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The nominations for Martin Sir and Hedy Weinberg were withdrawn. The remaining nominees appeared before the Rules, Confirmations, and Public Elections Committee for consideration. The Committee approved a re-referral for the nominees to be considered at the next meeting.

The President called for an election to fill a vacancy on the Human Relations Commission. Nominations previously made were: Garlinda Burton, Dahron Johnson, Whitney Pastorek, Heather Riddle, Shane Burkett, Michael Berger, Todd McKinney, Ben Tran, and Erin Coleman. The Rules, Confirmations, and Public Elections Committee reported that the candidates had been interviewed and all were found qualified to serve. The following vote was taken on the nominated candidates: Ben Tran (29): Suara, Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Allen, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Parker, Capp, Benedict, Harrell, Hancock, Webb, Eslick, Evans, Huffman, Gregg, Welsch, Cash, Kupin, Horton, Taylor, Gadd, Preptit, Ellis, Sepulveda, Rutherford, Styles, and Ewing; Erin Coleman (29): Suara, Evans-Segall, Allen, Hill, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Cortese, Capp, Benedict, Hancock, Webb, Eslick, Huffman, Welsch, Cash, Kupin, Horton, Druffel, Gadd, Preptit, Nash, Benton, Ellis, Sepulveda, Rutherford, Styles, Ewing, and Spain; Dahron Johnson (28): Suara, Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Allen, Hill, Kimbrough, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Benedict, Harrell, Bradford, Huffman, Gregg, Welsch, Cash, Kupin, Horton, Taylor, Druffel, Gadd, Preptit, Nash, Ellis, Sepulveda, Rutherford, Ewing, and Spain; Whitney Pastorek (26): Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Allen, Hill, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Benedict, Evans, Bradford, Huffman, Gregg, Welsch, Cash, Kupin, Horton, Taylor, Druffel, Gadd, Preptit, Ellis, Sepulveda, and Spain; Todd McKinney (25): Suara, Porterfield, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Harrell, Eslick, Evans, Bradford, Huffman, Gregg, Welsch, Taylor, Druffel, Gadd, Preptit, Nash, Ellis, Sepulveda, Rutherford, Styles, and Spain; Garlinda Burton (19): Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Allen, Toombs, Gamble, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Benedict, Harrell, Evans, Bradford, Gregg, Welsch, Horton, Taylor, Nash, Styles, and Ewing; Shane Burkett (19): Suara, Porterfield, Hill, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Harrell, Eslick, Evans, Bradford, Taylor, Druffel, Preptit, Nash, Benton, Ellis, Sepulveda, Styles, and Ewing; Heather Riddle (17): Suara, Cortese, Benedict, Hancock, Webb, Eslick, Evans, Bradford, Huffman, Gregg, Cash, Horton, Gadd, Benton, Rutherford, Ewing, and Spain; Michael Berger (14): Evans-Segall, Allen, Hill, Hancock, Webb, Eslick, Cash, Kupin, Druffel, Nash, Benton, Rutherford, Styles, and Spain. The President declared that Ben Tran, Erin Coleman, Dahron Johnson, Whitney Pastorek, and Todd McKinney had received the requisite number of votes to be elected to the Human Relations Commission. The President called for an election to fill the one remaining vacancy on the Human Relations Commission. The remaining nominees were: Garlinda Burton, Heather Riddle, Shane Burkett, and Michael Berger. The following vote was taken on the nominated candidates: Shane Burkett (13): Suara, Hill, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Harrell, Taylor, Preptit, Nash, Benton, Ellis, Sepulveda, and Lee; Garlinda Burton (11): Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Allen, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Benedict, Bradford, Welsch, Styles, and Ewing; Michael Berger (7): Hancock, Webb, Eslick, Cash, Kupin, Druffel, and Spain; Heather Riddle (6): Evans, Huffman, Gregg, Horton, Gadd, and Rutherford. The President declared that no candidate had received the requisite number of votes to be elected. The President called for an election to fill the one remaining vacancy on the Human Relations Commission. The remaining nominees were: Garlinda Burton, Heather Riddle, Shane Burkett, and Michael Berger. The following vote was taken on the nominated candidates: Garlinda Burton (16): Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Allen, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Benedict, Bradford, Huffman, Welsch, Cash, Kupin, Horton, Druffel, Preptit, and Styles; Shane Burkett (14): Suara, Hill, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Harrell, Taylor, Gadd, Nash, Benton, Ellis, Sepulveda, Lee, and Ewing; Michael Berger (4): Hancock, Webb, Eslick, and Spain; Heather Riddle (3): Evans, Gregg, and Rutherford. The President declared that no candidate had received the requisite number of votes to be elected. Without objection, the President declared that the next round of voting would be between the two nominees that received the most votes in the previous round of voting. The remaining nominees were Garlinda Burton and Shane Burkett. The following vote was taken on the nominated candidates: Garlinda Burton (22): Suara, Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Allen, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Benedict, Evans, Bradford, Huffman, Gregg, Welsch, Cash, Kupin, Horton, Gadd, Preptit, Rutherford, Styles, Ewing, and Spain; Shane Burkett (15): Hill, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Harrell, Hancock, Webb, Eslick, Taylor, Druffel, Nash, Benton, Ellis, Sepulveda, and Lee. The President declared tht Garlinda Burton had received the requisite number of votes to be elected to the Human Relations Commission.