Special Board of Aldermen 12-21-2020 Page 36
President Wilshire
Would the Clerk please call the roll?
Alderman Jette
Madam President?
President Wilshire
Alderman Jette, sorry.
Alderman Jette
| agree with Attorney Clarke and | think some of the other Aldermen as well about the confusion. This was,
| believe this was advertised as a meeting before the Full Board for a discussion. And it certainly left me
and | am sure others with the impression that this would be an opportunity for the public to weigh in. | too
thought that there would be a presentation from the Board of Health and that after hearing from everyone
we would have a chance to think about this and then take it up at tomorrow night’s meeting.
President Wilshire
That was the intent Alderman Jette.
Alderman Jette
That was the intent, ok.
President Wilshire
That was the intent.
Alderman Jette
So | think moving to try to vote on this tonight is against the intent and | think in good faith, we should follow
what we advertised. We said this was going to be a meeting where we would have discussion and then the
implication was that we would pick it up tomorrow night and vote on it tomorrow night. So | question why we
would be suspending the rules to have a second reading tonight and not just have a second reading
tomorrow night and vote on it tomorrow night and give people who also couldn’t attend tonight and wanted
to express opinions and an opportunity to do so as well tomorrow night.
So | am wondering, | know that Alderman Clemons is a great believer in full discussion of matters and
would not want to use parliamentary procedure to try to cut off discussion or debate. | am wondering if he
would withdraw his motion and that we would just, you know, | thought Alderman Lopez’s original motion
which frankly Madam President you didn’t either understand what he was saying or gave him a hard time
about. His original motion was to refer this to full board tomorrow night for a vote, | thought. So | am
wondering if Alderman Clemons would be willing to withdraw his motion and we could just refer it to the full
board for a vote or a second reading tomorrow night and a vote tomorrow night.
President Wilshire
Alderman Clemons?
