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A
Okay:
let's
try
that
again
good
evening.
Everyone
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
call
the
meeting
of
the
city
of
bloomington
council
to
order.
If
everyone
could
stand
for
the
pledge
of
allegiance
and
remain
standing
for
a
moment
of
silence,
silence
and
prayer,
I
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
of
the
united
states
of
america.
A
Here,
thank
you.
Next
item
on
the
agenda
is
recognition
and
we
do
have
at
this
point
a
different
recognition
than
we
typically
have,
and
this
one
is
a
an
employee
remembrance
for
thomas
dipler,
who
was
a
an
employee
of
soar,
recreation
and
he
was
an
instructor
in
2012,
and
I
think
I
just
want
to
like
to
give
maybe
just
a
one
minute
or
a
second
for
mr
gleason.
You
want
to
say
something.
D
Thank
you
mayor.
This
is
just
an
opportunity
that
we
started
a
couple
years
ago
when
we
started
the
accomplishments
for
the
previous
year.
We
also
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
recognize
employees
that
had
passed
in
that
past
year
and
tom
ditmer
was
one
of
the
soar
employees
for
the
parks
and
recreation.
D
We
have
the
family
that,
if
you
guys
would
like
to
come
to
the
podium
and
just
share
a
couple
of
words,
but
this
was
an
opportunity
for
us
to
share.
You
know
our
our
sadness
and
the
passing
of
your
husband
and
father,
and
I
wanted
to
recognize
that
and
that's
this
meeting,
because
we
have
the
accomplishments
21
presentation
later
in
the
council
agenda
and
you
don't
have
to,
but
we
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
recognize
your
husband.
E
Well,
I'd
just
like
to
say
thank
you.
I
appreciate
the
recognition
that
you're
giving
him
tom
really
enjoyed
working
with,
not
just
aubry,
but
all
the
other
people
that
were
involved
was
with
soar.
He
was
close
to
both
the
staff
and
and
the
participants,
and
he
enjoyed
he
enjoyed
that,
while
keeping
an
eye
on
aubry
as
well.
So
thank
you
again
appreciate
it.
C
We
do
we
received
emailed
public
comment
from
dave,
kobis
and
kathy
eddington,
and
then
we
have
two
people
here
to
speak
in
person,
scott
steinling
and
gary
lambert
when
you're
ready.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
C
B
A
Sorry,
let
me
go
ahead
and
read
my
statement.
First
public
comment
is
an
opportunity
for
speakers
to
provide
their
views
and
feedback
to
the
city
council.
A
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
be
seized,
so
go
ahead.
F
Thank
you,
scott
steimling,
ward.
Five.
I
did
have
a
concern
about
the
sidewalks
and
the
roads.
The
sidewalks
are
so
bad
that
I've
seen
people
try
to
get
navigate.
The
sidewalks
saw
one
with
a
walker
several
years
years
ago,
and
it
was
so
bad.
They
turned
around
went
back
to
his
sons.
The
roads
are
terrible
in
certain
places.
The
curb
line
is
level
with
the
sidewalks.
F
I've
seen
I
realize
that
there
are
a
lot
of
roads
to
take
care
of,
but
if
the
city
had
been
doing
a
little
each
year,
we
would
not
be
in
crunch
mode
right
now,
and
I
brought
this
up
to
the
my
alderman
and
he's
aware
of
this,
but
I
keep
bringing
this
up.
You
know
it.
F
G
G
G
A
Thank
you
gary
nobody
else.
Next,
okay,
thank
you
very
much.
We
are
now
going
to
move
on
to
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there
any
item
on
the
consent
agenda
that
members
of
the
council
would
like
to
have
removed?
Okay,
seeing
none
is
there
a
motion.
A
C
Yeah
and
if
I
could,
I
just
wanted
to
also
point
out
really
quickly
to
the
public
that
item
7g,
an
updated
contract
was
provided
to
council
prior
to
and
it
didn't
have
a
change
in
value.
Just
wanted
to
point
that
out.
B
A
Okay.
Thank
you.
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
regular
agenda
item
8,
a
presentation
on
the
fy
2023
proposed
budget,
as
requested
by
the
finance
department,
and
there
is
no
recommended
motion.
This
is
for
presentation
purposes
only
and
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
city
manager
gleason.
For
some
introductory
comments.
D
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council
before
I
turn
it
over
to
finance
director
scott
rathbun,
we're
down
the
the
home
stretch
of
the
fy
23
budget
process.
Approval
will
be
tentatively
scheduled
for
the
council
meeting
april
11th.
We
have
tried
to
increase
the
transparency
and
having
this
public
budget
conversation
with
the
community
during
this
process.
I
think
we've
done
that.
D
The
past
couple
of
years
also
have
digital
links
on
our
website
that
talk
about
the
budget,
the
budget
process.
It's
been
updated
this
past
year,
but
always
looking
for
ways
to
improve
this.
So
scott,
I'm
going
to
turn
this
over
to
you
and
share
the
fy
23
proposed
budget.
H
Thank
you,
city
manager,
gleason,
mayor
council.
This
presentation
is,
is
somewhat
repetitive:
that's
by
intent,
trying
to
provide
some
continuity
to
the
subject
matter
that
we're
presenting
for
understanding
purposes
by
city
code.
We
are
required
to
present
a
proposed
budget,
so
this
is
the
official
proposed
budget
to
council
by
march
15th
of
every
year.
H
The
numbers
have
not
changed
since
the
february
28th
presentation,
but
hopefully
tonight
we
can
provide
some
additional
insight
and
perspective
on
the
budget,
how
the
dollars
are
being
spent
specifically
we'll
break
down
the
general
fund
to
some
degree
related
to
the
functional
departments
within
the
fund
and
then
we'll
cover
some
of
the
budget.
What
I
would
like
to
refer
to
as
a
budget
dollars
at
work,
some
of
the
somewhere,
where
the
you
know
rubber,
meets
the
road
kind
of
activity
for
the
city
where
those
budget
dollars
are
going
so
next
slide.
H
Please
I'm
going
to
go
somewhat
quickly
through
these.
These
numbers
have
not
changed
from
the
previous
meetings.
We
have
a
17.4
million
dollar
increase
over
the
prior
year
through
13.2
million
of
that
is
related
to
the
general
fund.
We
have
over
12
million
dollars
in
non-recurring
activity.
H
The
material
components
of
that
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act
dollars
almost
six
million
dollars
of
that
we're
paying
cash
for
equipment
in
the
general
fund,
but
we
still
have
some
residual
leases
that
are
rolling
off,
so
we
have
about
two
million
dollars
in
principle
and
interest
related
to
that
in
in
the
general
fund
at
the
library
they're
having
some
residual
expansion
budget
item
budgetary
items
in
2023,
the
project
is,
is
going
to
be
encumbered
in
2022,
but
some
of
their
equipment,
furnitures
and
fixtures
are
budgeted
for
2023
and
that's
about
2.4
million
and
then
the
other
material
items
are
a
million
dollars
for
the
cdbg
ida
grants
and
the
bloomington
election
commission
it's
about
a
half
million
dollars,
so
that's
a
little
over
12
million
dollars
in
non-recurring
items.
