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A
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
actually,
if
everybody
can
stand
for
the,
are
we
doing
the
pledge
of
allegiance?
First
sorry,
yep,
let's
go
with
the
pledge
of
allegiance.
Sorry,
I
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
of
the
united
states
of
america
and
to
the
republic.
D
A
Okay,
seeing
none
can
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda
as
presented
so.
E
A
Okay,
move
by
council
trustee
crabil;
second,
second,
by
trustee
bowling
hi.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
call
the
role.
E
D
A
To
the
next
item
you
so
let
the
record
reflect
that
trustee
matthew
has
just
joined
the
zoom
call.
A
Next
item
on
the
agenda
is
regular
agenda
item
a
consideration
and
action
to
approve
the
first
amendment
to
work:
fair
agreement
between
1900
college
at
college
avenue,
llc
and
the
ceo
bloomington
township,
as
recommended
by
the
township
supervisor.
A
G
D
A
A
Yes,
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
reports
by
elected
officials
and
we'll
start
with
township
supervisor
deb
skillroot.
H
I
wanted
to
report
if
you
hadn't
seen
it
in
the
supervisor's
report
that
we
did
get
our
full
amount
for
our
local
cures,
grant
monies
totaling
17
181
37
cents.
That
was
everything
that
we
had
purchased
for
the
ppe
equipment
and
additional
supplies
related
to
covet.
So
we
were
pretty
pleased
about
that.
H
I
don't
really
have
anything
additional.
I
know
I
have
some
questions
that
I'll
be
I've
I'll,
be
responding
to
trustee
crabill
on
them.
So
if
you
would
like
to
address
those
I'd
be
happy
to
share
with
you
information.
E
Mayor,
okay,
thank
you
thanks
deb,
so
my
first
question
is
just
I
you
know.
I
was
kind
of
seeing
something
general
here
with
regard
to
how
much
money
we've
expended
for
general
assistance,
I
think
through
january,
is
what
it
was
talking
about.
Compared
with
the
amount
we
had
to
spend
is
much
larger,
and
then
I
went
back
to
2020
2021
and
you
know
those
amounts
at
this
time.
H
H
H
I
don't
know
what
happened
exactly
initially
in
2020.
I
can't
remember
that
far
back,
but
I
know
that
we
had
had
the
money
available
for
people,
but
they
were
get
seeking.
Other
assistance
as
well
there's
been
a
lot
of
unemployment,
that's
come
up
and
now
federal
and
state
assistance
through
cdbg
and
other
types
of
funding
sources,
so
really
township.
If-
and
I
repeat
this
a
lot,
but
township
is
the
payer
of
last
resort.
So
once
those
funds
have
been
exhausted,
then
we
can
take
over.
H
Of
course,
in
2021
I
mean
2000
yeah
fiscal
year
2021
we
were
expecting
to
take
over
that
that
the
monies
would
run
out
based
on
the
housing
coalition
numbers
and
input
of
how
many
people
were
going
to
be
needing
that
assistance.
We
were
on
board
for
all
of
that.
That
didn't
happen,
because
the
funds
from
cdbg
and
other
sources
have
still
remained
intact.
They
have
not
been
exhausted
completely.
As
far
as
I
know,
from
the
city
of
bloomington,
we
still
send
referrals
to
the
city
of
bloomington
for
cdbg
funds.
H
Our
latest
response
to
them
to
the
city
of
bloomington
was
in
february,
beginning
of
february,
and
they
did
provide
assistance
to
an
individual
that
we
sent
over.
The
other
is
the
ly
heap
and
my
wap,
which
is
the
energy
assistance
and
the
water
assistance.
So
that's
still
in
existence.
We
help
when
they've
exhausted
the
amounts
that
they
can
provide,
and
then
we
help
application
process.
If
somebody
still
can
be
approved
through
township,
they
would
be
approved.
H
There
is
overpayments
on
a
lot
of
individuals
that
we're
seeing
now
and
with
that
overpayment
and
when
somebody's
in
recruitment
status
we're
on
a
with
another
government
agency,
we
are
unable
to
serve
them,
so
that
is
a
population
of
individuals
that
cannot
be
served
by
us
with
the
general
assistance
funds.
E
Yeah
sorry
yeah,
thank
you
for
that
answer,
deb
and
then
the
second
thing
was
in
your
report.
E
Talking
about
applications
being
denied
because
persons
had
a
class
x
or
a
class
one
drug
felony
conviction
there
being
a
new
state
law
that
removed
that
ineligibility
for
cash
assistance,
but
it
doesn't
apply
to
the
townships
yet,
but
the
township
official
of
illinois
is
trying
to
change
that.
Do
I
understand
that
correctly.
H
That's
correct:
it's
been
initiated
by
a
lot
of
townships,
including
me.
I've
sought
I've
written
a
response
to
the
sponsor
of
that
house
bill
zero,
zero,
eight
eight
and
asked
that
they
make
change
to
the
to
the
public
act
that
it's
now
a
public
act
and
that
number
is
102-0178.
H
With
that
public
act,
they've
addressed
it
for
tanis
now
tanf
is
the
cash
assistance
at
the
state
level,
but
they
did
not
address
it
for
general
assistance,
which
is
what
the
township
code
utilizes
the
information
from.
So
that
is
article
six
is
township.
H
Article
four
is
tanf,
and
so
all
that
needs
to
be
amended
and
was
suggested
through
township
officials
of
illinois,
through
our
township
attorney
and
with
the
state
representative,
miss
mary
flowers,
and
so
with
all
of
that,
I
think
the
change
is
going
to
happen
pretty
soon
because
they
don't
want
the
in
the
disparity
between
all
other
individuals
that
are
coming
out
of
prison
with
any
other
type
of
felony
to
be
to
receive
assistance
at
a
local
level,
but
not
the
drug
classics
class
one.
H
So
it
will
all
be
a
level
playing
field
at
some
point
here
in
the
near
future.
I
hope
because
we're
seeing
still-
and
I
wanted
to
bring
that
to
your
attention-
that's
why
I
said
there
were
six
that
were
denied,
because
this
is
a
discrepancy,
and
so
we
do
want
to
get
that
rectified
as
soon
as
possible.
So.
A
H
E
No
I'll
go
ahead
and
get
an
answer
after
the
meeting.
That's
fine.
A
I
Yes,
oh
great,
we
got
the
numbers
back
from
the
state
that
the
county
submitted.
The
four
graphs
are
a
breakdown
of
the
residential
and
commercial
parcels
that
are
in
the
city.
We
do
see
not
a
lot
of
gross
in
them,
obviously
in
the
size
with
the
parcels
and
the
commercial
properties,
but
we
have
seen
slight
growth
on
the
assessed
value
we're
near
halfway
to
at
2
billion
88
million
right
now,
and
the
breakdown
is
mostly
between
commercial
and
residential
properties.
Of
that
total
assessed
value.
I
There
are
some
other
properties
that
are
assessed,
industrial
properties
and
on
those
things,
farm
property,
but
the
main
sources
of
eav
are
coming
from
the
residential
and
commercial
properties.
A
Okay,
seeing
none
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
public
comments,
but
I'm
clerk.
Do
we
have
any
public
comments.
C
A
Okay,
no
public
comments,
so
at
this
time
I
will
ask
for
a
motion
to
adjourn
I'll,
make
a
motion
to
adjourn
okay
motion
by
trustee
bolin.
Is
there
a
second
second
by
trustee
matthew?
I
see
the
v
sign
right
there.
So,
madame
that
was
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying.
A
Okay,
okay,
good
evening
everybody,
I'm
gonna,
go
ahead
and
call
to
order.
The
meeting
of
the
city
of
bloomington
council.
J
J
A
B
A
I'm
not
seeing
him
on
there,
but
he's
on
okay
awesome.
So
our
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
recognitions
and
appointments,
and
I
do
believe
we
have
a
couple.
Would
you,
madam
clerk,
announce
those.
A
A
A
J
A
C
So
at
this
time
we
have
no
emailed
public
comment,
but
we
have
11
individuals
registered
for
for
virtual
and
in-person
public
comment.
A
Okay
sounds
good.
Public
comment
is
an
opportunity
for
speakers
to
provide
their
views
and
feedback
to
the
city
council.
It
is
also
an
opportunity
for
the
city
council
to
listen
and
hear
diverse
points
of
view
to
maximize
the
impact
of
public
comment
and
show
respect
for
the
expression
of
all
views.
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
will
be
ceased.
So,
madam
clerk,
could
you
please
go
ahead
and
call
the
first
speaker.
C
I'd
like
to
start
with
virtual,
we
have
georgine
chisel
nobody's
on.
We
don't
have
anyone
who
registered
to
speak
virtually
online
at
this
time.
So
we'll
start
with
in
person,
matthew,
tasco,.
K
Hello,
I'm
matt,
and
I'm
speaking
here
as
a
member
of
the
bloomington-normal
communist
party
club
to
address
the
city's
plans
to
install
flock
license
plate
reading
cameras
block
license
plate.
Reading
cameras
are
a
high
cost
low
return
kind
of
bad
idea
whose
potential
abuses
an
unintended
by
the
people
uses
far
outweigh
any
good.
That
can
come
from
them
now
after
trying
to
sneak
them
through
as
a
consent
agenda
item,
I'm
glad
that
there
has
been
actual
public
discourse
and
debate
surrounding
them
by
the
tech
commission
and
the
pscrb.
K
Contemporary
history
is
rife
with
examples
of
the
abuse
of
surveillance
technologies
at
every
level
of
government,
and
we
know
only
know
about
many
of
them
because
of
persecuted
whistleblowers
and
diligent
public
scrutiny.
Investigative
reporting,
the
police
surveillance
states
mo,
is
one
of
insidious
growth.
K
K
Then
we
went
into
the
the
era
of
random
roadblocks.
Police
roadblocks.
North
main
was
a
pretty
popular
place
for
those
those
had
the
intent
of
catching
duis
and
seat
belt.
Offenses,
and
now
you
know
20,
30
years
later,
there
are
primary
offense
that
you
can
be
pulled
over
for
drug
testing
in
the
workplace
was
the
same
way.
It
started
out:
hey
just
dangerous
jobs,
just
if
there's
an
incidence
decades
later,
it's
a
societal
norm
for
almost
any
position.
You
want.
K
I'm
sure
it's
only
10
cameras
right
now
with
this
narrow
field
of
uses
that
they
promise
and
they're
being
equitably
placed
with
much
strategic,
forethought
and
they're.
Not
for
now,
once
that
technology
is
in
place,
normalized
off
the
public's
radar
and
just
a
new
normal,
it
will
be
exponentially
more
difficult
to
stop
the
expansion
of
physical
units
and
scope
of
use.
K
A
L
Good
evening
my
name
is
melissa
nubel,
and
this
is
damica.
Kirkwood
you've
probably
heard
her
name
in
the
news.
Her
son
trevonte
was
murdered
three
years
ago
and
we
just
got
justice
last
week
and
we
are
here
to
say
yes
to
the
flat
cameras
because
had
those
been
installed,
it
wouldn't
have
taken
us
long
to
find
the
murders.
L
Lots
of
man-hours
were
put
on
that
from
the
police
department,
and
we
appreciate
that.
However,
we'd
also
believe
that
if
these
cameras
were
in
place,
it
could
help
to
prevent
crime
as
well,
and
so
and
I've
worked
in
social
services
for
many
years,
and
there
have
been
so
many
things
that
these
cameras
could
have
helped
prevent.
L
We
worked
at
the
salvation
army
together
actually
and
we
used
to
run
off
perpetrators
that
were
trying
to
talk
to
our
women
and
try
to
proposition
them,
and
if
these
cameras
were
in
a
place
where
there
are
vulnerable
populations
who
reside
and
gather,
we
truly
believe
that
crimes
could
be
prevented
and
if
they
do
occur,
that
they
could
be
solved
even
faster.
With
these
cameras
in
place.
L
L
M
Good
evening
I
am
gary
lambert
I
watched
with
considerable
attention
last
week
at
the
budget
discussion.
M
M
M
M
N
I
am
here
tonight
because
I
want
to
address
the
mental
health
crisis
in
our
community
and
in
our
city
it's
actually
a
statewide
crisis
and
much
more.
We
have
people
in
our
community
that
are
suffering
due
to
lack
of
resources
and
services.
To
be
more
specific,
there
is
a
gap
in
the
comorbidity
disorders,
even
more
specifically
than
that
in
mental
health
illness,
with
developmental
delays
and
autism
with
no
drug
or
alcohol
history
whatsoever.
N
I
know
this
firsthand
because
my
son
is
suffering
from
autism,
epilepsy
and,
more
recently
schizophrenia.
We
have
found
no
services
that
will
meet
his
criteria:
social
workers,
the
facilities,
are
not
qualified
in
these
specific
moral,
dual
disorders.
Together
I
have
reviewed
the
last
mental
health
action
plan
from
2015..
N
I
was
told
this
was
the
most
recent
mclean
county
mental
health
action
plan
I
have
met
with
nicole
kirstein,
I
believe,
is
how
you
pronounce
your
last
name
program
director
at
fuse
and
jackie
mathias
from
the
inmate
services
as
well.
The
triage
center,
as
well
as
grace
from
chestnut
and
andrea
kinses
from
lifesteals
there
are
no
services
that
they
can
offer
in
the
areas
that
I've
mentioned
earlier.
The
county
is
proactive
in
making
these
changes.
Program,
directors
and
facilitators
are
in
agreement
about
the
gap
being
a
huge
problem
within
our
community.
N
When
there
is
a
gap,
people
fall
through,
we
have
a
community
within
our
community,
that's
following
falling
in
gaps
and
their
needs
are
aren't
being
met.
A
community
is
only
as
strong
as
its
weakest
service.
I've
spoken
with
grace,
as
I
said
earlier
at
chestnut
as
well,
and
she
addressed
this
gap
in
their
services
too.
I
heard
the
words.
It's
a
broken
system.
A
lot
in
this
journey.
With
my
son,
a
broken
system
equals
broken
lives.
We
are
responsible
as
the
stronger
ones
to
protect
the
weaker
ones.
N
We
are
the
voice
for
the
ones
who
have
no
voice.
We
need
to
make
community.
We
need
to
make
changes
in
our
community.
Regarding
this
matter,
I
believe
we
should
revisit
or
revise
the
mclean
county.
