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Lack of a quorum ends
Board of Aldermen Meeting
minutes after it starts.
The video of last week's meeting of the Board Aldermen shows that three members of the Board of Aldermen were in attendance . . . Aldermen Josh Morales, Jim Aziere, and Theresa Garza.
Ward 1 Aldermen Greg Walters and Theresa Tush had previously contacted the Mayor's office that they would not be able to attend the meeting. The Mayor announced they were "excused" from attending during roll call.
Four Aldermen were "no shows" at the meeting.
Those four members were are Aldermen Bonnaye Mims, Loretha Hayden, Diane Krizek and Janet Emerson.
OUR VIEW BY PAUL LIVIUS
"Sometimes People Vote with Their Feet"
For the Board of Aldermen to hold a "legal" meeting Missouri State Statutes require a quorum to be present. In Raytown that "quorum" is six members who are recorded as "present" at the meeting. Only three Board members answered the roll call as "present" when their name was called at the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
As of this writing there has not been any comment from any of those four members as to why they were not in attendance. It is important to note that Latrice Thomas, though in attendance in the audience at the meeting, did not take a seat or paticipate as a member during the meeting.
Legally speaking, the Mayor cannot remove any member from the Board of Aldermen. Only the Board of Aldermen has the authority to do so.
Does the absence of those four members indicate they are unhappy with the way the entire issue has been handled? It is coming close to one year since the Mayor started this issue. Both sides of the issue have "lawyered up" to argue the cased befoe them.
Greg told me an interesting statistic from his 40+ years in Public Office. There has never been an impeachment of any public official in Raytown. He hopes the Board will take careful consideration of what is learned from the upcoming meeting on April 14th.
The meeting has been rescheduled for April 14 at Raytown City Hall located at 10000 East 59th Street in Raytown, Missouri. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm.
This is a public meeting of the Board of Aldermen. The Public is allowed to attend and participate during "Public Comments" to address the Board of Aldermen.
It is best for those wishing to speak during Public Comments to show up a little early so they will have time to sign in as a public speaker.
3 comments:
Where is the meetup that I heard about this coming weekend to go out and pass out information about voting No on the taxes.
I agree that if the mayor cannot put the alderman Thomas thing to rest prior to the election on April 7th, we all need to vote No.
The mayor needs to man up and own the fact he messed up. He as the city's special attorney has stated include the fact the state have said she is compliant. Why is the mayor wasting our tax dollars.
Because he wants his "Buddy/Puppet" Ryan Myers back on the council. Myers was on board to raise our Sewer bills 7%. If Myers wants to play "rich politics", have him move to Leawood, Mission Hills and what ever where they have money to burn! All Raytown has is Group homes, Section 8 housing and rentals, no tax base!
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