NOV. 7 KENNESAW CITY COUNCIL MEETING
In this Council meeting the Mayor and 3 Councilmembers dumped Yvette Daniel from the Youth Council and replaced her with Councilmember Patel. Ms. Daniel is poorly thought of among elected Kennesaw office holders.
She is seen as wasteful of City funds, not reliable in taking up her duties and hostile to other members.
Earlier in the meeting approx 12 people spoke about how good the Youth Council was, several speakers were not Kennesaw residents. Later in the meeting Yvette Daniel was ‘fired’ from her position as liaison with the Youth Council
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MINUTES OF MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF KENNESAW
Council Chambers
Monday, November 7, 2016
6:30 p.m.
XIX. MAYOR’S REPORT
A. Mayor and Council (re)appointments to Boards and Commissions. This item is for (re)appointments made by the Mayor to any Board, Committees, Authority or Commission requiring an appointment to fill any vacancies, resignations, and to create or dissolve committees, as deemed necessary.
Mayor Easterling called for a vote to ratify an amended appointment to the Youth Council for Councilmember Patel to replace Councilmember Daniel.
Vote taken, approved 3-1-1 (Councilmember Daniel voted no and Councilmember Patel abstained). Motion carried.
XX. COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilmember Yvette Daniel told the Youth Council present this evening to prepare for battle and be strong.
They’ve grown tremendously. She understands all the things they learn. To the Mayor and Council she said she has reservations about payments and not knowing where they’re going.
In the spirit of governance if the Youth Council elects to get their money back, Council should approve.
Below is an extract of the 11/21/16 Council meeting. The entire 7 pages are available below FYI:
The relevant sections are pages 5-7 and illustrate just how divisive that this Councilmember is to the City.
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MINUTES OF MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF KENNESAW
Council Chambers
Monday, November 21, 2016
6:30 p.m.
XX. COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilmember Yvette Daniel said for the past six months she has been dealing with a lot of issues. There are marked double-standards on this board.
She has been and will continue to work diligently for the programs for the City. However, working in a hostile work environment, getting emails from Councilmembers saying to do business a certain way or she should leave.
Emails with prejudicial comments and negative tone, and Councilmembers acting like she’s breaking the law just because she can. Second problem she has is disparity of treatment. The Mayor and Council voted to have a retreat which they knew she was unable to attend and still wanted to go forward thinking she did not want to be a part of the team.
She was arbitrarily removed as liaison to the Youth Council and was confronted with a demand letter to pay. There are policies and procedures with credit cards but they’re not being followed. She doesn’t recall being asked to approve a ride supplied to a Councilmember by the City Attorney to bring him to the meeting.
She has been impeded from putting items on the agenda. When she goes to staff, calls made when she leaves. She has raised thousands of dollars for the Youth Council, that is a slap in the face to have to pay back for planning a trip to build them. She supports Council up here and doesn’t feel it is afforded to her.
Whatever comes of this, get ready.
*Note: Text of comment above has been broken into paragraphs for easier reading.
The quoted text from the opening of this thread is below FYI:
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