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Here.
Excuse
me
sorry
at
this
point:
I'm
going
to
turn
this
over
to
a
covered
update
by
our
city
manager,
mr
gleason.
E
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council,
quick
updates
talk
to
the
town
of
normal
and
mclean
county
quite
often
camille
rodriguez,
the
county
administrator,
is
excellent.
Providing
information
and
she
wanted
to
share,
asked
me
to
share
this
covet
vaccine
discussions
are
ongoing.
That's
something
that
the
health
department
is
definitely
very
much
engaged
in.
I
expect
that
to
be
rolled
out
on
a
priority
basis,
initially
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
which
is
great
news.
E
The
highest
counties,
the
highest
positivity
rate
counties,
are
going
to
receive
the
majority
of
the
vaccines
first,
that
is
not
mclean
county
mclean
county
we're
at
a
13.6
positivity
rate
and
our
icu
capacity
is
below
20.
E
So
that
does
not
put
us
in
one
of
those
highest
counties
based
on
arkova
numbers,
which
is
a
good
thing
number
two.
There
are
seven
liquor,
complaints
for
non-compliance
that
actually
come
before
you
mayor
the
liquor,
commissioner.
Tomorrow,
I
believe,
is
the
the
hearing
definitely
sometime
this
week.
E
If
it
is
not
tomorrow,
I
do
know
that
jeff
jurgens
and
town
of
normal
corporate
council
brian
day
they
talk-
often
I
think
town
of
normal
might
be
having
a
study
session
tonight
about
adopting
the
formally
adopting
at
a
local
level
the
governor's
emergency
order
and
enforce
that
locally.
So
that's
something
we're
keeping
our
eye
on
which
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
we
got
to
do
exactly
what
the
town
of
normal
does
or
them
follow
suit
with
us.
But
it's
something
that
we're
keeping
an
eye
on.
That's
it
mayor.
A
Thank
you
very
much
very
much
appreciate
that
mr
gleason,
and
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
the
next
is
actually
a
very
special
commemoration
anniversary
for
me.
A
I'm
so
glad
that
dave
bentlin
is
here
certainly
have
worked
with
dave
on
a
lot
of
these
issues
over
time
and
it's
with
great
honor
and
humility
and
pride
in
our
community
that
I
want
to
read
the
proclamation
in
recognition
of
prairie
pride,
coalition's,
25th
anniversary,
a
a
quarter
century
of
making
progress
for
people,
so
that
we
can
actually
begin
to
appeal
to
our
better
instincts,
not
the
worst
instincts
of
us
as
human
beings
and
there's
some,
whereas
the
advocacy
council
for
human
rights,
known
as
the
prairie
pride
coalition,
was
organized
25
years
ago,
and
whereas
the
prairie
pride
coalition
sponsored
a
community
meeting
on
a
snowy
sunday
evening
in
november
1995
to
push
for
the
city
of
bloomington
to
expand
its
human
rights
ordinance
to
include
protections
for
people
based
on
their
sexual
orientation.
A
Excuse
me,
and
whereas
this
community
meeting
occurred
at
the
bistros,
lgbtqia
bar
and
de
facto
community
center
and
whereas
the
prairie
pride
coalition
in
2002
an
incredible
day
for
our
community,
helped
gain
passage
of
an
amended
human
rights,
ordinance
that
ensured
protections
for
members
of
the
local,
gay,
lesbian
and
bisexual
community
who
live
and
work
in
bloomington.
A
And
whereas
the
prairie
pride
coalition
has
pushed
for
passage
of
additional
laws
on
the
local
and
state
levels
and
ensure
equality,
inclusion
and
justice
for
members
of
the
bloomington,
normal
lgbtq
ia
community
and
whereas
members
of
the
prairie
pride
coalition
have
worked
to
raise
awareness
and
education
and
seek
justice
for
local
marginalized
communities
within
the
lgbtqia
community.
And
whereas
the
prairie
pride
coalition
continues
to
work
on
a
variety
of
local
projects
and
programs
that
help
make
bloomington
normal
area.
A
more
welcoming,
just
safe,
inclusive
environment
for
all.
A
Members
of
the
lgbtqia
community
therefore
be
resolved
that
I
terry
renner,
mayor
of
the
city
of
bloomington,
extend
my
sincerest
congratulations
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
bloomington
to
the
prairie
pride
coalition,
and
was
it
can
wish
it
continued
success
as
it
continues
to
pursue
equality
and
justice
for
all
members
of
the
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual,
transgender,
queer,
intersexual
and
asexual
community.
Thank
you
very
much
and
dave.
Are
you
on
the
phone?
Can
you
hear
me?
A
Yes,
I
can
hear
you
dave
anything
that
you
would
like
to
add,
and
I
just
want
to
say
this
is
this:
is
a
great
honor,
I'm
so
great
so
honored
to
be
a
mayor
of
bloomington
to
be
able
to
read
this
proclamation
after
25
years.
F
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mayor
runner,
for
this
proclamation
and
recognition
of
the
of
the
prairie
pride
coalition.
We
welcome
the
opportunity
to
continue
to
work
with
city
leadership
as
we
strive
to
ensure
the
bloomington-normal
community
offers
an
inclusive,
welcoming
and
equitable
environment
for
lgbtqi
plus
people.
F
To
that
end,
and
from
a
personal
standpoint,
I
hope
the
city
council
will
seriously
consider
adoption
of
a
welcoming
cities
ordinance.
That
would
be
consistent
with
action.
The
council
took
18
years
ago
when
it
adopted
a
human
rights
ordinance
that
offered
protections
to
the
bloomington,
gay
and
lesbian
community.
F
At
the
time
of
its
passage,
the
ordinance
was
not
consistent
with
state
and
federal
laws,
but
council
members
felt
strongly
that
justice
and
equity
were
needed
for
all
people
living
and
working
in
bloomington.
It
was
the
right
thing
to
do
then,
and
it
is
the
right
thing
to
do
now
again
on
behalf
of
the
prairie
pride
coalition.
I
thank
you
for
this
recognition
and
we
wish
you
all
a
happy
holiday
season.
A
B
Yes,
thank
you.
There
are
don
peters
to
for
appointment,
to
the
historic
preservation,
commission
and
nimbandi
kincar
to
the
human
relations
commission
and
sorry,
if
I
didn't
say
that
name
right,
I
apologize
okay.
A
Thank
you
very
much
on
your
appointment.
Okay,
next
we're
going
to
move
to
our
public
comment.
Madam
clerk,
do
we
have
people
on
the
line.
B
We
do
we
have
four
registered
the
first
one
up
is
catherine
hoy.
G
A
Okay,
man,
of
course,
we
may
we'll
we'll
extend
we'll
hold
that
spot
in
case
we
can
get
her
on.
Would
you
go
to
number
two?
Please.
H
Hi
good
evening,
my
name
is
juliet
lim,
I'm
a
resident
of
the
city
of
bloomington.
I
also
am
faculty
at
isu
and
in
that
role
I
am
involved
with
causa,
which
stands
for
coalition
advocating
for
undocumented
student
achievement.
My
comment
today
is
to
urge
the
city
council
to
adopt
a
welcoming
ordinance
for
the
city
of
bloomington.
H
Anyone
who
is
connected
in
any
way
to
immigrant
communities
that
include
undocumented
individuals
knows
that
the
threat
of
collaboration
between
bloomington
police
and
the
immigration
and
customs
enforcement
agency,
known
as
ice,
is
real
email
exchanges
obtained
by
a
freedom
of
information
act
request
by
the
illinois.
People's
actions
and
the
american
civil
liberties
union
of
2018
show
that
there
is
indeed
a
history
of
collegial
exchange
between
the
bpd
and
ice,
and
this
includes
exchanging
information
about
individuals
posing
no
threat
of
criminal
behavior.
H
H
H
A
A
I
Sorry
sorry
about
before,
so
I
wanted
to
express
some
disappointment
when
I
heard
mabolka's
comments
in
a
recent
interview
with
wglt
those
in
which
he
referenced
the
welcoming
city's
ordinance
for
bloomington,
I
am
insulted
to
hear
him
say
that
we
ought
to
trust
the
bloomington
police
department
when
he
has
given
audience
to
plenty
of
constituents,
including
myself,
voicing
their
distrust
in
the
bloomington
police
department.
I
When
I
explored
further
about
his
proposed
agenda,
as
bloomington
mayor,
I
became
confused,
there
were
some
contradictory
messages
that
gave
me
concern
for
his
service,
whether
it
be
as
a
council
member
or
as
mayor.
He
talks
about
an
appreciation
for
diversity
and
wanting
to
bring
our
communities
closer
together,
but
also
expresses
an
ultimate
goal
of
cutting
municipal
spending.
I
am
also
reading,
through
his
sentiments,
about
building
up
our
economy
with
great
suspicion
for
fear
that
those
in
need
in
our
community
will
be
increasingly
ignored
for
the
trade-off
of
economic
growth.
I
My
confidence
in
any
of
you
on
this
council
will
be
much
easier,
one
with
talk
and
actions
that
focus
on
the
well-being
of
our
community
on
an
individual
level,
not
an
economic
level.
In
a
time
where
so
many
of
our
businesses
are
struggling,
I
would
much
rather
see
them
being
supported
and
cared
for
than
investments
that
tried
to
draw
new
business.
I
My
request
for
this
council
this
evening
and
moving
forward
is
that
you
consider
the
well-being
of
all
of
your
community
members.
If
you
do
so,
I
promise
you
will
be
pleasantly
surprised
at
the
positive
impact
on
all
aspects
of
our
community's
health
and
growth.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Madam.
J
K
Yeah,
okay,
you
hear
me
okay,
yes,
I'm
marty,
I'm
a
40
president
of
the
old
east
side
and
I'm
calling
about
the
liquor
commission
issue
with
706
north
clinton.
K
When
the
liquor
commission
denied
a
license
for
706
north
clinton
in
2014,
commissioner
renner
told
the
samhans
they
needed
to
build
trust
with
the
neighborhood,
but
no
one
in
the
samhain
family
has
reached
out
to
anyone.
I
know
I
finally
do
know.
