Board of Aldermen 05-11-2021 Page 6
President Wilshire
Alderman Lopez?
Alderman Lopez
| just feel like it is worth pointing out to the public that | am sitting in front of a virtual background; see it is not
real. So this is not what the actual Aldermanic Chamber looks like. And that’s what we were talking about. |
just realized that bringing the topic up while doing this is probably confusing.
President Wilshire
All set Alderman Lopez?
Alderman Lopez
Yes, thank you.
President Wilshire
Alderman Dowd?
Alderman Dowd
Yes, now that we have the Budget in hand, Donna and | have been working diligently with the Mayor’s Office
and the Department Heads to formulate a Budget Review Schedule. All the members, everyone got a copy of
the schedule this evening, just before this meeting and I’d like you to review it. | have to give priority to the
members of the Budget Committee but | would like to have a final input no later than Friday since the first
Budget Review Meeting is the 20", Thursday, May 20" at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom and it is General Government,
Emergency Preparedness and Administrative Services. So if there is anybody on the Budget Committee that
has conflicts, please let me know. If we have a significant number of conflicts that would probably prompt a
change in the meeting but it was very difficult since we are starting the Budget process later than we normally
do and the entire Budget has to be fully passed by the end of June and we are already well into May. So the
dates are tight and the major departments have a night of their own and | am sure there will be a lot of
discussion so thank you.
President Wilshire
Anyone else? Response to the remarks of the Mayor? Alderwoman Lu?
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you Madam President. Mr. Mayor you brought up R-21-143 and | just wanted to ask the proposal that
the Police Commission be appointed other than it is now. Did that come out of the Master Planning process?
Mayor Donchess
Well certainly people have been thinking about this for a long time but the Master Plan is a land use document.
So what the Master Plan does is look at various areas of the City to determine how the City should try to guide
development basically in the future. So this isn’t a subject of discussion, you know, the way the Police
Commission is appointed is not a subject of discussion as part of Master Plan but instead that has to do with
the future growth of the community.
