For May 2026, that's all we thank you.

General fund revenue is continuing to perform as we have seen throughout the year so far.

Right now, after three payment sales tax is about four percent under budget or about three hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars.

Uh the the area of concern is replacement tax or PPRT, uh, which we know was a significant shortfall in 2025, is currently about 26% under budget or 1.9 million dollars.

Um again, we'll continue to monitor that.

We're about halfway through the year, and um also anticipate receiving projections for next year's PPRT receipts from the state um in August.

Um overall, our general fund revenue is about two percent under budget or one point approximately one point five million dollars on the expense side.

Um, all of our uh operating departments are under budget, uh except for the fire department.

We're a total of three point nine million dollars under budget in total in the general fund year to date.

Uh we anticipate um certainly catching up as capital expenses are um continue to get incurred, and um seasonal weather related uh expenses are uh experienced later in the year.

In the CAP fund, uh CAP sales tax is performing very well, 795,000 dollars over budget or about 14 percent year to date after three disbursements, uh motor fuel taxes right about on budget, and the redevelopment fund is uh is pretty much on budget, about thirty thousand dollars over uh the projection on revenue year to date.

I'm happy to answer any specific questions anyone has.

Thank you.

Any questions?

All of each.

Then are you saying that uh we have no deficit through May?

Uh yes, through through May, uh while we have revenue under performance, we also have expense underperformance.

So we're we are um we are under budget year to date in total.

There's no deficit year to date yet.

By just a million five.

Uh uh, we're a million a million five under budget on revenue, but three point nine uh also underspent year to date.

Okay.

Thank you, sir.

Sure.

That makes three weeks.

Oh, thank you so much for allowing me to speak on your committee.

Um I'm just curious for um funds such as the like capital lease fund and the capital improvement fund for the building fund.

Where do we see those balances in this information?

We don't provide monthly reports on all of the city's operating funds.

There are several.

Um this uh report uh we wouldn't have the capacity to provide that level of analysis on a monthly basis.

Certainly, if anyone has questions about a specific funds performance, we'd be happy to answer those questions directly.

Um we you know we monitor from a budget perspective throughout the year, but actually compiling it into a report to provide to city council, we just don't have the staff time to include every single fund that the city um that the city operates.

Um that said though, if you have questions at any point on the status of those funds, you know, obviously we report on revenue performance for the CAP funds, understanding that if revenue underperforms, we may need to to rethink our capital uh projects for the year.

So we want to keep an eye on those and make sure that those are at least performing at budget level, so we don't need to make any revisions in the the program, the capital improvement program for the year.

Um but other than that, we don't we just don't have the resources to be able to provide a comprehensive monthly year-to-date report.

Okay.

Well then if I could I get specific then to ask for whenever you get a chance to send to me the capital lease fund, the capital improvement fund, the building fund and the building maintenance fund.

Okay, those are the top four, and then I just kind of want to get a kind of understanding because I know that we're in the middle of the year, so certain things just haven't gone through yet.

Some things just haven't hit yet.

So when I see professional legal, you know, uh just certain line items that have not been utilized, and they're similar line items when I see the supplemental budget, they're um they're not being fully utilized right, and then they are switched out at the end when we do the supplemental uh appropriation.

Yeah, sure.

And then we come back to current information, and they're still underutilized.

So those are the questions that I have.

Like are they continuously underutilized?

Are we saying that we need this amount and budgeting for this amount every year because we might have something come up so we plan for that?

I just kind of want to understand certain line items specifically.

So I'll start with those ones that I okay.

I just you said capital lease fund, capital improvement fund, and building maintenance fund.

Building there's I believe there's a difference between a building fund and a building maintenance fund.

No, we have we have no, we just have one, we call it property maintenance fund.

We have the the building section of the community development department, but that's included in this report because that's operates out of the general fund.

We have the the property fund as we we generally call it um is an internal service fund, and we can report on that.

Okay.

And then do you happen to have staffing levels right now?

That information?

Are there departments that are not hitting their staffing levels, which is why some of these wages are sitting at that 30% of the remote?

Oh, sure.

We can work with HR to get that information compiled.

