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comes our way, | think there’s a lot of good that’s being done on a daily basis. People have adapted to the
situation and are trying to work together to make sure that everyone in the City is as supported as we can
possibly be. So Happy Holidays to everybody, thank you and Happy New Year.
President Wilshire
Thank you Alderman Tencza. Alderman Clemons?
Alderman Clemons
Thank you. | just want to say | am very happy of the result, not quite what | wanted, but | am happy at the
result of tonight’s vote that we did not move forward with the curfew. | think it was the right decision to make.
| think there’s a lot of people that rely on money that is earned after 9:30 and | am glad that we made the
decision we made.
The other thing | wanted to just say is Happy Holidays to everybody and we will see you in the next year.
Thank you very much.
President Wilshire
Alderman Dowd?
Alderman Dowd
Yes | just want to wish everybody on the Board and everybody in City Hall and all the City Workers, Merry
Christmas and Happy Holidays. Stay safe over these times coming up. Also | just wanted to mention that
having been around the Board for a number of years as Alderman Wilshire has, we have to agree to
disagree. A lot of people think that when we take votes that are unanimous in a full Board of Aldermen
meeting that we agree on everything. That’s not always the case as was shown tonight and a lot of the
discussion takes place and the honing of things in Committees and then it comes to the Full Board for a vote
so sometimes it looks like we just, everybody voting unanimous.
As you saw tonight, we had differences of opinions, everybody has their own reasons for voting the way they
vote. But that’s why we have 15 people on the Board of Aldermen. We all make our own decisions and the
majority rules and sometimes people don’t feel good about that, but | think going forward, | think we just need
to be able to agree to disagree on things and try to do the best we can. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Thank you. Alderman Klee.
Alderman Klee
Thank you, Madam President, yes | want to wish everybody Happy Holidays. | know this is the last full Board
of Aldermen’s meeting before the end of the year but we do still have some meetings next week. But none
before the impending Christmas Holiday. So to everybody | wish you well, please stay safe and I’d like to
reiterate something that Alderman Tencza said. President Wilshire, you do a phenomenal job. You keep us
in line even when we are unruly and | appreciate that and you are fair to the public and so on. And so | wish
you the best of the upcoming year if | don’t get to see you again even if it is just on Zoom and Happy Holidays
to everybody.
President Wilshire
Thank you, Alderman Klee. Alderman Harriott-Gathright?
