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Century Council Elects President Despite Absence Of Two Members
January 29, 2019
The Century Town Council elected its leadership Monday night, three weeks after they first tried and failed and the election was postponed until a full council could make a decision.
But only three of five council members were present Monday night as a vote was taken.
Ann Brooks was reelected as council president on a 2-1 vote with Sandra Jackson voting no, and Ben Boutwell was elected vice president on a 3-0 vote. Council members Luis Gomez and James Smith were not present.
At the January 7 council meeting, Brooks announced that positions would remain the same until all five council members were present to vote.
At that January 7 meeting,, Jackson nominated Boutwell, and Boutwell nominated Brooks. Jackson and Smith voted for Boutwell, while Boutwell and Brooks voted for Brooks, resulting in a tie. Council member Gomez was absent from the meeting. Boutwell renounced his nomination for council president and ceded the nomination to Brooks. The four council members then voted on the remaining nomination for Brooks, but that vote ended in a 2-2 tie with Jackson and Smith voting no.
Monday night’s leadership election did not appear a council agenda emailed last Thursday to members of the council, key staff members and the media, but did appear on an agenda distributed Monday night.
Pictured: (L-R) Century Council president Ann Brooks, Sandra Jackson and Ben Boutwell Monday night. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Comments
12 Responses to “Century Council Elects President Despite Absence Of Two Members”
do the folks get paid for doing this? if so if you are not present you should not get any money.
Maybe some day only one will show up and vote to abolish Century.
Did the other two step down or leave town. Is there a clause to remove council in the charter?
Add on
Good. A remnant of a little bit of sense in the room.
Recall the Mayor
Perhaps the Grand Jury will have enough sense to direct the state to to a full scale operational audit and make recommendations.
All this stirring the pot must be fun, but some residents would like to keep the water running and sewer flushing.
Not missing the yes man , not sure about the new guy..
does he even live there?
Escambia Supervisor of election be on the alert for voter fraud.
stay tuned.
Has Sandra Jackson paid back her personal loan yet? I am still waiting on mine.
REGARDING:
“How disrespectful can you be to hold such a vote without all members present.”
Do nothing until everyone is present and in agreement?
The argument COULD be made that it was disrespectful to not attend.
David for better people
Survival of the fittest? Perhaps a bit lowdown but with all seriousness who is more capable of heading the council? As I said before they are not there to make friends but represent the people.
@Bama
I was wondering if that might be the reason the other two haven’t showed up the last couple meetings. Maybe they got tired of being part of the laughing stock of the county. Just a guess
How disrespectful can you be to hold such a vote without all members present.
Just another day in Century. Nothing to see here.
Do those clowns realize everyone in south Alabama and northwest Florida is laughing at them?
You snooze you lose.