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Good. 00:00:13
Well, welcome everybody to the City of Holiday Oath of Office ceremony. 00:00:17
Tonight. 00:00:24
We're thrilled to be able to stall the event for six minutes and bring in more chairs. That is awesome. 00:00:26
I think it's just just exciting. 00:00:34
Before we post colors. 00:00:38
Let me just take a minute to first of all, welcome all of the. 00:00:41
Family members and the friends of the three individuals that will be sworn in this evening. 00:00:46
Two for the second and third time, I think 3 for you, Matt, isn't it? 00:00:54
Two, and for the first time for Emily Gray, he will take over the District 5 council position. Dan Gibbons currently. 00:00:57
Welcome to all of you. We're just really pleased to have you here to witness this ceremony. 00:01:08
A few. You know, a few of our VIPs here. I don't know if many of you know a chief Hoyle or precinct chief and Dan Brown, Captain 00:01:14
Dan Brown, who's liaison for Unified Fire. 00:01:20
We'll talk. I'll introduce a little bit in a little bit more detail. Our former colleague Glenn Pace and his wife Lisa here back 00:01:27
there in the middle. We want to welcome you here tonight and of course our Justice Court Judge Augustus Chin, who will be actually 00:01:33
swearing in our council members this evening. 00:01:39
So with that, we will start with the Unified Police Department Honor Guard, who will be posting colors tonight, and we'll be LED 00:01:47
in the Pledge of Allegiance when the colors come forward. 00:01:53
Leading us in the pledge will be Ira Wilson, who is the grandson of District 4 Council Member Drew B Quinn. And with that, if I 00:02:01
can ask the audience to please rise. 00:02:06
Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. 00:02:46
A child Republic for which it says one nation under God indivisible with. 00:02:52
Thank you. Take your seats. 00:03:49
So thank you to the Unified Police Color Guard. Thank you, Ira, for leading us in the pleasure. We appreciate it. 00:04:02
I'm just going to make a very brief statement, I promise. First, I just want to say how glad I am to be here in person. 00:04:09
I was sworn in two years ago for the third time for me and had to do it virtually for reasons I don't need to explain to anybody 00:04:18
here. And it's much nicer to be here in person. 00:04:24
So. 00:04:30
For me, this ceremony is very special. 00:04:32
It represents democracy in its purest. 00:04:36
Local communities electing a friend or. 00:04:40
To represent their interests in their own local government. 00:04:43
It's what I believe our Founding Fathers intended when our Constitution was ratified in 1788. 00:04:48
And not all felt at that time, I believe. 00:04:54
My reading of history is. 00:04:57
That this concept of self governance could be pulled off. 00:05:00
Many thought that a monarchy was probably the proper way to go. 00:05:05
It's reported that when exiting the Constitutional convention that. 00:05:10
Elizabeth Willing Powell approached Benjamin Franklin and asked. 00:05:16
Doctor Franklin, what have we, What have we? 00:05:21
Monarchy or a Republic? 00:05:24
And his reply was A. 00:05:26
If you can keep. 00:05:30
There were serious debates about everyday citizens being able to actually govern themselves, something we've taken for granted, 00:05:33
but at the time there was a big question about that. 00:05:38
And I think, I think the reasons justified because those of us that have been involved in local government know that democracy is 00:05:46
really difficult. It's messy. It's hard. 00:05:52
It requires us all to be. 00:05:58
Engaged. Willing to participate in this process. 00:06:02
To compromise for the common good. 00:06:07
And to respect the rule of law. 00:06:11
So democracy in many respects is much harder than a monarchy where you're just told what to do. 00:06:13
And I wonder if Doctor Franklin would have bet that 234 years later we would be here tonight. 00:06:21
Swearing in three of our friends and neighbors. 00:06:28
Individuals willing to sacrifice their time and talent. 00:06:31
To the betterment of their individual. 00:06:35
And it is my belief. 00:06:39
That as long as we. 00:06:41
Individuals like this willing to continue to serve. 00:06:44
This Republic will endure. 00:06:47
So congratulations to. 00:06:50
To Drew and Emily. 00:06:54
Thank you to you and your families. I've said I say this all the time. People probably get sick of me saying it, but but public 00:06:57
service is a team sport. It requires a lot of sacrifice from the people that are serving, but it requires an equal sacrifice for 00:07:02
the members of their families. 00:07:07
So we want to thank the members of your families that also participate in the sacrifice of those they're actually serving. 00:07:13
And as always. 00:07:22
I want to thank all of my colleagues on the Council. 00:07:24
It has and continues to for me to be a great honor and privilege to serve alongside each of you. 00:07:27
And with that, returning to Chambers tonight is. 00:07:36
Our friend and our former Council colleague. 00:07:41
Mr. Lynn. 00:07:46
Lynn served as the council to representative. I get that right. 00:07:48
Lynn served for 14 years. 00:07:55
On the city. 00:07:59
Of Holiday. I believe that we were. I don't know if we spent a lot of time on this, but I'm pretty sure he is the longest tenured 00:08:01
elected official that has ever served in the city of Holiday. And to give you a little bit of perspective when started. 00:08:08
When the Cottonwood Mall was still standing. 00:08:16
And went through that redevelopment and then the pending recession that killed that project. 00:08:21
He was part of the. 00:08:29
That vision. The village center. 00:08:32
Many of you can't, you know. Many of you can probably remember the kind of blighted area that is now the village center, all the 00:08:35
old buildings. 00:08:38
That started with Lynn on the council, as well as the vision for the Cottonwood Mall site that you now see under development right 00:08:43
now. 00:08:46
This City Hall that was that was elementary school. The City Park behind us. None of this was here when he came onto the council 00:08:51
but he was part of creating the community that we're we're so, so proud of today when currently serves in Sandy City. He was a 00:08:58
Salt Lake City prior to that he has a very long distinguished career he's he's a trained attorney by trade he's a attorney by 00:09:05
trade and and we're just thrilled to have him come and just share. 00:09:13
A few words. 00:09:21
With with us this evening before we actually get to the swearing in ceremony. And with that, Mister Lynn. 00:09:22
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Members of the council, it's an honor to be before you before I turn them back to you. So I guess that's the 00:09:37
order of business tonight. 00:09:40
Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Lynn Pace and I spend a lot of time in this room. 00:09:46
And it is. 00:09:51
Privilege to be back with you tonight. 00:09:53
I questioned the judgment of those. 00:09:56
Orchestrated this program and asking me to come here this evening because there's nothing less important or relevant than it has 00:10:00
been. 00:10:04
Politician and that's me. But in that vein, I just want to start out with a story about this because I think you appreciate this 00:10:08
that they put the speech before the swearing in the Super troll here for. And years ago. The story was told that there was a man 00:10:14
who was convicted and about to be hung for some crime he had been committed. And as was the common custom they said to him. Are 00:10:19
