I think we are going to get started.

Good evening, everyone.

It is Monday, January 5th, 2026, and I called the regular meeting of the Board of Representatives to order.

The time now is 7.37 p.m.

The invocation tonight will be delivered by our own representative Wyndon Hill from District 7.

Thank you.

Let us prepare ourselves and focus ourselves for a moment.

This evening as we come together.

We have a monumental task.

And we pray that you would give us strength.

Meet the challenge.

The decisions we make as a board of representatives are not decisions for the moment, but decisions that will have replications in generations to come.

We thank you for the diversity in this role.

Help us to learn from one another so that we can produce the best for the people that we have been elected to serve.

Grant us strength for this journey.

And help our words to be words of healing and wholeness.

Amen.

Thank you, Representative Hill.

Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thank you.

I'm present.

Representative Beckham.

Representative Blank.

Present.

Representative Bouchard.

Representative Boudreau.

Representative Bradford.

Representative Bradford just sent me a note that he will be excused.

Perfect.

Representative Camparelli.

Present.

Representative Taylor Cruz.

Representative Didalo.

Present.

Representative Dorsey.

Present.

Representative Field.

Present.

Representative Finkel.

Present, Mr.

Clerk.

Thank you.

Representative Gardner.

Present.

Representative Kilbride.

Present.

Representative Goldberg.

Good evening.

I'm here.

Representative Graham.

Representative Gross.

Present.

Representative Hill.

Representative Hughes.

Representative Hyatt.

Present.

I am present.

Representative Le Pine.

Present.

Representative McKeon.

Present.

Representative Morrison.

Present, Mr.

Clerk.

Representative Pavia.

Apologies.

Representative Pelichia.

Present.

Representative Pollock.

Present.

Representative Price.

Present.

Representative Silas.

Price.

Representative Sanford.

Present.

Representative Shaw.

Present.

Representative Shore?

Present.

Representative Stone.

Present.

Representative Sylvestri.

Present.

Representative Austin.

Present, Mr.

Clark.

Representative Weathers.

Present.

Representative Weinburn.

Present.

Representative Representative Wers.

Present.

Representative Yeager.

Present.

And last but certainly not least, Representative Zachary.

Representative Zachary, are you present?

We can see you online.

I see your hand.

I'm assuming it might be a technical issue, so we'll circle back.

Okay.

Representative Zachary is present, though.

All right.

We uh do, I can declare quorum.

Thank you, Clerk Johnson.

Um moment of silence.

Clerk Johnson, can you please read the names into the record?

Uh yes, sure.

Tonight we have uh a list of four people.

Uh Catherine uh Rose Telesco, Specialist Sarah Beckstrom from Somersville, West Virginia, uh Sergeant Edgar Torres Tavarr from Des Moines, Iowa, and then Sergeant William Howard from Marshalltown, Iowa.

Uh let us please observe a moment of silence for those who have departed before us and let their memory be a blessing to those who loved them.

Thank you.

Uh can you go ahead with the communications as well?

Absolutely.

Uh for very quick notes.

Uh so the deadline for the next steering committee is next Wednesday, January 7th uh by 5 p.m.

Uh I'll send these out to the board members as well.

For reference, uh submit all items to the board uh office staff email.

Uh steering committee meeting itself will be on January 12th at 7 p.m.

Next regular board meeting while we're here all today, uh Monday, February 2nd, also starting at 7:30.

Uh, and then we do want to celebrate one birthday this month with Representative Laurie Hyatt.

Uh so happy birthday month to you.

Um, and that is it.

So uh and then back to you, Ryan for the appointments.

Thank you so much.

Um, before we move into anything else, I would like to make the presidential appointment announcements, which I had indicated um in the organizational meeting that I would make it today.

Um Affordable Housing Trust Fund, uh Representative Wyndon Hill.

Appointments commission.

Uh, I'm not making an appointment this point, uh any appointments at this time because I've been told that there are some changes coming to that uh commission.

So I'd like to hold off on that.

Blight Tiering Committee, uh Representative Blank, Amateur Review Committee, Representative Gilbright, Classified Employees Retirement Fund, served, that will be myself.

