[Call to Order of the Special Meeting by Chair]
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>>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE ST.
JOHNS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTUALLY IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING. THERE'S MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE UNDER AGENDAS AND MEETINGS. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE AGENDA ITEM TO ACCESS THE SUPPORTING MATERIALS. THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES.
SHOULD THE PRESENTER HAVE MATERIALS TO PRESENT, PLEASE INCLUDE TO THE CLERK OF COURT FOR INCLUSION INTO THE RECORD.
IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE ROLL CALL?
>> WE WILL HAVE NOW HAVE THE COUNTY INVOCATION FROM THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> GOOD MORNING. AS YOU THINK ABOUT THANKSGIVING, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A PASSAGE OUT OF LUKE CHAPTER 17. IT CAME TO PASS AS HE WENT TO JERUSALEM AND PASSED THROUGH GALILEE. AS HE ENTERED INTO A CERTAIN VILLAGE, TEN MEN THAT WERE LEOPARDS STOOD FAR OFF. THEY LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE, JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON US. HE SAID GO SHOW YOURSELF TO THE BREES.
AS THEY WENT, THEY WERE CLEANSED. ONE OF THEM WHEN HE SAW HE WAS HEALED TURNED BACK AND WAS ALLOWED A VOICE AND GLORIFIED GOD AND FELL DOWN ON HIS FACE AT HIS FEET, GIVING HIM THANKS, AND HE WAS A SAMARITAN, AND JESUS SAID WERE THERE NOT TEN CLEANSED? WHERE ARE THE NINE? LORD, GOD, SAVE THIS STRANGER. I THINK IT'S GREAT WE HAVE A DAY OF THANKSGIVING.
SOMETIMES I FORGET TO SAY THANK YOU. I THINK OF COREY TIN BOONE A PRISONER IN WORLD WAR II BECAUSE HER AND HER FATHER WOULD HIDE JEWS. THEY WERE WATCH MAKERS AND HAD LITTLE ROOMS. SHE SMUGGLED A SMALL BIBLE INTO THE CONCENTRATION CAMP, AND SHE WOULD READ THE BIBLE TO THE JEWISH LADIES AND PRISONERS THERE. ONE DAY SHE WAS READING FIRST THESSALONIANS, AND IT SAYS IN EVERYTHING, GIVE THANKS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD AND CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU. SHE CLOSED THE BIBLE ANGRILY AND SAID I WILL NOT THANK YOU FOR THIS LICE THAT IS ALL OVER OUR BODIES. YEARS AND YEARS LATER SHE WAS AT A CHURCH IN ENGLAND, TALKING ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMP AND HOW SHE SURVIVED AND HER SISTER DIED, AND SHE WAS A ABLE TO SHARE CHRIST WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. THEN AFTER THE SERVICE WAS OVER, SHE WAS OUT IN THE VESTIBULE AND A MAN SAID I WAS ONE OF THE PRISON GUARDS AT YOUR PRISON CAMP. THEY BEGAN TO TALK, AND SHE DIDN'T FEEL REAL COMFORTABLE STANDING THERE LISTENING TO HIM TALK, AND HE ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THEY HAD DONE TO THE PEOPLE AT THE CAMP, AND SHE SAW THE CROSS HANGING ON THE WALL BEHIND HER, AND SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF, IF CHRIST CAN FORGIVE ME AND MY SINS, I CAN FORGIVE HIM. BUT THEN AS THEY TALKED HE TOLD HER WE NEVER RAVAGED THE WOMEN BECAUSE YOU HAD LICE ON YOU, AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID THANK YOU, GOD, EVEN FOR THE LICE. LET US PRAY. OUR MOST GRACIOUSLY HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS FOR GOOD TIMES AND BAD. WHEN THINGS ARE BAD, YOU INTEND FOR GOOD, AND WE PRAY YOU BLESS US TODAY, HEAVENLY FATHER. THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMISSION, AND WE PRAY FOR WISDOM. WE PRAY YOUR WORD SAYS IF YOU WANT WISDOM, PRAY FOR IT.
GIVE THEM WISDOM, LORD. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NATION, A GRATEFUL NATION, GOD, ONE NATION BUILT ON GOD. WE PRAY YOUR NAME BE GLORIFIED IN THIS. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU BESTOW ON OUR LIVES. THANK YOU FOR JESUS CHRIST DYING ON THE CROSS AND GIVING US ETERNAL LIFE. EVEN DURING HARD TIMES, GOD, WE THANK YOU, LORD, AND PLEASE FORGIVE US WHEN WE FORGET TO TURN AND SAY THANK YOU IN
JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >>> AND NOW UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL FIRST CLASS TOM HAYWARD WITH THE PLEDGE.
>> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> LAST NIGHT AS I BEGAN TO CONTEMPLATE LEADING THE PLEDGE
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OF ALLEGIANCE, UNLIKE THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER, MOST OF US ARE AWARE OF THE HISTORY OF THAT SONG BY FRANCIS KEE. THEN I BEGAN TO THINK, WHAT IS THE ORIGINATION OF THE PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? IT TURNS OUT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS WRITTEN IN AUGUST 1892 BY A BAPTIST MINISTER. IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE YOUTH COMPANION, SEPTEMBER 8, 1892. BELLAMY HOPED THAT PLEDGE WOULD BE USED BY CITIZENS IN ANY COUNTRY. IT'S ORIGINALLY READ. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND THEN UNITED STATES WAS ADDED AND THEN UNDER GOD. IT GREW PARTICULARLY UNDER YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMONG SCHOOLS. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THEN, IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A SALUTE, WHICH WAS LIKE THIS. AND THEN THIS. AND THIS. IN 1942, THAT BEFORE CONGRESS CAME BECAUSE OF WORLD WAR II, AND THE SIMILARITY TO THE SALUTE OF THE NAZIS, AND AT THAT POINT, WE ADOPTED THE PROTOCOL OF THE REMOVAL OF THE HAT BY ALL CITIZENS AND VETERANS, AND THE HAND PLACED OVER THE HEART. THOSE OF THE MILITARY AND THOSE VETERANS COULD SALUTE AS THEY DO TODAY. THEN IN 1952, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER REQUESTED CONGRESS TO ADD THE WORDS UNDER GOD TO SIGNIFY THAT OUR HOPE AND TRUTH IS GOD OUR LORD AND OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. IT NOW READS IN 1954 WHEN UNDER GOD WAS ADDED, AND IF YOU WILL, WOULD YOU PLEASE PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOURHEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME? >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS YOU
[1. Review of nominating procedures for the election of County Commission Chair and Vice Chair by the County Attorney]
KNOW THIS IS A SPECIAL REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND WE ARE GOING TO LOOK TO MS. WEST OR MR. COMMANDO? YOU'RE COMING UP?>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. ACCORDING TO THE RULES, A SPECIAL MEETING IN NOVEMBER WHERE YOU SHALL SELECT THE NEXT CHAIR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. THAT'S DONE BY TAKING NOMINATIONS AND A REQUIRED SECOND. AFTER THERE IS HOWEVER MANY NOMINATIONS ARE PRESENT, THE CHAIR CAN DECLARE THAT THE NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED, CALL FOR THE VOTE, AND THEN AT THAT TIME, THE CHAIR WILL RUN THROUGH THE SIMILAR PROCESS IN THE SELECTION OF THE VICE CHAIR. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER
THEM. >> WE CAN JUST GET STARTED.
>> YES. >> ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR
CHAIR? >> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER CLAY MURPHY FOR CHAIR.
>> COULD. >> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I'D LOVE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY?
>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS. ANY MORE? ALL RIGHT, SO ANY DISCUSSION? I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION. WILL YOU NOMINATE -- WILL YOU SUPPORT
ANN TAYLOR COMMISSIONER? >> FOR?
>> ALL RIGHT, I'M SORRY. BECAUSE I THINK SHE'S THE NEXT IN LINE AND I HAVE BEEN SKIPPED OVER BEFORE, I AM NOT SUPPORTING YOU AS CHAIR. I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER MURRAY.
>> I UNDERSTAND. -- MURPHY. >> I UNDERSTAND.
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>> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST?
>> I'M FLATTERED AND I'M HONORED THAT YOU WOULD NOMINATE ME TO BE ELECTED TO BE THE CHAIR OF THIS BOARD, AND COMMISSIONER MURPHY, I APPRECIATE YOUR SECOND, BUT I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY NAME OF CONSIDERATION. I ALWAYS BELIEVED THE VICE CHAIR SHOULD ASCEND TO THE CHAIRMANSHIP, AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THAT LONG-STANDING TRADITION SHOULD NOT BE UPHELD TODAY. I'M FLATTERED AND I APPRECIATE YOU HONORING ME WITH THE NOMINATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER COMMISSIONER MURPHY FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP.
>> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT TO THAT, COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST
HAS GONE TO HOW MANY CLASSES? >> I HAVE GOTTEN THREE SEPARATE CERTIFICATIONS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT.
>> DID YOU SIT ON THE ETHICS MEETING?
>> A NUMBER OF TIMES. >> COMMISSIONER MURPHY NEVER MADE IT THROUGH THE MEETING, SO I'M NERVOUS HE DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SUPPORTING HIM. ANYWAY, DO WE HAVE THE FIRST VOTE? COMMISSIONER MURPHY?
>> I DID ATTEND THE ETHICS MEETING, BACK IN JULY.
>> JULY OR JUNE? >> OVER THE SUMMER.
>> I SAW -- COMMISSIONER TAYLOR AND I BOTH SAW YOU USE THE CODE TO SIGN IN, UNLESS YOU DID IT A DIFFERENT TIME? A DIFFERENT
TIME? >> YES, MA'AM, I DID. ONLINE.
>> ONLINE. I THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD. YOU SIGNED IN WITH YOUR PHONE, AND THEY LEFT FOR FOUR HOURS, AND THEY PUT THE CODE UP, AND YOU HAD TO BEG THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES BECAUSE YOU MISSED IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU TOLD THEM, BUT YOU GOT IT. IT WAS DISHEARTENING, AND YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING THAT WERE AN ETHICS COMMENT FOR ME, AND I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S THE
REASON I'M NOT SUPPORTING YOU. >> OKAY, I THINK THE REASON THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING ME IS BECAUSE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION OF SUPPORTING COMMISSIONER TAYLOR FOR NICE CHAIR IN THE NEGATIVE, SO LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
>> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, SO WHY AREN'T YOU SUPPORTING HER?
>> I THINK ANOTHER YEAR OF SEASONING WOULD BE GOOD FOR
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU CAME IN WITHOUT SEASONING AND LEARNED WHAT TO DO AS VICE CHAIR. WHY CAN'T ANN DO THAT? SHE CAN'T RUN A CLOCK? OR SHE'S A WOMAN? WHAT'S THE DEAL? IS IT PUNITIVE?
>> THIS FEEL AS LITTLE PUNITIVE. >> IT'S NOT PUNITIVE AT ALL.
IT'S NOT. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A VERY STRONG REPRESENTATION GOING FORWARD, AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL AND I'M GOING TO VOTE. WE CAN EITHER GET ON WITH THIS NONSENSE OR CONTINUE TO ARGUE ABOUT
QUALIFICATIONS. >> I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S NONSENSE. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR, PLEASE?
>> WOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UNFORTUNATELY WHILE YOU WERE OUT, ONE OF THE MEETINGS COMMISSIONER JOSEPH THAT YOU WERE OUT, I WAS THE VICE CHAIR. I APPRECIATED ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THEY HEARD BEING MY VERY FIRST TIME, EVEN YOU, MR. COMMANDO, YOU SAID, WOW, FOR YOUR FIRST TIME, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I APPRECIATE IT. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME. I KNOW COMMISSIONER MURPHY BEFORE HE WAS COMFORTABLE IN THE SEAT. I HEARD FROM MANY OTHERS I DID AN AMAZING JOB, SO I'M JUST IN SHOCK RIGHT NOW THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO -- THAT HE FEELS I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE BEING VICE CHAIR. I'M -- THAT'S SO INSULTING.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL HAVE THE VOTE. OH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M SORRY. ACTUALLY WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THAT, RIGHT?
[2. Public Comment for Election of Chair and Vice Chair ]
OKAY. COMMISSIONER MURPHY, PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.>> WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE NOMINATING PROCEDURE OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES,
MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS. >> B.J. MCLEAN, ST. AUGUSTINE.
CAN WE KEEP THE PRESENT CHAIR? THIS HAS BEEN VERY EDUCATIONAL.
