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PRESENCE OF A QUORUM NOW TO OBTAIN HERE COUNCIL A COLLECTIVE THE PLEIN AIR COUNCIL A DARKENED
COUNCIL OPINION THE SAME AS THE COUNCIL FITZGERALD ERA COUNCIL PLEIN AIR COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE HERE COUNCIL WILL MEET YEAR TO YEAR
HERE WILL MURPHY DEAR COUNCILOR PIPPIN YOU'RE COUNCILOR SANTANA HERE COUNCILOR WEBER HERE AND
COUNCILOR WORRELL HERE A QUORUM IS PROBABLY THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A POOR MAN'S PRESENCE WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0901 LOBBY MEMBER 0901 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND BRAIN UP WITH THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW
REENACT RELATIVE TO THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT COUNCILOR IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU THE CHAIR CAN I DO THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCILOR CLOSE OPERATOR YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE BACKGROUND NOISE. THERE IS CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING THERE. MY HOUSE SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY AHEAD OF TIME.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF IT BECOMES TO TOO MUCH SO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATION WAS REFERRED THE FOLLOWING DOCKET FOR CONSIDERATION TO DOCKET 0901 PETITION FOR SPECIAL LAW
REGARDING AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT COUNCILOR IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS U.S. LOUIJEUNE AND LIZ BURTON AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON MAY 11, 2025
DOCKET 0901 IS A HOME RULE PETITION THAT WOULD WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY TO HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE EVENT THAT AN OFFICE OF DISTRICT COUNCILOR IS VACATED MORE THAN 180 DAYS PRIOR TO THE GENERAL
ELECTION. THE HOME RULE PETITION DIRECTS THE PERSON ELECTED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE EVENT A SEAT IS VACANT TO TAKE OFFICE AS SOON AS ELECTION RESULTS ARE CERTIFIED.
AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE
FULL COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CARTER ZAPATA AND AS THE CO-SPONSOR ON THIS DOCKET WITH COUNCILOR BRAYTON, I
BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON THIS PETITION ON WEDNESDAY THAT AS COUNCIL DECLARED AS A PARTY STATED WOULD DO TWO THINGS ONE WAIVE THE SPECIAL ACTION IN THE
EVENT THAT A VACANCY OCCURS PRIOR TO MAY EIGHT AND TWO WOULD SEAT THE PERSON WHO WINS THE DISTRICT SEAT EXPEDITIOUSLY IN NOVEMBER AFTER ELECTION RESULTS ARE CERTIFIED.
THIS IS SO THAT THAT THE COUNCIL IS NOT CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED SHOULD THERE BECOME A VACANCY AT A POINT BETWEEN NOW AND MAY EIGHT. THIS IS A PETITION THAT REALLY
STARTED IN A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT CANDIDATES RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO REALLY VET CANDIDATES AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TIMELINE AS IT EXISTED
WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND THEN FOR A GENERAL ELECTION EVEN IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE TODAY TODAY ON WEDNESDAY AND THE
WHOLE PETITION THERE WERE DATES OFFERED FOR BOTH WHAT THE SPECIAL ELECTION CALENDAR WOULD BE LIKE THE TIMELINE WOULD BE LIKE AND WHAT THE GENERAL ONE AND THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH STATING
THAT THERE IS STILL NO NOTICE OF VACANCY FOR THAT SEAT ON WEDNESDAY IF THE COUNCIL HAD RECEIVED FOR EXAMPLE BY WAY OF EXAMPLE A NOTICE OF VACANCY THE EARLIEST THAT WE WOULD HAVE A GENERAL ELECTION A SPECIAL
GENERAL ELECTION WOULD BE THE END OF JULY. NOW WE ARE PAST THAT POINT SO RIGHT NOW THE EARLIEST THAT WE WOULD HAVE A GENERAL ELECTION
FOR THE IN A SPECIAL FOR THIS SEAT WOULD BE PROBABLY EARLY TO MID AUGUST AND THEN THERE WOULD BE THE PRELIMINARY ELECTION ON SEPTEMBER NINE. SO THIS IS DOING WHAT I THINK
IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF DISTRICT SEVEN OF EVERYONE INVOLVED IN OF THE CITY. AND SO I THINK MY COLLEAGUES WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON WEDNESDAY. IT WAS PROCEDURALLY BLOCKED. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD ON THE VOTE. I WANT TO PASS THE FLOOR OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR READING WAS A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS IF HE HAS ANY COMMENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO STATE AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER. ACTUALLY COUNCILOR MURPHY'S HAD A GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
OKAY MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COMMANDER ZAPATA. WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ON WEDNESDAY. I THINK THE MOST SALIENT POINT
IS FIRST OF ALL WE DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE, WE DON'T HAVE A VACANCY AS OF TODAY WE DIDN'T HAVE A VACANCY ON WEDNESDAY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE
,THE EXAMPLE OF IF THERE'S BEEN A VACANCY AS YOU SAID ON WEDNESDAY, THE EARLIEST WE COULD COMPLETE THE MUNICIPAL CYCLE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 22ND OF JULY AND THEN THE
