Board of Aldermen 5-21-2020 Page 25
President Wilshire
Alderwoman Kelly, what do you think about the written first offense if as the attorney stated, they are not
going to keep track of those offenses anyway. How would we know there was a first offense?
Alderwoman Kelly
| can take that off if we think it’s too much paperwork for the Police. | don’t think — we are definitely not
trying to be punitive to anybody specifically. | am concerned if it is just verbal warning and $25.00 that
makes it a lot easier for individuals to be a little bit more loose about it. Not much more than a parking
ticket.
Alderman Klee
Madam President?
President Wilshire
Alderman Klee.
Alderman Klee
Yes, | did support Alderman Clemons’ amendment for the first offense as a warning and so on, but after
hearing Attorney Bolton say that the Police will not have really a means of being able to do this, it seems
like a moot point to even have had that amendment to the point that Alderman Schmidt made that we, you
know, basically disorderly conduct kind of thing, and we already have something in place with that. | am
wondering if we should review the amendment. | don’t know if that would be possible or if something to do
— we are taking away the whole idea of this is to get people to do the right thing, and if they don’t give some
teeth to the Police as what Alderman Schmidt says, that it is a disorderly issue and let it go as that. | don’t
believe for one second that anyone is going to get a $1,000.00 nor do | believe that they are going to be
doing any jail time. So | am not sure where to go at this point but perhaps we should revisit the amendment
from Alderman Clemons.
President Wilshire
Ok Alderman Klee. We have an amendment before us for a written warning on the first offense and a
$100.00 for second offense and any subsequent offenses. That’s the Motion before us. Any further
discussion on the Motion to make that Amendment?
Alderman Tencza
Madam President.
President Wilshire
Alderman Tencza.
Alderman Tencza
Yes thank you, just briefly, you know my experience with the Police Department has been that any citizen
or most citizen contact that they have is reported someplace at the Police Department through their internal
transmission system. So it is easy enough for them to say, to radio in and say, “I’m with Joe Schmo here at
Shaw’s, he’s doesn’t have a mask, I’m giving him a warning”. | don’t think that would be sufficient for a
