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ONE GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.[CALL TO ORDER]
AND WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING MEAL.THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON IS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 2021.
I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A CORE ITEM ON
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A RESOLUTION ORDERING A CALLING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION ON MARCH 26TH, 2022.TO BE HAILED BY THE PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE FOR THE PURPOSES OF A FEELING ON ANTICIPATED VACANCY AND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIRE PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 18, COLON 5 83 BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON A BANK'S BELMONT, COLD AND CLEAVED DONE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? UH, JOHNNY BROWN WAS, COME ON DOWN.
MY NAME BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK THREE MINUTES.
I'LL GIVE YOU A SEVEN SECONDS BACK.
MA'AM BUT EVERYONE HAS THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
YES, MY NAME IS JOHNNY BROWN AGAIN, AND I LIVE AT 56 53 LANCASTER AVENUE, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 708 0 5.
UM, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN A RESIDENT IN THAT AREA SINCE 2000.
UM, WHEN I MOVED THERE, UM, IT LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT LOOKS NOW.
UH, I JUST KIND OF JOTTED DOWN SOMETHING I WANTED TO SAY, BASICALLY I AM IN FAVOR A GOOD MARCH ELECTION, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THE INTERESTED APPLICANTS ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED FROM PRIOR ELECTION AND THAT THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN.
AND IF THERE ARE NEW CANDIDATES, I JUST FEEL LIKE YOU JUST GONNA HAVE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
UM, I'VE TRIED IT 2008 AND I WAS GREEN BEAN.
SO I STILL OVER ETHIC BOARD BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER, BUT I KNOW BETTER NOW.
UH, I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME THREE MONTHS, AS OPPOSED TO, I GUESS IT'S EIGHT TO ME, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A WHOLE YEAR LEFT AND I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO BE REPRESENTED PROPERLY WITHIN THAT YEAR'S SPAN.
SO BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE MARCH ELECTION.
REVEREND ALEXIS ANDERSON 2 48 STEEL BOULEVARD.
UH, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL.
MY CONCERNS ARE VERY SIMPLE TAXATION WITHOUT ELECTED REPRESENTATION FOR EXTENDED PERIODS FOLLOWING NO AND SCHEDULED ELECTION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND THIS HAS TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ANY CANDIDATE THAT HAD THE SLIGHTEST INTEREST IN RUNNING FOR THIS SEAT WITH WELL-AWARE AS OF LAST SUMMER, THAT THIS SEAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE AVAILABLE DUE TO COUNCILWOMAN GREEN'S ANNOUNCED INTENTION TO RUN.
EVERY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF THE IMPACT THAT HER WHIM WOULD HAVE, AND THEREFORE, ANY DECISIONS THAT WOULD HAVE DISENFRANCHISED THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT FIVE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD PAST THE FIRST AVAILABLE ELECTION DATE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AT THAT TIME.
THE IDEA THAT AT THIS TIME POINT WHERE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE TO BE ALLOCATED FOR YOU THROUGHOUT THE PARISH AND THAT DISTRICT FIVE CITIZENS THROUGH AN EXTENDED PERIOD WOULD ALLOW UNELECTED VOICES THAT TRULY DON'T REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF THAT DISTRICT.
MOST CERTAINLY WILL NOT STAND UP TO JUDICIAL REVIEW.
ANOTHER THING TOOK THE PEARS AS BEING A PAY TO PLAY PARISH AT BEST AND BEING A PARISH AWASH IN THE WORST TYPE OF RACIALIZED POLITICS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR A PARISH ALREADY MAKING THE COVERS OF NATIONAL MAGAZINES FOR THE OVERPAYMENT OF ATHLETIC COACHES FOR NEW, UH, CONTROVERSIES WITH, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AT OUR FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY TO HAVING ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT SCANDAL AFTER ANOTHER, DURING THIS IMPORTANT TIME AND GIVEN THE VERY SIMPLE FACTS THAT EVEN IN THE WANING DAYS OF SERVING HER DISTRICT
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COUNCIL, WOMAN GREEN HAS THE ABILITY TO ENSURE EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN OF HER DISTRICT IS MADE AWARE OF THE MARCH 22 ELECTION TIMEFRAME.THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SHOULD CHOOSE THE ELECTED REPRESENTATION FOR ANY DISTRICT BEYOND THE FIRST AVAILABLE SCHEDULED ELECTION IS THE PEOPLE OF THAT DISTRICT IN 2021.
THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION FOR ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.
WE JUST ELECTED A BATON ROUGE CITY COURT JUDGE WITH LESS THAN 12% TURNOUT IN BOTH THE FIRST AND THE RUNOFF ELECTION.
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THIS COUNCIL AS ONE OF ITS FIRST DECISIONS IN 2020 TO PASS A, UH, TRANSITION PLAN.
SO WE ARE NEVER EVER DOING THIS AGAIN.
THANK YOU RIGHT ON TIME WAS ALISON.
DEBRA TAYLOR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
I LIVE AT 60 29 MONARCH AVENUE AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT FIVE FOR 38 YEARS.
AND I ASKED THE METRO COUNCIL TO CALL AN ELECTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A VOICE WHO REPRESENTS OUR DISTRICT AT SOMEONE WHO HAS SOME SKIN IN THE GAME.
WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE, THAT WE HAVE VOTED FOR THEM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT 11 MONTHS, NINE MONTHS I EVER MADE A TIME, HOWEVER LONG THAT IS IF IT'S NINE MONTHS OR WHATEVER, THAT IS TOO LONG FOR US TO BE WITHOUT A COUNCIL PERSON WHO IS DEFINITELY VOTED IN BY THE PEOPLE AND HAVE AN INTEREST IN OUR DISTRICT.
UM, I LIVE AT 60 89 MONARCH AVENUE.
I'VE BEEN THERE OVER 40 YEARS AND, UH, I, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON MY NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER AND A MARCH ELECTION.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AN APARTHEID COUNCILMAN WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO ADEQUATELY REPRESENT OUR ANDREWS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR ELECTION WILL BE THE ONLY ISSUE ON THE BALLOT, BUT VOTERS LIKE MYSELF WILL TURN OUT JUST AS WELL.
IF WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD NOT WAIT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
I THINK A VOTE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR WARD.
THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS, MS. CLAUDIA HAWKINS.
MY NAME IS CLAUDIA DAVIS HAWKINS.
I LIVE AT 59 52 LARGE WOOD GOT DRIVE AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT WELL, 50, UH, 42 YEARS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, ERICA GREEN, JUDGE GREEN ON HER SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN.
I WOULD LIKE, BUT JUDGE GREEN, UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS COUNCIL TO CALL FOR A LECTURE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT FOR, FROM THE FIRST MOMENT THE COUNCIL WOMAN GREEN STARTED HER CAMPAIGN FOR JUDGE.
WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT WE WOULD BE ELECTING A NEW COUNCIL PERSON TO PROPOSE TO POSTPONE THE ELECTION UNTIL NOVEMBER WOULD DENY US ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION.
UH, JOHNNY BROWN FOR YARA CAME UP.
MY NAME IS DORIS HAWKINS AND I'M LOOKING AT MR. COLE.
HE WAS MY PRINCIPAL AND ERICA GREEN.
BE CLEAR AND MAKES ME SURE THEY KNOW I WAS YOUR PRINCIPAL AND WE WORK TOGETHER NOW WHILE YOU WERE STUDENTS.
HE WAS MY PRINCIPAL AT PARK FOREST MIDDLE AND HE KNOWS ME VERY WELL.
AND I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THE MARCH ELECTION BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE
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PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING.WE HAVE TO EXAMINE THEM AND WHOEVER IS APPOINTED THAT LITTLE SHOW US WHAT THEY WILL DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I AM IN FAVOR OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION BECAUSE THEY GIVES US TIME TO CAMPAIGN AND OBSERVE THE PERSON THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
AND, UH, I SAY, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.
UH, WISH ONE PERSON OPPOSED, BUT WISHING NOT TO SPEAK AS OUGHTA LOON, CHESSER.
ANY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? COME ON DOWN, MAN.
DATE, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HI, I SIGNED UP ON THIS SCREEN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MY FINGERS WERE WORKING CORRECTLY.
SO FAIRLY JACKSON, 39, 4500 X AVENUE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR YOUR WONDERFUL SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT.
CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMAN GREEN, VERY EXCITED FOR YOU.
OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT IN A COUNCILWOMAN GREENS DISTRICT.
I AM NOT IN DISTRICT FIVE, BUT THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT IS JUST ABOUT DISTRICT FIVE.
I MEAN THIS INFLUENCES OUR ENTIRE CITY PARISH.
SO AS ALWAYS, YOU, AS A COUNCIL ARE GOING TO HAVE DIFFICULT VOTES, IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU.
