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Mayor appoints Ron Miller; council unanimously asks city attorney to draft resolution challenging his qualifications
Summary
Mayor Mathew Young appointed Ron Miller to a vacant council seat at the Jan. 5 Pleasanton City Council meeting. Councilmember Schreckhise promptly moved — and the council unanimously approved — asking the city attorney to prepare a resolution declaring Miller "unfit or unqualified" on grounds of bias.
Mayor Mathew Young appointed Ron Miller to fill a vacant Pleasanton City Council seat during the Jan. 5 meeting. Minutes record that, immediately after the appointment, Councilmember Schreckhise moved and Councilmember Stark seconded a motion directing the city attorney to prepare a resolution declaring Ron Miller "unfit or unqualified" to fill the seat on the grounds of bias; the motion carried unanimously.
The motion was formal and recorded as a council action; no text of the proposed resolution appears in the minutes and the city attorney was tasked with drafting it. The minutes do not record any public comment, statements by Ron Miller or a formal response from Mayor Young or other councilmembers addressing the grounds for the proposed resolution.
The disputed appointment took place in the context of routine municipal business. The council also handled other items that evening, including approvals of routine disbursements and setting a work session for Jan. 12. The minutes do not show the resolution was drafted or voted on during the Jan. 5 meeting; the next step recorded is the city attorney preparing the document for future consideration.
What happens next: the minutes show the city attorney was directed to prepare the resolution; no date for consideration of that draft is listed in the Jan. 5 minutes.
