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B
B
D
D
A
C
That
is
correct
yeah,
so
we
are
trying
to
have
her
join
by
a
zoom
she's
out
due
to
illness,
which
is
a
reason
under
our
code,
but
we
haven't
been
successful
to
get
her
yet,
at
which
point
we
do,
we
will
take
a
vote
for
her
to
participate
remotely
and
then,
from
that
point
forward
she
would
be
able
to
participate
by
phone.
A
Okay
sounds
good,
we'll
go
ahead
and
do
that
so
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
recognition
and
appointments,
and
we
do
have
a
proclamation
recognizing
national
farmers
week
for
the
week
of
august
1st
to
august
7th
2021
as
requested
by
the
administration
department.
A
So
I
am
going
to
go
ahead
and
read
the
proclamation
and
I
do
believe
we.
We
have
catherine
dunlap
from
our
economic
development
department
as
well
as
is
samantha
here:
okay,
okay,
all
right
awesome
who,
by
the
way,
did
a
fantastic
job
this
saturday
at
saturday
on
the
square
awesome
job
I
was.
There
was
a
lot
of
fun.
A
So
she
council,
member
curio,
is
on
speakerphone
right
now.
Do
we
need
to
do
this
right
now,
just
yeah.
C
Sorry,
yes,
we
do
so
if
she's.
A
Okay,
moved
by
councilmember
crabill,
second,
not
at
all
at
once:
okay,
second
by
council
member
emig,
madam
kirk,
would
you
please
call
the
role.
A
This
passes
no
needs
to
announce
so
back
to
national
farmers
week,
whereas
bloomington
illinois
blooming,
whereas
bloomington
illinois,
farmers
and
ranchers
provide
people
with
access
to
healthful,
locally
and
regionally
produced
foods
through
farmers,
markets
which
are
expanding
and
evolving
to
accommodate
the
demand
for
diverse
array
of
agricultural
products
and
whereas
farmers,
markets
and
other
agricultural
direct
marketing
outlets
provide
infrastructure
to
assist
in
the
distribution
of
farm
and
value-added
products,
thereby
contributing
approximately
nine
billion
dollars
each
year
to
the
us
economy
and
whereas
farmers
markets
serve
as
significant
outlets,
by
which
small
to
medium
new
and
beginning
and
veteran
agriculture
produces
market
agricultural
products
generating
revenue
that
supports
the
sustainability
of
family
farms
and
revitalization
of
rural
communities
nationwide.
A
Whereas
the
farmers
market
makes
fresh,
healthy,
local
foods,
more
accessible
for
all
people
in
the
community
by
accepting
link
ebt
and
doubling
the
value
of
dollars
spent
on
produce
through
link
up
illinois.
Grant
funding,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
I'm
boca
malamboy
mayor
of
the
city
of
bloomington,
do
hereby
proclaim
august
1st
through
17th
2021
as
national
farmers
market
week
in
the
city
of
bloomington,
and
commend
its
observance
to
all
people.
A
A
C
We
do
we
have
four
people
in
person
and
then
we
also
received
two
emailed
public
comments
which
were
provided
to
council
earlier
today.
Those
were
from
janae
clark
and
e
banyai,
and
the
first
one
for
public
comment
today
will
be
matthew
to
sacco.
A
Okay,
public
comment
is
an
opportunity
for
speakers
to
provide
their
views
and
feedback
to
the
city
council.
It
is
also
an
opportunity
for
the
city
council
to
listen
and
hear
diverse
points
of
view
to
maximize
the
impact
of
public
comment
and
show
respect
for
the
expression
of
all
views.
Speakers
should
maintain
civility
and
focus
on
city
issues.
A
A
G
G
I
believe
in
the
ward
system
and
the
candidates
for
the
positions
should
have
to
live
in
the
word
they
were
running
in,
but
having
to
unexpectedly
move
across
town
should
not
disqualify
them
from
representing
that
ward.
After
having
been
duly
elected
by
that
ward's
voting
residence,
I
feel
that
the
requirement
that
a
candidate
has
resided
in
the
word
they
run
to
represent
for
a
year
prior
to
the
election
and
the
qualifier
that
the
council
person
did
not
make
a
choice
to
move
outside
of
their
ward.
G
H
Skinner,
hello,
council,
people,
I'm
tate,
skinner,
and
I
live
here
in
bloomington
normal
and
I'm
in
part
in
here
in
part
here
with
the
bloomington
normal
tenants
union,
and
it
has
come
to
our
attention
that
there
are
flaws
in
our
city
council
rules,
specifically
a
flaw
that
allows
for
the
overruling
of
democracy
in
the
event
that
someone
may
lose
their
home
now.
We
all
know
that
tragedies
happen,
house,
fires,
flooding,
evictions
and
so
on,
and
I'm
sure
that
nobody
would
want
to
lose
their
representative
over
something.
H
As
unforeseeable
as
one
of
these
events
and
I'm
here
to
call
on
you,
as
elected
representatives,
to
stand
up
for
democracy
here
in
bloomington
and
to
change
these
rules,
I
urge
you
to
make
an
exception
for
anyone
who
loses
residence
in
their
ward
due
to
unforeseen
circumstances
and
to
strengthen
our
democracy
by
getting
rid
of
this
flaw.
Thank
you.
I
I
am
gary
donohue
patty
spencer
and
I
live
in
eastgate
in
the
8th
ward
at
2304,
east
jackson,
street,
where
the
human
waste
sewage
and
the
runoff
rainwater
is
combined
in
one
line
by
the
city.
I'd
like
to
thank
jeff
crable,
who
met
with
a
lot
of
our
neighbors
on
saturday
morning
july,
10th
at
winnie
gent's
home
to
help
get
the
ball
rolling.
This
is
our
third
monday
standing
in
front
of
the
council
and
winnie,
is
actually
with
us
today
and
has
suffered
a
major
financial
loss,
not
unlike
many
here
in
eastgate.
I
I
Everyone
from
eastgate
encourages
the
council
to
continue
their
progress
from
the
last
two
weeks
meetings.
We
look
forward
to
hearing
the
30
minutes
of
presentation
and
discussion
that
are
carved
out
for
the
storm
on
the
agenda
tonight.
Thank
you
for
embracing
this
issue.
We
are
encouraged
by
the
questions,
discussions
and
possible
solutions.
We
heard
from
council
during
last
week's
meeting.
We
are
specifically
encouraged
by
learning
last
week
that,
during
phase
one
of
the
locus
colton
project,
the
scope
was
expanded
in
the
11th
hour
to
add
components
from
subsequent
phases.
I
J
J
A
A
D
A
K
Yes,
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
to
accept
the
plan,
as
presented
with
the
exception
of
the
additional
parking
spaces.
Over
and
above
the
maximum.
A
Okay,
all
right
seconded
by
council
member
martini,
sorry.
K
We
have
zoning
ordinances,
you
know
for
a
reason.
We
have
a
minimum
for
parking
and
a
maximum
for
parking
and
given
what
happened
over
the
past
month
with
flooding
including
surface
flooding,
I
have
a
real
concern
about
increasing
impermeable
areas
that
will
have
a
negative
effect
on
our
storm
sewer
infrastructure.
K
If,
in
fact
there
is,
you
know
serious
rain
coming
sometime
during
the
some
time
down
pike,
I
would
like
to
open
this
for
discussion
to
see
what
the
other
council
members
have
to
say,
but
from
my
personal
feeling
the
maximum
should
be
adequate
for
that
particular
location
in
that
particular
business.
E
Do
we
know
from
staff
whether
the
additional
parking
will
create
surface
water
type
problems
that
could
impact
the
system?
Are
we
just
kind
of
I
guess
expecting
that,
or
is
that
something
we
know
from
staff.
K
E
Mayor,
if
I
just
I
don't
know
if
you
mentioned
this
donna,
but
this
I
mean
I
guess
recently
the
planning
commission,
not
planning
commission,
but
there
was
parking
maximums
put
in
place
correct,
and
so
so
basically
this
is
asking
to
exceed
that
amount
and
you're
just
asking
it
to
go
back
to
what
it
would
be
under
the
standard.
K
Yeah,
yes,
I
wanted
to
to
stay
no
more
than
the
maximum.
The
panda
express
company
is
asking
for.
Well,
it's
a
25
increase.
However,
that's
you
know
five
six,
seven
eight
extra
spots,
but
I
think
that
that's
significant
enough
to
create
an
issue.
The
planning
commission
did
say
they
had
some
concern
about
parking
in
the
neighborhood,
but
with
peak
hours
at
lunchtime
and
dinner
time,
I'm
not
sure,
having
you
know
an
empty
parking
lot
with
all
these
extra
spaces
would
be
valuable.
E
B
I
have
a
question
for
clarification:
if
so
the
plat,
the
asphalt
would
need
to
be
constructed
to
include
that
additional.
In
other
words,
where
there
is
no
there,
where
there
is
not
cement
now
there
will
be
cement
in
the
future.
If
these
five
additional
spaces
were
allowed-
and
you
may
not
know
that
detail
are.
C
K
Well,
I
think
I
don't
know
for
sure
staff
would
have
to
you
know,
ask
the
company,
but
from
from
my
observation,
that
slab
is
not
in
very
good
condition
and
the
building
itself
would
have
to
take
up
part
of
the
property
sure
and
probably
new
parking
spots
would
have
to
be
put
in.
So
I'm
I'm
thinking
unless
staff
can
correct
means
that
the
whole
piece
of
property
will
we
have
to
be
redesigned
and
set
up
to
include
drive-through
parking
in
the
building
right.
B
I'm
I
was
just
wondering
I
I
hadn't
thought
of
that.
I
was
persuaded
by
one
of
the
members
of
the
planning
commission's
argument
against
adding
these
five
extra
parking
spaces
more
as
a
matter
of
principle
that
it
was
an
unnecessary
overage
and
why
it,
you
know,
begin
to
move
the
line
a
little
bit
in
this
way,
given
that
we
we
really
do
want
to
try
to
control
the
cement
that
we're
adding
to
the
built
environment
as
much
as
possible
right.
So
I
I
agree
with
you.
Okay,
thank
you.
M
Thank
you
mayor
for
the
chance
to
hop
in
here.
We
actually
are
fortunate
to
have
the
number
one
and
number
two.
The
economic
community
development
department,
melissa
and
kimberly
is
there
anything
to
add
that
we
can
assist
council
with
at
this
time
and
then
also,
I
guess
I'm
curious.
Was
this
an
ask
made
by
the
developer
where
this
is
a
condition
for
them
to
develop?