there any last words you'd like to share before you? 00:10:25
Carry out the sent. 00:10:31
And he thought for me. He said no, he says. I think, I think we'll just go ahead and do. 00:10:33
And the mayor or some politician in the audience? 00:10:37
Is wanting to see an opportunity for good speech for the waste. Wait, wait. 00:10:42
Can I take his speech time? 00:10:46
And they sort of looked. 00:10:50
And I said, well, I guess it's his speech. It's his option he wants to give you. 00:10:52
So they asked him and said, do you want to give someone, the mayor, your chance to speak? 00:10:55
And he thought about it in front and he says, well, I guess that's OK, he said. But hang me first. 00:11:01
So that's probably the way you feel tonight. 00:11:07
But. 00:11:11
1st, in my remarks, first I want to extend my congratulations to those who have put their name forth, run for office, put your 00:11:13
name out there for public criticism and whatever that brings. I've been there a few times. So congratulations to those who have 00:11:20
run four and one office and and I want to extend my thanks and the thanks of my family and a grateful community for those who 00:11:28
serve. 00:11:35
I know what it's like to be here Thursday after Thursday after Thursday, every night, going over issues that most people don't 00:11:44
know about. They never know that they will have any impact. 00:11:49
But we're all the beneficiaries of. 00:11:56
Of these people. 00:11:59
Who are here week after week after week. 00:12:00
During the business of governing this community for our benefit. 00:12:03
And I am grateful for their sacrifice and the sacrifice of their families. 00:12:08
To make this. 00:12:12
No, I thought I might just share with you a few observations about my experience having served on the Council. 00:12:15
I ran for office 4 times. 00:12:22
And then served about 14 1/2 years. 00:12:25
To put that in perspective, the city was incorporated into the year 2019. 99. I came into office in 2004 and I left in 2018. 00:12:28
Something along those lines and. 00:12:34
And so I wanted to just share with you to ask you first of all, why, Why are we here? 00:12:41
And this is a solemn occasion because we are. There's a transition in authority and governance, and all of that is important. But 00:12:46
after all of the swearing is done and the refreshments are gone, why do these people keep coming back? Because they're in the 00:12:51
business of building a community. 00:12:56
And building a sense of place, building a place that we all want to call. 00:13:02
And this is most magnificent. 00:13:08
At the local level. 00:13:12
Because we elect our friends and neighbors to. 00:13:14
Make those decisions for us, trusting that they will have our interest in mind and take care of the things we care about most. 00:13:17
And they do. 00:13:27
And it's wonderful to watch, so I am grateful for that service and sacrifice that is made. 00:13:28
I have 3 three comments I'd like to share with you 3 lessons I have learned, I suppose from having served in local government. The 00:13:35
1st is that particularly at city government, we are building. 00:13:41
We are building the community, the only community, the only holiday that our children will ever know. 00:13:48
When I was when I graduated from high school in 1979. 00:13:55
A long time. 00:14:01
The Cottonwood Mall was a thriving enterprise. 00:14:04
And in the village center here, which is sort of a backwater place at the time when we had Carlos. 00:14:06
Drive in and milk people. We had video burns. We had partners, restaurant, We had a Winchell's doughnut shop. 00:14:11
We had so many school children that the school district not only had Holiday Elementary operating, they built Howard Rodriguez a 00:14:21
few blocks away. And then they also bought property that we all know as the corn patch that was owned by the school district 00:14:27
because they thought they would need to build a third school in Holiday to accommodate all of the growth. 00:14:34
They had. There was an Owens shoe shop. 00:14:43
There was a Tracy Collins Bank. There was a 10 story building across the street from from Olympus Junior High School because the 00:14:46
county had such crappy land use. 00:14:51
Rules that anything goes, and that was another story. 00:14:57
Let's see. Let's see. The Cottonwood Mall. 00:15:02
One hour martinizing an Arctic Circle. We're right here where Laney Ave. now turns and comes down the hill. 00:15:07
Junior high. There was a feed store there. 00:15:13
Where we bought chicken feed and later turned into a. 00:15:16
And. 00:15:20
But there was number. 00:15:22
No specific leadership speaking for this community. 00:15:24
It was just counting. We were unincorporated county and. 00:15:27
And that was that was supposed to be enough. 00:15:31
My senior year, when I graduated from high school, I took a job at Burton Lumber. 00:15:36
And I worked there. 00:15:41
9 hours a day, six days a week for $3.00 an hour. 00:15:42
450. 00:15:45
But it was. I worked at Burton Lumber and watched this. 00:15:48
There are also a number of large billboards in the village center. 00:15:52
Most of which are gone today, Fort. 00:15:56
But I lived in holiday all of my life and after school and marriage I actually came back and bought my parents home. 00:15:59
I feel a little bit like George Bailey, who never left Bedford. 00:16:06
But I never. 00:16:11
To leave. 00:16:13
Because this is the only. 00:16:15
That felt like home. 00:16:18
And so I. 00:16:20
Now, when I ran for the City Council in 2004, that happened to be the very same year that my youngest child, Caroline. 00:16:21
And as I have watched this transition, Caroline is now a senior in high school. She just graduated last spring. She. 00:16:30
School down BYU and as I've thought about the holiday that we have built. 00:16:37
And that she has inherited. 00:16:42
I noticed that Burton Lumber is still. 00:16:45
The Cottonwood Mall is now gone, changing with something else. The Village Center has redeveloped. There's no Carlos Smith, but we 00:16:47
do have Tony's Burgers. 00:16:51
And we have Harmons and we have great harvest. Apollo Burger has. 00:16:57
His clothes for remodeling? Remember that one? 00:17:01
Holiday elementary school closed because there weren't enough kids to demand. 00:17:06
The use of the building. The city purchased the building, converted it into City Hall. What you see here tonight, this building 00:17:12
used to end right here. Where these pillars are, we added on to the West. 00:17:17
And we bought the property of the West. 00:17:22
Some dilapidated homes and condos and then the county owned fire. 00:17:26
The fire station, which was built on an old landfill and was sinking in the ground, was relocated now. 00:17:31
Further South where the ten story building used. 00:17:37
And. 00:17:41
And there's a City Park here, a playground. 00:17:44
And my wife and Caroline, at age 5, were on. 00:17:47
Playground Committee. In fact, Caroline got to. 00:17:51
And since then, of course, Holiday City has been incorporated and we now have local leaders whose only concern and only priority 00:17:56
is what happens. 00:18:01
Now the reason I say that is because we and this those are just two examples among many, many generations, right? 00:18:07
But the. 00:18:14
This community whether you start with John Holiday and dugouts along Spring Creek or Sid Horman when he when he envisioned 00:18:17
building an interior mega mall in a swamp. 00:18:22
The community has and will continue to change. 00:18:28
But as local leaders, one of the challenges we have is to build with a vision for the future. 00:18:32
Because Caroline will never know the holiday. 00:18:39
