This has been a collection of stickers for a while, so we just moved back to Rascal.

Good evening, everyone.

We will call to order the City of Rockford's regularly scheduled city council meeting for Monday, June 15th, 2026.

Again, this evening, we have uh we're still on a delay.

We are waiting for equipment to come back for our audio, so you're not going to hear the audio project, but it will project into our online uh viewing uh venue.

So folks watching on YouTube or through our website will be able to hear you.

Uh, but in this uh room, it will not project.

Uh with that being said, this evening we are fortunate that we have Chaplain Roy Whitmore with us to provide an invitation.

Uh, we thank you, Lord, for this day is gathering.

We thank you for our mayor, thank you for our city council, and we thank you, Lord, for this city.

While we welcome you, Lord, to be with us, Lord, with the knowledge and wisdom that we need to do the people's business, and we are so grateful to give you praise and honor in Jesus' name.

Thank God.

Amen.

Clerk, could you please call the roll?

Here.

Here.

Here.

Okay.

President.

Excellent.

We have a quorum uh for this evening.

We'll move on to item C the acceptance of our journal.

Is there a motion to approve the journal of proceedings for the city council meeting held on May 26th, 2026?

We have a motion, we have a second.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing no discussion, all those in favor say aye.

Those opposed?

Excellent.

Next, uh we have two proclamations this evening.

And whereas the term Juneteenth is derived from a blend of words using the month of June and the date of the 19th.

Juneteenth honors the end of slavery in the United States and is considered the longest running African American holiday.

Juneteenth became a federal holiday on June 17th, 2021.

And whereas, our country is made up of people from every nation who helped to create the country that we celebrate today.

And where all are declared equal, not only in freedom, but also in justice.

By celebrating Juneteenth, African Americans share the pride of their rich history and culture.

As we all celebrate our history going forward, slavery is eliminated, but our past will never be forgotten.

Now, therefore, I Thomas B.

McTemer as Mayor of the City of Rockford do hereby proclaim June 19, 2026 to be Juneteenth.

Would you like to share a few words, please?

Yes.

It made me good.

Good evening, Mayor, City Council members, and attendees.

My name is Latina Cross.

I am the chair of the Achieving Black Division Excellence or Able Employee Resource Group.

We're committed to fostering leadership, encouraging mean flux conversations, and creating spaces where all employees feel badly and empowered.

Thank you again for recognizing Juneteenth and issuing this proclamation.

Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, resilience, and progress.

It serves as an important reminder that while freedom was delayed for many, the continued pursuit of quality, opportunity, and belonging remains as a shared responsibility.

We are grateful to the city of Rockford knowledge of the significance of this day, and for supporting efforts that honored like history, culture, and contributions within our organization and throughout our community.

We encourage everyone to take the time to learn, reflect, celebrate, and continue building a stronger and more inclusive community together.

Feel free to visit the Able EIG table, the Juneteenth table downstairs at City Hall Lobby.

Nobody there for the end of the month.

Thank you.

Thank you.

She has an amazing voice.

With that, our next proclamation this evening is comprehensive community solutions, and we have a number of members of their team with us today.

You can even sneak in that door right there.

There's a great door.

Now, therefore, I have a screen matchman, as mayor of the city of Rockford do hereby recognize the 34th anniversary of comprehensive community solutions.

And just want to say uh we certainly highlighted the amazing work and mission of the organization.

Uh, but getting to know the staff uh at CCS, you guys are phenomenal.

You pour all of your heart uh and love and to every person that is a member of your program.

And just want to say sincerely thank you for the work that you do to help improve individual lives process our community.

Will would you like to share a few words?

I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Uh so 25 years ago, comprehensive community solutions gave me an opportunity in 2001 to enroll in the Youth Bill Rockford program, and that opportunity had changed my life.

Um, so stepping into the role of the CEO in 2020 was my payback to that organization for transforming my life and transforming the life of my family.

And together, um, our team has worked these past six years to bring that organization from where it was to where it is now, impacting over a hundred young people a year, and making sure that they have the tools that they need to impact the future of Rockford.

Because we understand that comprehensive community solutions is that if we want to reach the goal of being a top 25 city, it takes all of us, put it all wash and supportings for our young people so that our young people can be prepared to take on their tour in the future.

And we thank you all for all of your support and assisting us in doing so because we can do it without community.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Tomorrow, 11 o'clock.

Um, we're having a celebration for our anniversary, and everyone on our city council is uh invited to us in.

So hope to see you tomorrow.

Thank you.

Comprehensive community.

Who that's what it's aware of technically.

Thank you.

Next, we're gonna go to petitions and communications, and we'll begin with planning and development committee and alder woman Neil.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I don't know, Payne will say that.

Item one is a memorandum from Anna Garrison, economic development manager regarding the adoption of the ordinance determining the global track park south and ordinances for the South Rockford Industrial TIFF referred to planning development committee.

Item two is a memorandum from Anna Harrison, economic development manager regarding a proposed program to address vacant storefront referred to planning and development committee.

Thank you.

Next, we're going to go to code and regulation committee and older woman prunty.

Thank you.

These items will be referred to be referred to the code and regulations committee.

Item one zombie board is agenda for the meeting to be held on June 16, 2026, and the minutes from that meeting to be for consideration at the COVID regulation committee meeting on June 22nd, 2026.

Memorandum from Joshua, Joshua Sleeve, um, assistant attorney, assistant city attorney regarding the annexation of 14 epic Edison Road, 15 exit through 16 Edison Road, and a portion of eight A631 11th Street, memorandum from Gascula Burst Lews, uh Assistant City Attorney regarding the annexation agreement for 14 exit Edison Road, uh 15 ex 316 Edison Road, and a portion of 8630 or 8631 Street.

Thank you.

Next, we're going to go to Finance and Personnel Committee and Alderman Frost.

Thank you, Your Honor.

All these maths will be referred to the finance personnel committee.

Number of the member from John Winstram regarding the approval to purchase two police vehicles.

Number two is the member from Andrew Hendrix.

Permission to solicit a firm to develop a minimum of three single family design to a place for the city to take ownership of a new single family residential interval program.

Number three is our Andrea Hendrix.

Number four is a member of Old Carter regarding approval of an IG and the city and the Rockford Housing Authority Rockford Housing Authority will facilitate weatherization services.

Number five is a member of manager Hammer regarding request to authorize a member of agreement with asking both one through I think regarding financial incentives for telecommunicators.

