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ORDER-2025-10 : Proposed Rules of Order Amendment for Rule38B RE: Appointments and Reappointments All appointees (new and re-appointed) of the Mayor subject to the confirmation of the Council, shall appear before the proper standing committee, to inform the committee's recommendations.

Passed · PASSED [8 TO 0] Yes: Mark Garipay, Ward Hamilton, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Devin Romanul, Robb Stewart, Kimberly Vandiver, Leila Migliorelli. Absent: Cal Finocchiaro, John Obremski, Ryan Williams.

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ORDER-2025-10 Amending Rules of Order of the City Council Proposed Rules of Order Amendment for Rule38B RE: Appointments and Reappointments All appointees (new and re- appointed) of the Mayor subject to the confirmation of the Council, shall appear before the proper standing committee, to inform the committee's recommendations. Passed

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▶ 15:08 Speaker 3: um, motion for passage on the amended version made by Councilor Jamal Dean, seconded by Councilor Carrum Chaney on discussion.

▶ 15:18 Leila Migliorelli: Okay. Seeing none. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? That order passes as amended

▶ 15:26 Speaker 4: ID Number 1, 2 4 0 5 Proposed rules of order amendment for Rule 38 B regarding appointments and reappointments all appointees, new and reappointed of the mayor, subject to the confirmation of the council shall appear before the proper standing committee to inform the committee's recommendations.

▶ 15:47 Maya Jamaleddine: Madam President, this order comes from the Legal and Legislative Committee with a recommendation to pass as amended. And at this time, I would like to make a motion, uh, for passage and would like to ask the clerk to read the amended text, please.

▶ 16:03 Speaker 6: Mm-hmm. Okay.

▶ 16:06 Speaker 4: So the amended all new appointees of the mayor, subject to the confirmation of the council shall appear before the proper standing committee

▶ 16:14 Speaker 1: to inform the committee's recommendation.

▶ 16:17 Speaker 4: All reapp appointees of the mayor, subject

▶ 16:19 Speaker 1: to the confirmation of the council shall appear

▶ 16:20 Speaker 4: before the proper standing committee at the request of any of the committee members and with the approval of the chair

▶ 16:28 Speaker 1: to inform the committee's recommendations.

▶ 16:32 Speaker 7: Second. Okay.

▶ 16:34 Speaker 3: Motion made by Councillor Jamal and seconded by Councilor Romanul on discussion. Councillor Stewart.

▶ 16:39 Robb Stewart: Thank you Madam President. Madam President through the chair. I just want a little clarity on this. Um, when we have, um, subject to the confirmation at the request of any committee member, um, how's that done? I mean, is it basically we, we get the, uh, the notification on I QM two or whatnot, and then we ask you or we send a note to the city clerk? I'm just curious in terms of the process. Was that clarified? Because I, I, I didn't, I wasn't part of this discussion.

▶ 17:16 Mark Garipay: Councilor Garing Through the chair as a maker of the amendment, um, any, any counselor can make a recommendation to a committee member to request them to come before that committee if they have a question. And it would be at the, uh, approval of the chair, like we do any, any time we're in committee and we want to see there's an order in front of us, we usually go to the chair of that committee in order to get someone from the administration or whatever to come before us. So that was a thought process with that.

▶ 17:47 Robb Stewart: Okay. So through the chair, uh, would it be then, um, if we had a reconfirmation we're in, uh, Barr and commissions and then I say, I'd like to actually have this person come before us. We hold it in committee and then make the request to the chair and the chair can approve or deny that. Is that how that works?

▶ 18:08 Mark Garipay: Well, through the, uh, through a committee member. A committee member of the Barr and commissions.

▶ 18:14 Speaker 3: Right. Councilor Vandiver,

▶ 18:16 Kimberly Vandiver: If I may. So as the chair of Barr and Commissions. So, and, and it looks like coun, uh, through the chair of Councilor Stewart is, is a member of that board. So, so in that scenario, um, I believe Councilor Stewart would come to me and I would make the request to the administration as the chair Barr and commission.

▶ 18:32 Robb Stewart: Okay. So, but we don't need to a priori, um, have the person come before us. It would be only at the pleasure of somebody on the, the, the committee to make that request. And then we hold that in committee and then get the person. Okay. Alright, great. I understand that. Thank you.

▶ 18:51 Speaker 1: Alright. It was, um, council Jamine that made that motion for passage, but who seconded that?

▶ 18:56 Speaker 3: I don't know that we have Council Romanul Romanul. Okay. Thank you.

▶ 18:59 Speaker 1: Okay. Thank you. All right.

▶ 19:01 Speaker 3: Uh, so motion made by Councillor Aldine, second by Councillor Romanul. Any further discussion? Seeing none.