The Mayor and Board of Aldermen held a public meeting on May 16, 2024, at 7:00 PM. The meeting included a proclamation for Stop the Bleed Day, appointments to city boards, approval of a consent agenda item, and the introduction and adoption of several fiscal year 2025 ordinances, including the budget. The meeting lasted approximately 43 minutes.
Good evening and welcome to the mayor and board of Alderman Public Meeting for the 16th of May. We begin with the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation. Under God, invisible liberty justice. We are going to make a proclamation this evening. I'll ask the board to join me on the floor, and we'll be joined by some of our staff. We are joined by members of our risk and safety and training team. This is a proclamation for Stop the Bleed Day, May 23rd, 2024. Whereas Stop the Bleed is a national public health campaign launched at a White House ceremony in 2015, whereas its goal is to save lives by training people across the country how to stop traumatic bleeding, whereas successive bleeding is the leading cause of death for those under the age of 40. Whereas the campaign is a public-private partnership led by the U.S. Department of Defense and supported by a number of organizations, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Stop the Bleed Coalition, the American Red Cross, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American Heart Association. Whereas the campaign is based on the lessons of the Department of Defense learned in Afghanistan and Iraq on the best ways to treat traumatic injuries involving severe blood loss. Whereas each year on the fourth Thursday of May has been proclaimed Stop the Bleed Day by the campaign to engage the public to learn more about how to become empowered to save lives. Now, therefore I'm Michael O'Connor, mayor of the City of Frederick to hereby proclaim May 23rd, 2024 as Stop the Bleed Day in the City of Frederick and encourage all residents to participate in the Stop the Bleed campaign by learning how to stop traumatic bleeding, signed by the mayor on behalf of the Board of Alderman and our residents. And Gina, I'm gonna turn it over to you to say anything. Thank you very much, Mayor and Board for taking care of this. It's a very important cause for me. I am an EMT outside of here. And we also have our employees as well take stop the bleed for the simple fact that between blood loss and CPR it can effectively save a life. So we want our folks and as well as the residents to be able to go out and save a life if need be. Thank you both very much. We appreciate you being here. Thank you. And I've taken that training, and it's not fun necessarily, but it's important. Thank you. Thank you. So moved. Second. Motion by Alderman Shackleberg, second by Alderman Russell. All those in favor. 5-0. Thank you very much. A couple of appointments this evening to the Weinberg Center for the Arts Board of Directors. Appointment of Robin Rose to a three-year term, July 1st, 2024 to June 30th of 2027. So move. Second. Motion by Alderman Shackover, second by Alderwoman Nash. All those in favor. That is 5-0. Thank you very much. And reappointment of Maureen Connors to a three-year term on the Ethics Commission, May 17th, 2024 to May 16th, 2027. Move for approval. Second. Motion by Alderman McZemchek, seconded by Alderman Russell Russell. All those in favor. That is 5-0. Thank you very much.