Special Board of Aldermen 12-21-2020 Page 39
Alderman Dowd
Excuse me?
President Wilshire
I’m good.
Alderman Dowd
And then see where everybody stands and whether it makes sense to even address that motion. But go
ahead.
President Wilshire
Anyone else on the motion to suspend the rules for a second reading? Alderman Tencza, do you have
your hand up?
Alderman Tencza
No, Madam President, sorry.
President Wilshire
Oh you had your pen up, I’m sorry. Alderman Lopez.
Alderman Lopez
| am opposed to the second reading because | think as Alderman Klee pointed out, if people are expecting
to be here, but chose to go to the Board of Education Meeting, | don’t think it’s fair to just run this right
through. We barely even had the public health department speak. And | appreciate that they were allowed
to after we brought it up and pointed it out. But that’s not a normal means of doing business. Normally we
have a presentation and then public comment on issues when we are having the public hearing format and
| think this has been kind of disorganized tonight. So | mean | am opposed to it just because | think people
should have more time to digest what was presented to them tonight and the public really doesn’t even
know what we are doing at this point.
President Wilshire
OK, anyone else? Alderman O’Brien.
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you, Madam President. | think what we had here was some confusion from an Alderman. Our
procedure should have been when it was under its first reading, all one Alderman had to do and usually
traditionally by our procedure is the sponsoring Alderman to make the recommendation of final passage.
That never was done. And then we got into this cling, cut, roundtable kind of debate on it. So now we are
kind of spinning our wheels. But | just want to make that point that | think, Madam President, you ran the
meeting well. Somebody just did not do their due diligence and make the proper recommendation of final
passage and open it to discussion and we discuss it. So thank you, Madam President.
Alderman Lopez
As a point of personal privilege, we have never recommended final passage without a second reading.