Mental
health
action
plan
form
are
from
2015.,
I
contacted
randy
martin.
I
will
be
attending
a
county
board
meeting
as
well.
N
I've
contacted
jason
bergman's
office
as
well
as
sally
turner.
There
are
legislators,
I'm
taking
community
advocacy,
I'm
taking
a
community
advocacy
training
class
starting
in
march,
to
educate
myself
and
become
an
advocate
for
adults
with
mental
health
issues
and
disabilities.
I
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution,
not
just
address
this
issue.
N
I
feel
like
that's
how
we've
gotten
into
this,
how
it's
gotten
to
this
point?
Currently,
everyone
agrees.
This
is
a
problem
we
know
better,
so
we
must
all
do
better.
I
ask
you
to
listen
to
what
I'm
saying
to
you.
You
have
been
appointed
as
our
community
leaders
in
that
regard.
I
am
addressing
a
community
crisis
to
you
right
now
that
has
been
going
on
for
a
while.
A
change
needs
to
be
made.
People
are
valuable.
We
all
deserve
to
have
a
quality
of
life.
God
gives
that
to
us.
O
My
name
is
noah
anderson
and
I
am
deeply
concerned
about
the
flock
camera
proposal.
These
10
flock
cameras
are
being
sold
to
the
public
as
a
way
to
assist
in
high
profile
crimes,
and
they
will
be
contractually
obligated
not
to
share
our
data.
It
sounds
so
innocent
right.
Well,
let
us
not
forget
that
the
police
have
no
real
accountability
to
the
public
and,
time
and
time
again,
these
automatic
license
plate.
Readers
have
failed.
O
In
fact,
in
san
francisco
automatic
license
plate
reader
error
caused
the
police
to
draw
weapons
on
the
wrong
person.
The
there's
also
cases
where
unpaid
cars
and
court
fees
started
working,
so
we
use
with
the
automatic
license
plate
readers.
I
think
any
attempt
to
expand
surveillance
on
everyday
americans
should
be
stopped
dead
in
its
tracks.
I
see
these
10
flock
cameras
as
a
sign
of
what
is
to
come.
If
we
give
them
an
inch,
they
will
make
it
a
mile
and
it
might
happen
rapidly.
O
P
Scott
steimling,
ward,
5.,
I
do
have
a
question
regarding
the
sidewalks,
the
streets
in
this
town:
it's
they
are
dangerous.
I've
seen
people
just
about
trip
on
them.
I've
seen
the
the
road
is
washing
away.
P
The
curbs
are
in
places
they're
level
with
the
grass
I
mean.
This
is
a
absolutely
time
that
you
know
we
need
to
focus
on
the
infrastructure
and
the
city
always
finds
money
for
everything
else,
but
not
for
the
roads,
and,
if
that's
not
for
good
roads,
the
people
will
leave
the
city.
There
goes
the
tax
revenue
and
the
city
cannot
control
their
spending.
P
P
Q
Thank
you.
My
name
is
robert
garcia,
I'm
a
resident
of
ward
2
in
the
city
of
bloomington.
Last
week
I
had
the
pleasure
of
listening
to
bpd's
presentation
to
the
public
safety
and
community
relations
board.
There
were
a
lot
of
very
encouraging
promises
made
in
that
presentation
on
flaw
cameras,
but
it
also
raised
very
serious
and
lingering
concerns
about
the
city's
readiness
to
take
on
such
a
contract.
Q
First,
in
that
meeting,
I
heard,
as
bpd
claimed,
that
the
public
has
nothing
to
worry
about,
because
their
picture
will
never
be
taken.
These
cameras
are
focused
on
the
center
of
the
lane
and
only
take
pictures
of
license
plates,
but
flock
has
publicly
stated.
This
is
not
true
when
the
washington
post
investigation
confirmed
that,
in
fact,
these
cameras
are
motion
censored.
Q
So
if
a
person,
a
cyclist,
a
pet
or
other
animal
passes
by
it,
will
take
a
picture
every
time
in
a
screenshot
of
the
flock
online
search
portal,
it
confirms
it
to
take
pictures
of
people,
pets,
bicyclists
cars,
etc.
Anything
that
passes
by
their
motion
sensor
camera,
I'm
concerned
that
what
vpd
is
promising
or
city
officials
does
not
seem
to
line
up
with
what
flock
claims
and
what
other
investigations
have
already
confirmed
to
be
true.
The
second
concern
is
with
the
cost.
Q
This
is
a
self-renewing
contract,
so
we
need
to
be
honest
about
the
long-term
cost,
to
the
taxpayers,
who
are
footing
the
bill.
The
first
year
is
31
500.
The
recurring
annual
cost
is
27
500,
so
we're
looking
at
about
142
000
over
just
a
five-year
period.
Bpd
wrongly
told
our
city's
public
safety
and
community
relations
board
last
week
that
these
were
fixed
costs.
They
had
nothing
to
worry
about.
There
would
be
no
other
costs
to
worry
about.
Q
They
even
went
so
far
as
to
claim
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
repairs,
flock's
going
to
take
care
of
it,
not
true
in
the
contract
it
clearly
states.
There
are
additional
fees
for
damage
theft.
Vandalism,
there
are
trip
charges,
there's
even
an
extra
charge
for
adjusting
the
angle
of
the
camera.
It's
in
writing
in
the
contract.
I
urge
you
to
read
it
factor
that
in
and
we're
easily
talking,
150
000
over
five
years.
Q
That's
taxpayer
money
that
could
be
spent,
fixing
our
roads,
improving
our
sewage
and
draining
systems
or
resolving
our
homeless
and
housing
needs,
especially
in
the
winter
when
we
still
have
significant
gaps
in
housing
that
we
fail
to
address
every
year.
The
third
concern
is
with
the
fact
that
flock
is
a
young
company
who
has
proven
to
be
dishonest.
Q
They
advertise
online
that
the
other
cities
have
reported
a
reduction
in
crime
of
over
70
percent.
We
knew
this
claim
was
impossible,
so
we
asked
locke
to
provide
a
list
of
those
cities,
so
we
can
look
at
these
amazing
results.
That
reported
block
responded
with
one
case
study
from
one
city,
showing
it
was
not
a
reduction
of
crime
of
over
70
percent.
In
reality,
there
was
a
singular
category
out
of
many
many
categories
that
experienced
that
in
other
categories
it
was
zero
percent.
Q
Q
Reputable
firms
will
not
introduce
gross
risk
and
liability
into
our
government
and
our
public
domain.
There
are
many
other
concerns,
but
that's
all
I
can
cover
in
three
minutes.
I
urge
you
to
postpone
this
vote
instead
host
a
series
of
public
forums,
so
we
can
continue
to
address
these
open
concerns.
We
can
we
have
recommendations,
we'd
like
to
introduce
that
with
limited
risk,
vanilla,
our
liability
and
we
have
not
been
given
an
opportunity
to
introduce
those.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
Yeah,
are
you,
is
it
star
six
right
through
mu.
A
R
Hi
good
evening,
I'm
a
resident
of
bloomington
in
ward
one
and
before
you
take
this
vote
tonight,
I
hope
that
you
have
given
careful
consideration
that
this
is
evolving
technology,
and
I
also
hope
that
you
have
given
consideration
to
the
privacy
concerns
raised
by
other
citizens.
R
R
R
I'm
also
concerned
that
you
know
once
these
cameras
are
placed,
assuming
that
goes
forward,
that
some
criminal
activities
they
might
just
adjust
what
they're
doing
so
that
they're
not
inside
of
the
cameras,
I
that
is
definitely
a
concern.
R
My
other
concern
is
that
that
you're
entering
into
a
contract
with
a
company
that
really
does
not
have
a
proven
record
of
crime
reduction,
and
I
hope
that
in
the
future
city
council,
members
will
give
equal
consideration
to
spending
money
to
prevent
crime
and
address
the
causes
of
crime
and
gun
violence
which
elder
woman,
molly
ward,
is
proposing
that
we
study
gun
violence
and
crime,
and
we
absolutely
need
to
start
looking
at
the
root
causes
of
crime
and
not
simply
catching
people
in
the
act.
S
Now,
yep,
okay.
Thank
you
good
evening,
I'd
like
to
start
by
thanking
you
all
for
last
week's
vote
to
explore
how
to
address
gun
violence,
looking
beyond
just
law
enforcement
remedies
and
trying
to
investigate
and
address
the
root
causes
of
violence.
I
hope
we
can
break
down
the
silos
and
bring
together
all
the
different
community
groups.
Who've
been
working
to
answer
these
questions
for
years.
S
The
pros
the
proposed
transparency
portal
is
welcome,
as
is
the
review
with
the
pscrb,
but
it
does
not
seem
there's
any
mechanism
for
outside
review.
There
needs
to
be
some
method
for
external,
impartial
review.
If
the
vp
of
a
bank
went
before
the
board
of
directors
and
said
our
financials
are
in
great
shape,
but
you
have
to
trust
my
numbers.
S
S
In
an
interview
with
wglt
flock,
vp
josh
thomas
said
that
their
recommended
best
practice
is
to
defer
to
elected
officials
and
have
them
take
charge
of
policy
creation
and
community
outreach.
So
I'm
asking
you
our
city
council
to
do
that,
ensure
that
there
is
a
comprehensive
audit
process.
Detailed
in
the
policy
be
sure
that
the
policy
is
clear.
S
C
A
Okay,
so
our
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
consent
agenda,
and
is
there
anything
that
any
member
of
the
council
would
like
to
have
removed
from
the
consent
agenda?.
E
Mayor
sorry,
7d
isn't
david.
A
Okay,
anybody
else:
okay,
seeing
none
is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda,
with
the
exception
of
item
7d.
T
D
A
Yes,
okay,
thank
you.
The
consent
agenda
passes.
There
are
no
nays
to
announce
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
item
7d,
councilmember,
craybill.
E
E
Shortly
after
we
got
on
council
jen
julie
and
myself
brought
this
issue
to
the
attention
of
the
city.
After
we
were
reached
out
to
by
ice
retired
isu,
professor
william
rau
and
the
city
they
met
with
us,
jim
karch.
At
the
time,
I'm
not
sure
if
kevin
was
in
that
meeting,
they
were
positive
about
it.
E
A
study
was
done,
and
now
we
see
the
fruits
of
that
discussion,
so
idle
reduction
technology
irt
reduces
the
amount
of
time
an
engine
spends
idling
and
it
provides
service
assesses
heat
and
air
conditioning
that
would
otherwise
require
the
main
engine
to
run,
and
so
the
staff
has
determined
by
testing
that
we
save
four
cents
a
gallon
and
just
think
if
this
was
on
all
of
our
vehicles.
E
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Is
there
a
second
okay,
second,
by
councilmember
ward,
madame
clark,
could
you
please
call
the
roll.
D
U
A
Yes,
okay,
thank
you.
The
item
passes.
There
are
no
needs
to
announce,
we're
gonna,
move
on
to
the
regular
agenda
and
before
we
go
any
further,
I
just
want
to
call
to
your
attention
that
there
are.
A
Five
items
on
the
regular
agenda,
so
I
would
ask
for
everyone,
you
know
not
to
limit
your
freedom
of
speech.
However,
just
be
cognizant
of
of
the
time
and
and
and
really
if
you've
heard
somebody
say
something,
no
need
to
repeat
it
and
then
hopefully
we
can.
A
You
know
we
can
get
out
of
here
in
a
reasonable
amount
of
time.
So
just
keep
that
in
mind.
Thank
you.
So
with
that
said,
I'm
going
to
go
to
item
8a,
which
is
a
presentation
by
heartland
community
college
president,
dr
keith
cornell,
on
the
college's
recent
receipt
of
a
one
million
dollar
workforce
equity
in
initiative
grant,
as
requested
by
the
administration
department,
and
you
should
be
smiling
more
right.
V
You
mayor,
do
we
have
that
powerpoint?
Yes,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
the
opportunity
to
join
you
this
evening
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
this
workforce
equity
initiative.
However,
we
and
we're
very
pleased
that
we
received
that
grant
for
over
a
million
dollars,
but
this
work
really
started
before
that,
and
it
worked.
V
The
work
really
began
over
two
years
ago
and
in
large
part,
was
due
to
the
efforts
that
the
city
and
the
city
council
made
with
regard
to
supporting
individuals
to
enhance
their
skill
development
to
get
a
job
to
get
a
better
job
and
then
to
move
into
a
career.
So
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
V
First,
I
wanted
to
introduce
a
few
people
that
are
with
me
from
the
college
this
evening
and
if
we
could
advance
the
slide
presenting
with
me
tonight
will
be
terrence
bond,
he's
our
chief
diversity
officer
at
the
college
and
also
assistant
to
the
president.
We
also
have
with
us
josh
crockett
who's,
a
trustee
on
the
board
with
us,
and
then
tony
jones
will
be
the
director
of
our
workforce
equity
initiative
at
the
college.
So
he's
here
to
answer
all
the
tough
questions
should
we
need
it?
V
So
again,
we
want
to
thank
you
for
it
again.
The
this
project
started
a
couple
years
ago
with
really
us
all,
focusing
in
on
increasing
the
educational
and
skill
attainment
of
individuals
here
in
downtown
and
west
bloomington
specifically-
and
I
wanted
to
take
just
a
couple
of
minutes
if
we
can
go
ahead
and
advance
the
slide
to
share
with
you
how
we
got
to
that
very
targeted
community.
V
We,
as
a
college,
were
looking
at
ways
that
we
could
start
to
bring
programs
into
the
community
in
order
again
to
enhance
individuals,
educational
attainments
and
skills
in
order
to
get
a
job
better
job
and
then
move
themselves
to
a
career.
Our
district
runs
from
pontiac
down
to
lincoln
along
I-55
what
we
saw
when
we
started
looking
at
the
data
we
broke
it
down
by
zip
codes
and
again
we
were
just
looking
at
educational
attainment.
V
What
we
saw
was
is
that
in
zip
code,
701
61701,
we
started
to
see
something
that
percolated
for
us
and
said
that
we
had
an
issue
with
individuals
25
years
of
age
and
older,
that
started
saying
this
seems
to
be
an
identified
place
of
where
we
could
make
a
difference.
We
noticed
that
there
were
over
six
percent
of
the
individuals
that
had
less
than
a
high
school
diploma.
V
That
really
says
whether
an
individual
has
the
skills
that
they
would
need
for
the
future
jobs,
the
high
skilled
type
jobs
in
our
communities.
