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City Council Special Meeting – March 31, 2025 – Unofficial Notes

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Mayor Cephas present; Ward 1, B. Summers (present), Ward 2, S. Lewis-Sisco (present), Ward 3, F. Stout (absent), Ward 4, S. Cephas, (present), Ward 5, B. Roche (absent), City Manager, G. Steckman (present)

The city commissioners met with Amanda Kidd, the Executive Director of Four-Eleven Kitchen, at the Packing House, for the purpose of discussing workforce development.

Kidd explained to the city council members her vision of Four Eleven Kitchen as a hub for all things food and hospitality driven. Their Facebook slogan is, “Providing pathways that will empower, elevate and establish your food business.” This commercial kitchen is available for use by caterers, food entrepreneurs or, as Kidd would say, “foodpreneurs,” chefs, aspiring food truck owners, bakers and anyone needing kitchen facilities for event planning. The different spaces offered at the establishment can be rented online.

Supplementing her income from rentals, Kidd does apply for appropriate grants that are available. Providing outreach to the community, Four Eleven has a focus group Zoom call once a month that anyone can join by signing up for it on Facebook. The topics discussed are related to the hospitality and food industries which are quite broad in scope.

Kidd gave a tour of the premises and explained the purpose of the different areas. The facilities at the Packing House feature a commercial grade kitchen that foodpreneurs can use. This is a large kitchen area that can be shared for sizable food preparation and events.

Also included at Four Eleven is a kitchen for bakers with a dough kneading machine and other needed bakery equipment. These kitchen areas can be shared or used alone. To complete the commercial kitchen accoutrements are a large pantry and a walk-in refrigerator and freezer. There is a big unused space that Kidd plans to use in the future for housing canned and boxed foods for disadvantaged families.

The ward commissioners asked some pertinent questions. Ward 1 Commissioner, Brett Summers, commented that Four Eleven Kitchen should be part of any discussion about food events in and around the city. He asked if he could facilitate a meeting between Kidd and the business owners of Main Street. He would like to introduce Four Eleven Kitchen to them for possible upcoming events.

Summers asked about any current plans for internship programs that would train personnel for work in a restaurant. Kidd responded that training wait and kitchen staff was part of her overall plan to provide talent and expertise to the hospitality and food industry. It has yet to get off the ground. Summers owns the Blackwater Bakery in town and said that no one comes in looking for kitchen-based jobs. The bakery would encourage and welcome people looking for this line of work. Summers suggested the use of a qualified chef to donate some time to educate trainees at Four Eleven Kitchen. He was willing to help facilitate this endeavor.

President Sputty Cephas suggested that Four Eleven Kitchen apply for an entry to the Dorchester County Career and Technology Center (DCTC) job fair to scout out interested students for kitchen staff training. Any upcoming job fairs could be utilized for attracting adults interested in working in the food industry as well.

Ward 2 Commissioner, Shay Lewis-Sisco, is a career coach at DCTC. She talked about the culinary arts program at the school and explained that students would be looking for jobs in the food industry. She said she would help facilitate Four Eleven any way that she can.

David King, of Blackwater Rising, was also present at the meeting. King is collaborating with Four Eleven Kitchen on leasing land from the city for planting. Blackwater Rising is a non-profit organization using donated land plots around the city to plant food crops for underprivileged people. King and Kidd are currently working with the City Planning Commission Director, Brian Hermann, on leasing two Cambridge city plots. These plots of land will be used to teach people how to grow food to sustain themselves and to supplement their food sources.

Mayor Lajan Cephas added that the proposed park on Leonard’s Lane is designed to have garden plots. She encouraged Blackwater and Four Eleven to consider utilizing these plots for teaching about sustainable food crops.

Notes taken by A. Kennedy, CAN member.

Unofficial Notes City Commission Meeting – March 17, 2025, 6:00 pm

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Attendees:  All Ward Commissioners, Mayor, and City Manager were present

Agenda:

Mayor to Convene Commission in Regular Session

S. Cephas, asked that Item #8 Resolution 25-03, regarding the human resources generalist, be tabled until the next regular scheduled city council meeting.

