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April 27, 2020 - City Council Meeting
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Hi
everybody
I
am
a
member
of
the
Unitarian
Universalist
Church
of
bloomington-normal,
and
our
principles
include
respecting
the
interconnected
web
of
existence
and
the
inherent
Worth
and
dignity
of
all
human
beings.
If
you
are
on
the
record
dismissing
the
needs
of
fellow
humans,
you
were
elected
to
serve
then
I'm
here
today.
Talking
to
you.
E
I
was
very
disappointed
to
hear
last
week
after
the
report
from
city
manager
Gleason
that
not
only
did
the
majority
of
you
vote
to
not
even
have
a
conversation
about
direct
aid,
but
also
very
disappointed
that
some
of
our
older
persons
are
failing
to
see
the
humanity
in
this
issue
and,
in
some
cases
focusing
on
their
dislike
of
the
messengers.
Rather
than
hearing
the
message,
I
challenge
each
of
you
to
think
about
who
who
these
people
are,
what
they're
feeling
and
how
you
can
make
sure
their
needs
are
being
met.
E
Yes,
our
governor
and
the
state
of
Illinois
have
put
many
protections
and
assistance
programs
in
place,
but
not
everyone
qualifies
for
all
of
these
protections
and
assistance
people
fall
through
the
cracks
and
we
you
you
should
be
ready
to
catch
them
when
the
community
services
are
overburdened.
I'm
asking
you
to
see
the
people
you
were
elected
to
serve
here.
The
stories
that
are
told
of
people
in
need
right
now
and
think
about
the
economic
consequences
down
the
line.
E
If
we
fail
to
help
people
right
now,
too
often
we
don't
recognize
a
problem
until
it
directly
affects
us.
So
if
you
can't
see
the
value
in
helping
out
someone
who
has
lost
their
job
or
whose
small
business
is
now
closed,
can
you
see
the
value
of
putting
money
into
their
pockets?
People
who
now
have
money
to
buy
food
and
items
of
necessity,
which
include
sales,
tax
and
money
to
help
pay
their
rent
to
property
owners
in
Bloomington?
Who
then
will
be
able
to
pay
their
property
tax?
E
F
Can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
hi,
my
name
is
Cecilia
long
I've
worked
in
social
service
and
as
a
social
justice
advocate
for
over
eight
years,
I
currently
serve
in
a
number
of
leadership
positions
in
the
community.
I'd
like
to
first
speak
as
an
advocate
for
those
who
are
housing
and
secure
homeless.
We
know
the
risks
are
high
in
our
shelters,
with
congregate,
living
situations
where
social
distancing
is
impossible.
I've
heard
from
other
social
service
staff
that
there
hasn't
been
testing
in
the
shelters
unless
someone
shows
symptoms.
F
We
know
this
is
problematic,
because
individuals
can
be
asymptomatic
but
still
carry
and
spread
the
virus
in
Chicago.
They
just
started
testing
all
their
shelters
and
are
finding
over
half
of
their
staff,
and
residents
are
testing
positive
with
no
symptoms.
Elected
officials
are
now
moving
more
quickly
on
a
coordinated
effort
to
start
implementing
housing
plans
by
moving
those
homeless
or
unsafe
in
living
situations
into
vacant.
Hotel
rooms
there's
been
word
from
the
McLean
County
Board
that
there's
a
plan
similar
for
bloomington-normal,
but
it's
all
been
kept
private.
F
Please
work
with
the
McLean
County
Board
in
making
these
plans
transparent
in
public.
Secondly,
one
of
my
jobs
is
at
Heartland
Community
College
I
work
with
one
on
one,
with
non-traditional
students
who
are
faced
with
significant
barriers
that
challenge
their
ability
to
be
successful
in
school.
Over
the
last
several
weeks,
I've
heard
from
countless
students
who
have
lost
their
jobs
due
to
kovat
19
and
are
struggling
to
figure
out
how
they're
going
to
get
through
this
I
spent
hours
with
them,
trying
to
utilize
community
resources
to
the
most
extent
possible.
F
We
applied
for
unemployment,
which
has
been
bombarded
with
applications
and
it's
been
having
technical
issues
we
applied
for
Township
assistance,
but
there
are
some
strict
eligibility
requirements.
We
bring
some
personal
resources,
but
many
students
that
I
work
with
are
non-traditional
or
first-generation
and
don't
have
much
or
any
family
support,
and
we
also
call
nonprofits
for
help,
but
there
isn't
any
direct
financial
assistance
available
and
that's
what
they
need.
Most
many
also
will
not
receive
the
federal
stimulus
check
because
they're
claimed
on
their
parents
taxes
but
aren't
actually
supported
by
their
families
going
through.
F
This
whole
process
takes
time
which,
if
you're
in
a
crisis
like
they
lost
your
job
overnight
because
of
a
global
pandemic,
the
situation
can
be
dire
and
there
isn't
a
whole
lot
of
time
to
just
wait
when
you
have
kids
to
feed,
rent
and
bills
to
pay
and
you're,
trying
to
finish
school,
a
higher
paying
job.
Our
wonderful
social
service
organizations
who
are
already
strained
and
restricted
outside
of
a
pandemic
situation
should
not
be
shouldering
the
burden
of
this
crisis.
F
And,
frankly,
it's
disappointing
to
see
some
of
you
shift
responsibility
when
you
have
the
power
that
no
one
else
does
we
need
direct
financial
assistance.
That's
easy
to
apply
for,
and
people
need
it
now,
as
council
members
who
oversee
a
budget
with
a
surplus
of
22
million
and
make
decisions
with
our
taxpayer
money.
I'm
asking
you
from
municipal
level
action
to
help
people
who
are
in
crisis
now,
even
if
you
offered
a
small
portion
to
start
and
publicized
it,
the
need
you
would
would
become
very
transparent.
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Hello
I
am
in
Morgan,
my
name
is
Morgan
Pauly
I'm,
a
student
at
Heartland,
Community,
College,
taking
classes,
so
I
can
get
a
degree
and
a
higher
paying
job.
I'm
a
single
father
and
my
son
Mateo
is
two
years
old,
I'm
working
with
his
mom,
so
we
can
have
shared
custody
and
we'll
also
have
and
I
also
have
court
costs
he's
very
active
and
he
has
a
pretty
strict
diet.
So
his
foods
cost
more
money.
I
lost
my
job
during
the
cove
in
19
crisis
and
I
haven't
been
able
to
find
another
job.
G
Yet
because
not
many
places
are
hiring
I've
applied
for
snap
and
I
got
approved,
so
that's
going
to
help
with
paying
for
food
for
my
son
and
I
for
a
little
bit,
but
I've
also
applied
for
unemployment
and
it
took
forever
to
apply
because
the
servers
were
down
and
they
are
still
having
technical
issues.
Even
though
I
am
supposed
to
log
on
and
apply
for
jobs.
I
can't
even
log
on
to
that
website,
so
I
haven't
heard
anything
back
from
them.
G
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G
In
my
landlord
and
I
haven't
heard
anything
back
from
them
either
I
did
get
the
stimulus
check,
but
I
had
to
use
that
to
pay
for
other
bills
and
loans
for
Court
I'm
worried
because
I
rent
due
next
week
and
I
also
have
bills
due
soon
for
water,
Ameren
and
nikkor.
That
I
can't
afford
right
now.
Many
of
my
friends
and
family
are
also
struggling
to
could
work
in
some
of
the
restaurants
here
in
town.
My
brother
works
at
Giordano's
and
they've
cut
all
this.
They
cut
all
the
service,
Busters
and
dishwashers.
G
My
brother
has
only
now
been
able
to
get
get
hours
for
two
days
a
week
and
they
tell
him
a
night
before
with
very
little
notice.
If
there's
any
work
available,
I
live
in
Ward,
5,
so
I
think
my
council
member
is
Johnny
painter.
Mr.
painter
I'd
like
to
ask
you
to
support
direct
aid
right
now
for
the
people
struggling
in
the
area.
According
to
Nielsen
data
bloomington-normal
is
home
to
the
most
restaurants
per
capita
in
the
entire
country.
I.
G
Am
there
I'm
sure
there
are
thousands
of
people
laid
off
who
belong
in
the
food
industry
and
we
could
all
use
financial
aid
during
this
time,
I'm
hoping
that
I
can
stay
living
in
the
Bloomington
area
and
continue
to
give
my
son
a
good
living
environment
to
get
a
good-paying
job
to
support
him
and
myself
in
every
way.
Thank
you.
I
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H
I
That
I
can
get
so
I'm
in
kind
of
a
rough
spot.
Here,
my
normal
summer
works
I've
worked
summer
camps
which
are
being
closed
due
to
the
virus,
so
I've
been
taking
the
time
off.
Thank
you
to
the
quarantine
to
continue
my
research,
which
these
days
involves
me
working
to
help
find
a
vaccine,
Kurkova
19
I've
dedicated
my
life
to
understanding
and
caring
diseases.
I
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Name
is
Rachel
Shively
and
I
live
in
Bloomington
and
I
want
to
urge
all
of
you
on
the
council
to
prioritize
the
well-being
of
people
in
this
community.
By
setting
aside
a
significant
amount
of
money
to
offer
us
direct
aid
to
people,
who've
lost
their
jobs.
We
heard
an
example
of
that
in
the
family.
Today
is
the
outbreak,
and
there
are
folks
many
folks
in
our
community
who
are
in
need
of
financial
aid,
and
it's
really
urgent.
The
clock
is
ticking.
K
People
have
rent
days,
people
have
bills
to
pay
groceries
to
buy
other
types
types
of
bills
to
cover
more
than
half
the
people.
I
know
haven't,
received
their
federal
stimulus
check
yet
and
more
than
that,
there's
tax
payers
in
this
country
who
have
been
intentionally
excluded
from
federal
stimulus
payments,
for
example,
American
citizens,
who
are
married
to
an
immigrant,
and
we
just
heard
that
students
also
might
not
receive
a
check
either.
Even
those
even
for
those
who
have
received
their
stimulus
check.
K
$1,200
is
a
minimum
wage
for
a
month.
So
that's
not
enough
to
live
on,
and
now
we're
in
coming
into
our
second
month
of
the
shutdown
and
bills
are
starting
to
pile
up.
So
in
addition
to
offering
direct
aid
to
residents,
I
urge
you
to
also
let
us
know
what
your
plans
are
at
the
city
and
county
level
to
protect
unhoused
and
housing.
K
Insecure
people
in
this
time,
where
the
health
of
our
of
everyone
in
our
community,
those
who
are
housed
or
those
who
are
not
I-
need
people
to
have
a
safe
place
to
shelter
during
the
outbreak.
I
was
in
Bloomington
now
for
about
11
years.
During
this
difficult
time
of
the
corona
virus
outbreak
I
want
my
community
to
be
community
to
be
one
which
my
neighbors
have
a
safe
place
to
live,
have
running
water
and
electricity,
have
food
to
eat
and
money
to
pay
for
their
other
needs.
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L
Yeah
this
is
Louis.
Can
you
hear
me
yeah
yeah,
so
once
again,
I
want
to
thank
the
city
staff
for
making
it
possible
for
the
community
to
weigh
in,
and
also
thank
all
those
who
spoke
ahead
of
me
to
really
weigh
in
and
show
what
this
community
is
about,
which
is
showing
up
for
each
other.
I
also
want
to
express
appreciation
to
the
four
council
members.
L
You
know
for
those
who
are
asking
for
more
data
and
more
details,
I
assume
best
intentions
because,
while
like
in
said,
you
know,
discussion
presents
the
opportunity
to
work
out
some
of
those
details
and
the
proposed
agenda
item
could
have
created
an
opportunity
to
begin
that.
Discussion.
I
understand
that
you
know,
even
in
this
time
of
urgent
action,
folks
want
to
make
deliberate
and
effective
decisions,
and
so,
while
I'm
disappointed
that
the
motion
didn't
pass,
I
assume
best
intentions,
but
my
greatest
disappointment
is
really
with
the
councilmembers.
L
He
expressed
an
unwillingness
to
even
talk
this
to
even
take
a
role
in
leading
our
community
through
this
crisis,
to
say
that
further
conversation
will
stir
up.
Panic
feels
out
of
touch
at
best
we're
in
the
throes
of
the
pandemic.
Relief
hasn't
been
made
to
made
it
to
so
many,
and
there
are
millions
of
people
throughout
this
country,
including
folks
in
our
community,
who
will
fall
through
the
cracks
of
the
federal
stimulus
program
and
never
see
that
help.
Meanwhile,
that
continues
to
pile
up.
People
are
losing
their
jobs
every
day.
L
Phones
and
other
services
are
being
shut
off
and
the
consequences
of
this
is
real
and
they're
lasting
and
for
many,
the
panic
cannot
be
avoided
and
they're.
Looking
to
you
for
your
leadership
and
to
say
that
moving
the
discussion
to
help
those
hit
first
and
worse
by
this
crisis,
who
are
scared
and
hurting
and
looking
for
help
evidence,
is
the
complete
lack
of
focus
of
the
roles
and
responsibilities
charged
on
you.
As
municipal
officials
begs
the
question
who
it
is,
you
show
up
to
serve
for
the
data.
L
The
question
of
data
United
Way
tells
us
that
in
McClain
County
there
are
24,000
households
that
are
financially
unstable.
This
is
before
the
Kovach
crisis,
to
my
understanding,
and
they
go
on
to
say
that
as
many
as
half
of
those
have
no
existing
relationships
with
social
service
agencies
or
government
agencies
to
get
the
help
that
they
need
and
that
the
Kovach
crisis
is
only
compounding
those
problems.
We
also
know
that
over
5,000
unemployed
people
were
reported
in
March,
which
is
up
just
from
a
few
hundred
in
February,
so
we've
heard
it
from
our
community.
L
We
see
it
in
the
numbers
and,
as
was
mentioned
earlier,
we
also
know
that
there
is
money
available
both
in
the
320,000
plus
dollars
from
HUD,
as
well
as
22
million
in
surplus
funds
open.
