A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. in the aldermanic
chamber and via Zoom teleconference which the meeting link can be found on the agenda and on the City’s
website/
President Lori Wilshire presided; City Clerk Susan Lovering recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Susan Lovering; Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons led in the Pledge to the
Flag.
Let’s start the meeting by taking a roll call attendance. If you are participating via Zoom, please state your
presence, reason for not attending the meeting in person, and whether there is anyone in the room with you
during this meeting, which is required under the Right-To-Know Law.
The roll call was taken with 15 members of the Board of Aldermen present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.,
Alderman Patricia Klee, Alderwoman Shoshanna Kelly, Alderman Richard A. Dowd, Alderman June M. Caron,
Alderman Benjamin Clemons, Alderman Thomas Lopez, Alderman David C. Tencza, Alderwoman Elizabeth
Lu, Alderman Ernest Jette, Alderman Jan Schmidt, Alderman Brandon Michael Laws, Alderman Skip Cleaver,
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire.
Mayor James W. Donchess, Corporation Counsel Steve Bolton, were also in attendance.
ROLL CALL
Alderman O’Brien
Present in the Chamber.
Alderman Klee
| am here and in the Chamber.
Alderwoman Kelly
| am here on Zoom and | am alone in this room but my co-workers are around. And | am unable to attend in person
because | am on a work trip.
Alderman Dowd
| am present and | am in the Chamber.
Alderman Caron
| am here and | am in the Chamber.
Alderman Clemons
| am present at home, participating via Zoom because | have been ill for the last 3 days, luckily it is not COVID-19
but still | am sick and | didn’t want to pass it on to my colleagues. No one is in the room with me and | can hear
everyone.
Alderman Lopez
| am here and | am in the Chamber.
