TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019
2:00 P.M.
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1:57:23PM
1:58:51PM >>THE CLERK: GOOD AFTERNOON.
1:58:53PM I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
1:58:59PM CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCIL.
1:59:00PM I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU.
1:59:02PM WELCOME TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
1:59:06PM MY NAME IS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF
1:59:12PM TAMPA.
1:59:12PM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
1:59:14PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
1:59:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
1:59:16PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
1:59:18PM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
1:59:21PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
1:59:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
1:59:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
1:59:23PM >>THE CLERK: WE WILL NOW CONDUCT THE ELECTION FOR CHAIRMAN
1:59:27PM AND CHAIRMAN PRO TEM FOR THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
1:59:31PM HERE ARE THE ELECTION GUIDELINES.
1:59:34PM THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN WILL BE HELD FIRST.
1:59:37PM NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND.
1:59:40PM PLEASE WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE NOMINATING A CANDIDATE.
1:59:45PM I WILL OPEN THE NOMINATIONS AND CLOSE THEM AFTER ALL
1:59:48PM NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.
1:59:51PM VOTES WILL BE COUNTED BY RAISING THE HAND.
1:59:53PM THE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER OF THE NOMINATION.
1:59:57PM BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST NAME NOMINATED.
2:00:01PM THE VOTE WILL CEASE AS SOON AS THERE IS A MAJORITY WHICH
2:00:04PM REQUIRES FOUR VOTES.
2:00:06PM HAVING SAID THAT, NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR CHAIRMAN.
2:00:10PM MR. MIRANDA.
2:00:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I NOMINATE LUIS VIERA.
2:00:19PM >>THE CLERK: MR. VIERA HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
2:00:23PM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
2:00:26PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I NOMINATE MR. MANISCALCO.
2:00:29PM >>THE CLERK: MR. MANISCALCO HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
2:00:32PM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
2:00:33PM OKAY.
2:00:34PM WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE ON MR. VIERA AND MR. MANISCALCO.
2:00:39PM ALL IN FAVOR OF MR. VIERA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
2:00:45PM OKAY.
2:00:47PM ALL RIGHT.
2:00:49PM THAT'S FOUR VOTES.
2:00:51PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
2:00:54PM CONGRATULATIONS.
2:00:54PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
2:00:56PM THANK YOU.
2:00:56PM [ APPLAUSE ]
2:01:00PM THANK YOU.
2:01:01PM THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR ALL OF US, AND IT'S OUR FIRST DAY HERE
2:01:05PM ON TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S A REAL HONOR TO BE THE FIRST
2:01:07PM OF MANY CHAIRS OF CITY COUNCIL.
2:01:11PM I CONSIDER EVERYBODY HERE NOT JUST TO BE A COLLEAGUE BUT A
2:01:13PM FRIEND, FOR MANY YEARS, AND I HAVE A LOT OF AFFECTION FOR
2:01:17PM EVERYBODY HERE, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
2:01:19PM 110% HERE.
2:01:22PM WHEN YOU READ A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEWS AND READ
2:01:24PM ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPEN AROUND THE WORLD, BASICALLY
2:01:26PM VENEZUELA WHERE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK
2:01:30PM OUT AND FOR THEIR BASIC DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AND TO SEE WHAT WE
2:01:33PM HAVE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT WE SAW HERE TODAY WITH A
2:01:34PM TRANSITION OF POWER, EVEN ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, IT TELLS YOU
2:01:38PM THE THINGS WE ARE REALLY BLESSED WITH. SO IT'S REALLY MY
2:01:41PM PLEASURE TO BE THE CHAIR, AND I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR
2:01:43PM TRUST.
2:01:43PM >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
2:01:45PM NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR CHAIRMAN PRO TEM.
2:01:49PM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
2:01:50PM YES, MR. DINGFELDER.
2:01:52PM >> MR. MANISCALCO.
2:01:55PM >>THE CLERK: MR. MANISCALCO HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
2:01:57PM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
2:02:01PM OH, SAME ONE?
2:02:02PM OKAY.
2:02:02PM >> I SECOND.
2:02:04PM >>THE CLERK: IS IT UNANIMOUS?
2:02:06PM OKAY.
2:02:07PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:02:08PM OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
2:02:09PM MR. MANISCALCO.
2:02:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:02:12PM I APPRECIATE IT.
2:02:13PM THANKS FOR INSTILLING YOUR TRUST IN ME.
2:02:15PM CONGRATULATIONS.
2:02:16PM GLAD TO SERVE WITH YOU ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
2:02:18PM ALL OF YOU, WELCOME ABOARD TO THE NEW ONES, AND FACES, THAT
2:02:22PM WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER.
2:02:25PM I LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE AND POSITIVE FOUR YEARS.
2:02:29PM THANK YOU.
2:02:30PM [ APPLAUSE ]
2:02:31PM >>THE CLERK: WE WILL NOW CONDUCT THE ELECTION FOR CHAIRMAN
2:02:39PM OF THE CRA.
2:02:41PM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
2:02:42PM >> MR. JOSEPH CITRO.
2:02:47PM >>THE CLERK: MR. CITRO HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
2:02:51PM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
2:02:54PM OKAY, IS IT UNANIMOUS?
2:02:56PM ALL RIGHT.
2:02:56PM ALL IN FAVOR TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL?
2:02:59PM VERY GOOD.
2:03:00PM MR. CITRO.
2:03:02PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
2:03:04PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST
2:03:07PM IN HAVING ME YOUR CHAIR OF THE CRA.
2:03:09PM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME REALLY GREAT WORK THAT WE DO FOR
2:03:11PM THE CRAs IN OUR CITY.
2:03:13PM THANK YOU.
2:03:13PM [ APPLAUSE ]
2:03:16PM >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
2:03:20PM NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR VICE CHAIR OF THE CRA.
2:03:24PM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
2:03:26PM YES?
2:03:26PM >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
2:03:31PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY, MR. DINGFELDER.
2:03:34PM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
2:03:35PM IT'S UNANIMOUS.
2:03:36PM MR. DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
2:03:40PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
2:03:40PM IT'S AN HONOR TO BE BACK ON CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S AN HONOR
2:03:44PM TO BE UNDERNEATH MR. CITRO, AND LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THE
2:03:48PM CITY AND THE CRA TO GREAT PLACES.
2:03:51PM THANK YOU.
2:03:51PM [ APPLAUSE ]
2:03:55PM >>THE CLERK: CONGRATULATIONS.
2:04:00PM MR. CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL, WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING RIGHT
2:04:05PM AFTER THIS SO WE CAN REVIEW THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW'S
2:04:10PM MEETING.
2:04:12PM OKAY?
2:04:13PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
2:04:15PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
2:04:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADJOURN
2:04:19PM THIS MEETING?
2:04:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WOULD LIKE TO IF I MAY.
2:04:23PM THERE WE GO.
2:04:24PM ADJOURNED.
2:04:24PM [SOUNDING GAVEL]
2:04:28PM
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