Board of Aldermen - Regular Meeting

The board will now come to order. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.

According being present, we will dispense with line items three and four. Any introduction of honored guests? Any introduction of honored guests? Alderwoman from the 11th.

Thank you. Alderwoman from the 12th. Alderwoman, I think your mic is not on.

I'll put it at the top so won't get testing OK. Good morning. I have lots of honored guests. First of all, I want to thank all the people who came out to the hearing we had yesterday at Health and Human Committee. We had lots of people, and then I had lots of people who called and said they couldn't get on to the call. And they're really excited that we were able to have a really good meeting about vacant homes. about grass cutting in the city of St. Louis and the whole procedure that's been broken for a very long time. And not only grass cutting, the whole job of what Forestry does is trimmin

Aww. Any further introduction of honored guests? Alderman from the 14th.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board. As my honored guest, this itty-bitty one just turned five months this week. As my honored guest, I would like to have Theo, your little child, Madam President, as my honored guest. And happy five, not five weeks, five months, five months this week. So happy five months to Theo, and I'd love to have him as my honored guest. So thank you.

Thank you. I'm sure he's watching from home. Any further introduction of honored guests? Seeing none, Alderwoman from the 10th, you are recognized on the approval of minutes from Friday, September 25th, 2026.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 10th, seconded by the Alderman from the 11th that we approve the minutes from Friday, September 25th, 2026. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Report of city officials.

Alderwoman from the 12th, do you recognize our Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Baden-Markin Center Special Business District?

Yes, I request that we send appointments to the proper committee. I think it is probably HUD's, but I'm not sure. Yes. Thank you.

Is there a second? It's been moved by the Alderwoman from the 12th, seconded by the Alderwoman from the 11th that we send Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Baden Market Center Special Business District to the HUD's committee. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Alderwoman from the 10th, do you recognize Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Nuisance Property Review Board?

It's been moved by the Alderwoman from the 10th, seconded by the Alderman from the 14th, that we send Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Nuisance Property Review Board, to the HUD's committee. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We will dispense with line items nine, 10, and 11, first reading of board bills.

Second reading report of standing committees.

Mr. Clerk, please make sure I'm listed as a co-sponsor on 81 and 76. No, thank you. Report as special committees.

Mr. Clerk, if you could please make sure that I am listed as a co-sponsor of Board Bill 51, Committee Substitute. Alderwoman from the 10th, you are recognized in the motion to adopt the board bills for the Perfection Consent Calendar.

It's been moved by the Alderwoman from the 10th, seconded by the Alderwoman from the 11th, that we adopt the board bills for Perfection Consent Calendar. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Mr. Clerk, if you could please send Board Bill 69, Committee Substitute, and 51, Committee Substitute to Legislation and Rules for Engrossment.

Alderman, from the 9th, you're recognized on the perfection of Board Bill 75.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 9th, seconded by the Alderman from the 11th, that we perfect Board Bill 75. Alderman, you may proceed.

Any further discussion? Alderwoman from the 12th. If the alderman from the 9th would yield.

The alderman from the 9th yields a question from the alderwoman from the 12th.

Thank you. So I haven't had really a chance to read over everything that was in your bill. You know I read everything. But I want to give you some history about me not having any confidence in the people who you want to run these things. I'm the person that wrote the speedhump bill. And I wrote the speedhump bill because we had a previous speedhump bill, and they played politics with who could get speedhumps. They would give them to certain people and then not certain people. There was no reason or rhyme. They also... decided they were going to charge us $900 of our money to apply for a speed

Okay, thank you. So I'd like to say, first of all, the speed hump bill was not written in the 80s or the 90s. It was written in 2021 directly in response to the bureaucrats and the games they were playing. And guess how many co-sponsors I had? 22. So 23 of us out of 28 were supportive. That's a big number. In fact, our president had encouraged the mayor to veto the bill because we didn't give the mayor's permission to write legislation. I've been here before. All of you, the mayor, the comptroller previous, We have never had to, as legislators, get permission from the mayor's office or the com

He said, yes. And I said, don't you have speed humps on your street? And he said, of course. And I said, did you not sign the petition? Yes. Why are you calling me about the 48 and 4900 block of Lee? Because when they put those giant barriers, concrete, I started cutting through and going through Lee. And I said, so now you think you should be able to weigh in on if there should be a speed hump on Lee. Should the people on Lee be able to weigh in about me taking up the speed humps? He said, no way. He said, I'm done with that. So one of the things you have to be real careful of is protecting t

