1 00:00:04,820 --> 00:00:10,740 I'm going to start a meeting at 401. We have a roll call. 2 00:00:13,060 --> 00:00:16,980 Councilmember Corrigan. Councilmember Tyson. Councilmember 3 00:00:16,980 --> 00:00:20,180 Spring. Vice Mayor Tonka. Mayor Wu. Here. 4 00:00:23,050 --> 00:00:26,450 The next item will be public comments. Public 5 00:00:26,450 --> 00:00:32,990 comments is limited to item which are on the subject of a special meeting. I believe we have two 6 00:00:32,990 --> 00:00:34,570 minutes for each comment. 7 00:00:40,670 --> 00:00:44,110 So Deborah, do we want to have a participant to start? 8 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:49,970 Yes. If anybody on the Zoom call would like to speak, would you please raise your hand. 9 00:00:52,790 --> 00:00:56,610 Can you go to attendees, Cody? Do you see them, Madam Mayor? 10 00:01:04,710 --> 00:01:08,170 Cody, can you start? I cannot see you because it's too far. I'm on your side. 11 00:01:08,470 --> 00:01:12,950 Okay. Robert Sandor, if you can unmute him, he has two minutes. 12 00:01:14,450 --> 00:01:20,130 Okay, your audio is very bad. Can I, uh, any way to, uh, get a little bit better? 13 00:01:20,690 --> 00:01:21,530 Can you hear me now? 14 00:01:22,990 --> 00:01:23,750 Kind of. 15 00:01:24,370 --> 00:01:29,070 Well, you're, you're streaming from the council chamber, so we're limited in, in how much 16 00:01:29,070 --> 00:01:31,450 we can, the week in here, you just find. 17 00:01:32,110 --> 00:01:32,370 Okay. 18 00:01:32,590 --> 00:01:35,310 That, that, that should, uh, should be enough. 19 00:01:35,490 --> 00:01:35,750 Okay. 20 00:01:35,890 --> 00:01:42,610 I'm just going to reiterate my comments that I made, uh, in the, uh, in the last, uh, finance 21 00:01:42,610 --> 00:01:43,570 committee meeting. 22 00:01:45,950 --> 00:01:53,650 I don't think it made it properly on to the minutes that are being presented tonight. 23 00:01:53,890 --> 00:01:58,870 So I'd like to make sure my previous statements are in the minutes for the meeting tonight. 24 00:01:59,490 --> 00:02:04,070 So my comments are about the city manager. 25 00:02:04,070 --> 00:02:13,230 one. Can the town council please explain to me what positive proactive management the city manager has provided to us since this last 26 00:02:13,230 --> 00:02:30,990 contract extension. I've seen an incredibly mismanaged garbage contract that was anything but proactively managed and forces the town into 15 year commitment on this factor alone. I've asked the city manager to be replaced. 27 00:02:31,690 --> 00:02:36,550 Second, can you assure me that the community and the city manager is effective in managing 28 00:02:36,550 --> 00:02:37,510 the town staff? 29 00:02:38,090 --> 00:02:43,410 I've only heard negative feedback from the great Los Althos Hills town staff that I interact 30 00:02:43,410 --> 00:02:43,930 with. 31 00:02:45,650 --> 00:02:51,150 I suggest that most of the cities in this area including Los Althos Hills will be suffering 32 00:02:51,150 --> 00:02:53,730 greatly from reduced revenue to the pandemic. 33 00:02:53,730 --> 00:03:00,410 I suggest that any financial commitment that you'd be making to our highest plate in 34 00:03:00,410 --> 00:03:02,970 employees is not wise at this time. 35 00:03:03,750 --> 00:03:09,110 And finally, in a time when our community is facing great employment and fiscal uncertainty, 36 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:16,090 why would the county offer a long-term guarantee to obviously underperform an employee? 37 00:03:16,730 --> 00:03:22,770 In the commercial world, I don't see anybody getting multi-year guaranteed employment contracts anymore. 38 00:03:22,770 --> 00:03:31,410 If a short-term arrangement needs to be put in place, I suggest it be a month to month 39 00:03:31,410 --> 00:03:38,730 extension of anything currently in place. To these ends, I suggest the town council owes us all 40 00:03:38,730 --> 00:03:45,770 a formal explanation and presentation of the accomplishments and the qualifications of Mr. 41 00:03:45,770 --> 00:03:53,130 Hill or our city manager especially at a time and we do that at a time when the pandemic 42 00:03:53,130 --> 00:04:00,890 allows us all to meet together in person rather than on Zoom and and contributed. Thank 43 00:04:00,890 --> 00:04:01,170 you. 44 00:04:03,340 --> 00:04:07,260 Thank you. The next speaker, Cody, if you can unmute John Swan. 45 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,460 Thank you. Good old Zoom. 46 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:24,060 Yeah, I sent the letter. I'll just briefly summarize what was in the letter and I like to make two 47 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:32,160 additional points. The letter I said would basically, I'm in favor of a one-year extension 48 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:40,720 of the contract, but based on issues that go way, way back, and it's not worth bringing 49 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:48,460 up old issues, I think we need to have a professional performance review done and start that soon, 50 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:54,100 so that by the end of this year, we have the feedback from that performance evaluation, 51 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:59,960 which can be done privately so that existing states 52 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:29,940 The staff and recently departing staff feel open and free to discuss the issues. And then in parallel, my second comment is I would like to suggest that a committee of residents be formed, that their objective is to go out and get residents input on Carl's performance. So by the end of this year, you'll have both the professional evaluation that was 53 00:05:29,940 --> 00:05:35,960 done that surveys the staff, current and former staff and you'll have the results of this 54 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:41,420 task force saying from the resident's perspective, here's our evaluation of the town manager. 