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From YouTube: Council Minute June 8
Description
Mayor Tim Busse talks about the City’s Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance and funding for the 2022 Cultural Arts Support Program that were approved by Council. Plus, a proclamation recognizing and supporting LGBTQIA community members.
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Hello
bloomington,
I'm
mayor
tim
bussey,
and
this
is
the
council
minute
for
the
week
of
june
6..
On
monday
night,
the
bloomington
city
council
approved
an
earned
sick
and
safe
leave,
ordinance
that
guarantees
time
off
work
for
all
employees,
including
full-time
part-time,
seasonal
and
temporary
employees,
or
paid
interns
working
in
bloomington.
The
ordinance
is
intended
to
allow
employees
to
care
for
themselves
and
family
members
making
bloomington
a
healthier,
more
secure
and
more
productive
community.
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We've
been
talking
about
this
for
a
while
and
back
in
february
of
2021,
the
council
directed
staff
to
begin
looking
at
a
possible
sick
and
safe
leave.
Ordinance
staff
ultimately
recommended
appointing
a
task
force
to
develop
a
draft
ordinance
that
would
reflect
the
input
of
a
diverse
pool
of
stakeholders
and
one
that
was
as
clear
and
as
understandable
and
as
uncomplicated
as
possible
for
both
employers
and
employees.
The
task
force
included
members
of
the
hospitality
industry,
the
general
business
community
representatives
of
organized
labor
and
community
members.
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They
did
a
very
nice
job
of
looking
at
the
alternatives
and
considering
the
pros
and
cons
and
ultimately
brought
forward
a
draft
for
council
consideration.
Thank
you
to
the
task
force
members
for
your
work.
In
addition
to
the
business
and
economic
pieces
of
the
discussion,
the
council
looked
at
the
ordinance
from
a
public
health
perspective.
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If
the
past
two
years
have
taught
us
anything,
it's
that
limiting
the
spread
of
contagious
illness
improves
public
health
and
benefits
everyone.
We
also
considered
that
employees
working
in
lower
wage,
higher
turnover
and
public
contact
jobs
like
many
of
the
jobs
that
we
have
here
in
bloomington,
typically
lacked
access
to
paid
sick
leave.
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The
earned
sick
and
safe
leave
ordinance
will
take
effect
july.
1St
2023
and
under
the
new
ordinance
employers
with
five
or
more
employees
must
provide
paid,
earned,
sick
and
safe
leave.
Employers
with
fewer
than
five
employees
must
also
provide
unpaid
leave,
but
they
can
choose
to
provide
paid
leave.
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Employees
will
accrue,
earned
sick
and
safe
lead
at
a
rate
of
one
hour
for
every
30
hours
worked.
So,
for
example,
if
an
employee
works
120
hours
that
employee
will
accrue
4
hours
of
earned
second
safely,
there's
an
80
hour
maximum
accrual
cap.
The
ordinance
specifically
addresses
sick
and
safe
leave.
Now
sick
leave
is
pretty
self-explanatory.
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As
I
mentioned,
the
ordinance
will
take
effect
july
1st
of
2023.
That
year-long
ramp
up
time
is
intentional
and
will
give
the
city
time
to
educate
and
inform
employers
and
employees
about
the
details
of
this
important
new
ordinance.
Also,
on
monday
night,
the
city
council
approved
funding
for
the
2022
cultural
arts
support
program,
as
I'm
sure
you
know.
For
decades,
bloomington
has
been
home
to
a
thriving
and
vibrant
cultural
arts
community.
The
city
has
allocated
funds
to
support
the
arts.
Since
the
1960s.
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You
may
remember
that
at
one
point,
the
bloomington
fine
arts
council
distributed
funds.
The
city
formalized
the
funding
program
in
2011
with
the
city
of
bloomington
cultural
arts,
support
grant
program.
The
program
has
a
number
of
very
valuable
goals,
but
the
bottom
line
is
to
invest
in
the
arts
in
bloomington.
The
funding
helps
support
general
operating
expenses
for
bloomington-centric,
non-profit
organizations,
cultural
arts
groups
or
arts
related
educational
institutions.
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The
funding
allocated
this
year
totaled
just
over
171
thousand
dollars.
Since
2011,
the
city
of
bloomington
has
issued
over
1.3
million
dollars
in
grant
funds
to
bloomington
arts
and
cultural
assets,
and
in
that
time
those
funds
have
impacted
the
lives
of
more
than
560
000
participants,
youth,
adults
and
seniors.
They
did
it
through
an
estimated
1559
public
performances,
and
I
always
remind
people.
A
study
done
in
2019
showed
that
the
annual
economic
impact
of
the
arts
in
bloomington
was
more
than
12
million
dollars.
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That's
a
good
return
on
investment.
The
groups
funded
this
year
are
all
very
familiar
and
all
do
an
outstanding
job
of
providing
cultural
arts
opportunities
for
bloomington
residents.
They
also
bring
art
activities
to
people
who
may
not
otherwise
have
access
to
the
arts,
and
they
make
the
arts
accessible,
equitable
and
inclusive
for
all.
They
also
play
a
big
part
in
bloomington's
quality
of
life.
Any
great
city
has
great
art,
and
I
am
so
appreciative
of
these
groups
and
I'm
also
very
happy
to
see
them
back
after
a
difficult
couple
of
years.
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It's
also
promising
that
the
goals
of
the
cultural
arts
support
grant
program
include
encouraging
development
and
expansion
of
the
cultural
arts
in
bloomington.
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
artists
out
there
who
have
a
story
to
share
this
grant
program
is
a
wonderful
tool
to
help
existing
and
new
cultural
arts
groups,
expand
to
new
audiences
increase
programs
and
improve
their
community
reach
and
speaking
of
community
reach.
Our
arts
programs
are
doing
just
that.
This
weekend,
the
angelica
contante
youth
choirs
will
perform
at
orchestra
hall
as
part
of
conductor.
Osmo
vasquez
farewell
concerts.
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Congratulations
to
the
singers
in
grades
five
through
eight,
who
have
been
rehearsing
since
january,
for
this
wonderful
opportunity
and
this
saturday
in
the
lobby
of
the
center
for
the
arts,
the
bloomington,
chorale,
notable
singers,
angelica,
contante
and
continental
ballet
will
all
be
performing
in
conjunction
with
the
opening
day
of
the
bloomington
farmers
market.
I
hope
to
see
you
there.
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Finally,
today
june
is
pride
month
and
on
monday
I
read
a
proclamation
recognizing
and
supporting
the
members
of
our
community
who
identify
as
lgbtqia
logan
sauer,
a
member
of
the
bloomington
pride
celebration.
Core
planning
team
was
on
hand
to
accept
the
proclamation
and
to
share
his
inspiring
story
in
recognition
of
pride
month.
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Progressive
pride
flags
are
being
flown
this
week
at
civic,
plaza
and
public
works,
and
the
city
is
sponsoring
the
come
as
you
are
exhibit
in
the
ins
greenberg
gallery
at
the
center
for
the
arts,
the
exhibit
which
runs
through
july
8th
celebrates
the
lgbtqia
community
and
it
celebrates
50
years
of
the
twin
cities.
Pride
festival
later
this
summer.
The
second
annual
bloomington
pride
celebration
will
take
place
on
the
east
lawn
of
civic,
plaza.
Mark
your
calendars.