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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
January 17 2014
City Hall -- Council Chambers
9:30 a.m. Special Meeting -- City Council Candidate Interviews -- MINUTES
1. Roll Call
Council: Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey, presiding, Council Members Maureen Adkison, Micah
Cawley, Rick Ensey, Dave Ettl and Bill Lover
Staff: City Manager O'Rourke, City Attorney Cutter and City Clerk Claar Tee
2. City Council Candidate Interviews
Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey thanked all of the candidates for their participation and discussed the
opportunity for candidates to apply for positions on the City Council's Boards and Committees.
Council Member Ensey reminded the candidates of Council Member Lover's request that all
candidates withdraw to another room while the interviews are being conducted even though this is
an open public meeting.
' Each candidate was asked the following questions:
Council Member Ettl: "What mechanism would you use to make sure you are doing the will of the
people instead of your own personal interests ?"
Council Member Ensey: "With the legislation in the news regarding billboards, the downtown plan
and marijuana, what current legislative issue is the most important to you and how would you
address it ?"
Council Member Adkison: "Tell me something you are very proud of doing and something you are
not so proud of and what you did to correct it."
Assistant Mayor Coffey: "How would you display leadership style? Describe how you would fit in
with this Council."
Council Member Cawley: "What is your greatest strength and your greatest weakness ?"
Council Member Lover: "Tell me about a tough decision you made and the steps, process and
considerations you took to make an objective decision ?"
The interviews were held in the following order:
Patricia Byers
Thomas Dittmar
Maria Giedra
Mark Johnson
Michael Liddicoat
Daniel Polage
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Following the interviews, Ensey moved and Cawley seconded to adjourn to Executive Session
for up to one hour to discuss the qualifications of the six finalists. The motion carried by a
unanimous voice vote.
Assistant Mayor Coffey reconvened the meeting at 11:22 a.m. and opened the floor for
nominations.
Ensey moved and Cawley seconded to nominate Thomas Dittmar. The motion carried by a
unanimous roll call vote.
Assistant Mayor Coffey announced that the next sitting member on the Council will be Thomas
Dittmar who will be sworn in at the January 21, 2014 Business meeting.
3. Adjournment
Ensey moved and Cawley seconded to adjourn to the next Council Business meeting on
January 21, 2014 at 6 p.m. The motion carried by unanimous voice vote. The meeting adjourned
at 11:27 a.m.
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