Recommendation to receive Charter Commission appointments approved by the Personnel and Civil Service Committee pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section 2.03.065 of the Long Beach Municipal Code.
Okay. Thank you. And congratulations to Long Beach Police Department. And now we're moving on to item 18. Communication from Councilman Austin, Chair of the Personnel and Civil Service Committee recommendation received Charter Commission Appointments approved by the Personnel and Civil Service Committee. Councilmember Austin. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And I guess about a week ago, the two weeks ago, our personnel, the Civil Service Committee, met and approved and made recommendations to approve a couple of new appointments to a charter commission. The charter commission being the Citizen Police Complaint Commission. Two excellent candidates were nominated by the mayor's office and unanimously approved by the committee. And so with that said, Ryan Howard, a new appointment was. Was a and I'll give her a little bit of background on her. She was born and raised in Long Beach, has participated in various civic engagement projects, including work for food finders, volunteering with Hemet, Habitat for Humanity, to build benches for parks and developing community gardens that are as a part in. During her time at Woodrow Wilson High School, Ryan remained active as a vice president of the Female Leadership Academy, a member of the Young Black Scholars Program and a competitive swimmer. And she's currently a student at Cal State University of Long Beach. And we recommend her appointment without reservation. And also Leonard Adams Jr is also being brought forward for appointment to the Citizen Police Police Complaint Commission. I've known Leonard for for many years. He's worked for the city of Long Beach for over 40 years. I recently retired. He likes to stay civically engaged by serving as a commissioner for his community. He's been dedicated to understanding how police work the Long Beach Police Department operates and how he can bring the community together. In his last position with the city as a homeless veterans outreach worker, Leonard assisted police in their efforts to find and provide services for homeless clients. And I can just say that just underscores a small part of his activity in the community. Somebody who is very well respected, has great stature, and I think he's an excellent candidate for this role. And so with that members, I would recommend your support on this matter. Thank you, Councilmember. I can summary Ranga. Thank you, Mayor. I too want to lend my voice in regards to the two appointees. Excellent choices. I personally had interaction with Mr. Adams when he worked with the Health Department, the homeless and the homeless bureau. And I know that he will bring a fresh and different perspective, especially when we deal talking about dealing with the homeless , because he worked with them quite a bit in his in this job, whether it's an outreach worker. So I want to welcome you and thank you for your continuing to be engaged with the city of Long Beach. Thank you. Councilman Andrus? Yes, ma'am. I want to thank and congratulate every commission and begin this journey today, because as a city, we need a commission is made up of these residents to really remind us what proprietors our propriety are and the need that we have to have in the city of Long Beach. Know, I want to thank you for your services, both of you individuals. But I am very, very honored to see Mr. Leonard Adam begin appointed today. And this is why I create a special certificate for him today, because he is a loyal and hardworking city employee, and now his service in the city will continue because Leonard is one of those individuals. Whenever you call, I don't care where he is, he's there. And I want to thank you again, Mr. Adams, for being such a large part, especially for our homeless situation and the things that you do. So continue to do this work and we'll continue to always have you, you know, as one of our workers, too. Thank you again. And if you'd like if it's okay with the mayor, would you like to say a few words? Because that was a difficult one. Let me finish. Go through the council members and with Vice Mayor Richardson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to congratulate both Leonard and Rianne, and I want to just say a few things about Ryan. So I've actually known her family. She's a very bright young lady. And I remember her in literally high school. And many folks may not know this, but she's been sort of preparing for this for a long time. Her mother, Crystal Howard Johnson, was was one of our first people we've nominated to the Citizen Police Complaint Commission. So she got to follow and learn under her mother. And now Ryan is stepping up, representing the ninth District and really excited about that. And so she she sort of knows the process. She knows a Nedra. She came in, she was very mature. And that says a lot given she's she's and according to Nedra, going to be the youngest person to have ever served on this commission . So this is a this is a really big deal. And she's studying criminal justice. So we're really excited about that. So you obviously have my support and we're going to expect big things out of you. So congratulations and welcome. And if I can, please have both Rianne and Leonard just stand so we can just give them a round of applause. Let's give them a round of applause and graduations. And if you guys can just come on up. Both of you just come forward. We're going to do our our photo. We always do with the council. And you, commissioner. So. Okay. Yeah. I know what you want. All us. You want to. Okay, ladies. Good evening, Mayor. Councilmembers and the community. I just want to say I'm truly grateful for this opportunity, and I look forward to serving the city of Long Beach. Thank you. Good afternoon to our council members. Honorable mayor, police department and also city managers as well as the citizens of Long Beach here. Along with my family here, I am deeply thankful and honored to be here tonight to accept this position as a citizen. Police Complaint Commissioner. I have worked in this city for about 40 years and I probably know half of the half of the council people here and some of the council people that I don't know. I have worked in your district. I probably have hit the floor every morning around 4:00 in the morning, chasing down homeless people. So with that being said, thank you so much, sir. Congratulations. I'll get back to. You. In. You know, it's just like, oh, you come here. Rex, thank you so much. You wear them very well. Okay. We're going back to the consent calendar item that was pulled, which was item number 16 from earlier today. So, Madam Clerk, item 16. I believe you still need to take a vote on this item. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yes. We just did some public comment, right? No other public comment on this item saying nonmembers, please cast your votes. Motion passes. Thank you. Congratulations to them as well. And on 16.