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October 9, 2017 - City Council Meeting
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A
Thank
you
very
much
actual
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
start
whoops.
Excuse
me
honor
agenda,
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
start
with
recognitions
and
appointments.
We
have
a
proclamation
declaring
October
8th
through
14
2017,
it's
Fire,
Prevention
Week,
which
would
mean
we
are
over
one
day
into
that
and
I
have.
Several
people
are
walking
up
to
receive
this
award.
If
you
please
come
on
up,
thank
and
come
on
up,
come
on
down,
the
price
might
not
be
right,
but
I've
got
a
proclamation
for
you.
A
Us
fire
departments
responded
to
three
hundred
and
sixty
five
thousand
five
hundred
home
fires
in
2015
alone,
according
to
fire,
a
National
Fire,
Prevention
Association,
and
whereas
us
fire
home
fighters
resulted
in
two
thousand
five
hundred
sixty
civilian
deaths
in
2015
representing
the
majority.
Seventy
eight
percent
of
all
u.s.
fire
deaths,
whereas
newer
homes
are
built
with
lightweight
material
that
burned
faster
than
older
home
construction
and
whereas
many
of
today's
products
and
finishing
finished
furnishing
excuse
me
produced
toxic
gases
and
smoke
when
burned,
making
it
impossible
to
see
and
breathe
within
moments.
A
And
whereas
these
conditions
contribute
to
a
much
smaller
window
of
time
for
people
to
escape
a
home
fire
safely
with
people
having
as
little
as
one
to
two
minutes
to
escape
from
the
time
the
smoke
alarm
and
whereas
a
home
fire
escape
plan
provides
the
skillset
and
know-how
to
quickly
and
safely
escape
a
home
fire
situation.
And
whereas
a
home
fire
excuse
me
and
whereas
home
fire
escape,
plans
should
be
developed
by
all
members
of
the
household
and
whereas
practicing
a
home
fire
escape
plan.
Twice
a
year.
A
C
Just
want
to
take
just
a
second
to
introduce
to
you
our
public
education
officer,
Stuart,
blade
I,
don't
know
if
he
doesn't
get
the
full
recognition
that
I
think
he
deserves,
and
I
know
that
Karyn
had
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
one
of
his
classes
here
recently,
but
he
is,
he
just
does
a
tremendous
job
of
getting
the
message
out
to
our
community
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
him
publicly
for
that.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
all
very
much
we're
going
to
shift
now
to
public
comment,
and
we
have
public
comment
for
up
to
three
minutes
per
person
and
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
that
if
you
want
to
have
immediate
answers-
or
perhaps
at
least
perhaps
immediate,
you
know
responses
to
problems.
Please
come
to
my
mayor's
open
house.
It's
4:30
to
5:30
on
Friday
and
at
this
point,
I've
changed
to
porn
that
slightly.
A
You
come
into
my
office
and
we
had
people
who
came
in
even
after
5:30
if
you're
gonna
come
over
to
my
office,
I'm
gonna
talk
to
you,
we're
not
I'm,
not
turning
anybody
away
unless
the
place
is
locked
down
by
the
time.
I
leave.
So
if
you
want
to
come
in
I'll
talk
to
you,
one-on-one
Steve
Rasmussen
was
with
me
last
Friday
and
was
able
to
solve
one
of
the
first
problems
that
came
through
the
door
almost
immediately.
A
There
are
some
that
we
can't
always
solve,
but
at
the
very
least
you
have
open
access
and
you
can.
We
can
try
to
give
you
as
many
answers
as
we
can
upfront
and
immediately
in
public
comment
there.
Our
policy
is
that
we
do
not
engage
in
a
1
or
1
or
tit-for-tat
okay,
so
essentially,
at
this
point
we're
starting
at
7:08
and
we
have
a
half
an
hour.
A
A
That
I
think
for
$3,000
a
month
that
it's
a
no-brainer
really
considering
what
has
happened
in
the
past.
This
I
think
venue
works
is
told.
Excuse
me
totally
different
than
Siam
and
I.
Think
what
you
see
there
with
venue
works
will
be
you'll,
get
your
money's
worth
for
$3,000
a
month
next
attention
that
I
would
like
to
turn
to
is
Front
Street
right
at
lawn
Justice
Center,
connect
transit
is
aware
of
how
this
other
Street
has
been
fatiguing.
A
That
is
because
a
couple
weeks
now,
there's
been
some
unnecessary
rambling
with
a
task
force
about
taking
down
the
parking
garage
on
Market
Street
and
to
me
that's
just
this
is
unnecessary,
completely
unnecessary
to
destroy
a
building
there
that
an
edifice
to
or
a
facility
that
the
city
needs
so
badly
for
parking,
and
it
really
is,
it
doesn't
need
to
be
destroyed.
First
off,
as
you
well
know,
the
mark
Street
is.
A
You
would
just
exasperate
the
problem
along
Market
Street
there
with
alcoholism
and
I.
Just
think
it's
it
just
needs
to
put
the
rest.
So
that's
all
I
really
I
want
to
say
here
to
amongst
all
you
folks
who
put
the
city
together
with
connect
transit
to
perhaps
look
into
the
investment
at
front
center.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
again.
Judy
Stearns
Clayton
Matheson
in
curl,
Woodward.
E
Good
evening,
I'd
like
to
take
a
little
trip
down
memory
lane
with
the
council,
it's
been
interesting
to
see
that
the
indictments
come
out
the
million
dollars
that
left
the
left,
the
taxpayers,
there's
taxpayers
money
that
we'll
never
see
again
and
isn't
a
million.
Well,
nobody
really
knows,
but
maybe
we'll
find
out
a
little
trip
down
memory.
Lane
I've
read
in
the
paper
that,
oh,
my
goodness,
the
contract
was
so
complex.
E
I
like
to
just
mention
three
quick
things
that
you,
if
you
didn't
see
them,
it
was
because
you
didn't
look
and
if
you
didn't
know
it
was
because
you
didn't
want
to
know
first
and
foremost,
the
Siam
numbers,
the
numbers
that
Siam
gave
us,
as
in
their
year-end
reports,
were
very,
very
different
from
the
audited
numbers.
Those
clean
audits
that
we've
heard
about
they
were
there
to
audit
fraud.
E
They
were
there
to
look
for
fun
and
they
didn't
they
confirm
numbers,
but
they
also
gave
the
council
a
very
stern
warning
that
internal
controls
were
not
in
place
and
that's
all
we
needed
to
know
so.
The
contract
is
in
place,
okay
on
April
14th
of
2014.
That's
three
years
ago,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
three
years
ago,
we
had
the
perfect
opportunity
to
delve
into
the
contract
and
to
renegotiate
it.
If
that
was
when
amateur
hockey
was
brought
in
versus
the
professional
hockey
and
I
set
over
there
somewhere
and
said,
this
is
dead
serious.
E
This
is
critical
and
we
because
we
do
not
know
the
numbers,
we
don't
even
know
why
we're
getting
a
certain
Commission
that
we're
getting,
because
we
don't
know
the
totals.
And
furthermore,
when
the
totals
were
revealed,
the
sandwich
was
paying
themselves
Commission
on
even
sales
tax
that
was
coming
in
now.
