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Good morning, everyone. Happy Monday to all the committee on
finance is called to order.
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We will now have a roll call to establish quorum.
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Alderman Mitchell
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Knutson Alderman Martin Alderman Silverstein chairman. Dale
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We have you all the Minerva and we have a quorum. We have
19 members president present under rule 59 all them admits
and Alderman Taliaferro have requested remote participation
under the provisions of the rule 59. Can I have a motion to
allow all the myths and Alderman Taliaferro Alderman Harris
makes the motion to allow all the men missing Alderman
Taliaferro to attend this meeting by remote means all those
in favor signify by saying I oppose and opinion of the
chairs the eyes have it. I like to confirm this morning
then all them admits and Alderman Taliaferro. Our president
have joined today's meeting.
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Looks like they're not quite here yet nor the ones in zone
cheer. Okay, so we will keep moving.
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At this time, we will begin the public comment period the
public comment period will be limited to 30 minutes out of
respect for everyone's Time Each speaker is limited to
three minutes.
We do not have anyone who is signed up to speak remotely.
So everyone speaking today are present in the chambers will
start with cata Trust.
Good.
Good morning, Miss truss. Good morning. My first name is
kaka kaka trust and I am here this morning to address city
council about our migrant crisis and it is a crisis that I
don't feel that the city of dealing with properly. I think
that it is time for us to begin sending the buses back.
and I've
And I've heard people say that that's not something that we
can do. But if we're spending up to 30 million dollars.
to
To accommodate migrants on the weekly and monthly basis
certainly some of that money could be spent to either
charter buses or put them back on planes to send them back
home. And then I've heard people say what what about the
people who came from Ukraine the difference between the
people who came from Ukraine and the people who are coming
from Venezuela is if
that the Ukrainian Village
That the Ukrainian Village Community took their people in
they took them in and they absorb them into their Community
not to mention the fact that because they are coming from a
place where there is a war which makes it different.
the
The situation is not the same the citizens of the city of
Chicago those of us who are voters are saying it's enough
we have had enough. Now, we have been ignored by city
council. We have been ignored by most of our elected
officials and we are here to stay and I keep on saying this
and in this political season,
We're Democrats are looking to remain in power black people
in this city. I saying if you don't listen to us, we're
going to take out both elsewhere. Now, you can continue to
think that it's business as usual because I know that in
the black community we tend to be a little complacent and
we continue to allow you all to not serve us the way that
you have been elected to do but hear me when I say that we
are growing tired hear me when I say that you're not going
to continue to go and seek federal funds for people who
don't live here when you have not thought enough of us to
put forth the effort to do that for the citizens of
Cargo with fire with fire and thank you though because this
cause has made us your night all over the city. And for
those of you who are supported by CT you and American
Working Families and you seem to think that because you
have the Monopoly because you collected a few people that
you are the voice of the city. I'm here to tell you today
that you are not I'm here to tell you you are better start
paying attention to us cuz we're not going to continue to
support you are if you're clearly not going to support.
Thank you mistress for your remarks. Richard was rutschman.
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Is the next speaker?
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Mr. Richard ruschman
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moving along
Miss Jessica Jackson
Good.
Good morning. If we can have the attention of the alderman,
please can you go with your remarks, please? Can we have
your attention? Thank you. Okay, because we all witnessed.
What was that Thursday November 2nd house. The city council
has no type of
ordered
Order to itself how they have no respect for rules had a no
have no respect for the voting process itself while we're
forced to hear every election. About 40 about how important
it is to both are we can witness the voting suppression
take place white and city council. We witnessed on November
2nd when people were trying to vote and attend virtually
they weren't allowed to do so yet that's been happening in
here today. So as you wanted your flippant with me, you
probably need to put your car call Lisa check about the
lack of manners that they have now me as a property owner.
I don't want no more of my money thrown to this at all and
property taxes is going to be the way that this is
ultimately Finance. We all here know that and that's a
conversation that this Council has been negligent in
heaven.
you how
You have not had the conversation about how the people who
are paying for this has to foot the bill for this even
though we disagree with it. You have not had the
conversation about how I do process is constantly being
violated when we're not given proper notice about this when
we're not given an opportunity to be heard having child
needs after the decision has been made. It's not an
opportunity to be heard.
It's supposed to be.
It's supposed to be an impartial tribunal Tribunal.
if
If we disagree none of that's taking place. So again why
you can flip it. You need to check your rules and Obey
them.
and
And why you sitting here getting ready to give more money
to immigrants?
Why?