So
with
that,
we
started
saying
okay,
what
do
we
know
about
this
area?
So
if
I
could
advance
the
slide,
we
took
a
little
deeper,
close,
a
closer
look
at
that
zip
code.
We
broke
it
down
by
tracks
neighborhood
tracks,
to
start
to
look
at
educational
attainment
and
these
areas
that
you
can
see
here
blocked
which
are
just
to
the
west
of
downtown
the
downtown
area
and
just
the
south.
V
V
So
that
was
the
reference
or
the
source
point
for
us,
but
what
we
saw
that
there
were
just
over
1300
individuals
aged
25
or
older,
that
were
living
in
these
particular
neighborhoods
and
that
38
of
the
educational
attainment
of
that
area.
V
Those
individuals
had
a
high
school
diploma
or
less,
and
so
in
that,
then
we
saw
that
even
a
higher
level
of
high
school
diploma
or
equivalent
was
not
yet
earned.
So
that
started
saying
to
us
that
these
neighborhoods
had
the
highest
need
for
us
to
come
in
as
a
college
and
provide
types
of
training
and
education
which
the
city
has
started
to.
Support
with.
Scholarships
for
individuals
starts
with
us,
making
sure
that
we
have
ged
programs
in
this
part
of
our
community,
which
we
do
now.
V
We
increase
the
amount
of
esl
education
that
we
have
in
this
part
of
the
community
which
we
do
have
now,
and
it
said
we
should
start
putting
skilled
short-term
stackable
credential
type
of
education
in
this
part
of
our
community
in
order
to
help
people
move
them
for
themselves
forward.
So
that's
exactly
what
we've
been
doing
over
the
past
number
of
years.
W
W
Please,
and
so
these
are
the
major
points
for
our
grant.
The
heartland
has
been
offered
one
million
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
be
able
to
begin
these
efforts
and
we're
looking
at
supporting
our
adult
learning
community,
so
people
who
are
either
underemployed
or
under
unemployed
african
americans
other
minority
populations
and
helping
them
to
go
very
quickly
from
not
having
a
certificate
getting
them
into
one
of
our
high
impact
training
programs
and
back
into
the
workforce.
W
The
services
that
we're
offering
we
will
be
covering
the
tuition
for
these
certificates,
as
well
as
offering
a
200
a
week,
stipend
and
then
working
one-on-one,
hopefully
weekly
with
the
majority
of
our
participants,
to
ensure
that
any
barriers
that
they're
identifying
are
being
removed
and
ultimately
ensuring
that
we're
increasing
that
credential
attainment
right
in
the
the
heart
of
most
need,
and
also
we
want
to
be
increasing.
Our
bloomington
west,
bloomington
collaborations,
and
so
partnerships
becomes
a
huge
part
of
how
we
do
this
and
we've
been
working
really
hard.
W
Tony
jones,
our
our
program
manager
and
I
I'm
going
out
into
the
community
talking
with
our
community
partners,
trying
to
find
out
what
their
needs
are
and
then
we'll
be
also
talking
with
our
employee
partners.
Finding
out,
how
do
we
best
connect
students,
people
who
have
have
not
been
in
in
some
of
these
spaces
and
getting
them
into
jobs?
W
Next
slide?
Please,
and
so
what
you
see
here
are
the
numbers
that
we've
identified
with
our
grant.
You
know,
of
course,
we've
we've
been
awarded
the
million
dollars.
W
Our
maximum
number
of
participants
for
this
year
is
145,
and
our
goal
is
that
we
get
a
100
students
with
certificates
by
the
end
of
this
year
and
we're
looking
at
having
70
of
or
so
of
those
students
earning
that
30
above
living
wage
and
the
target.
A
minimum
of
60
of
those
participants
will
be
african-american
next
slide
in
order
to
do
that,
what
we
did
was
looked
at
as
a
community
college.
W
The
types
of
programs
that
our
local
employers
have
already
said
are
in
high
demand
or
are
are
ones
that
we're
able
to
move
quickly
through
in
their
high
earning
and
so
between
our
advanced
manufacturing
and
where
we
have
building
maintenance
programs,
some
ev
assembly,
our
truck
driving
and
welding.
W
These
are
all
programs
that
our
community
have
said
are
important,
that
we
get
more
welders
into
the
community,
that
we
have
more
truck
drivers,
and
so,
while
we
try
and
meet
that
demand,
we
want
to
do
so
with
the
people
in
our
community
that
that
will
benefit
mostly
and
the
same
with
our
health
care.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
bringing
more
certified
nursing
assistants.
V
Thank
you,
terence.
If
we
can
advance
the
slide,
the
outcomes
for
us
in
this
program,
and
not
only
this
particular
grant,
but
in
our
working
relationship
with
all
of
you
is
how
is
it
that
we
leverage
our
resources
together
and
how
do
we
work
in
partnership
with
the
city
and
the
various
organizations
within
the
city
in
order
to
enhance
the
work
skills
of
individuals
to
move
them
forward
in
building
those
individual
skills?
So
again,
they
can
get
that
job,
the
better
job
and
move
themselves
on
to
a
career.
V
We
believe
strongly
that
this
type
of
effort
will
allow
us
to
increase
employment
opportunities
for
individuals,
which
is
a
good
thing
for
all
of
us,
but
it
will
also
allow
us
to
have
the
type
of
trained
and
and
desired
workforce
in
order
to
foster
growth
existing
in
new
businesses
and
industries
right
here
in
bloomington.
V
So
we
thank
you
very
much
again
for
the
opportunity
to
share
a
little
bit
about
this
program,
but,
more
importantly,
for
the
partnership
that
all
of
you
have
taken
up
with
all
of
us
in
order
to
move
the
community
forward.
So
we
thank
you
very
much
mayor.
A
J
A
About
15
minutes
on
schedule
for
us
to
be
able
to
do
that,
I
can't
see
anybody
at
this
moment,
but
okay,
here
we
go
so
councilmember.
Bolin
has
a
question.
F
Yes,
I
really
appreciate
the
presentation
and
I'm
very
happy
that
this
program
and
the
finances
have
been
provided
for
you,
because
I've
always
pushed
for
education
and
training
for
people
in
order
to
better
themselves.
It's
like
a
handout
instead
of
a
handoff.
So
I
really
like
that.
Could
you
answer
what
the
total
is?
You
received
a
million
dollars
as
a
grant.
V
Yes,
through
various
groups,
we
are
also
leveraging
the
opportunities
that
they
are
providing
to
us
in
space.
So
we
are
at
western
avenue
with
programs
we
are
actually
using
the
library
for
ged
programs.
We
are
talking
to
other
agencies
with
regard
to
using
their
facility,
so
there's
that
in
kind
that
is
happening,
the
college
is
also
building
out
a
portion
of
a
property
with
mid-central
community
action
in
order
to
provide
the
building
maintenance
property
maintenance
program.
V
So
we're
investing
several
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
renovating
that
space
and
putting
a
program
right
in
the
community.
The
idea
is
for
us
to
try
to
create
those
partnerships
and
leverage
whatever
we
can
in
the
way
of
resources
that
we
have
or
others
that
could
bring
to
the
table
in
order
to
provide
scholarships
for
individuals
to
get
through
those
programs.
Right
now
we
started
with
the
city.
The
city
stepped
up.
It
allowed
us
to
get
this
grant,
and
now
we
have
interest
from
some
others
that
we're
talking
to
as
well.
F
W
So
it's
a
yearly
opportunity
to
to
reapply
for
the
grant
if
the
funds
remain
available
and
so
like.
I
said
this
is
the
third
year
that
the
grant
has
been
an
option.
But
it
is
a
illinois
state
funded
grant,
and
so
we
find
out
somewhere
in
in
late
fall
whether
or
not
the
grant
is
open
again
and
then
we
have
as
a
consortium
member.
W
A
Okay,
okay,
thank
you.
Councilmember
emig,.
X
Yes,
thank
you,
a
wonderful
presentation,
keith
and
team.
I'm
really
excited
about
this
opportunity.
I
have
two
questions.
One
is
is
first,
I'm
glad
that
you're
offering
a
stipend.
I
wish
it
could
be
a
little
more
than
200,
but
I
know
it's
all
wrapped
up
in
in
other
parts
of
the
initiative,
including
tuition,
but
are
you
expecting
to
have
wraparound
services
for
your
students,
child
care,
other
kinds
of
support
mechanisms?
X
And
second,
do
you
foresee
that
if
you
were
to
move,
you
have
enough
occupations
identified?
But
if
you
were
to
move
into
say
a
second
year
of
this,
could
you
see
yourselves
expanding
the
kind
of
education
that
future
students
might
receive,
such
as
in
mental
health
support
thanks.
W
Thank
you
for
the
questions
and
yes,
a
part
of
our
our
grant
is
ensuring
that
we're
offering
wrap-around
support
services.
W
Yes,
so
for
our
first
year
when
we
wrote
up
our
grant
and
we
kind
of
looked
at
what
were
the
types
of
programs
that
we've
been
hearing,
are
some
of
the
most
high-end
demand
in
our
community,
and
so
as
we
go
through
this
year
and
see
what
what
program
students
are
requesting,
as
well
as
other
programs
that
community
partners
are
requesting
from
us,
then,
when
we
go
to
request
funds
for
an
additional
year,
we'll
absolutely
be
taking
that
under
consideration.
V
Real
quickly,
you
asked
about
the
mental
health
programs.
We
have
another
grant
that
we
just
received.
We've
been
really
fortunate
in
the
past
several
months,
we've
been
doing
pretty
well,
but
it's
it's
a
grant
specifically
for
peer
recovery
specialists.
It's
a
certificate
program,
short-term
certificate
program
that
we
have,
and
so
that
program
is
also
coming
online
as
we're
talking
with
individuals.
V
If
they
fit
that
program
better,
then
we
will
put
them
into
that
program
to
be
peer,
recover
specialists
and
moving
in
that
area,
but
we
also
to
help
individuals
that
may
have
mental
health
issues.
We
have
an
extensive
counseling
center
on
campus
and
we
have
support
from
chestnut
and
others
that
we
leverage
in
order
to
help
students
move
forward.
D
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation,
I'll,
keep
it
pretty
simple
and
short
curious.
What
is
the
target
wage
you
had
at
that
30
above
living
wage?
I
wanted
to
just
know
where
you're
at.
W
D
Okay,
thank
you
and
then
one
kind
of
question
and
one
observation
I
saw
you
know
the
welding
and
the
construction
related.
V
Yes,
we
work
very
closely
with
the
trade
unions
on
a
variety
of
different
programs
at
the
college,
and
so
we
have
those
tie-ins
that
would
naturally
fit
in
right
to
this
program.
So
great
yeah,
the
answer
is
yes,
but
it's
from
you
know
a
broader
perspective,
but
it
does
affect
these
programs
as
well.
D
So
then,
the
last
thing
is
just
to
comment
and
again
thank
you
for
what
you're
doing
workforce
development
is
is
huge
for
where
we
want
to
go
as
a
city
and
it's
truly
necessary.
V
We
thank
you
for
that
comment
and
we
are
already
doing
that
we're
already
working
with
and
and
leveraging
any
of
those
partnerships
that
we
have.
This
was
just
a
great
way
for
us
to
really
jump
start
things
in
a
very
meaningful
way.
A
Y
Thank
you
mayor.
I
I
want
to
just
thank
these
gentlemen
and
for
bringing
this
presentation
to
us.
It's
fabulous
wonderful
news.
The
other
councilman
successfully
asked
all
of
my
questions,
so
I
will
shamelessly
plug
that
they
mention
collaboration
and
so
there's
project
oz,
there's
wbrp
mount
pisgah
church
and
the
naacp,
and
if
you
need
introductions
to
these
people,
I'm
more
than
happy
to
help
you
and
introduce
you
so
that
you
can
begin
collaborating
with
some
of
the
power
forces
that
help
change
and
shape
the
growth
of
westside
and
again.
J
W
Are
really
looking
forward
to
being
out
in
the
community
and
working
with
partners,
and
so,
as
you
are
talking
with
individuals,
please
let
them
know
about
the
program
that
we're
offering.
I
mean
this
is
only
one
of
many
of
the
offerings
that
we
have
at
heartland
community
college,
and
so,
while
my
team
is
currently
working
with
this
small
group
of
students,
we're
always
looking
for
all
of
our
community
partners,
and
so
please
continue
to.
A
Thank
you,
keith
one,
more
question,
a
couple
questions
for
you,
so
you
talked
about
these
programs
that
are,
you
know
shorts.
You
know,
certificates
are
short
stackable,
so
I
was
just
kind
of
curious
how
long
in
terms
of
time
that
people
have
to
spend
in
order
to
get
that
certificate
and
then
what
does
their
their
day
look
like?
Is
it
a
a
full
day
or
is
it
you
know
half
a
day
kind
of
thing.
V
So
it
varies
by
program
with
regard
to
the
short-term
stackable
credentials,
but
the
way
to
think
about
them
are
is
that
it
gives
it
allows
someone
to
obtain
a
set
of
skills
with
a
short
period
of
time,
a
semester
or
a
year.
That,
then,
is
a
building
block
that
allows
them
to
go
and
get
a
job,
but
then
continue
with
their
education
and
build
upon
it
into
an
associate's
degree
or
beyond.
So
those
are
shorter
term.
V
They
vary
by
the
various
programs
so
where
there
could
be
some
that
are
nine
credit
hours,
others
may
be
16
and
so
on.
It
just
depends
on
what
it
is
that
they're
looking
at.
I
think
the
most
of
these
are
all
one-year
programs
that
we're
looking
at
in
this
sequence,
but
they
may
have
some
certificates
that
are
embedded.
V
W
Many
of
the
programs
will
be
so
for
our
fall
starts,
we'll
have
the
16
week
rotation,
and
so
there
may
be
two
classes
that
are
one
and
a
half
hours
twice
a
week
so
similar
to
what
a
a
standard
college
course
would
be,
and
so,
depending
on
the
the
speed
at
which
a
student
wants
to
complete
most
of
our
programs
are
designed
to
begin
either
this
summer
or
this
fall
and
be
done
by
this
fall.
Okay,.
A
Okay,
well
awesome.
Thank
you
very
much.
