ORDER-2015-173 : Appropriation of 699,534.85 From Available Free Cash To Various Accounts As Set Forth Within

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▶ 2:39:09 Peter D. Mortimer: At this time, we need to recommend this order to the full board without recommendation so we can have our public hearing on June 1st. So moved. We have a motion by Alderman Medeiros to recommend this order to the full board without recommendation. Send this order to the full board without recommendation, duly seconded by Alderman Boycelle. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, this order will be recommended to the full board, excuse me. This order will be sent to the full board without recommendation for the purpose of conducting the public hearing on June 1st. The next order we have before us is order number 2015-173. It is an appropriation of $699,534.85 from available free cash to various accounts as set forth herein. Before we hear from Mr. De La Russo regarding this appropriation of an order for free cash, I would like to inform the board that one section of this order account 0 1 1 7 5 2 dash 5 2 9 0 0 0 it's the Planning Department professional services in the amount of thirty one thousand five hundred motion to place this on hold

▶ 2:40:40 Peter D. Mortimer: well they're just this one part let me just let me just finish the explanation please what we could do is we could make an a order of that pot if anyone wants to query Miss Gaffey no it's very difficult to do a orders all right you just want to hold one part of it all right so we're gonna lay one part of it on the table the president informed me earlier tonight and yeah he's absolutely correct this there's really no such thing as a motion to place on hold it's It's just to lay that portion on the table. So if that's your motion, Alderman Boycelle, to lay from this order account number 011752529000 to lay that portion of the order on the table.

▶ 2:41:23 Peter D. Mortimer: Is there a second, please? Second. Second by Alderman Lemmerman. All in favor, please say aye.

▶ 2:41:32 Speaker 6: I have a point of order, Mr. President.

▶ 2:41:34 Peter D. Mortimer: Please, I'm Mr. Chairman, you're Mr. President.

▶ 2:41:38 Speaker 6: It's getting late. I do not believe, unless you divide an order, that you can take a portion of the order and put it on the table.

▶ 2:41:49 Peter D. Mortimer: I tend to agree with you.

▶ 2:41:52 Speaker 6: So I do not believe that that is a proper vote, and I would respectfully request that the — that's not a proper motion, and I would respectfully request that the chair so rule.

▶ 2:42:02 Peter D. Mortimer: I concur with your point of order. It's 100% correct. We just did here, since we are a working committee here, we're gonna take a little bit of leniency and our clerk of committees has pointed out that making an A order is a difficult endeavor. Is that a huge problem? It's a huge problem.

▶ 2:42:31 Speaker 6: All right. I'm not suggesting that we make an A order. I don't see any need to make any order, I'm just suggesting that we can't take a portion of the order and put it on the table when the chair has agreed with me. Is it possible to discuss the merits of the order, Mr. Chairman?

▶ 2:42:43 Peter D. Mortimer: We can discuss the merits of the order. If we may actually move ahead and recommend this for passage without the presence of Ms. Gaffey here tonight, if we're satisfied with the explanation of our city auditor.

▶ 2:42:57 Speaker 6: Respectfully, I don't really see any need for us to take any final vote on this order this evening. But I did want to address the merits of the portion of the order that relates to the Public Works Department.

▶ 2:43:10 Peter D. Mortimer: All right. Well, the order is before us. It has been read. So we will proceed and see where we go, and we're out of the suspension, so if you'd like to hear from Mr.

▶ 2:43:20 Speaker 6: I would not if I could continue.

▶ 2:43:22 Speaker 5: Okay, please do.

▶ 2:43:30 Speaker 6: The portion of this order that relates to the Public Works Department is to apply $402,000 to the snow deficit. It seems pretty clear to me that that's what this is about. I support that. I would assume everybody else here supports it. In the interest of time, respectfully, I always love to hear from Mr. Schenner or Mr. DellaRusso, but I really feel no need to hear from them relative to this order. and I think that when this order moves along that we should pass it as it relates to those two portions of the owner when we finally have everybody come before us who has to come before us relative to the various and sundry parts

▶ 2:44:08 Peter D. Mortimer: of said order very good that sounds good so right now the order is still before us your comments are very wise as usual and duly noted and the order is before us ready for discussion and any subsequent motions which may occur alderman medeiros please uh thank

▶ 2:44:25 Monica C. Medeiros: you i have to say there is uh ten thousand dollars here to be allocated towards playground repair

▶ 2:44:34 Monica C. Medeiros: i would be under the assumption that falls under public works although i know mr shen has been been uh exercising his voice but i don't know what that's for and i would like to know before i vote

▶ 2:44:43 Peter D. Mortimer: on it well that that that's certainly uh your duty and uh mr shannon i'm sure we'll be happy to

▶ 2:44:51 Speaker 3: explain so historically in the past we've evaluated our playground equipment at this time of the year

▶ 2:44:57 Speaker 3: and um this funding from free cash is going to be is that the request is to allocate this funding for several playground equipment repairs throughout the throughout the city um i think there is a swing set at Conan Park that needs some upgrade a handicap swing

▶ 2:45:17 Speaker 3: there's some there's a platform at volunteer park that's rotting away there's a few roof structures at Lebanon Park there are a few benches at Foss Park that need replacement so this funding is for upgrades to playground equipment

▶ 2:45:34 Speaker 4: throughout all playgrounds as identified by Joan Bell in her yearly maintenance maintenance inspection thank you I wasn't sure whether that was for one

▶ 2:45:41 Monica C. Medeiros: Parker no citywide thank you Thank You alderman Medeiros any other alderman

▶ 2:45:50 Peter D. Mortimer: wishing to be heard seeing none there was their motion please motion to lay

▶ 2:45:55 Monica C. Medeiros: this order on the table and point that out that we have a meeting scheduled for

▶ 2:46:04 Peter D. Mortimer: Monday night at 715 very good second alderman Medeiros has made a motion to I'll lay this order on the table, duly seconded by Alderman Boyce-Sell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. This order is laid upon the table. The next order we have before us is order 2015-166, is the reauthorization of a revolving account number 2657,