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March 25, 2019 - City Council Meeting
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A
B
C
B
B
E
Stay
here,
first
I'll
do
mine
them
and
get
you
okay.
So
first
I'd
like
to
present
officer
Jordan
downing
officer,
Jordan
downing,
was
hired
on
September
1st
2017
she's
born
and
raised
in
Sandwich
Illinois
Jordan
was
previously
employed
with
the
Fox
Valley
Family
YMCA.
As
a
gymnastics,
instructor
Jordan
won
a
level
six
YMCA
gymnastic
States
Championship
in
2008
Jordan
was
a
gymnast
for
10
years
and
coached
gymnastics
in
high
school
Jordan
graduated
from
sandwich.
E
Then,
after
high
school
Jordan,
attended
Southern,
Illinois
State
University
in
Carbondale,
where
she
graduated
with
honors
receiving
a
Bachelor
of
Science
degree
majoring
in
biological
sciences
and
minoring,
and
free
forensic
science
and
chemistry.
Jordan
was
a
member
of
the
Delta
Zeta
sorority
Jordan
likes
to
do
CrossFit
and
hang
out
with
her
ten
month
old,
puppy
Alvie
in
her
free
time.
She
has
run
three
half
marathons
and
will
be
running
in
fourth
than
April.
E
E
Aside
from
what's
on
the
paper,
here's,
what
I'll
tell
you
is
before
I
was
promoted
to
chief
when
I
was
assistant
chief,
one
of
my
roles
was
to
interview
her
and
actually
come
back
here
to,
but,
as
you
saw
that
smile
a
little
bit
ago,
I
knew
I
had
to
bring
her
to
our
Police
Department,
because
she
would
make
it
a
better
place
and
out
there
on
the
street.
She'd
make
the
streets
and
the
community
a
better
place
as
well,
and
she
is
definitely
not
prove
me
wrong
there,
so
that
is
officer.
E
E
But
Calvin
enlisted
and
was
on
active
duty
in
the
United
States
Army
from
2008
to
2013.
He
went
to
the
military
police
training
in
Fort
Leonard
Wood
Missouri.
He
was
stationed
in
Fort
Campbell
Kentucky
in
May
2009
to
2013
in
506,
Infantry
Regiment,
and
he
was
in
101st
Airborne
Division
Air
Assault.
He
was
has
been
deployed
to
Afghanistan
twice
once
in
2010
again
in
2016,
since
2013
Calvin
has
been
actively
serving
as
a
staff
sergeant
in
the
Illinois
Army
National
Guard
Calvin
graduated
from
Western
high
Western
High
School
in
2008.
E
He
attended
Illinois
State
University
and
did
his
internship
with
us
at
BPD,
receiving
a
Bachelor
of
Science
degree
and
majoring
in
criminal
justice.
August,
8th,
2017
Calvin's
hobbies
include
hunting
fishing
and
spending
time
with
family,
and
one
thing
I'll
say
when
he
was
an
intern
he's
a
quiet
guy
didn't
know
how
special
he
was
just
in
our
contact
there.
But
as
as
we
learned
about
his
background
and
then
more
importantly,
once
we
got
him
hired
and
he
went
to
the
Academy.
E
B
Actually,
if
anyone
wants
to
come
forward
and
maybe
be
behind
us
for
pictures,
you
want
to
do
come
on
come
on
up
here,
any
parents.
If
we
have
parents
or
relatives
I'd
like
to
come
up
actually
Jordan
I'm
gonna
you're
your
first
so
yeah,
and
it's
it's
just
because
it
was
here
I,
don't
think
of
us
off
the
medical
order.
B
B
In
again,
this
is
from
the
police
officers
commissioned
by
authority
of
the
board
of
fire
and
police
commissioners
of
the
city
of
Bloomington
in
the
county
of
McClain
in
the
state
of
Illinois.
We
do
hereby
certify
that
Jordan
downing
have
been
duly
sworn,
was
appointed
in
commissioned
a
police
officer
on
the
1st
of
September
2017,
as
evidenced
by
a
hitter
of
we
have
set
our
hand
and
seal
to
that,
and
that
includes
myself,
the
chief
and
Leslie
Yocum
and
then
Dean
messenger
from
the
police
and
fire
Commission
board.
B
B
We
do
hereby
certify
that
Calvin
rube
I,
pronounce
that
correctly,
yes,
okay,
good
having
been
duly
sworn,
was
appointed
in
commissioned
a
police
officer
on
the
1st
of
September
2017
and
as
evidence
here
of
we
have
set
her
hand
and
seal
and
again
it
includes
myself
clay
wheeler
as
police
chief,
the
massacre,
the
children
of
the
police,
fire
Commission
as
well
as
Leslie
Yocum.
Thank
you
and
congratulations
and
again
we
look
forward
to
your
great
contributions
as
well.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
all
very
much.
We're
certainly
always
very
proud
of
our
first
responders.
At
this
point,
I'd
like
to
recognize
someone
I
seeing
in
the
back
of
the
room-
and
that
is
at
least
this
is
the
way
I've
always
called
sky
a
Jai
and
KY.
If
you'd
raise
your
hand
and
thank
you
so
much
he's
been
appointed
and
approved
to
serve
on
the
Human
Relations
Commission
Thank
You
ty,
for
your
willingness
to
help
appreciate
it
and
his
family.
B
Thank
you
appreciate
it.
Next
we're
going
to
move
to
public
comment
and
because
we
have
an
unusual
number
of
public
comment,
I'm
gonna
again,
you
have
up
to
three
minutes
I'm
going
to
start
the
public
comment:
timing
once
I'm
finished,
talking
and
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
read
these
in
groups
of
three.
If
you'd
come
up
and
say
whatever
you
would
like
to
say
in,
you
have
up
to
three
minutes.
B
This
is
not
a
situation
where
there
is
a
dialogue.
This
is
basically
citizens
have
the
opportunity
to
say
whatever
they
want
in
up
to
three
minutes.
So
I'm
going
to
write
this
down.
Now
we
have
six
tene
and
I'm
gonna
start
with
Mike
Fitzgerald,
and
then
we
have
Bruce
Meeks,
and
then
we
have
Rob
Allen
teeny.
Those
are
our
first
three,
so
again,
Mike
thank
you
or
I
should
say
fit.
Sir.
F
Evening
Mike
Fitzgerald
Ward
8,
when
I
came
back
from
Florida
last
Monday
due
to
cold
weather
and
an
article
in
the
pantograph
about
under
billing
for
the
water.
It
kind
of
struck
me
as
a
person
who
I
balance
my
checkbook
to
the
penny,
I
work
by
a
budget
and
when
I
sat
down
I
took
a
look
at
the
4-inch
pipe
and
the
amount
per
inch
from
2010
up
to
present,
and
it
appears
that
the
city
lost
almost
11
million
dollars.
Now,
when
I
add
into
that
the
amount
at
the
670
per
inch
that
was
charged.
F
That
came
up
to
about
three
million
five
hundred
dollars.
So
because
of
this
failure
on
somebody's
part,
the
city
was
screwed
out
of
I'd,
say
eight
to
ten
million
dollars
with
a
military
background
that
I
have
I'd
have
been
fired
yesterday
for
something
like
that
and
I.
So
I
took
a
look
at
how
was
this
program
implemented?
Who
was
responsible
for
it?
I
talked
with
alder
person
painter
a
little
bit
before,
and
she
explained
some
things
to
me.
So
I
I
took
some
of
my
maybe
harsher
comments
out.
F
But
when
you
know
I
asked
you
know
where
the
businesses
sent
letters.
If
the
answer
to
that
is
yes,
then
how
was
it
quality
controlled
and
followed
up
on
by
the
water
department
by
the
City
Council
by
the
mayor?
I,
don't
fault
the
new
city
manager,
I,
don't
fault
Jim
cards,
because
they're
very
responsible
folks,
but
seven
or
eight
years
ago,
I
asked
the
aldermen
from
the
eighth
ward.
F
I
asked
him
about
the
liaisons
to
each
of
the
departments
from
the
council
and
what
I
thought
that
would
do
is
the
militate
items
coming
from
various
departments
and
you
already
had
a
councilmember
who
was
into
those
sorts
of
things
that
could
facilitate
the
conversation
that
would
go
on
in
and
amongst
the
council
and
it
it's
it's
not
an
oversight,
it's
not
infringing
on
the
city
manager
or
anything
like
that.
