Board of Aldermen 3-24-2020 Page 14
due diligence can be done ahead of the first Hearing, because the normal process has been that the first
hearing sends it for review more thorough review.
President Wilshire
Are you referring to a first reading and a second reading?
Alderwoman Lu
That’s what | meant; did | say “hearing”?
President Wilshire
You did.
Alderwoman Lu
Yeah | meant first reading, because | typically go and | review the discussion in the Committee meetings to
get a sense of the scope of the subject. So | just think if we are going to try to have first and second
hearings on the same day, then it is not hard to notify us, “Hey let’s try to have the first and second hearing
tonight”. If not, then I’ll do my due diligence but have a second hearing at the next BOA meeting, Full
Meeting of the Board. Thank you.
Attorney Bolton
Can | say something here? It would be illegal for one of you to notify the rest of you in advance of the
meeting of any intention of what you wanted to do at the meeting. So if | understood correctly the
suggestion by way of telephone calls, series of telephone calls or e-mail or other communication, if one of
you were to notify a majority or all of the rest of you of an intention to move to suspend the rules for a
second reading, that would violate the Right to Know Law and it would violate it in a way that has not been
suspended by recent action of the Governor.
President Wilshire
Thank you, Attorney Bolton.
Alderman O’Brien
And then Alderman Dowd.
Alderman Dowd
Yes, | have had conversation with Alderman Caron recently and she cannot come out for our meetings
physically as she would be in the high-risk category. Also she does not have capability to do a meeting
remotely. So you would either have to select another Committee to go to or whoever is second in line
Deputy in that Committee would have to run the meeting.
President Wilshire
OK motion is to suspend the rules.
Alderman O’Brien
You’ve got Alderman Lopez.