WHAT I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT FIVE HAVE A VOICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THIS COMING YEAR, REDISTRICTING IS GOING TO IMPACT THE CITY, EVERY DISTRICT.
SO HAVING AN ACTUAL ELECTED OFFICIAL IN A SEAT HERE, I THINK IS KEY.
SO I URGE YOU AS A COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS AN ELECTED POSITION THAT CAN VOTE ON KEY THINGS LIKE THIS.
YOU ARE WONDERFUL, RESPONSIBLE COUNCIL PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOUR APPOINTMENT, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ONLY BE THROUGH MARCH WILL BE A WONDERFUL APPOINTMENT, BUT WE NEED TO GET SOMEONE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO I AM IN FAVOR OF A MARCH ELECTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH BEGGING MS. JACKSON MA'AM COME ON DOWN.
MA'AM HIS NAME? AND I HAD THIS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 5, 3, 2, 3 BANK STREET.
MY, UM, I OPPOSED THE EARLY VOTING DUE TO IT, NOT ALLOWING ADEQUATE TIME FOR VOTING REGISTRATION FOR ADULT AND AS WELL FOR YOUTH THAT ARE BECOMING OF AGE TO VOTE AS QUOTED IN DIRECTLY FROM COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, ONE WOULD NEED TIME VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES ALL THOSE SUCH DRIVE SHOULD BE AN ONGOING PROCESS AND NOT JUST HIGHLIGHTED AT ELECTION TIME.
AGAIN, THIS TOO IS A QUOTING DIRECTLY FROM COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN AND WE NEED CONSIDERATION A LITTLE EMPATHY COUNCIL PERSON, POLE, MAYOR PRO TEMP, BRO.
UM, YOU WERE ELECTED AND BUCH.
YOU WERE APPOINTED AND MUCH LATER LEGGED IT AND IT'S PERFORMING OUTSTANDINGLY IN YOUR POSITION.
WE WANT THE SAME DUE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRUSTED YOU AND THE COUNCIL BOARD FOR DISTRICT FIVE AND THIRD DISTRICT FIVE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST DISTRICTS WITH OLDER DECLINING ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE WANT A THOROUGH ELECTION PROCESS TO AN EFFORT TO BRING FORTH A POSITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE OF IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
THANK YOU MS. JACKSON, I APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? HELLO, I'M LORI SCANT.
I LIVE AT 60 41 WEST PARAMETER DRIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT THERE FOR 47 YEARS.
UH, WE NEED A COUNCIL PERSON FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
I'M IN FAVOR OF, FOR THE ELECTION FOR MARCH OF 2022.
MA'AM ANYONE ELSE? MS. CHAMBERS, YOU COMING DOWN? EVERYBODY ELSE GOT THREE MINUTES.
AND UH, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THROUGHOUT TODAY FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
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I AM INTERESTED IN POSITION AND WHETHER OR NOT LAST NIGHT, I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OR DISADVANTAGE OF MARCH AND NOVEMBER ELECTION? AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE POLITICAL, UH, RECOGNITION, THEY DO HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.SO THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH HOW THIS OPERATE AND HOW IT OPERATES IN EDUCATION AND OPERATE IN THIS, UH, ARENA IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
UH, THE LADY SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE REPRESENTATION IF, UH, THERE'S NO MARCH ELECTION.
THAT IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE ERICA WAS APPOINTED.
UH, PROTIUM COLE WAS, I WAS APPOINTED.
IT MAY NOT BE THE PERSON THAT YOU WANT AT THAT TIME.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE MONEY IS THERE FOR A MARCH ELECTION, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN MARCH OR, OR NOVEMBER, BUT, UM, I ULTIMATELY IT'S LEFT UP TO YOU, UH, WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE THE ELECTION, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN, IN THE POSITION AND, UH, CONGRATULATION ERIC WITH MY FORMER STUDENT.
MA'AM MR. JAMES, IT'S THE PROTEIN.
UH, GARRETT, SAME AS 60, 60 WILLOW SPRINGS.
I HAVE LIVED IN DISTRICT FIVE SINCE 1991.
CONGRATULATIONS, JUDGE ELECT, UH, WHO HAS REPRESENTED OUR DISTRICT AND THE JUDGE.
AND I, UH, GO BACK TO THIS SITUATION TO WHEN SHE WAS APPOINTED.
UH, MOST OF YOU MAY NOT, WELL NOT HERE.
