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Home My Public Portal About20131112special1 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, NOVEMBER 12, 2013 CALL TO ORDER The Special Council Meeting of November 12, 2013, was convened at 5:35 P.M. by Mayor Eric Struemph. ROLL CALL The following Council Members were present for the roll call: Present: Bray, Carroll, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, Schulte, and Scrivner Arrived Late: *Branch (arrived at 5:45 P.M.) A quorum was declared present. ADOPT AMENDED AGENDA A motion was made by Councilman Carlos Graham, seconded by Councilman Ralph Bray, to amend the agenda by eliminating the vo te to go into Closed Session and conduct the entire meeting in open session instead. The motion was approved unanimously. PRESENTATION BY CHARLES JOHNSON Mayor Struemph asked Interim City Administrator Drew Hilpert to explain what the next steps in the process to select a developer would be. *Councilman Jim Branch arrived at the end of Mr. Hilpert’s explanation comments (5:45 P.M.) Following Mr. Hilpert’s comments, he introduced Mr. Charles Johnson who presented his recommendations to the Council regarding the selection of a conference center developer. At the conclusion of his presentation, he stated his recommendation would be to move forward with the Farmer as first choice, with the Ehrhardt proposal as a back-up choice. 2 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, NOVEMBER 12, 2013 A lengthy question and answer and discussion period followed, during which Mayor Struemph asked Convention & Visitors Bureau Director Diane Gillespie to come forward to make brief comments. Mayor Struemph called for a recess at 7:10 P.M. RECONVENE The meeting reconvened at 7:22 P.M. with the following Council Members present: Present: Branch, Bray, Carroll, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, Schulte, and Scrivner Absent: None Councilman Carlos Graham asked Mr. Johnson to advise the Council at this time that, if he were on the Council and required to vote on the two proposals, which he would vote for. Mr. Johnson stated that, given all the data, he would vote to select the Farmer proposal. Mayor Struemph reminded the public that another public hear ing will be held at 5:30 P.M. on Thursday, November, and encouraged citizens to either come and speak at that public hearing, or contact him or their Council representative before Monday night to let them know how they would like the Council to vote. ADJOURNMENT A motion for adjournment was made by Councilman Ralph Bray, seconded by Councilman Rick Prather, and approved unanimously at 7:28 P.M.