Thank you.

Next we're going to move to our public speakers.

Again, want to remind our public speakers that the microphone on the back, uh it's back my my left, your right.

Uh is not going to project you out, but it'll allow us to make sure that you're communicated to and you your voice can be heard on our website and on our YouTube channel.

We're waiting for that equipment to come in so that we can replace all of the audio equipment here.

Uh also reminder to our public speakers.

Right now there's uh only one microphone.

Uh so if you are able, uh please use that microphone, my back left, your back right.

Uh you have three minutes to address the city council.

At the end of that three minutes, I'm going to ask that you close up your comments.

Uh our first public speaker this evening is Ken Dickens.

Yes, sir.

Good evening.

Uh I see what you're saying.

You can Yeah, uh it's awkward.

They can hear, but I I can't really hear myself.

I just want to uh greet everyone this evening in their respective places, Mayor and everyone else in their um their positions.

I want to preface everything I say because I think some people have uh some people publicly, maybe possibly even here, think I have an action grind with uh Mayor McNamara.

I don't.

They think that the things that I say at times are personal.

None of this is personal.

None of it is, it's business.

And I as the mayor, as a citizen, I just hold the mayor as well as everyone else that holds a position in here.

I just hold you accountable to assist us as the citizens of Rockford.

Now, with that being said, I was going to speak on the data centers, and I'll sign up to do that again because there's some information the city is definitely going to need to consider not doing that.

And once I give you the information, you're gonna understand why you do not want to go uh in that direction.

Um I want to say in regards to Juneteenth, that's I'm gonna switch gears and go there.

Uh many of you in this room may not know this, but I'm gonna take the time to say this because you are in this room today.

Uh we had a deficit of 3.8 million dollars.

We had a uh grant, the cannabis grant, some of you are familiar with that of 2.6 million dollars that was used towards the deficit.

So it was basically thrown in a hole.

The money was withheld for nearly two years, and I, along with others, did not know why it was not given out publicly.

Why am I saying this?

Because cities that will thrive going forward, because we are in a recession and it will take approximately 10 to 20 years to climb out of it.

Cities that will thrive in America.

Hear what I'm telling you.

Cities that will thrive in America are the cities that will be able to prop up and promote opportunities for their people.

That's literally how they're going to move forward.

People are gonna choose where they're gonna live, where they're gonna raise their children, where their kids are gonna grow up at based on the opportunities that they see available in those communities.

You can get a job pretty much anywhere.

No, it it's a matter of if it's something you want to do, that that's left for debate.

But cities are gonna be scrutinized from here on out, at least for the next 20 years, based on the opportunities available.

That cannabis grant is an opportunity for those impacted by the war on drugs.

It was not used that way for two years.

I urge the council and the mayor to never ever throw that opportunity away.

You don't know how it's gonna impact the community of Rockford as a whole.

You don't know how many businesses, how many jobs are gonna be created, how it's gonna impact the community.

You don't know who's gonna send their child here, or who's gonna make a decision to move here and and make a future here in the city.

If Rockford cannot take a very hard look at the opportunities that it has across the board for everyone, we as a city won't move forward.

It will be impossible as a city to move forward by choosing some and forgetting others.

Uh I don't know what the council's intention is uh for the cannabis grant moving forward, but please do not let that opportunity uh diminish or see it as something nonchalant.

It is the largest opportunity for the African American community in Rockford.

Thank you.

It is the largest opportunity in the city of Rockford for African Americans.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next public speaker this evening.

Our next public speaker this evening is Jim Accurson?

Oh, covers.

Very good, Mayor.

Very good.

Thank you.

Thank you for letting me speak.

I am a public affairs specialist with the Small Business Administration, Office of Disaster Recovery, and we are here to let homeowners, renters, and business owners, and some nonprofits in Winnebago and the surrounding counties who sustain damage due to the severe storms of April 17th, let them know that they can be eligible for our long-term low-interest disaster loans.

We can help businesses with physical damage up to $2 million.

We can help homeowners with up to $500,000 for damage to their physical property, homeowners and renters up to 100,000 for the contents of their homes.

These are uh loans from the U.S.

government from the Treasury.

There's no fee to apply.

There's no obligation to take the loans if they are offered, and folks have up to 21 days to accept the terms of the loans.

The deadline to apply is July 17th.

We recently had a disaster loan outreach center in Lena, which we closed last week.

Folks can still apply online.

I have information, I think I've shared it with the with the city as well, but I could leave some flyers.

Folks only need uh collateral for loans that are above $14,000 or damage for above $14,000 that the amount of money that we're going to give to them.

However, they wouldn't will not be denied if they don't have collateral.

We won't deny folks if they have a high credit score.

We look at their ability to repay, and we uh would hope that folks could uh come on in and or go online and apply.

The interest rates are four percent for businesses, 3.625 for nonprofits, and 2.875 percent for homeowners and renters.

So we typically help up to 60 per 60 percent of the loans that we write are for homeowners and renters.

The remaining 40 percent support businesses and other nonprofits.

Folks can apply at disaster loan assistance.sba.gov through July 17th, like I said, for the physical damage loans.

There is a grace period after that, but we encourage folks to come in uh to apply online before that date to get things moving uh quicker.

We were not we're not gonna duplicate any benefits from insurance or other sources, but if folks have already settled up with insurance, and again, there may not have been a lot of damage here in Rockford proper, but if anyone took any water damage or hail damage on that specific date, April 17th, they could be eligible for these loans.

Additionally, beyond the uh uh uh they have an additional two years to get up to 20 percent in documented uh physical damages uh for mitigation funds.

So if folks put in place measures to keep future water damage from coming in their house or trees, take out trees, landscaping uh option, uh landscaping activities, we can help in that regard too.

So again, we're the federal government, we're here to help.

These are taxpayer dollars that are being repurposed, and we uh would like uh folks to consider applying.

To date, we have taken um sorry about this.

Forty-four Illinois have applied for loans.

We've offered six here in Winnebago County.

Thank you.

Thirty-six in Stevenson County.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Our next public speaker this evening is Kelly Lewis.

I'm very short and my name is Kelly Lewis, and I live on Friday Road next to the site where Monarch Energy is planning to build a hyperscale data center.

I want to start by saying something I have not been able to say here before, which is thank you.

When I heard the city announce it would not allow data centers to benefit from a TIFF district, residents heard you.

