The Board of Aldermen convened for a special meeting focused on honoring departing Community Development Administration (CDA) Director Noel Pfeiffer, advocating for janitorial workers' rights, and advancing various legislative items including a sales tax referendum. The session featured emotional tributes to Pfeiffer's decade of service, public testimonies from union representatives, and discussions on structural city reforms proposed by the outgoing director.
The board will now come to order. Madam Clerk, please call the role. Alder Woman Schweitzer. Alderman Odenberg. Alderman Cone. Alderman DeBrian. Alderman Devotee. All the women of Alaska. Alder Woman, Sonny. Alder Woman Cox Anthony. Alderman Browning. Alder Woman Clark Hubbard. Alder Woman Keith. Alder Woman Tith. Out of the woman, all the woman boy. Present. Alderman Aldridge. President Green. Present. Alder Woman Spicer. Alderman Cone. All the women Velasquez. Alder Woman Keith. Alder Woman Tith. Present. We have 12 present. According being present will be led in an opening prayer by Pastor Robert White with Martin's Temple Church of God in Christ. Thank you, and good morning to President Green and to the all the persons of this great leadership board. Um, before we go into prayer, I wanted to just I was told I could say two things. One of the things I was thinking about as a leader in this city, as a pastor in church, is one of the things that we find ourselves doing is calling for revival when things have gone astray or when leadership has kind of fallen off the edge, the pastor calls for the revival to indoctrinate reminders to the parishioners of who we are and what God has called us to do. And as we travel through our city after the effects of this tornado that has ravaged our communities, I think that it's time that there's a revival that takes place in our city. And so, on behalf of my bishop Shabbat Martin and my wonderful com uh Alder Woman, uh Clark Hubbard. I just wanted to thank you guys for allowing us to be here and just be reminded when you go to vote. Uh as we say in the church, what would Jesus do? How will he vote for these resolutions for the people of God? Let us pray. Father, it is in the match name of Jesus the Christ that we come before you. I humbly submit myself to you, God, before this great board, before this city, asking God that you are God each and every last one of them to do the right thing to vote in the manner that will be effective and produce the things that you desire for this city. Lord, we need your strength back into this community, back among the homes of our people who have been ravaged by the storm. Father, I ask that you give your presence in the lives of these people that they may understand and that you will provide the resources that are necessary to restore this city from the highways to the byways, bring our schools back into power, bring our churches back into power, God, protect our children in the street, bring peace, let the crime fall down. God, protect our children in the street, bring peace, let the crime fall down. God, I ask that every resolution that is under your guidance be passed, and anything, God, that is outside of your will that it does not pass. Bless this leadership, God. Bless our mayor, bless our police officers, bless our people in this city, God, that we can be better than we've ever been before and keep this city at the forefront as we are the gateway to the West. Let us be the example to this country of how to lead and how to dwell together in unity. Restore our communities right now. And it's now in the name of Jesus that we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you.