We
definitely
appreciate
not
only
the
presentation,
but
all
the
great
work
that
you're
doing
and,
and
we're
also
happy
that
we
had
an
opportunity
to
collaborate
with
you
and
to
in
getting
this
off
the
ground
and
look
forward
to
further.
You
know
collaboration
if
appropriate.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
The
we're
gonna
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
item
8b,
a
consideration
in
action
on
a
resolution
approving
the
fy
2023
john
m,
scott
healthcare
trust,
grant,
award
and
programmatic
agreements
in
the
amount
of
nine
hundred
thousand
twenty
nine,
nine
hundred
and
twenty
nine
thousand
seven
hundred
and
five
point.
Eighty
nine
dollars
for
category
one
and
category
two
grants,
as
requested
by
the
economic
development
and
community
development
department.
And
I
don't
know
if
city
manager
gliese,
has
some
comments.
He'd
like
to
make.
A
Oh
city
manager,
gleason,
has
some
comments
first,
and
I
think
we
have
a
presentation
as
well.
T
Z
Z
I
also
want
to
thank
all
of
the
commissioners
for
the
many
hours
of
hard
work
that
have
brought
us
here
to
this
moment
tonight.
A
special
thank
you
to
our
illinois
state
university
stevenson,
fellow
genevieve
rappel,
for
her
work
with
the
commission
as
well
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
the
john
m
scott
commission
secretary
kiana
wilkinson,
to
talk
more
about
this
critical
investment
in
our
community.
AA
AA
So
our
grant
funding
process
began
in
september
2021.
We
had
a
request
for
a
proposal
released
in
that
time,
and
then
we
opened
up
our
application
window
from
october
1st
to
november
12
2021..
AA
The
john
m
scott
commission
approved,
grant
funding
recommendations
in
january
2022
next
slide,
please
so
our
category
one
general
operating
grants
were
250
000,
plus
the
category
2
category
or
sorry,
capital
improvement,
grants,
177
923.86
and
then
our
category
2
program
grants
which
are
about
five
hundred
thousand
seven
hundred
and
eighty
two
dollars
and
three
cents
with
our
total
investment
in
our
community
totaling
929
thousand
seven
hundred
and
five
and
eighty
nine
cents
next
slide.
Please.
AA
So
some
additional
information
to
take
in
22.49
percent
increase
in
funding
from
this
fiscal
year
2022
to
fiscal
year
2023.,
so
total
funding
request
in
applications
was
1.5
million
close
to
and
we
only
were
able
to
meet
about
63
percent
of
this
funding,
so
that
just
shows
a
substantial
need
in
our
community
for
more
funding
to
help
us
there's
a
larger
funding
capability
due
to
higher
levels
of
return
from
the
trust-
and
that
was
very
very
good
to
hear.
AA
So
we
can
continue
giving
back
and
there
was
no
impact
on
the
city
general's
fund,
which
was
good
next
slide.
Please
so
meeting
our
community
needs
grants
such
like
these
that
are
funded.
They
help
fund
activities
that
address
all
three
priorities
in
our
community
health
improvement
plan,
which
include
access
to
care
healthy
eating,
active
living
behavioral,
which
include
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
and
investing
in
these
health
and
health
care,
reduces
long-term
costs
and
lifts
our
communities
overall,
well-being,
our
mental
health.
This
funding
and
john
m
scott
spirit
fills
critical
gaps
and
serves
under-resourced.
AA
Community
members
helps
those
health
inequities
that
happen
in
our
community.
Currently,
right
now
so
organizations
funded
focus
on
the
social
determinants
of
health,
which
include
mental
health,
which
include
therapy
help
for
physical
disabilities,
senior
care
community
health
care
clinics.
We
helped
a
lot
of
people
next
slide,
please.
AA
A
Okay,
thank
you,
kiana.
Are
there
any
questions
from
councilman?
Okay
as
ceo,
one,
two
three,
so
let's
go
with
councilmember
urban
and
then
councilmember
bolin
and
councilmember
emig.
F
A
Oh
okay,
yeah,
okay,
okay,
it's
down
now
so
we'll
we'll
go
with
council
member
bolin
and
then
council
member
emig.
F
I
only
have
one
question
and
that
is:
can
you
identify
the
capital
projects?
I
know
that
one
is
with
project
oz
and
the
other
one
is
for
another
category.
AA
Yes,
of
course,
all
right,
william,
I'm
okay
with
so
some
other
category
two
program
grants
that
we
funded
so
the
west
bloomington
revitalization
project,
so
project
eyes,
like
you,
mentioned
osf
healthcare
system
with
piecemeals
center
for
few
family
solutions.
We've
got
the
community
healthcare
clinic
center
for
human
services.
AA
So
the
community
healthcare
clinic
was
funding
to
help
with
low-income
patients
that
do
come
to
the
clinic
for
just
testing
just
things
they
can't
get
with
their
normal
insurance.
Okay,
as
well
as
we
take
the
insurance
too,
but
yeah
just
give
you
those
extra
services
for
low
inequities.
X
Yeah
I'll
be
quick
too.
Thank
you
for
your
service,
william
and
kiana.
It's
truly
tremendous
and
I've
got
john
m
scott's
old
books
right
across
from
me
right
now
that
I'm
looking
at
for
inspiration
to
try
to
to
match
anywhere
near
anywhere
near
what
he
did.
X
But
my
question
is:
is
given
your
unique
purview
of
seeing
all
of
these
applications
come
in
through
from
the
community
writ
large?
Could
you
generalize?
Did
you
notice
a
trend
in
need?
It
was
there
a
particular
kind
of
thing
that
kept
coming
up,
and
I
know
the
grant
is
limited,
but
I'm
interested
in
that
thank.
AA
You
yes,
of
course,
of
course,
definitely
mental
health.
There
is
a
huge
need
for
mental
health
care.
There's
a
huge
need,
for,
I
would
say,
lgbtq
like
just
those
are
the
people
that
actually
need
it,
and
I
feel
that
during
our
meetings
and
going
over
the
grants
we
we
tackled
that
we
listened
to
it
and
mental
health
kept
coming
up
over
and
over
again,
I
feel
like
with
mental
health.
You
can
help
with
your
physical
health
and
overall,
you
just
are
a
better
person.
AA
A
Thank
you
any
other
questions.
A
D
A
Yes,
okay,
thank
you
yeah.
I
don't
pass
israel
no
needs
to
announce
so
next.
Item
on
the
agenda
is
a
presentation
of
the
fy
2023
budget
update,
as
requested
by
fine
and
finance
department,
and
this
is
only
a
presentation,
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
cd
manager
gleason.
For
some
introductory
comments.
T
T
One
comment
that
we
heard
last
week-
and
it
was
a
to
do
item
for
me-
was
to
report
back
on
capacity
for
a
road
road
work
in
the
community
and
I'm
going
to
cover
some
initial
additional
information
under
city
manager
comments,
but
not
under
the
presentation
by
finance
director,
scott
rathbun,
scott.
AB
Thank
you,
city
manager,
mayor
council,
yes,
our
this
is
really
our
our
second
major
complete
update
for
council
and
the
public.
Last
week,
the
community
whole.
I
spent
a
great
deal
of
time
on
the
projects
that
are
incorporated
in
tonight's
presentation,
trying
to
put
some
some
real,
tangible
feel
to
these
large
numbers
that
we're
discussing.
AB
We
try
to
present
the
information
in
incremental.
You
know
advancement
each
each
time
we
come
before
you
so
tonight
we'll
be
adding
the
city-wide
comparisons
year
to
year
for
revenue
expenditures
and
before
I
launch
into
that,
though,
I
wanted
to
spend
a
couple
minutes.
Keep
it
brief,
though,
talking
about
our
financial
structure,
we
have
29
funds,
so
we
generally
give
a
lot
of
time
and
attention
to
the
general
fund.
It's
our
largest
fund,
it's
funded
mostly
by
taxes.
So
it's
economically
impacted
it
funds.
AB
You
know
the
public
safety
police,
fire
parks,
things
of
that
nature
that
don't
have
direct
fees
like
our
enterprise
funds.
Enterprise
funds
are
business
type
activity,
funds
they're
supposed
to
stand
in
their
own
feet:
water
sewer
storm,
solid
waste;
those
are
primary
examples.
The
arena
golf
are
also
enterprise
funds.
AB
Then
we
have
a
category
for
special
revenue
funds:
the
library
state
motor
fuel
tax,
the
bloomington
election
commission.
These
are
the
types
of
funds
that
fall
under
this
category.
They
have
very
restricted
revenue
sources
that
drive
that
activity,
while
they're
part
of
the
city
structure.
Sometimes
the
city
in
a
way
doesn't
have
complete
control
over
those.
So
we
have
variations
within
our
budget
related
to
the
activity
of
those
funds,
so
that's
kind
of
where
I'm
going
with
this.
AB
I
I
want
to
really
emphasize
this
year,
some
of
the
the
variability
in
our
budget
emphasizing
that
you
know
we
do
have,
I
think,
a
strong
cost
control
culture.
Here
we
try
to
find
efficiencies
in
everything
that
we
do
constantly
we're.
Reviewing
our
financial
structure
like
for
bond
refinances
and
always
looking
for
ways
to
save
the
public's
cash,
and
so
we
can
utilize
those
funds
for
the
best
possible
services.
AB
Another
special
revenue
fund
I
want
to
mention
once
which
kind
of
correlates
well
with
the
presentation
we
just
had
you
know,
is
our
cdbg
and
ida
funds.
Those
are
based
on
expectations
for
grants,
so
they're
completely
grant
funded.
They
can
drive
our
budgetary
variances
year
over
year
in
a
moment.
I'll
highlight
that
again
and
then,
of
course,
the
the
jam
scott,
which
is
the
fiduciary
fund,
it's
driven
by
the
the
trust
assets
and
the
market
increases,
so
they
have
an
increase.
Fortunately,
they're
going
to
be
able
to
provide
more
services.
AB
The
city
is
really
just
a
trustee
for
that
fund.
So
it's
part
of
our
financial
structure,
but
again
it
can
increase
our
our
budget
and
really
not
be
an
indication
that
we're
growing
government
and
we're
still,
you
know,
still
just
want
to
emphasize
we're
utilizing
those
dollars
for
the
best
for
the
best
possible
means.
So
next
slide,
please
so
there's
there
has
been
no
material
changes
since
our
first
presentation
in
january.
AB
I
just
so
I'll
briefly
run
through
the
same
exhibits
from
before
citywide
budget,
269
million
up
17.4
the
general
fund
in
122.3
up
13.2
with
the
general
fund.
You
know
american
rescue
plan
act,
we're
referring
to
that
commonly,
as
as
arpa
funds.
You
know
there's
a
5.6
million
dollar
placeholder
in
that
we
do
have
some
compensation
increases
in
the
general
fund,
mostly
related
to
I.t,
but
really
there
are
a
little
over
12
million
dollars
in
non-recurring
items
that
are
driving
some
of
our
increase
arpa.
AB
The
library
has
dollars
in
2023
related
to
their
expansion
for
furniture
and
equipment.
That's
over
2
million
I
mentioned
cdbg
and
ida.
Those
funds,
they're
they're
budgeted
a
million
dollars
over
2022.,
so
that's
driving
our
budget
variance
as
well.
The
bloomington
election
commission,
which
has
its
own
funding
source,
really
that
comes
from
the
county
via
the
property
taxes,
their
their.
AB
That
budget
is
up
six
hundred
thousand
so
that
all
those
together
make
up
twelve
point:
four
million
dollars
of
our
non-recurring
related
to
the
17
million
dollar
overall
city
increase
capital
projects.
Almost
57
million
spent
a
great
deal
of
time
on
that
last
monday,
that's
a
very
significant
number.
It's
it's
over
20
percent
of
the
total
city-wide
budget,
very
aggressive.
I
think
projects
scheduled
for
next
year
to
improve
the
services
for
the
city
and
the
general
fund
fund
balance.
AB
These
are
the
reserves.
32
million
dollars
we're
very
fortunate.
We
had
a
very
good
2021
with
some
of
the
grant
revenues
that
came
in
sales
tax
revenues,
everything
trending
very
nicely,
so
we're
projecting
a
32
million
dollar
fund
fund
balance
or
other
otherwise
known
as
reserves
for
the
general
fund
and
in
cash
for
equipment.
6.3
million
city-wide
4.9
million
for
the
general
fund,
100
cash
for
equipment
for
2023,
no
borrowing,
which
was
a
council
initiative
from
several
years
ago.
AB
So
we're
a
couple
years
ahead
of
schedule
on
that
trying
to
take
advantage
of
some
surpluses
that
we've
gotten
so
once
again,
just
trying
to
emphasize
constantly
looking
at
the
most
efficient
and
best
way
to
utilize
the
funds
of
the
city
to
have
an
impact
going
forward
next
slide,
please
so
I've
kind
of
referenced,
the
budgetary
growth.
This
is
an
exhibit
that
we
we've
put
into
place.
Last
time
we
start
with
our
total
citywide
budget.
AB
You
know
you
can
see
a
significant
what
appears
to
be
growth
from
2016
to
2023,
but
then
we're
kind
of
backing
out
or
adjusting
for
some
items
that
are
variable
like
capital
projects
that
can
roll
from
year
to
year.
We
have
accumulation
of
reserves
to
execute
projects,
the
most
efficient
manner
possible,
and
then
we
have
strategic
additions
related
to
home
rule
sales,
tax
for
mental
health
utility
tax
for
pensions,
and
then
we
have
this
non-recurring
and
I'm
going
we're
going
to
update
this
to
show
the
12.4.
AB
It's
actually
a
little
over
12.4
million
dollars
next
month,
but
when
we
first
did
this
exhibit
we
really
wanted
to
show
kind
of
the
higher
profile
american
rescue
plan,
act
and
library,
non-recurring
items,
so
we've
added
a
line
below
that
table.
It
shows
the
actuals
and
we
include
encumbrances
and
that's
kind
of
a
funny
term,
but
it
just
really
means
items
that
have
been
approved
by
council.
We
have
purchase
orders
in
place.
AB
There
are
commitments
so
from
a
budgetary
standpoint
you
know
we
say
we're
kind
of
cash
from
a
budgetary
standpoint,
but
we
also
we
put
those
encumbrances
in
because
those
are
commitments
so
just
highlighting
a
couple
of
years.
I'll
start
with
2020.
we
had
227.5
million
total
budget.
We
only
spent
193.6
are
committed.