Why the city is already in the deficit and put them to have
the audacity to come and beg for more like what the city
should be broke, take some people who never paid you. You
ought to be ashamed of yourself take your pants down and
check your people and make sure you order these built this
city council right got that.
thank
Thank you very much. Miss Jackson. The our next speaker is
George, Blakemore.
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this time clock
is
Is something evil and wrong here?
make
Make a claim or do you have a television? No?
How can I get addicted to to keep a lot of trashy programs?
So I just don't bring that turn on the television. I'm old
school. What did you hear this morning on the radio?
They said they said that Chicago is the most corrupt city
in America. They said
and they also said that the state of Illinois is the third
corrupt state in the country.
Dr.
Something is wrong here what they said maybe the people.
Maybe something wrong with the ultimate maybe something
wrong with the mare. Maybe this is been going on. What did
dr. King State Chicago is the most racist City Michelle
Michelle Harrison Miss Lee. Dr. King said is the most
racist City that he have a beanie.
and
And it's still the most racist.
Trump
Something is wrong here call. Mr. Blakemore cloning. He
wants to go over here cuz it's environmental need and he
wants to also come to the finance me. Who does that who
have two meetings at the same time and on the same date the
musical chair?
The system is broken Maybe.
Chicago have more corrupt people not only politician and
they talking about Ms. And Rosa Emma is still here.
and
And Rosa is still here and the game still goes on.
Something is wrong with black people black people. I'm glad
and
And I'm not blind I'm not crippled and I'm not crazy. I see
these Hispanic advocating for their people against a
people.
grumpy
Something happened to the black man, man on the plantation
the white man Malcolm made out of that figure out what that
is a nice man.
Upper Deck
a productive man
Thank you. Mr. George Blakemore. Our next speaker is Miss
Linda Johnson.
Biltmore
Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Miss Johnson. I
am here today because I am still out of King for my Park
which is imeson Park field house. I don't understand how in
the world you could take apart in the heart of a community
that has limited resource, which is Austin and I don't
understand how you could take our money without even sit
down having a conversation with us the piece that's beyond
me. I am a taxpayer and I think about my taxes if paid for
the Park the school my kids are grown now and that money is
still coming out of my taxes to pay for that. So I have a
right to say what I want to do with my part. And if I don't
want my part to be a migrant Chef shelter, I have a right
to demand back and I don't understand how we could turn a
deaf ear to the Cry of the people who cry other people have
limited resource already in our community. You want to put
them somewhere by the community that got some money in it
and put them there.
do
Don't be taken.
Don't be taking our limited resources. Austin has the
highest crime rates and then our children go to the park,
and then I seen you spoke to the park. So you tell him I
seen as you don't care about them. I let me tell you
something. You're seniors boat and your seniors are angry
bear angry that I would marry who happen to be a lot like
you said has turned his back on them. This is what the
season saying to me as a represents the council at the park
and then calling me and said Lynn to the park at your me to
go to I can't even walk down the stairs to that Park. And
so nothing is this don't just start with the mare. We need
to all of us need to be talking to the president to the
governor. How could another governor do it's like he's just
forcing these people on us because he can't mandated at the
border. So we need to be talkin to the governor. We need to
be talked to the president. We need to tell her stop and we
don't want sent you every city and maybe we don't want
statuary State either and I think we
Why'd you do that so I can?
Why'd you do that? So I think that need to be on the ballot
why they clown in here the other day and I could get a
chance to talk. That was so disrespectful to me as a
senior. I ain't never know folks down here crying like
that. And then we wonder why you're a clown in the street.
If this example that we said we can expect nothing
different in the street name is Johnson. Mr. Blake more if
we have someone during public comment.
if
If you want to speak I need to whoever wants to speak. I
need them to go outside because I'm not having that in here
today.
Thank you.
Thank you for stopping the Clock Was Johnson continued and
all I'm saying is that we have to think about I send you
your signature your number one voting and so be seniors are
calling me saying Linda. We don't understand what's going
on. I'll keep it take our resources for my parks that
cannot get to the other part which is there is part which I
thought was a disgrace that the lady came from the park.
Did you try to tell us about some alternative? We don't
need that charger. Our park is made for those that have
that I'm handicapped. It's one level. Then you tell it to
go to jail. If you got to walk up and then the other place
walk down. They have a problem with that. So I think I'll
park need to be taken off the list you want another part.
Like I said take them.
17 a
17 Acres out. There ain't no programs at that park yet.
Thank you very much. Miss Johnson for your comments.
Our last speaker is Zoe Zoe Lane.
No more.
Good morning, Miss. I'll German doll.
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Good morning, Miss Lady.
