By George Miller
The Oxnard City Council held a long special meeting focused only on appointing an interim District 2 Council Member, finally selecting Fremont South Neighborhood Council Chair Gabe Teran. After initially indicating a preference for 5 different candidates, the six on the council narrowed it down with some legal guidance from City Attorney Fischer. In the final vote, two Council Members switched to Teran to break a deadlock.
The Council had previously decided to do an interim appointment, set a special election, taken appointment applications and received 13. You can read about that in previous Citizens Journal articles.
Meeting VIDEO
Applicants:
Barbarine, Lawrence Application
Beranich, Justin Application
Chavez, Pedro Application
Dozier, Orlando Application
Hartley, Tai Application
Nanez, Lizanne Application
Petris, Enrique Application
Solis, Veronica Application
Stewart, Vincent Application
Taccone, Christopher Application
Teran, Gabriel Application
Torres, Ricardo Application
Velasquez, Alfred Application
Reading the applications and listening to the presentations revealed a deep bench of quality candidates.
Each candidate was allowed 10 minutes to make a presentation on their candidacy.
Public comments shaped ended up to be a contest between council-favored candidate Gabe Teran and everyone else. The presentations and public comments went on for hours, so watch the video if interested.
Armando Delgado brought an endorsement of 1800 union carpenters for Gabe Teran.
Ramon Mendoza pointed out that candidates like Ricardo Torres really didn’t have a chance.
There was some public sentiment that “the skids were greased” for Teran’s appointment. If so, he did a masterful job.
Alicia Percell described Gabe Teran as a yes man, who repeats council positions, his videos are not independently generated thought, they are carbon copies of Council views. Appoint someone not a personal friend of City Mgr. Wasting time of other applicants. Council wants someone who won’t rock the boat. He had a Brown Act violation, so I guess he’ll fit right in with the status quo.
So Lopez votes for Gabe, in the end, not Solis, whom she nominated. Kabuki Theatre to make it seem like a fair process. So transparent this charade. More to be sickened about from our esteemed CC. Surprised? No. Predictable result, of course. Another yes man to make more 7-0 votes. – Douglas Partello on Facebook
Council Candidate Preferences (Each to choose top 2 choices)
Council Follow-up Questions to
Madrigal- for all candidates- What is your favorite thing about the city of Oxnard?
Perell- District 2 is largest district due to Riverpark expansion since the last census. How get a square deal for people who are not native to Oxnard?
Nominations:
Vote:
No majority
Making up rules as they go along. Perello- who runs election- Mayor or City Atty.? Atty Stephen Fischer- Just reading Roberts Rules of Order
Vote:
No change
Fischer- you can entertain a motion to suspend rules, requires 2/3 vote. Can eliminate no votes and fewest votes. 5-1, Madrigal dissenting.
Vote:
Motion to appoint Teran until special election and set November special election.Unanimously approved.
Motion to fund $100,000 to pay for special election (will mostly go the county)- Unanimously approved.
Oxnard Council to Appoint Interim District 2 Councilmember Thursday
By George Miller On Thursday, Feb. 4, the Oxnard Council will appoint an interim District 2 Councilmember to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Mayor ProTem Ramirez. Applicants: Barbarine, Lawrence Application Beranich, Justin Application Chavez, Pedro Application Dozier, Orlando Application Hartley, Tai Application Nanez, Lizanne Application Petris, Enrique Application Solis, Veronica Application Stewart, […]
George Miller is Publisher/Co-Founder of CitizensJournal.us and a “retired” operations management consultant residing in Oxnard.
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