Board of Aldermen
February 23, 2016 Page 21
the state law enforcement agencies and a pharmacist who in fact lost his son to a heroin overdose. I'd like to
try to start getting some information in front of this Board. While | don’t know that there’s much we directly can
do because we are not going to arrest our way out of this problem and we are probably not going to legislate
our way out of it at the city level but | think it’s important for us to understand what can and can’t be done to
encourage our state delegation to do the things that can and should be done to help the problem and
understand where we can use the city’s resources to help to solve it because it is a problem that will go
nowhere but up if we do nothing about it.
Secondly, it never ceases to amaze me how resourceful scams can get. My wife picked up the phone this
afternoon and a young women’s voice said “hi, grandma, | was picked up by the police after having one glass
of wine and they are holding me for DWI and I’ve been assigned a public defender and can he call you to
figure out how to send my bail money? We don’t have any grandchildren yet. The young woman said she
would have the public defender call her back so my wife said to have her call back on my cell and the number
is 594-3500 which is the number to the police department switch board number. Don’t assume anything when
you get random phone calls. If somebody pretends they know you then test them.
Committee announcements:
Alderman Cookson
We will have an Infrastructure Committee meeting tomorrow evening, the 24" at 7:00 p.m. in these Chambers.
We had expected O-16-005 to be referred to the committee so that will be on tomorrow evenings agenda as
well.
Alderman Dowd
Thursday evening is the JSSB meeting at the high school. There will not be school construction meeting and
we just have some invoices that we have to approve so it should not be a long meeting.
Alderman Clemons
On March 7™ we will have Personnel & Administrative Affairs Committee meeting at 7:00 p.m. here in the
Chamber.
Alderman McCarthy
This Thursday is the grand opening of Makelt Labs on Crown Street in one of the buildings that the city
purchased for the park and ride space. It’s at 6:00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS THAT THE FEBRUARY 23, 2016, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting was declared adjourned at 3:59 p.m.
Attest: Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk
