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A
Two
one
liftoff
all
right
well
good
evening:
everybody,
it's
good
to
see
everyone,
and
it
looks
like
this-
is
starting
starting
to
feel
like
spring,
so
very
excited
about
that.
We're
going
to
go
ahead
and
call
the
meeting
at
the
city
council
to
order
we
are,
and
I
need
everyone
to
stand
up
and
for
the
pledge
of
allegiance
and
remain
standing
for
a
moment
of
silence.
C
A
B
Before
in
person
and
15
minutes
for
the
online
registration
and.
E
We
can
move
to
allow
it
can
we
if
we
wanted
so
chose.
B
A
So
public
comment
is
an
opportunity
for
speakers
to
provide
their
views
and
feedback
to
the
city
council.
It
is
also
an
opportunity
for
the
city
council
to
listen
and
hear
diverse
points
of
view
to
maximize
the
impact
of
public
comment
and
show
respect
for
the
expression
of
all
views.
Speakers
should
maintain
civility
and
focus
on
city
issues.
A
Speakers
must
identify
themselves
for
the
record
but
are
not
required
to
give
their
address.
Each
speaker
is
given
the
floor
for
three
minutes,
and
the
council
does
not
respond
or
engage
in
debate.
Any
speaker
that
engages
in
threatening
or
disorderly
behavior
will
be
deemed
out
of
order
and
their
time
ceased.
Thank
you.
So
you
may
proceed.
F
Namaste,
everybody.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
providing
me
this
opportunity,
especially
alderman
ward.
Thank
you
very
much
for
making
this
happen.
A
couple
of
weeks
ago,
I
sent
an
email
to
we
sent
an
email
to
all
of
you
to
invite
you
to
an
exhibition
on
hindu
dharma.
F
It's
a
it's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
create
awareness
amongst
the
people
of
bloomington,
especially
the
leaders
in
the
bloomington
from
various
sections
of
the
community,
so
we're
not
only
called
the
city
council
of
bloomington.
We
have
called
the
invited,
the
city
council
of
town
council,
of
normal,
the
education
board,
interfaith
leaders
all
on
23rd
of
april,
at
3
p.m.
At
the
hindu
temple
of
bloomington
normal,
an
email
would
be
there
in
your
email
box
in
your
inbox.
Please
check
it
if
you
can
rsvp
using
the
e-white
link.
That
would
be
greatly
helpful.
F
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'm
ready
to
feel
it's
an
exhibition
on
hinduism
at
hindu
temple
of
bloomington-normal
on
23rd
of
april
saturday
at
3
p.m.
If
you
and,
as
I
said,
I
have
sent
an
email
of
email
invite
to
all
of
you,
please
check
and
respond
to
it.
I
will
be
very
honored
if
you
guys
can
make
it
if
you
all
could
make
it
any
questions.
A
A
Thank
you.
A
proclamation
in
recognition
of
america's
gold,
star
families,
hometown
heroes,
banner
program,
whereas
the
term
gold
star
began
during
world
war,
one
when
american
families
displayed
flags
in
their
homes,
businesses,
schools
and
churches,
with
a
gold
star
for
each
loved
one
lost
in
military
service.
A
A
And
at
this
point,
I'd
like
to
give
mr
and
mrs
maddox
an
opportunity
to
speak,
but
before
I
do
that,
I
don't
know
if
city
manager,
gleason
has
a
couple
of
words
he
wanted
to
to
share.
G
H
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
for
providing
the
honor
and
the
remembrance
of
our
gold
star
families,
there's
not
a
day
that
we
don't
forget
our
loved
one,
our
heroes
that
have
fallen
and
for
each
of
you,
and
especially
tim
and
mayor,
to
have
this
partnership
to
erect
these
banners
to
be
visible
from
memorial
day
to
veterans
day
means
a
lot
to
the
families.
H
So
that's
one
thing
as
a
gold
star
family,
we
want
you
to
remember
our
sons
and
our
daughters
and
our
spouse's
names,
because
there's
twice
when
we
die
the
initial
time
that
we
die.
The
second
time
is
when
we
forget
to
speak
that
person's
name,
so
it's
very
meaningful
that
you
have
provided
this
opportunity
for
us
to
actually
have
this
program
and
we're
very
grateful,
and
I
speak
on
behalf
of
our
board
members
with
the
america's
gold
star
families
and
their
appreciation.
We
were
hoping
to
have
billy
halstead
here
today,
but
he
felt
ill.
H
So
we
thank
you
along
with
all
the
gold
star
families,
and
I
will
report
already.
We
have
about
20
applications
that
have
been
submitted
and
we'll
continue
to
keep
those
applications
available
and
open
for
submission
through
april
20th
and
then
we'll
start
partnering
to
have
those
printed
by
meltdown,
creative
works
and
actually
erected
by
the
city.
So
thank
you
very
much.
We're
very
appreciative.
H
It's
actually
on
our
website
for
america's
goldstarfamilies.org.
H
A
Awesome
well.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
again.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
dedication
not
only
to
this
particular
cause,
but
I
know
you
also
lost
your
son
in
the
battle
in
afghanistan
and
we're
very
thankful
for
your
dedication
and
his
service.
Thank
you.
