04/11/2023 City Council Meeting Minutes April 11, 2023
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
6:00 PM
Special Meeting
Swearing-in of Mayor Brian Aungst, Sr.
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
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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.
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6. Adjourn
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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.
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