She will only know the one we built for her. 00:18:43
And I want to make sure that it. 00:18:47
As. 00:18:50
A place and. 00:18:53
For her as it was. 00:18:56
So John Ruskin once. 00:19:00
When we build, let us think. 00:19:08
That we build. 00:19:10
Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone. 00:19:12
Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us. 00:19:16
And let us think, as we lay stone upon stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred. 00:19:21
Because our hands have touched. 00:19:29
And that men will say as they look upon the labor and rock substance of them. 00:19:32
See this. 00:19:36
Our fathers did for us. 00:19:38
What? Number one, we're building the community, the holiday for our children. 00:19:42
Let's make sure it's the. 00:19:47
We want them to. 00:19:49
Point #2 and these last points we prefer. Point #2 is that when you serve as an elected council member. 00:19:51
In holiday or in any community, it's not about. 00:20:00
It's about the joint enterprise. It's a team effort, in the immortal words of Dave Church, who used to be the attorney for the 00:20:03
League of Cities of Town, he says. When you were appointed or elected. 00:20:09
You you are not God, you are not king or dictator, and you don't hold the post for life. 00:20:14
It is a trust that has been given to you by your. 00:20:21
By your neighbors and your friends, because they trust you to make many important decisions for them. 00:20:27
But it's not about you, and the system is built in with intentional checks and balances. 00:20:34
So that no one person can do anything really stupid alone. 00:20:40
Right. And that process protects all of us. It slows things down, but it makes sure that the process works so. 00:20:45
In that vein, we should remember that when we, when we. 00:20:54
We are doing so, or when our neighbors and colleagues. 00:21:00
Elected us to this post. They gave us the opportunity to. 00:21:04
Or a season. 00:21:08
None of us are here. 00:21:10
None of us should be here forever and that during that window of time we have an opportunity to lead and. 00:21:12
Because of that trust, there's a poem entitled called The Torch, says the God of the great endeavor gave me a torch to bear. I 00:21:21
lifted it high above me in the dark and murky air and straightway with loud Hosanna's. The crowd proclaimed its light and followed 00:21:29
me as I carried my torch through the starless night, till, drunk with the people's praises and mad with vanity, I forgot. 00:21:36
Towards the torch. 00:21:45
And fancied they followed. 00:21:47
Then slowly my arm grew weary, upholding the shining load, and my tired feet went stumbling over the dusty road, and I fell with 00:21:49
the torch beneath me. In a moment the light was out when lo from the throng A stripling sprang forth with a mighty shout, caught 00:21:56
up the torches and smoldered and lifted it, high and tall, still fanned by the winds of heaven. It fired the souls of all. 00:22:02
As I lay in the darkness, the feet of the trampling crowd passed over and far beyond me. 00:22:09
It's beyond. 00:22:14
Peon's claiming allowed. 00:22:16
And I learned in the deepening twilight the glorious ver. 00:22:18
Tis the torch that the people follow. 00:22:22
Whoever the bear. 00:22:25
I have served in my public service in Salt Lake City and in holiday and now in Sandy, with last count, nine elected mayors. 00:22:28
Many of them had the ability to fire me and I dodged it pretty well. But many of them very, very different personalities. Many of 00:22:39
them are very strong personalities. 00:22:44
But all of them were given a torch to carry for that community for a season. 00:22:51
These elected officials have been given a torch to carry for you and for me for. 00:22:55
Season and I am. 00:23:01
To this day. 00:23:04
By that trust and the opportunity to represent and speak for this community, I am equally hard. 00:23:06
By the opportunity. 00:23:12
To step down from that. 00:23:14
And to hand the torch to. 00:23:17
And to. 00:23:19
To carry the work forward for all of. 00:23:21
It's not about the person. 00:23:24
It's about. 00:23:26
The cause, the cause of building a community, we. 00:23:28
Call last. 00:23:32
And that is that I think in in doing all of this. 00:23:35
There are going to be lots of times when you agree or disagree and in holiday. 00:23:40
Holiday has an outdated form of government. You may not appreciate this, but in state code they have these various forms of 00:23:44
government. Holiday, when it was incorporated, created a. 00:23:49
A5 Member Council with a voting. 00:23:55
Form of government. 00:23:58
That means six people vote on every vote. 00:24:00
And you might quickly say to yourself, hello, that means there might be Thai boats 33 hello. Who's dumb idea with that? Well, what 00:24:03
that means is in order to get anything done in holiday, you have to have. 00:24:09
Four votes. 00:24:16
Which is a supermajority. 00:24:18
Holiday. 00:24:21
On a super majority because a three three tie is not good enough. 00:24:23
We want rod consensus and there have only been very few times when we have not achieved those broad consensus and I would just 00:24:30
say. 00:24:35
About this form of government and about this kind of community. 00:24:40
They don't make that kind. 00:24:44
All it is a unique. 00:24:48
It is not the only wonderful place to raise a. 00:24:50
But it is a unique place and this council and this form of governance unique place. But. 00:24:53
My goal when I came out of the council was. 00:24:59
One, to try to contribute in some meaningful way. But I also recognize that there would be times, and there are of course, right 00:25:04
when you have different opinions and strong, strong differences and strong ideas. And sometimes, sometimes you end up on the 00:25:10
winning side of that discussion, sometimes you're the lone man out. And I've been on both sides of that discussion. But the goal 00:25:16
here is, I think, to try to make. 00:25:22
Difference. 00:25:28
So that whenever that term of service comes to a close and you move on to other other responsibilities in your life, you can look 00:25:30
back and they say, you know, I think holiday is a better. 00:25:36
Because I was. 00:25:43
I hope that's. 00:25:45
There was. 00:25:47
Quote given just a couple of thoughts. Robert Kennedy The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to make things better. 00:25:48
Nelson Mandela We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in our hands to make a difference. 00:25:58
And Jeremy Bravo, Great leaders don't set out to be a leader. 00:26:07
They set out to make a difference. 00:26:11
It is never about the role. 00:26:14
It is always about. 00:26:15
Ladies and gentlemen, I am deeply honored to have been. 00:26:18
To have served on the holiday City Council. 00:26:24
I am even more honored to be a lifetime resident of this great and glorious community. 00:26:27
There is no other place I would ever want to call home. 00:26:33
So thank you to. 00:26:37
Congratulations to you, Emily. This will be the adventure of a. 00:26:40
And thank you to all of you for making. 00:26:44
A place that feels better. 00:26:48
Thank you so much. 00:26:50
Thank you, Lynn. I appreciate those comments. You have certainly left left a lasting legacy. 00:27:02
On this community and help create a place that I know Caroline will want to move back to. 00:27:08
And with that, we will move to the administration of the Oath of Office, which would be administered by the Honorable Judge 00:27:15
Augustus Chin. We'll begin with Matt Durham, District 2. 00:27:20
Is anyone coming up? 00:27:42
Please raise your right hand and repeat. 00:27:53