I'll take that.

Downtown Special Services District Board of Commissions, Representative Hughes, Food Truck Committee, Representative Sanford, Historic Preservation Trust Fund, Representative Gilbright, Investment Advisory Committee, Representative Bouchard, Mel River Park Collaborative, Representative Johnson, OPEB, Representative Weinberg, Property Revaluation Review Committee, Representative Weirs, Proposed Capital Program, Capital Budget Process, Representative Goldberg, School Building Committee, I will take this one.

Stanford Arts and Culture Commission, Representative Shore.

Stanford Emergency Medical Services, Representative Morrison.

I would like to point out one though that not all of these committees meet um every month.

Some meet quarterly, some meet monthly, some meet only as there is needed.

So if you don't see a meeting every month, just don't freak out.

Just come talk to me.

All right.

Thanks so much.

Now we will move on to the honorary resolutions.

The first honorary resolution is congratulating and thanking for my representative Mary Fidali for her 30 years of service on the Board of Representatives.

Excuse me, there's a motion and a second.

All in favor?

Please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Oh I opposed?

Any abstentions?

That passes unanimously.

And I I know Representative Pavia had asked to read the resolution into the record, so uh go ahead.

She's in our glory right now.

She loves this.

Sense of the board resolution honoring Mary Lisa Fidel on her 30 years of service to the city of Stanford as a member of Board of Representatives.

Whereas Mary Fidel was first appointed to the Board of Representatives on March 1st, 1995.

She then went on to be elected in November of 1995 and has served her residence in District 17 with dedication, distinction, integrity, and unwaving devotion for 30 years.

And whereas Representative Fidelity was a thoughtful, steady voice for her constituents, demonstrating sound judgment, accessibility, and constant willingness to listen, collaborate, and lead.

Throughout her service, she worked tirelessly to advance the well-being of the community, championing policies that strengthen neighborhoods, supported public services, and improve the quality of life for constituents in Springdale, and designated Springdale to be a village commercial district.

And whereas Mary Fidel embodied the values of good governance, civility, transparency, fairness, and accountability, and did so with gracious professionalism, humility, and respect for the democratic process.

During her tenure, Ms.

Fidel held leadership positions, including minority leader, acting mayor, chair of the personnel committee, co-chair of fiscal committee, and served as an active member in steering legislation and rules, parks and recreations, and state and commerce committee, among many others.

And whereas her dedication and service extended throughout the community through her active involvement in the Springdale Neighborhood Association, Glenbrook Neighborhood Association, and the Patient Family Advisory Board of Stanford Hospital.

Also St.

Clement's Church, the Stanford and Museum, Nature Stanford Museum and Nature Center, and keep Stanford beautiful.

She worked closely with the Springdale Neighborhoods Association and the City of Stanford to acquire a piece of property on Hope Street to keep as an open space and designate it as a park where the annual Springdale tree lighting takes place.

She also worked tirelessly to convert a long abandoned basketball court on Hague Avenue to a brand new state of the art toddler park.

Whereas the Board of Representatives wishes to record its admiration for her accomplishments, gratitude, and her service, and best wishes for health, happiness, and fulfillment in the years ahead.

Although her service as an elected representative has concluded, her contributions, leadership, and positive impact of Mary Fidelli will be long remembered and appreciated by her colleagues, her constituents, and the entire city of Stanford.

Now, therefore, be a resolve that the 32 32nd Board of Representatives hereby recognizes and honors Mary Fidely for her distinguished public service, expresses sincere appreciation for her contributions, and extends heartfelt congratulations.

May a copy of this resolution be presented to Mary Lisa Fidelity as a permanent expression of the board's gratitude, respect, and in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the city of Stanford.

Well, in typical Mary Fidelity fashion, I thought the meetings still were at 8 o'clock.

So I'm lucky I'm here on time.

And the copy of my speech deleted, I deleted it on the way here.

So I will speak from the heart.

Um, first I'd like to thank all the representatives that were involved in um giving me this resolution this evening.

I think that out of all the congratulatory things I've received, this means the most because it comes from the people that I have served with and the people that I will continue to help along the way with this board and the 32nd board.

