS WHO THE REPORTS OF RESULTS OF MEETINGS THAT THEY DID HAVE WITH UNIONS. OKAY. OUR, UM, WE HAD REQUESTED THE INDIVIDUAL LOAS AND ANY CHANGES TO THE CHARTER LANGUAGE, I AM NOT SEEING THAT. UM, IS THE CITY INTENT ON PROVIDING THAT TO US? THOSE ARE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, I CAN PROVIDE IT TO THE COMMISSION. IT IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, SO I COULD SEE IF I CAN FORWARD IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. OKAY. YEAH. IF WE COULD BE PROVIDED THE LOAS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL NEGOTIATION. AND THE ONLY ONE I HAVE, AND I THINK THE ONLY ONE I'VE SEEN, I BELIEVE IS THE OA BETWEEN, UM, THE CITY AND IAM. SO THE, THIS IS THE CHALLENGE HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A DEAL WITH THE POA, UM, IF THE CITY'S NOT BEING TRANSPARENT ON THAT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT NOT ONLY IS THERE A DEAL WITH THE POA, BUT POA NEGOTIATED CHANGE IN THE CHARTER AMENDMENT LANGUAGE THEY DID. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS. JUST THE SUMMARY OF THAT POA INCLUDED? YES. WELL, YES. I MEAN, UNLESS WE HAVE THE ACTUAL CHARTER AMENDMENT LANGUAGE, THERE'S NO WAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RENDER ANY OPINION ON WHERE WE AS A COMMISSION STAND ON THIS. I DON'T, I HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO ANY OF THAT. I KNOW I HAVE THE I-E-M-L-O-A, I MAY HAVE THE POA, LET ME CONFIRM. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE WAS A CHARTER LANGUAGE CHANGE FOR THE POA AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PEACE OFFICERS HAVING THE OPTION TO HAVE THEIR HEARINGS HEARD BY AN LOJ, UM, AS OPPOSED TO COMING TO THE COMMISSION. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT THE FIREFIGHTERS BY LAW HAVE THAT RIGHT. THAT THEIR APPEAL HEARINGS ARE HURT BY AN A LJ, WHICH IS WHY YOU DON'T HEAR THE FIREFIGHTER APPEALS. AND SO POA WANTED SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UM, IT'S NOT MANDATED BY LAW THE WAY FIREFIGHTERS ARE. SO THEY'RE GIVEN THE OPTION AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS TO HAVE THEIR APPEAL HERE IN TURBINE LJ IF THEY DESIRE. YEAH. SO AGAIN, THIS IS, WE'RE NOT, THIS IS A CHANGE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE VETTED AND UNDERSTOOD. UM, I, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT THIS IS PARTIALLY BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION HAS UPHELD THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR POLICE HEARINGS. UM, AND THAT, UH, THERE IS A DESIRE TO CIRCUMVENT, UH, CITIZEN OVERSIGHT IN THIS CASE, HAVING ALREADY WEAKENED POLICE OVERSIGHT THROUGH THEIR OWN COMMISSION. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A TROUBLING HACK EMAILS I'LL SEND TO YOU AND FORWARD TO THEM. I JUST FOUND CHRISTINA, I DON'T HAVE ALL YOUR EMAILS, BUT I'M GONNA FORWARD HER THE I AM LOA AND THEN SHE CAN FORWARD IT TO YOU. OKAY. UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE, UH, MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE HAVE ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS SO WE CAN REVIEW. THAT'S FINE WITH ME. I, I CAN, I MAY, I CAN INQUIRE ABOUT THE, UM, ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. OKAY. AND AS I AM IN THE AUDIENCE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE, UH, LOA OR THE, THE, ANY OF THE CHANGES NEGOTIATED? UM, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? [00:05:06] I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER LEFT SAID BY ASHLEY SINCE SHE'S THE ONE THAT HEADED IT. UM, SO I GUESS WHEN YOU GUYS RECONVENE WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT FOR YOU GUYS, UNLESS YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER FOR YOU. UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. UM, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT ASHLEY'S INVITED, I MEAN SHE, YOU KNOW, YES. JUST KEEP, KEEP AN EYE ON THE AGENDA TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WHEN WE COME BACK WITH THIS ITEM THAT SHE'S HERE TO SPEAK ON IT, PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY. UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION TO YOU GUYS NEXT, UH, CIVIL SERVICE MEETING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, IF YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDED THE DOCUMENTATION, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GONNA BE OUT AT A STAFF CONFERENCE, SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US OR, AND LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS ON. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND JUST, UH, FOR, UH, TIME PURPOSES, WE DO HAVE A HEARING STARTING TODAY, AND WE HAVE MEETINGS EV I THINK THE, THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE HEARING. SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH COMMISSION, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT A FOLLOWING WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A HEAVY AGENDA. SO IT DOESN'T CUT INTO OUR, OUR HEARING. OKAY. WE ARE, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE TWO WEEKS. I WOULD NOT WANT TO GO ANY FURTHER THAN THAT 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HIT, UM, WE'RE GONNA HIT, UH, CITY COUNCIL FIRST MEETING ON THIS AND, UH, NOT TOO LONG. SO, UM, I THINK, LET'S SEE WHO MADE OUR ORIGINAL MOTION? I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ON THE RECORD BEFORE WE SURE. MOVE TO TABLE THIS. UM, I, I, I WANT IT ON THE RECORD THAT, UM, EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF OF OF, OF THIS PIECE WITH THE POA IS DISTURBING. I WANT IT ON THE RECORD THAT OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY MANAGER STOOD IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION AND SAID THAT THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY DISCIPLINE COMPONENT OF CIVIL SERVICE. THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE OUR HIRING PROCESS WAS TOO SLOW. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE POA? WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH DISCIPLINE AND TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT CIVIL SERVICE ON DISCIPLINARY MATTERS REGARDING THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT? THIS IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING. IT'S DISAPPOINTING. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WERE SAID ON RECORD. THEY'RE IN ARTICLES IN NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE WE WANNA HELP OUR COMMUNITY GET CITY JOBS QUICKER. AND NOW WE GET THIS WILD CARD THROWN AT US BY, OF ALL FOLKS, THE POA, THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTATION REPRESENTATIVE BODY REGARDING DISCIPLINARY MATTERS, WHICH I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN. OUR MAYOR, REX RICHARDSON, SAID, WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED BY THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT NO DISCIPLINARY MATTERS, NO DISCIPLINARY COMPONENTS OF CIVIL SERVICE WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT. AND NOW A MAGIC RABBIT GETS PULLED OUT OF THIS, AND I'M GONNA BE REAL DRAMATIC ABOUT IT, OUT OF THIS NEFARIOUS HAT THAT RABBITS KEEP GETTING PULLED OUT OF IT. IT SEEMS. NOW I DO NOT AGREE WITH POLITICIANS AND CITY BUREAUCRATS UTILIZING THE CIVIL SERVICE PROCESS TO CUT DEALS WITH THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTATIVE BODY, THE POA. IT'S MANIPULATIVE, IT'S DECEITFUL, IT'S SHAMEFUL. I HAD HOPES THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITHOUT ANY OTHER DISAPPOINTING TURN OF EVENTS. SO I JUST WANT THAT ON THE RECORD, THAT, THAT IT WAS SAID PUBLICLY THAT THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT WOULD NOT IMPACT DISCIPLINE. THAT IT WAS ROOTED IN TRYING TO GET COMMUNITY MEMBERS HIRED QUICKER BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POA, THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DISCIPLINARY MATTERS REGARDING [00:10:01] THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ASA, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSION HAS THE MARCH 29TH, UM, UPDATE ON THE CHARTER AMENDMENT MEETING CONFER. SORRY TO HAVE YOU STANDING UP THERE FOR ALL THAT NOW WE'RE OKAY. COME MARCH 29TH. THIS ONE? YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT'S ATTACHED TO THEIR AGENDA. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. SO THE, THE FOURTH BULLET POINT DOES TALK ABOUT THIS WHOLE POA, UM, LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION HAVING THE OPTION TO HAVE THEIR DISCIPLINARY APPEALS HEARD BY A HEARING OFFICER. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT, IT WASN'T A DOCUMENT AND I'M GONNA TRY TO FIND THE LANGUAGE, THE EXACT LANGUAGE SO YOU CAN SEE IT. 'CAUSE I, I KNOW THERE IS, THESE ARE SNIPPETS I LANGUAGE, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO FIND THE ACTUAL. SO FRANKLY, GARY, I DON'T TRUST THE CITY MANAGER'S REPRESENTATIONS. UM, IF THERE IS AN LOOA, I WANT TO SEE AN ACTUAL LOA, IF THERE IS A CHANGE TO THE CHARTER, I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT ACTUAL CHARTER LANGUAGE IS. UM, I AM NOT AT THIS POINT INCLINED TO GIVE ANY WEIGHT TO REPRESENTATIONS. OKAY. AND JUST, UH, ONE, ONE COMMENT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT COMMISSIONER OONA SAID, UH, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THIS COMMISSION MAINTAINING ITS INTEGRITY WITH WHAT WAS, WHAT'S GOING TO BE LEFT OF IT. IF THIS A AMEND, UH, CHARTER AMENDMENT PASSES. IF WE REMOVE ALL OF THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE RECRUITMENT AND HIRING PROCESSES, AND WE REMOVE THE BULK OF OUR HEARINGS, WHICH IS POA WHAT IS LEFT, IT IS REALLY THE DECIMATION OF THIS COMMISSION AND ITS PROCESSES TO THE EMPLOYEES AND THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. COMMISSIONER LUFF. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I FULLY STAND WITH COMMISSIONER ASUNA AND HIS COMMENTS. I THINK HE WAS RIGHT ON POINT. HE SAID IT BETTER THAN I POSSIBLY COULD HAVE. AND COMMISSIONER GARNICKA, I THINK SHE'S RIGHT TOO. I THINK IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO GUT THIS, THIS BODY, IT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT'S NOT WHAT THEY SAID IT WAS. AND, AND THAT'S WRONG. THAT'S IT. YEAH. VICE PRESIDENT GORDON PETERSON. I, I'VE TRIED TO SIT ON MY TONGUE. I, I'M TRYING, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT. I STILL BELIEVE THERE WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO DECIMATE CIVIL SERVICE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THIS ISN'T ABOUT HIRING. IF IT WAS ABOUT HIRING, THEN HUMAN RESOURCES WOULD USE THE ELIGIBILITY LIST THAT EXISTS IN CIVIL SERVICE THAT THEY WILL NOT USE AND THEY DO NOT USE. THEY FLOATED POSITIONS THAT WE HAD ELIGIBILITY LISTS FOR IT THAT THEY COULD HAVE USED. AND THEN THE ONBOARDING PROCESS, WHEN AN OPEN POSITION BECAME AVAILABLE WOULD'VE BEEN SMOOTH SAILING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. AND SO IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, BUT WHAT IT DOES TAKE IS A COMMUNITY TO STAND UP AND DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, WHICH IS TO VOTE. I CAN'T HELP YOU. AND IT'S DISHEARTENING. IT'S DISHEARTENING IF YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS FAIRNESS AND EQUITY ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU ONLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE HIERARCHY HERE AT THE CITY. LOOK, LISTEN TO EMPLOYEES WHO SAY THAT THEY WERE QUALIFIED FOR POSITIONS AND COULD NOT GET THEM. I'M, I'M AT A LOSS BECAUSE IF, IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY DONE OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. CIVIL SERVICES IS NOW REQUESTING TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES, JUST TIRED. 2008, WE ARE EIGHT EMPLOYEES DOWN. THE VOLUME OF HIRING IS UP. AND YOU SIT THERE WITH THE FAT CAT HR DEPARTMENT, AND THEN YOU USE US IN COMPARISON. AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE WORKFORCE. WE [00:15:01] GIVE YOU ELIGIBILITY LISTS THAT YOU WILL NOT USE. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS WHO EVERYONE NOW IS WILLING TO WORK SO, SO WELL TOGETHER. BUT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE PEOPLE AND IT'S GONNA BE UP TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. IF YOU THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, GO WITH IT. GO FOR WHAT YOU KNOW. BUT I'M DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN WHAT IS OCCURRING HERE. AND IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN TODAY, PEOPLE, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING STANCE AND YEAR BY YEAR IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. AND I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE I'M SAYING, WELL DISMANTLE CIVIL SERVICE AND THEN IN ANOTHER YEAR, TELL US WHY YOU'RE STILL HAVING HIRING PROBLEMS. SO I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES. UM, BUT JUMP INTO BED TOGETHER AND THEN SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF IT, BECAUSE, UM, YOU'VE GOTTA SAVE YOURSELF. I CAN'T SAVE YOU. THAT'S IT. YEAH. UM, SO I THINK WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. UM, OUR MOTION, UH, IS BY, UH, COMMISSIONER IKA TO TABLE. I WOULD SAY TO TABLE FOR TWO WEEKS. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING. UH, I'M, I HAVE A SECOND HERE. UM, I WILL SAY ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. GARY, UM, IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE I-M-L-O-A NOW. OKAY. YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT. YEAH. AND, AND I WILL LOOK, SEE IF I CAN FIND THE LOA IF THERE IS ONE REGARDING THE POA. OKAY. UM, CHRISTINA, IF WE CAN INVITE OUR LABOR PARTNERS, JUST SO THEY KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. YES. AND I ALSO INVITED HR TODAY AND THEY DECLINED. OKAY. WELL THAT IS THEIR CHOICE IF THEY WISH . OKAY. YEAH. UM, ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO THE MOTION IS TO TABLE THIS UNTIL, WHAT DATE? UH, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. TWO WEDNESDAYS FROM TODAY. SO, SO MAY, MAY 1ST. NO, MAY 8TH. MAY 8TH. OKAY. WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A MEETING ON MAY 8TH AT OUR REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 8TH. ARE, DO WE NOT HAVE ANOTHER? SO THE 24TH IS ONE WEDNESDAY AWAY, AND THEN THE FIRST WOULD BE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO IT. OKAY. WELL THEN MAY 8TH OF THIS WE DO. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER? NO, I WILL, I WILL ASK FOR ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM WHERE THESE BULLET POINTS WERE MADE. UM, SO I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION FROM, UM, FROM THE BULLET POINTS THAT THESE TFF IS MADE. LET THEM KNOW THAT IF WE DON'T GET ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, I'M VERY WILLING TO WALK TO THEIR OFFICES TO SECURE THEM FROM THEM PERSONALLY. WILL DO. I'M SERIOUS. WILL DO. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, UH, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HADN'T. RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE WILL REVISIT THIS ON THE EIGHTH. UM, THAT MOVES US TO OUR SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS, UH, A CLOSED SESSION. UH, BEFORE WE TAKE THE CLOSED SESSION, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT. OKAY. UH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS WE WANNA MAKE BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION? ALL RIGHT. UH, SEEING NONE, UH, THE COMMISSION WILL ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B ONE OF SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 OF THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE. ANY ACTION WILL BE REPORTED IN OPEN SEC SESSION AFTER, UH, WE DO A MOTION TO DO THAT AFTER CLOSED. THANK YOU. EVERYONE. MOTION TO GO INTO SESSION? NO. NAH. [00:20:06] ARE WE GOING BACK THERE? YEAH. YES. WHERE? UPSTAIRS? THANKS TO CHRIS. OH, BACK HERE? YEP. DO WE GET CHELSEA? GET WE GET CHELSEA. CHELSEA, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS FOR YOUR HEARING. OH, YOUR ATTORNEY. OH. OH. SO PRESIDENT FALLAS? YEAH. DO YOU WANT ME, DO YOU WANT ME IN YOUR CLOSED SESSION? YES, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. AND IT'S FROST HOLLINS AH, . ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. FROST HOLLINS. DO YOU? I'M ERIC . YEAH, WE, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. SO WE MAY ACTUALLY BE OR WRITING THIS, SO IT MAY TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE. OH, YOU ALRIGHT THEN. LET ME GO CHECK ON THE ATTORNEYS. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I'M JUST GOING UPSTAIRS. OKAY. HE'LL BE BACK AROUND ONE 10. I'LL SEND THAT. UH OH. THANK YOU. [01:23:06] SORT [01:23:06] IS [01:23:07] MORE. [01:23:07] SORRY. [01:23:27] OH, [01:23:27] I [01:23:27] THOUGHT [01:23:28] THAT [01:23:28] WAS [01:23:28] JUST [01:23:28] BE [01:23:29] ALL RIGHT. WE GOTTA HAVE KLEENEX UP HERE. YOU KNOW, YOU LEFT ME LIKE THIS, RIGHT? SHE'S LIKE, YEAH. DON'T EVER CHANGE. OKAY. ARE ARE WE ALL READY TO GO BACK ON THE RECORD? NO. YES. OKAY. YES, SIR. OKAY. WE ARE BACK AN OPEN SESSION AT 10 33. THANK YOU. UM, ON A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOVE, UH, THE COMMISSION, UH, VOTED, UH, TO PROVIDE CHRISTINA PIZARRO WINING WITH ALL THE STANDARD RAISES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TO MANAGERS, UM, IN THE CITY, AND A 7% MERIT INCREASE IN ADDITION TO THOSE. THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORTS FROM CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, AND I WILL FOLLOW UP, CHRISTINA, UH, YOU AND I, UH, THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZED THAT YOU AND I CAN MEET ON THE EVALUATION. SO I'LL PROVIDE A COPY TO YOU AND, AND WE'LL SCHEDULE A MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. APPRECIATE IT. CAN I, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THE, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CAPTURING IT. IT WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. LOVE TO, UH, [01:25:01] ADOPT ALL STANDARD RAISES PROVIDED TO CITY MANAGERS AND A 7% MERIT INCREASE FOR CHRISTINA. PERFECT RECEIPT. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, THERE BEING NO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND NO ONE HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? UM, NO. UH, BUT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, ONE THING. UM, CHRISTINA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING UNDER SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT, UM, FOR THE 2023 YEAR. WE KNOW IT'S BEEN HARD AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE TO OUR DEPARTMENT. GARY, ARE WE VOTING HERE? 'CAUSE WE DID VOTE IN CLOSED SESSION, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST REPORTING OUT THE CURRENT VOTE. YOU WANNA VOTE HERE TOO? OKAY, GREAT. SURE. GIVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. YOU CAN DO A VOICE VOTE IF THE COMPUTER'S ALREADY OFF. SO WE HAVE IKA AND LOVE IS THE FIRST AND SECOND. MM-HMM. . AND CAN WE JUST VERBAL VOTE ON THIS, UH, COMMISSIONER LOVE? YES. AND I JUST PUT IN MY YES. SO YEAH. OKAY, BECAUSE I TURNED MY COMPUTER OFF. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THERE WE GO. YEP. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE AND I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM AS YOU KNOW, SO IT MAKES EVERY DAY A GOOD DAY. SO WE FOCUS ON THE WORK AT HAND AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT INTO 2024. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. APPRECIATE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND GARY, WE VOTE FOR YOUR RAISE TOO IN SPIRIT. . THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT . ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER IN TERMS OF ANNOUNCEMENT, ANYTHING BEFORE WE ADJOURN? ALL RIGHT. THERE BEING NO ADDITIONAL AGENDAS, BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10 36. OKAY. * 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.