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April 28, 2014 - City Council Meeting
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A
A
A
B
Just
to
let
you
know,
we
have
15
minutes
for
public
commentary.
We
have
nine
people
who
want
to
speak
I,
understand
from
legal
counsel
that
we
cannot
limit
people
to
anything
less
than
three
minutes.
What
we're
doing
now
is
the
lottery
to
see
who
goes
first,
if
you
are
quick-
and
you
can
please
be,
will
you
speak
less
than
three
minutes?
B
Then
we
will
be
able
to
get
through
more
people
so
as
much
as
possible
if
you
can
in
an
informal
way,
if
you
are
chosen,
please,
if
you
can
make
it
two
minutes,
we'd
certainly
appreciate
it,
because
I
would
like
to
get
through
all
of
the
nine
people,
and
it
seems
like
that,
may
not
be
the
chance.
We
may
not
get
that
chance
and
at
that
okay,
I.
B
C
B
D
B
E
B
B
All
right
and
again
I'm
going
to
we're
starting
out
in
fact,
I'll
count
the
clock
it
at
about
704
Alton
Franklin.
You
are
one
of
those
who
were
chosen
first
and
again,
I
would
ask
you:
I
cannot
legally
cut
you
off
before
three
minutes,
but
I'd
ask
you
as
much
as
possible
to
be
as
concise
as
you
can,
so
that
we
can
have
as
many
people
speak
in
the
approximately
15
minutes
as
possible.
Alton,
please.
You
know
the
routine
sure
my.
E
Name
is
Alton
Franklin
I
live
at
508,
Patterson
Drive
here
in
Bloomington
Illinois,
and
what
I've
got
to
say
is
short
and
really
not
too
sweet
I'm
getting
increasingly
disturbed
at
what
I
see
is
sort
of
an
Arrested
adolescence
on
the
part
of
a
number
of
the
council.
People
I'm
not
going
to
call
out
any
names,
but
the
simple
point,
in
fact,
is
you
have
to
recognize
reality
and
go
with
what
is
a
reasonable
course
of
action.
E
Reasonable
is
backing
up
the
pension
fund
for
our
firefighters
and
our
policemen,
our
first
responders.
They
put
their
lives
on
the
line
every
day.
The
least
we
can
do
is
give
them
a
little
bit
peace
of
mind
with
regards
to
other
matters,
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
anything
in
depth,
because
we
don't
have
much
time
and
I
was
always
taught
to
be
as
courteous
as
I.
Possibly
can.
I
would
hope
that
I
can
see
that
extended
by
the
council
people
as
we
progress
through
these
meetings.
E
I
am
one
of
those
who
really
speaks
their
mind
and
folks
when
it
comes
down
to
it,
one
of
the
greatest
gifts
I
was
ever
given.
Is
my
grandfather
whose
smartest
third-grade
graduate
I
ever
knew
in
my
life
and
what
he
said
was
real
simple,
two
words
recognize
reality,
and
another
thing
he
taught
me
is:
if
it's
getting
too
damn
dramatic,
get
your
ass
off
the
stage.
Thank.
B
F
My
first
comment
is
that
I
noticed
that
there
is
an
agreement
with
the
parking
attendants,
whereas
we're
going
to
change
their
pay
increase
to
the
two
and
a
half
percent
pay
increase.
I
just
wanted
to.
Let
you
know
that
I'm
on
a
union
board
for
a
sheetmetal
local.
We
just
recently
had
a
pay
increase
of
$1.00
on
a
fifty
five
dollar
package
that
includes
pensions
and
insurance
insurance
and
men
themselves
only
voted
themselves,
two
cents
out
of
that
dollar
raised,
because
everything
else
went
to
pension
and
benefits.
F
So
I
think
it's
really
unrealistic
to
continue
to
give
salary
wages
in
this
announced.
I
think
you
guys
should
be
doing
collective
bargaining
for
the
whole
package
and
it
more
realistic
would
be
two
and
a
half
percent
for
the
package.
My
other
comment
is
that
I've
been
to
the
meeting
since
the
public
comment
the
first
session,
where
there
was
three
board
members
that
shows
not
to
be
there,
and
there
was
discussion
that
that
session
that
there
was
going
to
be
a
work
session.
F
The
impression
I
got
was
that
we
were
gonna
vote
at
this
meeting
and
I
was
also
disappointed
that,
when
you
guys
voted
on
a
six
voted
for
the
voted
for
the
budget
with
the
six
people
that
Mayor,
you
chose
to
veto
that,
even
though
you
had
enough
votes
to
override
a
veto
and
I
think
that's
just
wasting
the
council's
time.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
G
G
E
E
E
E
E
E
However,
I
was
disappointed
that
it
seemed
like
most
of
the
cuts
work
I
borrowed
from
previous
presidential
and
and
Democratic
governor
tactics
where
he
cut
the
things
that
the
people
want
the
most
like
parks
or
national
monuments
and
presidents
case
whatever
to
try
to
force
the
legislature
to
vote
for
tax
increase.
So
I
was
kind
of
more
than
that,
especially
when
looking
at
the
administrative
costs
in
2013,
where
in
the
budget
there
was
867,000
in
the
budget
with
central
administration
in
2004
that
was
actual
spending.
E
867,000
2015's
budget
is
a
million
three
hundred
fifty-seven
thousand,
which
is
I
believe,
like
four
hundred
ninety
thousand
dollar
increase
or
56%
and
given
cuts
in
other
areas.
I'm
surprised
that
and
the
council
hasn't
what
did
that
little
bit
harder.
I
did
appreciate.
Alderman
pezzini's
comment
meeting
that,
given
our
pension
issues
that
maybe
we
shouldn't
increase
the
number
of
positions
we
have
staffed
in
the
budget
for
the
upcoming
year,
but
I
was
this
morning.
E
E
Hello,
Dale,
Knapp,
singer
and
Greenleaf
I
was
here
a
week
ago
and
I
was
all
dirty
and
muddy
and
I
hadn't
had
time
to
think
about
it.
Much
and
I
thought
about
a
little
bit
tonight.
I
try
to
make
it
short.
We
have
to
figure
out
a
way
to
balance
our
budget.
We
just
keep
increasing
and
increasing
increase
in
taxes,
no
matter
how
much
money
we
get.
E
We
spend
it,
no
matter
what
we
sunsetted
the
marina
tax,
the
food
tax
a
few
weeks
ago,
a
few
days
ago,
on
the
way
here,
I
heard
on
the
radio
that
Indiana
has
cut
regulations
and
cut
taxes
in
the
state's
growing
their
jobs
are
growing.
People
moving
into
the
state
I
read
that
New,
York
and
California
are
losing
people
at
record
numbers
because
of
their
taxes.
At
some
point
we
have
to
realize
that
raising
taxes
isn't
going
to
fix
it
for
cent
tax
on
the
fuel.
E
Doesn't
sound
like
much
I
think
if
you
took
all
the
city
taxes
and
put
them
in
one
pile,
people
would
be
shocked
at
what
we
pay
and
I
will
have
it?
Isn't
the
city,
it's
the
state,
it's
the
federal
government's
everybody,
not
your
fault!
Then
we
have
these
problems
in
the
past,
but
now
our
fault
to
fix
them.
We've
got
to
start
taking
steps
somewhere
and
I.
Don't
see
that
I
would
like
to
pass
the
budget
without
more
tax
increases
dipping
in
the
reserves
and
make
it
hurt.
E
Maybe
we'll
get
serious
about
it,
but
every
time
we
raise
taxes
we
just
spend
1
so
raise
the
tax
again,
we'll
spend
more
and
we'll
be
back
here
in
two
years.
We
talk
about
the
same
thing
again:
we've
got
to
look
at
what
we
need
and
what
we
want.
We
have
to
go
for
what
we
need.
First
I
can
talk
all
night,
but
that's
the
basis
don't
raise
the
taxes
anymore,
learn
to
live
with
what
we
got.
I
cut
my
paper
in
April
I.
E
E
Alderman
Lauer
has
taken
an
open
interest
and
senior
issues
and
I
would
be
happy
to
work
with
him
and
with
any
of
the
other
council
members
on
projects
related
to
this,
as
well
as
members
of
the
normal
Town
Council
I
was
pleased
to
see
the
recent
ceremony
here
by
the
Bloomington
Police
and
appreciate
the
comments
by
one
of
the
officers
about
this
help.
That
station
can
give
to
community
members
and
I'm
happy
to
say
that
my
connections
with
the
police
in
both
cities
have
been
positive.
E
More
recently,
with
Sarah
mayor
who
is
a
Bloomington
officer
and
a
Western
graduate
and
who
has
offered
suggestions
regarding
my
interest
and
concerns
and
was
kind
enough
to
read
this
paper
before
I
gave
it
today
and
I
have
offered
to
help
her
with
any
of
her
projects
as
well.
And
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
B
E
I'm
Bruce
snap
singer,
1510
Cal
Avenue
in
Bloomington
I'm,
also
here
to
talk
about
the
budget
and
I
want
to
share
much
of
the
same
concerns
when
the
first
amount
of
people
our
budget
is
getting
out
of
control.
Bloomington
Normal
is
starting
the
head
on
a
trajectory
like
Detroit
Chicago
is
a
few
years
away
from
that
cities
are
going
bankrupt.
We've
heard
lots
of
proposals
for
changes
to
the
budgets,
but
we
didn't
hear
much
about
the
cuts
that
are
possible
that
you
all
want
to
talk
about.
Revenue
increases.
People
are
tapped
out,
quality
of
life.
E
We
talk
about
what
quality
of
life
we're
going
to.
Have
you
don't
have
any
money
to
do
anything?
We
don't
need
flamingo
exhibits.
We
don't
need
$100,000
spokesman,
we're
spending
too
much
on
traveling.
We
don't
need
any
amusement
tax.
We
don't
need
any
gas
taxes.
We
don't
do
the
additional
utility
taxes.
We
don't
need.
Additional
personnel
downtown
bars
need
to
pay
for
their
police
costs
that
they
benefit
from.
We
already
paid
more
for
garbage
costs.
We
don't
need
to
continue
or
discontinue
continue,
the
expiring
sales
tax.
E
We
don't
need
to
hire
consultants
to
figure
out
every
issue.
We
need
to
talk
about
ways
to
cut
the
budget.
There's
just
not
enough.
The
pensions
are
going
to
destroy
this
town
and
it's
time
that
this
council
starts
talking
to
the
state
you're
saying
we
need
a
fix,
you
guys
are
stuck
paying
the
bill,
but
they're
setting
the
rules.
