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A
Monumental,
but
we
have
a
limited
agenda
tonight,
but
nonetheless,
it's
very
important
stuff,
except
for
I,
grabbed
the
wrong
binder.
My
bad
all
right.
B
C
C
D
B
A
D
A
Think
we'll
move
straight
into
resolutions
or
bills.
We
just
have
one
tonight
yeah.
E
Whereas
the
current
agreed
settlement
is
as
follows:
Walgreens
to
pay
up
to
5.7
billion
over
15
years,
Walmart
to
pay
2.75
billion
over
six
years,
CVS
to
pay
5
billion
over
10
years,
tiva
to
pay
4.25
billion,
including
3.7
billion,
to
be
paid
over
13
years,
as
well
as
an
option
of
1.2
billion
worth
of
its
generic
version
of
the
drug
Narcan
over
10
years,
which
agreed
upon
cash
equivalent
over
13
years
and
algeron
to
pay
2.37
billion
over
seven
years.
Whereas
the
common
Council
believes
is
the
best
interest
of
the
city
of
Madison.
E
That
the
terms
of
the
above
agreed
settlement
be
approved
in
the
entered
year
in
two
and
now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
by
the
common
Council
of
the
city
of
Madison.
Indiana
that
the
common
Council
hereby
approves
the
terms
of
the
above
stated
agreed
settlement.
The
common
Council
hereby
authorizes
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Madison
to
execute
all
necessary
documents
to
effectuate
the
agreed
settlement
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Madison,
and
this
resolution
shall
take
immediate
effect
upon
adoption
by
the
council.
E
This
is
sponsored
by
councilman
Bartlett.
This
is
just
another
part
of
the
Oakley
litigation
that
we
entered
into
some
years
ago
with
these
are
some
other
defendants
and
it's
a
greater
part
of
a
class
action
suit.
Our
Council,
who
represents
Us
in
this
class
section
2,
is
recommending
that
we
go
forward
with
this.
E
As
frankly,
all
of
the
other
members
of
the
class
are
doing
so
as
well
and
we're
unsure
at
this
juncture
as
to
what
portion
of
the
settlement
that
we
will
be
entitled
to,
but
it'll
be
divided
up,
much
like
the
others
and
it's
a
portioned
out
and
agreed
upon
at
a
later
date.
But
this
will
just
settle
the
the
actual
dispute
that
we
have
with
with
these
companies.
So
does
anybody
have
any
questions.
A
A
E
Okay,
any
discussion,
any
discussion
by
anybody
in
the
audience
hearing
and
seeing
none
we'll
have
a
roll
call
vote.
B
A
A
We
do
have
one
mayor
appointment
to
the
tree
board
recommended
and
I
believe
you
have
background
information
for
Thomas
Stark.
He
just
recently
completed
a
term
on
Historic
District
board
of
review
and
we
have
a
couple
of
vacancies
now
on
the
tree
board
and
he
is
willing
to
serve
on
tree
board.
So
I
would
ask
for
approval
for
timestart
to
join
tree
board.
E
A
Thank
you
all
right.
We
do
have
one
report
of
Department
hit
a
utility
superintendent,
Brian
Jackson.
F
Good
evening,
everybody
I
just
wanted
to
give
a
little
brief,
update
and
review
on
kind
of
what
happened
or
was
what
went
on
in
the
Water
and
Sewer
Department
in
2022.
Don't
worry
it's
going
to
be
brief.
It's
mainly
just
about
the
the
superintendents.
Last
year
we
had
some
changes
in
our
superintendents
of
our
water
and
sewer
departments
in
water,
in
March
of
2022,
our
our
water
Superintendent
at
the
time,
Ron,
geiman
retired,
and
he
was
replaced
with
our
an
existing
employee.
F
Jay
Mitchell
Jay's
been
with
the
city
since
2007,
and
he
has
both
his
water
license
and
he's
actually
been
our
certified
operator
for
quite
some
time.
In
Wastewater
the
Wastewater
superintendent
Jay
Thompson.
F
He
resigned
in
October
of
2022
and
took
a
job
at
the
Jeffersonville
Wastewater
Plant
he'd
been
with
the
city
seven
years
it
took
a
few
months
to
find
a
replacement
because
we're
a
Class
III
plant
and
it's
hard
to
find
Class
III
operators
that
are
willing
to
come
and
work
here,
the
he
even
though
he
left
and
we
didn't
replace
him
for
probably
a
couple
months.