But just off the top, do you know what I'm saying?

Oh, no, I do not off the top of my head, no.

All right, perfect.

Thank you.

Camille, thank you.

I'm sorry.

I can't read.

That worked hard, but I've limited that.

So uh my question is are there any revenue sources that are currently underperforming that we are anticipating that might help out in the second half of the year where we know we are going to see sort of this deficit hit?

Have you guys identified any of those?

Um well we there are, you know, as as you might imagine, something like um building permits, things like that tend to be a little bit more um seasonal, right?

We're not doing a lot of building permits in January necessarily.

So we do adjust for um seasonal variants in um our major revenue sources, things like sales tax.

Obviously, there's a lot of variation month to month, with November, December being the the most the the heaviest receipts because of the holiday shopping season.

So those um those seasonal adjustments are incorporated into the projection here um already as far as um other revenue sources that might um have a more significant impact in the second half of the year.

Um I can't just looking at at there are sort of broad categories.

I don't necessarily see anything sort of specifically sitting out there, but I think also keep in mind that well this is through this is receipts through May.

Um we may have incurred expenses in May for which we anticipate some reimbursement happening in June, July, and so we're we're we can tend to at times be a month behind and revenue collection for for some revenue sources.

So while we're showing under budget a little bit in a few of our um major revenue or our other revenue categories here for the general fund, it's also possible that those can catch up as we collect and collect some things into even sort of January for December receipts, things like that.

Okay.

Thank you.

Yep.

Uh all the quantity.

Um I think I have a question on an uh uh item are this is on the budget report for city council.

It says that we had expenditures in the amount of that we were uh in the rate of 100%.

Can you tell us what we needed?

Uh um I don't know what that expense is off the top of my head, but I can look that up and share that with you.

Okay, too bird.

Thanks, Chairman.

Uh with the amount of what I feel like I have neighborhood standards on speed dial uh many times uh I'm surprised to see that our fines are under budget, kind of seems like just the amount of times I call we could equibate that.

With the amount of what I feel like I have neighborhood standards on speed dial many times, I'm surprised to see that our fines are under budget, and it seems like just the amount of times I call, we could equibate that.

We could bring that up to about zero.

So my I guess where I'm going on this is that we have been advised that the neighborhood standards department is going to be going through some uh upgrades and revamping per se.

Uh wondering what the status is on this.

Um I applaud those that are in that department in the sense we as aldermen probably work them to the bone, but also we have constituents that do go online and use the online portal uh where it goes directly to them uh circumventing us.

So they are worked quite a bit on these issues of dilapidated houses and uh many times mostly out-of-town landlords who are letting their houses uh go by the wayside and um you know were contacted by the neighbors quite frequently.

So is this process whether it's bringing on more inspectors or making the process more efficient?

In addition, I do get quite frequently asking for follow-up uh so we don't generally have access to that information unless we make a call again.

Um and also I know I brought up a while back the rental registry, um, and we don't have access to that as aldermen.

Many times I will get asked if a property is on the rental registry again, another call has to be made.

It seems like an inefficient process for us aldermen.

Uh could we have access to that, or is there something legally binding that we are not allowed to have access to that?

Thank you.

And we're still in financial discussions?

Kinda.

I know it's Alderman Kubrick's birthday today, so uh I'll let them get away with this.

But I think we're still who wants to answer that Slay?

Yeah, I'll say just quickly, I guess, um, to answer the an update on the process with um that department is um we're we're aiming to be back in two weeks at the 27th.

So um we will have um an award of RFP for the software and and in bringing that to you, we'll talk about efficiencies versus alignment and what we're doing with the positions.

I can tell you the positions that needed to be talked about with the union first before we publicly came out and talked to you all.

We have done that step.

Um, and so we just have a couple things to finalize there, but we're aiming the 27th to give you that update.

Uh rental registry.

Rental registry.

I'm not sure about what we can give access to.

I will work with legal to understand.

We have before though, um it's it's an awkward system to try and give you like a printout of or that.

So if maybe we could have a conversation about what you need it for, like what you're trying to do, maybe we can arrange a way for you to see that information and get that better.

Thank you.

All right.

Moving on to committee reports.

