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Clerk, please call the roll.

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>> please stand for the pledge

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of allegiance.

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[Pledge of allegiance]

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>> to public to be heard.

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Would anyone like to address the

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council on any nonagenda related

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Seeing no one, I'll close public

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to be heard.

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Moving onto item 5, which is

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unfinished business, so we had

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a, in the last hour, we had a

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public meet and greet for our

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city attorney candidates, and I

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would like to thank our

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candidates so much for

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participating, for being here.

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I know that for me, and I'm sure

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for the rest of the council, it

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was a pleasure to meet with you

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and to interview you for this

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most important position in our

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So unless there are any public

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interviews that want to be done,

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I know I got everything I needed

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from the candidates through

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one-on-one unless there are

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public interview questions I

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would like to move right to the

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decision make by the council.

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-- making by the council.

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Everyone good with that?

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Council member pub picket?

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>> since we're not doing

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interviews I want to move

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forward with the process.

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Go ahead.

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You asked to speak first.

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>> first I would like to thank

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renee for this, this is a

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painstaking process what eight

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months in the making to get to

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tonight.

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additionally I would like to

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thank the candidates for their

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indulgence in our participating

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in our interviews, and based on

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the interviews that I conducted,

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I'm not going to make this a

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long drawn out thing, based on

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the interviews I conducted, I,

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my selection is MR. Berrios.

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>> mayor: okay.

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Who would like to go next?

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COUNCILWOMAN Morgan, go ahead.

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>> sure,.

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>> mayor: we'll finish on this

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end and go down this end.

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>> it's all about me right now.

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>> mayor: it's all about you.

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>> so I echo the same words that

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COUNCILMAN Pickett has said.

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After spending all day today

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along with the mayor

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interviewing and picking and

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getting to the end of for the

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fire district, and then more

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next week, it must be interview

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season, but it's been a long

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process, and it's not as easy as

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you think because great

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candidates, and I don't know

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about everybody, but I had three

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great interviews, and I think

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I've met some friends that will

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continue after this even

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renee and sorry you were calling

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the wrong phone.

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you in person too, so it's not

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an easy task.

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MR. Richard berrios to continue

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and to be named our city

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attorney.

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>> mayor: okay.

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Thank you very much.

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Councilwomancouncilwoman -- council member

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bonna.

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>> sure, important process and I

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had three excellent interviews.

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I think the, the tie breaker

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here is that we've had the

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opportunity to work with

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MR. Berrios for the past number

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of months, and we know his

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product and it's a good product,

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and I think he'll do well,

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especially here in the

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conversation -- hearing the

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conversation among my

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colleagues, so those are my

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>> mayor: okay.

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MS. Norlock for finding us this

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great candidates.

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your leadership in that area

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that we hired you for to have

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the people that you brought

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forward and all of them have

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been excellent candidates.

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You know, MR. Armitage, I

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appreciate our conversation and

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the history that you have in

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this arena, and I truly know

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that you're going to continue to

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serve as well as rodney,

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MR. Edwards, what you're doing

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for palm bay and then wanting to

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come to port st. Lucie and

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loving our city so much, I know

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I'm going to be welcoming you at

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some point at time to the city

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of the port st. Lucie because I

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already feel like you know this

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is home.

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But I do want to speak about

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MR. Berrios and especially as

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the person that was very

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hesitant of wanting to put him

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in the interim role prior to us

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making a decision, I was

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extremely concerned that it

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would hurt him, you know, back

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when I was discussing that, and

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I felt that, you know, I wanted

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him to have a fair shot, and

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there were a lot of challenges

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that the office has faced over

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the years, and with different

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attorneys, and so I really

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wanted to give him an

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opportunity to be on the same

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playing field.

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But I'm glad that I was wrong on

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that, and I can admit when I'm

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wrong and I'm glad that the

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council overrode me on that

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decision because it had provided

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him an avenue to rise to the

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occasion, and that is exactly

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what he has done.

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and has exceeded my expectations

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with what he has done with that

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office.

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I have to be honest.

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I've never seen a more cohesive

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team, and since I've been

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elected in 2016, working in that

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office right now.

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expectation moving forward is

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that that cohesion continues to

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take place as well as the

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willingness from MR. Berrios to

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work with the city manager and

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his office to ensure that we

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have a very good high performing

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organization collaboratively

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with both the city manager and

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the city attorney's office.

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So with that, MADAM Mayor, I

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also move that MR. Berrios be

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the city attorney and then we

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move forward with negotiation of

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contract.

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>> mayor: okay.

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So I'm not going to belabor the

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everyone, MR. Armitage really

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enjoyed the conversation we had,

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and vice mayor, I had similar

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conversation with MR. Edwards

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about port st. Lucie and him

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loving the city, and so I really

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do hope that you decide to call

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port st. Lucie home, but I agree

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with the rest of my colleagues

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here, and I do think that

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MR. Berrios has risen to the

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occasion and with all the

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concerns that we've had

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regarding the cohesiveness in

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the office, and for the

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stability continuing stability,

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I also have decided to support

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MR. Berrios in continuing on.

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formal motion.

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>> I will make a motion to

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recommend MR. Berrios as the

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city attorney and move forward

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with negotiation of contract.

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>> mayor: we have a motion and a

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Motion carries unanimously.

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I'm sure we can get that done by

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the next council meeting?

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It shouldn't be very hard, so

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let's aim for that if possible.

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Who would we like to assign,

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MADAM Mayor, to do the

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negotiation portion?

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I know in the past it's been the

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city manager.

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Do we want too continue with

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that tradition or do we want to

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have someone outside like

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MS. Norlock.

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>> typically in the past we've

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done it where it's been hr and

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city manager and then I'll be

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the representative of the

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council just to be able to

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funnel everything through.

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That it's how it's been done in

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the past before.

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>> mayor: okay?

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>> just want to be clear.

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>> mayor: everyone good with

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that?

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All righty.

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Congratulations,, mr.Beriose, and

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to the other two candidates

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thank you very much for being

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part of the process, again, we

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reallien joyed meeting with

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you -- really enjoyed meeting

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with you and spending time with

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you.

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Thank you very much.

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Anything else?

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We're adjourned.