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Mayfield Heights City Council enters executive session to consider filling council seat
Summary
The Mayfield Heights City Council voted to enter executive session Jan. 20, 2020 to interview candidates and consider filling a council vacancy created by Mayor Snyder’s appointment; the council reconvened without announcing a selection.
The Mayfield Heights City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to move into executive session to consider filling an open council seat created by Mayor Snyder’s appointment as mayor.
The presiding official announced the special meeting was called “to adjourn into executive session to discuss the appointment of a public official,” saying the council would review resumes and conduct interviews and that Mayor Snyder would not participate in those interviews. The presiding official also stated that, if the council cannot reach a majority decision, the mayor would make the final appointment within 45 days of the interviews.
A council member (the transcript records the mover’s name with inconsistent spellings: “Miss Talvin” / “Miss Taliban” / “Miss Talbot”) moved to enter executive session for the stated purpose; Miss Finney Brown seconded the motion. In a roll-call vote the transcript records the following votes: Mister Brunello—Yes; Mister Buffa—Yes; Miss Finney Brown—Yes; (recorded in the roll call as) Miss Talbot—Yes; and Mister Medic—Yes. The presiding official announced, “The motion has carried.” The council recorded the time of entry to executive session as 04:07.
The meeting reconvened at 05:56. The presiding official asked whether any council member had questions; none are recorded in the public transcript. A motion to adjourn was made by a speaker identified only as "Kathy" in the transcript and seconded by Mister Miner; the meeting was adjourned at 05:57.
The transcript does not record any formal appointment or vote to fill the vacant council seat during the open meeting; it indicates interviews were to be conducted in executive session and that the mayor would make a final call after the interview process if the council does not reach a majority decision within 45 days.
Mayfield Heights City Council did not announce further public steps or a timetable for publishing interview results in the portions of the transcript provided.
