2026-10-20 - Council of the District of Columbia

00:07CHAIR MENDELSON: I'M CALLING TO ORDER THIS MEETING.

00:09THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT

00:12OF COLUMBIA. THE 38TH LEGISLATIVE MEETING OF

00:16COUNCIL PERIOD '26. TODAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20,

00:202026. THE TIME IS 3:12 P.M.

00:25AND WE ARE IN ROOM 500, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE JOHN A

00:30WILSON BUILDING. THIS MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST

00:32ON CABLE TELEVISION CHANNEL 13 AS WELL AS ON THE COUNCIL'S

00:36WEBSITE WHICH IS WWW.DCCOUNCIL.GOV.

00:41THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL MEETING. WE HAVE A REGULARLY SCHEDULED

00:46MEETING ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, EXCEPT IN NOVEMBER,

00:49IT WILL BE NOVEMBER 10. WE HAVE COMPLETED A COMMITTEE

00:52OF THE WHOLE MEETING TODAY. WE ALWAYS BEGIN WITH A MOMENT

00:58OF SILENCE. AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

01:00REFLECTION. IF WE COULD HAVE A MOMENT OF

01:03SILENCE, PLEASE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL

01:36THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN?

01:38>> HERE. COUNCILMEMBER BONDS?

01:42>> COUNCILMEMBER BONDS? COUNCILMEMBER FELDER?

01:44COUNCILMEMBER FELDER? COUNCILMEMBER FRUMIN?

01:49COUNCILMEMBER FRUMIN. COUNCILMEMBER HENDERSON?

01:52>> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS-GEORGE?

01:56>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS-GEORGE. CHAIRMAN MENDELSON?

01:59>> PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER SNEAD.

02:00>> HERE. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER?

02:04COUNCILMEMBER PARK? COUNCILMEMBER PINTO?

02:08PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT WHITE.

02:15COUNCILMEMBER TRAYON WHITE? >> PRESENT.

02:18MR. CHAIRMAN, OFF QUORUM. CHAIR MENDELSON: THANK YOU,

02:21MADAM SECRETARY. WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA

02:22BEFORE US. I'M NOT SURE I'M GOING TO WANT

02:25TO MOVE TO RECONSIDER WHEN THE OTHER PEOPLE COME IN.

02:29ON PAGE 2 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER FIRST READING, NUMBER 6

02:34WHICH IS BILL 26-12, DOLERS TUCKER DELOARS TUCKER MIDDLE

02:44SCHOOL. THAT IS REMOVED FROM CONSENT.

02:46ON PAGE 3 AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE NUMBER 12, ALSO FIRST

02:49READING. BILL 26-594.

02:53CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT REFORM AMENDMENT ACT.

02:55THAT IS REMOVED FROM CONSENT. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY

03:02TWO CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AYEN DA.

03:06-- AGENDA. SO MOVED.

03:10I WILL DO A BRIEF PAUSE. LIKE TWO MINUTES.

03:16WHILE WE CONTEMPLATE THE MEMBERS WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE ME

03:18WHEN I SAID WE WOULD START AT 3:10.

03:37I SHOULD ASK IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE CONSENT

03:40AGENDA. I'LL GIVE IT ONE MORE MINUTE.

04:31ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA

04:33BEFORE US FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS REMOVED.

04:35THERE WERE NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

04:38THE TWO ITEMS, COUNCILMEMBER BONDS, ARE ON PAGE 2.

04:44THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PAGE 3, CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

04:48REFORM. ALL THOSE IN-- ALL THOSE IN

04:55FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED, VOTE AYE.

04:58[CHORUS OF "AYES"] CHAIR MENDELSON: ARE THERE ANY

05:03OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.

05:06MADAM SECRETARY, NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER PARKER IS HERE.

05:09AND COUNCILMEMBER FELDER. >> AND COUNCILMEMBER FRUMIN.

05:11I MISSED THE -- >> WE ALL SAW YOU COME IN.