A
I
I
A
A
A
The
william
watkins
junior
founders
awards
from
the
african
american
hall
of
fame
museum
in
peoria,
the
community
icon
award
for
the
100
black
men
of
america
incorporated
and
a
bloomington
human
relations
award,
and
now,
therefore,
I
boca
molamboi
mayor
of
the
city
of
bloomington
illinois
do
hereby
encourage
each
of
us
to
celebrate
the
life
of
willie
brown
by
being
kind
to
one
another
and
seizing
every
opportunity
to
do
good.
Thank
you.
J
I
I
want
to
first
recognize
francis
and
jerome
addicts
and
what
they
have
done
for
gold
star
families
here
in
bloomington
normal.
I
want
to
recognize
their
sacrifice
of
their
son.
J
Francis
I
call
my
mother,
she
took
care
of
me
early
on
in
my
career
at
state
farm
jerome
took
over
as
president
of
the
100
black
men
of
central
illinois
when
I
left
for
d.c
they're
very
close
to
me,
and
I
just
want
to
recognize
your
honor
to
them
and
their
sacrifice
of
their
son.
J
I
get
in
front
of
these
type
of
venues
and
I
tell
myself
that
I'm
not
going
to
cry
and
they're
tears
of
joy,
because
I
am
very,
very
proud,
obviously,
of
my
father
and
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
the
city
council
for
this
tremendous
recognition
in
his
name.
K
J
A
A
No
councilmember
craybill,
okay,
so
I
think
we
have
a
link
right:
okay,
because
we're
very
high
tech
here.
A
Okay,
the
consent
agenda
passes
there
are
no
nays
to
announce
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
we're.
Moving
on
to
the
regular
agenda
is
a
consideration
and
action
on
the
adoption
of
the
fy
2023
budget
and
appropriation
ordinance,
as
requested
by
the
finance
department,
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
city
manager
gleason.
For
some
introductory
remarks,.
G
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council,
and
to
the
community
very
brief
comments
before
I
turn
the
floor
over
to
our
finance
director,
scott
rathman.
G
This
is
the
culmination
of
work
that
what
do
you
think
scott
it
started,
may
2nd
of
2021
for
us
and
very
public
conversations.
You
know
starting
january
of
this
year.
G
This
is
work
you
know
when,
when
I
hear
you
know
possibly
that
we're
talking
too
much
about
the
budget
and
I've
only
heard
that
a
couple
of
times,
I
actually
get
great
satisfaction
in
that,
because
we're
stewards
of
the
taxpayer
dollars
and
the
level
of
transparency,
the
level
of
dedicational
work
that
we
put
into
this
budget
at
the
council's
direction
and
their
vision
for
this
community
is
something
that
we
take
great
pride
in.
So
scott
turn
it
over
to
you.
M
Yes,
it's
it's
definitely
at
least
a
six-month
process
for
the
budget
cycle,
starting
back
in
the
fall
and
really
kind
of
kicking
off
with
the
tax
levy
it
feels
like
there
should
be
like
trumpets
and
fanfares.
You
know
tonight,
but
we're
going
to
be
running
through
pretty
much
the
same
presentation,
I
believe
in
consistency.
In
the
way
we
deliver
the
numbers,
it's
very
important
to
the
city
us
and
the
finance
department
that
the
community
understand.
You
know
what
what's
being
done
with
their
with
their
tax
dollars.
M
So
we've
spent
a
lot
of
time
going
through.
You
know,
tax
dollars
at
work.
The
service
calls
with
police
and
fire
the
number
of
parks.
So
tonight
you
know
we'll
be
just
kind
of
taking
a
high
level
approach
review
of
the
numbers
presented
so
far,
but
I'm
hoping
the
community
takes
takes
away.
You
know
where
those
dollars
are
really
going,
how
they're
being
used.
We
do
take
this
responsibility
very
seriously.
M
It's
it's
something
that
we
discuss
constantly.
You
know
the
best
use
of
funds
for
the
benefit
of
the
community
to
provide
the
services
that
are
expected.
So
tonight's
presentation
will
be
somewhat
repetitious,
but
we
do
have
a
procedural
kind
of
twist
to
it.
Council.
Member
emig
is
is
her
role
at
the
county
museum.
M
So!
No
changes
from
the
proposed
budget
I'll
run
through
the
numbers.
Again:
a
269
million
dollar
citywide
budget,
an
increase
of
17
million.
You
can
see
that's
a
seven
percent
increase
over
fy
2022.,
the
general
fund,
122
million,
that's
an
increase
of
13
million.
So
obviously
you
can
see
that
a
significant
portion
of
the
city-wide
budget
is
related
to
the
general
fund.
Well,
we
have
some
also
some
non-recurring
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
M
Related
american
rescue
plan
act
we're
paying
cash
for
equipment,
so
there's
residual
lease
expense
in
the
general
fund
of
the
tune
of
about
two
million
dollars.
So
in
other
items
like
that
that
I
would
refer
to
as
non-recurring
you
know
on
the
citywide
basis,
we
have
2.4
million
dollar
in
what
I'll
call
residual
expansion
dollars
for
the
library.