N
Sure,
absolutely,
as
far
as
the
detention
I
mean,
they'd
have
to
provide
detention
for
the
amount
of
parking
lot
that
they're
putting
in
so
that
would
be
accounted
for
in
their
development.
This
would
be
all
new
developments,
so
they
would
not
be
using.
You
know,
what's
on
the
site-
and
this
was
a
request
of
the
developer
due
to
the
demand
that
they're
seeing
for
this
restaurant
in
order
to
provide
adequate
parking
for
people
coming
off
the
interstate
and
visiting
their
their
restaurant.
O
Yeah,
while
we're
on
this
subject
and
while
you're
here,
I
I
guess
a
couple
of
questions
that
I
have
have
if
the
request
is
not
granted
the
slab,
the
the
current
space
is
in
pretty
poor
condition.
Would
that
still
be
rehabilitated
somehow?
Would
it
or
is
it
going
to
just
be
left
to
look
the
way?
It
looks
right
now.
O
O
So
is
that
to
say
that
the
project
might
be
in
jeopardy
if,
if
they
don't
get
these
parking
spaces.
D
O
Yeah
and
in
terms
of
the
impact
on
the
neighborhood
and
and
the
parking,
because
I
want
to
you,
know
I'm
quite
quite
aware
and
concerned
about
you-
know
water,
runoff
and,
and
that
that's
a
very
big
deal
in
in
ward
7..
So
I
don't
want
to
add
to
that.
But
I'm
hearing
you
say
that
that
that
would
be
accounted
for
in
in
this
project.
The
way
it's
currently
being
requested.
O
O
Because
that
was
the
issue
that
was
raised
at
the
in
the
on
the
agenda
of
the
planning
commission,
I
guess
it
was.
N
K
N
Okay,
yeah
yeah,
I
you
know,
I
think,
their
their
response
into
the
the
parking
study
that
that
the
planning
commission
had
determined
that
they
could
move
forward
without
having
that
after
hearing
the
testimony,
so
they
did
move
forward
without
conditions.
N
The
developer
was
able
to
provide
a
response
to
the
parking
demand
study
and
they
did
indicate
that
the
65
standard
parking
stalls
with
the
three
accessible
spaces
would
meet
their
what
they
would
be
looking
for
during
their
peak
times,
and
I
believe
this
is
six
or
five
higher
than
the
660.
N
K
I
did
I
did
request
that
information.
I
got
the
letter
and
I
I
read
it
and
they
used
juliet
as
a
reference.
Is
there
a
reason
why
they
didn't
use
the
panda
local
panda
express
because
julia's
population
is
like
three
times
bloomington
and
I'm
not
trying
to
be
a
a
stickler
here?
I've
just
you
know
just
have
concerns
and
I
wanted
to
have
the
conversation.
F
The
original
comparison
that
they
gave
us
was
strictly
joliet
and
that's
why
we
essentially
rejected
that
for
the
first
go-around
through
the
the
testimony
and
during
the
at
the
plan
commission
and
looking
at
the
code,
the
plan
commission
felt
that
the
the
standards
were
met.
The
code
uses
words
like
they
may
require
a
parking
demand
study,
so
what
they
did.
So
essentially,
the
plan
commission
removed
the
requirement
to
follow
up
with
the
the
demand
study.
F
However,
essentially,
as
a
courtesy
they
offered,
they
still
went
ahead
and
did
that
so
they
took
what
what
they
had
determined
from
that
juliet
store
and
then
sort
of
mixed
it
in
with
the
the
other
requirements
that
are
their
standards
that
are
suggested
to
be
used
by
the
ordinance,
in
particular,
there's
a
traffic
manual,
the
ite,
it's
an
engineering
standards
and
then
there's
another
one,
uli
urban
land
institute,
which
I
do
not
believe
that
they
use,
but
it
was
not
a
requirement
and
they
sort
of
put
that
in
the
mix
with
this
location,
you
know
the
other
panda
express
is.
F
This
is
a
little
bit
different
of
a
location.
It's
a
highway.
Stop.
Essentially,
I
mean
it's
a
far
much
more
vehicle
oriented,
but
it's
that,
but
they
are
anticipating
people
to
come.
In
I
mean
they
have
a
as
you
read
and
hit.
They
have
a
line.
You
know,
30
percent
of
transactions
happened
through
the
drive-through
that
could
leave
65
transactions
to
happen
through
the
store.
This
was
based
on
a
6
30
to
7,
30
p.m,
study
and
sort
of
a
snapshot
that
they
had
looked
at.
So
by
their
estimation,
this
works.
F
K
K
You
don't
know,
okay,
because
that
also
would,
if
it's
primarily
a
drive-through,
then
you
know
the
cars
would
go
in,
get
their
order
and
move
on.
But
if
there's
significant
seating,
then
parking
would
be
more
of
an.
K
K
A
Okay,
let's
say
is
this:
on
the
same
same
topic
or
I
know
council
member
craven
wanted
to
move
on
to
something
different.
B
P
P
Abby
erler,
I'm
a
project
manager
for
clover,
architects.
I've
been
working
on
this
project
quite
a
few
years,
so
I'd
like
to
think
I'm
should
be
able
to
answer
a
few
of
your
questions
here.
I
guess
I
can
start
with
the
the
runoff.
P
I
can
get
you
exact
numbers
on
that,
but
there
will
be
less
impervious
space.
We
left
a
good
portion
of
the
area
to
the
north,
completely
pervious,
and
so
we
have
submitted
to
the
bloomington
normal
water
reclamation
district,
as
well
as
engineering
public
works
for
the
city
and
have
received
all
our
approvals
there.
So
they
have
not
seen
any
issues
with
our
runoff.
P
I
believe
our
civil
is
utilizing
a
rip-rap
system
draining
using
the
creek
nearby
so
that
shouldn't
be
an
issue.
Seating
panda's,
going
through
some
changes
on
their
interior,
but
usually
it's
about
60
seats
give
or
take
we'll
see
what
happens?
I
think
right
now
it's
at
about
68.
P
It
could
come
down
they're
kind
of
reworking
their
focus
on
their
interior
seats
and
I
think
a
big
part
of
having
those
extra
parking
stalls
is
due
to
the
no
overflow
and
also
it's
not
unheard
of
to
think
of
at
this
location
that
there
could
be
larger
vehicles.
There
could
be
rvs,
there
could
be
trucks
with
trailers
that
are
taking
up
more
than
one
parking
stall
at
any
given
time.
P
So
that's
kind
of
our
thought
process
and
getting
a
few
of
these
extras-
and
I
don't
know
if
you're
all
familiar
with
the
plan,
but
it
could
have,
it
could
have
been
larger
and
we
did
try
to
scale
it
back
to
what
would
be
necessary
for
this
site
in
the
store
and
another
reason
why
the
others
hand
express
in
town
wasn't
used,
because
that
one
is
not
a
drive-through.
So
we
really
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we're
using
comparable
numbers
here.
Q
Not
a
question
for
you,
I
just
want
to
summarize
where
we're
at
your
initial
concern
was
the
drainage
that
concern's
been
answered.
Your
secondary
concern
was:
are
we
bending
rules?
That's
going
to
cause
set
a
precedent
to
me?
It's
a
very
small
thing,
we're
bending
a
rule,
but
there
is,
there
has
been
demonstrated
mitigation
for
the
main
concern
and
we
have
somebody
willing
to
develop
a
location
that
is
very
tough
to
get
developed
that
could
be
very
advantageous
to
them
because
of
the
location
of
the
highway.
D
A
Okay
sounds
good.
Thank
you.
Okay,
do
you,
council,
member
bowling,
would
you
like
to
move
forward
with
your
motion,
or
do
you
want
to
withdraw
your
motion.
K
I'm
going
to
throw
this
question
now
that
we
have
the
expert
statement,
no
offense,
but
what
is
it
the
project
manager?
Would
the
project
fall
through
if
we
just
stayed
at
the
maximum
level.
P
P
I
know
I've
kind
of
discussed
some
options
as
far
as
cutting
down
the
numbers
if
we
could
but
utilizing
leaving
that
space
in
case
something
were
to
happen
and
there
was
an
overflow
and,
as
was
pointed
out,
there
is
literally
nowhere
for
access
parking
to
go.
You
know
if
we
had
a
night
rush
and
there
was
a
bus
full
of
you
know,
kids
coming
back
from
a
softball
game
and
they
were
taking
up.
You
know
eight
spaces
with
that
bus.
P
You
know
just
kind
of
a
situation
there,
so
they're
very
flexible.
They
like
they
want
to
get
this
done,
but
I
mean,
if
you've
seen
the
plan
there
has
been,
they
have
scaled
it
back
to
what
they
need
quite
a
bit
already
we're
really
not
maximizing
the
site.
So
they
do
believe
that
these
would
be
necessary
and
beneficial,
but
they
would
be
open
to
working
something
out.
D
A
F
A
E
Yes,
it
was
thank
you
mayor.
I
just
wanted
to
ask
so
with
the
seventy
thousand
dollars.
Do
we
know,
basically
how
many
abandoned
homes
are
going
to
be
able
to
renovate
or
sell.
N
N
So
in
the
last
couple
rounds
it
looks
like
we've
been
supporting
about
35
properties
around
the
city.
N
D
D
E
And
I
know
we
talked
about
some
type
of
a
land
trust
or
something
like
that
that
maybe
could
help
with
our
affordable
housing
issues.
D
A
Okay
sounds
good
second
by
council,
member
martini
and
I'm
clerk.
Would
you
please
call
the
rule.
Q
E
A
E
Thank
you
mayor.
This
is
for
the
the
zoo
project
and
just
wanted
to
see
it's
the
zoo,
anteater
bush,
dog
and
tortoise
exhibit
budget
just
wanted
to
confirm
that
no
city
funds
will
be
used
for
this.
I
think
that's
what
it
appears
to
me
is
that
correct.
That
is
correct.
There
will
not
be.
I
move
to
approve.
F
Q
A
M
Thank
you
mayor
and
council.
This
was
a
presentation
that
the
ceo
of
the
economic
development
corporation,
patrick
hovind,
presented
back
to
the
previous
council
in
february
the
newly
seated
council
members.
He
met
in
a
meeting
with
them
to
bring
them
up
to
speed.
M
This
is
an
exciting
topic
tonight,
very
much
the
same
discussion
as
occurred
on
the
floor
of
city
hall
in
february,
but
there's
five
total
entities
that
are
involved
in
making
this
change
and
basically
and
I'm
gonna
give
the
floor
to
patrick,
but
basically,
what
this
does
is.
