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C
C
D
A
E
Hi,
I
am
here,
thank
you.
Leslie,
okay,
go
ahead!
Well,
hello.
My
name
is
dee
urban
and
I
I
live
here
in
west
side.
Ward
6
is
where
I
live.
It's
where
I
work
it's
where
I
play
it's
my
community
to
be
really
honest
with
you.
I
was
very
hesitant
to
even
attempt
to
call
and
speak
to
you
at
this
very
important
meeting
and
honestly.
The
reason
I
hesitated
is,
I
don't
want
to
become
the
next
victim
of
violence,
the
next
victim
of
boycotting
the
next
victim
of
bullying
or
terror
tactics.
E
Yes,
we
really
need
a
code
of
conduct.
Yes,
we
need
action
steps
to
ensure
the
safety
of
our
residents.
The
safety
of
our
community
against
terrorist
actions,
unjustified
demands,
threats
of
intimidation,
but
the
very
people
that
have
convinced
me
to
make
this
call
to
you
tonight
are
asking
you
council
to
take
even
another
step
forward.
E
Please
also
reach
out
to
state
representatives
and
ask
them
to
put
legislation
in
place
to
empower
the
people
to
remove
someone
that
fails
to
represent
people
that
fails
to
keep
their
promises,
fails
to
actually
honor
justice
for
all
and
to
do
something
about
someone
that
resorts
to
bullying,
threats
and
demeaning
of
our
rights
to
live
life.
In
this
place
we
call
home
truly.
I
thank
you
tonight
so
much
for
taking
action
and
establishing
once
and
for
all
that
our
city
will
not
tolerate
being
threatened,
boycotted
bullied
into
becoming
an
unwelcoming
place.
F
Good
evening
go
ahead.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
members
of
the
city
council.
My
name
is
don
carlson,
I'm
a
resident
of
ward
4.,
I'm
speaking
tonight
about
freedom
of
speech,
and
what
I
think
is
this
harmful
discussion
of
restricting
political,
protected
speech
that
some
of
you
don't
like
this
council
simply
does
not
have
the
right
to
limit
speech
outside
of
your
own
meetings
and
official
business.
F
Governmental
bodies
often
have
formal
and
informal
guidelines
on
the
conduct
of
elected
officials
and
others
within
the
course
of
their
own
deliberations
and
meetings.
An
example
of
this
is
eliminating
my
own
speech
tonight
to
three
minutes,
but
these
guidelines
are
limited
to
actual
discourse,
while
conducting
your
official
business.
F
F
Each
of
you
have
the
right
to
speak
your
mind
outside
of
your
official
meetings.
You
do
not
give
up
this
right
simply
because
you've
been
elected
and
that
right
extends
to
jennifer
carrillo
as
well
and
as
elected
officials.
The
test
of
governing
free
speech
is
not
when
you
agree
with
the
rhetoric,
but
explicitly
when
you
don't.
F
F
C
G
H
All
right,
my
name
is
kim
rosie
tyson,
I'm
a
resident
of
ward
one
first,
I
want
to
say
that
this
meeting
is
a
waste
of
everyone's
time.
Furthermore,
directing
staff
to
create
a
code
of
conduct
would
be
a
giant
waste
of
everyone's
time
and
the
city's
resources
that
could
be
put
to
much
better
use.
I
think
it
is
a
very
disappointing
first
step
by
the
mayor-elect
and
makes
me
nervous
for
what
will
be
considered
serious
issues
in
the
future,
since
I
believe
most
people
have
only
read
the
headlines
and
not
the
full
post.
H
Striving
for
unity
sounds
nice,
but
it's
often
just
code
for
acquiescing
to
a
status
quo
that
benefits
the
powerful
but
excludes
many
in
our
community
actively
harms
people
on
the
margins
in
2019.
I
was
elected
based
on
my
commitment
to
fight
relentlessly
and
without
apology
for
these
folks.
I
have
not.
I
have
done
that
for
the
past
two
years
and
I
plan
to
continue
moti
and
becker
ran
campaigns
that
employed
fear-mongering
deception
and
intentional
misinformation
of
voters
sponsored
by
big
business
and
the
police
union.
H
H
Now
this
is
kim's
voice
again,
I
cannot
begin
to
understand
the
stress
of
facing
a
non-stop
onslaught
of
abuse
from
racist
online,
constant
threats
against
her
life,
her
and
her
families,
entire
websites
and
blogs,
dedicated
to
sharing
hate
and
vitriol
against
her
fueled
by
fellow
council
members
with
fake
aliases.
We
see
you
in
addition,
within
the
council
itself,
she
is
constantly
interrupted,
spoke
down
to
and
in
general,
given
very
little
respect
from
certain
other
council
members
in
boca
by
your
definition.
Your
lack
of
inaction
in
those
instances
is
pantomime
to
tacit
approval.
H
A
I
Scott
steimling,
I
am
extremely
disappointed
in
alderman
carrillo
that
this
city
has
basically
she
swore
an
oath.
If
you
recall
correctly
that
she
would
uphold
the
constitution
of
the
state
of
illinois
and
represent
the
people
of
this
city,
she
is
appalled
to
think
that
she's
representing
the
city,
I
suggest
she
take
a
look
at
herself
and
see
whether
or
not
if
the
shoe
fits
wear
it,
but
don't
go
tearing
other
people
down
and
she
is
a
disgrace
to
the
city.
I
A
G
Hey
there
can
we
all
hear
me?
Yes,
all
right,
so
I
just
want
to
start,
but
we
just
heard
the
issue
that
we
have
and
we
do
nothing
about
this.
We
do
nothing.
I
want
to
start.
I
have
this
whole
thing
planned
out
and
I'll
get
to
it,
but
what
this
is
what
we're
dealing
with-
and
I
see
you
donna-
I
see
you
maboka
joni
kim
you
do
nothing,
nothing!
You
sit
there.
You
smile
you
smirk,
and
this
is
it.
G
You
know
whatever
his
niceties.
There
are
right
but
like
while
we're
here
like
last
time,
I
checked
there
was
never
a
call
or
a
need
to
create
some
sort
of
code
of
conduct
in
this
recent
history
of
the
city,
and
we've
done
fine
with
that
one
for
190
years
further
is
telling
that
the
majority
of
the
council's
open
arms
by
a
young
woman,
whose
happens
to
speak
her
mind,
let's
not
even
get
into
the
conversation
on
the
sexist
use
of
unbecoming.
G
I
don't
ever
recall
a
request
for
kodakanic
when
mayor
renner
spoke
inappropriately,
as
you
determined
and
terry
saying
about
you,
sorry,
what
makes
it
so
different
now
really
what
makes
it
so
different.
Now,
julie
and
jeff,
I
mean
thank
you
for
not
signing
on
to
this
waste
of
time.
It
is
honestly
a
waste
of
time
moboka
in
all
the
time
on
the
council,
you
kick
the
can
down
the
road,
refusing
to
take
a
stance
on
anything.
G
G
G
G
Wouldn't
that
call
for
condemnation
for
censorship,
or
is
it
because
of
someone
else?
You
don't
like
speaking
out
that
you
feel
threatened
to
waste
our
time
like
this
leave
history
to
the
historians
and
don't
forget
to
close
the
door
on
your
way
out,
molly
and
jamie
honestly,
I'm
just
disappointed
you
had
to
co-sign
this
and
and
agree
to
doing
something
like
this.
G
Please
do
better
moving
forward.
I
expect
more.
We
have
far
more
pressing
issues
in
the
city.
We
have
people
that
are
going
to
be
facing
evictions
with
infrastructure
that
need
to
work.
We
have
police
who
pride
their
oversight.
We
have
landlords
that
abandon
their
properties
to
decay.
Please
stop
wasting
our
times
on
frivolous
things
like
this
and
do
better.
Thank
you.
A
H
H
H
Black
indigenous
people
of
color
young
people,
she's
been
a
consistently
fierce
supporter
advocating
for
them
actively
listening
to
them,
encouraging
them
to
pay
attention
and
get
involved
to
make
their
voices
heard
and
to
emerge
as
leaders
and
for
those
council
members
who
fall
painfully
short
in
that
arena.
This
is
where
council
member
carrillo
shines
it's
one
of
her
strongest
attributes
and
one
of
the
many
reasons
I
admire
her
leadership.
H
Now,
with
council
member
carrillo's,
staunch
advocacy
in
mind,
I
think
now
would
be
an
appropriate
time
to
reflect
on
the
many
instances
where
she
endured
outwardly.