It's
high
school
business
student
knows
that
sales
tax
is
not
revenue.
How
did
I
know
all
this
I
was
willing
to
look.
Furthermore,
a
certain
water
that
you
may
not
care
to
read.
E
E
The
city
got
a
certain
amount
of
money
for
the
concessions,
but
it
was
based
on
nothing.
It
was
based
on
air.
We
didn't
know
what
the
total
revenue
from
the
concessions
was,
and
we
could
have
demanded
that
information
we
could
have
expected
it.
That
is
what
miss
Benjamin
sued
to
get.
Those
are
numbers
that
every
single
one
of
you
who
are
on
counsel
should
have
demanded.
She
said
we
have.
We
have
to
know
this
and
frankly
that
was
my
intention
on
April
14th,
when
I
threatened
not
to
vote
for
the
the
new
hockey
team.
E
F
F
Saturday
October,
7th,
the
Bloomington
firefighters
put
on
a
special
event
called
fire
ops
101.
We
had
several
of
our
local
and
state
leaders.
There
I
know
that
not
all
of
you
were
able
to
attend
due
to
scheduling
conflicts,
and
we
certainly
appreciate
that
and
certainly
appreciate
your
consideration
and
willingness
to
try
to
come.
G
F
Mothy
mr.
melambe
miss
Ullman
and
Miss
Bray,
also
back
there.
We
have
a
repeat
offender
and
mr.
carts
and
then
mrs.
Halvorsen
and
then
two
years
ago.
This
is
the
second
time
that
we
hosted
this
event.
So
two
years
ago
we
had
mr.
black
mariner
and
mr.
Hales
I.
Believe.
Mr.
sage,
you
were
there
for
as
much
time
as
you
could
a
lot
and
then
oh
I'm,
sorry
I,
see
most
important
man
in
the
building.
Mr.
Rasmussen
was
also.
F
You're
behind
me,
I've
missed
you.
What
this
event
was
was
an
event
where
we
were
able
to
take
our
local
and
state
leaders
and
we
were
able
to
show
them
and
let
them
feel
mentally
physically
and
even
emotionally.
What
is
it
like
to
be
a
firefighter
and
an
EMS
provider
for
our
city?
We
put
them
through
a
lot
of
things.
During
this
event,
this
is
8
a.m.
to
4
p.m.
that
day.
They
got
to
go
in,
take
a
hose
line
in
and
put
out
a
fire.
F
They
got
to
go
into
basically
a
big
metal
box
that
was
on
fire
and
sit
and
learn
what
it
is
to
see
all
the
smoke
and
the
fire
behavior.
They
got
to
go
through
and
learn
what
a
mass
casualty
incident
is
and
learn
what
how
to
do
a
fast
triage.
They
learned
several
different
things
about
hazardous
material
incidents
and
they
also
learned
what
it's
like
to
pick
up:
the
jaws
of
life
and
figure
out
how
to
pop
open
a
car
door.
F
They
also
learned
a
little
bit
about
fire
behavior
and
what
it's
how
fire
progresses
after
it
starts,
and
whether
the
the
room
has
a
sprinkler
system
and
or
not,
and
how
that
sprinkler
system
is
effective
or
not
effective.
So
again,
I
know
it
was
a
trying
day
for
all
of
you
and
I'm,
so
happy
that
you
were
all
able
to
attend.
There
are
plenty
photos
and
videos,
and
our
good
friends
from
wek
TV
did
a
wonderful
report
on
the
event
it's
all
on
our
Facebook
page.
F
A
I
Of
you,
I've
been
speaking
to
the
council
for
six
and
a
half
or
more
years
about
the
financial
statements,
the
accuracy,
the
timeliness
and
access
to
data,
and
the
city
has
fought
me
for
six
and
a
half
years.
Six
and
a
half
years,
four
or
five
of
you've
met
with
me
one
on
one
and
you
could
stand
it
where
I
brought
up
that
issue.
I
I
I
Your
prior
city
attorney
wrote
the
city
had
the
right
to
examine
the
books
and
look
at
every
scrap
of
paper
generated
by
the
Coliseum
related
to
the
revenues
and
expenses.
Well,
so
you're
getting
two
stories.
Folks,
you
need
to
filter
out
which
one
is
people
trying
to
cover
their
backside
versus
not
cuz,
you're,
being
misled.
I've
said
to
the
city
administration
more
than
once.
It's
something
I
say
up
here
is
inaccurate
or
wrong.
Call
me
and
tell
me
I'm
still
waiting
for
the
first
phone
call
and
I've
said
that
the
David
several
times
haven't
I.
I
The
outside
auditors,
you
need
to
ask
them
how
much
time
they've
spent
on
the
audit
if
I've
learned
I,
don't
want
to
shift
the
blame
to
them.
When
you
have
a
business,
the
city
and
you
have
an
entity.
The
arena
which
I
understand
the
city
owns
somebody's
got
a
crop
double-check.
Some
of
the
numbers,
as
best
I
can
tell
you
folks
spent
zero
time
or
almost
that
much
checking
your
own
numbers.
I
managed
over
to
300
businesses
with
up
to
500
million
of
sales
and
the
internal
staff
voice
spends
a
little
bit
of
time.
I
I
There
were
stuff
going
on,
but
I
knew
the
books
were
crap
and
I
knew
it
just
looked
awful
and,
as
a
summary,
you
all
that
were
critical
of
Diane
Benjamin
over
an
apology
and
I'd
like
to
have
the
city
reimburse
her
for
the
legal
bill
she
paid
to
get
the
documents
that
you
folks
wouldn't
do
your
job
for
and
I
called
her
and
she
spent
less
than
a
thousand
dollars.
You
owe
that
lady
something
thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
J
J
Think
there's
been
gross
under
performance
and
the
quality
of
bookings,
the
number
of
bookings,
the
type
of
acts
that
they've
brought
in,
and
this
all
affects
the
food
and
beverage
dollars
generated
and
I
would
like
to
also
have
everyone
pay
close
attention
to
the
percentage
of
potential
seats
sold
to
the
books
they
did.
They
did
the
accident
book.
J
Also
I
would
encourage
you
to
look
at
Burlington
Iowa,
where
they
pulled
out
of
citing
poor
performance
of
the
facility
itself,
which
mr.
Peters
did
mention,
but
there's
another
one,
Bemidji
Minnesota
saying
that
that
facility
was
not
capable
of
drawing
our
facility
is
capable
of
drawing
good
quality
acts,
but
I
heard
mentioned
that
we
were
paying
too
much.
J
K
Somebody
could
come
up
with
some
kind
of
a
plan,
maybe
to
help
the
township
with
all
this
traffic
up
theirs.
We
tried
to
get
a
deal
with
the
city
at
the
time
that
take
those
roads
that
they
come
out
on
and
we
couldn't
come
to
an
agreement.
They
wanted
to
mean
to
maintain
the
roads,
they
would
take
the
roads.
The
township
would
maintain
them
with
the
motor
fuel
tax,
which
is
hard
to
do
I.
G
K
L
Shaina
watching
ski
what
I'm
gonna
say
is
short
sweet
to
the
point,
but
no
doubt
controversial.
It's
me,
Mayor
Renner,
it's
great
to
see
you
I'm
so
glad
to
have
you
back
and
Karen.