Motion to approve amended agenda and seconded. Commissioners approved 5-0.

 1. Mayor and Commission to approve or amend agenda as presented.

Consent Agenda

2. Meeting Minutes

  • February 10, 2025, Regular Session
  • February 24, 2025, Work Session
  • February 24, 2025, Regular Session
  • March 3, 2025, Special Meeting

3. Robin Sample will hold “3rd Annual Lupus Awareness Walk” on Saturday May 10, 2025, from 9am-12pm beginning at Long Wharf. Please see specific route details on application.

4. Georlisha Wallace  from God’s Gifts and Services, will hold “Christian Youth Rap Concert/Holy Block Party” on Friday August 8, 2025, from 2pm-6pm on the corner of Race and Cedar Street. Please see application and map for additional details.

5. Proclamation Honoring Women’s History Month

 Motion to approve consent agenda and seconded. Commissioners approved 5-0.

Presentations from the Approved Guests 

6. Proclamation Honoring Women’s History Month – Citation given to American women contribution to community

  • Brief Biography Honoring Former Commissioner Jackie Vickers from Judd Vickers Citation and Key to the City given to Judd Vickers honoring his mother, Jackie Vickers.
  • Citations Honoring Former Elected Officials  – Citation given to Laurel Atkiss for her service as Ward 1 Commissioner.

Ordinances for First Reading  – none

Ordinances for Second Reading – none

Old Business  – none

New Business

7. Empowerment Center, Renewal Lease Agreement

a. Council Agenda Report – Asst City Manager Brandon Hesson

  • The Empowerment Center Leadership recently asked the city to renew its lease agreement to use the building located at 615-B Pine Street.
  • Staff discovered that the most recent lease expired in 2023. In order to apply for grant funding for programming, the Empowerment Center leadership needs an updated and current lease, which is in the city’s best interest.
  • The proposed lease will date back to the expiration of the 2023 lease and extend 15 years from now. This is being presented as a lease addendum to the original terms of the lease.

Discussion

S. Lewis-Sisco, Ward 2 – Was the previous lease 15 years? Answer from City Attorney: No, previous lease was 2018-2023. Extending the lease to 15 years will assist the Empowerment Center in being eligible and applying for grant funding.

Motion to adopt the proposed 2025 lease addendum for Empowerment Center and to approve the lease extension renewal raised and seconded. Commissioners voted 5-0.

8. RESOLUTION NO.  25-03 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND APPROVING THE CREATION OF THE POSITION OF HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST. Deferred to next meeting.

9. RESOLUTION NO.  25-04 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PAVING CONTRACT WITH DAVID A. BRAMBLE, INC. TO PERFORM CERTAIN ADA REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS FOR A TOTAL SUM NOT TO EXCEED $150,000 City

a.   City Manager Glenn Steckman

  • On September 19, 2024, the Commissioners voted to award a contract to David A. Bramble, Inc. with the amount of $447,150 to perform the Resurfacing Project. The original approved budgeted amount was $600,000.
  • The Resurfacing Project as described in the Paving Contract did not provide for improvements at sidewalk crossings impacted by the Resurfacing Project as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”).
  • Bramble, Inc has advised the City that it can perform the ADA-required improvements at those sidewalk crossings impacted by the Resurfacing Project for the sum of $125,000.
  • It would not be in the City’s fiscal interest to solicit requests for proposals to perform the ADA-required improvements, as Bramble Inc was the lowest qualified bidder for the Paving Contract and can more efficiently and effectively perform the ADA requirements.
  • Would like the Commissioners of Cambridge to approve an amendment to the Paving Contract authorizing Bramble, Inc to perform the ADA-required improvements at those sidewalk crossings impacted by the Resurfacing Project for a sum not to exceed $150,000, with the additional $25,000 being allocated to any cost overages.

b.  Council Action

Motion raised to adopt Resolution #25-04 and seconded.

Discussion

G. Steckman, City Mgr.

  • Just want to remind everyone that the approved original budgeted amount was $600,000. The $447,150 plus additional $150,000 is just under $600,000.

