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From YouTube: Council Minute June 9
Description
Mayor Tim Busse talks about facility reopenings across the City, provides a local COVID-19 update and talks public safety with Interim Police Chief Mike Hartley.
A
Hello
bloomington,
I'm
mayor
tim
bussey,
and
this
is
the
council
minute
for
the
week
of
june
7th
coming
to
you
this
week
from
an
empty
city,
council
chambers,
but
it
won't
be
that
way
for
long
more
on
that
in
just
a
minute.
At
our
council
meeting
on
monday
staff
shared
plans
for
the
reopening
of
creekside
community
center.
A
As
I'm
sure
many
of
you
know,
creekside
has
been
closed
to
the
public
since,
before
st
patrick's
day
in
2020.,
creekside
manager,
jill
murphy
told
the
city
council
that
the
facility
will
reopen
to
indoor
activity
on
thursday
july
8th
and
to
celebrate.
The
entire
community
is
invited
to
a
reopen
house
at
creekside
on
wednesday
july,
7th
from
9
a.m.
To
noon,
we'll
have
treats
information
on
programming
and
a
chance
to
reconnect
with
old
friends.
Some
of
the
specifics
you
need
to
know.
A
Creekside
will
have
modified
hours
for
the
rest
of
the
year
monday
through
thursday
8
a.m
to
3
30
pm
friday,
8
a.m
to
1
p.m,
and
it
will
be
closed
on
saturday
and
sunday.
The
majority
of
your
favorite
programs
will
be
back
including
arts
and
crafts
card
groups.
Education,
fitness,
music
and
recreation.
A
Fair
for
all
will
continue
to
be
offered
every
other
month
at
creekside
and
loaves
and
fishes,
which
was
relocated
to
oak
grove
presbyterian
church
in
january
of
this
year.
It
will
continue
at
oak
grove
and
they'll
continue
to
serve
meals
monday
through
friday,
from
5
30
to
6,
30
pm
and
regrettably,
the
creekside
lunch
program
will
not
be
continuing
because
of
budget
issues
when
creekside
reopens
face
coverings
will
be
welcome
but
will
not
be
required.
A
Staff
are
working
on
detailed
safety
precautions
specific
to
creekside
things
like
program
capacities
and
cleaning
and
disinfecting
and
other
guidelines
with
the
goal
of
keeping
all
participants
safe,
creekside
isn't
the
only
building
reopening
civic,
plaza
public
health
and
public
works
will
all
reopen
for
walk-in
service.
On
monday
june
14th,
while
city
staff
has
been
doing
business
on
an
appointment
basis
over
the
past
year
to
make
sure
that
your
needs
are
taken
care
of
on
june
14th.
All
of
our
counters
will
be
fully
staffed.
A
It
also
means
that
the
city
council
will
be
coming
back
to
in-person
meetings
and
that
the
council
chambers
will
be
open
for
the
public
to
attend
city
council
meetings,
we'll
still
be
conducting
council
meetings
in
a
hybrid
fashion,
with
some
people
participating
virtually
until
the
governor's
emergency
declaration
is
lifted
and
you'll
still
be
able
to
call
in
for
public
comment
and
for
public
hearings.
Also,
the
farmer's
market
returns
this
saturday
doesn't
it
feel
great
to
be
getting
back
to
normal.
A
A
According
to
dr
nick
kelly,
our
public
health
administrator,
there
has
been
a
significant
shift
in
covid19
in
the
past
month,
as
we
see
the
growing
impact
of
vaccines
in
our
community.
We
are
now
experiencing
the
lowest
case
rates
of
covet
19
in
bloomington
since
april
of
2020,
and
we
expect
that
cases
will
continue
to
remain
low
for
the
near
future.
In
fact,
this
week
may
be
the
first
week
in
14
months,
where
we
are
consistently
reporting
a
seven-day
rolling
average
of
new
cases
under
five
per
100
000
here
in
bloomington.
A
This
is
great
news
and
I
can't
say
enough
about
the
incredible
work
done
by
our
staff
at
bloomington
public
health.
