"They did not want to have us put out the resolution, they did not want to have public hearings," said Waguespack, 32nd. "They want to do closed-door briefings first to give us information to disseminate that comes from the water department and mayor's office. We felt it was important for people to ask questions of the water department and public health and say, 'What specifically are you doing?' out here in the public instead of behind closed doors."