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November 26, 2018 - City Council Meeting
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A
B
One
more
thing:
I'd
like
to
share
with
you,
based
on
the
supervisors
report,
the
Illinois
Department
of
Human
Services,
recently
increased
their
minimum
monthly
payout
from
two
hundred
forty
two
dollars
a
month
to
three
hundred
four.
This
has
been
twenty
years
since
it's
been
reviewed
basically
a
long
time,
and
so
this
is
welcoming
in
the
sense
that
we
have
been
talking
about
homelessness
and
unaffordable
housing.
B
This
will
help
for
those
that
are
waiting
to
receive
SSI
pending
SSI
for
those
who
have
mental
or
physical
challenges
that
anybody
who
is
eligible
for
challengeable
will
have
this
increase
as
part
of
it.
It's
a
general
assistance.
It
doesn't
need
a
vote
from
you.
I
just
wanted
to
make
you
aware
of
that,
and
have
it
in
the
minutes
as
well
that
we're
going
to
change
that
in
the
new
fiscal
year,
not
until
then,
but
in
the
new
fiscal
year,
and
we're
not
changing
our
levy
because
of
it.
D
E
Guess
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
we're
working
through
the
board
of
review
process.
We
had
436
complaints
this
year,
that's
up
37%
from
last
year
and
there
was
a
glitch
on
our
website.
I
wanted
to
pass
on.
Sometimes
you
might
need
to
clear
your
cookies
before
you
go
to
the
city
of
Bloomington
properties.
E
A
A
Is
there
a
motion
to
I
normally
because
I'm
such
a
softy
give
us
a
break,
but
we
are
five
minutes
into
the
regular
meeting
time
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
call
the
meetings
of
Bloomington
City
Council
order
if
everyone
will
stand
for
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
and
remain
standing
for
a
moment
of
silence.
Thank
you.
B
A
Just
to
clarify
I
have
a
regular
mayor's
open
house
on
Fridays
before
typical
Monday
City
Council
meetings,
and
that's
where
you
can,
if
you
want
to
get
answers
or
questions
responded
to
or
sometimes
problem
solved
right
on
spot,
we
meet
right
around
that
table
on
for
three
and
Fridays,
and
that's
what
if
you
want
to
interact
with
us?
This
is
public
comment.
Public
comment
gives
you
up
to
three
minutes
and
our
policy
is
to
not
respond.
So
it's
kind
of
like
open
mic
night,
but
at
this
point
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
start.
A
We
have
four
people
I've
signed
up
for
public
comment.
You
have
up
to
three
minutes:
apiece
Michelle,
McConnell,
Patricia,
Fontaine,
I,
believe
I
apologize
if
I
mispronounce
your
name
Thomas
Hogan
and
Rob
Ballentine
II,
and
so
we'll
do
it
in
that
order.
Michelle
do
you
come
forward?
Can
you
have
up
to
three
minutes?
Apiece
Thank.
G
You
Michelle
McConnell
I
live
at
3907
Leigh
Lane
here
in
Bloomington
I'm,
also
the
general
manager
for
the
Holiday
Inn,
Hotel
and
Suites
here
in
Bloomington
on
Empire
Street
and
I'm,
representing
the
Bloomington
Normal
hotel,
lodging
association
I'm
also
on
the
Executive
Board
for
the
Illinois
hotel
lodging
association.
Thank
you
for
considering
a
short-term
rental.
Local
occupancy
tax
ordinance,
the
Bloomington
Normal
Hotel
and
Lodging
Association
currently
has
20
active
members.
Our
guests
are
subject
to
twelve
percent
occupancy
6%
for
state
and
6%
for
town
city.
G
A
portion
of
the
six
percent
local
tax
is
part
of
the
funding
for
our
Bloomington
Normal
area.
Convention
of
Visitors
Bureau
hotel
occupancy
this
year
in
bloomington-normal,
has
decreased
due
to
corporate
travel
declines,
as
well
as
additional
room
nights
in
our
community.
The
this
afternoon
I
took
a
look
at
our
Airbnb
safe
here
locally
and
we
have
72
listings
for
the
Bloomington
normal
market
305
in
Champaign.
Short-Term
rentals
are
here
to
stay
they're
only
going
to
grow.
Our
members
just
want
a
level
playing
field
and
safety
for
our
visitors.
G
This
proposed
ordinance
does
not
address
life
safety
issues.
Our
hotels
are
inspected
by
fire
departments,
we
are,
we
have
worked
on,
we
I'm
sorry,
we
have
had
our
affairs
in
signatures
inspected,
sprinkler
systems,
exit
signs,
boilers,
smoke,
detectors,
heat
detectors,
co2
detectors
all
are
inspected
on
a
regular
basis.
I
encourage
the
council
to
consider
addressing
these
life
safety
issues
in
your
search,
short-term
rental
ordinance.
We
thank
you
for
considering.
Thank
you.
Thank.
H
The
momentum
for
tobacco
21
was
strengthened
in
2015
with
the
release
of
an
institute
of
medical
report.
This
report
predicted
that,
by
raising
the
tobacco
sale
age
to
21
nationally
over
time,
it
would
reduce
smoking
rates
by
12%
and
reduced
smoking
related
deaths
by
10%,
more
impactful.
Still
when
you
look
at
the
numbers
are
the
results
in
Evanston
Illinois.
This
was
the
first
city
in
Illinois
to
pass
a
local
tobacco
21
policy
in
October
of
2015.
H
Since
the
ordinance
was
passed,
the
use
of
all
tobacco
products
by
high
schoolers,
such
as
cigarettes,
e-cigarettes
and
hookah,
has
decreased
by
30
7.5%
from
2015
to
2017.
That's
37.5%
in
just
two
years:
in
recent
years,
at
least
270
localities
in
more
than
a
dozen
states,
have
enacted
ordinances
or
issued
regulation
raising
the
minimum
age
for
tobacco
21
sales,
including
28
in
Illinois
alone,
and
normal
being
the
newest
addition
to
that
list.
Tobacco
kills
480
thousand
people
each
year.
This
is
more
than
automobile
crashes,
gun
violence
and
opiate
overdoses
combined.
H
The
developing
teenage
brain
is
particularly
vulnerable
to
the
effects
of
nicotine
and
more
than
95%
of
addicted
smokers
started
before
the
age
of
21.
Unless
there's
a
trajectory
change,
tobacco
addiction
will
dramatically
shorten
the
lives
of
5.6
million
kids
alive
today,
and
that
would
be
like
losing
the
whole
state
of
Colorado.
Even
though
we
have
seen
smoking
rates
declining
in
the
u.s..
In
the
last
five
years,
ecig
irate
youths
has
exploded
since
2014,
threatening
to
undo
our
progress.
H
Fda
Commissioner,
Scott
glutton
has
called
youth
use
of
e-cigarettes
an
epidemic
and
indicated
that
youth,
a
cigarette
uses
up
seventy-seven
percent
from
last
year.
That's
seventy
five,
seven
percent
in
one
year.
This
is
why
we
encourage
the
inclusion
of
all
tobacco
products,
including
e-cigarettes,
and
raising
the
when
we're
using
the
tobacco
age
to
21.
On
average,
American
kids
try
cigarettes
for
the
first
time
at
18-point,
seven,
the
primary
source
of
tobacco
products
for
these
underage
smokers,
their
18
to
21
year
old,
peers,
so
I've.
H
Given
you
a
lot
of
information
about
the
harms
of
tobacco
and
how
other
towns
have
seen
change,
but
I
haven't
really
talked
about
Bloomington,
specifically.
So,
according
to
the
2018
youth
survey,
McClain
County,
18
percent
of
10th
graders
and
30%
of
12th
graders
have
reported
using
tobacco
or
vaping
products
such
as
cigarettes
and
other
smoked
tobacco
chewing
tobacco
hookah
and
e-cigarettes.
