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WEIMAR — During the Nov. 30 Weimar City Council special meeting, the Council entered executive session to discuss city manager interviews as listed on the budget. When they returned from executive session, the courtesy video operator for the city YouTube page had already left before a resident, Gary Cernoch, delivered a speech prior to an action vote to appoint Reed Jones as manager. The appointment was voted down after a 2-3 decision, continuing to leave a vacant position that has not been filled since June 15.
Some members of the council expressed concern that Cernoch’s speech, as well as the resulting action vote to appoint Jones as city manager, were not available for the public on the city’s YouTube page.
According to City Secretary Dolores Stover, the video operator, Dani Stock, was allowed to leave before the executive session began. Mayor Milton Koller verbally expressed that the executive session would likely not result in any noteworthy action and allowed Stock to depart. However, items of note did occur following the executive session as Cernoch’s comments and the manager vote happened outside of the broadcast on youtube.