That's
about
a
34
million
difference.
24
million
dollars
of
that
was
related
to
capital
projects
that
got
deferred
to
the
next
year
and
then
2021
230.3
million
dollars
in
total
198.9.
AB
That's
a
31
million
difference
and
22
million
of
that
was
related
to
capital
projects
that
got
deferred
as
we
found
out
last
week.
You
know
the
motor
fuel
tax
fund,
with
some
of
those
large
hamilton
fox
creek
those
projects
very
substantial
when
they
get
bumped.
The
project
totals
really
roll
out
to
the
next
year
in
very
significant
fashion.
The
box
there
you
can
see
in
the
middle
really.
These
numbers
show
us
that
we've
grown
at
about
a
two
to
two
to
three
percent
annualized
rate
for
the
last
seven
years.
Next
slide.
Please.
AB
I
I
won't
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
this,
but
the
key
takeaway
was
we're
fortunate
that
we
have
about
five
million
dollars
in
new
revenues
related
to
online
cannabis.
Excuse
me
online.
The
local
component
of
online
retail
sales-
excuse
me
the
cannabis
dispensary
streaming
so
after
adjusting
for
that
and
the
levy
increase
related
to
the
library,
specifically
we're
really
looking
at
about
a
1.7
growth
rate
over
2021,
which
was
really
kind
of
more
of
a
base
year,
pre-covered
versus
the
2022.
AB
AB
AB
Intergovernmental
revenue,
6.7
million
increase,
the
most
material
driver
of
that
increase
is
the
5.6
million
dollars
were
related
to
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
We
have
it
in
as
a
placeholder
looking
to
receive
that
in
I'd,
say
early
summer
may
or
june
time
frame
next
slide.
Please
general
fund
expenditures,
no
material
changes
changes
here
as
well
of
the
13.2
million
total
a
little
over
3
million
is
related
to
salaries
and
benefits.
AB
You
can
see
the
the
notes
there.
We
have,
you
know
about
a
two
and
a
half
percent
increase
cost
of
living
increase
for
what
we
refer
to
as
classified
employees.
AB
The
unions
are
subject
to
the
contractual
obligations
there
and
then
we
have
significant
I'll
call.
It
significant
increases
in
health
insurance,
six
percent
and
then
additions
of
of
some
staff
primarily
related
to
I.t
driving
the
rest
of
it
and
then
capital
expenditures.
4.8
million
dollar
increase
paying
cash
for
equipment.
AB
You
know
for
the
1.8
million
143,
so
I'll
just
going
to
call
that
two
million
dollars
duplication
because
we're
playing
paying
cash
for
equipment.
I
explained
that
I
think
in
greater
detail
last
month,
but
since
we've
made
that
switch
over
we're
having
this
kind
of
duplication
year
over
year
and
then
other
expenditures,
five
million
dollars
up
increase
over
prior
year,
the
main
driver
is
the
american
rescue
plan
act
placeholder.
We
have
in
place
there
next
slide,
please.
AB
So
now
we
get
into
the
city-wide
exhibits
again
the
city-wide.
You
know:
that's
made
up
the
29
funds,
there's
a
lot
of
driving
factors.
I'm
pushing
these
numbers
around
but
to
highlight
a
few
use
of
fund
balance.
We
show
a
balanced
budget
so
when
we're
using
fund
balance
or
reserves,
we
show
that
as
a
revenue
source,
it's
not
a
current
year
revenue
source,
but
this
is
how
we
show.
We've
historically
shown
our
budget
for
the
city
of
bloomington.
AB
If
you,
if
we
did
not
show
that
we
would
be
showing
a
net
loss
basically
of
the
year
of
33
million
dollars.
So
that's
just
you
know
from
a
visual
standpoint
and
an
interpretation
of
the
exhibit.
I
just
want
to
keep
highlighting
that.
So
the
community
understands
how
we
do
things
here
in
the
notes
section.
You
can
see
that
19.4
million
dollars
of
that
is
related
to
those
more
state
motor
fuel
tax
projects
that
the
fox
hamilton
road,
so
that
that's
a
that's
a
significant
number
that
has
been
rolling
from
year
to
year,
taxes.
AB
AB
Intergovernmental
revenue
went
up
by
8.4
million
again
american
rescue
plan
act
dollars,
driving
a
significant
amount
on
that
light.
Item
charges
for
services
increases
in
sewer
storms,
solid
waste.
Three
percent
annualized
increase
that
the
council
approved
a
few
years
back
miscellaneous
revenue.
This
is
a
category.
I've
just
mentioned
that
with
the
budget,
it's
primarily
a
cash
accounting
financial
reporting
structure
other
than
including
those
encumbrances.
AB
So
miscellaneous
revenue
is
where
we
show
borrowings
so
sources
of
funds
from
borrowing
last
this
year.
Excuse
me
for
2022
we
had
11.7
million
dollars
for
borrowing
for
the
pool
and
that's
not
in
fy
23,
so
that's
pushing
that
number
down
significantly
and
then.
Finally,
I
wanted
to
highlight
the
transfer
in
there's,
there's
transfers
between
funds
and
these
get
reflected
in
our
budgetary
financials,
and
I
wanted
to
highlight
that
this
has
the
effect
of
of
grossing
up
our
budget.
AB
So
with
the
library
they,
we
approved
a
levy
with
an
increase
of
850
000
for
debt
service
to
fund
the
library,
expansion
and
remodeling,
so
they
they've
increased
their
levy
by
850
000.
We
have
to
do
the
bond
at
the
city
on
at
the
city
level.
AB
According
to
bond
council,
so
the
library
will
be
reflecting
revenue
and
then
a
transfer
out
expense
to
the
city.
The
city
will
be
showing
a
transfer
in
revenue
from
the
library
and
then
expenses
related
to
the
bond
debt
service
on
its
books.
So
an
850
000
transaction
like
that
becomes
a
1.7
million
dollar
impact
on
our
budget.
So
it's
not
a
growth
in
the
government.
It's
it's
just
a
functionality
of
the
way
we
have
to
do
the
interfund
transfers
next
slide.
Please.
AB
Then
we
have
some
contributions
to
fund
balance
for
for
some
of
the
enterprise
funds
and
then
finally,
the
transfer
out.
This
is
the
exact
same
number
we
just
went
through
on
the
transfer
in
so
this
will
be
the
transfer
out
at
the
library
level.
So
this
the
850
000
of
this
million
70,
is
related
to
the
library
next
slide.
AB
Please,
so
we
can't
show
all
29
funds
on
one
exhibit,
so
we've
we've
bundled
some
together
by
like
category
the
bond
funds,
all
other
funds
at
the
bottom
here,
but
this
this
highlights
the
ups
and
downs
related
to
the
29
funds
in
this
within
the
city.
So
we've
gone
through
the
general
fund
motor
fuel
tax.
This
is
state
motor
fuel
tax,
primarily
motor
fuel
tax,
the
capital
funds,
water
sewer
storm.
AB
A
lot
of
these
are
just
related
to
changes
year
over
year
for
capital
projects,
so
I
wanted
to
highlight
specifically
the
capital
funds,
how
it's
down
by
10.9
million,
that's
related
to
o'neill
pool
being
in
the
capital
improvement
fund
for
2022,
and
then
I
want
to
skip
down
to
all
other
funds.
You
know
a
2.3
million
dollar
increase.
Well
in
all
other
funds.
It's
a
cdbg.
AB
We
don't
have
ida
written
in
the
notes,
but
cdpg
and
ida
which
that
budget
went
up
by
a
million
dollars
due
to
those
grant
expectations.
So
this
is
driving
our
budget
up.
But
if
we
get
those
grants,
then
it's
obviously
going
to
increase
the
programs
that
are
available
there.
550
000
increase
from
the
bloomington
election
commission
budget.
AB
From
a
financial
structure
accounting
standards
standpoint,
we
have
to
have
an
internal
service
fund
for
insurance.
It's
a
little
bit
of
an
interesting
setup,
but
we
basically
pay
for
our
insurance
out
of
these
funds
and
then
the
departments
are
charged
their
proportional
piece
of
that.
So
it's
again
kind
of
reflective
of
this
inter-fund
activity
where
it
doubles
up.
AB
AB
The
capital
projects
I'm
going
to
move
through
these
quickly.
We
spent
a
lot
of
time
on
them
last
monday,
but
I
just
wanted
to
encourage
the
public
if
they
did
were
not
able
to
watch
last
week's
presentation
to
watch
that
recording,
there's
a
lot
of
information
there
related
to
the
need
around
these
projects
and
some
of
the
I
guess,
complexities
of
them
as
well,
so
almost
57
million
dollars
in
capital
projects.
AB
These
will
be
in
when
we
issue
the
budget
books
there'll
be
detail
sheets
on
each
one
of
these
projects
with
with
pictures
and
maps
showing
where
they're
located
etc.
So
I
wanted
to
highlight
that
before
we
kind
of
run
through
the
list
next
slide,
please
so
not
going
to
run
through
list
these
individually.
These
are
really
primarily
examples
of
taking
care
of
what
we
have
all
these
are
structural
improvements
or
repairs
to
existing
facilities
for
the
city
next
slide,.
AB
The
list
here
is
is
the
same,
but
this
is
a
mix
of
maintenance
and
an
addition,
so
the
sweeney
park,
playground
and
amenities,
that's
a
new
capital
project,
but
the
rest
of
these
are
really
related
to
repairs
and
improvements
on
properties
that
we
already
have
next
slide.
Please.
AB
The
mo
the
state
motor
fuel
attack,
so
this
is
fun
by
funded
by
our
share
of
the
state
motor
fuel
tax.
It
was
19
cents,
it's
38
cents
now,
so
you
can
see
that
the
significant
dollars
here
these
are
all
really
primarily
related
to
two
main
projects.
But
I
don't
have
the
total
here,
but
it's
multiple.
It's
got
to
be
19
million.
That's
what
we're
using
fund
balance
so
right
around
there
for
the
state
motor
fuel
tax
actually
was
on
the
prime
previous
page
25.2
million
dollars
for
state
motor
fuel
tax
next
slide.
Please.
AB
Basically,
our
public
works
capital
improvements
just
want
to
highlight.
You
know
the
section
at
the
bottom
refers
to
our
streets
and
sidewalks.
It
totals
seven
million
dollars,
as
city
manager
gleason
mentioned
at
the
start
of
the
presentation,
he
will
be
making
some
references
to
that
during
his
segment
of
the
meeting
next
slide.
Please
and
all
of
these
other
projects
are
really
related
to
the
enterprise
funds,
storm
water
and
sewer
locus
colton
improvements
highlighted
specifically
throughout,
but
just
a
lot
of
projects.
AB
Public
works
has
scheduled
for
the
year
a
very
aggressive,
I
think
schedule,
and
hopefully
you
know
we
can
execute
on
all
of
these,
but
you
know
sometimes
there's
things
that
that
occur
that
are
outside
the
control
of
the
city
and
we'll
go
to
next
slide
and
next
slide
remaining
fy23
schedule.
So
I'm
hoping
that
the
way
we
progress
through
the
presentation
is
help
helping
the
community
understand.
You
know
the
structure
of
the
city.
I
would
encourage
anyone
that
is
really
interested
in
understanding
some
of
the
interactions
between
the
funds.
AB
I'm
jumping
to
the
bottom
here
to
watch
view.
The
budget
101
video
series
on
march
14th
we'll
be
presenting
the
proposed
budget
to
council
by
code.
We
have
to
officially
present
a
proposed
budget
by
march
15th
of
every
year
at
that
meeting,
we'll
be
showing
some
other
other
tangible
activity
related
to
dollars
at
work.
You
know,
there's
multiple
thousands
of
service
calls
the
police
and
fire
go
on
every
year.
Trash
recycling,
48
million
pounds
for
the
the
previous
exhibit
that
we
put
on
this.
AB
So
I'm
trying
to
try
to
put
some
reality
to
these
large
numbers
and,
what's
being
provided
to
the
community,
so
we'll
be
highlighting
that
at
the
proposed
budget
presentation
march
14th,
and
then
we
have
the
28th
budget
public
hearing
and
the
final
adoption
on
april
11th
so
that
that
concludes
tonight's
update.
So
take
any
questions
or
comments
at
this
point.
G
G
I
just
had
one
quick
question:
you
mentioned
in
the
comments,
scott,
that
there
was
a
535
000
increase
for
the
bloomington
election
commission,
and
that
was
the
first
time.
I've
heard
that
in
these
presentations,
can
you
give
me
any
information
of
what's
going
on
there.
AB
Well,
they,
I
don't
have
the
details
in
front
of
me
now,
but
they
periodically
need
additional
hardware
for
their
voting
machines,
etc.
You
know
that,
as
I
mentioned,
they
they
have
their
own
dedicated
revenue
source.
It's
really
a
property
tax
share
from
the
county,
so
they
have
an
independent
board
but
they're
reviewing
their
entire
setup,
location,
etc.
So
I
think
a
lot
of
that
is
equipment
related,
and
then
we
have
the
elections.
AB
This
coming
fall,
so
I
think
part
of
it
was
also
related
to
the
their
temporary
judges
that
they
need
for
the
year
as
well.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
scott
for
your
presentation.
J
A
T
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council.
Just
couple
of
opening
comments
very
excited
about
this.
This
is
going
to
be
chief
simmington's,
very
first
strategic
plan
that
he
shares.
Hopefully,
the
first
of
many
and
chief
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
you.
AC
Thank
you,
city
manager,
gleason
mayor
and
on
behalf
of
the
men
and
women
of
the
bloomington
police
department.
We
are
excited
for
the
strategic
plan
and
for
what's
to
come
for
the
city
of
bloomington,
as
we
strive
to
work
with
the
community
to
make
this
a
safe
place
to
live,
work,
play
worship
and
receive
education
next
slide.
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
Next
slide
goal
number
two
improve
the
quality
of
life
in
neighborhoods
strategy.
Number
one
is
is
focused
on
traffic
enforcement,
its
driving
conditions
and
improving
overall
road
safety
in
the
city
of
bloomington.
We
will
be
able
to
make
positive
change
through
the
four
ease
of
road
safety,
education
enforcement
engineering
in
emergency
services.
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
You
simmington
council,
any
questions.
AD
AD
As
far
as
the
police
department
goes,
my
primary
question
has
to
do
with
how
these
this
strategic
plan
was
developed
and
in
in
terms
of
what
kind
of
community
involvement
there
was
in
developing
the
plan
that
you've
you've
proposed.
