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Committee un-tables Arts Commission ordinance changes and sends them to the full Board
Summary
The committee removed an Arts Commission item from the table and voted to send the commission’s requested ordinance changes recognizing an expanded mission to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen with the committee’s recommendation; approval was by voice vote and the transcript records no roll-call tally.
Committee members removed Item 2 from the table after the Manchester Arts Commission arrived and discussed the commission’s request for ordinance changes to recognize an expanded mission.
The committee first moved to remove Item 2 from the table (motion by Alderman Ferhato); members voted in favor by voice. A member then raised a procedural point, saying the committee needed a fifth person to break a tie; members discussed whether they had sufficient membership present to make a recommendation and whether a recommendation to the full Board was appropriate. The committee restated the motion to remove the item from the table (final motion credited in the transcript to Alderman Lebassett, seconded by alderwoman Bridal) and again approved removal by voice vote.
Following removal, the committee considered the Manchester Arts Commission’s request for ordinance changes “to recognize their expanded mission.” The committee moved to send the proposed ordinance changes to the full Board of Mayor and Aldermen with the committee’s recommendation; Alderman Sapienza was recorded as seconding that motion. The committee approved the referral by voice vote; the transcript records only the voice vote (‘Aye’) and does not include a roll-call or numeric tally.
The committee did not specify the exact ordinance language in the transcript excerpt provided and did not record a date for full-Board consideration. The committee’s action forwards the matter to the full Board for formal consideration.
