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Alderman Jette
| would like us to take it to separate it but | am not sure how to approach that. Can | just make a motion
that we separate it?
President Wilshire
Yes. Sure.
Alderman Jette
And it either passes or not and we can go from there.
Alderman Dowd
Point of order, | think you’d have to amend the motion that is on the floor currently.
President Wilshire
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Alderman Dowd
Yes.
President Wilshire
Is there any further discussion on that motion? Alderman Jette?
Alderman Jette
So are we voting, it’s all one package?
Alderman Dowd
Yes we are just voting for the changes to the golden copy and then the golden rod copy after we approve it
will be the final budget that we will then try to adopt of R-21-142.
Alderman Jette
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President Wilshire
Anyone else? Alderman Jette?
Alderman Jette
Perhaps | missed it, but | know you made a report about what the Budget Committee did, | am not sure
that you made a motion.
Alderman Dowd
Yeah | did make a motion. | can repeat it.
President Wilshire
Would you Alderman Dowd?
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solve problems including the problems that the State drops on us because partisan politics, people may be
trying to create a certain narrative about our performance as Aldermen. Regardless of how well we do
with our budget, the narrative is definitely going to be, we raised taxes, we spent more money.
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Alderman Jette
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With regard to the revenue side, it is an estimate in this budget book anyway. So to the extent grants don’t
come in as timely as we would like or want, that revenue would be offset by the grant, the amount of grants
that come in. So at the end there would not be surplus with that nor would there be appropriations in
excess of revenue.
Alderman Jette
OK could | follow up?
President Wilshire
Alderman Jette?
Alderman Jette
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worth of capital projects. What Budget Chairman Dowd indicated is to put in, and we can discuss it, we
would be happy to discuss it, we are going to put in the $77 million and that includes and maybe | could
hand this out. So what we have, what you will be receiving is what | refer to as - what Budget Committee
Chairman Dowd indicated is typical grants for the City and typical grants for the School.
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