Board of Aldermen 12-10-2019 Page 11
Alderman Jette
| want to thank the Department of Public Works for having the Public Information Meeting last night. There
were a lot of people there from the Department of Public Works. There were a lot of Commissioners of the
Public Works Department; the Mayor was there, | was there, Alderman Dowd was there, Alderman
Gathright.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
| showed up after you left.
Alderman Jette
Oh did you, OK? Unfortunately to my knowledge only one resident came. So | don’t know if it was lack of
interest or people are happy with what is going on or if it was the weather. Also, the presentation that was
made to the Board of Public Works by the construction company, Harvey Construction and the architect,
Hoyle Tanner, was recorded and is available in the minutes of the Board of Public Works. So maybe
people just looked at that and were happy with it. But anybody who is still interested in getting information,
that presentation is available on-line and the Public Hearing will be this coming Monday, weather
permitting. | understand that the presentation will be made by the construction manager and the architect
again so people can get information there. If they have any concerns they are welcome to come to the
public hearing. | understand the Full Board will be then voting on it December 23". So if anybody has
anything to say in favor or against, you’ve got plenty of opportunity before then to let your voices be heard.
Thank you.
Alderwoman Kelly
Yeah thank you. Actually Alderman Lopez has asked me to remind everybody that the Homeless Vigil will
be on December 23™ at 6:00 PM at the steps of City Hall. They usually do it on the longest night of the
year to recognize homeless people who we have lost in the community; that’s a Saturday this year so that’s
why they are doing it on the 23". So that’s it.
Alderman Klee
| also attended the Public Works.
Alderman Jette
OH yes you did, |’m sorry, | remember you now.
Alderman Klee
That’s ok. What | wanted to comment on was that the boards and so on that they put up and the different
stations, | wish more residents had come. The resident that did come, he came with an issue and | think
they are going to be working on this single issue. So | think that was a great thing. But there were a lot of
people standing around eating cookies and water and waiting for residents to come in. But as you pointed
out there are a lot of other issues. As far as the storm and the trash and so on, | think our Public Works
people went above and beyond. | did get complaints that there were contractors that didn’t widen the road
enough and so on. For the most part, when | explained to people we had a 40 hour storm, back to back
storms, they were very reasonable and so on. Then there was the sidewalk issue; | think our Public Works
people got out there and cleaned the sidewalks. | know | spoke to them yesterday and on Monday they
were really getting down and cleaning the sidewalks as clear as possible. Most of them are just clean now
because of the odd weather that we had.