05:16ON PAGE 2, BILL 26-12. ALMA THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL

05:23DESIGNATION ACT OF 2026. SO MOVED.

05:26IS THERE DISCUSSION? ON THE BILL, ALL THOSE IN

05:30FAVOR, SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF "AYES"] ARE THERE

05:33ANY OPPOSED? COUNCILMEMBER PINTO?

05:40HEARING NO NAYS, THE AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.

05:48ON PAGE 3, BILL 26-594. CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

05:53REFORM AMENDMENT ACT OF 2026. COUNCILMEMBER NADEAU?

05:56>> SO MOVED, CHAIRMAN. AND I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT.

06:02CHAIR MENDELSON: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER NADEAU FOR AN

06:03AMENDMENT. >> OKAY.

06:05SO THANK YOU. MY STAFF CIRCULATED AND EARLIER

06:07VERSION OF THIS AMENDMENT YESTERDAY AT 4:24 P.M.

06:10THEN THIS UPDATED VERSION CIRCULATED AT 2:10 IN LIGHT OF

06:14THE DECISION TO POSTPONE THE NIGHTLIFE NOISE BALANCE BILL.

06:17THE AMENDMENT CORRECTS THE FACT THAT WE LEFT AN APPLICABILITY

06:22CLAUSE OUT OF THE BILL WE PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

06:25THAT BILL HAD A STATEMENT INDICATING ADDITIONAL FUNDING

06:29TO IMPLEMENT IT. THANK YOU TO THE OFFICE OF

06:31GENERAL COUNSEL FOR RECOMMENDING THIS AMENDMENT.

06:33I ASK THAT MY AMENDMENT BE INCORPORATED INTO 26-594.

06:37AND THAT THE BILL STAY ON THE LEGISLATIVE-- WELL, THAT IS TOO

06:41LATE. INCORPORATED INTO BILL 26-594.

06:45SO MOVED. CHAIR MENDELSON: WE HAVE THE

06:51AMENDMENT BEFORE US. I THINK YOU SAID THIS, BUT I'LL

06:54REPEAT IT. THEY DID ADD SOME APPLICABILITY

06:59SECTION TO A SEPARATE BILL, SO IT IS A NON-GERMANE AMENDMENT.

07:08BUT THIS IS FIRST READING. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, IT

07:10WILL BE ACCEPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, IT IS

07:14ACCEPTED. BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

07:19WE HAVE THE BILL AS AMENDED BEFORE US.

07:22IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> MR. CHAIRMAN?

07:28CHAIR MENDELSON: COUNCILMEMBER PARKER.

07:29>> THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION, AND I DIDN'T

07:32ASK IT DURING THE-- COUNCILMEMBER NADEAU, PART OF

07:38MY WONDERING IS THE COMMITTEE PRINT SEEMS TO DUPLICATE THE

07:43WAIVER PROCESS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

07:44IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING YO YOU ALREADY

07:47MAY BE WORKING WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES ON?

07:49CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DISCREPANCY OF THE CONTRACTORS

07:56REQUESTING A WAIVER, AND THE CHANGES THAT YOU PROPOSE IN

08:00SECTION 5 OF THE UNDERLYING BILL?

08:02>> YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

08:04AND YOU KNOW, NO ONE ELSE HELD BACK DURING THE COMMITTEE OF

08:09THE WHOLE, MAN. SO THE COMMITTEE PRINT INCLUDES

08:12THE PROVISION THAT THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

08:16RECOMMENDED BASED ON THEIR ROLE IN REVIEWING THE EXECUTIVE'S

08:19CONTRACTS FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENTFY.

08:23BASICALLY, IF A CONTRACT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CBE

08:28SUBCONTRACTING LAW, THE AGENCY DOESN'T NEED TO GET A WAIVER.

08:31IT IS A SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE CLARIFICATION.

08:34THAT IS MY INTENT WITH IT. JUST TO SAY, LIKE, WHY WOULD

08:38YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A WAIVER IF IT DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU?

08:41THAT SAID, DCLB RAISED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROVISION.