Since
they
started
vaccinations
in
january,
public
health
has
put
more
than
nineteen
thousand
shots
in
the
arms
of
people
in
our
community.
That
is
a
huge
number
and
it
wouldn't
have
been
possible
without
the
incredible
partnership
between
public
health
co-workers
from
around
the
city
of
bloomington
colleagues,
in
edina
and
richfield
and
members
of
our
medical
reserve
corps.
In
february,
we
launched
our
vaccine
clinics
right
here
at
civic
plaza
on
saturday
june
5th.
A
We
completed
the
last
of
our
66
clinics
right
here.
Our
team
is
now
shifting
clinic
operations
to
our
public
health
building
and
a
mobile
clinic
task
force
that
provides
vaccinations
at
community
sites.
Now,
despite
all
of
the
good
news,
it's
important
to
remember
that
many
of
our
neighbors
are
still
dealing
with
challenges
from
the
pandemic,
especially
kids
under
12,
who
aren't
eligible
to
be
vaccinated
and
anyone
over
12
who
is
not
yet
vaccinated.
A
Folks,
if
you
are
eligible,
please
get
vaccinated,
don't
put
it
off
any
longer.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
the
vaccine,
contact,
bloomington,
public
health
or
talk
to
your
health
care
provider,
we
know
that
for
some
the
hours
or
the
locations
of
clinics
is
a
challenge.
If
that's
the
case,
let
us
know
so
that
we
can
work
something
out
with
you
to
get
you
a
vaccine.
A
I
want
to
express
my
heartfelt
thanks
to
dr
nick
kelly
for
the
wealth
of
information
he
and
his
team
at
public
health
have
provided
to
the
council,
to
our
staff
and
to
the
entire
community.
Knowledge
is
power,
and
during
a
time
when
so
many
people
felt
powerless
against
this
virus,
the
information
we
were
given
made
a
huge
difference
for
us
to
make
good
decisions
to
help
keep
our
community
safe.
A
This
past
monday,
interim
police
chief,
mike
hartley,
presented
a
public
safety
update
to
the
council
and
to
the
community
chief
hartley
is
joining
me
today
to
share
with
you
what
he
and
the
bloomington
police
department
reported.
Chief
harley.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
chief.
We
have
seen
an
uptick
in
the
number
of
crimes
reported
over
the
past
year
and
it
looks
like
those
numbers
are
starting
to
trend
downward
again.
Can
you
spend
a
minute
just
talking
about
how
we
track
crime
statistics
and
what
the
numbers
look
like
currently
sure.
B
We're
required
to
submit
our
crime
numbers
each
year
to
the
fbi
and
also
the
state,
the
bca,
and
we
are
seeing
a
14
decrease
from
from
the
beginning
of
october
of
2020,
and
so
as
we
work
through
2020
and
some
pretty
challenging
times
and
some
anomalies
and
crime
trends,
I
am
happy
to
announce
that
we
are
seeing
a
downturn
in
crime.
We
still
got
some
work
to
do.
We
do
have
a
couple
of
violent
crimes,
trends.
A
B
Access
the
site
they
can
go
to
what's
listed
and
the
data
dashboard
allows
residents
to
take
a
look
into
a
little
deeper
dive
readily
available
information
that
they
would
have
had
to
request
from
the
police
department
before,
but
now
on
our
website.
Everything
from
arrest
reports
to
crime
maps
to
traffic
details
calls
for
service.
All
this
stuff
will
give
the
residents
a
just
a
broader
picture
of
what
the
work
we're
doing
each
and
every
day
and
how
that
affects
their.
A
Neighborhood
now
you
mentioned
crime
maps
and
the
crime
acts
on
the
dashboard
really
help
illustrate
something
that
I
think
residents
want
to
be
reassured
about,
and
that's
that
bloomington
neighborhoods
are
largely
safe
areas.
Right
I
mean
so
what
can
residents
do
to
help
keep
their
neighborhoods
safe,
yeah?
