City Commission

Below, in a previous post, is the live blog from the city commission. I was not sure it would work, so i did not promote it. Didnt want to let anyone down. But a few people showed up anyway on the blog and there were some comments.
Anyways, Patrick McDonald was chosen as Mayor, and Jay Warren was chosen Vice Mayor.
It was only mildly surprising, as on Thursday at the worksession the matter was left unsettled.
Traditionally the person with the second highest vote total is named mayor in the off year - when there is no election, after the highest vote getter has served one year as mayor. Jean Snell had proposed that the tradition be broken, and that Warren stay on another year.
At the meeting Thursday, neither McDonald nor Warren would say whether they wanted the position or not, but both said they would serve at the commission's desire.
Snell said at Tuesdays meeting he had some discussions among members - though he said he only did one at a time - which would be legal - and they apparently resolved the matter.
At the meeting, Warren said the tradition has worked and there was no need to change the tradition, so he nominated McDonald. Warren was then named mayor.
McDonald praised the job Warren had done during his year as mayor.
Commissioners have discussed changing the way things are done in this regard, and it could still happen.
In the last two elections, the high vote getter was a newcomer to the commission, and that meant the person was thrust into the mayor's role without any experience. Some commissioners have felt it would be better for anyone to wait a year before becoming mayor.
You may read the entire account of the meeting in the live blog that is below.