Racist
accusations,
threats
and
general
mistreatment,
some
of
which
were
very
public,
some
of
which
happened
right
here
during
city
council
meetings.
H
As
far
as
the
comment
made
by
council
member
carrillo
regarding
becker
and
monteney
and
the
police
union.
Yes,
they
absolutely
got
bought
out
by
receiving
a
combined
total
of
over
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
in
campaign
contributions
from
police
interest
groups,
as
the
city
council
governs
over
the
police.
That
is
absolutely
problematic.
H
Council
member
carrillo
called
it
as
she
saw
it,
and
it's
true
and
fact-checked
council
member
carrillo
does
seem
outraged
and
I'm
outraged
as
well,
and
it
seems
rather
short-sighted
and
petty
to
patrol
the
language
of
council
members
when
there
are
far
greater
uses
of
your,
my
and
other
local
taxpayers,
time
and
resources,
and
just
to
expand
upon
my
frustration
with
this.
These
council
meetings
are
public
and
I've
watched
several
and
from
city
council
members
other
than
council
member
carrillo.
B
C
A
B
K
K
However,
I
was
appalled
at
her
lack
of
a
filter
when
she
publicly
expressed
her
opinion
of
the
newly
elected
older
person.
Any
person
who's
participating
in
a
public
forum
should
keep
a
civil
tongue
in
his
or
her
head.
All
my
close
friends
know
I
can
swear
like
a
sailor,
but
I'm
not
going
to
do
that
here,
because
I'd
sure,
like
to
comments
from
my
friends
in
the
community,
lead
me
to
believe
that
miss
carrillo
loves
all
this
negative
attention
and,
if
she's
rebuked
by
the
council,
possibly
she
will
not
retreat.
K
In
my
opinion,
she
is
a
spoiled
brat
who
will
just
pitch
a
fit
when
someone
tells
her
no,
and
I
would
encourage
her
to
grow
up
into
an
adult
with
the
presence
of
mind
to
learn
civility
and
how
to
compromise,
and
I
believe,
as
does
my
husband,
that
she
is
a
disgrace
to
representative
government
in
our
city.
Thank
you
very
much.
Okay,.
K
E
Okay,
I
am
a
resident
of
ward
six
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
look
forward
to
jen
making
the
lives
of
becker
and
monity's
time
on
the
council.
An
uncomfortable
hell
that
they're
not
accustomed
to
it
shouldn't
be
easy
for
two
candidates
who
were
sponsored
by
big
business
and
the
police
union
to
dictate
policies
for
the
real
people
jen
represents.
E
We
expect
her
to
continue
to
fight
unapologetically
for
us,
because
we
know
who
these
two
will
fight
for.
This
action
isn't
just
an
attempt
to
silence
jen
carrillo.
It
is
an
attempt
to
silence
the
people
she
represents
and
reflects
very
poorly
on
our
city
to
have
our
new
mayor-elect
that
primarily
took
the
wealthiest
wards
and
the
right
wing
vote.
K
K
E
B
E
E
We
are
living
in
unprecedented
times
right
now
and
I
promise
you
there
are
more
important
things
to
discuss
than
one
of
your
council
members
facebook
comments,
especially
when
that
same
council
member
has
been
the
target
of
harassment
since
before
she
was
even
elected
and
hardly
any
of
you
have
ever
even
once
stepped
up
for
her
yeah.
Maybe
maybe
jen
is
angry,
but
so
am
I
and
so
are
her
constituents.
So
are
millions
of
people?
There
are
black
people
dying
every
day
at
the
hands
of
the
people
who
swore
to
serve
and
protect
them.
E
Listen
to
some
of
these
comments
and
the
fear-mongering
that
is
so
prevalent
in
our
community
is
honestly
sad.
It
is
a
sign
of
privilege
and
ignorance
of
the
reality
of
so
many
folks
who
truly
do
experience,
violence
and
harassment
on
a
daily
basis,
julie,
emeg.
I
am
proud
of
you
with
my
older
woman
for
not
partaking
in
the
signing
of
this
petition
and
jen,
I'm
proud
of
you
for
never
backing
down
on
what
is
right.
E
We
are
living
in
a
pandemic.
Scientists
are
battling
fake
information
to
try
to
encourage
folks
to
get
vaccinated,
so
we
can
return
to
some
sense
of
normalcy.
There
are
people
in
our
community
who
are
impoverished,
who
are
going
hungry,
who
are
experiencing
homelessness?
I
mean
I
could
go
on
and
on
and
on
there's
so
much
more
for
this
council
to
do
than
take
the
time
to
formally
meet
to
tell
jen
her
comments
were
shitty
molly,
I'm
so
disappointed
in
you.
I
had
such
high
hopes
for
you.
E
As
a
council
member,
I
have
heard
you
call
yourself
an
ally,
and
yet
your
first
act
as
council
member
elect
is
to
partake
in
censuring
the
only
woman
of
color
on
the
council.
Being
an
ally
goes
far
beyond
policies,
training
and
words
molly,
and
I
guess
to
sum
it
up.
Just
please
oppose
the
creation
of
a
code
of
conduct,
stop
wasting
everybody's
time
and
get
to
pertinent
critical
matters.
E
B
B
I
will
I
also
was
going
to
read
so
we
have
crystal
able
elora,
swick,
zach,
gitrix
and
trevin
gaffney,
that
I
don't
see
present
in
the
meeting
currently
and
then
emailed.
Serena
fish,
amanda,
andres,
carrie,
handy
steven
sees
tori,
moray,
jordan,
baker,
gary
irs,
christina
spivey,
paula
lethal,
brenda,
talon,
kristen
snow
and
karen
bays,
who
emailed
a
public
comment.
M
M
M
M
And
whereas,
on
april
5th,
2021
council
member
jen
carrillo
posted
comments
on
facebook,
wherein
she
identified
herself
as
the
millington
city
council,
member
for
ward
6.
and
wherein
she
stated
that
she
looks
forward
to
making
the
lives
of
two
newly
elected
city
council
members
a
call
living
hell
for
the
next
two
years.
End
quote
and
calling
them
both
called
dangerous.
M
Authoritarians
brought
out
by
the
police
unions,
end
quote,
and
whereas
the
city
council
finds
that
posted
comments
do
not
foster
civil
discourse
and
rather
hinders
an
environment
where
the
council
can
work
together
to
meet
the
challenges
of
the
community
and
whereas,
by
this
resolution,
the
city
council
desires
to
address
councilmember.
Carrillo's
comments,
reinforce
its
commitment
to
civil
public
discourse
and
direct
staff
to
draft
a
quote
of
conduct
for
the
future.
M
Consideration
of
the
city
council
now,
therefore
be
resolved
by
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
wilmington
mclean
county
illinois
as
follows:
section
1,
the
above
stated
recitals
are
incorporated
here
and
by
reference
section.
Two,
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
bloomington,
hereby
reaffirms
its
commitment
to
treating
others
with
respect
and
the
importance
of
fostering
the
civil
public
discourse
of
issues
impacting
the
city.
A
L
L
L
This
should
lead
anybody
with
a
moral
compass
to
the
conclusion
that
the
status
quo
is
absolutely
intolerable
and
that
every
day
that
we
allow
it
to
persist,
we
are
choosing
to
be
complicit
in
the
most
inhumane
and
vicious
system
that
human
beings
have
ever
devised.
So
now
I
want
to
get
to
the
comments
in
in
this
context,
so,
in
spite
of
being
privy
to
the
same
abhorrent
facts
that
I
just
shared
nick
becker
and
sheila
montni
center,
their
campaigns
on
the
need
for
unquestioning
compliance
towards
police's
authority
figures
and
yes,
that's
called
authoritarianism.
K
A
L
So
they
propose
that
we
not
only
maintain
the
status
quo
but
expand
upon
it
by
continuing
to
increase
the
police
department's
budget
year
after
year,
they've
rejected
community
calls
for
meaningful
police
reform,
they've
lied
and
fear-mongered
their
way
into
office,
financed
by
record-breaking
donations
from
the
very
same
police
union.
That
represents
the
officers
that
they
now
have
to
oversee.
So
do
I
stand
by
my
comments?
L
Yes,
because
by
advocating
for
the
retrograde
and
authoritarian
and
racist
policies
that
they
have
run
on
becker
and
montney
have
through
their
actions,
even
if
they
have
not
said
as
much
effectively
promise
to
make
life
a
living
hell
for
tens
of
thousands
of
people
in
my
community,
especially
black
and
brown
people.