I think
My thing is my quest. Like one thing that I would like to
talk about is like it's 40 minutes Williams that have OD'd
at the police districts and a lot of people aren't talking
about that and my thing is 330 million dollars is already
allocated and a 330 million dollars already allocated for
the immigration immigrant. Why are they not?
Calls on top of Ukrainian Village took their 30,000 it like
30,000 compared to the the the Venezuelans that are at each
of these police district is its total? He's not even not
even fifteen thousand of them. So I'm confused on why is it
so complicated if y'all had 330 million dollars of our tax
paying money to make sure that they are house. I mean,
they're literally I mean, it's so bad that a Coke that an
ounce of cocaine is $800 instead of $2,000.
cuz it's
Hope it's filled with fentanyl. So these people are coming
over here and they're dying. That's Blood on the mayor's
hands.
That's criminal and y'all don't even see the bigger issue
with that instead y'all did whatever y'all did Thursday and
my man was willing to risk his whole job for the whole
Sanctuary situation.
wait
Waiting hoping that Biden was going to sit and talk to the
mayor about 5 billion dollars that we are not going to get.
So what are you going to hold that backfire and that made
y'all look crazy. So now that you're not getting a 5
billion now the police district still look crazy.
Rodriguez is not here. Michael Rodriguez is not here
Ramirez is not here and there are the main ones who have
bully all of y'all into doing this b******* that y'all are
doing because they're stealing the money. So I think that
you should be a forensic audit.
Play Yanni.
Are y'all need to figure out where all this money went to
because there's no way possible that y'all have 330 million
dollars and people is dying on these streets.
my
like I
Like that doesn't make any sense and I'm not going to do
nothing. So this is like common sense. So like I really
need to figure this out instead of y'all trying to persuade
me and do stuff that we can't get into these off of these
meetings and breaking all these laws are people don't know
the Constitution and stuff like that cuz I know it all.
Do my thing is you guys really need to figure out if it has
black leadership that we look to y'all need to figure out
where that money is so we can help our our communities and
communities like crazy is crazy. Thank you Miss life for
your comments and thank everyone for their public comments
this morning. I want to acknowledge all them in Hopkins and
all them in Mitchell who are joined us and our County to or
squirm and also all the men went Osman Taha hop and worse
and mostly who are not members but have joined us this
morning. Mostly you are a member. I'm sorry all the time
mostly will be counted towards Quorum. I'm told that all
the men Taliaferro is in the meeting.
all the
Alderman Taliaferro
Did you just confirm that you have joined us? Good morning
chairman. Thank you so much. I am requesting to be joined
by remotely.
if
Before we go on I wanted to take a moment of silence on the
passing of Sharon Monson.
Who as many of us no work on the third floor was always
someone who greeted us with a smile was very friendly
Alderman Harris. Would you like to say anything before we
take this moment of silence? Thank you. Madam. Sharon
Sharon was one of the sweetest people on this planet.
A good person with a good heart and came to work every day
with a smile and so I am grateful that God allowed her this
time on Earth and this time for me to have the ability to
work with her and I hope that we got to figure out some way
how to acknowledge her life and her Legacy. So thank you
madam chairman or the moment of silence.
We have a two items before the committee today on our
agenda item. Number one is from the office of budget and
management and ordinances concerning the authority to
approve the levy of real estate taxes for the city of
Chicago for the year 2024 in the amount of 1773557000.
we
We are joined this morning by our budget director and that
Guzman and she will explain the ordinance and then we'll
take questions from members and non-members director Guzman
boarding Elders. So what is before you is the property tax
ordinance for FY twenty for which is the chairwoman
mentioned levies a property tax of 1.7 billion are roughly
1.8 billion dollars, which is inclusive of both the base
property tax levy as well as a new property as as well as
recovered TIF district from expiring tips on top of the
base property tax levy. We're adding 37.6 million dollars
from new property as well as aspiring Tiss to support our
debt service fund as well as our Pension funds in f y 24
I'll take any questions that you have.
I'm Excuse Me Miss Jackson. If you are going to shout out I
will have you removed and I'm not standing for that today
not this morning.
Okay, we heard you you had an opportunity to speak.
they
thank
Thank you. Yes all them in Irving.
Thank you. I think about him share. Mr. Lopez you dug for
me. I'm sorry the tax levy has laid out the primary about
to go into a DEX and pension is that fully inclusive of
what the whole piece of the tax lady smokes? Were there any
other uses of that or those particular forms the amounts
levied are going to specific Bond Debt Service into next
year and before Pension funds.
one of
I want to acknowledge all the men Rodriguez and Alderman
Lopez who joined us and will be added to a quorum.
and
Any other questions from members of the committee or
non-members all the manner of In Motion made by Alderman
Urban recommending do pass all those in favor signify by
saying I all those opposed.