You
did
an
amazing
job
in
his
absence,
as
did
the
rest
of
the
City
Council
and
good
to
see
him.
That's
all
I
have
to
say
thank.
M
He
was
allegedly,
he
allegedly
placed
charges
on
a
city-owned
credit
card,
but
it
came
to
light
and
then
you
know
forgot,
you
know
that
he
placed
it
on
a
city-owned
credit
card.
I
find
that
hard
to
believe
you
know
if
somebody
else
would
have
done
that
you
know
they
would
have.
Why
not
take
the
city
credit
cards
away
period
and
they
pay
for
it
and
then
they,
the
city,
reimburses
them.
You
know,
there's
no,
no
problem
with
that.
M
This
is
a
governmental
entity.
It
is
not
a
private
business
cycle
in
Westland.
You
know
donors
at
Westland.
That's
one
thing:
you
do
it
at
the
city
of
Bloomington.
That's
something
totally
different!
My
other
thing
is
Diane.
Benjamin
I
know
you
can't
stand
her
I
think
she
does
a
great
job
for
the
people
of
the
city
of
Bloomington.
She
brings
things
delight
that
weren't
brought
to
light
for
years.
M
The
other
way
the
people
said
we
do
not
want
the
Coliseum
built
and
the
people
on
the
City
Council
at
that
time,
rammed
it
down
our
throats
and
I
know
you
think
it's
a
great
deal,
but
it
was
such
a
great
deal.
Then
let
the
people
have
voted
that
Coliseum
in
let
them
pay
the
entire
cost
of
that
Collison.
M
All
day
and
I
know
this
may
come
as
a
real
shocker,
but
this
building
belongs
to
the
city
of
Bloomington
I'm,
not
the
elected
officials
and
our
city
manager
soon-to-be-ex
any
manager,
the
all
of
a
sudden,
the
packets
they
quit
printing
those
because
they
said
there
are
two
costly:
what
about
the
packets
to
the
City
Council
they've
got?
They
could
get
them
online
too.
M
A
N
Good
evening
and
welcome
back
mr.
mayor,
Who
am
I.
What
do
I
want?
What
am
I
here
to
tell
you
I'm
Li,
you
see
I'm
a
vehicle
prior
company
that
works
downtown
over
10
years,
Magic
Bus.
So
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
me,
I
see
what
goes
on
downtown
and
and
it's
my
concern
to
talk
about
that,
and
one
of
the
things
I'm
talking
about
now
is
the
the
hire
backs.
Downtown
I
talked
about
last
time
being
placed
in
such
a
position
as
to
favor
one
company
over
the
others.
N
Okay,
they
they
could
block
a
lane
with
a
car,
but
instead
they
pull
the
car
back
to
allow
one
company
to
be
able
to
come
and
go
on
Mulberry.
That
was
last
time.
Then
I
realized,
as
I
looked
through
the
ordinance
that
ok,
so
last
year,
the
year
before
you
gave
the
police
to
the
authority
to
prohibit
or
designate
parking
for
downtown
shuttles.
N
They
don't
have
the
authority
to
do
that.
There
are
six
signs,
six
signs.
If
I
just
lost
my
picture,
there
are
six
signs
that
are
on
private
or
Block
in
North
May,
and
it
says
if
it's
always
owned,
10:00
to
3:00
a.m.
Thursday,
Friday
and
Saturday,
just
for
taxicabs
and
T
and
C.
They
don't
have
the
authority
to
do
that.
How
much
did
those
science
cost?
Okay?
How
much?
How
much
do
we
pay
for
the
labor
to
go
into
committing
this
fraud
on
the
public?
N
I
want
to
know
how
many
people
were
towed
illegally,
and
you
know
you
can
have
all
the
coffee
with
cops
and
social
medias
see
all
you
want,
and
then
you
pull
some
crap
like
this
I've
already
went
to
them.
If
I'm
wrong,
they
haven't
told
me
because
there
it's
there
silence,
you
know.
I
say
this
is
wrong
and
there's
silence
because
that's
where
they
want
them,
I
mean
you
have
the
ability
to
put
that
in
with
one
vote.
N
It's
easy
I've
seen
you
do
it,
but
instead
you
know
they
divert
public
funds
to
have
their
way
to.
You
know,
push
their
agenda
and
it's
wrong.
Okay,
you
know,
and
my
grandfather,
you
know,
there's
a
conservative
guy
who
was
the
sheriff
he's
a
Mara
Streeter.
You
know
it's
probably
rolling
over
in
his
grave
it
the
way
I
come
at.
You
know,
establishment
and
say
you
know,
let's
get
this
right
and
question
it,
but
that's
my
birthday
is
tomorrow:
October
10th
1969,
that's
the
era.
N
O
Water
is
essential
for
life;
it
is
essential
for
life,
it
has
also
become
a
commodity
and
a
political
tool
in
Texas
and
in
Florida
there
was
price
gouging
in
Puerto
Rico.
There
was
no
drinking
water,
which
became
a
political
fiasco
and
in
Flint
Michigan
an
entire
community
with
poisons
this
happened
after
the
city
became
financially
insolvent,
the
state
of
Michigan
sent
in
an
emergency
financial
adviser
whose
only
job
was
to
cut
the
budget
at
any
cost.
O
You
sit
here
and
you
consider
ways
to
spend
the
money
entrusted
to
you
by
the
citizens
of
Bloomington
to
build
a
library,
hire
consultants
or
court,
the
media,
with
free
lunches
on
the
back
of
taxpayers.
You
ought
to
consider
ways
to
save
our
money.
There's
no
money
left
for
the
citizens
to
help
each
other
anymore.
O
Someone
tell
me
how
family
or
an
individual
that
lives
in
poverty
is
supposed
to
dig
their
way
out
when
you
are
robbing
them.
The
city
of
Bloomington
will
turn
your
water
off.
If
you
don't
pay
the
fees,
those
of
you
that
voted
to
increase
those
feeds,
you
just
impose
a
tax
on
something
that
is
essential
to
life.
New
York
doesn't
charge
tax
on
tampons,
but
in
Bloomington
we
charge
a
tax
on
water.
O
Congratulations,
you
are
imposing
a
tax
on
individuals
and
families
whose
budgets
cannot
take
another
hit.
Mr.
Scott
I'm
particularly
disappointed
in
you.
You
are
making
life
more
difficult
for
some
of
the
most
vulnerable
members
of
this
community
people
in
your
area.
People
who
work
with
you
shame
on
you.
All
of
you
need
to
pay
attention,
regardless
of
whether
you
agree
with
the
politics
of
Stephen,
Purcell,
Judy,
Stearns
or
Diane
Benjamin.
O
They
tried
to
inform
you
years
ago
that
months
that
the
city
was
losing
money,
millions
of
dollars
might
have
been
saved
and
that
mighty
money
might
have
been
used
to
repair
the
sewers
and
streets.
Instead,
you
followed
mr.
Rayner
and
God
knows
who
else
to
silence
those
who
pointed
out
what
has
now
become
obvious.
O
The
city
of
Bloomington
leadership,
either
through
their
actions
or
through
your
silence,
has
failed
this
community
and
even
if
you
aren't
arrested
for
stealing
the
money
from
the
Colosseum,
you
are
responsible
I'm,
going
to
close
with
a
quote
in
the
face
of
catastrophe.