It
expands
the
tools
that
he
has
in
his
toolbox
when
he
is
marketing
this
region,
it's
critical
and
it's
also
something
that
was
actually
already
in
place,
patrick
stepped
into
this
position
a
couple
of
years
ago.
M
Two
things
that
I
heard
out
of
him
was
this
topic
and
improving
workforce
and
he's
been
chipping
away
at
both
since
the
day
he
arrived
in
our
community,
so
patrick,
if
you
wouldn't
mind
stepping
up
to
the
podium
and
walking
us
through
this.
I
know
you've
done
this
a
couple
of
months
ago,
but.
S
S
Thank
you.
It's
good
to
see
everybody
in
person
again
it's
hard
to
believe
that
it's
almost
two
years
ago
we
actually
had
a
joint
council
when
we
first
mentioned
this
concept
on
how
nice
it
would
be
if
we
had
one
standardized
incentive,
one
set
of
rules
for
everybody
instead
of
customizing
all
of
our
deals
individually
and
the
reason
to
do
this,
why
it's
so
important?
S
Is
it
really
comes
down
to
time
it's
time
and
efficiency
right
now,
rfps
come
in
request
for
proposals,
whether
it's
from
the
state,
whether
it's
from
a
site
selector
we're
in
competition
not
just
regionally
but
also
against
other
states
and
there's
always
questions
on
there
that
ask
what
kind
of
incentives
that
we
have
and
they
always
want
to
know.
You
know
how
much,
how
much
is
the
incentive
who
has
to
approve
it,
and
how
long
does
it
take
right?
S
Now,
it's
not
very
much
fun
to
fill
that
out,
because
we
can
do
sales
tax
exemption
if
you're
in
the
zone
immediately
a
property
tax
abatement.
I
say
out
six
months
to
a
year.
We
have
to
go
talk
to
a
lot
of
elected
officials
as
far
as
approval
goes,
there's
probably
five
to
six
taxing
bodies
that
have
to
approve
it
if
the
standardized
incentive
is
put
into
place-
and
you
guys
approve
this
now-
this
is
a
set
of
rules
going
forward
for
the
life
of
the
zone,
which
is
a
15-year
zone.
S
So
the
concept
is:
is
that,
if
is
a
higher
impact
business
for
five
years,
they'll
get
property
tax
abatement.
If
it's
not
a
higher
impact
business,
we've
actually
worked
in
a
way
that
if
they
can
show
us
that
there's
gonna
be
more
of
an
impact
on
our
community
they'll
get
a
bigger
incentive,
so
a
standard
incentive
would
actually
graduate
down
so
year.
One
you
get
a
hundred
percent
property
tax
abatement
year.
Two
is
eighty
percent,
sixty
percent
forty,
then
twenty.
S
If
they
can
prove
to
us
that
they're
hiring
local
workers
to
build
it,
they'll
get
an
extra
twenty
percent
if
they
can
prove
to
us
that
local
workers
work
there.
Another
extra
20
if
they
can
prove
that
they're
hiring
above
for
women
and
minority
for
that
occupation,
another
20
and
last
but
not
least,
if
they
partner
with
our
school
districts
and
create
an
apprenticeship
program
with
either
the
high
school
or
maybe
nice,
they
did
both
with
community
college.
S
It's
a
really
good
way
for
experience
based
learning
to
get
these
kids
into
one
of
these
new
projects.
So
the
concept
with
this
is
take
something
that
was
already
approved,
that's
there,
but
makes
it
approved
right
across
the
bat
so
that
our
enterprise
zone
board,
which
we're
going
to
create
an
advisory
board,
could
actually
approve
this
in
two
weeks
and
all
they're
doing
is
auditing
the
rules
that
you're
setting
up
right
now
that
we're
proposing
these
changes.
S
So
my
goal
is
to
be
able
to
go
in
and
say
you
know
we
can
do
this
in
two
weeks.
There's
one
body-
and
here
are
the
rules
and
the
rules
are
outlined
in
here:
it's
five
year,
property
tax
abatement,
but
this
really
brings
us
up
to
par
to
some
of
our
surrounding
communities,
but
I
think
it's
a
way
that
we
can
stay
in
the
game
longer
with
these
rfps
than
what
we
currently
are,
because
sometimes
we
always
call
it
site
selection.
S
But
if
you
talk
to
a
site
selector,
it's
side,
elimination,
so
we're
trying
to
stay
in
like
I
don't
want
to
have
a
reason
to
get
eliminated
and
right
now,
there's
other
communities,
other
states
that
are
offering
cash
and
we're
offering
tax
breaks
so
to
compete.
We'd
like
to
have
one
set
of
rules,
one
coupon.
So
whenever
you
go
to
checkout,
everybody
knows,
and
we
can
all
sell
it.
But
right
now,
if
you
go
up
to
a
drive-through,
you
have
to
get
five
managers
to
say.
Yes,
I'm
gonna
give
you
that
20
off.
S
That'll
answer
any
questions.
Also,
thanks
to
the
staff
and
the
attorneys
we've
been
working
on
this
thing
for
at
least
eight
months
back
and
forth.
It's
been
a
team
effort
between
the
county,
the
town,
the
city
across
the
board
state's
attorney
the
state
and
consultants.
It's
been
quite
the
task
to
get
here,
so
thank
you.
Everybody
awesome.
A
Thank
you,
patrick
questions
from
the
council.
Councilman
bowling.
K
S
This
is
this
is
an
addition,
so
the
sales
tax
exemption
on
the
building
materials-
this
is
a
state
program,
so
that's
already
included
in
the
state's
portion
of
this
okay.
The
local
abatement
is
just
our
portion
of
it,
so
the
sales
tax
exemption
is
something
that
all
enterprise
zones
across
the
state.
K
S
It's
it's
for
the
city
for
this
one
than
anyone
else
who
wants
to
participate.
So
if
the
five
units
of
government
that
are
the
designating
units
of
government
all
participate
and
we
change
this,
any
other
unit
of
government
can
participate
so
the
airport,
the
school
districts.
Anyone
that
wants
to
jump
on
board.
It
makes
it
a
better
deal
for
the
developer.
But
right
now
all
we're
approving
is
the
cities.
K
Okay,
because
my
concern
is,
you
know:
property
tax
for
school.
We
already
have
tiff
that
affects
that,
but
I,
like
this
short
term,
you
know
unified
approach.
My
my
concern
was
just
property
tax
and
if
it's
the
cities
only
that
we're
approving,
then
I
would
be
okay
with
that.
So
thank.
S
O
Yeah,
thank
you
for
this.
I
also
am
a
fan
of
standardizing
and
and
sort
of
leveling
the
playing
field
for
people.
I
appreciate
that
I
do
have
a
couple
of
questions
and
the
first
one
has
I'm
hoping
that
you
can
just
point
to
a
couple
of
places
in
the
ordinance
where
I
can,
where
I
can
see
this
with
my
own
eyes.
O
First
off,
where
in
the
ordinance
might
we
find
some
really
concrete
assurances
that
local
trades
and
contractors
have
priority
on
the
tax
incentive,
new
construction
and
rehabilitation,
and
then
the
second
question
has
to
do
with.
You
know
how
how
developers
are
being
held
accountable
and
and
how
can
we
ensure
that
they
are
actually
following
through
on
the
promises
that
they're
making
the
reason
I'm
asking
this
is
because
too
often
when
developers
come
to
the
city
seeking
incentives.
O
The
first
item
that
is
mentioned
is
how
many
new
permanent
jobs
that
employer
is
is
potentially
bringing
little
thought
is
given
to
the
immediate
economic
impact
for
local
businesses
and
construction.
Trades
workers
in
the
project
developers
come
with
promises
to
employ
locally,
but
in
too
many
instances
they
give
the
work
to
out-of-town
contractors
who
bring
an
out-of-town
workforce.
O
Any
economic
development
effort
that
includes
tax
dollars
should
include
serious
discussion
from
local
government
and
the
economic
development
council
on
the
importance
of
hiring
and
building
locally.
This
will
send
a
strong
message
to
developers
that
our
community
expects
the
maximum
return
on
any
tax
incentive
granted.
So
I
I
if
you
could
just
point
to
the
ordinance
and
and
show
me
where
those
things
are
happening.
I
would
really
appreciate
it
so.
S
Section
j
says
local
labor
requirements,
that's
where
they're
required
to
actually
produce
a
local
labor
utilization
plan
to
make
sure
that
local
labor,
which
is
outlined
as
any
workers
whose
primary
residence
is
located
within
the
local
labor
market
area,
as
established
by
the
bloomington
normal
enterprise
zone.
So
because
we
are
with
ford
county
and
mclean
county,
that's
anyone
that
lives
in
either
one
of
those
counties.
So
you
have
to
prove
that
they're
hiring
from
within
that
area
to
build
it.
O
And,
and
what
standards
are
we
we
I
mean
who
who
who's
policing
that
basically.
S
So
that's
it's
similar
to
what
we're
doing
now,
with
the
other
incentives
that
are
underway.
So
I
have
to
do
an
audit
every
single
year.
The
arabian
has
to
prove
to
me
that
they've
hired
and
met
the
the
hiring
the
overall
numbers
that
they
have
to
meet,
which
they've
totally
exceeded
and
blown
away.
They
also
have
to
prove
that
they've
invested
a
certain
amount
of
money
so
every
year
I
do
the
audit
and
now
we're
adding
a
board
to
go
with
it.
S
So
it's
not
just
on
me,
so
our
entire
board,
which
includes
the
two
representatives
from
this
entity,
along
with
the
town,
the
city,
gibson
city,
ford,
county
and
the
other
12
private
entities,
so
they
perform
the
audit
which
meet
the
requirements
that
are
outlined
here.
S
Oh
yes,
I'm
asking
yeah,
so
our
board
is
the
enterprise
zone
board,
plus
gibson
city
in
port
county.
So
yes,
tony
is,
though,
which
we
work
very
closely
with
tony
on
this.
S
O
O
M
I
just
was
going
to
add
older
woman
ward
and
to
the
rest
of
the
council
when
patrick
has
presented
this
originally,
and
you
know
the
the
follow-ups
to
the
executive
board
for
the
edc.
That
was
a
priority
of
his
was
a
relationship
with
the
local
unions,
because
he's
heard
the
very
same
stories.
M
So
that's
one
of
the
things
that
patrick
did
right
out
of
the
gate
was
to
meet
with
the
local
union
leadership
and
he's
and
he's
done
that.