But what I'm just saying is that the whole thing of fairness, I'm just illustrating, it's not done fairly. I was done with that. But when you start with these, oh, these people will be fair, they absolutely will not. That's why we have aldermen from different communities. And so if you push these things through, and I tell you, well, this is going to hurt my community, and you say, well, you still can fund it. Well, but I already have a plan that's halfway through. So I don't know why you would want to be in the middle of that instead of saying, well, if you already have it all the way through

So hear me when I say, put the prohibition of charging $900 in your bill. Put it in there. Because we were shocked when they just came up with this. And they'll come up with something else. They do a money grab. You guys are not knowledgeable enough to know how the program started out. Like they now ask aldermen to pay for dumpsters. That is a process that the city is supposed to do. But they will trick aldermen and say, oh, you need this. Well, I'm here when we first got war capital, and that was not it. And then when we increased our cost of what we should pay for trash, then Stephen Conway

Alderman from the 4th, and then I'll do 7th.

Mr. Clerk, please add me as a co-sponsor. Will do. Thank you.

It's been moved by the Alderwoman from the 7th, seconded by the Alderman from the 14th that we adopt Amendment Number 1 to Board Bill 75. Alderwoman, you may proceed.

Any further discussion on the amendment?

Thank you, Madam President and members of the board. I just wanted to speak in support of the Alderwoman from the 7th Amendment. When we heard this billing committee, I was certainly very supportive of the Alderman from the 9th legislation, but I do think this amendment is a great addition to ensure that we do have that transparency and accountability for residents. We know as Alders, one of our primary responsibilities is to make sure that we can get as much information as possible especially on such important matters uh like the safety improvements that we know speed hump brings so i just wa

Thank you. Any further discussion on the amendment? Seeing none, it's been moved by the Alderman from the 7th, seconded by the Alderman from the 4th, that we adopt Amendment Number 1 to Bill 75. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. There's been a request for roll call. Mr.

By your vote, you sustain the motion from the Alderwoman from the seven to adopt amendment number one. Alderman from the ninth, you are now recognized on the perfection of board bill 75 as amended on the floor.

You need to make a motion to perfect the amended bill.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 9th, seconded by the Alderman from the 14th that we perfect Board Bill 75 as amended on the floor. Alderman, you may now proceed or yield to others for comments.

Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, then Alderman, you from the ninth year are recognized to close.

It's been moved by the alderman from the 9th, seconded by the alderman from the 14th that we perfect Board Bill 75 as amended on the floor. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Excuse me.

You didn't ask for discussion. I was waiting for discussion. He had been recognized to close. But you didn't ask for a discussion. We did ask for a discussion. I did not hear anything about discussion. Okay. I don't remember you saying that. I'm sitting there waiting for it.

We already called for the vote, Alderwoman.

And we did ask for a discussion. So then I will add a written note. Baton just texted me and said that when they had studies done, the only thing they came up with was to take away the street light. Once a vote has been called. There's no further discussion.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.

And Mr. Clerk, if you could please refer Board Bill 75 as amended on the floor to the Legislation and Rules Committee for engrossment.

Aldermen from the 50 are recognized in the perfection of Board Bill 78.

Madam President, members of the board, I would ask that Bill 78 be placed on the informal calendar.

Mr. Clerk, please place Board Bill 78 on the informal calendar.

We can dispense with line item 18, third reading and final passage of board bills consent. We can dispense with line item 19, third reading and final passage of board bills consent. In dispense with line item 20, reported the finally passed and signed by the president. In dispense with line item 21, first reading resolutions and reference to committees.

Alderman from the 5th, you are recognized on the first reading resolution 145.

Madam President, members of the board, I would request unanimous consent on Resolution 145.

Hearing no objection, Alderman, you may proceed.

Madam President, members of the board, I would request that the board adopt Resolution 145.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 5th, seconded by the Alderman from the 14th, that we adopt Resolution 145. Alderman, you may proceed.

This is very simple. This particular resolution simply approves the garden side subdivisions district budget for this next fiscal year, which it is required to do by its authorizing ordinance.

Any further discussion? Any further discussion? seeing none it's been moved by the alderman from the fifth second by the alderman from the 14th that we adopt resolution 145 all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed motion carries second reading resolutions committee reports and adoptions report from the

Alderman from the 5th, you are recognized on the second reading resolution 125, committee substitute.