But
to
me
I,
like
liaison
officers
and
I,
was
told
we
don't
have
those,
because
I
have
an
innate
trust
in
the
city
staff.
F
My
response
to
the
aldermen
was
trust
is
earned,
it's
not
automatically
given
you
have
to
earn
it
and
I
think
out
of
out
of
this.
Hopefully,
Council
and
everybody
has
learned
a
lesson
that
he
who
checks
finds
things
like
this
and
that
eight
to
ten
million
dollars
I,
don't
know
where
it
would
have
come
back
to
the
City
Council.
But
you
know,
as
a
taxpayer
I
know
we
could
have
used
that
somewhere.
So
thanks
a
lot.
Thank.
F
F
If
you
go,
go
ahead
and
vote
for
the
gas
tax
I'm,
leaving
the
petition
up
three
of
you.
Hopefully
just
three
of
you
will
have
new
people
saying
those
seats
and
when
I
heard
in
the
candidate
forum,
those
three
that
may
be
replacing
those
seats
are
not
for
this
gas
tax.
So
we'll
see
about
a
motion
to
reconsider.
Even
if
you
pass
it
this
evening,.
F
You
have
do
not
have
to
meet
the
specific
deadline
of
the
budget.
You
have
within
the
first
quarter,
the
first
three
months
of
the
budget
fiscal
year,
two
to
make
changes
I
recommended
in
February
of
last
year
that
you
moved
to
the
calendar
year
instead
of
the
fiscal
year.
Mr.
Gleason
is
used
to
that
because
he
came
from
Decatur
and
prior
to
his
arrival.
That's
what
they
had
I,
don't
understand
why
we
didn't
have
this
on
the
ballot
April
2nd
of
this
year.
F
When
did
you
know
that
this
was
coming?
Okay,
it
came
suddenly
I
think
the
first
time
the
public
knew
about
was
February
18th
when
I
overheard
a
discussion
on
the
same
diocese
diocese.
That's
the
same
at
the
council
that
yes
legal,
had
it
done,
and
we
had
all
the
timelines
figured
out
now.
I
think
there's
a
timeline.
You
have
to
meet
to
file
with
the
state
of
Illinois,
so
this
can
be
affected
the
date
that
you
want
May
1.
Last
time
you
passed
in
2014
because
we
didn't
go
to
effect
till
August.
F
I
hope
that
those
of
you
who
said
in
2014
I
hesitate
to
vote
for
this,
and
you
went
ahead
and
voted
for
the
gas
tax.
The
state
of
Illinois
has
a
bill
in
the
Senate
that,
if
you
take
the
8
cents
and
what
they
proposed,
when
a
person
comes
to
this
community
in
our
boundaries
and
they
buy
a
gallon
of
gas,
they
also
be
spending.
F
F
H
Basically,
I'm
going
to
talk
about
connect,
transit
issues
that
they're
having
right
now
they're.
They
propose
two
proposals.
Neither
one
of
them
girl
with
her
darn
I,
went
to
the
public
meeting
they
had
with
my
cell
on
Friday
and
what
they
were
proposing
is
ridiculous
because
of
the
fact
that
if
somebody
uses
the
mobility
about
60
times
a
month
on
one
on
their
new
proposals,
we're
gonna
end
up
spending
about
$150
a
month,
no,
the
public,
it
will
be
now.
That's
not
including
people
with
no
yeah.
It's
already
pain.
H
H
I
mean
right
now
the
current
rate
is
65
dollars
and
you
want
to
get
rid
of
the
30-day
pass
which
is
crazy
and
tomorrow,
night
I
hope
to
see
a
lot
of
people
there
at
the
normal
at
the
when
they
vote
on
this
craziness
and
because
I
will
definitely
be
there
and
I
have
a
lot
of
people
as
going
to
be
there
to
to
voice
our
opinions
on
this,
because
we
can't
accept
this,
it's
not
going
to
happen.
It
cannot
happen
because
the
people
are
needing
this
to
go
to
work.
H
You
know
and
where
that's
when
people
are
just
making
on
very,
very
fixed
incomes
that
are
wrong.
Like
me
on
disability,
where
our
incomes
are
aren't
the
greatest
as
everybody
else's,
but
we
shouldn't
be
penalized
for
to
Murray
being
penalized
because
we
have
some
type
of
disability,
white
white,
going
it
low
on
you
further,
and
you
know
and
I'm
not
sure
about
this.
But
I
was
told
that
I
see
a
student
I,
eschew
students,
don't
page
the
river
right,
as
as
anybody
else
does
on
a
bus,
that's
not
fair
and
said
to
me.
H
F
F
F
F
F
F
I
F
J
Hi
I'm
Nancy
I
went
to
the
automatic
forum
last
week.
Listen
to
the
candidate
as
usual.
I
was
struck
by
the
tangle
of
connections
between
all
the
issues,
I'm
trying
to
untangle
a
few
of
those
issues.
In
my
own
mind,
one
problem,
if
it
carries
a
particularly
heavy
burden
of
economic
and
social
consequences,
is
affordable
housing.
It's
not
a
three-minute
subject,
but
my
three-minute
bones
on
this
subject
are
a
series
of
Teeter
totters,
first
teeter-totter
cost
versus
ability
on
one
side,
the
cost
of
housing.
J
On
the
other
side,
the
consumers
ability
to
pay
for
the
housing
one
side,
new
developments,
redevelopment,
which
has
particular
issues
real
people,
real
jobs
involved
there
on
the
other
side,
real
people
real
needs,
do
they
rent
or
do
they
own,
and
how
do
they
pay
for
it?
When
this
teeter-totter
is
so
far
out
of
whack,
Construction
slows
jobs,
stop
bad
for
everybody.
J
Second,
teeter-totter
consumers,
both
sides
on
one
side,
we
usually
call
the
vulnerable
seniors,
disabled,
basic
shelter
for
the
homeless,
real
people
different
needs
on
the
other
side,
working
age,
people,
real
people,
they
need
jobs.
Third,
teeter-totter
income
disparity
on
one
side:
people
with
adequate
incomes,
real
people,
they
have
real
families,
they
have
real
needs.
On
the
other
side,
people
with
inadequate
incomes,
they
have
real
people,
they
have
real
families,
they
have
real
needs.
J
Fourth,
teeter-totter
education
and
skills,
disparity
on
both
sides,
real
people,
one
side,
people
with
a
natural
bent
or
talented,
has
been
adequately
developed
on
the
other
side,
people
not
without
potential,
they
may
be
unskilled
or
semi-skilled.
These
are
usually
your
school
of
life
students.
They
need
more
development,
sometimes
hi,
Diana,
52,
totter,
unskilled
on
both
sides,
both
sides,
real
people,
I'm
one
side,
people
through
the
dint
of
hard
work,
effort,
determination.
Usually
these
are
two
income
families
and
even
then,
sometimes
they
are
barely
hanging
on.
J
On
the
other
side,
real
people,
people
who
have
been
too
isolated
from
education
and
or
in
the
workforce,
for
whatever
reason
and
I,
actually
think
a
lot
of
people,
our
school
of
life,
either
students
or
graduates,
but
life
has
different
lessons
to
be
taught
so
so
affordable
housing
issue
morphs
into
an
education
and
training
issue.
So
what
is
education?
Ideally?
It
begins
at
home.
J
F
Last
year
alone,
Bloomington
share
of
video
gaming
was
795
thousand
one
hundred
and
twenty
two
dollars
total
revenue
since
2013
three
million
eight
hundred
thirty
four
thousand
four
hundred
and
sixty
three
dollars
and
eighty
cents
where's
that
money
gone
aughter,
woman
painter
is
quoted
in
the
pantographs
is
saying
that
the
almost
800,000
barely
covers
expenses.
What
are
the
expenses
I'd
like
to
see
him?
Not
made-up
expenses?
It
can't
document
but
actual
expenses.
F
F
F
This
revenue
has
helped
me
keep
my
people
employed,
don't
make
donate
back
to
the
community
and
reinvest
in
my
business
to
keep
it
going
with
the
influx
of
chain.
Restaurants
and
bloomington-normal
it's
harder
and
harder
to
compete
with
these
people.
