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Common Council Meeting with Committee of the Whole Meeting June 17th, 2026

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1:31:00

Yeah, anything we pass, anything we pass is city expression, and that's— so we're not approving a flag. Anything we vote on is city expression. People have the right to do a flag application based off city expression. This isn't— this is just honoring— this is just honoring Juneteenth.

45:39

We can actually pass this.

45:42

Yeah, no, we can pass this.

53:56

You guys wouldn't let me pass.

53:59

You guys wouldn't let me pass something from the Parks Department because a lawyer came down and said that—

1:29:36

So this legislation doesn't state anything about a flag, but just like the first 20 pieces of legislation here, anything that we pass here is city expression. So if it's passed, somebody does have the right and opportunity to submit for an application to raise a flag.

1:29:49

I'm well aware of that, but according to your ordinance Section passed for the flag raising, it states that if you pass a proclamation that—

1:30:35

This is just a proclamation honoring Juneteenth and Utica's significance in it. There are people who requested to raise a Juneteenth flag. They requested the mayor to do it. It wasn't a Common Council requests. I don't know what— where the application stands with that, but anything we pass though could end up being a flag raising at some point for not just proclamations. If they wanted to.