Board of Aldermen 07-13-2021 Page 27
Beth Scaer spoke he said, | never say a single thing that is not true. And | am wondering why he responded
and spoke to my Right to Know request and gave information out that was not true to the Board.
| also don’t think it is appropriate that when a citizen responds on a time limit that the Administration will come
back and fire back at the citizen and there’s not rebuttal time to correct the record. So | am doing it this week
and | feel he was out of line, he was inappropriate and | don’t think the Board should allow him to speak and
say such things. We should be able to challenge those. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Anyone else? Public Comment? OK seeing no one, Remarks by Members of the Board, I'll start on this side.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Well | just want to say that this weekend we actually laid Reverend Dr. Bertha Perkins to rest and | would like to
thank the First Church and the Police Department and all those that made it possible. The Church was totally full
and thank Mayor Donchess who also spoke on behalf of the City. Thank you.
Alderman Schmidt
Thank you Madam President. This was the most difficult meeting | have ever been in, trying to decide what to do
with the budget because | know that people back in Ward 1 really don’t want to pay more, they really don’t. But
$1.00 a month, for what we are going to work towards | think it was worth it. | think it is because we have been
deeply involved in the budget since the beginning of the year and we see what is done by the State. We made
the right decision and | am very grateful we were able to support the Fire and the Police. And | am disappointed
that we weren’t able to support the Mayor as well because | think he is working on the side of the citizens. And
thank you.
Alderman Jette
Yes | would like to just say that | too am disappointed that Dave Fredette is retiring. | am surprised, | didn’t think
he was old enough to retire. | think we ought to check his birth certificate to make sure what his age is. But | wish
him the best. Thank you.
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. | just want to clarify because we had a resident call in during our public hearing last week and they
couldn’t get into the phone. The incorrect passcode was published for the phone callers and | have noticed that
a passcode should be or seems to always be 6 digits and last week the passcode was printed on our Agenda as
a7 digit and | just wanted to point that out to anyone here in the Chamber that might be hosting a meeting in the
future. If you find out that someone can’t get in, it could be that the passcode has a typo in it and that’s what
happened last week. Thank you.
Alderman Tencza
Thank you Madam President. So something that is really not all that consequential but is a pet peeve of mine
that comes up every year is this idea that we are sending Police Officers out to serve dog warrants to people’s
homes. | understand it is a matter of State Law and the Clerk has to do it but as | look at the Memorandum that
was sent to us it is currently about 900 homes that a Police Officer is going to have to go out to and serve this
dog warrant. | seriously doubt that the Police Department is seizing 900 dogs in the next month or so. But it
seems to me that this would be a good amendment for one of the State Reps who is here to look at so we can
