Board of Aldermen 3-24-2020 Page 9
President Wilshire
What is the Committee’s pleasure? This is something that the Mayor has brought up to us a couple of
times that this needs to be passed expediently in order to have the open enrollment and everything for the
month of April. | am wondering if anyone has any desire to pass this forward tonight.
Alderman O’Brien
Would | be in order to make a motion for final passage?
President Wilshire
| think we have to suspend the rules to allow for a second reading.
Alderman O’Brien
Can | make a motion to suspend the rules so that we can have a second reading?
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO SUSPEND THE RULES FOR A SECOND READING OF
O-20-011
ON THE QUESTION
Alderwoman Lu
| haven’t heard this discussed in detail and from — | think it’s the first reading, you folks, it may have been
samitied or brought to the Board before but it is the first reading so | would like to review it before voting on
President Wilshire
Ok further discussion, Alderwoman Kelly?
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you. | appreciate the City going back and looking at this and giving us some revisions because |
know this was a big item from a budgetary standpoint. | do echo that | would like to hear a little bit more
than just the Mayor’s remarks in terms of what the changes are before we just make a decision on this.
President Wilshire
Very good. Alderman Klee?
Alderman Klee
We are just suspending the rules to have the discussion, is that correct?
President Wilshire
Correct, yes.
Alderman Jette
| too agree this is a significant change and it may be very meritorious but | think to suspend the rules to
allow a second reading and avoid sending this to a Committee for a full exploration of what it means and
