Leadership committee requests fire‑safety giveaways funding, backs skate‑park support letter and extends ethics discussion time

At its Feb. 20 leadership meeting, the Bronx Community Board recorded several committee motions and scheduling decisions drawn from committee reports.

Under housing, members reported a motion to request funding from elected officials for a community fire extinguisher and smoke alarm giveaway. Committee members discussed pairing giveaways with training or handouts from the fire department on safe use, and leadership recorded a request that staff seek funding from local elected officials.

Parks committee chairs reported that their committee voted in favor of sending a letter of support for a proposed skate park; leadership recorded the parks committee's vote and asked staff to prepare the letter for the board's files and for outreach to the mayor's office and relevant council offices.

Leadership also agreed to add 10 minutes to the ethics discussion when needed during the meeting after a motion from the floor; the chair noted the extension would allow committee chairs and respondents to address procedural questions.

Other agenda housekeeping included scheduling committee meetings and asking committee chairs to send draft letters of support and agendas to staff in advance so leadership and the full board can act quickly. Several chairs were asked to coordinate with staff about upcoming MTA participation and location availability for April full‑board arrangements.

No formal roll‑call vote tallies were recorded in the leadership meeting transcript for these committee motions; the meeting record shows leadership accepted and recorded the committee actions and instructed staff to carry forward the requests to the appropriate officials and to place items on the upcoming full board agenda as needed.