Community able to Zoom via computers or phones to watch and participate

DIXON, CA (MPG) - In a planned ‘hybrid’ City Council Meeting with newly elected officials being inside City Hall and the community able to Zoom via computers or phones to watch and participate, Dixon’s new leaders will be sworn in on Tuesday, December 15, and past leaders bid farewell.

Although not everyone has been properly notified that they even won their seat, none of the winners have received phone calls from City Manager Jim Lindley or the City Clerk Lupe Ruiz and have been left in the dark as to what the city is expecting. Ruiz, who is new to the post since this past year, was hoping to have all the details confirmed before she/the City notified winners but the COVID restrictions have had a lot to do with what can happen and what cannot, she said.

Councilman Devon Minnema did bring the subject up at the last council meeting on December 1 and Lindley indicated he knew he had to get that done. Ruiz said she was researching how things were handled in the past and would make contact even if all the plans were not complete.

The City Council Meeting scheduled for December 15 is heavily loaded and there is a possibility that the meeting may have to start earlier at 6 pm to have time for the reception that would be for the immediate family only. The City agenda will be posted on the City of Dixon website on Thursday before the meeting.

Taking their oath of office, swearing to uphold the State of California and Federal Constitutions, will be Mayor Steve Bird, District 4 Council Representative Don Hendershot, District 3 Council Representative Kevin Johnson and City Treasurer Jim Ward.

The ceremony will also include a farewell to Mayor Thom Bogue, District 4 Council Representative Devon Minnema and City Treasurer Wesley Atkinson.

The City Council meeting will begin promptly at 6 pm (tentatively) by the existing council and the swearing in ceremony will be conducted. Then, the meeting will be closed, and a simple farewell/appreciation reception may take place depending on possible new COVID restrictions. Afterwards, the new council will convene its first official meeting.

City Hall is located at 600 East A Street. The link to the Zoom meeting is posted at the top of the City Council Agenda found on the city website and is usually posted on Facebook.