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A
And
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
call
the
meeting
of
the
city
of
bloomington
township
to
order
if
everyone
could
stand
for
the
pledge
of
allegiance.
D
D
A
A
Okay,
seeing
none
do
I
have
a
motion
to
approve.
A
Our
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
a
public
notice
of
2022
meetings
for
the
city
of
bloomington,
township
and
evergreen
memorial
cemetery
and
the
recommendations
of
22
annual
list
of
meetings
be
accepted.
Is
there
a
motion
I'll
make
that
motion
motion
by
trusty
bolin
second
by
trusty
motny,
I'm
assuming
no
discussion?
So
if
you
guys
could
go
ahead
and
vote.
A
Okay,
great:
the
item
passes
next
item
on
the
agenda
and
there
are
no
names
to
announce.
So
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
item.
Six
2021
tax
levy,
ordinance
for
tax
year
2022
to
be
used
in
fiscal
year
2023,
and
the
recommendation
is
that
the
2021
tax
lawyer
be
approved
and
the
ordinance
pass.
Is
there
a
motion.
E
A
F
A
Okay,
the
atom
passes
there
are
no
nays
to
announce
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
reports
by
elected
officials
starting
with
township
supervisor,
deb
skillroot.
G
Thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
inform
you
about
the
parking
lot
improvements
there's
been
a
little
bit
more
delay
on
part
of
the
north
parking
lot.
This,
the
rock
that
they
put
in
wasn't
enough.
G
The
heavy
trucks
were
putting
rats
in
it,
so
it
was
just
still
too
moist,
so
they're
waiting
on
a
portion
of
that
to
be
to
be
finished
in
the
spring,
but
we
do
have
entryway
from
the
north
side
through
the
south
side
entrances
and
we
have
our
handicapped
parking
spaces
back.
So
that's
a
good
thing
for
the
winter
time,
so
that
the
change
order
was
approved
by
me
that
was
under
the
20
000.
G
So
I
authorized
that
to
have
take
place
payment
for
what
has
been
accomplished
so
far
will
be
presented
at
the
next
meeting.
It's
going
to
be
somewhere
around
87
000.
I
did
get
an
informal
payment
request,
but
it
hadn't
been
formalized
in
time
for
the
board
packet
now
so
it'll
be
in
the
board
packet
next
month.
I
Thank
you,
hi
deb,
we
talked
earlier
today
and
I
thought
it'd
be
good,
just
to
kind
of
have
you
explain
to
the
entire
trustees
the
the
how
the
serp
money
is
starting
to
be
used
now
what
the
limits
are,
how
it
coordinates
with
rent
and
emergency
aid,
assistance
and
kind
of
how
the
word
is
getting
out
about
the
program
and
working
with
with
other
agencies.
G
Sure
I'd
be
glad
to
thank
you
for
reminding
me
jeff,
the
the
serp
program
has
started
being
used
november.
1.
ly
heap
lywop.
G
G
I
worked
with
city
manager
gleason
to
allow
for
whenever
anybody
is
in
a
complete
disconnect
to
actually
receive
our
pledges
for
that.
The
city
had
been
receiving
pledges
if
somebody
wasn't
in
disconnect,
but
it
was
causing
a
problem
for
people
to
get
their
water
turned
back
on
without
receiving
the
disconnects
for
somebody.
Who's
been
disconnected
already
not
receiving
our
pledges,
so
we've
got
that
all
worked
out
and
it's
it's
helping
to
get
the
water
turned
back
on
a
lot
faster
for
individuals
who
wait
a
little
too
long
to
get
our
assistance
and
our
help.
G
They
wait
sometimes
for
the
disconnects,
but
we're
getting
them
turned
on
as
soon
as
we
can
now.
The
serp
program
is
now
not
going
to
be
used
for
water
for
a
little
while,
because
the
monies
came
in
for
the
lyewop,
which
is
the
low
income
assistance
for
water
specifically,
and
that's
funds
that
have
been
split
from
the
the
energy
assistance.
G
They've
added,
more
funds
for
specifically
water,
that
monies
just
came
into
the
to
tazwood
community
services,
so
we're
working
with
them.
If
there's
a
delay
in
getting
those
that
assistance
from
them,
then
we'll
use
the
serp
and
we'll
work.
We
are
working
directly
with
them
to
make
this
these
funds
available
to
the
individuals
of
low
income.
I
G
Yeah
to
you,
trustee
crabill
was
asking:
do
we
do
any
advertising?
We
do
not
do
advertising,
we.
We
are
referral
based
and
a
lot
of
agencies,
all
all
the
agencies
we
work
with
know
to
refer
to
us
and
two
on
one
is
the
prime
example.
You
know
they're
the
center
of
referral
base,
but
the
city,
the
ameren
utility
companies,
corn
belts,
nicor
water.
Everybody
knows
where
to
go,
which
is
our
assistance.
G
I
did
want
to
make
note
on
one
thing
in
your
in
your
packet.
You'll
see
the
statistics
for
the
denials
for
there's
a
lot
of
denials
and
a
lot
in
process
for
general
assistance.
We
had
a
huge
uptick
in
the
number
of
applications
that
came
through
this
last
month
and
you
see
a
lot
of
denials
there,
but
a
good
percentage
of
those
pretty
much
60
plus
percent
were
referred
to
the
emergency
assistance
program
in
our
sys.
In
our
with
our
programs.
G
We
have
to
first
deny
somebody
general
assistance,
it's
mandatory
to
run
through
and
see
if
they're
eligible
for
general
assistance
when
they're
ineligible,
for
that
they
move
to
emergency
assistance
to
see
if
they're
available.
So
when
you
see
those
denials
it,
the
good
majority
of
those-
are
that
they're
moving
on
to
see
if
they're
eligible
for
emergency
assistance,
I
want
you
to
be
know
that
the
in-process
ones
were
waiting
on
paperwork
from
people.
A
J
David
all
the
complaints
have
been
filed
with
the
border
review
when
we're
starting
to
hear
hearings,
informal
hearings
at
the
county
for
the
complaints
that
were
filed
and
no
decision
was
made
at
this
time.
J
We
don't
know,
there's
a
lot
of
talk
next
year.
Maybe
there
will
be
a
increase
or
because
of
the
amount
of
sales
that
occurred
in
2021
and
2020,
even
though
the
covet
pandemic
hit,
there
was
still
an
increase
in
a
spike
in
the
number
of
sales
and
the
the
ratios
are
very
low
to
the
assessments,
so
we're
still
anticipating.
J
A
I'm
sorry
I
was
sort
of
slow
on
the
draw.
I
meant
to
try
to
get
it
to
question
for
david.
That's
all
right
sure.
Thank
you
mayor.
You
know
back
earlier
in
the
in
the
fall.
I
brought
up
the
notion
that
possibly
the
money
that
was
set
aside
for
covet
could
be
used.
A
You
know
to
provide
relief
for
some
of
the
families
who
had
suffered
in
you,
know,
water
damage
and
that
sort
of
thing,
and
you
helped
me
understand
that
that
was
not
necessarily
you
know
something
we
could
do,
and
I
wondered
you
know
if,
if,
since
that
conversation
you
have
if
they
have
any
applications,
you
know
to
access
that
fund
in
the
community
and
if
you've
been
able
to
provide
any
support
for
people.
G
The
support
we
provide
is
the
rent
and
the
utilities.
We
have
not
asked
individuals
if
they
suffered
from
the
flooding,
so
I
I
don't
have
an
answer
to
that.
So
I'm
not
sure.
I
I
believe
that
most
of
our
increase
from
the
last
month
has
been
because
of
moratoriums
being
lifted
and
disconnects
going
out.
L
A
G
A
Thank
you.
I
think
at
this
point
a
public
comment:
okay,
trusty
bowling.
D
J
Well,
the
assessments
are
measured,
are
in
place
and
we
measure
the
assessments
to
the
sale
prices
that
are
coming
through
over
the
three
year
period,
and
we
make
adjustments
to
that.
So
then,
typically
appraisers,
our
our
assessments,
are
close
to
market
already
very
close
within
a
small
percentage.
So
when
they're
getting
higher
sales
prices
than
asking
price,
which
is
typical,
probably
above
the
assessment
value,
where
we're
saying
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
low
ratios.
J
D
A
Okay
sounds
good
at
this
point
I'll,
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
I'll.
A
B
L
A
Here
next
item
on
the
agenda
under
recognition,
appointments,
we
do
have
a
proclamation
recognizing
diabetes
awareness
month
and
I
do
believe
we
have
someone
here
to
rachel.
Okay,
come
on
up
just
stand
right
there
at
the
podium.
A
A
M
Would
thank
you
good
evening.
Thank
you,
mayor
council,
members
and
staff,
and
I
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
alderman,
craybill
and
amy
overton
in
the
administration
department
for
helping
to
make
this
proclamation
happen.
My
name
is
rachel
lund
and
I
have
type
1
diabetes
in
honor
of
diabetes
awareness
month.
I
would
like
to
share
my
story
with
you
in
order
to
raise
awareness
within
our
community
of
the
symptoms
of
diabetes,
so
that
you
know
what
to
look
for.
Hopefully
you
can
catch
it
and
begin
treatment
before
any
irreversible
harm
is
done
about.
M
M
M
M
Little
did
I
know
I
was
already
experiencing
symptoms.
I
ignored
my
diabetes
for
a
year
and
a
half
until
I
began
experiencing
more
severe
symptoms,
such
as
extreme
thirst,
cramping
in
my
feet
and
legs
and
weight
loss.