H
That's
a
12
percent
increase
in
two
years
in
a
survey
done
by
shooting
the
Illinois
State
University
out
of
the
one
thousand
three
hundred
and
seventy
two
people
who
completed
it:
57
percent
of
participants,
majority
being
from
Normal
and
Bloomington
strongly
favored
or
somewhat
favored
rate,
raising
the
minimum
purchase
age
for
tobacco
products.
The
survey
also
showed
that
of
those
who
identified
as
tobacco
users,
ninety-one
percent
of
them
were
before
the
age
of
21.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
Thank.
I
Good
evening
city
of
Bloomington,
council
members,
my
name
is
Thomas
Hogan.
My
address
is
71
north
fel
Avenue
in
Normal
Illinois
I,
am
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
tobacco.
21
and
I
want
to
express
my
gratitude
for
the
opportunity
to
discuss
the
issue
of
raising
the
minimum
purchasing
age
for
tobacco
and
tobacco
related
products
to
21.
There
are
significant
reasons
why
the
minimum
legal
sale
age
of
tobacco
products
should
be
raised
to
21.
I
We
have
already
addressed
how
the
human
brain
doesn't
fully
develop
until
the
age
of
25,
how
a
vast
majority
of
those
who
smoke
began
before
the
age
of
21,
as
well
as
the
ability
to
ability
for
people
who
are
18
years
of
age
to
enable
the
dissemination
of
tobacco
and
tobacco
products
to
their
younger
peers.
I
would
like
to
talk
about
some
of
the
supposed
arguments
against
the
support
for
tobacco
21.
Some
people
claim
that
people
are
allowed
to
purchase
a
house
get
married
or
serve
in
the
Armed
Forces
by
the
age
of
18.
I
Therefore,
they
should
be
allowed
to
purchase
tobacco
products,
but,
quite
frankly,
those
are
not
public
health
issues.
Purchasing
a
house
at
the
age
of
18
does
not
program.
The
developing
brain
for
a
lifelong
addiction.
Getting
married
at
the
age
of
18
is
not
one
of
the
leading
causes
of
preventable
death.
Even
the
Department
of
Defense
is
going
free
by
2020
due
to
the
health
concerns
of
that
stub
from
tobacco
use.
The
argument
that
people
will
simply
go
to
a
neighboring
town
is
also
not
true.
I
For
example,
following
four
years
after
the
city
of
Needham
Massachusetts
raised
the
minimum
legal
age
to
21,
smoking
rates
decreased
over
twice
as
much
as
rates
and
surrounding
towns.
Others
may
claim
that
this
is
a
significant
blow
to
the
revenue
generated
by
tobacco
sales
from
the
demographic
of
tobacco
consumers
that
range
from
18
to
21
years
old,
but
this
is
quite
simply
not
true
nationally.
The
demographic
of
tobacco
consumers
who
are
between
the
ages
of
18
to
21
account
for
less
than
2%
of
the
revenue
generated
by
tobacco
sales.
I
At
this
time,
we
recognize
that
there
is
an
outstanding
amount
of
research,
concluding
that
raising
the
minimum
age
of
sales
of
tobacco
products
can
drastically
benefit
the
younger
generations.
They
will
be
less
likely
to
be
saddled
with
a
deadly
addiction
that
could
turn
into
a
life
sentence.
It
is
my
hope,
and
that
of
many
others,
to
see
the
town
of
Bloomington
leading
the
way
into
a
healthier
future
for
our
younger
generations.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
Thank.
J
Rob
tini
I
was
asked
Ken
Schmidt
asked
me
a
couple
months
ago
to
be
part
of
the
Transportation
Commission
and
I
gladly
accept
it
and
I
said
I
won't.
That
would
be
more
happy
to
do
it
well.
Something
I
went
to
make
last
meters
open
house
on
November,
9th
and
I
talked
to
Nicole.
Albertson
talked
to
some
others
about.
My
idea
is
to
have
not
only
a
Texas
Commission
but
having
a
DA
Commission
and
where
they
that
would
help
go
along
with
helping
with
Nicole
a
person
with
a
VA
coordinator.
J
J
A
A
Scuse
me
motion
approved
by
all
the
woman
Schmitt.