F. Stout, Ward 3

  • Was the list of roads approved for repaving? Answer Glenn Steckman, City Manager: Yes, approved by the commissioners in Sep 2024.
  • So, the approved roads have been brought up to the previous standard. Are there roads in the city that have “0” compliance to previous standards? Is the approved road list a hard and fast list? Answer Glenn Steckman, City Manager: The roads on the approved list came from an outside resource that came in to look at the roads and determined the ones to focus on. Mr. Jackson (Engineer) and Mr. Steckman (City Manager) will go out and re-evaluate the roads again to determine what should be high up on the repaving list. If one of the newer developments in the city (within the last 5 years), has incorrect sidewalk cutouts for ADA regulations, the city has asked the contractor that did the sidewalks to make the correction.

S. Cephas, Ward 4

  • Commented that he had been talking to someone from the state highway about another matter. Mr. Cephas was not made aware of any roads in Cambridge that were glaringly out of compliance. His suggestion was to continue with the repaving list they have approved. Eventually, all the roads will be brought up to the ADA current standards.

B. Summers, Ward 1

  • Wondering why the amount needed for meeting the ADA regulations is almost exactly the amount of the original budget amount, $600,000. Did the Bramble Paving Co. know that amount? Answer Glenn Steckman, City Manager: Mr. Jackson assessed that bringing the intersections up to ADA standards would roughly cost $6,000 an intersection. That is how they came up with $150,000.

B. Roche, Ward 5

  • The Engineering Department composed a list of roads that need to be repaved. If we do not follow that order, then some roads could fall further behind in needed repairs and updating to standards.

S. Lewis-Sisco, Ward 2

  • I would like to see the list of roads approved for repaving. I am hoping they are distributed evenly across the city. Answer: B. Roche, Ward 5 – I will state again that professional engineering analysis was done for this project. The roads chosen as the worst ones are at the top going down to the best roads at the bottom of the list. The worst roads (which would take into consideration those that were most heavily travelled) come first as dictated by ruling.
  • City Manager, Glenn Steckman – We will post a list of the roads (from Sep ’24) being repaved, and being brought up to ADA standards, on the website so the community can view it.

Commissioners approved Motion to adopt Resolution #25-04. They voted  5-0.

Meetings

All meetings are listed on the city website under Meetings at choosecambridge.com.

Motion to approve all meetings was raised and seconded. Commissioners approved 5-0.

Public Comment – none

City Manager Comments

10. Administrative Report from City Manager Glenn Steckman from March 13, 2025

  • Commented that the special meeting on Saturday, March 15, 2025, was very positive. He wanted to thank everyone for their contributions, discussing projects that the city would like to move forward. It is the combined effort of the senior city staff and the city council working together to make this happen.

Commissioners’ Comments

Brett Summers, Ward 1

  • Will be attending the CWDI meeting on Wed, Mar. 19. He wants to talk to them about hiring a commercial real estate broker to market the site to developers. Wants the commercial broker to work with CWDI on attracting developers to the site.
  • Is the liaison for P & Z meetings so looking forward to that.

Shay Lewis-Sisco, Ward 2

  • Thanked the city personnel and community that responded to the fire/explosion in Cattail Crossing Development.
  • Attended meetings in Washington DC at the National League of Cities conference. There were so many resources available. She would like to see some relationship-building between our affiliate city councils in other cities.
  • Reminded the community about the CWDI board meeting on Mar 19th.
  • The Health Department is leading a clean-up of the neighborhood in the Greenwood Ave area on April 20, 2025. Please join us.

F. Stout, Ward 3

  • Thanked everyone for the work put into the special work session we had on Saturday. Thanked the city staff for getting agenda packets together.
  • Congratulated the Boys Basketball Vikings team on bringing home the State Title.

S. Cephas, Ward 4

  • Attended National League of Cities conference. He always gets alot out of conferences and finds it rewarding.
  • Mentioned the Human Resources position (item #8 tabled until next meeting) and encouraged the commissioners to support this position.