AD
AC
That
that
is
a
very
good
question.
We
built
the
the
plan
internally
from
the
the
previous
plan.
Under
maybe
two
administrations
ago,
there
was
a
gap
and
there
was
no
plan
in
place.
AC
We
have
attempted
to
present
that
to
the
public
safety
community
relations
board,
unfortunately,
the
they
did
not
have
enough
members
to
have
an
official
meeting
when
we
were
to
provide
that
presentation
to
them
for
input.
AD
I
appreciate
that
I
I
just
can't
underscore
enough.
I
think
that
it's
essential
in
terms
of
building
trust
and
getting
buy-in
from
people
moving
forward
to
have
have
that
input
from
folks,
and
I
was
intrigued
by
your
your
idea
of
the
citizens
academy,
and
I
was
hoping
that
that
that
could
be
a
two-way
street
for
education.
It
sounds
right
now,
like
it's
primarily
focused
on
providing
information
to
the
public.
AD
I'd
encourage
that
it
it
be
a
two-way
street
and
an
opportunity
to
receive
information
as
well
and
as
maybe
a
starting
point
for
that,
and
as
a
nod
to
to
really
engaging
groups
that
have
been
disaffected.
I'd
encourage
shifting
the
the
name
of
that
to
maybe
residents
academy
instead
of
citizens,
academy.
A
Thank
you.
So
it
looks
like
we
have
a
I'm
gonna
go
from
left
to
right,
councilmember,
matthew,
council,
member
crumpler
and
then
councilmember
bowling.
G
Thanks
mayor
chief
thanks
for
the
presentation,
really
appreciate
it,
one
of
the
line
items
in
there.
You
mentioned
quarterly
meetings,
and
I
I
wasn't
sure
if
those
were
internal
meetings
or
if
you
were
going
to
resume,
we
used
to
have
a
practice
where
the
chief
would
have
quarterly
meetings
in
the
osborne
room
where
residents
could
come
and
just
he
could
say,
here's
what
we're
working
on
and
he
could
get
a
little
feedback
from
residents
at
the
same
time,
and
that's
been,
it's
been
asked
a
lot
of
me
if
we're
gonna
resume
those.
G
I
obviously
understand.
We've
been
under
some
weird
covid
lifestyle
changes,
but
is
that
what
you
were
intending
or
was
it
something
else
there.
AC
Yes,
sir,
that
is,
that
is
definitely
the
intent.
We
have.
We've
also
had
numerous
coffee
with
the
cop
community
events
as
well.
Some
have
been
well
attended,
others,
if
not,
but
I
will
have
quarterly
meetings
and
invite
the
public
to
to
come
in
and
engage
with
myself
and
a
senior
staff
throughout
the
year.
U
Yes,
thank
you,
mayor
chief.
I
also
really
appreciate
the
presentation
this
evening
I
was
I
was
struck
by
in
your
introduction
in
the
document,
a
commitment
to
a
continuous
improvement,
which
is
something
I
I
think
is
easy
to
talk
about
and
much
needed,
and
I
really
appreciated
that.
I
wondered
you
know
I
I
really
like
the
ambitiousness
of
this
plan
and
I
wondered
if
you
think
you
may
need
to
hire
additional
officers
or
other
personnel
as
you
move
forward.
You
know
to
make
this
plan
a
reality.
AC
We
we
hope
to
strive
to
onboard
at
least
11
more
and
to
get
us
closer
to
our
number
of
128.
AC
We
can
do
some
remarkable
things
if
we're
able
to
get
there
and
we're
striving
every
day
to
to
recruit,
as
has
been
a
challenging
or
challenging
for
the
industry
for
for
us
to
recruit
police
officers,
but
that
is
definitely
a
significant
component
of
of
building
our
workforce.
F
Yeah
thanks
chief
for
the
information
I
read
through
the
entire
thing
and
I'm
very
impressed
with
the
the
plan
and
if,
if
you
follow
through
on
all
of
it,
I
think
that'll
be
great.
I
only
have
one
question
is:
are
there
police
officers
serving
on
the
law
and
justice
coordinating
council,
because
I
know
that
that
council.
F
AC
Yes,
ma'am,
we
we
are
involved
in
that
we
we
attend
the
meetings
on
a
regular
basis
and
we
are
engaged
with
that.
That
committee.
A
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
other
questions.
A
Okay,
council,
member
krebel.
E
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you,
chief,
thank
you
for
what
you
and
all
your
department
does
to
keep
us
safe,
and
that
thanks
also
comes
from
my
constituents
so
representing
them
as
well.
I
and
I
really
like
the
the
strategic
plan,
I
had
a
couple
of
questions
and
then
then
a
co.
E
So
the
first
thing
I
note
that
part
of
the
plan
references,
the
importance
of
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion,
and
that
made
me
think
of
a
conversation
we've
had
before.
With
regard
to
hey.
E
E
AC
Yes,
sir,
no
problem,
so
I'm
of
course
african-american.
I
grew
up
in
a
second
poorest
community
here
in
illinois,
I
witnessed
poverty.
I
was
a
part
of
poverty
as
well
as
my
my
family,
immediate
family
and
extended
family,
and
all
of
us
made
it
out
of
poverty,
and
it
is
certainly
a
blessing
having
a
family
that
worked
hard
to
make
sure
we
have
opportunity
having
a
church
foundation.
AC
You
know
reflecting
on
an
african
proverb:
it
takes
a
whole
village
to
raise
to
raise
a
child
and
witnessing
what
is
occurring
here
in
the
city
of
bloomington.
I
am
very
impressed
because
it
allows
those
and
that
are
in
those.
AC
AC
So
not
everyone
who
lives
in
poverty
is
subject
to
making
decisions
to
involve
themselves
in
crime.
That
is,
that
is
a
decision.
And
fortunately,
for
me
my
my
brothers
sisters,
my
cousins,
we
chose
not
to
and
a
lot
of
close
friends
in
a
lot
of
success
came
from
that,
but
there
are
some
some
that
feel
they.
AC
E
I
appreciate
that
thorough
answer.
My
second
question
would
be:
you
talked
about
one
of
the
goals
with
regard
to
making
our
streets
safer
and-
and
you
said
it,
it
dealt
with
a
number
of
things,
including
engineering,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I've
talked
about
before
is
the
design
of
a
street.
You
know
lends
itself
to
a
certain
speed
right
and
what
some
people
call
road
diets.
Maybe
making
a
street
narrower
helps,
naturally
reduce
the
speed
of
vehicle
of
a
vehicle.
AC
Yes,
I
am,
I
do
not
pretend
to
be
an
engineer
for
sure,
but
understanding
that
the
roads
that
we
currently
traverse
today
were
not
built
for
the
number
of
vehicles
that
travel
through
them,
the
design
with
vehicles,
the
weight
of
the
vehicles
and
then
foot
traffic,
more
cyclists.
AC
AC
And
it
it's
a
best
practice,
a
continuous
improvement
strategy
that
that
we
should
look
at
as
a
as
a
combined
effort,
community
or
engineers
that
work
for
the
city
of
bloomington
in
the
police
department.
So
certainly,
I
think
we
should.
We
should
be
open-minded
when
it
comes
to
that.
E
Great
and
and
yeah
so
I
think
you
know
working
if
you
see
an
issue
with
you
know
people
just
traveling
too
fast
and
you
think
it's
an
issue
with
the
road
that
could
be
changed
that
you
work
with.
You
know
public
works.
Let
them
know
right
that
that
you
know
communication
back
and
forth.
E
Yeah,
exactly
yes
and
and
just
a
request
or
a
consideration,
someone
mentioned
to
me.
One
of
the
statements
says:
liaison
with
city,
legal,
economic
development
and
local
social
services
agencies
to
address
the
needs
of
homeless
subjects
in
the
downtown
corridor,
and
maybe
that
term
subjects
is.
It
could
be
considered
a
derogatory
term
as
how
it's
used
and
maybe
just
consider
changing
it,
the
needs
of
the
homeless
population
and
the
downtown
border,
and
that's
all
I
have
thank
you.
Okay,.
A
Thank
you
and
then
we
have
a
council
member
becker,
councilmember
emake,
and
we
have
only
about
10
minutes
left
just
to
let
you
know.
D
I
I
will
be
very
quick
chief,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
presentation
and
for
all
that
you
do.
I'm
gonna
take
a
different
attack
and
I
don't
necessarily
expect
you
to
be
able
to
answer
this
tonight,
but
I'm
going
to
say
what,
if
anything
is
being
done
by
the
staff
or
the
council,
that
is
limiting
your
ability
to
be
effective.
D
So
tell
us,
you
know:
are
we
preventing
you
from
being
effective
and
then,
if
there's
a
suggestion
of
specifically
hey,
I
need
x
to
be
more
effective
in
executing
this
plan.
You
know
those
are
the
two
questions
I
have
for
you
to
really
tell
us
how
we
can
partner
with
you
to
be
more
effective
in
support
of
you.
AC
As
the
police
chief
here
in
the
city
of
bloomington,
I
feel
that
I
am,
and
the
police
department
is
very
blessed
to
have
a
supportive
city
council,
as
well
as
city
manager,
deputy
city
manager
and
mayor.
So
I
I
feel
the
resources
are
have
been
made
available
that
my
my
boss
is
approachable
so
that
we
can
make
those
proper
strides
and
the
bloomington
police
department
is
in
a
very
good
place
under
great
leadership,
and
I
have
nothing
derogatory
or
negative
to
to
speak
to.
AC
We
can
carry
out
this
this
mission
and
and
continue
to
grow.
We,
our
major
struggle
is,
is
recruiting
to
be
very
honest,
but
it's
one
that
my
peers
share
throughout
the
nation.
Everyone
is
having
a
difficult
time
attracting
talent
to.
AC
A
lot
of
controversy
that
police
departments
have
experienced,
for
instance,
it's
not
an
attractable
occupation.
It
takes
someone
with
a
great
level
of
patience
and
interest
in
serving
on
the
community
under
great
scrutiny,
and
so
we
are
striving
to
try
to
overcome
that.
And
I
know
we
have
the
support
of
the
city
to
do
so,
and
I
hope.
J
A
Thank
you
councilmember
emig.
Last
but
not
least,
not
least,.
X
Thank
you,
mayor
chief.
I
really
enjoyed
learning
about
your
strategic
plan
and
I
just
want
to
in
particular
applaud
the
focus
on
youth
and
and
really
targeting
intervention
strategies
there
and
I
know
you're
familiar
with
restorative
justice
practices,
but
I
was
when
I
moved
here
from
chicago.
I
was
really
impressed
with
the
level
of
implementation
that
they
were
starting
to
engage
in
at
the
local
schools.
X
So
I
that
reciprocal
relationship
between
the
community
and
the
efforts
of
the
police
around
really
supporting
our
youth,
I'm
excited,
I
think
it's
a
great
opportunity,
and
that
was
just
one
intersection
that
I
saw
right
away
and
we
we
had
a
another
relate
relationship
back
to
what
councilor
krabill
was
saying
about
the
traffic
and
the
road
diet
which
I
try
to
use
whenever
I
can
that
phrase,
but
we
had
a
really
interesting
presentation
to
move
towards
vision,
zero
by
the
regional
planning
commission
and
I'm
no
engineer
either,
but
I
think
there's
so
much
opportunity
there
as
well
to
think
think
about
how
we
develop
roads
and
planning,
and
there
were
some
excellent
action
steps
identified
in
that
plan
that
that
might
work
incredibly
well.
X
A
Thank
you,
okay.
Okay,
I
think
that's.
That
is
all
we
have.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
a
great
presentation
and
for
serving
under
sometimes
very
difficult
circumstances
and
a
lot
of
scrutiny,
but
you
you
don't
do
it
with
grace,
so
it's
definitely
appreciated.
Thank
you.
A
So
we're
going
to
move
on
to
item
8e
consideration
and
action
to
approve
an
agreement
as
a
sole
source
with
flock
safety
with
for
a
24
month,
fixed
annual
cost
to
automatically
renew
each
year
contingent
on
approval
in
the
annual
budget,
as
requested
by
the
police
department,
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
city
manager.
Gleason.
For
some
initial
comments
and
the
chief.
T
T
AC
Thank
you.
It
is
a
honor
privilege
again
to
be
before
the
city
council
and
to
let
you
know
that
we
feel
that
this
goes
towards
one
of
our
strategic
goals
and
that's
leveraging
technology
to
carry
out
our
mission
or
to
better
assist
us
in
carrying
out
our
mission.
We
have
the
responsibility
to
serve
and
protect
the
most
vulnerable
with
that
responsibility
comes
a
responsible
effort
to
pursue
technology
improvements
which
would
greatly
enhance
our
capability
to
effectively
and
efficiently
serve
the
entire
city,
regardless
of
the
socioeconomic
status
rates,
color
or
other
classifications.
AC
AC
AC
The
bloomington
police
department
has
utilized
the
flock
lpr
data
from
a
partner
agency
to
locate
a
suspect
vehicle
used
in
a
november
2021
homicide.
A
team
of
six
detectives
have
been
searching
for
this
vehicle
on
overtime
for
approximately
four
hours
without
success.
We
utilize
the
lpr
flock
system.
AC
The
search
placed
the
car
that
the
suspect
was
in
in
that
city,
therefore
providing
an
alibi,
although
he
had
surfaced
as
as
a
premier
suspect
in
that
incident.
AC
2018,
the
bloomington
police
department
investigated
homicide,
800
block
of
west
jefferson.
Those
who
were
responsible
for
the
murder
had
conducted
pre-crime
surveillance
from
a
vehicle
then
returned
to
that
vehicle
after
killing
the
suspect,
I'm
sorry
the
the
victim.
My
apologies,
the
suspect
vehicle
was
detected
on
our
nearby
public
safety
cameras
during
the
crime
multiple
times
during
the
investigation
we
had
not
only
were
able
to
identify
the
vehicle
on
video.
AC
AC
We
currently
have
18
public
safety
cameras
that
have
been
in
use
in
this
community
since
2012..
They
have
been
very
instrumental
in
solving
numerous
crimes
throughout
this
community
that
technology
has
been
used
responsibly.
Many
will
say
that
those
cameras
provide
more
information
than
the
flock
system
will.