CERTIFICATION PROCESS WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BY AUGUST 4TH ONE MONTH LATER ON SEPTEMBER NINTH THE CANDIDATES WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PRELIMINARY
ELECTION AGAIN. SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN INCREDIBLE WORK PUT INTO THIS AND A LOT OF THOUGHT AND I ALSO FEEL THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW,
OUTREACH FROM COMMUNITY WHO WERE VERY CONCERNED THAT FIRST OF ALL THAT THE TIMELINE AND THE OVERLAPPING TIMELINES FOR A SPECIAL PLUS OR REGULAR
ELECTION CYCLE WOULD BE VERY CONFUSING AND WOULD ULTIMATELY CONFUSE AND DISENFRANCHIZE A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO I REALLY SUPPORT THIS THIS WHOLE PETITION OBVIOUSLY AND
YOU KNOW THE OTHER THE OTHER FACTOR IN CONSIDERATION IS THAT OUR ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS UNDER REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AT THE MOMENT
AND THEY'RE THE STAFF THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR SYSTEMS SO THAT WE WILL HAVE AN ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY ELECTION
CYCLE IN THIS. SO I THINK ADDING A SPECIAL ELECTION INTO THE MIX THIS TIME IS ALSO UNNECESSARY AND FURTHER AND PUT STRESS ON THE ELECTIONS
DEPARTMENT. SO I WILL SUPPORT AND ASK THAT WE THAT WE APPROVE THIS THIS FORMAL PETITION TODAY. THANK YOU THANK YOU
COUNCILOR RATING THE CHAIR AND I JUST CAME TO MURPHY THANK YOU SO I JUST WANT TO PUT A FEW THINGS ON THE RECORD AND IF ANYONE'S LISTENING IN TODAY AND
DID NOT LISTEN TO THE COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY I HAD BLOCKED THE SUSPEND SUSPENDED PASS TO PUT IT TO COMMITTEE AND THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
ELECTION DEPARTMENT NOT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THIS BUT A HEARING IN THE GOVERNMENT OPS COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT IN FRONT OF US AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASK THEM THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WHEN I'VE
SPOKEN TO PEOPLE IN THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT THEY ARE THEY ARE NOT SAYING THAT THIS WOULD BE OVERWHELMING OR CONFUSING. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT REMEMBER JUST TWO
YEARS AGO THIS WAS THE EXACT SAME TIMELINE WHEN THE DISTRICT EIGHT COUNCILOR RESIGNED IN THE SAME SUMMER ELECTION WAS HAPPENING JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPAL ELECTION WAS HAPPENING.
SO THIS ASSUMPTION THAT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT CAN HANDLE IT I THINK IS IS NOT IT CAN'T BE PROVEN EITHER WAY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HOLDING A HEARING. WE'RE JUST RUSHING TO A VOTE
AND LOGISTICALLY THE EMERGENCY MEETING THIS MORNING IS ONLY HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT NEED A FULL SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL. THE RULES SAY NOW WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE ENOUGH PEOPLE
TO SUPPORT IT I'M GETTING DEJA VU TO REDISTRICTING MEETINGS THAT WERE CUT SHORT OFTEN AND PEOPLE SAYING WELL WE ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE FULL SUPPORT SO WHY DO WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT?
SO I DO THINK WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT TO SPEAK AND THOSE WHO ARE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT MY RESOLUTION THAT I FILED WHICH
WAS BLOCKED AND THAT IT WILL BE GOING TO A COMMITTEE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER HOLD THAT HEARING. I WISH WE DO. BUT THIS IT CAME FROM COMMUNITY ALSO AND I AM ALWAYS IN COMMUNITY AND SEVEN AND ALL
OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY AND HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE THAT THEY DO WANT A SPECIAL ELECTION AND HAVE SEEN AT MANY EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE ALREADY HAVE
A LARGE ROBUST NUMBER. I THINK OVER EIGHT SO FAR HAVE FORMALLY SIGNED UP AND THEY'VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING SO WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF CANDIDATES WHO ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO
REPRESENTING DISTRICT SEVEN AND SO TO NOT LISTEN TO THOSE CANDIDATES WHO ARE ALREADY OUT THERE KNOCKING DOORS CONNECTING WITH VOTERS, I THINK THAT'S BEEN SHORTSIGHTED.
I ALSO WANT TO REMIND WHICH HAS BEEN SAID ALREADY THIS MAY BE FOR NOT AND WHAT IS THE TIMELINE WHEN IT GETS RUSHED UP TO THE STATE HOUSE IF IT DOESN'T PASS AND IF SO THROUGH
IF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THE OTHER LEAD SPONSOR COULD SPEAK TO THE TIMELINE. YOU'RE THINKING IF THIS DOES PASS TODAY AND THEN THE MAYOR SIGNS IT AND IT GOES UP, WHEN
DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE EVEN BROUGHT UP TO THE STATE HOUSE TO OUR DEBUT COUNCILOR MURPHY HAPPY TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS. ONE, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT FOR ME IF YOU NOTICE WHEN I SPEAK
IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT LESS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR. IT'S ABOUT THE TIMELINE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T YES.
MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE YES, I LINE UP AT THE STATEHOUSE THAT TIMELINE AT THE STATE HOUSE. I THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE MOVING EXPEDITIOUSLY BECAUSE AS WE HAVE SEEN FOR ANYONE WHO HAS GOTTEN ANYTIME
HOME A PETITION SENT TO THE STATE HOUSE OR WAS WORKED ON IT IN GOING TO STATE HOUSE, IT CAN TAKE SOME IT CAN TAKE TIME WHICH IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE QUICKLY HERE SO THAT THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE
CAN DO AT THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET IT TO THE STATE HOUSE AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. WELL THAT'S IF YOU ARE A COUNCILOR WHO IS IN FAVOR
OF NOT HAVING A SPECIAL AD IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT I'M NOT FOR VERY GOOD REASONS AND NOT FOR PERSONAL REASONS OR POLITICAL REASONS UPLIFTING THE VOICES OF MANY OF THE RESIDENTS AND DESERVING.
OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. THE CHAIR AGONIZE IS COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE A COUPLE ISSUES. I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT MIGHT BE INCAPABLE
OF ORGANIZING A SPECIAL ELECTION. WE ARE UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP EMBARRASSINGLY SO. THE WAY WE HANDLED A PREVIOUS
ELECTION WHEN BALLOTS WERE DISTRIBUTED PROPERLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE HAD TO LEAVE THE VOTING
LOCATION BECAUSE THEIR BALLOTS THEIR BALLOTS DID NOT ARRIVE. I WAS ALSO AT A LOCATION IN THE SOUTH END AT THE CATHEDRAL HIGH
SCHOOL WITH MY WIFE CHRISTINE AND THE LIGHTS WERE NOT IN THE GYMNASIUM WHERE VOTERS VOTED
AND THE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING AND PEOPLE HAD TO USE THEIR CELL PHONE FLASHLIGHTS TO READ THE BALLOT INCLUDING MANY
ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT WERE HAVING TROUBLE ACCESSING THEIR THERE THEIR FLASHLIGHT. BUT ALSO MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE, SOME SORT
THEN RESIDENTS, WONDERFUL RESIDENTS, THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO THEIR HOMES TO BRING IN LAMPS SO THAT OTHER SO THAT NEIGHBORS COULD READ THE BALLOTS.
BOSTON POLICE AT RUSH HOUR AT 5:00 WERE DRIVING THROUGH TRAFFIC TO BRING BALLOTS TO MANY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE BALLOTS RAN OUT
MANY, MANY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. YES, WE ARE UNDER A STATE
RECEIVERSHIP. IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ADMINISTER A SPECIAL ELECTION. I AGREE. BUT IS THAT THE REASON WE DON'T
HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION? BECAUSE THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CITY IN THE COUNTRY CAN'T EFFECTIVELY ADMINISTER A SPECIAL ELECTION.
COUNCILOR MURPHY HIGHLIGHTED SHE CALLED FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. THAT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE. THERE'S MANY OUTSTANDING
ISSUES. MADAM CHAIR, LAST NIGHT I WAS ON A CALL WITH WITH MANY CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THE SEVEN. LISTENING TO THEM, REALLY LISTENING TO THEM.
THERE WAS THERE WAS PROBABLY TEN OF THEM AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR CAMPAIGN, ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND, THEIR EXPERIENCE. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE. THE COMMUNITY WAS THERE
LISTENING SOME WONDERFUL CANDIDATES, EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS . I GO BACK THE BIGGEST ISSUE I
HAVE, MADAM CHAIR, IS WE HAD A SPECIAL ELECTION AT THE SAME TIME SAME TIME FRAME IN THE BACK BAY BEACON HILL BASED DISTRICT THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN
EVENTUALLY WON. AND THEN I GO BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTH AND ROXBURY, PARTS OF DORCHESTER, THE FENWAY AREA I KNOW THIS
AREA AS WELL AS ANY CITY COUNCILOR TO BE HONEST WITH YOU ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH END AND ROXBURY. I SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE. I REPRESENT A GOOD PORTION
OF THE SOUTH END WITH JOHN FITZGERALD AND WITH COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ DENNISON AND I KNOW MYSELF AND JOHN FITZGERALD WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
TO THE SOUTH AND IT DOESN'T MATTER REALLY TO ME MYSELF AND JOHN WHAT YOUR ADDRESSES. IT'S ABOUT HELPING EVERYBODY INCLUDING RESIDENTS ASSAULT AND BUT I STILL HAVE A DIFFICULT
TIME SAYING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION IN A WEALTHY WHITE DISTRICT AND BUT
WE DON'T WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ONE IN A DISTRICT MADE UP OF MANY PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE DILEMMA I
HAVE THAT'S THE GLARING HYPOCRISY THAT I SEE. I'M NOT CRITICIZING ANYBODY BUT THAT'S OBVIOUS TO ME AND I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN IGNORE THAT.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU GUYS FOR PLAYING THE CHAIR. THIS COUNCIL HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND SORRY I WON'T BE ON CAMERA. I HAVE SEVERE ALLERGIES THIS MORNING BUT THAT DID NOT KEEP
ME FROM BEING HERE AND SHOWING UP FOR WORK. SO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US. I JUST WANTED TO JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE EXERCISE JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS DISCUSSION IS
