Brandon McMillan Replaces Katherine Manwarren on Parks and Rec Commission
Brandon McMillan Replaces Katherine Manwarren on Parks and Rec Commission
By Ben Edokpayi, Staff Writer
From a roster of three candidates City Council members on Tuesday selected Brandon McMillan to replace Katherine Manwarren on Dixon’s Parks and Recreation Commission.
The mid-term reappointment became necessary when on the recommendation of City Manager Jim Lindley and City Attorney Douglas L. White, Dixon City Council voted to terminate the tenure of Commissioner Katherine Manwarren in July.
There was no explanation for Manwarren’s absences
The decision to replace her was based on the fact the commissioner, who was appointed on July 20 2021, has been absent from three consecutive meetings.
With Tuesday’s appointment MacMillan will now complete the remainder of Manwarren’s tenure through June 30, 2023. The city will not incur additional fiscal impacts to its finances. The other candidates interviewed were DeAnna Cabrera and Jeffrey Kinslow.
At their session onTuesday Council members voted unanimously to uphold the Ralph M. Brown Act which requires that City Council, as well as its commissions and subcommittees, meet in person.
On September 16, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (“AB”) 361, which allows cities to continue to meet remotely during proclaimed states of emergency under modified Ralph M. Brown Act requirements that are similar but not identical to the rules and procedures established by the previous Executive Orders temporarily suspending provisions of the Brown Act.
On January 18, 2022, the City of Dixon City Council (“City Council”) adopted Resolution №2022–018 authorizing the City of Dixon (“City”) to implement remote public meetings pursuant to AB 361, allowing the City to conduct meetings through a hybrid virtual meeting environment. AB 361, until January 1, 2024, authorizes a local agency to use teleconferencing without complying with the teleconferencing requirements imposed by the Brown Act when a local legislative body holds a meeting during a declared state of emergency by the governor and when state or local health officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing.
On September 13, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2449 (“AB 2449) into law, which goes into effect January 1, 2023 and amends requirements of the Brown Act relating to remote participation of legislative body members in public meetings.
“With Tuesday’s action it is imperative that the City Council, as well as its commissions and subcommittees, must now meet in person. Council members weighed in on a related matter — approve or disapproval of continued remote public participation at City of Dixon public meetings via Zoom. They agreed to continue the use of Zoom after comments from former Council Member and Independent Voice Columnist Mike Ceremello and a virtual participant pinpointed as Mike.”
This is the lead in the Sunday October 9 Edition of the Dixon Tribune. The newspaper of record for the city of Dixon. https://www.cityofdixon.us/
