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City Council, Special Meeting
Council Chambers
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, California
January 10, 2005 6:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Mathena with the following Council Members
present: Dickerson, Kight, and Murray.
Also present were City Manager Warren, City Attorney Duvernay, City Clerk Strohmayer, and
Assistant City Clerk Sherman.
PROCESS TO FILL CITY COUNCIL VACANCY
(A-050-060)
Mayor Mathena stated that the purpose of this meeting is to begin the process of selecting a
replacement on the Redding City Council to fill the seat vacated by Mark Cibula, who was
elected to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors, effective January 3,2005. The appointed
replacement will serve through the end of Mr. Cibula's term which ends December 2006.
Mayor Mathena announced that each of the 12 applicants will be afforded ~. five-minute
presentation to include their vision for the future of Redding and why they seek appointment
to the City Council. Mayor Mathena said the entire selection process will be.90nducted in
open session, and at the conclusion of the presentations, each Council Member.will be asked
to nominate up to two applicants who will be invited back to tomorrow's Council meeting for
further interviews and consideration.
The City Council heard from the following applicants in the order determined by random
drawing: Patrick Jones, Mary Stegall, John Hancock, Michael Early, Les Melburg, Cheryl
Calhoun, James Chapin, Roger Estey, Rick Bosetti, Randall Smith, Dennis Haws, and Julie
Howard.
Mayor Mathena then invited public comment regarding this matter. The following individuals
spoke in support of appointing Mary Stegall to fill the vacancy: Richard Paz, Joy Newcomb,
and Russ Wade. .,
Mayor Mathena complimented the applicants on the quality of their presentations.
City Council Members submitted up to two names on a ballot to the City Clerk, who then
announced the following finalists: :
· Council Member Dickerson selected Rick Bosetti and Julie Howard
· Council Member Kight chose Cheryl Calhoun and Julie Howard
· Council Member Murray selected Cheryl Calhoun and Les Melburg
· Mayor Mathena chose Mary Leas Stegall .
Mayor Mathena stated that each Council Member will submit questions to ask each of the five
(5) finalists at tomorrow's Council meeting. He explained that each finalist will be asked to
answer the same questions, and there will be an opportunity for follow-up questions by the
City Council.
ADJOURNMENT
At the hour of7:20 p.m., Mayor Mathena declared the special meeting adjourned to January
11,2005, at 6:00 p.m. for continuation of the process to fill the Redding City Council vacancy.
APPROVED
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