55 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:46,920 So then you'll have an additional, if we have this in place by the end of this year, you'll 56 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:55,080 have the additional time to say can we improve our situation or should we just start looking 57 00:05:55,080 --> 00:06:01,860 for another manager and that gives you six months to find a replacement because that's 58 00:06:01,860 --> 00:06:02,860 the end of my comments. 59 00:06:06,460 --> 00:06:07,680 Thank you, Cody. 60 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:09,700 If you can unmute Shell Carlson, please. 61 00:06:15,180 --> 00:06:15,980 Shell, are you there? 62 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:17,940 Yes, I'm here. 63 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:18,460 Okay. 64 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:19,260 Thank you, Deborah. 65 00:06:20,020 --> 00:06:24,060 I just want to point out, I don't know if that's a brown that violation. 66 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,880 I'm looking at today's 6 o'clock agenda item 5A. 67 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:37,500 or have a talk about the May 21st closed session meeting at 4 p.m. Now that's not listed anywhere 68 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:46,140 and I would say and the recording seemingly is still not public that when Bob Sanders letter 69 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:52,880 was read into you guys because the another thing that absolutely have to be fixed in this time 70 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:57,920 is that the minutes are always sanitized for some month's protection. 71 00:06:58,600 --> 00:06:59,900 I mean, you know what I said. 72 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,760 And it just basically the minutes says, 73 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,980 city management should be reviewed more than once a year. 74 00:07:06,620 --> 00:07:08,100 You know, I said a lot more, 75 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,080 more important things than that, 76 00:07:10,340 --> 00:07:13,760 such as name one thing that's proactively managed. 77 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,520 And then it says here, just city clerk Patavan, who's excellent, 78 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,100 read in, read an email into the record 79 00:07:22,100 --> 00:07:28,140 from recent Robert Sander requesting the council delay making a decision on the contract 80 00:07:28,140 --> 00:07:33,780 until council can meet a person. Well, you know his letter said a lot more than that. 81 00:07:34,060 --> 00:07:40,460 It was basically process related comments. It was nothing and they're ready into the record. 82 00:07:41,020 --> 00:07:47,240 Good luck trying to find that record. That record is nowhere other than yet opposed it again. 83 00:07:47,240 --> 00:08:06,900 So no more not recording and not public comment of a closed session is the most important public input that the council in our former government can ever be had. 84 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:18,540 It's that's how we residents can offer the console inputs. So you guys cannot no longer say we didn't know anything because now record it's 85 00:08:18,540 --> 00:08:29,380 We know what you know and when you knew it. So you know, we are we look forward to work together. We offer to work together with, you know, a big car 86 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:35,960 Every time you issue an olive branch, and let's work together. We get your two minutes are up shall sorry 87 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,340 Cody, who do you see next? 88 00:08:41,620 --> 00:08:42,260 Is it Courtney? 89 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,400 Is there a Courtney that has their hand raised? 90 00:08:44,580 --> 00:08:45,320 Somebody has their hand raised. 91 00:08:47,540 --> 00:08:50,020 If there's anybody else on the Zoom call 92 00:08:50,020 --> 00:08:52,720 that wishes to speak, could you please raise your hand 93 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:53,880 using Zoom? 94 00:08:55,780 --> 00:08:59,460 Or maybe I'll ask Courtney, can you unmute Courtney 95 00:08:59,460 --> 00:09:00,980 in case they can't raise their hand, Cody? 96 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:04,640 Courtney, would you like to speak? 97 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:10,340 No, thank you. 98 00:09:10,820 --> 00:09:11,200 Thank you. 99 00:09:12,420 --> 00:09:15,800 John Harpoutlian, would you like to speak? 100 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,940 one more. Yeah. John, 101 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:26,880 John Harput Leon, would you like to speak? 102 00:09:28,980 --> 00:09:30,500 No, thank you. Thank you. 103 00:09:34,420 --> 00:09:38,360 Should I continue to go down the list? Okay. Thank you.