Madam President, members of the board, I move that the board adopt resolution 125, committee substitute.

It's been moved by the alderman from the 5th, seconded by the alderwoman from the 7th, that we adopt resolution 125, committee substitute. Alderman from the 5th, you may continue.

Thank you, Madam President. We're here today considering this particular resolution because it's our firm belief, or at least I believe it should be this entire board's firm belief, that words matter, that attitudes matter, that tone matters. That as public officials, that rule are those principles, things that the vast majority of 10-year-olds recognize, that they particularly apply to us. And they have to apply to us. I think we would all agree that we are public officials, that we stand in front of our communities, that while our communities disagree with us on certain things, at the end of

Any further discussion? Alderwoman from the 12th. If the alderman from the Fifth with yield. The alderman from the fifth yield to the alderwoman from the 12th.

You just mentioned a rule 42. Is that what you said? Pursuant to rule 42? That's what I heard you say.

Department of Personnel, administrative regulation number 142, madam. Oh, but not our rules.

Okay, but 142, the Department of Personnel. And when they say who that applies to, does it say it applies to elected officials and aldermen? Because that's my question to you.

No, ma'am. 142 applies to city employees.

But not to elected officials and aldermen. All right, but we do have a set of rules that governs us, and we have a charter. Is that correct?

Okay, and our rules... state that our rules are pursuant to the charter, and the charter limits what we can do to employees. So even if, say, the president said all people were getting drunk on the floor, which that does apply to, there are some things that you can do, and there are some things that you can't. Even if my right to vote was taken away, that would be things you could do, things you couldn't. Even if you took my seniority on the first day we came back here after I beat you and the mayor and the treasurer, there are some things we can do. Even if The KKK, well, that doesn't apply t

Actually, Alderman, to set the record straight, you did make that statement last week on the floor. Before I left this building last Friday, I placed a call to you. I did place a call to you, and I left a voicemail for you. It was with respect to the resolution that you had filed, with respect to the hospital. So if we're going to be straight and you're going to accuse me of not reaching out to you, let's be crystal clear to everybody on this board and to the public. that I did place a call to you, that I specifically mentioned in my voicemail, that I wanted to speak with you about the backgro

So I will be, again, you didn't ask me, did you speak to me is what I asked you. And then I will get into what you said. It's a yes or no. No, ma'am, I did not speak to you. Okay, now I want to answer you. You did call me, and you left a message wanting to know about the Homer G. Phillips issue. You never asked me what happened. I thought you said, I've read all the material, and I want to be brought up to speed about the Homer G. Phillips issue. And I have the tape. So it's again. And in mine, it's not doctored. It's not a 25 second clip because I never have in my life made a 25 second speech

I would like to respond. I know that was quite a bit of information, but I would like to take a few moments to respond. First, I'm going to give you the same courtesy, or I'm going to give you the courtesy that you failed to give to Alderman Aldridge, and that is apologize. To the extent that my language in my voicemail when I reached out this last Friday to you was inexact or imprecise, I apologize. I'm sorry. I can do that. I think, second, let's talk in terms of what this resolution is. Because you have just referencing taking away committee assignments or parking spots or whatever else. To

That talks in terms of the First Amendment right of a council or a board, a legislative body just like this, to stand up and say that particular language is not acceptable.

Third, and I think this is very important, You have challenged the veracity of this audio or this video that we have all seen, that's been circulating throughout the media. As you sit here today, do you deny that you told a group of community folks, quote, if you was in my black caucus, you would be the first person I'd put a bullet- Alderman, are you inquiring? I am.

Alderwoman from the 12th, would you yield to questioning from the alderman from the 5th? I will. Alderman, you may proceed.

I appreciate that. Thank you, Madam President. I want to make sure that we all are on the same page. You have challenged the veracity of the videotape. My question to you is, do you admit that you said to a community group, quote, if you was in my black caucus, you would be the first person I put a bullet in your head?