He
serves
up
slander,
his
fragile
ego
and
inability
to
take
responsibility
ever
our
fatal
flaws.
That's
a
quote
from
David
Axelrod
addressing
Trump's
response
to
Puerto
Rico.
We
don't
need
anymore
politicians,
we
need
honest
and
decent
human
beings.
I
beg
you
to
be
that
for
this
community.
A
J
A
A
Some
will
move
by
all
the
woman
painter.
Is
there
a
second
second
by
all
the
woman
howlman
any
further
discussion,
seeing
none
if
you
go
ahead
and
vote.
Obviously,
an
aye
vote
is
to
approve
the
consent
agenda,
as
presented
with
the
exceptions
of
item
items
7
a
and
E
the
motion
carries
9
to
0.
There
are
no
nays
to
announce
madam
clerk
and
I'm
going
to
go
and
turn
to
all
the
woman
Brae
with
item
7a
Thank.
P
You
mayor
7a
is
the
minutes
from
our
last
City
Council
meeting
I
have
an
amendment
to
the
minutes
of
the
meeting,
in
particular
in
our
packet
page
7.
The
second
paragraph
from
the
top
includes
a
discussion
of
the
sewer
ordinance
and
in
particular,
there's
a
comment
there
about
Alderman
brace
stated
she
was
voting.
Yes
sees
it
as
a
winning
proposition
for
the
community,
and
there
were.
There
were
two
reasons
that
I
set
out:
that
there
was
a
very
winning
proposition
and
then
Madoka
responded
to
one
of
those
reasons.
P
A
A
R
A
A
S
S
In
that
agreement,
the
city
must
adopt
an
ordinance
annexing
certain
tracts
of
land
within
30
days
of
receiving
an
annexation,
plat
and
supporting
documents
which
request
annexation
associated
with
the
Grove
on
September
18
2017
city
clerk
received
petition,
an
annexation
plot
plat.
The
proposed
zoning
is
also
associated
with
that.
The
when
you
annex
it
becomes
agriculture
initially
and
then
there's
also
rezoning
requests
associated
with
this.
That
rezoning
is
consistent
with
the
plan
approved
in
2011
and
staff
is
in
support
of
this
and
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Any.
S
T
Ultimate
sage,
thank
you
and
maybe
Jim
karch
may
have
to
come
up.
Tom
I'm,
not
sure,
but
I
I
got
a
call
from
someone
late
today
and
it
didn't
really
have
time
to
chat
with
anybody.
I
know
recently
and
I
think
we
had
actually
a
budget
amendment
that
dealt
with
some
infrastructure
related
to
the
grove
it
didn't.
We
Scott,
okay
and,
and
so
I'm
wondering
this
is.
T
U
Dave
Reiner
is
correct.
The
annexation
agreement
is
separate
from
the
oversizing
agreement,
but
with
the
understanding
the
area
covered
within
the
annexation
agreement,
when
it
comes,
there
will
have
to
be
a
decision
on
oversizing
for
the
sewer
that's
been
talked
about.
So
tonight
is
not
that
decision
tonight
is
the
annexation,
but
that
that
does
say
the
train
is
coming
for.
U
What
you're
saying
is
that
anytime,
you
oversized
sewer
in
an
area
like
this?
The
intention
is
actually
not
for
the
this
piece,
that's
being
annexed.
The
intention
of
oversizing,
as
I
think
you
were
pointed
out,
is
for
that
upstream
area
in
the
future
along
that
tributary.
So
yes,
that's
the
intention
of
over
present.
V
Not
sure
there's
really
a
question
so
much
as
they
as
I
hope
that
we
will
continue
have
a
conversation
with
mr.
Reynolds,
because
I
think
he
raises
some
important
concerns
about
the
imposition
that
this
development
is
placing
on
other
other
units
of
government
and
whether
or
not
those
were
taken
into
account
when
this
was
put
in
or
if
any
continue.
If
you're
made.
Maybe
Jim's
got
some
thoughts
on
that.
V
U
Talked
to
mr.
Reynolds
Phil
before
on
this
he's
actually
correct.
We
under
percent
correct
I
think
that
from
a
staff
perspective
because
of
the
intersection
of
the
fixing
all
that
traffic
signal,
which
one
the
barns
and
Ireland
Grove
Road
there's
a
lot
of
backup.
If
you
had
westbound
into
that
intersection,
we
see
people
there's
concern
from
a
staff
perspective
on
people,
then
taking
the
roundabout.
So
what
they
do
is
they
had
2100
Eastman.
U
It's
really
that
Oakland
extension
and
then
head
west
back
into
town,
because
people
feel
like
it's
quicker
well,
his
roads
are
not
designed
for
that
extra
traffic,
and
so
that
is
a
concern
on
his
part,
and
so
we
we
will
be
bringing
that
traffic
signal
modification
to
the
council.
For
that
you
know
consideration
upcoming
and
for
some
additional
discussion,
but
that
is
that
fits
in
with
this
whole
discussion.
W
Black
thank
you
and
thank
you
both
for
your
work
on
this
and
I
appreciate
all
the
information.
That's
gone
to
an
alderman,
sages
questions
as
well.
It's
always
very
interesting
to
me.
As
I've
said
up
here.
The
last
few
years
I've
seen
a
number
of
contracts
that
we've
kind
of
been
bound
to,
and
we're
asked
a
question
to
vote
on
it
and
really
we
don't
have
a
choice
for
the
legal
agreements
and
that
unfair
to
say
Jeff.
So
you
know
throughout
the
community.
You
know
in
both
the
campaign's
and
then
just
conversations.
W
So
you
know,
this
is
a
tough
one
for
me,
because
you
know,
and
the
one
hand
is
gonna
get
marked
down
as
a
yes
vote,
because
you
know
we
have
to
say
so,
but
we
also
need
to
make
a
very
clear
statement
to
the
public.
This
is
not
the
direction
that
we
want
to
go
and
I
think
the
public
is
expecting
something
like
that
from
us
from
this
council
and
that's
just
a
sense
I'm
getting
from
from
the
community,
so
I
understand
our
obligations.
I
understand
why
we
are
going
forward
with
this
project.
W
I'm
really
going
no
on
it.
Just
because
I
think
that
we
need
to
send
a
message
out
to
our
community
that
we
are
listening,
we
hear
you.
We
appreciate
the
information
in
the
comp
plan
and
I
also
in
the
executive
summary.
There
was
a
paragraph
describing
why
this
violates
the
comp
plan
and
it's
interesting
that
we
have
to
put
that
in
there
so
on
behalf
of
those
8,000
citizens
to
participate
in
that
process.
I'm
we've
already
know
on
this.
W
A
B
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We're
going
to
go
ahead
and
move
right
along
to
presentation
of
a
20-year
materials,
recovery
and
resource
management
plan
from
McLean,
County,
Bloomington
and
normal,
and
we
have
a
presentation
by
Michael
Brown
from
the
ecology,
Action
Center
and
a
rather
brief
counsel,
presentation.
Michael
welcome.
Thank.
X
The
ELMO,
solid
waste
planning
and
recycling
Act
mandates
that
every
county
does
have
a
solid
waste
management
plan.