It
up
invite
people
in
and
you'll
learn
just
what
you
need
to
know
in
terms
of
the
scale
of
this
problem
in
our
community.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
M
My
name
is
Janice
Brown
I
believe
in
Bloomington.
Can
you
hear
me
okay,
I'm,
concerned
about
the
homeless
during
this
crisis?
They
are
part
of
this
community
and
if
they
are
at
risk,
so
Elise
Pensacola's,
19,
spread
so
easily
I'm
table
because
of
mental
illness.
So
I
live
on
SSP
SSI
ie
I
have
Medicare
Medicaid
food
stamps,
section,
hate,
housing
and,
like
it
I'm
completely,
depending
on
all
the
resources
available,
I
realize
I'm
just
a
step
away
from
homelessness.
M
If
the
Social,
Security
or
HUD
were
no
more
I'd,
be
on
the
street
I'm,
so
grateful
for
all
I
have
living
across
the
street
from
the
arena's
parking
garage.
I've
seen
many
homeless
people
sleeping
there
from
time
to
time
over
the
years,
but
not
lately.
Where
are
they
Howard
it?
It
shouldn't
be
that
anyone
should
die
because
they
have
nowhere
to
go
to
be
sheltered.
They
are
not
disposable
people.
Please
look,
please
don't
look
the
other
way.
Please
use
the
direct
aid
to
help
these
people
falling
through
the
cracks
learn
this
pandemic.
Thank
you.
Thank.
N
C
C
O
Yes,
this
is
all
right.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
here
today,
honestly
and
really
thanks
everyone
who
has
come
out
to
show
solidarity
with
our
wonderful
community.
My
name
is
matthew.
Sims
I've
lived
throughout
Bloomington
and
normal,
and
for
about
the
past
10
years
or
so.
I
only
have
a
short
amount
of
time.
So
I'd
like
to
get
right
to
my
two
points,
I'd
first
like
to
address
the
vote
that
took
place
in
our
previous
meeting
to
cease
discussions.
O
The
issue
of
direct
aid
relief
to
our
residents,
I
would
plead
with
you
to
reconsider
and
to
provide
direct
financial
relief
to
Bloomington
residents
who
have
been
harmed
first
and
worst
by
this
Kovach
19
crisis.
The
fact
this
is
this
has
been
voted
against
even
discussing
I
think
is
ridiculous.
Our
most
vulnerable
demographics
are
getting
hit
the
hardest
during
this
time,
and
I
would
argue
that
it
is
morally
imperative
that
if
we
have
some
way
to
help
directly
that
we
do
so
immediately,
the
people
are
that
are
being
affected.
O
Now
not
later
it's
going
to
only
get
worse
and
despite
any
setbacks
or
hardships
and
getting
the
money
together
or
who
certain
funds
may
be
given
to,
we
have
to
come
together
to
find
ways
to
help
immediately.
As
for
my
second
point,
I
would
like
to
ask
what
is
being
done
to
ensure
the
safety
and
well-being
of
our
homeless
and
housing.
Insecure
populations
right
now,
are
we
providing
any
helpful
the
local
shelters?
Are
we
offering
emergency
facilities
for
those
who
are
in
bad
position
before
the
crisis?
O
I
would
like
to
see
some
transparency
on
this,
and,
if
work
is
not
currently
being
done,
I
would
like
discussions
to
occur
on
how
our
local
government
may
provide
a
helping
hand
side
by
side
with
those
of
us
in
these
communities
willing
to
do
what
we
can
help
reach
out
those
who
may
have
nowhere
else
to
go.
They
deserve
testing,
they
deserve
supplies
and
they
deserve
to
feel
safe
like
the
rest
of
us.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
B
C
P
Thank
you.
Can
you
guys
hear
me
or
is
it
not
working
yet
we've
got
okay
for
it.
I'll
try
again.
First
each
of
those
four
members
who
have
the
courage
to
lead
and
discuss
difficult
topics
during
the
closest.
My
message
today
is
focused
for
those
five
members
who
voted
against
even
allowing
a
discussion.
A
couple
weeks
ago,
I
mentioned
that
right
now
you
have
a
captive
audience
at
local
residents
or
tuning
in
now,
more
than
ever,
you're
watching
online
they're,
paying
more
attention
to
our
City
Council's.
P
Responding
to
this
crisis,
we're
all
living
through,
and
even
the
media,
from
Peoria,
where
we
share
a
TV
market,
has
been
paying
more
attention
to
us.
Unfortunately,
as
a
result
of
our
city
councils
handling
as
a
resident,
it
was
very
disappointing
watching
the
meeting
last
week
to
see
that
some
council
members
refused
to
even
entertain
a
discussion.
Let
alone
make
a
decision
when
were
they
there,
they
wouldn't
even
allow
it
to
be
discussed,
and
now
there
are
news
clips
of
those
individuals
saying
things
like
well
we're
not
going
to
discuss
it,
because
that
creates
panic.
P
So
we're
not
going
to
discuss
the
crisis,
because
if
we
respond
to
it
that
creates
panic,
I
don't
even
know
how
to
respond.
To
that.
All
I
can
say
is
the
perception
that
it
has
created
of
our
city.
It's
obviously
not
a
positive
one.
Now,
whether
that
perception
is
real
or
not,
it
has
created
an
image
of
our
city.
Do
we
have
some
folks
on
our
city
council?
Perhaps
we're
out
of
touch
with
reality.
P
P
It's
embarrassing
that
we
have
Q
v--
stations,
putting
forth
these
little
narratives
and
now
we're
being
mocked,
and
you
can
agree
or
disagree
with
the
perception,
but
I
think
we
deserve
to
be
called
out
as
a
community
for
a
lack
of
response
and,
more
so,
for
our
refusal
to
even
allow
a
discussion
that
it's
not
okay,
I'm,
not
suggesting
that
the
narrative
out
there
is
correct
or
that
it's
a
true
reflection
of
our
reality
as
a
city,
but
it
is
disappointing.
We
would
let
this
perception
stand.
We
shouldn't
so
with
that
said.
P
I
respectfully
urge
all
members
of
the
council
to
seek
transparency
and
visibility
to
allow
an
open
conversation
of
providing
direct
about
providing
direct
aid
to
those
in
need.
There
is
no
harm
and
open
to
transparent
discussion
and
again
we're
just
asking
for
that.
An
open
discussion.
However,
you
vote
after
the
discussion.
That's
your
vote.
You
represent
your
ward.
We
respect
that,
but
to
refuse
any
discussion
altogether.
That
is
not
okay.
P
In
a
time
of
crisis
that
is
divisive,
it
is
political
and
it
is
unbecoming
of
the
people
we
look
to
for
leadership
in
a
time
of
crisis.
So
please
have
the
discussion
Maine
committed
to
transparency
during
this
difficult
time
after
the
discussion,
let
the
votes
fall
where
they
may.
Thank
you
for
listening.
B
Q
My
name
is
Zach
and
I
live
on
the
west
side
of
Bloomington
I
watched
the
meeting
last
week
and
I
have
to
say:
I
was
shot
I,
say
I,
say
I
was
shocked
by
some
of
the
other
people
at
comments
being
made.
Okay,
some
of
y'all
clamor
and
endlessly
about
your
fiduciary
responsibilities.
Are
the
exact
same
other
people
who
not
five
weeks
ago
wasted
over
a
million
dollars
on
new
vehicles.
Those
were
not
essential
needs,
okay,
city
staff,
even
said
they
weren't,
okay,
okay!
Q
So
so
please
spare
us
your
incredulous
diatribes
about
fiduciary
responsibilities:
okay,
cuz,
cuz,
they're,
just
falling
on
deaf
ears
right,
so
y'all
sounding
like
some
real
hypocrites.
Like
huge
hypocrites,
I'll,
say,
y'all
reminded
me
of
the
biggest
hypocrite,
the
icy
skeleton
Queen
Diane
Benjamin,
now
I
didn't
think
it
was
possible
to
mimic
the
level
of
him
hypocrisy
that
empty
festering
bone
bag
has
but
y'all
coming
close.
Okay.
So
before
y'all
start,
shotting
people
like
y'all,
haven't
complained
to
a
manager
in
a
month
and
y'all
start
casting
aspersions.
Get
yourself
right.
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
A
B
J
Yeah,
thanks
for
taking
the
time
to
have
me
tonight
and
I'll,
be
as
concise
as
possible.
I
wish
I
had
a
more
eloquent
speech
for
you
guys,
but
I'm
going
to
get
right
to
the
point.
I
was
homeless
for
nearly
two
months
in
Bloomington
last
year
and
I
worked
myself
out
of
that,
and
over
the
past
year
have
man
has
may
have
managed
to
get
myself
off
the
streets
put
a
roof
over
my
head
and
my
life
back
in
order.
I
found
a
very
good
paying
job.
It
was
Union.
J
J
I'm
due
to
the
corona
virus
outbreak,
I
really
want
to
drive
home
the
point
that
it
was
not.
My
fault
certainly
didn't
quit
my
job.
It
certainly
wasn't
me.
Wrongdoing
on
mine,
I
enjoyed
my
job.
I
wanted
to
keep
going.
Making
money
and
I
was
also
giving
no
warning
what
so
ever
and
I
mean
I
wish
I
could
say
differently,
but
I'm,
like
millions
of
other
Americans
in
this
country.
J
I
do
not
have
more
than
a
month
savings
and
when
I
found
that
out,
I
have
used
what
money
I
had
saved
up
on
my
rent
on
my
March
rent
I
was
behind
on
April.
So
when
our
stimulus
check
came,
I
paid
two
months
rent
and
went
to
Walmart
and
it
was
literally
gone
in
24
hours.
So,
although
that
helped
I'm,
certainly
back
to
being
housing
insecure
now,
I,
don't
know
what
I'm
going
to
do
about
next
month.
I
lost
both
of
my
jobs.
I
have
not
gotten
that
diamond
unemployment
of
over
a
month.
J
The
unemployment
system
is
an
absolute
nightmare.
It's
a
black
hole
and
I.
Have
the
legal
right
come
on
employment,
but
they
have
not
sent
it
to
me
yet
over
a
month
and
I,
don't
know
what
I'm
gonna
do
I
literally
don't
what
we
know
for
sure
is
that
there's
a
national
emergency
that's
been
declared,
and
for
the
first
time
in
our
country's
history,
all
50
states
have
declared
emergencies.
J
We
know
that
there's
a
very
serious
issue
with
unemployment
in
the
economy
right
now,
and
we
also
know
that
the
city
has
the
funds
to
help.
So
to
me,
the
question
of,
should
there
be
some
assistance
offered,
is
really
a
moot
point.
It
should
be
moving
on
to
what
can
the
city
do
to
help
the
residents
that
have
been
negatively
affected
by
this?
The
fact
that
there
hasn't
even
been
a
discussion
I
think
speaks
very,
very,
very
poorly
for
the
members
who
voted
against
that.
It's
not.
It
should
have
already
been
passed.
J
C
R
Hi
I
guess
you
can
hear
me.
The
kovat
pandemic
is
exposing
inequalities.
Please
read
the
front
page
of
Sunday's
pantograph
article
health
versus
wealth,
I
thought
it
was
very
revealing.
If
you
haven't
read
it,
you
get
a
hold
of
one
and
read
it.
Fortunately,
I
have
privilege
I
have
a
car
I
have
a
house,
but
you
know
I
didn't
think
about
others,
not
having
transportation
to
the
fairgrounds
to
be
tested.
R
R
B
B
B
A
K
U
V
B
W
Mr.
mayor,
can
you
hear
me
yes,
I
can't
John
how
you
doing
well.
I
was
gonna
call
tonight
we've
sort
of
been
saved
a
bit
because
of
what's
gone
on
before
me,
because
I
noticed
the
Smurfs
on
one.
Your
council
members
face
that
bu
Jen,
because
it's
pretty
certain
you've
stacked
the
deck
with
callers
tonight.
Good
job,
very,
very
socialist
of
you,
but
I
wanted
to
talk
about
the
fact
that
is
supposed
to
rain
for
the
next
three
days
and
I
bet.
You
know
what
this
is
about.
W
W
Evidently,
the
city
has
not
mapped
all
the
sewers
in
town,
because
the
city
employees
wasted
five
or
six
hours
as
my
basement
filled
with
water
because
they
couldn't
find
where
the
sewers
were
now
as
much
as
I
hate.
To
say
this
jamie
has
a
point.
They
should
be
MACT
I
get
it.
Many
people
had
put
sewers
in
willy-nilly
here
and
there,
but
if
you're
sitting
on
a
twenty
two
million
dollar
emergency
fund
use
it
to
map
the
sewers,
I've
got
a
guy
who's
right
across
me.
He
used
to
work
for
the
city
of
Bloomington.
W
You
know
what
he
tells
me.
This
problem
on
low
Street
has
been
happening
for
the
past
ten
years
and
he
says
if
the
city
says
they
don't
know
about
it.
There
are
Liars
because
that's
a
known
fact,
city
employees
have
told
me
when
they
come
by
that
they've
known
about
it.
Mr.
Renner,
you
say,
you've
never
been
told
about
it.
In
the
past,
I've
got
six
neighbors
on
either
side
of
me
that
had
water
in
their
basements
because
of
the
rain.
You
got
this
weekend
when
I
caught
hold
of
the
city.
W
Jamie
was
nice
enough
to
answer
me:
I
had
about
nine
inches
of
water
by
the
time
hair
got
over
there
and
fixed
temporarily
I
assumed
since
it's
not
been
repaired.
Whatever's
done
I
had
a
full
third
inches
of
water
in
my
basement,
so
I'm
gonna
suggest
that
somebody
in
public
works
who
might
have
an
idea
of
what
they're
doing
get
the
funds
available
to
map
the
sewers,
because
it's
it's
pretty
ridiculous.
B
H
Yeah,
with
regards
to
last
week's
five
to
four
council
decision
to
not
put
discussion
of
local
direct
aid
for
the
kovat
19
crisis
on
this
week's
agenda,
I'd
first
like
to
address
the
knaves
from
wards
1
2,
&
3
voting.
