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04/11/2023 City Council Meeting Minutes April 11, 2023 City of Clearwater Main Library- Council Chambers 100 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater, FL 33755 m ap ® e Meeting Minutes Tuesday, April 11, 2023 6:00 PM Special Meeting Swearing-in of Mayor Brian Aungst, Sr. Main Library - Council Chambers City Council Page 1 City of Clearwater City Council Meeting Minutes April 11, 2023 Roll Call Present: 3 - Vice Mayor Kathleen Beckman, Councilmember David Allbritton, and Councilmember Lina Teixeira Absent: - Councilmember Bunker Also Present: Jennifer Poirrier— Interim City Manager, Michael Delk—Assistant City Manager, David Margolis — City Attorney, Rosemarie Call — City Clerk and Nicole Sprague — Deputy City Clerk. To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not necessarily discussed in that order. 1. Call to Order— Councilmember Allbritton The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. Councilmember Allbritton recognized the elected officials in attendance. 2. Invocation - Reverend John Powers 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Special recognitions and Presentations (Proclamations, service awards, or other special recognitions. Presentations by governmental agencies or groups providing formal updates to Council will be limited to ten minutes.) 4.1 Oath of Office - Mayor Brian Aungst, Sr. Judge Joshua Riba administered the Oath of Office. Mayor Brian Aungst, Sr. thanked his family and all those in attendance. He said he looks forward to working collaboratively with Council and staff during this 11-month period to move the city in a positive manner. He invited all to attend a reception at Copogna's Dugout following the meeting. 5. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda In response to a question, the City Attorney said the City has a strong tradition of allowing public comments at council meetings. Comments this evening should not address the swearing-in ceremony or the mayoral appointment. Page 2 City of Clearwater City Council 6. Adjourn Meeting Minutes April 11, 2023 Doreen Caudell distributed copies of potential sites for a new city hall, hotel, and monorail that connects the downtown to the beach. David Geddis, Jr. expressed concerns with the future state of water supply. Mr. Holuba shared an experience in which he allegedly stole personal information related to a city employee and questioned if the FBI investigation into the City would uncover any corruption. Norm Bild said he worked with the former city manager and mayor to reestablish rapport with SOCOM and CenCom and offered his service to the new city manager and mayor. The meeting adjourned at 6:23 p.m. Mayor Attest City of Clearwa er CA -LIT City Clerk City of Clearwater Page 3