Um so thank you and thank you to my family who are here today.

I know over the years we've had competing initiatives, and I know that sometimes things got in the way, but I appreciate all their help and um guidance over the years, so thank you.

And to the to the board members, um, you know, this is enjoy what you have here.

Um, you know, I enjoyed serving for 30 years.

It was a great experience.

I can't tell you everything that I've learned.

It was awesome.

Um, you'll meet a lot of great people.

You'll learn so much about how the city of Stanford learns.

So eat it up, take advantage of it.

Um, but remember a few things.

Treat everybody civilly, respect each other, treat everybody kindly like you would want to be treated yourself, and don't let politics get in the way of a friendship.

That's what somebody told me on my first when I first became on this board.

And I will tell you the first friend I met 30 years ago, Andrew McDonald, is still my friend today and was the first person who texted me after my loss to tell me how sorry he was.

So the friends I had 30 years ago, I still have from this board.

You make relationships, they're important, and embrace it.

Thank you very much.

I appreciate it.

Thank you, Mary.

We will miss you very much.

Okay, the next honorary resolution is honoring uh Jackie Heffman on her more than 30 years of dedicated volunteer leadership to the people of Stanford.

Um is that a motion to approve?

Is that a second?

Second.

Uh all in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Anyone opposed?

Okay, there's one opposition.

Any abstentions.

Okay, would that the uh the resolution passes?

Um representative Weinberg, would you like to read the resolution into the record?

Hi, Jackie.

Censor the board resolution honoring Jackie Heffman on her more than 30 years of dedicated volunteer leadership to the people of Stanford.

Whereas Jackie Heffman served on the parent teacher organization boards at Northeast Elementary School and Turn of River Middle School, and is president of the parent teacher council, spending countless hours working with students, parents, and teachers on fundraising projects, and opened the first publishing room for students at Northeast Elementary School, so they could receive a bound book of their writing.

And whereas Jackie Hefman was a founding member of Stanford Cradle to Career and currently serves on the executive board.

And whereas Jackie Hefman served as the Stanford Urban Redevelopment Commissioner on the on the Stanford Urban Redevelopment Commission from 1993 to 1998, including three years as chair, overseeing the development of properties in the downtown area under the control of the Urban Redevelopment Commission, such as Park Square West, Target, and the Mill River Corridor.

And whereas Jackie Heffman served on the Stanford Zoning Board from 1998 to 2008, serving as chair for eight years.

And whereas Jackie Heffman's accomplishments on the zoning board include spearheading the adoption of Stampsford's 10% inclusionary below market rate housing regulation, which was a first in Connecticut, adding senior housing to zoning regulations, adding an historic preservation bonus to zoning regulations, and overseeing new development and renovations in the coastal area flood zone, which resulted in more public access to the water.

And whereas Jackie Heffman served on the Board of Education from 2008 to 2024, and served as president in 2015, and from 2022 to 2024.

And whereas Jackie Heffman served as the Board of Education liaison for Domus Kids, chaired the negotiating committee for all bargaining units, and was a trustee on the Mechanics and Custodians Pension Board.

And whereas Jackie Hefman was a member of the Stanford School Building Committee and Project Planning Committee for the new West Hill High School and participated in the planning, construction, and opening of Rogers International School and Strawberry Hills School.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that the 32nd Board of Representatives sincerely thanks Jackie Heftman for her many years of dedication and service to the people of Stanford Thank you, Representative Weinberg.

Ms.

Heffman, I see that you're online.

Would you like to say a few words?

Um just that I want to thank the Board of Representatives for this uh for this acknowledgement.

Uh it has been a pleasure for me to serve in all the capacities that I that I have.

It's been a pleasure for me to be a citizen of Stanford and to continue to help in any way that I can.

And I wish this board of representatives good luck in your work going forward.

I know you're going to do wonderful things.

Thank you again.

Thank you, Miss Hefman.

Uh Ms.

Representative Weinberg, is that something you would like to say?

And and and Jackie, the um the uh resolution plaque uh will be hand delivered to your house tomorrow.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, moving on to the public participation session.