H
So
again,
you
know
want
to
convey
to
the
community
that
we're
not
experiencing
a
large
growth
in
government,
but
there
is
variability
in
our
budgets
related
to
non-recurring
items
and
things
of
that
nature
next
slide,
please.
H
So
this
kind
of
captures
that
concept
related
to
getting
perspective
on
the
growth
of
the
budget.
This
exhibit
was
reviewed
last
on
the
28th
of
february.
The
change
here
is
that
we've
updated
the
non-recurring
line.
It
still
just
shows
arpa
in
the
library,
but
we've
incorporated
some
of
those
other
items.
I
just
spoke
to
so
bumping
that
up
to
12.7,
you
know
we
could
do
a
deep
dive
into
that
activity,
but
those
are
the
material
items,
so
the
impact
this
hedge
was
really
it
just
it's
kind
of
smooth.
H
Our
annual
growth
rate
looks
like
we
have
a
column
issue
there.
It
says
rat
growth
rate
from
two
percent
to
two
and
a
half
percent
between
2016
and
2023.
H
Next
slide,
please
the
number
of
eyes
that
look
at
these
and
we
still
miss
things.
Major
tax
revenues,
no
change
from
prior
review.
You
know
we
we
like
to
show
these.
These
are
revenues
that
are
driven
by
economic
conditions,
so
they
have
variability
in
them.
We're
fortunate
that
the
economic
condition
of
our
community
is
very
healthy.
We've
had
some
recent
over
the
last
couple
years:
legislative
changes
that
have
helped
us
dramatically
related
to
online
retail
sales
tax.
H
We
have
the
cannabis
dispensary,
you
know
we
are
experiencing
a
little
downturn
in
telecom
utility
expense.
Excuse
me
utility
revenue,
but
other
categories
are
doing
well.
You
know
adjusting
for
what
we
took
the
revenues
down
for
trump
from
21
to
22
and
adjusting
for
the
the
new
revenue
streams
sources
that
I
just
referenced.
This
really
reflects
about
a
1.7
percent
annualized
growth
rate
from
21,
which
that
was
a
kind
of
a
pre-covered
budget.
We
didn't
amend
that
budget
when
we
went
into
that
year,
even
though
covet
was
just
hitting
next
slide.
H
H
General
fund
revenues-
just
briefly:
6.5
million
dollar
increase,
so
we're
going
to
focus
on
the
dollar
change
column
here
that
does
not
tie
exactly
to
the
previous
exhibit,
as
not
all
those
tax
revenues
are
reflected
in
the
general
fund
that
we
we
just
went
through
on
the
major
tax
revenue
exhibit
and
then
the
other
material
item
here,
the
6.7
million
dollar
change
in
intergovernmental
revenue.
That's
reflective
of
the
5.6
million
dollar
placeholder
for
the
american
rescue
plan
act
next
slide.
Please.
H
General
fund
expenditures-
I
did
not
mention
this
on
the
summary
page,
but
I
had
previously
that
one
of
the
increases
of
about
three
million
dollars
in
the
general
fund
was
related
to
staffing
increases
primarily
related
to
I.t
initiatives
for
the
city,
so
that
3.2
million
between
salaries
and
benefits,
reflective
of
that
and
normal
cost
of
living
increases
and
health
insurance,
etc
increases
which
we're
showing
here
health.
Our
estimate
for
health
insurance
increases
approximately
six
percent
and
then
capital
expenditure
is
highlighting.
The
4.8
million
increase.
H
That's
where
we're
reflecting
all
cash
for
equipment
for
the
coming
year
and
then
kind
of
highlighting
my
two
million
dollar
comment
from
previously.
If
you
look
at
the
principal
and
interest
expense
lines
you
can
see
for
2023,
we
have
about
1.8
million
dollars,
budgeted
in
principle
and
143
000
in
interest,
and
primarily
those
are
those
residual
leases
from
prior
years
and
that
number
will
roll
off
as
we
continue
to
pay
cash
for
equipment.
H
This
is
a
new
exhibit
for
the
evening,
so
spending
just
a
little
bit
of
time
on
this.
This
is
the
general
fund
broken
down
by
functional
area.
So
I
would
just
want
to
highlight
the
20
22
2023
columns,
those
tied
to
the
totals
that
we
just
went
through
so
20
22,
109
million
120
or
excuse
me
2023,
122
million.
So
that's
the
13.2
million
dollar
increase
that
was
reflective,
reflected
in
the
previous
exhibit.
H
So
you
can
see
going
starting
at
the
top.
The
material
changes
for
admin
admin
includes
legal
finance
hr.
Those
those
departments
has
has
gone
up,
7
million,
but
5.6
million
of
that
is
related
to
the
american
plan
act
and
then
public
safety
has
gone
up.
2.4
million.
Now
let
me
highlight
the
column
all
the
way
to
the
right.
So
what
I
wanted
to,
what
we
want
to
show
here
is
that
some
of
the
general
fund
departments-
you
know
we
focus
on
a
but
from
a
budgetary
standpoint,
really
on
mostly
on
the
expenditure
side.
H
You
know,
where
are
those
expenditures,
the
total
expenditures?
How
are
we
doing
year
over
year?
But
many
of
these
departments
have
their
own
revenue
sources,
so
you
can
see
that
the
net
public
safety
expense
after
applying
their
revenues,
is
about
53.8
million,
so
they
recover
about
7.2
million
dollars
in
revenues
and
then
rolling
down
about
halfway
down
parks,
rec
and
cultural
arts
a
fairly
sizable
budget,
13.2
million,
but
you
can
see
after
revenue
is
applied
to
that
for
all
their
programs
for
ice.
H
The
zoo
et
cetera,
it's
it's
8.5
million,
so
4.7
million
dollars
in
revenue
for
that
category,
so
just
a
another
example
of
trying
to
get
some
perspective
on
the
budget.
Looking
at
it
from
a
different
angle
here,
the
other
line
item
I
wanted
to
highlight
was
asphalt
and
concrete,
so
that
sticks
out
negative
6.2
million.
So
what
what
is
that
about?
H
Well,
we
used
to
deposit
all
tax
revenues
directly
into
the
general
fund
and
then
transfer
them
to
the
other
funds,
irrespective
of
the
restrictions
on
them
home
rule,
a
major
component
of
home
rule
sales,
tax
stays
in
the
general
fund.
Some
of
it's
allocated
for
bond
expenditures,
and
then
10
of
it
is,
is
transferred
to
the
asphalt
and
concrete
fund.
H
All
of
the
local
motor
fuel
tax
is
is
restricted
for
asphalt
and
concrete.
So
we
decided
we
wanted
to
deposit
those
revenues,
specifically
the
local
motor
fuel
tax,
but
the
portion
of
the
home
rule
as
well
straight
into
the
asphalt
and
concrete
fund
instead
of
showing
that
transfer.
So
it's
it's
going
to
help
out
some
of
the
transparency
related
to
our
budget.