I, Matt Durham, having been elected to the office of Council member, having been elected to the office of Council member, do 00:27:57
solemnly sweat, do solemnly swear that I would support, obey, and defend, and I will support, obey and defend the Constitution of 00:28:04
the United States, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this State, and the Constitution of this State, 00:28:10
and and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. 00:28:17
I will discharge the duties of my office with Fidelity. 00:28:24
Congratulations. 00:28:28
Love. 00:28:40
Matt was joined by his wife Mary Margaret, and now we'll move to District 4 Councilmember Drew B Quinn, who will be joined by her 00:28:44
son Tom and daughter Annie. 00:28:49
Please raise your right hand. 00:29:06
And repeat, I drew. 00:29:08
I drew B Quinn having been elected to the office of Council Member. 00:29:10
Having been elected for the office of Councilmember, you solemnly swear. 00:29:14
Do solemnly swear that I will support, obey and defend. 00:29:19
And I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the United States, and the 00:29:22
Constitution of this State. 00:29:26
And the constitution of this state, and that I would discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. 00:29:31
That I will discharge to the accusations of my office with Fidelity. 00:29:38
Congratulations. 00:29:42
Thank you. 00:30:03
And now to our newly elected council member, soon to be elected Council Member Emily E Gray, who will be joined by her husband 00:30:07
Russ. 00:30:11
Just place your left hand. 00:30:24
And please. 00:30:28
I Emily E Gray. 00:30:30
Haven't been elected to the office of council member, having been elected to the office of council member. 00:30:33
That I will support, obey, and defend. That I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States, the 00:30:41
Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this state, and the Constitution of this State. And and that I will 00:30:47
discharge, I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity, the duties of my office. 00:30:53
Will be joining us on the Dyess and replacing Councilmember Dan Gibbons and for those that don't think we've paid enough attention 00:31:19
to Dan. 00:31:23
You're not going to walk out right now, are you? 00:31:28
Dan kept closing with Sep and we were like what's SCP? And he said well it's somebody elses problem now. 00:31:33
But we we honored Dan on December 14th in our last council meeting. 00:31:40
For his service, but do again want to publicly thank him for. 00:31:45
Many, many years, not just on the council but also 10 years as our first Justice Court judge. 00:31:49
In the city. So Dan, again, thanks to you and your family as well. 00:31:55
I'm I'm going to just offer the sworn in council members. 00:32:08
Chat for remark and we'll start with Matt if you'd like to make a remark. And I will go to Drew and then Emily. Thanks Mayor. I'll 00:32:14
be brief because we have a meeting starting at 7:00. 00:32:18
I. 00:32:24
Lynn Pace grew up. In fact, I knew Lynn Pace growing up and grew up in Holiday myself, and I've always felt very lucky to be a 00:32:25
resident of Holiday. I was. 00:32:30
I loved having friends on holiday, growing up in holiday and going to school on holiday. 00:32:35
But what I didn't realize is how lucky I was to be a member of this community until I served on the City Council and saw some 00:32:40
things that were really very impressive to me. And a couple of them are. I've worked with the tree committee, for example, that 00:32:46
has. 00:32:51
This passionate group of people who are just really committed to maintaining the livability of our community by protecting our 00:32:57
tree canopy and they they do such a great job and they're so committed. 00:33:02
Recently we had a family or a group of families at Crestview Elementary who raised money on their own to put in a disability 00:33:09
accessible playground for the the students at Crestview Elementary. 00:33:15
We were just recently started up a health coalition of people in the community who have no interest. 00:33:24
In anything other than just helping the community be more healthy in terms of mental health, physical health, substance abuse, and 00:33:30
seeing watching members of the community come together to build. 00:33:35
A great city and a great community in a place where we can all live and be safe and healthy and happy is a really great 00:33:41
experience. I also have just. 00:33:46
Really honored to serve with the members of the council and with Mayor Dolly. 00:33:52
It is, I think, pretty remarkable that there has been not one uncivil or disrespectful conversation between any of us on the 00:33:57
Council and the time that I've served. 00:34:03
And in today's climate, that is something that you don't see very often. And I want to thank my fellow council members and the 00:34:09
mayor for that opportunity and I want to thank our great city staff, they. 00:34:15
Competent and professional and. 00:34:22
Compassionate and empathetic, and they are very committed to building a great community here in holiday. And we're so lucky to 00:34:24
have them serving them full time in their capacities. And I want to thank my neighbors and friends also for the trust that they 00:34:30
put in me. 00:34:35
Looking forward to serving for the next four years. 00:34:40
I just like to echo everything that's been said tonight and. 00:34:52
I'm grateful for the trust that the people of my district have put in me and I'm very grateful. 00:34:57
To be serving for another four years. And I'm so excited to have another woman on the council with me. Thank you, Emily. 00:35:04
I didn't know that the opportunity to say anything. 00:35:18
Again approached me with the opportunity to run for. 00:35:21
He knew I had a long standing, interesting government, but what made the decision easy? 00:35:28
Was looking around at my friends and neighbors in. 00:35:35
In the area in which we live, any of whom would do a phenomenal job in this beat and representing our community. 00:35:40
Do in 1000 different ways. Try to make the area around them better. 00:35:50
But the opportunity to represent them and to help their voices be heard and to. 00:35:57
Help continue to make this community what it has been for our family as we've been raising our children is something that is very 00:36:05
exciting. 00:36:09
To me, because I think that that is where. 00:36:14
The most powerful good is done. 00:36:18
With individuals working to. 00:36:21
One thank you. 00:36:25
Well, that that concludes the ceremony. Let me just say before everybody departs, there's a lot of food over there. 00:36:37
And so please go over. The City Council will be coming over as well, but we will come back at 7:00. We actually have a scheduled 00:36:45
council meeting at 7:00, but that doesn't mean you have to leave. Stay over there and visit as long as you would like. 00:36:53
Did I miss anything, Stephanie? 00:37:03
And let me close with this. 00:37:07
And it's fitting for the beginning of the new year. 00:37:10
Walk mindfully this year amid the noise and haste. 00:37:14
For days will pass furtively. 00:37:19
With precious few to waste. 00:37:22
Daniel Bay. 00:37:26
January 1st, 2024. 00:37:28
His 2190. 00:37:32
Hello, I think you've been writing one every day for. I don't know how to do the math but number of years. 00:37:36
Six years. Anyway. I thought it befitting to close with the poem from Dan. All the best. You and your family, Dan. And again, 00:37:41
thanks to everybody for coming. Please go across the hall. We are adjourned. 00:37:47
