Harbor Update: Review of Meeting Minutes Detours Harbor Business
Meetings management continue to fester and interfere with Crescent City Harbor business. The latest interruption delayed commissioners from addressing more heady agendized subjects due to the arduous review of meeting agenda minutes for the last six months. Commissioners are mandated to review any meeting in which a commissioner did not attend. Commissioner Dan Schmidt did not understand that obligation and chose to exclude himself from any vote in which he was not physically present.
The 2PM meeting time, last Wednesday was finally completed to well past 5PM.
A very few members of the audience in what only be described as a painful delay of conducting harbor business and ego indulgence, were stage center for perpetuating the long meeting.
Those individuals will remain anonymous. Here are some of those abrogating outbursts:
One individual continued to yell out, “Point of Order, Point of Order!” The Rosenberg Rules are clear. Any point of order or information may be used by elected commission members ONLY. Rules preclude any audience member from shouting out and engaging in argument, in this case, engaging in argument with Harbor Chairman Gerhard Weber.
Per rules, the public is allowed three minutes per agendized item on the subject on hand. The disruptive audience members used this item to bash the harbormaster, an obvious attempt to sway off subject. One individual spoke about the purchase of an iPad, which squandered precious time to an already gruelingly- long meeting.
No one was removed from the meeting, the gavel was quiet.
The Meeting Minutes snafu was initiated by Commissioner Dan Schmidt, who wished to change his comment from a previous January meeting. Then, the decision to discuss all previous meetings to present was proffered. A full hour of discussion, three minutes for each audience member was included. Alas, Commissioner John Evans ended the tortuous ordeal and the Commission ended the discussion on meeting meetings.
In other business, Ocean Gold employee Eric Neff delivered encouraging news the ice plant will soon be operational. The insulation crew has just completed its major work. Remaining tasks to open the ice plant are few, and expedient opening is anticipated.
Justin Hanks, Harbor Commission Security delivered a glowing report on the 4th of July harbor event.
The Harbor Commission next meets Wednesday August 13, 2PM at its Citizens Dock office.