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Committee backs honorary street name for local organizer 'Kimberly's Way'
Summary
The committee gave a due-pass recommendation to Board Bill 97 to authorize an honorary street name honoring a community organizer and entrepreneur known as Kimberly; the clerk read ordinance number 68937 and Alderman Charmaine Clark Hubbard recalled Kimberly's salon and organizing work.
The Public Infrastructure and Utilities Committee on Nov. 12 recommended passage of Board Bill 97 to create an honorary street name recognizing a longtime local organizer, referred to by sponsor Alderman Charmaine Clark Hubbard as Kimberly.
Madam Clerk read the bill summary as "An ordinance authorizing the honorary street name Kim Kerberleys Way pursuant to ordinance number 68937," and Alderman Charmaine Clark Hubbard spoke at length about Kimberly's role as a salon owner, entrepreneur and community organizer whose business on Taylor near Delmar served as a local hub. "People that weren't stars then, that are stars now, just in the backyard hanging in her salon," Hubbard said, describing Kimberly's community ties.
Committee members praised the tribute and had no substantive questions. Alderman Boyd called Hubbard's remarks "a beautiful statement." There was no public testimony. The committee moved, seconded and passed Board Bill 97 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation.
What happens next: the bill will go to the full Board for consideration; the clerk's reading referenced ordinance number 68937. The transcript contains variant renderings of the honorary name as read by the clerk and in sponsor remarks; the sponsor referred to the honoree as "Kim" and "Kimberly" while the clerk read a specific ordinance string.