Is
there
a
second
to
that
motion,
second
by
all
of
Ann
Miller,
one
way
if
everyone
will
go
ahead
and
vote
electronically.
A
That's
been
done
on
this
since
has
shown
that
it
has
helped
to
reduce
violence
against
police
officers
and
injuries,
as
well
as
citizens
and
misunderstandings,
and,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
last
exciting
episode,
as
dan
Rather
said,
the
camera
never
blinks.
So
with
that
backdrop
in
mind,
I
will
turn
this
over
to
our
city
manager.
Mr.
Gleason
Thank.
K
You,
mayor
and
council
walk
through
the
numbers,
real
quick
for
the
item-
that's
before
council
tonight,
rather
than
sort
of
rehashing
what
was
presented
at
the
committee
of
the
whole,
we
did
receive
very
good
media
coverage
and
there's
been
other
outreach
efforts
made
by
a
Bloomington
Police
Department.
The
numbers
for
a
five-year
contract
implement
fully
implement
the
body.
Worn
cameras
is
175,000
just
a
little
bit
less
the
first
year
and
then
ongoing
years,
two
through
five
it'd
be
just
slightly
less
than
145,000.
K
K
A
Is
there
a
second
second
by
excuse
me
made
motion
made
by
all
of
them
black?
Second
by
all
the
woman
Schmidt
any
further
discussion,
seeing
none
if
everyone
will
go
ahead
and
vote
motion
carries
8
to
0.
There
are
no
names
to
announce.
Madam
clerk.
We
move
on
to
the
next
item,
which
is
item
8b,
and
that
is
consideration
of
approving
the
2018
tax
levy,
estimate
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
the
bloomington
public
libraries
requested
by
the
finance
department
and
have
we
have
a
very
brief
overview
by
mr.
A
K
Thank
You,
mayor
and
council
last
meeting,
we
discussed
just
what
I
call
the
menu
of
options
on
the
tax
levy
rate
presented
in
that
meeting
that
we
could
possibly
cover
the
full
pension
obligation
through
a
tax
rate.
Council
chose
to
you
know:
advance
the
property
tax
levy,
a
consideration
similar
to
what
we
currently
have
and
Scott.
If
you
would
come
up
to
the
podium,
skywrath
and
finance
director
is
going
to
walk
us
through
what
the
levy
actually
looks
like
and
how
we're
faring
with
the
overall
EAB.
L
So,
what's
before
you
is
the
tax
levy
estimate
for
the
city
of
twenty
point,
three
million
and
for
the
library
four
point,
nine
million,
roughly
as
everyone's
pretty
familiar
with
the
city,
is
approximately
thirteen
percent
or
thirteen
cents
on
the
dollar
of
the
total
tax
bill
for
the
taxpayer.
The
library
is
roughly
three
percent.
We've.
A
L
Had
a
slight
twenty,
two
million
dollar
EAV
increase
over
the
prior
year.
One
point:
eight
five,
eight
billion
versus
one
point:
eight
eight
billion.
So
that's
a
one
point:
one:
nine
percent
increase
in
the
estimated
eav
that
translates
to
roughly
five
point
six
billion
dollars
in
a
fully
assessed
value
property
tax
levy.
In
total
you
can
see.
This
is
just
a
diagram
of
how
this
is
split.
Forty
six
percent
roughly
is
for
police
and
fire.
L
This
is
where
we
get
down
to
the
kind
of
the
meat
and
potatoes
of
the
levy
for
the
city,
we're
looking
at
an
actual
slight
rate
decrease
based
on
the
current
eav
of
the
one
point,
eight
eight
billion.
So
with
that
we
can
capture
a
little
bit
of
growth
in
the
tax
levy
of
two
hundred
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
to
help
cover
the
maintenance
of
the
city
infrastructure
for
the
library,
similar
situation.
Just.
A
Like
if
I
could
just
clarify
for
that,
just
so
that
I
know
the
media
understands
this,
but
just
so
that
the
public
does.
That
means
that,
even
though
we
will
be
getting
additional
revenues
that
we
are
capturing
for
infrastructure,
the
average
homeowner
will
see
a
very
slight
decrease
in
their
property
tax
portion
that
the
city
levies
right.