So
just
again,
I
just
want
to
emphasize
all
restricted
revenues.
H
H
Citywide
budget
revenues,
the
use
of
fund
balance
real
quickly.
Again,
we
balance
we
show
a
balanced
budget.
So
whenever
we're
using
reserves,
we
show
that
as
a
revenue
source,
although
it's
not
real
revenues,
it's
just
a
use
of
reserves,
but
that's
the
way
we
we
highlight
it
in
our
exhibits,
so
33
million
dollars
in
use
of
reserves
or
fund
balance.
You
can
see
in
the
notice
that
19.4
million
of
that
is
related
to
a
motor
fuel
tax.
That
says
state
motor
fuel
tax
projects,
taxes
the
change
year
over
year
is
14
million.
H
This
is
relatively
close
to
the
major
tax
revenue
exhibit
again,
it
does
not
match
exactly,
as
we
do
not
show
all
major
all
tax
revenues
in
that
that
major
tax
revenue
exhibit
8.3
million
dollar
8.4
million
dollar
increase
in
intergovernmental
revenue.
Again,
the
american
rescue
plan
act
dollars
driving
our
budget
up
for
the
coming
year,
miscellaneous
revenue,
5.5
million
dollars
down
from
the
prior
year.
Again.
This
is
related
to
using
essentially
a
cash
basis,
accounting
in
in
our
budget
reporting.
H
During
2022,
we
showed
11.7
million
dollars
in
borrowing
for
o'neill
pool.
That
is
not
included
in
fy23.
So
therefore,
we
have
a
reduction
in
that
category
and
last
fall
emphasized
this
last
month
as
well.
Transfers
in
we
have
inter-fund
transfers
between
all
like
the
library
fund
and
our
bond
funds,
so
the
library
is
levying
850
000
for
debt
service
for
the
bond
related
to
the
expansion
that
will
be
transferred
into
a
city
bond
fund.
So
that's
a
transfer
in
revenue
for
that
city.
Bond
fund
next
slide.
H
Please
city-wide
expenses,
I'm
going
to
just
jump
down
to
the
bottom,
since
some
of
these
are
redundant
related
american
rescue
plan.
I
can
just
highlight
that
that
million
dollar
transfer,
so
this
is
the
library's
transfer
out
so
850
000,
not
all
of
it,
but
the
material
part
of
it.
850
000
levy
revenue
in
the
library
fund,
and
then
the
library
is
transferring
that
out
to
the
bond
fund.
H
So
when
we
roll
up
the
total
budgets
on
a
city-wide
basis,
we
are
showing
transfers
in
to
the
bond
fund
of
850
000
from
the
library
and
transfers
out
of
the
library
to
the
bond
fund,
and
so
we
show
those
on
both
on
on
both
the
revenues
and
the
expenditures.
So
it
has
a
way
of
grossing
up
our
budgets
for
that
kind
of
activity.
H
This
is
just
a
view
of
our
citywide
budget.
By
fund
we
have
29
funds,
they're,
not
all
reflected
here.
We've
grouped
some
together,
the
all
other
funds.
This
is
made
up
of
the
abraham,
lincoln
parking
garage,
bloomington,
election,
commission,
etc.
I
wanted
to
highlight
the
insurance,
the
internal
service
funds.
H
It's
an
accounting
standards
requirement
that
we
pay
all
of
our
insurance
premiums,
casualty,
health
insurance
out
of
a
internal
service
fund
and
that
funds,
revenue
source
or
all
the
other
funds.
So
the
water
fund,
the
sewer
fund,
the
storm
fund,
essentially
pays
insurance
premiums
to
our
internal
service
fund
and
the
internal
service
funds
there.
There
then
paid
those
premium
expenses
out.
H
So
this
is
another
example
how
we
have
a
revenue
coming
into
an
internal
service
fund
from
the
departments
and
then
a
cost
going
out
to
those
insurance
paying
those
insurance
premiums
and
we
have
the
same
expense
at
the
departmental
level.
So
this
kind
of
activity
activity
if
we
have
an
increase
in
rates,
it
doubles
up
the
impact
on
our
budget
next
slide.
Please.
H
Our
capital
improvements-
we
went
through
these
in
detail
at
the
committee
of
the
hole
on
february
21st.
This
is
just
a
view
of
how
the
the
funds
compared
year
to
year,
we
have
not
shown
it
in
this
particular
format.
As
of
yet,
we
have
discussed
that
the
total
has
gone
down.
4.4
million
dollars
from
2022
to
23
projects
can
vary
significantly
from
year
to
year.
They
can
roll
from
year
to
year,
depending
on
the
kinds
of
projects
we
can
have
dramatic,
increases
or
decreases
in
the
totals
per
year.
H
For
example,
capital
improvement
fund
in
2022
includes
11.7
million
dollars
for
the
pool
and
in
2023
it
does
not
so
there's
a
significant
decrease
in
that
fund
year.
Over
year,
the
water
fund
had
6.2
million
for
fort
jesse
tank
replacement
in
2022
and
in
2023
it
does
not
so
there's
a
decrease
there
as
well,
so
there's
variability
within
those
capital
projects.
H
Next
slide,
please,
we
just
threw
in
three
slides
here
to
to
highlight
the
the
amount
of
detail
that's
available
on
all
of
our
projects.
This
is
just
a
snippet
of
one
of
the
detail
sheets
that
is
in
our
the
book
number
two
of
our
our
budget
books,
which,
by
the
way,
are
online
today
I'll
talk
about
the
the
location
on
the
website
here
at
the
end,
but
there's
there's
a
detail
informational.
H
We
call
them
detail
sheets,
although
they
can
be
several
pages
on
each
project,
so
I
just
wanted.
We
just
wanted
to
show
some
examples
of
some
of
the
information
available
regarding
capital
projects.
This
is
the
hamilton
bond
street
to
morrissey
project.
Here.
The
whole
hamilton
project
is
13.2
million
dollars
next
slide,
please.
H
This
is
an
example
of
one
of
the
locus
colton
exhibits
or
detail
sheets.
The
the
total
locus
colton
project
budgeted
for
next
year,
combining
for
phases
four
and
five,
and
I
believe,
a
design
for
phase
eight
is
8.1
million
next
slide.
Please,
and
then
this
is
the
the
arena
rooftop
units
some
pictures
there
highlighting
the
deterioration,
that's
pretty
evident
with
those
units.
It's
a
business.
Continuity
concern
related
to
the
ongoing
production
or
use
of
the
arena
at
4.3
million.
H
Next
slide,
please
and
then
last
of
all,
a
couple
of
slides
related
to
you
know
what
we're
referring
to
is
budget
dollars
at
work.
The
services
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
projects,
but
but
what
are
the
services
being
provided
by
city
employees
in
the
city
in
general?
What
do
they
look
like
from
a
data
standpoint?
So
hopefully
this
kind
of
you
know
shows
and
puts
a
tangible
format
where
the
dollars
are
going.
So
please,
the
last
reported
I
don't
have
on
here.
