Board of Aldermen 07-13-2021 Page 30
Alderman Klee
I'd like to thank my colleagues and especially the Budget Committee for all of their hard work. We didn’t always
agree on everything but | don’t think we’ve made any mistakes. | think everybody worked very hard and the way
it came out is the way it came out. | think everybody and | think the citizens should know that every single person
went to that — every meeting — with 100% and for those who couldn’t such as myself due to illness or other
things, watched those meetings, asked those questions. It is never an easy decision to make in any way, shape
or form. But I’d like to thank all my colleagues for all their hard work on that.
And | also wanted to comment on the passcode error. | did get a couple of phone calls on that as well. And | just
want to remind the citizens that if they can’t get in, there is a telephone number that is usually part of that for
them to call and | think that that person might be able to help them. For one of my constituents that did work so
just for future reference, we are human, we all mistakes. | just recently gave out my phone number and only
gave out six digits and | missed one of the ones in the middle and someone said to me, is this a contest and |
went, yes and if you get it right you get to talk to me. So yeah those things kind of happen.
| would also like to acknowledge again Hazy Ice Cream. That fire was in my Ward and | got so many phone calls
from people telling me how wonderful they were and | believe that they are constituents of Alderman Lopez but
they were so kind and there were scared children there and giving them some ice cream and trying to help them,
it doesn’t take away the fear but it kind of lessens the anxiety a little bit. They went above and beyond and | am
very grateful that they were given the commendation from the fire fighters and from the Mayor. And as far as Mr.
Fredette is concerned, | agree with you Alderman Jette, he does not look old enough but | have to go with my
esteemed colleague based on all of the things that the Mayor had said that he had done, no one could
accomplish in the amount of years that he looks versus the amount of years that he’s had. So | want to know
who his doctor is.
And as far as the dog warrants are concerned, | agree again with Alderman Tencza. | get a lot of phone calls
from people saying, well why are we charging this and why are we charging that. It does come down from the
State, it is not the City Clerk trying to be mean and nasty and rile up all their dogs. It is a small fee but people do
forget. | know during COVID | got a few phone calls, people saying Oh my God, it’s June and July and | forgot to
do my ... and it was try to do it online if you can. You can’t if your rabies vaccination is up but | know Ms.
Lovering and that the City Clerk’s Office has bent over backwards to try to help people get in there and they are
not the bad guys in all of this. It is the State, | appreciate some of the suggestions that Alderman Tencza had
brought up. | am not sure that those necessarily would work putting it on property taxes or cars because some
people may not have those. But | agree, there has got to be some work around for it and | think we should look
into.
And | am also grateful that we have agreed to put the Charitable gaming back on the ballot and let the voters
decide. If they so “no” so be it; if they say “yes” than more for it. So thank you so much for the time.
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you Madam President. | too would like to recognize Dave Fredette, worked with him on several
committees. He’s been here a long time and | have referred to him with his knowledge; he will be missed. But
congratulations Dave on your announcement. And | also would like to thank the Mayor and to Fire Chief Rnodes
for recognizing Hazy Ice Cream. Every once in a while people that know that | was a firefighter will probably ask
what do | prefer, fight a fire during a blizzard or a 90 degree day; I'll take the blizzard. You can always get warm
but when it is a hot day like it was that day, my son was working | had my grandson with me and we went up to
watch the fire. And I'll tell you being there myself my heart went out to the brothers they did a very good job
under extreme weather conditions and where some people were taking their siesta or resting or finding a shady
tree, these guys are going from heat into heat and they come back out and there’s no break. So therefore to have
a tasty treat from the Hazy Ice Cream Company, water supply from the Department was very much needed and
again thank you Mr. Mayor and to the Chief for recognizing them. And it is nice to see the community
involvement of people caring like that. So very good, tally ho. Thank you Madam President.