A
L
A
problem
clarification
is
always
well
received,
similar
situation
with
the
library.
A
slight
decrease
with
the
eav
increase
is
resulting
in
a
forty
eight
thousand
dollar
capture
of
growth,
the
combined
total.
Then
you
can
see
you
last
year.
We
are
at
one
point
three:
three,
nine
two
percent
for
a
tax
rate
with
the
current
estimated
ei
V
will
be
at
one
point.
Three:
three,
eight
percent
capturing
at
$273,000
levy
increase
to
coincide
with
the
growth
in
the
EA
ve.
A
So,
there's
roughly
a
one
point:
one
four
percent
decrease
that
a
taxpayer
will
paid
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
in
terms
of
property
taxes.
If
this
is
proposed,
if
this
is
approved,
yes,
okay,
just
I
know
it
I
just
want
to
repeat
it
for
the
record
and
so
that
as
much
as
possible,
that
that
is
made
clear.
That
is,
the
the
total
value
of
property,
has
increased
slightly
and
we're
capturing
some
of
that
for
capital
projects.
A
L
D
C
Have
a
question
for
our
city
manager
just
thinking
about
the
road
ahead
here,
assuming
that
we
passed
this
tonight,
we
have
some
things
that
are
sitting
there.
Percolating
public
library
has
made
a
pitch
to
us.
We
know
we've
got
O'neill
pool;
we
know
we
have
infrastructure
needs.
So
how
does
this
look
as
we
go
forward
grappling
with
with
those
issues
and
and
and
providing
funding
for
those
I.
K
Think
what
I'll
do
in
preparation
for
the
FY
2008
is
again
provide
that
menu
of
options
where
additional,
where
revenue
might
be
captured
for
consideration.
And
the
first
thing
that
I
need
to
do
is
provide
those
opportunities
and
then
the
task
of
priorities,
a
prioritization
of
capital
projects,
becomes
your
task.
K
One
thing
that
we
promised
when
we
look
at
the
FY,
2010,
ternal,
II,
first
versus
externally,
and
actually
at
the
six-month
mark
and
Scott
will
be
presenting
this
under
the
finance
directors,
update,
we're
tracking,
very
well
and
that's
through
increased
revenue
and
looking
at
efficiencies
internally,
the
consolidation
of
Public
Works
and
the
water
department.
That's
an
ongoing
savings
of
about
250
to
300
thousand
dollars
annually.
A
Just
just
to
clarify
also
want
to
echo
what
alderman
Black
said.
Certainly
we
deeply
appreciate
the
extent
to
which
you
help
lay
out
the
big-picture
policy
items
the
council's
supposed
to
be
responsible
for,
and
it
really
helps
you
know,
embolden
us
to
make
the
effective
decisions
as
we
move
forward
and
one
of
the
options
that
I
also
appreciate
is
that
when
you,
let
us
know
about
different
options
for
bonded
bonding
these
things.
So
in
other
words,
if
we
have
a
half
a
million
dollars
in
capital
expenditures,
that
doesn't
mean
okay
well,
we
can.
A
A
A
M
A
It
doesn't
like
that.
Oh,
it
was
oh
it's
on
that
one.
Okay,
all
done!
Thank
you
all
of,
and
mathy
yeah.
There
are
eight
eyes
no
needs
to
announce.
Madam
clerk,
the
motion
carries
and
we
move
right
along
to
item
8c,
which
is
consideration
improving
of
a
bond
refunding
of
the
2005
and
2007
general
obligation
funds
in
the
amount
of
11
million
eight
hundred
forty
five
thousand
dollars,
as
requested
by
the
financial
department
and
I'm,
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
our
city
manager.
Mr.
Gleason
Thank.
K
K
Do
we
have
opportunities
to
save
some
money
over
the
life
of
those
bonds,
Scott's
going
to
walk
through
a
couple
of
these
where
we
do
see
an
opportunity-
and
it's
before
council
tonight
that
we
take
two
so
5
+,
o
7
general
obligation
bond
and
do
not
extend
the
life
of
it.