I want to acknowledge that genuinely because I think credibility runs both ways.

But I also want to be honest about something.

I've spoken with many community members this past week, and not everyone is ready to call this a win, but not because they don't want to, but because trust, once broken, doesn't repair itself with one vote.

And the reason trust broke in the first place is well documented.

For almost four months, residents were told publicly that no planning had occurred regarding the data center.

The emails over the last 14 months have told a different story.

The inducement letter in May of 2025, a development agreement being negotiated by July, weekly coordinated calls between city officials, county officials, a lobbyist, and monarch CEO, a constant throughout.

That is a wound that hasn't healed, and I don't think it's fair to ask residents to simply move on from it without something more than a policy change.

So tonight I have two requests.

First, the mayor has stated that the new language especially prohibits data centers from receiving TIFF assistance.

Before that vote, I would ask that we be specific about what that language covers.

The FOIA records show over a year of coordinated inf coordination on infrastructure surrounding the site, water main easements, utility extensions, and road access along Edson Road.

Does expressly prohibiting data centers cover infrastructure and utilities that directly serve this project?

Does it cover indirect benefits to the site?

And does it apply to future amendments to this district?

If the answer to all of those is yes, I would ask that it be stated on record before a vote occurs, not summarized but specific.

If the language holds up to the scrutiny, then this council deserves full credit for it.

The second request is what I believe would actually begin to rebuild trust in this room and in this community.

Release the full FOIA records regarding the data center project and not just the ones we have been able to find with considerable time, effort, and some creativity.

Make it public, put it on the city's website so that every resident can read the same records that I've been reading.

You have shown that you can listen.

The residents who are still angry are not asking you to undo the past.

They are asking you for a chance to see it clearly and to believe based on evidence rather than reassurance that things are different now.

That's what transparency looks like.

That's what we're asking for.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

I appreciate that this is lower now.

Also, there is a handout that was given to each of the alder people.

Thank you.

The majority of the surface of the earth is covered with water, but only three percent of that water is fresh without salt.

And that tiny fraction, thirty point one percent is in underground storage, most of it in aquifers.

I thought that an aquifer was like an underground lake or river.

No.

An aquifer is made of rock.

Different kinds of rock are layered under the soil.

Some layers are a barrier to water.

The confining beds on illustration A, and some store water in cracks and crevices.

These aquifer layers resemble a sponge.

All of Rockford's drinking water comes from groundwater.

Our unconfined aquifer is rocks and gravel left after the last ice age, named the Rock Valley Aquifer.

This aquifer is about 100 feet thick.

Under the first confining bed is the Ordovician aquifer of sandstone, laid down about 450 million years ago.

Under the second confining bed is the Cambrian aquifer, even older.

Being sandwiched between impervious rock layers increases water pressure.

The large capacity wells in Winnebago County access these deep aquifers with wells up to 2,000 feet deep.

Illustration B shows what happens over time as wells tap an aquifer.

The bottom drawing shows the well tapping water only at the bottom of the aquifer, and the rock gradually drying out at higher levels.

This shows the cylinder of depression.

Recharge or replacing water in aquifers is much slower in confined aquifers, which are covered with impervious rock and can take hundreds or thousands of years.

Now look at illustration C on the back.

Water in these ancient aquifers move slowly under gravity from higher depths in Wisconsin to lower ones south of Chicago.

The city of Chicago and its near suburbs use Lake Michigan for water.

But the outer suburbs use our ancient aquifers.

Before 2019, there were 30 to 40 data centers in the Chicago area.

Today there are 210.

Thank you.

Okay.

Our next public speaker this evening is Bobby Holesworth.

Thank you.

My name is Bobby Holesworth, and I'm a founding member of the Transform Rockford Steering Committee.

Transform Rockford was created from a love for our community and its residents, as well as an acknowledgement of an inherent opportunity that we share.

We knew that Rockford could come together honestly, collaboratively, and intentionally to shape a strong future.

Transformation does not happen by accident.

It happens when people say, no, thank you.

That's not good enough to the status quo when state stakeholders believe something better is possible and collectively step forward to do the hard work that is required to make it real.

We also know that transformation is not easy.

It requires discipline, courage, and people who are willing to work together selflessly.

Each of us can take pride in the fact that this is what has occurred in Rockford.

And this is worth celebrating.

It is worth pausing to honor what has occurred here since 2013 when disappointment seemed to prevail.

Trans from Rockford created the 1834 Alliance for the purpose of acknowledging the progress now evident in our community.

Last week we announced two honors.

If you haven't done so already, I hope you will watch the two documentaries that were created for the honors, which are on our website, as I cannot, in my few words tonight, do justice to the full stories.

Here are the teasers.

The Transformers honor was awarded to the downtown transformation that has occurred over several decades.

We see it all around us, the amazing difference our downtown presents today from where we were years ago.

Just think about how strongly the heart of our community now beats.

Our venues, restaurants, shops, residential properties, our local businesses.

So many positive outcomes, wonderful places, and spaces to live, work, and play.

In our downtown documentary, we reflect on what can be harder to see, the years and sometimes decades of vision, leadership, partnership, persistence, and courage that made these outcomes possible.

The Trans Honor Transformers Honor goes to many, including all of you.

The city through its mayors, council members, and staff play a critical role in our transformation.

We would not be here today and could not have a vision of a better tomorrow without you.

The Igniter's honor was awarded to the Rockford Promise.

Again, the honor goes to many.

We honor the people at the Rockford Promise Organization and the educational partners that are making the promise a reality for our students.

We also honor the city.

Thank you, Mayor McNamara.

Thank you, Council, thank you, staff, for your support through the sustained financial investment you have made, and in your words and deeds.

Thank you, Bobby.

Thank you.

Next, we're going to move to new committee reports and we'll go to Planning and Development Committee and Alder Woman Neil.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Item two, committee recommends approval of the funding agreement designed with for youth training and mowing program to better prepare individuals for future opportunities in the amount of $25,000.

The funding sources cannabis funds.

Item three, committee recommends approval of the development agreement with court construction.

For the rehabilitation of 1322 East State Street in the amount not to exceed 100,000.

The funding sources the Jackson School TIF District.

Thank you.

Council, we have uh three items before us.

Is there any discussion on those three items?

Clerk, could you please call the roll?

No on one I am two three.

No one three.

I'm sorry.

Item one to send nine.