B
M
A
B
Table
when
you're
at
a
long
table-
and
you
can't
really
see
people-
I
don't
know-
thank
you
for
those
those
questions,
alderwoman
ward
and
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
B
I
just
want
to
follow
up
a
little
bit
more.
I
I
believe
that
what
you're
referring
to
is
is
a
I
mean,
not
a
I,
the
local
labor
requirements
in
the
document
didn't
have.
I
didn't.
B
All
right,
so
I'm
looking
at
I
two
where
it
says
the
zone
administrator
can
weigh
the
requirement
for
a
local
labor
plan
if
the
grantee
can
show
that
any
or
all
of
the
following
conditions
apply.
Oh
yes,
right,
okay
and
at
one
of
those
b
is
an
awarded
bid
to
a
lower
cost
resource
provider
requires
the
use
of
non-local
labor
in
order
to
meet
the
bid
requirements.
S
I
don't
name
like
certain
retailers,
but
there's
certain
retailers
that
they
use
their
own
crews
to
go
around.
That's
all
they
do.
That's,
there's
some
major
chains
out
there.
They
just
stamp
these
things
out
everywhere.
So
for
them
to
say
this
is
our
technique,
our
practice
they
would
not
qualify
or,
if
they're,
using
equipment
from
overseas
that
are
coming
in
that
we
actually
don't
know
how
to
use
here
in
america,
because
we
do
have
some
foreign
investments
coming
in.
B
Right
well,
yeah
that
that
and
abe
kind
of
required
skilled
resources
are
not
as
sufficiently
available
locally.
That
makes
sense
to
me-
and
I
just
wanted
to
to
get
some
clarity
on
that,
because
it
it
occurred
to
me
that
that
loophole
could
be
easier
to
get
through,
perhaps
than
not.
But
what
you're
telling
me
is
that
it's
a
it's
a
particular
kind
of
of
laborer
or
worker,
who
would
fall
into
that
category
and
get
this
exemption.
S
R
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you.
Councilman
woman,
amy
guy
had
the
same
question
and
I
appreciate
you
asking
that
I
have
a
curiosity
and
patrick.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
It's
been
a
pleasure.
You
know
listening
to
this
into
the
the
possibilities
for
our
community
that
are
out
there.
I
wonder
in
section
e
there's
a
list
of
exclusions.
S
S
All
the
attorneys,
the
consultants
yeah
across
the
board,
I'm
just
curious.
R
Okay,
the
other
one
I
have
is
about
this
is
actually
in
section
13.
and
it
mentions.
Excuse
me,
you,
as
the
zone
administrator,
will
monitor
performance
of
grantee
annually,
and
I'm
wondering
is
that
enough,
for
example,
why
not
buy
annually?
In
this
way,
the
zone
administrator
could
determine
if
a
grantee
was
not
not
to
increase
work
for
you,
patrick.
You
know
I
thought
of
no,
but
I
mean
seriously.
I
mean
if
you
want
to
think
about
performance
evaluation
as
something
that
could
identify
people
who
are
not
on
track.
R
You
know,
or
perhaps
not
not,
meeting
the
expectations
that
the
community
has.
This
would
be
an
opportunity
for
you
to
intervene
with
that
company
and
say
hey.
We
notice
that
this
is
going
on
these.
This
is
what
we
expect
and
you're
not
meeting
it
to
use
performance
evaluation,
both
formatively
as
well
as
summatively,
just
a
just
a
suggestion.
So.
S
So
right
now,
currently,
whenever
the
projects
come
in,
it's
normally
around
january
february,
I
start
doing
the
audits
themselves
and
keep
everything
under
lock
and
key
at
the
edc.
So
to
go
in.
It's
really.
I
mean
I
guess
it's
possible,
but
it
is
just
more
work.
It's
just
a
matter
of
letting
because
if
they
don't
meet
the
requirements
there
was
one
year
reading
didn't
meet
the
requirements,
so
they
didn't
get
the
abatement
okay.
S
R
S
To
do
it
once
in
january
to
say:
did
you
make
the
investment?
Actually
I
shouldn't
say
that,
because
the
investment
is
tracked,
every
time
they
pull
a
building
permit.
So
I
definitely
have
that
right
as
far
as
the
full-time
workers
a
lot
of
times,
that's
on
there
as
well,
so
it
could
be
possible
and
I
could
notify
them
like
hey.
You
guys
are
not
lining
up
to
meet
this.
Maybe
they
could,
but
it's
not
like
they
would
go
up
and
come
down
because
if
they
didn't,
then
they
wouldn't
get
the
abatement.
A
Q
C
A
A
So
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
item
8b,
presentation
of
information
regarding
planned
infrastructure
projects
and
other
initiatives
related
to
the
recent
storm
discussion,
and
we
have
none
other
than
our
city
manager,
gleason,
presenting
on
this
10
minutes
and
20
minutes
council
discussion,
I'm
going
to
be
very
firm
on
the
minutes.
M
I
hope
to
get
done
in
time
I'll
yield
some
of
my
time
to
council.
Thank
you
mayor
and
council.
This
is
as
a
result
of
the
storm
discussion
that
we've
been
having
at
council
meetings
committee
of
the
whole
since
the
storm
event
late
june,
and
what
I'm
doing
tonight
instead
of
packaging.
Everything
into
the
committee
of
the
whole
meeting
in
august
heard
very
clearly
from
council
on
the
desire
from
the
community
that
we
take
little
bits
every
single
meeting.
M
So
what
I'm
going
to
do
tonight
is
talk
about
all
the
different
infrastructure
projects
that
we
actually
have
in
the
pipeline,
so
that
people
can
actually
see
the
amount
of
money
that
is
being
spent
over
the
next
five
years
on
infrastructure
projects
and
then
also
show
what
the
funding
source
is.
It's
only
a
three
or
four
slide
presentation,
it'll
be
very
quick
and,
depending
on
questions
at
least
the
presentation
will
and
then
what
we're
going
to
do.
M
The
next
council
meeting
is
we'll
have
a
public
works
staff,
member
or
myself
that
is
going
to
talk
about
the
process.
I've
heard
from
the
elected
officials
the
desire
to
understand
what
does
that?
Look
like
if
we
were
to
take
a
project
if
we
were
to
commit
more
money
to
some
of
these
infrastructure
projects,
specifically
the
sewer
projects.
M
What
does
that
look
like
you
know?
Can
you
take
a
a
project,
that's
estimated
or
planned
for
seven
years
out,
and
can
you
turn
that
into
something
that
we're
doing
a
year
from
now?
Well,
I
want
everyone
to
fully
understand,
especially
my
elected
officials,
as
they
have
very
tough
decisions
before
them.
You
know
what
is
the
process,
so
that's
not
this
meeting
tonight
or
presentation
tonight,
but
that's
going
to
be
the
presentation
at
the
first
council
meeting
in
august,
so
here
we
go
infrastructure.
M
Okay
and
I'm
just
gonna,
go
ahead
and
tell
everyone
my
uncle
bill's
calling
as
I've
got
older
woman
carrillo
on
the
line.
So
I
apologize
for
that,
but
it's
the
truth
all
right
yeah!
I
did
not
connect
with
him,
because
I
would
not
get
off
the
phone
anytime
soon,
so
all
right,
the
second
slide.
What
what
I've
got
here
on
the
far
left.
M
The
categories
show
asphalt
the
concrete
asphalt
and
concrete
that's
our
streets
and
our
sidewalks,
and
what
I
want
to
show
everyone
is
over
the
course
of
the
next
five
years,
starting
this
fiscal
year,
22
out
to
26
only
we
have
35
million
600
000
dollars,
that's
projected
for
these
projects
and
what
is
that?
One
million
of
that
total
amount
is
the
pledge
that
previous
council
made
and
it's
been
continued
with
this
council
of
one
million
dollars
towards
sidewalks,
and
that
was
a
10-year
plan
and
we're
in
year.
6
of
that
10-year
plan.
M
The
next
item
below
that
is
state
motor
fuel
and
that's
streets,
and
what
that
is,
are
those
projects
that
we
that
are
state
routes
that
we
do
in
conjunction
with
idot
approval
different
than
our
local
roads
like
the
previous
category,
and
what
we
have
here
is
nearly
a
little
bit
more
than
33
million
dollars
total
over
the
course
of
the
next
five
years.
M
The
first
year
you'll
see
in
fy
22
a
large
sum,
and
that's
because
of
the
fox
creek
bridge
project,
that's
projected
and
that's
something
that
can
roll
over
into
the
next
year
if
we
don't
construct
it
in
22,
but
it
also
involves
the
connection
of
hamilton
street
bundy
commerce.
So
that's
why
you
see
that
large
number
in
fy
22
and
then
project
out
other
projects
over
the
course
of
that
five-year
plan.
Now
we
shift
to
water.
M
One
thing
that
I
want
to
share
with
water
is:
this
includes
five
years
of
a
20-year
water
master
plan.
That's
you
know
came
before
those
discussions
came
before
council.
That's
a
175
million
dollar
project
for
this
community.
It's
major
our
water
resource
is
something
that
many
communities
would
love
to.
Have
that
kind
of
resource
and
we've
got
it
through
lake
evergreen
and
through
lake
bloomington?
M
But
what
we've
got
here
is
a
little
bit
more
than
60
million
dollars
of
that
175
million
dollar
20-year
project
on
the
water
master
plan.
Sewer
is
the
next
category
below
that
and
we
have
in
fy
22
just
shy
of
6
million
for
this
project
and
then
varying
numbers.
You
know
over
the
next
five
years,
but
just
shy
of
19
million
dollars
is
being
expended
on
projects
on
sewer
work,
storm
water.
M
This
is
one
over
the
course
of
the
next
five
years.
We
have
just
shy
of
5.5
million
dollars
being
dedicated
to
those
types
of
projects
that
are
already
in
queue,
and
we
also
have
the
the
funding
source
to
be
able
to
complete
these
projects,
and
what
you
have
is
a
total.
There
is
153
million,
just
shy
of
154
million
for
this
category
for
these
categories.
I
apologize
next
slide.
M
Please
I'm
there
we
go
and
then
just
other
projects
that
the
city
has
in
the
pipeline
and
both
of
these
projects
are
in
the
design
phase.
O'neill
pool
nearly
a
12
million
dollar
project
and
the
library
remodel
and
expansion
is
a
little
bit
more
than
a
20
million
dollar
project.
