February 22, 2005
The Lindon City Council held a special meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 in the Lindon City Center, City Council Chambers at 100 North State Street, Lindon, Utah.
Conducting: Jeff Acerson, Mayor
Pledge of Allegiance: Jeff Acerson
Invocation: Toby Bath
PRESENT ABSENT
Jeff Acerson, Mayor
Bruce Carpenter, Councilmember
H. Toby Bath, Councilmember
Lindsey Bayless, Councilmember
Jerald I. Hatch, Councilmember
Ott H. Dameron, City Administrator
The meeting began at 6:17 p.m.
MINUTES – No minutes were reviewed at this meeting.
OPEN SESSION – Citizens Comments
No comments were given.
MAYOR’S COMMENTS/REPORT
No report was given.
CONSENT AGENDA – No Items
CURRENT BUSINESS
1. Council Member Interviews - Due to the recent appointment of Mayor Jeff Acerson, a City Council position was vacated. The City Council is required by statute to appoint a new Council Member within 30 days of the date the office was vacated. The position was advertised according to requirements and applications have been accepted. Tonight, the Mayor and Council will interview all applicants for the position. The new Council Member will be officially appointed to the position on March 1, 2005 during the City Council meeting of that date.
Mayor Acerson opened the meeting by expressing appreciation for those in
attendance and for the applicants for the Council Member’s office. He explained the process for
the interviews. There were seven applicants, and each applicant was interviewed
individually. Three of the applicants could not be at the meeting in person and they were
interviewed by “speaker phone.” These three applicants were Russell Stay, David Udall, and
Eric Anthony. After all interviews were completed, the Council would then move into an
Executive Session to discuss the qualifications of each applicant. The Council would then move
back into the open session and a motion would be made to appoint an individual. Each applicant
would then be contacted to let him know the results of the meeting.
The Mayor and the Council members then discussed a procedural process for the
interviews. Each candidate would be allowed an opening statement, unless the applicant
deferred, and then each Council member would be given time to ask questions. Mr. Dameron
said the order of interviews was chosen at random.
With the preliminaries complete, the Mayor waited for the phone call of Mr. Stay. The
candidates were interviewed in the following order:
Mr. Russell Stay, 15 North McKinley Drive, Lindon, Utah
Mr. Jeffrey R. Wilson, 194 South 300 East, Lindon, Utah
Mr. David Edward Udall, 46 South 1025 East, Lindon, Utah
Mr. James A. Dain, 382 East 400 North, Lindon, Utah
Mr. Gary Blaine Godfrey, 149 North 835 East, Lindon, Utah
Mr. Tim W. Clyde, 414 North 750 East, Lindon, Utah
Mr. Forest Eric Anthony, 470 North 200 East, Lindon, Utah
2. Executive Session - The City Council will meet privately to discuss the interviews which have taken place. (UT Code 52-4-4)
COUNCILMEMBER BAYLESS MOVED TO ENTER INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE DISCUSSION OF PERSONNEL MATTERS. COUNCILMEMBER HATCH SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL PRESENT VOTED IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIED.
After closing the executive session, the open session of the meeting resumed. Mayor Acerson stated that he was very pleased with the quality of the applicants and with their desire to participate. He commented that to have applicants of this high caliber “bodes well for the good of the community.”
The Mayor then asked if there was a motion to appoint a new City Council member.
COUNCILMEMBER CARPENTER MOVED TO APPOINT GARY BLAINE GODFREY TO FILL THE VACANT CITY COUNCIL POSITION. COUNCILMEMBER BAYLESS SECONDED THE MOTION. THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS:
COUNCILMEMBER CARPENTER AYE
COUNCILMEMBER BAYLESS AYE
COUNCILMEMBER BATH NAY
COUNCILMEMBER HATCH NAY
DUE TO A TIE VOTE, MAYOR ACERSON HAD TO BREAK THE TIE. THE MAYOR VOTED NAY. THE MOTION FAILED.
COUNCILMEMBER HATCH THEN MOVED TO APPOINT FOREST ERIC ANTHONY TO FILL THE VACANT CITY COUNCIL POSITION. COUNCILMEMBER BATH SECONDED THE MOTION. THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS:
COUNCILMEMBER CARPENTER NAY
COUNCILMEMBER BAYLESS NAY
COUNCILMEMBER BATH AYE
COUNCILMEMBER HATCH AYE
DUE TO A TIE VOTE, MAYOR ACERSON HAD TO BREAK THE TIE. THE MAYOR VOTED AYE. THE MOTION CARRIED.
Mr. Anthony will be sworn in as the new City Council member on March 1, 2005 during the regularly scheduled meeting of that date.
COUNCILMEMBER BATH MOVED TO ADJOURN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 9:55 P.M. COUNCILMEMBER HATCH SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL PRESENT VOTED IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIED.
APPROVED – March 1, 2005
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Ott H. Dameron, City Administrator/Recorder
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Jeff Acerson, Mayor
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