HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-04-08 City Council Special MinutesCITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
APRIL 8, 1981
A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Apache Junction,
Arizona,was held on April 8,1981,at the Apache Junction Council Chambers,
pursuant to notice required by law.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Seeman called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.
INVOCATION
Councilman Eidson led the invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Council and public participated in the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Present:Councilman Jerry Burgess,Councilman
Thomas Damiano, Councilman Jimmy Eidson,
Councilman Marie Shanks,Vice Mayor JohnGranillo,and Mayor Virginia Seeman
Councilmembers Absent: Councilman Norman Hill
Staff Present:City Clerk/Director of Administrative Services
Marlis DavisAssistantCity Attorney Susan Goodwin
ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA
)Vice Mayor Granillo
MOVED THAT BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE
AGENDA BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED.
Councilman Damiano
seconded the motion.
VOTE:Unanimous
The motion carried.
ACTION BY CITY COUNCIL
RESULTING FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
)Councilman Burgess
MOVED THAT BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES FIND THAT THE THREE-DAY SUS-
PENSION OF LOBERTA BEACH WAS NOT JUSTIFIED AND THAT THE PERSONNEL OFFICER IS ORDERED
Mayor Seeman MOVED
THAT THIS ITEM BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL WHEN THERE ARE SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE.
Councilman Eidson MOVED
THAT BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA,THAT THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS THAT THE THREE-DAY SUSPENSION
OF LOBERTA BEACH WAS NOT JUSTIFIED,THAT THE PERSONNEL OFFICER IS ORDERED TO PAY
MRS.BEACH THE WAGES ACCRUED DURING THE SUSPENSION.
seconded the motion.Vice Mayor Granillo
Councilman Burgessstatedhispersonalfeelingisthatinasmuch as Mrs.Beach did not feel she was
doing anything criminally wrong,he (Councilman Burgess)did not feel statements
should be left in :her Personnel file that she will have to live with for the rest
of her life.
VOTE:In favor -Councilman Damiano
Councilman .Eidson
Vice Mayor Granillo
Mayor Seeman
Opposed -Councilman Shanks
Councilman Burgess
The motion carried.
Mayor Seeman withdrewher motion to table the item until there are seven members of the Council in
attendance at a meeting.
EXECUTIVE SESSION, APRIL 15,1981
)Councilman Damiano
MOVED THAT BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION,
ARIZONA,THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BE HELD AT 6:00 P.M.,APRIL 15,1981 IN THE CITY
MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM.
Vice Mayor Granillo
seconded the motion.
VOTE:Unanimous
The motion carried.
REQUESTS OF COUNCIL
Councilman Burgess stated that over the past six or seven months,virtually
every employee hired by the City before the current management arrived has eitherleft or been fired.He stated he did not understand what was happening,his
questions have not been answered -- he stated he felt questions need to be asked
concerning the reasons those people are no longer here;he felt the City needed to
know i f it was that they could not get along with management, i f they were incom-petent,or whatever.
Councilman Shanks stated she was in full agreement with Councilman Burgess.
City Clerk Marlis stated the City is using Pinal County polling places,theCityisnotpermittedtoestablishitsownpollingplaceswithoutfirst obtaining
approval from the Department of Justice,and that will not be possible during this
election.
ADJOURNMENT
the meeting.
APPROVED THIS 15th DAY OF April
OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION.
ATTEST:
MARLII,O,DAVISCitiTre'rk
) Mayor Seeman adjourned
, 1981, -BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
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