So
I
have
no
problem
with
the
fact
that
on
election
night
I
decided
to
use
my
public
platform
to
make
every
commitment
to
fight
for
those.
L
L
Go
ahead,
I
will
wrap
it
up,
as
many
folks
have
named
during
public
comment.
The
vast
majority
of
this
body
has
watched
idly
by
as
people
abuse
the
process
to
silence
my
voice.
As
fellow
council
members
interrupt
deliberately
say
my
name
wrong
as
they
attack
and
discredit
people
and
organizations
that
I
have
a
relationship
with
as
people
are
calling
for
my
deportation
as
people
question
my
citizenship
status
and
have
done
nothing
so
now
to
have
the
audacity
to
have
this
meaning
talking
about
civility.
L
N
N
Moreover,
I
do
not
support
a
formal
censure
or
the
creation
of
a
code
of
conduct.
I
think
it
establishes
a
worrisome
precedent
that
could
be
used
to
limit
other
speech
across
this
elected
body.
Rather,
I
would
prefer
that
we
and
city
staff
focus
our
efforts
on
the
business
at
hand
of
working
for
the
residents
of
bloomington.
N
N
Instead
of
doing
this,
I
would
rather
spend
time
reviewing
the
connect,
transit
and
public
works
presentations
that
are
on
our
regular
agenda
today.
Community
efforts
to
go
green,
greater
mental
health,
of
course,
improved
infrastructure,
grant
procurement
and
gun
violence.
We
are
all
exhausted
by
covid
and
we
are
finally
fingers
crossed
nearing
a
tipping
point.
Let's
hold
each
other
accountable,
yes,
but
not
at
the
expense
of
getting
the
work
of
the
city
done.
Finally,
as
a
reminder
to
all
residents
of
bloomington,
your
voice
is
your
vote.
Ultimately,
you
decide
who
serves
if
you
choose
to
vote.
N
D
D
D
I
would
also
note,
as
many
have
also
mentioned,
that
all
the
roman
cario's
ethics
and
motivations
have
all
have
been
attacked
by
members
of
this
council
and
malicious
lies
and
threats
have
been
made
against
her
and
her
family
by
the
public.
None
of
you
have
spoken
out
against
this,
so
this
just
seems
hypocritical.
Therefore
I'll
be
voting
now.
O
I
too
have
a
commitment
to
represent
my
constituents,
and
the
overwhelming
majority
of
the
residents
of
ward
7,
who
have
reached
out
to
me
over
the
past
two
weeks,
have
communicated
that
the
comments
cannot
be
shrugged
off
without
a
rebuke
to
those
who
would
like
to
characterize
this.
As
a
free
speech
issue
or
those
who
raised
concerns
about
comments
that
have
been
made
toward
council
member
carrillo
by
members
of
the
public,
I
say
that
there
is
a
fundamental
difference
between
the
actions
of
a
private
citizen
and
the
actions
of
an
elected
public
official.
O
O
A
P
Thanks
mayor
molly
just
said
quite
a
few
of
the
things
I
was
going
to
say
too,
I
haven't
had
an
issue
where
this
many
people
have
reached
out
to
me
in
the
entire
time
I've
been
on
council
at
this
point,
both
good
and
bad,
about
the
comments.
So
I
wanted
to
share
a
story
a
couple
of
weeks
before
the
election,
I
had
a
conversation
with
a
local
developer,
who
had
reached
out
to
me
he's
been
trying
to
bring
a
company
to
bloomington
that
builds
mixed
income,
housing
developments
all
over
the
midwest.
P
P
What
I'm
trying
to
get
to
the
point
here
is
that
I
agreed
to
this
meeting
specifically
to
reassure
the
community
that
council
member
carrillo
does
not
speak
for
the
rest
of
the
council
and
that
I
agree
that
her
comments
were
unacceptable
and
inappropriate.
I
don't
think
she's
ever
claimed
to
speak
for
the
rest
of
the
council
and
that's
perfectly
fine,
but
there
is
a
time
and
a
place
for
everything
I
also
want
to.
P
Let
people
know
that
in
response
to
the
number
one
question
I've
gotten,
the
last
two
weeks
is
that
no
under
illinois
law
there
is
no
way
to
remove
a
sitting
mayor
or
city
council.
Member
there's
nothing
we
can
do
about
that.
That
can
only
be
changed
by
the
residents
of
bloomington
by
collecting
signatures
and
having
an
ordinance
put
to
a
vote
via
referendum,
so
the
next
opportunity
for
that
is
in
2022.
P
P
D
A
A
A
A
C
R
C
S
A
S
A
S
All
right
good
evening,
my
name
is
alan
max
axelrod,
I'm
the
campaign
lead
of
noah
amaran
shutoffs,
that's
a
zero
dollar
all-volunteer,
grassroots
coalition
of
51
member
organizations
and
counting
spanning
the
state
of
illinois,
north
and
south,
east
and
west.
I
shouldn't
even
be
speaking
to
you
today.
S
We
saw
the
same
pattern
in
west
virginia
in
indiana
in
tennessee
that
any
time
utility
shutoffs
had
resumed
due
to
the
cessation
of
a
moratorium
during
this
pandemic.
Two
weeks
later,
the
coronavirus
caseloads
exploded
in
illinois.
When
that
happened
two
weeks
after
utility
shots,
we
had
over
two
thousand
cases
a
day,
three
weeks
after
utility
shutoffs.
It
was
over
three
thousand
cases
a
day,
four
weeks
after
utility
shops.
S
It's
happening
again,
not
in
illinois,
yet
because
we
still
have
another
week
to
go,
but
in
pennsylvania
and
michigan
michigan,
which
isn't
even
a
top
six
population
state
is
number
one
in
new
corona
virus
cases.
The
state
of
illinois
due
to
new
b117
strain
of
coronavirus
is
neck
and
neck
with
texas.
S
S
S
The
initiative
before
you
tonight
is
on
invoicing
your
support
for
that
legislation,
which
would
appropriate
federal
funds
to
rent
and
utility
providers,
there's
landlords,
property
managers
and
utility
providers
who
need
those
funds
earmarked
by
households
to
catch
people
up
on
their
debt
so
that
they
aren't
de-housed
in
mass,
like
they
were
last
time.
Please
vote
in
favor
of
the
initiative.
Thank
you.
T
Hi,
I'm
matt,
I'm
a
member
of
the
local
dsa,
cpusa
and
tenant
union.
I
apologize
that
I
couldn't
make
the
special
session
earlier.
My
comments
mostly
pertain
to
that,
but
seeing
how
it
all
played
out
in
the
mockery
of
local
government,
you
all
made
it
everything
I
have
to
say
is
equally
pertinent.
Now,
as
was
then,
I
really
think
this
is
a
new
low
for
this
council.
The
six
of
you
clown
shoes
want
to
be
off.
Tour
authoritarians.
T
U
You
I
was
coming
to
speak
on
council
member
cravel's
initiative
to
encourage
you
know
bloomington,
adding
its
name
to
the
other
communities
that
have
decided
to
do
what
they
can
in
instances
like
this
in
a
pandemic.
Alan
detailed
it
beautifully.
It's
really
something
small
to
ask
from
us
here
on
the
on
the
council,
those
privileged
people
that
can
use
their
position
of
power
to
be
able
to
do
something
for
a
lot
of
people
that
are
going.
I
work
at
the
salvation
army.
U
U
Boca
muellembe
was
just
elected
your
mayor
and
you
still
refuse
to
know
so
all
of
this
theater
about
feeling
like
threatened
by
and
and
she's
terrorizing
you,
you
don't
deal
with
what
a
lot
of
people
in
your
own
community
deal
with.
Please
like
see
past
yourself
and
again,
instead
of
passing
something
like
six
of
you
just
did
something
that's
going
to
be
completely
useless
to
try
to
silence
someone.
You
could
be
using
your
your
privilege
to
do
something
better.
I
There
was
a
neighbor
that
was
out
walking
on
the
sidewalk,
they
tried,
they
were
terrible
and
they
were
tried
the
streets
and
they
were
worse.
Now
when,
when
are
these
going
to
be
addressed,
I
mean
you
could,
let's
say,
break
their
neck
first
and
I'm
embarrassed
of
the
then
the
storm
drains
are
sunk
down
so
low
that
when
there's
a
runoff,
the
water
can't
get
way
that
fast
and
it
floods
the
roads.
I
I
A
H
Just
to
expound
upon
my
frustration
that
the
meeting
was
taking
place
at
all
the
city
council
meetings
are
public
and
I've
watched
several
online
and
from
council
members
other
than
council
member
corrio.
I've
witnessed
some
very
childish,
passive
aggression,
unwillingness
or
stubbornness
to
discuss
or
explore
issues
exaggerated
nitpickiness
or
choosing
to
be
difficult
to
work
with
on
issues
that
they're
not
interested
in
or
don't
support,
even
if
the
rest
of
the
council
has
no
issue
with
it
and
is
simply
just
wanting
to
discuss
it
further.
H
So
it
seems
to
me
that
someone
can
be
passive.
Aggressive
obstruct
city,
council,
discourse
and
processes,
be
casually
racist
or
outwardly
racist,
but
you
won't
bat
an
eye
about
it
as
long
as
they
say
please
and
thank
you
or
is
it
deeper
like
the
xenophobia
and
racism
we've
heard
tonight
already
again,
this
is
absurd.
Let
our
elected
leaders
speak
and
we
have
larger
community
goals.
To
look
to
I'd
also
like
to
thank
councilmember
craybill
for
his
contribution
to
the
meeting
tonight
and
I'd
also
like
to
address
councilmember
ward.
I
was
disappointed
in
your
vote.
H
H
H
It
just
doesn't
make
sense
specifically.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
say
and
want
all
of
my
representatives
to
hear
is
that
centrists
are
absolutely
obstructionists
and
there's
no
way
we're
going
to
get
anything
done.
If
you
continue
to
vote
no
and
just
stand
back
from
making
the
hard
decisions
and
standing
up
for
the
actual
right
things
that
will
help
the
people
of
this
town,
I'm
disappointed.
A
A
G
C
G
Yes,
wonderful
so
now
that
furless
business
out
of
the
way
by
the
way,
disappointed,
especially
you,
jamie
and
molly,
expected
better
I'd
like
to
bring
up
something
that
was
presented
to
council
last
week,
the
law
rentorium
and
these
landlords
that
spoke
before
I
want
to
first
thank
those
who
go
to
yes
on
continuing
the
local
watermelon
tomorrow.
So
that's
you,
jamie
and
molly.
Thank
you
as
well
as
the
other
three
thank
you
again
and
I'm
unsurprised
by
those
who
voted.
No,
you
know
who
you
are.
G
G
I
urge
the
council
to
pay
no
attention
to
these
landlords
and
their
supposed
flights.
They
claim
they
provide
a
service
to
the
people
livington,
but
instead
leech
off
the
workers,
workers
hard
earned
money
allowing
the
audacity
to
they're
entitled
to
rents
because
they
put
in
the
risk
the
risk
of
owning
investment
property
is
that
you
can
lose
money,
that's
the
life
and
that's
life.
We
should
not
bail
these
landlords
for
poor
or
poor
financial
planning
or
simple
greed,
which
is
far
more
likely.
G
G
People
will
pay
that
because
you
cannot
put
a
price
on
your
own
personal
safety
and
security
homeless.
Business
is
not
an
option.
We
should
not
be
encouraging
that
by
giving
these
people
what
they
want,
it's
clear
that
organizing
around
this
and
you'll
hear
more
from
them
do
not
fall
for
their
lies
or
sob
stories.
Stick
with
the
hard-working
people
that
make
blooming
work
that
make
women
thrive
to
make
our
city
a
city
and
not
those
who
suck
every
penny
possible
from
its
citizens.
G
W
Three
minutes
all
right,
I'm
I'm
tate
mabaka
has
already
shown
complete
failure
and
governance
with
his
first
action
being
offended
over
some
words.
Instead
of
actually
doing
something
to
help
the
people
of
bloomington,
he
didn't
seem
concerned
when
board
members
said
racist,
which
we
all
know
has
happened.
So
why
does
he
seem
to
care
now
because
he's
an
authoritarian
that
would
rather
censor
and
control
public
officials
than
actually
work
with
his
colleagues
to
help
the
town?
He
would
rather
make
up
fake
decorum
rules
and
pretend
her
language
was
too
mean
for
the
public.
W
This
is
a
pathetic
excuse
to
censor
jen
and
control.
Her
there's
nothing
wrong
with
strong
language
and
honestly,
if
you
were
that
offended
over
language,
that's
just
sad.
Also
as
a
representative
of
the
local
tenants
union,
there
are
more
issues
in
this
community
than
language.
We
are
at
a
crisis
in
america
with
evictions
and
people
are
dying,
but
this
is
what
you're
concerned
about.
Why
don't
you
give
a
about
the
people
in
this
community
jen
as
she.
A
Q
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council
just
a
couple
of
quick
comments
regarding
covet
at
the
arena
for
vaccination.
We've
actually
vaccinated
over
33
000
in
the
region
in
the
county,
and
that
would
be
a
mix
of
moderna
pfizer
and
johnson
and
johnson.
Although
johnson
johnson
has
been
suspended
for
indefinite
future
and
then
we're
scheduled
tuesday
through
friday
of
this
week,
a
little
bit
more
than
5
000
doses
for
the
residents
of
the
community.
Q
So
one
to
share
that
and
then
also
I
just
want
to
share
appreciation
from
myself
and
staff
to
downtown
business
owners
to
the
students
that
were
out
for
a
pub
crawl
this
weekend
and
to
the
bloomington
police
department.
We
got
a
call
early
afternoon
on
saturday
that
there
was
a
number
of
people
without
math
doing
the
pub
crawl
that
we
knew
was
coming
to
our
downtown
and
turned
this
thing.
Q
I
think,
into
a
positive
when
it
could
have
been
one
of
enforcement,
and
that
was
really
not
the
pathway
to
go.
A
couple
of
officers
went
down
with
disposable
masks
and
you
know
handed
them
out
instead
to
the
students
that
were
trying
to
have
a
good
time
received.
A
fair
amount
of
appreciation
from
the
students
themselves
and
from
the
business
owners,
so
one
to
share
that
you
know
took
something
that
was
a
positive
and
kept
it
a
positive.
Q
A
A
I'm
not
very
tech
savvy,
but
I
went
on
five
times
and
tried
to
figure
out
how
to
to
to
register,
and
it
may
be
there-
maybe
some
other
reasons,
but
then
we
want
to
try
to
make
it
as
try
to
make
it
as
user
friendly
as
possible,
but
I'm
glad
we're
making
progress.
Sir.
Thank
you
so
much
at
this
point.
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
mr
gleason
who's
going
to
introduce,
make
some
preparatory
comments
about
the
connect
transit
budget
and
then,
ultimately,
we're
going
to
have
mr
ryan
whitehouse
who's.
Q
V
Thank
you.
Thank
you
tim
thank
you,
mr
manny,
as
the
manager
said,
and
at
his
direction,
I've
served
at
the
as
the
city's
connect
transit
board
representative
since
the
fall
of
2020,
I
believe
similar
to
the
city
of
bloomington.
Connect,
has
been
also
been
formulating,
its
annual
budget
for
the
coming
year.
V
As
you
recall,
the
budget
was
presented
to
you
as
part
of
your
three-on-ones
back
in
believe
january
february,
and
the
budget
was
actually
presented
to
the
board
last
month.
The
plans
for
formal
consideration
later
this
month
as
part
of
that
process
in
an
effort
to
be
more
transparent.
With
this
process,
you
requested
that
connect
transit
actually
publicly
present
a
summary
of
its
proposed
budget
during
a
regular
meeting.
So
that
is
what
is
happening
tonight
on
the
line.
I
believe
we
have
connect
transit
board,
chairman
ryan
whitehouse.
V
J
Well,
thank
you
very
much.
I
I
won't
take
much
time
because
we
have
gone
over
this,
but
I
do
think.
As
deputy
city
manager,
billy
tyus
said,
we
are
happy
to
share
our
numbers
and
our
figures
and
with
the
public
and
with
you
and
let
the
public
know
what
we're
doing
we're
very
proud
of
what
we're
accomplishing
at
connect
transit.
J
J
Okay,
can
you
see?
Can
you
all
see
that
yeah
we're
good
ryan?
Okay?
So,
as
you
can
see
here,
just
our
budget
overview
and
I
think
for
the
public,
we
have
an
operating
budget,
our
fiscal
year
2022,
which
will
start
this
june.
Our
operating
budget
is
a
15
million
dollar
operating
budget
of
that
budgeted
revenue,
65
of
that
comes
from
the
illinois
department
of
transportation
or
about
9.6
million
dollars.
J
I
think
that's
pretty
understood
across
the
board,
but
between
flavor
and
employee
benefits.
It's
a
large
chunk
of
it.
We
are
very
proud
that
we
can
pay
our
employees
to
what
we
do
and
provide
the
benefits
that
we
do
and
but
we
have
to,
but
it
takes
quite
a
bit
of
money
to
do
that.
There's
other
things
larger
numbers
that
you
can
see
on
that
fuels,
the
insurance,
professional
fees,
munich,
utilities
and
miscellaneous,
but
overall
we're
budgeting
about
15
million
dollars
in
the
operating
expenses.
J
Again,
I
want
to
go
into
more
detail
what
the
city
of
bloomington
is
contributing
to
us
and
the
partnership
that
we
have
and
as
a
bullingtonian,
I
sure
appreciate-
and
I
know,
connect
transit
board
and
connect.
Transit
staff
and
employees
are
extremely
and
then
citizens
are
happy
that
you
guys
step
up
to
the
plate
and
help
us.
So
the
total
fiscal
year,
2022
city
of
bloomington
contribution
totally
is
gonna,
be
we're
asking
for
one
million
four
hundred
and
fifty
one
thousand
six
hundred
and
eighty
one
dollars
of
that.
J
Six
hundred
and
eleven
thousand
six
hundred
eighty
one
is
capital
contributions
and
840
is
operating.
I
think
it's
probably
self-explanatory,
but
just
in
case
the
public
is
not
aware
operating.
This
helps
us
move
the
buses
and
and
and
get
the
buses
from
point
a
and
point
b
on
your
streets
and
in
your
community
the
capital
contribution.
J
We
use
the
capital
contributions
from
both
the
bloomington
and
the
town
of
normal
to
match
state
and
federal
funds
which
receives
more
funds
back
from
department
of
transportation
and
illinois
department
of
transportation.
So
those
capital
funds
really
help
us
grow
the
pot
to
provide
more
upgrades
and
shelters
in
our
community.
J
You
can
see
the
three-year
revenue
and
expenses
of
connect
transit,
and
I
know
I
believe
the
council
has
been
shared
with
his
has
has
this,
and
so
we
can
make
this
public
as
well
I'll,
just
jump
to
the
bottom
there
in
fiscal
year
2020.
Our
total
expense
is
about
13
million
dollars
our
fiscal
year
2021
this
year
at
the
end
at
the
end
of
june,
will
be
13
million
600
and
we
are
projecting
15
million
dollars
and-
and
I
think
there's
a
few
reasons
there-
you
can
see
expenses
labor
will
go
up.
J
J
Again,
you
all
know
this,
but
I
I
can't
talk
enough
about
this,
because
I'm
really
excited
about
it.
I
think,
as
a
community,
we
should
be
our
capital
projects
in
fiscal
year.
2022
are
the
downtown
bloomington
transfer
center
18
million
dollars
total
project
project,
utilizing
only
state
and
federal
grants.
We
are
going
to
build
this
project
using
state
and
federal
monies
that
came
back
to
the
taxpayers
of
the
city
of
bloomington,
and
we
couldn't
be
happier
to
do
that.
J
J
We
plan
to
have
all
of
our
current
bus
stops:
100,
ada,
compliant
compliant,
and
in
fiscal
year
2022.
We
are
scheduled
to
complete
100..
Why
we
can't
do
more
just
so
the
public
knows
it
takes
time,
even
though
a
small
bus
stop.
There
are
lots
of
rules
and
studies
that
we
have
to
do
with
the
federal
government
and
state
government
that
takes
a
little
bit
of
time
and
then
also
the
architecture
and
engineering
and
then
finding
the
individuals
in
the
workforce
to
build
these.
Of
course,
we
contract
that
out.
J
So
we
are
moving
as
fast
as
possible
on
that
the
electric
buses
we're
excited
about
that
as
well.
Four
buses
will
be
delivered
in
fiscal
year,
2022
that
are
fully
electric.
Those
are
also
funded
entirely
from
state
and
federal
grants,
again
state
and
federal
money
coming
back
to
the
taxpayers
of
the
city
of
bloomington,
and
we
have
additional
13
buses
to
be
added
over
the
next
four
years.
This
is
really
a
path
that
fta
and
department
of
transportation
are
going
and
we
are.
We
are
bot.
We
are
supportive
of
this,
and
we
are.
J
A
R
Yeah
ryan.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
executive
summary
that
came
along
with
this.
I
think
I
had
asked
for
that
and
it's
very
beneficial
to
give
the
overview,
but
I
do
have
I
go
down
the
side,
the
side,
the
far
right
column,
to
see
where
there's
percent
increase
percent
decrease,
and
could
you
speak
to
the
20
29
increase
from
federal
support?
Has
that
is
that
to
do
with
what
does
that
have
to
do
with
I'm.
X
Yeah,
the
the
increase
is
primarily
due
to
to
the
use
of
cares
money.
The
system
received
a
substantial
cares,
grant
we're
using
that
to
cover
revenue
shortfalls
from
things
like
the
the
fair
free
policy
which
has
existed
for
over
a
year.
Now,
the
board
is
tentatively
planning
to
reinstitute
fairs
in
the
first
of
june.
I
think
that
somewhat
depends
upon
what's
going
on
with
the
the
pandemic
at
that
point,
but
that's
sort
of
the
plan,
but
that's
why
the
extra
money
it's
due
to
drying
down
cares
funding.
J
J
X
Yeah,
I
think,
there's
a
there's
a
small
amount
of
local
contribution.
There,
ryan,
not
a
large
amount.
The
reason
we
didn't
list-
that
is
because
that
project
is
scheduled
to
be
completed
in
the
current
fiscal
year.
So
by
july
1
we
expect
to
have
that
completed.
It
will
provide
all
of
the
electricity
that
we
use
at
the
connect
mobility
of
the
connect
transit
office
on
wiley
drive.
X
It
will
not
necessarily
provide
all
of
the
electricity
needed
for
the
bus
charging
stations.
However,
we
have
an
agreement
with
corn
belt
energy.
We
get
a
very
special
rate
since
we
will
be
using
that
for
electric
vehicles,
so
it's
a
very,
very
low
rate,
very
competitive
rate,
but
certainly
you'll
notice
in
fy
22.
Our
utility
costs
are
going
down
because
we
don't
expect
to
have
any
electricity
costs
for
actually
operating
the
for
the
electricity
needs
of
the
buildings
here
on
our
campus
at
on
wiley
drive.
D
D
J
X
Let
me
just
add
to
that:
if
I
could
ryan-
and
that
is
true-
electric
buses
are
lower
maintenance
overall,
plus
they'll
be
brand
new.
Unfortunately,
we've
still
got
a
pretty
old
fleet
and
as
it
ages,
our
maintenance
costs
are
going
up.
We
we
have
some
buses
that
are,
I
think,
2003
buses.
We
actually
purchased
those
some
years
ago
from
the
city
of
champaign.
D
Great,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
My
other
question
would
be
on
the
ada
compliant
bus
stops.
How
do
you
decide
of
the
maybe
400
now
still
left
to
do,
which
comes
first,
and
is
there
any
way
to
like
determine
you
know
at
this
particular
area?
There's
more
people
that
with
disabilities,
that
would
you
know
need
that.
Ada
bus
stop
versus
maybe
another
stop
in
a
different
part
of
the
community.
J
Yeah,
that's
a
great
question
jeff,
so
we
do.
We
do
have
a
process
in
place.
We
do
use
the
data
and
humans
are
data,
points
right.
We
use
the
data
of
when
people
are
checking
in
and
and
scanning
their
back
passes
or
paying
know
how
many
we
choose
routes
that
are
have
a
lot
of
ridership
right.
So
the
we
try
to
use
try
to
make
the
ada
ones
make
them
more.
The
larger
users
more
ada.
J
We
also
talk
to
our
drivers
and
our
drivers
are
skilled
professionals
and
they
they
tell
staff
quite
a
bit.
There
are
a
lot
of
individuals
that
are
using
this
bus,
stop
that
are
using
the
ada
facility.
So
we
have
that
conversation.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I
know
tonight
before
this.
There
was
a
gm
meeting
where
gm
and
the
gm
and
staff
meet
with
our
drivers
and
they
talk
about
these
types
of
things
and
other
things.
J
J
X
The
other
thing
I
might
add,
if
I
could
just
we
do
coordinate
with
the
city
staff
pretty
closely
because
there's
some
of
these
stops
that
also
require
some
sidewalk
extensions
or
sidewalk
improvements,
and
so
we
work
closely
with
staff.