One
person
pardon
me
about
this
proposal.
K
Instead,
they
are
asking
to
sell
all
forms
of
alcohol
and
for
longer
hours
than
the
package
stores
by
the
highways.
The
license
they
had
some
years
ago
was
only
beer
and
wine.
Beanies,
for
example,
closes
at
6
p.m.
On
sunday
and
9
p.m.
The
rest
of
the
week,
the
samhain
store,
would
be
open
until
10.
Every
night
liquor
stores
have
been
tried
and
failed
three
times
in
this
area.
K
After
that,
we
had
hux
and
price
right
and
both
undermined
neighborhood
stability
when
they
sold
alcohol.
It's
been
peaceful
in
the
old
east
side,
since
price
right
was
forced
to
stop
selling
alcohol
eight
years
ago
in
2012..
So
we
have.
We
have
had
peace
since
then.
Mr
samhain
also
owns
the
annie's
eats
building,
so
he's
proven
that
he
can
develop
a
viable
business
in
the
neighborhood
without
selling
alcohol,
the
neighborhood
could
use
an
attractive
and
clean
convenience
store.
K
L
Kyle
yeah
yeah.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
go
ahead,
awesome!
Okay,
thank
you
for
having
me
council.
I
wanted
to
speak
today
on
a
on
the
matters
of
the
welcoming
cities
ordinance.
I
am
disappointed
in
the
comments
that
maboka
made
in
regards
to
the
ordinance.
L
The
system
of
policing
is
very
problematic,
especially
in
the
united
states,
and
expecting
them
to
follow
any
kind
of
protocol
in
relations
to
undocumented
or
documented
immigrants,
including
their
implicit
biases,
is
not
100
percent
accurate
to
what
they
are
trained
to
do
and
what
they
have
been
doing
for
a
very
long
time.
L
I
would
like
to
urge
the
council
to
take
up
the
welcoming
cities
ordinance
and
to
really
consider
helping
the
community
become
a
safer
place
and
for
all
citizens
to
feel
like
they
can
be
safe
to
call
the
police
if
need
be,
for
you
know
any
crimes
that
are
being
committed,
while
not
being
fearful
of
being
deported
or
being
taken
into
custody
by
ice.
B
Sorry,
we
had
one
other
person,
trevin
gaffney,
that
registered
but
is
not
present
in
the
meeting.
And
then
we
received
emailed
public
comments
from
three
individuals:
mikolaia
atkins,
juliet
lind
and
kyle
nero
and
those
have
been
provided
to
council
great.
A
A
C,
as
in
charlie,
yes,
okay,
council
member
bolan,
council
member
emig.
N
Yes,
thank
you
item
f
as
in
frank,
okay,.
A
Item
eight
f
as
in
frank,
any
other
items
seeing
none
is
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda,
as
presented
with
the
exception
of
items.
Eight
c
and
eight
f
I'll
make
that
motion:
okay,
moved
by
council
member
bowling,
second
by
council
member
matthew,
any
discussion
saying,
madam
clerk,
would
you
please
call
the
roll.
J
C
O
A
M
Yes,
thank
you.
This
is
the
monkey
exhibit,
and
I
do
appreciate
that
there
are
sometimes
unforeseen
things
that
happen.
I
want
to
be
sure
that
this
change
order
is
fifty
thousand
dollars
total.
Is
that
correct.
E
M
And
that,
of
course,
is
in
addition
to
the
50
000
loan
from
the
park.
Dedication
as
far
as
over
and
above
the
grant
money
correct.
M
Okay,
could
you
explain
well,
my
concern
is
really
that
the
the
reason
the
money
is
available
is
because
of
deferred
pro
projects
from
this
year
and
the
concern
that
maybe
those
deferred
projects
will
not
be
able
to
move
forward
for
next
year,
depending
on
our
finances
as
a
result
of
coved.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember.
Is
there
a
second
by
council
member
matthew?
Any
further
discussion
see
adam
clerk.
Would
you
please
call
the
roll.
G
D
O
A
N
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
this.
This
morning
alone,
I've
received
about
15
emails
and
16
phone
calls
from
my
constituents
who
are
opposed
to
granting
this
liquor
license.
N
I
understand
there's
a
petition
for
those
who
support
it,
but
I'd
say
that
they're
probably
about
evenly
split
on
this
point,
and
it
was
a
very
tough
decision
for
me,
because
the
petitioner,
mr
samhan,
contacted
me
last
summer
to
describe
a
plan
to
open
this
liquor
store
at
607
clinton,
and
there
are
some
really
good
components
to
the
model,
namely
the
renovations,
as
well
as
mr
semhan's
expressed
desire
to
relocate
to
the
community
with
his
family.
N
There
has
been
a
lot
of
conversation
and
communication
to
me
about
the
fact
that
this
this
business
has
been
in
the
same
family
for
a
couple
of
decades
and
has
not
demonstrated
that
at
least
via
past
practice
that
there
is
follow-through
and
ultimately
commitment
on
the
part
of
the
development
to
work
for
the
the
community,
and
indeed,
most
of
the
comments
I've
received
are
more
about
the
historical
management
of
the
place
and
and
less
about
the
fact
that
it
will
be
a
liquor
store.
N
I
did
consider
sending
this
back
to
the
liquid
liquor
commission
for
further
public
exchange,
but
ultimately
decided
against
this
approach,
because
I
genu
genuinely
do
not
think
it
will
make
a
difference
at
this
time.
And
finally,
I
would
just
like
to
share
with
my
colleagues
if
not
this
development,
then
what
like
this
is
a
hard
area
to
develop.
So
given
the
challenges,
what
would
work
here
and
what
is
our
messaging
to
developers
in
this
area?
N
I'd
be
very
interested
in
hearing
from
miss
melissa
hahn
about
her
response
to
ways
we
can
advocate
for
more
development
in
despite
my
decision
today.
Thank
you.
A
Great,
thank
you.
Councilmember
emic
is
council
member
yoko.
Excuse
me
councilman,
madam
clerk.
Sorry.
B
Yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
also
point
out
mayor
that
we
do
have
attorney
rich
marvel
and
mr
salmon
on
the
line
in
case
council
does
have
questions
for
the
applicant
and
his
attorney.
A
Okay,
yeah
and
that
we,
I
wouldn't
need
to
turn
to
mr
jurgens
about
just
just
in
terms
of
if
we
get
to
that
point
because,
at
least
in
terms
of
the
liquor
commission
liquor
commission
is
supposed
to
pursuant
to
a
public
hearing
where
people
are
entitled
to
come
in
and
speak,
we
had
two
people
speak
in
opposition.
We
had
a
couple.
People
speak
in
favor
of
it.
That's
what
we
have
to
base
our
decisions
upon,
not
something
that
may
have
happened,
12,
15
or
30
years
ago
on
the
site.
A
A
G
O
A
No
needs
to
announce,
madam
clerk.
We
then
move
right
along
to
our
public
hearing
under
9a
public
hearing
for
substantial
amendment
to
the
2020-22
consolidated
plan
and
2020
annual
action
plan,
as
requested
by
the
excuse
me,
economic
and
community
development
department,
and
at
this
point
we
have
a
brief
presentation
for
up
to
about
10
minutes
by
jennifer
tony
and
a
brief
council
discussion,
and
I'm
going
to
start
with
mr
gleason.
Do
you
want
to
any
preparatory
remarks
before
we
turn
it
over?
Miss
miss
tell
me.
E
Just
couple
of
quickies
thank
you
mayor
and
council.
Tonight's
presentation
by
jennifer
is
one
that
is
not
going
to
require
any
future
action
by
council.
E
Part
of
this
presentation
is
rolling
out
what
I'll
call
round
two
of
the
cdbg
cares
act:
money
where
we
actually
talk
about
the
programs
that
we're
providing-
and
this
includes
of
great
interest
to
many-
includes
the
business
grants
that
we
did
earlier
and
we
brought
those
back
increased
a
dollar
amount
for
consideration
and
then
also
expanded.
The
you
know
expanded
the
criteria
for
those
to
apply
and
for
the
individual
assistance
as
well,
and
then
direct
funding
to
some
of
the
entities
that
are
also
providing
that
assistance
to
the
community.
E
But
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
jennifer
and
I'm
going
to
mute
here.
You
go
jennifer
jennifer.
You.
Q
Thanks
mr
gleason,
and
thank
you,
council
and
mayor
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
go
over
our
plans.
Our
proposed
plans
for
the
second
round
of
our
community,
our
cdbg
coronavirus
funding,
so
it
was
probably
about
I
don't
know.
A
few
months
ago
we
found
out,
we
were
going
to
be
getting
quite
a
bit
more
money
in
the
second
round
of
the
coronavirus
funding
than
the
first
so
created
a
few
additional
opportunities
for
us.
Q
So
I'm
just
gonna
gonna
jump
right
in
to
what
we
think
the
needs
are
of
the
community
and
what
we
need
in
order
to
effectively
manage
the
program,
because
those
are
really
their
four
basic
activities.
We
would
like
to
allocate
the
funding
to
so.
The
first
is
providing
25
000
in
emergency
shelter
assistance.
Q
Q
So
we're
there's
a
lot
of
concern
in
the
community
about,
what's
going
to
happen
to
our
homeless
population.
That
already
exists,
let
alone,
if
the
moratorium
on
evictions
ends,
we
don't
want
to
add
to
the
the
problem
either.
So
I've
spoken
with
representatives
from
path
and
we
already
give
them
ten
thousand
dollars
out
of
our
regular
cdbg
allocation.
Q
So
we
discussed
an
amount
of
funding
that
would
be
appropriate
for
them
to
add
to
other
funding
sources
that
they
have
to
be
able
to
provide
temporary
emergency
shelter
for
homeless
residents,
as
long
as
the
shelters
are
at
reduced
capacity,
so
the
majority
of
the
spending
would
be
used
for
hotel
rooms
to
get
people
off
the
street
in
extremely
cold
weather,
and
we're
proposing
25
000
would
be
added
to
that
program
again.
Those
funds
are
in
addition
to
what
path
already
has
to
operate
with.
Q
The
second
program
would
be
administration.