Maintain
the
current
debt
service
on
both
and,
if
approved,
will
be
saving
about
a
little
bit
more
than
a
million
dollars
through
this
effort.
Scott
excellent
job
in
the
part
of
Scott
and
his
team.
L
City
manager
Gleeson
pretty
much
summed
it
up.
We
really
just
looked
at
the
2005
and
2007
series.
There
were
refundable:
this
is
the
table.
That's
in
our
budget
book
number
two!
You
can
see
that
roughly
this
goes
out.
Through
fiscal
year
2033
we
looked
at
maintaining
the
same
annual
debt
service,
one
point
four
million
and
combining
these
issues
into
one
with
the
lower
interest
rate
and
what
we
could
save.
This
is
a
an
exhibit
from
Mesirow
financial
that
we
use
as
our
financial
advisor.
This
is
the
prior
debt
service,
including
interest.
L
That's
why
it's
a
substantially
more
than
what
we're
funding
versus
the
refunding
debt
service.
You
can
see
the
maturity
difference
that
we're
going
to
realize,
realize
here
and
then
the
annual
savings
which
actually
includes
the
net
fees
for
doing
the
refunding
the
financial
advisor
fee
and
the
legal
fees
that
we're
going
to
be
realizing
over
a
million
dollars
over
the
term
of
the
of
the
bond
refunding
just
through
the
slide
in
at
the
end.
Here
I
mean
it's
a
very
brief
presentation.
L
N
L
F
A
A
A
Well,
we've
got
okay,
moved
by
alderman
Miller,
one
way,
second,
by
all
of
an
mathy,
any
further
discussion,
seeing
none.
If
everyone
will
go
ahead
and
vote
on
this,
and
hopefully
we
can
get
some
once
again,
a
unanimous
vote
8
to
0.
There
are
no
nays
to
announce,
madam
clerk
glad
to
make
your
job
easier.
Okay,
it's
this
as
she's
believing
we've
got
a
couple
more
meetings,
though,
to
put
you
through
fire
fire
and
brimstone.
K
Thank
You
mayor
item
D
under
regular
agenda,
is
the
consideration
of
an
ordinance
amending
chapter
39
in
the
city
code.
They
had
a
six
percent
tax
on
short-term
rentals
within
the
city
of
Bloomington,
as
discussed
in
previous
meetings.
This
is
something
that
we've
done:
a
partnership
with
the
town
of
normal.
We
have
the
skywrath,
but
again
the
finance
departments
of
both
communities
have
run
the
lead
on
this
opportunity.
K
A
M
P
Appreciate
these
efforts
as
well
and
I,
think
there
may
be
two
I'll
call
them
parking
lot
items
that
as
we
revisit
this
with
with
norm,
we
might
want
to
attend
to
one
would
be
building
in
some
language
that
would
just
align
this
tax
with
a
hotel,
occupancy
rate
tax
so
that
when
that
changes,
this
changes-
and
you
don't
have
to
you-
won't-
have
a
stay
on
this
problem.
You
have
a
natural
alignment
of
that.
P
Those
two
taxes-
and
that's
probably
something
you
know
both
the
town
of
normal
and
city
of
Bloomington-
would
would
like
to
do
and
then
I
would
think.
Secondly,
one
piece
would
be
to
address
some
safety
issues
right.
Let's
talk
about
what
this
means
once
these
folks
are
I,
I,
guess,
I'm
taking
it
that
these
folks
would
register
under
our
business
registration
program,
and
once
we
become
aware
of
the
presence
in
the
community,
then
we'll
potentially
do
some
type
of
inspections
of
these
properties,
perhaps
and
I'm
thinking
about
safety
over
all
of
the
occupants.
K
The
inspection
component
would
be
done
through
Community
Development
and
at
this
time,
town
of
normal
is
not
going
to
do
that,
but
it's
one
that
we
are
going
to
be
in
discussions
as
this
thing
you
know
it
gets,
you
know,
get
some
more
firm
ground
and
footing.