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Good. 00:00:13
Well, welcome everybody to the City of Holiday Oath of Office ceremony. 00:00:17
Tonight. 00:00:24
We're thrilled to be able to stall the event for six minutes and bring in more chairs. That is awesome. 00:00:26
I think it's just just exciting. 00:00:34
Before we post colors. 00:00:38
Let me just take a minute to first of all, welcome all of the. 00:00:41
Family members and the friends of the three individuals that will be sworn in this evening. 00:00:46
Two for the second and third time, I think 3 for you, Matt, isn't it? 00:00:54
Two, and for the first time for Emily Gray, he will take over the District 5 council position. Dan Gibbons currently. 00:00:57
Welcome to all of you. We're just really pleased to have you here to witness this ceremony. 00:01:08
A few. You know, a few of our VIPs here. I don't know if many of you know a chief Hoyle or precinct chief and Dan Brown, Captain 00:01:14
Dan Brown, who's liaison for Unified Fire. 00:01:20
We'll talk. I'll introduce a little bit in a little bit more detail. Our former colleague Glenn Pace and his wife Lisa here back 00:01:27
there in the middle. We want to welcome you here tonight and of course our Justice Court Judge Augustus Chin, who will be actually 00:01:33
swearing in our council members this evening. 00:01:39
So with that, we will start with the Unified Police Department Honor Guard, who will be posting colors tonight, and we'll be LED 00:01:47
in the Pledge of Allegiance when the colors come forward. 00:01:53
Leading us in the pledge will be Ira Wilson, who is the grandson of District 4 Council Member Drew B Quinn. And with that, if I 00:02:01
can ask the audience to please rise. 00:02:06
Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. 00:02:46
A child Republic for which it says one nation under God indivisible with. 00:02:52
Thank you. Take your seats. 00:03:49
So thank you to the Unified Police Color Guard. Thank you, Ira, for leading us in the pleasure. We appreciate it. 00:04:02
I'm just going to make a very brief statement, I promise. First, I just want to say how glad I am to be here in person. 00:04:09
I was sworn in two years ago for the third time for me and had to do it virtually for reasons I don't need to explain to anybody 00:04:18
here. And it's much nicer to be here in person. 00:04:24
So. 00:04:30
For me, this ceremony is very special. 00:04:32
It represents democracy in its purest. 00:04:36
Local communities electing a friend or. 00:04:40
To represent their interests in their own local government. 00:04:43
It's what I believe our Founding Fathers intended when our Constitution was ratified in 1788. 00:04:48
And not all felt at that time, I believe. 00:04:54
My reading of history is. 00:04:57
That this concept of self governance could be pulled off. 00:05:00
Many thought that a monarchy was probably the proper way to go. 00:05:05
It's reported that when exiting the Constitutional convention that. 00:05:10
Elizabeth Willing Powell approached Benjamin Franklin and asked. 00:05:16
Doctor Franklin, what have we, What have we? 00:05:21
Monarchy or a Republic? 00:05:24
And his reply was A. 00:05:26
If you can keep. 00:05:30
There were serious debates about everyday citizens being able to actually govern themselves, something we've taken for granted, 00:05:33
but at the time there was a big question about that. 00:05:38
And I think, I think the reasons justified because those of us that have been involved in local government know that democracy is 00:05:46
really difficult. It's messy. It's hard. 00:05:52
It requires us all to be. 00:05:58
Engaged. Willing to participate in this process. 00:06:02
To compromise for the common good. 00:06:07
And to respect the rule of law. 00:06:11
So democracy in many respects is much harder than a monarchy where you're just told what to do. 00:06:13
And I wonder if Doctor Franklin would have bet that 234 years later we would be here tonight. 00:06:21
Swearing in three of our friends and neighbors. 00:06:28
Individuals willing to sacrifice their time and talent. 00:06:31
To the betterment of their individual. 00:06:35
And it is my belief. 00:06:39
That as long as we. 00:06:41
Individuals like this willing to continue to serve. 00:06:44
This Republic will endure. 00:06:47
So congratulations to. 00:06:50
To Drew and Emily. 00:06:54
Thank you to you and your families. I've said I say this all the time. People probably get sick of me saying it, but but public 00:06:57
service is a team sport. It requires a lot of sacrifice from the people that are serving, but it requires an equal sacrifice for 00:07:02
the members of their families. 00:07:07
So we want to thank the members of your families that also participate in the sacrifice of those they're actually serving. 00:07:13
And as always. 00:07:22
I want to thank all of my colleagues on the Council. 00:07:24
It has and continues to for me to be a great honor and privilege to serve alongside each of you. 00:07:27
And with that, returning to Chambers tonight is. 00:07:36
Our friend and our former Council colleague. 00:07:41
Mr. Lynn. 00:07:46
Lynn served as the council to representative. I get that right. 00:07:48
Lynn served for 14 years. 00:07:55
On the city. 00:07:59
Of Holiday. I believe that we were. I don't know if we spent a lot of time on this, but I'm pretty sure he is the longest tenured 00:08:01
elected official that has ever served in the city of Holiday. And to give you a little bit of perspective when started. 00:08:08
When the Cottonwood Mall was still standing. 00:08:16
And went through that redevelopment and then the pending recession that killed that project. 00:08:21
He was part of the. 00:08:29
That vision. The village center. 00:08:32
Many of you can't, you know. Many of you can probably remember the kind of blighted area that is now the village center, all the 00:08:35
old buildings. 00:08:38
That started with Lynn on the council, as well as the vision for the Cottonwood Mall site that you now see under development right 00:08:43
now. 00:08:46
This City Hall that was that was elementary school. The City Park behind us. None of this was here when he came onto the council 00:08:51
but he was part of creating the community that we're we're so, so proud of today when currently serves in Sandy City. He was a 00:08:58
Salt Lake City prior to that he has a very long distinguished career he's he's a trained attorney by trade he's a attorney by 00:09:05
trade and and we're just thrilled to have him come and just share. 00:09:13
A few words. 00:09:21
With with us this evening before we actually get to the swearing in ceremony. And with that, Mister Lynn. 00:09:22
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Members of the council, it's an honor to be before you before I turn them back to you. So I guess that's the 00:09:37
order of business tonight. 00:09:40
Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Lynn Pace and I spend a lot of time in this room. 00:09:46
And it is. 00:09:51
Privilege to be back with you tonight. 00:09:53
I questioned the judgment of those. 00:09:56
Orchestrated this program and asking me to come here this evening because there's nothing less important or relevant than it has 00:10:00
been. 00:10:04
Politician and that's me. But in that vein, I just want to start out with a story about this because I think you appreciate this 00:10:08
that they put the speech before the swearing in the Super troll here for. And years ago. The story was told that there was a man 00:10:14
who was convicted and about to be hung for some crime he had been committed. And as was the common custom they said to him. Are 00:10:19
there any last words you'd like to share before you? 00:10:25