No
for
the
laughable
reason
of
vagueness
and
time
wasting
is
either
lazy
or
a
deliberate
attempt
to
circumvent
transparent
accountability
or
both
I
want
the
process
of
putting
together
the
nuts
and
bolts
in
full
public
view.
So
I
can
see
what
compromises
are
made
and
who
is
making
them.
H
H
Now
would
Phibes
name
the
other
woman's
excuse
of
not
adding
to
creating
panic
is
one
of
the
weakest
dodges
I've
ever
heard.
If,
during
a
crisis,
you
put
that
kind
of
vacuous
theater
above
helping
people
in
need,
it
only
highlights
your
complete
lack
of
weak
leadership,
make
it
disdain
for
those
less
well-off,
and
how
done
you
must
think
people
are
if
nothing
else.
It
displays
an
alarming
lack
of
seriousness
and
insight
for
these
difficult
times.
H
Moving
on
to
word,
9
that
may
came
from
alderwoman
Bray
Cruz.
Only
real
purpose
on
the
council
seems
to
be
obstructing
anything
that
would
benefit
anyone
outside
of
whatever
insulated
out-of-touch
interest.
She's
really
beholden
to
not
our
responsibility
to
even
publicly
discuss
what
direct
aid
would
look
like
and
how
it
could
work.
I
really
didn't
expect
anything
better
from
her
to
close
I'd
like
to
point
out
that,
historically,
when
governments
fail
their
people
in
times
of
crisis,
it
is
only
led
to
greater
difficulties
for
those
governments
and
the
capitalist
interests.
H
They
tend
to
circle
circle,
their
wagons
around
when
the
going
gets
rough
already,
nationwide
and
locally,
there
are
whispers
of
strikes.
General
strikes,
rent
strikes
and
the
rebirth
of
unemployed
councils
when
all
of
that
could
be
avoided.
If
said,
governments
were
responsive
to
the
real
needs
of
their
people.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
B
X
1998
birthday
parties,
you
may
have
new
onset
of
anxiety
or
other
feelings
they
may
not
be
used
to
for
me
personally.
I
come
from
a
very
privileged
place.
I've
been
able
to
attend
this
transcultural
nursing
experience
that
I've
been
looking
forward
to
for
almost
a
year
that
I
had
won
a
nearly
$1000
scholarship
to
pursue.
X
However,
I
want
you
to
take
those
feelings
of
regret
and
sadness
and
amplify
those.
Imagine
that
you're
somebody
who
wasn't
able
to
pay
for
rent
you
didn't
know
how
to
get
formula
for
your
child
and
within
a
few
days
would
be
starving.
I
want
you
to
take
those
feelings
of
uncomfort
that
we've
already
during
this
pandemic
and
amplify
those
to
some
of
the
members
of
our
community
who
have
been
experiencing
those
a
thousand
times.
I.
X
Want
you
to
put
yourself
in
the
position
of
being
able
to
go
to
the
store
and
not
afford
anything
that
you
see,
because
your
stimulus
check
has
already
run
out.
I
want
you
to
think.
If
it
was
your
son
or
daughter
or
your
niece
or
nephew,
would
you
want
them
to
have
everything
possible
to
succeed
during
this
pandemic?
Or
would
you
want
them
out
on
the
streets
starving?
X
We
all
know
that
during
times
of
crisis,
people
look
to
their
leaders
and
right
now,
as
people
are
looking
to
you
all
that
they're
seeing
is
rejection
they're,
seeing
that
you
do
not
want
to
open
up
a
conversation
to
applying
aid
to
people
who
need
it
most.
You
have
to
ask
yourself
if
this
was
somebody
that
I
loved
who
was
in
this
position.
X
If
this
was
my
son,
daughter,
husband,
wife,
niece
or
nephew,
what
I
want
them
to
have
the
financial
means
necessary
to
dig
themselves
out
of
this
hole
or
what
I
want
them
to
continue
to
suffer
I'm
an
extremely
proud
member
of
this
community
I've
lived
here.
My
entire
life
I
go
to
school
at
ISU
as
a
nursing,
student
and
I
care.
X
C
B
B
Z
B
Next,
we
move
to
our
regular
agenda
item
7a.
We
have
related
to
some
of
the
course
public
comment:
presentation
on
McLean,
County
recovery
loans
and
Kovach
19
community
resources,
and
we
have
a
presentation
by
Patrick
Hoeven
and
we
have
a
presentation
also
by
Camille
Rodriguez
and
I'm,
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
first
to
our
city
manager
and
mr.
Gleason.
Do
you
want
to
go
ahead
and
make
the
introductions
Thank.
U
You,
mayor
and
council
into
the
community
tonight
we
have
the
privilege
of
having
three
presentations
to
discuss
some
of
the
koba
19
type
of
recovery
programs
that
are
available
in
the
community.
All
three
groups
have
agreed
to
make
presentations
again
as
our
guest
and
the
first
one
is
Thea
McClain
County
recovery
loans
that
have
been
placed
for
a
long
time.
County
Board
just
took
action.
A
couple
of
weeks
ago,
we've
got
the
county
administrator,
Camille
Rodriguez
in
the
EDC
executive
director,
Patrick
Holden,
Patrick
and
Camille.
AA
AA
That's
where
I
give
Patrick
and
his
staff
all
of
the
credit,
because
Patrick
came
to
a
few
of
our
meetings:
the
Finance
Committee
and
executive
committee
meetings
to
name
a
few
and
brought
forth
some
recommendations
and
and
after
a
lot
of
conversation
provided
the
McLean
County
Board,
with
some
possible
solutions,
and
so
I
turned
that
over
now
to
Patrick
I
know
he
has
a
presentation
for
you
to
explain.
But
it's
again
my
honor.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
having
us
and
Patrick
I
turn
it
over
to
you.
Thank.
AB
You
Camille
go
ahead
and
try
to
share
my
screen
now
and
get
this
going.
Hopefully,
everybody
can
see
this,
it's
good,
all
right,
great
love
it
when
technology
works,
so
how's
Camille,
said,
and
also
thanks,
Tim
and
mayor
for
having
us
tonight
to
talk
about
this
discuss
the
hero's
journey,
which
you
guys
have
all
talked
about,
having
a
challenge
where
your
struggle
was
and
then
a
resolution
that
we
ended
up
coming
to
you.
AB
The
challenge
itself
is
that
there's
a
large
impact
which
we
all
know
on
non-essential
businesses
and
there
is
also
a
EDC
and
a
County
micro
loan
fund
that
had
been
in
place
for
a
while,
but
it's
as
a
history
of
being
difficult
to
navigate.
There
are
programs
available,
but
the
programs
are,
you
know,
going
pretty
fast.
I
know,
there's
been
a
ejection
of
money.
That's
came
through.
AB
That's
not
expected
to
last
very
long,
so
our
role
with
the
county
is
to
try
to
be
a
last
resort,
with
these
funds
to
other
traditional
financing
mechanisms
and
the
state
and
the
federal.
So
what
we
did
was
he
took
a
look
at
the
McLean
County
small
business
micro
lending
program,
which
was
also
part
of
the
targeted
program
and
the
county
had
set
aside
about
$600,000.
We
work
with
the
county.
AB
AB
This
would
be
a
traditional
mechanism
to
where,
if
you
went
to
your
bank
and
you're
looking
for
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
we
would
hope
that
the
bank
could
cover
eighty
and
then
that
our
loan
program
would
cover
the
other
twenty
up
to
twenty
thousand
dollars
the
interest
rates
we
duplicated
what
the
paycheck
protection
program
had
at
one
percent
term
wise.
It
says,
shifted
over
two
years
and
then
to
the
life
of
where
the
bank
loan
was.
We
waived
a
closing
fee,
no
application
fee.
AB
We
still
do
require
collateral
because
it
isn't
loan
business
plan
is
no
longer
required
because
it's
not
for
startups,
and
one
of
the
big
things,
though,
was
knocking
the
time
down
before
the
process
took
60
days
because
it
went
from
the
SBDC
to
the
EDC
to
the
CDC,
the
county
finance,
the
County
Board
for
approval.
Now
we're
going
straight
from
the
EDC
to
the
CDC
for
approval,
so
that
should
really
speed
up
the
process.
AB
Also,
another
hang-up
was
the
confidentiality
factor
that
whenever
it
went
to
County
finance
and
to
County
Board
for
final
approval,
all
of
the
the
entire
loan
package
was
a
public
document.
Now
that
it's
all
going
to
be
housed
at
the
EDC
which
elected
officials
can
still
come
in
and
see,
but
we
will
not
turn
it
over
to
be
FOIA
below
so
it'll
be
similar
to
what
we
do
with
ribbon
and
branch,
so
we're
that
the
files
are
at
the
EDC
to
view
but
they're,
not
public
documents.
AB
We
also
got
rid
of
the
projection
side
of
things
to
try
to
speed
it
up.
So
really
just
asking
for
three
years
of
historical
data
when
it
comes
to
cash
flow
of
balance,
sheets
still
into
financial
statements
and
a
federal
tax
returns
then
also
a
schedule
of
debt.
It's
whatever
a
bank
would
require
same
with
collateral
and
now
the
documents
too,
as
we
said,
business
plans
are
no
longer
required
because
it's
not
really
first
startups
and
the
other
side
of
it
was.
We
actually
changed.
AB
This
language
I
forgot
the
updated
slide,
we're
trying
to
target
businesses
that
are
non-residential
businesses,
so
not
something.
That's
a
part
of
the
gig
economy,
so
not
really
for
uber
drivers,
but
more
for
people
that
have
employees
or
in
a
commercial
business,
and
it's
across
the
board.
This
isn't
just
for
a
manufacturer.
This
is
for
the
flower
shop
too.
AB
So
we're
trying
to
really
divide
up
the
funds,
get
it
as
many
people
as
possible
and
prioritize
it
down
to
the
smaller
one
for
10
employees
or
less
and
then
a
larger
one
for
50
employees
or
less.
But
the
goal
of
this
is
to
really
help
out
our
small
businesses
and
again
it
is
a
loan
program
we're
going
to
continue
working
with
the
banks
to
push
this
out
right.
Before
this
meeting
we
got
the
applications
approved
and
uploaded
on
our
website.
AB
D
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
presentation
and
for
this
work
that
you're
doing
for
our
community
and
and
working
with
our
businesses
and,
of
course,
there's
there's
important
jobs
that
they
provide.
The
one
slide
you
show
talked
about,
throwing
showing
three
years
of
financials.
Can
you
can
you
put
that
slide
back
up
or
at
least
drop
cuts
through
that
a
little
bit?
Because
my
question
is
this:
what
if
there
is
a
new
business
with
less
than
three
years
of
experience?
AB
That
was
one
where
we
also
made
adjustments.
I
think
the
goal
the
county
was
to
make
this
as
flexible
as
possible,
so
yeah.
Historically,
the
things
that
are
in
2018
were
is
the
current
program
which
we
actually
just
changed.
So
what
we
changed
this
to
it's
actually
three
years
historic.
If
they've
been
in
business
for
three
years,
if
it's
been
less
than
it's
less,
all
we're
asking
for
is
the
host
as
much
historical
data
as
possible.
Oh
well,.
T
S
AA
Well,
the
best
way
for
me
to
answer
that
is
Treasurer
tracks,
the
the
funds
that
are
allocated
for
this
program-
I,
don't
know
if
I
would
ever
call
it
outside
of
our
budget
because
we
don't
have
dollars
outside
of
the
but
document
from
the
McLean
County
Board.
So
the
money
is
tracked
and
and
we
we
know
exactly
how
much
is
allocated
to
the
EDC
for
these
particular
loan
programs.
AA
S
And
it's
it's
my
understanding
from
from,
and
maybe
this
is
a
question
that
Patrick
can
answer
that
I
listened
to
the
I,
think
the
Executive
Board
meeting
for
board
meeting
and
a
lot
of
council
member
or
board
members
are
talking
about
getting
the
money
into
the
community
as
quickly
as
possible.
Is
that
fairly
accurate
of
what
you
heard?
Yes,.
S
AB
I
B
Y
AB
We're
gonna
update
all
of
our
guides
because
also
State
Farm's
funding
program
that
went
to
liske
that's
new
as
well
and
I
swear.
There
was
another
one
that
just
launched
what
we're
trying
to
update
the
guides
and
being
prepared,
but
I
literally
just
heard
on
the
website
before
I
jumped
on
here,
but
we'll
we
will
update
everything.
Okay,.
Y
A
AB
B
B
N
You,
madam
clerk,
thank
you
both
for
your
work
really
appreciate
this
presentation,
I'm
curious,
if
you
could
clarify
for
me
and
for
the
folks
who
might
be
watching
us
from
home
what
the
process
is
for
applying
just
a
summary
of
what
what
that
process
looks
like
and
what
applications
look
like
when
they'll
be
made
available.
All
of
that
good,
it's.
AB
Switch
over
again,
if
I
can
so
yes,
these
applications
are
online
right
now.
This
is
the
packet
for
the
microbial,
infringe
side.
There's
a
checklist
on
here
just
to
make
sure
that
everybody
qualifies
there's
application
itself
and
it's
a
pretty
short
as
you
will
see,
and
that's
it
three
pages
so
fill
this
out
as
soon
as
possible.
Email
it
to
me
and
we'll
run
it
through
the
EDC
and
the
CDC.
AB
N
V
Thank
You
Jerry,
Thank,
You,
Patrick
and
Camille
for
coming
on
tonight,
I'm
gonna
ask
this
question
to
everybody
so
prepared
for
it
like
a
lot
of
the
concerns
that
we
heard
tonight
during
public
comment
are
very
similar
to
the
ones
we've
been
hearing
over
the
last
few
months
so
and-
and
this
may
not
be
as
applicable
to
Patrick.
So
if
it's
not
no
problem,
but
can
you
share
the
things
that
you've
seen
through
your
office
that
are
similar?
So
what
we've
heard
this
evening
and
some
things
that
we've
heard
that
are
not
congruent
so.
AB
A
lot
of
that
we're
hearing
is
from
the
business
side
of
things,
and
traditionally
the
EDC
has
not
focused
on
smaller
businesses.