I will take a look take a roll call on this.
Miss
Mr. Blakemore, I got this
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Alderman Hopkins
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Alderman Mitchell
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Alderman Moore
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Alderman Curtis
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Alderman Mosley Alderman Rodriguez
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Alderman Scott
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Alderman Cecil Lopez
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Alderman Silverstein Germantown V. Yes.
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The roll-call is 16 yeses five knows the ordinance to do
pass ordinance will be reported out at the next city
council meeting.
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Item number two on our agenda from the office of budget and
management is an ordinance concerning the amendment of
Municipal codes title, 239 11 and 14 which relates to the
revenue derived from certain taxes fines and fees. This is
part of our 2024 Municipal Code Revenue ordinance. And we
do have a substitute revenue revenue ordinance, which has
been prepared and sent electronically to everyone. Is there
a motion to accept the substitute Revenue ordinance.
so
summer
Summer by Alderman Urban all those in favor signify by
saying I opposed and opinion of the chair of the guys have
it the substitute ordinances now before the committee, it
will be explained by budget director in that Guzman. We do
have representatives from other departments including our
comptroller Chase were Winkle Mark Siegel the assistant
Corporation counsel Deputy Commissioner Toms.
Sorry.
Size Selesky from the mayor's office of people with
disabilities first deputy director Joel Flores from the
Department of Finance in Quran conquer deputy director from
the Department of Finance director Guzman. Thank you. I
will run through these all at once and then open it up for
questions. We have the members of the Department's here
whose I'm ordinances are being impacted by The Substitute
ordinance. So really quickly the Article 1 of the
substitute ordinance relates to the clear path program,
which is administered by the Department of Finance has
meant as you go through it. I know that there were changes
in the substitute organist and might be good to explain
what those changes are as you give your explanation. I know
many of them are format related, you know.
Pier
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Periods in strikeouts and stuff but there are some
substitutes By changes and if you could just point them out
to the committee. Absolutely. So in Article 1 Section 1
this is code 96641 125 this relates to the clear path
believe program administered by the Department of Finance
in that section A you'll see that we have removed the
language only until December 31st, 2023 what this
effectively does is makes the clear path relief program,
which is one of many of our debt relief programs a
permanent program this program as just a remind everyone
what this program does it provides debt relief assistance
for eligible low-income motorist to reduce or eliminate
certain kinds of vehicle-related that and so this was a
pilot program that it been.
and play
In place for a few years and we are proposing to make this
a permanent program.
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The second item is in Article 2 of The Substitute
ordinance, and it relates to the administrative debt relief
program also administered by the Department of Finance this
particular substitute ordinance converts the ongoing
program for debt relief assistance for
Google low-income individuals with administrative hearing
that this again was a pilot program that had been in place
for a couple of years and based on the outcome from that
program. We are seeking to also make this a permanent
program for the city of Chicago.
artic
Article 3 the next item relates to the payment technology
services this allows or authorized the Comptroller to enter
into agreements with third parties to install applications
to allow eligible to allow customers to pay utility company
bills through our existing payment technology, kiosk.
the new
The next one relates to the motor vehicle lesser tax as we
continue to see markets change a dust and new types of
companies coming onto the market. We always want to look at
our code to make sure that we are covering all eligible
types of activities over the last couple of years. A
leasing a platform that become more popular in addition to
leasing from rental companies and so forth. So there was a
gap within our code that didn't allow us to apply this tax
to certain peer-to-peer leasing companies and this Revenue
management ordinance substitute allows us to know apply
that text you. A leasing.
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Next is a change within the employee liability with the
municipal code related to a liability than employees incur
from certain violations, whether it's parking violations
moving violations or such while they're in the process of
conducting City business. They are allowed to a petition to
have any of those moving violations waived that goes
through a process which currently is reviewed by the
Comptroller and then reviewed by my office this changes the
code such that the Comptroller as the traffic compliance
administrator is the only one that has to review again
because they're the ones that are responsible for Gathering
or collecting the revenue from those types of a moving
violation. So they were view then my office is no longer
will be involved in in 3
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next is the article 6 which expands the utility building
release program. This is another one that was a pilot under
the debt relief programs administered by the Department of
Finance. This expands the eligibility requirements for that
program from One and Two Flats to include three unit Flats
as well.
