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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Special Council Meeting
February 19, 2011-8:00 a.m.
PRESENT
Mayor Joe Adame
Mayor Pro Tem Nelda Martinez
Council Members
Chris Adler
Larry Elizondo Sr.
Kevin Kieschnick
Priscilla Leal
John Marez
Mark Scott
Linda Strong
City Staff
City Manager Angel Escobar
City Attorney Carlos Valdez
City Secretary Armando Chapa
Mayor Adame called the meeting to order at 8:05 a.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall.
The invocation was delivered by Mayor Joe Adame and the Pledge of Allegiance to the
United States flag was led by Council Member Kevin Kieschnick.
City Secretary Chapa called the roll and verified that the necessary quorum of the Council
and the required charter officers were present to conduct the meeting.
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Mayor Adame announced that the Council would go into Executive Session pursuant to
551.074 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate the evaluation and appointment of a City
manager with possible discussion and action in Open Session. He also announced that the Executive
Session would be held in the ACM Conference Room, Fifth Floor of City Hall and that the Council
would reconvene in Open Session after the Executive Session.
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The City Council reconvened in Open Session at 5:10 p.m. Council Member Kieschnick
made a motion seconded by Council Member Elizondo that the Council proceed by expressing their
top two choices of applicants for the position of City Manager. Motion passed unanimously.
The Council asked City Secretary Chapa to list all six applicants on a board to tabulate the
Council's preferences. Council Members Kieschnick, Elizondo, Leal, Marez, Martinez, Strong, and
Adler expressed their preference for Ronald L. Olson and Floyd T. Johnson. Mayor Adame and
Council Member Scott expressed their preference for Patrick S. Banger and Ronald L. Olson.
Council Member Scott made a motion to select Ronald L. Olson and Floyd T. Johnson as the top two
candidates for the position of City Manager. Motion was seconded by Council Member Kieschnick
and passed unanimously.
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The Council expressed interest in providing a forum for the public to meet, interact and
provide input on the candidates. Consultants Robert Slavin and Toby Futrell provided information
on how the public forum setting could be organized. Council Member Marez made a motion to allow
further council reviews and opportunity by providing a public forum setting for the public to meet and
interact with the two top candidates. Motion was seconded by Council Member Martinez. After
some discussion, Council Member Martinez made a motion to amend the previous motion by
authorizing the Mayor to coordinate the public forum effort. Motion to amend was seconded by
Council Member Kieschnick and passed unanimously.
The following motion was then voted on as amended:
1. MOTION NO. 2011-048
Motion authorizing the Mayor to coordinate public forum meetings which would allow the public to
meet and interact with the two top candidates for the position of City Manager, Ronald L. Olson and
Floyd T. Johnson, and for the Council to receive input regarding those meetings.
The foregoing motion was passed and approved as amended with the following vote: Adame, Adler,
Elizondo, Kieschnick, Leal, Marez, Martinez, Scott, and Strong voting "Aye".
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The Mayor asked for public comment. Dr. Gloria Scott, thanked the Council for process, and
spoke in support of the public forum to meet the candidates.
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There being no further business to come before the Council, Mayor Adame adjourned the
Council meeting at 5:35 p.m. on February 19, 2011.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Special
Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of February 19, 2011 which were approved by the City
Council on March 8, 2011.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 8th day of March, 2011.
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mando Chapa
City Secretary
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