I
dropped
down
to
115
pounds,
which
is
the
smallest
I've
ever
weighed
in
my
adult
life.
M
M
I
was
officially
diagnosed
with
type
1
diabetes
in
december
of
2019,
and
I
came
to
terms
with
the
fact
that
my
life
would
forever
be
changed
if
you
suspect
that
you
or
a
loved
one
might
have
diabetes,
please
contact
your
medical
provider.
If
you
are
diagnosed
with
any
type
of
diabetes,
please
take
it
seriously
and
begin
treatment
as
soon
as
possible.
M
There
is
no
shame
in
having
diabetes
and
you
don't
have
to
go
through
it
alone.
There
are
support
groups
right
here
in
bloomington
normal
that
you
can
join
by
searching
online
or
social
media.
I
would
like
to
thank
everyone
that
showed
up
wearing
blue
in
support
of
diabetes
awareness
month,
not
only
for
being
here
tonight,
but
for
supporting
me
in
my
journey
with
diabetes.
So
thank
you
all
very,
very
much.
A
A
A
A
C
O
G
N
Yes,
yes,
okay,
yeah!
N
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that,
because
you
said
that
there
was
no
emails
but
they're,
I
did
send
an
email
to
all
their
alder
persons,
as
well
as
an
email
to
public
comment
that
was
yesterday
just
as
kind
of
a
cc,
but
in
terms
of
my
verbal
public
comment
tonight,
I'm
jackie,
byer
and
good
evening
to
summarize
the
email
that
I
sent
mclean
county,
ranked
73
out
of
3
143
counties
in
the
entire
u.s
for
highest
property
tax
rates,
which
seem
to
indicate
a
level
of
fiscal
irresponsibility
with
spending
priorities,
management
and
efficiency
within
our
budget.
N
The
2021
proposed
levy
for
the
fiscal
year.
2023
budget
shows
a
proposed
library
levy,
increase
of
23.15
with
a
20.4
percent
tax
rate
increase
the
combined
city
and
library
proposed
levy
increase
is
5.7
percent,
with
a
3.34
overall
tax
rate
increase.
I
do
not
consider
that
modest.
The
annual
1.1
million
expansion
levy
will
be
with
us
for
20
years.
In
20
years
our
library
will
be
obsolete.
The
library
is
expecting
to
receive
1.75
million
dollars
from
donations
for
this
project.
To
date,
only
22
000
in
donations
have
been
received.
N
If
they
don't
receive
the
expected
donations,
will
they
come
back
to
the
taxpayers
for
that
amount?
Alderman
krabill
basically
said
that
we
need
the
library
to
reduce
poverty
and
crime,
if
approved,
I'd
like
to
see
metrics
that
measure
high-risk
utilization
and
any
reduction
in
crime
and
poverty
directly
related
to
the
library
elder
woman
ward
basically
said
that
without
this
expansion,
some
people
will
be
marked
out
of
having
from
having
knowledge,
books
and
access
to
information.
N
In
what
way
have
people
been
marked
out
of
the
library,
as
it
is,
the
so-called
rich,
powerful
and
elite
middle-class
residents
of
bloomington
already
provide
equal
access
to
the
public
library
for
all
income
levels
through
disproportionate
financial
funding
because
of
the
property
tax
structure,
if
there
has
been
any
in
equity
in
knowledge,
learning
and
participation
in
library
services
over
the
years,
that
is
on
the
individuals
who
have
chosen
not
to
utilize
the
public
library.
It
is
not
a
systemic
equity
issue
that
needs
to
be
remedied.
N
The
real
issue
is
the
so-called
rich
and
elite
are
more
than
satisfied
with
the
chevrolet
version
of
the
library.
While
the
people
who
provide
little
or
no
library
funding
want
the
cadillac
version
in
terms
of
developing
reading
and
critical
thinking
skills,
those
skills
are
primarily
developed
in
another
disproportionately
funded
entity.
Public
schools
and
unit
5
is
planning
on
asking
the
taxpayers
for
more
money
for
access
to
technology.
There
is
now
an
overlap
in
terms
of
taxpayers
providing
access
to
those
who
may
not
be
able
to
afford
it.
N
In
addition
to
providing
computer
and
internet
access
through
our
local
property
taxes
for
the
library
and
public
schools,
taxpayers
are
also
disproportionately
funding
internet
access
and
computer
equipment
at
the
federal
level.
Through
the
fcc
emergency
broadband
benefits
program
introduced
because
of
covid,
it
is
now
being
replaced
with
a
new
long-term
14
billion
dollar,
affordable
connectivity
program,
but
at
least
with
federal
tax
dollars.
They
include
money
from
the
truly
rich
and
elite,
except
billionaire
pritzker,
who
has
35
million
dollars
to
put
towards
his
campaign,
but
only
reported
5.2
million
dollars
in
taxable
income.
N
P
Good
evening,
city
council,
my
name
is
mark
gerdler.
First
of
all,
what
a
crybaby,
of
course,
people
who
make
more
money
should
pay
more
into
the
system.
That's
just
a
given!
I'm
here,
because
mainly
you
know,
a
mayor
is
not
a
king.
Bloomington
is
not
your
private
camelot.
P
Your
attempts
to
censor
speech
here
to
a
press
speech
here,
your
civility
rules,
I've
seen
those
instituted
in
other
municipalities.
They
don't
work.
You
can
tell
people
what
they
should
say
what
you
would
like
them
to
say,
but
ultimately
you
have
very
little
control
over
what
they
can
say.
You
do
not
have
to
be
civil.
I've
seen
many
rulings
from
the
public
access
counselor's
office
that
you
do
not
have
to
be
civil,
but
it's
not
owed
to
you
to
be
and
even
to
be
respectful.
P
Even
cursing
personal
attacks
are
covered
under
protected
under
protected
speech,
you're
also
telling
people
they
need
to
keep
it
according
to
city
business.
No,
they
don't.
They
don't
have
to
again.
The
public
access
counselor's
office
is
ruled.
People
can
use
their
three
minutes
to
sing
to
you,
read,
poetry,
to
you,
read,
love
stories
to
you.
P
We
may
have
to
challenge
your
rules
to
get
them
struck
down,
but
they
will
be
struck
down
and
it's
very
costly
to
do
so
again.
Just
talk
to
your
city
attorney
about
that
and
I've
got
a
foyer
requesting
to
see
all
of
your
open
meeting
acts,
guidelines
and
based
on
your
behavior.
I
don't
think
you
actually
did
any
of
the
test
work.
I
also
want
to
say
to
the
people
who
said
after
the
meeting
last
time
that
people
came
up
here
and
begged
to
be
taxed.
That's
not
what
it
was.
P
No
one
came
up
and
begged
to
be
taxed.
You
heard
from
people
who
said
I'm
willing
to
go
without
a
couple
cups
of
coffee
so
that
everyone
can
have
a
better
library
or
that
everyone
can
have
a
better
society.
These
are
people
who
care
about
people
want
people
to
be
housed,
want
people
to
have
food
want
people
to
have
their
basic
needs,
met
and
they're
worried
about
paying
an
extra
two
dollars
a
month.
It's
ridiculous!
P
Q
Yes,
okay,
so
I'm
just
up
here
to
give
you
some
things
to
think
about.
Q
Q
Q
Just
for
example,
when
you
look
at
approving
a
new
park
over
on
the
east
side,
make
sure
that
everything's
in
good
repair
over
on
the
west
side.
You
know
why,
because
kids
over
there,
they
might
not
even
have
a
yard,
let
alone
their
parents,
have
the
funds
to
have
their
own
playground
in
their
backyard
and
if
you've
ever
been
to
miller
park
and
I'm
speaking
to
the
urban,
it
does
have
nice
equipment
now.
But
there
are
so
many
kids
that
it's
they
could
use
more
and
there's
a
lot
of
space
for
it.
Q
Q
Sorry,
I
forgot
your
name
you're,
the
guy,
that's
connected
to
the
local
racist.
What's
your
name
becker
yeah,
think
about
it.
L
I
I'm
sorry
to
break
the
flow.
L
L
The
other
thing,
I'd
like
to
say
is
thank
you
for
your
public
works
department.
It
seems
like
it's
just
one
big
job
after
another.
Right
now
are
the
leaves
and
they're
doing
an
excellent
job
of
it.
K
Hello,
I'm
matt,
I'm
speaking
here
tonight
as
a
member
of
the
bloomington
normal
communist
party
club
get
right
to
it.
We
demand
that
the
city
of
bloomington
use
whatever
funds
necessary
from
the
13.4
million
dollar
american
rescue
plan
to
make
all
businesses
in
the
downtown
bloomington
area
wheelchair
accessible
via
permanent
structure
modification,
no
more
requesting
temporary
ramps
from
employees.
K
Beyond
that,
here's,
what
I
got
for
this
illegitimate
body,
we're
going
to
make
this
capitalist,
show
entertaining
enough
that
you
tools,
can't
conduct
your
business
first
pantomime
of
representative
representative
democracy,
free
from
the
kind
of
scrutiny
and
outrage
that
maboka's
weak
pleas
for
civility
stands
solely
to
insulate
your
bourgeois
asses
from
money.
K
I
saw
a
statistic
the
other
day
that
said,
56
percent
of
cops
wish
they'd,
never
joined
the
force,
anyone
thinking
of
applying
for
that
cushy
salary.
I
would
advise
that
you.