M
This
is
equipment
and
furniture
that
they'll
be
spending
as
part
of
next
year's
budget,
not
directly
associated
with
the
construction
that
was
just
approved
by
council
capital
projects,
nearly
57
million
the
general
fund
reserves
still
looking
at
approximately
32
million
dollars.
M
You
know
that's,
given
that
the
fy
23
holds
true
and
22
holds
through
to
projections
and
then
again,
cash
flow
equipment
has
been
a
strategic
initiative
by
us
and
council
to
get
away
from
our
reliance
upon
borrowing
for
our
capital
equipment,
especially
for
the
general
fund,
we're
paying
all
cash
for
the
general
fund
for
next
slide.
Please
we
developed
this
exhibit
to
kind
of
give
a
little
perspective
on
on
the
budget
of
the
city
and
the
growth
over
time.
M
I've
kind
of
went
at
this
exhibit
a
couple
of
different
ways,
but
tonight
I'll
just
the
top
line
in
the
middle
line.
So
the
city-wide
budget
in
2016
was
186
million
dollars.
Rounded
fy
23
we're
looking
at
269
million
dollars,
that's
an
83
million
dollar
increase,
but
if
you
adjust
out
a
hesitate
to
say
non-recurring,
but
capital
projects
vary
from
year
to
year.
M
So
if
we
adjust
out
those
it's
the
strategic
additions,
the
non-recurring
items
that
we
have
in
this
year's
budget,
like
the
library,
the
american
rescue
plan,
act,
we
kind
of
get
down
to
an
operating
total
for
those
years.
So
comparing
2016's
166
million
dollars
to
2023
195
million
dollars,
that's
a
29
million
increase,
it's
still
a
significant
increase,
but
over
time
that
it
does
calculate
to
about
a
two
and
a
half
percent
annualized
growth
rate.
M
So
a
little
above
inflation
I'll
admit
that,
but
it
just
kind
of
gives
perspective
on
the
growth
of
the
city's
budget
relative
to
some
of
the
activity
and
non-recurring
activity
within
the
budgets
next
slide.
Please
excuse
me
major
tax
revenues.
M
The
general
fund
is
primarily
I
got
something
in
my
throat.
Excuse
me,
funded
with
tax
revenues.
There's
a
lot
of
emphasis
placed
on
those.
Those
are
economically
impacted,
not
as
much
control
from
local
governments
related
to
those.
Fortunately,
for
the
city
we're
doing
fairly
well
with
that,
we
have
some
new
revenues
related
to
online
out-of-state
retail
and
sales
tax
that
we're
realizing
the
cannabis.
Dispensary
has
increased
our
overall
tax
revenues
by
approximately
5
million,
so
adjusting
for
that
the
increase
from
2021
to
2023,
I'm
using
2021,
because
that
was
pre-coded.
M
We
took
the
numbers
down
for
22.,
it's
about
a
1.7
percent
growth
rate,
so
while
the
number
looks
very
significant
as
far
as
the
increase
goes,
the
primary
reason
is
new
revenues
and
we
took
the
2022
revenues
down
due
to
covet
next
slide.
Please
one
other
thing
I
would
like
to
emphasize
over
time
is
really
the
financial
structure
of
the
city
related
to
funds,
so
there's
29
funds
of
the
city.
These
are
all
financial
components
of
the
city.
The
general
fund
is
the
largest
fund.
M
It's
122
million
dollars
of
the
269
million
dollar
total
citywide
budget.
The
general
fund
is
mostly
funded
by
taxes.
You
can
see
that
we
have
92
million
dollars
in
tax,
almost
93
million
dollars
in
tax
revenues
budgeted
for
2023
charges
for
services,
13.4
million.
A
lot
of
that
is
parks
related
ambulance
related,
but
the
the
primary
revenue
driver
for
the
general
fund
is
the
tax
revenues.
So
that's
why
it
gets
a
lot
of
attention
because,
again,
economically
impacted
and
and
the
functions
that
we
are
funded
via
the
general
fund
are
public
safety
parks.
M
Our
economic
development,
which
is
you
know,
also
the
all
the
building
permits
that
that
department,
all
the
administration
departments
that
this
is
finance,
hrit
and
the
engineering
departments
of
public
works,
and
it
also
includes
what
I'll
refer
to
as
outside
support.
So
this
connect
connect,
transit,
mclean,
county
health,
et
cetera,
so
going
down
the
exhibit
just
real
briefly
the
taxes,
a
6.5
million
dollar
increase.
M
This
doesn't
tie
to
the
exhibit
we
just
went
through
because
some
of
those
tax
revenues
are
are
not
general
fund
related
and
then
intergovernmental
revenue
up
6.7
million,
and
that's
because
we
have
a
placeholder
in
there
for
the
expected.
Second
half
of
the
american
rescue
plan
x
dollars
that
come
in
next
year
next
slide.
Please
general
fund
expenditures,
no
change
from
proposed
budget,
highlighting
salaries
and
benefits
up
a
little
over
three
million
dollars.
M
This
is
to
address
strategic
initiatives
from
a
technology
standpoint
from
this
around
the
city,
capital
expenditures
up
4.8
million.