We
did
not
allocate
any
administrative
funding
from
the
first
round
and
so
we're
requesting
that
or
suggesting
that
we
add
some
funding
in
this
round,
because
cdbg's
corona
virus
funding
wasn't
really
even
in
consideration
when
we
originally
created
our
budget
for
cdbg.
We
didn't
add
any
additional
funding
in
to
even
cover
basic
administrative
expenses
like
postage
office
supplies
and
things
like
that
advertising,
and
so
we
have
a
need
for
some
additional
funding
for
for
those
types
of
of
items.
Q
But
in
addition,
in
order
to
effectively
manage
our
programs,
we
need
some
staffing,
and
so
our
current
we're
currently
have
a
full-time,
temporary
employee
who's,
managing
the
phone
line,
our
email,
helping
to
upload
applications
when
they
come
in
to
the
system.
Helping
me
with
mailing
letters
for
backup,
documentation
and
things
like
that,
and
we
need
to
be
able
to
continue
that
in
order
to
provide
the
a
a
level
of
service
that's
adequate
and
we
also
will
be
hiring
a
grant
specialist
position
which
will
help
with
a
variety
of
duties.
Q
We
currently
have
an
agreement
with
midcentral
community
action.
Their
coveted
money
is
nearly
depleted,
so
we
were
going
to
be
in
a
situation
where
they
were
going
to
have
to
start
referring
all
of
their
covid
applications
that
for
bloomington
residents
to
us
and
being
that
we're
a
little
bit
short
staffed
as
it
is.
Q
We
entered
into
an
agreement
and
they
graciously
agreed
to
manage
those
cases
that
come
in
for
70
a
case
so
rather
than
someone
submitting
an
application
to
midcentral,
and
then
them
forwarding
it
to
us
and
then
that
being
added
to
our
queue
of
existing
applications,
they're
going
to
be
able
to
process
that
person's
application
a
lot
faster
and
then
once
they
get
all
the
case,
management
done.
They'll,
send
it
to
the
city
and
we'll
actually
review
it,
do
the
final
approval
and
then
make
payment
on
it.
Q
We're
allowed
to
spend
up
to
20
of
our
administrative
money
or
of
our
funding
on
administration,
which
would
be
a
total
of
175
000.
So
the
suggestion
of
the
75
000
is
quite
a
bit
under
where
we
are
allowed
to
spend
it's
actually
only
8.5
and
that
amount
is
significantly
lower
than
what
we
normally
spend
on
administration,
which
is
between
10
to
13
percent,
and
we
would
like
to
add
more
funding
to
the
residential
aid
program.
Q
Q
Currently,
we
have
received
more
than
400
applications
at
the
city
alone,
and
then
that
would
include
referrals
into
the
program
from
other
agencies,
but
until
just
recently
we
were
the
payer
of
last
resort,
so
most
of
those
applications
were
referred
out
to
other
organizations.
Q
Q
On
november
1st,
we
sent
out
a
flyer
for
the
program
to
we
included
the
flyer
with
all
of
the
the
mailings
that
went
out
to
the
landlords
and
the
response
has
been
very
significant,
we're
getting
far
more
applications
than
we
have
ever
had
in
the
past,
and
I'm
very
pleased
to
say
that
many
of
the
landlords
are
going
above
and
beyond
to
make
sure
that
their
tenants
are
getting
the
assistance
that
they
need.
Q
We
have
one
landlord
in
particular,
who
is
sitting
down
with
the
the
tenants
and
helping
them
fill
out
the
application
and
making
sure
that
they
have
all
the
documents,
so
the
application
is
complete
when
we
get
it
through.
Today,
we've
approved
approximately
65
000
in
payments,
we've
approved
50
cases,
which
means
we've
committed
up
to
150
000
of
the
round
one
funding,
so
we're
committing
the
full
5
000
per
case.
Q
We
currently
have
respon
waiting
on
responses
from
26
applicants
where
we've
reviewed
their
case
and
found
the
file
to
be
incomplete.
We
have
50
cases
in
line
the
biggest
challenges
with
this
program
have
been
incomplete
applications
when
we
have
an
application
that
comes
in
that's
complete,
we
can
process
it
in
about
an
hour
and
a
half
from
start
to
finish,
when
it's
missing
important
documentations
that
we
absolutely
have
to
have.
Q
Sometimes
it
can
take
three
to
four
weeks
for
people
to
for
the
correspondence
back
and
forth,
so
we
really
need
everyone
to
help
spread
the
word.
If
they're
going
to
submit
an
application,
we
need
it
to
be
complete
on
the
business
side
of
things
and
we're
proposing
additional
funding
to
that
program
as
well.
Q
38
38
of
the
of
the
total
funding
is
what
we
would
be
recommending
for
the
business
program
we
are
awarded
or
allocated
150
000
to
35
businesses
in
round
one
most
of
the
businesses
that
we
supported
have
fewer
ten
or
fewer
employees.
Q
Each
business
that
we
support
is
required
to
retain
at
least
one
job
for
a
lower
moderate
income
person
for
a
period
of
at
least
six
months,
and
in
many
cases
the
employee
that
they're
retaining
is
actually
the
business
owner
because
they
are
considered
low,
mod
and
they're.
The
only
employee
round
two
program
rules
are
going
to
vary
slightly
with
round
one
increasing
the
funding
from
4
500
to
5
000,
to
keep
it
consistent
with
the
residential
program.
Q
But
more
elig
more
businesses
are
going
to
be
eligible
to
excuse
me.
More
businesses
will
be
eligible
to
participate
so
in
round
one
we
limited
it
only
to
businesses
that
were
considered
non-essential
per
the
stay-at-home
order,
and
we
will
be
increasing
that
so
that
bars
and
restaurants
and
other
restaurants
or
other
businesses
are
able
to
apply
because
of
those
changes.
We're
asking
for
a
little
bit
larger
portion
of
the
round.
Two
funding
to
go
to
this
program
than
we
did
for
round
one.
A
Okay,
first
of
all,
I'm
to
say
thank
you
very
much
jennifer.
We
really
appreciate
that
and
and
appreciate
all
of
your
efforts
in
terms
of
extreme
efficiency
and
effectiveness
in
the
extent
to
which
you're
able
to
be
processing
these
things
as
little
as
an
hour
and
a
half.
That's
awesome,
and
we're
certainly
glad
that
the
landlords
have
generally
been
very
supportive
and
working
with
people.
But
at
this
juncture
we're
going
to
begin
our
10
minute,
roughly
10
minute
council
discussion,
comments
or
questions
from
members
of
the
council.
A
Seeing
oh
oh
council,
member
painter,
at
least
I
thought
I
saw
your
hand
there.
J
Yeah
I
just
wanted
to
thank
jennifer
she's
done
an
awesome
job
through
this
whole
covet
thing
and
it's
much
appreciated
by
both
the
council
and
the
community.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
B
I'm
sorry
to
interrupt.
You
have
councilmember
crable
and
councilmember
carrillo
with
their
hands
up
and
then
also.
A
And
cradle,
okay,
in
that
order,
carrillo
and
cradle
yeah.
P
A
Yeah,
either
jennifer
or
city
manager
tim
glee.
Any
comments
on
that.
If
council
members
have
some
suggestions
for
different
priorities
under
this.
E
Yeah,
I'm
sorry,
I
was
actually
having
troubles
hearing,
but
I
think
I
have
the
just
to
the
question
from
alderwoman
korea,
and
this
is
a
document
that's
required
to
be
sent
to
hud,
but
we
can
always
amend
the
appropriations
if
council
so
desires,
jennifer
anything
to
add.
Q
No,
I
was
just
going
to
say
that,
with
our
citizen
participation
plan,
a
substantial
amendment
is
triggered
any
time
that
we
either
add
an
activity
which
we
would
be
adding
two
new
activities
with
this:
the
emergency,
shelter
assistance
and
the
administration.
Q
And
then,
if
we,
if
we
move
money
in
an
amount
more
than
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
it
triggers
a
substantial
amendment
and
the
way
that
our
the
regulations
are
written
and
then
also
the
way
the
citizen
participation
plan
is
written.
A
substantial
amendment
requires
a
public
hearing,
but
it
doesn't
require
council
approval.
Q
It's
not
to
say
that
we
can.
I
mean
we
need
to
have
all
of
the
comment
and
discussion
that
we
can,
but
it
can
go
into
hud
exactly
like
it
is
right
now
and
as
long
as
we're
not
moving
more
than
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
we
can
admit
we
can
move
that
money
without
making
another
amendment.
At
any
point,.
P
Got
it?
Thank
you
so
much
yeah,
so
I
guess
my
feedback
is
that
you
know
as
a
good
reaction.
It
feels
odd
that
these
funds,
which
are
are
being
allocated
through
todd,
would
come
to
us
and
that
we
would
spend
such
a
small
percentage
of
those
funds
on
housing
for
homeless
people.
Particularly,
you
know.
One
of
the
main
I
I
would
say
one
of
the
main
concerns
the
most
vulnerable
population
in
terms
of
the
virus.
P
So
I'd
like
to
see
that
number
go
up
as
well
as
the
number
that's
available
for
direct
assistance
to
individuals.
I
know
that
when
we
had
folks
coming
to
public
comment
and
writing
to
counsel
that
was,
that
was
the
number
one
thing
that
was
that
was
being
requested
was
assistance
for
the
myriad
of
things
that
that
folks
need.
P
So
I
guess
I-
and
I
guess,
and
the
last
piece
is
also
the
administrative
staff.
I
I
personally
don't
feel
that
that's
money
that
should
come
from
this
pot
like
if
we
are
spending
money
on
administrative
costs.
I
think
we
should
pay
for
that
and
we
should
free
up
as
much
money
possible
to
go
into
the
pockets
of
of
people.
You
know
I
looked
around
a
little
bit
how
other
cities
are
spending.
P
This
peoria
got
only
one
million
dollars
and
they're
spending
200k
in
homeless,
shelters
as
opposed
to
our
25k,
so
that
feels
like
a
pretty
significant
disparity
there
and,
like
juliet,
you
know,
isn't,
isn't
doing
any
sort
of
business,
small
business
assistance
and
are
allocating
most
of
their
money
to
go
towards
rent
and
utilities
and
mortgage
assistance,
and
so
I
guess
I
am
not
clear
on
how
these
priorities
came
to
be,
and
I'm
curious
about
what
the
thought
process
is.
