Speaker 2: Sawyer Eye.
Speaker 3: Torres Eye. Council President.
Speaker 0: I remember. Secretary, please. Because voting in US results.
Speaker 3: In.
Speaker 0: 12 hours. Resolution 184 has been adopted. Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens. Councilmember Hines, please put Resolution 185 on the floor.
Speaker 10: Mr. President, I move that council resolution 20, dash 185 be adopted.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember. It has been moved and seconded comments by members of Council. Council member, said Abarca.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr. President, to clarify the purpose of this one. What I am trying to remove is the exclusion of a member of the public from City Council for 30 days. I feel that unless someone has committed a crime where they would naturally be able to be prohibited from this space. This is not the appropriate venue for us to limit the public's participation. And so striking the exclusion of a member for 30 days is the intent of this rule.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember Councilmember Flynn.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Mr. President. I, too, support removing this for several reasons. One is that First Amendment. Secondly, the the appropriate remedy for someone who is disruptive and that you would want to remove or is causing trouble or is physically threatening is is to arrest them or charge them or cite them. That would be the appropriate measure, not excluding someone from the Hall of the People for for 30 days. And I'm sure that Councilwoman Ortega, who at the time was working as an aide for Councilman Carpio, remembers when a gentleman who frequented these chambers and became physically. Acting out and actually, I believe, drew blood from Sal's.
Speaker 0: Cheek.
Speaker 4: By throwing Lauren Romero's typewriter at him. Was banned from the building by by public office buildings, and he prevailed in a claim against the city, rightfully so. The proper remedy there would have been to have him cited for an assault, not to ban him from the house for 30 days or even longer. So I support this. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember. I was also going to cite an example that I remember involving a typewriter, but you've got there before me, so I am happy to support this one as well. Thank you, Councilmember, for bringing this forward. Madam Secretary, Roll Call.
Speaker 6: Black Eye.
Speaker 3: CdeBaca I.
Speaker 0: Flynn I.
Speaker 5: Gillmor, I.
Speaker 7: Herndon High.
Speaker 10: Haynes High.
Speaker 3: Cashman.
Speaker 0: High.
Speaker 3: Ortega Sandoval I.
Speaker 6: Sawyer, I. Torres, I.
A resolution amending the Denver City Council Rules of Procedure.
Amends the City Council Rules of Procedure to remove the ability of Council to exclude a member of the public for thirty days. Councilwoman CdeBaca approved direct filing this item on 2-20-20.