That's.
B
A
question
we
get
often
and
it's
a
good
one,
first
and
foremost
open
communication
with
their
neighbors.
Let
your
neighbors
know
introduce
yourself.
You
should
be
doing
that
anyway,
but
so
that,
when
you're,
not
around
people,
know
kind
of
what
cars
should
be
in
the
driveway
who
should
be
coming
and
going
and
just
just
looking
out
for
one
another
call
the
police.
If
you
have
suspicions-
and
it's
it's-
it's
it's
a
it's
a,
not
just
necessarily
someone
who
just
happens
to
be
walking
down
the
street.
B
It
may
not
look
like
they
live
in
the
area,
but
really
suspicions
that
are
grounded
in
maybe
there's
been
recent
burglaries
in
the
area.
Maybe
there's
other
things
going
on,
but
give
us
an
opportunity
to
come
out,
make
contact
with
individuals.
I
highly
recommend
people
our
block
captain
our
crime,
neighborhood
crime
watch
program.
These
are
all
ways
to
keep
connected
to
get
updates
from
the
police
department
to
let
you
know
when
things
in
your
neighborhood
may
not
be
as
what
we
want.
A
Back
to
national
night
out
this
year,
won't
we
we
will
be.
I
can't
wait
fabulous.
So
one
of
the
most
challenging
issues
during
this
pandemic
has
been
an
increase
in
calls
for
service
in
areas
around
hotels
where
people
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
have
been
living.
Can
you
provide
an
update
on
how
our
staff
has
worked
together
to
mitigate
some
of
those
issues
and
where
we
stand
now.
B
Yes,
last
summer,
we
did
see
an
uptick
in
some
of
the
hotels
that
were
offering
the
services
to
those
in
need,
and
you
know
it
was
a
full
collaboration
with
other
city
staff,
other
departments,
business
owners,
the
non-profit
service
providers,
to
really
address
the
problem
as
a
whole.
We
we
recognize
very
early
that
this
is
not
just
a
law
enforcement
program.
We're
not
going
to
come
in
and
be
able
to
rest
our
way
out
of
the
problem
and
a
lot
of
the
the
calls
for
service
to
the
hotels
were
not
criminal
behavior.
B
They
were
checking
on
the
welfare,
medical
and
so
creating
those
relationships
that
constant
dialogue
between
all
interested
parties
really
helped
address
the
specific
needs
of
the
problem
and
then
allow
us
to
go
in
and
make
the
changes
and
and
enforcement
measures
that
we
needed
to
take
to
curb
those
problems.
We've
seen
a
a
drop
in
the
number
of
calls
for
service
and
crimes
being
committed
in
those
hotels
and
again
hats
off
to
not
only
the
police
department
but
other
city
departments
that
helped
out
agree.
A
100
percent
on
that,
finally,
chief,
you
spend
a
fair
amount
of
time
talking
about
the
the
training
that
our
police
officers
undergo
here
in
the
city
of
bloomington.
In
fact,
we
provide
annual
training.
That
is
more
than
twice
the
average
hours
of
the
state
mandated
training.
Can
you
share
a
little
bit
about
that
training?
What
it
means
for
bloomington
officers
in
bloomington
in
general,
the
bloomington.
B
Police
department
has
always
put
a
high
stake
on
training.
I
think
it's
one
of
the
most
important
things
hats
off
to
the
council
through
the
years
to
support
the
budgets
that
support
that
training,
but
I
think
we
realize
that
a
well-trained
police
officer
is
is
going
to
go
out
and
serve
the
community
in
a
much
higher
and
have
a
higher
impact
in
what
jobs
we
expect
them
to
do.
A
Absolutely
chief
chief
harley,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
work
that
you
do
for
spending
time
with
me
today.
I
really
do
appreciate
it
appreciate
it.
I
strongly
encourage
all
of
you
check
out
the
chiefs
presentation
from
monday
night's
meeting
and
be
sure
to
check
out
the
data
dashboard
on
the
police's
page
of
the
city's
website.