M
So
that's
31
nearly
32
million
dollars
for
those
two
and
if
we
add
it
to
the
five
different
categories
in
the
previous
slide,
we're
pushing
out
just
shy
of
186
million
dollars
in
infrastructure
projects
for
the
city-
and
I
share
this
not
trying
to
change
course
not
trying
to
talk
anybody
out
of
anything
that
may
come
as
a
result
of
the
storm,
but
I'm
trying
to
provide
facts
that
we
truly
are
in
an
infrastructure
chapter
in
this
community's
history.
M
There's
been
major
investment
in
the
past
and
there's
major
investment
going
forward,
which
does
not
take
away
from
the
discussion
that
we'll
have
at
some
point.
Do
we
shift?
Do
we
reprioritize
that
day
is
coming
next
slide?
Please
the
funding
sources,
the
local
motor
fuel
tax
and
home
rule
sales
tax
is
what
we
use
for
those
local
street
projects.
M
The
next
source
of
funding
is
the
state
motor
tax
and
other
grants
for
that.
Second
category,
that
I
mentioned,
that
is
in
conjunction
with
idot,
that
the
city
runs
the
lead
on
those
construction
projects
and
then
water
fees
and
borrowing.
This
is
an
enterprise
fund
and
it's
paid
back
by
the
fees
that
are
held
exclusively
from
the
water
enterprise
fund.
M
M
Actually,
in
this
case
they
are
all
loans
that
we
have
through
the
iepa,
the
illinois
emergency
protection
agency
and
then
the
other
two,
the
library
and
o'neill
pool
that's
general
tax
revenues
and
then
also
with
the
library,
typically
funding.
The
library
comes
out
of
the
property
tax
bill,
which
is
something
that
this
council
and
previous
councils
have
held.
You
know
very
similar
on
our
very
small
15
portion
of
that
total
property
tax
bill.
That
typically,
is
what
funds,
library
and
library
projects,
but
again
those
two
projects,
the
o'neill
pool
and
the
library
expansion
remodel.
M
Those
are
just
in
divi
design,
phase
right
now
to
the
tune
of
about
750
000
for
each
one
of
those
projects.
So
those
still
will
come
before
council
for
approval
before
we
get
construction
on
both
those
projects
next
slide
or
was
that
it
and
then
we
should
have
had
one
more
slide.
Catherine
was
remiss
and
my
question
and
answer
slides.
So
there.
T
M
Catherine,
but
mayor
I'm
going
to
turn
it
back
over
to
you
again
just
wanted
to
hit
this
very
quickly.
You
know
as
we're
talking
about
this
topic
and
again,
it's
not
my
place
as
city
manager
to
try
to
talk
anyone
out
of
anything,
but
it
is
my
responsibility
to
provide
the
facts
to
my
counsel
before
they
make
some
very
consider
some
very
critical
things
within
the
community.
M
So
this
week
was
this
next
week
is
going
to
be
walking
through
what
the
process
looks
like
you
know,
this
could
be
you
know
on
any
given
sewer
project
that
could
be
a
six-month
internal
process.
Then
it
could
turn
into
a
consultant
process
for
nine
months
as
an
average.
They
could
be
a
year
back
and
forth
with
the
iepa
to
get
approval
from
them.
M
I
want
everybody
to
understand
what
that
process
and
the
time
frames
typically
look
like,
as
we
start
talking
about
pre,
reprioritizing
and
readjusting
some
of
the
things
that
are
already
in
play.
So
mayor
back
to
you.
A
Q
So
you
put
up
numbers
as
an
example:
the
the
sewer
line
on
your
slide:
five
million
three
million-
two
million,
whatever
whatever
it
specifically
said,
do
you
have,
or
can
you
have
for
the
next
meeting,
what
is
included
in
in
each
of
those
so
that
we
know
exactly
what
what
portion
of
what
portion
of
the
phased
project
is
already
included
and
then
what
the
capacity
is?
Can
you
does
that
make
sense.
M
It
does
make
sense
and
I
will
do
whatever
directed,
but
I
was
going
to
speak
more
specifically
to
the
different
projects
at
the
august
committee
of
the
whole.
If
you
want
me
to
tuck
that
into
the
process
presentation
that
will
be
at
the
next
council
meeting,
we
will
we've
got
time.
Q
A
Thank
you,
council
member
kramer.
E
Thank
you
mayor.
Did
those
numbers
include
the
the
loans
with
the
locus
colton
project
they
do
how
much
in
I
don't
think
those
slides
showed
how
much
in
reserve
we
have
in
each
of
those
enterprise
funds.
M
Amounts,
I
don't,
but
I
can
tuck
that
into
the
next
presentation.
I'll
definitely
get
that.
E
E
M
That's
something
that
I
would
confirm,
but
I
would
imagine
so
I
mean
we
are
under
a
you
know,
even
even
with
all
the
events
that
occurred
in
this
storm
you
know
in
in
you
know,
ipa
has
approved
the
plan.
So
if
we're
going
to
change
the
plan,
then
I
I
would
imagine
that
we'll
have
to
go
back
to
the
state
for
the
approval
so
also
what's
been
laid
out
to
the
iepa
they're
satisfied
with
you
know
they
take
into
account
whatever
factors
they
might
have.
M
You
know
I,
you
know
we
talk
about
a
100
year
or
a
500
year.
Storm
event.
Honestly,
I
think
a
better
way
to
describe
that
is.
This
is
a
fraction
of
a
percent
for
a
storm
like
this
to
ever
occur
in
any
given
year,
and,
I
think,
tells
a
better
story
about.
You
know
how
rare
something
like
this
was
but
and
I'm
I'm
getting
sidetracked
and
I
apologize
alderman
cravel,
but
I
do
believe
iepa
would
have
to
be
involved
in
any
changing
of
the
plan,
even
if
it
was
to
move
up
work.
E
I
guess
my
assumption
was
not
part
of
the
plan
so
that
csos
apply
to
making
sure
there's
not
an
overflow
into
a
body
of
water
right
and
and
so
you
could
fix
some
cs
systems
that
don't
impact
that
right,
and
so,
if
it's
not
impacting
a
waterway,
I
wonder
if
it's
still
part
of
the
maybe
a
better
way
to
put
it
is
we
have
the
locus
colton
plan
right
this
whole
the
whole
plan,
but
that
doesn't
take
care
of
all
the
cs
systems
in
the
city
right
and
so
that
may
be
outside
the
purview.
E
M
M
There's
quite
a
bit
of
staff
and
consultant
prep
work
before
you
go
in
front
of
the
ipa
iepa,
I'm
not
going
to
say
it's
a
couple
of
years,
but
it's
definitely
more
than
a
few
months.
It's
it's
time
consuming.
M
Talking
about
the
asphalt
and
concrete
projects,
definitely
older
woman
money-
it
is
a
concern
of
mine
and
we
actually
lost
revenues
on
the
local
motor
fuel
tax.
This
past
year,
council
was
very
gracious
and
you
know
use
some
of
the
reserve
funds
in
order
to
meet
the
obligation
that
seven
ish
million
dollar
threshold
that
they
promised
community,
but
going
forward
to
your
question.
Yes,
that
is
a
concern
of
mine.
L
I
realized
the
public
work.
Staff
has
been
super
busy,
so
just
putting
it
out
there
from
the
conversations
back
in
may.
At
some
point,
I
think
it
would
also
be
helpful
to
have
data
of
what
percentage
of
our
streets
are
rated
at
fair
or
below
to
kind
of
put
that
also
into
context
as
we
look
on
the
next
five-year
horizon
for
all
of
these
major
public
works
projects.
M
A
L
O
Thank
you.
I
a
couple
of
my
questions
have
already
been
answered,
but
one
question
that
has
to
do
with
with
your
presentation,
city
manager,
I'm
just
curious
in
the
in
the
future
to
know
the
impact
on
our
street
work.
If
we
have
to
then
do
sewer
work,
because
I
I
guess
I'm
I'm
aware
that
you
know
we.
We
approved
this
budget
to
do
a
great
deal
of
street
work
this
year.
I'm
very
happy
about
that.
A
lot
of
it
was
on
the
west
side.
O
That
makes
my
heart
sing
and
I'm
just
worried
that
we're
going
to
have
to
dig
all
that
up
to
deal
with
the
sewer
problems
and
moving
forward.
Can
we
can.
We
have
some
kind
of
a
a
plan
that
addresses
both
of
those
in
tandem
rather
than
discreetly,
because
I
think
the
siloing
creates
potential
for
having
to
redo
stuff.
M
And
that
definitely
is
the
the
approach
trying
not
to
duplicate
duplicate
efforts,
create
more
work.
But,
yes,
that
is
the
approach.
Public
works.
O
K
M
It
is,
and-
and
I
don't
have
that
answer
alderwoman
bowling,
but
I
will
get
that
you
know
this
is
when
we
talk
about
well,
when
we
talk
about
this
city,
this
community
being
in
an
infrastructure
chapter,
it's
it's
something
that
past
councils,
this
council
has
made.
You
know
major
commitment
to
improving
a
catch-up.
If
you
will
post
recession
in
2008,
2009
projection
on
revenues
prior
to
many
of
the
staff
was
flat
and
then
with
that
projection
of
not
not
having
excess
revenues.
M
What
gave
and
some
of
the
infrastructure
projects
gave.
You
know,
let's
say
early
2010s
to
mid
20.
You
know
2015
2016
area,
so
this
is
an
area
that
we're
trying
to
play
catch-up.
I
think
we
are.
I
also
understand
that
that
does
not
take
away
the
pain
of
many
of
the
community
with
the
june
storm,
but
that
answer
you
know
on
the
sewers
and
street
total
miles.
I
will
get
that
as
well.
B
B
Is
it
and,
and
we
think
about
the
the
kind
of
sewer
work
that
our
public
works
will
engage
in
is?
Is
it
fair
to
say
that
we're
doing
we
plan
currently
to
do
a
lot
more
in
the
next
five
years
than
we
have
with
the
sewers,
and
will
there
be
given
that
it's
been
approved
and
slated
and
budgeted
for?
B
Will
there
there
be
demonstrable
impact
of
these
kinds
of
of
improvements
and-
and
I
and
related
to
that
is
thinking
about
those
five-year
projections
as
associated
with
neighborhoods,
similarly
to
to
the
way
that
we
rate
so
the
road
qualities,
and
we
look
at
those
data
you
know:
can
we
think
about
our
where,
in
in
the
community,
those
projects
are
attached.
M
We
will
provide
that
information
at
the
august
committee
of
the
whole.
