The Leesburg Town Council met on June 9, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber. The meeting included a proclamation for LGBTQ+ Pride Month, approval of a consent agenda with 11 items, passage of two resolutions (sanitary sewer reimbursement and utility assistance program renewal), and discussion of community concerns including e-bike safety, a Little Free Art Library incident, and a request to explore prohibiting ICE raids on town property.
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Let me uh I would like to call to order uh tonight's a town council meeting of June 9, 2026. Uh, if anyone in the room needs hearing assistance, please see the clerk. Councilmember Kurkowski will give the invocation tonight, followed by Vice Mayor Simeno Johnson doing the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you, Madam Mayor. As we gather this June, may we acknowledge a month dedicated to powerful moments of recognition. We celebrate the visibility of Pride Month, bring vital focus to men's health, honor the history of Juneteenth, and raise critical awareness for both PTSD and gun violence awareness. The awareness, this awareness asks us to look closely at those deep difficulties and changes from the weight of silent personnel struggling to the profound pain of communal loss. Yet there is an immense strength in our willingness to see these challenges and appraise the resilience of one another, and of course, our diversity in thought and in being. And whereas Pride Month is a time to raise awareness of the unique challenges faced by the community and the individuals, a time to celebrate and reflection and an opportunity to acknowledge the ongoing work needed to ensure equality, dignity, and justice for all. Whereas the town of Leesburg is committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and respectful community where all people feel valued, safe, and supported. Whereas Pride Month serves not only as a celebration, but also as a reminder of the work still needed to achieve full equality and inclusion for members of the LGBTQ plus community. And whereas organizations like Equality Loudoun work tirelessly to advance equality, provide education, and build support systems that empower the LGBTQ plus individuals and allies throughout the region. Therefore proclaim that the mayor and the council of the town of Leesburg, Virginia, hereby proclaim June 26th, June 2026 as LGBTQ plus Pride Month and embraced LGBTQ plus people and recognize their contributions proclaimed this day June 29th. Do I have a motion? So moved by Vice Mayor Simeno Johnson. Opposed. All right, that passes 70. I will take this down to present it to Lee. And Lee, you're gonna have to help me with your last name. Thank you for being here today and accepting this proclamation. We really appreciate it. Would you mind coming over here? So the cameras are right there. So we want to present this to you, but I um wondered if you would want to say a few words. Thank you. And I didn't do a ton of preparation. So I just I wanted to say thank you so much to all of you and for everyone here for recognizing this important month for all of us. Uh we are thrilled with all the work that Leesburg has done. Uh if the weather agrees on Thursday morning, we will be refreshing the crosswalk. If it doesn't agree, we'll plan for another day. Um so we're super excited about that view beautiful sign of visibility. Uh and Equality Loudoun this week uh announced that we will be opening a community center at the village at Leesburg. Uh thank you all so much for celebrating with us, and we will have a ribbon cutting and share all of that, and we're so thrilled to have it here in Leesburg. Well, great, thank you. You guys are busy. And I think I think I said uh I think I pronounced it wrong. Um it's equality, and I said equity. So we do it all the time. Okay. So thank you very much. Thank you for being here. And thank you for two too for the community. It's very important. Thank you. All right. Um does anybody have we have no presentation? Anybody have any regional commission reports? Um the only one I have is that um COLP met last um since we last met, and we sent a letter to the um state police asking them to consider um changing their plans to ch to close the uh loudo barracks. Um and we've uh lobbied a couple of the uh uh our representatives and we're waiting for um a result on that. Um the next item we have is our petitioner section.