Board of Aldermen 5-21-2020 Page 24
President Wilshire
Alderman O’Brien.
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you — question to Corporate Counsel through the Chair if | may. What does, in this type of
circumstance, what does a written warning actually mean? | hate to say it like in St. Peter's Grammar
School, is it part of your permanent record? But the thing is will the Police compile this? So if a stop
received 2 or 3 of these, like with motor vehicles if you get a warning that is on record within Motor
Vehicles, is there bureaucracy attached to this or somebody to do the paperwork on a written warning is my
question.
Attorney Bolton
I’m sure the Police have no procedure for keeping track of warnings of Ordinance Violations. | think it’s up
to the discretion of individual Police Officers to give a warning. The next Police Officer won’t be aware of
what the previous Police Officer did as far as an individual. | cannot believe that there’s going to be any
money spent to keep an electronic record of warnings, be it written or oral for Ordinance violations like this.
Alderman Schmidt
Madam President?
President Wilshire
Alderman Schmidt?
Alderman Schmidt
Thank you. | honestly don’t think there should be any specific punishment on this Ordinance. | think if
someone is in a shop and they are refusing to wear a mask and the Police are called, | think it should be a
disorder. | think if they are being disorderly and | think the law will already manage that, rather than to put
all kinds of punishments in this. That’s just my opinion.
President Wilshire
Thank you, Alderman Schmidt. Anyone else?
Alderwoman Kelly
Can | reply, respond?
President Wilshire
Alderwoman Kelly?
Alderwoman Kelly
Yeah just | was wondering | mean | sort of agree with you Alderman Schmidt, but | would prefer something
to nothing. | was looking at what they do in Massachusetts as that’s been brought up a couple of times and
they do an up to $300.00 fine. So my number wasn’t just out of the air.