Carry out the sent. 00:10:31
And he thought for me. He said no, he says. I think, I think we'll just go ahead and do. 00:10:33
And the mayor or some politician in the audience? 00:10:37
Is wanting to see an opportunity for good speech for the waste. Wait, wait. 00:10:42
Can I take his speech time? 00:10:46
And they sort of looked. 00:10:50
And I said, well, I guess it's his speech. It's his option he wants to give you. 00:10:52
So they asked him and said, do you want to give someone, the mayor, your chance to speak? 00:10:55
And he thought about it in front and he says, well, I guess that's OK, he said. But hang me first. 00:11:01
So that's probably the way you feel tonight. 00:11:07
But. 00:11:11
1st, in my remarks, first I want to extend my congratulations to those who have put their name forth, run for office, put your 00:11:13
name out there for public criticism and whatever that brings. I've been there a few times. So congratulations to those who have 00:11:20
run four and one office and and I want to extend my thanks and the thanks of my family and a grateful community for those who 00:11:28
serve. 00:11:35
I know what it's like to be here Thursday after Thursday after Thursday, every night, going over issues that most people don't 00:11:44
know about. They never know that they will have any impact. 00:11:49
But we're all the beneficiaries of. 00:11:56
Of these people. 00:11:59
Who are here week after week after week. 00:12:00
During the business of governing this community for our benefit. 00:12:03
And I am grateful for their sacrifice and the sacrifice of their families. 00:12:08
To make this. 00:12:12
No, I thought I might just share with you a few observations about my experience having served on the Council. 00:12:15
I ran for office 4 times. 00:12:22
And then served about 14 1/2 years. 00:12:25
To put that in perspective, the city was incorporated into the year 2019. 99. I came into office in 2004 and I left in 2018. 00:12:28
Something along those lines and. 00:12:34
And so I wanted to just share with you to ask you first of all, why, Why are we here? 00:12:41
And this is a solemn occasion because we are. There's a transition in authority and governance, and all of that is important. But 00:12:46
after all of the swearing is done and the refreshments are gone, why do these people keep coming back? Because they're in the 00:12:51
business of building a community. 00:12:56
And building a sense of place, building a place that we all want to call. 00:13:02
And this is most magnificent. 00:13:08
At the local level. 00:13:12
Because we elect our friends and neighbors to. 00:13:14
Make those decisions for us, trusting that they will have our interest in mind and take care of the things we care about most. 00:13:17
And they do. 00:13:27
And it's wonderful to watch, so I am grateful for that service and sacrifice that is made. 00:13:28
I have 3 three comments I'd like to share with you 3 lessons I have learned, I suppose from having served in local government. The 00:13:35
1st is that particularly at city government, we are building. 00:13:41
We are building the community, the only community, the only holiday that our children will ever know. 00:13:48
When I was when I graduated from high school in 1979. 00:13:55
A long time. 00:14:01
The Cottonwood Mall was a thriving enterprise. 00:14:04
And in the village center here, which is sort of a backwater place at the time when we had Carlos. 00:14:06
Drive in and milk people. We had video burns. We had partners, restaurant, We had a Winchell's doughnut shop. 00:14:11
We had so many school children that the school district not only had Holiday Elementary operating, they built Howard Rodriguez a 00:14:21
few blocks away. And then they also bought property that we all know as the corn patch that was owned by the school district 00:14:27
because they thought they would need to build a third school in Holiday to accommodate all of the growth. 00:14:34
They had. There was an Owens shoe shop. 00:14:43
There was a Tracy Collins Bank. There was a 10 story building across the street from from Olympus Junior High School because the 00:14:46
county had such crappy land use. 00:14:51
Rules that anything goes, and that was another story. 00:14:57
Let's see. Let's see. The Cottonwood Mall. 00:15:02
One hour martinizing an Arctic Circle. We're right here where Laney Ave. now turns and comes down the hill. 00:15:07
Junior high. There was a feed store there. 00:15:13
Where we bought chicken feed and later turned into a. 00:15:16
And. 00:15:20
But there was number. 00:15:22
No specific leadership speaking for this community. 00:15:24
It was just counting. We were unincorporated county and. 00:15:27
And that was that was supposed to be enough. 00:15:31
My senior year, when I graduated from high school, I took a job at Burton Lumber. 00:15:36
And I worked there. 00:15:41
9 hours a day, six days a week for $3.00 an hour. 00:15:42
450. 00:15:45
But it was. I worked at Burton Lumber and watched this. 00:15:48
There are also a number of large billboards in the village center. 00:15:52
Most of which are gone today, Fort. 00:15:56
But I lived in holiday all of my life and after school and marriage I actually came back and bought my parents home. 00:15:59
I feel a little bit like George Bailey, who never left Bedford. 00:16:06
But I never. 00:16:11
To leave. 00:16:13
Because this is the only. 00:16:15
That felt like home. 00:16:18
And so I. 00:16:20
Now, when I ran for the City Council in 2004, that happened to be the very same year that my youngest child, Caroline. 00:16:21
And as I have watched this transition, Caroline is now a senior in high school. She just graduated last spring. She. 00:16:30
School down BYU and as I've thought about the holiday that we have built. 00:16:37
And that she has inherited. 00:16:42
I noticed that Burton Lumber is still. 00:16:45
The Cottonwood Mall is now gone, changing with something else. The Village Center has redeveloped. There's no Carlos Smith, but we 00:16:47
do have Tony's Burgers. 00:16:51
And we have Harmons and we have great harvest. Apollo Burger has. 00:16:57
His clothes for remodeling? Remember that one? 00:17:01
Holiday elementary school closed because there weren't enough kids to demand. 00:17:06
The use of the building. The city purchased the building, converted it into City Hall. What you see here tonight, this building 00:17:12
used to end right here. Where these pillars are, we added on to the West. 00:17:17
And we bought the property of the West. 00:17:22
Some dilapidated homes and condos and then the county owned fire. 00:17:26
The fire station, which was built on an old landfill and was sinking in the ground, was relocated now. 00:17:31
Further South where the ten story building used. 00:17:37
And. 00:17:41
And there's a City Park here, a playground. 00:17:44
And my wife and Caroline, at age 5, were on. 00:17:47
Playground Committee. In fact, Caroline got to. 00:17:51
And since then, of course, Holiday City has been incorporated and we now have local leaders whose only concern and only priority 00:17:56
is what happens. 00:18:01
Now the reason I say that is because we and this those are just two examples among many, many generations, right? 00:18:07
But the. 00:18:14
This community whether you start with John Holiday and dugouts along Spring Creek or Sid Horman when he when he envisioned 00:18:17
building an interior mega mall in a swamp. 00:18:22
The community has and will continue to change. 00:18:28
But as local leaders, one of the challenges we have is to build with a vision for the future. 00:18:32
Because Caroline will never know the holiday. 00:18:39