I have told you. And I'm going to say it again. Ask me. Come and have a conversation with me. Put it in context. I'm not having this debate on this floor because you have not given me the right to come before a committee, which I would have. And if you ask Alderman Browning, inquire of him. He called me, and we had maybe an hour's conversation. Ask Alderman from the 11th, the 13th. What I am saying is that you're going to give me the right to come before the committee, which I will then talk to you. I've already had a media press release which talks about the context. Context is everything. If

Alderwoman, I welcome that conversation, and I think at the least we can agree that I asked you to call me with respect to that. We haven't talked. You didn't return my phone call. Mr. Palm hasn't provided me with any information, but so that we can move on, I do promise you that's a conversation I'm very interested in, and I am very willing to look at the information that both you and Mr. Palm have put together. Also, I recall that last week while you were here, you promised to provide to this body the entire clip. I'd love to see it.

I don't remember saying I would have the clip. I said I was looking to get it. So I want to go back. I am looking to get it. There is an entire clip. But even if it wasn't the clip. Mr. Malone, I want to thank him. I hate to keep using his name, but he actually came. So to me, even though you gave me hard questions, you actually came and cared about Homer G. That's what I care about, okay? And you could talk to him. The residents were very protective of me and challenged him while he was asking me questions. And so I am looking for it. I know it. But there are actual residents who were there w

Okay. I'm sorry, Alderman from the 14th.

A final question so that we can move on, and I apologize for dragging this on. We are here to talk about this particular resolution, and we're here to talk about certain statement or certain language. Would you agree with me that the statement, I pull a bullet in your head directed at a colleague, a fellow alder, is inappropriate in today's day and age in the matter of public discourse. Oh, I'm sorry. And as you've said to me, Alderman, this is a yes or no question. Would you agree with me that such language, I put a bullet in your head.

And I have a backup question. Are you saying that that's what I said and that's what happened?

I'm just asking you with respect to would you agree that such language is inappropriate? Simple question.

And not unless it's in context. And so that's what I'm saying. If you hear the context and then you ask me, now, what would I say? It's something I've used. It's an analogy that I've used all of my life because I'm military. And when the military talks about something, they talk about going in a foxhole. So now what I can give you, I'll give you a colonel, okay? And my colonel would be, Sharon, don't use that analogy anymore, okay? That's what I would give you. And why I give you that is because a lady contacted me and said that she brought back a lot of bad memories. And we had a conversation

Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Alderwoman from the first?

I can tell you, and I don't have the red line version in front of me.

I know that generally speaking, the original Resolution 125 talked in terms of censure and removal of certain benefits of office. two significant changes were made. Number one, the term censure was defined. So in the committee substitute, as you now have before you, there is the definition of censures defined as a verbal reprimand without sanction or denial of any privilege of office. That is new language. akin with that language than the request or the suggestion that there would be some discipline or some removal of a sanction or denial of a privilege so pulled out of the resolution. The res

Any further discussion? Alderwoman from the 11th.

Any further discussion? Alderwoman from the 12th.

If the alderman from the ninth would yield, I'm sorry, not ninth, fifth would yield.

The alderman from the fifth yields questioning from the alderwoman from the 12th.

So you've been a lawyer for how many years now? 28. Okay. And did you ever do criminal law at all?

But do you believe in the right of the accused to face his accuser?

In a criminal setting? Absolutely. Life, liberty at issue? Absolutely.

And do you even in a civil? Because you've done a lot of civil law. But when you have civil laws, you have meetings. You didn't think anything was wrong that I wasn't at the committee meeting?

I will tell you that we had video in hand. My work, 28 years doing civil work, I've got a videotape that shows action, that shows conduct. Ten out of ten times, the person stands down and says, I made an error, I screwed up, When confronted with that photograph, when confronted with that video, they say, I'm sorry. And that's the end of it. That's my 28 years of experience. And if not, you're right. In that setting, we proceed to a jury trial, and we have 12 folks in a jury trial look at that video and go... Yep. The video is what the video is.

So I'm older. So when I started practicing, it was in the 80s. And so we didn't, I was a public defender. And I did criminal law, which all my friends laughed because they said, you're going to put everybody in jail because you're a prosecutor. And I am because I grew up in a small town and I am a black and white person. So I hear where you're coming from. Except for that isn't what I found out. I used to believe the police would never lie. I believed it. If the police said it, it had to be true. My first three cases were things where I had to prove the police were not telling the truth. I boo

I don't mean to cut you off, Alderwoman, and you may have a beef with President Green. No, it's not a beef. No, it's not. But you are cutting. No, no, no, no, no. I'm trying to follow the discussion. How does this deal with me?