Thank you.

Next, we're going to go to Code and Regulation Committee and Alder Woman Prunty.

Thank you.

Committee recommends approval of plat number five of Woodfield subdivision for the property located at 5101 and 5115.

Woody branch length.

The committee recommends denial of the sale of package liquor class PKG in conjunction with the grocery store at it in a C2 limited commercial zoning district at 2614 and 2600 Kilburn Avenue.

District LLC doing business as Jasmine Pantry.

Applicants thus reversing the liquor and tobacco advisory boards recommendation of approval.

Committee recommends item number three.

Committee recommends sustaining the zoning board of appeals approval for the special use permit for a plan unit development for an RV and fifth wheel only community in R1, single family residential zoning district at 25 30, 2710, and 2720 South Main Street, Mintwest Yard Holdings LLC applicant, subject to conditions.

Committee recommends approval of the lift assistance ordinance to establish fees pursuant to state law.

Thank you.

Council, we have uh four items before us.

Is there any discussion?

Alderman Toomberg.

Thanks, Mayor.

Uh I would like to make motion on item number two to reverse that from denial to approval.

Please second.

Okay, council.

We have a motion and we have a second to really in essence change item number two from a denial to an approval, so then a yes vote will be a yes and no vote will be a no on that item.

Uh is there any discussion on that uh motion and second or that amendment?

Seeing no discussion on that, all those in favor of that, please say aye.

Those opposed?

No.

Okay.

I've had it, so it'll be changed from a denial to an approval.

Uh is there any other discussion?

Uh Alder Woman Neal, did you have your hand and then Alderman Bell?

I did.

Alderman Alderwoman Neil, and now come right to Alderman Bell.

So thank you, Honor.

Um, I didn't have the opportunity to speak up on this uh when it first came to committee, um, so I just wanted to speak on it tonight.

Um, I have had a chance to speak with uh property owner of Jasmine's pantry, um, and they are doing a significant amount of work at that property uh to improve it and to make it better for the committee in which it sits in.

Um they've been established for 25 years.

I haven't had any issues whatsoever with the property, uh, but I will say moving forward, uh, moving out of solidarity with uh the Alderman of the the West Side of Rockford who don't want to see it uh just saturated with a bunch of different living stores and tobacco stores.

Um I will be more um I won't be as um what's the phrase I'm supposed to use?

Um I'll be giving it more thought um moving forward as to what we are saying as to with these with the licenses moving forward um just so we have that clear understanding and we're standing in solidarity with each other, so I just wanted to say that.

Thank you, Alderman Bell.

Thank you.

Um Mayor I'll speak on it number three.

Uh I think even since going back to committee, right?

We've the committee laid this over um one order two times.

I think staff held it out for another week or two.

Uh this is one that is very interesting, I think, complex as well, and really understanding all of the details.

Um hearing from multiple sides of the community, whether that be colleagues, city administration, or and residents, or advocate or advocacy groups.

Um for me, uh I'd like to lay this over, but before that motion, I want to ask our city administrator, uh kind of or uh director lies.

Um can you kind of walk us through uh why you all are uh recommending this for approval?

Thank you.

Uh Mr.

That doesn't work.

A lot of years of doing that, so I apologize.

I will speak up.

You know, our staff recommended approval of a special use permit request after review of the long-range plan, the proposed plan, as well as understanding the current condition of the existing facilities, recognizing that this was an opportunity to reinvest in this property.

I know that there's been additional conversations with the applicant with a number of aldermen where even since the original application was submitted, uh, the applicant had agreed uh to additional terms and conditions to allow for additional time for transitioning of the current residents that may want to uh move out of the facility as well as other operational conditions of the overall application for so for those reasons that's why we supported.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well, do you have those terms?

Do you know what those provisions or the terms are and and what has changed maybe from committee to today?

So I I do and you know, one there was an extension of time related to the buyout that was voluntarily offered by the applicant.

Um understanding that this is a mobile home park, there's specific state statutes that provide uh occupants uh a one-year notice to make in conjunction with the one year notice.

Um the applicant is also provided as I recall up to 90 days to get an incentive to help with relocation costs for the current um residents as a voluntary basis.

Um additionally, in communications with the attorney that uh I can read them that the all recreational vehicles and fifth wheel units uh located on occupied site development shall be directly connected to public sanitary sewer system and public water system during occupancy.

No wastewater, including gray water, black water shall be discharged on site except through the approved sanitary system in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.

No waste dump stations shall be permitted on site.

All recreation and fifth wheel units located within a development shall be maintained in good repair in appearance and shall be roadworthy and commercially manufactured for residential occupancy.

Units exhibiting significant exterior deterioration, physical damage are in our permitted.

Recreation of vehicles and fifth wheel units shall remain mobile and highway capable at all times, permanent additions or site building expansions included, but not limited to rooms, dead sheds, decks, permanently fixed to the ground, car parks, separate audience, lien to structures or similar structures shall be permitted.

All units shall remain licensed title and capable of immediate removal.

No lease or occupancy agreement shall exceed 12 months in duration.

The applicant shall provide a voluntary resident transition assistance program to facilitate facilitate relocation support of existing occupants at the property transition use.

The program shall consist of a fund of 175,000 dollars to be equally distributed among the residents choosing to accept the voluntary relocation in lieu of the one-year period of occupancy, a date by which residents must elect to participate, which will be determined based upon the completion of the purchase of the property by the applicant, which I understand is in July.

The SUP PUD shall be null and void if the property is not purchased by the applicant.

And is that um incentive to move the dollar amount attached to that?

Is does that go?

So if uh if there's a single person, is it the same for single person compared to an individual who has four individuals living in their household?

That is my understanding.

Okay.

Do you believe that we have the current affordable housing stock to meet the needs of the residents as they would essentially be displaced and given an incentive to move?

You know, certainly understanding uh housing is at uh premium.

Um I believe we do have units available, uh, but price point is always a continued issue.

So no, I didn't say that.

I I can't give you an affirmative yes or a no.

So I'd be honest, I I am this has been an issue for me that I I may have not spoken loudly on around this chamber or a committee, but have had conversations with colleagues, and I I know this is not in my ward.

I would also want to give a thank you to the the alder person in the fifth ward for engaging with the residents and sharing back information uh, especially during committee time.

But for me, right now, I I'm gonna make a motion to lay this item over.

There's a motion to lay over.

Is there a second?

