Remarks by Lance L. Davis
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Very good, any questions? All right, seeing none, thank you. So item 7.7 is approved, and item 7.3 requires a roll call for approval. Would you call the roll on that, please, Madam Clerk?
All right, very good. Next item out of order, another request from the administration to take item 7.2 out of order. So I'll request to waive the rules. And seeing no objection, Madam Clerk, would you read 7.2?
Any discussion? Councilor Link and then Scott.
All right, seeing none, that also requires a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, would you call the roll on approval?
All right, thank you. One more in this category, requesting the administration to take up item 7.5 out of order. So I'll make that request to waive the rules and take up item 7.5, seeing no objection. Madam Clerk.
No, all right, seeing none, that item is approved.
Other discussion? I will take the liberty of speaking from up here, if I may, just to echo the thanks. As has been the case many, many, many times, I'm just sitting here thinking, boy, we got the right guy for this job. So glad that you are, sorry, so sorry and glad that you are undertaking this task. And I just want to express my gratitude for the work you've already done, the work that you're going to be doing. and express, you know, on behalf of myself at least, you know, full support and cooperation, whatever you need at any point. And I hope my colleagues, and I'm sure my colleagues will…
Okay, very well. And so what that translates to is that then the council, the then council, will be digesting the first phase of this process, either maybe during budget, during recess, and or more materially probably in the fall, given the given what our spring looks like and early summer looks like.
Well, you know, sometimes we can walk and chew gum at the same time. That's why we have finance committee meetings more often now than we have. So we'll see how it all plays out. And I will say, you know, to whomever is serving as president next year, I think, you know, that it would behoove the council to consider the right approach to this, whether that's in the committees, as you sort of alluded to, whether that's in the committees we currently have or creating a special committee. and that'll be a decision to be made. I think at the time, but based on what we all have in front of us and…
I'm thinking more in terms of how long the docket and legislative matters happens to be whenever this comes down, and for whomever it is, thinking about what makes the most sense. But I know that we will have, at that point, hopefully, barring any catastrophes, have a full council back again, and we'll get it all sorted and work it out. Any other questions? Councillor Bob.
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As long as it includes without limitation Oxford commas and colons, semicolons.
We're just going to throw all of them in there just for fun. Any other discussion, questions? All right, seeing none, Council Hart moves to approve. This is an ordinance that is before us the first time. It would require approval, enrollment, and ordainment. So on approval, seeing no discussion, Madam Clerk. Roll call on approval. Oh, we don't need approval? Okay, we'll take it. All right, so then seeing no objection to that as approved, and then we need roll call on enrollment and ordainment. So let's start with enrollment, please.
That is now appropriate for ordainment, Madam Clerk.
All right. Very good. Analyst Salisbury, you have your ordinance. or at least as soon as the other, shall we? Councilor Young-Kampen would like to move to reconsider in the hopes that reconsideration fails. On reconsideration, anyone want to change your votes? All right, seeing none, reconsideration has failed. Now you have your ordinance. All right. Thank you again. All right, folks, time to start the meeting. Madam Clerk, back to the regular order of business, which I think takes us right to 4.1, is that right? All right, let's go. Actually, hold on. Would folks like a quick recess, or have…
Two minutes. Well, let's call it five, and we'll be right back. So stand and recess for five minutes. All right. I can do that. I call this meeting back to order. I don't have to ask. I can see that there is a quorum present. Madam Clerk, would you read the next item, please?
Okay, Councilor Lake, do you want to speak on this? Councilor Lake?
Councilor Hart, do you want to speak on this?
All right, any further discussion? All right, seeing none, that is referred to legislative matters. Next item.
Do you want to send it to committee, or just follow up? Yeah, just follow up. All right, that item is approved. Next item.
I'm reminded of a presenter we had a long, long time ago who mentioned that there was a whole list of ordinances he hears about a lot that seemed to be not doing what they were intended. Or, in fact, what the literal words of the ordinance say can and can't happen, hypothetically speaking. Any further discussion? You want to follow up with this one committee or look for a response to the administration?
School building facilities and maintenance.
Since you chair that committee, I'm happy to set it that way, unless there's any objection. All right, so that's approved with a copy of the school buildings, facilities, and maintenance. Next item.
I see Director Najee Williams with a metaphorical hand up, I guess.
Any further discussion? If this one is, Councilor Strezla, the item that was, that Director Najeeb Williams mentioned that was discussed in HCD, is that, was that discharged from committee or is it still in committee?