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Title:
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Submitted by Mayor Strickland and Council Members Burns and McKeon - Move to Censure Council Member Moser
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Minutes note:
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Councilmember Burns introduced this item by playing a video clip from May 7, 2018, of Gracey Van Der Mark as a Public Speaker in the Council Chambers as evidence of Ms. Van Der Mark's public denial of the accusations against her. He stated the repeated false accusations on August 1, 2023 were inappropriate, out of the lines of decorum, and a violation of the City's code of ethics. Councilmember Burns also stated that "censoring" really doesn't really do anything but document the fact that this type of accusation will not be tolerated.
Mayor Strickland stated decorum has to improve in order for Councilmembers to work together.
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Action text:
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Motion by Burns, seconded by Strickland, to By Minute Order, or majority vote of City Council tonight, censure Councilwoman Moser for the aforementioned statements and hostile/personal escalation made at the Council Meeting on August 1, 2023; that those statements and hostile/personal escalation be deemed "inappropriate," declare that they are not the views/statements of the City Council, and serve as a reminder that those types of statements and hostile/personal escalations do not meet either professional decorum required at City Council nor the goals of the Declaration of Policy of Human Dignity.
The motion carried by the following vote:
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