Special City Council Meeting

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[0:00] of port st. Lucie.

[0:04] Clerk, please call the roll.

[0:05] >> [Roll call]

[0:06] >> please stand for the pledge

[0:11] of allegiance.

[0:28] [Pledge of allegiance]

[0:30] >> to public to be heard.

[0:32] Would anyone like to address the

[0:34] council on any nonagenda related

[0:35] items?

[0:36] Seeing no one, I'll close public

[0:37] to be heard.

[0:39] Moving onto item 5, which is

[0:41] unfinished business, so we had

[0:43] a, in the last hour, we had a

[0:45] public meet and greet for our

[0:47] city attorney candidates, and I

[0:48] would like to thank our

[0:50] candidates so much for

[0:51] participating, for being here.

[0:53] I know that for me, and I'm sure

[0:55] for the rest of the council, it

[0:56] was a pleasure to meet with you

[0:59] and to interview you for this

[1:02] most important position in our

[1:04] city.

[1:07] So unless there are any public

[1:07] interviews that want to be done,

[1:10] I know I got everything I needed

[1:12] from the candidates through

[1:14] one-on-one unless there are

[1:15] public interview questions I

[1:16] would like to move right to the

[1:19] decision make by the council.

[1:20] -- making by the council.

[1:21] Everyone good with that?

[1:22] Okay.

[1:27] Yes?

[1:30] Council member pub picket?

[1:33] >> I

[1:34] >> since we're not doing

[1:34] interviews I want to move

[1:35] forward with the process.

[1:36] Go ahead.

[1:37] You asked to speak first.

[1:39] >> first I would like to thank

[1:41] renee for this, this is a

[1:42] painstaking process what eight

[1:43] months in the making to get to

[1:44] tonight.

[1:44] additionally I would like to

[1:48] thank the candidates for their

[1:49] indulgence in our participating

[1:52] in our interviews, and based on

[1:54] the interviews that I conducted,

[1:57] I'm not going to make this a

[1:59] long drawn out thing, based on

[2:01] the interviews I conducted, I,

[2:05] my selection is MR. Berrios.

[2:05] >> mayor: okay.

[2:13] Who would like to go next?

[2:15] COUNCILWOMAN Morgan, go ahead.

[2:15] >> sure,.

[2:16] >> mayor: we'll finish on this

[2:18] end and go down this end.

[2:19] >> [Off mic]

[2:20] >> it's all about me right now.

[2:21] >> it is.

[2:22] >> mayor: it's all about you.

[2:24] [Laughter]

[2:28] >> so I echo the same words that

[2:31] COUNCILMAN Pickett has said.

[2:32] After spending all day today

[2:35] along with the mayor

[2:37] interviewing and picking and

[2:40] getting to the end of for the

[2:42] fire district, and then more

[2:45] next week, it must be interview

[2:49] season, but it's been a long

[2:53] process, and it's not as easy as

[2:55] you think because great

[2:56] candidates, and I don't know

[2:59] about everybody, but I had three

[3:01] great interviews, and I think

[3:03] I've met some friends that will

[3:05] continue after this even

[3:05] happens.

[3:09] I hope anyway.

[3:12] But moving on and thank you,

[3:13] renee and sorry you were calling

[3:14] the wrong phone.

[3:17] That's we we never spoke.

[3:17] [Laughter]

[3:18] But it was a pleasure meeting

[3:20] you in person too, so it's not

[3:22] an easy task.

[3:26] But I will also be recommending

[3:27] MR. Richard berrios to continue

[3:30] and to be named our city

[3:31] attorney.

[3:32] >> mayor: okay.

[3:34] Thank you very much.

[3:39] Councilwomancouncilwoman -- council member

[3:40] bonna.

[3:41] >> sure, important process and I

[3:43] had three excellent interviews.

[3:47] I think the, the tie breaker

[3:50] here is that we've had the

[3:52] opportunity to work with

[3:54] MR. Berrios for the past number

[3:55] of months, and we know his

[3:59] product and it's a good product,

[4:00] and I think he'll do well,

[4:02] especially here in the

[4:02] conversation -- hearing the

[4:05] conversation among my

[4:06] colleagues, so those are my

[4:07] comments.

[4:07] >> mayor: okay.

[4:09] Thank you.

[4:11] >> so thank you so much,

[4:13] MS. Norlock for finding us this

[4:14] great candidates.

[4:16] We were very fortunate under

[4:17] your leadership in that area

[4:19] that we hired you for to have

[4:20] the people that you brought

[4:22] forward and all of them have

[4:23] been excellent candidates.

[4:25] You know, MR. Armitage, I

[4:27] appreciate our conversation and

[4:29] the history that you have in

[4:34] this arena, and I truly know

[4:36] that you're going to continue to

[4:38] serve as well as rodney,

[4:39] MR. Edwards, what you're doing

[4:41] for palm bay and then wanting to

[4:42] come to port st. Lucie and

[4:44] loving our city so much, I know

[4:46] I'm going to be welcoming you at

[4:49] some point at time to the city

[4:51] of the port st. Lucie because I

[4:52] already feel like you know this

[4:53] is home.

