Board of Aldermen 01-08-2019 Page 5
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT — None
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Lopez
| just left a pretty contentious-looking meeting over at the Library held by the Board of Trustees, there is
obviously a large amount of concern from a small group about the Drag Queen Teen Story Event
coming up this Saturday. So | wanted to express my support for our Library Director. | think Jen
McCormack has done an outstanding job with the Library. She has run a variety of very relevant and
important programs which is reflected by the Library’s high utilization. It is a very important central
piece in our community; whereas a lot of towns at this time are trying to decide whether they should
even have a Public Library — ours is thriving.
| think her judgement in terms of programming and execution is something that we can have full
confidence in. | don’t expect her to run any events that would be inappropriate or un-family friendly or
anything of that matter. And as | said, | appreciate the work that she does and the work that the Board
of Trustees are doing right now at the Library.
Alderman Dowd
Yes | just wanted to state that | was at the Board of Education meeting last night and Heather Raymond
has been elected as the new president of the Board of Education and Mr. Guarino has once again been
nominated as the clerk. So they are off on a new year and | provided some guidance to them and
hopefully we will have a much smoother year.
Alderman O’Brien
| too would like to as with the Mayor, offer my condolences to the Nelson family. | do know Mary, | had
the pleasure to work with her both at the State level and everything and my thoughts are with them at
this difficult time. Thank you.
President Wilshire
| too would like to send condolences to the Nelson family. Jack was a great guy and Mary was always
a terrific person to work with. So my condolences to that family.
Committee announcements:
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you. | would just like to remind the Aldermen and to the public, there seems to be great interest
in what the Mayor has spoken about with the report coming out on the rail and that is going to be held
at the Infrastructure and that is going to be on January 23, 7:00 P.M. in the Aldermanic Chamber.
Thank you.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE JANUARY 8, 2019, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:46 p.m.
Attest: Patricia D. Piecuch City Clerk