Second.

We have a motion and we have a second.

Will that be automatic?

I think it is, yeah.

Okay, automatically laid over.

Thank you.

Uh council, we still have uh three items before us.

Any discussion on those alder one meeks?

Thank you so much.

Um for item number four.

I I don't know if this is a question for the finance director or a question for uh the chief, but the lift assist ordinance and the fees that will come from that will this possibly um help supplement or replace the revenue that was lost with the ambulance fees back in I think 2025.

I can take a step with that.

Um so we're anticipating that this probably wouldn't reach that level uh of revenue recovery.

Um right now we have two facilities that we're looking at that would even fall in our five month period, and so where we see this starting out very slowly over the years, we would hope that anticipate that rules may change in the future where we'd be able to recoup more costs in the future, but at this time I don't think that it would uh probably compare to the ambulance revenue that we're able to and do is there an estimate of what that revenue could look like for the shop, yeah.

Based on I could definitely work those numbers and get those to you.

Um I think the the ordinance states 470 for lift assists, and right now we're looking at maybe two potential charges, yeah.

So uh over the next, but that could increase um after we get past that threshold of the seventh opportunity to provide that service, and so um I can work something up into that too for sure.

I appreciate it.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That's all any other discussion on the three items that remain before you, Alderman Beach.

Thank you, Ronor.

Just to clarify from committee, um there's no charge for the residents on the lip charge.

Is that correct?

Correct.

Okay, thank you.

Sir, other discussion on the three items that remain before you clerk.

Could you please call a roll?

I know no ones who want eye on the rest.

All right, Neil, aye.

Aye.

Each no one to either rest.

So that's aye.

Meet Bill.

No one too, I on the rest.

And number one, eleven eyes, and number two, eight guys three handles item four eleven.

Thank you.

Next, we're gonna go to finance and personnel committee and alderman frost.

Number one, the committee recommends approval of vouchers in the amount of nine million two hundred and seven thousand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty-six cents as approved of the finance personnel committee meeting held on June 8, 2026.

Number two, the committee recommends approval of an IGA with the board of notification for public for police services.

The term is from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028.

Number three, the committee recommends approval of revisions to the city of Rocket Rules and Regulations, including the addition of definition of bill list number two revised residency section, number three, addition of the cellular phone usage, number four addition to police for uses of computers, the internet, and email, and number five addition to the victims, uh, economic safety and security act, um, including police procedures, disclosures will delay, consider about domestic violence and resources and six additions of to item five, the general employment policies.

Thank you.

Council, is there any discussion on the three items before you alder woman meeks?

Thank you so much.

Um, I was just curious for item number one.

Um one of the vouchers in relation to the Kishwaki Harrison TIFF.

Um I was just curious.

Did we go into an agreement with first Midwest group, or did we go into an agreement with Sunil Purie?

Mr.

Cagnoni.

We would have we we did go into a development agreement with first Midwest group for the redevelopment of the former Rockford product site as well as the dialysis facility court.

Okay, so I just I guess I got lost because the vouchers showed Neil Careen as the like recipient versus I think I'm used to seeing first Midwest group in that why so uh carry can vote the voucher to see um you know what the circumstances like 2010, so it's it it all matches the TIF.

So Mary can pull up the voucher to see what the circumstances like 2010.

So it's it all matches the tip.

So I I knew it was for the tip.

I just got confused because I'm so used to seeing first Midwest group versus a name.

So understood.

We can find out that information.

Usually it is, you know, first Midwest group is the parent company and they usually have a number of LLCs that they operate under.

Um but we can confirm the circumstances there.

That'd be great.

I just want to make sure that was all up and up and all that kind of stuff.

So thank you so much.

Once that's all confirmed, can you just email that out to all thanks?

Other uh discussion Alderman Beach.

Thank you, good, Your Honor.

Let me speak.

Um I guess I would like to know sometime how the Rockford Department got involved in providing services to the Rockford School at District.

And if there would be any interest at all, the discussions are beginning to eliminate that in the future, so that we could take the officers into full-time service in the city of Rockford.

Thank you.

We can certainly, I don't know the history uh of when we first began.

Uh and I know Chief Sanders uh filling in for Chief Red, we can certainly get that information to you.

Well, what I need to bring forth a resolution to study that, or could we just we can just give it to you?

I I just I don't know it off the top of my head, the history of it, and I know Chief Red is not here out due to some family issues, so we'll just make sure that you get it.

Okay, thank you so much, sir.

Absolutely, thank you.

Other uh discussion on the two items before you clerk, please call the roll.

Aye, cross, tween it, aye, frontie, aye, Neil, aye, granny, aye, each, aye, subdata, aye, meet, I'm gonna be eleven asked.

Thank you.

Next, we'll go to unfinished business committee reports laid over and back to Alderman Frost.

Thank you.

The committee recommends approval of the 2025 supplemental appropriation ordinance.

Thank you.

Council, we have one item before you.

Is there any discussion on the one item?

Alder Woman Meets.

Uh yeah, I just wanted to briefly say thank you so much to Carrie.

Um, I'm sorry, Director Haggerty, for just allowing me the time to review and taking the time to kind of go through everything and how it's all made out.

I just I really do appreciate once I figured out how to how to navigate it, it it did begin to make more sense to me.

Um, and so I do very much look forward to the budget advisory team that we're forming to really get a full understanding, but um I just wanted to say thank you for allowing me the time.

So um, I look forward to approving this.

Thank you.

Excellent, thank you.

Any other discussion?

Clerk, could you please call the role?

Aye.

Two role, yeah.

Ross, aye.

Terina, aye, aye, Neil, aye, granny, aye, each, subdata, aye.

Meet I, that eleven.

Thank you.

Next, we're gonna go to officers' reports, Alderwoman Terina.

Thank you, Mayor.

I have a lot of uh officers reports this week because so many good things have been happening in our community that I want to highlight.

First, um, I want to say this last week, um I gave a lot of thank yous um specifically regarding the RV park, and I did not thank Director Parliament and Holy Spirit woke me up and like you didn't thank her, and I have to thank her because um there was a staffer that was sent from Healthy Human Services, but she also showed up herself, and I don't necessarily always expect US department heads to do that on the Saturday morning, so I really really appreciated you doing that and showing care to the residents.

Um thank you.

I wanted to make sure they're acknowledged you.

The next thing is the fifth ward does have a ward meeting coming up.