She will only know the one we built for her. 00:18:43
And I want to make sure that it. 00:18:47
As. 00:18:50
A place and. 00:18:53
For her as it was. 00:18:56
So John Ruskin once. 00:19:00
When we build, let us think. 00:19:08
That we build. 00:19:10
Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone. 00:19:12
Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us. 00:19:16
And let us think, as we lay stone upon stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred. 00:19:21
Because our hands have touched. 00:19:29
And that men will say as they look upon the labor and rock substance of them. 00:19:32
See this. 00:19:36
Our fathers did for us. 00:19:38
What? Number one, we're building the community, the holiday for our children. 00:19:42
Let's make sure it's the. 00:19:47
We want them to. 00:19:49
Point #2 and these last points we prefer. Point #2 is that when you serve as an elected council member. 00:19:51
In holiday or in any community, it's not about. 00:20:00
It's about the joint enterprise. It's a team effort, in the immortal words of Dave Church, who used to be the attorney for the 00:20:03
League of Cities of Town, he says. When you were appointed or elected. 00:20:09
You you are not God, you are not king or dictator, and you don't hold the post for life. 00:20:14
It is a trust that has been given to you by your. 00:20:21
By your neighbors and your friends, because they trust you to make many important decisions for them. 00:20:27
But it's not about you, and the system is built in with intentional checks and balances. 00:20:34
So that no one person can do anything really stupid alone. 00:20:40
Right. And that process protects all of us. It slows things down, but it makes sure that the process works so. 00:20:45
In that vein, we should remember that when we, when we. 00:20:54
We are doing so, or when our neighbors and colleagues. 00:21:00
Elected us to this post. They gave us the opportunity to. 00:21:04
Or a season. 00:21:08
None of us are here. 00:21:10
None of us should be here forever and that during that window of time we have an opportunity to lead and. 00:21:12
Because of that trust, there's a poem entitled called The Torch, says the God of the great endeavor gave me a torch to bear. I 00:21:21
lifted it high above me in the dark and murky air and straightway with loud Hosanna's. The crowd proclaimed its light and followed 00:21:29
me as I carried my torch through the starless night, till, drunk with the people's praises and mad with vanity, I forgot. 00:21:36
Towards the torch. 00:21:45
And fancied they followed. 00:21:47
Then slowly my arm grew weary, upholding the shining load, and my tired feet went stumbling over the dusty road, and I fell with 00:21:49
the torch beneath me. In a moment the light was out when lo from the throng A stripling sprang forth with a mighty shout, caught 00:21:56
up the torches and smoldered and lifted it, high and tall, still fanned by the winds of heaven. It fired the souls of all. 00:22:02
As I lay in the darkness, the feet of the trampling crowd passed over and far beyond me. 00:22:09
It's beyond. 00:22:14
Peon's claiming allowed. 00:22:16
And I learned in the deepening twilight the glorious ver. 00:22:18
Tis the torch that the people follow. 00:22:22
Whoever the bear. 00:22:25
I have served in my public service in Salt Lake City and in holiday and now in Sandy, with last count, nine elected mayors. 00:22:28
Many of them had the ability to fire me and I dodged it pretty well. But many of them very, very different personalities. Many of 00:22:39
them are very strong personalities. 00:22:44
But all of them were given a torch to carry for that community for a season. 00:22:51
These elected officials have been given a torch to carry for you and for me for. 00:22:55
Season and I am. 00:23:01
To this day. 00:23:04
By that trust and the opportunity to represent and speak for this community, I am equally hard. 00:23:06
By the opportunity. 00:23:12
To step down from that. 00:23:14
And to hand the torch to. 00:23:17
And to. 00:23:19
To carry the work forward for all of. 00:23:21
It's not about the person. 00:23:24
It's about. 00:23:26
The cause, the cause of building a community, we. 00:23:28
Call last. 00:23:32
And that is that I think in in doing all of this. 00:23:35
There are going to be lots of times when you agree or disagree and in holiday. 00:23:40
Holiday has an outdated form of government. You may not appreciate this, but in state code they have these various forms of 00:23:44
government. Holiday, when it was incorporated, created a. 00:23:49
A5 Member Council with a voting. 00:23:55
Form of government. 00:23:58
That means six people vote on every vote. 00:24:00
And you might quickly say to yourself, hello, that means there might be Thai boats 33 hello. Who's dumb idea with that? Well, what 00:24:03
that means is in order to get anything done in holiday, you have to have. 00:24:09
Four votes. 00:24:16
Which is a supermajority. 00:24:18
Holiday. 00:24:21
On a super majority because a three three tie is not good enough. 00:24:23
We want rod consensus and there have only been very few times when we have not achieved those broad consensus and I would just 00:24:30
say. 00:24:35
About this form of government and about this kind of community. 00:24:40
They don't make that kind. 00:24:44
All it is a unique. 00:24:48
It is not the only wonderful place to raise a. 00:24:50
But it is a unique place and this council and this form of governance unique place. But. 00:24:53
My goal when I came out of the council was. 00:24:59
One, to try to contribute in some meaningful way. But I also recognize that there would be times, and there are of course, right 00:25:04
when you have different opinions and strong, strong differences and strong ideas. And sometimes, sometimes you end up on the 00:25:10
winning side of that discussion, sometimes you're the lone man out. And I've been on both sides of that discussion. But the goal 00:25:16
here is, I think, to try to make. 00:25:22
Difference. 00:25:28
So that whenever that term of service comes to a close and you move on to other other responsibilities in your life, you can look 00:25:30
back and they say, you know, I think holiday is a better. 00:25:36
Because I was. 00:25:43
I hope that's. 00:25:45
There was. 00:25:47
Quote given just a couple of thoughts. Robert Kennedy The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to make things better. 00:25:48
Nelson Mandela We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in our hands to make a difference. 00:25:58
And Jeremy Bravo, Great leaders don't set out to be a leader. 00:26:07
They set out to make a difference. 00:26:11
It is never about the role. 00:26:14
It is always about. 00:26:15
Ladies and gentlemen, I am deeply honored to have been. 00:26:18
To have served on the holiday City Council. 00:26:24
I am even more honored to be a lifetime resident of this great and glorious community. 00:26:27
There is no other place I would ever want to call home. 00:26:33
So thank you to. 00:26:37
Congratulations to you, Emily. This will be the adventure of a. 00:26:40
And thank you to all of you for making. 00:26:44
A place that feels better. 00:26:48
Thank you so much. 00:26:50
Thank you, Lynn. I appreciate those comments. You have certainly left left a lasting legacy. 00:27:02
On this community and help create a place that I know Caroline will want to move back to. 00:27:08
And with that, we will move to the administration of the Oath of Office, which would be administered by the Honorable Judge 00:27:15
Augustus Chin. We'll begin with Matt Durham, District 2. 00:27:20
Is anyone coming up? 00:27:42
Please raise your right hand and repeat. 00:27:53
