Ed J Lopez

Chairman Representative for Greenwich, Connecticut’s District 3: Appointments | Finance | Labor Contracts | Legislative & Rules

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Opinion: Reasonable steps to clarity on the Greenwich RTM https://t.co/BgjhBtX41d via @GreenwichTime

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The item failed 7-137-7.

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RESOLVED, that the Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Greenwich hereby rejects the one-year contract extension, covering FY 2024, between the Board of Education and Local 136 of Laborers’ International Union of North America AFL-CIO (LIUNA). I voted NAY.

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The staffing needs seem justifiable and this vote is on a largely logistical matter. I voted AYE. The item passed 150-7-5.

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Item 19: RESOLVED, that the sum of $275,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated to be added to Account Number A140-51400, Professional Services – Attorneys. This is being appropriated to address staffing needs.

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The vote on Item 3 as amended (see immediate previous set of tweets) was 74-113-5. As mentioned, I voted AYE on this item. It failed.

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An amendment was advanced on Item 3: the time for reviewing votes was reduced from 3 minutes to 90 seconds and that amendment passed 106-74-8. I voted AYE.

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has not already cast a vote during the voting period." I will be voting AYE on this item. I think this is prudent and reasonable. If the three minutes seem excessive the RTM becomes accostumed to the electronic voting system, an amendment can be considered.

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Our next vote is on Item 3, on the call: "To consider and act upon the following resolution, requested by 20 Registered Voters, from April 2023 meeting pursuant to Representative Town Meeting Rules section III.I.6 'Second Reading' . RESOLVED, the Representative Town Meeting of

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Vote Verification Period has expired, except that for a period of up to two (2) minutes after the final tally has been announced, in the event of a vote in which the Moderator’s vote will affect the result, the Moderator may (but is not obliged to) cast a vote, if the Moderator

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I voted to support the Fire Marshall Fee Ordinance. It is common practice in the state and will help fund some of our Town's most fundamental needs. It passed 175-13-5.

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The Fire Department needs. The amendment failed 75-117-7. Please reach out if you have additional questions on this or any other vote: [email protected]. @GreenwichTime @GreenwichPatch @gwchsentinel @GWCHFreePress

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On the Legislative & Rules motion to amend the Fire Marshall Fee Ordinance, I voted NAY. This would have diverted funds generated from this fee from the general fund to the Affordable Housing Trust - which I helped put together and support. It would set a bad precedent to

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approve an arrangement of this sort; the BET and the RTM both need latitude to help make decisions on our finances without these pre-emptive constrictions. To the extent we would be earmarking something like this, in this case, the first consideration should be what

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@EdJLopezRTM Amen Ed! Keep hammering. Khanna, Meskers & Arzeno speak publicly on the fair share bill for the first time after they failed to advance Greenwich interests in Hartford. They can't protect us from the left. Did they whip any votes of the Dem majority on behalf of Greenwich?
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It's pretty crazy, in all these debates about Affordable Housing, the biggest concern is compliance with people in Hartford rather than looking at the legitimacy of demands and expectations from people who don't live in our Town.