Another
phrase
that
is
thrown
around
is
business
friendly.
This
tax
would
not
be
business
friendly.
F
Some
will
have
you
believe
that
gambling
is
all
bad.
Are
there
people
gambled
too
much.
Absolutely
I
agree
with
that
100%,
but
for
some
is
there
in
their
entertainment,
my
81
year
old
mother
goes
cardio
rehab
three
days
a
week
then
comes
down,
puts
20
bucks
in
the
machine
and
that's
part
of
her
entertainment
as
part
of
her
entertainment.
F
We
have
a
former
city
employee
that
comes
in
after
going
going
through
medical
treatment.
His
wife
tells
me
that
helps
him
out.
Okay,
it's
part
of
their
it's
social
time
for
people.
Some
will
say
that
all
this
money
has
taken
out
of
the
economy.
We
have
numerous
people
who
used
to
go
to
the
riverboat
now.
B
F
I
Right
I
recommend
you
change.
The
public
comment
process,
leave
it
at
the
30
minute
limit,
but
change
it
to
ten
three
minute
segments,
which,
in
essence,
is
what
you
have
today.
Every
speaker
is
entitled
to
sign
up
for
a
segment
of
speak
for
up
to
three
minutes,
but
then
change.
If
all
the
segments
are
not
used
up,
the
earlier
speaker
should
be
given
the
opportunity
to
take
up
another
segment
in
order.
They
spoke
earlier.
It's
still
staying
within
their
30
minute
that
you
laid
out
on
top
on
the
yearly
annual
increases
should
be
abolished.
I
Not
every
year
will
increases
and
expenses
be
consistent.
If
at
all,
by
putting
in
yearly
annual
fee
increases,
you
may
be
padding
the
coffers
and
then
potentially
those
funds
may
be
used
for
other
things
and
then
not
available
when
actually
needed.
The
City
Council
should
be
transparent
and
show
the
taxpayers
what
expenses
are
going
up
and
why
they
are
going
up.
Then
the
council
should
be
transparent
and
justify
any
fee
or
tax
increases.
By
having
these
automatic
increases,
we,
the
taxpayers,
are
not
hearing
about
these
expenses
and
you're
padding
the
city
accounts.
I.
I
Think
the
use
of
funds
like
this
is
evident
in
the
city
maintenance
problem.
Why
did
the
city
for
years
neglect
the
streets
but
take
in
taxes
for
this
purpose?
And
now
we
have
a
problem
with
our
streets
explained
if
the
streets
have
been
underfunded
the
last
few
years,
and
why?
Where
did
all
that
tax
money
from
the
current
tax
gas
tax
go
and
all
the
other
taxes
were
paying?
I
Somebody
else
said
this
topic
came
up
very
shortly
and
didn't
give
a
lot
of
people.
Time
to
attend.
I
would
attended
both
sessions,
but
I
was
unavailable,
I
and
all,
but
one
person
that
I've
talked
to
about
the
doubling
of
the
city
tax
tax
is
opposed
to
this
tax
increase.
The
state
of
Illinois
is
almost
for
sure,
going
to
double
their
gas
tax
by
19
cents,
not
the
four
cents
or
whatever
you're
talking
about
Illinois
pays
the
second-highest
gas
tax
currently
and
I'm
betting
they'll
increase
the
income
tax
as
well.
I
We,
the
taxpayers,
are
at
a
breaking
point.
We
can't
absorb
these
tax
increases.
The
city
should
be
setting
their
priority
on
spending
on
projects
that
are
necessary
city
services.
For
years.
The
City
Council
has
been
spending
money
on
many
projects
that
are
non
necessary
city
services.
The
downtown
area
has
become
a
money
pit.
It
keeps
sucking
the
money
out
of
the
budget.
The
City
Council
needs
to
stop
spending
on
projects
that
are
not
necessary
basic
city
services.
I
G
Evening,
one
of
the
biggest
topics
it
seems
to
be
coming
up.
It's
about
the
taxes
and
the
other
question
is,
is
what
have
you
been
doing
with
the
money?
Apparently
not
too
good,
of
a
job
I'm
hearing
four
years
ago
we
increased
the
gas
tax
to
four
cents.
Now
you
want
to
go
to
eight
cents
States
going
to
raise
there's
people's
getting
tired
of
this.
You
guys
put
a
four
dollar.
Ninety
five
cent
surcharge
on
the
water
built
in
early
2000s
to
redo
the
storm
drain
system
that
you
were
mandated
to
do
now.
G
We
hear
that
it's
done,
but
yet
people
in
the
industry
tell
me
it
hasn't
been
done.
I
know
for
a
fact:
it
hasn't
been
done
in
my
neighborhood,
because
I
lived
there
over
20
years.
My
streets
are
popping
with
potholes.
You
want
to
do
this.
You
know
last
election
round,
you
found
two
million
dollars
for
road
work.
Where'd
you
spend
it
at
that's
the
question
where's
the
money
going,
there's,
no
accountability!
G
You
guys
have
nothing!
You
just
keep
going
back
to
the
well,
it's
time
to
keep
going
and
stop
the
people's
had.
If
you
haven't
figured
it
out
yet
you
soon
will
its
thing
called
fiduciary
responsibility
when
you're
in
the
business.
Well,
the
city
is
an
incorporation.
You
have
a
fiduciary
responsibility
that
you're
neglecting
before
you
come
back
to
the
well.
Why
don't
you
find
out
what
you're
doing
with
the
money?
First,
let
us
the
people
that
pay.
G
It
know
where
it's
been
going,
because
apparently
nobody
can
get
any
answers
and
I
don't
know
about
the
rest
of
the
people,
but
I
think
that
is
absurd.
The
tax
tax
tax
because
we're
out
of
money,
because
we
don't
know
where
it
went-
it's
not
a
good
excuse
to
come
back
to
the
well
with
that
I
bide.
My
time
thanks.
L
Thank
you.
One
of
the
things
I
like
to
talk
about
is
is
the
education
and
the
information
process.
The
last
couple
weeks
you've
been
talking
about
a
moratorium
and
the
reason
you
pushed
it
back
was
because
you
didn't
have
enough
information
or
knowledge
about
video
gaming,
and
then
this
week
we
have
enough
information
and
enough
knowledge
to
vote
on
this
this
fee
structure,
so
it
seems
kind
of
backwards.
L
One
week
we
don't
have
enough
information
and
this
week,
all
of
a
sudden
we're
pros-
and
we
know
all
the
data
that's
needed
for
the
video
gaming
fees.
You
know
at
the
very
least,
we
should
definitely
push
this
back.
I.
Look
at
the
the
agenda
item
that
was
sent
out
and
strategic
plan
significance
says
objective
one
seed
engaged
residents
that
are
well
informed
and
involved
in
an
open
governance
process,
and
if
you
look
at
the
next
page,
community
groups
contacted
interested
persons
contacted
not
available
Community
Development
impact
not
available.
L
This
tells
me
that
no
one
has
talked
to
any
of
the
people
here,
any
of
the
bar
owners,
any
other
restaurant
owners
and
how
it's
gonna
affect
their
business
and
I.
Just
I
think
that
kind
of
goes
against
the
strategic
plan.
Significance
that
has
engaged
residents
that
are
well
informed
and
involved
in
an
open
governance
process.
L
I'm
actually
a
little
curious
how
this
gets
through
three
different
people
here
at
the
city
with
with
that
haven't
that
suggests
that
nobody-
that's
involved
in
this-
has
been
contacted
so
at
the
very
least,
obviously
I'm
against
this
100%,
but
definitely
reach
out
talk
to
the
people
that
are
gonna
be
affected
by
this
you
know
so
and
then
I
also
I
had
the
opportunity
to
talk
to
the
corporate
counsel.
This
morning,
Jeff
Jergens
and
I
asked
him
the
same
thing
about
you
know
what
this
affects,
how
we're
where
this
money
gets
spent.
L
You
know
and
I
wasn't
able
to
get
anything,
and
maybe
that's
just
not
not
his
department,
but
he
said
you
know
everybody
else.
Does
it
all
the
other
home
little
cities?
Do
it,
and
so
I
look
at
these,
these
six
communities
that
are
mentioned,
and
they
also
also
allow
parlors
and
we
are
totally
against
parlors
and
I'm.