It is on Thursday, July 2nd at 530, and we're holding that at the Montague Street Library, and the address is 1238 South Winnebago Street.

Uh let's see.

The next thing is I attended my first pride parade, and I think that's probably one of my favorite events in Rockford.

But I just loved the positive loving environment that was created there.

I mean, this thing has gotten huge too.

I was I was really impressed with the growth of the event.

But I really just felt like it was it was a place for all.

And those are the types of environments that we should continue to cultivate in our community.

And I absolutely loved it.

So I just want to acknowledge the organized.

I don't even know who organized that event to be honest, but shout out to the organizers of that event because it was really, really well done.

And I was glad that I that I went for the first time.

And it will not be my last time at that event.

Another event that I have to acknowledge that's a place in the fifth ward is the South Main Mercado.

Absolutely just beautiful, beautiful, beautiful event.

Understand that I'm a person that represents a ward where people have feared to come to our side of town.

So for the main gateway into your city to be ultimately shut down for a huge festival that brings people from all over the city to just enjoy one another, get to know each other and build community and eat and drink and dance.

People were dancing in the street.

That was a beautiful, beautiful sight to see and experience.

And it made my heart very proud that it happens in our award.

Because they could have had this festival anywhere.

It could have been North May Micago.

So just huge congratulations to all of the members that volunteered for the South Maine Ricano team.

Such an excellent such an excellent job.

Iron Man was this weekend.

I volunteer.

The job that they give me is to be like concierge for people that check into the embassy suites.

So it's really fun to meet families that are looking for fun things to do in Rockford.

And I'm always excited about giving people suggestions on where they could eat and where they can go and spend their leisure time.

So phenomenal to meet these different people that are coming into our city for representing so many different countries and states.

But overwhelming conver uh overwhelming sentiment that I heard from all the people, literally every single person that I met, they all said, you guys are so nice here.

And I love that that's what that's the that's what people are leaving with when they come into our communities.

I didn't think that we're nice people.

Um so I just love the the energy of community that's cultivated in our city, and it's something that I want us to do every single day.

I want that spirit of excellence and welcoming to be something that we always have.

So phenomenal job to again, everyone that was a part of the Iron Man because I'm starting to start to get to the point now where people are saying this is my favorite event.

It's my favorite event now.

Um, and it's really a three-year contract, so we don't know if we're gonna have it forever, but hopefully uh we can have it for more years because it does it just sort of just bring out the best in Rockford, and you can really really feel that.

So I was just again blown away and so happy to be a part of it, and I think that is all that I have.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Other reports.

Thanks, Mayor.

Uh congratulations to our fire department uh for having what looks like to be a uh great recruiting class uh that was just initiated.

So that's off today.

It was a fine event on Friday that some of us were able to attend.

Um also the Iron Man great time.

Uh I was an unofficial volunteer test was there as well.

Um also next or this upcoming Saturday in the fifth ward is the Swedish Midsummer Fest at Swedish Historical Society.

Uh someone here on Council is the five time defending Swedish Pancake Eating Champ.

And I can tell you, believe it or not, it's not alderman body.

So uh if anyone cares to come out at the end.

I think that is about 11 a.m.

is that even contest and it is free.

So if anyone cares to challenge the defending champ, uh I'm sure they're welcoming.

Thank you.

I just want to add I want to add that I was personally concerned about how I was parenting my children because they were spraying down uh all the runners on Harlem Boulevard, and I was like, oh man, that seems like a lot of water.

And all the runners were loving it, and they only sprayed the people who wanted the water.

I was concerned about it though.

And then I walked down and saw what Alderman Thunberg was doing to the runners with a hose.

Uh I felt a lot better about my kids with their very small stream of water out of a squirt gun.

Uh so yeah, I can attest.

He was certainly very active in that race.

Uh Alder Woman Grant.

Um I'd like to take a following uh Alder Woman Terina about, but I would also like to stay uh thank the city staff for all the work that they did putting together for the pride uh parade.

Um having the bubbles and the windmills and other things that we're able to hand out and all the coordinated effort with that was uh really uh great, and she is correct.

It is a fantastic parade.

So anybody who would like to join us next year, it's uh fun for all.

And then also um Iron Man, I was able to hand out some water and other things at the end of the race uh yesterday, and it was again fantastic to see all the great celebrations that were being had by the families and everybody else, and so it was a great event for Rockford.

So get out there next year.

There was a lot of uh free people, so maybe you could Mr.

Alman Thunberg, you can you know figure out some of your you know painting thing and maybe do something like that for next year.

Right over thank you.

Other uh Alderman Bell.

Thank you, Mayor, and thank you to the seventh ward alder woman for reminding me uh to share this announcement.

Uh this coming uh Saturday on June 20th from 12 to 4 o'clock at Fairgrounds Park Fatherhood United will be doing their third annual uh family field day, and so we'd love to see all of you out there and join community.

Um of their information is on FatherhoodUnited.org or on Facebook.

I'll also be sharing.

That's it.

Thank you.

Alder Woman Neil.

Um I just wanted to announce.

I guess the fifth ward is really popular because uh they are also having a block party June 20th as well from 12 to 7.

It's uh it's a block party, the Vets Rock the Block is what it's called.

Uh it's hosted by the American Legion post 340 auxiliary.

So that's gonna be at 1010 South Main Street this coming Saturday.

Thank you.

Other reports, Alderman Salgado.

Yeah, just uh real quick uh inviting residents and the Love Forward.

Uh tomorrow we're having our uh meeting on the 6th and 9th Street uh two-way conversion feedback session.

Um there's been a lot of talks about the one-way being converted two-way and vice versa, or leaving it those same way.

So I'm inviting folks to come out.

It's gonna be at the BFW on 7th Street, 922, 7th Street, uh 6 o'clock.

Uh hopefully uh folks can come out and express their opinions on the matter.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Alderman Beach, then Alderman Durkey.

Thank you, honor.

It's very overwhelming to think about uh the some 30 countries from around the world that come here for their men.

Um I'm just wondering if we do anything at the city now to reach back out to those 30 countries, thanking them for their participants, and also talk a little bit about Rockford.

I mean, I just uh I just can't believe it's it's that international comes here.

And I thought maybe we could maybe figure out some way to take a take a look backwards and say to them thank you for their participants and what they made to our community, and uh that's the comments.