I
I
feel
more
comfortable
saying
you
know
I've
been
here
three
years
as
of
last
friday,
so
this
major
emphasis
on
infrastructure.
While
I
think
it's
increased
over
the
last
couple
three
years
there
there
has
been
a
commitment
over
the
last
five
six
seven
years.
I
think
something
that
public
works
director
kevin
coathy
is
going
to
share
is
some
of
the
major
projects
that
have
occurred
over
the
last
20
30
35
years
in
this
community.
M
A
lot
of
staff
truly
believe
that
the
coral
hospital
complex
right
here
just
a
little
bit
north
of
downtown,
that
entire
area
would
have
been
a
lake
and
and
again
not
taking
away
from
the
very
real
damages
that
occurred.
But
with
this
rare
of
a
storm
event,
we
are
lucky
that
we
did
not
have
loss
of
life.
I
you
know
we.
M
We
are
very
fortunate,
so
there's
a
number
of
things
that
have
been
in
place
past
council,
past
staff
get
credit
for,
but
I
feel
more
comfortable,
older
woman
aiming
saying
that
over
the
last
six
seven
eight
years,
we
definitely
have
placed
more
of
a
priority
and
we
have
ramped
that
up
and
going
into
the
future
we're
going
to
see
even
more.
R
Thank
you,
city
manager,
gleason.
I
appreciate
the
presentation
this
evening.
Just
I
understand
you
know
that
dealing
with
government
agencies
takes
time
and
we
want
these.
We
want
these
projects
to
be
done
with
integrity
and
quality.
If
there
were
additional
resources
either
you
know
from
from
from
federal
funds
or
or
moving
funds
around
within.
What's
in
the
city
budget,
would
that
except
possibly
accelerate
the
time
of
getting
some
of
these
things
done.
M
I
think
it
will
alderman
crumpler
and,
and
that's
the
the
next
phase
of
this
is
you
know,
sharing
what
that
process
would
be,
and-
and
don't
quote
me
on
this-
please
especially
you,
timothy
with
the
pantograph
but.
M
The
you
know
if
we've
got,
let's
say,
phase
seven
of
locus
colton
and
let's
say
we're
saying
that
that's
eight
years
out,
you
know
what
I
want
everyone
to
understand.
We're
making
decisions
like
this
at
some
point
in
the
future
is
in
that
example,
can
we
take
phase
seven
and
eight
combine
that?
But
it's
not
going
to
turn
into
a
project
we're
doing
next
year,
but
it
could
be
a
project
that
we're
doing
two
and
a
half
three
years
from
now,
instead
of
eight
years
out.
A
Okay
looks
like
somebody
else,
has
something
related,
councilmember
monty.
L
I
mean
just
a
snapshot
in
time,
just
looking
back,
it
looks
like
in
2015,
our
proposed
spending
with
sewer
was
6
million,
and
in
that
context,
that
would
not
have
been
a
year
when
we
were
executing
on
one
of
the
phases
of
the
combined
sewer
locus
colton
project.
So
I'm
just
sharing
that
as
an
observation
and
then
thinking
about
the
data
as
it's
laid
out
for
the
future.
L
Certainly,
all
of
it,
but
because
we
had
specifically
a
project
that
has
had
an
incredibly
long
time
with
large
gaps
where
we
weren't
implementing
the
project.
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
see
the
project
spin
too,
but
no,
I
don't
mean
to
exclude
the
other,
but
the
project
is
something
that
was
scoped
in
such
a
way
that
it
should
be
easily
easily
obtainable
data,
reflecting
back
as
well.
O
Thanks
for
that
clarification,
so
I
just
have
a
couple
of
questions
that
are
coming
to
me
from
residents
and
one
has
to
do
with
the
pma,
which
is
the
the
the
company
that's
contracted
to
to
process
our
claims
right.
I'm
trying
to
get
a
sense
of
whether
they
have
made
contact
physically,
like
they've,
actually
gone
out
to
look
at
all
the
residences
that
they're
going
to
look
at
or
is
that
still
largely
underway?.
M
It's
my
understanding
and
I'll
confirm
this
that
the
pma
letters
started
going
out
on
friday.
I
got
to
believe
that
the
remainder
were
sent
today
and
then
the
process,
as
I
understand
it
and
I'll
confirm
this-
that
pma
is
going
to
make
personal
contact
with
all
of
those
that
submitted
a
claim,
but
as
far
as
being
on
site.
I
do
not
believe
that
to
be
the
case,
but
please
let
me
confirm
that
as
well.
O
Okay,
because
I
guess
I
was
confused
about
that
piece-
I
I
maybe
misunderstood,
based
on
on
what
I
had
heard,
that
that
those
claims
had
already
all
been
looked
into,
or
the
vast
majority
of
them
and
I've
got
at
least
two
residents
who
have
contacted
me.
Saying:
we've
gotten
this
initial
phone
call
but
nobody's
ever
come
to
our
house.
So
if
you
could
clarify
that,
I
would
really
appreciate
that
and
then
to
also
clarify
the
timetable
for
when
they
would
start
paying
out
if
they
were
actually
approved.
O
M
Our
liability
coverage,
let
me
let
me
go
back
and
I
you
know
I
I
want
to
say
something
that
you
know
I.
I
don't
know
that
it
will
be
a
surprise,
but
I
don't
want
to
step
over
this
and
just
sort
of
take
the
easy
way
out,
and
then
everybody
gets
their
letters
on
you
know,
friday
or
monday,
but
in
and
I've
shared
this
with
council
in
in
an
email.
M
The
overwhelming
majority
of
these
claims
are
likely
or
are
going
to
be
denied
because
the
system
is
found
to
not
be
at
fault
an
act
of
god
description
on
a
rain
event
like
this,
but
there
are
a
small
number
where
they
are
investigating
and
exploring
those
further,
and
I
didn't
want
to
skip
over
that.
Alderwoman
ward.
You
know
I've
got
an
opportunity
to
share
that
right
now
and
what
does
that
mean?
Next?
M
O
Thank
you
for
your
frankness
on
that.
I
think
we
do
as
a
council
need
to
have
more
discussion
of
that
topic.
The
last
thing
I'll
say
is
that
I've
heard
it
mentioned
a
number
of
times.
You
know
hundred
year
rain,
thousand-year
rain
whatever
how
many
decades
rain.
I
think
this
underscores
the
issues
of
climate
change.
O
I
don't
think
that
this
is
just
a
fluke.
I
think
that
that
we're
seeing
this
kind
of
thing
around
the
world-
and
I
think
it
underscores
for
me-
the
need
for
us
as
a
community
to
talk
about
sustainability
and
and
sustainable
sources
of
energy
for
us
as
a
city,
and
I'd
really
like
to
to
see
that
kind
of
good
come
out
of
this.
E
Thank
you
mayor.
Will
there
be
any
type
of
an
appeal
process
for
any
claims
that
are
denied?
What
are
people's
next
steps.
M
I
would
imagine
that
there
there
is
and
I'll
confirm
exactly
what
those
are
I'll
communicate
to
councils
and
share
that
with
community
could
very
easily
be
a
press
release
trying
to
keep
everybody.
You
know
abreast
of
what
their
options
are.
Okay,
thank
you.
M
I
am
actually
paying
attention
and
we
had
it
that
she
was
to
text
me
if
she
had
any
questions,
but
older
woman
carrillo,
you
you've
got
a
live
mic.
If
you
want
to
make
any
comments.
M
Thank
you
mayor
and
council
scott
rathbun,
our
finance
director
at
the
end
of
the
month
council
meetings,
always
his
finance
director
update.
We
continue
to
track.
Well,
that's
not
to
suggest
that
there
is
not
financial,
negative
financial
covet
impacts,
but
as
a
community,
we
are
doing
well
compared
to
many
others.
Scott.
T
Thank
you,
city
manager
and
like
last
week
I
don't
mean
to
go
backwards,
but
I
will
make
one
comment
about
the
previous
discussion.
Just
briefly,
council
member
becker,
the
all
the
capital
projects
are
included
in
the
budget
books.
So
if
anyone
wants
to
do
any
research
before
we
issue
further
information
related
to
the
timeline,
all
those
projects
are
detailed.
In
book
number,
two
in
the
capital
project
section
there's
a
future
capital
projects,
there's
detailed
information
sheets
on
each
one,
so
they're
set
up
by
year.
T
Q
Sir,
thank
you
for
that.
Obviously,
we
can
go
dig
through
and
find
that,
but
I'm
pushing
for
it
to
be
in
a
convenient
consumable
form
for
the
citizens
of
the
that
aren't
going
to
be
able
to
go,
find
that
easily.
T
Agreed
it
was
just
if
anybody
wanted
to
do
some
some
pre-research
prior
to
the
next
meeting.
That's
that
was
the
only
reason
behind
that
tonight.
We
will
be
reviewing
fy
2021
one
more
time,
recapping
from
last
month,
going
through
it
relatively
quickly
next
month,
we'll
we'll
resume
kind
of
the
normal
financial
director's
report
for
the
current
fiscal
year,
really
because
of
revenue
back
dating
that
way.
We
receive
those
revenues
in
arrears.
T
The
revenues
for
22
really
have
not
begun
to
hit
yet.
So
that's
why
we
delay.
There
hasn't
been
any
real
material
changes
for
fy21,
but
we
do
have.
I
do
have
something
I
want
to
communicate
to
council.
I've
mentioned
in
the
previous
meetings
related
to
the
addition
to
reserves
that
were
potentially
we
are
looking
at
for
21.
T
we're
fortunate
to
be
looking
at
additions
to
our
reserves
and
and
the
suggestion
the
finance
department
would
like
to
make
related
to
fy22
and
a
strategic
goal
that
we've
been
discussing
with
council
over
the
last
couple
of
years
related
to
the
capital
equipment.
So
next
slide,
please.
T
So
this
is
our
major
tax
revenue.
There
hasn't
been
any
material
changes
from
last
month.
I
really
just
wanted
to
highlight
again
some
information
related
to
the
uptick
in
revenues
that
we're
seeing
in
the
last
few
months,
I
think,
that's
probably
probably
primarily
being
driven
by
the
trillions
of
dollars
in
federal
stimulus
in
the
monetary
policy
of
the
fed,
so
over
in
the
far
right-hand
corner
column
you
see
the
month-to-date
variances
versus
budget
so
to
highlight
the
home
rule,
sales
tax
and
the
state
sales
tax.
T
You
can
see
that
we
were
12.85
nearly
13
over
budget
that
was
268
000
over
budget
and
home
rule
sales
tax.
