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7887 E. 60th Ave. Commerce City Commerce City, CO 80022 c3gov.com Meeting Minutes - Final City Council Monday, August 31, 2020 7:00 PMThis meeting will be conducted electronically via Zoom. There will be no physical meeting. Public access to this meeting can be found in the agenda below. The meeting will also be live on Channel 8 and c3gov.com/video Or Immediately Following the Joint Meeting with Adams 14 School District Special Meeting via Zoom Per Ordinance 2271 the City Manager is authorized to conduct this meeting via Zoom 1. Call to Order/Roll Call A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Commerce City was called to order by Mayor Huseman on August 31, 2020, at 7:08 PM. A motion was made by Council Member Grimes, seconded by Council Member Allen-Thomas, to excuse Mayor Pro Tem Frank from the meeting. VOTE: 8 - Aye, 1 - Excused (Frank) Present: 8 - Mayor Benjamin Huseman, Council Member Oscar Madera, Council Member Jennifer Allen-Thomas, Council Member Susan Noble, Council Member Jose Guardiola, Council Member Craig Hurst, Council Member Meghan Grimes and Council Member Robyn Smith Excused: 1 - Mayor Pro Tem Nicole Frank 2. Presentations Pres 20-255 OpenGov Demo Sheryl Carstens, Director of Finance, provided council with a general overview of the OpenGov budgeting platform available on the city's website. Pres 20-270 Capital Projects Overview Roger Tinklenberg, Interim City Manager, provided an overview of the current and future capital projects and strategies the council may take in order to fund the projects. Pres 20-271 CIPP Project Requests 2021-2025 Roger Tinklenberg, Interim City Manager, provided an overview of the capital improvement project requests for 2021 through 2025 ahead of the budget retreat. Commerce City Page 1 City Council Meeting Minutes - Final August 31, 2020 3. Administrative Council Business A motion was made by Mayor Huseman, seconded by Council Member Guardiola, that all city social media posts and city alert emails be bilingual from here on out. VOTE: 8 - Aye, 1 - Excused (Frank) A motion was made by Mayor Huseman, seconded by Council Member Guardiola, that from here on out that all city council meetings, planning commission meetings, and study sessions have translation services. VOTE: 8 - Aye, 1 - Excused (Frank) A motion was made by Mayor Huseman, seconded by Council Member Allen-Thomas, to create a Keep Commerce City Clean campaign. VOTE: 8 - Aye, 1 - Excused (Frank) A motion was made by Mayor Huseman to direct staff to explore air and water quality monitoring systems, companies, and technologies and present options to council at a future meeting. Council Member Noble requested an amendment to the motion to require prospective companies to present their technologies directly to council. Mayor Huseman accepted the amendment to his motion and Council Member Noble seconded the motion. VOTE: 8 - Aye, 1 - Excused (Frank) 4. Executive Session 20-61 An executive session pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(e) for the purpose of determining positions, developing negotiating strategy and instructing negotiators relative to an air monitoring program. A motion was made by Council Member Allen-Thomas, seconded by Council Member Hurst, to enter into an executive session pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(e) for the purpose of determining positions, developing negotiating strategy and instructing negotiators relative to an air monitoring program. VOTE: Aye: 8- Mayor Huseman, Council Member Madera, Council Member Allen-Thomas, Council Member Noble, Council Member Guardiola, Council Member Hurst, Council Member Grimes and Council Member Smith Excused: 1- Mayor Pro Tem Frank 5. Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 9:54 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: _____________________ Dylan A. Gibson, City Clerk Commerce City Page 2