Uh public comment period.

There is a public period, uh, there's a period for public comment of 30 minutes, unless extended by a vote of the board to no more than 50 minutes.

Speakers have signed up via email or by calling the board office and will have no more than three minutes to speak.

The time for each person to speak may be shortened to no less than one and a half minutes, depending on the number of people who have signed up, or will be no more than two minutes if public comment period has been extended.

I will be closely monitoring the time and will provide each speaker with a 30-second warning to ensure fairness and allow everyone an opportunity to be heard.

I ask that all speakers conclude their remarks promptly before their allotted time has expired.

The board rules provide that the president may keep good order and decorum in any manner authorized by Robert's rules of order, and for the awardance of doubt may shorten or cancel the speaking time of any speaker during the public comment period deemed in the president's sole discretion to be disruptive or unruly.

Personal attacks against board members will be considered disruptive conduct and will not be permitted.

A board rule uh for E3A dot sub three speakers may only speak on the items that have not been subject to a prior public hearing.

The following items previously had public hearings, A31.207, boats and commissions ordinance, LR31.072, retail pet shop ordinance, LR31.106 urban forestry ordinance, and PR31.050 beach access ordinance.

We hope you respect the rules and um you know not speak about anything that has been prior subject to a prior public hearing.

Okay, with that, our first speaker is Mr.

Arthur Augustin.

Um Ms.

Hughes, are you seeing him online?

I don't see him here.

No, I'm not seeing him online.

You don't see him online?

No.

Mr.

Augustine, are you there?

If it is, can you are you able to raise your hand?

So we can unmute you.

Okay.

I don't see him here.

So I guess we'll move on.

Our next speaker is Mr.

Kieran Edmondson.

Do we have Kieran here?

I don't see him here in person.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, maybe I'm here.

Okay, go ahead, Mr.

Edmondson.

All right, thank you.

Good evening, everybody, and a very happy new year.

I am Kieran Edmondson, a resident of the Waterside neighborhood of the city of Simba, Connecticut.

And now I want to share my brief comments to all other new and current members of this board about the organization of the 2025 for port security grant program, so that both members of the police and fraud departments that can receive us several more of our additional funding services or from the department of uh uh DHC in order for our cops and firefighters that can perform more more duties such as safeguard our citizens all year long.

So as the US Department uh as a USDAC was created uh in November of 2002 in the Arjun Meta on 11, which took the lives of uh uh a lot of people and that police arbitrary protect our citizens are from from crimes in our city and that firefighters will always prevent fires that we need more engines, the cameras, the radios, et cetera.

But I urge that this board to pass that this ordinance item F32.014, which authorizes it for this program to be approved, which is the agreement of financial assistance from DHC and helping more police and police and firefires are getting more and new equipment engines and other enhancements so our police cars and fire trucks can run more, can run more powerfully and for them to continue their so this acts of uh keeping every step to the Senate in a safe and positive environment.

So the board of episode considered on passing the 2025 security grant program.

So many of our men and women of other places if our stations can get more prepared to continue the service for our city and enjoy uh enjoy your good night.

Thank you very much from Kieran Matthew Edmondson.

Thank you, Mr.

Edmundson.

Our next speaker is Ms.

Melanie Hollis Members of the Board of Representatives, congratulations on your election to the 32nd board.

I look forward to seeing your leadership reflect the voices and needs of the constituents you were elected to serve.

My name is Melanie Hollis, and I am the chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission.

I want to speak to you about the consolidation of the Parks and Recreation Committee into the operations committee.

While this proposal may appear efficient on paper, the stewardship and betterment of Stanford's Parks and Recreation Assets requires focus and dedicated attention and should not be subsumed within a committee responsible for large-scale public works and other than non-parks or recreation related matters like trash, recycling, snow, and leaf removal, etc.

Over the past few years, the Parks and Recreation Commission has worked closely with the Parks and Recreation Committee, a group that has been focused on overseeing and maintaining green space, sports leaks, camps, and other active and passive recreation activities within Stanford by holding public hearings, researching items and providing clear guidance for resolutions and ordinances, efforts that have been meaningfully enhance the community, the committee's efficiency and effectiveness.

