“our two nominees are Jim Smith and Andy Corna.”

“Mrs. Durango was named a finalist um even though she was unable to interview this evening um due to the fact that she was the next highest vote getter in the 2024 election.”

“So, I'll start with what's on the proposed agenda. And what we declared in the resolution is we we did call for the special order of business on the December 4th board meeting to be the selection of the applicant to fill the board vacancy.”

“I do think that two speaking rule has been somewhat um controversial. people have said that they don't feel like their vote is being heard or their voices are being heard if we're representing people if you can only speak twice. And I just feel like this is, you know, really important and I feel that we should be able to speak freely”

“Actually, the the special order of business is declarative in the sense that it must be resolved prior to continuing with any other board of business.”

“I would offer to the board that if if there is a an impass or a tie um and more time is needed for discussion or in order to move forward with the business, I believe a motion could be made to move beyond the special order table then.”

“we should reach out to the five names in the list and we should do everything in our power to reach a consensus on one of these names tomorrow night.”