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CALL THE COMMITTEE OF APPOINTMENTS TO ORDER AT 8 A.M. ALRIGHT YOU ALL, WE ONLY HAVE A
[1. Resolution confirming Mayor LaGrand's appointment of Justus Young to the Community Relations Commission]
FEW THINGS ON OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING. WE'LL START WITH OUR FIRST RESOLUTION CONFIRMING MAYOR LEGRAND'S APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE YOUNG TO THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION. SO MOVED.MOVED AND SUPPORTED. COMMENTS ON THIS APPOINTMENT. COLLEAGUES, COULD WE JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT? JUST A REMINDER THAT. SORRY, MISTER CHAIR. YES? MAY I BE RECOGNIZED? LET ME FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL. AS A REMINDER FOR OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION. THEY DO THEIR SORT OF A BIT OF A PRE REVIEW, IF YOU WILL, AND THEN SEND THOSE NAMES TO THE MAYOR. CORRECT.
YES. YEAH. THEY SEND A LIST OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN SECONDARY RECOMMENDATIONS JUST TO SORT OF NARROW DOWN THE. OKAY. AND CAN YOU REMIND US AGAIN, OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION ISN'T SOLELY ON WARD, BUT IS THIS INDIVIDUAL CAN YOU REMIND ME AGAIN, DO THEY RESIDE IN THE CITY? AND YES, THEY DO. THIRD WARD, I BELIEVE. ALL RIGHT.
GREAT. THANK YOU. YES. WONDERFUL. OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR SECOND RESOLUTION
[2. Resolution confirming Mayor LaGrand's appointment of Rick Armbruster to the Mobile GR Commission]
CONFIRMING MAYOR LEGRAND'S APPOINTMENT OF RICK ARMBRUSTER TO THE MOBILE GR COMMISSION. SO MOVED. SUPPORT. MOVED AND SUPPORTED COMMENTS ON THIS APPOINTMENT, COLLEAGUES. YES, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST I THINK WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MOBILE GR LAST TIME AND KIND OF THE WARD MAKEUP. CAN WE REVIEW THAT AGAIN AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT THAT ONE. YES. GOOD. GOOD POINT TO SEE WHAT THE MAKEUP IS LOOKING LIKE CURRENTLY. YES. WITH THIS APPLICANT THERE THIS APPLICANT IS OUTSIDE THE CITY. BUT OKAY IF YOU CLICK IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS THEN WE'LL SEE. THERE WE ARE. OKAY. STILL PRETTY HEAVY. WARD TWO. WE HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT PLANNED FOR THE NEXT MEETING. THAT SHOULD BE OF WARD ONE. OKAY GREAT. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AS WELL. GOOD NOTE COMMISSIONER, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE HAVING WARD TWO AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CAUCASIAN MALES ON THIS BOARD. AND OF COURSE WE WANT DIVERSITY OF ALL KIND EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND AREA SO THAT THE GOOD KNOW AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR TO MAKE SURE WE DIVERSIFY THAT BOARD IN MANY WAYS, BUT HAPPY THAT FOLKS ARE STEPPING UP TO SERVE. IT'S BEEN A A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IN COMMUNITY. MORE RECENTLY FOLKS HAVE SEEN THAT BOARD, BUT HAPPY THAT FOLKS ARE WILLING TO SERVE. GREAT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED MOTION[3. Resolution confirming Mayor LaGrand's appointment of Michael Ziemer to the Westside Corridor Improvement Authority]
CARRIES. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR THIRD RESOLUTION HERE, CONFIRMING MAYOR LEGRAND'S APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL ZIEMER TO THE WEST SIDE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY. SO MOVED.SUPPORT. MOVED AND SUPPORTED COMMENTS ON THIS APPOINTMENT. COLLEAGUES, I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR LAST ONE THAT WE WILL NEED FOR TO FILL OUT THE CIA. IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT.
AWESOME. COMMISSIONER. YEAH, I JUST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST, LAST WEEK TO BE ON THE FIRST MEETING THERE. SO THAT WAS GREAT. WONDERFUL. UPTOWN MEETS AT 8 A.M. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL MEET. UPTOWN IS EARLY. WE DID NOON. I'M JEALOUS. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, I THOSE
[4. Discussion on the current Board and Commission Vacancy List - February 10, 2026]
OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. AND LASTLY, IF MISS FOSTER, IF YOU COULD GUIDE US THROUGH A DISCUSSION ON OUR CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCY LIST. SURE. I'LL START BY ADDING THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY VACANCIES ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THERE'S TALK OF A COUPLE THAT ARE UPCOMING, SO I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON THOSE TO HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE A VACANT FOR TOO LONG. NEXT WEEK, WE'RE PLANNING TO FILL A COUPLE OF THE URBAN AGRICULTURE OPENINGS. THE LAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SPOT HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE LOCK. SO WE'RE STILL MOVING THROUGH QUITE A BIT AT THE NEXT MEETING.WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, MISS COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. SO WE JUST APPROVED THE ONE FOR THE MAYOR FOR THE CAB, WHICH IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING THAT BOTH HE AND COMMISSIONER PERDUE HAD AN OPENING FOR CAB. IS THAT CORRECT? HAS COMMISSIONER PERDUE SHARED ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT HER APPOINTMENT ON THAT BODY? NOT. NOT YET. OKAY. I DO KNOW THAT SHE HAS BEEN LOOKING AND SHE'S PUT OUT SOME CALLS TO HER NETWORK AND OTHER PEOPLE EXTENDING THAT. SO I THINK IT'S IN PROGRESS. BUT IT IS IT IS A OF A BOARD THAT MEANS A LOT AND NEEDS TO HAVE A LOT OF CREDIBILITY AND LEGITIMACY. AND WE WANT IT TO ALSO BE
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THOUGHTFULLY DONE. BUT I HER POSITION THAT THAT ONE, HER APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN OPEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO AND I JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DO STILL HAVE AN OPENING THAT I'M FILLING. WE MR. MOLESKY IS STILL SERVING IN THE INTERIM, SO WE'RE COVERED, BUT YEAH, STILL HAVE AN APPOINTMENT OF THOSE. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YES I HAVE A PROGRAMING NOTE OKAY. SO JUST A PROGRAMING NOTE FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE. WE HAVE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN TIMES OF STARTING OF OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES. SO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. FISCAL IS GOING TO START IN TEN MINUTES AT 815. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CAN START AT 845. AND COMMUNITY HALL IS GOING TO START AT 915 915 EARLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CLARK.ALL RIGHT. AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE SHALL CLOSE THE ADJOURN. THE
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