08:45MY TEAM, COUNCILMEMBER FELDER'S TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT

08:48THROUGH THE LAST-- THROUGH THAT FEEDBACK, AND WE HAVE BEEN

08:52GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH OHE. WE ARE STILL ANALYZING SOME

08:58UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME IN LAST NIGHT, SO FOR NOW

09:03I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER FELDER.

09:05THANK YOU TO THE AGENCIES WHO HAVE TAKEN TIME TO WEIGH IN ON

09:08THIS PROVISION. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY.

09:10THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO WITH THE FEEDBACK WE ARE

09:13CONTINUING TO GET. IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

09:15>> THANK YOU. CHAIR MENDELSON: THANK YOU IS.

09:17THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE BILL?

09:19WE HAVE 26-594 BEFORE US AS AMENDED.

09:22THE AMENDMENT WAS COUNCILMEMBER NADEAU'S.

09:24ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE BILL, SAY AYE.

09:28[CHORUS OF "AYES"] ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED?

09:31>> MR. CHAIRMAN, PLEASE RECORD ME AS PRESENT.

09:37CHAIR MENDELSON: COUNCILMEMBER PARKER WILL BE RECORDED AS

09:39PRESENT. THE AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.

09:42WE WILL TURN NOW TO THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA.

09:49SO ON THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA, THE FIRST ITEM WHICH IS FIRST

09:53READING WAS AGENERAL DIESED FOR 10.

09:58THAT TAKES US TO PAGE 5. A READING AND VOTE ON EMERGENCY

10:04LEGISLATION. THE FIRST ITEM IS MAYORAL

10:07TRANSITION EMERGENCY DECLARATION RESOLUTION.

10:11AND IF THAT IS APPROVED, THEN WE WILL HAVE THE UNDERLYING

10:14EMERGENCY BILL. I HAVE A RECUSAL, STATEMENT OF

10:19RECUSAL. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS-GEORGE

10:21ASKED THAT I READ THIS-- I'M REQUIRED TO READ THIS.

10:27I, JANEESE LEWIS-GEORGE HAVE PROVIDED NOTICE OF RECUSAL ON

10:31THE FOLLOWING MATTERS BEFORE THE COUNCIL EFFECTIVE TODAY.

10:37PR-26826, MAYORAL TRANSITION EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND BILL

10:4026-863, MAYORAL TRANSITION EMERGENCY AMENDMENT ACT, AND

10:44BILL 26-864, THE MAYORAL TRANSITION TEMPORARY AMENDMENT

10:47ACT. MY DECISION TO RECUSE ARISES

10:50FROM THE FOLLOWING CONFLICT, POTENTIAL CONFLICT OR

10:52APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT. AS I'M THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE

10:55FOR THE MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, POTENTIAL

10:58CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WOULD ARISE IF I WERE TO VOTE OR

11:01DELIBERATE ON MEASURE THAT IS WOULD AFFECT THE FUTURE

11:04FINANCES AND ACTIVITIES OF MY MAYORAL TRANSITION.

11:07IF I'M ELECTED MAYOR IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

11:10THIS RECUSAL IS NOT AN INDICATION TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR

11:16THE DISTRICT OF MY SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF THE

11:18AFOREMENTIONED MEASURES. PURSUANT TO RULE 1 # OF THE

11:23COUNCIL'S RULES OF CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT, I'M RECUSING

11:27MYSELF FROM ANY PARTICIPATION IN THE MATTER AND WILL NOT

11:29ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE MATTER BECAUSE

11:31OF THE NOTED CONFLICT, POTENTIAL CONFLICT, OR

11:33APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT. IN THE EVENT I WITHDRAW THIS

11:37RECUSAL STATEMENT DUE TO A CHANGE IN SICS, ALLOWING ME TO

11:40PAR DISPAY IN THE MATTER, I WILL INFORM THE COUNCIL IN

11:44WRITING. SIGNED BY COUNCILMEMBER JANEESE

11:47LEWIS-GEORGE ON OCTOBER 20, 2026.