We
will
try
to
move
whatever
advances
simultaneously
with
the
town.
P
A
A
In
fact,
at
least
they
claim
they
invite
that
so
I
think
we
have
to
understand
that
we're
part
of
a
national
trend
in
the
National
curfew
and
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
for
the
hotel,
motel
Association
thank
to
Crystal
Howard
for
your
leadership
on
this
Thank
You
mr.
Gleason
as
usual,
and
our
staff
for
taking
the
lead
on
this
to
make
sure
that
Bloomington
is
on
the
cutting
edge
of
these
kinds
of
issues.
Thank
you
and
so
I'm.
Actually,
at
this
point,
I'm
going
to
see
if
there
oh.
M
A
C
Just
want
to
follow
up
on
something
that
alderman
Bray
said
about
sinking
this
up
with
the
tax
rate
for
a
hotel
motel.
Is
that
something
that
you
would
want
to
roll
into
a
motion,
or
is
that
a
city
manager
have
an
idea
about
how
we
might
do
that,
because
I
think
you
know?
Sometimes
we
get
in
trouble
when
we
don't
kind
of
front-load.
This.
C
K
A
K
Thank
You,
mayor
and
council
real
quickly
do
we
have
the
upcoming
schedule
of
events
and
I'm
going
to
keep
talking
as
we're
gonna
find
those
wanted
to
let
everyone
know
in
the
community,
especially
public
works
director.
Jim
karch
shared
that
on
our
city's
website.
We
do
have
a
leaf
collection,
update
and
schedule
posted
on
the
website.
K
So
you'll
see
when
you're
part
of
the
community
is
going
to
be
hit
next,
it's
an
area
that
whether
just
hit
us
a
little
bit
early
and
it's
been
a
challenge
but
they're
definitely
trying
to
be
on
top
of
this
and
one
way
of
doing
that.
Just
communicating
to
the
public
where
we're
at
and
when
we're
going
to
get
to
they're
part
of
the
community.
I
didn't
know
alderman
Matthew
did
you
have
a
question
or
a
comment?
Well.
O
I'll
just
tag
onto
the
leaf
thing
so,
with
the
snow
last
week,
I
saw
a
bunch
of
comments.
I
responded
to
online
of
the
snow
plows
we're
having
a
hard
time
getting
around
the
piles
of
leaves
in
the
street
and
I
was
saying
well
what
the
heck
of
the
leaves
doing
in
the
street.
Keep
them
back
on
the
curb
I
mean
there's
so
there's
a
reminder
put
the
leaves
on
the
curb
not
in
the
street,
understood.
K
Point
taken
and
those
get
into
the
stormwater
drains
and
cause
problems
there
as
well.
We're
gonna
call
Scott
Rathbun
back
up
for
his
finance
director
report.
We
are
halfway
through
our
fiscal
year
and
we
are
tracking,
very
well
real,
quick
Scott
before
I
turn
it
over
to
you
our
schedule
of
events,
our
council
meetings
for
December,
just
as
a
reminder
no
committee
of
the
whole,
we
have
council
meetings
on
December,
10th
and
December
17th,
and
since
we
are
advancing
a
property
tax
levy
that
is
not
in
excess
of
5%,
in
fact
it's
gone
down
slightly.
L
City
manager,
Gleason
said
we
are
six-month
in
six
months
in
we
are
continuing
to
trend
favorably
with
revenues.
I
continue
to
highlight
the
home
rule
sales
tax
year
to
the
unit
eight
variants
$385,000
of
our
prior
year.
The
budget
variance
at
376
I
looked
at
last
month
to
see
where
we
were
turning
as
far
as
over
budget,
we
were
341
thousand
dollars
over
budget
last
month,
so
as
its
continuing
to
increase
the
gap
over
budget.
So
that's
that's
very
good
news.
L
Equipment
purchases
by
a
local
business
in
2018,
so
we're
really
not
down
significantly
from
the
prior
year,
but
it
remains
the
fact
that
we
are
under
budget
for
the
year,
but
we
took
that
into
account
when
we
created
the
budget.