I, Matt Durham, having been elected to the office of Council member, having been elected to the office of Council member, do 00:27:57
solemnly sweat, do solemnly swear that I would support, obey, and defend, and I will support, obey and defend the Constitution of 00:28:04
the United States, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this State, and the Constitution of this State, 00:28:10
and and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. 00:28:17
I will discharge the duties of my office with Fidelity. 00:28:24
Congratulations. 00:28:28
Love. 00:28:40
Matt was joined by his wife Mary Margaret, and now we'll move to District 4 Councilmember Drew B Quinn, who will be joined by her 00:28:44
son Tom and daughter Annie. 00:28:49
Please raise your right hand. 00:29:06
And repeat, I drew. 00:29:08
I drew B Quinn having been elected to the office of Council Member. 00:29:10
Having been elected for the office of Councilmember, you solemnly swear. 00:29:14
Do solemnly swear that I will support, obey and defend. 00:29:19
And I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the United States, and the 00:29:22
Constitution of this State. 00:29:26
And the constitution of this state, and that I would discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. 00:29:31
That I will discharge to the accusations of my office with Fidelity. 00:29:38
Congratulations. 00:29:42
Thank you. 00:30:03
And now to our newly elected council member, soon to be elected Council Member Emily E Gray, who will be joined by her husband 00:30:07
Russ. 00:30:11
Just place your left hand. 00:30:24
And please. 00:30:28
I Emily E Gray. 00:30:30
Haven't been elected to the office of council member, having been elected to the office of council member. 00:30:33
That I will support, obey, and defend. That I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States, the 00:30:41
Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this state, and the Constitution of this State. And and that I will 00:30:47
discharge, I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity, the duties of my office. 00:30:53
Will be joining us on the Dyess and replacing Councilmember Dan Gibbons and for those that don't think we've paid enough attention 00:31:19
to Dan. 00:31:23
You're not going to walk out right now, are you? 00:31:28
Dan kept closing with Sep and we were like what's SCP? And he said well it's somebody elses problem now. 00:31:33
But we we honored Dan on December 14th in our last council meeting. 00:31:40
For his service, but do again want to publicly thank him for. 00:31:45
Many, many years, not just on the council but also 10 years as our first Justice Court judge. 00:31:49
In the city. So Dan, again, thanks to you and your family as well. 00:31:55
I'm I'm going to just offer the sworn in council members. 00:32:08
Chat for remark and we'll start with Matt if you'd like to make a remark. And I will go to Drew and then Emily. Thanks Mayor. I'll 00:32:14
be brief because we have a meeting starting at 7:00. 00:32:18
I. 00:32:24
Lynn Pace grew up. In fact, I knew Lynn Pace growing up and grew up in Holiday myself, and I've always felt very lucky to be a 00:32:25
resident of Holiday. I was. 00:32:30
I loved having friends on holiday, growing up in holiday and going to school on holiday. 00:32:35
But what I didn't realize is how lucky I was to be a member of this community until I served on the City Council and saw some 00:32:40
things that were really very impressive to me. And a couple of them are. I've worked with the tree committee, for example, that 00:32:46
has. 00:32:51
This passionate group of people who are just really committed to maintaining the livability of our community by protecting our 00:32:57
tree canopy and they they do such a great job and they're so committed. 00:33:02
Recently we had a family or a group of families at Crestview Elementary who raised money on their own to put in a disability 00:33:09
accessible playground for the the students at Crestview Elementary. 00:33:15
We were just recently started up a health coalition of people in the community who have no interest. 00:33:24
In anything other than just helping the community be more healthy in terms of mental health, physical health, substance abuse, and 00:33:30
seeing watching members of the community come together to build. 00:33:35
A great city and a great community in a place where we can all live and be safe and healthy and happy is a really great 00:33:41
experience. I also have just. 00:33:46
Really honored to serve with the members of the council and with Mayor Dolly. 00:33:52
It is, I think, pretty remarkable that there has been not one uncivil or disrespectful conversation between any of us on the 00:33:57
Council and the time that I've served. 00:34:03
And in today's climate, that is something that you don't see very often. And I want to thank my fellow council members and the 00:34:09
mayor for that opportunity and I want to thank our great city staff, they. 00:34:15
Competent and professional and. 00:34:22
Compassionate and empathetic, and they are very committed to building a great community here in holiday. And we're so lucky to 00:34:24
have them serving them full time in their capacities. And I want to thank my neighbors and friends also for the trust that they 00:34:30
put in me. 00:34:35
Looking forward to serving for the next four years. 00:34:40
I just like to echo everything that's been said tonight and. 00:34:52
I'm grateful for the trust that the people of my district have put in me and I'm very grateful. 00:34:57
To be serving for another four years. And I'm so excited to have another woman on the council with me. Thank you, Emily. 00:35:04
I didn't know that the opportunity to say anything. 00:35:18
Again approached me with the opportunity to run for. 00:35:21
He knew I had a long standing, interesting government, but what made the decision easy? 00:35:28
Was looking around at my friends and neighbors in. 00:35:35
In the area in which we live, any of whom would do a phenomenal job in this beat and representing our community. 00:35:40
Do in 1000 different ways. Try to make the area around them better. 00:35:50
But the opportunity to represent them and to help their voices be heard and to. 00:35:57
Help continue to make this community what it has been for our family as we've been raising our children is something that is very 00:36:05
exciting. 00:36:09
To me, because I think that that is where. 00:36:14
The most powerful good is done. 00:36:18
With individuals working to. 00:36:21
One thank you. 00:36:25
Well, that that concludes the ceremony. Let me just say before everybody departs, there's a lot of food over there. 00:36:37
And so please go over. The City Council will be coming over as well, but we will come back at 7:00. We actually have a scheduled 00:36:45
council meeting at 7:00, but that doesn't mean you have to leave. Stay over there and visit as long as you would like. 00:36:53
Did I miss anything, Stephanie? 00:37:03
And let me close with this. 00:37:07
And it's fitting for the beginning of the new year. 00:37:10
Walk mindfully this year amid the noise and haste. 00:37:14
For days will pass furtively. 00:37:19
With precious few to waste. 00:37:22
Daniel Bay. 00:37:26
January 1st, 2024. 00:37:28
His 2190. 00:37:32
Hello, I think you've been writing one every day for. I don't know how to do the math but number of years. 00:37:36
Six years. Anyway. I thought it befitting to close with the poem from Dan. All the best. You and your family, Dan. And again, 00:37:41
thanks to everybody for coming. Please go across the hall. We are adjourned. 00:37:47
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