the
The next second to last one deals with increases of fees
that are charged by the mayor's office for people with
disabilities for certain pre-tournament accessibility
reviews that they conduct at the request of developers who
are going before the department of buildings for inspection
a developer can have their building inspected or reviewed
for accessibility and complies with our code as we continue
to see the cost of our employee salary wages. Go up this
Matt this a 6 to match our modest Revenue that we bring in
for those accessibility reviews to the cost of the staff
that actually conduct those accessibility reviews.
and in
And then finally an article 8. This is the property
increases pension as I just read through the property tax
levy for fy20 for it does not include the CPI increased. We
have under our pension code in automatic escalator that
applies to the property tax the lesser of 5% or CPI because
of that automatic escalator and the fact that we are not an
acting it in the Levee for FY twenty for this section
suspend that are automatic isolator for FYI 24 and with
that madam chairwoman.
over to
Over to council for any questions. Thank you. Miss Guzman
acknowledging Alderman Silverstein and all them and see Joe
Lopez before we go to questions. I do have a question on
the utility billing relief including more reflex. Now do we
have a sense of how many three Flats might be eligible in
the city of Chicago? Yep, 3000 roughly.
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and
And also in your information that you received regarding
articles three, there are locations for all of the kiosk
located within everyone's Ward Alderman Taylor.
Thank you. Madam. Chair. My question was on the utility
billing relief to its in red is it cuz it's in the
negative. What what what does that mean in red shirt? Which
document so the utility building relief
and you it's the 1 million 1.7 million + lost to the city.
So does it does it is a relief program? There is a slight
rotlaust. We we project that in the next year the maximal
that lost be 1.7 million that being said a lot of the Dead
that were pulling in from the utility bill relief is aged
is going to be aged. So it's stuff that ultimately we
probably have a tough.
I'm a
I'm collecting any.
I'm collecting anyway, but technically it's it's stuff for
forgiving through the utility bill. Really.
And I'm happy to provide further detail on that too. Thank
you. I commissioner. Can you so I'm confused on you said
one you said was for vehicle related deaths and then
another one you said was for.
Is is relieved at also for the employee liability know
anyone that gets a ticket in the city of Chicago. We have a
program that allows them to have debt relief based on
income requirements. The employee liability is I'm an
employee. I have used the company City Car on my own car on
to conduct City business. I may have parked in a place. I
should have parked. I got a ticket violation or maybe I ran
a seed a red light or something like that. We can go
through the mechanisms of having that that way or I should
say that ticket waived because of various reasons, which I
know the Comptroller's office is much more at conversing on
the reasons why we would allow for that ticket to be wafted
into not collect from our employee but the vast majority of
those are emergency related so
you had a
You had a city vehicle would be automatic cuz then we would
have the reason of why you were violating for whatever
reason but if it's your personal vehicle, we have to go
back and review how it works. So is the supervisor whatever
that agency they do the first level review and then it
petitions to us. So this is just cleaning up an efficiency
problem. Where were there a secondary sign off that doesn't
seem to be necessary because there's already to sign ups.
Thank you.
Thank you madam chair. Thank you. Could you speak to the
eligibility requirements for the Clearpath release program?
So it's 300% or below the poverty line. And then if you're
eligible for like LIHEAP or the ATR program you have an
automatic eligibility for CPR. Thank you very much. Any
other questions from members of the committee non-members
seeing no question. Is there a motion to recommend approval
of item number to Soma by Alderman Rodriguez recommending
do pass all those in favor signify?
Take me.
Signified by you calling for roll call.
Okay, here we go Alderman vice-chair Conway all the middle
spada Alderman Hopkins.
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Alderman Hall
Alderman Mitchell
Alderman Harris Alderman Bill Alderman Lee
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Alderman Ramirez Alderman Quinn Alderman Lopez Alderman
more
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Alderman Curtis Alderman O'Shea Alderman Taylor Alderman
Mosley Alderman Rodriguez all them and Scott Aukerman see
Joe Lopez Alderman Burnett's Alderman Irvin, Alderman,
Taliaferro.
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Alderman waguespack Alderman Rodriguez Sanchez Alderman
ramirez-rosa Alderman Villegas Alderman mitz-vah do
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Alderman Vasquez
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Alderman Riley Alderman Knutson
Albany
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Armand Armand Miss verse I am chairman and the address
present or I will do that all the men miss. Good morning
include you in Coram and adieu to this roll eyes have it at
18. Those were three. This ordinance will be reported out
as you pass at the next city council meeting with there
being no other business before the committee.
can
Can I go?
Can I get a motion to adjourn?
So moved by Alderman Riley all those in favor signify by
saying I suppose Nae eyes have it. The committee meeting is
adjourned.