There.
E
I
can
respond
real
quick.
I
mean
we're
fortunate
that
we're
not
peoria
and
don't
have
near
the
need
that
they
do
with
their
homeless
pop
population
and
that's
not
to
say
that
we
don't
have.
You
know
those
kinds
of
concerns
here
in
this
community,
the
other
thing
as
far
as
the
administrative
fees.
If
we
exhaust
these
funds
no
different
than
what
we
were
saying
in
the
early,
you
know
the
early
days
of
covet.
E
If
we
exhaust
these
funds
that
we've
received
well,
then
we
will
be
coming
back
to
council
and
saying
that
the
need
continues
and
we
need
to
provide
for
these
various
programs
and
that
likely
comes
out
of
or
that
possibly,
but
the
likely
source
would
be
out
of
city
reserves
if
we
get
beyond
what
our
capacity
is
with
the
existing
cdbg
funds,.
P
Yeah
I
mean,
I
guess
just
to
me:
it's
also
a
matter
of
optics
like
I
just
don't.
I
don't
love
that
people
would
look
at
this
and
say:
oh,
they
spent
about
half
as
much
on
administrative
costs
that
they
that
they
made
available
to
people
in
terms
of
cash
assistance,
because,
like
that
75
is,
is
not
that
far
away
from
the
226
that's
being
presented.
So
I
I,
since
the
money,
is
fungible.
P
I
wonder
if
there's
a
way
that
we
can
actually
not
have
the
administrative
costs
come
out
of
of
the
care's
money.
A
So
again,
if
I
could
understand
your
concern,
then
it's
if
we're
really
going
to
be
stepping
up
to
the
plate,
then
I
think
what
you're
saying
is:
maybe
the
administrative
cost
should
have
been
absorbed
by
us
to
begin
with,
rather
than
coming
out
of
this
and
as
you're
saying
the
optics,
the
perception
might
be
that
we're
trying
to
cover
some
of
our
own
costs
with
money
that
should
be
directed
toward
those
in
need.
Is
that
a
fair
statement.
E
That
I
did
mayor
and
I'm
actually
going
to
bounce
it
back
to
jennifer,
to
clarify:
are
these
funds
being
used
for
mcca
or
are
they
something
that
truly
are
covering
our
administrative
costs?.
A
Jennifer
and
then
bob
just
to
just
to
note,
I
did
see
councilman
reward
and
she
has,
I
saw
your
hand
councilman.
Excuse
me
jennifer.
Q
Okay,
so
for
the
administration,
I
would
like
to
address
first,
the
75
000..
We
have
to
add
our
total
funding
that's
available
to
this
program,
so
the
75
000
is
actually
only
eight
and
a
half
percent
of
the
total
available
funding,
because
we
have
round
one
and
round
two
and
then
we
also
allocated
some
of
our
regular
cdbg
allocation
to
this.
So
our
total
funding
available
that
we're
making
available
or
our
total
funding
that
we're
making
available
is
nine
hundred
thousand
sixty
or
nine
hundred
sixty
six
thousand
ninety
three
dollars.
Q
So
you
have
to
consider
that
for
the
total,
as
far
as
how
much
we're
paying
mcca,
I
don't
expect
that
to
be
over
probably
seven
thousand
dollars
of
the
seventy
five
thousand.
Q
The
rest
would
be
to
cover
our
staff
expenses
and
I'll
be
honest.
I
mean
if
we
want
to
truly
manage
the
program
in
the
most
effective
way
that
we
can.
We
would
need
additional
staff
above
and
beyond
what
we
already
have
that
we
already
have
plans.
Q
So
I
just
would
like
for
you
to
consider
that,
when
you're
discussing
the
administration,
if
I
could
real
quick
address
the
emergency
shelter
assistance
in
the
25
000.,
I
did
have
a
fairly
significant
discussion
with
path
to
determine
what
the
needs
would
be,
and
you
know
path
is
the
lead
for
the
continuum
of
care.
Q
They
received
a
grant
in
emergency.
It's
an
emergency
solutions.
Grant.
That
also
has,
I
think,
two
or
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
it.
That
would
also
go
towards
homelessness
prevention,
and
so
they
did
feel
that
the
twenty-five
thousand
dollars
would
be
adequate
to
get
them
through.
Q
We
don't
know,
what's
coming
down
the
road
in
any
of
this,
I
would
suspect
that
when
the
allocations
are
announced
for
fiscal
year,
oh
gosh
we're
coming
up
on
22.
I
guess
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
have
some
more
flexibilities
with
that
money
as
well,
so
nothing
that
we
would
decide
on
is
going
to
be
set
in
stone.
It's
all
it's
nothing
that
can't
be
changed
later.
P
Thank
you
just
one
last
clarification
is
you
had
said
that
that
that
path
said
that
that
was
enough
to
make
it
through,
and
I'm
just
curious
about
what
you
mean
by
make
it
through
what
make
it
through
the
winter,
make
it
through
the
cove
go
ahead.
Q
No,
the
emergency
shelter
is,
is,
for
the
winter
months
to
provide
the
hotels
to
get
people
out
of
the
cold
weather
when
they
cannot
get
into
a
shelter.
There's
other
I
mean
we
get
in
this
community
between
all
of
the
grantees.
We
get,
I
think,
around
a
million
dollars
a
year
in
other
homeless,
service
money
that
that
lasts
the
whole
year.
A
A
Okay,
all
right
so
we're
going
to
start
with
jeff
go
ahead.
O
Thank
you
mayor.
You
know,
I
agree
with
what
alderweireld
cario
said
and
I
I'm
strongly
against
us
using
any
of
the
funds
we
get
for
administrative
costs.
We
can
put
that
75.
000.
Add
that
directly
on
to
residential
rental
assistance,
and
we
can
cover
that
cost.
The
funds
we
get
for
kovid
should
go
to
covid
relief
on
the
business
side.
I
I
was
happy
to
hear
that
at
least
one
employee
had
to
be
retained.
O
I
recall
when
we
were
talking
about
the
first
round
in
may
council
member,
milo
wamboy
referenced
that
the
goal
of
business
assistance
would
be
to
retain
workers
and-
and
I
believe
jennifer
tony
mentioned-
that
one
of
the
hud
goals
was
job
creation
and
job
retention,
and
both
council
member,
milo,
wamboy
and
bolin-
ask
about
job
training
or
any
could
any
of
those
things
be
done
for
the
business
grant
money.
Q
Training
is
an
eligible
expense,
so
that
could
be
something
that
could
be
used
as
far
as
requiring
businesses
to
retain
at
least
one
job
and
we're
actually
going
above
and
beyond
with
that,
based
on
the
amount
of
our
grants,
because
they're
small
grants
we're
only
required
to
retain
one
job
for
every
eighty,
five
thousand
dollars
that
we
spend,
and
so
we
opted
to
require
every
grantee
to
retain
at
least
one
job,
so
we'll
be
way
above
what's
required.
Q
But
to
ask
people
for
4
500
to
retain
more
than
one
job,
considering
the
reporting.
Afterwards,
we
felt
was
going
to
be
too
onerous.
O
A
Okay
well,
but
before
we
go
to
that,
if
you're
asking
for
yet
another
our
articulation
of
more
information,
we're
we're
way
over
time
as
it
is
so
can
we
have
an
at
least
have
a
quick
motion
for
an
extra
10
minutes
and
then
let's
wrap
this
up?
Shall
we
move
by
council?
Member
cardio
is
their
second
second
by
council
member
emig.
Madam
corp,
would
you
call
the
roll
please
for
an
extra
ten
minutes.
J
O
A
Thank
you,
okay
jennifer
go
ahead
and
if
you
could
respond
to
councilmember
craybill's
request
and
then
we're
going
to
go
on
to
councilmember
ward,
bray
and
matthew.
O
Well,
just
ongoing
reporting
to
to
council
about
about
the
progress
of
the
grants.
Q
Yes,
I
think
what
what
we
had
ended
I
had
indicated
this
afternoon
is:
I
can
start
putting
a
report
together.
That
goes
out
at
the
end
of
the
day
on
friday,
that
can
update
on
the
number
of
new
applications.
We've
gotten
that
week,
the
number
of
applications
that
we've
moved
from
waiting
to
end
process.
Q
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
ward,
then
bray
and
matthew.
R
Yeah,
both
of
my
questions
have
already
been
answered
with
regard
to
to
well.
One
of
them
has
been
answered
with
regard
to
the
use
of
the
administration
administration
funds.
I
am
curious.
Can
someone
just
confirm
that
there
has
not
been
any
money
given
to
emergency
shelter
besides
the
25
000,
that's
being
suggested
now.
R
I'm
wondering
if
some
of
those
administration
funds
could
go
toward
providing
other
resources
for
the
homeless
population.
Besides
things
like
rent
mortgage
utilities
and
child
care,
so
we
have.
We
have
homeless
population
who
live
in
tent
cities,
for
example,
and
I
wonder
if
there
are
things
that
that
those
folks
could
use
in
terms
of
emergency
assistance
that
might
be
helpful
to
them.
Q
We
would
have
to
be
able
to
tie
their
crisis
back
to
covid.
For
this
funding.
There
has
to
be
a
specific
tie
back,
so
if
they
were
homeless
prior
to
the
pandemic,
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
offer
any
assistance.
C
Q
The
the
shelters
are
currently
out
they've
had
to
reduce
their
beds
by
50,
so
there's
not
as
much
room
in
the
shelters.
Q
So
if
I
guess,
if
somebody's
in
a
tent,
it
all
depends
on
the
situation,
I
mean
I
guess
we
would
have
to.
We
would
have
to
look
at
each
case.
I
guess
before
I
would
say:
no,
it
wouldn't
be
eligible.
We
have
to
be
able
to
tie
it
to
covet.
So
if
they've
asked
for
shelter-
and
there
was
none
available-
then
it's
their
title,
coveted
if
we're
talking
other
emergency
needs
for
them,
tents,
and
things
like
that.