ABOUT. I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT DISENFRANCHIZING VOTERS AS A WOMAN OF COLOR AND ONE THAT SPENDS LOTS OF TIMES THE MOST OF MY TIME MAKING SURE THAT
EVERYONE HAS A VOICE AND A VOTE AND A SEAT AT THE TABLE. THIS IS WHAT THIS WORK IS ALL ABOUT FOR ME AND SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO REALLY RECOGNIZE WHAT
THIS MOMENT IS CALLING US TO DO. I TOO WAS AT THE THE THE TOWN HALL DISCUSSION THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN REFERRED TO AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE
LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT OVER 120 PEOPLE WERE THERE AND IT WAS CLEAR TO ME AS SOMEONE WHO IS JUST BEEN ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THIS CONVERSATION
THAT IT REALLY ISN'T ABOUT THE OUR ABILITY TO ADMINISTER AN ELECTION BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THE CASE REALLY IS IS ABOUT THE TIME MAKING OF THE SITUATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN AND I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMAIN FOCUSED. IF THE GOAL IS TO GIVE THESE SEVEN A REAL VOICE AND AND A PROCESS IN WHICH THEY CAN MAKE
A DECISION THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO PICK THE BEST CANDIDATE A SPECIAL ELECTION UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IS NOT THE WAY TO EMPOWER VOTERS.
WHAT IS TELLING THEM IS TO HURRY UP AND CHOOSE AND I DON'T THINK GIVEN THE TIMELINE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED WE CAN
POSSIBLY SEE OURSELVES VOTING IN JULY AND THEN A FEW OR IN AUGUST AND THEN A FEW MONTHS NOT EVEN A MONTH OR TWO LATER ANOTHER ELECTION. I JUST THINK THAT IT IS A LOT
AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T KEEP COMPARING A WELL-RESOURCED DISTRICT VERSUS A DISTRICT THAT
TRADITIONALLY HAS A LOWER VOTER TURNOUT. WE KNOW THAT SPECIAL ELECTIONS FAVOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACCESS, WHO HAVE POWERBROKERS AND WE
CANNOT DO THAT TO THESE SEVEN. SO I AM STANDING FIRM IN MY CONVICTIONS IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THIS HOME LAW PETITION AND I THINK THAT WE
CAN'T PUT OURSELVES IN A SITUATION THAT WE SAY WE WANT THE BEST FOR THESE SEVEN AND THEN WE TAKE AWAY THEIR ABILITY TO REALLY HAVE A PROCESS THAT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO
CHOOSE EFFECTIVELY. SO I REBUKE ANY NOTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RUSH THE WE ARE WE ARE RUSHING TO SLOW THINGS DOWN SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE IN
HOW WE GO ABOUT ADMINISTERING OUR ELECTIONS. AND I'LL JUST END WITH THIS. IF WE ALREADY HAD A PROBLEM TRYING TO GET BALLOTS TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE ON AN OFF YEAR CYCLE THIS IMAGINE THE
STRAIN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON A UNE ELECTION WHERE THERE IS A MAYORAL RACE AND YOU KNOW THAT TO ME IS A VERY DIFFERENT LIKE WE CANNOT COMPARE TO DISTRICT EIGHT AND
THAT SITUATION TO THIS YEAR AND DISTRICT SEVEN IT JUST MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE IN MY MIND AND I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE REALLY CLEAR AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS, THIS IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND I THINK
THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN AND WE NEED TO LISTEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN GERARDI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES. HOPE EVERYONE'S HAVING A GREAT
MORNING. I JUST WANT TO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS I'VE BEEN THINKING OF MYSELF SORT OF WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE
HERE IN TERMS OF INSERTING OURSELVES IN THIS POSITION RIGHT WHERE HOW DO I SAY IT IF
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR DISTRICT SEVEN? RIGHT. AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS TIMELINE, OKAY, WHY WAS THIS TIMELINE NEVER BROUGHT UP
OR AMENDED PRIOR TO THIS THE FACT THAT IT TOOK THIS SPECIFIC SPECIAL ELECTION NOT PREVIOUS SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO SAY HEY NOW I THINK IS THE RIGHT TIME TO GO AHEAD AND FORGO THE RULES
THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS. I JUST THINK IF IT MEANT THAT MUCH TO PEOPLE WE WOULD HAVE AMENDED THESE RULES ALREADY AND NOT DONE IT ON THIS CASE BY CASE BASIS WHICH AGAIN NOT
KNOWING WHO HAD BENEFITS OR WHY OR HOW I JUST THINK IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THIS BODY TO OVERSTEP OUR BOUNDS AND SAY I MEAN I HEARD COUNCILOR MEJIA SAY IN THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION
COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU'VE BEEN SAID I THINK IT'S BEST FOR DISTRICT SEVEN THESE ARE ALL JUST SORT OF INDIVIDUAL THOUGHTS. THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR ROXBURY
AND I SAID THIS TONGUE IN CHEEK RIGHT LIKE IS IF WE HAD ROXBURY VOTE TO SAY WHAT SHOULD WE DO? BUT OF COURSE I DON'T THINK ADDING ANOTHER ELECTION ON TOP OF ALL THIS IS THE BEST IDEA BUT WHEN THERE'S FOLKS OUT
THERE THAT WANT THIS TO FOREGO THE ELECTION AND THERE'S FOLKS IN DISTRICT SEVEN THAT WANT TO HAVE IT, WE CAN'T JUST SAY OH, WE'VE DONE SOME TALKING TO LEADERS AND WE DON'T YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE. RIGHT?
WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES THAT WANT OR DON'T WANT THIS AND IN THAT CASE RIGHT, WE SHOULD JUST GO BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW AS IT STANDS, NO ONE
HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO AMEND THIS YET AND THE FACT THAT IN JUST BECAUSE IT'S THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION I DON'T KNOW GUYS. I JUST I DON'T THINK IT MAKES
US LOOK GOOD AND HOW WE'RE TAILORING IT TO EACH SPECIFIC ELECTION. AND AGAIN I AM I AM OF THE MIND I WOULD RATHER THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT I DO HAVE FAITH IN THEM BUT I WOULD RATHER THE
ELECTION DEPARTMENT JUST FOCUS ON THE FALL SO THAT THEY CAN GET IT DONE RIGHT AND GET THAT MONKEY OFF THEIR BACK. I'D RATHER NOT SPEND THE MONEY I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO YOU KNOW, CAUSE SOME CONFUSION BUT
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S A GOOD LITMUS TEST. I MEAN IT MAY KEEP THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND ROXBURY INVOLVED AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SAY HEY, THERE'S A HALFWAY POINT AND WE'VE GOT SOME DATA
POINTS THAT THE CANDIDATES CAN THEN GO OFF AND SAY HERE'S WHERE WE GOT TO GET PEOPLE OUT, HERE'S WHERE I'M DOWN, HERE'S WHERE NO ONE'S SHOWING UP. I MEAN THEY GET IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU GET A ROUGH DRAFT BEFORE THE BEFORE THE PRIMARY
IN GENERAL THAT WOULD OCCUR ANYWAY. I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT'S A BAD THING. BUT AGAIN, MY MAIN POINT IS WITHOUT KNOWING BY THE NUMBERS
WHAT ROXBURY WANTS THE MAJORITY OR NOT I THINK WE SHOULD STICK TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND TRY NOT TO TAILOR THIS TO SPECIFIC ELECTIONS OR BASED ON
WHATEVER IS MOTIVATING PEOPLE TO SAY WE SHOULD BYPASS THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT BOTH S CAN BE RIGHT IN THIS SITUATION. BUT WHEN THAT'S THE CASE WE SHOULD GO TO THE BOOKS. THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAID ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU KNOW THE BIG ISSUE
IS JUST THE CALENDAR. IF WE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT WE ON THE ON THE WHOLE PETITION IT GIVES YOU COMPARABLES SO AS IF IT WAS A
VACANCY LAST LAST WEDNESDAY ON APRIL 16TH THE EARLIEST WE COULD HAVE A MUNICIPAL TRIAL THE PRIMARY THE PRELIMINARY SPECIAL WOULD BE JUNE 24TH THE
THE MUNICIPAL THE FINAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRIOR SPECIAL WOULD BE JULY 22ND. SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL IN THE PAST NOW WE'RE GOING ON TO THE
NEXT THING IS IF THAT SEAT BECOMES VACANT BY APRIL 30TH THE EARLIEST YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE VOTER APPLICATION, THE NOMINATION PAPERS FILING NOMINATION PAPERS, CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURES, WITHDRAWAL
OF OBJECTIONS AND THEN YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PRELIMINARY ELECTION ON JULY 15TH THROUGH JULY 22ND. AND THEN THERE'S A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON AUGUST
2012 THIRD AUGUST 19TH, AUGUST 19TH AND THEN WE HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN HAVE A PRELIMINARY ELECTION ON SEPTEMBER 9TH WITH A WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE MUNICIPAL
GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4TH. THE PERSON WHO WOULD BE ELECTED IN A SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD BE THAT THEIR VOTES WOULD BE
THERE. THEIR RESULTS WOULD BE CERTIFIED. YOU KNOW, WE COULD UP TO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THEIR PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL UNDER
SPECIAL ELECTION AND IN AUGUST AND THEN WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO THEY'D HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND RUN AGAIN. SO I THINK I DO THINK IT CAUSES THIS IS A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE GROUPS, THERE'S DIFFERENT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THERE. I DO THINK IT'S CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE FOUR ELECTIONS
IN THE SPACE OF TWO MONTHS AND THE SENATE IS UNNECESSARY BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SLATE OF CANDIDATES RUNNING IN BOTH ELECTIONS. SO I THINK AND I DO ALSO THINK
THAT THE COST OF A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING SOMEBODY SEATED FOR A MONTH OR TWO IN AN ELECTION
YEAR AT A COST OF $200,000 WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? THERE WON'T EVEN BE RUNNING FOR REELECTION. THERE WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO REALLY GET THEIR SLEEVES ROLLED
UP AND FOCUS ON THEIR WORK OF BEING A NEW COUNCILOR. THEY'LL BE RUNNING FOR REELECTION SO AND IT'LL BE A FULL FIELD AGAIN. THOSE FOLKS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED
UP, YOU KNOW, ON WEDNESDAY TO TO BE CANDIDATES. SO I REALLY DO THINK THIS IS A PRUDENT AND RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO AND I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY TO ALLOW THE THE
VOTERS IN DISTRICT SEVEN TO REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEM, MEET THEIR MEET THEIR CANDIDATES AND DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHO WHO'S BEST FOR
THEM BUT TO RUSH IT ALONG JUST FOR THE SAKE OF GETTING THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLY IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AND I THINK IT JUST CAUSES A LOT
OF CONFUSION. SO I THIS IS NOT A AND YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE ISSUE MIGHT BE MOOT IF IF IF IF IF THE CONSERVATIVES RICK SEVEN
RESIGNS BEFORE A MAY 7TH WHICH IS NOT THAT LONG AWAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS THERE IF YOU'D RESIGNS AFTER MAY 7TH THERE WILL BE A
SPECIAL ELECTION WHERE THIS YEAR MY IF SHE RESIGNS THE DAY BEFORE MAY 7TH THE RULES ASK THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION .
