Board of Aldermen 06-12-2018 Page 9
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Caron
Thank you. As you know we try to make sure that fireworks go off at a reasonable hour, but July 17"
we will be celebrating Holman Stadium’s 80" Anniversary and no | wasn’t there when it opened. So
because of the different activities that are going to take place and obviously the Mayor and dignitaries
will be there to speak, the game may run past 9:00 so we have extended it for that one night and one
night only that the fireworks could go off at 10:00 if needed. So! appreciate all your support on that.
Thank you.
Alderman Lopez
| gather that the inconvenience to the neighbors is directly tied to how long the Mayor’s speech is going
to be? | feel that it is worth the celebration though.
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-18-038 declared duly adopted.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-18-007
Endorsers: Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
PROHIBITING PLACING OR BLOWING YARD DEBRIS IN THE STREET
Given its second reading;
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN MELIZZI-GOLJA TO AMEND O-18-007 IN ITS ENTIRETY BY
REPLACING IT WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS PROVIDED WITH THE AGENDA
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Klee
| don’t know if this can be answered by this group but | did get a phone call about this. The question
was if people have yard waste and debris in their yard because of rain and so on and it gets washed
into the streets, is it their responsibility to have to go back out and get it and so on. That was a concern
that they had.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
| have no idea but this | think is addressing people who are habitual offenders and | think if the whole
street is washed out like we have seen with some of the heavy rains or we’ve seen gravel from the
sides of the roads washed into streets, that’s kind of an Act of God sort of thing. This is really targeted
at chronic offenders and Aldermen Jette | think that from our conversation with the Board of Public
Works they are kind of feeling like it is intentional. It is just like if you have snow in your hard and we
have wind and it drifts it into the street, it is not like you dumped it there.
Alderman Jette
| think the Ordinance prohibits placing debris in the street so if it gets there by Act of God or nature,
then you cannot be liable for that, it is only if you do it yourself.
