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Brookings City Council
July 16, 2019
The Brookings City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 6:000
PM, at City Hall with the following City Council members present:, Mayor Keith Corbett,
Council Members Patty Bacon, Leah Brink, Holly Tilton Byrne, Nick Wendell, and Ope
Niemeyer. Council Member Dan Hansen and City Attorney Steve Britzman were absent.
City Manager Paul Briseno and Acting City Clerk Bonnie Foster were also present.
City Council discussion of City Clerk Appointment Process. A motion was made
by Council Member Niemeyer, seconded by Council Member Tilton Byrne, to discuss
the process for looking for a City Clerk and to direct staff to follow the process
discussed. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6-Corbett, Niemeyer, Brink,
Bacon, Wendell, and Tilton Byrne; Absent: 1-Hansen.
A motion was made by City Council Member Bacon, seconded by Council Member
Tilton Byrne, to clearly define the search and selection process of the City Clerk position
moving forward. Public Comment: Tom Yseth, Gail Robertson, Brennan Sullivan,
Diane Spencer, Mike Bartley, Marty Stanwick, and Mike McCiemans. A replacement
motion was made by Council Member Wendell, seconded by Council Member Bacon, to
not reopen the search, but to conduct a more thorough screening of the 43 applicants in
the pool currently by the search committee to consist of the Mayor, the Human
Resources Director and those City Council members able and willing to serve. The
motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 5-Corbett, Niemeyer, Bacon, Wendell, and
Tilton Byrne; No: 1 -Brink; Absent: 1 -Hansen.
Adjourn. A motion was made by Council Member Niemeyer, seconded by Council
Member Brink, that this meeting be adjourned at 6:53p.m. The motion carried by a
unanimous vote.
CITY OF BROOKINGS
Keith W. Corbett, Mayor
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