2016-02-16 CC CS MinutesSpecial Meeting
Alameda City Council
February 16, 2016
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -FEBRUARY 16, 2016- -6:00 P.M.
Mayor Spencer convened the meeting at 6:03 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Ezzy Ashcraft, Matarrese, Oddie
and Mayor Spencer – 5.
[Note: Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft arrived at 6:08 p.m.]
Absent: None.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(16-060) The City Council met in Closed Session to discuss: Public Employee
Appointment I Hiring Title I position to be filled: City Manager.
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and Mayor Spencer
announced by a vote of 5 to 0, the City Council decided to release the following
additional information concerning the selection of the community group members who
participated in the selection process of the City Manager, Jill Keimach; as part of the
City Manager recruitment, it was decided that the finalists should be interviewed by
three groups: a community panel, representatives from the bargaining units and City
Department Heads; the group interviews took place on December 4, 2015; the City
Councilmembers each provided the names of two individuals they felt should participate
in the selection process; three additional names were provided by the Interim City
Manager to provide wider representation; the community members were selected as
follows: Lisa Gabato Morse and Gerald Bryant were selected by Mayor Spencer; Debra
Turnage and Jesus Vargus were selected by Vice Mayor Matarrese; Dan Tuason and
Rueben Tilos were selected by Councilmember Daysog; Alison Greene and Reverend
Michael Yoshii were selected by Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft; Phong La and Dania
Alvarez were selected by Councilmember Oddie; Mark Sorenson from the Chamber of
Commerce, Doug Biggs from the Social Service Human Relations Board and Alameda
Point Collaborative and Gia Sneider from the Alameda Point business Natel were
selected by the Interim City Manager.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Spencer adjourned the meeting at 6:26 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.