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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION
Mayor
Amáda Márquez Simula
Councilmembers
Connie Buesgens
Kt Jacobs
Rachel James
Justice Spriggs
City Manager
Kelli Bourgeois
City Hall—Council Chambers, 590 40th Ave NE
Monday, March 14, 2023
5:30 PM
MINUTES
The following are the minutes for the Special Work Session of the City Council held at 5:30 p.m. on
Monday, March 14, 2023, in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 590 40th Avenue NE, Columbia
Heights, Minnesota.
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Mayor Márquez Simula called the meeting to order at 5:36 p.m.
Present: Mayor Márquez Simula; Councilmember Buesgens; Councilmember Jacobs; Councilmember
James; Councilmember Spriggs
Also Present: Kelli Bourgeois, City Manager; Sara Ion, City Clerk
WORK SESSION ITEMS
1. Interview Candidates for Board and Commission Vacancies.
The City Council conducted interview for Board and Commission positions as follows:
5:30 PM Robert Odden for the Library Board
3:50 PM Teresa Eisenbise for the Library Board and Park and Recreation Board
6:10 PM John Gianoulis for the Planning Commission
6:30 PM Stephanie Small for the Planning Commission and Library Board
6:50 PM Adam Davis for the Park and Recreation, Planning and Library Board
7:10 PM Antonio Mendez for the Library, Park and Rec and Planning Commission
2. Post Interview Debrief.
The Council discussed which candidates to appoint to the Boards and Commissions by
Resolution at the March 27, 2022, City Council meeting. The following applicants were
recommended by at least a majority of the City Council:
Taher Herzallah and Andrea Ostergaard for the Parks and Recreation Commission.
John Gianoulis for the Planning Commission.
Melanie Madgow for the Library Board.
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It was determined how all applicants would be contacted. The City Manager and Mayor would
contact all applicants via phone to alert them to the status of their application. The City Clerk
would contact applicants both selected and not selected to follow up on their appointment or
to offer other opportunities to continue to be involved in the City.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Sara Ion, City Clerk/Council Secretary