So
we
try
to
time
our
work
to
happen
about
the
same
at
the
same
time.
X
N
Yeah
and
thanks
again
for
the
presentation
to
both
of
you,
my
colleagues
have
asked
most
of
my
questions,
so
my
one
question
that
I'm
getting
from
a
lot
of
constituents
now
that
that
a
location
has
been
selected
for
the
new
transfer
center.
I
really
appreciate
the
process
that
you
took
in
the
last
round
to
get
a
lot
of
feedback
from
the
community,
and
I
just
wondered
what
we
can
expect
as
an
opportunity
to
weigh
in
in
general
about
what
that
facility
will
be
when
we
get
we
get
to
the
planning
stages.
J
Great
question:
councilman
emig,
those
that
know
me:
I
am
constantly
on
staff,
saying
move
faster.
I
want
this
building
built
and
but
we're
doing
it
in
a
way.
So
let
me
give
you
a
brief
where
we
are-
and
this
is
not
an
excuse,
but
just
the
facts.
There
are
lots
of
hoops
we
have
to
jump
through,
since
this
is
being
paid
for
by
the
department
of
transportation
in
the
federal
level.
In
the
state
level,
we
have
to
comply
with
a
lot
of
their
stuff.
J
J
J
N
J
All
you're
doing
but
don't
say
one
thing
sure
I
just
want
to
thank
and
again
from
the
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
I
do
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
a
partnership
in
this
community
and
connect
transit,
but
I
really
the
last
year
I
was
chairman
I
do
want
to
especially
thank
the
individuals
that
are
leaving
the
council
mayor,
renner,
councilmember,
bray
and
councilmember
painter.
Thank
you
for
being
advocates
for
transit.
Thank
you
for
listening
and
and
trying
to
get
the
facts
from
staff
and
from
the
board
before
you
respond
to
comments.
J
That
means
a
lot
to
us.
It
means
a
lot
to
me
and
I
really
appreciate
your
leadership
in
the
community
on
that
and
helping
us
spread
the
message
about
connect
transit
and
how
successful
so
we
are.
So
thank
you
for
your
service
to
our
community
and
best
of
luck
and
please
stay
in
touch
with
connect,
transit.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
appreciate
that
and
now
we're
going
to
move
right
along
to
the
next
item
on
our
regular
agenda
and
that's
item
b,
presentation
of
a
solid
waste
program.
We've
got
about
a
20
minute
presentation
about
20,
minute
council
discussion
and
then
we
will
move
on
to
item
c,
which
is
a
council
initiative.
Mr
gleason
turned
over
to
you.
Q
Thank
you
mayor
and
council.
This
is
our
fourth
presentation
that
we've
come
to
council
with
and
kevin
cohey.
The
public
works
director
is
going
to
share
some
of
the
changes
that
are
going
to
occur
at
the
convenience
center
citizen
convenience
center.
That
has
been
approved
at
my
level,
but
also
there
are
some
areas
that
are
staff
recommendations
that
would
require
a
code
change.
We're
not
going
to
do
that
with
this
seated
council
in
the
last
meeting
next
week.
Q
This
is
a
conversation
that
we'll
have
with
the
newly
seated
council
and
one
that
will
come
before
them
in
a
conversation
in
a
community
conversation
sometime
after
they're
seated
may
1st
one
thing
that
I
wanted
to
share:
we've
thrown
a
lot
of
numbers
out
at
everyone,
and
I
truly
am
a
numbers
person.
It's
a
responsibility
of
mine
as
the
city
manager,
whether
it's
the
finance
directors,
different
presentations.
Q
You
know
every
month
and
with
the
fiscal
year
budgets
for
any
director
presentation
regarding
numbers,
I
want
to
be
very
clear
that
when,
when
the
current
changes
were
put
into
effect
spring
of
2018,
it
was
something
like
anything.
This
major
you
have
to
reassess.
You
have
to
evaluate
to
make
sure
that
this
is
functioning
as
we
thought
it
would.
Q
That
reassessment
would
have
occurred.
You
know
late
winter
early
spring
last
year,
except
for
covid.
It
was
an
all
hands
on
deck
moment
and
the
primary
functions
of
public
works
in
this
case
truly
was
a
priority,
and
even
though
we're
not
quite
out
of
covid,
yet
I
think
we
see
a
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel,
but
we're
still
in
the
tunnel.
Q
This
is
also
one
that
we
definitely
need
to
address
as
much
as
we
possibly
can
absent
code
recommendations
from
staff
for
council
to
make
we've
thrown
out
a
number
of
1.3
million
dollars
as
the
deficit.
That's
a
real
number
300
000
of
that
is
the
amount
that
we
are
trying
to
build
back
our
reserves.
Q
So
I
want
to
be
very
clear
that
this
is
not
a
show
game
with
taxpayer
dollars,
but
want
to
communicate
very
clearly
of
that.
One
million
dollar
projected
deficit
about
320
330
dollars.
We
feel
it's
appropriate
that
it
would
be
funded
by
the
general
fund
versus
the
enterprise
fund,
but
that
is
not
a
question
for
council
tonight,
but
it
is
part
of
the
presentation.
Q
Y
Go
ahead,
thank
you,
city
manager,
gleason
and
mayor
and
council.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
in
front
of
you
again
and
as
c
manager
mentioned.
This
is
our
our
fourth
in
a
series
here,
but
you
know:
we've
been
laying
the
groundwork
to
get
to
this
point
and
we're
building
on
what's
been
print
presented
up
till
now,
and
some
of
this
is
gonna
be
a
little
bit
of
recap
to
tie
it
together.
Y
But
you
know
we
look
forward
to
sharing
this
information
with
you
and
moving
forward
with
the
recommendations
here.
So
the
projected
budget
shortfall,
as
mr
gleason
mentioned,
is
1.3
million
for
the
next
five
years,
and
that
includes
300
000
to
build
up
the
reserves
to
where
they
should
be
for
an
enterprise
fund.
Y
But
we
don't
necessarily
encourage
that
to
drop
that
off
during
the
regular
business
hours
of
that
citizens,
convenience
center
well
those
hours.
You
know
we
have
no,
no,
it's
not
open
on
mondays,
it's
open
on
saturday
and
it's
open
later
into
the
evening
on
wednesdays,
and
so
we've
looked
at.
You
know,
as
we
make
look
to
make
some
other
adjustments
in
the
solid
waste
you
know
curbside,
pickup
and
stuff.
Y
Maybe
this
is
something
that
could
be
increased
just
to
provide
that
a
little
bit
better
level
of
service,
because
it
does
back
up
at
times
some
of
the,
as
mr
gleason
alluded
to
some
of
the
the
things
that
we
can
do
under
his
authority,
we
will
other
things
are
going
to
require.
You
know
some
changes
to
city
code,
and
so
you
know
some
of
this
we'll
just
codifying
it
will
make
it
a
little
bit
easier
to
enforce.
Y
And
so,
as
we
look
at
the
ccc,
we
see
that
you
know
cost
wise.
If
we
could
eliminate
those
box
trucks,
those
enclosed
trailers
that
are
bringing
in
a
lot
of
material,
we
could
potentially
see
a
savings
of
almost
32
000
a
year
and
then,
if
we
were
charging
for
the
extra
trips
per
month,
potentially
another
five
thousand,
so
we're
looking
at
you
know,
making
adjustments
could
save
37
000
a
year
with
the
citizens
convenience
center
going
forward,
and
then
here's
the
usage.
Y
A
nice
bar
chart.
That
kind
of
shows
you
by
by
day
of
week
and
time
of
day
what
our
usage
is
and
we
we
do
have
a
lot
of
users,
as
you
can
see
from
just
through
from
march
2020.
Through
april
11th,
we
had
over
32
000
trips
come
into
the
citizen,
convenience
center,
and
just
in
the
last
few
years
we
started
tracking
this
a
lot
a
lot
more
closely
than
we
had
before.
Y
So
that's
that's
a
lot
of
people
that
are
using
it,
and
one
thing
I
want
to
mention
is
that
when
we
plot
out
the
addresses
of
those
that
are
using
this
and
look
at
it
is,
is
it
a
certain
area
of
the
city
or
certain
demographic
or
whatever?
That
might
be?
And
no
it's
truly.
We
see
that
it's
addresses
throughout
the
city,
it's
being
well
utilized,
not
by
you
know,
east
siders
or
west
siders,
or
people
in
the
core
of
the
city,
it's
being
utilized
by
all
users
of
our
solid
waste
program.