I
would
advise
you
that
selling
out
and
becoming
that
low
of
a
class
trader
just
isn't
worth
it
much
like
with
our
military
poverty
draft.
You
don't
see
wealthy
kids
lining
up
to
do
it
because
it
really
does
suck
that
bad.
K
R
R
And
my
spectacles.
R
R
S
Scott
steimling,
ward,
5.,
I
do
have
a
very
grave
concern
about
the
leaves
in
the
street
they're
to
be
raked
to
this
edge
of
the
on
the
grass
those
and
they
are
intentionally
they're.
Invariably
in
the
street.
You
know,
I
don't
know,
maybe
it's
gonna
I'd
suggest
the
city.
If
they're
gonna
enforce
this
to
go
out
and
start
issuing
citations,
maybe
that's
what
it
would
take,
but
you'd
see
people
a
few
people
that
will
have
them
on
the
parkway,
but
the
majority
of
them
have
them
in
the
street.
S
The
sidewalks
in
this
town
are
absolutely
pathetic.
I've
seen
the
people.
I
saw
one
person
with
a
walker
with
their
disabled
granddaughter
and
they
went
out
and
tried
the
streets
and
the
streets
were
worse
and
they
just
turned
around
went
back.
That
speaks
real
well
for
the
city.
Doesn't
it
this?
The
storm
inlets
are
sunk,
so
low
that
you
have
to
really
bend
down
and
to
try
to
clean
those
suckers
out.
I
just
call
the
city
and
let
them
clean
them
out.
S
I'm
not
going
to
go
toppling
on
my
head
and
I
think
that
speaks
very
poorly
for
the
city
of
bloomington.
I
really
do
I
guess.
Basically,
you
know
we
cannot
control
the
fleetwood
drive
being
a
steep
hill.
We
get
a
bunch
of
rain
and
that
water
comes
rushing
right
down
the
road.
It
plugs
up
the
drain,
the
inlet
in
front
of
my
place
and
the
two
across
the
street
plugs
them
up
and
the
street's
flooded.
T
T
T
T
T
T
They
may
not
be
the
type
of
house
you
or
I
might
live
in,
but
they
are
their
homes
and
their
taxes
will
go
up.
I
have
always
thought
and
have
always
said
that
rents
are
too
high
if
they
were
reasonable.
People
would
have
a
chance
of
getting
ahead
financially,
and
this
is
why
I
am
against
a
property
tax
hike.
A
A
A
Okay,
thank
you.
The
item
the
consent
agenda
passes
there
are
no
nays
to
announce
next.
Item
on
the
agenda
is
moving
on
to
the
regular
agenda.
Now
a
presentation
of
the
fy
2021
comprehensive
annual
financial
report
as
audited
and
delivered
by
the
audit
firm
of
baker,
tilley
fur,
chow
and
krauss,
as
requested
by
the
finance
department,
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
city
manager
gleason.
For
some
introductory
comments.
U
V
Thank
you,
city
manager,
gleason,
the
fy
21
audit
was
finalized
on
october
22nd.
We
posted
it
to
the
website.
We
published
it
on
october
27th,
it's
a
very
intensive
six-month
process.
It
incorporates
a
lot
of
different
data
from
different
sources,
library,
foundation,
audit
zoological
site
society,
audit
pension
funds
are
audited
and
some
of
these
are
done
by
different
firms.
So
it's
it's
really
the
the
integration
incorporation
of
a
lot
of
different
data,
the
the
audit
firm
of
baker
tilly,
is
central
to
that
process.
V
Obviously
finalizing
and
processing
the
audit
for
the
entire
city.
This
is
the
sixth
year
that
baker
tilley
has
performed
our
audit.
We
have
a
very
strong
relationship
with
them
very
professional
process
that
we
go
through
and
we
appreciate
their
services.
So
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
introduce
the
partner
with
baker
tilly,
mr
jason
coyle,
jason.
W
All
right
thanks
scott
yeah,
it's
good
to
be
with
you,
scott
said:
jason
coyle
with
baker
tilly,
I'm
just
going
to
go
over
a
few
highlights
of
your
financial
statements
and
then
our
communication
letter,
and
we
have
some
selected
pages
from
your
financial
statements
that
we're
going
to
go
through.
I
do
want
to
thank
scott
and
his
team
for
helping
us
through
the
audit.
As
he
mentioned.
W
It's
a
it's
a
bit
of
a
process,
and
I
know
scott
and
his
team
have
a
day
job
and
then
we
we
come
in
either
physically
or
virtually
in
the
last
couple
years
and
ask
for
a
lot
of
information
to
validate
your
financial
information
and
so
that
it's
a
quite
a
lift
that
they
have
to
undertake
on
top
of
their
routine
duties,
so
appreciate
all
the
assistance
from
scott
and
his
team.
W
So
you
do
issue
a
comprehensive
annual
financial
report
and,
as
the
name
implies,
the
financial
statements
are
more
comprehensive
than
you're
actually
required
to
file.
So
I
always
like
to
congratulate
communities
on
doing
that.
You're,
providing
more
transparency
of
your
operations
to
those
who
might
be
using
your
financial
statements,
whether
that
be
yourself
or
the
public,
the
name
is
changing.
The
governmental
county
standards
board
just
issued
a
new
statement.
W
That's
changing
it
to
annual
comprehensive
annual
financial
report
in
the
future,
so
just
moving
the
the
words
around,
but
you'll
see
a
slight
change
beginning
next
year,
as
we
get
into
the
meat
of
the
financial
statements
on
the
next
page
is
our
opinion
and
so
of
this
175-page
document.
Three
pages
in
here
come
from
our
firm
and
that's
that's.
What's
called
the
independent
orders
report
or
the
opinion
in
layman's
terms?
What
this
is
is
that
it's
our
opinion
on
your
financial
information.
That
means
somebody
could
pick
up.
W
The
financial
information
rely
on
it
in
all
material
respects,
as
they
evaluate
the
financial
health
of
the
city.
So
that's,
basically
what
the
opinion
says.
The
opinion
does
call
out
the
fact
that
our
firm
did
not
audit
the
police
pension
fund
or
the
zoological
society.
Nonetheless,
the
financial
information
of
those
organizations
are
incorporated
into
this
into
this
larger
document,
and
we
make
reference
to
that.
W
In
our
opinion,
after
our
opinion,
is
a
section
called
md,
a
which
stands
for
management's,
discussion,
analysis
and
I
always
encourage
all
governing
body
members
to
at
least
take
a
time
to
read
through
the
md,
a
not
everyone
I
understand
wants
to
read
through
175
pages
of
a
financial
statement,
but
the
the
management
discussion
analysis
is
kind
of
a
snapshot
of
what
went
on
during
the
year
kind
of
some
summarization
that
compares
the
current
year
to
the
prior
year.
W
There's
some
nice
charts
and
things
in
there
that
make
it
a
little
easier
to
read.
So
so
again,
if
you
read
nothing
else,
I
would
encourage
you
to
take
the
time
to
at
least
read
through
that
document
and,
and
it
is
written
by
management,
although
we
we
do
review
it
and
scott
and
his
team
does
a
great
job
of
putting
that
together
after
the
mdna
we
kind
of
get
into
the
meat
of
the
financial
statements.
W
If
you
will
the
first
one
being
your
statement
of
nut
position-
and
you
can
see
on
here,
there's
a
couple
of
component
units,
the
library
foundation,
the
zoological
society
and
then
there's
a
few
other
columns.
One
being
your
governmental
activities
and
your
business
type
activities,
those
are
the
primary
components
of
the
the
city.
The
biggest
thing
I
like
to
point
out
on
this
statement
relates
to
your
pension
liabilities.
Those
aren't
things
that
are
talked
about
on
a
month-to-month
basis,
but
they
are
incorporated
into
this
statement
in
your
financial
statement.
W
So
you
have
three
pension
funds
as
you're,
probably
aware:
imref,
your
police
pension
and
your
firefighters
pension,
and
when
we
look
at
those
liabilities
that
are
incorporated
on
here,
along
with
the
related
deferrals
that
are
related
to
it,
we
saw
a
nice
reduction
in
the
net
pension
liability
for
the
euro
to
the
tune
of
over
30
million
dollars
from
last
year
to
this
year,
so
that
that's
helpful
to
you
as
those
liabilities
go
down.
W
That's
driven,
as
you
can
probably
guess,
quite
largely
by
the
stock
market
increasing
in
the
last
year,
and
so
those
returns
help
reduce
that
and
that
pension
liability.
So
that's
a
great
position
to
be
in
and
we
could
we'll
all
just
continue
to
hope
that
the
stock
market
has
some
great
returns
as
we
move
through
the
year.
W
Moving
on
to
the
next
financial
statement
I
want
to
talk
about
is
the
there.
We
go
the
statement
of
revenues
and
expenditures
and
changes
in
fund
balance
of
your
governmental
funds.
These
are
most
likely
the
funds
you're
a
little
bit
more
used
to
seeing
on
a
regular
basis.
W
So
you
have
your
general
fund
that
first
column
is
your
primary
operating
fund
and
then
there's
the
library,
the
debt
service
and
on
the
next
page,
is
what
we
call
the
non-major
funds,
which
is
where
all
of
your
smaller
funds
are
are
incorporated
in
there.
So
the
big
thing
to
point
out
here
in
your
government
in
your
general
fund,
excuse
me:
you
saw
an
increase
in
fund
balances
in
your
general
fund
by
1.9
million
dollars
for
the
year
yeah.