Uh item one is approval of vouching the amount of 18 million two hundred and ninety-three thousand six hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty-three cents.

The motion to approve vouchers.

So move.

Is that okay?

Any questions or comments on vouchers?

Seeing the all favor and keep aye aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Better passes.

Item two is approval of a request to use up to 200,000 of casino funds to assist in qualified relocation funds.

So motion to approve.

So moved.

Okay.

Any questions, comments, or staff?

Yeah, discussion.

Alderman Grande.

Um, has there been discussion with the residents and with the document that was shared in this in the memo?

Was has that been shared with residents that are there?

Does anybody know?

I I'm not sure, but when you say the residue, you mean the people that are impacted at the at the at the RB park.

Okay.

Whatever we're calling.

Oh, please say so.

So nobody's talked as at all.

So hold on, hold on a second.

Um this part of the address this issue.

Thank you for your question, um Alderman Green.

Um, so in conversation with the council members around the development of the policy that would accompany this fund, um, we talked about the needs of the greater community.

So this is not just established solely for the residents of Riverview, but rather in response to um what's happening in our community.

So again, as the as the memo stated, it's in response to situations where we have multiple households that are simultaneously forced to relocate in our city as a result of a situation that is beyond their control.

Go on.

So the process is something that we've I read that through that Kelvin Human Services is going to be working with residents, I don't know what to call the people that are impacted by the um RV process.

So has there been discussion on if these are this memo meets the needs of those that I mean I know we I know it's a broader program, but it was specifically brought forward for a specific specific issue.

Has there been discussion in regards to is this going to meet the needs or is there is this going to meet the needs of the current situation that we are in?

So when Alderman Torina hosted a meeting with the residents at the fire department, I was there to hear uh their needs when they spoke about what they were facing and what the problems were there.

And so um the requirements with that pertain to eligibility mirror the requirements of our other programs for relocation.

So it mirrors the condemnation relocation funds that we administer for Rockford Township, and it also uh uh mirrors the requirements to uh use emergency assistance through the community services block grant and even through some of our HUD funds that may help with relocation.

So these requirements mirror those.

So in the event that say a resident was looking to relocate somewhere outside of the city of Rockford, or they may have some other circumstance that would that they would need to be eligible for a different program, these requirements mirror those.

So essentially they would be able to go through one intake and then we could assess what the needs are and what all the resources were that were available in order to help that that resident.

Yes.

So when you say mirrored, a lot of those are based off of income.

And so there might be so for instance, some of those programs you have to be two times the federal federal rates or whatever it happens to be.

So when you say mirror, does that mean that we're that we are mandated to do those mirroring?

Meaning are if somebody has an income that is two dollars above the federal mean or whatever the number that we're using.

I know in the federal government system that they would be not yet eligible.

But in our system, when you say mirror, are we stuck to those rules, or is this something that can be done on a case-by-case-based situation?

So this fund is not subject to those same rules.

Um the utilization of other supplemental funds would be that came from those sources.

However, again, the wording um in the memo that you read was that essentially our department serves low to moderate income folks.

If council decides to shift that threshold, um that is that is your pleasure to do so.

I I would just state that my concern is is that we have this brought forward for a specific entity, and that mirroring is okay, and I understand and appreciate that process, but that we have an opportunity to help people to not always maybe get stuck in those rules, and maybe to be able to work through this process and get input from the residents that are being impacted by this, I think is um part of the reason why I will be supporting it, but I just want to make sure that it's going to help the people that we specifically brought forward to help.

So that's the only thing I would like to add.

All of it.

Thank you so much.

Um I just want to get some clarity too, because I thought I would heard that this fund was not specific to this particular incident, but specific to the relocation funds throughout the community.

So for instance, I think the Windsor apartments look um that would be a similar situation where those individuals were required to be relocated because of condemnation, and they could, if they meet the requirements, be eligible for this fund.

But this is not specific to this RMR and that issues, but it is just an overall general proposal for the entire city of Concord.

Is that correct?

Yeah, I mean I think going forward from this I think when I came up with this motion to amend offer this, it I was thinking strictly for these folks.

