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Council confirms permanent city secretary nominee after short presentation
Summary
The council heard a brief presentation from the nominee for permanent city secretary and voted to confirm the appointment effective Sept. 24, 2025. The nominee described 26 years of city service and said priorities include language access, voter programs and payment-processing efficiency.
The council confirmed the appointment of George Slidemort as the permanent city secretary effective Sept. 24, 2025 (agenda item 0.5) after a short presentation and a brief council exchange.
Slidemort described a 26-year tenure with the city and said she has worked 24 years in the city secretary’s office. She told the council she has experience with elections, contracting, business licensing and managing committee meetings, and cited initiatives she helped implement, including expansion of interpretation services for council and committee meetings. In Spanish she said she had “trabajé por la ciudad por 26 años y he estado con la oficina del secretario de la ciudad por 24 de esos años” and that as city secretary her focus would be to “desarrollar soluciones para poder mejorar ... expandir nuestro acceso de idioma y nuestros programas de votantes, y también proveer más eficiencia en el proceso de pagos.”
Councilmember Rodríguez Padilla moved the nomination (presented as “moción Rodríguez Padilla relativa a la enmienda propuesta para el acuerdo de Master License ...” in the transcript for that agenda item); after the short presentation the council recorded votes in favor, with Councilmember Jurado noted as voting in favor in the transcript. The presiding officer announced the appointment was approved.
Why it matters: The city secretary oversees official records, municipal meeting administration and election-related processes; the nominee emphasized language access, voter services and administrative efficiency as priorities.
The council advanced to the next agenda items after the appointment.
