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meeting on the 23” or if they can’t do that, some point before then, either in writing, through the
telephone, or again, anybody can always knock on my door and say “hello”. So | am not going to
support the motion on the table because | feel that there is enough time for people to have to get their
point across and get information on this.
Alderman Schmidt
Thank you, Madam President. | think it is pretty clear that the final vote for this will come well after
everybody has had a chance to listen and to inquire. | have already had several people contact me
about this. In fact | contacted Administrator Byers and she said, “just give me their numbers, | will talk
to them” and on checking later, she had satisfied their questions. They’ve got this fully prepared for us
and | think we should just simply go ahead with the process. Thank you.
Alderman Lopez
| have the dates and the restrictions that the City Clerk and Corporation Counsel laid out. Can | just call
the question?
MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ TO CALL THE QUESTION
MOTION CARRIED
President Wilshire
Could the Clerk please read back the motion that is on the floor?
Susan Lovering, City Clerk
The motion is to “postpone the Public Hearing on the Resolution for the Bonding of the new BPW
Building to December 16'""
Yay: Alderman Jette 1
Nay: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Gidge, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Klee, Alderman Laws, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman Caron, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja,
Alderman Tencza, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Wilshire 14
MOTION FAILED
President Wilshire
Ok we can continue on with comments.
Alderwoman Kelly
| won't take long. | appreciated the conversation that happened and | still wanted to reiterate that | think
that there is something to be looked at in terms of how we make Sure the public knows about things
because there were people who came and said, “I live next to this and | didn’t find out about it until |
saw it on the front of the Telegraph”. While | appreciate that we are Representatives, we are also, we
have busy lives too, so how do we figure out making sure that people have the information and feel like
they are included in the process from earlier on.
Alderman Caron
I’ll make it quick, wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