L
So
glad
that
we
didn't-
you
know,
city
manager,
Gleeson,
you
know
they
did
it
down
in
Decatur,
it
hurt
it
destroyed
the
local
business
they
had
42
different
parlors
and
I
just
want
to
recommend
that
that
we
do
something
different.
We
don't
have
to
be
like
everybody
else,
you
know
so
this
fees,
you
know,
as
art,
said
three
point:
nine
million
three
point:
eight
million
dollars
I
would
love
an
accounting.
L
You
know,
I,
don't
know
if
we
could
fillet
to
request
that
and
try
to
find
out
where
this
money
went,
but
that
seems
kind
of
outrageous
to
not
have
any
accounting
for
it.
But
at
the
very
least,
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
you
know,
push
this
back,
suspend
this
to
where
you've
had
the
time
to
go
and
talk
to
these
people
on
how
this
$2,500
affects
them.
L
You
know
they
have
employees,
they
have
costs,
and
so
it
push
this
back
vote
no
and
then
the
second
thing,
just
in
my
last
30
seconds,
if
you
look
at
the
average
nti
that
you
guys
were
given
on
this
on
this
sheet,
33
locations
are
under
that
average
33
different
locations.
There
are
four
large
truck
stop
organizations
in
this
community
that
that
make
up
a
large
amount
of
that
average
that
are
far
above
the
rest.
L
You
know
the
city
of
Bloomington
made
sixty-two
thousand
dollars
in
January
alone,
and
the
average
cut
for
a
location
was
eight
thousand
dollars.
That's
12
percent
of
what
the
city
made
the
average
location,
which
has
expenses
that
are
that
are
actually
documental,
so
I'm
against
this,
so
vote.
No
thank.
L
F
Pretty
pretty
big
tonight
for
quite
a
few
reasons,
as
you
can
see,
but
I
signed
a
petition
to
STOP
the
gas
tax,
not
because
I
don't
want
the
streets
fixed,
but
it's
because
of
it's
cuz
of
the
money.
That's
not
going
to
where
it's
supposed
to
be
going.
I
got
a
couple
things
here
that
I've
just
quick
pulled
off
the
you
know
your
budget
book
off
the
internet.
Motor
fuel
tax
gives
a
good
guidance.
You
know
the
what
the
laws
require,
etc.
How
can
motor
fill
funds
be
used,
construction
and
maintenance?
L
F
Project
it
says
here:
the
motor
fuel
tax
fund
balance
budgetary
fund
balance
fiscal
year,
2018
audited
a
little
over
nine
million
dollars
fiscal
year
2019.
It
said
projected
which
I
don't
know
why
it
wasn't
ever
closed
out.
There's
another
part
of
city
administration,
I,
guess,
don't
don't
get
the
books
done
correctly
at
nine
point:
seven
million
dollars,
so
it
went
from
an
audited
of
nine
little
nine
millions
to
project
it
of
fiscal
year,
2019
at
nine
point,
seven
million
and
then
projected
for
fiscal
year,
2020
it's
down
to
eight
hundred.
F
Sixty-Five
thousand
so
we're
in
the
budget
we're
in
the
budget
that
all
that
money
goes
and
then
you
still
want
to
add
taxes
to
it.
I
mean
I
got
also
those
dispensers
here.
You
know
I
mean
it's
it's
a
mess!
Somebody
an
administration
is
not
doing
their
job
correctly
or
wasn't
doing
their
job
correctly
and
they're.
Making
your
job
harder,
I
mean
you
guys
make
the
job
hard
here
looking
at
the
public.
What
is
the
people
behind
you
doing?
Thank
you.
Thank.
F
That's
timely,
Warren
five
I
do
have
a
concern
regarding
the
storm
water,
the
storm
drains
or
the
inlets
right
in
front
of
my
house
across
the
street
were
plugged
a
couple
weeks
ago.
Well
on
several
different
occasions,
when
we
had
all
that
rain
came
down
and
plugged
up
allows
the
inlets.
My
drive
was
flooded,
that
was
over
the
sidewalk
and
halfway
up
my
drive,
the
street
was
flooded.
There's
no
excuse
for
that.
Terry
I
told
you
to
put
duct
inlets
beside
it's
better,
to
put
two
four-inch
inlets
in
than
1/8
inch.
F
That
is
a
steep
hill.
You
know
it
and
water
comes
rushing
down
there
and
floods
people's
drives,
there's
no
excuse
for
it
and
then
and
then
we
wondered
plus
the
where'd.
All
the
money
from
the
road
fund
go.
The
gas
tax
word
that
just
just
disappeared
and
you
want
to
raise
the
double
the
gas
tax
and
people
are
supposed
to
sit
there
and
let
you
do
it.
F
You
cancel
the
mayor's
open
house.
If
I
recall
correctly
once
and
it's
too
bad,
it
wasn't
the
City
Council
meeting
the
media
would
have
been
there
and
then
you'd
have
been
in
violation
of
the
Open
Meetings
Act
Terry.
We've
had
promise
after
promise,
after
promise
from
you
and
you
have
not
delivered
so.
Why
would
anybody
believe
that
this
for
cents
is
gonna
answer
solve
the
world's
problems
on
the
roads,
because
you've
lied
to
us
in
the
past
you're
lying
to
us,
no
I
think.
F
B
Thank
you
and
then
just
to
clarify
again
for
everyone.
If
you
have
some
specific
questions,
if
you
come
to
the
mayor's
open
house,
we
can
get
those
address.
Budgeting
is
too
often
a
very
complicated
thing
there.
All
that
information
is
online.
If
you
have
questions
about
it,
the
one
thing
that
is
absolutely
certain
is
that
any
penny
that
comes
in
any
money
that
comes
in
on
any
sort
of
gas
tax
has
got
to
by
law,
go
into
streets
and
infrastructure
so
anyway,
that
I'm
making
a
general
comment
Diana.
So
it's
not
related.
B
M
B
B
N
B
Move
by
all
the
woman
Schmidt
to
approve
item
7e
is
presented
second
by
all
the
woman
howlman
any
further
discussion.
Seeing
none
go
ahead
and
vote
on
that
issue.
Please,
okay.
The
motion
carries
8
to
0.
There
are
no
names
to
announce.
Madam
Clerk.
We
can
let
all
the
woman
Burgas
in
I'm.
Sorry,
we
can't
take
any
public
comment.
B
B
Annie-
and
we
move
on
from
here,
we
move
on
to
there
are
regular
agenda
in
item
8a,
there's
a
presentation
of
not
from
not
in
our
town
I'm,
going
to
turn
this
over
to
mr.
Gleason
and
I
believe
we
also
have
former
alderman
Mike
motika
who's
in
the
audience,
someplace,
whose
it
was
on
the
council
when
not
in
our
town,
was
established
and
has
been
one
of
the
leaders
of
not
in
our
town.
Thank.
F
K
You
good
evening
and
appreciate
the
time
when
you're
on
your
busy
agenda
tonight,
not
in
our
town,
has
been
active
in
our
community
since
December
of
1995
and
the
city
of
Bloomington
was
one
the
first
partners
to
bring
that
movement
to
our
community.
You
know
not
in
our
town
is
about
building
a
safe,
inclusive
community
building,
an
environment
where
all
people
feel
welcome,
and
there
is
no
intimidation
to
people
for
the
first
time.
This
past
year
we
decided
we
should
do
an
annual
report.
So
that's
in
your
packet.
K
The
cover
is
there
it's
online
for
anybody
who
would
like
to
look
at
it
and
just
kind
of
went
through
the
things
that
not
in
our
town
has
done
in
the
past
year
totally
volunteer,
so
there's
no
paid
staff.
It's
just
a
concerned
group
of
people
that
do
this.
Just
a
few
highlights,
and
and
I'll
be
brief
with
this,
because
I
know
you
got
a
busy
evening
number
one
want
to
thank
the
city
for
your
work
with
us
on
the
Miller
Park
marker.
K
That
was
a
very
meaningful
evening
at
night
when
that
was
dedicated
and
kind
of
a
great
way
to
make
us
reflect
on
our
own
story
in
our
own
history
and
how
we've
improved
as
a
community.
Since
then,
we
had
the
listening
session
at
Miller
Park
in
August.