H
If
this
was
calendar
year
or
fiscal
year,
but
71
000
or
71
000
calls
for
service
the
fire.
Almost
thirteen
thousand
that's
eighty
four
thousand
calls
in
one
year
parks,
we've
included
both
during
covet
and
pre-covered
numbers
here,
so
attendance
for
parks,
related
programs,
I'm
gonna
kind
of
roll
out
to
the
the
right
hand
side.
It
was
539
000,
pre-coded,
159
000
during
cove
at
the
last,
the
last
full
year
parks
maintains.
You
know:
38
parks,
six
public
buildings.
You
can
see
here.
H
Three
spray
parks
pools
lakes,
30
miles
of
trail
soccer
fields,
ice
rink,
golf
courses,
zoo
and
cultural
arts
venue
a
lot
of
activity,
a
lot
of
work
that
needs
to
be
done
and
executed
by
that
division.
A
community
development,
almost
2
200
building
permits
issued
in
calendar
2021
a
significant
amount
of
work
there
that
keeps
the
community
moving
forward
in
that
regard.
Economic
development,
1100
business
contacts
made
keeping
the
business
activity
fresh
in
the
community
and
the
growth
is
there
as
well
facilities,
a
million
square
feet
of
facilities,
maintained
library.
H
H
Sorry,
I'm
going
to
read
through
these,
but
to
me
this
is
kind
of
the
impressive
part
of
the
budget
where
really
it
kind
of
manifests
where
the
dollars
are
actually
going
streets
maintain
112
lane
miles
trash
recycling,
43
million
pounds
hauled
in
a
year,
brush
hauled
44
000
cubic
yards.
I
think
I
admitted
last
year
I'm
not
really
sure
what
a
cubic
yard
is,
but
that
seems
like
a
very
material
amount
of
hall.
Hauling,
that's
done.
H
Sewer
water
system
I'll
have
to
find
out
for
next
year
thousand
miles
water
pump,
3.8
billion
gallons
annually,
10
million
gallons
per
day.
That's
that's
a
significant
number
finance
bragging
from
our
my
own
team.
We
have
about
30
000
utility
bill
accounts,
so
360
000
utility
bills
and
the
related
payments
which
are
processed
in
the
hub
clerk.
1800
foias
looks
like
that
number
has
gone
up
significantly
from
calendar
year,
20
from
1500
to
1800
legal
300,
administrative
319,
administrative
court
cases,
32
almost
3
300
applications
processed
by
hr
that
that's
a
big
number.
H
That's
a
lot
of
applications
process
and
also
kind
of
highlights
the
need
we
have
here
at
the
city
related
to
personnel.
I
t
3000
devices.
100
applications
maintain
over
40
locations.
The
connectivity
challenges
that
the
I.t
department
has
related
to
the
fire
department.
You
know
the
water
department,
etc.
It's
it's
pretty
staggering.
So
hopefully
this
this
helps
kind
of
highlight
where
you
know,
270
million
dollars
of
budgetary
dollar
dollars
are
going
and
the
impact
it
has
directly
on
the
residents
of
our
community
next
slide.
Please.
H
So
that
concludes
the
presentation.
The
proposed
budget,
as
I
mentioned,
the
budget
books
are
online
at
cityblm.org.
If
you
go
to
the
finance
page
and
then
budget,
you
can
find
them
there
they're
also
under
documents,
finance
budget.
There's,
there's
some
information
right
here
related
to
you
know
some
of
the
takeaways
from
each
book.
If
you
want
to
focus
on
different
areas
of
the
budget,
this
presentation
is
also
online.
All
the
presentations
will
be
online.
The
same
location,
location,
excuse
me,
documents,
finance
budget
as.
I
H
Manager
mentioned,
we
have
a
lot
of
resources
out
there
related
to
how
the
budget
is
put
together
and
some
definitions
on
the
funds
and
some
of
the
transfers
and
interconnectivity
between
the
funds
really
and
that
information
can
be
found
in
our
budget
video
series.
And
then
we
have
two
remaining
council
meetings
related
to
the
budget.
Specifically,
we
have
a
public
hearing
coming
up
on
march
28th
for
additional
public
comment
on
the
budget
and
then
the
final
adoption
on
april
11th
and
next
slide.
Please
at
this
point
we'll
take
any
questions
or
comments.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
scott.
I
really
enjoyed
the
presentation
always
do
a
very
nice
job
and
I
particularly
appreciate
the
the
additional
slide
that
shows
us.
You
know
a
lot
of
the
the
day-to-day
stuff
that
staff
does
the
number
of
calls
and
things
like
that.
So
it's
it's
really
nice
to
be
able
to
to
have
something:
that's
a
little
bit
more
tangible
for
people
to
grab
onto
as
opposed
to
bigger
concepts.
So
thank
you
very
much.
I
think
before
we
turn
it
over
to
council
members
for
questions.
D
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council,
this
budget
process
and
the
presentation
by
the
finance
director
scott
rathman.
It's
constantly
evolving.
You
know
over
the
four
years
that
I've
been
here
four
years
at
scott's
been
the
finance
director
and
the
thing
that
I
appreciate
I
mean
this
sincerely
is
the
opinions
that
you
hear
about
how
the
taxpayer
dollars
should
be
spent,
and
we
take
note
of
that.
D
D
But
the
one
thing
that
I
was
going
to
share
real
quick
is
I'm
proud
of
the
staff,
the
deputy
city
manager,
the
directors,
but
especially
scout
scott
rathbun
and
his
team,
and
while
there
might
be
input
or
differences
of
opinions
on
how
things
should
be
spent,
the
one
thing
that
I'm
the
most
proud
of-
and
it
matters
to
me
greatly-
is
the
integrity
of
the
process
that
we're
believed
and
what
we
are
communicating
to
the
community
and
that
level
of
integrity.
D
I
feel
that
I
have
felt
that
over
the
the
time
that
I've
been
here
and
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
scott
and
his
team.
So
thanks
mayor.
A
Thank
you.
Do
we
have
any
questions
from
okay
council
member
bowling.
J
J
K
So,
thank
you
so
much
and-
and
I
appreciate
that
and
I
do
agree,
the
integrity
of
the
process
is
super
important
and
you've
been
very
honorable
about
that
so
slide
15..
It
was
great
to
see
that
I
guess
that
would
be
what
I
would
call
like
a
g
whiz
number
slide.
What
would
be
helpful
to
me
is
to
see
that
with
context
and
trending
that
kind
of
shows
what
we
are
doing.
K
But
what
I'd
be
interested
to
see
is
how
is
this
trended
over
time
and
how
has
the
related
expense
allocated
to
that
service
delivery
trended
over
time?
Are
we
gaining
scale
so
that
we
can
accomplish
more
at
the
same
or
lowest
lower
cost
throughout
all
of
those
various
examples
that
were
provided
there
so
really
appreciate,
seeing
that
that
will
allow
us
to
get
to
an
area
where
we
have
a
performance
accountability
framework
and
we
can
kind
of
get
into
a
rhythm
of
not
just
again
what
it
did
cost.
But
what
should
it
cost?
K
So
you
know
I've
been
thinking
a
lot
about
this.
I
was
driving
over
here
tonight
and
looking
at
the
advertisements,
you
know
on
the
gas
stations.
I
know
that's
been
super
in
the
news.
K
As
of
late
and
just
learning
of
7.9
inflation
in
the
u.s,
I
mean
such
an
incredible
number
and
what
I
was
thinking
about
as
I
was
thinking
about
how
that
positions
us
to
actually
see
a
lot
of
these
numbers
increasing
you
know
on
the
revenue
side,
how
do
we
start
to
understand
and
really
empathize
with
the
pain
in
the
community
that
people
are
feeling
as
a
result
of
this
significant
amount
of
inflation?
K
You
know
perhaps
even
rolling
back
that
half
percent
looking
for
other
opportunities
that
we
can
consider
that
allow
us
to
not
just
empathize
but
materially
impact
the
people
that
we
have
in
this
community.
I
was
thinking
about
many
of
my
co-workers
from
my
former
employers,
driving
in
from
the
community
surrounding
bloomington
and
based
on
just
quick
math.
K
I
mean
it
looks
like
they'd,
be
paying
30
35
a
week
extra
in
their
commute
cost
and
when
you
multiply
that
out
and
when
you
think
of
how
much
average
people
have
the
disposable
income,
it's
significant,
and
I
just
you
know
it's
thematic
in
my
mind
like
how
do
we
relate
to
that
and
are
we
doing
what
we
should
be
doing
in
terms
of
providing
relief
to
our
folks
by
reducing
our
own
costs
or
looking
for
ways
to
reduce
their
load
on
our
tax
burden?
To
pay
for
things
slide?
K
Five,
you
know
just
you
know
when
we
talk
about
normal
cost
of
living
increases
for
staff.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
be
with
some
small
business
owners
today
and
you
know
I
know
we
have
things
built
into
our
contracts
and
that's
just
a
fact,
and
it
is
what
it
is,
but
just
again
reflecting
with
empathy
that
many
businesses
don't
have
that
opportunity
and
their
costs
are
skyrocketing,
as
ours
are
as
well
from
an
insurance
standpoint.
K
That
was
something
someone
brought
up
today
and
it
just
you
know
it's
making
a
difference
with
these
folks
in
the
community.
So
you
know
that's
really
what
I
had
to
to
say.
Just
really
would
like
to
anchor
things
and
trending
and
really
set
some
targets
for
us
to
think
about.
K
L
Thank
you
mayor,
just
some
things
to
point
out
and
then
a
few
questions
and
and
scott
also
thank
you
for
answering
my
questions.
I
thought
I'd
ask
them
tonight.
We
already
answered
them
so,
but
just
to
highlight
some
of
those
answers.
L
I
think
it's
important
to
share
publicly
a
lot
of
the
increase
in
our
our
budget
is
related
to
non-reoccurring
expenses
such
as
arpa
money
that
we're
going
to
have
to
spend
right
or
we
lose
it,
we're
paying
for
cash
for
equipment,
which
is
a
big
expense
and
and
some
other
things,
and
then
also
we're
adding
about
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
it.
L
L
L
H
H
we
budgeted
230
million,
we
spent
199.,
that's
a
31
million
difference
and,
and
21
million
of
that
was
related
to
capital
projects.
You
know
capital
projects
off
there.
Well,
there's
also
a
lot
of
contractual.
H
L
G
L
Then,
with
the
public
safety
budget,
that
budgeted
amount
is
that
to
allow
for
both
the
police
and
fire
department
to
be
fully
staffed.
H
Yes,
yeah:
we
we
capture
the
the
entire
target
in
the
compensation,
but
we
do
do
an
offset
in
the
non-departmental
org
related
to
our
vacancy
savings.
Number
we've
recognized
that
historically,
we've
never
been
able
to
hit
that
number
that
target,
and
so
we've
we've
just
kind
of
done.
An
offset
within
the
budget
basically
reduces
salary
and
compensation
in
total,
but
we
don't.
We
don't
allocate
it
to
the
specific
department
so
that
we
can
still
let
them
aim
for
what
they're
what
they
they
seem.
They
need.
L
Okay
thanks
and
then
the
reference
so
to
on
the
half
percent
sales
tax.
That
was
like
2006
2017,
and
I
I
believe
that,
like
when
that
was
passed.
L
L
L
There's
a
lot
of
things
we
couldn't
do
and
I
think
increasing
revenues
allows
us
to
do
those
things
that
we
couldn't
do
when
we
balance
that
versus
the
taxes
that
we
charge
the
company
to
the
to
the
residents.
So
that's
that's
all.
I
have.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
council
member
bullet.
J
What's
that?
No
no,
I
mean,
basically,
it
was
called
a
structural
deficit
of
seven
million
dollars
and
that's
where
the
task
force
came
from
and
it
was
the
task
force.
The
budget
task
force
that
was
set
up
in
2015.
J
That
decided
we
needed
to
raise
the
tax,
and
at
that
time
also
the
mental
health
department
or
the
county
came
forward.
So
part
of
the
tax
increase
goes
to
mental
health
and
the
jail.
So
you
are
correct,
they
did
call
it.
A
structural
deficit
now
may
not
be
in
the
ordinance,
but
that
was
part
of
the
conversation.
J
A
Okay,
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
also
another
presentation
of
the
city's
2021
accomplishments,
as
requested
by
the
administration
department
and
mr
gleason.
D
Thank
you
mayor
and
council.
This
is
one
that
we're
excited
about
every
single
year,
the
deputy
city
manager
and
I,
along
with
the
staff,
is
just
walking
through
the
accomplishments,
as
we
see
them
in
the
previous
year.
This
is
something
that
billy
and
I
brought
to
the
organization
four
years
ago.
So
this
is
the
fourth
time
that
we've
presented
this
in
the
past.
D
They've
been
about
25
30,
minute
presentations,
where
he
or
I
or
both
of
us
would
narrate,
but
by
design
and
over
the
past
year
we
hired
a
communications
manager
and
that's
katherine
murphy,
and
this
became
her
task.
So
we've
got
a
seven
and
a
half
minute
video
that
we're
going
to
play.
It
will
be
prominently
displayed
on
the
website,
just
like
past
documents
that
we've
done
previously.
D
But
what
the
the
logic
behind
this
is:
we're
not
going
to
need
30
minutes
once
a
year,
because
we're
going
to
be
telling
our
story
better
than
we
ever
have
throughout
the
course
of
the
year
and
sharing
those
accomplishments.
M
Thank
you.
The
thing
I
really
want
to
say
is
amidst
all
of
what
you
will
see
and
frankly
everything
you
saw
on
scott's
slide
about
the
things
that
get
done
is
I
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
the
collective
accomplishment
that
is
managing
and
leading
during
a
pandemic.