You
will
not
be
able
to
raise
taxes
enough
to
pay
the
dispensers
in
agreeance,
and
this
people
are
leaving
this
town
they're,
leaving
this
state.
E
B
E
E
Asking
that
the
committee
of
the
whole
take
up
the
charge
of
setting
up
a
citizen's
Budget
Committee,
since
you
have
failed
to
have
a
priority
list
this
year.
I
think
you
should
set
that
up
as
if
a
blue-ribbon
committee,
a
brain
trust,
whatever
you
want
to
call
it
with
no
political
appointees,
Democrat
Republican
our
Tea
Party.
E
Where
is
our
four
million
dollar
growth
that
we
were
promised
for
the
streets?
Remember
I
heard
a
number
of
you
say
we
need
that
ten
million
dollar
bond-
that's
gonna,
be
increasing
our
growth.
You
took
away
four
million
dollars
of
it
because
you
won't
sit
down.
You
won't
go
item
by
item
and
cut
the
budget,
then
add
back
and
what
you
want
by
the
way.
H
E
Have
a
vegetarian
miniature
budget
amendment
amendment
C
to
make
all
of
this
year
to
bring
this
stuff
back?
If
this
income
increases
and
if
our
citizens,
our
city
gets
better
and
hopefully
it
will,
the
deadlines
for
these
taxes
were
not
shared
with
you.
As
a
council
know
what
you
feel
like
you
were
throttle
controlled
and
didn't
know
when
these
taxes
could
have
been.
In
effect,
the
utilities
tax
will
not
go
in
effect
the
next
year.
E
If
you
had
known
that
in
year,
two
and
one
meetings
within
the
mayor's
office
of
the
city
manager,
would
you
not
have
increased
your
priority
and
maybe
seeing
those
taxes
be
discussed
by
this
council
ahead
of
the
budget?
So
maybe
they
could
have
gone
in
effect,
July
1
of
this
year,
if
we
need
the
money
so
bad
to
fill
a
four
million,
eight
million
ten
million
for
150
million,
whatever
it
is,
or
the
total
structural
problems
and
I
hope
that,
for
our
is
pulled
and
I'll,
be
glad
to
speak
to
that.
E
B
Thank
you,
okay,
we'll
move
right
along.
We
have
recognitions
and
appointments,
we
start
with
proclamations
and
the
first
one
I
think
we
have
some
gentleman
at
the
back
of
the
room
might
want
to
come
forward
for
a
Central,
Catholic,
saints
basketball
championship.
I'm
gonna
find
the
right
proclamation,
which
is
the
one
that's
really
heavy.
B
Excuse
me
sorry
about
that.
Austin
Holman
Mitchell,
a
tulip
Nick
Norton,
John,
rave,
Jake,
Reinhart
and
Kevin
Rollins.
Therefore
I
Terry
venner,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Bloomington
Illinois,
do
hereby
proclaim
April
28
2014
as
Central
Catholic,
saints
basketball
championship
day
and
a
day
of
pride
and
celebration
by
the
entire
community
of
Illinois.
Thank
you.
B
Any
person
no
excuse
me
I've,
read
that
actually
it's
stated
twice:
okay,
it's
not
me
with
our
Lee
Alzheimer's,
that's
just
where,
as
it
is
most
appropriate,
that
we
recognize
the
accomplishments
of
the
office
of
the
invincible
clerk
now,
therefore,
I
Terry
winter.
Mayor
of,
let
me
tell
annoy
I,
do
recognize
the
week
of
May
4
to
May
10th
2014
as
municipal
clerks
week
and
recognize
all
municipal
clerks
for
the
vital
services
they
perform
and
the
exemplary
dedication
to
the
communities
they
represent.
Thank
You,
Tracy,
I'll
present
this
to
you.
B
B
B
B
It's
Emma
I
wrote
C
down,
that's
bad,
okay
and
any
other
thing
anything
else:
okay,
but
and
under
item
7c.
If
I
call
your
name,
would
you
please
stand
if
you're
in
attendance
in
terms
of
our
appointments
to
various
boards
and
commissions
teamate,
this
review
board
Phillip
4e
Phillip?
Are
you
here
board
of
fighter
and
police
commissioners
Diane
Hollister
Diane?
Are
you
here,
CA,
Diane
and
board
of
library,
trustees,
Susan,
O'rourke
Susan?
Are
you
here
and
I
believe
those
are
our
appointees
so
this
evening?
B
Moved
by
all
the
woman
Schmidt
is
there
a
second
second
second
by
Ottoman
cuisine,
II
know,
I,
believe
you
want
us
to
go
rather
than
metaphor.
Could
you
call
the
roll
on
this
yeah
Eric?
Can
I
read
a
statement?
Yeah
I
know
that
we're
gonna
call
it
will
call
the
roll
on
this.
Is
you
then,
or
you
want
to
go
ahead
and
read
it
and
then
we'll
do
it
right?
Well,
we
can
just
go
ahead.
Read
your
statement.
I'm
sorry
with.
E
B
E
B
B
E
B
B
E
What
you
and
I
spoke
about
just
prior
to
the
meeting
we
want
to
work
on
together,
trying
to
help
to
work
out
some
of
the
more
ambiguous
areas
between
chapter
2,
section,
I,
believe
it's
7
and
section
85,
section
85
them
understanding
that
deals
with
our
boards
and
commissions
more
than
it
does
with
our
actual
City
Council
meetings
that
correct.
That
is
correct.
Yes,
did
you
maybe
just
give
us
a
little
reiteration
about
our
little
conversation
there
and
what
we
plan
to
do
sure.
E
We
brought
this
before
you
tonight
in
a
desire
to
address
a
couple
of
issues
with
public
comments.
We've
previously
adapted
a
provision
that
allows
public
comment
at
all
committee
meetings
and
public
hearings
and
the
previous
provisions
on
public
comment
at
regular
City
Council
meetings
provided
for
public
comment
only
at
the
first
City
Council
meeting
of
the
month.
E
We
wanted
to
recommend
that
you
have
public
comment
at
all:
City
Council
meetings
as
well
as
special
meetings,
assuming
that
there
would
be
an
agenda
item
on
those
meetings
and
nearly
every
special
City
Council
meeting
would
have
an
agenda
item.
So
basically,
this
ordinance
before
you
tonight
would
have
50
to
public
comment
and
all
city
council
meetings.
E
This
is
a
practice
we
started
to
follow
this
month,
as
there
have
been
some
meetings
where
there
have
been
some
very
important
issues
in
front
of
you,
and
we
felt
it
important
that
you
do
allow
at
least
a
little
bit
of
public
comment.
So
we
have
had
that
15
minutes
just
like
on
tonight,
where
you're
dealing
with
very
important
issues.
This
ordinance
would
simply
create
that
15
minutes
at
every
City
Council
meeting.
This
is
not
something
that
has
to
be
approved
tonight.
E
We
can
certainly
go
back
and
have
further
discussions
about
how
we
want
to
do
this,
there's
no
really
right
or
wrong
way
per
se.
You
know
adopt
rules
for
public
comment,
but
this
is
what
we
felt
was
a
step
in
the
right
direction
to
make
the
rules
a
little
bit
more
liberal
in
terms
of
being
able
to
address
the
City
Council,
all.
I
You
mr.
mayor
and
thank
you
Kevin
for
bringing
this
important
topic
up,
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
kind
of
thinking
about
of
late
and
we'll
come
back
to
this,
because
the
dust
settles
from
this
budget
cycle.
I
think
this
is
definitely
an
important
topic
and
one
thing
that
I'd
like
to
see
in
our
ordinance-
and
this
is
not
someone
make
an
alternative
motion
tonight-
would
be
to
add
any
emails
that
are
sent
to
the
City,
Council
and
city
balloon
org
to
be
entered
in
the
public
record.
I
E
Along
those
lines,
we
did
add
in
here
another
process
where,
if
somebody
wants
to
submit
written
comments,
they
could
do
so
to
the
City
Clerk's
office
24
hours
in
advance
of
the
meeting.
Those
comments
would
then
be
distributed
to
the
entire
City
Council
before
the
meeting.
So
if
somebody
does
not
have
an
email,
they
want
to
type
out
a
letter.
They
want
to
type
out.
E
B
You
and
just
as
a
clarification,
the
when
I
was
at
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors
last
summer,
the
mayor
of
Mesa
Arizona
who's.
Now,
actually,
the
president
of
the
National
US
Conference
of
Mayors
had
a
really
really
incredible
success
story
with
a
program.
They
call
I'm
ASA
and
it
allowed
people
throughout
the
community
to
make
comments
online.
B
Now
they
did
require
them
to
say
who
they
were
the
answer
there
weren't
anonymity
in
terms
of
perhaps
bomb-throwing
an
animal
asleep,
but
basically,
if
you
had
comments
and
then
actually
writing
ordinances
and
topics
of
ordinances,
and
they
sometimes
go
back
and
forth
and
very
often
he
said
that
they've
actually
had
I
forgot
the
number,
but
something
like
two
dozen
ordinances
that
were
actually
passed
that
came
from
that
process
and
it
really
helped
improve
citizen
engagement.
So
there
any
number
of
things
that
we
we
can
certainly
do.
We've
improved
our
transportation.
B
B
E
E
B
E
But
more
than
five
and
still
meet
within
the
15
minute
period,
so
yeah,
you
know
it's
hard
to
go
much
beyond
the
15-minute
period,
because
obviously
there's
a
there's
a
long
council
agenda
meeting
tonight.
They
have
a
lot
of
business
to
get
through.
But
you
do
want
to
set
aside
some
time
for
public
comments
and
try
and
hear
as
many
comments
as
possible
and.
B
Just
so
that
everybody
in
the
audience
knows,
if
you
want
to
do
more
than
just
comment,
if
you
actually
want
to
interact,
we
have
a
mayoral
open
house,
every
Friday
before
a
Monday
City
Council
meeting.
So
we
had
it
last
Friday
from
4:00
to
5:30
in
everyone's
welcome.
We
just
sit
over
there.
The
fishbowl
and
we've
generally
had
somewhere
between
a
dozen
to
two
dozen
people
come
by,
and
you
can
ask
any
kind
of
questions
you
want
have
any
type
of
discussion
that
you
have.
E
E
B
E
You
Mary
just
very
briefly.