11:48LY NOTE THAT SHE IS ABSENT FROM THE ROOM.

11:52THE DECLARATION. LET'S SEE.

11:57IN SUBTITLE E OF TITLE 1, OF THE BUDGET SUPPORT ACT THAT WE

12:02ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL DEFINED MARE-ELECT AS A

12:07PERSON CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AS THE SUCCESSFUL

12:10CANDIDATE OF THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION OR BEFORE

12:13CERTIFICATION OF PERSON ANNOUNCED BY THE BOARD OF

12:15ELECTIONS AS THE UNOFFICIAL WINNER OF THE 2026 GENERAL

12:18ELECTION WITH A MARGIN OF VICTORY OF AT LEAST 2% OF THE

12:21VOTES CAST. THAT IS MARGIN OF VICTORY OF AT

12:24LEAST 2%. THAT DEFINITION, HOWEVER, WAS

12:27NOT INCORPORATED INTO THE BOARD OF ETHICS AND GOVERNMENT

12:32ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OR THE DISTRICT'S OFFICIAL

12:36CORRESPONDENCE REGULATIONS. THE BOARD OF ETHICS AND

12:38GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ESTABLISHMENT COMPREHENSIVE

12:41ETHIC REFORM AMENDMENT ACT OF 2011 USE IT IS TERM MAYOR-ELECT

12:45BUSINESS NOT DEFINE IT. FURTHER, THIS ALLOW IT IS

12:48COMMITTEE TO BE ORGANIZED ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR BUT DOES

12:52NOT EXPRESSLY INCLUDE THE MAYOR-ELECT.

12:54THE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE IS ALSO USED BUT LACKS THE

12:57DEFINITION OF THE TERM MAYOR-ELECT.

12:59THESE OMISSIONS CREATE UNCERTAINTY.

13:01I WILL SAY PARENTHETICALLY I DON'T AGREE.

13:05CREATE UNCERTAINTY FOR SOME PEOPLE, I GUESS, ABOUT WHEN A

13:07PERSON QUALIFIES AS MAYOR-EL MAYOR-ELECT.

13:10IF A TRANSITION COMMITTEE CAN BE ORGANIZED ON BEHALF OF THE

13:13MAYOR-ELECT AND WHETHER AND WHEN THE MAYOR-ELECT MAY MAIL

13:17MATERIALS AS OFFICIAL MAILMENT WITH THE NOVEMBER, 2026 GENERAL

13:20ELECTION APPROACHING, THESE AMBIGUITIES SHOULD BE RESOLVED

13:24BEFORE THE TRANSITION BEGINS. AND SO THAT'S THE LEGISLATION

13:27THAT WOULD BE BEFORE US IF WE APPROVED THE DECLARATION.

13:31I GUESS I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THIS AS ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION

13:35BECAUSE I THINK IT IS CLEAR WHAT OUR INTENT WAS.

13:37WITH THE BUDGET SUPPORT ACT WHICH I THINK WOULD-- BECAUSE

13:41IT IS LATER IN TIME WOULD DEFINE WHAT IS INTENDED WITH

13:45THE EARLIER ACTS. SO THE DECLARATION, I SO MOVE.

13:50IS THERE DISCUSSION? >> MR. CHAIRMAN?

13:53>> COUNCILMEMBER BONDS? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND

13:56THANKS TO THE MAKER OF THIS AMENDMENT.

14:02I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD LOOK TO THIS MEASURE AND PUT IT INTO

14:09PERMANENT LANGUAGE. I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN

14:16EMERGENCY AND TEMPORARY, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THE NEW COUNCIL

14:21WILL FIND THE WISDOM TO MAKE THIS A PERMANENT PROCESS THAT

14:26WE CAN FOLLOW. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

14:28CHAIR MENDELSON: THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS?

14:32WE HAVE THE DECLARATION BEFORE US.

14:35ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF "AYES"] ARE THERE

14:39ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT

14:42UNANIMOUSLY. MADAM SECRETARY, NOTE THAT

14:44COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS-GEORGE IS NOT PRESENT.