B. Roche, Ward 5

  • Thought the goal setting meeting on Saturday was rewarding and worthwhile for all.
  • Is looking forward to the completion of Cannery Park. The skate park, which is situated in Cannery Park, still needs some more funding. However, the city is in the homestretch for Cambridge’s own, “Central Park.”
  • Will be attending the Strong Towns Conference, which is a spinoff of the Congress for New Urbanism, in June 2025.

L. Cephas, Mayor

  • Attended the Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) banquet. They honor the families that have lost a loved one serving as a police officer.
  • Spoke with Andy Harris, at the National League of Cities conference, about providing funding for our police department.
  • Spoke to someone at the National League of Cities who is very interested in bringing jobs to Cambridge. She is hoping to schedule a meeting with this person very soon.

Motion to hold a closed session and seconded. Commissioners voted 5-0.

Closed Session 

Reconvene in Open Session 

Adjourn 6:43 PM

Notes taken by CAN Member, A. Kennedy

CAN Unofficial Notes on City Council Meeting – Monday, December 9, 2024

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CAN Unofficial Notes on City Council Meeting
Monday, December 9, 2024 @ 6:00 PM
Commission Chambers – 305 Gay Street Cambridge, MD 21613

Attendance: All ward commissioners are present. Mayor Rideout is not present. President and Ward 2 commissioner Lajan Cephas conducts the meetin

1.Agenda: Commission to approve or amend agenda as presented.

Motion raised to approve Agenda and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

Presentations from the Approved Guests: None

Consent Agenda:
2. Meeting Minutes, November 25, 2024, Regular Session
3. Doug Kyle from Blue Ruin will hold “New Year’s Eve Party” on Tuesday December 31, 2024, from noon to 2am at 322 Gay Street. Please see application for additional details.
Motion raised to approve Consent Agenda and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

Ordinances for First Reading: None

Ordinances for Second Reading
4. ORDINANCE NO. 1242 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND TO AMEND CHAPTER 2 (ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ABOLISHING THE CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MARINE FACILITIES COMMITTEE, AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; PROVIDING THAT THE TITLE OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED A FAIR SUMMARY AND GENERALLY RELATING TO COMMITTEES OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

a. Second Reading motion raised to open public hearing and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.
b. Public Hearing
• Charles McFadden opposes closing the Marina Facilities Committee. Putting the Marina under the Engineering Dept will lower the focus on the marina. Engineering Dept has so many projects going on. Afraid that Marina Project will be overlooked.

Marina needs:

o 3 Docks replaced at a cost of $1mm each
o Resize some slips
o Change 2 docks to floating docks
o Needs to hook up with the shoreline resiliency project
o Replace decking
o Fix electrical outlets
o Wave action reduction

  • Raising the rates to help pay for the updates needed
  • This project is going to have to be self-financed because no money is coming by way of city funds. This funding will have to come from the slip holders, and they will have to be sold on the project. That is not what the engineering department does. Suggest that 2 members from the Yacht Club,
  • 2 members from the city marina be maintained on the committee along with Scott Fitzhugh.

 Cheryl Hannan responded that the Marina Facilities committee is archaic in the city code and that’s why they wanted to abolish it. The committee that oversees the things that Mr. McFadden was talking about is the Ad Hoc Committee (not the Marina Facilities committee). The Ad Hoc committee is still relevant and should be working.
 Mr. McFadden responded back that the Ad Hoc committee was not currently meeting. However, CAN would be glad to support the Ad Hoc committee.

Motion raised to close public hearing and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

Motion raised to approve abolishing Citizen’s Advisory Committee and Human Relations Committee and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

Discussion
Brian Roche, Ward 5 – Sympathetic to the things that Mr. McFadden was talking about. There needs to be a mechanism in place to attend to the Marina and for the people who use the Marina. The Ad Hoc committee is not part of the city charter but people who have something to say will certainly be heard and listened to.
Mr. McFadden – He can say that CAN will support the Marina Ad Hoc Committee but he needs to know that when he comes to the city council for help, he will be supported by the commissioners.
Laurel Atkiss, Ward 1 – Reiterated that the Marina Facilities Committee is a non-working committee and not the Ad Hoc committee that is still in place and needs to be activated again and functional.
Sputty Cephas, Ward 4 – The Marina Facilities committee has not been staffed since the 70s?
Cheryl Hannan replied that it has not.
Lajan Cephas, Ward 2 – Asked the city manager to see what needs to be done to get the Ad Hoc committee reengaged. Someone will reach out to Mr. McFadden when the Ad Hoc committee is reactivated.

