Board of Aldermen Page 20
September 27, 2016
out there gone through the 990’s and actually look at the money that actually being granted and look to
see where the money came from? Look at the actual resources on here and read them? I'd be happy to
quote that but I’m not going to quote it from this piece of legislation because we vet that in committee. 1’ll
go to committee and discuss it if you want but | would be more than happy to discuss what it is that we
have before, that was before us out of committee. | think it's a complete mistake if we want to vote on it,
we are voting on whether or not to accept the Mayor's amendment and just vote directly on that. That’s
not the way we do business and for good reason.
Alderman Moriarty
We could have had a unanimous vote here tonight | think with the compromise that came out of the
committee. | get along with Alderman Lopez very well and | like a lot of things he said tonight. He did
point out that the people who showed up were all in support. There are some people in the audience
who are against but they just haven’t spoken and understandably so because there is a bit of perception
or stigma attached with voicing your opinion against this topic. There are a lot of people out in this city
who would have been for the version that the committee came up with but that has been ruined. The
best thing to do is absolutely send it back to committee. No one has made that motion so | am going to.
MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORIARTY TO RE-REFER R-16-068 AS AMENDED TO THE
PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman O’Brien
Point of order, Mr. President, isn’t there already a motion on the floor?
President McCarthy
A motion to re-refer is in order.
Alderman Moriarty
Roll call.
Alderman Cookson
| am trying to determine which amended version it is that we are sending back to committee. Is it the
amended version that came out of committee or is it the amended version by the Mayor?
President McCarthy
It is neither; we were referring a piece of legislation to the committee.
Alderman Cookson
| thought Alderman Moriarty’s motion was as amended?
President McCarthy
It hasn’t been amended.
Alderman Moriarty
Point of inquiry then, can you recommend what the best way to make the motion would be?