W
It's
just
back
one
page
there
so
that
that's
great
to
see
an
increase
in
your
primary
operating
fund
by
almost
two
million
dollars
for
the
year.
You
know
one
of
the
ratios.
I
always
like
to
look
at
is
comparing
your
total
expenditures
to
your
fund
balance
and
what
is
that
percentage?
And
so,
if
we
look
at
total
fund
balance,
that
percentage
is
38.8
percent.
W
If
we
just
look
at
unassigned
fund
balance,
so
there's
different
components
of
fund
balance,
some
being
restricted
and
and
assigned
if
we
just
look
at
unassigned
fund
balance
here
at
about
30.
So
if
you
just
look
at
unassigned
fund
bounds,
you
could
go
approximately
a
third
of
a
year
without
any
revenue
coming
in
and
be
able
to
continue
to
fund
your
operations,
not
that
you'd
ever
want
that
to
happen.
You
know,
but
if
there
was
a
slowdown
in
revenue,
coming
in
you'd
still
have
some
ability
to
continue
to
pay
your
obligations.
W
You
know,
overall,
your
governmental
funds
on
the
next
page
here
increased
7.3
million
dollars,
so
a
good
increase
in
your
fund
balances
for
the
year
going
on
to
the
next
page,
then,
is
your
what
we
call
your
proprietary
funds?
These
are
the
funds
that
are
meant
to
be
self-sustaining
without
the
use
of
property
taxes
and
the
caveat
on
this
one
is
your
arena
is
supported.
A
little
bit
by
sales
taxes,
the
rest
of
them
are
just
supported
by
charges
for
services.
W
All
of
these
saw
an
increase
in
fund
balance
for
the
year,
which
means
at
least
at
the
current
moment.
The
charges
for
services
in
these
funds
is
meeting
or
exceeding
your
current
fund,
your
current
expenditures
for
the
year.
So
you
know
that's,
that's
a
good
position
to
be
in
it
doesn't
plan
for
future
infrastructure
needs
and
things
like
that.
But
right
now
the
charges
for
services
are
covering
your
operating
expenses
and
then
the
last
statement
I'll
go
over.
Is
your
your
pension
statement
put
one
down
one
more
so
this?
W
Is
you
see
that
far
right
column
there?
Your
pension
trust
funds?
This?
This
is
your
police
and
firefighters
funds.
Only
you
could
see
quite
an
increase
in
net
investment
income
there
for
the
year,
which
overall
drove
a
quite
a
healthy
increase
in
the
net
pension
or
the
pension
trust
funds
by
51.1
million
dollars
for
the
year
again,
at
the
end
of
last
year,
the
stock
market
was
not
in
a
very
good
position.
At
the
end
of
4
30
4,
30
20.
W
and
that's
all
I
want
to
talk
about
as
it
relates
to
your
financial
statements,
we
do
complete
a
single
audit
for
the
city.
This
relates
to
federal
funding
that
you
receive.
We
had
one
major
program,
not
surprising
the
coronavirus
relief
fund,
which
is
additional
money.
You
got
happy
to
say
that
with
the
testing
we
did
there,
we
didn't
have
any
findings,
so
we
test
that
for
compliance
and
internal
controls
related
to
following
the
federal
rules
and
again
happy
to
say
no
findings
there.
W
The
other
document
that
we
prepare
at
the
conclusion
audit
is
our
communication
letter.
The
big
point
in
that
letter
is
the
fact
that
we
didn't
have
any
recommendations
for
internal
control
improvements.
In
prior
years,
we
had
a
couple
recommendations
for
improvement
related
to
utility
billings
and
also
the
controls
at
the
arena.
Both
of
those
happy
to
say
were
able
to
remove
his
recommendations.
W
Utility
billings
was
removed
largely
related
to
new
software
that
you
implemented
and
then
the
arena
operations
you
took
in-house
versus
having
them
outsourced
and
that
greatly
improved
the
controls
around
the
financial
operations
of
the
arena.
So
you
know
nice
to
see
that
improvement
from
last
year
to
this
year
and
congratulations
to
yourself
and
scott
on
making
those
changes
to
your
operations.
So
and
that's
the
end
of
my
prepared
remarks.
If
you
have
any
questions,
though,
I'm
happy
to
to
answer
them.
F
A
Thank
you.
Okay.
Our
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
item
8b
consideration;
action
to
approve
the
2021
tax
levy,
estimate
for
the
city
of
bloomington
and
the
bloomington
public
library,
as
requested
by
the
finance
department,
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
city
manager
gleason.
For
some
introductory
comments.
U
V
Thank
you,
mayor,
council,
city
manager,
tonight
we'll
be
reviewing
and
hopefully
adopting
the
estimated
property
tax
for
the
fy
23
budget
year.
This
is
referred
to
as
the
2021
property
tax
that
is
a
calendar
year.
The
taxes
that
we're
looking
at
right
now
with
the
valuations
that
will
be
finalized
for
the
end
of
the
year.
V
According
to
state
statute,
we
have
to
adopt,
prior
to
the
to
the
end
of
the
year,
we
have
to
submit
to
the
county
clerk
our
final
adopted
levy
by
the
the
last
working
tuesday
of
the
year,
so
that
that's
the
28th
of
this
year.
So
we
have
to
do
the
estimate
at
least
20
days
prior
to
the
final
adoption.
So
this
is
the
beginning
of
that
process.
This
is
also
really
the
first
official
action
related
to
the
fy
23
budget.
V
So
it
said
the
adoption
of
the
levy
is
on
the
front
end
of
the
budget,
because
we're
just
in
the
very
preliminary
pages,
but
this
is
the
first
official
first
step
of
that
budget
process.
So
next
slide,
please
so
just
to
kind
of
review.
Some
of
the
the
basics
of
the
tax
levy.
The
levy
is
really
the
amount
of
dollars
that
we
are
requesting
via
the
property
tax,
and
then
that
is
taken
against
the
eav.
V
The
equalized
assessed
value
and
that
really
determines
the
rate,
so
the
rate
doesn't
drive
the
levy
if
the
levy
drives
the
rate
so
just
wanted
to
make
that
clear.
As
from
a
definitional
standpoint,
the
equalized
assessed
value
really
essentially
there's
an
equalization
factor,
but
it's
it's
been
one-third
of
the
full
value
of
the
property
for
many
many
years,
so
the
math
is
very
simple
as
far
as
the
property
tax
bill,
whatever
your
fully
assessed
value
times
a
third
times,
the
tax
rate
then
is
the
prop
amount
of
property
taxes
that
will
be
due.
V
So
we
give
an
example
here.
The
the
average
house
value
that's
going
to
use
within
the
local
community
is
165
000.
So
that's
why
we've
kind
of
selected
that
amount,
so
the
eav
would
be
55
000
one-third
of
that
value
kind
of
jumping
forward
here,
a
little
bit,
the
combined
city
and
bloomington
public
library
rate
that
we're
looking
at
for
this
year.
The
estimate
is
one
point:
four:
zero,
zero,
eight
percent.
So
using
this
example,
165
000
house
would
be
a
total
tax
of
770.
V
Now
I
don't
have
on
this
exhibit
but
I'll
just
review
real
quickly
on
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
house.
That
would
be
approximately
467
467.
Excuse
me
on
a
300
000
house
1400
and
on
a
million
dollar
you
know
commercial
property
that'd
be
around
forty
six.
Forty
seven
hundred
dollars
next
slide.
Please.
V
So
our
equalized
assessed
value
for
the
area
has
gone
up
approximately
42.5
million
dollars
over
the
prior
year.
You
can
see
the
history
here,
so
we're
looking
at
a
two
and
a
quarter
percent
increase.
So
in
the
last
five
years
we've
averaged,
you
know
you
can
see
between
0.32
and
the
higher
end
of
0.73.
So
I
think
everyone's
fully
aware
of
the
market
value
increases,
but
we're
also
hoping
that
this
is
a
broadening
of
the
tax
base.
Too.
We
have
a
lot
of
building
going
on
in
the
community.
We
don't
want
to.
V
You
know
just
have
a
vertical
valuation
increase
where
you
know
everyone's
property
taxes
are
going
up,
we're
hoping
that
the
valuation
is
broadening
and
I
think
we
are
seeing
that
their
housing
starts
are
way
up
commercial
development
in
the
city.
The
statistics
on
that
are
a
little
difficult
to
get.
I
try
to
look
into
those
as
far
as
the
number
of
of
parcels,
the
assessor's
office
is
constantly
trying
to
limit
the
number
doing
combinations
stuff
like
that.
It
costs
money
to
track
all
those.
V
So
you
know
we'll
try
to
dive
into
that
a
little
bit
more,
but
I
think
you
know
from
what
we're
seeing
as
far
as
construction
starts
and
everything
like
that,
we
can
assume
that
much
of
this
value
increases
is
a
broadening
as
well
as
just
everyone's
value.
Going
up.
So
a
two
and
a
quarter
percent
increase
you're
going
to
see
in
the
following
slides.
You
know
we
can.
V
We
can
stick
with
our
same
rate
and
realize
a
levy
increase,
but
we're
not
gonna
we're
not
gonna
we're
not
proposing
to
go
up
that
full
two
and
a
quarter
percent,
because
we
know,
first
of
all
that
that
value
is
going
to
come
down
a
little
bit
related
to
tax
appeals
and
tax
exemptions
coming
in
next
slide.
Please.