F
He
stayed
on
as
a
part-time
base
as
our
operator
in
charge,
I
communicated
with
his
new
boss
in
Jeffersonville,
and
he
was
okay
with
that,
but
on
January
5th
2023
we
hired
Rebecca
Frakes
she's
a
class
four
operator,
and
she
will
be
our
responsible
operator
in
charge
and,
like
I
said,
Madison
is
just
a
class
three
client
and
she
I
lost
my
place.
Sorry
about
that.
Oh
she
formally
worked
in
Edinburgh.
F
We
kind
of
poached
her
from
the
Edinburgh
wastewater
treatment
plant
and
she
before
she
came
to
Madison
and
she
also
worked
at
Clarksville
for
many
years
in
their
waste
treatment,
plant
she's
still
getting
acclimated,
it's
only
February,
there's
a
lot
to
learn.
No
two
plants
run
the
same.
F
Jay
is
still
on
call
somewhat
if
we
need
him
so
far,
if
she
has
she's
only
needed
him
a
few
times,
but
we
we
do
a
lot
of
different
reports
that
that
he
will
help
with
probably
throughout
the
year
at
some
point
this
year
we
should
be
able
to
cut
all
ties
with
Jay,
but
he
he'll
be
willing
to
help.
That's
not
he
left
on
good
terms.
He
just
took
a
better
job,
can't
blame
the
guy
for
that,
and
that's
that's
pretty
much
a
summation
of
what's
happened
this
past
year
with
our
superintendents.
F
So
hopefully
we
get
some
that
stay
for
a
while,
because
that's
a
dramatic
change
to
overcome.
When
that
happens,
the
other
thing
I
was
going
to
give.
You
was
a
little
water
project,
update
right
now
for
division,
a
the
supply
and
water
treatment
improvements.
F
The
O'mara
he's
done
his
initial
assessment
and
some
preliminary
work,
but
the
materials
he's
ordered
and
he's
to
do
his
required
updates
and
repairs
and
he's
still
waiting
on
some
of
the
materials
to
arrive,
and
once
he
starts
that
he's
submitted
to
the
engineers
a
schedule
an
estimated
time
frame.
But
it's
really
dictating
what's
dictating
his
start.
Time
is
the
materials
for
division
B
on
the
on
the
tanks.
F
He
actually
has
submitted
his
calendar
and
he
plans
on
starting
the
second
week
in
March
and
he
will
start
rehabbing
and
Rehab
rehabilitating
the
tanks
and
I
believe
he's
going
to
start
with
the
hilltop
tank
or
the
hillside
tank
downtown.
It's
it's
some
minor
repair,
so
it
shouldn't
be
as
long
and
then
we'll
work
our
way
through
it
and
hopefully
don't
we
don't
see
any
disruptions.
F
If
the
division
C
has
already
started,
they've
been
working
over
on
East
Street
and
out
on
Flint
Street
they've
had
some
traffic
issues
that
we've
been
trying
to
address
and
we're
actually
having
a
meeting
next
Monday
the
first
construction
meeting
and
and
we'll
be
discussing
some
of
that
then
other
than
that.
Any
questions.
F
B
F
That
question
I
had
somebody
call
from
sunrise
at
one
point
saying:
hey,
they
said
they're
work
and
they
because
we're
doing
a
project
in
Sunrise
part
of
this
project
and
we
require
them
to
videotape
anything
beforehand.
So
if
something
happens,
we
have
a
video
record,
they
say:
well,
we
didn't
do
that.
We
bring
out
the
video
and
said
well
here's
what
it
looked
like
before:
here's
what
it
looked
like
now,
so
that
there's
no
you
you
did
that
we
did
that.
We
have
a
video
record
of
everything.
That's.
A
Dan
there
is
another
video
crew
in
town,
just
in
case
you
see
them,
but
they're
going
to
spend
most
of
their
time,
probably
downtown,
and
it's
producers
from
the
Magnolia
Network
who
are
filming
the
restoration
of
the
Manser
building
here
with
the
becks
who
brought
that
who
bought
that
property.
So
it's
not
a
secret
anymore.
A
That
they're
here
in
town,
but
City
Madison,
is
going
to
be
prominently
on
display
through
over
the
course
of
the
next
six
to
nine
months,
as
they
record
for
that
television
show
has
nothing
to
do
with
Brian.
A
A
Okay!
Moving
on,
there
are
no
bills
on
third
or
second
reading
and
and
Lisa.
We
don't
see
you
now.