It
is
fairly
common
where
you
have
urban
areas
within
those
counties
for
those
communities
to
be
part
of
that
planning
process
as
well.
Our
first
solid
waste
management
plan
was
approved
in
1991.
There
is
a
mandate.
Every
five
years
there's
been
a
a
review
and
update
to
that
plan,
so
that
has
been
performed
every
five
years.
X
The
ecology
axis
underperforming
several
of
those
most
recent
updates
so
bring
us
up
to
2017,
actually
where
we're
due
for
a
five-year
update
to
our
waste
plan.
Instead,
we
took
a
different
approach
because
everything
has
changed,
because
our
solid
waste
plan
is
so
far
out
of
date.
Instead,
we're
directed
to
work
on
a
new
20-year
solid
waste
plan
for
our
community,
so
one
of
the
bigger
variables
that
has
changed
that
we
do
want
to
keep
in
mind
is
in
McLean
County
landfill.
X
X
However,
this
in
itself
is
not
a
crisis,
as
there
is
plenty
of
landfill
capacity
within
east
central
Illinois.
Looking
here
at
this
chart,
we
we
can
see
many
years
worth
of
cast,
especially
looking
at
Clinton
landfill.
Looking
at
Livingston
County
landfill,
Livingston
County
actually
think
this
is
a
conservative
estimate.
I've
heard
estimates
of
30
to
40
years
of
capacity
at
Livingston
County
landfill,
which
currently
is
the
default
of
where
our
waste
will
go
when
the
McClain
County
landfill
closes
sometime
next
year.
X
So
that's
one
of
the
bigger
variables
that
really
has
been
an
impetus
behind
this
new
solid
waste
plan.
We've
actually
been
working
on
this
now
for
well
over
two
years
as
far
as
research
and
outreach
and
focus
groups,
stakeholder
meetings,
field,
trips
to
say,
a
lot
of
work
has
gone
into
this
by
a
lot
of
individuals,
we're
now
in
kind
of
the
review
process
and
looking
for
for
comment
both
from
from
this
council,
but
also
from
the
the
public,
and
so
here
we
just
have
a
little
highlight
of
our
timeline
here.
X
How
are
we
going
to
meet
these
ambitious
goals?
Actually
I'm,
jumping
ahead
of
myself
in
determining
how
we're
going
to
meet
those
goals,
we
did
do
a
lot
of
research,
including
a
very
specific
composition
of
our
waste
stream.
As
it
stands
right
now.
Looking
at
this
chart,
we
can
see
about
26%
of
we're,
throwing
away
these
recyclables,
and
this
is
standard
recycles
that
you
could
be
putting
into
your
recycle
bin,
but
even
beyond
that
we're
getting
a
lot
of
these
other
categories.
These
are
materials
that
are
recoverable
and
recyclable.
X
X
We
can
look
here
and
see
all
these
different
waste
streams
and
actually
in
the
yellow
comb,
see
how
many
thousands
of
tons
of
recover
material
we
are
opening
a
landfill,
and
so
looking
at
that
data,
we've
outlined
six
new
priorities
that
I'll
make
up
the
the
main
content
of
this
new
solid
waste
plan,
and
so
the
first
one
looking
at
that
46,000
tons
of
recyclables
that
is
currently
a
landfill
by
our
community.
How
we're
going
to
address
that
one
big
waiting,
just
that
is
looking
at
commercial
recycling.
X
There
is
a
some
commercial
recycling
going
on
there
community,
but
a
lot
more
could
happen
so
whether
we're
looking
at
this
variety
or
the
other
ones,
I'll
discuss
next.
Each
of
these
we're
looking
at
a
range
of
options
to
actually
meet
these
priorities,
whether
it
is
facilitating
increased
recycling,
whether
we're
looking
at
more
hands-on
approach,
we're
looking
at
incentivizing
or
eventually,
possibly
looking
at
an
ordinance
one
example
here,
Korea
the
City
of
Peoria
has
been
very
successful
commercial
recycling
ordinance
that
has
been
well
received
and
actually
made
a
big
difference
in
increasing
commercial
recycling.
X
Looking
down
at
construction
demolition
waste,
we
only
have
fifty
one
thousand
tons
of
that
waste
going
into
the
landfill.
That's
something
else.
We
could
be
capturing
right
now
and
recycle
in
our
community,
so
that
makes
up
our
priority
number
to
look
at
again
at
that
forty
six
thousand
tons
of
recyclables.
We
know
that
that's
not
all
commercial,
some
of
that
is
residential,
but
we've
been
doing
a
good
job
at
a
single-family
residential
recycling,
but
for
a
lot
of
our
community.
X
26,000
tons
of
this
is
currently
in
going
to
landfill,
leaves
and
materials
that
are
just
raw
natural
resources.
These
are
organic
nutrients.
These
are
things
that
that
could
easily
be
recovered
if
we
had
a
proper
facility
and
so
looking
at
food
waste
composting
going
forward,
especially
looking
at
the
commercial
sector
institutions,
large
businesses
that
have
a
large
amount
of
food
waste
that
could
be
composted.
There
is
a
small
program
in
existence
in
our
community,
but
we
really
need
to
bolster
that.
X
X
Household
hazardous
waste
actually
makes
up
one
of
the
smallest
volumes
of
materials
here,
but
yet
one
of
the
most
important
in
that
this
is
very
dangerous
stuff,
and
so
all
of
you
probably
know
about
our
community-wide
successful
efforts
at
addressing
house.
What
has
this
waste
in
the
absence
of
state
funding
traditionally
in
state
of
Illinois,
has
paid
for
this
right
now,
not
so
much
so.
We've
come
together.
City
Bloomington,
toner
normal.
We
claim
County
College
Action
Center
and
have
created
this
private
public
partnership.
X
It's
been
very
successful
and
yet
we're
not
reaching
everybody,
and
so
what
we
really
need,
despite
the
successes
of
this
program,
is
to
look
at
a
permanent
household,
hazardous
waste
collection
facility.
This
is
how
we're
really
going
to
address
this
problem
best.
This
is
akin
to
providing
single
stream
curbside
automated
recycling
for
cycles,
that
strategy
removed
the
barriers
to
participation
and
greatly
increased
the
the
participation
in
reciting
programs
in
bloomington-normal.
Likewise,
a
permanent,
hazardous
waste
collection
facility
will
do
the
same
for
increasing
participation
in
safe
disposal
of
our
hazardous
wastes.
X
Very
near
our
new
solid
waste
plan,
this
20-year
plan
will
meet
the
needs
of
the
only
self
waste
planning
and
recycling
Act.
This
new
plan
is
well
will
better
position
us
to
manage
our
waste,
essentially
what
it
comes
down
to
the
choices
in
front
of
us.
We
can
continue
the
status
quo,
which
will
mean
paying
money
to
ship
our
waste
further
and
further
away
to
bury
it
in
a
hole
in
the
ground
or
we
can
promote
local
businesses
and
we
can
grow
our
local
economy
by
building
our
recycling
recycling
economy
instead.
X
So
we
are
currently
in
this
90-day
mandatory
public
comment
period.
The
solid
waste
plan
you
have
in
your
packet
is
what
is
under
review.
