UPDATED: I was just told by the city clerk’s office there would be NO public input at this meeting,
“The Special Meeting is for a specific purpose and only covers those specific meeting topic(s). Â The election of the chair and vice chair is an internal election among the eight Council Members to elect their own leadership. Â No public input will be held on this item.”
I find this unfortunate that the public is not allowed to have a voice about the election of their council leadership.
Well not really. I have received no NEW information concerning SF City Council’s special Monday night meeting to elect chair and vice chair.
As it sits now only two councilors are vying for the two seats;
Michelle Erpenbach, Chair
Jim Entenman, Vice-Chair
I would like to essentially see Kenny Anderson Jr. as Chair and Kermit Staggers as Vice-chair. Obviously neither has the votes, but that may not be the real issue, it may come down to having the desire to serve in these positions.
As I understand it the new Chair and Vice-Chair will have a lot more duties (and have to spend a lot more time) then the other councilors due to the newly formed Operations and Legislative committees. (See document):Â operations-com
It’s unfortunate we had to replace a very talented city employee who wore many hats, with a multitude of committees, more council employees and more red tape.
I hope councilor Entenman understands his new role as Vice-Chair requires him to show up to some of these committee meetings, if not all of them. So I am asking ALL travel agents in Sioux Falls to not bug him over the next year, he’s got more important things to do besides building sand castles.