Motion raised to approve abolishing Marine Facilities Committee and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

5. ORDINANCE NO. 1243 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND TO AMEND § 4.2.3(D)(10) OF THE CITY’S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (“UDC”) FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THAT SMALL-SCALE AND COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS MAY BE LOCATED ON MOSTLY WOODED LOTS, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PROVIDING THAT THE TITLE OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED . A FAIR SUMMARY AND GENERALLY RELATING TO ZONING IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

a. Second Reading

b. PowerPoint Presentation from Director of Planning, Brian Herrmann
 The City’s Planning Commission passed this staff-initiated text amendment (7-0) at their November 6th meeting. The proposal impacts Small-scale Solar Energy Systems and Community Solar Energy Systems. Medium-scale Solar Energy Systems and Large-scale Solar Energy Systems are not impacted.
 As proposed, a Small-scale Solar Energy System and a Community Solar Energy System may be located on a mostly wooded lot if the proposal complies with the stricter of either the City’s Forest Conservation Ordinance or the Model Forest Conservation Ordinance (COMAR), and the total area to be cleared does not exceed 10 acres.
 A Small-scale Solar Energy System is located on the owner’s property, utilizes less than (1) acre of land, is often installed on the rooftop of one’s home, and has a rooftop generating capacity of less than two hundred Kilowatts.
o Essentially, the small-scale system is geared toward occupants of single-family homes that want solar as an energy option.
 A Community Solar Energy System is an “offsite” system that provides power to (and may be owned by) the residents of the community. In the State of Maryland 30 to 40% of the output of such a system must serve low to moderate income residents.
o The system is ideal for those who might want to install Small-scale Solar on their parcel, but due to roof constraints, the fact that they do not own the property, or other financial considerations are unable to do so.
o Each kilowatt hour of electricity produced in a community solar system results in a net metering credit that is roughly the same as the value of a retail cost of a kilowatt hour of electricity. (E.g. If a net metering credit has a value of $ .15, a community solar subscriber might receive the net metering credit at a discount cost of $ .135. This would be a savings to the subscriber.

Subscribers are typically:
 Renters
 Those individuals without a sunny roof or sun access on their property.
 Those who can’t afford the upfront cost of installing a small-scale solar system.
 In addition, the City’s Unified Development Code (UDC) states, “only 350 acres within the City’s incorporated limits may be approved for Medium-Scale Solar Energy Systems, Large-Scale Solar Energy Systems, or Community Solar Energy Systems.” Currently, two projects are in the final stages of the development review process. If constructed, nearly 325 of the original 350 acres (mentioned above) will have been utilized. As a result, only 25 acres will remain for future solar fields in the City of Cambridge.
 The medium scale and large-scale solar projects are not addressed at all in this ordinance.

