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ORDER-2020-78 : An Appropriation from the Special Education Stabilization Fund in the amount of $450,000 to the School Department .
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ORDER-2020-78 Appropriation An Appropriation from the Special Education Stabilization Fund in the amount of $450,000 to the School Department . Passed City Council
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▶ 43:36 Christopher Cinella: yes madam clerk um excuse me madam president i'd like to remove um order number 2020-78 appropriation from the special education stabilization fund in the amount of 450 000
▶ 43:53 Jen Grigoraitis: to the school department okay so we have and this came with a recommendation for passage that is correct um do we have a motion on the table that is my motion okay sorry do we have
▶ 44:04 Jen Grigoraitis: a second so we have a motion on the table from counselor sanella regarding order 2020-78 with a recommendation for passage seconded by counselor eccles is there any discussion
▶ 44:19 Shawn M. MacMaster: uh counselor mcmaster thank you madam president i did want to just uh follow up on our discussion at the last meeting where Superintendent Taymor appeared before us. There was some information that I had requested after the meeting, some of which I did receive, not all of it, but one of the questions you may recall that I asked was whether or not, or not whether or not, but what is the balance of the revolving fund? Clearly, we have to fund special education. We not only have a legal, legally we have to do so, we also have a moral responsibility to do so. So that's really not an issue. The issue is whether or not it should come out of the Special Ed Stabilization Fund, which as everyone knows is a rainy day fund. And that I think is really based on what, if anything, is in the revolving fund, because we did hear the superintendent explain to us that the circuit breaker money that we received to offset the cost of special education from the state goes into that revolving fund. The information I received from the school department through Mr. Delarusso is that there's $6 of circuit breaker money. I'm assuming the circuit breaker fund is what they're referencing as it relates to my question, although I specifically asked for the revolving fund. However, based on that $6 balance and really the overarching point of whether or not there was existing money, circuit breaker monies that could be applied before we tapped into the reigning, the reigning day fund. I think that concern has at least been addressed. So at this point I am willing to vote favorably for the transfer. I know there's a motion on the table, but after this, I would just at that time ask for the floor just to make a motion to attach the documents that document received in my initial email. But I realize Madam President, we do have a motion on the floor right now. Thank you.
▶ 46:21 Jen Grigoraitis: Thank you, Councilor McMaster, and we will take up your motion after we dispose of the one currently before us. Is there any other discussion on the motion currently before us? At this time, Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?
▶ 46:37 Speaker 2: Yes, I think she said Sinella.
▶ 46:39 Speaker 1: Oh, you're on mute.
▶ 46:42 Speaker 4: I heard your lips.
▶ 46:44 Speaker 1: That's good. Just to clarify, this is just removed from committee, the order, correct? Yes, Councilor Sinella. Yes. Councilor Eccles. Yes. Councilor Garipay. Yes. Councilor DeMoledine. Yes.
▶ 47:01 Jen Grigoraitis: Councilor McMaster. Yes. Councilor McNaught. Yes. Councilor Migliorelli. Yes. Councilor Stewart. Yes. Councilor Thomas. Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi. Yes. President Grigoraitis. Yes. 11 yes. Okay, 11 yes. So the order has been removed from committee and now I believe we have a motion by Councilor McMaster to attach his correspondence to the record. Second.
▶ 47:32 Shawn M. MacMaster: Yes, Madam President, if I could, for the record, attach the email sent to the administration through Chair Cinella and through Ms. Foote dated April 30th, as well as the memo that is dated today, May 4th, from Mr. DellaRusso to the order. I would make that motion at this time.
▶ 47:54 Jen Grigoraitis: Thank you. motion from councilor mcmaster to attach a memo and an email to the order seconded by counselor eccles is there any discussion
▶ 48:04 Speaker 1: okay seeing none madam clerk can you please call the roll snella yes eccles yes Garipay yes damaladin yes mcmaster yes mcnaught yes migliorelli yes stuart yes thomas yes chairman tozy yes president Grigoraitis yes 11 yes okay 11 yes
▶ 48:34 Jen Grigoraitis: so the motion carries thank you and at this time i would entertain a motion for passage motion for passage seconded we have a motion motion for passage by councillor sanella seconded by councillor mcnaught is there any discussion Okay, seeing none, Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?
▶ 48:54 Speaker 1: Councilor Sinella? Yes. Councilor Eccles?
▶ 48:58 Speaker 5: Yes. Councilor Garipay?
▶ 49:00 Speaker 1: Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Thomas? Yes. Councilor Tramont? Yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi? Yes. President Grigoraitis? Unmute.
▶ 49:28 Speaker 7: President?
▶ 49:29 Speaker 5: Sorry, was that 11 yes?
▶ 49:31 Jen Grigoraitis: I was waiting. Yes. Oh, because we didn't hear your guess. I'm sorry. Yes. President? Yes. 11 yes. Okay. 11 yes. The motion carries. Do we have any other orders?