Thread by @shayshinecastle

This is happening super quick, but current mayor pro tem Yates is nominated Joseph as his replacement. The pro tem term only lasts 1 year. She was the only applicant this go around.

Quite a turnaround for Yates, since he didn't initially endorse Joseph's run for council. He thought she would be too busy as a law school student, he told me. (He eventually endorsed her; she graduates in December.)

The mayor pro tem doesn't do much; runs meetings when the mayor isn't there and attends the weekly scheduling meetings.

Joseph's peers singing her praises. Yates says she's fair and kind; Young echoes that. Swetlik says there's no one better for the job.

Wallach Sigh-O-Meter: 1

"Serving on council, we don't get too many easy decisions," he said. "I'm very glad this one is."

Weaver thanking Yates for his service. "I can't tell you how the role of mayor and mayor pro tem have changed because of COVID. ... I used (Yates) a lot to bounce things off of."

Yates has and continues to be a force on council. He makes a lot of suggestions for process that council mostly accepts.

Weaver: He's done "more than most mayor pro tems have been asked to do in the past."

Yates isn't going anywhere, fyi. He'll still be on council for ~3 more years; he just won't be mayor pro tem for the next year.

This item will have a public hearing that is combined with a public hearing on the meeting schedule for next year. Idk if anyone is signed up, though, since it was a late addition.

We're talking retreat a little bit.
Yates: We want to talk a little bit about vulnerability. Talk about things that made you feel comfortable, made you feel uncomfortable.

LOL they're going to share Brene Brown's famous TED Talk on vulnerability.

Which I love and have watched at least 30 times. Whenever I need to get centered. Highly recommend. ted.com/talks/brene_br…

Council doing this is... interesting.

Apparently council members will be paired up "relatively randomly" and share one another's vulnerabilities, according to Yates.

Nagle won't be at the retreat.

It's during her annual business trip.

OK, I guess we're moving on to the salary adjustments (possibly raises) for the city attorney and municipal judge. They do these every year or two... All I remember is that last time, former councilwoman Carlisle voted against those.

No raises are being recommended this year due to COVID.

This will also be part of the public hearing that no one has signed up for.

The city manager is usually lumped in here as well but we're in between right now.

Together, those three positions are the highest paid in the city. Well over $100K, if I remember correctly. Possibly over $200K.

I'll look it up real quick.

OK, back to this one. Here are the salaries for 2020 for those top 3 positions, per my notes last year.

City Manager Jane Brautigam: $271,342.85
City Attorney Tom Carr: $229,406.93
Municipal Judge Linda Cooke: $174,193.03

So they're probably good without raises.

I mean, I don't want to judge. But if I can live on $21K, pretty sure they can live on 10X that.

Joseph is voted in as mayor pro tem.

She's reading a speech. Promising to be diligent, yada yada.

"I represent the whole of Boulder. Whether you're a Republican, Democrat, PLAN Boulder, Better Boulder, Open Boulder and all the other groups in between."

Neglects to mention Boulder Progressives, which endorsed her.... Ouch.

That's all for this and the meeting. I'll do a Wednesday morning recap in a few. Cheers!

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