We
brought
the
community
together
particularly
to
look
at
youth
issues
and
youth
violence
and
it's
its
small
steps,
but
we
have
had
progress
with
that
in
terms
of
trying
to
engage
our
young
people.
I'll.
K
Tell
you
just
a
little
story:
we've
got
a
group
of
young
people
high
school
kids,
we've
been
waiting
with
monthly
and
exposing
them
to
employment
opportunities,
exposing
them
to
different
parts
of
the
community,
and
we
could
go
Saturday.
We
were
at
the
McLean
County
Museum
of
History,
and
we
put
them
loose
in
the
galleries
to
do
a
African,
American
History
scavenger
hunt,
and
they
did
that
and
came
back,
had
some
discussion
about
how
people
changed
their
lives
in
their
community
and
those
of
you
who've
been
in
the
courtroom
in
the
Old
Courthouse.
K
When
the
session
was
over
the
of
course,
the
big
attraction
is
to
go
sit
up
in
the
judges
seat
and
when
the
kids
did
that
and
all
the
other
kids
clustered
around
and
the
young
lady,
a
sophomore
at
Bloomington
high,
said
everybody
raise
your
hand,
I
promise
to
finish
high
school,
and
that
was
totally
spontaneous.
You
know
that
they
did
that
I
thought:
okay,
the
small
group
of
kids,
but
we're
starting
to
connect
and
to
reach
them
that
they
do
have
hope
and
possible
in
our
life
and
I.
Think.
K
The
other
thing
that
always
most
impresses
me
is
our
not
in
our
schools,
effort
which
is
totally
led
by
our
students
at
our
to
unit
five
high
schools
at
Bloomington,
high
Bloomington,
junior
high,
our
unified
junior
High's
and
some
of
the
grade.
Schools
too-
and
this
is
not
adults
coming
in
and
directing
the
young
people-
are
telling
them
what
to
do,
but
actually
adults
acting
as
facilitators
and
the
young
people
identify
what
they
see
going
on
in
their
school.
K
What
they
see
going
on
in
their
environment
and
they
come
up
with
their
own
solutions,
sometimes
ask
for
help.
In
approaching
teachers
or
administrators,
but
it's
so
interesting
and
empowering
to
see
high
school
students,
junior
high
school
students,
aware
of
the
diversity
issues
in
their
own
environment
and
how
they
work
with
them
and
how
they
come
up
with
solutions
to
solve
those
situations.
K
B
B
F
You
mayor
council
before
council
tonight
is
the
recommendation
for
approval
of
a
video
gaming
terminal
fee
and
annual
renewal.
Also
included
in
this
document
is
moving
the
renewal
date
from
April
1st
to
May
1st
to
line
up
with
our
city's
budget.
The
funds,
if
approved
one
thing,
I,
want
to
share
with
Council
in
the
community.
B
F
We
as
staff
I,
have
a
responsibility
to
get
back
to
you
guys
regarding
several
comments,
whether
it's
zoning
comments,
whether
it's
a
number
of
total
video
gaming
terminals,
the
impacts
to
economic
development,
there's
a
number
of
those
types
of
questions
that
we
have
to
respond
to
you
guys
regarding
the
moratorium
that
you
guys
supported
and
extended
to
September
1st,
also
a
General
Assembly
component
as
well
regarding
sports
betting
and
possibly
the
legalization
of
cannabis,
yeah
Jo.
Thank.
O
You
and
to
that
point,
regardless
of
what
happens
tonight
when
we
have
that
conversation,
it's
gonna
be
very
important
for
me
to
see
a
tiered
approach
to
these
moving
forward.
I
think
social
clubs
and
non-for-profits
need
to
be
treated
separately
than
larger
enterprises,
I
think,
just
by
virtue
of.
However,
we
run
that
up
as
part
of
a
conversation.
It's
going
to
be
very
important
to
me.
O
I
know:
I've
been
I've
spoken
to
an
owner
of
a
social
club
about
some
concerns
and
the
impact
that's
going
to
have
to
their
bottom
line
it
it's
hard
for
me
to
compute.
You
know
a
truckstop,
that's
bringing
in
a
lot
of
money
versus
a
small
neighborhood
bar
that
has
few
terminals.
So
when
we
have
that
conversation,
I'm
gonna
be
looking
forward
to
reading
kind
of
that
component
to
to
the
report.
N
Follow
up
on
that
then
I
think
in
some
conversations,
I've
heard
that
we
can't
calibrate
the
cost.
If
we
impose
a
fee
that
we
cannot
calibrate
it
by
percentage
of
the
income
that's
earned
by
machines.
Can
we
just
verify
that
that
that's
a
by
state
law
that
we
we
can't
say
if
you're
making
a
million
dollars
you
get
five
percent
or
Y?
You
know
whatever
that
pressure,
okay
and-
and
so
that's
a
state
that
state
mandated,
but
we
could
do
it
according
to
the
type
of
license
that
it
is.
D
B
And
then
just
to
clarify
no
we've
talked
about
this
is
several
years
ago
we
did
have
in
terms
of
costs.
Obviously,
no
video
poker
machine
is
going
to
attack
a
person
and
so
you're
not
going
to
have
the
police
called
out
because
of
a
video
poker
machine,
but
certainly
when
on
the
Liquor,
Commission
I
can
say
in
the
council
can
attest
to
some
of
the
situations
where,
when
you
combine
gambling
and
booze
that
can
be
not
in
most
cases
most
of
the
people
that
that
we've
we've
heard
from
our
long-standing,
very
upscale.
B
You
know
an
outstanding
of
business
people,
but
we
have
had
situations
where
that's
not
been
the
case.
We
spent
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
of
legal
fees
and
perhaps
more
on
a
restaurant
in
in
Bloomington
south
Bloomington.
That
was
fine,
said
that
they
were
going
to
be
a
neighborhood
restaurant
and
yet,
when
they
got
video
poker
machines,
they
had
special
parties
and
I
believe
it
was
something
like
April
or
May
through
November,
every
Friday
and
Saturday
night.
Our
police
were
called
out.
Got
that
that's,
that's
absolutely
verifiable.
B
Then
we
had
to
go
back
through
and
back
and
forth
with
that
particular
institution,
and
then
we
had
a
working
party.
I
didn't
know
what
twerking
was
until
we
had
this
massive
working
party
that
came
out
of
a
settlement
that
cost
us
about
a
quarter
million
dollars
in
legal
fees
and
a
quarter
of
a
million
dollars
in
a
settlement,
and
so
those
are
things
that
taxpayers
had
to
pay,
regardless
of
whether
we
shake
our
heads.
Those
are
just
act,
absolute
realities,
so
those
are
things
I've
had
to
come
out
of
the
general
fund.
B
Most
everybody
is
who
has
video
poker?
You
know
we
do
not
have
problems
with,
but
unfortunately
we're
in
a
situation
where
we're
dealing
with
the
community
of
80,000
people
and
we
have
had
some
serious
costs
and
it
has
had
to
come
out
of
the
pockets
of
taxpayers
and
and
in
those
two
instances
they
would
not
have
had
those
parties
had
they
not
had
poker
or
gambling
and
booze
anyway.
Eddie.
Well.
Excuse
me
at
this
point.
Public
comment
is
over
and
we
do
have
all
the
woman
howlman
Thank.
P
Believe
video
gaming
comes
under
amusement
in
our
codes,
yeah,
which
is
fine,
as
art
said,
he
has
people
that
come
in
for
entertainment
purposes,
to
use
his
machines
and
if
we're,
if,
if
we're
going
to
impose
a
fee,
then
I
feel
that
the
whatever
is
generated
from
that
face
should
be
used
for
amusements
ie,
helping
to
fund
O'neil
pool,
for
example,
something
maybe
a
little
more
family
focused
my
concern
with
I'm,
saying
well
we're
going
to
this
year.
We're
gonna
use
it
for
capital,
but
next
year
we'll
look
at
something
else.
P
P
I'm
just
concerned
about
how
we're
going
to
use
the
income
or
the
revenue
that
we
would
be
generating
from
this,
as
I
mean
we
could
be
using
some
of
it
to
audit
both
our
bars
and
because
video
gaming
terminal
need,
except
for
the
truck
stop.
So
you
have
to
have
a
liquor
license.
