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Home My WebLink About03-0519ss COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO SPECIAL SESSION MAY 19, 2003 MAYOR Hon. Anthony M. Masiello ACTING COMPTROLLER Andrew SanFilippo COMMON COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL James W. Pitts PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE Richard A. Fontana MAJORITY LEADER Rosemarie LoTempio COUNCILMEMBERS-AT-LARGE Beverly Gray Charlie A. Fisher III Rosemarie LoTempio DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS MARC A. COPPOLA - DELAWARE BRIAN C. DAVIS - ELLICOTT DAVID A. FRANCZYK - FILLMORE RICHARD A. FONTANA - LOVEJOY ANTOINE M. THOMPSON - MASTEN DOMINIC BONIFACIO - NIAGARA JOSEPH GOLOMBEK JR. - NORTH MARY M. MARTINO - SOUTH BETTY JEAN GRANT - UNIVERSITY REGULAR COMMITTEES CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE: Marc Coppola, Chairman, Charley H. Fisher III, Joseph Golombek Jr., Mary Martino, Antoine Thompson-Members CLAIMS COMMITTEE: Mary M. Martino, Chairman, Marc A. Coppola, Brian C. Davis, Richard Fontana, Betty Jean Grant-Members COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: Antoine Thompson, Interim Chairman, Dominic J. Bonifacio Jr. Brian C. Davis, Joseph Golombek Jr., Beverly Gray, Rosemarie LoTempio-Members FINANCE COMMITTEE: Betty Jean Grant, Chairman, Marc Coppola, Brian C. Davis, Charley H. Fisher III, David A. Franczyk, Mary Martino-Members. LEGISLATION COMMITTEE: Richard A. Fontana, Chairman, Dominic J. Bonifacio Jr., Brian C. Davis, Joseph Golombek Jr., Betty Jean Grant, Rosemarie LoTempio, Members RULES COMMITTEE: James W. Pitts, Chairman Charley H. Fisher III, Rosemarie LoTempio , Members EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Charley H. Fisher III, Chairman, Dominic J. Bonifacio Jr., Brian C. Davis, David A. Franczyk, Beverly Gray, Antoine Thompson; Members SPECIAL COMMITTEES TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE: James W. Pitts, Chairman, Beverly Gray, Rosemarie LoTempio, Betty Jean Grant, Joseph Golombek Jr.; Members BUDGET COMMITTEE: Rosemarie LoTempio , Chairman, Richard Fontana, Mary M. Martino, James W. Pitts ERIE BASIN MARINA LEASE COMMITTEE: James W. Pitts, Chairman, Beverly Gray, Dominic Bonifacio, Jr., Charley H. Fisher III, Joseph Golombek Jr. POLICE REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE: Dominic J. Bonifacio Jr., Chairman, Brian C. Davis, Richard Fontana, David A. Franczyk, Mary Martino, Charley Fisher III. CORPORATION PROCEEDINGS NO. 2 By: Mrs. LoTempio COMMON COUNCIL CITY OF BUFFALO PROCEEDINGS LOCAL LAW NO. - (2003) OF THE INTRODUCTORY NO. 3 (2003) CITY OF BUFFALO A LOCAL LAW amending the Charter of the City of Buffalo in relation SPECIAL SESSION to budgetary procedures MAY 19, 2003 BE IT ENACTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE AT 10:00 A.M. CITY OF BUFFALO AS FOLLOWS: PRESENT-James W. Pitts, Council President and Councilmembers Section 1. That Section 20-8 of the Charter of the City of Bonifacio, Coppola, Davis, Fisher, Fontana, Franczyk, Golombek, Buffalo, adopted pursuant to law, is hereby amended as follows: LoTempio, Martino-10. § 20-8. Action on Budget. Noes- Grant, Gray (*), Thompson (**)-3. At the first meeting of the council after the submission to it (*) Ms. Gray took her seat in the Council Chambers at 10:35 a.m. by the mayor of the annual budget, the council shall proceed to a (**) Mr. Thompson took his seat in the Council Chambers at 11:10 a.m. consideration thereof. The council may strike out or reduce items therein and may add thereto items of appropriation, provided that such additions are NO. 1 stated separately and distinctly from the original items of the budget CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION and refer each to a single object or purpose. Mr. Charles L. Michaux, III If no additions are made by the council, the budget, as City Clerk passed by it, shall be deemed to have been adopted without any action 1308 City Hall of the mayor; if however, the budget as passed by the council contains Buffalo, New York any such additions, it must be presented by the city clerk to the mayor Dear Mr. Michaux: on or before the fifth day of June, two thousand and three, and on or Pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo, upon the before the twenty-second day of May each succeeding year for his or written request of Five Councilmembers, dated May 16, 2003, her consideration of such additions. If the mayor approves all the presented to you herewith, I hereby call a Special Meeting of the additions, he or she shall affix his or her signature to a statement Common Council, to be held in the Common Council Chambers, City thereof and return the budget and such statement to the city clerk. The th Hall, Buffalo, New York, on the 19 day of May at 10:00 o’clock AM for budget, including the additions as part thereof, shall then be deemed to the following purposes: have been adopted. The mayor may object to any one or more or such To receive and take appropriate action on added items and in such case shall append to the budget a statement All Items Relating to of the added items to which he or she objects with the reasons for his 1. Action on the Budget-Extend Deadline. objections and shall return the budget with his or her objections to the Hon. James W. Pitts city clerk who shall present the same to the council at its next stated or President Common Council special meeting. The council shall thereupon enter the objections upon 1315 City Hall its Journal and proceed to reconsider the additions so objected to. If Buffalo, New York upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the members constituting Dear Sir: the council vote to approve such additions, or any of them, VVE, the undersigned, members of the Common Council, notwithstanding the objections of the mayor, the budget with the hereby request that you call a Special Meeting of the Common additions so approved, together with any additions not so objected to Council, pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo, by the mayor, shall be deemed to have been adopted. If the budget for the following purpose: with additions is not returned by the mayor to the city clerk with his or To receive and take appropriate action on all items her objections within ten days after its presentation, it shall be deemed pertaining to to have been adopted. 1. Action on the Budget If a budget has not been adopted, as herein provided, on or We request that this Special Meeting be held on May 19, 2003 at 10:00 before the twentieth day of June, two thousand and three, and on or a.m. before the eighth day of June, each succeeding year then the budget, Dominic J. Bonifacio, Jr. as submitted by the mayor, including all additions to which he or she Betty Jean Grant has failed to object, shall be the budget for the ensuing fiscal year. Antoine M. Thompson The city clerk shall publish a summary of the council's Charley H. Fisher III budget actions in the city record and distribute it to the news media. Rosemarie LoTempio Section 2. Insofar as the provisions of this local law are Pursuant to Rule 2 of the Rules of Order of the Common Council of the inconsistent with the provisions of any other local law or act, the City of Buffalo, each of the following named members of the Common provisions of this local law shall be controlling. Council, to wit: Section 3. A public hearing on this local law shall be had DOMINIC BONIFACIO upon three days' notice. BRIAN C. DAVIS Section 4. This local law shall take effect immediately. RICHARD FONTANA IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, pursuant to Section 20 of the JOSEPH GOLOMBEK Municipal Home Rule Law that the immediate passage of this Local BEVERLY GRAY Law is necessary. MARY MARTINO APPROVED AS TO FORM MARK COPPOLA Michael B. Risman CHARLEY FISHER III Corporation Counsel DAVID FRANCZYK NOTE: Matter Underlined is new. BETTY JEAN GRANT PASSED. ROSEMARIE LOTEMPIO AYES-BONIFACIO, COPPOLA, DAVIS, FISHER, FONTANA, ANTOINE THOMPSON FRANCZYK, GOLOMBEK, GRAY, LOTEMPIO, MARTINO, PITTS, hereby agrees he/she received twenty-four (24) hours' notice of the THOMPSON-12. time and purpose of the Special Meeting of the Common Council duly called to be held on May 19, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. NO. 3 Beverly Gray ADJOURNMENT Antoine Thompson At 11:27 A.M., Mrs. LoTempio moved to adjourn. Brian Davis Seconded by Mr. Fisher Betty Jean Grant ADOPTED Marc Coppola Dominic Bonifacio, Jr. Richard Fontana Joseph Golombek, Jr. Mary Martino Charley Fisher III David A. Franczyk STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ERIE) ss: CITY OF BUFFALO) On this 16TH day of May 2003, before me, the subscribers, personally appeared Dominic J. Bonifacio, Jr., Marc A. Coppola, Brian C. Davis, Charley H. Fisher III, Richard A. Fontana, David A. Franczyk, Joseph Golombek Jr., Betty Jean Grant, Beverly Gray, Rosemarie LoTempio, Mary M. Martino and Antoine Thompson. To me known to be the same persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they duly and severally acknowledged to me that they executed the same. Gerald A. Chwalinski Commissioner of Deeds, in and for the City of Buffalo, N.Y. My Commission expires 12/31/04