Remarks by Brent Ackerson
88 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
“That item is brought before us. Let's see here. Councilman Owen, this came out of your committee. You have the floor, sir.”
“I've got no other speakers in the queue. This ordinance requires a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, open the roll.”
“I'm stopping the force. Councilman Purvis, this came out of your committee. You have the floor, madam. Hold on a second. Somebody better mute their mic. And there we are again. Thank you. Councilman, you've got the floor.”
“Okay, the ordinance is adopted. Madam Clerk, a reading of item number 25, please.”
“I was propped up for us. Councilwoman Purvis, this came out of your committee. You have the floor, madam.”
“I've got no one else in my queue. Looking around. And as such, Madam Clerk, open the roll.”
“Including the buccaneer from District 8, this ordinance is adopted. Aye. All right, Madam Clerk. Out of reading of item number 26, please.”
“Items brought before us. Councilman Joseph, this came out of your committee. Give the floor, sir.”
“I think I saw our buccaneer there raising his hand.”
“What's that? Councilman Shanklin. 500 from District 2, please. Okay. I'm looking around. I've got no one else in my queue. I'm looking around. Ken, you wanna?”
“The reality is I don't think we're going anywhere else because I've got no one else in my queue. I'm looking around on the floor. All right, so now we have the potential amended ordinance before us.”
“All right, so now we have the amendments to the ordinance before us. All those in favor say aye. Aye.”
“We now have the amended ordinance before us, which will require a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, open the roll.”
“The ordinance is adopted. Madam Clerk, I have number 27, please.”
“The item is now properly before us. Councilman Joseph, this came from your committee. You have the floor, sir.”
“Well, this is what I'm going to do because I'm going to have to relieve the chair. First, I'm going to tender it to the person who wants the present vote. Do you have any desire to speak to this?”
“I understand. I'm going to relieve myself of the chair, ask the President Pro Tem to take the chair, and I will speak to this very quickly. Do I have the floor?”
“Colleagues, the most important thing in all of our districts is public safety. Most important. Infrastructure, second. But public safety is most important. And I'm very proud of the fact that District 26 regularly spends a great portion of its money on police overtime in the district. This money, last year we spent $53,000. No one else spent any money. This year we're spending $60,000. We had 30 before, this is another 30. This money all goes towards officers that will be writing traffic violations, looking for speeders, people that are breaking the traffic laws, but there's also a secondary…”
“No, this is not an ordinance where we're asking for extra money.”
“Because all this money has been allocated solely for District 26, and it's money that we've set aside. However, if you want to follow suit in the future, I think that, in my opinion,”
“I agree. Both the traffic control, riding with speeding tickets, controlling traffic, and a greater police presence.”
“Absolutely. I've got no one else in my queue. What's that?”
“Okay. This is an order to decry as I roll call vote. Madam Clerk, open the roll.”
“The ordinance is adopted. Madam Clerk, a reading of item number 28, please.”
“The item's probably before us. I don't see Councilman Batshon on our screen, and therefore I will defer to Councilman, what's that? He's back on it. Councilman Batshon, you have the floor.”