You
know
doing
an
audit
of
our
bars
to
make
sure
that
they're
meeting
the
requirements
I
just
I'm,
struggling
with
asking
or
look
especially
local
establishments,
because
many
of
the
bars
and
restaurants
are
local
establishments.
B
B
B
F
You,
mayor
and
council
I
think
this
is
an
agenda
item
that
everybody
wishes
may
not
be
on
the
agenda,
but
I
think
what
we've
done
over
the
last
couple
of
months
as
part
of
the
FY
2008
process,
I
have
discussed
and
and
I
think
the
presentation
last
week
committee
the
whole
that
put
together
with
gym
cards.
Public
works
director
actually
does
in
fact
show
where
the
money
has
been
spent
and
the
projects
that
we've
done
as
a
community.
F
F
But
if
this
is
in
fact
approve
tonight,
we're
going
to
take
it
a
step
further
and
agend,
and
an
agenda
item
on
April
8th
will
be
to
further
restrict
the
full
eight
cents
of
the
local
motor
fuel
tax
and
the
quarter
percent
for
the
home
roll
sales
tax.
Another
thing
that
we're
gonna
do
as
promised
and
I've
said
it
many
times.
F
You
know,
I,
don't
know
that
it
turns
anybody
in
the
community
from
you
know,
being
supportive
of
the
local
motor
fuel
tax,
if
in
fact
it's
approved
tonight,
but
I
think
that
we
can
show
what
the
money
is
being
spent
on
a
single
quick.
You
know
click
of
a
button
on
our
city
website,
signage
at
the
actual
project
sites,
finance
director,
showing
the
revenues
in
the
expenses
out
and
then
actually,
deputy
city
manager.
F
Q
F
Now,
the
original
four
cents
that
was
adopted
in
2014
it's
about
2.3
million
dollars,
it's
captured
in
the
capital
projects,
line
item
and
used
exclusively
for
asphalt
and
concrete
projects,
roads
and
also
sidewalks.
What
we
would
like
to
do
is
if
this
is
in
fact
approved
tonight
on
April,
8th,
we're
already
working
on
an
agenda
item
that
will
carve
it
out.
It
won't
carve
it
out
of
the
capital
projects,
but
it
will
separate
it.
F
You
know
as
a
line
that
is
a
standalone
outline
in
the
FY
2008
and
going
forward,
so
we
would
likely
see
about
seven,
seven
and
a
half
million
dollars
that
you
can
easily
track
in
the
budget
and
that
would
be
made
up
of
the
full
eight
cents
of
the
local
motor
fuel
tax
and
that
quarter
percent
of
the
home
roll
sales
tax.
Just
one
extra
level
of
transparency
on
you
know
on
a
you
know,
challenging
topic
for
the
city.
P
First
of
all,
I
wish
every
taxpayer
had
taken
the
time
to
watch
Jim
Carter's
presentation
last
week
concerning
our
roads
and
how
the
money
is
come
in
and
how
the
money
has
been
spent
for
road
repair.
I
think
it
would
have
helped
a
lot
in
the
discussions
in
the
comments.
I
would
propose
that
we
amend
the
motion
and
limited
to
a
one-year
time
frame
for
two
reasons.
First,
to
see
what
the
state
does
with
the
increasing
estate
tax
and
then
what
what
that
would
provide
for
us?
P
I
think
we
all
all
know
everybody
that's
sitting
anywhere
in
the
room
knows
that
it's
much
harder
to
change
perception
than
it
is
to
change
reality,
and
if
we
can
show
over
12
months
that
we
are
in
fact
improving
our
roads.
I
think
it
would
be
easier
for
people
to
stomach
continuing
that
4
cent
increase
if
the
state
doesn't
increase
the
text.
B
P
O
R
O
O
D
B
N
A
couple
of
questions
observations
I,
was
contacted
today
by
a
member
of
the
Transportation
Committee
who
thought
that,
following
our
conversation
about
the
Towanda
Barnes
Road
and
the
signaling
out
there
that
that
the
Transportation
Commission
would
begin
to
take
on
larger
sort
of
best
practices
and
priorities.
Setting
and
I
don't
know,
I,
don't
know
the
history
of
that.
But
I
believe
that
the
Transportation
Commission
believes
that
they
are
part
of
a
conversation,
and
maybe
that's
out
of
sync
with
this
motion.
N
I
think
the
observation
is
that
were
that
that
we
are
better
able
to
make
a
case
to
the
public
if
we
have
done
the
due
diligence
of
thinking
about
how
we're
prioritizing
roads
and
making
the
case
to
the
public,
because
clearly
we
heard
a
public
comment
tonight
that
there's
a
sense
that
we
haven't
been
necessarily
thoughtful
and
and
have
not
really
communicated
what
we're
doing
and
why
we're
doing
it
and
the
priority
we're
doing
it.
So.
N
I
think
they
thought
they
had
an
assignment
to
do
some
prioritizing
and
so
we're
a
little
bit
surprised
at
the
timing
at
this
and
and
I
don't
know
if
this
passes
I
think
we
ought
to
go
back
to
the
Transportation
Commission
and
talk
with
them
a
little
bit.
Okay,
it's
before
your
time,
so
the
other
thing
I
just
simply
want
to
say
I,
you
know
the
feedback
I've
gotten
from
people
overwhelmingly
is
not
in
favor
of
this
additional
fuel
tax
and
and
I
would
say,
a
hundred
percent
of
the
people
want
the
roads
fixed.
N
N
But
we
haven't
prioritized
it
or
repurposed
that
so
when
people
ask
questions
like
that,
I
think
they're
asking
us
to
please
prioritize
the
money
that
we
already
have
in
our
budgets
rather
than
asking
for
more
and
so
I
put
that
out
there,
because
I
won't
be
voting
in
favor
of
this
and
I
want
to
say
why.
Okay,
thank.
B
B
Q
You
so
first
I
want
to
say
that
nobody
likes
taxes,
there's
a
surprise,
surprise,
including
myself,
so
it
wasn't
a
surprise
to
me
that
I
received
quite
a
few.
You
know,
enquiries
and
and
emails
and
notes,
and
things
saying
that
people
were
not
in
favor
of
this
I
I
do
understand
that
the
need
is
great,
but
just
like
Herod,
you
know
people
were
asking
for
us
to
prioritize
a
little
bit
more
I
am
also
you
know,
concerned
I.
Q
You
know
and
I
feel
like
a
broken
record,
but
I
always
repeat
this,
but
I
get
concerned
about
the
the
cumulative
effect
of
some
of
our
fee
increases.
You
know,
year-over-year
we've
had
you
know,
on
sewer
rate
increases
water
on
solid
waste
and
then
also
this
water
fund
issue
with
businesses
that
you
know
we
we
just
discussed
recently
so
I
think
those
things
do
not
necessarily
lend
themselves
to
adding
credibility
to
to
what
we're
doing
you
know.
Q
We're
not
quite
sure
what
the
state
will
do
with
moral
Hill
tax,
we're
not
sure
what
the
town
of
normal
will
do
so
I'm,
not
sure
if
we
would,
if
that
would
have
an
impact
on
local
businesses.
If
we
have
a
you
know,
eight
sense,
motor
fuel
tax,
normal
has
a
horse
and
it's
gonna
feel
tax.
There's
also
the
you
know
the
the
likelihood
or
the
possibility,
or
this
discussion
at
least
about
you-
know
the
state
income
tax
as
a
possible
additional
burden
on
citizens.
So
I.
You
know.
Q
Q
M
M
M
M
The
number
one
request
I
get
from
community
members
and
constituents
is
good
roads,
good,
sidewalks
quality,
it's
a
quality
of
life
issue,
it's
an
everyday
getting
to
work,
getting
out
getting
the
kids
taking
care
of
folks
with
special
needs,
having
the
kind
of
accessibility
that
folks
need.
This
is
what
the
community
demands
and
it
costs
money
and
we've
brought
our
due
diligence
to
it.
We've
brought
in
good
talent
in
the
form
of
our
city
manager.
M
Here
we
have
good
talent
in
the
form
of
Jim
Carter
works
director,
who
has
explained
to
us
at
length
multiple
times
with
many
reports
and
information,
that's
available
to
everyone
to
see
what
these
roads
cost
the
cost
go
up
each
year
for
the
materials
and
the
labor,
and
you
have
to
identify
the
revenue
stream
in
order
to
pay
for
the
needed
roads
and
the
sidewalks.
