 my 30 seconds of power here so we'll begin the special section of the session of the South Burlington City Council meeting tonight's meeting is about reorganization and so as the city manager I will be presiding until you elect a chair and then I'll turn the gavel over to that person with that are there any nominations for chair of the South Burlington City Council Tim I'd like to nominate Helen really is chair once been nominated is there a second and second are there any other nominations hearing none the nominations are closed all those in favor of the nominee say aye opposed nay they'll let the record show the vote is 4-0 with that Helen you're in charge again my pre-existence all righty and so I before I want to say a few things but I think it would be good to elect the vice chair in the clerk before I carry on with that so are there nominations for the vice chair I guess we could do it together mad I'd like to nominate Megan Emery as vice chair and Tim Barrett as clerk thank you is there a any other or their sec is there a second to that I'll second it although it might sound self-serving but you know well I accepted it okay or seconded so are there any other nominations okay hearing none all those in favor of Megan Emery as vice chair and Tim Barrett as clerk please signify by saying aye aye okay so the vote was 4-0 but we now have a full slate so just a couple moments that this isn't a long little speech but I want to thank everyone for your continued confidence in me I take the position of chair really very seriously and pledge that I will continue to try and run effective open and thoughtful meetings engaging all who are interested in the business of making South Burlington a great place to live and work and play I believe one of the hallmarks of my leadership has been to provide a forum that allows for thoughtful and full discussions on all issues I don't believe I can name a topic that denied a full discussion a full discussion during my chairmanship and even when the meetings get a little long I thank everyone for their willingness to spend that extra time democracy works best in my opinion when everyone's voices heard and respected and I promise to continue this practice I would also like to sincerely welcome Matt Kota to the council and thank him for running an energetic and clean campaign so welcome to the club as the city and all its residents have struggled with COVID we have learned to meet virtually but I think for all of us it's a less substantive way to communicate we miss the eye contact the body language the ease of fully understanding another's perspective gained from face-to-face interactions it's been hard and as a result differences have been difficult to broker particularly over IZ matters it seems a bit of a chasm has developed committees that normally met regularly and offered their thoughts and expertise on various development issues weren't meeting due to COVID rules and as a result many felt that they weren't part of this discussion and their voices not heard and we really need to address this I think we can make progress in bringing residents together through better consistent and timely reporting from every standing committee we started that and then as things got busy you kind of left that undone and I think that in turn can highlight the work of each committee and how it may influence or sometimes be in contradiction of another committee's actions and that would allow us an exploration and understanding of those differences and how they should be addressed with the council support I'll work toward making this happen again and finally I wish to acknowledge how privileged I am as the last chair to work with Kevin and Tom in their final months as city manager and deputy manager they have been fabulous and have provided excellent advice and leadership and thank you both very much I also feel really lucky to have the opportunity to welcome and help transition our newly selected city manager Jesse Baker we have much to look forward to and much for which to be thankful so fellow counselors let's get to work the next item of business is setting dates and times for regular meetings being held between March 2021 and March or February 2022 currently we meet on Mondays the first and the third at 6.30 is that the time and day of the week that people still works for the council is that okay in terms of work okay um yeah I guess we should have a motion yes okay so I move that we continue to have city council meetings on the first and third Mondays of every month unless it's a holiday in which case it could be a Tuesday or some other date to be determined at that time at 6.30 at 6.30 p.m right unless otherwise yeah okay um is there a second to that motion okay Megan seconds any discussion okay all in favor signify by saying aye aye hi okay great so we have the time and dates um then we have quite a few annual appointments um and I think let's see I would entertain a motion to specify um that will both specify the length of service which is for a one-year term to be made by the majority vote of the city council pursuant to city charter chapter 13 section 301 sub 2 and we have the list um would would you wish me to read them I guess I can we don't have much on tonight so the the first position is city treasurer Tom Hubbard city attorney Andrew Baltic zoning administrator um Delilah Hall acting assistant zoning administrator Paul Conner acting assistant zoning administrator Marlekeen acting assistant zoning administrator Betsy Brown first constable Corporal Kevin Greilis we don't have a second constable grand juror Kevin Dorn city agent you don't you don't you don't see a second corporal constable there's a there's a there's an updated list Helen um oh I don't have that sorry second constable Dan Boyer okay Dan Boyer all right sorry um grand juror Kevin Dorn and city agent and trustee of public funds Kevin Dorn why don't we take those appointments and we can do the the others of the second motion so do I have a motion to approve all of them so moved so moved in a second Matt you can second it um any discussion all right all in favor please signify by saying aye aye great and we have um several other appointments the code enforcement officer Delilah Hall acting assistant code enforcement officer Paul Conner acting assistant code enforcement officer Marlekeen acting assistant code enforcement officer Betsy Brown telecommunications officer Delilah Hall acting assistant telecom officer Paul Conner acting assistant telecom officer Marlekeen emergency management director Terry Francis and the health officer Justin Rabbit. So motion to approve those appointments for one year. So moved. And a second. Second. Okay all in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Okay. So moving on to the next item of business. We need to designate the official paper of record. Currently it is the other paper. Is that I have a motion to continue. Okay to continue with the other paper. Okay and a second. Second. Savor signify by saying aye. Aye. Thumbs up. Okay. Any opposed? That's it was a four zero. Okay. And the next one is designate the official depositories. Currently that's the TD Bank and I assume we want to continue with that. So moved. And a second. Second. All in favor. Aye. Okay. So that passes for zero. Then we need to appoint a council representative to the pension advisory committee. I would nominate Tim Barrett to continue in that position. Second. Okay. Seconded. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. So Tim thank you. Megan we can't hear you if you if you're speaking. I you can't hear me. No Megan Megan her lips move but she can't wait. She wasn't. Are you saying anything Megan Megan her lips move. Only her lips right is really bad. All right coming up. Okay. We hear you now. All right. Something I am okay. I'm going to I'm going to bed and I'm going to come back. Oh we can we can. And I'm going to ding dong. All right. So the council business meeting then the seventh item are there any comments or questions from the public not related to the agenda. So if you have something will you turn your microphone on and your face on. Okay. There's one question in the double book. Okay. All right. So seeing none is there any other business. Yes I can hear you now. All right perfect. It looks like on my screen you actually moved to another room because you're way down to the right. Is there any other business to come before the council seeing none. We I would entertain a motion to go into executive session Tim you want to do that. Or I would like to move that city council moves into executive session to discuss ongoing litigation to which the city is a party and receive legal advice regarding the same bringing into executive session all counselors Kevin Dorn Andrew Boulduck and Tom Hubbard and Colin McNeil when he's when he gets in and Colin McNeil when he gets in. Okay. Is there a second second. Okay. Well we come back we will not take any action. So when we come back so once we go into executive session we're adjourning this public part of the meeting correct. Okay. So did we vote on that. No all in favor. I I okay well we are now moving into executive session. Thank you public members for watching. Thank you Jesse for watching this exciting meeting of reorganization and launching the next era. So we'll say goodbye to people.