election, whether Municipal or State, is sworn in.
4. If the Mayor's Nominee is not confirmed, a new vacancy is declared, and the process will
be repeated until a Nominee is confirmed by the Board of Aldermen.
To put this in perspective, during last November's midterm election, we processed 442 ballots in
the first hour! And registered 35 new voters that same hour. And even with an extremely busy
election day last November, our turnout was just over 50%.
For both elections, we did this with the same nine (9) Ward election officials and two (2) Ward
Deputy Registrars. In November, our Ward needed additional staff, For the March special
election, we only needed that level of staff as we needed to fill all of roles required by State and
City law.
To: Board of Aldermen, Mayor Donchess,
My testimony is both to speak AGAINST both the current system for filling vacancies on
the Board of Alderman, Board of Education, Board of Public Works, and Fire
Commissioners and the replacement process proposed in Resolution R-18-073 Amended.
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Testimony in Favor
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maybe one or two spots. | have seen people circle around trying to vote and they can’t vote. In fact, on that
point | will probably submit a complaint to the Secretary of State about obstruction of voting.
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Judy Blachek, 560 South Main Street. | am here as Ward 7 Clerk and | just want to say | totally approve of this
amendment. | believe saving the City a lot of money and everyone’s time and effort is just the way to go and |
hope you will support this measure.
A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.
President Lori Wilshire presided; City Clerk Patricia Piecuch recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Patricia Piecuch; Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly led in the Pledge to
the Flag.
The roll call was taken with 10 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderman Gidge, Alderwoman Kelly,
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja Alderman Clemons and Alderman Laws were recorded absent.
Dept Revenue Appropriations
No. (Yellow (White Section)
Section)
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Capital Improvements 274
ENTERPRISE FUNDS (Green Section)
6000 | Solid Waste Disposal System Fund 278 280
6200 | Wastewater User Fund 289 291
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS (Pink Section)
City Special Revenue Funds:
2501 | Public Health Client Fees Fund 298
2503 | Parks & Recreation Programs Fund 299
2504 | Holman Stadium Events Fund 300
2505 | PEG Access Channel Fund 301
2506 | Hunt Building Facility Rental Fund 303
Dept Revenue Appropriations
No. (Yellow (White Section)
Section)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)
120 | Telecommunications 135
122 | Information Technology 136
POLICE
150 | Police Department 40 144
FIRE
152 | Fire Department 4l 151
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
156 Emergency Management 165
157 Citywide Communications 167
OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY
159 | Hydrant Fees — Fire Protection 170
162 | Street Lighting 171
PUBLIC HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES
171 | Community Services 181