R
I
guess
I'd
like
to
see
the
emergency
assistance
for
residents
expanded
beyond
things
that
imply
that
a
person
has
a
home
if
that
makes
any
sense,
because
I
can
imagine
that
that
if
I
am
homeless,
I
may
have
expenses
related
to
covid
besides
rent
mortgage
utilities
and
possibly
child
care
and
I'd
like
those
categories
to
be
expanded.
If
that's
possible.
Q
A
Well,
I
suspect
we
could
probably
be
creative
about
that,
but
I
think
councilman
ward
makes
some
really
really
good
points
here.
We're
we're
coming
at
this
from
one
vantage
point,
and
this
is
obviously
a
very
critical
thing
if
you're
living
under
a
tent,
that's
a
problem,
that's
like
a
serious
problem,
especially
in
this
weather,
but
I'm
sorry
councilman
reward.
I
don't
mean
to
monopolize
your
time.
Did
you
have
another
follow-up?
A
D
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
jennifer
for
your
proposal
and
and
for
this
information,
I'd
like
to
speak
to
this
issue
of
administrative
costs
and
coming
at
it
from
the
standpoint
of
end
goals.
Being
this
need
is
where
it
exists
needs
to
be
addressed
and
it
needs
to
be
addressed
promptly,
professionally
and
managed,
and
that
doesn't
just
fall
out
of
the
sky
right.
D
We
we
need
to
be
able
to
have
people
to
administer
the
programs,
and
when
I
hear
from
our
expert
staff
a
person
of
the
caliber
of
jennifer
tony
telling
me
that
she
needs
to
be
able
to
build
some
staff
around
this
and
work
in
partnership
with
midcentral
community
action.
I
listen
carefully
and
while
my
gut
reaction
or
optics
of
things
might
cause
me
to
ask
questions
as
we've
done
tonight,
I
have
to
then
turn
and
focus
in
on
what
are
our
community
needs?
What
are
we
seeing?
D
You
know
for
anyone
on
this
call
or
in
our
city
who
have
been
in
a
position
to
manage
resources
and
dollars
and
try
to
connect
money
to
people,
especially
when
you're
talking
about
federal
funds,
which
we
each
will
be
accountable
for
explaining
where
they
went
and
how
they
were
spent.
D
If
I
have
a
professional
staff
member
telling
me
they
need
administration
and
it's
at
this
low
amount
of
eight
percent
eight
and
a
half
percent.
Then
I
take
that
very
seriously,
and
I
find
that
my
my
analysis
of
of
the
you
know
the
experience
that
people
are
going
through
where
they're
filling
out
this
paperwork.
Some
folks
for
the
very
first
time
and
all
the
uncertainties
that
they're
going
through
timeliness
and
correct
processing
is,
is
paramount,
and
so
again
I
would
be
supportive
of
the
administration
cost
is
outlined
and
again
I
find
them
reasonable.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
and
last
council
member
matthew.
G
Thanks
mayor,
so
lots
of
interesting
points
and
good
points
brought
up
all
the
way
around.
G
I
know
that
the
money
coming
from
hud
has
a
ton
of
restrictions
of
what
we
can
and
cannot
do
on
it
and
for
good
reason,
because
we
we
saw
with
like
even
the
federal
ppp
program,
some
of
the
rampant
abuses
that
happened
there.
It
did
many
good
things,
but
it
also
had
abuses
happen
there.
So
I
can't
fault
hud
for
trying
to
to
maintain
some
stuff.
G
My
question
for
jennifer
is
so
you
reference
the
fact
that
mcca
is
running
out
of
money
and
we're
actually
going
to
hire
them
to
help
us
allocate
out
the
rest
of
our
money
how
easily
or
how?
How
do?
What's
the
next
step
right,
assuming
this
money,
this
pool
of
money,
we're
putting
together,
runs
out,
and
we
say:
okay,
city
manager.
We
want
you
to
take
some
money
from
our
surplus
and
we
want
to
extend
these
funds
to
the
next
level.
G
We'll
have
a
little
bit
more
creative
freedom
on
how
to
make
sure
the
money
gets
to
the
right
hands
for
the
right
people.
But
what
does
that
next
program?
Look
like
are
we
thinking
about
that
are
we?
Are
we
laying
out
those
plans
at
this
point
to
say
what
do
we
do
when
this
allocation
is
over
with,
and
what
does
that?
What
does
that
look.
Q
Sorry,
I
was,
I
was
muted.
Sorry
we're
not
that
far
yet
I'll
be
honest,
we
are
taking
a
day
at
a
time
and
I
think
the
the
most
important
step
next
is
to
get
the
additional
money
allocated
so
that
we
know
that
it's
there
once
that
happens,
we
can
start
thinking
about
okay.
Q
How
long
do
we?
How
long
do
we
think
this
money
is
going
to
last
us
right
now?
I
can't
predict
that,
because
we've
only
been
processing
the
applications
that
come
to
us
for
about
a
month,
so
I
need
to
get
a
couple
months
in
and
see
about
what
we're
paying
out
every
month
and
then
we'll
have
a
better
idea
of
when
these
funds
are
going
to
run
out,
and
then
I
think
we
could
make
a
proposal
of
what
what
that
next
step
is.
G
Okay,
no
that's
a
good
answer.
I
think
that
the
administrative
costs
are
six
one
half
dozen
of
the
other
if
we
pay
it
out
of
the
cdbg
funds
or
if
we
pay
out
of
our
budget
since
we're
going
we're
pretty
much
we're
going
to
have
to
shore
this
up
with
money
out
of
our
surplus,
either
way
as
we
go
along.
So
it
doesn't
really
matter
right
now,
because
it's
I
don't.
G
I
don't
think
this
is
going
to
be
the
end
of
the
money
that
we
put
into
this
anyway,
and
I
will
point
out
too
that
you
know
springfield,
champaign,
urbana
and
peoria
all
do
have
small
business
funds
that
are
set
up
as
well,
because
you
know
we
need
individuals
to
make
it
through
this,
but
we
also
need
businesses
to
make
this
make
it
through
this
at
the
same
time,
so
I
do
think
it's
appropriate
to
have
both
of
those
in
there.
G
You
know
this
is
one
of
the
ways
that
we
can
help
them.
We
can
encourage
them
to
fill
out
the
the
county
and
the
edc
program
to
go
for
the
grant
money
there.
We
can
encourage
them
to
fill
out
the
state,
big
grants
and
there's
a
bunch
of
programs
in
place
for
businesses
to
try
to
get
through
this,
so
it
is
appropriate.
We
put
most
of
the
money
towards
individuals,
but
some
of
the
money
go
into
businesses
I
think,
is
appropriate
also
so
jennifer.
G
A
B
A
Okay,
we're
gonna
have
to
council
member
carrillo
and
emic.
Okay,
we're
gonna
have
to
extend
the
the
time
again
because
we're
once
again
way
over
time
on
this.
These
are
the
kinds
of
questions,
though,
if
you
have
them
that
are
useful
to
ask
beforehand.
So
we
can.
We
don't
have
to
have
several
versions
of
this.
So
can
we
have
a
motion,
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna,
say
five
minutes
and
that
we
can
be
optimistic.
C
N
That's
all
right,
thank
you,
so
jennifer
is.
Is
it
fair
to
say
that
the
admin
costs
largely
go
to
the
vendor?
I
just
want
to.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
the
recipient
of
those
admin
costs
and
to
reiterate
questions
that
that
had
been
asked
before
to
in
the
future,
to
look
at
a
way
we
can
increase
the
numbers
of
retained
jobs
even
more
so,
despite
the
fact
that
we're,
above
and
beyond
what
we
should
be
doing.
Thank
you.
Q
The
only
person
I
mean
other
than
for
general
administrative
stuff
like
office
supplies
postage
things
like
that.
The
only
true
vendor
that
we
would
have
would
be
mid
central
community
action
and,
like
I
said
I'm
if
they
process
100
cases
for
us,
then
that's
gonna
be
seven
thousand
dollars.
You
know
so
not
even
ten
percent
of
what
we
have
put
aside.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
If
there
are
no
public
comments
and
we
will
declare
the
public
hearing
to
be
closed,
we're
going
to
move
them
to
a
regular
agenda,
starting
with
item
10a
and
that's
presentation
of
the
fiscal
year,
2020
comprehensive
annual
financial
report
as
audited
and
delivered
by
the
our
audit
firm
baker.
Chile,
richelle
kraus
llp,
as
requested
by
the
finance
department,
I'm
going
to
turn
this
over
to
mr
gleason
and
then
we're
going
to
have
a
10-minute,
approximately
10-minute
presentation
up
to
10
minutes
of
questions.
Mr
gleason
go
ahead.
E
Thank
you
mayor
and
council.
This
is
actually
an
exciting
topic
and
I'll
tell
you
it's
it's
exciting,
because
our
city
staff,
under
scott's
leadership,
do
such
an
excellent
job,
and
the
presentation
should
not
take
that
long.
E
Then
we
have
follow-up
comments,
questions
by
council,
but
we
don't
get
to
this
point
to
where
you're
going
to
hear
an
audit,
like
you
you're,
going
to
hear
tonight
and
have
had
heard
in
the
past
without
there
being
tremendous
behind
the
scenes,
efforts
and
just
different
processes
in
place
and
that's
exactly
what
we
have
here
at
the
city
of
bloomington.
So
thank
you,
scott
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
you.
S
Thank
you,
city
manager,
gleason
appreciate
those
comments
very
true.
The
fi
2020
audit
was
issued
on
october
14th,
it's
posted
on
the
city
website.
The
audit
is
a
very
intensive,
almost
six-month
process.
It
involves.
Staff
throughout
the
city
incorporates
a
lot
of
different
components:
the
pension
audits
actuarial
reports.
S
You
know
things
of
that
nature.
I
want
to
extend
a
thank
you
to
to
all
the
staff
that
were
involved
and
all
the
other
parties
to
get
us
to
this
point.
The
audit
is
very
important.
A
document
and
instills
confidence
on
our
financial
reporting
in
the
community
and
all
of
our
debt
holders
as
well.