This
represents
spending
cash
for
our
capital,
expenditures,
our
equipment
again,
just
reminding
everyone
that
our
budget
is
primarily
on
a
cash
accounting
basis,
so
that
you
know
we
recognize
expenditures,
even
if
they're
for
assets
that
could
be
depreciated
as
expenditures
during
the
fiscal
year
and
then
other
expenditures
up
5
million
dollars.
Again.
This
is
the
placeholder
for
the
upper
grant
next
slide.
Please.
M
Citywide
so
citywide
the
remainder
of
the
funds.
Along
with
the
general
fund,
we
have
the
enterprise
funds.
These
are
their
business
activity,
type
funds,
water,
sewers,
storms,
solid
waste;
they
have
dedicated
fees
related
to
supporting
those
funds.
We
have
special
revenue
funds
like
the
library
state,
motor
fuel
tax,
cdbg,
the
bloomington
election
commission.
M
These
are
the
ones
that
have
restricted
revenue
sources
and
we
have
their
capital
improvement
funds
like
asphalt
and
concrete
the
bond
funds
or
another
type
of
funds
within
the
financial
structure
of
the
city
and
then
even
a
fiduciary
fund
like
j
m
scott.
Those
are
all
incorporated
into
the
city-wide
budget
and
drive
our
numbers
up
or
down
depending
on
the
activity
of
the
year,
so
highlighting
a
couple
of
lines
here.
Use
of
fund
balance
we're
looking
at
33
million
dollars
in
use
of
reserves.
M
M
intergovernmental
agreement.
Excuse
me:
intergovernmental
governmental
revenue,
up
8.4
million.
Most
of
that
related
american
rescue
plan
act
miscellaneous
revenue.
This
is
where
we
show
borrowings
related
or
revenues
related
to
borrowings.
So
even
though
they're
liabilities
they're
borrowing,
we
show
those
revenues
due
to
the
cash
based
accounting
and
then
we
had
11.7
million
dollars
in
the
22
budget
related
to
the
pool.
We
don't
have
that
in
23.
So
that's
why
that's
decreasing
next
slide.
Please.
M
Citywide
expenditures
just
to
highlight
a
couple
of
items:
a
commodities
increase
of
3.1
million
dollars
increase
for
concrete
asphalt,
fuel
everyone's
familiar
with
the
inflationary
impact.
This
is
being
reflected
in
our
budget
for
the
coming
fiscal
year.
Other
expenditures,
10
million
dollar
increase
american
rescue
plan,
act,
6.7
million
dollars.
Of
that
I
want
to.
I
forgot
I
wanted
to
reference
on
the
revenue
side.
You
don't
need
to
go
back
there
phil.
M
We
have
that
million
dollars
in
transfers
each
time
I
do
these
presentations,
I
like
to
highlight
the
inter-fund
transfers
that
has
attended
as
a
impact
of
grossing
up
our
overall
budget,
so
with
the
library
specifically,
they
increase
their
levy.
850
000
to
support
debt
service
for
the
bond
for
the
expansion.
M
That's
going
to
be
transferred
to
this
the
bond
fund.
So
that's
a
transfer
in
it
shows
us
revenue
in
the
bond
fund.
So
we
have
a
revenue
coming
into
the
library
in
the
form
of
levy
and
then
expense
going
to
the
bond
fund
as
a
transfer
out
and
then
revenue
in
the
bond
fund,
that's
transfer
end
and
then
you'll
have
the
expenditure
to
the
to
pay
the
bonds.
So
an
activity
when
you
have
transfers
it
grosses
up
the
budget,
some
municipalities
net-
that
out,
we
have
historically
not
done
that.
M
This
is
just
a
view
of
our
city-wide
budget
by
fund.
This
does
not
list
all
the
funds.
There
are,
as
I
mentioned,
29
funds.
So
this
group,
some
of
the
other
funds
down
at
the
bottom,
just
to
highlight
something
some
comments.
I've
made
previously,
you
can
see
the
library
is
up
3.4
million,
a
majority
of
that
is
related
to
those
furniture,
fixture
and
spanish
expenditures
that
we
have
for
the
bond
or
the
expansion
for
the
light
or
for
for
the
her
for
their
expansion.
Excuse
me:
the
insurance
fund,
1.6
million.
M
This
is
another
example
of
the
transfers
between
funds
and
how
gross
is
up
our
budget,
so
we
pay
for
insurance
premiums
out
of
those
insurance
funds,
and
then
the
departments
pay
for
those.
So
we
transfer
dollars
into
the
those
those
insurance
internal
service
funds,
and
so
again
we
have
that
kind
of
duplication.
M
M
The
water
fund
had
a
very
major
project
in
2022
for
the
fort
jesse
tank
replacement
of
six
million
dollars
so
that
capital
expenditure
line
or
category
came
down
for
water,
but
but
again
a
57
million
dollar
capital
project
budget
for
the
year
is
is
a
fairly
ambitious
undertaking.
So
again,
this
is
a
an
example
of
the
the
taxpayers
dollars
being
put
to
use
for
improvement
for
these
services.
M
This
slide
is
being
presented
to
highlight
the
numbers
are
related
to
the
removal
of
the
mclean
county
museum
support
so
that
council,
member
emic
can
recuse
herself
for
that.