Y
That
way
and
then
the
cost
the
cost
of
this
spring
and
fall
bulk
pickup.
For
last
year,
we
had
the
summer
in
in
fall
bulk
pickup.
We
were
looking
at
using.
We
used
a
total
additional
labor
equipment
of
120,
000
and
and
what
that
means
is
that
we
actually
rented
some
extra
equipment
extra
loaders
and
we
also
pulled
staff
from
our
streets
and
sewers
division
to
help
to
try
to
get
everything
picked
up
in
that
two-week
time
frame,
because
there's
just
so
much
material
out
at
that
time.
Y
You
know
for
the
summer
and
the
fall,
and
we
compare
that
to
say
what
that
would
have
been
with
just
a
regular
bi-weekly
disposal
cost
from
what
we
pick
up
in
a
normal
two-week
period
for
the
for
the
summer
and
for
the
fall
and
subtract
that
out.
We
could
see
that
you
know
it's
costing
us
an
extra
231
000
potential
savings
there.
Y
So
with
the
curbside
bulk
and
brush
pickup,
you
know
the
thought
is:
could
we
be
a
little
bit
different
in
our
scheduling
of
that
and
how?
What?
What
might
that
look
like
to
be
more
efficient?
So
one
idea
is
to
switch
from
every
other
week
to
to
doing
it
monthly,
so
maybe
an
example
might
be
to
split
the
city
into
four
quadrants
and
pick
up.
Y
You
know
each
of
the
four
weeks
of
a
month
and
say
quadrant
ones
on
the
the
first
week
of
the
month,
and
we
would
have
people
set
out
their
bulk
and
brush
that
first
day
of
the
week,
and
then
you
know
the
each
each
route,
each
area
of
bloomington,
depending
on
the
nature
of
it,
with
the
amount
of
trees
and
brush
and
there's
different
things.
We
see
that
there's
you
know
some
areas
that
don't
have
much
out.
Other
areas
have
a
lot
by
by
doing
more
of
a
weekly.
Y
You
know
we
could
continue
on
for
a
day
to
you
know
if
it's
light
day
continue
on
picking
up
if
it's
a
heavy
day
might
go,
carry
over
to
the
next
day
or
whatever,
but
instead
of
trying
to
stay
on
schedule
by
day,
you
know
stay
on
schedule
by
week
and
then
for
those
for
those
weeks
that
are
lighter
weeks
and
stuff.
It
gives
us
that
extra
time
you
know
to
not
only
operate
the
burn
box,
but
maybe
do
some
other
things
that
need
to
be
done
as
well.
Y
Y
Y
It
ought
to
be
in
our
thinking
a
little
bit
cost
effective
for
that
dumpster,
because
why
have
all
that
material
out
on
the
curb?
And
you
know
all
that
extra
material
for
us
to
get
rid
of
it
ought
to
be.
We
ought
to
be.
You
know
similar
in
cost,
so
that
you
know
when
you
need
a
dumpster.
You
get
a
dumpster
type
of
thing.
Y
Leaf
collection:
this
is
another
area
we've
talked
about
before
and,
and
you
know,
the
leaves
are
something
that
when
when
that
season
comes,
there's
tons
of
leaves
everywhere
across
the
city,
and
you
know,
even
with
you
know,
working
extra
hours
and
stuff.
We
just
can't
be
everywhere
at
one
time
and
so
by
bagging
leaves
it's
gonna.
You
know
improve
safety
and
efficiency
and
and
reduce.
Y
You
know,
issues
with
leaves
going
down
the
gutter
and
clogging
inlets
and-
and
you
know
all
the
other
things
that
become
problematic
when
the
leaves
are
sitting
there.
There's
a
big
wind
coming
and
it
blows
down
the
street
blows
into
neighbors
yards,
and
you
know
we
hear
a
lot
about
it.
So
you
know
let's
switch
to
biodegradable
bags
and
those
leaves
will
stay
put.
Y
You
know
we
try
to
run
the
same
schedule
as
the
the
balkan
brush
pickup
and
get
the
material
picked
up
with
our
loaders
and
our
rear
packers,
and
try
to
be
more
efficient
about
it.
And
then,
of
course,
we
always
want
to
encourage
our
residents
to
look
at
composting
and
mulching
as
options,
because
if
you
can
leave
the
material
in
your
yard
and
use
it
in
other
ways,
why
not?
Y
Y
Those
people
are
no
longer
able
to
work
on
the
things
that
they
need
to
be
working
on,
whether
it's
you
know
fixing
streets
or
repairing
inlets,
or
you
know,
broken
sewers
cave-ins
all
that
type
of
thing.
But
you
know
we're
not
getting
that
other
work
done.
So
it
really
helps
if
we're
able
to
keep
keep
those
people
working
where
they
should
be
working
to
keep
our
the
rest
of
our
infrastructure
in
good,
good
repair.
Y
Y
Some
additional
items
this
was
mentioned
by
city
manager.
Gleason,
is
you
know
one
just
a
billing
audit
that
that's
a
pretty
simple,
straightforward
thing,
just
to
make
sure
everybody's
being
billed
appropriately,
but
then
the
general
fund,
as
was
noted,
there's
alley
maintenance
that
is
done
and
and
also
how
we
handle
our
snow
and
ice
vehicles
and
then
clean
up
an
abatement
from
administrative
courts.
Y
So
that's
a
pretty
pretty
easy.
One
doesn't
net
a
ton
of
money,
but
you
know
the
everybody
should
be
billed
correctly
and
then,
when
we
look
at
ally's
alley
maintenance
now
the
alley
maintenance.
Also,
besides
the
gravel
and-
and
you
know,
fixing
gravel
alleys
and
you
know
brush
removal
in
them,
and
this
also
includes
median
maintenance,
so
those
paved
medians
in
the
city
that
grow
weeds
or
get
you
know,
gravel
and
other
types
of
debris
on
them.
Y
Our
guys
go
out
and
and
clean
those
up,
but
those
are
really
not
items
that
the
solid
waste
fund
should
really
be
subsidizing.
We
think
it
ought
to
be
more
general
fund
because
that
that
pertains
to
the
whole
city,
not
just
the
users
of
the
solid
waste
program,
so
we're
looking
that
you
know
that
could
potentially
be
210
000
a
year
and
then
we
look
at
the
snow
and
ice
vehicles
and
and
what
this
plays
into
is
our
dump
trucks.
Y
Those
vehicles
are
also
outfitted
with
plows
and
salt,
spreaders
and
stuff,
and-
and
we
you
know,
use
the
same
equipment
for
for
the
snow,
but
there's
also
specific
vehicles
that
are
bought
for
snow
and
ice,
and
it's
just
trying
to
make
sure
that
as
we're
you
know,
operating
and
buying
our
vehicles
that
we're
attributing
it
to
the
correct
fund
so
that
the
snow
in
ice
pays
for
what
it
needs
and
we're
looking
at
that.
That
could
potentially
be
another
120
000
and
that's
where
that
320
330
000
number
comes
from
that.
Y
We
think
ought
to
come
from
the
general
fund
and
then
the
court
abatements.
You
know
that's
around
13
000
a
year
and
that
should
be
reimbursed
from
the
court
proceedings
and
not
born
by
the
solid
waste
fund.
So
that's
kind
of
a
quick
overview
of
all
these
specific
items,
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
again
tonight
about
that
and
I'll
open
it
up
for
questions
and
discussion.
A
Great
thank
you
very
much.
We
really
appreciate
that
kevin
and
thank
you,
mr
gleason,
and
your
entire
staff
at
this
point,
and
we
appreciate
that
this
is
the
fourth
in
a
series
of
presentations
to
us.
But
are
there
any
questions
of
members
of
the
council?
I
see
council
member
matthew
and
then
bowlin.
P
P
So
one
of
the
things
that
was
brought
to
me
by
a
resident
since
our
last
presentation
was-
and
I'm
not
sure
if
this
is
correct
or
not,
but
what
he
told
me
was
that
the
town
of
normal
does
not
allow
for
town
trash
removal
at
apartment,
buildings
of
any
size
unless
it
is
an
owner
occupied
part
of
a
duplex,
but
any
apartment.
Building,
that's
for
rental
as
a
rental
property
is
treated
as
a
business
and
the
town
does
not
pick
up
trash
for
those
locations.
P
Y
We
we
have
not
specific
to
those
four
or
fewer
unit
apartment
buildings.