SO A COUPLE OF DAYS IF WE LEFT TO JUST THE WAY IT WAS AND DIDN'T TAKE ACTION AS A COUNCIL IT COULD TRIGGER IT WOULD TRIGGER A SPECIAL ELECTION AND I I THINK THIS IS THE PRUDENT THING TO DO.
I THINK IT'S IT'S JUST THERE'S SO MUCH CONFUSION AND SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND AND YOU KNOW, FOLKS WILL
SAY I WILL HAVE READY VOTED YOU KNOW PEOPLE WILL SAY WELL I VOTED TWO WEEKS AGO I WOULD HAVE VOTED IN YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S NOT A I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT COMPLICATED AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING IT MORE
COMPLICATED THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNT CELEBRATE IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN MURPHY. MR QUICK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THE
CONCLUSION ADRIAN IS IN IS PRESENT IN WITH US. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO PUSH BACK ON THE LANGUAGE THAT I'M
HEARING ABOUT CONFUSION RUSHED A LOT OF ADJECTIVES BEING USED WHICH TO ME IMPLIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULDN'T BE OR SOMEONE'S TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE WHOLE CITY. WE ARE JUST FOLLOWING WHAT THE
CITY CHARTER STATES SO NO ONE'S RUSHING BY SAYING IF A RESIGNATION HAPPENS BEFORE MAY 8TH THE CHARTER STATES THAT THAT GIVES ENOUGH TIME AND THAT'S HOW OUR CITY CHARTER HAS
ALWAYS BEEN WRITTEN BECAUSE THERE IS A BELIEF WHICH I AGREE WITH THAT AFTER MAY EIGHT IT WOULD BE RUSHED, IT WOULD BE CONFUSING BUT BEFORE THAT DATE
SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT ANYONE IS TRYING TO CONFUSE OR RUSH AN ELECTION TO SOMEHOW HAVE SOME SAY IN THE
OUTCOME OVER IT BECAUSE IT IS HOW THE CHARTER STATED AND LIKE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SAID, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE CHARTER BECAUSE WE HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT HAVING AN ELECTION A SPECIAL ELECTION IF SOMEONE
RESIGNS BEFORE MAY 8TH SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. BUT AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN COMPARING IT TO THE HARSH COMPARISON BETWEEN DISTRICT EIGHT AND DISTRICT SEVEN AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE TWO.
BUT LIKE I STATED ON WEDNESDAY ,THAT WAS JUST ONE OF MANY, MANY, MANY SPECIAL ELECTIONS THAT OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT HAS HANDLED. THERE'S BEEN SPECIAL ELECTIONS IN EAST BOSTON, NORTH END,
CHARLESTOWN, MATTAPAN HIGH PARK, DORCHESTER, SOUTH AND ROXBURY. SO IT'S NOT ONLY THAT IT HAPPENED ONCE TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE SAME TIMELINE AND PEOPLE ARE JUST COMPARING THOSE
TWO POPULATIONS AND I DO THINK IT'S INSULTING TO THINK THAT ANYONE WOULD BE CONFUSED. IT'S OUR JOB AS THE COUNCILORS AND AS A CITY AND IT'S THE MAYOR'S JOB IN HER ADMINISTRATION AND IT'S THE
ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT JOB TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY WHEN THERE IS SPECIAL ELECTIONS AND WE HAVE THEM OFTEN AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO REFERENCE BACK TO THE LONG LIST OF CANDIDATES OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD SPECIAL ELECTIONS LOCKED AND THOSE NO ONE NO ONE THEN SAID THEY WERE CONFUSED OR FELT AS THOUGH SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM.
