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PUBLIC COMMENT

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All were in favor and public comment was opened There were no comments on the floor or via Zoom Motion to Close public comment made by Chair Cifuni All were in favor and public comment was closed III. NEW BUSINESS A. Notice of Caucus and Nomination of President Motion to Open the floor for nominations made by Councilor Karamcheti Seconded by Councilor Romanul All were in favor and motion passed

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▶ 1:01 Speaker 2: So that definitely makes for a quorum. We have 11, 10 people present, 11 people here. Okay. With no objections, I'd like to make a motion to open the floor for cauc- public comment at this time.

▶ 1:15 Speaker 1: So moved.

▶ 1:18 Speaker 2: Okay. Um, please take a roll call, please, for that.

▶ 1:20 Speaker 3: Councilor Elect Ch- Councilor Elect Chen. Here. Councilor Finocchiaro. Here. Councilor Elect Freeman. Here. Councilor Jamaleddine. Yes.

▶ 1:29 Speaker 2: Yes. Councilor Jam- Yes. Yes. I was gonna say yes for this roll call. I was gonna say, wait, this is- I just wanna back up a little bit. For the new people, I apologize, but I have to do roll call for every motion because we have somebody hybrid. So because he is not physically here, we're going to have to do a roll call around saying yes or no. I just, I, I apologize. I should've explained that to you. Mm-hmm. Okay? So, um, so this motion right now is just to, um, open public comment. So why don't we start again- We start over? Okay. ... with a roll... Why don't we start again with the roll call, please?

▶ 1:55 Speaker 3: Okay. Councilor Elect Chen. Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro. Yes. Councilor Elect Freeman. Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine. Yes. Councilor Karam Chetty. Yes. Councilor Elect Cal. Yes. Councilor Abramski. Yes. Councilor Elect Park. Yes. Councilor Romanul. Yes. Councilor Vandiver. Yes. Councilor Williams.

▶ 2:15 Speaker 4: Yes.

▶ 2:17 Speaker 2: Okay. Public comment is now open. (clears throat) This is for the caucus meeting only. Are there any public comments from anyone in the room?

▶ 2:31 Speaker 2: Nobody? Madame Clerk.

▶ 2:33 Speaker 3: Councilor Elect Chen.

▶ 2:34 Speaker 2: No. Nope. Is there anybody online? Oh, there's no one online. No one online. Nobody's online. Okay, so there's currently nobody online. Seeing none, with no objections, I'd like to make a motion to close public comment.

▶ 2:46 Speaker 1: So moved. Second.

▶ 2:49 Speaker 2: Second. Roll call, please- Cou- ... to close public comment.

▶ 2:51 Speaker 3: Councilor Elect Chen. Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro. Yes. Councilor Elect Freeman. Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine. Yes. Councilor Karam Chetty. Yes. Councilor Elect Cal. Yes. Councilor Abramski. Yes. Councilor Elect Park. Yes. Councilor Romanul. Yes. Councilor Vandiver. Yes. Councilor Williams. Yes.