And then when I met with staff and specifically the the Windsor was brought up, and I forget how many of the 11 at the time.

So if the situation like that was to happen in the future, where someone, you know, because of either condemnation or situations like this happened again, that there they would be eligible to be reimbursed for for you know some re some relocation expenses that fit within the parameters that I think I think Ms.

Parham addressed that so they would not it doesn't have to be the fixed in stone with the 200% federal rule, so it allows staff to work with them and see you know what what can be done to help you know a specific situation.

So I think that's addressed actually in the in the memo and what we've created.

Um but yes, it would help others as well.

And one last question.

Would this be a revolving fund then, or would we have to um I guess what I'm saying is is this an annual 200,000 that we're contributing to this?

I don't think the way it's worth it that it's that it's annual, I don't believe that's I just wrote for what we discussed.

That's that is up to you all as a council.

It could be brought up again, I think in the future if the need arises.

If it works, thank you so much.

Alderman Chamber, Chairman.

Uh when this was proposed, I was more under the impression as well that uh this kind of situation is unique in that with the ownership of these, they they own the physical, in this case, mobile home, but they don't own the land underneath it.

Uh so it is kind of a unique situation, whereas I think when we went and I wasn't in those discussions with a Windsor, uh not saying I'm opposed to it, I just think there are there are two different situations where uh these property owners that are being displaced uh is due to one situation in the Windsor in that matter.

Uh that was due to a uh a landlord that was flagrantly, you know, just not doing what a property owner should be doing.

Um and so you know, again, I I don't I haven't gotten into the increase the intricacies of the legalities of something like this, uh but I would say that when there's grounds to go after a uh a slum lord, which is in this case with the Windsor, uh you're we have much more grounds to stand on, you know, or the or the individuals who are living at in this case the Windsor versus the property along the river is just a is a whole different whole different situation where we are what is happening is the displacement of individuals who actually own property, not land property, but the their uh their dwelling, I should say.

I I guess the intent and consequence would be the same though, right?

I mean, if someone is displaced from their ability to live where they're living through through you know no fault of their own or through a consequence, whether it be some unusual loophole like manufactured homes and the statutes that govern that and the 12-month rule versus someone that has a landlord that's you know nefarious.

I mean uh yes, but as far as what's what's available to them, I think that's the point.

Either way, uh hopefully the city and health and human services has some sort of program, whether it be a federal program or whether this one where the city is able to in this case help out those folks with you know with uh an amount for relocation services.

Right.

I would love to see us as a city be able to uh recoup some of those funds from some of those slum lords uh who are causing the issue to displace their residents in the first in the first place.

So thank you.

All right, seeing no further questions, all those in favor and gave it aye.

Aye, opposed, mayor passes.

Item three is for post-sale city owned property 218 South Independence Avenue under the mode to own program to the participant, Christy Williams.

So vote.

Um any questions or comments or staff?

All those in favor indicate by aye opposed, matter passes.

Item four we're gonna hold out.

Under resolutions, number one is an approval of plan of acquisition of 4100 East State Street by the Rockford Board of Library Trustees.

Is there a motion to approve?

So is there a motion to improve?

So any questions or comments?

All of the beach.

And so I'm disordered about this.

That the library wants it, so I understand they have need for storage, but I probably won't support it because we don't have a chance to fill it in with a tax paying business, and we need property taxes to run the city.

So I probably will not be supported, even though I I hope they can find some other place to put where else.

The funding sources are various grants.

Second.

Any questions or comments for staff?

Seeing none all is a favorite Nikki Bye.

Aye.

Opposed?

Matter passes.

Item five is a uh renewal of the contract for the neighborly software to venovate in the amount of 29,672.

The contract durations from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.

The funding sources are the CDBG, the IHDA grants, and the community and economic development operating budget.

Is there motion to approve?

So any questions or comments for staff?

Seeing none of all those in favor to keep aye.

Aye.

Vote.

Mayor passive.

Yes.

Of course.

Under community reports, I may.

Which items allow.

Item four was held off.

Number four is an award of bid for 2026 citywide pavement marking to precision improvement markings in the amount of 85, 211.70 cents.

The contract ration is through October 2nd, 2026.