S
The
firm
baker
tilly
performed
the
audit.
This
is
the
fifth
year
they've
done
it.
We've
been
very
pleased
with
the
service
and
professionalism.
S
They've
provided
jason
coyle
is
a
partner
with
the
firm
and
he's
here
tonight
to
provide
a
high
level
review
of
fy2020,
but
excuse
me
budget,
I'm
thinking
budget
already
all
right
jason
over
to
you,
sir.
Thank
you.
T
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
scott
yeah
good
to
be
with
you
I'll.
Keep
my
remarks
rather
brief.
Scott
does
have
a
really
good
point.
The
audit
is
a
very
intensive
process
for
everybody,
and
this
year
with
covid
it
was
done
remotely
as
well.
So
that's
a
unique
twist
to
to
the
audit
process
and
we
appreciate
scott
and
his
team.
You
know
getting
everything
for
us
electronically
and
thankfully
technology
is
such
that
that
we're
able
to
do
that.
You
know
with
with
few
hiccups,
but
but
it
did
add
a
little
twist
to
the
process.
T
So
I
really
appreciate
scott
and
his
team
working
through
that
process.
So
I'm,
like,
I
said,
I'm
going
to
keep
my
remarks
rather
brief.
For
you,
we
do
have
some
pages
from
your
kaffir
that
if
you
could
put
them
up
on
the
screen,
we
I
could
walk
through
them.
Otherwise,
I'll
just
talk
talk
there
we
go
so
you
do
issue
as
as
is
noted
here,
comprehensive
annual
financial
reporter
kafir.
For
short,
you
could
see
this
as
of
your
fiscal
year
end
for
4
30
april
30th
2020..
T
The
comprehensive
annual
financial
report,
as
its
name
provides,
is,
is
comprehensive
in
its
nature,
meaning
it
has
additional
information
in
other
than
you're
actually
required
to
have
in
your
annual
financial
report.
So
that's
great
for
users
of
the
financial
statements.
T
It
just
provides
a
higher
level
of
transparency,
of
your
operations
and
of
your
financial
information.
So
congratulations
on
continuing
to
to
issue
a
comprehensive
financial
report.
If
you
could
go
to
the
next
slide
there,
so
there's
three
pages
in
your
kafir
which
come
from
our
firm-
and
this
is
our
audit
opinion
or
independent
auditors
report,
as
it
says,
and
so
these
three
pages
is
the
only
information
from
our
firm.
The
rest
of
the
175
plus
pages
is
your
financial
information.
T
So
our
opinion
this
year,
as
it
has
been
in
the
past,
is
what
we
call
a
clean
opinion
or
unmodified
opinion.
It's
the
higher
highest
level
of
assurance.
We
could
provide
over
the
financial
information
in
layman's
terms.
What
it
means
is
that
somebody
could
pick
up
your
financial
document
here
and
evaluate
it
and
evaluate
the
financial
health
of
the
city
in
all
material
respects
and
be
able
to
rely
on
the
information
that's
in
here.
So
the
one
thing
I'll
point
out
about
our
opinion.
T
It
does
note
that
the
miller
park,
zoological,
cider
and
the
police
pension
fund
were
audited
by
other
auditors,
so
they're
not
audited
by
baker
tilly,
but
their
financial
information
is
incorporated
within
your
chapter
here.
You
could
go
the
next
couple
pages
here
for
the
conclusion
of
the
opinion,
so
you
could
go
through
here,
one
more
page,
please.
T
I
always
like
to
point
out
this
page.
This
is
a
management,
discussion,
analysis
or
mdna.
It
comes
immediately
following
our
opinion.
I
know
not.
Everyone
comes
to
the
council
and
and
wants
to
pick
up
175-page
document
and
read
through
it,
but
I
do
encourage
governing
bodies
to
read
through
the
mdna
or
management's
discussion
analysis.
J
T
Current
year
now
you
can
go
on
to
the
next
slide,
please.
This
is
where
we
really
get
into
the
meat
of
the
financial
statements.
This
is
what's
called
the
statement
of
net
position,
there's
two
pages
to
this,
and
you
could
also
see
you
have
a
couple
component
units
here:
the
library
foundation
and
the
miller
park
zoo.
T
What
I
really
like
to
point
out
about
this
statement-
and
this
is
where
you
take
all
the
funds
of
the
city
and
combine
them
down
basically
into
two
columns
of
governmental
activities
and
the
business
type
activities.
This
statement
also
incorporates
all
of
your
capital
assets
and,
on
the
next
page,
you'll
see
all
of
your
long-term
liabilities
and
really
kind
of
the
biggest
thing
I
point
out
about
here
on.
The
next
slide
is
the
long
one
of
the
long-term
liabilities
incorporated
here.
Is
your
net
pension
liabilities?
T
So
in
illinois
we
talk
about
pensions
quite
a
bit
in
the
fact
that
they
generally
tend
to
be
not
as
well
funded
as
some
of
the
surrounding
states,
and
this
is
kind
of
the
one
time
of
year
that
that
we
really
talk
about
those
net
pension
liabilities.
So
you,
you
have
three
pension
funds.
You
contribute
to
imraf
your
police
pension
fund
and
your
firefighters
pension
fund,
and
I
should
point
out
that
you're
contributing
above
what
you're
actually
required
to
contribute
to
each
of
those
on
a
regular
basis.
T
Now
that
said,
the
net
the
net
pension
liability
went
up
slightly
from
the
past
year,
largely
due
to
the
investment
earnings,
or,
I
should
say,
maybe
the
lack
of
investment
earnings
in
the
police
and
firefighters
pension
funds
largely
related
to
when
your
fiscal
year
end
is
so
430.
The
market
was
down
quite
significantly
because
that
was
the
beginning
of
the
covid
pandemic.
Thankfully
the
markets
rebounded
quite
significantly.
T
Since
then,
that
said,
we
do
have
to
measure
what
the
market
value
was
as
of
april
30th,
and
so
the
net
pension
liabilities
went
up,
unfortunately,
a
little
bit
during
the
year,
so
they
were
up
to
157.9
million
dollars
collectively,
as
of
4
30..
T
If
you
can
go
to
the
next
page,
actually,
we'll
go
one
more
page
there.
This
is
kind
of
where
we
get
into
what's
called
your
governmental
funds.
These
are
probably
the
funds
you're
more
commonly
used
to
seeing
here.
Your
general
fund
is
your
corporate
fund,
which
is
your
primary
operating
fund.
You
can
see
that
fund
increased
fund
balance
there
near
the
bottom
of
the
page
by
2.3
million
dollars.
T
One
thing
I
always
like
to
point
out
in
this
fund
is
I
like
to
compare
your
fund
balance
to
your
expenditures
and
look
at
that
ratio
and
see
you
know
what
that
ratio
is,
and
I'm
sure
that's
something
you
you
talk
about
from
time
to
time.
Looking
at
your
total
fund
balance,
your
ratio
is
36.4
percent.
I
know
a
lot
of
times.
Communities
only
look
at
what
we
call
the
unassigned
fund
balance,
because
your
fund
balance
has
different
components
to
it,
and
so
that
percentage
is
a
little
bit
lower.
That's
about
26.
T
So
what
that
means
basically
is
you
could
go
a
quarter
of
the
year
without
having
any
revenues
come
into
your
general
fund
and
still
be
able
to
to
pay
your
expenses.
So
if
we
go
one
more
slide
here,
please
so
your
governmental
activity
is
in
total
here.
Fund
balance
has
increased
by
6.3
million
dollars
for
the
year
I'll
go
to
the
next
slide.
T
Please
this
this
next
slide
here
is
your
business
type
activities,
proprietary
funds,
so
water
sewer
the
arena
storm
sewer
these
these
funds
generally
are
meant
to
be
self-supporting
through
charges
for
services.
That
said,
the
the
bloomington
arena
does
receive
some
sales
tax
to
help
support
its
operations.
T
You
can
see,
though,
that
near
the
bottom
of
the
page,
a
change
in
net
position,
water
and
sewer
along
with
storm
water,
are
charging
sufficient
charges,
at
least
at
this
point
in
time,
to
maintain
their
their
expenses
or
pay
their
expenses
and
maintain
their
operations
and
still
increase
their
net
position
slightly.
The
bloomington
arena
did
did
see
a
slight
loss
there,
750
000
for
the
year,
go
to
the
next
slide,
please.
This
is
just
a
conclusion
of
that
page
or
that
statement
go
one
more
page.
T
Please-
and
this
again
I
mentioned
already
your
your
pension
liabilities.
These
are
this
second
column.
Here
is
your
pension
trust
fund.
So
this
is
your
police
and
firefighters
pension
fund
and,
as
I
already
mentioned,
unfortunately,
the
interest
income
during
this
fiscal
year
was
not
as
as
high
as
we've
seen
in
past
years,
the
total
investment
income
was
828
000,
so
the
the
net
pension
liabilities
did
increase
slightly
by
the
943
thousand
dollars
in
the
net
pension
fund.
Hopefully
we'll
see
that
come
back
around
the
next
fiscal
year.
T
That's
really
the
conclusion
of
the
the
kafir
and
the
financial
information.
I
was
going
to
point
out
here.
There's
a
lot
of
additional
information
later
on
in
the
financial
statements
which
gets
into
great
detail,
includes
a
lot
of
budget
to
actual
information,
but
I
won't
go
into
that
now.
T
I
did
want
to
point
out
that
we
do
also
complete,
what's
known
as
a
single
audit,
which
relates
to
some
of
your
federal
funding.
We
we
audited
the
cdbg
program
which
you've
been
talking
about
and
we
didn't
have
any
findings
over
the
internal
controls
or
the
other
compliance
matters
related
to
that.
So
congratulations,
congratulations
there.
T
The
other
document
I
just
want
to
wrap
up
with
is
that
when
we
come
in
to
do
the
audit,
we
kind
of
kick
the
tires
on
your
intro
controls
or
your
checks
and
balances.
If
you
will
and
if
we
identify
any
recommendations
for
improvement,
we
communicate
those
to
you
and
there's
another
document
that
has
those
communications
in
there.