So
these
little
or
not,
these
anomalies
sometimes
have
a
ripple
effect
through
our
budget,
we'll
just
have
to
manage
through
it,
but
all
in
all
we're
still
trending
favorably
franchise
tax.
We
over
budgeted
slightly
there,
but
that's
going
to
be
somewhat
of
a
static
number.
That's
not
going
to
continue
to
eat
away!
Hotel-Motel!
L
L
As
I
mentioned
last
month,
we
were
going
after
six
months.
We
were
going
to
start
updating
the
projected
year-end
column
I'm,
going
to
reorganize
this
for
next
month,
I'm
going
to
put
this
projection.
This
is
kind
of
the
Delta
from
the
budget
through
here's
our
budget,
so
we're
looking
at
a
four
hundred
thousand
dollar
increase
in
revenues
so
from
it
went
from
eighty
five
million
five.
Ninety
to
80
million
nine.
Ninety
reorganize
this
so
that
it
flows
a
little
bit
better.
L
So
it's
a
little
bit
more
intuitive
when
you're
looking
at
it,
but
typically
not
typically.
This
is
essentially
the
home
rule.
Increase
that
we're
capturing
here
and
what
I
want
to
highlight
is
with
home
rule
the
commitment
we've
made
to
McLean
County-
and
we
also
have
part
of
the
increases
that
was
initiated
a
couple
of
years
ago-
is
also
dedicated
to
streets.
It
actually
ends
up
working
out
to
be
ten
percent
of
the
total
revenue
gets
allocated
in
McLean
County,
ten
percent
of
home
row
gets
allocated
to
streets.
L
Now,
investment
income
rates
are
going
up
when
you
have
a
lot
of
cash
balances
like
we
do
we're.
Looking
at
one
hundred
twenty
five
thousand
dollar
increase
in
our
budget
in
line
for
interest
income
down
in
the
expense
category
vacancy
savings,
year-over-year
we're
seeing
seem
to
struggle
with
filling
some
of
our
positions.
So
right
now
we're
looking
at
a
million
dollars,
potentially
in
salaries.
Two
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
benefits
over
budget
or
under
budget
excuse
me
principal
and
interest.
This
is
really
related
to
the
timing
of
our
capital
lease.
It
was
approved
this
evening.
L
It's
getting
approved
about
a
month,
late,
so
or
month,
or
two
late
in
the
cycle.
So
this
is
one
of
those
things
where
it's
going
to
have
an
effect
on
the
current
year
budget,
but
it's
just
going
to
get
tacked
on
in
year
five,
so
we're
just
going
to
have
a
couple
months,
less
of
interest
and
expense
for
this
year,
but
it
gets
pushed
out
to
the
end.
I
just
I
want
to
use
this
as
kind
of
like
an
educational
exercise
as
far
as
I
kind
of
some
of
the
numbers
kind
of
roll.
L
Through
our
statements
right
now
we're
looking
at
a
1.3
million
dollar
potential
surplus
for
the
general
fund,
so
all
things
being
held
equal.
We
started
the
year
with
a
nineteen
point:
two
million
dollar
fund
balance
we're
looking
at
twenty
point.
Five
million
dollar
fund
balance,
it's
very
good
for
the
enterprise
funds.
I'll
just
highlight
the
the
revenue
line
here.
The
trend
is
50
percent
halfway
through
the
year
water
that
one
can
very
dependent
on
weather
and
just
usage,
but
sewer
storm,
solid
ways
where
we
put
the
fee
increases
in
place
coming
into
the
year.
A
A
O
Not
a
JC
but
I
just
want
to
give
a
plug
to
the
JC's
Christmas
parade
is
the
Saturday
morning.
I
have
usually
volunteer
as
a
road
guy
to
stop
traffic,
but
it's
just
a
lot
of
fun.
So
just
a
reminder,
I
think
it
starts
at
10
a.m.
and
goes
down
senator
Street
right
so
also,
if
you're
driving
be
aware
that
center
streets
going
to
be
closed
on
Saturday
morning
at
ten
o'clock
go
a
different
direction.