Thank you, Alderman Durkey.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Just uh a matter of in uh information for the council may recall I had some uh discussion in the past about firefire manning and uh some of the needs for service this past weekend.

Unfortunately, um uh station four had to shut down medic four, and station five had to shut down engine five.

So the uh anything west of Alpine was served by one medic and one uh truck, um which means that the west side uh is we're pulling staff and firefighters from the west side out to far east, which increases response times and also then reduces coverage on the west side.

I um I did uh I got a number of calls from firefighters, and in fact, uh the chief over the weekend um uh because of that.

Um I don't know.

I know the chief, I called her and and uh talked with her.

She knew I was gonna bring this up, so I don't know what that means for the future, if this is going to be uh a uh uh a routine thing or not.

But I'm glad to hear that we have firefighters uh wanting to join our department um to keep our keep our uh manning up, but um but that that's that's a rebuttal, that's a problem having uh two one medic, one truck east of Alpine on a weekend.

So thank you.

Chief uh Tyo, can you touch on that?

What took place this weekend, how often that happens, how recruiting's going.

No, absolutely.

Um, and thank you for the conversation.

Um, as you all are aware, um, over the past several years we've been preparing for a lot of retirements this summer this summer um for the volunteering um employee benefit where our firefighters have been waiting for this to mature, and so we've been anticipating a large amount of retirements in the summer of 2026.

With that, council had approved you know the addition of um 12, 12, and 12 over a three year period, and so we did increase that level of staffing.

Um January 1st of uh 2025, we were able to add engine five and the eight uh additional ambulance at station four under a pilot program with that additional staffing.

And so what we've seen um is kind of a little bit of a unique situation this summer as uh the beginning of those retirements started on June 7th with promotions and appointments taking place, and that uh creates a lot of movement, um, not just within shifts but across shifts, um, and does create um some different opportunities for us to have some disruption and how we um staff our apparatus daily.

And on that particular day, Saturday, uh we had 21 uh firefighters normally scheduled to be off and an additional 10 due to sick or long term injury or transfer days that we had due to appointments.

Uh it's definitely something that we've got an eye on.

Uh it's never a great um feeling to have to shut down a resource that's definitely provided a big impact and a positive impact to the community as Alderman Durkee stated, east side uh to the east of Alpine.

And so we know that engine five and the aging must have had a tremendous impact on how we serve the community, and so it's definitely not something we want to happen often, and um, we'll be watching as you know these retirements continue to occur in our FTE based off the 2026 budget goes back down to its original level.

Um, I say it happens often, we'll be keeping an eye on it, and we'll update you if we see that that um trend may be occurring.

Thank you.

Any other officers' reports?

Alderman Meeks.

Thank you so much.

Um I just wanted to uh once again invite everyone to the Rockford June T celebration, which is held this Friday, begins at 1 p.m.

at Cinnesippee Park.

Um, and then the celebration will continue at the Hard Rock Casino.

Um doors open at 6 p.m.

Um and the opening act sole review will take the stage at 7:30 until 8 p.m.

And the concert featuring cameo officially begins at 8 15th.

Um, but I do want to make a note that the Juneteenth festivities at the park uh will still continue on past 6 p.m.

for youth um for those not old enough to get into the hard rock casino.

So I just want to clarify that there were some I think maybe some scam tickets that might have been out into the community that listed uh awkward or different start times for Cameos.

I just wanted to clarify that the doors open at 6 p.m.

And Sol Rey U takes the stage at 7:30, and Cameo at uh around 8 p.m.

And then I also want to uh shout out the IWBC this weekend.

Um I will be singing the national anthem, but they will be having um an event at fire stadium or fire field um so that would be Saturday, June 20.

I believe it starts to noon.

Um so I just wanted to uh put that event out there into the universe as well, and that's all I have to say.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Other reports we'll just add to a couple of those.

Uh one um for Bayer Stadium.

Uh oh.

The gates will open at one o'clock.

Uh they have a host of events.

Heard they have someone doing a really wonderful rendition of the source spangled banner.

Um, but there should be a whole host of events taking place there.

Uh, there will be a baseball game uh highlighting the restoration that has been taking place at Bayer Stadium.

Uh, also, uh, as many of you mentioned, uh absolutely wonderful event, more than two thousand athletes, uh, nearly over twelve hundred volunteers, uh, and then having the opportunity to go throughout the city and to see just residents coming out of their home to support athletes and take part in uh the Iron Man was really fantastic.

Want to say sincerely thank you to uh certainly Go Rockford and their team, but also I think every single department at the city of Rockford played a significant role uh in some form or fashion, and just want to say thank you.

Uh many early mornings uh and incredibly long days, and just appreciate the fine work that uh the City of Rockford team, go Rockford, and so many other partner organizations did to pull off that international event.

So thank you.

Uh next, we will move to appointments.

They're all laid over till July 1st.

Uh so then we will move to motions uh and resolutions, and we have nothing under plan development, so we'll go to code and regulation committee and all the rollman prunty.

Thank you.

We have one item.

Committee recommends approval of the river district for the example and the city of R for string parking subcrans.

Thank you.

Uh Council, we have one item before us.

Is there any discussion on that one item?

Clerk, will you please call the roll?

I think five, uh yield, all right.

Aye.

Okay.

All right.

All right.

Thank you.

Next, we're going to go to Finance and Personnel Committee and Alderman Frost.

Number one, the committee recommends approval of awarded bid for citywide parents group number five to extend from excavation amount of 392,950.

It is through September 18th, 2026, and the funding source of property funds and casino funds.

Number two, the committee recommends approval and award of bid for CW CW excavation and a hauling package to Bedfordsback Services and the amount of $58,625.

The counteract is through August 28th, 2026.

The funding source is a CIP general fund.

Number three, the committee recommends approval water birth for the rental on traffic control devices to FCS in estimated annual amount of 400,000 dollars based on your pricing.

It's a one-year contract with four possible one-year extension options, annual price adjustment for CPI considering contract rule only.

Number four, the committee recommends approval of a rejection of a bid for the corn performing art center interior lighter repairs phase one.

Only one bid response was received.

Number five, the community recommends approval and rejection of a bid for the head start, early head start child care meals.

Um bid received did not meet the required nutrition specs.

Number six, committee recommends approval of the board of RFP uh for hot emergency solutions grant.

