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If we need more, I’m sure the Mayor could write us a check for it. | just want to make sure that this
$50,000.00; | guess | have a little anxiety that it’s not going to be enough, especially hearing all the things
that you were talking about.
Mayor Donchess
Well if we need more, we will have to come up with another place, for example, you know we haven't had a
tough winter. So there are various places where we probably would have money, that we could potentially
possibly use.
Alderman Klee
Thank you.
Alderman Lopez
So in response to the comment about posturing, | was trying to point out that we hadn’t actually made it
clear what we were doing and | was concerned that members of the public might see as not having done
this clearly, given that other Aldermen had asked the question. So from my perspective | would say
posturing is just driving right past that. So Madam President, Mr. Vice President, if you guys want to run
the meeting that way that’s fine. | just want to make it clear, | just want to make sure that we are following
the procedures, because | would hate for us to do this and then somebody to challenge us on how we did
it. That’s going to be Attorney Bolton’s issue to deal with. | consider it just a matter of protocol within the
meeting. When it comes to the actual support for keeping the City functioning during a potential outbreak
or impairment of services, | don’t have any objections.
President Wilshire
What do you think | did | wrong over here?
Alderman Lopez
| think it would have been good if you had said “without objection we will suspend the rules” instead of just
saying, “we are suspending the rules” and then when | pointed that we didn’t do that, we could have just
had a vote, you both just drove right past it. So it is clear now that what we are doing is what we are doing,
but by not making the vote on the procedural part, anybody who objects to it on procedural grounds is now
being positioned as though they object to being ready for the Coronavirus, instead of just saying “wait we
should have made sure we all agreed to suspend the rules’.
President Wilshire
OK.
Alderwoman Lu
| think | understand Alderman Lopez correctly, you are just asking for a vote on moving it to having the
second reading, am | correct?
Alderman Lopez
That’s what | was asking for before, but we’ve driven past that point.
Alderwoman Lu
How did we get past it so quickly.