What is your question? Because the Alderwoman from the 1st and the 7th talked about how these things have happened. and how they happened. But they didn't happen in a vacuum. They happened because they were at those secret meetings, but the Alderman from the 11th, 12th, and 13th were not. That is a violation of our rules, okay? Before that, when I was the 24th Alderman, when they could not beat me, they tore up my whole ward and we didn't get a chance to vote for six years, which is illegal. I say all of that to say It's not anything that had been done. It was that we want to come. So to me, a

I understand, Alderwoman. Was that a question?

No. Oh, okay. So, again, you told me you don't believe it if you have a video. Is that what you're saying? You said you didn't believe people should have the right to be before the committee if there's a video.

My belief is that the language I would put a bullet in your head is reprehensible and uncalled for and unexcusable in any forum for those words to come out of a public official's mouth. Excuse me, let me finish. about a colleague.

And you don't have the floor, so you need to know about yielding. So let me give you another rule. When you're yielding, you answer my question. And if you don't want to, you say you're not. I want to know if you're saying you did not believe that I had a right to be before the committee. And if you're not going to answer that, I understand it because you want to make a speech, but I'm not yielding you that floor time. Did you, are you saying you didn't believe I had a right to come before you?

Okay, thank you. I appreciate that. Fair enough. Absolutely believe that I should not have a right to come before the committee. That is your right. It is not what it should be your responsibility as an elected official. You want to tell me about stuff. I'm always going to fight, even for the people I don't believe in. How can you accuse them of something you haven't heard anything that they said? And you want to say, I want to... That's what's called a rush to judgment. Um... Growing up, not growing up, I was on the board when Johnny Cochran came along with OJ Simpson. And people hated that t

This is a statement. That is Committee Substitute 125 about what language is acceptable to members of this board. Let me answer your question.

No, you did not answer it. Pursuant to which of our rules is a censure allowed?

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution, as recognized by the United States Supreme Court in the case of County of Houston. That would be right. And as you know as a lawyer, the United States Constitution trumps the city charter every day of the week. And this is an exercise of this body to say that language is not permissible.

It's not appropriate. That language per the United States Constitution, and you're talking about the actual case, also brings in and has things that it says that you cannot do. And if you read it, you should read the list of things that you cannot do. It is not a blanket thing of what you can do. And it does not take away the state's right or the city's local rights of what also has to be the rules. We operate under a certain thing, and that case does not give you blanket right to do that. So, again, you're not censuring me. You don't have the power. You could call it a censure. You don't have

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board. I will try to keep this as brief as possible because I think we've been here long enough over something, in my opinion, that's very simple. Down here at this board, we say a lot of lively stuff. I've said lively stuff. The older woman from the 12th ward says lively stuff. The older woman from the seventh has. The older woman from the first has got passionate about when the data center conversation happened. Some people could have took that conversation personal and felt it was disrespectful in those back and forth of inquiries. I'm sure I haven

The Alderman from the 12th yield to questioning from the Alderman from the 14th. I surely will. Alderman, you may proceed.

I'm no lawyer, so I'm just going to ask yes and no. And if you don't want to answer, totally understand. Alderman, on September 14th, was you as Homer G. Phillips? I was. Senior living. Was you there when the meeting started at 3 o'clock? No. So you showed up around, you showed up after the meeting, correct? The meeting started at 3, you were there at 3? No. Oh, I'm sorry. You showed up later in the meeting. Yes. Was that one of their general meetings that they have on a monthly basis? So that meeting was not tailored to Homer G. It was about just a general monthly meeting that they always have, correct?

No, they wanted me to come there because of all the problems they've been having at Homer G that I've been working on for three years. That if you read the documents, I've been trying to get to the bottom of it, that a lady had been assaulted at Homer G, that their tires had been removed and cars had been put up on. So they wanted me to come. I think I had the email from Sharon Williams asking me to come. I always sent my L.A. there, but they wanted me to come because they were concerned about you doing a board bill and you didn't know anything about it.

And let's get to that. When did you file your board bill, Homer G. Phillips? In May. At that meeting when you was... or the residents was concerned, because I'm hearing something different, and I've been talking with those residents, but hold on, this is my inquiry. This is my inquiry. And have a meeting coming up with those residents. When you was at that meeting, did you make comments that you made me a state representative?

Did you make comments at that meeting? It's a yes or no.