[4:54] But I do want to speak about

[4:56] MR. Berrios and especially as

[4:57] the person that was very

[5:00] hesitant of wanting to put him

[5:04] in the interim role prior to us

[5:07] making a decision, I was

[5:08] extremely concerned that it

[5:10] would hurt him, you know, back

[5:12] when I was discussing that, and

[5:14] I felt that, you know, I wanted

[5:16] him to have a fair shot, and

[5:18] there were a lot of challenges

[5:19] that the office has faced over

[5:21] the years, and with different

[5:22] attorneys, and so I really

[5:25] wanted to give him an

[5:26] opportunity to be on the same

[5:26] playing field.

[5:28] But I'm glad that I was wrong on

[5:30] that, and I can admit when I'm

[5:32] wrong and I'm glad that the

[5:34] council overrode me on that

[5:35] decision because it had provided

[5:38] him an avenue to rise to the

[5:39] occasion, and that is exactly

[5:40] what he has done.

[5:42] He has risen to the occasion,

[5:45] and has exceeded my expectations

[5:46] with what he has done with that

[5:46] office.

[5:48] I have to be honest.

[5:50] I've never seen a more cohesive

[5:51] team, and since I've been

[5:53] elected in 2016, working in that

[5:54] office right now.

[5:56] And that's going to be my

[5:57] expectation moving forward is

[6:00] that that cohesion continues to

[6:01] take place as well as the

[6:03] willingness from MR. Berrios to

[6:05] work with the city manager and

[6:07] his office to ensure that we

[6:10] have a very good high performing

[6:11] organization collaboratively

[6:12] with both the city manager and

[6:14] the city attorney's office.

[6:15] And that's also going to be my

[6:16] expectation moving forward.

[6:18] So with that, MADAM Mayor, I

[6:20] also move that MR. Berrios be

[6:21] the city attorney and then we

[6:23] move forward with negotiation of

[6:25] contract.

[6:25] >> mayor: okay.

[6:25] Thank you very much.

[6:29] So I'm not going to belabor the

[6:29] point.

[6:32] Again I enjoyed meeting with

[6:34] everyone, MR. Armitage really

[6:36] enjoyed the conversation we had,

[6:39] and vice mayor, I had similar

[6:41] conversation with MR. Edwards

[6:41] about port st. Lucie and him

[6:43] loving the city, and so I really

[6:45] do hope that you decide to call

[6:48] port st. Lucie home, but I agree

[6:50] with the rest of my colleagues

[6:53] here, and I do think that

[6:54] MR. Berrios has risen to the

[6:56] occasion and with all the

[6:56] concerns that we've had

[6:58] regarding the cohesiveness in

[7:00] the office, and for the

[7:02] stability continuing stability,

[7:07] I also have decided to support

[7:09] MR. Berrios in continuing on.

[7:11] So with that, I will need a

[7:12] formal motion.

[7:13] >> I will make a motion to

[7:14] recommend MR. Berrios as the

[7:16] city attorney and move forward

[7:18] with negotiation of contract.

[7:19] >> second.

[7:19] >> okay.

[7:20] >> mayor: we have a motion and a

[7:20] second.

[7:21] Any final discussion?

[7:23] All those in favor?

[7:25] Any opposed?

[7:27] Motion carries unanimously.

[7:29] I'm sure we can get that done by

[7:30] the next council meeting?

[7:32] It shouldn't be very hard, so

[7:35] let's aim for that if possible.

[7:36] Who would we like to assign,

[7:39] MADAM Mayor, to do the

[7:39] negotiation portion?

[7:40] I know in the past it's been the

[7:41] city manager.

[7:42] Do we want too continue with

[7:43] that tradition or do we want to

[7:45] have someone outside like

[7:45] MS. Norlock.

[7:46] >> typically in the past we've

[7:50] done it where it's been hr and

[7:52] city manager and then I'll be

[7:52] the representative of the

[7:54] council just to be able to

[7:55] funnel everything through.

[7:56] That it's how it's been done in

[7:58] the past before.

[8:00] >> okay.

[8:01] >> mayor: okay?

[8:02] >> just want to be clear.

[8:03] >> mayor: everyone good with

[8:03] that?

[8:04] All righty.

[8:07] Congratulations,, mr.Beriose, and

[8:08] to the other two candidates

[8:08] thank you very much for being

[8:10] part of the process, again, we

[8:11] reallien joyed meeting with

[8:12] you -- really enjoyed meeting

[8:15] with you and spending time with

[8:15] you.

[8:16] Thank you very much.

[8:16] Anything else?

[8:19] We're adjourned.