M
I
mean
you
talk
about
you
as
a
council
and
mayor
where
you're
having
to
make
decisions,
considering
the
health
and
safety
of
an
entire
community
you're
doing
that
in
the
midst
of
you
know
differing
opinions
during
a
pandemic,
you
know
got
folks
who
don't
want
to
wear
masks
and
some
who
do
want
to
mask
and
people
you're
having
to
do
it
in
the
midst
of
all
of
that,
you
think
about
us
as
a
staff.
M
Frankly,
for
each
and
every
day
we're
having
to
make
decisions
with
that,
so
that
those
critical
services
that
scott
listed
continue.
I
mean
those
don't
happen,
it's
like
by
themselves,
and
I
know
you
know
that,
but
we're
having
to
do
that
each
and
every
day
and
you
added
that
the
fact
that
we're
having
to
keep
our
people
safe
as
well.
So
those
things
aren't
normal.
So
I
don't
want
folks
to.
M
I
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
how
we've
been
able
to
do
some
of
the
things
you'll
say
see
and
some
of
the
things
you
saw
in
scott's
presentation
in
the
midst
of
all
that
it
is.
It
is
an
accomplishment,
but
we
do
it
because
people
expect
it
of
us.
Tim
says
it
all
the
time
where
you
know
we're
proud
of
the
fact
that
we
never.
M
We
didn't
close
during
covet
now
going
on
two
years,
two
years
plus
two
years,
but
he
always
says
that
that's
when
people
need
us
most,
and
so
we
have
to
be
here,
so
we
figure
it
out,
and
so
I
just
that's.
I
just
don't
want
us
to
lose
sight
of
that.
I
I
Available
winter,
continued
crews
stayed
vigilant,
making
sure
things
could
keep
moving
with
the
arrival
of
spring
some
familiar
faces
moved
into
new
roles
with
the
city.
After
five
months
in
the
interim
role
veteran
firefighter
eric
west
was
named
fire
chief,
bringing
his
more
than
three
decades
with
the
company
to
his
new
office
in
2021
bloomington
fire
responded
to
a
record
number
of
incidents,
nearing
the
13
000
count
and
a
changing
of
the
guard
in
the
administration
office.
I
As
new
council
members,
sheila
motni
nick
becker
and
tom
crumpler
were
sworn
in,
and
former
ward
3
councilman
umboko
molombe
took
office
as
mayor
of
bloomington
spring
also
brought
the
arrival
of
the
hub.
A
one-stop
shop
made
up
of
five
city
departments,
all
under
one
roof,
a
place
where
residents
can
make
payments,
get
permits,
pay
tickets,
and
so
much
more
summer
in
the
city
saw
a
return
of
our
partnership
with
the
jewel
foundation
and
the
naacp
on
the
youth
enrichment
program,
providing
area
youth
a
glimpse
at
government
as
a
career
with
paid
municipal
employment
experience.
I
The
city
also
experienced
a
storm
event
like
no
other,
that
spurred
public
works,
crews
to
assess
damage,
make
repairs
and
respond
to
residents,
questions
and
concerns.
Those
events
prompted
staff
to
create
websites
that
address
concerns
and
give
a
deeper
look
into
what
happens
on
the
streets
and
underground
bloomingtonstreets.com
and
bloomingtonunderground.com.
I
It
also
brought
a
timeline
change
to
the
locus
colton
cso
elimination
project,
recognizing
the
need
for
the
project
to
be
finished
sooner
rather
than
later.
City
council
voted
to
shave
three
years
off
the
original
date
of
completion
to
help
residents
with
cleanup
after
the
storm.
A
special
bulk
pickup
was
launched,
suspending
bulk
charges
from
june
28th
through
august.
Third.
During
that
time,
2
million
pounds
or
1020
tons
of
bulk
waste
was
collected.
Curbside
that
event
came
with
a
close
to
70
thousand
dollar
price
tag.
I
Years
of
planning
and
conversation
finally
came
together
in
2021
as
parks,
recreation
and
cultural
arts
broke
ground
for
the
o'neill
pool
project
and
after
more
than
18
months
of
inactivity,
grossinger
motors
arena
and
the
bloomington
center
for
the
performing
arts
returned
to
hosting
live
shows,
including
casting
crowns
and
lauren
daigle
casting
crowns
welcomed
more
than
1900
concert,
goers
and
close
to
5
000
spectators
took
in
the
sights
and
sounds
of
lauren
daigle
combined.
The
shows
made
close
to
32
000
for
the
city.
Both
shows
had
been
postponed
previously,
due
to
covid
with
kovitt
in
mind.
I
Fall
of
2021
was
a
busy
time,
as
developers
continued
to
eye
bloomington
as
a
destination
for
investment.
More
than
100
million
dollars
in
new
construction
sprung
up
in
2021,
including
more
than
20
million
dollars
in
new
housing
starts,
and
if
the
housing
market
was
blooming,
so
was
the
business
landscape.
As
new
ventures
moved
to
town
and
some
current
organizations
expanded
their
operations
ferrero
north
america
broke
ground.
I
Texas,
roadhouse
opened
along
with
a
new
aldi
grocery
store.
The
ymca
continued
work
on
its
new
fitness
facility
at
the
osf
campus,
while
the
illinois
cancer
care
center
expanded
its
building.
These
five
projects
alone
brought
more
than
57
million
dollars
to
the
bloomington
economy.
Think
that's
a
lot
think
again.
City
staff
in
2021
issued
719
permits
and
performed
more
than
4
500
inspections
for
projects
with
a
total
construction
valuation,
101
million
445,
950
dollars
and
downtown
exploded
with
16
new
businesses
hanging
their
shingles
and
the
buzz
of
activity
filled.
I
The
city
air
with
the
continuation
of
concerts,
the
farmers
market
first
fridays
saturdays
on
the
square
and
so
much
more
as
the
year
came
to
a
close.
The
bloomington
public
library
finished
up.
Expansion
and
renovation
designs
to
meet
community
needs,
resulting
in
the
approval
of
a
joint
resolution
between
bloomington
city
council
and
the
library
board
to
take
steps
to
issue
bonds
up
to
17
million
dollars
a
year
of
hard
work
in
2021.
I
D
I
just
wanted
to
say
mayor
before
hand
it
back
to
you
for
a
comment
from
yourself
and
from
council
just
very
proud
to
be
a
part
of
this
community
work
alongside
the
team
that
I
have
the
privilege
to
be
able
to
work
alongside
and
to
echo
the
deputy
cities
manager,
deputy
city
manager,
comments
about
the
council.
You
know
at
the
end
of
the
day,
you
always
get
the
business
of
the
city
done
and
I'm
very
proud
to
be
a
part
of
that
and
serve
as
your
city
manager.
A
Thank
you
and
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
give
council
a
chance
to
to
say
a
few
words
if
you'd
like
I,
I
know
I've
said
enough
on
on
this
particular
topic.
I
couldn't
be
more
excited
for
the
work
that
we've
done.
All
of
us.
You
know
staff
council,
but
also
with
residents
and
the
future
is
looking
bright.
My
opinion.
N
O
I'm
going
to
actually
talk,
so
I
do
want
to
say
a
few
words,
and
hopefully
this
rings
well
with
everyone,
what
a
beautiful
testimony
to
our
2021
year.
