HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 6, 1999OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH 6, 1999
1) CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Mayor Peterson called the Council Meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. Present were Mayor Peterson
and Council members Szurek, Jolly, and Wyckoff.
Audience attendants were Sue Amundson and Morris Mariette (Mr. Mariette was in attendance
part of the meeting).
2) APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY PRO-TEM
Motion by Jolly, second by Szurek, to appoint Mary Dugdale Secretary Pro-tem. All ayes.
3) INTERVIEW OF CANDIDATES
The purpose of the special meeting was to interview candidates for appointment to the vacant
Council position. The Council interviewed three candidates from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., allowing
25 minutes for each interview. Council members asked each candidate the same series of six
questions. Candidates interviewed were: Gary Larson, Roger Peterson, and Ted Landwehr.
4) RECESS OF MEETING
Mayor Peterson recessed the meeting at 9:30 a.m. so the Council could attend the opening of
a local Habitat for Humanity home.
5) RECONVENE THE MEETING
Mayor Peterson reconvened the meeting at 11:00 a.m., at which time the Council proceeded
with the interviews of seven more candidates, asking each the same series of six questions.
Candidates interviewed were: Bob Barnick, Barbara Gertsema, Damon Powers, Dolores Strand,
Robert Buboltz, Eric Kjos, and John Hunter.
6) ADJOURNMENT
Having completed the interviews scheduled for this date, there was a motion by Jolly, second
by Wyckoff, to adjourn the Council meeting at 2:30 p.m. All ayes.
Mary Dugdale, Secretary Pro-tem