Finance Committee - 03/17/2021 Page 14
Mayor Donchess
Alderwoman Klee?
Alderman Klee
Thank you Mr. Mayor. | don’t so much have a question as a comment; as a person who has been stuck in
traffic there quite often, and recently it seems like it is becoming quite inefficient. And I’ve been there all
different times and so on and been stuck at the light thinking, “there’s nobody here”. | appreciate the fact that
we are going to be upgrading and updating this equipment and | am sure those businesses and so on that are
down in that area in the south area will appreciate that. Because | hear more and more people talk about how
the traffic flow is just not well. So you said you will be able to monitor and as Alderwoman Lu mentioned, make
it more efficient and so on. So | truly appreciate that, thank you.
Mayor Donchess
| don’t see any other hands. So Madam Clerk, could you please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Laws, Alderman O’Brien, Mayor Donchess 7
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Mayor Donchess
So we have another communication but before we get to that, we do have Ms. Parkinson with us, she never is
really called up to say a whole lot but she’s the one who does all this paperwork. So we appreciate her efforts.
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Thank you.
There being no objection, Mayor Donchess suspended the rules to allow for the introduction of a
communication received after the agenda was prepared.
From: Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Re: Barrier Installation in the amount of $67,060 funded from Account 81300 Machinery & Equipment
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND APPROVE
DOWNTOWN BARRIER INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL TO WEAVER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO.
IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,060. FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH DEPARTMENT 183: ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT; FUND: ESCROW; ACCOUNT 81300 MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, BY ROLL CALL.
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Now this was going to be covered by Director Cummings, but he had something come up and couldn’t make it.
So what this is, is the deployment of the barriers which we purchased last year for $20,000.00.