Of
course
you
know
some.
Some
rentals
are
just
homes
as
well.
You
know
not
really
a
formal,
you
know
apartment
building,
but
actually
broken
into
maybe
two
or
three
units,
but
that
that
is
something
we
could
try
to
look
at.
I
don't
know
that
we
have
a
a
real
good
handle
on
what
that
looks
like,
but
but
we
could
take
a
look
at
that.
P
No,
I
I
agree
with
that
for
sure
the
last
time
you
know
we
we
did
a
bedroom
project,
we
rented
one,
and
I
think
it
was
like
125
dollars
for
the
week
or
something
like
that.
So
it
was
it's
pretty
reasonably
priced.
Okay,
that's!
That
was
my
big
question
I
had
there.
I
I
also
just
wanted
to
throw
in
you
know
the
the
leave
collection
in
the
biodegradable
bags.
P
You
know
every
place.
I've
lived
other
than
bloomington,
that's
been
mandated
that
that's
just
how
we
do
leaves
in
those
places,
so
I
appreciate
just
being
able
to
rake
them
to
the
curb,
but
I
understand
that
it
is
not
the
most
efficient
process
and
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
times
a
year
I
have
to
go
out
and
clean
things
out
of
the
sewer
grate
near
my
near
my
the
corner
of
my
property,
so
that
it
doesn't
flood.
So
you
know
psa
for
everybody
go
clean.
R
Y
Yeah,
no
we're
we're
tracking
with
the
driver's
license
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
ask
if,
if
the
person
driving
the
vehicle,
if
that's
not,
you
know
where
they
reside,
if
they're
like
calling
for
a
you
know
next
door,
neighbor
or
whatever
that
they
bring
a
copy
of
the
water
bill
for
that
neighbors,
that
you
can
see
that
they're.
Actually,
a
user
of
our
solid
waste
system.
R
Okay,
okay
and
the
other
thing,
could
you
explain
the
cost
either
either
savings
or
expense
when
you
move
workers
from
one
area
of
a
job
to
another,
because
I
was,
I
got
a
phone
call
and
I
was
challenged
that
there's
not
going
to
be
any
cost
savings
with
that
burner,
because
you're
going
to
have
to
hire
more
people-
and
I
was
like
no-
that's
not
my
understanding.
So
could
you
address
that.
Y
Yeah,
so
our
you
know,
workers
in
the
public
service
division,
whether
they're,
you
know
working
streets
and
sewers
or
solid
waste.
They
they
get
their
their
time
is
attributed
to
whatever
area
they're
working
in.
So
you
know,
if
that
day
they
happen
to
be
doing
the
snow
removal,
then
you
know
the
the
time
they
put
in
is
attributed
to
snow
removal.
But
you
know
when
we
have
to
bring
additional
people
in
from
our
streets
and
sewers
division.
Who
should
be?
Y
A
A
It
took
us
a
half
decade
to
we
just
seemed
to
be
addicted
to
trash
talk
and
we
went
back
and
forth
and
finally
took
us
a
half
decade
to
finally
get
the
enterprise
fund
balance.
But
at
this
point
I
want
to
thank
you
and
I'm
going
to
move
on
to
our
council
initiative
and
I
want
to
clarify
I'm
not
going
to
hold.
N
N
If
you
mentioned
that
in
terms
of
the
bulk,
the
the
citizens,
convenience
center
will
have
more
hours
and
then
I
believe
you
said
that
two
parcels
would
be
free
per
household.
I
just
want
to
like
make
sure.
I
understand
that,
and
let's
say
I
do
a
clean
out,
and
I
know
there
after
this
may.
There
won't
be
a
bulk,
a
free
bulk
waste
pickup.
Could
I
still
call
the
city
and
say:
hey
I've
done
this
clean
out?
Will
you
come
and
haul
away
whatever
it
is?
Y
Y
Yeah
but
a
good
question,
and-
and
so
the
idea
would
be
you
know
each
you
know
home
would
be
allowed
the
two
two
free
trips
into
the
convenience
center.
If
they
want
to
bring
more,
they
could,
but
then
they
would
get
charged
for
that,
but
they
would
also
get
charged
on
the
curb
the
same
amount.
So
if
they,
if
they
wanted
to
put
out
a
number
of
items
on
the
curb,
we
would
come
and
pick
it
up,
but
we
would
be
charging
each
each
bucket
load.
A
Great
again,
thank
you
again,
mr
cothy
and
mr
gleason
and
again
all
of
your
staff.
So
we
will
move
on
to
the
council
initiative
and
I'm
not,
as
I
say
I
was
about
to
say,
I'm
not
going
to
be
really
draconian
down
to
the
second,
but
we
it's
three
minutes
and
three
minutes.
So
again
this
is
not
an
actual
vote.
A
What
it
is
is
the
presenter
will
have
three
minutes
to
present
and
in
this
case
it's
councilman
cradle,
and
then
we
have
a
total
of
three
minutes
to
weigh
in
on
the
three
options
that
are
presented
there.
So
that
means,
if
you
have
a
couple
of
comments,
literally
maybe
two
sentences
and
then
you
know,
cut
bait
as
we
go
around
the
equivalent
of
the
dice.
So
there's
three
minutes
for
totally
for
eight
other
people
to
weigh
in
so
at
this
point,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
council
member
craibil.
D
Great
thank
you
mayor.
This
all
may
seem
like
deja
vu,
because
I
had
a
similar
initiative
back
in
november,
which
you
all
unanimously
unanimously
approve,
which
I
appreciate.
I
withdrew
this
because
at
that
point
it
got
to
a
point
where
the
utilities
were
shutting
we're
stopping
shutoffs.
Now,
I'm
proposing
it
now,
because
utility
shutoffs
have
started
again
and
we're
still
in
a
pandemic
right
now.
We
have,
I
saw
it
in
the
paper
today.
D
It
said
25
of
people
in
illinois
are
fully
vaccinated
and
I
know
the
cdc
says
we
probably
won't
reach
herd
immunity
until
july.
We
also
have
the
number
of
cases
increasing
hospitalizations
are
probably
about
at
the
highest
rate.
They've
ever
been,
and
we
know
that
there
are
bottlenecks
and
people
receiving
aid.
D
D
My
proposed
resolution
would
find
that
utility
shutoffs
still
constitute
a
pandemic
safety
risk
and
calling
on
the
governor
to
enact
a
moratorium
on
utility
disconnections
without
means
testing.
In
addition,
the
resolution
should
provide
the
shutoffs
should
wait
until
after
the
state
considers
a
bill.
That's
been
approved
by
the
house
and
is
in
front
of
the
senate.
D
I
believe
it
has
11
senate
sponsors,
but
it's
illinois
bill
hb
2877,
it's
called
the
cove
in
19,
federal,
emergency
rental
assistance
program
act
which
would
include
payments
directly
to
landlords
and
providers,
and
then
now
this
like,
I
said
this
has
passed
the
house
and
it's
before
the
senate.
Now
the
resolution
would
have
had
the
city
call
on
the
illinois
senate
to
pass
house
bill.
2877.
D
Just
to
note,
urbana
passed
a
similar
resolution
at
their
meeting
on
april
12th
and-
and
I
guess
I'll
just
throw
this
out
there
before
people
talk
and
decide
that
I
would
like
you
know
if
we
could
to
discuss
if
there
is
a
possible
way.
I
know
how
the
initiative
process
works
and
we
have
a
second
meeting
and
then
we
have
a
third
meeting.
D
A
The
three
options
would
be
to
put
it
on
a
future
agenda,
and
then,
if
that
were
to
to
pass
then
or
that
had
majority
council
support,
then
mr
gleason
and
I
would
just
determine
whether
or
not
it's
possible
to
put
it
on
next
monday's
agenda
pursuant
to
the
requester
so
that
put
on
a
future
agenda
or
to
have
staff.
Do
some
further
analysis
before
we
put
it
on
a
future
agenda
or
to
deny
the
request.
A
N
L
A
A
Q
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council
only
comments.
Tonight
we
do
have
public
works.
Crews
will
be
collecting
bulk
waste
and
brush
from
may
13
to
the
14th
for
the
2021
spring
free
bulk
pickup.
The
service
is
offered
at
no
additional
charge
for
solid
waste
program
users.
The
pre-bulk
waste
pickup
is
returning
to
its
regularly
scheduled
time
period
this
year.
Everyone
recalls
last
year.
We
pushed
it
to
july
because
of
coven
and
then
also
if
you're
curious.