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Newly elected council chooses Keith Maxow as president, TJ Russo as vice president and agrees regular meeting schedule
Summary
At its organizational meeting, the newly seated council elected Keith Maxow president and TJ Russo vice president and agreed to hold monthly work sessions and council meetings on consecutive weekdays with a February exception.
The newly elected council convened to organize its leadership and calendar, electing Keith Maxow as council president and TJ Russo as council vice president and agreeing on a recurring monthly meeting schedule with a February exception.
Councilmembers nominated and seconded both leadership candidates and approved each position by voice vote. The council then discussed regular meeting dates, settling on a pattern of a work session on the third Monday of each month followed by the council meeting on the third Tuesday, with a different arrangement planned for February to accommodate scheduling conflicts.
The leadership votes were procedural nominations followed by voice approval; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript. The meeting record shows nominations and seconding for both positions and an affirmative, voice vote for each motion. The council also debated the month-to-month scheduling detail and noted a procedural limit: ordinances discussed at the Tuesday meeting generally cannot be voted on that same night if they receive significant amendments.
Council members raised timing logistics for February because of interviews and other calendar conflicts. One councilmember suggested moving only to Tuesdays when agendas allow; the presiding organizer noted that an ordinance committee constraint could require an additional work session before a vote if significant amendments arise.
The meeting opened and closed with motions to adjourn the prior sitting and later to adjourn the organizing session; both were moved, seconded and carried by voice vote as recorded in the transcript. The final motion to adjourn the organizational meeting was moved by a councilmember and seconded by the council liaison; the motion carried.
No ordinances, resolutions, contracts, or budget items were debated or adopted at this meeting beyond the organizational items and schedule-setting discussed above. Specific future dates for the February adjustment were discussed but not finalized in the transcript.
