Council Meeting - 8/26/2026 - Aug 26th, 2026

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[4:27] Question to hear public comments before closed session. We'll begin with the roll call.
[5:00] Item C1, public employee appointment, title interim city manager recruitment, item C2, public employee appointment,
[5:08] title city manager recruitment, and item C3, public employee performance evaluation, title city manager.
[5:16] We do have one request to address the council. If there's anyone joining us online that would like to address
[5:22] council please raise your hand at this time and there's no one online. So we
[5:30] have one speaker and that's Cordell Hymmer. So good evening Mayor Martina's
[5:36] council. Codell Hymmer and I have three things to share regarding these
[5:40] items. So I'm gonna do a little out of order. So as far as the performance
[5:44] evaluation, Shasa Curl has done a standing job. She always presents ideas
[5:51] whatever idea she has that this council has she takes an
[5:55] into consideration when you go back in there think of all the
[5:58] hard work that she has accomplished number one number two as
[6:02] far as like I look forward to her weekly reports because she
[6:05] shares a lot of information to the community so when you go back
[6:08] in there she has put a lot of effort into our state number three she
[6:14] is she is compassionate and she is always fearless so so when you go
[6:22] thing about she is a fearless leader in my book she is fearless she does not let nothing or
[6:28] no one bring her down so that being said she's done a great job so when you go back
[6:34] in there think of all the contribution she has done then as far as the interim city manager
[6:40] I looked at the charter from 1999 and it does specify that the city manager she can
[6:46] report, a deputy or a department head. So that's the decision that this council should consider.
[6:52] And then as far as the city manager recruitment, you just approve by murder and
[6:56] associates two weeks ago. So I would use them because they can get the job done. Just
[7:02] that fast. So with that, go back into that closed session. Think of all those things that I said.
[7:11] That was our only speaker.
[7:14] With that, the open public comment is closed, and we will now retire to close session.
[1:32:12] I'm trying to get my camera to come on. Can you hear me? We can. Okay, so let me just take roll.
[1:32:27] Can I get my camera on the case of your team?
[1:32:32] Anyway, council member Hemanis
[1:32:37] present
[1:32:39] council members of Peta
[1:32:41] council member
[1:32:45] Here we go council member Wilson
[1:32:48] here
[1:32:51] vice mayor Robinson
[1:32:53] here
[1:32:54] and mayor Martinez
[1:32:56] here
[1:32:57] while the record council member Bonna and Brown are absent
[1:33:01] And then on the next item, we have a report from the city attorney on final decisions made during
[1:33:06] closed session.
[1:33:08] No final decisions were made during tonight's closed session.
[1:33:13] Okay.
[1:33:14] All right.
[1:33:15] I have a question, does anyone have a birthday approaching, or is that my imagination?
[1:33:30] My birthday is tomorrow.
[1:33:34] Happy birthday to you.
[1:33:38] Happy birthday to you.
[1:33:42] Happy birthday to you.
[1:33:43] Happy birthday dear Claudia.
[1:33:45] Happy birthday to you.
[1:33:48] Thank you.
[1:33:50] I'm not going to be close.
[1:33:52] Happy birthday to you.
[1:33:53] Good night.
[1:33:55] Good night.