Special Board of Aldermen 11-24-2020 Page 19
President Wilshire
Attorney Bolton?
Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel
It’s sort of traditional to establish Boards and Committees with an odd number and ostensibly that’s to make
ties less likely. Frankly, you often have even numbers present and if you get a majority the motion passes,
if it’s tie, that’s not a majority. So it is not required anywhere that it be an odd number, but it is sort of
tradition.
President Wilshire
So speaking of tradition, it’s typically the liaison and the alternate. So | don’t think you add two people as
voting members, | think you add an alternate, | mean a liaison and if the liaison can’t make it to a meeting
the alternate goes and they have a vote. | think it should only be one vote from the Board, do you agree
with that Alderman Clemons?
Alderman Clemons
| do and | also don’t think that having 10 members is, in my opinion, problematic. So | would leave my
motion but amend it to add an alternate as well.
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO AMEND O-20-036 TO ADD A VOTING LIASIOIN AND AN
ALTERNATE FROM THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN TO THE COMMITTEE BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
President Wilshire
OK, Alderman Lu?
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. | would like to know why you feel that it’s best not to have two to only have one? And it seems
to me because | don’t or am not very familiar with appointing boards. This is a Board of Trustees rather
than a Board of Directors. So if you could just clarify the difference for me?
Attorney Bolton
There’s no difference.
President Wilshire
I’m not sure there is a difference, right. Alderman Gathright?
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Sorry, you mentioned, that there’s 11 or 9. Which one is it?
Director Cummings
So | am going to just say it’s 9 members as of right now, but | believe that there is a motion pending by
Alderman Clemons to make it one additional voting Aldermanic Liaison for a total of 10, if | summarize that
correctly.