This
is
consistent
with
a
prior
agreement
with
the
city
where
the
property
owner
did
make
land
available
for
what
roadway
improvements
within
that
area.
It
is
fully
surrounded
by
the
city,
yet
it
is
unincorporated
looking
to
an
exit
seeking
b1
zoning,
which
is
consistent
with
the
surrounding
Jason
zoning
in
that
area.
There
is
no
proposed
land
use
development
at
this
point.
That
would
still
have
to
go
through
that
process,
but
the
property
owner
is
seeking
annexation
to
the
city
of
Bloomington.
I
You
mr.
mayor
just
kind
of
curious,
as
we've
gone
through
in
the
last
year
and
I,
haven't
privy
to
some
of
the
previous
discussions
with
this
agreement.
What
would
the
city
potentially
be
on
the
hook
for
in
terms
of
subsidizing?
A
development
I
was
particularly
troubled
in
the
executive
statement
about
the
financial
impact
he's
agreeing
to
waive
the
tap
on
fees
and
will
not
obtain
such
one
development
occurs.
Can
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
more
on
that?
Please
well.
E
I
H
E
Know
I'd
have
to
go
back
and
relook
at
the
underlying
agreement.
I
did
do
a
substantial
amount
of
work
on
drafting
the
annexation
agreement
and
there
there
are
certain
obligations
within
that
underlining
agreement.
It's
been
ongoing
for
some
time
now.
We
were
very
careful
to
make
sure
we
were
following
all
the
requirements.
Some
of
the
things
in
that
agreement
have
already
come
to
fruition
and
that
happened,
but
I
would
have
to
go
back
and
I'd
be
hesitant
to
offer
kind
of
a
legal
opinion
as
to
the
potential.
E
You
know,
downside
of
not
approving
the
annexation
agreement
in
a
public,
of
course,
but
we
can
certainly
go
back
and
look
at
that.
You
can
certainly
delay
voting
on
the
annexation
or
very
minute
farewell
consent.
Okay,.
I
So
maybe
you
don't
know
the
answer
for
this
I
mean
I
spring
in
on
you
guys,
but
down
the
road
I
mean
we
had
just
recently.
You
know
we
had
some
fees
that
we
had
to
pay
out
in
a
certain
subdivision
and
we
were
very
uncomfortable
with
that.
I
have
the
council,
and
so
is
there
based
on
this
agreement,
where
we're
looking
at
anything
like
that
down
the
road
that
we
could
be
on
the
hook
for
and
future
councils
can
tell
about
what
they're
thinking
back
then.
E
Ultimate,
nothing
I'm,
aware
of
I
think
we're
waiving
fees,
I,
don't
think.
There's
any
fees
incurred
by
the
city.
The
developer
will
be
required
that
their
expense
put
in
a
détente,
storm
water
detention
I
mean
whatever
development
comes
along
in
that
area.
Certainly
a
building
permit
whatever
lumens
go
in.
There,
though,
is
a
waiver
of
the
respective
water
and
sewer
tap
on
fees,
any
widening
of
the
road
way
to
accommodate
turning
lanes.
We
need
the
developers,
that's
well.
Okay,.
H
E
You
and
the
developers,
council
I,
believe
this
year.
I'm
sure
she'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions,
but
we
did
go
back
through
and
make
sure
we
were.
You
know
that
we
were
only
giving
as
much
as
you
agreement
required
and
we
put
several
other
provisions
within
the
annexation
agreement.
That's
make
sure
the
city
was
as
protective
as
possible.
E
Are
some
advantages
Frank
to
the
city
of
approving?
This
are
they're
not
very
much
so,
certainly
by
coming
in
at
subject
to
our
development
regulations,
building
code
regulations,
collecting
building,
permit
fees
and
what
have
you
so
and
there's
other
businesses
once
this
is
done,
it
would
generate
some
other
businesses
that
would
be
paying
with
higher
property
taxes,
more
sales
taxes.
That
is
correct,
so
the
potential
gains
are
probably
significantly
more
than
the
small
amount
that
we're
giving
on
this.
E
And
I
think
Phyllis.
The
reason
automotive
black
brings
it
up.
I
believe
is
philosophically
in
2003.
We
were
doing
things
like
this
with
developers.
Since
that
time
we
have
changed
the
philosophy
and
said
the
developers
probably
should
be
paying
for
these
things,
not
the
city
and
we're
caught
in
between
here,
but
whatever
we
signed
up
for
legally,
we
signed
up
for
legally
it's
that
simple.
B
J
Council
I'm
simply
here,
I,
represent
mr.
aid
and
was
part
of
negotiating
the
annexation
agreement.
I'm
certainly
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
board
whether
the
council
may
have
I
can
generally
indicate
that
this
was
a
result
of
a
September
2003
agreement
with
that
City
Council,
wherein
mr.
rave
sold
some
property
to
the
city
in
exchange
for
receiving
some
property
from
IDOT
and
other
agreements
with
respect
to
how
that
would
work
when
that
property
was
developed.
So
if
there
any
questions,
I'm
happy
to
answer
them.
E
Pretty
much
I
think
there's
a
little
about
a
two-inch
square
piece
of
ten
left
that
that
can
folks
are
getting
a
little
bit
fed
up
and
unless
there
is
a
hard
and
fast
in
ink
requirement
that
we
pay
marketing
costs,
because
that's
what
this
is
folks,
don't
kid
yourselves
us
paying
the
tap
on
fees
and
that's
what
we're
doing
if
we
tell
them
that
we're
going
to
wait,
we're
paying
them?
That
is
a
marketing
option
for
them.
E
B
Anyone
else
in
the
audience,
okay,
comments
from
others
in
the
council
before
I
declare
the
public
hearing
to
be
closed.
I
would
declare
the
public
hearing
closed
and
then
we
would
consider
a
motion
to
approve
afterwards.
Okay,
I
declare
the
public
hearing
to
be
closed
and
is
there
a
motion
either
for
approval
or
denial,
so.
B
The
motion
then
carries
nine
to
zero.
There
are
no
nays
to
announce,
thank
you
and
we
move
right
along
to
our
regular
agenda
and
a
regular
agenda.
9A
is
a
petition
submitted
by
Dennis
Pulliam,
requesting
approval
of
a
special
use
permit
for
a
to
residents
to
family
residence
for
property
located
at
611,
south
Clayton-
and
there
are
two
components
to
this.
E
B
B
All
the
men
States,
would
you
like
to
vote
on
this?
Please
yes,
and
you
do
vote
yes.
Is
that
right?
My
vote
is
yes
mayor
thing.
Thank
you.
Okay,
the
motion
to
reconsider
passes
9
to
0.
There
are
no
nays
to
announce
and
we
move
on
to
the
substance
of
the
motion.
Item
9,
a
2
is
recommend
that
the
special
use
permit
be
approved
in
the
ordinance
passed.
Is
the
remotion
to
approve
this
I'd.
H
B
E
It
was
that
a
proper
place
for
it
at
the
time
the
consent
agenda,
or
should
it
have
been
placed
on
the
regular
agenda
I
think
it
was
appropriate.
It
was
a
miscommunication
I
apologize
for
dropping
the
ball
on
this
one.
The
staff
initially
had
recommended
denial
because
of
technical
requirements
of
the
zoning
ordinance
and
so
the
motion
it
could
very
easily
in
the
consent
agenda.
E
E
B
B
B
B
Why
are
we
here?
What
are
we
doing?
Last
week
we
did
have
a
series
of
votes.
The
budget
as
presented
last
week,
to
make
it
clear,
as
presented
last
week
had
it
been
it
had
supported
in
its
entirety,
went
dollar
for
dollar
cuts
to
user
fee
and
tax
increases
a
little
over
three
and
a
half
million
apiece.
We
faced
a
clear
structural
problem
and
deficit.
The
proposals
were
to
go
dollar
for
dollar.
We
certainly
had
gone
through
and
discussion.
B
Small
discussions
with
council
members
group
discussions,
we've
had
lots
of
public
meetings,
town
hall
meetings,
we've
had
every
every
other
week.
It
seems
I
think
for
just
about
nine
months
at
mayoral,
open
houses.
We've
been
talking
about
this.
This
that's
the
budget
as
reflected
that
was
present.
Excuse
me
reflecting
all
of
our
public
comment
and
in
all
Domanick
input.
Now.
Why
did
we
have
a
problem?
Frankly,
the
biggest
surprise
I
have
had
as
being
mayor
bar.
B
None
is
that
I
never
thought
I'd
have
to
spend
so
much
time
so
much
energy,
so
much
political
capital,
just
keeping
the
doors
open,
I
thought
we
were
in
much
better
financial
shape
than
we
are
we're
not
now.
Why
is
that
the
case?
A
variety
of
reasons,
it's
a
minor
degree,
we've
got
better
projections.
We've
got
better
data,
we're
not
our
projections,
aren't
as
rosy
as
they
were
in
the
past.
B
But
beyond
that
some
of
the
biggest
thing
is
we
have
to
spend
over
four
million
dollars
next
year,
just
to
keep
the
people
we
currently
have.
So
we've
got
a
big
increase.
Why
is
that
a
variety
of
reasons?
But
two
of
the
major
reasons
are:
we
had
not
been
evaluating
our
non-union
employees
for
many
many
years,
something
like
a
little
over
100
non-union
employees
had
not
been
evaluated.
I
found
out
that
a
nine
days
after
I
was
elected.
I
had
pretty
much
insisted
that
that
we
move
ahead
with
that.
B
We
had
union
contracts
that
had
been
delayed,
so
we
had
agreed
on
the
terms
some
of
them
up
to
nearly
two
years.
Those
are
not
yet
up
to
date,
but
they're
all
hitting
us
in
one
year
that
plus
health
care
costs
are
mean
that
we
need
over
four
million
next
year,
just
to
keep
the
people.
We
have.
The
next
big
item
on
that
is
a
1.6
million
for
the
actually
rather
bold
pension
policy
that
the
council
passed
back
in
November.
B
That
actually
will
be
the
toughest
years
about
the
next
five
years
for
police
and
fire
at
public
safety
pensions.
If
we
step
up
to
the
plate
and
keep
up
with
this,
we
will
be
fine.
After
about
five
years,
and
actually
after
30
years,
we
will
have
saved
the
taxpayers
about
sixty
eight
million
dollars
and
change.
That
was
a
good
policy.
It
stepped
up
to
the
plate,
it
showed
our
public.