We
are
adjusting
right
now
to
do
that,
because
that's
who's
getting
impacted
the
most.
It's
also
the
reason
that
we
put
together.
We
started
off
with
just
a
recovery
guide
for
businesses
and
then
immediately
got
a
got.
AB
Email
said:
hey
what
about
the
people,
so
we
turned
around
and
created
one
for
the
residents
as
well,
and
we're
trying
to
out
that
state
that
with
programs
I
think
the
hardest
part
was
just
tracking
new
resources.
So
it's
great
that
you
guys
have
United
Way
on
here
anyone
else
they
could
come
on
to
talk
about
what
programs
are
there
because
there's
a
lot,
but
it's
just
hard
to
track
everything.
So
I
think
that
the
resources
are
there,
but
it's
just
a
matter
of
like
from
us
the
role
of
our
job.
AB
V
AB
You're
doing
it
right
now,
I
mean
just
just
letting
us
talk
about
it
and
then
anyone
that
has
questions
Ford,
that's
out
there
send
everyone.
You
know
to
be
in
prepared
org,
that's
where
we
partner
with
the
chamber
and
the
CVB
to
track
as
much
as
possible,
and
if
you
guys
know
of
programs
that
aren't
on
there,
let
us
know
so
we
can
get
it
updated.
AB
Z
AB
Z
AB
Not
it's
not
it's
not
a
must-have
now,
but
yes,
the
PPP
I
think
at
9:30
today
launched
again
so
hopefully
as
many
bloomington-normal
businesses
as
possible
were
already
in
the
pipeline.
We
did
not
make
ours
forgivable
or
a
grant
just
that
the
direction
of
county
board
that
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
is
alone,
but
we
still
put
it
at
1%
and
also
I
didn't
mention
that
the
payments
are
deferred
until
January.
B
U
You,
mayor
and
council,
yet
another
presentation:
this
is
the
night
for
presentations.
We
knew
that
this
was
coming
where
we
wanted
to
share
the
programs
that
exist
and
then
talk
through
some
of
those
look
at
the
flexibility
that
these
programs
have
to
try
to
successfully
adjust
as
a
need
might
come
down.
The
road
and
the
path
is
a
long
time
player
in
the
community
and
very
much
appreciate
Karen's
willingness
to
come
and
talk
about
her
program.
Karen.
B
B
AD
AD
AD
AD
However,
the
people
who
are
on
the
streets
they're
on
the
streets,
because
because
their
actions
or
their
illnesses,
keep
them
from
living
in
a
shelter
environment.
So,
for
instance,
three
of
the
people
on
the
streets
right
now
are
pedophiles
and
they
cannot
say
either
shelter.
We
have
several
of
them
who
have
violence
at
the
part
of
their
background
where
they
send
violet
within
a
shelter
setting,
and
then
we
have
people
with
severe
mental
illness
and
substance
abuse
disorders.
AD
Pathos
along
who
keeps
trying
to
work
with
the
people
on
the
street,
making
sure
their
needs
are
met.
When
we
had
a
very
cold
night
in
January,
it
was
our
staff
that
was
going
around
trying
to
find
everybody
and
asking
them
in
order
to
put
them
into
a
hotel
most
of
them
refused,
but
at
least
we
did
our
best
to
make
sure
that
they
were
covered.
AD
AD
If
you
look
at
our
housing
call
from
February
and
to
the
second
week
of
mark
mark,
we
had
112
percent
increase
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
David
is
here
tonight
to
talk
about
the
food
program
because
from
February
to
March
we
had
a
four
hundred
and
forty-one
percent
increase
in
food
request.
Four
hundred
and
forty-one
percent
in
food.
K
AD
AD
So
I
don't
I,
don't
know
that
our
system
is
strong
enough
to
list
and
a
great
deal
of
people
not
having
housing,
but
I
would
remind
people
at
this
point
in
time.
There
are
no
evictions
going
on
and
there's
the
no
indicators,
if
they're
willing
to
stop
that
process.
So
people
are
renting,
people
are
have
their
mortgages
that
are
not
paying
them,
but
there's
not
going
to
be
any
consequence.
AD
The
other
thing
I
want
everyone
to
know
because
you'll
know
it.
If
you
read
the
pantograph
on
a
daily
basis,
these
packages
of
assistance
from
the
federal
government
are
coming
down
to
the
community
and
it's
going
to
take
a
little
bit
to
find
out
how
we're
going
to
utilize
those
to
help
people
in
the
confluent
in
normal
Dane
County.
So
we
have
that
hope
ahead
of
us.
They
passed
the
two
point,
four
point:
one
trillion
dollar
budget
and
those
funds
are
just
starting
to
come
down
on
a
community
level,
and
so.
F
AD
Y
Thank
you
very
much
for
joining
us
tonight.
First
of
all,
my
first
question
is
regarding
the
shelters.
Is
there
a
way
where,
instead
of
waiting
for
people
who
have
show
symptoms
of
possibly
having
koban
19,
we
can
get
them
out
to
the
fairgrounds
and
get
the
staff
out
there
and
be
more
proactive
and
check
everybody
up
front
where
I
keep
seeing
in
the
reported
that
the
the
fairground
testing
is
not
being
used
at
maximum
capacity
right
now,
so
that
maybe
there's
something
else.
Y
AD
Y
AD
AD
We
do
have
a
system
where
we
can
email
the
whole
list
and
everything
that's
available,
and
you
know
there
have
been
things
coming
up.
It's
a
part
of
a
wonderful
part
of
the
community
is
to
see
the
organizations
come
together
and
try
new
things
and
do
new
things
and
I'm
not
going
to
tread
on
Dave,
but
it
is.
It
is
I,
think
that's
better,
because
if
I
take
a
look
at.
T
Y
B
N
N
I
know
from
from
somebody
who
is
homeless,
that
if
they
have,
they
have
like
a
nine
year
old
or
maybe
it
was
eleven
year
old,
I
guess
at
this
point
be
11
year
old,
son,
she's,
a
woman,
and
so
what
she
had
shared
is
that
she
has
difficulty
staying
at
the
shelters
because
they
don't
allow
them
to
stay
together.
Is
that
is
that
the
case
for
most
of
our
our
shelters
in
town.
AD
AD
AD
AD
AD
N
N
I
did
some
quick
math
in
terms
of
like
my
own
rent,
electric
internet
phone,
water
and
trash
car
insurance,
gas,
all
that
good
stuff
and
if
I
have
if
I
have
lost
my
income,
starting
when
shelter-in-place
took
down
I
would
be
three
thousand
three
hundred
and
twenty-five
dollars
in
debt
by
the
end
that
the
order
is
presumably
gonna
be
lifted
at
the
end
of
May.
So
if
I
called
path
and
I
said,
I,
I
just
need
money
to
pay
my
rent
to
pay
my
electric
bill
to
pay
my
Internet.
N
AD
AD
AD
N
So
I
guess
I
what
I?
What
I
want
to
know
in
your
expert
opinion
and
we've
already
heard
from
our
township
supervisor,
about
the
limitations
for
emergency
Township
assistance
and
general
assistance,
so
I'm
curious
if
you
could
focus
on
the
other
two
Community
Action
and
Salvation
Army.
If
you've
got
people
like
myself,
who
would
be,
you
know
two
or
three
thousand
dollars
in
debt
at
the
end
of
this?
How
many
of
those
people
do
you
estimate
that
there
is
currently
funding
to
support.
AD
AD
N
AD
AD
N
You,
my
last
question,
is
about
the
time
that
it
takes
to
get
somebody
who
is
currently
houseless
to
move
into
housing.
So
my
understanding
is
that
there
is
a
waiting
list
to
be
housed
and
not
necessarily
openings
for
everybody.
So
what
is
the
the
wait
time
for
somebody
who
is
houseless
to
to
be
housed
within
this
system?
Sorry,
my
cat
interested
in
this.
AD
B
S
AD
AD
AD
S
AE
N
B
B
C
V
AD
V
AD
AD
AD
AD
V
AD
Passion
and
energy
we
have
residents,
bring
to
the
City
Council
I
think
that
we
are
in
a
position
right
now.
I
would
only
describe
as
a
holding
pattern
and
we
do
not
have
any
particularly
single
greatest
needs.
Sticking
out
here.
We
are,
there
are
funds
from
other
programs,
so
we
are
taking
those
people
that
we
can
help.
AD
A
AD
A
AD
AD
AC
Karen,
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
by
and
sharing
this
information
is
very
informative.
My
question
is:
what
can
you
are
you
talking
with
other
groups
to
try
to
understand
what
the
unmet
needs
are,
and
are
you
even
yourself
getting
questions
from
folks
where
you
realize
that
you're
not
able
to
eat
at
the.
AD
We
always
talk
together.
There
is
a.
There
is
a
spirit
of
cooperation,
I
believe
through
the
social
service
agency
and
I
am
not
ready
to
comment
on
what
might
come,
because
we
want
to
be
sure
where
we're
at,
but
I
can
assure
you
that
we
are
talking.
If
you
look
at
our
history
of
so
many
years,
we
have
always
come
together
and
we
have
always
generated
some
time.
AD
C
Z
Z
B
You
thank
you
very
much
at
this
point.
We
run
out
of
time
and
Karen
once
again.
Thank
you
for
everything,
not
just
for
this
evening
for
your
35
years
of
work
in
our
community,
helping
the
least
fortunate
and
to
help
educate
us
on
people
who
are
falling
through
the
cracks
and
what
needs
are
still
out
there.
Thank
you,
Karen.
AD
B
N
AD
AD
N
AD
AD
AD
B
U
Thank
You
mayor
Thank,
You,
meryt,
Council,
United,
Way,
we've
got
board
chairman
Pawnee
and
also
the
executive
director
David
they're
gonna
provide
a
a
presentation,
I
actually
serve
on
the
board.
This
was
an
entity
that
David
and
Pawnee
stood
up
very
quickly.
You
know
some
of
the
resources
and
I
think
it's
been
mentioned.
U
Tonight
has
definitely
been
mentioned
in
past
conversations
nobody's
got
a
crystal
ball,
but
this
is
a
group
like
the
others
that
we've
heard
previously
that
know
that
they
need
to
be
flexible
and
know
that
there's
going
to
be
different
phases
of
recovery,
I
mean
we're
still
in
the
initial
stage
of
this
pandemic.
So
we're
not
even
talking
recovery
yet,
but
to
that
point
very
much
appreciate
United
Way,
accepting
our
IOSCO
for
them
to
be
a
guest
presenter,
Bonnie
and
David.
AF
Well,
thank
you
to
city
manager,
Gleason,
mayor
Renner
and
the
City
Council
for
having
us
here
with
you
tonight.
As
soon
as
Pawnee.
It
looks
like
he's
shared
a
screen
but
I'm
just
waiting
for
him
to
go
ahead
and
get
that
onto
the
the
right
slides,
but
I
can
go
ahead
and
and
share
with
you
some
of
the
information
that
you
should
see
coming
onto
your
screen
here
momentarily.
The
first
is
you
know.
AF
Our
goal
here
is
to
provide
you
with
an
overview
and
an
update
on
our
Co
vid
19
relief
efforts
and
what
we've
been
doing
with
something
called
feeding,
BN
and
Beyond
here
in
McLean
County.
So,
first
off
some
context
and
I
heard
one
of
the
caller's
during
public
comment
reference
this
right
before
the
the
pandemic
hit
United
Way
of
McLean
County,
along
with
other
local
United
Way's,
and
our
state
association
we're
in
the
State
Capitol
and
Springfield,
and
the
Blue
Room
unveiling
a
report
called
Alice.
AF
Alice
stands
for
asset
limited
income
constrained,
employee
and
essentially
those
are
the
people
that
are
working
but
are
living
paycheck
to
paycheck.
They
frequently
struggle
to
afford
all
of
the
necessities
and
when
something
like
this
happens,
they're,
probably
more
disproportionately
impacted.
We
know.
As
of
2017
as
a
part
of
this
Alice
report.
AF
We
know
it
comes
from
American
Community,
Survey,
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics
HUD,
a
variety
of
well
researched
and
reputable
sources
that
there
are
24,000
households
in
McLean
County
that
struggle
financially
about
half
of
those
12,000
are
what
would
be
considered
at
the
poverty
level,
the
other
12,000
or
what
would
be
considered
Alice.
So
that's
kind
of
a
starting
point
for
us
from
a
data
perspective
on
how
we
approach
this
issue.
AF
So
as
many
as
half
of
those,
though
we
suspect,
don't
have
a
pre-existing
relationship
with
a
social
service
agency
or
a
governmental
unit
here
in
McLean
County,
you
know,
they've
been
working,
so
they
probably
haven't
had
to
access
services
through
path
or
project
AHS
or
MidCentral,
Community
Action,
all
great
organizations,
for
example,
but
some
of
these
people
that
we
would
consider
Alice
and
financially
unstable,
may
not
have
and
had
a
need
at
this
point
to
have
access
any
of
those
services.
We
also
know
Co
bid.
AF
19
is
causing
impacts
and
disruption
of
an
unprecedented
nature
and
scale.
There's
a
quote
by
Einstein
that
says
the
thinking
that
got
us
you
into
a
problem
probably
won't
get
you
out
of
it.
Something
along
those
lines
right
well,
coab
in
nineteen
is
basically
challenging
a
lot
of
our
basic
assumptions
and
many
of
the
ways
that
we
react
during
crises
is
not
something
that
we're
able
to
do
right
now
because
of
distancing,
because
because
of
the
guidelines
as
far
as
gatherings,
so
many
of
the
existing
kind
of
efforts
don't
work.
AF
So
why
did
we
initiate
feeding
Vienna
and
beyond?
We
wanted
to
create
a
mechanism
for
quick
and
direct
assistance
for
families
in
need.
We
wanted
to
foster
collaborations
and
partnerships,
so
those
are
the
two
goals
that
we
started
out
and
then
from
there
we
looked
at
these
guiding
principles.
We
want
to
focus
in
on
coalitions
that
are
working.
We
wanted
to
leverage
existing
networks
and
not
create
new
ones.