SO I DO JUST WANT TO PUSH BACK ON THAT LANGUAGE AND IF WE WANT TO CHANGE I THINK THE HOME RULE PETITION SHOULD SAY NOT ABOUT THIS ELECTION BUT IF THERE WAS A FULL CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL
ELECTIONS GOING FORWARD BUT TO TARGET THIS ONE ELECTION, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY SEEING NO HANDS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0901 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? THERE'S A HANDS UP
COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE OKAY. OH, OKAY. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR AN INDIAN. LISTEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
YOU DIDN'T I DON'T PUT YOUR HAND UP ANY MORE, MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT? I HAD TO LOWER MY HANDS BEFORE I CAN SPEAK.
I'M SO SORRY I WAS MUTED. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. I'M YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS WAS FILED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY SPOKE WITH COUNCILOR BRAYTON AND
COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND I SPECIFICALLY COMMUNICATED THAT DISTRICT SEVEN IS ADAMANTLY THEY'RE ONLY ASKING NOT TO RESIGN PRIOR TO MAY
EIGHT. SO I'M NOT I'M CONFUSED TO FEELS LIKE GRANDSTANDING AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR BRAYTON HAD GOOD INTENTIONS CONCLUSION WE SPOKE I WAS VERY TRANSPARENT
WITH YOU I'M NOT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS ENTIRE FILING. THERE IS NO NEED FOR IT BUT I I'VE HEARD MY COLLEAGUES I'VE
LISTENED TO MEETINGS AND ON BEHALF OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL COUNCILOR MURPHY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL IS ASKING ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE LIKE SEES YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU DO
NOT REPRESENT ROXBURY. YOU HAVE BEEN TOO AGGRESSIVE ON THIS ISSUE AND YEAH IT'S NOT YOU DON'T IT'S THAT YOU
ACTUALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT SO YOU ARE SPEAKING FROM A POSITION OF ASSUMPTION OR PRESUMPTIONS AND IT'S FRANKLY INSULTING.
PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTED ON FACEBOOK WITH YOUR WITH YOUR US WITH YOUR INSULTS ON ME AND ASKING YOU TO MIND YOUR
BUSINESS HAS BEEN INGENIOUS AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU DIRECT THE COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT THIS HAS BECOME JUST A MATTER OF PEOPLE
GRANDSTAND ING AGAIN I SPOKE DIRECTLY WITH YOU AND I TOLD YOU THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THIS FILING AND YET YOU GUYS ARE SITTING HERE HAVING A CONVERSATION ON SOMETHING THAT
IS COMPLETELY MOOT. IS IT IS IT SO THAT YOU CAN SAY YOU CARE EVEN NO, I DIRECTLY COMMUNICATED WITH YOU THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARY OR IS IT SO THAT
YOU CAN SAY YOU UNDERSTAND ROXBURY I DON'T SEE THE MARCH COUNCILORS THAT COME TO ROXBURY ARE SPECIFICALLY OR SOUTH END AND ROXBURY EVENTS.
SOMETIMES YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR MEJIA ALL OF THE EVENTS SO I KNOW THAT I AM IN THE POSITION TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW AND I'VE DONE I'M DOING
SURVEYS RIGHT NOW WITH CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY THEY WANT AND HOW THEY WANT THIS TRANSITION TO TAKE PLACE. I'VE COMMUNICATED THAT WHAT IS BEST FOR THE DISTRICT IS THAT I
FIRST HEAR FROM THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THAT I MEET WITH THEM AND I PUT TOGETHER PLAN BECAUSE THIS IS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND THERE IS BUDGET
HAPPENING SO IT IS BUDGET SEASON SO I'M NOT I JUST I'M JUST COMPLETELY CONFUSED AFTER COMMUNICATING THAT THIS WAS NOT NECESSARY AFTER SPECIFICALLY SAYING THAT THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS DOES NOT WANT A SPECIAL ELECTION THAT YOU GUYS WENT AHEAD AND FILED THIS AND THEN THAT MY COLLEAGUE ARE TAKING ATTACKS ON MEDIA AND
SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING NO GRACE ALLOW THE PROCESS ALLOW WHATEVER IS TAKING PLACE TO HAPPEN. YOU DO NOT SPECIFICALLY TO A CERTAIN COLLEAGUE HERE YOU DO
NOT NEED YOU DON'T NEED TO GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU DON'T NEED TO PRETEND THAT YOU CAN SPEAK FOR ROXBURY. YOU DON'T NEED TO PRETEND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONSTITUENTS DISTRICT SEVEN YOU ARE NEVER IN ITS MEETINGS.
YOU ARE NEVER IN ITS EVENTS AND AT THIS POINT I'M ASKING YOU TO COMPLETELY STOP WITH THE PERFORMANCE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THIS FILING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE PASSING AND WHY WE'RE PASSING IT AND
I'VE SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT YOU JUST GIVE THE THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN A VOICE THAT THEY DO NOT WANT SPECIAL ELECTION SO YOU WENT AHEAD AND FILED ANYWAY.