A cursory review of a meeting agendas alone does not reflect upon the depth of success of this collaboration.

When residents advocated for dark park and Gofield Town Park and New Playground and Barrett Park, the commission engaged the parks and recreation committee to participate in public hearings, site meetings, and constituent input.

The committee chose to approve the required funding.

As funding for Stanford's parks has become a priority, a comprehensive understanding of park operations and conditions is essential for the committee to responsibly recommend appropriate fiscal appropriations.

Given the mayor's stated focus on parks and the citywide strategic plan, the parks and recreation committee should remain priority for the Board of Representatives, particularly in a city where we have continued development and limited green space.

According to the Trust for Public Lands, Stanford got low scores regarding its parks with a score of 22 out of 100 for park investment and 20 out of 100 for park acreage.

Stanford's parks comprise only 4% of the city with a median park size of three acres.

Our park statistics are not great.

The city deserves a committee that is exclusively focused and dedicated to growing, maintaining and preserving its parks and recreational areas.

Compounding our challenges is the fact that many of Stanford's parks are not zoned as dedicated parkland, leaving them vulnerable with less protection to future development.

In 2024, the commission raised 30 seconds.

For these reasons, I urge the board to recognize the importance of the parks and recreation committee and vote against the consolidation.

The commission looks forward to continuing its productive partnership with the parks and recreation committee.

As a resident, I oppose limiting representatives' time to debate items before the full board and the proposed restrictions on public participation.

I expect thoughtful debate that is not unnecessary.

Thank you, Ms.

Hollis.

And public comment policies, for its amended rights by allowing them to speak freely on matters before the commitment without viewpoint restrictions.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Ms.

Diana College.

Are you online?

Miss Diana?

Ms.

Hughes, do you see her?

No, I don't.

Okay.

She is.

She just okay.

Oh, yes.

Okay.

Sorry, my mic was disabled.

Um, I have the flu, so I'm hoarse, but good evening, everyone.

My name is Diana Collage.

I live on the East Side.

I was invited to serve on the Urban Forestry Working Group created by Director Matt Canyonis under Mayor Simmons in 2025.

Ms.

College?

Yes.

Are you planning to speak here on the tree ordinance?

Yes.

Sorry.

I had mentioned it before that we will, as based on the board rules, we're not speaking on any of the items that already had a public hearing.

So I'm speaking to it's it's essentially the same item.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

Um, I can I at least speak about the urban forestry group.

Yes, you can, but it it will not, it cannot contain anything pertaining to the veto or the ordinance itself.

Okay.

I'll try to splice out those connections.

But um essentially, I just want to enlighten you as to this group and why it exists.

Um you can just mention just about the purpose of the urban forestry program, and that's it.

Thank you.

Okay.

So the group's mission was to help advocate for the city's tree planting efforts, support the development of a tree inventory program, and assist in the development of policies related to the city's tree planting program.

For years, Stanford has been losing hundreds of trees annually.

In 2025, we removed 380 and we planted 48.

The last time we almost planted half as much as we lost was 2022, when we removed 320 and replanted 120.

This date, this data for the tree warden, who also advises the group goes far back, and the trend has worsened with time.

We have not improved the state of urban forestry in here in Stanford.

And as we all know, this urgency is intensifying with urbanization for apparent reasons.

We are developing more green space than we are preserving, and we are creating more consequences than we are counterbalancing.

There is a way to develop that considers green space and flora, but the development development we've been experiencing is not innovative in regards to balancing ecological infrastructure and design with building.

I'm not talking about a magical unicor unicorn or an expensive project that doesn't that isn't feasible.

I'm speaking as simple as perhaps my favorite example, the Sophie apartments.

This building has preserved a small natural parcel in front of it, a forest.

That forest, in addition to upping property value on that block, benefits everyone.

It balances a large lifeless structure with nature, preserving ecology, health, and beauty.

And this is not even a true balance of 5050.

It is really a small return of service to the public.

Of the many applications I have looked at, aside from the repurpose of office buildings, I have not encountered any new development to contribute a benefit like this back to the public.