I HAVE OPPOSED THIS PROCESS SINCE 2015, UH, NEVER HAVING A PERSONAL ISSUE WITH MS. GREEN IN THAT SITUATION, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR.
YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT SOMEBODY AND EVERY PERSON THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS APPOINTED AS WON THE ELECTIONS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN APPOINTED THAT IS THIS COUNCIL PUTTING YOUR HANDS ON THE SCALE TO DECIDE WHO OUR NEXT REPRESENTATIVE IS.
THE LAW SAYS THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT FOR UP TO A SPECIAL ELECTION, EXCEPT IN THE FINAL YEAR OF A TERM IN THE FINAL YEAR, YOU CAN APPOINT THE PERSON FOR THE DURATION OF THE TERM, RIGHT? COUNCILMAN COLE HAD THE DURATION OF A TERM, COUNCILWOMAN GREENHEAD.
THE DURATION OF A TERM YOU GUYS WOULD BE, UH, BASICALLY GOING AROUND WHAT THE LAW IS WRITTEN TO DO.
IT IS WRITTEN TO GIVE US A REPRESENTATIVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU GIVE US SOMEBODY IN A NOVEMBER ELECTION, THAT MEANS COUNCIL WOMAN GREEN SERVED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE TERM.
THAT MEANS YOUR APPOINTED PERSON SERVED THE SECOND YEAR OF THE TERM.
AND WHOEVER IS ELECTED SERVED THE THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR OF THE TERM.
SO THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT FIVE WILL END UP WITH THREE DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES IN 4, 3, 4 YEARS, AT LEAST OF A TERM.
THAT IS, THAT IS A CONFUSING, UH, SPECTRUM FOR A VOTER COMMUNITY TO HAVE REPRESENTING THEM.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE.
YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, A REAL OPPORTUNITY AND, AND DO I, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T AGREE ALL THE TIME.
UH, AND WE DON'T AGREE HERE, BUT FOR ANYBODY IN SOUTH BATON ROUGE, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT THE LOW TURNOUT ELECTION FOR ST.
GEORGE, WHICH WE PUT IT ON THE BALLOT FOR A LOW TURNOUT ELECTION.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PARISH COULDN'T VOTE AND THEN IT PASSED.
RIGHT? AND SO NOW HERE WE ARE SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT A LOW TURNOUT ELECTION, BUT WHEN IT WAS GOOD FOR Y'ALL'S OUTCOME, THEN WE HAD A LOW TURNOUT ELECTION.
BUT NOW WE WANT TO HAVE THE HIGHEST TURNOUT POSSIBLE.
I THINK THAT'S DUPLICITOUS AND HYPOCRISY.
WHEN I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS NOT PUT YOUR FINGERS ON THE SCALE.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP HERE TONIGHT SAY THAT THEY WANT A REPRESENTATIVE IN MARCH OR APRIL.
THEY ARE QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PUT THEIR NAME ON THE BALLOT.
I WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO APPOINT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO RUN, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE PULLING SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO RUN, THEY'RE GOING TO GET ELECTED.
SO THAT MEANS THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL GETS TO MAKE A DECISION TO YOU, SERVE OUR AUTHORITY AS VOTERS.
AND I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO DO THAT AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS ONE ISSUE FOR SIX YEARS, WHEN SOME OF YOU WERE NOT EVEN LOOKING AT THIS COUNCIL, MR. CHAMBERS, IS THERE ANY, YOU WENT OVER YOUR 32ND, SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? ANYONE ELSE HERE? WE SHOULD JUST SPEAK ON ITEM.
WE HAVE SOME EMAIL COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SHE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED FOUR EMAIL COMMENTS.
ONE WAS IN FAVOR THREE WERE OPEN.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION, ANY OPPOSITION? WE DON'T VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE LOGGING IN.
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YOUR VOTE IS.YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TELL JEN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TELL YOURSELF JEN MACHINE'S OLD.
HOLD OFF ALBUM TROUBLE LONG, MAN.
I HAD TROUBLE LOGGING IN HAVING TROUBLE LOGGING IN AND ALL THE LOSS THERE.
I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I'M ABOUT TO OPEN THE MACHINES ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF A MARCH 26TH.
ELECTION MACHINES ARE OPEN MOTION CARRIES MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MS. AMAUROSIS IS NOT HERE.
SHE NORMALLY MAKES THAT MOTION IN OUR ABSENCE.