[0:12] UH [0:23] UH [0:59] UH [1:24] . IT'S 515. WE HAVE A QUORUM AND SO DO WE [1:29] NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO START THE MEETING OR TO START? YEAH, I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND THE FIRST ITEM ON [1:36] THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF FOR 30 MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THEIR APPROVAL MR. [1:45] PRESIDENT SO MOVED THE SECOND MOTION MADE BY THE MAYOR AND [1:53] SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HUNT KELLY YEAH WELL AND AGAIN I WASN'T THERE EITHER SO I DON'T [2:01] WANT PEOPLE CAN'T WE HAVE TO DO WE HAVE TO WAIT JORDI I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE PROTOCOL FOR THAT UNLESS MY [2:07] DAD WE CAN HOLD THAT OVER. OKAY, WELL LET'S JUST HOLD IT. I BELIEVE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S IT'S NOT FORBIDDEN [2:15] BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PROTOCOL THAT YOU DON'T WANT IT. SO I MEAN YOU CERTAINLY COULD VOTE ON THE ON THE ISSUE IF [2:22] YOU NEED IT. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. [2:29] WELL, WHY DON'T WE CHECK WITH WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND SEE WHAT IS PROPER AND IN THIS CASE WHY DON'T WE MOVE AHEAD [2:37] WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW EMPLOYEES AND THEN WE WE CAN SEE IF WE GET THE REST OF HER MEMBERS HERE SO THAT WE [2:44] CAN HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THEM WERE THERE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AND [2:51] COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS UNFORTUNATELY NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING. [2:56] BUT I'M GOING TO READ HER BIO AND YOU WILL GET TO MEET HER AT ANOTHER TIME AND THEN I WILL INTRODUCE OUR SECOND [3:02] STAFF MEMBER AFTER SO PRISCILLA MARA JOINED THE PORT TEAM ON MARCH 3RD AS A BUSINESS ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST [3:09] . IN THIS NEW ROLE, PRISCILLA WILL FOCUS ON BUSINESS ASSISTANCE SERVING AS A CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [3:15] PARTNERS AND THE CITY AS LIAISON TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SHE WILL ACTIVELY CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH [3:21] ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ADMINISTER AND EVALUATE BUSINESS PROGRAMS, PROVIDE [3:27] ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE TO BUSINESSES LOCATED OR CONSIDERING BLOOMINGTON AND HOW BUSINESS OWNERS CONNECT TO [3:33] RESOURCES. PRISCILLA PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IN 2023 THROUGH THE CAPITAL PATHWAYS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM [3:41] ADMINISTERED BY THE CITIZENS LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA. HER PRIMARY ROLE WAS CO-DEVELOPING AND CARRYING OUT [3:46] THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLOOM IN BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM. SHE HAS SPENT HER TIME SINCE AS A YOUTH COUNCIL DIRECTOR AT [3:53] THE MINNESOTA ALLIANCE WITH YOUTH WHERE SHE OVERSAW THE STATEWIDE OPERATIONS OF THE MINNESOTA YOUTH COUNCIL. AND PRISCILLA WILL BE WORKING [3:58] WITH BARB IN OUR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TEAM AND AGAIN SHE [4:04] SENDS HER REGARDS. SHE IS ON A FLIGHT RIGHT NOW TO PRISCILLA ME I MISS MAYOWA [4:11] MAYOWA IT OH IT'S ON THERE. [4:16] IT'S IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET RESTAURANTS WELL IT'S NOT [4:24] PRINTED OUT THERE IT'S IT'S IN THE AGENDA IS IT ON 123 [4:30] PAGE AGENDA WHICH A ON AND THEN PRESIDENT ERICKSON AND…