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Commissioner roy. Commissioner neal sims and please note [inaudible] could i have a motion to approve the agenda for september 2. So moved second. It has been moved and second that we approve the agenda of september 2. All in favor . Opposes . The motion is carried. Could we have approval of the september 2, 2015 Consent Agenda so move. Second it is moved and second that approve the Consent Agenda. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Ayes carries next is approval of the august 5 meeting minutes. There is a typo on the second page. The sentdance is incomplete and that will be amended the second page under tact the last paragraph. Okay. Could i have a motion to approve the minutes as amended . Moved and second that we approve the minutes as amended. All in favor . Opposed . Is so the motion is carried. Our next item on the agenda reports. Employee of the month. Great. We are having the department of aging will recognize[inaudible] come forward. So, tin is wonderful to be able to honor you toda
I also think in terms of when you look at the mayors power visavis the board, if the mayor appoints someone who is then prohibited from running for reelection, the mayor will have less incentive to appoint someone who actually reflects that district and who will therefore be viable to seek reelection in that district. The mayor, in fact, will have incentive to appoint someone who is not necessarily responsive to the district, but is more responsive to the mayor. And that person can be in office for six months. And, so, the last thing we should be doing is putting supervisors in office who have no prospect of ever having to face the voters again and who, therefore, are going to have less incentive to actually care about what the voters need and what the voters want. So, i know that supervisor avalos intention is to reduce the power of the mayor visavis board appointments, but in one sense it actually can increase that power. So, in the end i think we have a good and workable system. Are
Please [speaker not understood]. Thank you. Lets not interrupt the voters right to decide for themselves. Lets put it it on the ballot. Let the voters of San Francisco decide, you know. It can go either way. But democracy, the beauty of democracy, is that its not the elected officials, but its the voters who have the final say. So, as a former as an a point aloe of gavin newsom, i am proud to say lets change the system or at least give the voters the opportunity to have a voice ~. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor mar. Let me just think about what im going to add. [speaker not understood] led it out. [speaker not understood] laid it out a couple weeks ago that this body has been known as the mistresses of the mayor over the years. I know its not that long ago, and i think there are still those perceptions that are out therethv i think the quote was that we are all mistresses that need to be serviced as one former mayor said. I think the power of incumbency, my belief is that its tremend
Thank you, president chiu. Colleagues, this item was heard at the budget and finance Committee Last week. We have since understood from the purchaser additional amendments are needed to the legislation. These amendments [speaker not understood] defining the time frame for each newspaper during the fiscal year and providing clarification to the corporate name which is the San Francisco print media co. A purchaser here is present to answer any questions. And if no discussion, id like to make a motion to amend the legislation as detailed in the copy i believe the clerk has already distributed. Supervisor farrell has amended offered a motion to amend as he described. Is there a second to that . Second by supervisor tang. Without objection, his motion to amend passes. [gavel] and on the underlying resolution, as amend if we could take this same house same call . Without objection this resolution is adopted as amended [gavel] item 53. Item 53 is an ordinance to amended administrative code ch