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Council elects Freeman as mayor pro tem, confirms committee assignments and selects Investment Chair
Summary
Mayor Bill Aslett presented committee assignments; Council elected Councilor Kelsey Freeman as Mayor Pro Tempore and Councilor Joe DeGloria as Investment Chair and approved the 2026 committee assignments, with recorded votes showing some opposition. The council used its rules to tally Freeman's vote as affirmative.
At the Jan. 8, 2026 meeting, Mayor Bill Aslett presented a draft of the council's 2026 committee assignments. Councilor Scott Green and Councilor Jesús Pérez-Linares moved to elect Councilor Kelsey Freeman as Mayor Pro Tempore; the minutes show the motion passed with motion notation '4:2' and a recorded count noting Councilor Freeman's vote was tallied as affirmative under the City Council Rules of Procedure, Section 5.4.
Councilor Jamie Weiss and Councilor Scott Green moved to elect Councilor Joe DeGloria as Investment Chair for 2026; the motion carried. The council then moved to approve the Mayor's committee assignments and recommendations; the minutes record the motions as carried. The minutes note some dissent on votes but do not list a complete roll-call for every motion.
