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”

  1. sam on January 30th, 2019 8:39 am

    do the folks get paid for doing this? if so if you are not present you should not get any money.

  2. tg on January 30th, 2019 7:32 am

    Maybe some day only one will show up and vote to abolish Century.

  3. Citizen on January 29th, 2019 9:53 pm

    Did the other two step down or leave town. Is there a clause to remove council in the charter?

  4. Resident on January 29th, 2019 3:55 pm

    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.

  5. bob on January 29th, 2019 2:57 pm

    Has Sandra Jackson paid back her personal loan yet? I am still waiting on mine.

  6. David Huie Green on January 29th, 2019 2:07 pm

    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

  7. Chelleepea on January 29th, 2019 1:42 pm

    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.

  8. Shay on January 29th, 2019 12:59 pm

    @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

  9. JustMe on January 29th, 2019 10:04 am

    How disrespectful can you be to hold such a vote without all members present.

  10. chris on January 29th, 2019 9:33 am

    Just another day in Century. Nothing to see here.

  11. Bama on January 29th, 2019 7:45 am

    Do those clowns realize everyone in south Alabama and northwest Florida is laughing at them?

  12. Citizen on January 29th, 2019 1:40 am

    You snooze you lose.