B
You
know
safety
people
who
risk
their
lives
for
us
every
day,
our
police
officers,
our
firefighters,
and
that
we
really
were
serious
and
actually,
if
we
have
tonight-
and
it
will
have
a
process
where
we
actually
designate
a
consistent
revenue
source,
we
will
be
a
model
for
other
cities
to
follow.
So
those
are
the
the
main
reasons
of
the
eight
million
or
so
structural
deficit.
That's
those
are
the
specific
reasons.
The
other
is
I
know
people
talked
about
taxes,
I,
don't
like
taxes
any
more
than
anybody
else.
B
Trust
me
in
fact,
I
my
property
taxes
on
my
blood
boils
every
time
I
get
it.
I
stay
over
$8,000
in
property
taxes.
Now
I
love
that
over
$8,000
only
a
thousand
goes
in
the
city
of
Bloomington.
We
are
very
our
reliance
on
property.
Taxes
is
about
as
low
as
you
can
get
for
any
city
our
size
in
the
country
about
fourteen
percent
of
our
budget
comes
from
property
taxes.
We've
tried
to
hold
the
line
on
property
taxes.
B
It
also
happens
to
be
just
coincidentally,
that
about
fourteen
percent
of
what
you
pay
goes
to
the
city
of
Bloomington
in
your
property
taxes.
So
we
have,
as
a
council,
tried
to
avoid
those
for
lots
of
reasons.
We
may
discuss
a
little
bit
some
of
those
options,
perhaps
in
front
of
us
this
evening,
so
we
have
not
on
our
general
fund
side.
We
have
not
increased
taxes
in
five
years,
so
we've
had
revenues
are
here
and
we
haven't
had
big,
but
we've
had
fairly
small
increases.
Everything
in
the
economy
cost
more.
B
When
we
buy
fire
trucks,
it
cost
us
more.
When
Vice
police
cars
it
cost
us
more
and
almost
all
of
the
union's
took
a
zero
percent
raise
in
at
least
one
year.
Some
have
one
they're
going
up.
Our
costs
are
going
up
and
we're
flat,
and
unless
we
do
something
to
say,
there's
a
significant
chunk
of
people.
B
We
are
going
to
get
rid
of
and
layoffs
in
our
city
because
there's
a
significant
chunk
of
stuff,
we
don't
want
anymore
in
our
city,
then,
like
everything
else
in
the
economy
were
gonna
have
to
pay
a
little
more
frankly,
when
I
was
on
the
county
board
for
12
years,
we
never
had
this
kind
of
problem
because
we
knew
we
had
to
pay
our
bills.
Every
every
year,
out
of
12
years,
we
had
slight
increases
that
we
knew
that
we
could
cut
corners
in
some
places.
B
The
sheriff
got
us
$400,000
cost
savings
by
contracting
out
our
food
service.
So
sometimes
we
didn't
have
to
go
up
quite
the
inflation
rate.
We
could
sometimes
do
a
little
less,
but
we
knew
at
the
end
of
the
day,
at
the
local
government
level,
we
had
to
pay
our
bills
and
we,
unlike
the
state
level.
Unlike
the
federal
level,
we
don't
give
anybody
any
other
money,
there's
no
slush
funds
for
grants
to
other
stuff.
B
Here
you
know
what
you
get
is
basically
police
fire,
Public
Works,
that's
the
vast
majority
of
the
budget,
another
the
next
biggest
pot
is
4
percent
for
Parks
and
Rec.
So
those
are
the
core
fundamental
realities
that
we're
running
into
and
that's
the
situation
that
we
face.
There
aren't
any
free
lunches
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
to
realize
and
at
the
bottom
of
the
federalism
food
chain.
We
can't
point
to
somebody
else.
We
can't
mandate
to
anybody
else.
B
The
finger
points
here
we're
the
ones
who
have
to
make
this
stuff
happen
and
that's
why
we're
in
a
situation
that
we
are,
it
would
have
been
easier
if
this
year
to
find
more
deep,
long-term
cuts.
If,
five
years
ago,
we
hadn't
gotten
rid
of
almost
a
hundred
people,
we
had
ninety
nine
full-time,
equivalent
positions.
So
there's
not
funniness
with
the
numbers.
Those
are
full-time,
equivalent
positions.
It's
not
like
we're,
counting
one
and
shuck
and
jiving
we
shed
just
about
100
positions.
B
Had
we
not
done
that,
we
would
have
more
places
to
find
some
obvious
cuts,
and
that
doesn't
mean
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
do
it.
There
are
some
things
I'm,
pretty
optimistic
immediately
after
the
fiscal
year,
we'll
probably
have
a
couple
things
we're
going
to
be
able
to
announce
tonight,
regardless
of
what
happens
with
his
budget.
We're
gonna
begin
the
first
workshop
for
2016.
What
are
our
priorities?
What
do
we
do
as
we
move
forward?
How
can
we
be
more
productive,
but
right
now,
I
would
love
to
promise
all
of
you.
B
A
free
lunch
I
would
love
to
wave
my
wand
and
say
oh
yeah.
This
is
great,
I
would
love
to
just
say.
Well,
I
see
this
I
wouldn't
love
to
do
just
to
say:
hey,
it's
not
my
fault,
it
isn't
my
fault,
it's
not
the
fault
of
most
all
of
us
who
are
up
here,
but
it
is
our
responsibility
to
step
up
to
the
plate.
I
didn't
run
for
mayor
as
I
said
last
time
to
avoid
the
tough
decisions
and
I'm
not
starting
now.
So
last
week
we
had
a
budget.
B
There
was
some
confusion
about
the
public
utility
tax
because
it
was
split
up
into
three
pieces.
We're
not
quite
sure
why
tonight
it
is
presented,
because
there
had
been
some
confusion
about
the
public
utility
tax
in
pieces,
we're
bringing
it
back
for
reconsideration
as
a
and
entity.
Now.
What
would
this
practically
speaking
mean?
This
would
be
one
and
a
quarter
percent
that
would
be
earmarked
for
public
safety
pensions.
So
it's
not
something
that
a
future
council
can
mess
with
and
touch
and
put
it
into
something
else.
You're
marked
by
ordinance
for
pensions.
B
How
what
does
that
mean?
It
does
not
put
us
in
any
competitive
disadvantage
with
any
city
within
120
miles,
because
every
city
within
120
miles
is
double
our
current
rate,
so
we'll
still
be
lower
than
everybody
else.
That
doesn't
mean
we
go
to
them.
It
just
only
point.
Is
it
doesn't
put
us
at
a
competitive
disadvantage?
Is
it
regressive?
Yes,
actually,
virtually
any
of
our
taxes
are
regressive,
which
means
that
those
are
in
middle
or
the
lower
end
we're
going
to
tend
to
pay
a
higher
percentage
of
their
income
than
those
at
the
top
end.
B
B
We
have
a
budget
that
is
in
deficit
and
that
would
require
us
to
transfer
one
about
one
and
a
quarter
million
dollars
out
of
our
savings,
not
because
we've
got
some
unusual
crisis
but
because,
in
a
sense
the
hole
didn't
equal
to
some
of
the
parts
in
our
decision-making.
The
cuts
that
I
have
proposed
are
not
willy-nilly.
This
is
the
one
thing
that
I
I
may
not
be
a
public
finance
person,
but
I've
been
involved
in
local
government
almost
thirty
years.
B
You
don't
usually
just
go
in
and
grab
a
few
things
in
certain
places
because
it
can
have
a
ripple
effect.
These
were
all
cuts
that
the
department
had
said
they
did
not
want,
but
they
said
if
you're
gonna
cut
down
to
the
marrow.
These
are
the
things
that
you
know
we're
offering
up.
These
are
all
things
that
the
City
Council
said
that
they
wanted
restored.
It
just
so
happens
that
the
entirety
of
those
almost
exactly
equals
these
proposed
or
the
budget
deficit
that
produced
by
last
week's
decision.
B
So
those
are
the
the
backdrop
I
think
you
know
in
a
nutshell,
we
we
do
need
to
act.
We
have
a
structural
deficit,
we
can't
kick
the
road
down.
Several
speakers
have
mentioned
that
this
is
at
least
some
beginning
toward
foreclosing
that
the
aggregate
of
this
will
be
almost
dollar
for
dollar
cuts
and
fee
and
tax
increases
almost
dollar
for
dollar.
We
were
trying
to
do
this
in
a
balanced
way,
because
what
we
mostly
heard
from
people
is
we
generally
like
our
public
services.
B
We
like
what
we're
doing
in
the
city
of
Bloomington.
There
may
be
some
things
here
there
that
some
people
don't
want,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
up
to
us
to
filter
those
through
and
that's
where
we
are
right
now
and
at
this
point,
I,
actually
the
just
to
make
sure
that
there
are
no
procedural
questions.
I
would
turn
to
alderman
Pazzini,
who
had
voted
no
last
time
and
I
understand
that
you
might
have
a
different
motion
this
time.
Yes,.
E
B
B
E
I'll,
try
to
lead
off
by
example.
Keep
this
short,
but
I
have
long
been
an
opponent
of
the
utility
tax
and
know
briefly.
We've
lifted
the
quarter
cent
sales
tax,
the
sunset
provision
recently
we've
approved
a
new
amusement
tax,
we've
approved
a
new
motor
fuel
tax
and
that's
three
additional
taxes.
New
revenue
sources
that
we
have
approved
by
the
council
personally
I
can't
approve
a
fourth
tax,
the
utility
taxes
I,
find
it
so
contrary
and
inconsistent
to
the
research.
I'm.
E
Sorry
to
the
reasons
we
elected
to
subsidize,
the
garbage
bulk
waste
and
recycling
cost,
the
utility
tax
would
be
even
greater
burden
on
our
lower-income
households
and
local
businesses.
Rather,
my
solution
would
be
rather
than
seeing
a
fourth
tax
I
suggest
that
our
council
continue
to
review
a
reduction
of
anticipated
operating
expenses.
I,
don't
believe
there
would
be
one
person
here
who
would
feel
we
have
made
a
complete,
a
full
and
proper
review
of
our
suggested
reductions.
H
E
Ultimate
15
got
it
thanks.
Two
points
number
one,
even
if
this
does
pass,
we
are
fooling
ourselves
if
we
think
we
have
a
balanced
budget
for
four
years.
We've
said
we
have
a
balanced
budget,
and
yet
we
have
four
hundred
million
dollars
according
to
our
city
manager
and
deferred
maintenance
on
all
of
city
properties.