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SINCE OTHERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ELECTED, IF MS. TAYLOR WANTS TO BE VICE CHAIR, ELECT HER BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE UP THERE SHOULD BE THE VICE CHAIR BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN CHAIR IN WHATEVER IN THE PAST, SO THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS SHOWS US, REALLY WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE ELECTION OF NEW PEOPLE. YOU DO NOT WORK TOGETHER FOR US, AND THAT IS VERY DISCOURAGING, AND WE COME IN HERE, AND WE NEED SOME HELP AND WE DON'T GET IT BECAUSE YOU ALL CANNOT GET ALONG. YOU SHOW US THAT FROM TIME TO TIME WHENEVER YOU ARE SPEAKING, AND IT IS VERY OBVIOUS, AND NOBODY WANTS TO SAY IT, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT TODAY.THIS IS A DISGRACE. >> I AGREE.
>> GOOD MORNING. ED SLAVEN. CANDIDATE FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL.
ELECTION IS APRIL 3RD. I AGREE THAT COMMISSIONER JOSEPH SHOULD BE THE CHAIR AGAIN, AND SHE GRACIOUSLY MOVED TO MAKE HENRY DEAN CHAIR FOR A SECOND TERM. SHE WAS RIGHT, AND I SUPPORTED HER WHEN SHE DID THAT. THE TERM SEASONING, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND THE LAW OF SLAVERY, AND WHEN I WAS AT MEMPHIS STATE, ONE TIME I WAS WALKING BY THE LAW BOOKS AND THERE WAS A ON THE LAW OF SLAVERY, AND THE TERM SEASONING USED HERE IN THIS COUNTY, BY OWNERS OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE WAS WHAT YOU DID TO A SLAVE TO BEAT THE STUFFING OUT OF THEM TO MAKE THEM OBEY. I RESENT, I CONDEMN, THE USE OF SEASONING TO REFER TO AN ELECTED WOMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO? YOU'RE EQUALS, EACH ELECTED FROM A DISTRICT TO WORK FOR EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY, AND YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING BETTER LATELY, BUT I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MR. MURPHY ACTUALLY PROMISED ME, AND PROMISED OTHERS, THAT HE WAS GOING TO MEET AND TALK ABOUT THE SELECTION OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO FOR THE RECORD AGAIN, IS A CORPORATE LAWYER FROM A CORPORATE LAW FIRM, WHICH IS THE CORPORATE LAW FIRM OF THE INCOMING FLORIDA SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WHICH IS A LAW FIRM OF A LOBBYIST FOR DEVELOPMENT. THAT LAWYER SAID A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, I HAVE NEVER REPRESENTED DEVELOPER, BUT HIS PARTNERS DO.
I THINK IT SHOWS BAD JUDGMENT FOR MR. MURPHY TO PROMISE ME IN TEXT MESSAGES THAT HE WAS GOING TO MEET WITH ME AND WAS OPEN TO RECONSIDERING, AND HE NEVER DID. HE DOESN'T KEEP HIS PROMISES. I MEAN, WE ALL VOTED FOR HIM. WE THOUGHT HE WAS A FINE FELLOW. I WAS IMPRESSED HE HAD 28 YEARS OF BACKGROUND AS A FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROLMAN, AND HE TEACHES NEW HIGHWAY PATROLMEN AT A SCHOOL. I MEAN HE'S A GOOD FELLOW, BUT HE NEEDS MORE SEASONING. HE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, WHICH HE IS NOT DOING ENOUGH OF. I WOULD SUGGEST COMMISSIONER JOSEPH BE THE NEXT CHAIR. SHE HAS DONE A FINE JOB. IT'S KIND OF LIKE COMMISSIONER MURPHY SAID WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED, PERSONALLY AND CRUELLY, AND HE CAME IN HERE DURING THE ELECTION, AND HE SAID I FORGIVE YOU. I FORGIVE YOU, I FORGIVE YOU. WISER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN IN THIS ROOM BY A COMMISSIONER. Y'ALL HAVE TO DO A LOT TO EARN OUR FORGIVENESS FOR WHAT YOU DID TO COMMISSIONER JOSEPH, THE CENSURE DONE BY FORMER COMMISSIONER WAS WRONG. IT'S A SIN, A CRIME. I FORGIVE YOU. I FORGIVE YOU. I FORGIVE YOU, AND I THINK COMMISSIONER JOSEPH SHOULD BE CHAIR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> GOOD MORNING. CHARLIE HUNT MILL CREEK ESTATES. I CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING, OKAY? THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. ALL RIGHT? JUST LIKE WHEN THE ESTABLISHMENT INFRINGED ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF COMMISSIONER JOSEPH, SHE HAD TO TAKE IT TO COURT AND FIGHT THE ESTABLISHMENT WHO INFRINGED ON HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. CLEARLY. EVEN THE CHAIR AT THE TIME WAS KIND OF PROUD ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE CAN'T SPEAK ON HER OWN AGENDA OR OPINIONS.