So
what
were
the
things
that
we've
said
no
to
as
a
council,
as
we
were
polled
about
identifying
the
possible
revenue
streams,
we
said
no
to
a
utility
tax.
M
We
said
no
to
an
increase
in
property
tax.
We
said
no
to
an
increase
in
sales
tax,
so
where
does
the
right?
Where
would
we
identify
the
revenue?
And-
and
this
is
why
we
looked
at
the
increase
in
the
motor
fuel
tax?
This
is
why
I
supported
this.
It's
it's
not
an
easy
vote,
but
I
will
be
voting
for
it.
Thank
you
me
thank.
B
S
So,
thank
you
Kim.
This
has
been
I.
Think
I've
had
more
conversations
on
this
subject
than
anything
else
since
I've
been
elected,
and
this
is
not
an
easy
fix.
This
is
not
a
fun
fix
and
what
I've
been
struggling
with
all
weekend
is
what
next
right
we
we
I
think
that
we
did
not
do
a
good
job
of
prioritizing
our
budget
this
year,
which
we've
said
in
the
past
that
we
wanted
to
do
that.
S
If
I
remember
the
chart
and
I
haven't
seen
it
recently,
I
think
maybe
next
year
it
might
jump
to
11
or
12
next
year,
and
it
gets
to
the
point
that
by
20
I
want
to
say
it
was
20
38,
which
seems
like
a
long
time
in
the
future.
But
it's
really
not
that
the
our
funding
for
those
public
pension
is
23
million
dollars
a
year.
That's
an
increase
of
14
million
from
where
we
are
right
now.
S
In
between
now
and
when
we
get
to
that
point,
everything's
on
the
table,
we
are
going
to
have
to
cut
a
lot
of
stuff,
and
it's
going
to
get
really
messy
is
my
personal
feeling
on
this
as
we
go
down
that
pike,
so
where
I'm
going
with
that
is
every
time
Council
in
the
past
has
spent
money.
It
seems
like
that.
Rhodes
has
been
the
last
thing
to
get
funded.
It's
whatever
money
is
left
whatever
we
can
find.
That's
where
money
has
gone
into
the
roads
and
I
am
going
to
support
the
four
cents.
S
Everything
else
is
going
to
be
fungible
and
and
we're
going
to
do
the
best
job
that
we
can.
But
in
the
meantime
we
can
at
least
say
that
we
are
going
to
stop
the
deterioration
of
the
roads,
and
this
is
not
a
perfect
solution
either.
One
of
the
biggest
complaints
I
have
is
electric
vehicles.
I've
gotten
I've
heard
that
many
times
this
weekend
and
I
agree
with
that
that
this
is
not
a
permanent
solution.
I
found
a
report
that
said
ten
percent
of
all
vehicles
will
be
electric
vehicles
sold
by
the
year
2040.
S
F
Thank
you
and
Jamie
I
appreciate.
First,
your
comment
about
the
prioritization
I
know:
I've
been
waiting
for
years
for
a
council
conversation
about
let
your
prioritization.
So
hopefully
that
may
happen
tonight.
I
have
several
things
I'd
like
to
share,
but
we'll
limit
them
to
just
a
few
things:
I
I'm
down
to
four
meetings
and
I.
Don't
have
any
illusions
of
how
interested
people
are
in
what
I
might
have
to
say
the
sabe
brief
there
there
are
occurs
to
me
at
least
a
couple
of
other
viable
options.
Rather
than
raising
a
local
motor
fuel
tax.
F
F
F
Those
are
a
couple
of
viable
options,
I
think
over
the
weekend,
I
had
a
conversation
with
a
war,
two
neighbor,
and
they,
let
me
know
of
their
opposition
to
the
four
cents
per
cell
per
per
gallon
tax
and
then,
after
a
pause
and
enter
and
I
wrote
this
down
because
it
was,
it
was
very
striking.
For
me,
they
talked
about
how
they're
often
living
paycheck-to-paycheck
their
worries
about
how
government
just
seems
to
be
wanting
more
and
more
of
their
money
and
and
then
they
said.
Does
anyone
on
the
council
even
understand
anymore?
F
F
So
again,
I'll
be
voting
no
here
in
a
minute
for
this,
as
that
is
the
overwhelming
opinion
of
the
people
in
in
in
more
and
and
because
there
are
viable
options
that
that
the
council
has
chosen
over
several
years.
We've
not
made
any
of
those
tough
decisions,
we've
avoided
those
and-
and
we
could
have-
and
so
again
that's.
That
will
be
the
rationale
for
my
for
my
vote.
Thank
you.
B
B
F
Item
D,
mayor
and
council,
this
was
a
concession
stand
for
the
parks.
This
was
approved,
I
believe
last
fall
and
the
total
cost
is
around
1.1
million
and
I
think
we've
got
a
cushion
in
there
too
1.2
million
dollars.
Majority
of
this
funding,
or
at
least
half
of
it,
is
from
outside
sources,
and
the
breakdown
is
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
a
state
grant
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
park,
dedication,
funds
and
four
hundred
thousand
in
park.
Dedication
funds
borrowed
at
0%
paid
back
over
15
years,
approximately
27,000
per
year.
F
The
remaining
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
a
bank
loan
that
Scott
Rathbun
finance
director
approached
me
and
said
that
we
could
potentially
save
about
two
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
on
that
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
by
paying
for
it
out
of
cash
reserves.
So
what
was
considered
to
begin
with
was
using
a
local
bank
for
a
municipal
loan
15
years
and
pay
that
off
and
the
savings
would
be
about
two
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars.
F
Yes,
it
would
be
so
we're
talking
about
basically
back
of
the
envelope
a
little
over
$15,000
a
year,
if
you
will
in
interest
savings,
correct,
okay,
so
so
again,
I
will
just
simply
say:
I
will
repeat
what
I
said
a
minute
ago
that
certainly
the
road
should
have
a
higher
priority
for
the
use
of
fund
balance.
Then
then,
this
item
as
presented.
Thank
you.
M
So
when
we
studied
the
concession
stand,
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
return
on
investment
and
how
much
money
we
would
bring
in
through
the
operation
of
the
concession
stand
and
I.
Don't
know.
If,
if
Scott
has
that
information
on
hand
or
because,
though
it
was
my
understanding
that
when
we
build
this,
they
will
come
and
there
will
be
revenues.
L
R
I
don't
have
that
information
tonight.
I
would
like
to
make
a
comment,
though,
that
this
expense
has
been
approved,
so
the
use
of
fund
balance
is
just
a
way
of
funding
the
expense
I
mean
we
could
borrow
the
money
and
then
it
would
get
paid
back
by
the
general
fund
or
we
don't
borrow
the
money
in
the
hole
that
we
created
in
the
general
fund
by
using
fund
balance,
we'll
get
paid
back
from
the
park
or
the
park
concession
cash.
So
it's
all
part
of
the
general
fund.
R
M
B
B
B
B
R
As
a
reminder,
the
detail
reports
and
this
presentation
could
be
found
via
the
city
web
site,
government
transparency.
You
can
view
the
budget
monthly
reports
or
go
through
the
finance
department.
Link
I
knew
the
month
would
come
where
we
had
a
little
bit
of
a
downturn
in
the
revenues.
I've
been
able
to
say
every
month.
You
know
cautiously
optimistic,
I'm
still
optimistic,
but
we
did
have
a
little
bit
of
a
downturn
in
the
month
of
December
for
home
rule
sales
taxes,
a
two-month
lag.
R
So
what
hit
in
February
works
for
December
I've
added
a
column
out
to
the
right
to
show
the
month
to
date,
budget
variance
for
these
major
revenue
categories
we
actually
budget
them
by
month.
We
take
a
total
estimate
for
the
year
based
on
the
trends,
and
then
we
use
the
seasonality
from
the
prior
year
and
and
spread
that
amount
through
the
to
the
month.
R
We
estimated
150,000
200,000
dollar
impact
from
the
new
law,
the
internet
sales
law
we're
already
two
hundred
seventy
eight
thousand
dollars
ahead
of
year-to-date
budget.
For
that
line-item.
