I'm calling every friend I've had I'll wake them up and make them head And let them know that I'm okay I used to sit and talk to you But they're all just a substitute To get through one night a day One night a day, one step away From leaving you behind I stay up with the late, late show Just another way out of your hole To get through one night a day To get through one night a day To get through one night a day To get through one night a day To get through one night a day To get through one night a day To get through one night a day To get through one night a day To get through one night a day To get through one night a day One, two, one, two, three, four, one If you've got the money, honey, I've got the time We'll go honky-tonking and we'll have a time We'll have more fun, baby, all the way down the line If you've got the money, honey, I've got the time There ain't no need to tarry, let's start out tonight We'll have fun, oh boy, oh boy, and we'll do it right Bring along your Cadillac, leave my old wreck behind If you've got the money, honey, I've got the time . . . . We'll go honky-tonking and make every spot in town We'll go to the park when it's dark and we won't fool around You run short of money and I'll run short of time You've got no more money, honey, I've no more time If you've got money, honey, I've got time We'll go honky-tonking and we'll have a blast Bring along your Cadillac and leave my old wreck behind You've got money, honey, I've got time She gets too hungry for dinner, honey Loves the theatre, but she never runs in there late She never bothers any people she has And that's why the lady is a champ Doesn't like dice games with barons or earls She won't go to heart Doesn't like dice games with barons or earls She won't go to heart Doesn't like dice games with barons or earls She won't go to heart Doesn't like dice games with barons or earls She won't go to heart Doesn't like dice games with barons or earls She won't go to heart She won't go to heart She won't go to heart She won't go to heart She won't go to heart Yeah Yeah It's 1130 on January the 18th, and we'll go ahead and convene the general government standing committee and The agenda item is to elect a committee chair So councilmember McCord Thank You madam vice mayor wanted to to nominate councilmember Lane for this position Not only is councilmember Lane been on the the council now for four terms And has a wealth of experience inside and outside of government But he has also Chaired a number of the council links over those four terms And a number of the committees that have interfaced with this new area of general government So I think he'd be a an excellent choice, and that's who I nominate Do I hear a second? second by councilmember Myers and we'll do as we did in the last meeting we'll take all Nominations and then vote all those in favor of putting mr. Lane's name on the ballot, please say aye Anyone opposed are there other nominations? I See no one else logged in to speak so if Are you wanting to speak councilmember lawless? Yes Does anyone else care to speak You Did Councilmember lawless yes, I'd like to also nominate councilmember Ford Councilmember Ford has been nominated to chair is there a second Second Councilmember Kaye seconds Okay So we have a nomination to put councilmember Ford's name on the ballot all those in favor. Please say aye Anyone opposed All right, is there anyone else who wishes to speak? To make a motion to put someone's name on the ballot All Right, if not I'd like to go ahead and do what we did last meeting and that is to give each nominee councilmember Lane and councilmember Ford five minutes to tell us why you would be qualified to chair the general government committee, so Councilmember Lane you were our first nominee if you'll go ahead, please Thank You vice mayor. Well, first let me thank Jay McCord for nominating me for this position You know my my goal as chair of this committee would be to Improve the business practices of our government and to have better management over city-owned real estate properties in our parks operations I feel that I Am I business background as I've been in commercial real estate for over 25 years and I would bring a wealth of knowledge that would be helpful in the administration and operation of our real estate properties Also served as the links chair for this group of government entities And so I have a lot of experience and knowledge about what's going on in these departments and of course, I am the in my fourth term as Councilmember and I feel like you know over that period of time I've learned a great deal about the government and I would bring a lot of that information on board as chairman So, thank you Chairman you're welcome. Councilmember Ford Thank You vice mayor to members of the committee I do thank you for this opportunity to pursue this leadership post as the chair of the General Services Committee I feel that I do bring some skills that will be a benefit to the committee as well as to government My background of course is in public administration. I'm a former Employee of our urban county government. So I have a unique perspective to understand the operations of government That will help me now on the legislative side as I examine all of the items that will be transferred over from Previous committee structures such as intergovernmental and planning and services. We have a lot on our plate in regards to general government committee, I think that I have the the insight the energy to Provide leadership to the committee to be fair and to work to get these items out of committee and before the rest of the council So again, thank you for your consideration. I look forward to putting my private sector and my public sector experience To work on behalf of the committee. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone else who wishes to speak before we vote? All right I'll call the Jerry will call the role of the voting members and you'll just say either Lane or Ford Okay Ford And council members if you'll use your microphones, please Lawless Ford Myers Lane McCord Lane Martin Lane and Lane I guess I'm the tiebreaker Lane The New chair is mr. Lane councilmember Lane four to three. Thank you very much Mr. Southers councilmember Lane. Do you have someone in mind you'd like to select as your vice chair? It's my intention to ask the councilmember Jay McCord to be the vice chair If that's acceptable to mr. McCord, I'd be the light have him in that position. I'd welcome that. Thank you Okay, very good, so general government will be chaired by councilmember Lane and Vice chaired by councilmember McCord. There's no other business at this time. Do I hear a motion to adjourn? All those in favor, please say aye any opposed meeting is adjourned You