V
So,
given
that
two
and
a
quarter
percent
eav
increase
and
and
drawing
that
down
somewhat,
you
know
approximately
I'm
gonna
12
million
dollars
to
kind
of
account
for
the
historical
reduction
that
we've
seen
over
the
last
few
years,
related
to
the
appeals,
process
and
exemptions.
V
The
city
is,
is
able
to
realize
275
thousand
dollars
of
additional
levy
dollars
related
to
the
eav
increase,
so
keeping
the
rate
about
the
same
realizing
275
thousand
dollars.
So
now
that
goes
to
offset
the
normal
cost
of
living.
The
cpi
increases
you
know,
so,
as
cost
of
living
our
costs
go
up.
We've
seen
a
five
to
six
percent
increase
over
the
last
year.
V
Now
we
all
know
that
that
is
not
normal.
The
normal
is
between
one
and
two
percent
increase,
but
as
values
go
up
and
the
levy
can
go
up
slightly
every
year,
along
with
that,
it
helps
offset
those
inflationary
increases.
V
I
can't
work
with
the
glasses,
I'm
like
with
billy,
like
that
now
with
the
library
everyone's
familiar,
that
we
are
going
to
be
showing
you
a
1.1
million
dollar
ad
for
the
expansion,
but
we
process
the
eav
increase
against
the
library
levy.
V
At
the
front,
end
of
the
estimate
and
for
them
with
their
with
the
value
increase,
they'll
be
able
to
realize
or
capture,
I
should
say,
an
additional
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
help
offset
their
operations
and
and
really
holding
that
that
rate
flat
before
the
expansion
edition
next
slide.
Please.
V
Okay,
the
library
expansion
related
increase,
1.1
million
dollars,
so
on
a
17
million
dollar
bond.
Using
the
estimates
we've
received
from
our
financial
advisor
over
20
years,
our
estimated
bond
debt
service
is
1.1
million
dollars,
so
the
tax
increase
or
the
addition
to
the
rate
is
0.0538
percent
for
that
1.1
million.
V
So
with
the
bpl
tax
increase
we've,
given
some
examples
here
of
the
of
the
vet
or
the
total
tax,
it
would
be
added
to
the
normal
and
some
other
examples
here.
We've
we've
publicly
proposed
the
the
thirty
dollars
on
165
thousand
dollar
house,
but
you
can
see
for
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
house
would
be
eighteen
dollars.
V
V
So
this
is
the
historical
levies
that
we've
adopted
over
the
last
five
years.
I'm
going
to
jump
down
to
the
rate
section
here
you
can
see
for
the
city
rate,
we've
really
tried
to
maintain
that
1.08
ish
to
1.09
percent
rate.
V
Now
you
can
see
it
started
to
creep
up
slightly
after
2018
1.09
1.0937,
so
that
that
is
why
we
kind
of
reduced
the
eav
and
anticipation
of
those
tax
appeals
and
the
exemptions
coming
in
by
11
to
12
million
dollars
and
and
working
with
that,
math,
and
so
that
the
275
000
right
now
is
showing
an
estimated
city
rate
of
1.08,
realizing
that
when
the
final
value
is
coming
into
the
year
that
eav
that
we
got
from
the
county
is
going
to
come
down
slightly
and
that
rate
will
move
up
just
a
little
bit
and
we'll
still
be
more
at
that
stable
1.09
range,
but
the
library
it's
the
same,
pretty
much
the
same
history.
V
V
Is
just
a
kind
of
a
visual
representation
of
the
allocation
of
how
the
tax
levy
dollars
are
used?
There's
many
components
on
here
where
the
tax
levy
does
not
does
not
cover
the
entire
cost
of
the
of
the
department
or
the
area,
but
this
is
the
way
that
the
levy
has
developed
over
time.
So
you
can
see
that
43
is
11.6
million,
that's
for
the
police
and
fire.
That's
a
combination
of
the
pensions
and
a
couple
of
other
categories
related
to
just
general
police
ads
and
fire
ads.
V
V
This
is
an
exhibit
that
many
people
are
familiar
with
it's
the
allocation
of
the
overlapping
taxing
districts
bodies
for
the
area,
so
you
can
see
that
district
87.
If
we
split
this
up
into
a
dollar
or
a
hundred
percent,
is
basically
61
cents
or
you
know
61
of
the
total
tax
bill
and
that
these
are
using
utilizing
last
year's
numbers,
but
we've
added
in
the
estimate
for
the
city
and
the
library
and
it
really
hasn't
moved
the
the
city
or
the
library's
percentage
at
all,
I'm
kind
of
just
jumping
down
to
the
bottom.
V
V
So
next
steps,
assuming
the
the
adoption
of
the
estimate
this
evening
since
the
library
is
going
up,
23
percent
on
an
aggregate
tax
amount
basis,
the
1.1
million
divided
into
what
they
were
previously
was
below
5
million.
That's
a
23
increase,
so
the
truth
and
taxation
statute
requires
us
to
do
a
public
hearing
for
anything
over
five
percent.
So
we
will
do
a
truth
and
taxation
public
hearing
on
december
6
and
then
to
target
december
13th
for
the
final
21
levy.
V
Adoption
as
well
as
the
abatements
and
abatements
are
really
primarily
related
to
our
bond
ordinances.
Whatever
we
issue
a
bond,
we're
basically
committing
to
investors
that
we
will
levy
if
we
have
to
the
full
debt
service
on
all
bonds,
but
we're
also
allowed
to
abate
those.
So
essentially,
every
year
we
we
say:
okay,
we
are
abating
those
taxes
and
we're
going
to
cover
those
that
debt
service
utilizing
other
tax
revenues
of
the
city.
So
we
do
this
every
year
and
we're
presenting
the
abatements
of
that
time.
V
So
recommendation
is
to
adopt
the
estimated
tax
levy
as
proposed
and
I'll
stop,
and
I
know
I
went
really
fast
for
any
questions
or
comments
or
discussion.
H
H
Thank
you
just
a
couple
questions.
Would
you
be
able
to
go
back
to
the
slide
with
the
pie
chart
that
broke
down
the
yeah
that
one?
Just
for
the
for
the
record?
Can
you
summarize
the
boundaries
of
what
property
taxes
can
be
used
for
I'm
trying
to
get
some
clarification
here
for
the
record.
V
Well,
that's
a
really
good
question,
I'm
not
sure
there's
limitations
as
to
the
categories,
but
the
addition
to
those
categories
in
our
additional
category
would
have
to
be
approved
by
council
within
the
council
memo
we
have
the
different
categories
within
the
city,
so
we
have.
You
know:
police
protection,
fire
protection
parks.
V
You
know
there's
imr
after
social
security,
so
these
are
things
that
are
adopted
over
time,
but
I'm
not
really
familiar
with
anything
that
would
be
exempt
from
that
process.
X
X
I
have
a
follow-up
to
older
woman
ward's
question,
because
I
think
this
is
what
you're
asking
I
think.
If
is
the
the
amount
of
money
we
pay
overall
for
property
tax?
How
much
of
that
funds
our
municipality?
How
much
of
that
total
of
the
property
tax
goes
into
the
city
budget.
V
So
the
property
tax
levy
for
the
city
funds
about
almost
20
of
the
general
fund
operations.
So
you
know
of
110
million
dollars.
It's
it's
a
little
under
20
of
that
and
then
for
the
library
it's
going
to
fund,
probably
more
like
90
day
of
operations.
80
upper
upper
80s
as
far
as
like
operating
revenues.
O
True
for
for
construction,
it
will
be
down
to
about
68,
because
we're
using
fund
balance
reserves.
Things
like
that
that
bring
up
the
percentages
of
the
other
areas
of
funding.
X
Yes,
I
I
just
to
put
it
in
context.
I
know
that
one
of
the
reasons
why
property
taxes
are
so
high
in
illinois
has
to
do
with
the
way
that
our
public
education
is
funded
overall
and
that's
shifting
a
bit,
but
that
has
differential
impact
now
on
communities
and
our
the
obligation
we
have
for
pension
payments
that
went
unfunded
for
so
many
years.
I
just
I
know
that.
X
There's
a
larger
context
to
think
about,
and
looking
at
this
expense
is,
is
a
very
small
piece
of
that
larger
conversation
about
taxation
and
what
you
know,
what
systematically
might
be
the
problem
here.
D
Yeah,
I
just
what
popped
in
my
head
when
all
when
old
woman
ward
was
talking
property
tax,
correct
me,
if
I'm
wrong
is
about
12
of
our
entire
budget.
So
it's
when
you
look
at
these
percentages
in
the
pie
chart
overall
entire
budget
comparison
is
different,
correct.
V
Yes,
but
I
mean
the
property
tax
is
primarily
a
general
fund
revenue
source,
so
usually
you
know
reference
it
in
as
as
a
component
or
percentage
of
the
general
fund,
so
that
that's
why
I
utilize
you
know
the
the
almost
20
of
the
110
million
versus
you
know:
20
million
of
the
250
million
dollar
city-wide
budget.
A
Thank
you,
councilman
crumpler.
Thank
you
mayor.
I
just
would
like
to
make
a
couple
of
comments
about
the
the
public
library
and
I
plan
to
vote
for
this
request
and
a
couple
of
points
I
made
last
time.
The
proposal
was
revised
from
37.
The
library's
proposal
was
revised
from
an
original
37
to
22
million,
and
the
library
is
contributing
over
5
million
of
its
own
savings,
which,
to
me
indicates
fiscal
responsibility
to
manage
a
more
realistic
project.