14:45I MOVE THE UNDERLYING BILL, BILL 26-863.

14:51IS THERE A DISCUSSION? VOTE WILL BE ON 26-863.

14:56ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF "AYES"].

14:58ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT

15:02UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT MEASURE IS PR-26-829.

15:06PARKING AND TRAFFIC TICKET PENALTY REDUCTION EMERGENCY

15:09AMENDMENT DECLARATION RESOLUTION OF 2026.

15:13COUNCILMEMBER TRAYON WHITE? >> YES, CHAIRMAN.

15:15THIS BILL IS AN EMERGENCY LEGISLATION THAT SPEAKS TO THE

15:21DOUBLING OF FINES IN D.C. WHEN MOTORISTS FAIL TO RESPOND TO

15:25TRAFFIC TICKETS AND PARKING TICKETS IN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF

15:28TIME. I WILL BE REMOVING THIS BILL,

15:30BUT I DID WANT TO SPEAK TO IT STILL.

15:33LET ME BE CLEAR, WE SHOULD NOT BE BALANCING THE DISTRICT'S

15:36BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF DRIVERS, ESPECIALLY WORKING-CLASS

15:40RESIDENTS WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY IT.

15:42WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST FINES IN THE NATION.

15:47IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, A $100 TICKET CAN QUICKLY BECOME

15:50A $200 TICKET AND MAY BE $220 WITH THE ACTUAL FEES THAT COULD

15:56OCCUR. A $250 TICKET CAN BECOME $500.

16:00NOT BECAUSE SOMEONE COMMITTED A SECOND VIOLATION BUT SIMPLY

16:03BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY IN A RESPONSIVE

16:07TIME THAT IS ALLOTTED TO THEM. FOR THE RECORD, I BELIEVE THE

16:12DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE SAFELY.

16:15WE CAN HOLD MOTORISTS ACCOUNTABLE WITHOUT FINANCIALLY

16:18DEVASTATING THEM. AND THE EVIDENCE TELLS THAT THE

16:20BURDEN OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM FAILS TO DISPROPORTIONATELY

16:24AFFECT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN THE CITY.

16:26THERE IS AN ISSUE OF DOUBLE JEOPARDY HERE.

16:29LET ME SPEAK TO THAT. YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY PAYING

16:33DOUBLE FOR THE SAME OFFENSE. AND THERE IS A PLAY ON WORDS

16:36THAT SPEAKS TO THE FINE VS. FEE.

16:38THE FEE IS THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE FINE.

16:39JUST CHANGE THE WORD SO IT WON'T BE DUPLICATIVE.

16:43THAT IS AN ISSUE HERE. IF I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY IN

16:48TEN DAYS, I DON'T HAVE DOUBLE THE MONEY IN 30 DAYS.

16:51WHICH IS-- WE HEAR A LOT FROM RESIDENTS.

16:54ACCORDING TO A REPORT, THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DATA FROM

16:592016-2020, 62% OF THE DOLLAR VALUE OF TRAFFIC FINES,

17:04APPROXIMATELY $467 MILLION WAS ISSUED IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH AT

17:09LEAST 70% OF RESIDENTS WERE BLACK AND MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD

17:12INCOME WAS LESS THAN $50,000 A YEAR.

17:19TWO MINUTES MORE, CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY?

17:20>> LET'S TRY ONE MINUTE, WITHOUT OBJECTIONS.

17:25>> THIS IS A STUNNING DISPLAY THAT DESERVES OUR ATTENTION AND

17:28A HEARING. IN OCTOBER 2026 NATIONAL STUDY

17:32ALSO FOUND THAT D.C. RANKED FIRST AMONG THE JURISDICTIONS

17:37EXAMINED IN THE AUTOMATED CAMERA FINE PER RESIDENT.

17:41MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE SECOND PLACE, WHICH WAS SOUTHERN

17:44VIRGINIA. IN 2020 FIVE ALONE, D.C.

17:48TRAFFIC, GENERATING MORE THAN $2.2 MILLION IN TICKETING,

17:52TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $257 MILLION.