The fact is we are losing more canopy than we have the staff resources and funding to replace.

There's a great disparity in that statistic, as well as the previous that I've mentioned.

In 2024, New Haven planted 1,000 trees.

Norwalk is planting hundreds of trees annually, and their goal is to reach a canopy coverage of 53%.

We planted 48 trees, if I need to repeat myself, in 20 and in 2025.

It's a little bit embarrassing.

And again, that is why this group was established.

I just want to remind everyone, you know, the public is who we represent here, and the public has shown great concern for this too.

You have 30 seconds.

The mayor has just declared an executive order on climate change and resilience.

I will not go into all the scientific processes that make a single old growth tree capable of the magic that allows us to all breathe and exist in good health.

But we must ask ourselves: why is public health considered an obstacle developed to development and development not an obstacle to public health?

Thank you.

Please support each other and the science.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

College.

The next speaker is Mr.

Dave Vinston.

Ms.

Hughes, oh, he's here.

Okay.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

Uh, my name is Dave Winston, and I've been a resident of Stanford in the Cove for 50 years.

I'm also a past chairman of the Parks and Recreation Commission.

I'm in complete agreement with Chairwoman Hollis's representation of the cooperation and quality of time that's been spent with the parks and recreation committee, as well as the many constructive advancements made because of that relationship.

One item on your agenda does concern me.

Legislative and rules item LR 3201 proposes to consolidate the parks and recreation committee of the Board of Representatives with the Operation Committee.

I believe operations has more than enough on their plate, managing the physical infrastructure throughout the city.

And I feel that asking operations committee to assume this additional responsibility does a disservice to our parks and puts at risk the quality of time our parks need.

Our city's growing and our park system is falling behind regional and national standards.

It is critical to our parks that growing demand be met with a higher quality of oversight.

I'm aware of the amount of time spent preparing for our committee meetings to do your jobs.

Now imagine being in your meeting and be asked to incorporate another committee's responsibility to your agenda.

Can you honestly believe anyone could do as good of a job when their workload is doubled?

Our parks deserve more attention, not less.

Please vote no on the proposed amendment.

Thank you.

Thank you for your service.

Thank you, Mr.

Winston.

Our next speaker is Mr.

Jonathan St.

Victor.

Good evening, members of the board.

My name is Jonathan St.

Victor, and I'm resident of Stanford, representing District 3.

I'd like to begin by acknowledging LR32.005, which is also on an agenda, approvals amendments of the rules of the board of reps regarding public comments submitted by the legislative and rules committee that has now been recently recommitted to the stereotype.

While some might see that as a procedural pause, I see it as a critical moment for this board to reflect on why this was ever on the table to begin with.

Why was this ever on the table to begin with?

You can't ban speech.

You can't limit people from speaking.

You can't have three times a year where people can speak.

All right.

And it's not granted to people by your discretion.

Right?

People should have the right to speak.

Right?

It shouldn't be toned.

It shouldn't be, you know, you have this amount of time to speak, and then you're out of here.

This is a First Amendment constitutional right.

I don't see how this how a board of representatives come together to even have the audacity to propose something like that to the public.

You're undermining staff for residents.

You're keeping people from sharing what they're passionate about by labeling it belligerent, unruly.

That's not fair.

I'm sure the people that voted you to be here are very unhappy with that.

So why would this even be presented in the first place?

Regardless of the fact that it was recommitted back to the steering committee.

The fact that a group of people came together to propose such an audacious and bold move is disrespectful to the community.

And that's all that I really have to say.

Whether you try to silence public comment here in this event in this forum or not, you will know me because I will definitely be following up on the items that come before this board.

You will notice that it will my name will be on the majority of the committee meetings, the board meetings, zoning meetings, planning board meetings, board of finance meetings, because I am paying attention, and I wish that the rest of the constituency was paying as much attention as I am, because there are things that you learn, and there are things that uh you couldn't possibly know within just a couple of years of living here.

You there are things that I've learned over the course of the last 10 years that are just absolutely mind-boggling.