I
am
sure
that
I
will
watch
it
several
more
times
because
I
like
cartoons,
so
we're
I'm
going
to
enjoy
that
immensely
absolutely
2021.
There
were
a
lot
of
people
fighting
and
arguing,
and
we
have
definitely
seen
I
think
throughout
the
beginning
of
this
year,
that
that
has
quieted
down
immensely,
but
there
still
are
some
fights
going
on.
O
In
the
background
there
are
fights
going
on
for
getting
one
of
our
public
speakers.
Roads
fixed
he's
been
asking
for
his
road
to
be
fixed
for
many
years.
That
fight
goes
on
behind
the
scenes,
whether
they
realize
it
or
not,
I.t
department
getting
funded.
That
was
a
little
bit
of
a
battle
behind
the
scenes,
but
we
made
it
happen.
O
So
there's
something
to
look
forward
to
getting
the
road
fixed,
maybe
not
promising
just
trying
to
help
right,
I.t
department
couldn't
make
you
a
promise,
but
we
got
a
little
funding
there.
Public
works
getting
them
some
more
employees,
I'm
going
to
battle
for
them.
Fighting
behind
the
scenes
west
side
residents,
I'm
fighting
behind
the
scenes
trying
to
get
those
things
going
so
don't
be
afraid,
as
residents
and
people
to
speak
out
to
to
us
sitting
up
here,
your
council
members.
Let
us
know
what
you
want
us
to
be
fighting
for
you.
O
If
we
don't
know
what
we
need
to
do,
then
we
can't
make
great
videos
like
that
at
the
end
of
year.
2022,
and
what
I'd
like
to
see
is
a
15
minute
video,
because
we
had
to
expand
our
success
so
again,
you
know,
communicate,
work
together
and
and
and
be
happy
and
then
thank
you
so
much
to
the
scott
and
your
entire
department.
O
J
A
Yes,
very
true
that
that
was
fantastic.
Just
like
that,
you
know
I
mean
when
everything
shut
down
and
you
guys
just
kind
of
sprung
into
action
and
made
it
happen,
and
I
think
that's
true
of
many
many
I.t
departments
in
many
organizations.
A
From
what
I've
heard
I
mean
the
I.t
folks
have
worked
extremely
hard
longer
hours
than
and
many
in
a
lot
of
cases.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
all
the
work
you've
done
to
get
us
here
and
now
we
know
we
have
a
way
of
doing
stuff
in
a
hybrid
way
right,
but
we
don't
want
to
go
back
to
that.
Hopefully
not
council,
member
crumpler.
B
Thank
you
mayor.
I
guess
I
would
like
to
say
thank
you
as
a
new
council
member,
I'm
coming
on
in
what
may
of
2021,
we
were
sworn
in.
I
want
to
thank
the
staff
you
know
for
being
so
generous
in
helping
me
understand.
You
know
some
of
the
nuts
and
bolts
concrete
particulars
of
how
the
city
works.
When
I
had
questions
they
were
answered,
and
it's
allowed
me
to
be
a
much
representative
for
the
voters
and
residents
of
ward
9..
So
I
really
appreciate
you.
A
A
Fantastic
job
so
we're
gonna,
move
on
to
city
manager,
discussion
actually.
D
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council.
I
think
we
have
three
slides
indoors
farmer,
indoor
farmers
market
and
that
will
be
march
19th
and
I
think
april
begins
outdoors.
Is
that
correct?
Nope
may,
okay,
we'll
have
indoor
in
march
it's
the
19th
and
then
one
in
april
as
well
next
slide
april
1st
friday,
and
that
is
on
april
fool's
day.
It's
no
joke.
It's
a
hunt
for
the
golden
eggs
and
next
slide
new
employees
and
the
reason
that
we're
doing
this
tonight
is
one
of
the
other
announcements
that
I
was
going
to
make
is.
D
There
is
no
committee
of
the
whole
meeting
on
the
21st.
There
are
no
agenda
items
so
one
to
share
that
these
seven
employees
started
with
the
organization
and
there's
one
more
make
it
14
new
employees,
two
slides
of
seven.
We
have
actually
to
one
of
the
comments
in
the
21
video
that
katherine
provided
for
us.
Our
hr
department
truly
has
handled
a
lot.
We've
done
a
lot
of
recruitments.
D
Second,
and
sometimes
third,
recruit
recruitment
to
get
the
right
employee
so
want
to
welcome
these
14
to
the
city
of
bloomington
and
already
mentioned,
there's
no
committee
of
the
whole
meeting
and
next
week,
and
they
wanted
to
make
the
announcement
that,
starting
this
friday
march,
18th
we're
going
to
stand
up
the
site
for
downtown
restaurants
to
be
able
to
start
making
application
for
outdoor
dining
for
2022,
and
the
goal
is
to
have
those
processed
and
have
things
up
and
running
prior
to
easter,
which
is
mid
april
and
we'll
allow
the
restaurants
to
make
the
decision
if
they
want
to
open
up
outdoors.
D
But
at
least
the
city's
done
what
we
can
and
should
to
pave
the
way
for
an
outdoor
dining
atmosphere
a
little
bit
earlier
this
year
than
what
we
did
last
year.
So
thank
you,
mayor.
A
A
In
addition
to
the
parents
also
losing
their
life.
You
know
it
was
a
it's
kind
of
a
heartbreaking
situation,
I'd
like
to
commend
the
city
staff
or
that
responded
and
dealt
with
this
tragic
incident
and
also
remind
residents
that
we
have
many
resources
available
in
the
community
for
those
dealing
with
mental
health
or
domestic
violence
and
starting
with
path
which
serve
as
a
gateway
to
many
of
the
services
available
to
those
in
crisis.
A
I
also
wanted
to
briefly
mention
you
know,
concerns
for
the
situation
in
ukraine
and
the
needless
loss
of
life.
I'm
hopeful
that
common
sense
will
will
prevail
in
that
situation
and
that
there
will
be
a
cease-fire
soon
and
ultimately,
a
durable
piece.
I
have
received
a
few
requests.
A
As
you
know,
the
city
has
a
city
relationship
with
the
city
of
vladimir
in
russia,
and
I've
received
a
few
requests
to
end
our
relationship
with
the
city
of
vladimir,
but
I
think
at
this
time
my
thought
is
that
this
is.
It
is
the
the
central
government
of
russia
in
moscow
that
is
at
the
center
of
the
debate
and
not
the
people
of
russia
themselves
or
the
people
of
vladimir.
A
So
I
I've
heard
many
reports
in
fact
of
russians
who
are
in
opposition
of
their
government's
actions
and
in
addition,
I
I
think
you
know
economic
sanctions
are
what's
most
likely
to
have
an
impact
on
the
on
the
russian
government.
So
at
this
time
I
I'm
not
inclined
personally
to
to
take
action
with
regard
to
our
sister
city
relationship
with
vladimir,
but
I'm
certainly
open
to
feedback.
A
We
attended
council
member
matthew
and
myself
attended
several
of
the
meetings
virtually
so
it
was.