This
is
also
available
for
public
download
from
the
ecology,
Action
Center
website
or
the
McClain
County
website.
Hard
copies
are
also
available
for
the
public
through
the
County
Clerk's
office,
and
that's
where
we
can
take
written
comments
from
the
public
so
I'm
there
to
entertain
any
questions
or
comments
from
you
at
this
time.
Questions.
A
T
You
so
mr.
Brennan,
oh,
we
saw
some
some
slides
earlier,
were
yet
some
percentage
in
some
out
years
of
seeing
those
percentages
increase
and
so
I
guess.
My
initial
question
is:
is
more
philosophical,
with
maybe
more
of
a
specific
follow-up?
So
do
we
anticipate?
Is
it?
Is
it
the
intent
of
this
plan
to
to
find
ways
to
encourage
voluntary
increases
so
that
we
get
to
those
goals
or
does
the
plan
anticipate
mandates?
T
X
X
This
plan
approved,
there's
going
to
be
an
ongoing
process,
ongoing
meetings
with
stakeholders
and
focus
groups
to
determine
for
each
of
these
priorities
the
best
strategies
to
actually
get
there,
and
for
each
of
these
we
will
be
looking
at
the
range
of
voluntary
participation
to
mandates,
and
so
yes,
we
will
be
likely
back
at
some
point
for
some
of
these
to
possibly
ask
you
to
consider
a
mandate
for
a
particular
recycling
sector,
so
that
is
on
the
table.
Everything
is
on
the
table,
but
in
doing
so
we're
also
looking
at
effectiveness
is
a
bigger
picture.
X
T
My
hope
would
be
that
because
I'm
naturally
not
comfortable
with
with
mandates
to
an
end
and
I
think
back
to
whenever
it
was
that
the
city
enacted
the
smoking,
banned
and
and
and
part
of
the
conversation
I
remember.
Having
was
I'd
rather
see.
Restaurants
choose
to
look
across
the
street
at
a
competitor
and
then
say
you
know
what
they're
smoke-free
they
have
more
business.
If,
therefore,
I
will
voluntarily
go
go
smoke-free
it.
It
seems
today
in
today's
world
of
social
media
and
we're
we're
this.
T
This
sharing
of
information,
it
seems
to
me,
there's
opportunities
to
help
businesses
kind
of
create
their
own
competitive
advantage
and
by
voluntarily
being
being
part
of
that
I'm,
just
leery
of
because
because
I've
said
up
here
now
and
I
watched
again
I
watch
this
it
incrementally
how
these
things,
work
and
and
the
first
bite
of
the
Apple
is
always
a
small
bite
turn
and
then
and
then
the
mites
get
bigger
as
you
go
forward
and
then
suddenly
you're
left
going
wait.
Am
I
hot?
T
X
Anything
and
if
I
may
go
going
further
than
that,
so
I
I
myself
am
somewhat
leery
of
mandates
and
some
of
this
and
know
that
that
is
not
necessarily
going
to
be
the
most
popular
choice.
So
even
in
our
outreach
in
our
focus
groups,
I
was
actually
surprised
to
hear
actually
from
some
businesses
that
we
engage
the
support
for
a
mandate
and
in
many
cases
it
was
because
it
created
a
level
playing
field,
and
so
there
was
much
much
more
support.
X
There
was,
in
some
cases,
unanimous
support
among
the
businesses
who
engaged
for
a
mandate,
and
so
that
surprised
me
and
showed
me
that
that
there,
that
that
really
does
make
it
more
realistic.
You
know
and
helpful
actually
for
them
in
some
ways,
and
so
that's
that
changed
my
perspective
somewhat
to.
T
Me
and
I
appreciate
that
I
mean
I
feel
like
that's
a
credible
response.
I
mean
I,
will
probably
vote
YES
here
in
a
few
minutes,
so
that
I'm
not
totally
decided
yet.
My
concern
is
is
then
that
to
come
back
and
and
and
with
with
mandates,
you
know
because
I
excuse
me
no
offense
to
you
but
I,
but
again
I've
seen
how
this
works
over
a
few
years
right.
T
X
Q
X
Certainly,
on
the
table
as
well,
where
we
can
build
their
businesses
where
we
can
grow
existing
businesses.
That's
definitely
something
that
that
we
want
to
happen
just
be.
The
growth
potential
for
this
sector
is
is
huge
if
we,
if
we
nurture
that,
and
if
we
follow
this
correctly-
and
so
that
is
definitely
we.
We
want
war,
local
businesses
to
take
care
of
this
and
the
idea
of
a
future
food
waste
composting
facility.
Q
X
Yeah
forever
it's
a
long
time,
so
we
we
know
that
it'll
take.
You
know
approximately
two
years
to
actually
complete
the
the
closure
processes.
They'll,
you
know
cover
it
up
and
such
and
beyond
that
you
know
it
is
kind
of
a
brownfield
site,
and
so
it's
not
really
suitable
for
for
most
kinds
of
development
as
far
as
any
additions
or
reopening
in
the
future,
and
that
is
a
private
decision,
you
know
by
Republic
Services
Valley
waste
who
owns
it.
Currently,
I've
heard
no
new
communications
regarding
any
additional
expansion
of
display,
infill
Edie's.
X
Actually
it
is
a
small
landfill
by
landfill
standards,
and
so
the
economies
of
scale
are
not
really,
therefore
operating
at
versus
the
Livingston
County
landfill,
and
so
for
them
to
go
ahead
and
finish
up
here
and
and
put
their
their
efforts
over
the
links
in
County.
It's
going
to
probably
be
more
cost-effective
for
them.
H
Alderman,
if
I
could,
as
we've
spoken
the
Republic
who
operates
that
the
landfill
and
and
that
they
have
a
transfer
station
and
I
ever
surprised
me
when
we
took
a
tour.
Their
facility
currently
there's
been
many
times
that
they
have
trucked
waste
from
their
transfer
station
of
the
Pontiac,
which
is
another
facility,
I,
believe
that
they
owned
and
managed
so
in
the
future,
as
we
take
our
waste
to
their
transfer
station,
instead
of
them
truck
and
taking
it
over
to
landfill,
they
take
it
upon
the
ACK
or
somewhere
like
that.
H
C
C
Looking
at
opportunities
to
make
it
easier
is
good,
because
it's
it's
not
easy
as
a
business
right
now.
It's
it's
actually
a
huge
pain,
but
we
are
happy
that
we
actually
have
more
volume
and
recyclables
that
go
out
of
our
businesses
than
in
actual
trash,
and
that
makes
us
happy
personally
and
I'm
especially
happy
about
the
idea
of
the
food
compost
because
that's
been
the
hardest
one
for
us
to
tackle,
to
figure
out
what
to
do.
C
You
know:
we've
had
various
farmers
that
we
have
worked
with
privately
over
the
years,
who
have
you
know,
we've
literally
packaged
it
up
in
the
five-gallon
buckets
and
send
it
to
farms,
and
it's
it's
a
difficult
process.
It's
difficult
to
manage,
especially
around
doing
everything
you
can
to
make
sure
the
pests
never
happened,
and
so
the
idea
that
a
long-term
plan
is
getting
put
into
place
so
that
we
can
deal
with
more
of
this
effectively
and
and
hopefully,
most
importantly
cost
efficiently,
because
you
know
the
you
talked
about,
we
had
a
limited
pilot
right
now.
