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President Wilshire
Yes, we could do that Alderman Lopez. Thank you.
O-20-032
Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Brandon Laws
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
REDUCING THE FINE FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING VIOLATIONS
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by
President Wilshire
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RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF AN ADDITIONAL $7,060.53 FROM
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INTO DPW GRANT
ACTIVITY “SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL - CHARLOTTE AVENUE”
Given its first reading; assigned to the HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by President Wilshire
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That’s just my personal opinion and! can’t support that for those two reasons. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Ok anyone else? The Motion is for final passage of Ordinance 20-029 as amended. Would the Clerk
please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,
Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws, Alderman Cleaver,
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again. And while | am frustrated that it has become so polarizing for people, | don’t think that’s a reason to
not pass this.
If we use that mechanism, we would look at it and not make — we don’t make laws based on the possible
misconduct for people who refuse to followthem. And as a City that was a border town, we were leaders
onthis. There are other cities that are now considering doing this because of the success we’ve had and |
think we need to continue being a leader on this.
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Alderman Clemons
Ok! understand that | guess to a degree. | guess | am going to ask Attorney Bolton, is that true that the
business owner would ultimately be responsible for the fine?
Attorney Bolton
Well to use the Chief's example, if Brandon serves an underaged person, Brandonis responsible for that,
he can pay a fine. The owner may also be subject to loss of the Liquor License, it’s not necessarily one or
the other. | believe ...
Alderman Clemons
Pm talking about the Mask Ordinance.
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teeth to be able to go in and say, “hey we’ve warned you, we’ve told you, we’ve asked you, now you have
to start following the rules”. So we are certainly about the education for the business owners as well as the
customers, but without the enforcement, we really have no legs to stand on.
President Wilshire
Alderman Clemons?
Alderman Clemons
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President Wilshire
Thank you, Chief. Anyone else?
Alderman Lopez
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Alderman Tencza
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added burden of social media and instant clicking and 20 million platforms where people could spread
memes that very much spread misinformation and confusion because the scientific process if one of
constant refinement. There are absolutes that have been always been maintained by our own health
professionals.
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