HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - November 30, 2005 SMLODI CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL JOINT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WITH FAITH COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES
HUTCHINS STREET SQUARE, 125 S. HUTCHINS STREET
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2005
A. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
The Special Joint City Council meeting with Faith Community representatives of November 30,
2005, was called to order by Mayor Beckman at 12:07 p.m.
Present: Council Members — Hansen, Johnson, Mounce, and Mayor Beckman
Absent: Council Members — Hitchcock
Also Present: City Manager King, City Attorney Schwabauer, and City Clerk Blackston
B. TOPIC(S)
B-1 "Discussion of items of mutual concern"
Marianne Weethee of Heartland Community Church provided the invocation, following which
attendees participated in a luncheon.
Mayor Beckman thanked members of the faith community for the many important services,
comfort, and guidance they provide to the residents of Lodi. He explained that, each year,
the Mayor is given the privilege of selecting recipients for the annual Community Service
Award. The presentation is traditionally done at the reorganization meeting of the City
Council (i.e. the first regularly scheduled meeting in December each year). Mayor
Beckman announced that he had selected the faith community of Lodi to receive the 2005
Mayor's Community Service Award. He then presented awards to each of the 25 religious
organizations that had representatives in attendance.
Council Member Hansen commended Mayor Beckman for his decision in selecting the faith
community for this year's Community Service Award. He thanked attendees for providing
invocations at City Council meetings, as well as for their collaborative efforts and
community programs which greatly benefit the City.
Note: Council Member Hansen left the meeting at 12:40 p.m.
Major Frank Severs of the Lodi Salvation Army expressed thanks for the religious freedom
he enjoys and for the support shown by other churches in the community for the Salvation
Army.
Mayor Beckman thanked Arnold Chin of Fritz Chin Photography for providing his services
today, following which all attendees gathered for a group photo.
C. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting was adjourned at
12:45 p.m.
ATTEST:
Susan J. Blackston
City Clerk