So
we
will
be
voting
on
the
city-wide
budget
less
than
forty
five
thousand
dollars
for
a
net
adoption
of
269
million
dollars.
Fifty
six
thousand
eight
hundred
eighty
six
dollars
and
this
matches
the
memo
and
the
appropriation
ordinance
that
we've
provided
to
council
in
the
general
fund
since
the
museum
that
support
is
inside
the
general
fund.
M
M
M
So,
where
can
information
be
found
about
the
budget?
Obviously,
on
our
citywide,
our
city
website,
under
the
finance
department?
There's
a
lot
of
information
about
the
budget.
We
have
the
video
101
series.
We've
also
put
the
powerpoints
out
there
in
case
the
community
would
like
to
just
kind
of
you
know,
review
certain
sections
of
those
videos.
M
You
know
the
material
without
having
to
pause
certain
sections,
so
we
we've
added
that
we've
included
some
information
on.
You
know
the
budget
books
can
be
a
little
intimidating.
There
are
300
pages
each
so
700
pages
total,
so
some
highlights
from
those
from
those
books
where
the
community
can
get
some
pretty
good.
A
pretty
good
feel
some
pretty
good
perspective
on
on
the
budget,
the
material
factors
that
have
influenced
the
budget
for
the
year.
M
M
So,
as
as
city
manager
mentioned,
and
I
indicated
as
well,
the
the
budget
cycle
is
very
lengthy.
It's
a
six-month
process,
it's
all
hands
on
deck
around
the
city,
so
I
want
to
just
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
the
finance
team,
specifically
chris
tamerlan,
the
budget
manager
he's
he's
like
a
department
in
and
of
himself
all
the
department
heads
all
the
inner
actions
we
have
with
them.
The
communications
related
to
their
capital
equipment
needs
the
projects
you
know
finding
the
dollars
asking
them
questions
about
why
you
know
why
there
are
increases.
M
Why
are
there
decreases?
You
know
compared
to
their
four-year
averages.
You
know
I
want
to
thank
mayor
the
mayor
and
the
council
for
being
such
good
students.
You
know
during
this
process,
you
know
asking
great
great
questions.
We've
had
some
very
great
detailed
questions.
Questions
are
great
the
harder
the
questions.
Those
are
good
questions
for
me
for
for
my
team,
everyone
should
be
on
their
toes
related
to
this
process.
M
I
want
to
thank
the
community
for
their
for
their
involvement
and
I
hope
the
community
is
has
gotten
some
visibility
on
how
their
dollars
are
being
put
to
use.
You
know,
through
this
process
and
again
I
just
wanted
to
emphasize
it's
a
responsibility.
We
take
very
seriously
being
stewards
of
those
funds,
so,
at
this
point,
I'd
recommend
you
adopt
the
fy
2023
budget
as
presented
in
the
amount
of
269
million.
Fifty
six
thousand
eight
hundred
eighty
six
dollars
next
slide.
Please
and
that's
questions
and
comments.
A
Okay,
awesome
did
you
have
any
other
comments
or
no
okay
counsel?
Any
questions
comments.
I
K
Would
just
like
thank
you
very
much
for
all
of
your
work,
and
I
would
like
to
make
a
proposal
that
we
approve,
as
presented.
D
K
A
N
I
love
this
city
and
I
love
what
the
plans
are
for
the
city,
and
I
appreciate
every
penny
of
your
record.
You
you
keeping
these
together
and
for
the
people
and
the
transparency
and
the
hard
work.
You
do.
You've
always
been
my
favorite
part
of
city
council,
and
you
will
forever
be
my
favorite
part
of
city
council.
A
C
All
right,
hey!
Thank
you,
scott!
You
do
a
remarkable
job
with
all
of
this
and
I
really
do
appreciate
and
respect
you
with
regard
to
the
solid
waste
fund
and
doing
research
from
about
a
year
ago,
when
I
first
joined
the
council,
we
were
looking
at
potentially
reducing
services
because
we
were
upside
down
in
that
fund.
M
That
that's
a
little
bit
of
a
a
tricky
question,
because,
while
the
fund
has
reversed
a
fortune
I'll
say
a
little
bit
because
of
recycling
and
the
brush
burner,
the
equipment
needs
of
that
fund
are
extremely
heavy.
With
the
type
of
machinery
that
we've
used,
a
lot
of
equipment
has
been
delayed,
we've
been
traditionally
using
the
lease
for
that
fund
as
well,
so
there
are
needs
above
and
beyond.
I
guess
is
the
current
financial
picture
that
the
three
percent
increase
my
perspective
right
now
is
actually
will
be
needed.
C
Thank
you
for
that,
just
a
comment,
and
and
and
then
I'll
pass
it
on
here
to
the
next
person,
but
you
know
it's.
It's
been
right
out
a
year
since
I
had
the
privilege
of
being
asked
to
serve
ward
3
in
this
role
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
heard
clearly
from
people
as
I
was
going
door
to
door
was
concern
about
property
tax
increases,
because
this
budget
is
supported
by
underlying
decisions
that
resulted
in
a
an
agreement
by
this
council
to
raise
property
taxes.
C
I
won't
be
able
to
vote
in
favor
of
this
budget
tonight.