We
want
to
create
multiple
benefits
through
any
of
our
code,
that
19
investments
and
we're
committed
to
transparency
by
communicating
updates,
frequently
and
openly
throughout
the
community.
AF
Well,
in
the
meantime,
while
he's
muted,
maybe-
and
you
we
figure
out
those
technical
issues,
I
can
pick
up
at
least
for
a
little
while
you
know,
through
the
local
stakeholders,
through
government
EMPA
through
input
from
the
school
social
service
agencies.
Others
we
identified
four
key
needs
that
have
emerged
due
to
Co
vid
19,
food
and
security.
Is
one
unemployment,
shelter,
assistance,
child
care
assistance,
oh
honey.
It
looks
like
you're
back
online
now
so
I'll
turn
it
back
to
you.
AG
You
hear
me:
yes,
all
right,
I
think
we
were
going
back
and
forth
I
apologize
for
that
and
apologize
to
slash
in
my
inbox.
There
I
thought
I
was
sharing
my
screen
there
for
a
bit,
so
I'll
jump
right
in
since
not
16th.
When
the
$100,000
code
response
fund
was
established
by
United
Way
we've
been
talking
to
a
lot
of
people
out
there
in
the
community,
we've
had
more
than
200
300
calls
that
we've
made
to
social
service
agencies,
families
out.
AG
There
are
several
small
businesses
that
I
had
to
make
hard
choices
to
let
go
of
their
employees,
especially
the
restaurants
in
town,
and
these
restaurants
are
the
ones
that
have
actually
been
providing
a
source
of
employment
to
a
lot
of
the
low
income.
Families
that
we're
trying
to
score
shelter.
Assistance
you've
heard
about
the
eviction
hold
that
state
of
Illinois
has
put
in
place,
but
I
feel
like
we've
kicked
the
can
down
the
road
I
think
this
will
be
a
need
and
will
be
a
need
in
the
next
30
to
45
days
and
I.
AG
Think
this
is
the
next
frontier
for
us
childcare
assistance,
as
you
may
have
seen,
a
3-year
oldest
who
we
live
with
and
as
someone
who
has
a
child,
I
can't
relate
to
the
experience
that
someone
would
go
through
had
if
they
lost
their
job
and
their
caring
for
their
three-year-old
and
they
try
to
get
out
there
and
find
another
job.
They
need
that
assistance
from
taking
care
of
their
children
to
go,
pursue
another
source
of
employment.
So
this
is
another
need.
That's
emerging
out
there,
the
very
few
child
care
providers
that
are
open
right
now.
AG
AF
Thank
You
Pawnee,
so
United
Way
so
far,
is
focused
in
on
two
ways
to
address
the
food
access
food
insecurity
issue.
Remember
we
talked
about.
One
of
the
guiding
principles
is
to
leverage
existing
systems.
Well,
the
school
districts
have
a
system
set
in
place
right
now,
where
their
gaps
are,
and
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish
is
to
ensure
that
we're
not
creating
waste
duplication
or
overlap.
We're
trying
to
work
with
partners
in
a
collaborative
fashion.
Schools
can
provide
a
breakfast
and
lunch
to
those
students
that
qualify
for
free
or
reduced
lunch.
AF
AF
There
we've
worked
to
source
food
locally
from
the
local
grocers
from
Prairie
erth
farms
and
others,
we've
partnered
with
ISU
to
provide
a
warehouse
to
aggregate
the
food
and
then,
as
you
can
see,
on
the
screen,
currently
Leroy
Lexington
Ridge
View
unit,
five
and
Olympia
have
been
leveraging
the
food
there
to
help
address
those
two
gaps
of
that
adult
or
school-aged
child
in
the
house,
as
well
as
the
evening
meal
and
so
over.
The
last
two
weeks
is:
we've
done
that
effort.
We've
helped
to
support
about
500
families.
AF
Think
to
it.
Thanks
to
our
partners
at
the
chamber,
comments
of
local
restaurants,
we
were
able
to
very
quickly
from
Friday
March
27th
by
Monday
March
30th,
to
have
in
place
a
thousand
meals
a
day
that
would
do
that
evening
meal
and
we
worked
through
a
variety
of
partners
to
help
make
that
happen.
A
variety
of
local
restaurants,
a
variety
of
distribution
sites,
feed
blow,
know
kids
have
been
doing
about
600
meals
a
day,
so
you
can
see
by
just
that.
First
week
we
had
already
increased
that
from
about
3000
to
about
5,000
overall.
AF
Go
ahead
to
the
next
line.
Thank
you.
So
we
talked
about
that
transparency
fact
right,
so
we've
spent
to
date
about
twenty
nine
thousand
dollars
through
the
supplementation
of
the
food
school
or
the
school
food
program,
and
we've
spent
about
a
hundred
and
two
thousand
dollars
over
the
last
month
to
help
this
the
supplementation
and
those
scaling
of
the
grassroots
efforts
locally.
So,
based
on
what
pawnee
shared
that's
coming
in
through
private
resources
sponsorships
grants,
we
still
have
about
three
hundred
twenty
nine
thousand
dollars
available
in
that
fund.
AF
So
what
do
we
mean
by
dual-purpose?
We
talked
about
wanting
to
ensure
that
we're
creating
multiple
benefits
with
our
investments
here.
So
we've
heard
this
throughout
the
call.
As
far
as
citizens
asking
questions
about
this
councilmembers
asking
questions
about
this.
One
of
the
things
we've
done,
the
things
we've
done
is
we've
gotten
the
money
very
quickly
out
into
the
community.
AF
So
in
this
month
roughly
since
we
have
introduced
the
Coe
bid,
community
care
fund,
we've
purchased
over
130,000
dollars
worth
of
food
from
local
restaurants,
suppliers,
farmers
and
that
translates
into
wages
for
local
workers
and
meals
for
families
and
individuals.
So
it
creates
that
dual
purpose
by
helping
support
and
stabilize
create
cash
flow,
create
wages
for
local
employees,
some
of
those
ones
who
may
not
meet
the
federal
poverty
levels
and
so
therefore
may
not
be
eligible
for
some
of
those
other
supports.
AF
On
these
next,
two
slides
will
just
leave
up
for
about
10-15
seconds
each.
These
are
just
the
partners
that
we've
been
working
with.
These
are
the
distribution
sites
that
have
helped
raise,
or
have
helped
to
distribute
the
food
to
citizens
here
locally
or
to
I
should
say
not
just
citizens,
I
should
just
say
to
people
in
need
locally,
and
then
these
are
an
example
or
sampling
of
the
small
businesses
that
we've
helped
or
the
businesses
locally,
that
we've
leveraged
in
order
to
get
that
food
out
to
those
in
need.
I.
AG
Want
to
take
a
minute
to
jump
in
there.
The
relief
efforts
are
for
any
resident
who
lives
in
McLean
County,
not
necessarily
a
resident
or
a
citizen
like
David,
was
talking
about
we're,
also
trying
to
secure
the
food
in
an
equitable
manner
from
all
the
restaurants
in
town
and
we're
also
trying
to
be
culturally
sensitive
to
the
needs
of
our
residents
by
securing
food.
And
that's
my
secret.
AG
So
we
believe
the
need
is
much
bigger
than
sixteen
hundred
meals
a
day
and
we're
talking
about
sixteen
hundred
meals
a
day
from
Monday
through
Friday.
The
reason
we
haven't
picked
a
weekend
is
because
some
of
the
nonprofit's-
probably
don't
have
the
staffing
or
the
wall
and
tears
to
conduct
the
food
relief
efforts
over
the
weekend.
One
of
the
reasons
one
of
the
ways
in
which
we
are
trying
to
scale
our
operation.
We
went
into
cold
relief
efforts
around
the
first
week
of
March.
AG
We
made
decision
to
get
in
to
do
this
on
March
16th
stood
up
the
food
relief
efforts
by
March
30th,
but
this
task
force
the
people
that
you
see
up.
They
are
the
ones
who
are
really
making
a
difference.
The
collaboration
that
you
see
in
the
community
has
been
phenomenal.
It
is
important
to
realize
that
once
you
remove
your
title,
the
organizations
that
you
represent
and
are
willing
to
listen.
There
are
a
lot
of
organizations
that
are
willing
to
come
forth
and
help
out.
AG
AG
There
are
a
couple
of
other
things
that
have
really
been
surfacing
since
march
30th
and
we're
trying
to
be
mindful
of
that.
The
reason
why
we
went
down
the
prepared
meal
route
is
because
of
two
reasons
on
March
3rd.
Yet
we
were
exploring
two
paths.
One
path
was:
can
we
do
food
pantry
food
boxes
versus
prepared
meals?
AG
There
was
an
acute
shortage
of
food
to
do
food
boxes
back
on
March
30th,
as
well
as
we
saw
this
dual
investment
by
investing
into
businesses
so
that
we
create
employment
for
our
local
residents,
because
we
see
this
as
an
important
self-worth,
total
well-being
of
our
families.
If
we
can
create
a
source
of
employment
for
them,
let
them
be
in
charge
of
how
they
want
to
leverage
that
might
you
provide
for
their
families
and
for
themselves.
The
food
supply
has
been
has
changed.
AG
Some
so
we've
been
collaborating
with
East:
u
Christian,
Church
and
Midwest
Food
Bank
and
we've
piloted
out
creating
staple
backs.
These
are
staples
canned
foods
shelf
stable
food
that
we
can
provide
to
our
families,
in
addition
to
the
prepared
meals
that
we
giving
out,
we've
tried
that
out
with
Western
Avenue
community
center,
as
well
as
with
immigration
project
or
be
and
welcoming
group,
and
it
has
worked
really
well
we're
hoping
to
scale
up
those
operations.
AG
In
the
upcoming
days,
you'd
saw
you've
seen
the
announcement
by
a
guy
on
a
Pritzker
for
the
need
for
so
on
mast.
To
give
you
some
data,
some
of
our
food
distribution
partners
have
been
observing
to
the
extent
to
which
the
families
are
wearing
masks.
When
they
pick
up
the
food,
maybe
one
in
five
or
one
in
six.
Families
are
actually
wearing
masks
when
they
come
out
to
pick
up
the
food.
AG
So
we
made
it
a
point
to
really
get
more
hand-sewn
masks
but
also
distribute
those
hands
on
mass
through
the
food
distribution
sites,
and
this
is
a
drive
that
United
Way
has
been
doing
in
collaboration
with
all
our
food
distribution
partners.
A
huge
shout
out
to
David
Hurst
from
bein
welcoming,
as
well
as
from
immigration
project
and
make
this
happen.
AG
So
a
third
need
that
has
emerged
is
paper
products
Wesley,
United,
Methodist
Church
is
one
of
the
few
places
in
town
that
provides
paper
products
that
would
be
toilet
paper
paper,
towels,
diapers,
feminine
hygiene
products,
and
what
have
you
back
in
March?
They
they
did
200,
they
supported
200
families
in
April,
they've
supported,
400
families.
The
increase
is
really
huge.
AG
There
are
other
churches
like
issue.
They
are
trying
to
make
a
difference,
but
this
is
another
growing
need
that
United
Way
has
agreed
to
partner
with
Wesley
United
Methodist
Church,
to
ensure
that
we
can
provide
some
of
these
paper
products
through
Wesley
United,
Methodist
Church,
as
well
as
other
food
distribution
partners,
are
we
working
with
which
is
about
fourteen
of
them.
AG
How
can
you
help
I
think
this
is
an
important
question.
Several
of
you
have
asked
that
question
have
asked
this
question
as
you
listen
to
some
of
those
families
that
have
spoken
earlier,
I
think
the
need
is
from
a
food
perspective
is
imminent.
I
think
we
have
to
do
some
listening,
but
I
think
we
all
collectively
as
a
community.
We
have
the
means
to
solve
this.
It's
not.
The
onus
for
solving
this
isn't
is
not
on
one
person
or
one
entity.
I
think
it
requires
collaboration.
AG
It
requires
us
to
really
think
outside
the
box
and
think
about
philanthropy
or
service
from
a
different
view.
Our
ask
of
you
is
if
someone
is
interested
in
working
with
us,
collaborating
with
us
serving
as
a
food
distribution
partner
or
in
other
means,
please
let
us
know
you
can
find
me
or
David
Taylor.
You
can
find
me
on
Facebook
or
some
of
those
places
we
will
love
to
partner
with
you,
Dave
and
I'll
speak
to
this
briefly.
AG
There
are
other
needs
that
are
surfacing
and
they
will
show
up
in
the
next
30
to
45
days.
We
are
actively
working
on
farming
coalition's
across
several
service
providers
in
this
community
to
think
about
what
those
solutions
would
look
like
in
a
shelter
assistance
pace,
we're
starting
to
talk
about
what
those
solutions
may
look
like
or
the
coalition's
may
look
like
in
the
chil
child
care
assistance,
space,
scott
black.
AG
Hopefully
this
answers
your
question
and
validates
the
what
the
needs
are
in
the
community
and
how
you
might
be
able
to
sis,
but
I
would
say
that
please
provide
some
patience.
I
think
we
need
to
do
more
listening.
There
are
people
who
are
willing
to
collaborate,
but
everyone
is
trying
to
find
a
solution
on
their
own.
Let
the
collaboration
exist
and
help
the
collaboration
that
you
work
through
solutions
before
we
chime
in
and
work
through
them.
AG
AF
So,
just
a
few
quick
things
here,
you
can
see
the
website
UW
McClain
org,
the
Alice
report,
at
least
the
two-page
kind
of
brief
version
that
shows
you
what
a
survival
versus
a
stability
budget
look
like
as
well
as
some
of
that
information
I
talked
about
in
the
first
slide.
You
can
find
that
on
our
coded
page
and
other
resources
available
as
well
as
you
can
see
we're
giving
periodic
updates.
You
can
contact
me
through
the
website
or
you
know
somebody
needs
that
information.
AF
We
can
obviously
and
get
ahold
of
us
we're
trying
to
adhere
to
social,
distancing
and
CDC
guidelines,
even
though
we
technically
fall
under
essential
business,
we're
being
mindful
about
how
frequently
staff
are
in
the
office
and
we're
primarily
trying
to
work
from
home.