You
know
if
I
was
a
just
a
completely
positive
thinking,
an
optimistic
guy
say:
maybe
everybody
ordered
over
the
internet
for
Christmas
and
the
holidays,
and
that's
why
we
saw
a
77078
thousand
dollar
bump
in
the
month.
At
a
budget
for
local
use
tax
in
a
sixty
four
thousand
dollar
home
rule
decrease.
You
know
one
more
month.
R
The
general
fund
income
statement,
I'm
gonna,
skip
right
down
to
the
lower
right
hand,
column
we're
still
projecting
that
one
point:
five
million
dollar
surplus
with
the
vote
that
occurred
tonight
that
that
will
come
down
by
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
you
know
that
will
come.
There's
a
miscellaneous
revenue
line
that
1.7
million.
When
we
had
the
budget
amendment
in
October,
it's
a
it's
a
little
odd,
but
loan
proceeds
go
into
our
budget.
You
know
we
do
it's
a
cash
based
budget.
R
B
R
R
It's
coming
out
of
fund
balance
right.
It's
an
expense
that
was
a
gonna,
it's
gonna,
the
expense
is
going
to
occur
either
way
we're
either
gonna
borrow
and
fill
it
or
use
savings
to
fill
it
inter
government
governmental
revenue
decreases
their
most
significantly.
We've
taken
down
the
BCP
a
projected
revenues
for
the
year,
they're
still
doing
better
than
the
prior
year,
but
we've
taken
those
down
by
a
couple
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
then
obviously
the
business
registration,
putting
that
on
hold
that
reduced.
R
We
had
in
the
budget
last
year
for
2019
I,
shouldn't,
say
last
year,
2019
for
vacancy
savings,
so
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
coming
in
under
and
then
you
know
that's
on
top
of
the
half
million
dollar
vacancy
savings
that
we
had
in
so
give
you
an
idea
of
what
we
are
kind
of
averaging
for
that
vacancy
savings,
a
year-over-year
contractuals.
Sorry
about
that
wake
up!
The
numbers
time
after
the
tonight
this
is
a
like
this
is
the
easy
part
right,
significant
reduction
over
the
budget.
A
lot
of
that
has
to
do.
R
We
lower
the
BN
advantage.
This
is
it's
not
the
conversation
we've
had
recently.
We
took
it
down
two
hundred
and
sixty
two
hundred
thirty
nine
thousand
dollars.
We
had
three
hundred
and
sixty
seven
thousand
dollars
in
the
budget
that
was
taken
down
to
125
and
then
there's
some
reductions
in
that
light.
I
am
too
related
to
the
BCA
BC
PDA
revenue
reductions.
When
you
reduce
the
revenue,
you
know
the
the
artist
fees
and
things
of
that
nature
that
comes
down
as
well.
R
Enterprise
funds
normal
a
church
to
try
to
draw
your
attention.
Eighty-Three
percent
is
our
trend.
Through
ten
months
you
can
see
the
revenue
there
that
revenue
tranche
are
just
for
services.
We're
doing
well
right
across
the
line.
Golf
is
a
little
under
the
prior
year.
Seventy
one
percent
versus
sixty
nine.
You
know
the
weather
impacts
that
a
lot
so
we're
watching
that
there's
a
little
downward
trend
in
golf
as
far
as
rounds
played
year
over
year
over
year.
It
doesn't
seem
to
be
correcting.
R
So
that's
that's
Enterprise
Fund
we're
going
to
have
to
watch
and
do
some
reporting
more
thorough
reporting
on
in
the
future.
A
highlight
of
the
arena
venue
works
at
a
tremendous
month
in
February
they
made
a
large
profit.
You
can
see,
you
know
83%
targeted
revenue
they're
actually
at
the
arena's
at
79%
right
now.
So
if
the
venue
side
of
the
arena
fund
the
venue
works
comes
in
at
plan
for
the
next
two
months,
they're
gonna
they're
gonna
beat
their
loss
projection
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
by
$300,000.
R
I
B
F
Scott
Strauss
has
put
up
the
events
for
the
city
over
the
next
week
or
so,
and
then
also
would
like
to
share
one
event:
we're
going
to
host
right
here
on
Wednesday
night
at
6
o'clock,
Melissa
Hahn,
the
new
economic
development
director
is
going
to
have
a
brief
meet
and
greet,
introduce
her
team
to
the
community.
Again,
that's
six
o'clock
here
on
Wednesday
night
and
then
also
she's
already
got
some
goals
and
plans
that
she
wants
to
share
so
she's.
Definitely
you
know
on
the
ball
already
and
not
surprised.
F
B
Of
mr.
Gleason,
okay,
thank
you.
The
in
terms
of
just
to
have
a
couple
items.
One
I
wanted
to
thank
all
the
woman
Helmand
for
coming
out
and
all
of
us
coming
out
on
Saturday
was
actually
a
beautiful
day,
but
in
the
Bolingbrook
harmony
Park,
and
then
definitely
showing
that
we
have
access
to
people,
irrespective
of
their
ability
to
enjoy
some
form
of
recreation
in
Bloomington.
B
The
other
thing
I
did
want
to
point
out,
given
that
we
had
a
large
crowd
tonight
here,
but
only
had
four
people,
including
one
of
our
council
candidates,
is
in
the
audience
to
the
mayor's
open
house
is
to
once
again
let
people
know
that
it
exists,
and
you're
certainly
welcome
to
come
and
ask
questions.
Anything
is
on
the
it
can
be
on
the
agenda.
N
Somebody
brought
up
the
idea,
for
example,
that
is
you:
students,
don't
pay
and
and
I'm
sure
that
they
do
I,
don't
know
what
that
funding
arrangement
is,
but
there's
a
lot
that
we
can
do
and
I
think
the
general
feeling
is
that
the
people
who
can
least
afford
it
are
the
people
who
might
be
either
having
to
make
the
the
biggest
they'd
have
to
pay
more,
but
also
make
the
biggest
investment
in
schedule
changes
so
I've
written
them.
Mr.
N
B
Q
And
I
just
wanted
to
echo
what
Karen
said
you
know,
especially
as
far
as
she's
concerned.
I.
Think
part
of
the
misconception
is
that
you
know
folks,
see
I,
see
students
getting
on
the
bus
and
showing
their
ID
and
not
paying
anything,
but
there's
actually
a
contract
with
ISU
that
you
know
if
I'm,
not
mistaken,
uses
students
fee
money
to
help
pay
for
that
contract.
Q
O
You
and
that's
at
the
labor
at
this
point,
I
did
talk
over
the
weekend
with
Mike
mccurdy,
the
chair
of
Connect
transit
about
this
exact
topic
and
Ryan
White,
House
and
I
spoke
today
he's
the
Bloomington
representative
on
connect
transit
board
that
did
confirm.
That
is
how
the
funding
does
work,
and
so
I
know
that
it
can
be
perception
is
reality
seems
to
be
our
theme
these
days,
but
the
reality
is
that
is,
you
is
paying
through
a
separate
contract.
N
N
O
O
Ultimately,
though,
I
think
there
continues
to
be
this
disconnect
where
people
believe
that
the
Bloomington
City
Council
is
in
charge
of
fares
and
routes
and
decisions
policy
wise-
and
we
have
no
say
in
that-
and
so
I
I'm
hoping
for
and
I
was
talking
to
Mike
mccurdy
about
this-
that
we
can
come
to
a
better
partnership
to
direct
folks
to
the
right
source,
because
I
feel
bad
I
I
never
want
to
pass
the
buck,
but
I
have
no
ability
to
vote
on
a
fare
increase
or
not.
So
maybe
that
perhaps
next
time
Isaac
comes.
B
B
At
this
point,
we're
going
to
need
to
go
into
executive
session
just
to
let
everyone
know
you're,
very
welcome
to
stay
and
hear
us
adjourn,
but
we
are
not
going
to
be
answering
or
a
view
of
not
dealing
anymore
actual
business.
So
at
this
point,
can
we
have
a
motion
to
go
into
executive
session
for
Claims,
Settlement
litigation
and
collective
bargaining?
That's
listed
under
12,
a
B
and
C,
and
our
excuse
me,
pending
litigation.
Okay,
I
want
to
do
what
my
lawyer
tells
us
to
do.
Okay,
move
by
all
the
woman
helmet.