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Special Council Minutes of 7-9-2021 and abandoned common areas, such as signs and cul de sacs with ambiguous responsibility. He asked how Mr. Limpert would address this issue. Mr. Limpert stated in previous instances he was opposed to the city taking responsibility, but would take conveyance of land at association initiative, sell the land and put the proceeds into a park. Councilman Kelly and Councilwoman Hemann thanked Mr. Limpert. Council President Jones asked Assistant Director O'Malley to follow up on Ms. Williamson's request about the lawsuit. Councilman Glassburn clarified the process for advancing the nomination. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend to Council. Councilman Glassburn moved to approve the appointment of Duane K. Limpert to Director of Safety & Service. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann and failed 5-1. Roll Call: Yes: Schumann No: Glassburn, Hemann, Kelly, Williamson, Brossard Motion failed. Duane K. Limpert not appointed by a vote of 5-1. Councilman Glassburn voted no with comment. We have all been here a long time looking into this issue. We have needed a Safety & Service Director for 10 months now. We have seen some of the negative consequences of that. All of us, wanted to have a Safety & Service Director in place by now. The reality is we don't have one yet. In this instance, Council tried to move very quickly and do our due diligence and ran into more problems than expected. There are issues we had to go through in executive session. The City will face some serious matters that need a Safety & Service Director. We need to make sure that person is in a position to do well for the City. Due to conflicts that were made to Council's attention, I do not believe the nominee will have the opportunity to work on issues that are needed to be dealt with. It's not fair to the City to bring on a nominee that can't address those issues. That is my reason for voting no. Councilman Schumann voted yes with comment. We do need a Safety & Service Director. We have a qualified candidate who has served in both of those positions and I will leave it at that. Councilwoman Hemann voted no with comment. I would like to thank Mr. Limpert first of all for stepping up and being interested. Thank you. My no vote is based on reasons that Mr. Limpert had multiple inconsistencies between his testimony and the records and documents I personally reviewed for the preparation of the meeting and my follow-up. Based on some of those things I cannot approve this candidate. It's unfortunate, we do need a Safety & Service Director and we needed one actually a while ago. Unfortunately, no. Mayor Kennedy asked for a point of order and there was discussion on if the Administration was able to give reports during a Special Council Meeting. The Mayor was told he could speak after the audience participation. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION E