NOTN- Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon says the city is preparing to welcome Nathaniel “Nano” Brooks to the Assembly following this month’s municipal election.
Brooks won the District 2 Assembly seat by a narrow margin and will officially take office once election results are certified later this month.
“October 27 is our reorganization meeting.” Weldon said, “But he’s officially part of the assembly when the election is certified. He’ll get his big notebook and start plowing through that and learn the fun things about the assembly that are hard to deal with.”
Weldon said she and other city officials met with Brooks Wednesday morning to begin his orientation and help him prepare for his new role.
She added that the biggest challenge for new members often comes from adapting to the city’s decision-making process.
“The biggest problem that people have coming on to any of our boards or commissions or assembly is all of our decisions are made in the public.” Said Weldon, “That’s different for lots of people, because it’s hard to talk about everything in front of the public when you first come on, and it’s what we do, we involve the public in all our decision making.”
Weldon said she’s looking forward to working with Brooks, who she described as excited about his new position.