e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e the vice mayor asked first sor goe she can go she can go go ahead say even though we spoke over the phone again I just want to to thank you again for everything that you have done like Council woman uh por says you know within this difficult time you were able to come in and help us and guide us you know for us to keep moving forward a pleasure May thank you same Joe thank you so much you and your team they were great thank you so much yes I also want to extend my my gratitude and I I also want to thank you for for your service for the past almost two months uh not only during difficult times but also for your guidance in a lot of the issues that that the city is currently facing and you will be facing into the future as well thank you okay thank you everybody Mr G GTO thank you all right we move on to Item B uh I was gonna say Connie sorry madam city clerk please item 5B a resolution of the mayor and the city council of city of D Florida approving the selection of blank as city manager pursuant to article 3.02 of the city's Charter further authorizing the city manager and City attorney to negotiate and execute employment agreement with blank providing for implementation and providing for an effective date okay this also belongs now to the city council um this is the nomination of the city manager uh and we will turn it over very quickly to our inam city manager in case HR wants to add anything and then open it up for comments yes mayor and city council as with the city attorney the recommendations you have are two individuals that were made by the selection committee comprised of the mayor and Council um Mr Ray Valdez and Miss um Rasha CaRu and um we provided to them our standard employment agement template um filled out with the the salaries that they had indicated on their applications and they both returned without any changes to them so from that point of view we're comfortable with the employment agreements thank you Miss Books Okay this item now belongs to city council anyone that would like to speak ask questions I believe both candidates are here as well I see Miss Russia kamu and I see Mr Ray Balz in the room in case there's any questions of the candidates final questions both agreements were also attached for this so we either need a nomination or discussion motion to approve um Mr Rayes we have a motion on the table for U appointment of Mr Ray Valdez second there's a second any final questions comments I have a comment to Mrs Brooks Council M thank you so much for um for you to accept at the time to be part and to guide us as well uh to work with our departments and with us in a very transparent uh way and equal with all of us so I really appreciate that you were able to come in and for the time that you spend with us thank you any other comments would you like some time yes I just like to say thank you to um the council and the mayor for for um giving me the opportunity to to do this for you on an interim basis and especially to say thank you to all of your staff who worked very hard in supporting me and and having us be able to continue to move projects forwards and not really stumble too much um as you made your selection for the permanent manager so thank you for that and to Mr Geller for supporting us as well any other comments at this time through the mayor yes councilman I just want to clarify does this one also have a transition period as well it's effective immediately and with a transition same date I think that that that will be the best way uh to do it so it will help uh the the time that we make the elction to um go over it and and keep a hand so we will be the same okay well I just want to add and reiterate um Miss Brooks thank you again as well for taking on this big task and um you did it with High professionalism you know you and both Mr Geller were extremely crucial and um thank you again for moving our meetings along you came in in a very uh difficult time and you helped us get through one of the most difficult times that I have seen and experienced here so thank you for your great work your your high professionalism and um the way that you also worked with our staff made them feel very um motivated and comfortable so I I want to thank you as well for filling in a pleasure I did that and thank you there's not not much to say but uh I think you were the right person for the right moment so thank you so much for for your service appreciate it yes councilman Beno Miss BRS as I told you before and I mean it's not a secret it didn't support you the first time I was I was really hoping that you were planning to stay uh but I want to thank you thank you for keeping us on track for for keeping it balance and being professional so I just I just want to thank you for for your service thank you thank you mayor thank you any other comments okay I'll make some final comments and I actually do have a question about the transition period on this contract so um being that we have a council meeting in just a week and that um our interim city manager is the one who has basically been uh overseeing this this very heavy agenda that we have coming forward since we do not have a meeting in July I would feel much more comfortable if we had an effective date of the date after the council meeting I just think it's the most um I think it's unfair to Mr Valdez um and to Miss Brooks that we do a transition right now when uh really the city manager is the one that oversees along with staff all of these items it's a very heavy agenda with important items and I think that the best transition period would be right after the date after that meeting um obviously there should be a transition period of at least 30 days so that she's able to transfer over all the things that they're working on we're in the middle of the budget season coming up um and so I think it's a really crucial time I saw the proposed budget book on her desk just a couple days ago so I think that there's going to be a a huge gap if there is a one you know a next day um appointment especially with a meeting like the June meeting we have coming up so my recommendation would be that we make this effective June 13th the date after the council meeting obviously there can already start being some um conversations but I think that having uh having that very Swift change with all the Departments that are overseen um and all the items that are going to come