Special Board of Aldermen 08-23-2021 Page 9
Laurie Ortolano
Laurie Ortolano — 41 Berkeley Street. Thank you. | just want to piggyback off of what Fred Teeboom has
said and there’s not many public people out here. It’s been something that has (no audio)... |’m just
pointing out that Fred Teeboom made a comment about this money that surplus that seems to be divvied
up and distributed among a lot of pretty high cost projects. | don’t understand in this city why money isn’t
returned back to the taxpayers or put into a rainy day fund and looked at differently on distribution. You
know we end up with — we have a tax increase. | think we understand what’s coming next year with the re-
evaluation and redistribution between commercial and residential properties. | don’t understand it. | know |
came from a small town that was only 7 — 8,000 but there was so much attention put into returning money
to the taxpayer and in the city it seems about we always have a new project we get to look at to go spend it.
| don’t understand it. | wish there were more people out here to talk to it frankly but there aren’t. | think you
as a group should be doing a better job about looking at how you distribute this money versus what you put
back and give back to the taxpayers. Thank you.
Chairman Dowd
Is there anyone else that wants to speak in opposition? Seeing and hearing no one. We'll close the public
hearing on R-21-162 at 7:35 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE AUGUST 23, 2021, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED, BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken to adjourn the Board of Aldermen meeting which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron,
Alderman Clemons, Alderman Tencza, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Schmidt,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire
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Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
Attest: Michael B. O’Brien, Acting Clerk