For
a
single
month
for
state
sales
tax.
We
were
almost
30
over
budget,
that's
370
000
over
budget
for
a
single
month.
So
so,
just
between
those
two
we
finished
the
year,
638
000
over
budget.
In
those
two
categories,
a
very
very
positive
trajectory-
we
don't
want
to
become
reliant
upon
that.
As
I
mentioned.
T
I
think
that
could
be
driven
from
the
stimulus,
but
we
also
have,
within
the
home
rule
sales
tax
component,
the
legislative
change
that
went
into
effect
in
january
of
2021,
where
online
retail
retailers
need
to
start
collecting
the
local
component
of
sales
tax
and
remitting
that
so
we
are
seeing
an
uptick,
a
substantial
uptake
in
our
home
rule
related
to
that
activity
down
at
the
very
bottom.
There.
I
put
a
note
in
there
last
month,
just
to
highlight
it
again.
T
The
net
general
fund
impact
net
of
local
motor
fuel
tax,
which
is
just
a
pass
through
to
the
asphalt
and
concrete
fund,
was
a
1.4
million
dollar
decrease,
and
that
was
in
effect
completely
offset
by
the
local
cure
grant
dollars.
We
received
last
year
of
3.2
million
dollars.
So
a
very
fortunate
occurrence
for
the
municipality
for
the
city
relates
to
the
local
cure.
T
Dollars
really
offset
our
the
impact
that
we
had
on
our
major
tax
revenues,
but
again,
just
to
finalize
we've
seen
a
very
much
much
of
a
uptick
in
our
revenues
at
year.
End
next
slide,
please.
T
This
is
our
revenue,
expense
exhibit
for
our
general
fund
we've
had
we
had
one
change
from
prior
month:
the
gmat
program.
That's
the
ambulance
service,
medicaid
program
that
we
applied
for
a
couple
years
ago
in
the
fire
department.
It
had
a
very,
very
positive
impact
on
our
revenues
for
ambulance
services
and
the
insurance
adjustments.
T
We
did
finally
receive
a
final
invoice.
It's
a
revenue
share
with
health
and
health
and
family
services
with
the
state.
We
received
an
invoice
just
this
past
month
for
final
2020
calendar
a
year,
not
fiscal
year,
but
even
calendar
year,
so
they
were
very
much
in
arrears
in
calculating
those
those
payables
and
was
nearly
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
T
So
our
net
surplus
that
we
discussed
last
month,
which
was
approximately
1.1
1.2
million,
has
gone
to
down
to
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars,
still
very,
very
positive
year-end
total
for
the
city
cons,
all
things
considered
with
covid
and
the
reductions
in
our
revenues,
but
offsetting
that
was
substantial
reductions
in
some
of
our
program,
expenditures
related
to
parks,
etc.
T
So
down
at
the
bottom,
it's
very
difficult
to
see,
but
I
I
will
walk
through
this
or
talk
through
this.
We
have
695
000
in
surplus,
currently
projected
for
the
general
fund
as
add
backs
to
that
surplus.
We
have
certain
expenses
within
the
general
fund
that
are
being
paid
out
of
restricted
fund
balance,
primarily
public
safety
pensions.
T
So,
in
a
way,
that's
an
add
back
when
we're
looking
at
the
math
according
to
this
layout,
so
a
net
surplus
for
the
general
fund,
but
some
of
those
expenses
being
paid
out
of
a
restricted
fund
balance,
so
it
doesn't
have
an
impact
on
our
unassigned
fund
balance.
So
it's
an
add
back
on
this
on
this
worksheet
of
1.2
million
nearly
and
then
at
your
end
as
part
of
our
audit
process,
we
review
all
old
purchase
orders.
So
from
a
budgetary
standpoint,
we
always
include
encumbrances.
T
Those
are
purchase,
orders
committed
dollars
in
our
in
our
reviews,
so
we
closed
out
200,
almost
295
thousand
dollars
of
old
purchase
orders.
So
that's
essentially
we're
looking
at
a
2.2
million
dollar
ad
addition
to
our
reserve
balance
and
we
ended
20
with
substantial
reserves
of
24.9
million
dollars.
T
T
So
our
recommendation
from
the
finance
department,
given
the
strategic
goal
that
we've
discussed
with
council
regarding
the
capital
equipment,
lease
and
weaning
ourselves
off
financing
our
equipment
purchases
is
for
22
to
bring
forward
a
budget
amendment
for
paying
cash
for
all
capital
equipment,
so
that
essentially,
and
I've
reflected
it
here
on
the
worksheet
instead
of
27.1
million
going
into
2022
when
we
still
going
to
2022
with
that
number.
But
we
approve
this.
T
We
submit
this
budget
amendment
for
equipment
purchases,
removing
it
from
the
capital
lease
and
paying
cash
for
it
and
saving
the
city
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars,
and
it
would
be
a
major
step
and
really
forward
progress,
progress
in
eliminating
the
financing
for
our
equipment
totally
because
we
were
able
to
finance
all
equipment
for
21
with
cash
because
because
primarily
the
local
cure
dollars
that
we
got
in
the
savings
and
costs
next
slide.
Please.
T
This
is
a
recap.
I
I
put
together
last
month
just
that
those
numbers
they
can
get
very
busy.
So
really,
what
is
the
reconciliation
for
the
year
for
2021?
How
did
how
did
we
come
out
ahead?
Well,
our
2.3
million
dollars
in
reduction
in
tax
revenues
was
completely
offset
and
then
some
by
the
local
pure
dollars
of
3.2
million.
We
had
a
three
three
million
dollar
reduction
in
charges
for
services,
so
I'm
kind
of
referencing.
T
The
revenue
component
of
our
general
fund
exhibit
three
million
dollar
reduction
in
charges
for
services
offset
by
all
the
reductions
in
our
expenditures
so
parks.
You
know!
If
we,
if
we
don't
open
our
pools,
we
actually
save
money.
You
know
it's
an
unfortunate
thing
that
we
had
to
keep
our
pools
closed,
but
the
city
actually
saved
money
related
to
that.
So
we
had
substantial
savings
in
our
expenditures
and
our
compensation
came
in
under
budget
again.
This
allowed
us
the
positive
impacts.
T
It
allowed
us
to
pay
cash
for
our
equipment
last
year
in
2021,
and
we
had
dollars
available
to
transfer
to
the
arena
for
the
pending
rooftop
replacements
and
we
had
the
695
000
projected
surplus.
T
I
put
a
note
on
here
for
the
community
and
just
to
highlight
that
it
came
down
from
the
last
proposal
or
presentation
that
we
did
for
council
due
to
this
496
late
invoice
that
we
got
from
the
state
and
then
again
just
to
recap:
the
fy
22
we'll
be
bringing
forward
a
a
budget
amendment
for
council's
approval
on
the
march
9th
council
meeting
to
do
an
amendment
to
pay
cash
for
our
capital
equipment,
expenditures
for
the
general
fund
and
take
a
substantial
step
forward
to
eliminate
the
need
the
reliance
on
capital
equipment
leasing
for
our.
T
Next
slide,
please
so
that
completed
21.
I
went
through
it
quickly
next
month,
as
I
mentioned,
we'll
be
going
to
a
regular
format
for
the
current
fiscal
year,
but
I
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
the
revenue
items
that
we've
seen
recently
that
really
go
to
accentuate
the
fact
that
these
the
trillion
dollars
of
stimulus
that
the
the
monetary
policy
and
the
fed
has
put
into
play
has
really
had
a
very
substantial
positive
impact
on
the
city.
T
Next
slide,
please.
So
this
is
our
home
rule
sales,
tracking,
worksheet,
there's
a
substantial
part
of
this
worksheet.
That
is
not
visible
right
now
we
have
over
15
years
of
monthly
data
that
we
use
to
budget
the
seasonality
within
the
year.
So
you
can
see
in
the
left
column.
You
know
we
have
22
almost
22.1
million
dollars
budgeted
for
the
for
the
general
fund.
You
can
see
how
the
months
there's
seasonality
in
the
months
related
to
the
holidays,
etc.
We
do
receive.
T
You
can
see
that
for
may
we
had
budgeted
1.9
million
we've
received
almost
2.3
million,
we're
still
getting
the
1.5
percent
by
the
state
for
service
fees,
but
even
with
that,
we
have
a
373
thousand
dollar
a
monthly
variance
very
first
month
going
into
22.
so
right
out
of
the
gate,
we're
seeing
an
uptick
in
our
revenues,
I'm
putting
us
in
a
good
position.
You
know
we
can't
count
on
that.
Things
are
going
to
level
out.
I
mentioned
last
week
that
we've
seen
statistics.
T
You
know
the
gross
domestic
product
growth
in
the
first
quarter
was
about
6.4
percent
they're
projecting
to
be
around
nine
percent
or
greater
in
q2.
But
then
it's
going
to
come
down
afterwards
and
we'll
see
that
probably
reflected
in
our
tax
revenues.
Next
slide,
please
state
sales
tax
may
1.2
million.
We
received
almost
1.5
million,
so
270
000
positive
over
over
budget
for
state
sales
tax.
T
Now
we
did
take
these
revenue
projections
down
slightly
going
into
22
due
to
the
pandemic,
and
you
know
the
assumption
there
was
going
to
be
a
residual
impact,
but
very
very
substantial,
positive
numbers
there
to
report
next
slide.
Please.
T
Income
tax
income
tax
all
through
21,
consistently
over
budget
many
many
entities,
companies
are
doing
well
during
the
pandemic,
trucking,
etc.
Big
box
stores
and
we're
seeing
that
in
our
income
tax
to
year-to-date
next
slide.
Please.
T
Replacement
tax:
this
is
a
form
of
income
tax,
the
num,
the
month's
over
on
the
left
that
that's
a
historical
way
of
looking
at
you
know
the
276
thousand
budgeted
was
for
activity
in
april,
but
it's
for
this
current
fiscal
year.
So
I
don't
want
that
to
be
confusing,
but
we
receive
only
eight
payments
per
year
for
replacement
tax,
but
you
can
see
that
of
the
full
1.6
million
dollars
we
budgeted.
T
We've
received
almost
1.3
million
dollars
year-to-date,
so
we've
received
almost
78
percent
of
our
total
budget,
just
in
the
first
two
payments
for
replacement
tax
next
slide,
please
food
and
beverage.
You
know
a
four
million
dollar
budget.
It's
a
substantial
budget
for
us
this
one.
This
had
it
it's
difficult
months
last
last
fiscal
year
due
to
mitigation
efforts,
but
you
can
see
for
may.
