1 2 CITY COUNCIL 3 CITY OF NEW YORK 4 -------------------------------x 5 THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MINUTES 6 of the 7 COMMITTEE ON RULES, PRIVILEGES 8 And ELECTIONS 9 -------------------------------x January 16, 2002 10 Start: 1:45 p.m. Recess: 1:59 p.m. 11 City Hall 12 Committee Room New York, New York 13 14 B E F O R E: 15 LEROY COMRIE Chairperson, 16 17 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bill Perkins Madeline Provenzano 18 Christine Quinn Joel Rivera 19 Tony Avella Maria Baez 20 Yvette Clarke Lewis Fidler 21 Melinda Katz David Weprin 22 James Oddo Speaker Miller 23 24 LEGAL-EASE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC. 217 Broadway - Suite 511 25 New York, New York 10007 (800) 756-3410 Legal-Ease Court Reporting Services, Inc. (800) 756-3410 2 1 RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS 2 CHAIRPERSON COMRIE: I would like to 3 call to order the Rules Committee meeting for 4 January 16th, approximately 2:45 p.m -- 1:45 p.m., 5 sorry. We have two members missing. Could someone 6 call Council Members Quinn and Provenzano. Quinn and 7 Provenzano. 8 I would like to start the roll call 9 of the Committee members. I would like to start with 10 the adoption. We have two resolutions and one M to 11 be adopted this afternoon. 12 The first resolution is to amend the 13 rules of the Council to create a new Rule 4.0 to 14 replace the current rule. 15 The second resolution will be to make 16 certain amendments to Rule 7.0 of the Rules of the 17 Council in relation to the Standing Committees of 18 the Council. 19 And M, which would be to select the 20 Chairpersons and members of the committees of the 21 Council, allowances of chairpersons and officers of 22 the Council and the creation of new committees of 23 the Council. 24 Members, you should all have this in 25 front of you. Legal-Ease Court Reporting Services, Inc. (800) 756-3410 3 1 RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS 2 Any questions? There is one 3 clarification on M, just on the last page, the 4 Subcommittees, the names are wrong. Next to Zoning 5 and Franchises should be Avella, next to Landmarks 6 should be Felder, and next to Planning, Dispositions 7 and Concessions should be Martinez. That's the 8 stipend page. This reflects what's on the front, on 9 the Committee Assignments. 10 If it be your pleasure, I'd like to 11 adopt all three of these single motions, since we 12 are running late, for time purposes. It's been 13 properly moved and seconded. 14 Okay, can I call the roll call? The 15 clerk will call it. Thank you. 16 COUNCIL CLERK: Comrie. 17 CHAIRPERSON COMRIE: Aye. 18 COUNCIL CLERK: Perkins. 19 COUNCIL MEMBER PERKINS: Aye. 20 COUNCIL CLERK: Provenzano. 21 COUNCIL MEMBER PROVENZANO: Aye. 22 COUNCIL CLERK: Rivera. 23 COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA: Here. 24 CHAIRPERSON COMRIE: This is a yes or 25 no. Legal-Ease Court Reporting Services, Inc. (800) 756-3410 4 1 RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS 2 COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA: Yes. 3 COUNCIL CLERK: Avella. 4 COUNCIL MEMBER AVELLA: Aye. 5 COUNCIL CLERK: Baez. 6 COUNCIL MEMBER BAEZ: Aye. 7 COUNCIL CLERK: Clarke. 8 COUNCIL MEMBER CLARKE: Aye. 9 COUNCIL CLERK: Fidler. 10 COUNCIL MEMBER FIDLER: Aye. 11 COUNCIL CLERK: Katz. 12 COUNCIL MEMBER KATZ: Aye. 13 COUNCIL CLERK: Weprin. 14 COUNCIL MEMBER WEPRIN: Aye. 15 COUNCIL CLERK: Oddo. 16 COUNCIL MEMBER ODDO: Aye. 17 COUNCIL CLERK: Speaker, Mr. Miller. 18 SPEAKER MILLER: Aye. 19 CHAIRPERSON COMRIE: We need to hold 20 the vote open for Council Member Quinn, who is on 21 her way up momentarily. Here she is. 22 COUNCIL CLERK: Quinn. 23 COUNCIL MEMBER QUINN: Aye. 24 CHAIRPERSON COMRIE: Aye, okay. 25 COUNCIL CLERK: The vote is 13 in the Legal-Ease Court Reporting Services, Inc. (800) 756-3410 5 1 RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS 2 affirmative, none in the negative. The items are 3 adopted. Please sign the reports. 4 CHAIRPERSON COMRIE: There being no 5 other business before this Committee, I will take 6 the motion to adjourn. 7 And please members, you have to sign 8 the reports before you leave, so we can go down to 9 the Stated Council Meeting. 10 (Hearing concluded at 1:59 p.m.) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Legal-Ease Court Reporting Services, Inc. (800) 756-3410 6 1 2 CERTIFICATION 3 4 5 STATE OF NEW YORK ) 6 COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) 7 8 9 I, CINDY MILLELOT, a Certified 10 Shorthand Reporter and Notary Public in and for the 11 State of New York, do hereby certify that the 12 foregoing is a true and accurate transcript of the 13 within proceeding. 14 I further certify that I am not 15 related to any of the parties to this action by 16 blood or marriage, and that I am in no way 17 interested in the outcome of this matter. 18 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto 19 set my hand this 16th day of January 2002. 20 21 22 23 24 --------------------- 25 CINDY MILLELOT, CSR. Legal-Ease Court Reporting Services, Inc. (800) 756-3410 7 1 2 C E R T I F I C A T I O N 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I, CINDY MILLELOT, a Certified Shorthand 10 Reporter and a Notary Public in and for the State of 11 New York, do hereby certify the aforesaid to be a 12 true and accurate copy of the transcription of the 13 audio tapes of this hearing. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ----------------------- CINDY MILLELOT, CSR. 25 Legal-Ease Court Reporting Services, Inc. (800) 756-3410