Public forum: local RCV event invitation and a call for task force on immigration-related concerns

During the community forum the council heard two public comments of note. Ibo Alush invited the mayor and council to a Jan. 23 event (4-6 p.m.) to celebrate ranked-choice voting work and said RCV advocates would send a sign-on letter to the mayor and council in support of county-level legislation. "We're gonna be next January 23 from 4 to 6... to celebrate..." Alush said during his three-minute comment.

A second, longer public comment was delivered by Dhruva Diego Kumar, who identified himself as a potential political candidate and used much of his time to criticize current immigration terminology and to urge the council and county to form a task force to address safety, harassment and stalking issues he described. Kumar asked the council to "refrain from using this, illegal undocumented term" and requested staff and council consideration for establishing a task force on related safety concerns.

Mayor closed the sign-up list and noted written comments in the meeting reference guide.