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1:03:01

Hold on, hold on, because I do want to say this. We're creeping, hold on, we're creeping into the 6 o'clock hour for our pre-meeting. Is there anything? Well, it does matter because we have legislation we have to discuss that's going to be either passed or not passed tonight. So it does matter. Councilman LoMedico, that is your— Councilman LoMedico, that is your 6 PM meeting. If you want to adjourn this one, we could pick up the 6 PM, go through our legislation that's on for tonight, and then if there's any time left, maybe we could pick this up. But we, we should stay on track.

1:05:11

Hold on, everyone, please. It's after 6 o'clock. We're getting deeper and deeper into the pre-meeting legislation that we have to discuss tonight. If we have time at the end of the 6 PM, I'll bring up the Councilwoman Betrus. Motion to adjourn, second?

Hold on, everyone, please. It's after 6 o'clock. We're getting deeper and deeper into the pre-meeting legislation that we have to discuss tonight. If we have time at the end of the 6 PM, I'll bring up the Councilwoman Betrus. Motion to adjourn, second?

So last session we also ran into the sponsorship where a department submitted a piece of legislation and it would state sponsored by majority or minority leader. I just recommended a disclaimer with the statement. This is Section 3-2-56. With the disclaimer, co-sponsorship of this proposed legislation does not necessarily mean the majority and minority leaders support this piece. Rather, their sponsorship is a requirement of Section 3-2-56(b) and another section as well. So that's the second change, just to note.

15:25

We will call this meeting to order. This is a meeting of the Committee of the Whole. It's about 5:10 PM on February 4th. We're here to discuss Councilman Betrus's legislation that was put into committee, proposed ordinance number 7, date committed January 21st of this year. Councilman Betrus, you have the floor.

57:14

No, Judge, thank you. And I think I think the point is well taken. Right now we have a few minutes until our pre-meeting gets started at 6:00, and we could further this discussion then along with the other legislation.

1:38:38

Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to echo what the other council members and Thank you everyone for who's coming, who came tonight, and our guest speaker, and all those who participated in public comment. It's appreciated to, to hear everyone's perspective. Just a piece on the legislation we received regarding the AIM funding. I know we didn't have an opportunity to speak about it in pre-meeting. Me, from a personal perspective, certainly on board with it. I would like to see a, a statement from our Comptroller's Office confirming the figures. There's a lot of figures in that document related to inflation percentages and other numbers that I think we should at least have a statement from the Comptroller's Office before we pass. So with that said, thank you, Mr. President, and thank you everyone again.

1:49:32

Okay. Yep. So, uh, so if it works with everyone, committee meeting February 4th, 5 PM, to discuss the following: local law number 3 of 2025. It was submitted, uh, or committed rather, on 11/5/25, the 311 notification legislation. Ordinance number 7 from tonight and resolution number 8 from tonight as well. Those will be the, the 3 pieces. What time was that meeting discussion? 5 PM.

Okay. Yep. So, uh, so if it works with everyone, committee meeting February 4th, 5 PM, to discuss the following: local law number 3 of 2025. It was submitted, uh, or committed rather, on 11/5/25, the 311 notification legislation. Ordinance number 7 from tonight and resolution number 8 from tonight as well. Those will be the, the 3 pieces. What time was that meeting discussion? 5 PM.