Now what?
Just like humans, nine months after City Councilperson Meghan Sahli-Wells, among others, conceived of the idea, the Council last evening birthed a newfangled Finance Advisory Committee, its first since the ‘90s, and possibly only the second in Culver City history.
Six members were chosen by a Council whose methodology sprang from the members’ previous careers as sausage-makers.
It wasn’t pretty, the way names were chosen. It does not bear repeating, even to intimate pals.
Around City Hall this morning, conversations accented the group’s middle name, Advisory.
The three residents:
Crystal Alexander, Steve Reitzfeld and Michel Chaghouri.
The three business persons:
Goran Eriksson, Rich Hibbs and David Trovato.
Previously selected, and confirmed last evening:
Desmond Burns, Allan Azran and Sean Kearney.
Two members of each threesome will serve until June 30, 2016, the third until June 30 of next year.
Mayor Andy Weissman explained that since the group will operate under Brown Act rules, the public will be notified of all of their meetings.
Mr. Weissman expects the advisors to soon meet with City Manager John Nachbar and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Muir.
“They will go through the ground rules and make plans for what information the committee will review,” he said.
How often will they meet?
“The frequency will be more a factor of (city) staff availability than anything else.”