forward on this agenda it it something is going to fall through so that would be my recommendation moving forward like I said a 30-day transition so that it's clear in this process um is necessary I think that you know the ones who suffer here are our residents because things end up getting pushed back it's going to take at least 3 months for anybody to get well acquainted with everything that's happening and therefore I think making sure we at least have a secured one month trans uh transition period especially in the time of this City's uh the time we're in right now which is getting ready for budgets that's the most appropriate um the most appropriate way to move forward so hopefully there is support for that again I have been very vocal that I am not in agreement with this process I think it's a violation of the charter the way this has moved forward but um I have had great conversations with Miss Brooks I am extremely pleased with her professionalism and the way that she's conducted herself I would have liked to have seen her continue through this time especially during the time of budgeting and and preparing for very big projects that we have to turn back to the community um unfortunately that's not what we're seeing here we we've kind of rushed a special meeting for these two selections that were going to take place during our June agenda anyway um and so I question the reason why there's such a rush in that as well but nevertheless I am very grateful for her um for her service for her professionalism you kept the road you kept the car on the road I said to you when you first came in you were inheriting a Maserati you could drive it off a clip or keep it on the road and you've kept it on the road and I want to thank you for that because there's an incredible team here and I think that um our residents are pleased with the service the level of service and commitment that they have to our community because at the end of the day we are elected to represent them and so I think that it's imperative that we cause as little disruption to service and to the prop progress that we have um made and that we will continue to make as a city so that's my uh friendly Amendment if anybody if if everybody's okay with it I think that it's the most appropriate way to move forward at this time in this very critical role through the mayor yes Council us motion to call the question with the proposal as presented I have a motion to call a question with the proposal as presented by councilman poras is there a second second motion to call a question made by Council por second VI May cor Council poras yes Council vice mayor P corve yes Council M Panero no council M yes mayor Fraga no motion passes okay want to call the question on the original motion please yes I have motion to approve the selection of rayal as a city manager made by Council woman cabal and seconded by Council poras Council yes Council poras yes councilman Pino no vice mayor cor yes mayor FR no motion passes thank you very much okay I have some final comments before we adjourn um again I want to welcome both our new City attorney as well as our city manager I really hope that you all take an opportunity to understand and learn the um the incredible team that we have here um the opportunity that exists with this city at the end of the day like I said we're all elected here to do the best possible for our residents for our community and they're the ones that feel the impact of changes like this um it's not Christy Fraga it's not uh Dina Cabra it's not Oscar pig or marine porus or uh Rafael Pino it's the residents of our city it's the business owners within our community and so I think it's extremely important that professionalism is conducted um and that we uphold Integrity transparency and honesty so I I wish you all much luck and success with us and hopefully many years of service um and an opportunity to serve it's all now in the hands of God so thank you very much and we look forward to continuing to work forward to work in taking this city forward thank you very much and we need a motion to adjourn before before we adjourn I have some comments through the mayor go ahead councilwoman K I just want to say that uh thank you to all the applicant uh but for the for the ones that we have decided thank you for um your input I know that we are have no doubt that we made the right decisions to having you here very welcome back I'm so glad that you're here because I know as a resident not just an elected official as a resident we're going to be in good hands and um I don't think that there's no reason for the city to suffer because we have conducted having the guidance also Miss Brooks that was here at that time Mr Galler to the city will not suffer but we make we need to make those changes and the changes are going be for a positive impact for us to keep growing so thank you so much for being here and I have no doubt again that we have made the right choices thank you so much through the mayor I would like to make some comments as well Council Andes thank you all um to all the applicants in fact I'm very proud that we had so many applicants we had over 90 applicants and that says a lot about our great City and the people that want to come work with us and I honestly it was a hard decision um I just want to introduce Mr Valdez to the community he has been when in the city of Dural over 30 years right 28 years and he was actually Deputy city manager in the city of Dural um he's worked with our Police Department he knows our departments I think he's going to be a great fit um and so I I'm pretty certain that we're going to be in great hands and again thank you for the amazing interim team that we have and we've had we've been extremely fortunate to have had um professionals fill in every moment of this year and it's going to be I I I would hope it's a Flawless uh or seamless continuation of that and I I know that we can expect great things from our new um permanent um City staff so thank you any other comments okay thank you also to all of our applicants we had some incredibly talented um experienced applicants that um applied two of I two of which I think had tremendous experience and would have been great assets to the city as well so thank you very much for your commitment to Public Service motion to adjourn motion to adjourn by vice mayor P corvey second by councilman P all in favor say I I I motion Jour meeting ad jour [Music]