I
I
think
from
an
integrity
perspective.
It
would
just
simply
be
inappropriate,
based
on
what
I
heard
throughout
that
time.
In
campaigning,
I
respect
this
as
a
democratic
process
and
others
feel
differently,
but
I
did
want
to
make
that
comment.
You
know
reflecting
back
over
these
last
eight
years
or
so.
Since
you
know,
we've
got
this
view
that
you
showed
after
adjusting
for
inflation.
It
still
reflects
about
a
35
absolute
increase
over
where
we
were
in
a
flat
population.
C
I
am
concerned
about
that
from
a
sustainability
perspective,
and
I
also
think
that,
as
we
look
at
our
expenditures
for
asphalt
and
concrete,
those
are
areas
where,
in
alignment
with
what
the
community
is
asking
us
for
in
public
comment
and
in
emails
and
service
calls,
we
receive
that's
where
we
have
reflected
some
degree
of
inflation
in
the
underlying
commodities
cost.
But
from
what
I'm
seeing
relative
to
the
cost
of
asphalt.
Specifically,
we
will
be
under
what
we
will
need
to
just
barely
keep
up
with
what
we
say.
C
We
will
do
for
our
community
in
that
area.
I've
read
reports
that
say
because
of
the
petroleum
dependency
there,
that
particular
commodity
is
up
over
40
percent
even
46.
I
read
in
one
study,
so
I
just
bring
that
up,
because
I
really
think
that
our
expenditures
need
to
be
in
the
context
and
alignment
with
what
our
community
is
asking
us
for,
and
those
basic
services
the
streets,
the
roads,
the
sidewalks,
those
are
so
important
for
our
constituents.
We
hear
about
that
a
lot
so
anyway,
just
wanted
to
share
that
context,
but
again
convey
that.
C
E
Thank
you
mayor
and,
as
as
others
have
I
thank
you.
Scott
personally
you've
answered
a
number
of
my
questions
as
I've
gone
through
each
of
the
budget
books.
So
I
appreciate
that
and
some
of
the
dumb
questions
I've
had
so
you
know
to
me:
budgets
are
moral
documents
right
reflections
of
who
and
what
we
value.
E
What
areas
things
or
people
are
most
important
to
the
creators
of
that
budget.
Us
this
budget,
I
think,
shows
that
we
value
people
and
improving
their
lives
and
maybe
the
the
the
budget.
That's
done
that
the
most
so
far
you
know
people
need
quality
infrastructure,
so
improvement
to
infrastructure
improves
people's
lives
on
a
daily
basis.
E
We're
spending
56.8
million
for
capital
projects
in
2023,
that's
36
million
more
than
in
2016.
we're
spending
more
on
locust
colton.
So
much
more
that
we're
taking
three
years
off
the
project
we
listened
to
residents
and
made
that
happen.
This
also
includes
spending
funds
to
build
retention
basins
that
will
help
with
flooding
situations.
E
Much
of
the
infrastructure
spending
going
on
now
will
be
for
hamilton,
road
and
fox
creek
projects,
improving
safety
and
promoting
business
growth
in
that
area.
You
know,
I
know
we
are
spending
7.1
million
on
streets
and
sidewalks.
That's,
even
though
the
funding
sources
for
those
are
below
that.
So
it's
important
enough
for
us
to
use
fund
balance
to
keep
that
number
the
same,
and
I
know
that
we're
talking
about
spending
even
more
in
the
future,
we're
renovating
the
library
to
match
our
growing
population
and
their
needs
for
new
technology.
E
E
Yes,
it's
going
up,
but
if
you
look
at
the
budget
book
number
one,
we
actually
had
743
employees
in
200
2011.,
so
we're
well
below
that
and
I'll
just
add
that
even
minor
changes
can
help.
People
feel
more
welcome.
E
E
I
also
like
to
see
a
focus
of
us
trying
to
advertise
the
low
income
reduced
rates
for
residents
for
solid
waste.
I
think
we
need
more
team
programs
and
concern
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
towing
and
parking
violations
and
how
they're
so
high
towing's.
275
million
is
expected
for
fiscal
year.
2023
also
120
000
in
parking
violations,
and
I
do
think
we
can
do
more
in
public
engagement
for
the
budget.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
scott.
E
I
hope
that
you
include
in
in
next
year's
budget
is
all
those
abbreviations
I
ask
you
about,
and-
and
you
were
able
to
do
that-
and
I
I
think
that's
something
that
we
should
include
in
the
budget
for
next
year,
and
I
also
like
the
fact
that
we're
looking
at
relaunching
our
bloomington
101
program,
I
think
that's
great,
for
the
community
and
I
would
just
say
just
in
a
very
brief
summary.
E
E
Arpa
is
adding
about
six
percent
in
the
budget,
increase
same
with
cash
for
equipment
and
then
mental
health.
We
didn't
spend
money
on
mental
health
back
in
2016.
We're
doing
that
now.
Some
increase
in
commodities,
a
very
modest
increase
in
parks
of
nine
percent.
Over
seven
years,
even
the
cdbg
and
gm
scott
funds
have
increased
so
so
I
am,
you
know.