It
will
be
able
to
in
our
investigations.
AC
AC
Only
the
data
collected
by
the
camera,
which
is
based
on
alphanumeric
characters,
are
captured
no
personal
data
vehicle
owner's
information,
their
address
their
race,
their
age,
their
date
of
birth
is
not
collected.
AC
AC
The
capture
data
from
the
flock
camera
is
automatically
cross-indexed
with
the
fbi.
Ncic
data
for
stolen
vehicles,
missing
persons,
silver
alerts,
those
are
lost,
elderly
persons,
amber
alerts,
missing
endangered
youth
and
it
sends
our
police
department
a
hit.
When
there
is
a
match,
we
will
limit
the
flock
information
to
major
crimes.
Those
are
homicides,
shootings,
robberies,
arsons,
sexual
assaults,
burglaries
aggravated
batteries,
stolen
cars,
wanted
subjects
etc.
AC
When
hits
are
generated,
we
will
require
a
validation
process
from
a
command
officer.
We
will
not
immediately
stop
a
vehicle
based
on
on
a
hit.
There
has
to
be
a
validation
process
that
an
officer
would
go
through.
That
would
be
responsible
and,
of
course,
supervised
by
by
a
command
officer,
and
all
of
this
will
be
governed
by
our
policy.
AC
AC
AC
Feat
to
pay
the
technology
is
a
lot
more
cheaper
than
than
it
ever
has
been,
and
the
technology
has
advanced
from
a
comparisons
perspective,
the
illinois
department
of
transportation
or
the
tollway
system,
utilizes
alpr's
on
the
toei
system.
The
illinois
state
police,
in
partnership
with
the
illinois
department
of
transportation,
has
deployed
over
100
cameras
on
a
chicago
interstate
system
to
help
them
investigate
shootings
that
are
have
been
occurring
on
the
interstate
system.
AC
With
the
deployment
of
10
of
these
alpr's,
it
is
a
fraction
of
of
what
other
communities
are
using
and
we
feel
that
we've
been
very
responsible
in
sharing
that
with
the
community,
for
instance,
we
had
a
three
hour
online
question
and
answer
form
with
community
members.
We
have
shared
information
through
our
social
media.
AC
AC
B
A
A
F
A
Okay,
so
motion
by
council
member
money,
second
by
council
member
bolin-
I
believe
so
is
there?
Are
there
any
other
questions
or
yes.
E
A
I
know
council
member
monty,
you
still
have
your
hand
up
electronically,
wasn't
sure
if
you're
okay
sounds
good.
Thank
you.
Okay,
let's
go
ahead.
E
Thank
you
mayor.
So
back
in
january,
I
moved
to
table
this
item,
so
we
could
have
a
public
public
input
and
and
the
involvement
of
our
tech
commission,
the
pscrb,
as
you
mentioned
chief.
E
The
reason
is
this
is
a
big
increase
in
the
use
of
technology
that
will
impact
everybody
in
in
the
community,
we'll
be
gathering
hundreds
of
thousands
of
license
plates
with
only
a
few
being
relevant
to
you
know,
crime
investigation
and
I
think
what
happened
was
you
know
we
could
have
been
really
efficient
past
it
the
first
time,
but
I
think
sometimes
in
government
things
should
not
be
efficient.
E
We
should
stop
and
get
community
input,
especially
from
those
volunteers
on
our
boards
of
commissions
to
have
a
say-
and
I
think
that
has
been
a
positive
for
the
department
and
and
for
the
community,
and
I
think
I
listened
to
both
meetings,
the
tech
twice,
because
there
was
some
technical.
It
was
a
little
difficult
to
understand,
but
I
think
you
know
jack.
You
did
a
great
job
chief
as
well.
E
You
were
asked
some
tough
questions,
especially
by
the
pscrb,
and
you
did
a
great
job
of
answering
them.
My
constituents,
I
asked
them,
how
they
felt
and
they
had
generally
approved
of
the
cameras,
but
others
in
the
community,
as
you
maybe
have
heard
in
public
comment,
have
some
concerns
with
the
technology.
E
E
You
know
all
that
you
know
you've
said:
we've
gone
back
and
forth.
Chief
you've
answered
lots
of
questions
for
me,
which
I
I
appreciate
I've
taken
to
mind.
You
know
the
comments
that
that
tim
has
shared
with
us
and
I'm
trying
to
do
this
in
a
way.
That's
that's.
E
You
know
reasonable
and
and
may
get
majority
approval,
so
my
amendment,
that
would
be
that
we
approve
the
purchase
of
the
cameras
on
the
condition
that
the
department
considers
certain
things,
and
so
some
of
the
things
that
like
say
the
psrb
mentioned,
was
that
there
were.
You
know
you
both
talked
about
this
only
applying
to
major
crimes.
E
Right
but
there's
nothing
specific
in
the
policy
on
that,
and
then
you
know
there
was
talk
by
the
pserb
that
you
know
this
be
used
as
a
crime,
solving
tool
versus
crime
reduction,
and
then
you
heard
some
public
comment
about
considering
additional,
maybe
outside
audit.
E
So
what
what
I
would
propose
as
an
amendment
is
that
the
department
consider
consider,
as
a
condition
of
passing
this,
that
it
consider
and
report
back
on
possible
changes
to
the
policy
based
on
public
input,
including
providing
further
description
of
what
kind
of
crimes
will
or
not
be
subject
of
the
alpr
system.
While
allowing
for
the
flexibility,
the
department
needs,
adding
that
the
use
of
the
cameras
as
a
crime,
solving
tool
that
may
have
crime
reduction
impacts
and
that
the
department
consider
the
need
of
an
additional
audit
outside
of
the
department.
E
Another
condition
I
would
like,
if
there
is
any
significant
changes
in
the
policy,
especially
on
use
collection,
access,
dissemination
and
retention,
that
council
be
notified
and
that
council
be
notified
of
any
request
to
purchase
additional
all
alpr
cameras.
E
Now
we'll
vote
on
that
amendment
and
if
there's
a
second
and
if,
if
the
majority
doesn't
agree,
that's
good,
we'll
approve
it
and
if
not,
it
shows.
There's
that
there's
a
majority
that
have
some
concerns
about
those
things.
So,
but
I.
F
F
A
Sure-
and
I
was
going
to
ask
the
makers
of
the
motion
if
they
were
and
the
second
or
who
was
the
seconder,
how
we
had
money
and
then
I
was
boland.
Okay,
are
you
okay
with
the
amendment?
No?
No?
Okay?
No,
no!
Okay!
So
let's
let's
go
ahead
and
then
we
can
just
vote
on
this
particular
motion
and
then,
if
it
doesn't,
if
it
fails
and
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
motion.
AD
AD
F
There
can
I
ask
a
procedural
question:
can
somebody
rule
on
my
objection
or
my
yeah
my
point
of
order.
F
Could
I
have
jeff
rule
on
on
these
on
the
on
the
amendment
to
the
motion
is
that,
within
the
order
of
the
day,
as
far
as
we
are
not
supposed
to
be
voting
on
the
policy,
it's
not
on
the
agenda.
A
So
what
are
you
looking
to
do?
Jeff?
Are
you
looking
to
vote
on
the
contract,
or
are
you
looking
to
to
to
change
the
policy
because.
AF
E
Right
and
and
my
my
motion
and
my
amendment
is
that
we
approve
the
motion
conditionally
on
the
department
considering
these
changes
in
the
policy.
So
I
do
believe
that's
within
what
we
are
deciding,
because
we
are
deciding
on
whether
to
approve
the
cameras
and
we
can
decide
whether
we
want
to
put
conditions
on
that
approval.
AF
AF
So
I
guess
my
question
would
be
if
so,
this
is
to
approve
the
contract
right
and,
if
you're,
making
that
contingent
upon
approval
of
the
contract
there's
no
way
for
us
once
we
approve
the
contract
to
then
revoke
that
dependent
on
what
the
police
department
does
so
are.
Are
you
maybe
rephrasing
the
motion,
as
that
you
would
also
like
to
see
them
do
this
is,
is
something
but
I
don't
know
that
we
can
make
the
contract
contingent
upon
that.
If
that
makes
sense,.
A
I
think
to
me
that
would
be
appropriate
for
you
to
come
back
at
some
other
point.
You
know
after
we've
approved
this.
I
think
it's
fine.
If
I
read
what
the
pscrb
said,
you
know
they
said
for
you
to
consider
some
of
those.
I
think,
there's
like
four
or
five
points
that
you
have
to
consider.
A
E
You
know,
and
I
think
going
off
of
what
council
member
ward
said.
I
think
you
know
what
we
could
do
is
to
approve
the
original
motion
or
vote.
I'm
sorry
vote
on
the
original
motion
and
then
we
have
an
understanding
that-
and
I
think
I
think,
you're
coming
back
to
speak
to
us
in
march.
If
I
understand
right
and
maybe
address
those
concerns
at
that
meeting
with
with
the
policy
is
that
would
that
be
fair.
A
G
Well,
I
was
just
gonna
say
you
know
the
the
the
big
part
of
this.
First
of
all,
I
really
do
appreciate
the
the
presentation
at
the
technology
commission.
I
wrote
and
it
posted
publicly
after
that
that
I
felt
like
jack,
had
really
knocked
it
out
of
the
park
and
answered
all
the
questions
that
the
tech
commission
had.
You
know
when
it
came
to
use
and
operations
and
stuff.
G
G
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
having
a
conversation
at
city
council
to
talk
about
that
before
that
contract
auto
renews,
because
I
don't
want
this
to
end
up
in
a
budget
line
item
and
nobody
ever
thinks
about
it
again,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
we
evaluate
it
to
make
sure
it
did
what
we
intended
to
do
right.
I
I
trust
and
support
our
police,
and
I
want
to
give
them
the
tools
they
need
to
make
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
of
residents.
G
A
Right,
but
I
you
know
from
what
I
can
see
in
the
in
the
staff
memo,
so
the
flock
safety
is
for
two
years
with
renewal
contingent
on
council
approval.
A
Yeah,
I
don't
think
this
one
will:
okay,
councilmember
crumpler.
U
Thank
you
mayor.
I
will
be
voting
yes
on
to
approve
the
agreement
this
evening.
You
know,
I
appreciate
the
extra
time
you
know
that
we've
had,
I
was
able
to
reach
out
to
members
of
ward
9
whom
I
represent,
and
the
support
you
know
for
the
flock
cameras
was
was
really
a
major
support
from
the
from
the
folks
who
live
out
here.
You
know,
and
I
got
to
be
honest.
I
I
believe
that
there
has
been
a
thorough
discussion
on
both
at
the
tech.
U
You
know:
commission,
the
pscrb
community,
through
social
media
and
and
tonight
as
well-
and
I
I
understand
the
concerns
with
language.
You
know
in
the
in
the
you
know
in
the
guidelines,
but
but
I
feel
like
that,
the
bloomington
police
department,
you
know,
has
responded
to
these
discussions
in
a
fair
amount
of
detail.
U
I'm
satisfied
with
the
level
of
accountability,
that's
provided
in
that
document,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
the
chief
and
his
staff
for
putting
together.
You
know
the
guidelines
that
I
think
will
help
make
these
cameras
effective
in
our
community.
So
thank
you.
A
Okay,
I
think
we
have
council,
member
money,
emig
and
bolin
and
then
we're
going
to
vote
after
that.
Oh,
do
you
want
to
say?
Okay,
all
right.
Would
you
like
to
say
something
before
you
go
over?
Okay,
all
right,
council
member
monday.
AE
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
police
department
staff.
It's
been
48
days
since
we
were
asked
to
approve
this
and
you've
gone
through
hours
and
hours
of
presentations
at
four
scheduled
meetings
and
one
that,
unfortunately,
couldn't
take
place.
You've
answered
questions
patiently,
you've
provided
details.
AE
AE
Since
this
time
has
passed,
our
failure
to
fund
police
requests
for
technology
that
is
used
all
over
the
state
all
over
the
country.
It's
technology
available
in
the
private
sector
here
in
our
community
we've
had
two
additional
homicides
that
have
taken
place
since
then.
That's
the
best
of
my
knowledge
have
not
been
solved
and
we've
now
learned
of
a
missing
needle
body
of
a
child
that
having
technology
like
this
could
help
solve.
AE
No
one
has
said
it
will
solve
all
these
crimes,
but
it
could
help
it's
another
data
point,
and
I
was
very
struck
by
the
public
comment
today
about
the
three
years
that
this
mother
has
gone
through.
Knowing
now
that
technologies
like
this
could
have
helped
that
process
go
smoother
and
more
information
be
available
sooner.
I
thank
you
for
your
patience
with
us
and
I
certainly
support
funding
you
to
appropriately
address
concerns
in
our
community
from
a
crime
perspective.
AE
X
Yeah,
I'm
unmuted,
thank
you
and
I
just
want
to
reiterate
what
everyone
has
said.
The
the
police
department
has
gone
above
and
beyond.
They
have
provided
an
enormous
amount
of
information
to
us
patiently
and
truly
addressed
the
concern
that
that
there
be
wide
community
input.
So
in
that
vein,
I'm
probably
gonna
be
a
loan
vote
here.
X
I
will
not
vote
yes
this
evening,
primarily
because
many
of
my
constituents
have
continued
to
reach
out
to
me
and
they
do
recognize
the
value
of
safety
and
well-being
and
the
compelling
uses
of
the
technology,
but
at
the
same
time,
even
with
the
draft
policy
and
curbs
on
use,
there
are
still
open
questions
about
potential
risks,
consequences
around
transparency
precedent
if
anything
writ
large.
X
It
has
more
to
do
with
flock,
perhaps
than
our
police
department,
so
just
to
give
voice
to
those
who
have
been
concerned
about
about
the
just
the
larger
question
of
how
these
data
have
come
to
light
fast
and
furiously
nationally
and
the
potential
for
a
problem.
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
that
statement
as
well.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
boland
say
we
are
way
past
our
time.
So
let's
do
what
we
can
do
quickly.
F
Well,
we
kind
of
expected
that
anyway,
forward's
gonna
go
with
this.
Oh
yes,
I
understand
the
concerns.
I
read
the
policy.
I
think
that
the
police
department
has
yes
gone
way
out
of
their
way.
To
answer
all
the
problems
to
address
all
the
concerns,
I
believe
that
we
should
go
ahead.
I'm
going
to
be
well
I'm
in
favor
of
the
the
cameras
for
a
lot
of
reasons.