E
Sitting
to
my
left
is
our
fire
chief.
He
has
buildings
that
really
don't
work
for
our
firefighters
at
this
point
because
we
haven't
fixed
them,
we
haven't
made
a
modern.
We
have
buildings
all
over
town.
Four
hundred
million
dollars
divide
that
by
twenty
years
of
not
doing
what
we
should
have
been
doing,
and
you
come
up
with
twenty
million
dollars
a
year
that
our
budget
has
not
balanced.
E
Our
pensions
at
one
point
used
to
be
near
a
hundred
percent,
and
we
listened
to
the
state
of
Illinois
financial
gurus
and
put
money
aside
based
on
what
they
recommend
it.
Instead
of
what
we
knew
was
right
and
now
we're
at
about
57
or
58
percent
funded
we're
over
a
hundred
million
dollars
underfunded
on
our
pensions.
E
This
could
help
that,
but
that
you
can
add
20
years,
divided
by
hundreds,
another
five
million,
so
now
we're
twenty
five
million
dollars
every
year
that
we
should
have
been
spending
that
we
didn't
our
roads
just
to
get
the
average
would
take.
Sixty
million
dollars
divide
that
by
twenty
years
we
have
another
three
million,
so
we're
twenty
eight
million
dollars
a
year
for
the
last
twenty
years
that
we
haven't
spent
and
believe
me,
everything
that
we
don't
spend
now
gets
worst
at
an
accelerated
pace.
The
roads
get
worse.
E
When
you
don't
fix
them,
the
buildings
get
worse
when
you
don't
fix
them.
Our
pensions
just
continue
to
get
worse
and
by
passing
a
ten
million
dollar
bond
that
took
three
meetings
to
get
done
and
having
a
policy
that
all
four
of
our
state
and
representatives
are
saying
would
be.
A
model
is
something
we
want.
We
want
to
be
a
model.
E
We
will
have
the
best
punch,
pension
policy
in
the
state
and
if
we
fund
it
we'll
have
the
best
pension
policy
funded
in
the
state
and
our
senator
and
representatives
can
take
that
to
other
cities.
And
since
you
here's
how
you
do
it,
we
want
that
we
want
to
be
first,
we
want
to
be
best.
I
want
this
pass
so
that
we
can
use
it
as
a
way
to
help
get
started.
We
can't
fix
this.
E
In
one
year
it
took
20
years
to
mess
it
up,
but
we
can
start
fixing
it
and
we
need
to
start
fixing
it
and
with
interest
rates
as
low
as
they
are.
We
need
to
consider
future
bonds
at
these
interest
rates,
which
are
as
low
or
lower
than
the
CPI,
so
we'd
be
paying
back
in
Cheaper
dollars,
then
were
borrowing
and
we
would
be
fixing
things
immediately
that
will
accelerate
and
getting
worse.
So
those
are
the
reasons
I'd
like
to
go
forward
and
a
comment.
E
B
I
I
If
we
continue
to
on
our
current
trajectory,
we
watch
our
future
generations
having
to
pay
for
us
and
it
becomes
a
spiral
now
keep
hearing
things
like
Detroit
thrown
around
Chicago
thrown
around
you're
right.
We
don't
want
to
be
like
them,
and
so
we
need
to
be
proactive
now
and
I
see,
there's
a
sense,
sometimes
on
this
council
of
kind
of
looking
back
in
the
past
and
saying
why
do
they
make
these
decisions?
I
I
Don't
like
taxes
at
all
and
someone
who
is
at
the
beginning
of
my
career,
I,
rent
utilities,
hatches
will
hit
me
I'm,
aware
of
it,
and
it's,
but
I
would
rather
have
a
few
dollars
come
out
of
my
utility
tax
over
the
course
of
a
year,
then
watch
our
public
safety
pensions
not
get
funded
because
now
we're
burdening
our
future
generations.
We
talked
about
whether
or
not
we
want
to
have
X
program
or
Y
program.
I
What
I'm
talking
about
massive
layoffs,
we're
talking
about
a
disaster,
we're
talking
about
making
sure
our
future
is
secure
for
our
family
and
I,
committed
to
my
voters
that
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
we
fund
our
pensions
appropriately
and
I?
Hear
again
and
again,
why
don't
we
talk
about
changing
the
funding?
I
Mechanisms
of
the
levels
are
moved
to
a
401k,
we're
all
open
to
those
ideas,
but
this
has
something
that
the
seizing
control
of
that's
something:
the
states
in
control
of
and
I
encourage
everyone
if
it
that
that's
a
strong
opinion
that
you
have
to
talk
to
the
state
legislatures,
we
know
we
do.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
commitment,
though
it
did
the
people
who
keep
us
safe
and
I'm
one
of
the
files
on
that
commitment.
Thank
you.
Following
Schmidt
phone.
E
You
I
think
it's
pretty
clear
that
I've
never
been
a
big
fan
of
the
utility
tax
I,
think
it's
a
regressive
tax
and
I've
had
some
debates
actually
with
Mayor
Renner
about
whether
property
taxes
are
more
regressive
or
less
regressive
in
utility
tax
and
I.
Don't
think.
We've
resolved
that
I've
certainly
heard
from
a
lot
of
people
that
property
taxes
for
pensions
paying
for
pensions
is
the
more
proportionally
used
for
that
and
I've
been
very
disappointed
that
we
haven't
had
an
opportunity
to
talk
as
a
council
about
cuts
about
how
we
restructure
our
budget.
E
They
haven't
talked
about
whether
property
taxes
are
a
better
means
of
funding
pensions,
but
I'm
also
aware
that
back
in
November
there
was
a
9
to
nothing
vote
for
a
hundred
percent
funding
for
our
pensions
and
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
funding
for
that
is
on
us
and
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
can
have
all
kinds
of
academic
conversations
about
which
is
the
best
tax,
and
we
can
try
to
figure
that
out.
We
have
no
time
to
figure
that
out
now
and
quite
frankly,
what
I've
seen
in
our
actions
in
recent
weeks.
E
E
We
have
these
people
working
for
us
and
we
are
obliged
to
pay
the
cost
of
the
pension,
whether
or
not
the
pension
cost
comes
from
us
or
from
the
state,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
support
this
utility
tax
on
your
Luckman
to
do
it,
but
I
think
that
we
need
to
do
something
right
now.
We
need
to
give
ourselves
some
time
to
figure
out
what
perhaps
a
different
way
forward
would
be.
E
E
I'm
going
to
support
this
tax
too,
the
sooner
we
start
paying
down
our
debt,
the
better
off
we'll
be.
We
can't
cut
our
way
out
of
this,
and
delaying
action
will
not
bridge
the
gap.
I
know
raising
taxes
is
politically
toxic
and
very
unpopular
I'm,
not
thrilled
about
it
either.
I
don't
have
a
job
and
I
rely
on
my
husband's
attention,
he's
retired,
but.
E
People
tend
to
lump
local
government
in
with
state
and
federal
government,
and
both
state
and
federal
government
are
in
terrible
financial
straits,
which
is
why
we
need
to
pull
ourselves
up
by
our
bootstraps,
because
we
can't
depend
on
the
state
for
anything
really
I'm
for
paying
down
our
debt
for
maintaining
our
roads
and
keeping
up
with
our
commitments.
We'll
have
to
raise
taxes
to
do
this
responsibly,
otherwise
we'll
be
settling
our
children
with
the
chronic
economic,
my
social
political
crisis
for
years
to
come
and
I'm
not
willing
to
do
that.
Thank
you.
All.
E
And
foremost,
I'd
like
to
call
a
point
of
order
and
I'd
like
to
get
our
parliamentarian
involved.
This
vote
for
these
utility
taxes
is
extremely
troubling
to
me,
because
it's
a
vote
that
we've
already
been
told
that
if
we
vote
no
to
these
taxes,
the
mayor
will
be
vetoing,
and
that
presents
an
entirely
different
scenario.
If
the
mayor
vetoes,
if
I'm
understanding-
and
this
is
an
extremely
complex
thing
and
and
I-
don't
think
our
citizens
understand
this.
But
here's
what
we're
being
told
you
vote
no
by
these
utility.
All
of
these
taxes
put
in
together.
E
We
no
longer
get
a
chance
to
pick
and
choose
taxes.
We've
got
a
major,
probably
one
of
the
largest
tax
increases
that
has
ever
happened
in
the
city
of
Wilmington
and
I'll,
be
happy
to
do
the
research
on
that
to
support
that.
But
we've
been
told
that
the
mayor
is
going
to
then
veto
the
budget
and
the
following.
There's
a
nice
long
list
of
things
that
will
then
I
guess
he
cut
the
downtown,
hire
back
all
kinds
of
parks,
programs,
summer
programs,
just
all
kinds
of
things
that
I
have
supported
so.
J
E
E
This
does
things
to
the
budget
that
I
would
never
support
the
veto
does
so
how
am
I
to
how
am
I
to
vote
on
the
utility
catches
when
I
already
know,
and
we
also
received
an
email
from
Mayor
Renner.
That
explains
all
of
the
major
major
repercussions
that
we
might
not
support
and
to
me,
you
can't
vote
on
something
when
you're
really
voting
on
something
else.
E
E
E
Clearly,
we
all
do
I
do
and
yet
they
said:
hey
we're
maxed,
so
those
the
city
of
Wilmington
have
a
spending
problem
or
not
in
I've.
You
no
question
about
it
and
this
three
three
million
in
utility
taxes.
If
the
spending
continues,
here's
my
here's,
my
email
from
a
finance
director
here
employ
me
not
this
one
and
I'll
share
with
anyone.
I
have
I
put
it
on
Facebook
I've,
been
on
the
radio
blah.
C
E
From
seventy
six
million
in
2009
all
the
way
to
ninety
three
million
eight
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
today,
that
is
a
twenty
percent
increase
and
if
spending
continues
and
why
wouldn't
it,
people
are
still
going
to
be
in
line
for
raises
we've
clearly
expressed.
Then
they
absolute
need
to
continue
with
our
staff.
Our
budget
absolutely
status
quo,
I
think
we've
have
been
told
and
we
are
being
told,
there's
absolutely
virtually
nothing.
That
is,
is
extendable
in
our
budget.
So,
at
this
rate,
within
a
year
we
will
be
spending.
E
We
will
be
spending
that
extra
money
that
we're
getting
from
utility
taxes.
Now
gas
taxes
are
going
to
be
increased
by
the
state.