17:55THIS EXCEEDS NEW YORK CITY'S TOTAL DESPITE NEW YORK ISSUING

18:00NEARLY TWICE AS MANY TICKETS. AT WHAT POINT DO WE ASK WHEN

18:06ERIC TICKET SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY VS. A

18:11REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA?

18:16I AM WITHDRAWING THIS EMERGENCY TODAY, CHAIRMAN, BUT I HAVE

18:20ISSUED A PERMANENT BILL WHICH I WOULD LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO

18:21SUPPORT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO THE ON IT,

18:24PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND I ASKED OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL

18:27OFFICER AND ADMINISTRATOR WEATHER THIS TICKET REVENUE WAS

18:31NECESSARY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT.

18:34THIS WAS ANY PREVIOUS HEARING. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE BILL THAT

18:41I HAVE ISSUED TO MOVE THE COMMITTEE, WE CHATTED -- WHICH

18:48HAVE HISTORICALLY NOT PUT BILLS IN THE COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE TO

18:52GET A HEARING SO WE CAN HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT TO DO

18:54WITH THESE BILLS. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

18:55CHAIR MENDELSON: SO THE MEASURE IS WITHDRAWN.

19:01WHICH TAKES US TO TEMPORARY BILLS.

19:05IN THE FIRST ITEM IS BILL 26-863, MAYORAL TRANSITION

19:12TEMPORARY AMENDMENT ACT. AND I WOULD NOTE THAT

19:18COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS GEORGE IS ABSENT.

19:21SO MOVED, IS THERE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?

19:27ANY OPPOSED? HERE NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT

19:32UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND MEASURE IS NOT ENFORCED

19:36BECAUSE IT WAS WITH RON. AND THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE

19:40THIS MEETING. SO I WANT TO NOTE THE NEXT LEVEL

19:44MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE NOVEMBER 10, 2026.

19:47MY GUESS IS WE WILL HAVE A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BEFORE

19:50THEM, MEANING IN THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 10, NOT BEFORE NOVEMBER

19:5510. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, POINT OF

19:59INQUIRY. >> COUNCIL NUMBER SILVERMAN?

20:01>> JUST IN TERMS OF OUR CALENDAR, WILL THERE BE ANOTHER

20:07NOVEMBER LEGISLATIVE MEETING? >> TO SCHEDULE IS NOVEMBER 10

20:13WILL BE A REGULAR LEGISLATIVE MEETING AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE

20:15AN ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

20:19NOVEMBER 17 WILL BE THE REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND THERE

20:21WILL PROBABLY THE AN ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE MEETING.

20:23I WILL NOTE THE FIRST READING ON NOVEMBER 10 WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE

20:29ON NOVEMBER 17. I BELIEVE THE FIRST TUESDAY IN

20:32DECEMBER IS DECEMBER 1. THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE MEETING,

20:37ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND DECEMBER 15 WOULD BE A

20:41REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND PROBABLY -- NO, THERE WON'T

20:45BE AN ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE MEETING.

20:46>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

20:51MY ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION IS WILL THERE BE A MEETING ON THE

20:54TUESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING? >> AT THIS TIME I'M NOT

20:59CONSIDERING THAT AND THERE IS NOT ONE SCHEDULED.

21:00>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. >> I THINK MOST MEMBERS -- I

21:06SHOULDN'T PUT IT THAT WAY. BUT I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT TO

21:09EXPECT A MEETING THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING.

21:12THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE COULDN'T BE SOME UNFORESEEN

21:15CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WOULD WARRANT A MEETING AND I DO LOOK TO

21:18TUESDAY'S AS WHEN COUNCILMEMBERS ARE AVAILABLE.

21:19>> SO DO I INTERPRET THAT AS YOU ARE NOT RULING IT OUT, BUT YOU

21:25PREFER NOT TO RULE IN? NEVER MIND.

21:29WE'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. >> THANK YOU.

21:36THE TIME IS 3:34 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.