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          [1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore]
          [00:00:02]
          OKAY, GOOD EVENING. 
          IT IS NOW 6 0 3 AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THIS IS A EMERGENCY SESSION. 
          TODAY'S DATE IS MAY 21ST, 2024. 
          LIKE I SAID, IT IS NOW 6 0 3. 
          UH, THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER. 
          UH, KAREN IS, UH, OUR DEPUTY CLERK IS REMAINING THE VIDEO CAMERA. 
          SO KAREN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE MR. DAVIDSON? HERE. 
          MS. BAKER? HERE. 
          MR. CAMPBELL? HERE. 
          MRS. BURGE? HERE. 
          MR. AIKENS? HERE. 
          MR. LOONEY? PRESENT? MRS. KITCHEN. 
          MR. WEBB PRESENT. 
          MAYOR GORE? UH, AND I AM HERE AND, UH, MS. KITCHEN WILL BE HERE SHORTLY. 
          SHE JUST, UM, HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT AND SHE, BUT SHE IS ON HER WAY. 
          SHE WILL BE HERE. 
          UH, SHE'LL BE JOINING US SHORTLY. 
          UM, SO I HAVE THREE NEW BUSINESS. 
          UH, THERE IS NONE. 
          ITEM FOUR, EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          [4. Executive Session - To Consider The Discipline Or Dismissal Of A Public Official Under Personnel Matters.]
UH, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT MOTION, KAREN? YES. 
          A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL UNDER PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          KAREN. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? NANCY, UH, MOVE TO GO AGAIN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SCOTT. 
          SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          AND SECOND. 
          KAREN, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? YES. 
          MS. BAKER? YES. 
          MR. CAMPBELL? YES. 
          MRS. BURGE? YES. 
          MR. AKENS? YES. 
          MR. LOONEY? YES. 
          MR. WEBB? YES. 
          MR. DAVIDSON? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW THE RECORD SHOW. 
          THE MOTION TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION DOES CARRY, UH, SEVEN TO ZERO UNANIMOUSLY, AND ONCE WE ARE FINISHED, WE WILL COME BACK OUT AND NOTIFY EVERYONE IF ANY DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          IT IS NOW, UH, EIGHT. 
          I'M GONNA WAIT A SECOND JUST SO IT'S THE RIGHT TIME. 
          IT IS NOW EIGHT 12 AND WE HAVE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND AT THIS TIME, UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN, UH, A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, THE PUBLISHED AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. 
          UH, FRED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO, UH, ADD TWO MOTIONS ON THE, UM, UH, PERTAINING TO THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AMEND THE AGENDA. 
          KAREN? YES. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          CAN YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? YES. 
          MR. CAMPBELL? YES. 
          MRS. BURGE? YES. 
          MR. AKINS? YES. 
          MR. LOONEY? YES. 
          MRS. KITCHEN? YES. 
          MR. WEBB? YES. 
          MR. DAVIDSON? YES. 
          MS. BAKER? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND LET, UH, THE RECORD SHOW MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO. 
          AND NEXT, UH, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR THE FIRST ITEM REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER. 
          YES, MAYOR, MR. CAMPBELL, UH, I WOULD MOVE TO PLACE THE CITY MANAGER RICHARD ZICK, ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, AND ALSO ASK THE, UH, LAW DIRECTOR'S OFFICE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER. 
          IS THERE A SECOND, MR. WEBB? I WILL. 
          SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          AND SECOND MS. POWELL, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          MRS. BERG? YES. 
          MR. AKINS? YES. 
          MR. LOONEY? YES. 
          MRS. KITCHEN? YES. 
          MR. WEBB? YES. 
          MR. DAVIDSON? YES. 
          MS. BAKER? YES. 
          MR. CAMPBELL? YES. 
          LET THE RECORD SHOW. 
          MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO. 
          AND NEXT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE SECOND ITEM, UH, REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER'S RECEIVING MS. BURGE. 
          YES. 
          PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 5.01 AND 6.01, I HEREBY MOVE TO APPOINT JOHN RUSSELL, INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND ASSIGN THE LAW DIRECTOR TO FINALIZE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MR. RUSSELL. 
          THANK YOU, NANCY. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? KATE? SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          AND SECOND, MS. FOWL, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? YES. 
          MR. AKINS? YES. 
          MR. LOONEY? YES. 
          MRS. KITCHEN? YES. 
          MR. WEBB? YES. 
          MR. DAVIDSON? YES. 
          MS. BAKER? YES. 
          MR. CAMPBELL? YES. 
          AND MRS. BURGE? YES. 
          AND LET THE RECORD SHOW THE MOTION TO APPOINT JOHN RUSSELL. 
          INTERIM CITY MANAGER CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS NOW EIGHT 14 AND THIS EMERGENCY SESSION OF COUNSEL ON MAY 21ST IS ADJOURNED.
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