I've
got
that
on
pretty
good
authority,
and
one
of
our
council
members
have
said:
if
that
happens,
will
rescind
or
will
alter
our
gas
tax.
So
I
don't
know
about
the
gas
tax.
E
The
amusing
attached
to
me
is
completely
undefined
I,
don't
know
if
that's
going
to
be
every
every
amusement
event
in
the
city
or
not
I,
simply
don't
know,
but
at
any
rate
we're
left
with
the
utility
tax
and
in
one
year
we'll
be
spending
every
single
penny
of
utility
taxes.
Now
mayor
Renner
said
earlier
that
in
five
years,
I
guess
our
budget
payments
will
be
somewhat
under
control,
but
I
did
four
math
here
sitting
here.
Of
course,
now
I
can't
find
it
in
in
five
years,
we'll
be
paying
about.
E
Twelve
million
will
almost
be
doubling
six
million,
and
then
it
continues
to
go
up
from
there.
Anyone
who
wants
the
numbers,
please
feel
free
to
ask
me,
but
in
ten
years,
I
believe
we're
topping
out
at
something
of
eighteen,
seventeen,
eighteen
million
dollars
on
pensions,
we're
not
kicking
the
can
down
the
road.
These
most
extreme
example
I've
ever
seen
and
we're
not
addressing
the
fundamental
issue
which
is
spending
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
I've.
E
E
That
every
worker,
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
every
citizen
in
the
city
city
of
limitations,
get
ahold
of
because
it's
all
of
the
councilmembers,
except
some
who
elected
not
to
vote
on
what
they
said
about
every
single
cut
that
was
proposed.
Now
this
was
given
to
me
completed
about
approximately
two
days
before
the
twenty,
the
budget
meeting
on
the
21st,
at
which
time
we
were
all
told,
we
had
I
think
some
two
minutes
each
to
discuss
this
so
I
agree.
E
That
no,
we
have
not
had
an
opportunity
to
to
vet.
These
proposed
cuts
at
all
and
we're
still
we've
got,
we've
got
flamingos
Dolph
has
millions,
and
this
is
an
ex-mayor,
not
me
millions
and
millions
in
consulting
fees
and
on
and
on
and
on
so
that's
that's
what
we're
doing
here
and
yet
the
fixed-income,
the
single
mom,
the
working
poor,
are
going
to
pay
more,
and
might
it's
quite
a
lot
more
okay.
Thank
you
very
much.
All.
E
You
very
much
well
I.
You
know
I've
spent
quite
a
bit
of
time.
Thinking
about
this
and
I
I
did
agonize
over
the
decision.
You
know
over
the
weekend,
but
I
I
think
as
I
reflect
you
know.
I
I
can
say
that
I've
heard
based
on
what
I've
heard
there
are
78
778
thousand
individuals
in
in
the
city,
citizens.
There
are
78,000
opinions
on
what
to
keep
and
what
to
what
to
get
rid
of,
and
so
out
of
that
I
think
what
I
came
up
with
is
that
there
there's
no
clear
consensus.
E
You
know
some
people
like
parks,
you
know
believe
it
or
not.
They
increase
people's
property
values.
Some
people
don't
want
to
be
CPA.
Some
people
want
to
be
CPA,
so
I
guess
it's.
You
know.
All
of
that
is
in
the
IR
to
be
so
when
I
find
myself
in
situations
like
that,
I
try
to
reach
for
compromise
because
nobody's
going
to
get
everything
that
they
want
to
get.
So
we
have
to
find
a
way
to
compromise.
I.
E
E
You
know
I
initially
I
indicated
by
opposition
to
the
utility
tax,
because
I
thought
you
know,
I
really
wanted
to
force
a
little
bit
of
soul-searching,
because
it's
very
it's
it's
easy
to
say.
Yes,
let's
increase
taxes,
invest
in
something
but
I
think
and
I've
seen
that
there
has
been
at
least
a
little
bit
of
soul-searching,
where
we
are
looking
to
to
make
some
cuts
and-
and
that
can
continue,
it
doesn't
all
have
to
happen
right
now.
E
I,
you
know,
but
I
I
also
have
to
caution
us
in
our
haste
to
to
try
to
make
cuts.
You
know
we
should
remember
that
we
should
not
lose
the
soul
of
Bloomington.
You
know
what
is
it
about
Bloomington?
That
makes
it
great
we
we
have
to
remember
that,
and-
and
those
are
things
that
are
worth
preserving-
I've
gone
to
the
Pepsi
Ice
Center,
one
time
and
I
was
there
and
I
was
amazed
to
see
how
many
adolescents
were
having
a
great
time.
E
Okay,
in
that
facility
and
I
can
tell
you,
I
know
people
don't
like
parts,
but
if
you
ask
any
child
to
tell
you
what
is
their
priority,
they
will
tell
you
it's
a
park.
Okay,
so
everybody
has
a
different
priority
and
we
we
absolutely
need
to
remember
that,
because
if
we
don't
do
that,
if
we
have
a
place
that
doesn't
cater
to
kids
as
well,
then
this
see
eventually
will
die,
because
you
need
kids
to
keep
rejuvenating
your
city
and
to
come
back
and
sometimes
when
they
do
go
away.
They
come
back.
E
Okay,
I
can
count
I,
don't
know
how
many
friends
I
have
who
I
went
to
school
with
at
is
you
started
working
for
safe
farm,
went
away
and
decided
to
come
back
when
it
was
time
for
them
to
raise
their
kids
because
they
thought
this
is
a
great
place
to
raise
children.
That's
something
that
we
should
not
forget
in
our
haste,
to
make
cuts.
Okay,
another
thing
that
I
want
to
say
is
I
supported
the
the
motor
fuel
tax,
because
I've
heard
time
and
time
again
that
our
streets
are
terrible.
E
So
we
need
to
do
something
about
it.
I'm
prepared
to
do
that.
Okay,
I,
don't
want
to
do
what
is
politically
convenient.
Okay,
I
know
people
don't
like
taxes,
I,
don't
like
them
either
I'm
voting
against
my
own
interest,
because
I
do
a
lot
of
driving
with
my
kids.
I
have
four
kids
taking
them
to
activities
left
and
right,
but
at
some
point
I
think
you
know
I
have
to
do
what
I
think
is
right
and
and
I'm
prepared
to
do
that
prepared
to
deal
with
the
consequences
of
doing
what
is
right?
E
B
E
We'll
try
to
be
as
brief
as
I
can
I
want
to
reinforce
a
couple
of
points
and
I.
Think
you
made
mayor
in
some
of
your
opening
comments
and
then
add
another
point
or
two
that
the
fact
that
should
the
utility
tax
pass
and
and
consistent
with
my
vote
a
week
ago
on
the
vote
on
the
electricity
texts,
I
will
be
supporting
the
utility
tax
deceiving.
E
E
The
point
I
try
to
make
is
that
if
my
house
was
on
fire
and
I
was
trying
to
get
out
of
the
house
and
didn't
know
if
my
family
had
all
gotten
out,
these
are
the
folks
who
are
going
back
in
to
make
sure
running
into
the
burning
house
to
make
sure
that
my
family
is
out
and
and
thankfully
we
have
a
quality
of
life
in
Bloomington
that
that
this
doesn't
happen
very
often.
But
if
there
was
a
situation
where
there
was
gunfire
and
I'm
running
away
from
the
gunfire.
E
E
So
again,
I
will
be.
I
will
be
supporting
the
this
tax
increase,
because
I
see
it
as
as
a
vote
of
affirmation,
a
vote
of
confidence
to
to
those
to
those
men
and
women
who
again
are
willing
to
do
some
things
on
a
daily
basis
and
and
that
that
they
choose
to
do
and
and
and
and
gladly
do
because
this
is
the
careers.
H
E
E
E
E
H
E
Birds
in
their
own
house,
at
Miller,
Park
and
and
and
we're
arguing
over
pensions.
It's
ridiculous,
I'm!
Sorry,
we
have
some
cuts.
We
need
to
make.
We
don't
need
the
birds,
we
certainly
don't
need
them
right
now
and
there's
many
many
other
additions
that
that
we
could
talk
about
here
that
we
should
have
cut
if
we
had
cut
right
to
the
bone.
E
I'd
go
with
it,
but
that
bird
at
that
in
that
birdhouse,
that
Park
is
not
gonna
feed
the
kids,
and
this
is
who
you're
taking
the
money
from
you're
taking
the
money
from
folks
that
actually
are
having
trouble
feeding
their
kids
in
my
ward
and
that's
why
I'm
gonna
vote
against
this?
We
have
not
had
that
discussion
and
I
won't
support
it
until
we
do.
E
H
E
And
yet
not
every
kid
can
grow
up
on
a
farm
and
have
the
luxury
of
doing
the
kind
of
work
that
I
I
had
to
do,
but
there
again
I'm
sure
there
are
a
lot
of
constructive
things.
I'm
not
talking
about
taking
all
the
parks
away
from
the
kids.
I
realized
they
love
parks
and
we've
got
a
lot
of
nice
amenities,
but
we've
got
45
person.
We
were
just
bequeathed
with
more
property
out
in
Hawthorne
Hills
by
mr.
bill
felt
and
that's
an
added
expense
again.
Okay,
so
I
don't
buy
it.
E
We've
got
a
lot
of
properties.
We
need
to
divest
ourselves
of.
We've
got
a
lot
of
responsibilities
that
we
really
don't
need
to
be
meeting
here.
We
have
an
awful
lot
of
very
nice
programs.
We
need
to
look
at
what
those
programs
are,
what
they
cost
in
and
further
allocate
the
expense
of
those
to
the
folks
that
actually
are
using
them.
Okay,
they
are
not
needs,
they
are
nice
things,
adult
dance
classes.
B
B
D
B
B
Thank
you
very
much
pedalin.
Thank
you
for
all
your
work
that
you've
done
in
all
this.
Thank
you
thanks.
Now,
as
we've
noted,
we
are
moving
right
along
to
having
our
discussion
on
2016
budget
priorities.
We
have
this.
We
have
approximately
30
minutes,
budgeted
and
we're
not
going
to
be
really
tight
on
the
time,
but
I
think
given
the
hour
we'll
try
to
keep
it
to
35
or
40
minutes.
I
have
about
five
minutes,
maybe
not
quite
four
minutes
worth
of
comments
that
I
want
to
make
as
we
move
forward.
I'm
sure
it
will.
B
These
will
elicit
a
debate
and
discussion.