F
I
I
think
that
the
policy
is
is
acceptable
and
if
there
is
a
problem
with
the
policy
or
concerns
moving
forward,
if
something
comes
up
in
the
next
month
or
two
after
the
cameras
are
put
in
place,
then
it
goes
through
the
process
that
we
already
have
in
place
with
this
pscrb
and
the
ordinance.
For
that
also
says,
the
psc
or
b
can
come
to
the
council
and
demand
changes
or
recommend
changes.
F
I'm
sorry,
so
I
don't
see
rehashing
and
rediscussing
unless
the
problem
comes
about
considering
this
policy
has
been
written
and
rewritten
and
gone
over
with
a
fine
tooth
comb.
I'm
satisfied
and
if
there
are
problems,
address
them
as
they
come
up.
Thank
you.
AD
AC
Yes,
city
manager,
we
we
have
input
the
information
based
on
their
suggestions
into
the
policy.
The
policy
will
be
on
the
transparency
dashboard
and
made
available
to
the
community,
like
all
of
our
other
policies,
are
for
the
bloomington
police
department.
T
And
that
is
exactly
what
I
expected
in
the
communication
prior
to
the
meeting
with
council.
The
policies
drafted.
The
policy
has
been
written
with
a
different
consideration
if
we
get
into
if
this
is
approved
tonight
and
we
get
into
like
any
policy,
it's
adaptable.
T
The
reporting
back
to
council
is
one
that
you
know.
You
will
see
at
a
year-end
report
that
we
received
from
the
police
department,
and
we
know
that
this
is
a
high-profile
item
and
it
will
definitely
will
provide
updates
to
council.
AD
AC
So
with
any
policy
within
the
police
department,
we
have
to
go
through
a
vetting
process
internally.
The
policy
has
to
be
staffed
with
the
unions,
so
that
step
has
not
occurred.
Yet,
once
that
occurs,
then
I
can
put
my
signature
on
it
there's
agreement
and
then
the
policy
will
be
made
public
like
we
do
with
all
of
our
other
policies.
We
are
very
transparent
in
that
effort.
A
A
F
D
O
T
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council
end
of
the
month,
and
we
have
the
monthly
finance
director's
report.
Scott
is
going
to
go
through
this
quickly
and
I
will
as
well
with
my
city
manager,
discussion
after
that
scott.
AB
Thank
you
senior
manager.
Yes,
I
will
be
brief.
The
message
has
not
changed
from
last
month:
continued
positive
trends
in
revenues.
We
haven't
seen
any
tapering
there.
There
are
concerns
with
expenses,
but
we
are
managing
those
and
eyeing
those
cautiously.
So
I
will
look
just
to
make
a
comment
or
two
per
exhibit
next
slide,
please
phil!
AB
Thank
you,
sir.
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
the
food
and
beverage
line
item
here.
You
know
we're
eight
months
through
the
year.
So
far
we
have
an
821
000,
positive,
year-to-date
variance.
When
you
look
out
to
the
far
right,
you
can
see
that
we
took
the
budget
down
by
575
thousand.
AB
So
even
though
we're
only
eight
months
through
the
year,
we've
surpassed
any
differences
in
the
in
the
reduction
I
want
to
acknowledge.
You
know
comments
been
made
that
you
know
related
to
our
tax
revenues.
You
know
a
positive
for
the
city
might
not
necessarily
translate
to
a
positive
for
the
community.
It's
kind
of
one
of
those
double-edged
swords
people
are
potentially
paying
more
for
inflation.
AB
Some
of
that
is
resulting
in
higher
sales
taxes
for
us,
but
from
the
standpoint
of
the
financials
for
the
city,
we
are
faring
well
at
this
point
in
time
at
the
very
bottom.
I
want
to
highlight
that
the
year-to-date
variance
for
this
group
of
major
tax
revenues
is
11.1
million,
and
that
will
be
come
apparently
why
it's
important
here
in
just
a
moment
next
slide
please.
AB
So
we
always
review
the
general
fund.
As
I
mentioned
during
the
budget
presentation,
its
largest
fund
is
impacted
the
most
from
economic
variances,
so
it
kind
of
garners
the
most
attention.
I
just
wanted
to
highlight.
The
the
we
have
a
projection
column
in
here
now,
with
a
projected
year
end.
We
started
that
last
month,
once
we
get
you
know
mostly
through
the
year,
we
start
updating
the
projections.
We
have
that
that
taxes
line
where
we've
projected
to
come
in
17
million
dollars
over
budget.
AB
Of
course,
we
took
2022
down
somewhat,
but
I
just
wanted
to
reference
the
previous
slide,
how
we're
11.1
million
dollars
over
a
year
to
date
and
17
million
dollars
projected
for
year
end
here
today,
where
we're
reflecting
about
eight
months.
So
we
are
tracking
with
that
projection.
Our
budget
manager
meets
with
all
well.
Let
me
go
to
expenditures
first,
before
I
launch
into
that.
Next
slide,
please
the
same
setup
as
far
as
what
we're
providing
for
financial
information
now
with
projection.
AB
We
have
a
budget
adjustments,
column
and
that
drives
kind
of
our
projected
year.
Year-End
totals
our
budget
manager
meets
with
departments
at
least
quarterly
sends
out
the
reports.
Monthly
he's
added
the
projection
column
on
their
reports,
so
that
we're
monitoring
these
expenditures,
as
inflation
goes
up
for
right
now,
just
kind
of
highlighting
the
revised
budget
column,
the
very
first
column,
the
capital
expenditures.
You
can
see
that
it
shows
3.7
million.
We
started
the
year
at
600.
AB
000
council
approved
a
budget
amendment
to
pay
cash
for
equipment
for
the
current
fiscal
year
so
again
reflecting
how
we're
trying
to
report
to
the
community
changes
in
our
in
our
process
that
strategic
initiative
very
fortunate
tax
revenues
and
the
way
we
finished
21
allowed
us
to
do
that.
Otherwise,
the
the
far
right
column
down
at
the
bottom
we're
currently
projecting
a
year-end
reserve
of
about
34.5
million
dollars.
That
is
materially
unchanged
from
last
month.
AB
Next
slide,
please,
enterprise
funds,
key
data
points
here
is
the
very
bottom
line,
the
revenue,
a
trend.
You
know
we
are
75
percent
of
the
fiscal
year.
These
revenues
for
the
enterprise
funds
usually
track
pretty
closely
to
the
trend
I
mean
we
may
have
consumption
increases
like
in
water,
etc.
You
can
see
that
we're
we're
trending
right
with
the
calculated
trend
or
above
except
for
the
arena
which,
as
everyone
know,
was
impacted
dramatically
from
covid.
The
second
thing
I'll
highlight
here
is
the
solid
waste
column.
AB
I
think
it
was
the
october
financial
report
councilman,
where
bowling
asked
you
know
about
the
large
year-to-date
loss
we
were
showing
well,
those
are
commitments,
those
pos
that's
encumbrances,
that
line
when
we
sign
the
contracts
for
landfills,
etc.
We
reflect
that
immediately.
So
back
in
october,
we
had
a
showed
730,
000
year-to-date
loss,
and
you
can
see
it's
come
down
to
275
000,
because
we're
progressing
through
the
year
recognizing
revenues,
even
though
we
recognize
those
expenditures,
those
encumbrances
right
out
of
the
gate.
AB
So
those
are
really
all
the
comments
I
wanted
to
make
for
the
evening
again.
Revenues
are
trending
next
slide,
though.
Please
phil,
renew
revenues
are
trending
expenses,
we
are
concerned,
but
we
are
managing
those
to
date.
I
want
to
highlight
to
the
community.
These
reports
can
be
found
found
at
that
address
online
documents,
finance
documents,
budget,
monthly
budget
and
finance
director
reports,
and
that
is
all
for
the
presentation
for
this
evening.
Any
questions
comments.
T
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council
I'll
go
through
these
very
quickly.
First
friday
event.
Downtown
is
not
this
yeah.
It
is
this
friday,
five
to
eight
pm
celebrating
female
entrepreneurs.
T
Next
slide
new
employees.
We
have
a
handful
of
police
officers,
dakota
demoss,
trey
jones,
nicholas
heinz
and
then
with
the
police,
support
staff,
dean,
mueller
and
then
alyssa
pemberton
with
economic
community
development.
She
actually,
I
believe,
comes
from
rockford
excited
about
that
hire.
Matthew.
Barber
also
supports
staff
for
economic
community
development.
I
know
we've
had
a
busy
month
is
that
it
on
new
employees.
Phil
all
right
set
the
end
of
the
slides,
a
couple
of
other
items
as
everybody's
aware
governor's
order.
T
One
of
those
possible
examples
would
be
the
zoo
in
enclosed
areas
where
the
determination
is
that's
for
the
safety
of
the
zoo
animals,
something
else
I
wanted
to
share
that
effective
in
march.
Our
first
meeting
council
meeting
is
march
14th.
T
All
council
meetings,
boards
and
commissions
will
be
back
in
person
one
to
share
that
with
the
community
and
then
also
just
an
update
on
a
couple
of
agenda
items
that
are
coming
up
on
the
14th.
We
have
the
fy
23
proposed
budget
that
finance
director
scott
rathbun
just
shared.
J
T
There
were
a
few
council
members
and
I
know
everyone
was
interested
in
this
question
of
staff
and
just
quickly
reporting
more
detail
will
come
at
some
point
capacity
for
the
prime
row
construction
to
do
more
work,
and
the
answer
is
yes:
what
is
the
rating
rating
policy
or
practice
that
we
have
as
a
community
regarding
the
roads
and
it's
called
decision,
optimization
technology,
and
if
you
fall
anywhere
between
a
six
and
a
seven
point,
nine
percent,
that
rating
puts
us
in
a
good
rate.
We
fall
at
a
six
point.
Three.
T
The
projection
is
that
in
five
years
we
will
drop
to
a
6.1
so
with
what
I
believe
is
a
desire
or
a
strong
desire
from
council,
and
I
know
that
I
need
to
provide
more
information.
I'm
just
going
through
this
very
quickly
tonight
we
can
add
additional
dollars,
possibly
to
try
to
maintain
that
6.3
and
possibly
even
improve
the
overall
rating,
also
to
consider
when
we're
talking
about
asphalt
and
concrete
for
the
roads,
the
different
type
of
road
repairs
or
resurfacing
that
we
do
there's
likely
always
going
to
be
a
sidewalk
component
to
this.
T
So
the
very
very
rough
numbers
that
we're
throwing
out
is
possibly
an
additional
1.75
million
dollars
and
we
are
looking
to
find
the
revenue
stream
for
that
and
fy24,
not
fy23,
hoping
that
when
we
take
up
this
council
discussion
further,
we
might
consider
for
a
construction
23,
the
arp
funds,
because
we
can
let
a
second
contract
to
do
some
additional
road
work
in
this
construction
season.
I
know
I
covered
that
very
quickly
intended
to
take
a
little
bit
more
time,
but
we've
had
a
long
evening.
A
Okay,
thank
you
under
mayor's
discussion,
not
a
whole
lot,
just
a
just
an
fyi
that
the
one
voice
trip
is
happening.
It
is
happening
starting
tomorrow.
However,
at
the
time
that
it
was
being
considered,
we
were
unsure
whether
or
not
we
could
be
in
person.
So
at
this
point
you
know
we
have
elected
not
to
go,
but
we
will
attend
a
couple
of
virtual
meetings
in
the
next.
You
know,
I
think
I
believe
on
wednesday.
B
E
So
it's
february
28
the
last
day
of
black
history
month,
and
why
do
we
celebrate
black
history
month?
Because
black
history
is
so
often
been
ignored
or
suppressed?
We
dedicate
a
month
to
bring
light
the
facts
that
our
country
wouldn't
be
what
it
is
today
without
the
involvement
and
accomplishments
of
black
americans.
E
E
Black
americans
are
never
paid
for
the
labor
and
torture
they
suffered
during
the
hundreds
of
years
of
slavery,
a
promise
of
one
acre
or
40
acres.
A
new
mule
was
not
kept.
That
alone
is
worth
trillions
in
today's
dollars.
After
slavery,
jim
crow
laws
were
enacted,
creating
a
reign
of
terror,
debt,
peonage
and
destroying
of
any
wealth
that
black
americans
accumulated.
E
The
depression
was
hard
on
everyone,
but
especially
hard
and
black
americans,
who
were
intentionally
excluded
from
most
new
deal
benefits
after
world
war
ii.
The
gi
bill
helped
in
obtaining
an
education
and
buying
home,
both
of
which
led
to
wealth
accumulation,
but
black
americans
were
mostly
denied
this
benefit
from
the
1930s
to
the
60s.
They
were
denied
mortgages.
These
are
just
examples.
E
If
you
argue,
the
reparations
are
not
needed
because
of
the
same
type
of
discrimination
no
longer
exist
would
be
saying
something
like
I
stole
your
car.
I
promise
not
to
steal
another
car
from
you,
but
you
never
return
the
original
car
that
you
stole.
That's
not
justice,
that's
what
has
resulted
in
a
wealth
disparity
of
up
to
13
to
1
between
white
and
black
families.
E
We
need
to
have
that
discussion
as
a
community,
I'm
not
going
to
submit
an
initiative.
I
know
we
don't
want
to
do
that,
but
I
believe
these
discussions
are
within
the
purview
of
the
human
relations
commission,
who
can
look
at
history,
keep
track
of
investments
that
benefit
persons
of
color
and
propose
new
ideas
just
as
examples
as
we
know,
the
west
side
is
an
area
that
has
seen
disinvestment
for
50
years.
E
We
are
starting
to
make
these
types
of
investments
such
as
o'neill
park,
creating
a
directory
of
minority-owned
businesses
and
investing
in
non-profits
on
the
west
side,
even
something
we
heard
tonight
like
heartland,
work,
workforce
equity
and
even
jamie's
initiative
on
providing
incentives
to
fix
houses
in
the
downtown
and
nearby
areas.
I'm
wearing
a
black
lives
matter,
t-shirt
under
my
city,
pullover,
because
I
don't
want
to
get
in
trouble.
The
black
lives
matter.
Movement
arises
from
hundreds
of
years
of
black
lives,
not
mattering.
E
A
Okay,
we
do
not
have
any
executive
session,
so
at
this
point
I
will
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
I'll.