C
We
talked
to
them
and
found
it
so
expensive
that
we
couldn't
do
it,
so
we
had
to
find
other
ways
to
make
it
happen.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
this,
because
you
know,
we've
always
tried
to
run
our
businesses
respectful
of
the
community
and
in
the
environment
and
it
I
love,
seeing
that
we
have
a
long-term
plan
coming
together
to
make
sure
this
happens
and
continues
going
forward.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
H
It
here
tonight
this
has
two
quick
questions.
First,
going
back
to
those
original
goals,
yes
right,
if
you
could
just
flip
back
to
that
a
minute
and
I'll
ask
my
question
is-
and
this
goes
back
to
some
comments
and
alderman
sage
mentioned,
but
it
just
seemed
that
one
it
it
took
quite
a
few
years
just
to
go
from
thirty
to
forty
percent.
You
know
an
increase
of,
and
yet,
as
we
look
out,
the
20
years
were
going
from
40
to
80%.
Y
X
H
Regulations
on
us,
but
I
would
just
suggest
the
council
give
consideration.
Is
this
time
period,
overly
aggressive
and
second
I
think
to
help
kind
of
answer?
That
is,
maybe
you
could
bring
back?
What
are
you
seeing
in
comparative
goals
and
actual
accomplishment
successes
by
other
entities
that
also
have
to
prepare
these
plans
and
especially
where
they've
been
able
to
achieve
greater
percentages
in
recycling,
but
it's
still
in
a
voluntary
basis,
or
is
it
really
in
order
to
achieve
these
higher
levels?
Have
others
had
to
go
to
a
mandatory
mandate
through
regulations?
H
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
appreciate
you
Michael.
Next.
Our
last
item
for
under
our
regular
agenda
is
consideration
of
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
approve
energy
supply
contracts
for
city
facilities.
We
have
a
five-minute
presentation
by
mr.
Rasmussen
and
then
a
brief
council
discussion
and.
D
Thank
you
very
much
mayor
and
members
of
City
Council.
Fortunately,
I
am
the
last
presentation,
also
the
shortest
one
for
you
here
today.
What
we're
going
to
ask
you
for
is
a
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
approve
energy
supplies
contract
for
the
city
facilities.
We
did
this
a
couple
months
ago,
and
that
was
for
energy
aggregation
for
all
of
the
unit's,
not
municipal
areas,
but
all
of
the
citizens
for
private
residences.
What
we're
doing
now
is
we're
going
to
go
back
and
do
a
contract
for
our
municipal
facilities.
D
The
first
facility
we're
talking
about
is
the
arena
which
actually
will
expire
in
October
thirty-first.
So
we
need
to
do
that
one
relatively
quickly
and
then
the
other
39
facilities
in
the
city
will
expire
on
May
31st.
The
reason
we'd
like
to
do
this
now
quickly
is
because
not
only
does
that
arena
contract
expire
on
the
31st,
but
we're
at
historic,
low
costs
and
energy
right
now,
it's
the
lowest
cost
we've
had
in
five
years
and
I
want
to
explain
two
pieces
about
this
one.
D
When
we
put
all
of
the
municipal
facilities
together
the
city,
then
what
we
have.
You
have
a
very
large
mass
of
cost
for
our
Stone
River
group
to
go
back
and
get
us
a
low
cost,
because
we
got
some
bargaining
power
with
a
large
number,
but
for
right
now.
What
we're
doing
is
we're
just
asking
for
a
resolution
to
do
these
contracts,
one
for
the
arena
before
the
31st
and
then
for
the
other
39
facilities
before
the
end
of
May
Russ
Waller.
D
Our
facility
manager
is
here
he's
been
in
constant
communication
with
Don
front
own
from
the
stone
River
group
and
they'd
be
ready
to
bring
forward
a
contract
to
it
to
us
our
relatively
soon.
If
we
can
have
a
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
approve
such
a
contract
and
that
that's
the
basis
of
it
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions
and
Russ
can
answer
any
questions
as
well.
Questions.
A
R
A
A
H
Mayor
and
council,
just
one
item
just
wanted
to
share
with
you
I
know,
is,
as
we've
looked
at
the
many
many
projects,
the
city
as
staff
has
been
working
on,
one
that
has
come
up
relating
to
the
police,
department
and
body
cameras.
I
just
wanted
to
report
to
you
that
the
police
chief
is
shared
with
me.
Unfortunately,
there
they're
going
to
be
looking
at
another
vendor
a
manufacturer
of
body-worn
cameras,
the
the
two
that
they
have
tried
and
that
we
were
hoping
maybe
meet.
H
Our
current
needs
apparently
have
not,
and
because
of
that
is
a
look
to
a
third
vendor
to
pilot
cameras
and
our
plan
and
to
hopefully
have
body
cameras
in
operation
and
going
live
will
probably
be
delayed
into
the
first
part
of
the
year.
But
that's
something
that
in
the
future
we
can
kind
of
share
a
little
bit
more
on.
H
But
it's
many
cities
continue
to
experiment
with
many
of
these
cameras
and
I
think
as
we
kind
of
continue
to
watch
nationwide,
we
find
some
of
the
problems
that
occur
when
body
cameras
are
not
turning
on
or
they
don't
have
the
battery.
So
it
is
definitely
a
technology
that
continues
to
evolve
and
sometimes
get
better,
but
I
just
want
to.
H
Let
you
know
that
our
original
plan
to
hopefully
be
going
live
with
these
cameras
by
the
end
of
this
year
will
more
than
likely
be
in
the
next
year,
but
so
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
that
piece
of
news
with
you,
as
we've
got
that
from
the
police
chief
and
other
than
that
I
have
nothing
else
to
report.
Okay,
first.
A
Of
all
I,
actually
it's
one
good
to
be
back,
but
two
I
wanted
to
thank
Tom
de
bruyne
er,
who
is
announced
his
retirement
from
our
leaving
the
city
and
a
retirement,
but
leaving
the
city,
and
we
thank
you
so
much
for
all
you've
done
for
code
enforcement
for
our
city
for
making
this
city
a
better
and
safer
place.
Thank
you.
Tom.
A
Can't
even
remember
all
that
he
said
she
said
stuff
about
whether
the
Secretary
of
State
last
week
called
the
president
a
I'm
not
talking
about
stuff,
that's
much
more
important,
more
than
just
words,
a
couple
words.
We
don't
like
I'm,
talking
very
specifically
here
locally,
where
we've
had
physical
costing
physical
intimidation
of
elected
officials.
We've
had
frivolous
complaints,
multiple,
multiple
lawsuits,
those
cost
time,
energy
money
and
frankly,
it
discourages
good
people
not
just
now,
but
in
the
future.
A
Mayor
former
mayor
Jesse,
smart,
who
spent
12
years
as
mayor
eight
years
as
a
city
councilman,
was
at
the
first
of
these
meetings
and
one
of
the
things
that
he
said
to
me
was
in
my
20
years
in
city
hall.
I
have
never
seen
such
nastiness
and
viciousness.
In
my
entire
life.
In
my
entire
political
career,
I
haven't
seen
that
and
my
response
was
Jessie
welcome
to
our
world
and
with
that
I,
don't
know
what
we
can
do
right
moving
forward.