First
again,
as
we
said,
our
work
tonight
begins
on
the
2016
budget
and
I
hope.
As
we
go
down
this
process,
it
will
be
come
to
understand
that
this
is
not
about.
It
should
not
be
about
ideology
and
philosophy.
There's
a
good
reason
why
seventy-five
percent
of
American
cities
have
non
partisan
elections
and
most
of
the
ones
that
that
are
not
frankly,
are
in
machine
cesspools
from
the
yesteryear.
B
Unfortunately,
during
this
year's
budget
process
there
have
been
some
bitter
and
venomous
disputes
and
that
we've
seen
some
rhetoric
that
we
heard
at
the
state
and
national
levels
have
frankly
reared
their
ugly
head
here
in
our
known
debates
in
Bullington
Illinois.
So
let's
be
clear.
Issues
such
as
health
care,
gay
marriage
and
the
fiscal
irresponsibility
of
the
state
and
national
government
have
no
place
directly.
B
Anything
to
do
with
what
we're
dealing
with
here
in
Bloomington
and
I
can
certainly
fully
understand
people's
frustrations
with
the
politics
of
Springfield
and
Washington
I
mean
when
you
hear
these
polls
that
87
percent
of
people
disapprove
of
Congress
and
9
percent
approve
I
kind
of
wonder
the
nine
percent.
What
do
you
approve
of
right-
and
that's
not
the
case,
so
some
of
the
rhetoric
and
talking
points
that
we've
heard
from
national
political
debate
have
been
thrown
a
lot
frankly
in
the
last
several
weeks.
This
doesn't
help
our
progress.
Making
progress
in
our
community?
B
Quite
the
contrary,
the
ideological
and
partisan
invectives
are
poison
they're
not
going
to
help
move
us
forward
and
as
most
any
observer
of
local
government
in
the
world
will
tell
you
political
scientists,
policy,
analysts,
public
administration
people.
There
are
very,
very
few
ideological
leaders
that
are
successful
in
local
government.
They
don't
make
it
or
they
realize.
Oh
all,
that
ideological
crap
that
I've
been
fighting
at
the
national
level
doesn't
apply
here
at
the
local
level.
B
In
the
United
States,
we
had
a
few
people
called
sewer
socialists
about
a
hundred
years
ago
that
got
elected
during
the
Progressive
Era
in
Detroit
and
some
other
places
in
Milwaukee,
and
they
realized
oh
I,
guess
I
have
to
deliver
public
services,
forget
all
that
ideological
stuff.
So
the
broad,
sometimes
abstract,
policy
debates
about
the
role
of
government
at
higher
levels
that
are
often
removed
from
day
to
day
realities
do
not
provide
clear
policy
guidelines
to
us
in
delivering
public
services
to
specific
communities.
Further.
B
We
may
not
always
know
what
we're
getting
for
our
money
in
Washington
or
in
the
state,
but
here
in
Bullington
it's
quite
clear
and
as
I
mentioned,
the
vast
majority
is
police.
Fire
Public
Works
in
the
next
largest
category
is
Parks
and
Rec
combined
four
percent
of
our
our
budget.
So
at
the
local
level
we
deliver
services
and
we
deliver
them
directly.
So
if
some
of
our
citizens
don't
want
even
inflationary
costs
in
our
services,
so
national
political,
you
know
talking
points
such
as
government
needs
to
live
within
its
means.
B
Well,
that's
fine,
but
then
at
the
local
level.
That
means
we
here
in
Wilmington
have
already
shed
almost
a
hundred
positions.
The
logical
question
is
what
large
group
of
people
do
you
want
to
lay
offer
what
core
functions
of
the
city
of
Bloomington?
Do
you
not
want
us
to
to
continue
to
deliver
so
the
tire
hits
the
pavement
here
in
Bloomington.
B
That's
our
reality,
and
my
last
introductory
point
is
that,
as
we
move
forward
in
this
discussion
and
we're
gonna
throw
a
lot
of
ideas
out
and
I'm
sure
you
know
we're
not
gonna
agree
we're
human,
that's
gonna
happen,
but
we
must
have
good
data,
and
otherwise
we
are
fooling
ourselves
over
promising
people,
a
free
lunch
and
there
are
no
free
lunches.
Now
some
may
say:
I'm
a
stickler
for
data
and
that
may
be
true.
B
I've
been
involved
in
local
government
decision-making
for
nearly
30
years
and
literally
when
I
was
at
the
International
city/county
Management
Association
I
literally
wrote
the
book
on
for
them
on
how
you
use
data
in
making
local
government
decisions
about
25
years
ago,
but
the
level
of
scrutiny
I'm
suggesting,
is
actually
very,
very
minimal,
and
that
is
if
we're
talking
about
items
and
especially
we
talk
about
budget
cuts,
there
are
at
least
ought
to
be
four
things
that
I
would
assume.
Every
reasonable
person
could
agree
on.
First,
they
have
to
be
feasible.
B
Second,
we
have
to
have
enough
information
from
them
to
in
terms
of
clarity,
so
that
others
can
understand
where
they
come
from
and
can
evaluate
their
possible
impact.
Three,
the
numbers
must
be
accurate
and
four
they've
got
to
be
in
the
budget,
because,
if
they're
not
in
the
budget,
you
can't
cut
them
and
it
doesn't
help
your
bottom
line
and
all
of
them
Stearns.
B
Unfortunately,
over
80%
of
your
budget
proposed
cuts,
do
not
meet
that
even
simple
criteria
and
in
fact,
some
of
them
one
of
them
was
the
most
surprising
to
me-
was
a
Starcom
digital
21
communication
system
to
be
cut
by
205
dollars,
and
this
wasn't
just
something
that
you
mentioned
and
I'll
give
you
time
to
respond
here.
But
this
is
not
just
something
you
mentioned
in
passing.
You
talked
about
it
in
public
you
distributed
at
a
town
hall
meeting.
You
even
made
a
motion
last
week
to
approve
those
thank
God.
B
They
weren't
passed
because
one
of
the
things,
if
you
had
made
a
two-minute
conversation,
a
two-minute
phone
call
to
either
our
police
chief
or
a
fire
chief,
you
would
have
realized
that
not
only
are
they
not
feasible,
but
they
would
put
our
entire
community
in
serious
risk.
You
cannot
have
two-thirds
of
a
digital
radio
system-
it's
not
the
slightest
exaggeration
to
say
that
this
would
have
put
our
entire
community
at
risk,
because
one
third
of
our
people
couldn't
talk
to
others.
B
The
State
Farm
incident
of
five
years
ago,
where
we
had
problems
with
interoperability,
should
have
driven
that
point
home.
If
you
recall,
we
had
our
Bloomington
police
and
we
had
County.
We
had
firefighters,
we
had
others,
the
Sheriff's
Department
I
couldn't
talk
to
each
other.
We
are
now
moving
to
a
star
con
21
system.
You
can't
have
two-thirds
of
a
radio
system
that
is,
for
our
police,
our
firefighters
and
our
911.
B
Do
you
want
to
be
one
of
the
one
out
of
three
who
can't
talk
to
dispatch
or
can't
talk
to
anyone
else,
and
it
doesn't
just
put
Bloomington
in
a
situation
where
we
would
not
be
safe,
but
because
we
could
not
respond
to
normal
and
normal
couldn't
respond
to
us
and
a
third
of
our
people
couldn't
respond
to
the
Sheriff's
Department.
It
puts
the
entire
community
at
risk.
The
point
is:
we've
got
to
do
our
homework.
It
would
not
have
been
unreasonable
to
make
a
two-minute
phone
call.
F
E
E
There
I
did
that
I
absolutely
did
that
and
and
I
wasn't
yes,
I
did
listen
to
exactly
what
I
think.
This
kind
of
discussion
is
a
disgrace.
This
is
disgraceful.
I
asked
in
an
email
to
you
three
days
ago
that
you
bring
out
the
contract
for
the
Star
Comics.
We
don't.
We
don't
even
have
I
made
that
phone
call
and
I
had
a
very
in-depth
discussion
with
a
member
of
our
public
service,
our
public
safety
and
a
very
astute
member.
One
whose
opinion
you
value
very
much
and
I
was
absolutely
told
that
this
was
a.
E
H
H
E
F
E
B
E
F
B
It's
cold
totally
so
wrong
or
we're
gonna
move
forward
with
further
discussion.
We
obviously
disagree
about
whether
this
is
feasible.
We're
gonna
be
able
to
continue
a
public
discussion
with
our
fire
chief
with
our
police
chief,
and
they
can
confirm
what
the
situation
might
be
as
we
move
forward.
So
who
else
would
like
to
weigh
in
on
our
general
discussion?
But
as
we
move
forward,
what
are
our
priorities?
We
need
to
make
sure
we've
got
good,
strong
data
and
that's,
let's
begin
with
that.
All
the
woman
Schmidt
I'd.
E
B
B
F
J
E
I
B
I
You
mr.
mayor
yeah,
I'm,
definitely
open
to
some
reflection.
I
think
that
it
has
got
a
little
bit
heated
at
times
during
this
discussion,
but
I
think
the
direction
that
staff
has
been
giving
us
pretty
much
from
the
get-go
in
this
budget
discussion
is
give
us
clear
direction
as
to
what
your
priorities
are.
Oftentimes,
as
I've
been
sitting
up
here,
I
keep
hearing
the
word
priorities
thrown
around
and
I'm,
never
quite
sure
what
that
means.
So
I
think
as
we
start
and
comfortable
waiting
and
I'm
probably
don't
know
on
this.
E
E
B
D
G
Mayor
I'll
be
really
brief
on
this.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
make
sure
to
call
everybody's
attention
to
the
fact
that
there's
a
meeting
tomorrow,
night
I
believe
it's
a
First
Christian
Church
regarding
the
Friendship
Park
it
starts
at
5:30.
At
attendance
will
be
our
police
chief
and
his
staff
pace
director,
Kaler
I
believe
public
works.
G
Director
karch
is
also
going
to
be
there
I'm,
not
sure
who
else
is
gonna,
be
there
from
staff
and
I
know
that
they're
gonna
be
a
few
aldermen
that
are
there
and
I'm
sure
someone
will
make
a
comment
during
their
time,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure
we
call
it
that
out
so
that
everybody
knows
it's
on
our
schedule
for
tomorrow,
night
and
second
of
all,
I
just
like
to
thank
the
staff
of
the
city
for
their
assistance.
