Board of Aldermen 6-23-2020 Page 24
President Wilshire
Anyone else? Alderman Cleaver and then Alderman Tencza.
Alderman Cleaver
| thank Alderman Clemons for this idea, | think it is a brilliant idea and | am all for it.
Alderman Tencza
So Madam President, just a point of order, a question for either Attorney Bolton or Mr. Griffin. If this
amendment does not pass, what opportunity would we have if the Firefighter's Contract passes later on in
the meeting to assign this money from contingency back into the Fire Department Budget.
Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel
You do it whenever you want.
John Griffin, CFO
Control, as Attorney Bolton, as Alderman Jette indicated you do it now or you do it later. | would suggest
one change. What you want to do is basically eliminate the Mayor’s bottom-line cut. That’s where you’d
need to put a positive where there’s a negative. You don’t need to increase the salary lines as we reviewed
a few times. That would be my only change. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Alderman Clemons, did you want to amend your motion.
Alderman Clemons
Yeah that was my intention was to make that whole or roughly whole with the $255,000.00 but it was to
restore that bottom line cut.
President Wilshire
Ok, anyone else? Alderman Dowd?
Alderman Dowd
Mr. Griffin at some point we should be transferring the money for negotiations in the Fireman’s Budget just
like we would with any other to the contingency negotiations account, is that correct?
Mr. Griffin
Yes, as Alderman Dowd indicated, whatever that final number is on the line inside the Fire Budget, my
recommendation is to move that amount down to contingency negotiations, so it is out of the Fire Budget
before it is approved by the Board of Aldermen to transfer it back into that Budget. So that makes sense
Alderman Dowd.