I
also
would
like
to
remind
folks
of
the
low
interest
rate
right
now.
A
It
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
me
to
advance
it
to
to
invest
in
our
community
and
then
finally,
council
councilwoman
abig,
mentioned
last
week.
The
changing
nature
of
literacy
literacy
today
is
multimodal.
It
includes
reading
listening,
composing,
imagining
doing
in
ways
that
were
not
even
possible
a
decade
ago.
A
A
I
I
You
mayor
just
again
to
to
clarify
for
people.
You
know
if,
if
we
approve
this
levy
tonight,
there
will
not
be
any
less
money
for
infrastructure.
If
we
reject
the
levy,
there'll
be
no
additional
amounts
for
infrastructure.
I
We
we
continue
to
spend
six
to
eight
million
on
roads
a
year,
a
million
on
sidewalks
and
I
believe
overall,
like
we
talked
about
when
we
approved
this
current
year's
budget,
it
was
about
60
million
dollars
that
we
were
spending
in
infrastructure
overall.
So
I'll
just
and
one
question:
when
do
you
expect
if
the
levy
is
approved
and
there
is
that
increase
in
property
tax
because
of
the
library?
I
V
V
Right
and
we,
you
know,
we
pre-fund.
Typically,
we
try
to
pre-fund
the
debt
service,
so
you
know
that
the
revenues
that
come
in
this
year-
hopefully
you
know
it-
we'll-
have
to
see
what
the
investor
environment's
like
but
timing
it.
So
the
levy
is,
it's
all
set
aside
in
a
bond
fund
and
then
it'll
go
to
pay
the
first
year's
debt
service,
the
1.1
million
so
collect
it,
pay
it
collect
it.
Pay
it
like
that.
Thanks
scott.
A
Thank
you,
councilman
baker.
Y
So
real
quick,
we've
heard
several
people
say
that
this
is
a
small
amount
and
I'm
speaking
specifically
to
the
library
right
now
and
that's
fine,
it's
a
small
amount.
I
think
everybody
knows
that
I
would
like
to
have
seen
it
much
smaller,
but
have
you
ever
heard
the
phrase
death
by
a
thousand
paper
cuts?
That's
how
the
taxpayers
feel
there's
more
and
more
small
amounts
that
continually
add
up
and
add
up
and
add
up
over
time.
You
know
if
I
come
back
to
just
looking
at
this.
Y
Let's
say
I
disagree
with
the
the
library
we
still
vote
to
spend
it
fine,
spend
the
1.1
million
but
find
somewhere
else
to
take
that
1.1
million
except
the
taxpayers
there
are
at
least
I
bet
you
in
in
a
working
session
of
40
hours,
you
could
come
up
with
2
million
2
million
dollars
in
efficiency
savings
per
year.
That
would
pay
that
bill.
Y
That's
what
I
would
like
to
see
us
do,
instead
of
adding
on
to
the
tax
levy.
Let's
not
go
this
way,
let's
find
a
way
to
be
more
efficient
and
save
even
more
and
put
that
in
as
additional
to
the
roads
as
well.
We
can
spend
money.
We
just
can't
always
spend
money
without
ever
looking
at
the
cost,
cutting
side
of
things.
A
Okay,
I
think
we're
going
to
running
out
of
time
here.
So
is
there
a
motion?
Do
you
have
maybe
another
five
minutes
I'll.
A
C
Voice
yeah
well
real,
quick,
councilmember
matthew.
Yes,.
A
Okay
sounds
good,
so
next
is
councilmember
money.
It
looks
like.
Z
Z
Well,
go
ahead.
I'd
just
like
to
reiterate
that
when
we
talk
about
there'd
still
be
money
left
for
the
roads,
there'd
still
be
money
left
for
sidewalks
and
sewers.
That
money
is
not
our
money.
It's
money
that
we're
stewarding
and
asking
our
community
to
provide
for
us,
and
in
light
of
that,
just
a
couple
of
comments.
First
of
all,
we've
had
a
couple
of
folks
mention
this
evening,
going
to
the
public
and
asking
for
them
to
directly
participate
in
prioritizing
how
their
money
is
spent.
Z
Secondly,
just
reiterating
as
well
when
we've
seen
in
eight
years
over
50
increase
in
spending
in
the
community's
budget.
Let's
find
offsetting
amounts
to
take
out
so
that
we
can
keep
this
neutral
and
not
ask
our
taxpayers
to
pay
more
in
their
property
tax,
and
because
this
has
been
characterized
as
such
an
insignificant
amount
of
money
that
we're
asking
people
to
find.
I
would
think
that
would
be
something
that
we
should
be
enthusiastic
and
capable
of
doing.
D
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
separate
the
two
levies
from
the
city
and
library,
since
they
are
two
separate
texting
bodies.
E
B
B
Well,
I
was
just
going
to
say
you
know:
we've
we
have
differing
opinions
and
that
that's
perfectly
fine
on
this
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
in
a
council
session.
B
You
know
even
programs
inside
of
the
fire
department
are
inside
of
inside
of
the
police
department
or
things
of
that
nature
that
we
were
required
to
do
that.
Weren't,
even
optional
spending,
and
so
it's
just
kind
of
a
bigger
discussion
as
we
move
into
next
year.
That
would
probably
be
a
good
idea
to
bring.
You
know
create
this,
so
we
have
a
level
set
up.
These
are
the
facts
that
we
all
understand
and
we
can
operate
from
moving
forward
right,
just
as
a
just
a
thought
so.
H
V
H
F
T
H
A
H
Z
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
comment.
I
appreciate
jamie
bringing
up
the
opportunity
to
look
at
spending
from
from
reviewing
the
programs
of
the
city.
Z
I
think
the
opportunity
really
reflects
looking
at
how
we
are
delivering
our
work
and
finding
opportunities
to
improve
the
cost
structure
of
service
delivery
without
reducing
services
or
programs
that
are
of
value
to
the
community,
and
I
do
think
that
would
be
a
wonderful
thing
to
do
and
I
think
that's
very
much
in
alignment
with
one
of
the
initiatives
that
we
put
forth
for
the
city
manager
for
this
coming
year.
A
A
E
F
E
H
A
B
B
A
R
V
Okay,
so
tonight,
through
october
31st,
we
are
six
months
through
the
year.
We
are
in
the
midst
of
collecting
all
the
departmental
information
for
the
fy
23
budget,
as
part
of
that
departments
are
asked
to
give
us
their
fy
22
the
current
year
projections.
V
So
I
think
I
mentioned
that
we
may
have
projections
this
month,
but
we're
going
to
push
that
off
next
month
is
a
short
month.
You
know
we
have
the
two
council
meetings
december,
6th
and
13th,
so
we'll
probably
have
a
projection
incorporated
into
these
financials
for
january.
So
this
this
month's
reporting
is
going
to
be
very
similar
to
last
month's.
V
Overall
revenues
are
doing
still
very
well.
We
still
have
lingering
concerns
about
supply
chain,
rising
costs,
inflation,
those
kinds
of
things,
but
in
the
meantime
at
least
revenues
are
trending
very
positively.
So
next
slide,
please,
okay,
so
sticking
with
kind
of
the
the
new
format
from
last
month.
You
know
I
wanted
to
highlight,
you
know:
we've
added
in
the
far
right
column.
V
It
shows
what
we've
taken
down,
what
we
took
down
or
adjusted
the
22
budget
versus
21.,
because
when
you're
looking
at
our
variants
year-to-date
during
the
current
year,
really
need
to
keep
take
that
in
the
context
of
what
did
we
do
to
the
budget
going
into
the
year.
You
know
we
weren't
sure
the
implications
of
the
lingering
effects
of
covid.
V
So
you
know
you
can
see
for
home
rule.
We
took
that
down
six
percent.
That
was,
you
know,
roughly
1.3
million
a
pretty
significant
dollar
amount
and
you
can
see
on
down
the
column
there.
So
for
today,
though,
you
know
we're
just
going
to
highlight
food
and
beverage
took
that
down
almost
13
and
you
can
see
going
back
over
to
the
left.
V
The
year-to-date
variance
is
462
000.,
it's
28
over
the
year-to-date
budget.
Now,
jumping
back
over
to
the
right,
you
can
see
that
the
last
month
was
28
over
budget,
so
it's
been
very
consistent
through
the
year
our
year
today
and
our
last
month
out
of
five
months,
because
we're
one
month
behind
you
know
on
the
recognition
of
our
revenue
here
is
28,
so
we're
consistently
seeing
positive
activity
out
of
food
and
beverage,
which
I
think
is
a
very
good
indication
of
of
our
local
economy.
V
Looking
you
know,
sort
of
two-thirds
of
the
way
over.
In
that
column,
the
highlighted
you
can
see
that
we're
634
000
ahead
of
budget
versus
prior
year.
So
you
know
the
impact
of
covid
can
be
seen
easily
right
there
going
down.
One
line
highlighted
the.
V
V
It
goes
back
to
2018.
The
supreme
court
ruled
that
states
could
tax
out-of-state
online
online
retailers
for
sales
tax
that
had
a
pretty
a
material
impact
on
us
from
the
get-go.
We
were
seeing
those
revenues
in
local
use,
so
local
use
is
basically
the
base
state
sales
tax
6.25
and
then
they
allocate
it
based
on
per
capita.
So
you
know,
depending
on
if
your
local
economy
is
better
than
the
other
ones,
it
doesn't
matter
it's
a
per
capita
allocation.