It
was
my
first
time
actually
doing
it
believe
it
or
not,
but
and
virtually
also
the
first
time.
So
it
was
definitely
interesting.
A
A
We
had
a
meeting
with
a
group
dci
development
counselors
incorporated
something
like
that
and
dci,
in
short,
to
kick
off
their
community
branding
efforts
with
with
the
community,
and
that
was
also
a
very
good
opportunity
for
for
many
of
us,
many
of
us
to
to
speak
to
them
about
what
we,
what
we
feel
like
our
community
is
and
and
where
we
would
like
it
to
to
go.
So
it
was
also
aspirational,
so
they're
going
to
try
to
capture
that
for
for
all
of
us.
A
That
would
allow
us
to
to
really
be
able
to
project
to
folks
outside
of
the
community
businesses
future
residents
and
and
be
able
to
attract
them
to
to
the
community.
A
So
they
were
here
for
about
72
hours
for
meetings
with
a
number
of
different
groups,
but
they
will
also
reach
out
to
various
individuals
in
the
community
to
try
to
gather
more
information
about
that.
So
don't
be
surprised
if
you
get
tapped
on
the
shoulder
to
fill
out
a
survey
and
if
you
do
please
fill
out
that
survey.
A
L
First,
okay,
thank
you,
yeah,
just
with
tim's
mention
of
the
outdoor
dining
and
permits
just
to
keep
in
mind.
L
I
believe
the
ordinance
that
allows
that
requires
the
the
outdoor
dining
to
be
ada
compliant,
and
you
know,
I
think,
kind
of
you
know
it
has
meaning
only
if
we
you
know,
enforce
that
and
make
sure
that
whatever
they
put
up
is
is
ada
compliant
and
if
we
have
any
any
knowledge
from
what
was
what
happened
last
year,
if
there
were
any
that
were
not
compliant
that
we,
you
know
work,
especially
with
those
you
know,
entities
that
that
are
applying.
So
that's
all
I'll
say
on
that.
A
Oh
sorry,
councilmember
ward,.
P
Thank
you
thank
you
for
those
who
are
still
skeptical
of
the
need
for
a
special
commission
dedicated
to
finding
a
solution
to
the
issue
of
gun
violence
in
bloomington.
I
too
draw
your
attention
to
last
week's
news,
which
brings
this
year's
number
of
shooting
deaths
in
our
community
to
five,
including
the
six-year-old
child
that
the
mayor
mentioned,
as
if
that
were
not
enough
friday
morning
brought
yet
another
shooting.
P
We
are
not
quite
halfway
through
the
month
of
march
for
those
who
need
more
data
to
be
supportive
of
the
city.
Establishing
a
special
commission.
Please
note
that
the
number
of
additional
weapons
violations
on
the
city's
crime
data
map,
since
I
first
proposed
the
idea
of
a
special
commission
back
in
july,
runs
to
three
full
pages.
That's
additionally,
since
july,
for
those
who
see
this
as
limited
to
gang
activity
or
any
other
single
cause,
note
that
last
week's
three
gun
violence
deaths
were
linked
to
domestic
violence.
P
Also
note
that
suicides
are
not
listed
on
the
crime
map
for
those
who
would
simply
fold
this
issue
into
the
work
of
an
existing
department
or
board
or
water
it
down
by
create
the
creation
of
a
generic
anti-crime
effort.
Please
note
that
what
we
are
doing
already
clearly
isn't
working
for
those
who
continue
to
worry
that
confronting
this
issue
clearly
and
directly
is
a
turn
off
to
outside
investors
in
our
community.
P
P
A
Thank
you,
council.
Q
Member
emig
thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you,
councilmember
ward,
for
your
comments.
Q
Q
I
also
want
to
support
the
mayor
and
his
comments
about
not
severing
ties
with
our
sister
city
and
vladimir.
That
very
relationship
was
forged
in
large
part
because
of
the
cold
war,
and
that's
that's
how
we
are
able
to
have
any
hope
of
lasting
peace
in
the
long
run.
So
I
support
that
and
appreciate
your
comments
and
finally,
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
that
we
lost
a
champion
in
our
community
servant
leader,
willie
brown
passed
away
recently.
Q
A
Thank
you,
councilman
emig,
councilman,
golan,.
J
Yeah,
I
am
also
saddened
about
violence
in
general,
especially
like
you
mentioned
over
in
eastern
europe,
and
we
do
have
violence
here,
but
I
would
like
to
bring
to
the
attention
of
the
council
that
there
are
boards
that
have
highly
trained
professionals
that
are
in
existence.
One
is
the
lawn
justice
coordinating
council
which
have
several
initiatives
out
to
work
with
at-risk
individuals
to
prevent
them
from
getting
into
the
criminal
justice
system
and
also
to
serve
them
once
they
are
released.
J
I
currently
serve
on
the
behavioral
health
coordinating
council.
They
also
are
staffed
with
highly
trained
professionals
that
are
working
with
or
have
initiatives
that
address
cases
of
mental
illness.
Now
me
for
one,
there
has
to
be
something
wrong
with
someone
that
will
point
a
gun
at
another
human
and
pull
the
trigger.
J
So
there
are
groups
that
are
working
on
it.
They,
the
community,
needs
to
be
made
aware
that
they
exist.
The
community
needs
to
be
made
aware
of
what
the
programs
are,
and
I
support
molly's
thought
of
of
working
on
this,
but
I
think
taking
advantage
of
some
of
the
information
that
is
out
there
would
be
of
value.
A
Thank
you,
councilman
becker.
N
Just
to
add
to
that
donna,
I
I
I
personally
believe-
and
I've
read
much
over
the
years
on.
You
know
one
of
the
places
where
we
can
be
preemptive
in
in
preventing
violence,
and
that
is
supportive
families
and
supportive.
You
know
fathers
in
the
home
and
and
just
making
sure
that
there's
a
lot
of
effort
given
to
really
strengthen
the
family
structure
across
the
board,
and
there
are
many
organizations
in
town
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
one
that
hopefully
maybe
down
the
road
we
can.
N
We
can
get
some
more
information
presented
to
us,
but
children's
home
and
aid
does
a
ton
to
work
with
families.
For
the
last
couple
years,
I've
been
involved
with
their
their
fatherhood
coalition
and
trying
to
bring
dads
from
all
around
the
community
together
to
try
and
allow
the
dads
to
support
each
other.
And
it's
it's
an
amazing
group
in
that.
N
N
So
again,
as
donna
said,
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on
and
I
think
sometimes,
when
we
focus
rightfully
on
the
problem,
as
molly
says,
we
need
to
realize
that
there's
a
lot
of
solution
happening
right
now
and
there's
a
lot
of
efforts.
But
these
things
take
time
and
efforts
from
us
as
a
council
from
staff,
but
also
from
all
of
the
citizens
in
the
community.
You
need
to
get
involved
with
these
organizations
and
help
support
these
organizations
too.
We
can't
stop
things.
N
A
Thank
you,
okay.
Seeing
no
other
comments
is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn
I'll.