E
I
know
it
sounds
like
a
big
increase
from
2016
to
2023,
but
it's
really
not
so
I
appreciate
you
putting
the
budget
books
together,
so
I
can
try
to
figure
that
out,
so
I
will
be
voting
in
favor.
Thank
you.
O
I
E
O
I
O
O
No
but
councilmember
urban
and
councilman
crabil
said
much
of
the
content
that
I
wanted.
You
know
to
mention.
I
did
want
to
say
you
know
thank
you
to
scott
and
his
team,
particularly
as
one
of
the
newly
member
elected
council
members,
I'm
going
through
the
budget
process
for
the
first
time.
I
learned
a
lot.
O
I
took
the
time
to
read
the
budget
books
that
councilman
crabble's
recommendation
stayed
awake
the
whole
time,
but
you
know,
and
I
really
feel
better
prepared
to
be
a
responsible
steward
of
taxpayer
dollars.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
I
will
be
supporting
this
budget.
A
Thank
you
any
other
comments.
It
doesn't
look
like
it
scott.
I
I
would
thank
you
too,
but
now
I've
developed
a
serious
case
of
jealousy
here,
because
you're,
more
famous
than
I
am
popular
seems
like
so
with
that
we
should
probably
go
ahead
and
vote
right.
It
looks
like
we're
ready
if
you
could
go
to
your
links.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
We're
gonna
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
the
the
amendment
for
fiscal
year.
20
2020,
2023
related
to
the
mclean
county
museum
of
history,
and
I
know
we've
addressed
that
before
I
don't
know
if
you
wanted
to
make
any
other
comments.
No,
okay,
all
right.
A
Okay,
is
there
a
motion,
okay,
motion
by
council
member
bollin,
second
by
council
member
martini?
There
better
not
be
any
discussion
about
this.
No
okay,
awesome.
I
think
we're
ready
to
vote.
I
A
So
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
item
8c
consideration
and
action
to
appoint
a
mayor
pro
tem
for
the
city
of
bloomington,
as
requested
by
yours,
truly
to
serve
until
a
new
appointment
is
made
by
the
city
council
as
mayor
pro
tem
for
the
city
of
bloomington.
At
those
times
when
the
mayor's
unable
to
perform
his
official
duties
due
to
an
absence
from
the
city
or
other
incapacity
which
almost
happened
tonight,.
A
I
conquered
so
I
am
going
to
go
ahead
and
recommend
that
council
member
bolin
be
appointed
as
mayor
pro
tem.
You
know
believe
it
or
not.
A
council
member
is
now
a
one
of
the
long-term
members
on
on
the
council,
but
I
beyond
beyond
that,
though,
I
think
it's
important
to
recognize
that
she
has
a
long
history
of
involvement
with
the
council
has
often
been
prior
to
being
on.
The
council
had
been
a
a
long
time
and
frequent
and
thoughtful
commenter
public
comment.
A
A
A
A
So
so
I
think
at
this
point,
do
you
want
to
say
a
couple
of
words.
L
Well,
I
certainly
appreciate
the
unanimous
support
there
was
a
comment
made
about
how
I've
been
speaking
at
public
comments
since
before
youtube
was
used,
and
I
checked
with
it
and
actually
youtube
started
it
a
year
before
I
commented
so
that's
that's.
You
know
straighten
that
out,
but
yeah
I'm
kind
of
looking
forward
to
it,
except
for
doing
public.
L
A
G
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council
phil.
Do
I
have
two
slides
just
three
slides
total
april
indoor
farmer's
market?
This
will
be
the
last
one.
That's
indoors,
I
think.
May
we
start
outdoors
and
april
16th
9
a.m
to
12
p.m.
That's
this
saturday
and
next
slide.
G
Please
eggs
on
the
square
also
on
saturday
day
before
easter,
that's
9,
10
30
at
the
mclean
county
museum
of
history,
so
right
downtown
next
slide:
two
new
employees,
heather
webb
and
michael
aslinger,
golf
clubhouse
manager
and
telecommunicator
for
the
police
department
to
welcome
both
of
them
aboard
to
the
city
team.
G
Last
item
that
I
had
was.
This
is
national
public
safety
telecommunicator
week.
That
is
our
dispatch
center
for
police
fire
ems
for
the
city
of
bloomington,
and
I
know
that
they've
received
some
national
recognition
lately
under
the
leadership
of
chief
jamal
simmington,
but
the
telecommunicator
center
executive
director
darren
wolf.
G
They
do
an
excellent
job,
they're
in
a
dark
room
over
the
bloomington
police
department,
high
tech
equipment.
I
know
that
we've
had
very
public
conversations
about
some
of
the
challenges
with
9-1-1
calls
the
transfer
how
it
made
a
pass
through
metcom
to
our
dispatch
center
by
some
of
the
elected
officials.
G
A
Thank
you,
city
manager.
Gleason
next
item
is
mayor's
discussion
and
I
just
wanted
to
to
take
a
moment
to
mention.
If
you
haven't
heard
the
the
passing
of
reverend
dr
bridget
black,
who
was
a
a
member
of
the
pscrb
she
unfortunately
passed
away
on
on
april
6..
D
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
for
recognizing
the
reverend,
dr
black.
I
also
offer
my
condolences
to
all
those
who
who
loved
her.
There
were
a
lot
of
people.
She
was
also
a
pretty
stalwart
member
of
the
not
in
our
town
steering
committee
and
the
mclean
county
interfaith
alliance
among
other
groups,
and
I
also
recognize
that
we've
had
a
lot
of
things
to
celebrate
tonight,
but
I
would
be
remiss
in
not
calling
us
to
acknowledge
and
observe
that
another
person
died
in
gun
violence
this
weekend
in
our
community.
E
Thanks
mayor,
I
was
surprised
to
see
coach
mike
mike
aislinger
on
there.
He
was
my
daughter's
golf
coach
for
like
four
years,
so
I
wonder
why
he
left
so
now.
E
I
know,
but
also
I
wanted
to
mention
that
some
weeks
ago
molly
and
I
attended
a
public
meeting
on
the
ada
transition
plan
and
there
were
a
few
people
there
from
lifesill
and
we
kind
of
talked
about
it
at
the
end
and-
and
you
know,
wanted
to
get
more
people
with
disabilities
as
part
of
the
discussion-
and
I
appreciate
michael
who
are
agreeing
to
that
and
they're
actually
having
another
meeting
on
april
28th
from
three
to
four
actually
life
still
so
there's
likely
to
be
a
higher
representation
of
people
with
disabilities
there.
E
Also
I
you
know
it
didn't
really
say
this
and
and
the
agenda,
but
the
mvah
development
is
the
second
part
of
the
development
down
at
lincoln
and
four
seasons
that
provides
affordable
housing.
E
So
that's
a
great
thing
and
I'll
just
note
that
house
bill
2775
passed
recently
and
it
just
needs
signature
by
the
governor
and
that
prevents
discrimination
based
on
source
of
income,
meaning
there
should
be
no
difference
if
you
have
850
in
income
or
850
from
government
or
other
source
of
benefits
for
you
to
be
approved
to
to
live
in
in
a
rental
place.
So
that's
it.
O
O
Not
only
do
they
organize
food
drives,
they
advocate
for
accessibility
and
they're,
developing
healthy
eating
programs
in
our
schools,
and
I
really
want
to
thank
this
organization,
the
girl
scouts
of
illinois
for
their
positive
impact
on
they
are
having
on
our
community
and
for
inviting
me
to
to
participate
with
them
last
tuesday
evening.
So
thank
you.
C
You
know
all
over
the
state
and
actually
all
over
the
country.
There
are
groups
like
ours
that
are
getting
together
to
talk
about
ways
to
actually
reduce
the
burden
on
the
community,
based
on
the
incredible
inflation
that
is
going
on
around
us
and
persisting
throughout
march,
as
march
numbers
are
coming
out,
and
we
just
passed
a
budget
that
was
seven
percent
higher
than
the
prior
year
and
it's
continued
to
increase
significantly
over
the
last
eight
years.
C
I
bring
that
up,
because
the
people
who
are
funding
this
budget
are
those
in
our
community
who
are
paying
taxes
and,
as
we
look
at
the
new
revenue
sources
that
we
have
over
the
last
just
couple
of
years,
we're
taxing
now
out
of
state
purchases
online.
There's
the
local,
the
home
rule
on
that.
It's
just
you
know,
come
into
play
within
about
the
last
year.
We've
got
cannabis.
Revenue
coming
in
we've
got
streaming.
Revenue
coming
in,
we've
got
all
of
these
revenue
sources
that
are
continuing
to
layer.
C
On
a
few
weeks
ago,
we
had
a
public
commenter
who
brought
to
our
attention
that
we
raised
taxes
a
few
years
ago
with
one
half
of
that
percent
being
specifically
to
address
a
gap
that
no
longer
exists,
and
I
bring
that
up
just
to
encourage
us.
As
we
celebrate
the
accomplishments
and
the
investments
the
community
is
making
that
we
remember
where
that
money
comes
from
and
that
we
too
think
about
opportunities
to
lower
cost
or
the
people
in
our
community
who
are
deeply
being
impacted
by
the
significant
inflation.
L
Okay,
well,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
announce
that
the
behavioral
coordinating
council
approved
the
update
on
their
action
plan,
and
it
will
be
going
before
the
county
board
at
their
next
meeting
and
the
updates
are
needed
and
very
beneficial,
and
one
of
them
that
they
are
going
to
try
to
address
within
the
next
two
years
is
housing
mainly
for
homeless.
L
So
I
feel
that
that's
a
good
thing.
L
What
else?
Oh
yeah
in
relation
to
the
budget?
I
think
that
considering
there's
a
lot
of
comments
going
on
instead
of
waiting
until
august,
maybe
we
should
have
some
preliminary
conversations
about
the
effect
of
high
taxes
or
charges
on
those
individuals
that
are
having
trouble
paying
rent
because
it
does
affect
increases
in
taxes
that
are
regressive,
has
a
detrimental
effect
on
the
poor
that
are
struggling
with
personal
quality
of
life,
meaning
housing
and
food,
and
that
type
of
thing.
L
So
I
think
that
we
could
have
a
general
discussion
as
a
council
about
addressing
that
before
we
get
into
the
nitty-gritty
of
the
budget
in
august.