That is not correct. You know the rules, right? You know the rules. This is my inquiry. If you know the rules, you can always step aside. Okay. Alderman Tyus, at September 14th at Homer G. Phillips, did you make a comment that he's just a burger flipper?

Just a burger flipper? That's not what I said. What I said is, and now let me just say this. This is where I'm not going to yield anymore. Okay. I am my inquiry. No, no, no. Then good.

I am my inquiry. To my colleagues at the board who have signed on as a co-sponsor, I appreciate it. To the people who have reached out to me and my ward about the comments and said there's no ifs, ands, buts about it, there's no use of what was said, I appreciate it. I've had back and forwards with the Alderwoman. I've never said anything where I would use a weapon, a bat, a bullet, a knife, to her in any way to harm her. She may be upset about the seniority. She may be upset about various things that go back way before we got down to this board. And we hear it all the time how they took her w

Any further discussion? Alderwoman from the 12th. if the Alderman from the 11th would yield. Yes. The Alderman from the 11th yield to questioning from the Alderman. Yes, I will.

Alderman, you may proceed. So the Alderman from the 14th says that he heard all this stuff that I've said about every member of the Board of Aldermen. Have you ever heard anything I said about you? Because that would include you, right?

He also said that I attacked him about being gay, which is funny, because before any of you all came down here, and the alderman from the third knows it, I was leading the pack of people who supported gay issues to the point that they would have the right to have, before gay was acceptable and the Supreme Court put their stamp on it, that they would have the right to do partnerships. That's just a bold-faced lie. He does that often. I know I got some information from when he was running against the Bosleys. He put out again, they don't like me because I'm gay. They don't have anything to do wi

So at some point you came down here and you were a new alder person, right? That is correct. So have I ever made myself not available to you if you had a question about anything?

Okay, and also if you needed help with legislation, did I do that?

And I would even go so far as to write the legislation. This is true. And it wasn't just with black alder people. I did it with white alder people. Absolutely. And helped them, okay? And the alder woman on the first is so worried about me, but when she was the alder woman of, what was she, the 12th, 13th, or whatever, she was on my committee. And I actually trained, helped train her and Jova Carl would try to interrupt her. And I would then say, and the other one from the 13th knows this because she was on the committee. Zova Carl would try to interrupt her, and I would say, leave her alone. T

Ali Stewart is here. Come on, Ali. Ali Stewart is here. And she's here because she's one of the people that I go to to talk to. Absolutely. I as well. Her birthday is coming up and she'll be 94. Thank you. I tell everybody, my mom is 91. Most Sundays, I'm there making sure she eats healthy. I am Christian. I had the chance last week to speak at the AME annual meeting out at the airport. I am Christian. I put holy water on, and that's why I'm still here with all the things that have come against me. And people said, oh, she got something about moving her ward. No, it wasn't moving my ward. You

Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, Alderman, from the 5th, you are recognized to close.

I have one point, one point of clarification as part of my closing, and that is during the course of discussion, there was a reference to a secret meeting. I want to make crystal clear to any member of the public that is watching this proceeding that the personnel committee that that particular hearing was noticed. It was noticed to the public, and it was noticed with 24-hour service. That as a process and protocol within this Board of Aldermen, each single one of us gets a notice with respect to every committee meeting. That is anything but a secret meeting held behind closed doors. With that

It's been moved by the alderman from the 5th, seconded by the older person from the 7th, that we adopt Resolution 125, Committee Substitute. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.

Nope. Alderman Tyus. Nope. Alderman Boyd.

By your vote, you sustain the motion from the Alderman from the 5th to adopt Resolution 125 Committee. Alderwoman from the 10th, you are recognized on the motion to adopt the Courtesy Resolution Consent Calendar.

It's been moved by the older woman from the 10th, seconded by the older woman from the 7th, that we adopt the courtesy resolution consent calendar. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Miscellaneous and unfinished business.

Any further announcements? Any further announcements? Seeing none, Alderwoman from the 10th, you're recognized on the motion to excuse.

It's been moved by the Alderwoman from the 10th, seconded by the Alderman from the 14th, that we excuse the Alderperson from the second for necessary absence. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Alderman from the 10th, you're recognized on the motion to adjourn.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 10th, seconded by the Alderman from the 11th, that we adjourn until Friday, October 2026 in the Board of Alderman Chambers. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We are adjourned.