So
the
best
way
to
reach
us
will
be
by
email
at
first
and
then
we
can
communicate
via
cell
phones
and
whatnot,
but
you'll
find
a
whole
host
of
information
on
our
website.
AG
And
our
intent
is
to
actually
again
create
that
collaboration,
and
let
people
know
where
we
stand
on
things.
Several
of
you
have
already
attended
that
some
of
those
virtual
town
hall
meetings
they've
also
published
one
of
those
virtual
town
hall
meetings
using
a
YouTube
video.
We
encourage
you
to
take
a
look
at
that.
I
do
want
to
say
one
thing:
it's
important
for
us
to
stay
together
and
work
together
in
this.
In
this
conversation,
we
invite
your
input
and
ways
in
which
we
can
work
together
with
you.
AG
Listening
is
an
important
aspect
of
this
united
way.
As
you
have
heard
from
one
of
the
callers
earlier
I
wish,
there
was
no
need
for
charity.
I
hope
that
is
the
case
sometime
in
the
future,
but
it's
important
for
us
to
actually
see
that
we
are
in
this
together
and
how
we
can
do.
This
is
not
a
hand
down.
This
is
a
hand
up.
This
is
about
equity,
and
this
is
about
us
staying
together,
but
it
requires
us
to
do
some
listening.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
B
N
You
I've
got
a
number
of
questions,
so
please
bear
with
me
but
I'm
happy
to
help
extend
the
time
if
need
be.
So
my
first
question:
is
you
all
put
up
that
hundred
thousand
dollars
pretty
quickly
after
the
pandemic?
News
hit
I
want
to
ask,
because
we
have
heard
the
argument
here
on
council
that
data
collection
is
important
before
any
sort
of
money
gets
put
up.
Why
did
you
all
decide
to
move
forward
before
collecting
extensive
data
on
what
the
food
neke
was
going
to
be
I'll.
AG
Answer
that
and
David
can
clean
me
up
so
Jen
I
put
it
this
way.
He
had
money
very
little
money
in
our
coffers.
We
said
we
think
that
all
the
anecdotal
stories
that
we've
been
hearing
from
other
parts
of
the
country-
it's
important
for
us
to
take
a
leadership
role,
but
we
also
had
a
perspective
that
if
that
money
was
not
used,
we
could
easily
reallocate
that
money
for
other
things
that
United.
AG
So
we
were
picking
up
on
some
of
the
stories
from
other
communities
and
we
wanted
to
remain
proactive
and
we
wanted
to
go
in
with
a
faith
that,
as
Karen's
angrily
mentioned,
be
as
a
community
have
all
always
pulled
together
and
we
will
pull
together
what
we
needed
to
create
that
collaboration
front
and
if
United
Way
were
to
move
ahead
with
it.
We
thought
others
would
come
along
on
that
journey.
David
anything
you
would
say
to
clean
me
up.
AF
No
I
think
you
hit
that
well,
I
think
it
was
important.
We
thought
we
were
in
a
position
to
be
able
to
act
quickly
quickly
and
to
be
proactive
in
our
response
and
better
to
move
quickly.
We
felt
in
that
space
because
we
don't
have
some
of
the
same
restrictions
that
maybe
some
of
our
partners
in
this
space
do
sometimes
as
it
as
to
how
the
money
is
utilized
or
how
the
resources
or
support
is
utilized,
got.
N
It
thank
you,
thank
you.
So
much
and
I
really
commend
you
for
using
and
honoring
people's
lived
experiences,
even
though
they
might
be
dismissed
as
anecdotal
to
to
move
into
action.
My
second
question
is:
are
you
continuing
to
fund
community
nonprofits
or
have
all
of
your
funds
had
to
be
redirected
towards
this
effort.
AF
Know
so
there
are
funds
that
are
going
out
in
the
community.
Besides
this,
so
many
of
you
are
probably
aware,
we've
got
a
250,000
dollar
commitment
to
the
adolescent
outpatient
center
here
locally.
One
of
our
primary
focuses
as
an
organization
is
for
youth
and
family
here,
and
we
know,
there's
been
a
a
need
to
help
support
additional
behavioral
health
services,
as
it
relates
to
young
people
in
our
community.
AF
So
that's
one
investment
that
we've
got
planned
here
for
2020
and
ready
to
go
whenever
they're
ready
to
go
just
based
on
I,
think
the
cove
in
nineteen.
The
pandemic
really
upsets
some
of
the
timing
of
the
RF.
That
sort
of
thing.
Additionally,
we've
been
doing
some
investments
into
workforce
development
that
also
have
been
kind
of
up
ended
by
Coe
bid
19.
So,
yes,
we
we've
got
various
investments
besides
this
that
are
going
out
into
the
community,
but
this
is
our
primary
focus.
Right
now,.
N
Then
I
noticed
that
I
think
most
of
the
businesses
that
you
mentioned
purchasing
food
from
are
members
of
the
McLean
County
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Are
you
purchasing
with
any
small
businesses,
small
restaurants
that
are
not
members
of
the
chamber
and
then
to
that
end,
I'm
curious
about
why
you
made
the
decision.
I
saw
some.
Some
larger
corporations
show
up
there
like
chick-fil-a
and
Jimmy
John's
in
subway,
and
so
I
am
curious
about
why
you
opted
for
those,
as
opposed
to
some
of
some
smaller
businesses.
So.
AG
I'll,
take
that
and
David
completely
Mia
the
way
we
approached
that
was
we
needed
to
do
a
thousand
meals
a
day
and
from
a
logistics
standpoint,
you're
talking
about
a
United
Way
that
has
two
and
a
half
staff.
Besides
the
CEO,
we
actually
again
in
the
true
spirit
of
collaboration
reached
out
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
asked
them.
Our
budget
was
five
dollars
a
meal.
We
told
the
chamber:
is
there
anyone
and
everyone
in
a
very
equitable
manner,
within
your
membership?
Who
would
be
interested
in
partnering
with
us?
AG
It
was
mainly
about
scale,
and
you
know
there
are
very
few
small
businesses
that
can
do
that
at
that
scale,
and
now
we're
talking
about
1,600
some
days
close
to
about
2,000
meals
a
day.
That
was
one
of
the
reasons.
The
second
thing
is
that
we
also
wanted
to
get
to
some
small
businesses
because
of
those
the
cultural
sensitivity
to
there
are
some
restaurants
which
again
I
can't
validate.
If
all
of
them
are
chamber
members
some
may
not
be
but
I'll.
AG
AF
I
think
you
hit
it
on
the
head,
not
all
of
the
restaurants,
our
Chamber
members.
That
was
the
premise
that
we
started
with,
but
a
lot
of
that
to
pawnee's
point
was
about
speed
and
scale.
We
essentially
at
three
three
o'clock
on
a
Friday
afternoon.
This
wasn't
on
a
radar
by
4:30.
It
was
like
we've
got
to
find
5,000
meals
for
next
week
in
a
day
here,
and
so
we,
you
know,
have
really
good
relationships
with
the
chamber
and
with
the
partnership
and
for
many
of
those
restaurants
a
lot
of
them.
AF
AG
N
You
so
much
action
and
equity
are
two
of
my
favorite
words.
My
very
last
question
is
twofold,
which
is:
would
you
agree
with
the
assessment
that
has
been
shared
here
before
that
our
social
service
agencies,
our
existing
social
service
agencies,
are
already
able
to
meet
the
needs
of
every
resident
who
will
be
affected
by
the
köppen
19
crisis?
So
that's
part
one
of
the
question.
The
second
part
is
if
the
city
did
decide
to
institute
a
direct
aid
program
to
help
people
most
in
need
and
working.
N
AF
So
I'll
try
and
take
a
stab
at
that
and
Bonnie,
you
know,
feel
free
to
clean
me
up
in
this
case.
You
know,
I,
really
believe
that
that
question
is
going
to
be
a
function
of
really
three
key
things:
it's
gonna
be
about
capacity,
it's
gonna
be
about
resources
and
it's
gonna
be
about
any
restrictions
that
are
placed
on
those
resources.
AF
One
of
the
consistent
themes
I've
heard
during
public
during
various
experts
comments
are
about
some
of
the
restrictions
that
our
times
are
in
place
on
some
of
the
resources,
so
I
think
that
I
know
that's
not
a
direct
answer,
maybe
to
your
question,
but
at
least
from
my
end,
it's
going
to
be
a
byproduct
or
a
function
of
all
three
of
those
things
as
to
how
effectively
a
coalition
can
help
address
the
problems.
Tapani
x'
point
earlier
to
I.
AF
Don't
think
this
is
all
going
to
fall
on
social
services,
nor
should
it
I
think
it
has
to
be
a
collective
effort.
It
has
to
be
a
collaborative
effort.
It's
going
to
require
public-private
partnerships
is
going
to
require
interventions
at
a
variety
of
different
levels
and
different
partners.
Not
just
all
on
one
sector
of
our
economy
to
deal
with
this.
AG
Let
me
repeat
that
I,
don't
think
we
truly
know
what
the
extent
of
the
need
is
and,
more
importantly,
how
long
the
need
is
going
to
be.
We,
unfortunately
don't
have
an
end
in
sight
for
co-ed
at
this
time
and
some
of
the
needs.
Although
some
we
have
heard
some
stories,
shelter,
assistance
and
childcare
assistance
has
not
surfaced.
Yet
it
will
don't
get
me
wrong.
AG
We
need
to
be
good
listeners
to
say
what
they
have
to
share
and
also
ask
the
question
like
several
of
your
asking
is:
how
do
we
help
I?
Don't
think
it?
The
burden
of
these
solutions
is
going
to
lie
on
one
person
or
one
institution
it
is
gonna,
require
us
to
work
together.
So
I
hope
that
you'll
get
to
work
together.
It
will
require
public-private
partnership
now,
to
what
extent
I
think.
That's
a
conversation
that
needs
to
be
had
down
the
road
and.
AF
And
just
maybe
to
your
second
question
to
hear
this
may
have
a
few
of
you
fallen
out
of
your
chair,
but
as
a
United
Way,
we're
not
here
to
ask
you
for
money.
Ultimately,
if
there's
a
decision
that
you
like
what
you
see,
this
is
what
we
encourage
when
we've
had
these
town
halls
when
we've
talked
with
various
donors,
various
corporations
locally,
etc.
If
you
think
that
we're
effective
and
we're
executing
them
by
all
means,
you
know
support
us
in
that
way.
AF
But
that's
not
what
we're
here
for
we're
essentially
here
to
kind
of
share
with
you.
What
we're
trying
to
do
to
address
needs
in
the
community
that
were
created
by
fill
bid,
19
and
really
it's
up
to
your
body
to
make
decisions
on
if
you
want
to
release
any
funds
and
where
those
months
should
go.
Thank.
B
V
S
Thank
You,
mayor
and
and
Pawnee
and
David.
Thank
you
so
much.
You
know
I,
like
those
words
to
equitable
collaborative
you
know
it's
about
being
creative
and
showing
servant
leadership,
so
so
really
appreciate
what
you
guys
are
doing
and
the
collaborative
nature
of
it.
Just
a
couple
of
quick
questions
and
things
I
wanted
to
point
out
when
listening
to
the
Town
Hall
did
I
hear
right
that
that
you
thought
8080
500
employees
of
restaurants
have
lost
their
jobs
in
this
community.
No.
AF
I'll
clean
that
up,
Patrick
Oban
had
indicated
that
there
are
8,500
employed
in
the
food
service
sector
in
okay,
and
what
we're
suggesting
is
is
that
how
many
of
those
have
been
at
risk
because
of
this
before
have
been
disrupted
or
put
out
of
work
because
of
it?
We're
not
saying
all
of
them
are
gotcha.
S
AG
There's
no,
as
I
mentioned,
Jeff
there's
no
way
to
estimate
what
it
is
we're
just
taking
one
week
at
a
time
we
have
not
put
out
the
ask
for
food
distribution
through
the
social
media.
For
two
reasons
we
didn't
want
to
overwhelm
our
volunteers
at
these
food
distribution
centers
because
of
social
distancing.
Nor
did
we
want
to
have
all
our
residents
rush
out
to
a
food
distribution
center
and
put
themselves
at
risk.
AG
We
are
taking
a
very
strategic
approach
to
reaching
these
families
through
the
food
distribution
partners,
they're
calling
on
the
families
that
they
know
and
making
them
aware
of
it.
So
we
are
taking
this
through
lens
serve.
What
do
we
need
to
do
next
week
and
the
following
week,
and
so
on
and
so
forth?
There's
no
way
for
us
to
estimate
what
that
true
need
is
out
there
and.
AF
Maybe
to
your
question,
but
that's
part
of
the
reason
for
that
multi-purpose
investment.
You
know
those
wages
or
that
money
that
we're
spending
on
local
restaurants
needing
up
stabilized
ten.
Fifty
a
hundred
of
those
employees
and
those
are
than
people
that
aren't
going
to
require
some
of
the
other
assistance
and
stretch
out
what
is
needed
in
that
area
as
well.
AG
S
AG
AF
We
also-
and
this
is
another
example
of
great
collaboration
right-
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
at
least
to
my
knowledge,
I
believe
through
the
end
of
May
through
the
school
year
or
what
would
be
traditionally
the
school
year,
has
a
grant
through
the
USDA
that
pays
two
dollars
and
fifty
cents
of
the
meal
so
for
the
750
meals
daily,
that
we
help
provide
to
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
of
essentially
United
Way
and
Boys
and
Girls
Club
we're
splitting
the
cost.
5050.
B
S
AG
V
Scott
I'm
here
sorry
yeah.
So
thank
you
guys.
Thank
you
for
answering
the
question
of
how
we
can
help
presentation.
So
I
ask
you
the
same
question
that
I
asked
everybody
else
is
there?
Is
there
anything
you've
heard
either
in
conversations
from
that
from
today
or
out
of
the
community
that
you
can
share
that
share
the
experiences
the
United
Way
has
had
or
are
different
than
what
the
United
Way
has
experienced.