But
the
thing
that
I
do
know
is
we're
human
beings.
A
So
therefore,
we're
imperfect,
and
so
therefore
we
can
do
more
and
we
can
do
better
thanks
and
the
first
thing
that
I
can
do
is
mayor
and
I
hope.
All
of
you
will
join
me.
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
up
here,
because,
unlike
all
nine
of
the
people
who
are
standing
up
here,
heavily
stuck
their
neck
out
on
the
line,
they've
gotten
elected,
they
are
making
tough
decisions
worthy.
Excuse
me
whether
we
agree
or
we
don't
again.
A
We're
not
gonna
agree
we're
human
right,
so
we're
not
going
to
be
that's
the
whole
nature
of
public
policy
decision-making,
and
so,
regardless
of
our
agreement,
we
have
stepped
forward.
This
council
has
made
responsible
decisions
for
providing
critical
services
for
the
nearly
80,000
people
in
our
city,
for
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
who
come
through
this
community
every
year
and
for
providing
policy,
leadership
and
administrative
leadership
for
a
two
hundred
and
fifteen
million
dollar
budget.
It's
easy
to
sit
on
the
sidelines
and
throw
proverbial
bombs.
A
C
W
C
Fire
will
destroy
a
room
right,
I
mean
they.
They
they
gave
us
a
demonstration,
and
it
was
you
know,
the
smoke
alarm
went
off
at
a
minute
and
a
half
and
two
minutes
later
the
room
was
mostly
completely
destroyed.
The
first
thing
I,
don't
know
about
the
rest,
you
guys
are
the
first
thing.
I
did
is
went
home
and
checked.
All
of
my
smoke
detectors
in
the
house.
You
know,
and
so
I
would
encourage
all
of
you
guys
this
week.
This
is
probably
a
good
time.
Fire
Prevention
Week,
to
go
through
your
house.
C
They,
we
got
a
statistic
like
50
percent
of
people
who
died
in
home.
Fires
was
because
they
had
taken
the
battery
out
because
it
was
annoying
them.
That
said,
tripping
was
annoying
them
so
go
through
your
house
put
fresh
batteries
in
your
alarms,
just
check
them
all
and
make
sure
you're
safe.
Okay,
thanks.
Q
You
I
I
also
participated
in
fire.
Ops
and
I
I
can
attest
to
what
Jamie
said.
It
was
a
very
interesting
experience
and
it
was
actually
it
was
really
hard.
You
know
to
you
know
to
go
through
what
firefighters
have
to
go
through,
especially
noting
that
it
was
a
day
that
was
relatively
cool
compared
to
others.
Q
So
we
can
imagine,
you
know,
try
to
imagine
them
having
to
put
on
a
suit
and
all
their
gear
in
the
summer
when
it's
about
a
hundred
plus
degrees
I
mean
it
was,
it
was
tough,
it
was
really
tough,
so
it
really
gave
me
a
good
sense
of
what
they
have
to
go
through
and
it
takes
a
special
person
to
be
able
to
do
that
because
not
everybody
can
so.
We
have,
to
you,
know,
be
really
thankful
for
their
service.
You
know
the
funny
thing
about
it.
A
Q
He
does
yeah
yeah
it's
interesting.
The
other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
mention
for
the
council's
benefit
called
the
woman
painter
and
myself
were
asked
to
participate
with.
You
know
the
Scot,
Commission
and
they've
put
together
a
work
group
to
work
on.
You
know
the
bylaws
and
the
trust
document
to
kind
of
clean
that
up
and
make
sure
that
those
two
documents
are
in
sync
with
one
another.
So
it's
been
pretty
interesting
process.
Q
You
know,
we've
we've
learned
quite
a
bit
about
it
and
we're
pretty
clear
throughout
the
process
that
you
know
we're
not
there
representing
the
council
as
a
whole.
They
were
really
just
trying
to
get
a
sense
of
you
know.
What
does
this
sound
like
to
you?
You
know
from
your
perspective
as
an
individual
Alderman
and
that's
why
we
try
to
we
try
to
make
sure
that
they
know
we
gave
him
that
perspective.
Q
Let's
see
so
you
know,
a
couple
of
things
of
know
is
that
the
group
has
been
very
intentional
about
preserving
the
integrity
of
the
trust
document,
because
it
was
you
know
it's
all
based
on
the
just
judge.
Scots
will
so
they
wanted
to
be
sure
that
the
integrity
was
preserved,
but
the
the
other
thing
too
was
to
preserve
the
role
of
the
trustees
as
well.
Q
So
you
know
throughout
the
document
you'll
see
that
it's
you
know
it's
kind
of
sprinkled
throughout
to
make
sure
that
you
know
the
our
role
is
preserved
and
they,
you
know
always
seek.
You
know
the
the
feedback
of
the
council.
You
know
before,
or
the
trustees
before
making
decisions.
So
I
was
very
pleased
with
that
and
then
moving
forward.
Q
A
Thank
you
yet
fire
ops
is
certainly
been
there
and
I've
I've
stolen.
This
is
the
before
fire
us,
something
that
all
the
men
sages
said
and
I'm
sure
at
least
once
or
more
I've
I've
done
it
without
total
attribution,
but
he
said
you
know
these
are
the
people
who
go
in
when
we're
running
out,
and
it
gives
you
a
greater
appreciation
for
that
all
the
woman.
How
many
like?
Thank
you,
dick
the
less
work.
R
Might
know
my
colleague
thanks
boca,
for
sharing,
what's
being
done
outside
of
City
Council
concerning
the
Scott
Commission
I
was
wondering
where
we
were
with
that
and
appreciate
hearing
I
know
we're
all
involved
in
other
things
related
to
the
city,
and
it's
it's
good
to
hear
what's
happening,
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
attend
IML
at
the
end
of
September
and
I
share.
Some
of
my
notes
with
with
folks
here
it's
held
every
year
and
I
would
encourage
other
folks
to
attend
it.
So
usually
the
third
week
in
September
in
Chicago
I
mean
there's
nothing
else.
R
R
It
was
a
good
opportunity
to
learn
and
learn
that
we're
actually
doing
things
right,
so
that
was
in
terms
of
IML
and/or
terms
of
oh
ma
and
boy
every
question,
so
that
was
cool
as
union
president
Matson
shared
earlier
yeah
and
as
everybody
of
the
people
have
spoken,
we
did
attend
some
of
us
to
attend
fire
ops.
The
city
provided
the
facility,
but
the
Union
covered
all
the
other
expenses,
the
hats
and
the
equipment
and
the
of
the
Union
firefighters
and
their
spouses
donated
their
time.
R
P
Wanted
to
echo
the
sentiments
we've
heard
here
tonight
about
fire
ops,
local
union,
local
49
did
an
amazing
job,
putting
that
event
on,
and
it
was
certainly
a
day
of
learning
and
we
focused
on
the
broad
range
of
skills
and
abilities
that
our
firefighters
bring
to
bear
and
and
I
just
think
it
right
and
fitting
that
this
Fire
Prevention
Week
that
we
all
think
a
firefighter.
So
thank
you
to
the
local
union
and
I,
encourage
you
all
to
thank
them
as
well.
Thank.