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CASSEL BERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of January 8, 2024 — Regular Meeting Page 12 of 17 401-0754-533.23-01 Disability Insurance $ 89 401-0754-533.23-03 Life Insurance $ 11 401-0754-533.26-00 Matched Annuity $ 879 Total Expenditures $ 311,859 Grand Total Expenditures/Expenses $ 980,150 Recommendation: The City Manager and the Administrative Services Director recommended approval of the amended Pay Grade Schedule and related Budgeted Budget Amendment #24-021. Audience Participation: The following individual came forward to address this item. 1. Bill Hufford, 527 Queens Mirror Circle, stated lie understood the salary ranges would increase by 10% which would ultimately affect the budget but not at this time; however, lie was not clear if it was being proposed that salaries were also increasing 10%, which would affect the budget now. City Manager Newlon clarified that a 10% salary increase for all current employees was also being proposed, and the associated budget amendment was being presented to fund those increases. No one else came forward to address this item. MOTION: Commissioner Busch moved to approve the amended Pay Grade Schedule and related Budget Amendment #24-021, as presented. Motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Aramendia. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote 3-0. B. Overview of the City Commission Appointment Process for the January 16 2024 City Commission Special Meeting Staff Presentation: City Clerk Donna Gardner provided an overview of the City Commission appointment process which will be followed for the January 16, 2024 City Commission Special Meeting to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Commissioner Andrew Meadows effective December 30, 2023. Sections 4.08 and 4.09 of the City Charter provide that the City Commission must appoint a qualified voter of the City to fill the vacancy within thirty (30) days, and City Charter Section 4.03 sets forth the eligibility requirements to serve on the City Commission ,which are that a member of the City Commission shall have been a resident of the City continuously for the one year immediately preceding qualification and must be a registered elector in the City. The term of the appointment is until the next regular election in August 2024. On December 11, 2023, the City Commission directed the City Clerk to follow the process she described to begin the selection process, which was the same process followed for the appointment made in 2013, and as set forth in a proposed ordinance which has not yet come before the City Commission. A notice was advertised in the Orlando Sentinel both in English and Spanish on January 4 and 7, 2024 advising prospective applicants to submit the qualifying application in person to the City Clerk between Noon, January 8, 2024 through Noon, January 12, 2024. The notice was also posted on the City's website beginning on January 2, 2024 and subsequent email blasts were sent out from the website on January 2, 2024 and January 5, 2024. At the conclusion of the qualifying application submittal period, the City Clerk