I AM CONFUSED THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDO INNOCENT AND I HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ON OC SEEING NO HANDS ON THIS AS THE PRESIDENT SAID AND YOU HEAR MY COMMENTS BUT YOU I'M ASKING YOU
A QUESTION WHY DID YOU SPECIFICALLY KNOWING AFTER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND TELLING YOU THAT THERE WILL NOT BE THIS FILING WILL NOT BE NECESSARY?
YOU ASKED ME YOU CALLED ME YOU ASKED ME IF I WAS GOING TO RESIGN AND WHEN I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN BECAUSE I HAD TO MAKE A PLAN AND I HAD TO LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND I HAD TO RESPECT THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL BUT I DID SAY TO YOU A SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED BECAUSE THE CONSTITUENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY ASKING ME AFTER HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU YOU STILL WENT AHEAD AND BECAME THE CO-SPONSOR.
THIS IS A QUESTION TO YOU WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS FILING HAS BEEN AND THIS IS THE POINT OF THIS FILING IS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT BE CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED IN THE EVENT OF A
VACANCY EVEN THOUGH I TOLD YOU THERE WOULDN'T BE A VACANCY PRIOR TO ME. I CAN ONLY DO WHAT I THINK IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ENSURING THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY WHO BROUGHT THIS
ISSUE BOARD AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S THIS FILING WHILE COUNCIL PRESIDENT I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GRANDSTANDING.
I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED IF YOU WERE JUST ACTUALLY IF YOU DIDN'T WANT THE ANSWER THEN NOT ASK IT. YOU ASKED I GAVE YOU THE ANSWER AND STILL FILED. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
AND HERE WE ARE ALLOWING COLLEAGUES TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT A DISTRICT THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO LISTEN TO CONSTITUENTS
INCLUDING YOURSELF AND THEN YOU SIT HERE TALKING ABOUT YOU WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CONSTITUENTS. I'M I'M I I'M HURT FOR MY
CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DO THIS PERFORMANCE AND SO TO THOSE WHO MAY CONCERN I DON'T I'M NOT SPEAKING TO ALL OF YOU I HEARD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THROUGH
THE CHAIR YOUR COMMENTS AND I HEAR IT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THERE IS A PRO AND CON TO A SPECIAL ELECTION. MY JOB UNTIL I AM OUT IS TO
REPRESENT THE VOICE OF THE DISTRICT. I'VE COMMUNICATED THAT TO YOU GUYS AND THEN YOU STILL FELT LIKE YOU HAD TO PERFORM SO OKAY . THANK YOU COUNCILOR GREEN
ENERGY ANDERSON OKAY YOU KNOW HANDS MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON
DOCKET NUMBER 0901 COUNCIL WILL BRING YES COUNCILOR BREADON
YOUTH COUNCIL COLETTE AS A PERSON YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PRIORITY? YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SEEN AS
THIS COUNCILOR OPINION IS SAYING AS A COUNCIL OF THIS GENERAL NO COUNCIL. FITZGERALD NO COUNCILOR FLYNN
NO COUNCILOR FLYNN NO COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCIL ME HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY NO.
COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES COUNCIL THE CLAIM YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL WEBER YES.
AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. NOT SO WELL. YES, THANK YOU. THAT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TAKING UP NOW IT'S IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE IN THE NEGATIVE.
THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0901 HAS PASSED. THIS COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN DIANELLA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 30TH, 2025 AT 12 NOON.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL'S STENOGRAPHER TO TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING WE WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ROLL CALL BOTH FOR ADJOURNED COUNCIL GREEN YES. NO CELEBRATING? YES. COUNCILOR CARLOS YES. COUNTS AS A PARTY? YES.
COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. YOU KNOW SO BURKIN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN MR. CLERK.
MR. CLERK BEFORE BEFORE I ANSWER I DO SEE A HAND UP FROM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROLL CALL THE ROLL CALL AND THEN NO BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY COLLEAGUE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. SO HE'S IN? YES, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE? YES. I'LL TAKE IT UP ANOTHER COUNCIL MIDYEAR.
YES, COUNCILOR MURPHY. AS LONG AS COUNCIL MEMBER HE IS OKAY WITH NOT GETTING OUR QUESTION OR HER COMMENT ON THE RECORD. COULD I ASK THE CLERK ARE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A ROLL CALL VOTE? YEAH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE BUT WE'RE ON A ZOOM IN A RUSHED MEETING TO RUSH SOMETHING THROUGH. IF THERE'S CONFUSION WE SHOULD ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BREAK RULES OR BREAK
PROTOCOL BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT STOPPING SOMEONE BECAUSE ONCE THE ROLL CALL ENDS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THEIR VOICE AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC LIKE ALL OF OUR TOPICS THAT
WE'RE DOING AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER THEN I JUST WANT THAT ON THE RECORD. YES.
COUNCILOR MURPHY YES, COUNCILOR PIPPIN YEAH. AS COUNCIL OF OPINIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. IT'S LESS THAN TEN YEARS. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
NON-CELEBRITY YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR WORRELL LOST A STEP
DOWN TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE AND THEN THEY NEGATIVE. THANK YOU.
THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED