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REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
e Board of Aldermen meeting on December 24" has been moved to Monday, December 23rd
Alderman Clemons
| just want to thank everybody who came out and voted on Election Day. To all the candidates who ran
who won and lost, it’s always good to put yourself out there. | certainly appreciated the people who came
out and voted appreciate it. And finally | just wanted to belated, but | wanted to wish everybody a Happy
Veterans Day. Thank you.
Alderman Schmidt
| would like to thank Ward 1 for again proving that we are the best in the City; 25% - topped everybody.
Thank you for coming out and it was really great seeing everybody. Thank you.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
Yes I'd also like to thank everyone who came out and congratulations to all of those who participated and
especially those who will be inaugurated in January. Thank you to the City Clerk, | guess this prep for what
you have in the New Year. So congratulations to you and your workers.
And then also thank you to those who came out for the Veterans Day Parade. | think the weather was
really iffy, but | think for those who came out, it turned out to be a much nicer morning than we anticipated.
So thank you.
Alderman Jette
So one of the things that we are looking at, you know, that got introduced tonight was the bond to build a
new Public Works Building. | have already received comments from people from Ward 5 and | want to tell
them that at the Board of Public Works Meeting | was assured that people would have a chance to be
heard about this issue. | guess the first opportunity will be the Budget, the bond that is coming before the
Budget Review Committee on December 2™. | am not encouraging people to oppose this, | am just saying
that if you have concerns about it, please take advantage of the opportunity to get your voices heard, by
either coming to that meeting or if it is not possible for you, communicate with the people on the Board of
Public Works, the people on the Budget Review Committee, me, the other Aldermen, the Aldermen-at-
Large to let us Know what your concerns are or whether you support this. Hopefully once people
understand what is going on and what the reasons are for it, they will support it. But your opportunity to
make us hear what your point of view is coming up and please take advantage of it.
Similarly the Budget Review Committee on December 2™ will be hearing the bond issue on the new Middle
School. Here’s another opportunity for people to voice their concerns or ask their questions. We are all
available to provide information and please take advantage of it. Thank you.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you. | feel like everyone always says everything before they get to the middle, either way you start.
But | was just going to say that | was happy to see the contingency for the education funding coming
through. It is a great point to see that we are able to hire those people for our schools, | know that was
really important for them. | was going to bring up the Middle School and that will be brought up on the
December 2", | am looking forward to hearing more about that and also hearing from people in terms of
what their questions are, | know I’ve already got a couple.