We
were
81
thousand
dollars
over
budget.
Now
we
did
take
this
budget
down
for
2022,
but
still
25
overage
shows
quite
the
rebound
locally
here
for
the
city.
T
Next
slide,
please,
and
that
ends
the
presentation
for
this
evening.
I'm
sorry
I
went
quickly
next
month,
as
I
mentioned,
we
will
resume
the
kind
of
the
general
format
format
for
fy
2022
I'll,
give
any
material
updates
for
21,
and,
as
I
mentioned,
you
know,
we've
had
we're
very
fortunate
to
have
solid
reserves
for
the
city,
we're
going
to
be
adding
to
those
reserves
for
2021.
T
We
want
to
proactively
utilize
those
reserves
to
take
kind
of
a
step
forward
from
a
financial
strategy
standpoint
for
the
city
and
apply
it
that
those
additional
reserves
that
we're
looking
at
adding
to
the
capital
east
for
the
coming
year.
Any
questions.
M
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council,
we'll
do
the
slides
that
we
have
first.
M
And
we're
going
to
run
with
I,
I
think
the
community
is
aware
of
this.
I
know
the
council
is:
we've
had
a
mentorship
program,
the
last
couple
of
years
and
it's
grown
this
past
week
we
had
our
public
safety
portion,
so
that's
a
mentee
with
one
of
the
bloomington
fire
department,
firefighters
and
just
out
there.
M
You
know
learning
more
about
the
fire
service
next
slide,
another
one
with
the
bloomington
fire
department
and
cpr
training
for
the
mentees,
and
this
is
something
it's
not
exclusive
to,
but
this
is
a
partnership
with
the
jewel
foundation
here
in
our
community,
and
this
has
grown
over
the
past
couple
of
years
and
having
these
young
men
and
women
around
in
the
different
departments.
M
M
All
right
got
it:
police
department
was
out
there
as
well
pio
the
public
information
officer,
john
furman,
was
represented,
and
I
think
one
of
the
assistant
chiefs
was
out
there
as
well.
So
just
trying
to
take
you
know,
try
to
grow
locally.
To
be
quite
honest
when
we're
talking
about
government
jobs
in
general,
but
this
was
the
public
service
public
safety
portion
of
the
mentee
program
next
slide.
M
I
think
we
have
a
farmer's
market
slide
here.
We
go
saturday's
on
the
square.
The
we
had
a
show
this
past
saturday
was
very
well
attended.
I
think
I
went
well.
You've
got
rory
with
the
castle.
Theater
you've
got
melissa
hahn
and
her
team.
Everybody
saw
on
the
proclamation
earlier
samantha
and
catherine
that
received
that
on
behalf
of
city
staff,
they
do
a
great
job
and
even
with
the
rain
this
past
saturday,
this
was
well
attended.
It
was
a
great
event,
and
this
is
the
next
show
coming
up
on
july.
M
31St
next
slide
dog
days
downtown.
This
is
our
first
friday
event
and
that's
coming
up
on
august.
6Th
5
p.m,
to
8
p.m,
next
slide
and
farmer's
market.
These
are
well
attended.
I
try
to
attend
all
of
these
and
it's
nice
to
see
the
vendors
out
there
in
the
community
come
out,
and
you
know
start
as
early
7
7
30
in
the
morning,
and
it
runs
until
12
o'clock
next
slide
and
then
real
quick
going
back
to
the
mentee,
and
I
mentioned
the
jewel
foundation.
It's
not
just
jewel
foundation.
M
You've
got
the
local
chapter
of
the
naacp,
that's
affiliated
with
this
as
well.
So
that's
something
that's
going
to
grow
and
it's
bigger
than
you
know
the
young
adults
having
a
job
or
placement
with
the
city.
It's
an
opportunity
for
the
city
staff
to
be
a
mentor,
for
you
know:
community
members,
albeit
young
community
members,
but
consider
city
government
as
a
possible
career
pathway.
M
Something
else
that
I
wanted
to
share
was
an
update
on
the
storm,
and
hopefully
the
folks
that
were
in
attendance,
we'll
hear
this
or
receive
this
in
press
releases,
but
again
a
reminder
that
in
a
disaster
declaration
setting
the
local
governments
pass
that
up
through
county
government
and
state
of
illinois.
M
So
chairman
mcintyre
with
mclean
county,
is
the
one
that
makes
that
formal
declaration
to
ima
the
illinois
emergency
management
association
and
then
they
pass
it
through
fema.
Well,
it's
very
unlikely
that
we
would
have
met
that
threshold.
That
formula
that's
required
in
the
state
of
illinois,
because
this
is
a
disaster
outside
of
chicago
and
cook
county
and
it's
population
based.
M
We
still
did
hit
a
threshold
and
the
chairman
stood
up
the
mark,
the
multi-agency
resource
center,
the
next
step.
After
that
we
have
received
approval
to
have
the
small
business
loan
and
the
sba
will
be
something
that
was
announced
this
afternoon
by
the
county.
We
will
start
pushing
that
information
out.
What
does
that
mean
for
individuals
and
for
small
business?
These
are
low-interest
long-term
loans
to
help
with
the
disaster
that
many
suffered
may
not
rise
to
that
level
for
those
that
have
insurance
and
we'll
just
find
a
way
to
pay
that
deductible.
M
But
this
is
for
the
above
and
beyond,
or
those
that
were
uninsured.
So
here's
the
document,
but
this
is
definitely
something
that
the
county
is
pushing
out.
I'm
sure
the
town
will
but
the
city's
going
to
be
pushing
this
information
out
and
there's
also
times
and
dates
where
residents
can
reach
out
and
get
more
information
so
more
to
come.
A
Thank
you
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
mayor's
discussion,
so
I
wanted
to
update
everyone
on
the
ward
6
upcoming
vacancy,
so
I've
been
working
with
staff
to
put
together
a
process
to
fill
the
vacancy,
and
you
know,
barring
any
last
minute
issues.
I
I
anticipate
that
we
should
be
able
to
share
that
with
the
the
public
and
the
community.
A
Tomorrow,
okay,
the
other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
mention
is
that
I
I
was
reminded
that
we
we
had
set
a
date
in
a
resolution.
I
think
this
is
prior
to
this
council
being
seated
about
a
code
of
conduct,
so
staff
has
asked
for
a
little
bit
more
time
to
continue
to
to
work
on
that.
A
You
know.
They've
been
pulled
in
many
directions
and
I
think
it's
only
appropriate
that
we
allow
for
them
the
time
to
to
to
to
work
on
this
a
little
bit
further
so
more
to
come
at
a
at
a
later
date
and
this
past
weekend,
I
I
had
an
opportunity
to
attend
a
couple
ground
breakings
for
habitat
for
humanity,
which
was
it's
always
a
lot
of
fun
to
be
able
to
to
attend
those.
A
It
was
for
two
families
who
happen
to
be
from
congo,
and
so
I
thought
that
was
really
amazing
for
them
to
be
able
to
avail
themselves
of
the
american
dream
and
they're
very,
very
excited.
You
know
with
the
kids
and
everything
there's
another
one
planned
for
august
14th.
A
So
if
you
have
an
opportunity
to
attend
that,
I
would
encourage
you
to
do
that,
and
I
should
mention
that
our
our
staff,
you
know
they've,
worked
in
conjunction
with
the
city
of
bloomington,
so
a
great
partnership
to
be
able
to
to
make
that
happen
and
they're
very
complementary
of
the
city
of
bloomington,
so
melissa,
kudos.
A
And
also
saturday's
on
the
square.
I
was
there
on
saturday
night,
so
I
it
definitely
adds
you
know
an
additional
layer
of
vibrancy
to
to
downtown.
So
I
look
forward
to
to
more
events
like
that,
not
just
saturdays
on
the
square
but
more
stuff
happening
downtown.
So
congratulations
again,
melissa.
This
is
like
your
meeting.
You
guys
are
doing
a
great
job
with
your
your
team.
So
definitely
appreciate
that
and
now
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
council
members
who
may
have
a
comment
or
not
councilmember
bolan.
E
Sure
I
just
wanted
to
first
mention
a
constituent
called
me,
like
I
think,
tomorrow,
they're
they're
having
some
of
their
flood
damage
removed
through
american
baptist
men,
disaster
relief
and
she
the
the
leader
of
that
the
coordinator.
His
name
is
van
peters,
and
he
said
he
was
happy
to
help
anyone
else
in
need
and
wanted
me
to
share
at
this
meeting
his
phone
number
he
gave
me.
I
talked
to
him
personally,
so
that
was
fine.
So
it's
if
you
need
help
it's
309.
E
212-8797
and
then,
if
you
don't
get
that
number
just
reach
out
to
me
and
I'll
provide
it,
he
did
not
want
me
to
put
it
on
facebook,
and
I
will
not
do
that.
So
the
other
thing
that
I'll
mention
is
31
years
ago
today
passage
of
the
american
disability
act,
so
just
think
of
of
things
as
they
existed
before
before
then,
and
how
much
improved
they
are
now
we
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
but
it's
nice
to
see
the
progress
that's
been
made.
A
Thank
you
councilmember
cory
bill,
councilmember,
emig,
okay,
the.
A
U
Hi
yeah,
I
am
looking
forward
to
hearing
about
the
process
to
fill
the
vacancy.
I
guess
I
do
want
to
address
some
of
the
public
comments
that
were
made
today.
I
do
think
that
you
know,
as
I
have
mentioned,
to
both
the
mayor
and
tim.
This
is
a
really
wonderful.
You
know
getting
this
house
is
wonderful
news
for
my
family
and
I'm,
you
know
very
excited
to
be
making
this
move.
You
know,
although
it
is
bittersweet,
because
it
means
having
to
leave
my
seat.
U
However,
I
you
know,
even
though
this
story
has
a
happy
ending
for
me,
you
know
it
very
easily
could
not
have
had,
and
I
do
think
that
that
points
to
ways
that
we
have
to
consider
changing
our
rules
or
petitioning
state
officials
to
change
the
rules
so
that
this
doesn't
happen
to
somebody
else.
Who
is
a
tenant
and
can
you
know,
can
end
up
losing
their
seat.
U
If
they
are,
you
know,
they're
displaced,
and
so
I
would
really
ask
the
mayor
and
tim
and
my
colleagues
to
consider
taking
action,
or
at
least
beginning
to
do
some
exploratory
work,
to
see
what
the
options
are
available
to
to
remedy
that
and
to
put
safeguards
in
place
for
the
future.