Like how predatory some of the developers are in this in this city, and how they have literally got us by the go and ads.

They really do.

And we've got an administration that wants to do everything to make it easier for them.

It's uh it's basically an entity that is a quasi-government uh group that offers loans to developers at lower interest rates so that they develop in in transit-oriented districts.

This sounds really nice, except that you're literally uh um I can't think of the word right now, but you are giving government aid to developers.

They are highly profitable companies, these are not poor people, and you are not serving the interest of the residents, the people that pay for all of this to happen.

So I I and there's no public hearing for it.

That's kind of crazy.

That's you know, even even the CMDA has it in their guidelines, their FAQ, twice.

You you got the email that I wrote, and you you're gonna get all their emails on other items, I'm sure.

But uh these are things that you need to bring you need to strongly consider, and you can't just rush through this stuff.

I understand that you want to make things more efficient, but you need to decide uh who it is that you're here to serve.

Are you here to serve yourselves?

Are you here to serve uh some outside parties?

Are you here to serve the administration?

Or are you here to serve the residents of the city, your constituents, the people that you are responsible for Mr.

Adams?

Thank you.

Please figure it out now.

Thank you, Mr.

Adams.

And we'll have a great time.

Okay, that concludes our public participation session.

We will move on to our standing committees.

Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and take up the uh ordinanced vetoes.

So there is a motion made by representative Camporelli to move up the order of the agenda to make to take the vetoes up first before the other agenda items, and there's a second by representative Pavia.

Um since this is a suspension of rules, we will have no debate, and this has to be a two-thirds uh rule um rule to pass for the of the of those two-thirds of those who are present in voting.

With that, we will take a roll call vote on this.

So Clerk Johnson, can you please call the rule?

Point of information.

Can you please clarify that we're but what we're voting on?

I there was some noise in the background.

Sorry.

So that that good?

Okay, thank you.

Uh point of information.

Um by suspending the rules, we're only suspending the rules insofar as we're moving the vetoes first, like we're not there's no other part of the rules that are changing.

That's correct.

So we will take up the agenda the vetoes first.

Well, we're gonna vote on whether we want to take up the vetoes first or not.

That's the word on.

And then if it passes, we will take up the vetoes first, and then we will move on to our standing committee agenda.

Okay, thank you.

Uh Representative Adams.

Yes.

Uh Representative Beckham.

So could you repeat?

Yes, thank you.

Just use your microphone so people can hear you vote.

Okay.

Uh Representative Blank.

Yes.

Uh Representative Bouchard.

Yes.

Uh Representative Boudreau.

Yes.

Representative Bradford.

Still got this.

Uh Representative Camperelli.

Yes.

Uh Representative Delay Cruz.

Yes.

Representative Dirlow.

Yes.

Uh Representative Dorsey.

Yes.

Uh Representative Fields?

Yes.

Uh Representative Finkel.

Yes.

Representative Gardner?

Yes.

Representative Gilbride.

Yes.

Representative Goldberg.

Yes.

Uh Representative Graham.

Yes.

Representative Gross.

Yes.

Uh Representative Hill.

Representative Hughes?

Yes.

Uh Representative Hyatt.

Yes.

Uh I will vote yes.

Uh Representative Le Pine.

Yes.

Uh Parliamentary Parliamentarian McHume.

Yes.

Uh Minority Leader Morrison?

Yes.

Uh Representative Pabia.

Yes.

Representative Pleachia.

Yes.

Um Deputy Majority Leader Pollock.

Yes.

Uh Representative Price?

Yes.

Uh Representative Silas.

Yes.

Uh Deputy Majority Leader Sanford.

Yes.

Uh President Shaw.

Yes.

Uh Representative Shore.

Yes.

Uh Representative Stone.

Yes.

Uh Representative Still Sylvestre.

Yes.

Representative Walston.

Yes.

Uh Representative Weathers.

Yes.

Representative Weinberg.

Yes.

Representative Worse?

Yes.

Representative Yeager.

Yes.

And Representative Zachary.

Yes.

All right.

Um that is a unanimous yes vote.

Thank you very much.

So that motion passes.

So we will take up the veto.