T
We
continue
to
have
two
small
recommendations,
one
related
to
utility
billing
and
the
other
related
to
the
arena,
they're
classified
as
what
we
call
significant
deficiencies
rather
than
material
weaknesses,
and
the
utility
building,
I
know,
is
going
to
be
hopefully
improved
with
the
the
new
utility
building
software
and
we'll
see
some
changes
coming
in
related
to
that
in
future
years.
Also,
within
that
document,
that
includes
these
recommendations.
It
points
out
new
reporting
settings
that
are
coming
down
the
road,
thankfully,
with
what
happened
with
the
pandemic.
T
Gasby
delayed
some
of
the
implementation
dates
of
some
of
the
new
reporting
standards
that
you're
going
to
have
to
deal
with,
but
they
are
still
coming.
One
of
the
more
significant
ones
relates
to
leases
and
how
those
are
going
to
be
reported
so
that
that
information
is
incorporating
that
document
and
we'll
be
working
with
scott
and
his
team
to
implement
those
in
future
years.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
certainly
appreciate
that
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
begin
the
approximately
10
minutes
of
counsel,
questions
or
comments.
Any
comments,
questions
by
members
of
the
council.
We
certainly
appreciate
all
of
what
you've
done,
mr
gleason,
mr
rathbun
and
others
on
this
work,
but.
M
T
Well,
I
mean
that's,
neither
it's
just
a
measuring
stick
if
you
will
to
give
you
an
idea
of
you
know,
based
on
your
annual
payroll
for
the
people
that
are
within
that
pension
plan,
how
how
large
is
the
net
pension
liability?
So
it's
not
necessarily
an
indicator
of
good
or
bad.
It's
just
to
kind
of
give
you
an
idea
of.
You
know
how
significant
I
guess
you
would
say
that
net
pension
liability
is,
you
know.
I
think
the
percent
to
lo
that
I
I
usually
look
at
is
your
funded
percentage.
T
Yeah
and
that's
tends
to
be-
you
know
the
what
people
are
looking
at.
Is
you
know
what
level
of
funding
are
you
at
on
an
annual
basis
and
again
that
fluctuates
based
upon
where
the
the
investment
were
at
the
end
of
the
year
and
the
market
value,
and
so,
as
the
market
value
comes
down
a
little
bit
your
your
invest,
your
funded
ratio
is
going
to
come
down.
T
You
know,
as
I
pointed
out
in
my
comments,
so
you're
continuing
to
contribute
quite
a
significant
amount
to
your
pension
plans,
even
above
the
what
is
required,
I
believe,
on
an
annual
basis,
and
so
you
know
to
that
extent,
you're
funding
them
appropriately
and
and
hopefully
those
investment
earnings
will
come
back
around
and
increase
that
funded
percentage.
M
M
And
I
guess
I
I
I
shouldn't
say
that
I
don't
understand,
I
guess
it.
I
was
a
bit
concerned
because
in
the
report
it
it
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
it
says
that
the
presumed
rate
of
return
is
about
seven
percent
and
then
the
cost
of
living
plus
the
inflation
would
add
up
to
five
percent
and
then
salary
increases
can
go
up
to
14.
M
T
The
market
value
yeah
fluctuation
will,
like
I
said,
change
that
overall
funded
ratio
or
the
net
pension
liability
as
of
the
end
of
the
year,
so
the
sensitivity
analysis
that
you're
talking
about
is
really
just
there
to
provide
an
idea
of
okay
you're
utilizing
what
the
seven
percent
discount
rate
you're
accurate
in
that
and
so
that
the
idea
of
that
is
that
over
the
long
term
is
what
you
anticipate
your
rate
of
return
to
be
not
in
any
one
year
but
over
the
long
term.
T
Sure,
but
you
know,
should
you
be
wrong
in
that
estimation,
because
it
is
a
little
bit
of
a
guess,
obviously,
of
what
will
happen
over
the
long
term.
The
idea
of
this
sensitivity,
disclosure,
is
to
give
you
an
idea.
Well,
how
would
your
net
pension
liability
change?
You
know?
T
Should
the
market
do
better
than
you
expect,
or
should
the
market
do
worse
than
you
expect,
because
again
it's
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
guess
if
you
will
as
to
what
the
market's
going
to
do
over
time,
so
they
just
want
to
provide
you
that
disclosure,
okay.
A
Any
other
questions,
madam
clerk,
I'm
I'm
not
seeing
any
anybody.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
appreciate
that
thank
you
and
mr
gleason
and
our
entire
mr
rappin,
our
entire
finance
team.
Next
we
have
actually
items.
Excuse
me
10,
b
and
c,
which
are
related
and
we're
gonna.
A
I
don't
know
if
scott
and
or
mr
glisa,
if
you
want
to
handle
them
together,
but
it's
consideration
action
on
one,
an
ordinance,
levying
taxes
of
the
city
of
bloomington,
mclean
county
for
fiscal
year,
beginning
may,
1st,
2020
and
ending
april
30th
2021,
and
an
ordinance
levying
tax
for
the
city
of
bloomington,
the
library,
and
so
we
have
a
presentation
there
and
the
other
one
is
excuse
me:
can
consideration
in
action
on
a
resolution
abating
a
portion
of
the
taxes
and
for
under
one
and
two,
so
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
mr
gleason
and
then
mr
rathman
tim.
E
S
Thanks
scott,
thank
you
city
manager,
gleason
phil.
Can
you
bring
up
the
presentation?
Please?
We
are
proposing
the
adoption
to
be
the
the
same
as
the
estimate
in
november,
I'm
going
to
use
the
exact
same
screens.
In
the
event,
any
members
of
community
we're
not
able
to
watch
that
presentation
back
in
november,
but
I
will
be
going
through
them
quickly.
Next
slide,
please.
S
I
wanted
to
provide
some
some
context
to
some
of
the
terms
that
we
utilize.
We
utilize
this
term
equalized
assessed
valuation
when
it
comes
to
property
tax
assessment.
Really
the
equalized
assessed
valuation
is
a
one-third
factor
of
a
value
of
a
property.
So
in
this
example
house
valued
is
at
165
000.
The
eav
is
55
000..
S
The
total
combined
city
and
library
tax
rate
that
we're
presenting
this
evening
is
1.3524,
so
the
tax
on
that
165,
000
house
would
be
and
743.82
cents
next
slide.
Please,
the
full
assessed
value
for
the
city
is
almost
5.7
billion.
What
I
want
to
highlight
here
is
that
we've
had
moderate
growth
over
the
last
few
years.
That's
a
good
thing:
it's
not
going
the
other
direction,
so
you
can
see.
We
have
approximately
about
a
point:
seven
percent
estimated
increase.
S
These
are
from
prelim
eavs
that
we
get
from
the
county
and
those
contains
with
tax
challenges
before
now
and
end
of
the
year.
But
as
of
now
roughly
a
point,
seven
percent
increase
in
total
assessed
value
for
the
city
next
slide,
please.
S
This
is
equalized
assessed
value
based
on
that.
It's
a
mathematical
formula
based
on
the
total
value
of
the
5.7
billion,
so
that
1.9
million
excuse
me,
1.9
billion
in
equalized
assessed
value
most
of
the
increase.
Looking
at
the
reports
that
I've
seen
came
in
the
commercial
area,
new
construction
next
slide,
please
so.
S
Tonight's
levy
for
adoption
is
the
city
and
the
library,
with
the
slight
eav
increases
that
we
saw
between
the
prelim
and
the
final
for
last
year,
the
city
in
the
library
are
able
to
realize
about
166
thousand
dollars
in
total
additional
levy
dollars,
while
the
same
time
maintaining
the
same
tax
rate
as
what
we
finished
with
last
year,
so
that
1.35
looking
at
the
bottom
of
the
screen.
There
we've
been
in
that
1.35
1.34
range
for
for
many
many
years
and
we're
able
to
still
realize
some
levy.
S
Tax
dollar
increases
this
year
due
to
the
eav
increase
and
that's
important
to
the
city
in
the
library,
because
costs
continue
to
go
up.
We
have
inflation
every
year,
so
the
increases
in
the
ea
view
and
the
related
increase
in
our
levy,
even
though
we
can
keep
the
rate
flat
very
important
for
our
budget
next
likely.
S
This
is
just
a
visual
of
how
the
tax
the
levy
dollars
are
allocated.
The
largest
component
to
46
percent
is
public
safety.
The
next
largest
component,
when
we're
looking
at
the
combined
a
levy,
is
for
the
library
at
19
percent.
There's
information
at
the
bottom
there
that
breaks
out
the
dollars
by
category
and
those
are
also
detailed
in
the
memo
which
is
online
next
slide.
Please,
and
this
is
the
allocation
of
all
the
other
taxing
districts
within
the
area.
S
I
I
put
a
I
changed
the
slide
slightly
from
last
time
and
put
it
math
at
the
top,
the
city
in
the
library
it's
about
16
cents
of
the
dollar,
between
15
and
16
cents,
or
15
and
16
percent
of
the
total
tax
levy,
and
this
was
as
of
last
year
so
again
proposing
that
we
adopt
the
tax
levy
as
we
presented
in
november
with
the
estimate
the
library
excuse
me.
A
Any
questions
council
member
excuse
me
council,
member
bowling.
Excuse
me.
A
M
Yeah,
I
just
unmuted
me
just
for
clarification
for
the
people
out
there
in
the
audience.
I
just
want
to
and
correct
me
scott.
If
I'm
wrong,
12
of
our
revenue
is
from
property
tax.
Is
that
correct?
Approximately.
S
12
of
total
revenue.
So
if
we're
looking
at
a
revenue
of
110
million
dollars
in
total
revenue,
just
for
the
general
fund,
well,
just
citywide.
M
S
Well,
we're
doing
a
total
tax
levy
about
25
million
and
our
sales
tax
rep
home
rule
sales
tax
is
24
million
state.
I
can't
do
that
on
the
top
of
my
head
so
well.
C
S
M
But
anyway
also,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
and
correct
me
if
I
wrong,
I'm
sticking
with
property
tax,
not
the
entire
budget.
Here
the
expenditures
for
property
tax
goes
to
debt,
which
we
were
going
to
talk
about
today
with
abatement
correct.