We
are
to
you
public
comment.
A
Napoleon
name
and
address
and
make
your
statement
please
thank
you.
G
My
name
is
Annalisa
Strickland
I
live
downtown
in
Madison
on
Mulberry,
and
my
question
was
about
everybody's
talking
about
the
chemical
spill
up
in
Ohio
and
Pennsylvania
and
we're
down
river.
So
I
just
wondered
if
we
were
actively
testing
our
water
just
in
case
or
if
we're
strongly
in
contact
with
Cincinnati
to
see
if
anything's
come
through
them
before
it
gets
to
us
and
if
there's
no
reason
to
worry
like
Brian
just
said.
Maybe
everybody
needs
to
hear
that.
A
F
F
Call
tomorrow
yes
to
go
over
that,
but
that,
but
that
chemical
spill
really
affects
us
not
at
all
they've
done
testing
in
Cincinnati
too,
and
by
the
time
it
gets
here.
It's
going
to
be
so
diluted,
there's
been
a
lot
of
stuff
on
the
internet,
most
of
it
not
true
the
we
don't
really
pull
our
water
from
the
river
anyway,
we
pull
it
from
aquifers
and
the
reason
some
of
the
cities
along
the
river
are
concerned.
F
They
pull
surface
water,
which
means
they
suck
it
directly
out
of
the
river
which
we
do
not
do,
but
even
so
even
Cincinnati
I
was
reading
an
article
today,
they're
not
they've,
tested
it
and
by
the
way
we
test
our
water
daily,
multiple,
multiple
locations,
we
test
the
water
daily,
but
that's
an
ideam
requirement
and
they
they
have
not
found
any
traces
near
Cincinnati
by
the
the
chemical
evaporates.
It
gets
diluted
and
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
things.
F
There's
only
I
think
it
was
one
chemical
that
could
possibly
affect
you
and
by
the
time
it
got
here
from
Pittsburgh
it
was
going
to
be
gone
and
I.
Think
they've
they've
only
found
traces
way
up
the
Ohio
River
even
further
away
than
Cincinnati
and
and
those
traces
were
less
than
toxic.
You
know
we
have
traces
of
all
kinds
of
elements
in
the
water
and
as
long
as
they're
below
a
certain
threshold
they're,
not
detrimental
to
you.
A
Yeah,
and
on
that
note
Brian
mentioned,
we
will
have
a
call
tomorrow
with
idem
and
congresswoman
haljin,
and
then
we've
also
received
reports
from
Louisville
Water
large
water
company
as
well.
They've
tested
water
all
the
way
up
to
Markland
and
down
no
contamination,
I've
been
in
contact
with
our
friends
at
Indiana
American
Water,
which
is
a
large
water
company,
probably
the
largest
in
the
state
they
have.
They
have
water
plants
all
the
way
up,
the
Ohio
river
in
the
Virginia
and
to
Pennsylvania
and
there's
no
contamination
that
they've
detected
either.
A
So,
as
Brian
said,
we
we
monitor
our
water
quality
very
closely
and
but
we're
also
taking
you
know,
action
to
learn
and
and
stay
in
contact
with
ideam
to
make
sure
that
there's
no
no
pollution
across
the
river
that
we
would
be
concerned
about
thanks,
Brian,
okay,
anybody
else
would
like
to
address
City
Council
of
the
mayor's
office.
Please
come
to
the
podium.
A
399
I
just
have
a
couple
of
a
couple.
Announcements
and
I
do
want
to
recognize
two
proclamations
from
Governor
Holcomb,
oh
Joe's,
gonna
leave
one
is
Ema
Appreciation
Week
I'd
like
to
read
the
proclamation
and
recognize
the
contributions
that
Troy
Morgan
and
the
staff
at
Jefferson
County
EMA
their
service
to
our
community
through
a
couple
of
big
disasters
in
Madison,
covid
response,
as
well
as
the
flash
flood
response
and
then
the
flash
flood
response
to
Jefferson
County
last
fall.
But
here's
Proclamation
Emergency
Management
agencies
are
a
vital
public
service
to
the
communities
of
Indiana.
A
Every
emergency
begins
and
ends
locally,
such
as
the
covid-19
pandemic,
that
has
impacted
all
92
Indiana
counties,
whereas
Personnel
from
the
92
Emergency
Management
agencies
across
the
state
are
part
of
the
first
line
of
response
to
natural
and
man-made
disasters,
whereas
emergency
managers
help
draft
Disaster
Response
plans
organize
trainings
that
include
First,
Responders
and
other
Community
Partners
to
practice
response
plans.
