ORDER-2016-51 : Nominate a President of the Board of Aldermen for the Year 2016

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▶ 0:49 Peter D. Mortimer: madam chair I nominate Donald Elkhart open make a motion to open the floor for

▶ 0:56 Speaker 1: nominations second second second by Alderman Inferna it has been moved and seconded to open nominations all those in favor the ayes have it nominations are now open nominations are now accepted madam chairman I make a motion

▶ 1:10 Peter D. Mortimer: to nominate in fact I nominate Donald Delcon for the office of president of

▶ 1:23 Speaker 1: the Board of Aldermen second are there further nominations for president motion

▶ 1:28 Speaker 1: to close nominations second it is removed in second to close nominations all those in favor aye those opposed the ayes have it nominations are hereby closed the election for nomination is by viva voci vote each member present answering to his or her name and stating the name of the person for whom he or she votes or declines to vote and the clerk Mary

▶ 1:52 Speaker 2: Beth Harrington will call the roll Alderman Boycelle Alderman Kahn Alderman Alderman Conn. Alderman Conn. Alderman Conn. Alderman Conn. Alderman Forbes. Alderman Conn. Alderman Conn. Alderman Inferna. Alderman Conn.

▶ 2:04 Speaker 1: Alderman Conn.

▶ 2:05 Speaker 2: Alderman Lemmerman. Alderman Conn. Alderman Conn. Alderman McAteer-Margolis. Alderman Conn. Alderman Conn. Alderman Medeiros.

▶ 2:12 Speaker 1: Alderman Medeiros.

▶ 2:13 Speaker 2: Alderman Conn, Jr. Alderman Conn, Jr.

▶ 2:16 Monica C. Medeiros: Alderman Mortimer. Alderman Mortimer.

▶ 2:18 Speaker 2: Alderman Conn. Alderman Conn. Alderman Tramontozzi.

▶ 2:20 Speaker 3: Alderman Conn.

▶ 2:21 Speaker 2: Alderman Conn. Alderman Tramontozzi. Alderman Conn.

▶ 2:24 Speaker 4: Alderman Donald Kahn.

▶ 2:25 Speaker 2: Alderman Donald Kahn. Alderman Wright. Donald Kahn. Donald Kahn. Alderman Alex Zwirko. Alderman Kahn. Alderman Kahn. 11 for Alderman Kahn.

▶ 2:37 Speaker 1: 11 votes have been cast, all for Alderman Donald L. Kahn Jr. The chair declares that Alderman Donald L. Kahn Jr. has been duly elected in this caucus for nomination as the President of the Board of Aldermen for the year 2016. the unanimous vote of the members present alderman donald alcon jr has been duly nominated by the members of this caucus to be the president of the board of aldermen for the year 2016. and in accordance with the rules of order of the board of aldermen the term will become effective upon a formal election of the board of aldermen at the organizational meeting in january at which time there will be a formal election and installation and will alderman mortimer escort

▶ 3:32 Speaker 2: the nominated president to the roster i i want to thank you all very much i appreciate your support and it is i consider it to be an honor to preside over this board i take my role seriously this year it's my intention to try to make sure that we continue to have civil discourse relative to all orders uh that we hear from all aldermen on all issues uh i'm going to continue to try to the best that i can uh to make sure that people watching us at home uh understand what we're talking about although i'm not sure we always understand what we're talking about um and i look forward to uh to a good year i'm sure we'll we'll face some challenges but uh i do want to thank you all very much for allowing me the privilege of uh presiding over the board for another year thank you very much thank you i'd like to make a motion to open the floor for