AG
Scott
I
think
you've
heard
the
presentation
it
kind
of
validates
some
of
the
perspectives
that
you've
heard
from
the
people
who
came
in
I
apologize
for
doing
this.
I,
usually
don't
do
this,
but
I'm
gonna.
Ask
you
a
question
with
a
question.
Is
there
a
perspective
that
you
didn't
hear
in
our
presentation
that
you
felt
was
contrary
to
what
what
came
through
no.
V
The
reason
I'm
asking
it
to
everybody
is,
as
you
know,
one
of
the
things
that
we've
talked
about
here
is
trying
to
get
our
arms
around
where
the
need
is
and
how
to
best,
assist
and
there's
a
lot
of
stories
that
are
out
there.
Some
true
some
not
there's
a
lot.
There's
data.
That's
out
there,
it's
so
hard
to
track,
because
we
have
so
many
variables
with
federal
state
aid
coming
through
local
aid.
V
Stepping
up
I
mean
I
volunteer
with
a
not-for-profit
organization
who
has
not
seen
a
lot
of
calls
coming
in
for
direct
help
does
not
mean
that
that's
not
happening
so
I
wanted
to
afford.
You
know
Cass
United,
Way
and
the
county
the
opportunity
to
talk
through
some
of
the
things
that
they've
been
hearing
and
either
correct
the
record
or
confirm
with
what
they're
hearing
through
their
conversations.
AG
Scott
now
let
David
kick
me
virtually
in
the
shin
down
the
road.
The
needs
are
actually
evolving.
So
if
someone
says
that
these
are
the
needs,
I
think
we
need
to
take
everything
with
a
pinch
of
salt
I'll.
Tell
you
the
reason
why
I
believe
it
was
all
the
person
ball
and
who
asked
the
question
about
mental
health
and
Karen's.
Angrily
said
in
the
month
of
March
that
wasn't
an
issue
in
the
month
of
April.
It
was
a
steep
increase.
AG
The
paper
needs
thing
wasn't
an
issue
in
March,
but
in
the
month
of
April
it
is
shelter.
Assistance
is
gonna,
be
a
need
in
me
or
in
June.
It's
not
a
need
right
now.
I
think
there
is
a
need
for
us
to
do
some
listening
and
I'll
also
share
this
Jamie
Massey
brought
up
the
question
about
being
prepared
as
a
place
where
all
businesses
to
go
to
really
understand
how
they
can
seek
assistance.
Where
would
a
family
go?
What's
the
one
single
source
besides
path
and
path?
Does
a
really
nice
job?
AG
How
do
we
provide
that
that
single
source
of
entry,
some
communities
are
proactively
thinking
about
that?
Do
we
want
to
be
one
of
those
communities?
I
think
those
are
the
questions
that
we
need
to
as
a
community
talk
about.
So
you
know
there
is
no
such
thing
as
validating
what
you've
heard
or
not
I
think
everything
is
a
snapshot
in
time
and
I
think
we
need
to
be
better
listeners
to
understand
how
the
needs
arise.
So
I
didn't
mean
to
jump
in
there.
David
well.
AF
I'll,
just
I'll
just
speak
quickly
to
that
one.
We
know
that
people
are
gonna,
come
in
through
a
variety
of
mechanisms
right
now
for
those
who
may
not
have
a
relationship
or
know
what
path
is
or
what
project
AHS
is
etc,
they
may
have
a
seven-year-old
right,
and
so
their
main
point
of
entry
might
be
through
the
school
system
for
somebody
else,
it
might
be
through
their
place
of
worship.
So
at
least
right
now
to
pawnee's
point
we're
trying
to
cast
a
broad
net
and
not
assume
that
everyone
will
come
in
through
one
door.
AF
They're
probably
gonna
come
in
through
a
variety
of
doors
right
now,
and
we
have
to
be
agile
and
be
ready
to
adapt
to
that
fact-
and
you
know
from
the
the
other
end
of
it
it's
hard
to
get
our
arms
around
as
he
said
that
the
needs
evolving.
It
will
continue
to
change
I.
Think
with
each
thing
that
happens,
there's
going
to
be
another
domino
that
falls
and
we
just
don't
know
or
can't,
anticipate
or
expect
what
all
those
are
going
to
be.
So
we
just
have
to
be
responsive
and
be
ready
to
act
quickly.
V
Well,
thank
you
for
that,
and
and
what
I'll
say
just
briefly
is
that
you
know
I
think
that
we
are
community,
though
it
wants
to
be
proactive.
We've
seen
a
lot
of
folks
step
up
and
donate
and
help
in
there.
There's
this
need
is
continually
evolving.
You
guys
are
right,
I
mean
I,
don't
I
don't
want
to
be
painted
in
thinking.
This
is
a
static
issue.
What
the
problems
today
are
different
than
they
were.
A
month
ago,
I'm
gonna
be
different.
V
A
month
from
now
and
and
I
say,
look
to
craft,
you
know
a
policy
or
a
way
that
the
city
could
help.
You
know
I
turn
to
the
facts
and
the
data
that
we
have
and
to
make
the
best
possible
decisions.
You
know
we
can't
spin
up
a
quick
directory
program
because
we
have
legalities,
we
have
taxpayer
dollars
and
I
make
sure
that
we're
measuring
anything
for
accuracy
that
it's
doing
what
we
want
to
do
and
that
it's
of
course
legal.
V
So
these
conversations
have
been
really
helpful
to
illustrate
what
each
of
these
organizations
is
doing,
and
you
know
you
guys
both
said
in
your
presentation.
This
is
going
to
take
everybody
at
the
table.
There's
no
one
entity
that
is
equipped
or
able
to
deal
with
these
challenges
right
now,
and
so,
if
we're
all
working
together,
we
can
come
last
option.
So
I
appreciate
you
guys,
sharing
your
experiences
and
your
facts
and
thank
you
this
evening
for
coming
on.
I.
Think.
Y
Thanks
mayor
yeah
and
I
appreciate
what
Scott
just
said
to
write
I
mean
tonight
has
been
a
night
of
you
know,
hearing
from
some
of
the
experts
in
the
community.
You
know
the
first
time
we've
actually
gotten
some
solid
numbers
about
stuff.
Instead
of
stories
that
have
been
sent
to
us
that
some
of
the
emails
we've
got
our
stories
from
other
towns
as
opposed
to
Bloomington,
so
I
appreciate
that
we're
getting
to
this
guy
right
now.
Y
I
really
appreciate
the
fact
that
United
Way
caught
the
ball
from
the
feeding,
blo,
no
kids
group,
amazing
group
of
people
did
it
did
a
great
job.
I
know
that
many
of
us
donated
to
that
group
when
they
got
up
and
running
to
fill
that
gap
right
off
the
bat
when
the
school's
you
know
first
did
the
stay
at
home.
So
thank
you
guys
for
your
quick
effort
to
catch
the
ball.
Y
There
I
was
in
a
lot
of
conversations
with
that
group
as
they
were
going
on,
and
you
know
helped
to
make
sure
that
I
also
appreciate
what
you
said
about
small
businesses
and
scale
for
small
restaurants.
As
somebody
who
ran
a
small
restaurant
for
13
years,
if
you
came
and
asked
me
for
1,600
meals,
I
might
have
just
fainted
right
there,
so
you
know
and
everybody,
but
all
that
all
the
organizations
of
some
of
my
favorite
restaurants,
my
favorite
small
businesses
in
town,
are
on
that
list
of
people
who
are
doing.
AA
Y
Work
so
you
know
public,
thank
you
to
all
those
restaurants
that
are
that
are
stepping
up
and
doing
stuff
right.
There,
too
I
had
a
question.
Pani
you
referenced
earlier,
some
of
the
stuff
with
the
food
bank
challenges
that
they
were
having
and
I'm
wondering
if
you
can
share
some
information
with
us.
One
of
the
things
that
we
had
heard
was
that
some
of
the
food
banks
were
running
out
of
food.
I
talked
to
you,
seven
different
food
banks
this
week
and
none
of
them
had
said
that
they
were
running
out
of
food.
Y
AG
Y
AG
There's
one
food
bank
that
provides
that
assistance.
Besides
East
East,
Illinois
Food
Bank,
that's
Midwest,
Food,
Bank
I'm,
trying
to
get
to
the
source,
which
is
Midwest
food
back
tarek
Ingham.
Is
the
executive
director
an
awesome
collaborator
and
a
huge
shout
out
for
her
she's
on
our
advisory
task
force.
AG
That
was
a
first
phone
call
that
we
made
on
March
27th
when
David
and
I
were
trying
to
explore
solutions.
Midlas
Food,
Bank
historically
has
received
food
donations
from
local
grocers
and
that's
how
they
made
things
work.
They
would
provide
food
donations
to
the
food
pantries
and
the
94
food,
pantries
or
I.
Don't
know
how
many
they
work,
but
exactly
they
would
distribute
that
food
for
free
because
of
co-ed
crisis
and
the
lack
of
food
supply.
AG
There
were
very
few
food
grocers
that
are
actually
donating
the
food
now
so
Midwest
Food
Bank
has
to
take
what
they
get
and
at
times
they
have
to
go
by
what
they're
not
getting
to
keep
things
going
and
back
in
March
mid.
This
food
bank
and
others
had
received
orders
and
requests
from
places
like
Chicago
and
New
York,
which
were
needing
like
trucks
and
trucks,
loads
of
food
bank
food
boxes
and
that's
where
they
were
allocating
the
energies
to
so.
AG
If
you're
hearing
that
some
of
the
loop
food
pantries
or
the
seven
I
asked
that
we
cast
our
listening
broader
than
that,
because
they're
9594
food
pantries
out
there
and
the
perspectives
are
different,
based
on
where
the
food
pantry
is
located,
the
families
that
they
work
with
where
the
food
comes
from.
So
there
are
different
nuances
out
there
Jamie,
so
I
just
wanted
to
seed
that
clarity
before
we
frame
an
opinion
on
it.
I
don't
know.
Y
That's
a
help.
No
that's
exactly
what
I
was
looking
for.
That's
that's
exactly
the
answer
that
I
was
hoping
that
you
were
gonna
have
because
I
knew
there
were
a
lot
more
than
the
seven
that
I
managed
to
get
ahold
of.
So
I
just
wanted
to
know
what
the
broader
scope
and
what
the
broader
picture
looked
like.
Since
you
mentioned
it
earlier,
I.
AG
Don't
just
say
that
there
are
some
residents
in
our
community
that
would
need
different
things.
Some
of
our
residents
may
need
beans
and
rice
as
opposed
to
other
things.
So
again,
where
do
we
secure
this
food?
How
do
we
provide
that
need
all
of
that
as
a
logistics
piece
that
Midwest
Food,
Bank,
Eastern,
Midwest
food,
Easter,
Christian,
Church
and
United
Way
are
trying
to
figure
out
right
now
through
the
staple
food
process
gave
me
perfect.
Y
I
one
of
the
things
that
you'd
mentioned
earlier
too,
is
where
do
citizens
enter
into
the
process
as
well,
and
what
I
would
say
that
one
of
the
good
better
sources
of
all
the
information
is
actually
the
city
of
Bloomington
website
for
anybody.
That's
not
aware
right
now,
there's
an
entire
page
on
the
website
in
big
giant
letters
when
you
hit
city
BLM
org
that
deputy
city
manager,
Billy,
Titus
is,
and
his
crew
have
been
making
sure,
has
every
link
in
every
resource
that
we
can
find
to
any
program.
Y
B
AC
AC
It
would
help
inform
what
I
would
do
in
the
future
and
consider
one
of
the
the
questions
that
I
I
have
is
whether
or
not
you
there
are
numbers
from
the
McLean
County
Chamber
of
Commerce
to
help
us
determine
how
many
people
in
restaurants
were
let
go
as
a
result
of
Kobe
19
I
think
that
information
would
be
also
helpful
as
another
measure
of
understanding.
What's
going
on.
AG
B
A
Yes,
I
just
want
to
pretty
much
thank
you
for
bringing
all
the
groups
together,
because
collaboration
really
solves
a
lot
and
I've
said
this
to
several
people
on
the
council,
but
I
can't
say
it
enough
what
you're
doing
and
all
the
groups
that
have
come
before
us
this
evening.
It's
like
an
old-fashioned
barn-raising,
your
coming
together
with
a
lot
of
resources
to
meet
a
goal
or
need
that's
in
this
community
and
I've
seen
that
over
and
over
as
long
as
they
lived
here
and
I.
Think
it's
great.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
Z
AG
D
Thank
You
mayor
and
Thank,
You,
Bonnie
and
David
for
your
presentation
this
evening.
As
we
listened
to
you,
we
heard
about
you,
work
to
actively
identify
areas
of
need
and
that
as
these
arise,
you
take
action
to
address
them.
Can
you
tell
me
the
methodologies
you
use
for
delivery
because
I
heard
things
about
providing
food
and
providing
connectivity
to
other
resources?
AF
Right
now,
those
are
going,
those
payments
go
direct
to
the
local
businesses
and
organizations.
We
anticipate,
probably,
as
some
of
these
other
needs
come
up
like
child
care
assistance,
for
example,
that
some
of
those
payments
might
be
going
directly
to
nonprofits
that
are
providing
that
kind
of
assistance.
We
haven't
entertained
to
this
point:
direct
payments
to
individuals-
that's
just
not
something
that
we've
even
thought
about
are
considered
at
this
point,
because
we've
been
trying
to
address
the
need
in
the
scale
that's
in
front
of
us
as
it
relates
to
food.
AF
So
from
a
delivery
or
distribution
mechanism.
We
felt
that
the
most
effective
way
in
the
short
term,
right
now
to
create
positive
impact
on
multiple
fronts,
was
to
get
payments
out
to
local
businesses,
farmers
and
others
that
are
employing,
probably
people
that
we
know
we're
at
risk
and
then,
by
at
the
same
time,
produce
a
product,
in
this
case
a
meal
or
a
box
of
food,
etc.
That's
going
to
leverage
existing
systems
in
a
way
that's
going
to
meet
the
needs
of
those
that
have
food
access
or
food
insecurity
issues.
