Board of Aldermen 03-27-2018 Page 8
NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS
R-18-020
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Brandon Michael Laws
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO APPLY FOR AND EXPEND THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (“CDBG”) AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019
Given its first reading;
There being no objection, President McCarthy accepted the first reading of R-18-020, referred it to
the Human Affairs Committee and scheduled a public hearing for Monday, April 9, 2018, at 7:00
p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-18-010
Endorser: Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS CODE
Given its first reading; assigned to the PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE by
President McCarthy
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT - None
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Jette
| wanted to make several comments about things that we have tonight. Number one, the Special
Election, several people have talked to me about the Special Election and when | voted the people that
work at my Ward, several people expressed concerns about the way that we select people to replace
people who have resigned or where there is a vacancy. The people who work at the Ward are telling
me that, well we all Know that they work from 6:00 a.m. until 8 p.m., so that’s 14 hours, plus they have
to get there before to set up and they are after to take down. Some of them were looking for people,
they were short of people, so some people had to go to a training session, so they spent another couple
of hours learning how to do the job. These people are paid, but they are not paid very much, they are
volunteers, they do it out of a sense of civic duty. And they express to me how disappointed that they
were that so few people showed up. | don’t know why people didn’t show up, | don’t know if they didn’t
know about the election or if they knew about it and didn’t care. | don’t know if they didn’t care because
they don’t care or if they didn’t care because they felt that the two candidates were equally qualified and
it wasn’t that important to them which candidate won.