During
this
time,
when
I've
been
sitting
up
here
is
acting
city
manager.
G
I
will
tell
you
that
the
staff
back
there
works
extremely
hard.
It
has
been
a
very,
very
big
challenge
for
all
of
us
to
get
through
this,
but
I
tell
you
what
they've
done
an
absolutely
phenomenal
job
and
I
very
much
appreciate
it.
I
also
like
to
thank
the
staff
of
the
fire
department
who
Balak
will
step
up
and
help
me
out
during
the
time
of
piston
in
this
role.
So
that's
it
for
me.
Thank.
B
You
I
do
want
to
thank
you
all
the
man
sage
for
staying
engaged,
Thor
ed
to
extreme
levels
during
the
time
of
year.
You
know
you
were
in
the
hospital
and
then
you
came
home.
Your
recovery
I
just
want
to
congratulate
you,
I'm
glad
that
you've
been
involved
and
you've
been
really
on
top
of
things:
Thank,
You,
alderman
and
I.
Thank
you,
mayor.
I,
look
forward
to
being.
E
B
In
our
thoughts
and
prayers,
all
of
it,
thank
you
thank
you
and
I
do
want
to
go
ahead
and
and
read
a
letter
that
I
received
to
the
tire
counsel
from
representative
Dan
Brady
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
April
14th
legislative
work
session,
with
you,
city
manager,
David,
Hales,
member
city,
council
and
staff,
and
my
legislative
colleagues.
He
was
very
informative.
Thank
you
for
sharing
the
city's
legislative
proposal.
Students
needs
sincerely
Dan,
Brady
and
last
but
not
least,
I
want
to
congratulate
alderman
Scott
black
for
managing
to
survive
26
whole
years.
B
And
oh
actually,
it's
not
last
I
also
want
to
congratulate
or
not
Congrats
thank
alderman,
Kevin
Lauer,
who
is
you
know,
I
may
not
always
agree
on
stuff,
but
man.
He
knows
his
cars
and
he
took
time
out
to
show
me
some
of
the
new
Mustangs.
It's
the
50-year
anniversary
of
the
Mustang
and
so
they're
gonna
be
really
really
cool
if
you
want
to
go
zero
to
60
in
five
seconds
talk
to
Kevin
Lauer
anyway.
Thank
you
very
much.
All
Domanick
discussions
and
I'll
start
from
the
left
to
right.
Oh,
oh.
B
You
do
oh
I,
didn't
necessarily
mean
literally,
but
okay
actually
I
have
let's
talk
about.
This.
I
did
talk
to
John
Kennedy
and
as
a
and
sometime
possibly
in
late,
May
or
June,
we
will
have
John
Kennedy.
Our
director
of
Parks
and
Rec
come
to
a
mayoral,
open
house,
and
he
will
answer
questions
and
talk
to
us
about
all
parks
and
rec
programs.
That
doesn't
mean
we
can't
talk
about
other
things,
but
we'll
be
featuring,
John
Kennedy
and
we'll
be
working
with
his
schedule
again
late
May
or
early
June
and
Thank
You
Alton.
B
E
E
Hope
that
happens.
Just
a
quick
shout
out
to
HR
I,
don't
see
Emily,
but
I.
Think
Laurie
is
back
there
and
I've
got
a
email
pending
to
ask
the
question
of
how
many
people
we
had
participate
in
the
Wellness
Day
last
Friday
I.
Don't
expect
an
answer
very
quickly,
but
I
was
over
there.
Friday
morning
it
seemed
like
a
great
number
of
employees
took
advantage
of
that
and
I
think
that's
so
important
that
wellness
and
preventive
care
is
part
of
our
our
benefit
program,
because
it
helps
reduce
those
long-term
costs.
E
So
I,
don't
know
what
that
number
is
Laurie
or
whoever's
back
there,
but
it'll
be
anxious
to
see
that
and
sounds
like
a
great
program
and
some
great
testing
without
the
cost
of
doing
the
doctor.
So
thank
you.
All
of
this
is
easy.
There
was
an
excellent
article
in
the
Chicago
Tribune
yesterday
about
bags
designed
for
bicycles
is.
A
I
You
all
of
in
black
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
and
I'll,
be
brief
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
again
remind
everybody
about
tomorrow
night's
meeting
at
First
Christian
Church
at
5:30.
That's
going
to
be
an
important
one.
That's
a
circle
back,
as
we
committed
to
several
months
ago
about
some
of
the
youth
crime
issues,
Friendship,
Park
and
Jefferson
streets,
so
I
would
encourage
everybody
who's
interested
to
attend.
It's
gonna,
be
a
good
meeting
and
I
appreciate
Stan
for
taking
the
time
to
put
that
together
and
be
in
attendance.
I
I
also
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
and
thank
staff
for
all
the
work
they
put
in
this
budget.
You
know
you
had
to
go
especially
patty
Lynn
field
and
litical
questions,
high-level
questions
going
back
and
forth,
and
I
like
to
remind
everybody
that,
when
it
comes
to
down
to
at
the
council,
ask
staff
to
present
a
budget
which
meet
the
requirements
the
majority
are
asking
for
and
they
we
they
ask
for
the
resources
and
we
decide
whether
or
not
we
give
it
to
them.
And
so
they
ask
for
resources,
and
we
have
a
budget.
I
It's
not
what
I
don't
think
everybody
is
thrilled
with,
but
it's
a
place
to
start
and
I
think
this
is
I'm
looking
forward
to
our
2016
prioritization
discussion,
because
I
think
we
have
to
start
now,
so
we
have
an
open,
transparent
process
and
get
as
much
public
feedback
as
possible.
I
look
forward
to
that
whole
discussion.
Thank
you.
Hans
Schmidt.
B
E
E
Is
such
a
welcome
change
from
what
we've
had
in
the
past
and
I
mean
I
can
think
a
decade
ago
where
people
just
weren't,
commenting
at
all
so
I
understand
our
desire
to
get
it
right,
but
I
didn't
really
hear
a
timeline
and
I
don't
want
to
delay
this
really
a
long
time.
So
what
what?
How
are
we
gonna
handle
this?
Are
you
could?
Could
you
like
impose
a
deadline
on
us
for
feedback
or
something.
E
Of
the
ordinance-
and
we
can
either
the
old
councilmen
want
to
get
me
kind
of
their
thoughts.
We
can
do
that
if
we
want
to
bring
it
back
at
a
work
session
to
have
another
discussion
as
to
see
what
people
would
like
to
have
on
it.
But
it's
really
your
pleasure.
It's
how
you'd
like
to
proceed
on
this,
but
we
can
certainly
keep
this
as
a
top
priority
and
try
and
get
these
issues
resolved
quickly.
Okay,.
E
B
And
then
we
may
have
given
the
time
that
we've
been
involved
with
the
budget.
The
transparency,
orders
and
stuff
I
haven't
been
back
in
touch
with
you
on
and
that
could
kind
of
tie
in
with
all
of
this
and
I'm
sure.
Mr.
Meeks
will
be
happy
if
we
can
get
a
the
transparency
or
that's
really
soon.
The
autumn
woman's
turn.
E
I
think
we
all
do.
One
of
them
is
not
that
I,
don't
respect
other
people's
a
viewpoint
and
then
I
won't
give
them
the
time
to
express
what
that
viewpoint
is.
This
has
been
a
budget
season
of
ideas.
We've
had
lots
and
lots
of
ideas.
We've
had
borrow
40
million
with
the
city
needs
it.
We've
had
licensed
bicycles,
you
know
we're
paying
a
lot
of
money
for
all
the
trails
we've
had
on.
E
Make
the
downtown
please
hire
back
paper
itself.
We've
heard
that
one
I've
got
one:
let's
take
all
of
the
all
of
the
revenue
that
the
police
department
generate
so
speak
and
give
it
give
them
credit
for
it
in
the
actual
police
department.
So
we
know
of
the
ordinance
violations
and
all
the
money
that
comes
in
one.
E
Is
attack
those
ideas?
I,
don't
think
we've
said:
do
you,
why
are
we?
40
million
isn't
feasible?
I
don't
happen
to
think
it
is,
but
I
respect
the
idea
and
I
know
people
who
agree
with
it
and
there
isn't
I
will
pledge
to
my
fellow
councilmembers.
Any
idea
that
you
have
I
will
give
it
respect.
I
will
give
it
consideration
and
I
would
appreciate
it
because
I
think
all
ideas
are
valuable.
Maybe
they're,
not
practical.
E
I
will
never
accuse
anyone
of
trying
to
harm
the
city
in
any
in
any
way
because
we're
volunteers,
we
don't
make
any
money.
Essentially
we
we
come
up
with
hours
and
hours
of
our
time
and
get
emails
by
the
Dozen.
That
are,
you
know,
maybe
not
always
so
polite,
but
if
anyone
can
point
during
this
budget
season
or
any
time
do
anything
I've
said
to
a
citizen
to
anything
I've
said
publicly,
and
maybe
tonight
was
a
little
heated
that
isn't
respectful
or
that
in
any
way
demean
or
questions
they're,
somehow
their
goodwill.
E
Then
please
tell
me-
and
please
point
that
out
and
and
I
can
certainly
do
that.
You
know
for
others,
because
I
don't
think
that
is
I.
Don't
think
that
elevates
us
and
I
don't
think
it's
it's
within
the
dignity
of
the
city
of
Wilmington,
our
what
our
officers
are,
which
I
think
is
way
above
petty
criticism
or
publicly
calling
out
I
think
it's.
E
B
E
I
E
H
E
I
would
then
thanks.
Kevin
I
would
just
again
echo
my
thanks
to
staff.
This
has
been
a
very
difficult
process.
I
think
we
have
some
framework
that
we
can
use
for
to
start
the
prioritization
conversation
going
forward
and
I
really
think
no
pun
intended.
That
should
be
really
our
top
priority
going
forward,
as
we
start
to
move
with
it
with
the
next
year's
budget.
So
again
thanks
to
staff
and
that's
all
mayor,
okay,
Thank,
You,
alderman.
B
H
Thanks
because
I've
put
Jeff
Jergens
Council
on
on
point
a
number
of
times
here,
I'm
working
him
over
time,
I
think
and
George
as
well
and
Patty
Lynn
as
well.
I've
had
some
very
pointed
questions
for
her
Department
and
I
will
continue
to
do
so.
Until
we
get
some
of
these
things
rained
out
mayor
I,
really
wish.
We
could
tone
down
the
tenor
here.