THE CHAIR AT THE TIME WAS PROUD ABOUT IT. AND THE OTHER THREE
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MEMBERS OF THAT ESTABLISHMENT, WHICH ONE IS STILL HERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S WORKING TOGETHER. JUST BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE SEASONED, LIKE A BRISKET DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY BETTER. IF YOU HAVE GOT TO BE PUT IN THAT POSITION, THEN YOU WILL SHOW IT, AND I AM ASSURED THAT COMMISSIONER TAYLOR CAN AND WILL SHOW IT. EVEN THOUGH YOU WANT TO AUTOMATICALLY HIT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ABOUT EITHER IT'S A FIRST AMENDMENT OR THE FIFTH AMENDMENT OF HOW WE RUN THINGS AROUND HERE, WHEN -- WHEN THIS GROUP CAN GO AGAINST THE NORMAL PROCESS OF WHAT THEY WOULD DO. OKAY, WHO IS NEXT? YOU'RE NEXT, YOU'RE NEXT, YOU'RE NEXT. GOT IT, UNDERSTAND. BUT IT'S OJT. I KNOW IT. THAT'S HOW IT IS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN SITTING IN HERE, WATCHING, LITERALLY I COULD VOLUNTEER TO BE THE CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR. THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU DO, READ THE LITTLE THINGS ON YOUR NOTE PAD AND START THE TIMER AND STOP THE TIMER. OKAY? BUT AFTER A YEAR OF SITTING ON AND LISTENING TO THIS COMMITTEE, THE BLATANT ESTABLISHMENT PROCESS OF HOW THEY GO AND KNIFE THE PEOPLE THEY DON'T LIKE, BUT THEY NEED ON THE JOB EXPERIENCE FOR AFTER OVER A YEAR?>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PROCEDURE? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[3. Election of the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners ]
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE READY FOR THE FIRST VOTE?
>> THAT'S FOR COMMISSIONER MURPHY AS CHAIR.
SOMEONE IS NOT VOTING. AND THAT FAILS 2-3. SO WE HAVE A SECOND
NOMINATION. WE DON'T? >> THERE WAS A REQUEST TO BE WITHDRAWN FOR CONSIDERATION, SO YOU WOULD NEED A NEW NOMINATION.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT? I AGREE WITH WHAT SOME OF THE OTHERS SAID, I WOULD NOMINATE COMMISSIONER JOSEPH AGAIN.
>> I WILL SECOND MYSELF. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT? COMMISSIONER JOSEPH, I WOULD SUPPORT YOU AS CHAIR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN. YOU
HAVE MY VOTE. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S VOTE.
PASSES 3-2. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS ARE
[4. Election of the Vice Chair of the Board of County Commissioners ]
GOING TO MAKE ME CRY. ALL RIGHT. NOW THE NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR. I NOMINATE ANN TAYLOR FOR VICE CHAIR.>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER TAYLOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSIN? ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE. AND THAT PASSES 3-2. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE TO MOVE. ALL RIGHT, WHERE DOES EVERYONE ELSE GO? DO WE KNOW?
>> YOU WILL ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING.
>> I ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHAIR OF THE
[5. Presentation to the outgoing Chair, by newly elected Chair ]
[6. Presentation to the outgoing Vice Chair, by the newly elected Vice Chair ]
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>>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL MY SUPPORTERS AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. I HAVE TO CALL OUT MY HUSBAND AND MY DAUGHTER. MY HUSBAND IS SITTING IN HIS CHAIR TRYING TO TEXT ME ALL THE TIME DURING THE MEETING. IF YOU SEE ME TEXTING, HE'S TALKING TO ME, AND I'M TALKING BACK BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY HE COMMUNICATES. I THANK EVERYONE IN THE ROOM. AND THE EMPLOYEES, TOO. I HAVE HAD GOOD SUPPORT FROM JOY, AND ANGELA, AND MY ENTIRE CREW THAT WORKS WITH ME IN THE OFFICE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND ALL OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, OF COURSE, ARE GOOD. WE FEEL SAFE IN HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE TO TEN-MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REORGANIZE UP
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