The funding is as follows Institute of Community Alliance, amount of $30,000 for homeless management, information systems, and administration costs, shelter care ministries and amount of $40,420 for emergency shelter operations and services and admin costs and remedies for doing a line amount of $5,000 for shelter operations.

There's a one-year contract and funding source is the HUD ESG.

Number seven, the community recommends approval extension of the contract for building code consulting services, the fire safety consultants, and the amount of 5057,000 for consulting services and 9,600 to 10,800 per month for backup code off official services six-month contract and funding source is the construction services and development budget.

Number eight, can you recommend approval of authorization or reallocation of 200,000 of partnership with RAID to reduce user costs for three events at Davis Park?

Number nine, can you recommend approval of the allocation of funding in the amount of 353,500 and 76 cents for the community healing center to provide trauma informed services to youth infected by violence in Rockford?

The funding will support operations from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

The funding sources re-allocated ARPA funds from the Excel Center and Order signage.

Number 10, the recommends approval relocation of 250,000 and previously approved cannabis recreation tax funds and allocation of additional 100,000 in 2026 cannabis recreation tax funds for poverty reduction and child and education through the Health and Human Services Department.

Number 11, the community recommends approval acceptance of a DCO low income home energy assistance program.

State Solf and Miller Grant Award amount of $4,000 three hundred and one dollars.

The grant does not require a cost match.

The grant term is for June 1, 2026.

You are August 37.

Number 12, the community recommends approval and acceptance of an IDHS family community services homeless capacity expansion pilot program in amount of 85,522 dollars.

It does not require cost match the grant terms from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.

Number 13, the committee recommends approval acceptance of a DCO weatherized nation state software grant awards in the amount of 480,759 dollars.

It does not require cost match the credit term is for June 1, 2026 for September 30, 2027.

Number 14, the committee recommends approval acceptance of a DCO weatherization health and human services grant award in the amount of 772,748 dollars.

This also does not require uh cost match and the grant terms from June 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Council, we have uh 14 items before us.

Any discussion on those items Alderman Salgado.

Uh thank you, Your Honor.

Um, just real quick on number five.

I know we talked about it on committee.

Um, this is in regards to the uh early head start child uh care meal uh plan that uh we rejected bids.

Um just wanted to see if uh director Farham could um let us know if there's an have been any changes on that.

I know they were going to say they were gonna resubmit um one of the the persons that did not bid did not wasn't aware of it and so forth.

Um, but just any impacts that this might have.

I know that sometimes we extend our contract and we go with with that individual that does that for us, but just wanted to see if there was anything else.

Director Barney.

So thank you for your question in all the uh the current vendor for our um meals at our own historic site um was not did not have any information about the process where they have been um working with us um currently and so didn't have that information, but they have agreed to continue the services on throughout the house for us to um go through our internal process again on the both of our official gate process.

So there should be no last uh in the services that we receive, and indeed they are interested in bidding again for the contracting.

So yeah, there would be no interruption to what we have.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other discussion?

Clerk, could you please call the roll?

All right, 28, all right.

All right, Neil, all right, Grand, all right.

Each address uh excellent.

Thank you.

Next, we're gonna go to planning and development committee and alder woman new.

Thank you, owner.

Item one is an ordinance approving the funding agreement with City Foundation for early bird social work development program at Auburn High School and the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars.

The funding sources cannabis funds.

Item two is an ordinance approving the funding agreement with Zion West for youth training and rolling program to better prepare individuals for future opportunities in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars.

The funding sources cannabis funds.

Item three is an ordinance approving the development agreement with court construction for the rehabilitation of 1322 State Street and the amount maximum seed 100,000 dollars.

The funding sources at Jackson School Tip District.

Thank you.

Council, we have uh three items.

Any discussion on those three items?

Could you please call the roll?

No one, I am two and three, no one three ion one and two, all right.

Neil, aye.

Grant, hi.

So thatem one, ten high supply, and two, eleven, and three.

Thank you.

Next, we're gonna go to code and regulation committee and alder woman pronty.

Okay, thank you.

Oh that was you.

Yeah, you're good.

All right.

All right, next an ordinance approving the special use permit for oh that one was laid over number two was laid over.

Is that right?

Yes, two was laid over.

Two.

Okay, thank you.

Number three, an ordinance approving the lift assistance ordinance to establish fees pursuant to state law.

Thank you.

I hope I did.

Did I make a mistake?

So item two was laid over, not item one.

I'm sorry if I misspoke to you.

And I was not supposed to say this would include conditions one through fourteen.

Yeah, so on item one.

Uh it will include it uh all fourteen conditions that have been placed on item one.

Uh so item one, you'll be approving with all fourteen conditions.

Item two, and I'm sorry to have cut you off.

Item two, we've previously laid over.

Item three is a lift assist, which is before you as it's done.

Uh is there any discussions on item one or three?

Thank you.

Uh thank you, Mayor.

On item one.

Uh you mentioned fourteen uh provisions.

Uh I believe you used.

Uh is that typical for something like this?

Conditions?

Those fourteen?

Those specific fourteen conditions.

I don't know if all fourteen are uh typical.

Uh there are any specific ones that are different.

Or these would be the the staff conditions as part of the original recommendation.

Right, and he's wondering if there's any of the fourteen that are there, if any of them are not typical.

And I couldn't answer.

No.

I can't answer the question is whether or not they're simple, but I believe that there were nine minutes previously, and then in order to go forward, there are now 14 conditions of letters that I have to item right in now or the pet.

Oh good.

They're in the package.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Of course.

Any other discussions on items one or three?

Clerk, could you please call the roll on items one and three?

Aye.

Neil, aye.

Grant, I.

No one, one, I and three.

So that's aye.

No one, one, item three.

Item number one, eight, eyes, three nose, I have three, eleven.

Thank you.

Next, we're gonna go to Finance and Personnel Committee and Alderman Frost.

Number one is the ordinance approving the IGU for the Board of Education and the City for Police Services.

It's a one-year term.

Number two is an ordinance approving the revisions to the city rules and regulations as previously stated.

And number three is an ordinance approving the twenty twenty-five salt metal appropriation orders.

Council, you have three items before you.

Is there any discussion on those three items?

Clerk, could you please call the roll?

I Ross, Brian, I Neil, I Sogar.

Aye.

Next, I will go to Alderman Frost.

I believe you may have something for us this evening.

Yeah, yes.

Um I would make the motion to convene in the closed session to discuss pending of the commission matters.

We have a motion.