Questions
Brian Roche, Ward 5 – Why was community solar part of the 350 acres in the ordinance? Remove community solar from the ordinance.
Brian Hermann – Not sure why community solar was included in the 350 acres. He was not here at the time the solar legislation was formed. You can have a significant community solar system on 20 acres or more. The original legislation was probably concerned about the acreage.
Brian Roche, Ward 5 – He would not want to see limitations put on solar energy for townhomes, low-income households using community solar. This would be restricted by the 350-acre ruling. Seems foolish to put limits on community solar. Is there conflict with state laws?
Brian Hermann – If the city wanted to amend the 350 acres in the ordinance, they certainly could do that. The amendment proposed now is related to this point but is more concerned with allowing community and small solar projects on a wooded lot.
Brian Roche, Ward 5 – Can’t the reference to the community solar being part of the 350 acres be stricken from the ordinance? I would not like to think that our proposals for housing and land banking would not be eligible for community solar because of the 350-acre restriction in the ordinance. I would hate to think that a low-income housing project or historical district project could not set aside a parcel of land within their property lines for solar because of the 350-acre limit in the ordinance.
Brian Hermann – Understood. The 350-acre limit could be removed or changed in the ordinance. So in addition to the amendment proposal we bring to you tonight, you would like to see the reference to community solar within the 350-acre limit removed.
Brian Roache, Ward 5 – Yes
City Attorney – The change that is being proposed [by Brian Roche] goes beyond the scope of amendment to the ordinance brought by the Planning Commission. The text amendment removing the community solar projects from the 350-acre limit needs to be addressed separately.
Lajan Cephas, Ward 2 – The text amendment that Brian Roche is proposing requires another discussion after the Planning Commission discusses themselves.
Brian Roache, Ward 5 – I would like to know what the other commissioners think of this. Why can’t the community solar be removed from the 350-acre limit now and we can vote on that amendment too?
City Attorney – Because the change you are proposing is substantive. This ordinance is a zoning ordinance governed by state laws. That is why the Planning Commission must discuss again, have a public hearing and make a recommendation.
Brian Roche, Ward 5 – Could there be a conflict with state laws? They are very strict about solar projects.
City Attorney – Not the text amendments that we are proposing. State laws are more concerned with regulatory rules and practices (such as a Certification of Public Convenience or Necessity (CPCN) which supersedes local zoning. The Egypt Road project needed a CPCN and their project has abided by local zoning. There is not always a hurdle to overcome between state laws and local laws.
Brian Roache, Ward 5 – I just want to make sure there are no limits on community solar in Cambridge.
Laurel Atkiss, Ward 1 – [To Brian Roache] The text change you are recommending will not be forgotten. The text amendment will be voted on when it goes through the necessary process.
Lajan Cephas, Ward 2 – Yes. You [Brian Roche] were voted back to the city council so you will be voting on it.

Motion raised to approve opening public hearing and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

c. Public Hearing
Tony Coppersmith from Easton, MD. He represents a company that is doing a community solar project on Leonard’s Lane. This text amendment is important to them because it will have a direct bearing on the Leonard’s Lane project which is ready to go forward. We respectfully would like the city council to adopt this text amendment tonight.

Motion raised to approve closing public hearing and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

d. Council Action
Discussion – Sputty Cephas, Ward

Motion raised to approve text amendment change [approved by Planning Commission] and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

Old Business
6. Honorary Street Name for Mrs. Shirley Jackson.
 Ms. Jackson named to the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame in 2021 and received the prestigious GERI award.
 The Maryland Senior Citizen Hall of Fame serves to recognize, acknowledge, and honor the volunteer civic and humanitarian accomplishments and achievements of individual Maryland senior citizens.

a. Council Agenda Report from Director of Public Services, Wayne Suggs
Brandon Hesson talked about this because Mr Suggs was not present.

Questions
Jamison Harrington, Ward 3 –
Sputty Cephas, Ward 4 – The correct name is Shirley S. Jackson.

New Business – none

Meetings
Motion raised to approve all meetings and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

Public Comment
 Charles McFadden – Thanked commission for last 4 years. Thinks that Cannery Park will be the commission’s legacy.

Department/Division Head Reports –
No comments from Fire Chief, Finance, Police, Engineering

City Manager Comments
7. Administrative Report from City Manager, Glenn Steckman from December 6, 2024
 Vacancy on CWDI for city member. Wants resumes from interested people
 Mayoral swearing in ceremony on January 13, 2025

Commissioners’ Comments
Lajan Cephas, Ward 2 – thanked Jamison Harrington and Laurel Atkiss- gave them key to the city Laurel Atkiss, Ward 1 – honor and privilege to serve on the city council
Jamison Harrington, Ward 3- thanked everyone
Sputty Cephas, Ward 4 – thanked Laurel and Jamison for their service
Brian Roche, Ward 5 – thanked Laurel and Jamison for their service

Motion raised to approve adjournment and seconded. Approved by all commissioners 5-0.

City council meeting adjourned at 6:55 PM

Notes taken by Alison Kennedy, CAN member