P
V
V
You
know
those
are
significantly
over
budget
for
the
year
home
rules
specifically
related
to
that
also,
you
know
the
classic
examples.
I've
been
using
last
few
months,
pent-up
demand
stimulus.
You
know
monetary
policy,
you
know
low
rates
et
cetera,
but
you
can
see
that
local
use
did
come
down
year
over
year,
so
we
did
take
that.
I
think
we
kept
the
budget
even
actually
yeah
zero
percent.
It's
right
there,
but
it's
come
down
year
over
year,
which
we
anticipated
and
then
jumping
to
the
bottom,
hotel
and
motel.
V
V
You
know
we're
100
19
120
over
a
year
to
date,
a
half
million
dollars
over
a
year
to
date,
a
half
million
dollars
ahead
of
prior
year,
165
the
last
month
budget,
the
variance
you
know-
and
we
took
that
budget
down
45.
So
you
know
that
that
was
a
very
very
material
swing.
You
know
just
from
hotel
motel,
you
know
really
a
line
item.
V
We
don't
watch
too
much,
but
it's
going
to
have
a
pretty
material
impact
on
the
general
fund,
just
because
it's
so
far
over
and
it's
an
indication
of
what's
going
on
here
in
our
local
community,
with
rivien
et
etc.
So
very
good
news.
You
know
on
the
revenue
side
again,
you
know,
expenditures
the
cost.
V
V
So
this
is
the
general
fund.
Revenue
and
expenditure
exhibit
has
indicated
previously
in
january,
we'll
add
a
column
where
we
project
the
end
of
the
year.
So
right
now,
it's
really
just
kind
of
a
you
know
a
static
snapshot
of
our
financials
and
we
have
such
seasonality
in
our
financials.
You
know
it's
it's
a
little
difficult
to
get
an
idea
from
this
one,
because
this
is
just
a
straight
year-to-date.
V
We
show
the
trend
it's
hard
for
us
to
do
a
monthly
budget
like
we
do
for
some
of
those
major
tax
revenues
for
some
of
these
expenditure
lines,
like
with
parks
et
cetera
when
those
programs
are
going
to
kick
off.
So
really
we
just
kind
of
look
at
the
year
to
year
and
try
to
see
if
there's
any
indications
there
or
material
differences
and
most
of
them,
if
you
run
down
the
variance
notes,
are
really
related
to
covid.
You
know
prime
example.
Excuse
me:
I
got
too
close
to
mike
charges
for
services.
V
You
know
we're
year
to
date,
6.4
million
you
know
49.5
percent
of
of
the
year
so
and
that
actually
tracks
really
well
with
our
trend,
so
we're
six
months
through
the
years
50
so
that
one's
really
on
you
know
on
on
point
right
there,
but
you
can
see
versus
last
year
at
this
time
we're
at
5.3
million,
so
pretty
material
difference
there,
and
that
was
really
all
related
to
cohort
reductions.
So
you
know
from
a
an
analysis
standpoint.
V
You
know
from
the
finance
department
we're
looking
at
these
variances
year
over
year,
where
they
are
to
variants
where
they
are
to
trend,
see
if
that's
different
than
last
year
and
trying
to
determine
if
we
have
any
issues
that
are
starting
to
bubble
up,
but
but
nothing
so
far,
expenditures
all
tracking
really
well.
You
can
see
salaries
at
49.3
percent.
V
We,
you
know,
we
have,
I
believe,
2
million
dollar
vacancy
savings
built
into
the
budget
and
and
even
with
that,
we're
below
the
trend,
and
I
think
that's
going
to
continue
given
the
indications
that
we're
having
from
departments
having
a
tough
time,
you
know
filling
filling
openings,
some
of
the
differences
to
last
month.
You
know
jumping
back
up
the
arp
funds.
You
know
we
had
the
full
six
point:
seven
million
dollars
in
there,
but
we've
reallocated
part
of
those
funds
to
the
sewer
and
storm.
V
So
instead
of
showing
those
as
a
transfer
and
grossing
up
our
activity,
we
just
rebooked
that
revenue
over
an
certain
server
and
storm
those
are
for
the
engineering
for
the
what's
the
the
modeling.
I
can't
hydraulic
modeling,
drawing
a
blank
right
there
and
the
locus
colton
engineering,
so
that
went
from
six
down
to
4.7.
V
We
talked
with
the
chief
accountant,
patty
silva.
Just
thought
it'd
be
better
just
to
rebook
that,
instead
of
showing
it
as
a
transfer
out
but
down
at
the
bottom
of
the
column,
year-to-date
actual
we're
just
showing
that
full
4.7
is
expected,
use
so
kind
of
taking
that
out
of
our
projected
into
ending
fund
balance,
which
at
this
point
of
the
year
because
of
seasonality,
it's
not
a
great
indicator,
but
we
just
wanted
to
capture
that
as
kind
of
an
in
and
out.
V
V
V
Again
golf
is
doing
better
than
the
prior
year
council
member
bolin
asked
about
solid
waste
last
last
month,
so
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
highlight
how
we
handle.
We
call
them
encumbrances
you'll,
hear
that
word,
it's
the
same
as
purchase
orders.
So
basically
the
bid
has
been
approved.
V
V
So
it's
it's
a
dif,
it's
difficult
to
get
a
snapshot
given
that
that
method,
so
we
might
have
to
address
how
we
can
kind
of
show-
and
maybe
we'll
come
up
with
a
projection
for
the
for
these
categories
as
well,
going
forward
to
give
a
little
bit
more
of
visibility
on
where
the
fund
is
having
headed
other
than
that.
That
concludes
my
comments
for
this
evening.
So
be
glad
to
take
any
questions.
D
Well,
scott,
thank
you
so
much
for
all
this
information.
I
really
appreciate
it.
I'm
not
trying
to
put
any
kind
of
negative
twist
on
this.
I
I
really
like
that
our
local
economy,
as
far
as
people
spending
and
generating
sales
tax
revenue,
but
when
the
comment
is
made
or
the
figures
show
that
we're
ahead
of
budget,
I
do
rem.
I
recall
when
we
did
the
budget
for
last
year,
it
was
cut
back
significantly.
V
Right
and
and
that
that
that
is
why
I
did
we
added
that
column
to
the
right
that
shows
if
we
took
it
up
or
down
versus
prior
year.
I
didn't
speak
to
that
specifically
tonight,
but
last
month
I
know
I
spoke
to
local
motor
fuel
tax
and
how
we
had
taken
it
down,
but
it's
showing
over
year-to-date.
So
it's
doing
showing
better
for
this
budget,
but
we
had
taken
it
down
from
21
to
22..
V
If
the
trend
continues,
as
is,
it
will
be
at
a
half
million
dollars
under
what
it
was
prior
to
code.
So,
yes,
that's
a
great
question
trying
to
give
some
indication
as
to
the
comparisons
by
just
putting
in
that
column
out
to
the
right.
So
if
you
see
a
25
over
budget
year
to
date,
but
we
took
it
down
15
that
means
on
a
trend
basis.
You
know
we're
only
really
kind
of
like
10
percent
ahead
of
where
we
were
prior
to
covet.
Z
So
would
you
mind
to
put
on
the
slide
that
has
the
motor
vehicle
fuel
tax
amount
up
there?
I
believe
the
slide
that
shows
it
to
be
currently
at
4
million.
Z
That
is
something
that
we
really
need
to
take
a
look
at
and
understand,
because
cars
are
becoming
more
fuel
efficient.
We
also
have
vehicles
that
do
not
use
gasoline
where
this
tax
is
not
applicable,
and
yet
they
do
use
our
roads.
So
as
we
look
at
having
adequate
funding
for
our
streets,
we
know
we're
behind
in
that
area,
and
this
experience
on
this
line
relative
to
the
past
seems
to
be
down
significantly
unless
I'm
misreading
the
2018
and
earlier
documents
so
I'll.
V
Stop
there
that
document
must
have
included
state
motor
fuel
tax
as
well,
because
we
were
averaging,
I
say:
2.3
million
dollars,
roughly
per
4
cent
application
of
the
local
motor
fuel
tax,
so
the
the
math
kind
of
like
in
general,
when
we,
when
we
executed
the
last
local
motor
fuel
tax
increase,
it
was
going
to
be
kind
of
a
2.3
million
dollar
2.3
million
dollars
for
local
motor
shield
tax,
four
cents,
2.3
million
dollars
for
the
next
four
cents
and
then
roughly
2.3
million
dollars
for
sales
tax,
because
we
get
10,
we
allocate
10
of
the
total
sales
to
home
rule
sales,
tax,
still
fogging
up
to
asphalt
and
concrete,
and
that
got
us
to
around
the
7
million
or
7.2
million
dollar
target.
Z
So
with
this,
are
you
saying,
then,
that
those
other
funding
sources
remain
available
to
us
to
fund
our
roads
in
that
seven,
eight
million
dollar
range?
And
what
should
we
be
thinking
about
looking
forward,
given
the
fact
that
we
can
anticipate
the
revenue
from
motor
vehicle
fuel
tax
to
continue
to
decline.
V
I
think
that's
the
the
whole
decrease
in
local
motor
fuel
taxes,
even
at
the
state
level,
is
going
to
have
to
be
addressed
related
to
either
registration
fees
or
things
things
of
that
nature
for
electric
vehicles.
V
Now
the
state
motor
fuel
tax
there's
there's
a
lot
of
rules,
and
you
know
regulations
related
to
how
we
can
use
those
those
those
are
in
their
separate
fund,
the
hamilton
street
bun.
