Public Participation

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▶ 0:54 Speaker 2: present. Please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

▶ 1:08 Peter D. Mortimer: Madam President, I make a motion to open the floor for public comment.

▶ 1:12 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: Second. I have a motion to open the floor for public comment made by Alderman Mortimer, seconded by Alderman Boisselle. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? This is the portion of our meeting where members of the public may come forward to speak on any item on our agenda. I am just going to take one brief moment since I see some new faces in the chamber.

▶ 1:32 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: to just go over our public comment process and um as i mentioned it any item that's on our agenda

▶ 1:39 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: this evening you are welcome to come forward sign in on the sheet of paper and discuss with us they

▶ 1:47 Speaker 3: our rules of order state that it must be on an item that is on our agenda this evening now if i

▶ 1:54 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: were to guess i think the majority of folks who are here this evening are likely here for order 2020-4 request for update by city officials on matters related to june 20th 2019 brazil

▶ 2:06 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: street sewer backup we of course welcome public comment on that this evening it must be specific to that incident as that is how the order is written and all members will have 10 minutes as our rule stated to provide that comment there will be no discussion i just want to flag for

▶ 2:27 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: people there will be no discussion likely this evening among the aldermen on this order the way

▶ 2:35 Speaker 3: that our process goes is an item is introduced at a full board meeting and the vast majority of the

▶ 2:40 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: time it has been assigned to a committee unless an alderman requests immediate consideration and the entire board agrees we do not discuss them at the at the meeting when it is first introduced the makers of the order have indicated that they would like to send this to committee in order for

▶ 2:58 Speaker 4: folks to have had time to see the order learn about the order and prepare to come down we will

▶ 3:02 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: see an agenda come out this week but i i can tell you that the chair of the appropriations committee

▶ 3:11 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: where this will go has called for a meeting on thursday evening when this will be debated among

▶ 3:17 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: the alderman i believe that is it so we are now open for any public comment if you would like to

▶ 3:23 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: speak on any item on our agenda this evening please come forward and sit here and state

▶ 3:32 Peter D. Mortimer: your name and address motion to close public comment matter president second we have a motion

▶ 3:34 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: to close public comment made by alderman mortimer seconded by alderman Boisselle all in favor aye any

▶ 3:43 Speaker 5: opposed public comment is now closed if we could move on to communications from her honor the mayor