M
M
Okay
and
then
about
50
is
for
police
and
fire
pension.
S
Police
fire
pension-
and
we
just
have
two
general
police
protection
and
fire
protection
categories,
but
public
safety
total.
Yes,.
S
No,
we
do
have
1.9
million
consider
for
fire
protection
categorized
within
the
levy
and
1.5
million
for
police
protection
categorized
within
the
levy.
So
those.
L
J
M
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
don't
see
any
other
questions
then,
although
we
are
actually
over
time
and
budget,
but
we're
gonna
go
on
mr
rappin,
do
you
have
anything
to
add
to
item
or
mr
gleason
I'm
going
to
start
with
mr
gleason
item
10c
before
because
we
can.
We
can
take
these.
I'm
thinking
we'll
take
these
two
motions.
Excuse
me
together
once
they're
completed,
because
we've
got
some
questions
that
spill
over
to
the
other.
S
A
Scott,
I
know
I
know
that
I'm
I'm
not
I'm
just
is
there
anything
else
that
you
want
to
add
to
this
discussion
before
the
order
in
which
we
take
them?
Okay,
okay,
thank
you.
We'll
start,
then,
is
there
a
recommended
motion?
Excuse
me
a
motion
for
the
recommendation
here
that
item
10
b
be
approved
items
one
and
two:
is
there
a
motion
moved
by
council
member
painter?
Is
there
a
second
count,
second
by
council,
member
matthew
and
several
others?
Madam
clerk,
would
you
please
call
the
roll?
This
is.
A
J
D
A
A
I
don't
see
any
comments,
madam
cork,
would
you
please
call
the
roll.
G
J
A
Excuse
me
excuse
me,
I'm
going
to
turn
this
over
to
mr
gleason
under
10
in
terms
of
cova
virus
updates
and
emergency
measures.
Mr
gleason
come
on
down.
A
Thank
you
very
much
under
city
manager's
discussion,
then
I'm
going
to
turn.
Oh
excuse
me
before
I
move
on
were
the
questions
of
our
city
manager.
A
Okay,
seeing
none
now
I'm
going
to
turn
back
to
our
city
manager
for
city
managers.
Discussion
go
ahead.
E
Thank
you
mayor
and
council.
I
do
have
a
couple
of
comments.
Phil
could
you
there?
We
go
bloomington
season
of
small,
it's
something
that
we've
talked
about
prior
to
the
thanksgiving
holiday
and
it
continues
through
christmas
eve
day
we
had
a
kickoff
fairly
busy
downtown.
On
friday,
we
had
first
friday
in
the
virtual
tree
lighting
event
and
please
support
the
season
of
small
here
in
our
community.
E
Next
slide
downtown
farmer's
market
december
19th,
and
it's
at
grossinger
motors
arena,
look
for
updates
and
it
will
occur
from
9
a.m,
to
1
p.m.
E
Thanks
phil
a
couple
of
additional
comments,
mayor
and
council
and
and
especially
for
the
community,
a
couple
of
things
that
I
think
are
noteworthy
to
recognize:
staff.
E
The
fire
department,
fire
chief
eric
west,
shared
this-
that
we
do
an
annual
faa
audit
out
at
the
airport.
E
We
obviously
have
two
stations
out
there
station
six,
I
believe,
is
to
the
north
and
station
three
is
to
the
east,
and
this
is
something
that's
conducted
every
year
and
we
received
a
perfect
score
and
that's
no
small
feat,
something
that
I
felt
rises
to
the
level
to
share
that
at
this
meeting.
For
the
community
and
chief
west
shared
that
a
lot
of
that
credit
goes
to
assistant
chief
carl
reeb,
who
takes
care
of
the
training
and
the
audit
certifications
for
the
city.
E
Another
one
that
I
want
to
share
with
the
community.
Everyone's
aware
that
we
are
going
through
and
using
a
company
called
seamless
docs
to
in
the
clerk's
office
to
try
to
provide
a
more
efficient
experience
for
our
residents.
Online,
you
know,
is
what
the
transition
is
moving
away
from
paper,
and
while
we
have
had
this
relationship
for
a
little
while
with
seamless
stocks,
it's
one
that
leslie
yokum
right
across
the
room
from
me
as
our
city
clerk
has
led
this
with
seamless
docs.
E
I
think
where
we
were
one
of
eight
or
one
of
ten,
you
know
we're
one
of
five
on
a
nationwide
recognition,
so
hats
off
to
leslie
and
her
team.
So
that's
ed
mayer.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
I
want
to
thank
alderman
maboka
milawambway
for
his
strong
leadership
in
making
sure
that
we
had
a
mayoral
presence
at
the
virtual
tree
lighting
ceremony,
since
the
mayor
was
otherwise
disposed
and
probably
has
coveted,
although
at
this
point
I'm
going
to
find
out
by
tomorrow
morning-
or
so-
if
I
do
I'm
supposedly
12
days
in
so
maybe
that's
a
good
thing
I'll
find
out,
but
thank
you
bokai
very
much
appreciate
that
and
I'm
sure
our
community
does
I'd
also
like
to
thank
our
fire
department
for
the
many
times
where
they
have
been
in,
obviously
not
just
what
they
normally
do,
but
where
they
have
been
staffing,
the
the
kettles
for
the
salvation
army,
and
in
fact
I
just
a
couple
of
days
ago,
this
was
friday.
A
Maybe
it
was
four
days
five
days
ago
ran
into
the
gentleman
who
mr
honig,
who
made
sure
that
I
was
not
extra.
Crispy
mayor
when
we
had
the
fire
ops-
and
I
very
much
thanked
him-
he
was
at
the
jewel
on
west
oakland
or
excuse
me
east
oakland
to
to
do
that.
So
I
very
much
appreciate
that
and
all
that
you're
doing
for
our
community
at
this
point.
Are
there
members
of
the
council
who
would
have
comments
start
with
I'm
having.
B
Mayor
you
actually
just
have
one
with
your
hand
up
that's
council,
member
cradle.
O
Thanks
mayor
and
I
talked
to
city
manager
gleason
about
addressing
this
issue
during
aldermanic
comments.
As
everyone
knows,
I
brought
forth
an
initiative
last
month
with
regard
to
utility
moratoriums
and
a
couple
days
after
the
council
agreed
to
move
forward
with
that
issue.
Ameren
stepped.
C
O
And
said
they
were
going
to
at
that
point,
not
shut
anyone
off
until
march
31st
2021.
O
Therefore,
I
don't
see
any
further
need
of
the
initiative
and
will
withdraw
it.
However,
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
that
tim
and
and
and
jeff
jurgens
have
also
been
helpful
in
the
follow-up,
because
I
had
a
concern
about
those
people
that
had
already
been
shut
off
and
tim
connected
me
with
stacy
young
amaranth's,
community
relations
manager,
and
she
sent
a
letter
this
afternoon
saying
that
in
in
the
two
months
from
september
to
november,
600
614
residential
customers
were
disconnected
by
ameren
in
the
bloomington
area.
O
However,
now
only
60
remain
disconnected,
so
I
I
do.
I
would
like
to
follow
up
a
little
bit
more
to
see
what
happened
with
those
60,
but
I
just
wanted
to
let
the
community
know
that
are
having
issues
with
paying
their
utilities
that
there's
the
low
income
home
energy
assistance
program
liheep
with
with
information
you
can
find
on
our
website.
You
can
call
two
one
one
ameren:
if
you
don't
qualify
for
life
light,
ameren
also
has
funds
available,
and-
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
to
everyone's
attention.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
craig.
We
very
much
appreciate
that,
especially
at
this
time,
because
this
is
a
really
difficult
time
and
we
will
definitely
want
to
get
back
to
you,
counselor
matthew.
I
do
I
see
you
I'll
just
want
to
one
last
comment.
One
of
the
reasons
why
I
think
it's
so
important
to
be
cognizant
of
these
things
is
many
of
us.
A
We
we
get
into
our
own
lives
and
we
don't
understand
how
other
people,
the
other,
not
the
other
half
the
other.
More
than
half
of
our
community
live
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
cannot
go
past
a
salvation
army
kettle
without
at
least
giving
something
is
because
I,
as
a
a
child,
single
parent
in
a
single
parent
household,
is
an
only
child
and
my
mother
and
I
were
on
off
welfare.
For
the
time
I
was
seven
or
eight
to
the
time
I
was
15.
A
I
am
that
I
can't
walk
by
a
kettle
without
putting
at
least
something
in
to
try
to
give
back
for
the
the
benefits
that
I
had
when
I
was
younger
and
that's
part
of
us
and
who
we
are
as
a
community.
So
I
do
want
to
thank
all
of
us
for
our
our
efforts
here.
Council,
member
matthew.
G
Thank
you
mayor
for
that.
I
wanted
to
actually
add
on
to
that
a
little
bit
and
just
say
thank
you
to
everybody
in
the
community
that
donated
to
our
many
non-profits
during
giving
tuesday.
I
saw
a
lot
of
that
on
social
media.
I
saw
a
lot
of
that
just
in
announcements,
and
you
know,
since
I
serve
on
a
couple
different
boards
it
it
does
make
a
difference
for
that
end
of
year.
G
G
G
A
Thank
you,
councilman
matthew,
thank
you
for
everything.
That's
extremely
well
put
very,
very
much
appreciative
of
that
jamie
and
absolutely
we
have
because
of
the
unusual
circumstances.
Obviously
tonight
we
would
normally
not
be
meeting
for
yet
another
week,
because
this
is
the
first
monday
of
the
month.
But
yes
for
this
monday,
a
week
from
tonight,
we
have
an
exciting
episode
and
two
weeks
from
night
we
have
our
last
exciting
episode
of
this
calendar
year.
Thank
you
very
much
at
this
point.
A
Is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn
moved
by
council
member
painter
whose
finger,
fortunately,
it's
not
not
the
offensive
one
and
two
fingers
by
councilmember
bowen
moved
and
seconded
madame
clerk.
Would
you
call
the
roll?
Oh
actually
we
we're
we're
adjourned
if
you're,
if
you're,
really,
if
you're,
if
you're,
really.