D
AF
Would
say
that's
a
fair
way
to
categorize
it.
Yes,
we're
trying
to
work
through
I
would
say
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
work
your
existing
systems
right.
The
schools
already
have
mechanisms
in
place
to
deliver
food,
to
address
food
access
and
food
insecurity
issues.
So
we've
just
worked
to
come
alongside
of
them
and
find
out
what
additional
needs
that
they
have
in
order
to
meet
the
growing.
AF
Similarly,
with
some
of
our
partners
throughout
the
nonprofit
and
and
faith-based
community,
what
what
are
they
seeing
that
they
could
use
additional
assistance
with,
like
the
paper
products
and
some
of
those
other
things
and
then
working
through
existing
relationships
and
networks,
rather
than
creating
something
new?
Maybe.
AG
AG
Way
we
are
working
right
now
and
again,
which
will
kick
in
and
do
that
later.
We
are
current
mode
of
operation.
You
are
providing
cash
assistance,
that's
what
you're
asking
him.
We
are
not
providing
cash
assistance.
Okay,
I'd
also
open
the
door.
By
saying,
though,
we
are
thinking
differently,
as
the
need
arises
as
we,
our
models
have
to
evolve.
We
are
not
locking
down.
This
is
the
only
way
to
do
things
so
far
in
the
last
five
to
six
weeks,
we
have
not
considered
that
as
an
option.
AG
D
B
B
N
B
Think
you're
gonna
find
an
answer
to
that
question.
I.
Think
part
of
that
is
it's
just
much
more
complicated
to
deal
with
liquor
licenses,
because
some
people
already
are
still
selling
liquor
and
some
people
are
not
but
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
mr.
Gleason
I'm.
Sorry,
I
I
preempted
your
five-minute
presentation,
but
go
ahead.
No.
U
Real
quick,
the
preview
for
this
one.
This
is
our
placeholder
that
we're
gonna
have
on
every
regular
agenda.
If
there
needs
to
be
an
update
in
the
update
for
tonight
is,
like
the
mayor
said,
the
pro
way
proration
of
video
gaming
license
fee
for
the
amount
of
time
that
the
establishments
are
closed
and
not
able
to
operate
now,
shift
to
alderwoman
coreos
question.
That's
one
that
we
just
recently
heard
about,
and
it's
not
you
know
not
that
we
can't
do
it,
but
it's
not
that
simple!
U
You
still
have
some
businesses
that
are
doing
curbside
liquor
pickup.
You
also
have
liquors,
I'm,
sorry,
liquor.
Establishments
that
sell
alcohol
is
their
primary.
Business
is
tucked
into
these
liquor
licenses
as
well.
So
now,
knowing
about
it,
if
it's
the
desire
of
counsel
for
us
to
look
into
this,
we'll
try
to
figure
it
out
and
we
will.
B
S
Yes,
just
briefly
mayor
and
Leslie
was
able
to
answer
some
questions
for
me.
I
had
on
this,
but
just
wanted
to
point
a
few
things
out
from
what
Leslie
said
that
I
think
it'd
be
important
generally
I
think
the
refund
/
terminal
for
the
2020
license
$60
and
then
the
next
renewal
is
due.
April
was
I,
think
dude.
Let's
do
April
first,
but
it's
for
licensed
terminal
fees,
but
that's
not
going
to
be
due
until
10
days
after
the
emergency
is
lifted
and
then
there'll
be
another
refund.
Y
Question
was
as
part
of
the
original
emergency
order
we
passed.
I
thought
there
was
a
provision
that
said
that
all
payments
would
be
due,
but
there
would
be
no
late
fees
assessed
for
those
payments
to
the
city
of
Bloomington
until
30
days
after
the
governor
lifts.
The
emergency
orders,
wouldn't
that
include
both
the
gaming
licenses
and
the
liquor
license
fees
in
that
one
or
no
I
can.
U
B
But
they
still
I
think
the
the
answer
Jeff
leading
clarify
this
I
think
the
answer
there
is
that
you
would.
What
we
were
talking
about
here
is
not
charging
for
the
video
gaming.
While
you
do
not
have
the
video
gaming,
not
just
not
fine,
you
know
penalizing
you
waiting
until
you
open
your
business
and
video
is
that
right?
Yes,
yeah.
T
In
our
in
our
emergency
ordinance,
we
actually
that
provision
applied
to
taxes
for
food
and
beverage,
and
we
provided
that
those
taxes
would
not
be
due
until
30
days
after
the
governor's
declaration
ended.
So
this
is,
as
the
mayor
said,
this
is
something
a
little
bit
different
than
that.
This
is
actually
prorating.
The
video
gaming
licenses
for
the
amount
of
time
that
they
are
prohibited
by
the
Illinois
Gaming
Board
from
actually
operate
does.
Y
Does
it
was
I
guess,
I
was
I'm
glad
that
we're
having
this
conversation
because
I
was
reading
this
differently.
The
ordinance
so
I'm
glad
we're
talking
about
that.
Okay,
one
of
the
I
guess.
One
of
my
concerns
with
that
concept
is
that
a
lot
of
the
government
assistance
programs
for
small
businesses
that
are
put
in
place
right
now
are
based.
They
want
to
know,
and
they
are
asking
businesses
to
establish
the
fees
and
bills
that
they
currently
have
to
pay
so
that
those
can
be
either
waived
or
Riaan.
Y
First,
as
you
go
along,
and
you
know,
a
lot
of
what
we've
been
doing
is
deferring
payments,
assuming
that
the
reimbursement
for
those
is
going
to
be
coming
in
if
we
start
waving,
payments
of
various
things
that
federal
reimbursement
for
those
business
fees
won't
be
coming
through
the
same
so
I
don't
know
that
that
puts
a
different
spin
on
this.
For
me,
all.
B
Y
Z
S
B
AE
Okay,
how
about
now
are
we
good
good
all
right,
sorry
about
that,
watching
people
not
unmute
themselves,
all
night,
then
I
did
it
I?
Yes,
can
you
go
ahead
and
go
to
this?
The
next
slide.
Please
I
want
to
do
a
quick
comment
and
remind
everyone
that
the
city
is
primarily
on
a
cash
basis.
Well,
go
back
one!
Please.
AE
Back
one
slide:
please
there
we
go
that
City
is
premiering
on
a
cash
basis,
accounting
wise
during
the
year
and
then
after
the
years
over
when
we
true
it
up
with
the
audit.
So
why
that's
important
a
reminder
that
our
revenues
are
received,
one
to
two
months
behind
the
month
that
we're
reporting
on?
So
you
can
see
that
this
is
the
March
report.
Yet
the
column
that
shows
the
number
of
months
collected
varies
considerably
the
sales
taxes
we
don't
receive
for
a
couple
of
months.
AE
N
AE
Yeah,
we'll
have
to
try
continue
to
work
on
improving
that
increasing
the
size
of
this
I
was
going
to
say
that
food
and
beverage
did
come
in
under
for
the
first
time
this
year
for
February
that
those
February
is
reflected
in
the
food
and
beverage
numbers
here.
But
then
hotel-motel
came
in
over
so
I
think
that
might
have
just
been
an
anomaly.
So
I
will
stick
with
my
comment
that
material
impacts
for
kovat
or
not
yes,
reflected
in
our
major
tax
revenue
reports
highlighting
again
Home
Rule
sales
tax
under
budget
year
today
by
the
238,000.
AE
Yet
looking
down
at
local
use
tax,
you
can
see
that
that
is
over
budget
by
three
hundred
twenty
five
thousand.
If
you
recall
local
use
tax
is
where
the
internet
sales
tax
revenues
are
captured
from
the
state
they
come
in
to
us
in
the
form
of
a
local
use
tax.
So
this
is
further
indication
of
the
migration
you
know
to
internet
purchasing
versus
local
brick-and-mortar.
AE
Next
slide.
Please
we
have
updated.
This
is
the
general
fund
revenue
expenditure
exhibit.
We
have
updated
this
for
the
numbers
that
were
presented
last
Monday,
including
the
projection
for
Co
vid.
You
can
I'm
just
going
to
zoom
all
the
way
down
to
the
bottom.
Last
Monday
I
went
through
and
indicated
that
current
projections
are
showing
about
a
three
million
dollar
loss
for
the
general
fund.
AE
There
was
a
1
million
dollar
plan
to
use
some
restricted
fund
balance,
so
we
started
the
year
approximately
twenty
two
point:
1
million
in
fun
balance,
so
you
can
see
down
at
the
bottom
there.
We
have
that
20
point:
1
million
twenty
point,
two
million
dollars
that
was
projected
last
Monday.
These
numbers
reflect
the
detail
that
we
went
through
when
we
did
that
projection.
I'll,
bring
your
focus
back
up
to
the
second
line,
the
taxes
line,
where
our
projected
adjustment
to
the
budget
is
three
million
dollars.
AE
That's
a
that's
a
bottom,
four
million
dollar
swing
them
from
where
we
were
last
last
month
and
that's
fully
the
effects
of
the
shelter-in-place
in
the
closing
of
all
the
programs.
Well,
not
that's
a
different
line
items
because
the
filter
in
place
major
effects
on
sales,
tax,
food
and
beverage
taxes.
All
those
hotel-motel
taxes
and
then
we
also
have
some
offsets
down
in
the
expense
categories
for
delays
and
some
expenses
and
delays
and
some
hiring
for
seasonals
next
slide.
Please
for
the
enterprise
funds,
highlighting
the
revenue
trend
line,
that's
pretty
much.
AE
The
last
line
of
data.
Our
targeted
trend
at
this
point
of
the
year
is
92%.
You
can
see
sewer,
we
we
just
we
missed
the
budget
on
that
one,
but
otherwise
the
other
major
enterprise
funds,
water,
storm,
solid
waste,
all
tracking,
consistently
golf
has
been
struggling
for
the
year.
It's
going
to
struggle,
obviously
the
remainder
of
the
year
since
the
shelter
in
place
when
in
a
place
in
mid-march.
You
know
it's
already
an
ending
balance
year-to-date
of
half-million
dollars,
so
we're
gonna
have
to
send
an
additional
subsidy
to
golf
for
end
of
year.
AE
So
just
putting
that
on
the
council's
radar
that
we
will
be
bringing
forward
a
budget
amendment
for
golf
for
an
additional
subsidy
that
was
part
of
the
projection,
because
that
affects
the
general
fund.
So
that's
that's
baked
into
our
projections
and
the
three
million
dollars
at
our
reference
last
Monday
and
that
I
just
referenced
this
evening.
U
Thank
You,
mayor
and
council
I
had
several
comments
and
I'm
trimming
them.
I
will
say
the
governor's
executive
order,
extended
shelter
in
place
and
that
is
through
May
30th
golf
will
open
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
May
1st.
There
are
several
restrictions
on.
You
know
that
apply
to
social
distancing
but
J
Tesla
and
his
team.
They
were
prepared
when
we
thought
it
was
a
part,
the
first
order
that
allowed
it
under
essential
business.
U
U
U
It's
one
that
they've
got
a
kovat
retirement,
so
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
recognize
these
folks
likely
typically,
would
so
I
want
to
take
that
opportunity
right
now
we
are
in
week
7
the
co-ed
pandemic
and
crews
are
doing
well
this
weekend
with
the
heavy
rains
we
were
playing.
Defense
do
not
like
that
position
at
all
to
some
of
the
points
that
were
made
earlier
in
the
meeting.
It's
one
in
the
future.
U
At
a
June
or
July
committee
of
the
whole,
we're
gonna
have
a
presentation
to
show
the
community
infrastructure
improvements
that
are
either
ongoing
or
stuff.
That's
slated,
you
know
upcoming
very
soon,
but
I'm
going
to
cut
my
time
short.
That's
all
I've
got
mayor
and
council
and
I'm
sorry,
one
more
thing.
When
we're
talking
about
the
recovery
in
everything
that
we're
dealing
with
these
presentations,
we
knew
for
a
couple
of
weeks,
I
wanted
to
bring
these
forward.
U
B
You,
mr.
kleezak,
thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
the
staff
and
the
council
because
we're
currently
at
a
crossroads.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
exercise
strong
leadership
and
do
the
best
job
for
our
community
there's.
So
many
as
we
see
unmet
needs
some
things.
We
can
help
address
some
things.
We
can
help
address
some
some
of
our
existing
monies
like
community
about
money,
but
then
there
are
still
certainly
other
things,
and
we
certainly
appreciate
all
these
public-private
partnerships,
and
especially
our
relationship
with
our
intergovernmental
partner
in
accounting.
B
B
AC
Z
B
N
Second,
I
just
want
to
remind
everybody
that
I've
got
a
community
council
meeting
coming
up
on
May
14th.
We
will
not
be
doing
it
at
First,
Christian
Church,
but
rather
be
a
zoom
at
6:00
p.m.
so
please
join
us
by
phone
or
email.
I
just
want
to
thank
our
nonprofit
partners
and
all
the
folks
that
they
are
working
with
my
extension
and
then
thanks
to
all
the
folks
who
shared
their
experiences
and
their
stories,
which
I
know
are
sometimes
difficult
to
share
during
public
comment.
N
I
think
a
lot
of
those
speakers
contradicted
the
notion
that
all
needs
are
already
being
met.
I
think
they
validated
the
the
idea
that
there
is
more
for
us
to
do,
and
so
I
would
just
encourage
us.
After
hearing
from
our
trusted
nonprofit
partners
and
from
the
folks
of
public
comment
that
we
reconsider
our
our
motion
to
talk
about
direct
aid
at
a
future
council
meeting.
Thank
you.
Thank.
Y
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
this
week
would
have
been
the
first
farmers
market,
and
that
is
unfortunately
not
gonna
happen.
The
way
that
we
want
it
to
with
everybody
out
on
the
square
and
enjoying
the
hopefully
warm
weather
that
we
might
have
this
weekend.
But
this
is
Illinois
so
who
knows
but
encourage
people
to
participate
virtually
with
the
farmers
market,
because
the
farmers
need
our
support
as
well.