You
know
the
large
intersections,
so
those
are
really
not
like
street
resurfacing
dollars,
but
they
are,
they
are
roads,
so
sometimes
it
gets
combined.
V
The
local
motor
local
motor
fuel
tax,
100
of
that
gets
allocated
to
asphalt
and
concrete,
and
then,
as
I
mentioned,
10
percent
of
the
home
rule
sales
tax
gets
allocated
to
asphalt
and
concrete.
So
we're
our
home
rule
is
going
up,
but
hopefully
it
stays
there.
It
doesn't
come
back
down
because
of
these
changes
that
we've
been
experiencing
specifically
the
online
retailer,
but
I
don't
think
it's
going
to
be
enough
to
counter
act,
the
loss
in
local
motor
fuel
tax,
but
I
don't
think
it's
going
to
dip
precipitously.
V
I
can't
say
that
word
from
the
7
million,
but
it's
going
to
come
down
a
little
bit
so
we'll
have
to
you
know,
as
we
get
into
the
budget
season
here,
see
what
the
homeworld
trend
is,
how
much
that's
offsetting
the
local
motor
fuel
tax
cuz
as
of
right
now
we're
looking
at
possibly
a
half
million
dollar
reduction.
From
that
what
we
used
to
see
is
you
know,
four
point:
seven
million
dollars
in
local
motor
fuel
tax
for
the
force,
the
eight
cents,
the
total
eight
cents
per
gallon.
Z
So
I'm
looking
at
the
adopted
budget
2018,
but
we
can
take
this-
I
mean
I
we
can
talk
about
it
separately.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
the
trends
there
and,
if
we're
going
to
find
ourselves
in
a
situation
where
we've
created
a
funding
structure
for
our
roads,
that
is
going
to
be
insufficient
in
paying
for
the
repairs
that
we
need
on
our
roads.
Y
So
I
basically
had
the
same
question
as
donna
did,
but
I'm
just
going
to
ask
it
a
different
way
and
it's
not
the
question
it's
maybe
if
you
could
portray
it
a
little
bit
differently
to
make
it
clear
down
the
road.
If
you
look
at
at
your
last
column
that
you
added,
I
love
that
column.
It's
really
helpful,
but
let's
say
the
original
budget
was
200
200
and
you
say:
okay,
we
reduced
that
by
50
percent
because
of
the
effects
of
coveted
we
wanted
to
see.
Y
It
still
doesn't
make
it
really
easy
to
see
that
we're
six
sixty
dollars
behind
and
I
think
that's
the
one
place
where
this
isn't
really
showing
us
yeah.
It
looks
good
this
year,
but
we're
really
still
sixty
dollars
behind
off
of
last
year,
not
even
the
prior
year
to
last
year,
where
we
know
the
budget
was
a
little
bit
different
too.
I
think
it's.
It
could
still
be
artificially
positive.
V
V
You
know
we're
significantly
over,
but
what
does
that
mean
compared
to
where
we
started
compared
to
the
year
before
now?
So
we
need
to,
I
think,
I'll.
You
know
we
can
take
a
look
at
some
of
these
columns
and
see.
Have
we
spoken
about
them
in
recent
history?
Maybe
we
can
hide
some
and
add
a
dollar
value
related
to
that
reduction,
and
then
you
can
get
more
of
an
apples
to
apples.
There.
I
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you,
scott,
for
the
presentation
really
appreciated
getting
that
early.
So
I'm
looking
at
on
my
screen
as
well.
I
wanted
to
note
on
the
prior
year
to
date
actuals
versus
our
year-to-date
actuals,
and
so
I
mean
it
looks
to
me
that
in
the
first
six
months
we're
actually
our
expenditures
are
less
than
what
they
were
last
year.
Am
I
reading
that
right?
V
Is
the
we
had
a?
I
don't
know
that
update
go
online.
Is
this
the
one
that's
online?
You
know
sorry
to
talk,
but
councilmember
craybill
there
was.
There
was
an
original
report
that
I
sent
out
and
then
I
amended
it.
V
How
do
our
so
the
the
current
the
report
that
phil
had
up
it
shows
52
million
year-to-date
versus
49.5.
V
I
V
Enterprise
funds-
really
I
mean
the
water
fund-
hasn't
had
a
fee
increase
in
some
time,
but
they're
really
designed
to
accumulate.
I
mean
the
the
operations.
If
you
net
out
prop
capital
projects
should
be
in
excess
so
that
we
have
like
sewer
and
storm.
They
incorporate
the
adopted
fee
increases
a
couple
years
ago
to
accommodate
these
capital
projects.
So
if
projects
get
bumped
that
were
budgeted,
you're
going
to
see
a
net
add
to
reserves,
but
that
those
dollars
are
really
dedicated
for
projects.
Okay,.
F
D
I
was
going
to
ask
him
privately,
but
in
the
back
of
my
mind
and
in
the
audit,
it
talks
about
the
pension
deficit,
pension
funding
deficit
and
that
that's
something
we
really
need
to
focus
on,
and
I
I
would
like
to
have
that
conversation.
F
A
U
Thank
you
mayor
and
council
phil.
How
many
slides
do
I
have
there?
We
go
small
business
saturday,
shop,
small,
this
kicks
off
the
holiday
season
and
it's
downtown
bloomington
november
27
to
december
3rd.
Next
slide,
please
once
upon
a
holiday,
downtown
bloomington.
This
is
the
holiday
tree
lighting
event.
Look
forward
to
that
every
year.
U
Yep
first,
it's
our
first
friday
event
and
then
vintage
holiday
christmas
parade
is
december.
4Th
anything
else.
Phil
two
additional
comments,
just
a
reminder
to
the
community.
I
know
council's
aware
december
is
for
our
council
meetings.
So
we
don't
follow
the
we
don't
meet
on
the
second
third
and
fourth
mondays,
and
we
also
do
not
have
a
committee
of
the
whole.
U
In
the
month
of
december,
we
have
council
meetings
with
action
items
the
first
and
second
monday,
so
we
will
meet
december
6th
and
december
13th
and
then
also
want
to
share
that
we
had
our
first
indoor
farmers
market,
the
thanksgiving
market,
melissa,
economic
community
development,
director
shared
that
we
had
over
a
thousand
attendees
and
also
28
vendors,
participated
and
sales
did
extremely
well
and
then,
lastly,
from
myself
and
from
city
staff
to
the
community,
as
we
kick
off
the
holiday
season
with
thanksgiving
this
thursday,
we
are
so
blessed
as
a
community
and
have
many
things
to
be
thankful
for,
and
we
wish
everyone
a
blessed
holiday
season.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
City
manager,
gleason,
on
the
mayor's
discussion.
Just
want
to
point
out
that
on
thursday
I
was
at
the
unveiling
of
the
route
66,
partly
which
was
very
nice,
a
collaboration
between
staff
and
the
mid-illinois
realtors
association.
So
those
you
know,
those
benches
have
a
like
an
old
school
feel.
You
know,
1960s
type,
you
know,
might
remind
you
of
happy
days,
but
if
you
do
I'm
sure
it's
it's
a
little
too
cold
now
for
photo
opportunities,
but
you
know
down
the
line
when
it
gets
a
little
warmer.
F
A
Do
have
my
my
two
siblings
here,
my
brother
loa
in
the
back
and
who
is
at
u
of
I
and
lives
in
muhammad
and
my
sister
safi,
who
came
from
switzerland
to
to
visit
so
which
will
make
thanksgiving
a
really
really
fun
time
lots
of
good
food.
A
So
I
want
to
wish
everybody
a
happy
thanksgiving
and
we
are
indeed
blessed
as
a
community,
and
we
need
to
remember
that
you
know,
despite
all
of
the
the
difficulties
that
we
might
have,
but
you
know
it's
much
better
than
other
places
and
at
this
point
I'll
turn
it
over
to
council
for
council
discussion.
F
B
Thanks
mayor,
so
it
was
said
in
public
comment,
just
a
reminder
of
do
not
put
your
leaves
in
the
road
leave
them
up
the
parkway.
B
The
crews
are
going
through
all
the
neighborhoods
taking
care
of
leaves,
and
they
do
have
a
person
out
front
that
is
raking
stuff
in
the
parkway
out
in
the
street,
so
they
can
use
the
street
vacuum
and
suck
it
up.
The
reason
why
we
don't
want
on
the
streets,
because
we
don't
want
them
to
get
washed
into
the
sewer
every
time
it
rains.
So
I
know
that's
a
frequent
topic
that
comes
up
every
year.
Also.
B
I
would
implore
everybody
that,
if
you're
going
shopping
to
try
to
shop
with
locally
owned
businesses,
because
according
small
business
administration,
68
of
your
spend
stays
in
our
community
versus
at
a
chain,
then
only
37
stays
in
our
community
and,
of
course,
if
you
shop
online,
zero
percent
stays
in
our
community.
So
and
with
that,
just
thank
you
and
happy
thanksgiving
to
everyone.
I
Thank
you
mayor
just
quickly.
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
our
communications
director,
catherine
murphree,
for
all
the
press
releases.
She
sends
out
a
lot
of
times
I'll
just
cut
and
paste
those
into
informing
my
residents
of.
What's
what's
going
on,
so
it's
really
really
beneficial.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
see
no
other
comments.
Is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn?
We
do
not
have
any
executive
session
I'll.
A
Okay,
council
member
second
by
councilmember
becker,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye,
okay,.