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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Call to Order and Attendance:
The Moab City Council held a Special City Council Meeting on the above date in the City Council
Conference Room located at 217 East Center Street. The purpose of the meeting was to conduct
a City Manager candidate interview with Assistant City Manager Joel Linares. An audio
recording is archived at http://www.utah.gov/pmn/index.html. Mayor Pro-Tem Tawny
Knuteson-Boyd called the meeting to order at 12:03 PM. In attendance were Councilmembers
Rani Derasary, Tawny Knuteson-Boyd, Karen Guzman -Newton, Kalen Jones and Mike Duncan.
Mayor Emily Niehaus participated by phone. Also in attendance were City Finance Director
Rachel Stenta, Development Services Manager Sommar Johnson, Deputy Recorder Dani
Guerrero and Recorder/Project Specialist Eve Tallman. One member of the press attended.
City Manager Candidate Interview:
Candidate Linares responded to questions on the following topics:
- -Current challenges facing the City
- -Management style
- -Facilitation of major changes of direction for the City
- -Tourism and quality of life
- -Working relationship with Council
- -Better communication with public
- -Potential municipal property tax
- -Sustainability
- -Potential state actions regarding reduction of sales tax
- -Doing business with the state legislature
- -Learning from other municipalities
- -Reasons to choose this candidate
- -Economic Resiliency
- -Pride in residency in Moab and Utah
- -Candidate's strengths and weaknesses
- -Importance of disseminating information to the public and media
Adjournment: Councilmember Derasary moved to adjourn the meeting. Councilmember
Duncan seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Mayor Pro-Tem Knuteson-Boyd
adjourned the meeting at 1:12 PM.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
Emily S. Niehaus, Mayor Rachel E. Stenta, City Recorder
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