Board of Aldermen 09-22-2020 Page 38
President Wilshire
Alderman Clemons?
Alderman Clemons
Thank you. As was stated previously by the Budget Chairman wnat was added, so what we are amending
in this is we are taking $100,000.00 forgive me | don’t have it but it is $100,000.00 out of the CERF line and
putting it to the Police Overtime for Major Crimes. So we are adding that line so there’s no change to the
bottom-line figure, but there is a change to the CERF and then, of course, adding it to the Police Account.
That Police account right now only has | think it’s less than $300.00 or less than $400.00 so they definitely
this, the Police Department definitely needs this change. So! would kindly ask my colleagues to support
this amendment.
President Wilshire
Anyone else? Alderman Lu?
Alderwoman Lu
Could | just have some guidance on whether — I like this change but | have questions about other items.
So would now be the better time to ask those questions or after the vote on the amended copy?
President Wilshire
You could do either. You can wait until we get to those lines or you could make your comments now.
Alderwoman Lu
So as many of you know, | was at the meeting last night but | couldn’t get audio, so | had hoped to hear,
have most of my questions answered, but there were a lot of line items that were not discussed. And |
have tried to get answers to them today and some of them! have. | want to apologize for the time it will
take to ask a couple of questions but | would like to. So one question | have is during budgeting, howis it
that we didn’t budget the Police Department’s Expendable Trust Fund? Was that just something that we
didn’t get to because of a tight budget? |am not on the Budget Committee and I’m not privy to that.
President Wilshire
Yes, that’s the case.
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you, on the Riverfront Lighting, | had a question in to the Economic Development Department. |
didn’t get an answer. And my question isn’t this a TIF or part of the TIF District that currently exists?
Mayor Donchess
Do you want me to answer that Madam President?
President Wilshire
Yeah Mayor, please do.