Drive
plans
that
help
minimize
the
impact
of
disasters,
work
in
state
and
federal
agencies
on
assistance
programs
and
find
the
most
affected
methods
of
Disaster
Recovery.
A
Whereas
it
is
important
for
Hoosiers
to
recognize
the
dedication
and
accomplishments
of
these
highly
trained
professionals,
Governor
Eric
Holcomb
proclaimed
the
week
of
February
19th
through
the
25th
as
EMA
appreciation
week.
So
I
want
to
send
our
gratitude
to
them
and
then
earlier
today,
I
spoke
at
leadership,
Jefferson
County
and
one
of
their
hosts
was
our
FFA
students
from
Madison.
A
A
The
National
FFA
organization
is
the
National
Youth
Organization,
comprised
of
653
000
student
members
as
part
of
8568
local
chapters
in
all
50
states,
Puerto
Rico
and
the
U.S
Virgin
Islands,
whereas
FFA
and
agricultural
education
provide
a
strong
foundation
for
the
Youth
of
America
and
the
future
of
the
food
fiber
and
natural
resource
systems,
while
promoting
Premier
leadership,
personal
growth
and
Career
Success
among
its
members,
whereas
agricultural
education
and
FFA
ensure
a
steadily
steady
supply
of
young
professionals
to
meet
the
growing
demands
in
the
science,
business
and
technology
of
Agriculture.
A
The
FFA
motto:
learning
to
do
doing,
to
learn
earning
to
live
living
to
serve,
gives
direction
of
purpose
to
these
students
who
take
action
and
have
roles
in
succeeding
in
agricultural
education.
Governor
Holcomb
declared
a
proclaimed
the
week
of
February
18th
to
the
25th
FFA
week
in
the
state
of
Indiana
and
invites
all
citizens
to
note
this
occasion
and
I'd
like
to
send
my
gratitude
to
them
too,
and
having
lots
of
family
members
who
participated
in
FFA
and
went
on
to
school
at
Purdue
and
other
agricultural
programs.
It's
an
invaluable
program,
a
couple
other
updates.
A
There
was
a
call
for
projects
that
we
responded
to
last
week.
We
call
it
ready
1.5
but
there's
additional,
potentially
additional
monies
through
the
iedc
and
the
Southern
Indiana
RDA
for
additional
projects.
As
you
know,
destination
Madison
plan
consisted
of
approximately
eight
individual
projects
that
comprise
the
plan
we're
actively
working
on
three
of
those.
Now
the
the
Gateway,
the
Mulberry
Street
Arts
Corridor
Comfort
station.
So
we
submitted
a
resubmitted
a
couple
of
the
plans
for
in
destination
Madison
for
1.5,
we'll
learn,
probably
in
May.
A
If
there's
additional
Monies
actually
be
returned
to
the
RDA
for
reallocation,
they
have
to
reallocate
the
money
per
iedc's
requirements
by
the
end
of
June,
so
we're
hoping
that
those
projects
will
be
funded
and
that
is
an
extension
of
the
Mulberry
Street
Arts
Corridor,
leading
down
to
the
super
Overlook
that
we
had
submitted.
That
was
in
our
original
destination
Madison
plan.
A
There
are
a
couple
of
house
bills
that
we're
closely
watching
House
Bill
1085,
which
is
going
to
apply
some
new
regulations
to
our
tax,
increment
financing,
District,
many
of
which
are
not
favorable
to
the
city
and
then
House
Bill
1499,
which
is
a
property
tax
relief.
We're
monitoring
that
as
well
to
see
what
impact
that
may
have
on
our
second
half
of
of
2023,
because
there's
a
provision
in
there
that
could
potentially
reduce
our
Levy
in
2023.
A
A
Lots
going
on
so
stay
tuned
more
to
come.
A
lot
of
great
things
happening
and
I
also
want
to
mention
that
we'll
have
a
groundbreaking
tomorrow
at
Gaines,
Park
everybody's
invited
to
attend
that.
But
those
are
improvements
to
Gaines
Park
in
recognition
of
black
history
and
Gaines
Parks
contributions
to
the
city
of
Madison.
We
started
talking
about
those
two
years
ago
and
with
the
final
design
and
appropriation
of
funding
from
our
arpa
monies,
we're
now
able
to
move
forward
with
the
Gaines
Park
project
as
well.