Lincoln City Council: Cash requests for Juneteenth and Pride celebrations fail for lack of second

 

[April 19, 2022] 

At the Monday night meeting of the Lincoln City Council two items on the agenda never made it to the vote.

The first was the request from Jennifer Hunt for cash to fund the 2022 Juneteenth celebration in Lincoln. The item came to the floor and Alderman Sam Downs opened by saying he wanted to amend the motion. He was told that before he could offer an amendment he needed to move on the agenda item as written. Then an amendment could be done.

Downs made the motion to approve awarding Hunt and the Juneteenth celebration $2,500. Mayor Tracy Welch asked for a second and got no response. After a minute he said he would ask again for the record, and he asked for a second. He got no response. Welch then announced that the motion would die for lack of a second.

The next item was a request to provide $1,500 to the second annual Pride celebration in Lincoln.

Again Downs made the motion and Welch asked for a second. None was forthcoming. Welch repeated that for the record he would again ask for a second, and did so. No second was offered. Welch then said that the motion would die for lack of a second.

The failure to achieve a vote on any motion due to the lack of a second is considered as a “no” vote in the council.

Both requesting parties were in the council chambers during the motion, but left before the end of the evening without comment as to the outcome of their requests.

[Nila Smith]

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