Board of Aldermen 05-11-2021 Page 29
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you.
President Wilshire
Anyone else.
Alderwoman Kelly
Alderwoman Kelly.
President Wilshire
Alderwoman Kelly and then Alderman Harriott-Gathright.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you. I'll Keep my remarks to the issue at hand which is whether we should take this up. And | think that
the conversation from the Mayor, the study that he put out, we won't call it a study; brief survey. And the idea
that a woman had never been appointed but also nobody of color that | am aware of has ever been appointed |
think is enough to merit at least a conversation on this. As the Mayor just pointed out, the new wording talks
about having it be reflective of our community. And one of the things | talk about all of the time about our
current Board of Aldermen is how proud | am on how we are a really good swath of our City; people of color,
people who are under the age of 40; we are almost exactly half men and women. And so | think that kind of
representation allows for different experiences and ideas to come forward. So at the very least | think we need
to consider this and move forward.
President Wilshire
Alderman Harriott-Gathright.
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Thank you Madam President. First of all | am going to say ditto to my colleagues that spoke. But through you
to Mr. Mayor, did the survey only go out to women?
Mayor Donchess
No, no it went to everybody. But it asked the question, should there be a minimum number of women on
the....
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Right, | understood that. That’s what | thought but | understood my colleague to say that the survey that you
sent out to women friends. | didn’t think it was appropriate.
Mayor Donchess
No, no both genders, people of all political parties.
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
OK | just thought | would ask. Thank you.