Funding sources, the motor fuel tax funds.

So motion to approve.

Second.

Any questions or comments for staff?

Seeing none, all is in favor indicated by aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Matter passes.

Item five is award bid for citywide street repairs group number six, the sensor of excavation.

The amount of four hundred and thirty-four thousand sixty dollars and fifty cents.

The contract creation is through October 2nd, 2026.

The funding source is the 1% infrastructure sales tax and the parking fund.

So motion to approve.

So moved.

Any questions, comments or staff?

Seeing none, all is in favor indicate by aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Matter passes.

Item six is an award of joint purchasing contract for command vehicle updating to McQueen equipment.

Any amount of $90,671.36 cents.

This is a one-time purchase.

The funding sources of capital lease funds and the fire department capital budget.

Is there a motion to approve?

So moved.

Any questions or comments for staff?

Seeing none, all is in favor indicated by aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

Matter passes.

Item seven is approval and acceptance of Illinois Attorney General's Office of Violent Crime Victim Assistance Grant Award in the amount of $63,505.

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

It will be used to fund continued support for a full-time frontline crisis navigator.

So motion to approve.

So moved.

Second.

Any questions or comments for staff?

Seeing none, all is a favorite indicate by aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Matter passes.

Item eight is approval and acceptance.

Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women.

Grant to improve the criminal justice response program award.

Fiscal year 2025, amount of $500,000.

The grant does not require a cost match.

The grant term is from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2029.

It will be used to fund one full-time family peace center, legal advocate, and one part-time case manager.

Sir motion approved.

So moved.

Any questions or comments for staff?

Oliver Prunty.

Thank you.

Is this additional staff or is this for a position that already exists?

For additional staff in partnership with the state attorney's office, it will be a new staff position that is designed to fill in the gaps in our gap document around having an advocate with somebody in the AR seeking a criminal order of protection all the way through that process from the emergency point all the way to the funding, and there currently isn't an FC person that does that.

Can you describe what you mean by having some?

Can you elaborate on what you mean by having someone with money?

It means helping them fill out the actual application for an order protection, attend court with them no matter how many times they have to go back and provide navigation services and support between the emergency order protection and then the plenary is what it's called, which means the permanent.

When we see a lack of contact with an advocate in that space, we often see survivors who don't continue to feel safe engaging with the system or don't feel the support.

And so that's the purpose of that, and that's what they'll be doing.

When you say attend with the I hope I get I'm repeating you correctly.

That's not actually you mean physically, not virtually.

We do not have advocates yet going to criminal court.

When we're talking about the civil side of things, when it's a civil order protection and it's not attached to a criminal OP, sometimes those are virtual, that's up to the judge.

Um and so it will depend.

But if it is virtual, we would still appear with them virtually, we'd sit next to them or sign on if they feel safer doing it from their house and not coming into the peace center.

But if they go to court, then we would physically accompany them to court, either having them meet us at the family peace center and going over with them or meeting them someplace else and then going into court with them.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chairman, uh, how many people now are actually employed from the family v center?

Yeah, I'm going down my hallway.

Um I believe eleven or twelve.

Is that full and part-time?

Those are all full-time.

This would be the first part-time position that we funded.

Okay.

All right, thanks.

All the beach.

Mr.

Chairman.

Uh, is the legal advocate a lawyer?

No.

No.

That's the term that's used to any advocate that does primarily court work, specifically completes order, helps the survivor complete an order of protection.

So in the field, so to speak, in the in the community, when we're talking about a legal advocate, we're talking about somebody in our circle that's actually doing the order of protection work with somebody.

Can you share the salary range for that position?

Um I could, but I cannot recall it off the top of my head.

So I'm happy to email that to you, Alderman.

It's generally between 45 and 55,000.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair.

Um, just real quick, Jennifer.

Um, this is a grant, correct?

Yes.

And so it's a three-year correct yes.

Um, half a mil.

Um so the question that I have is what happens once this contract or this grant is no longer available.

What are your intentions for that?

Um, obviously, I've talked to you about some other grants like this that you know, and trying to decide what's the best use efficiency and to uh connect someone with the caseworker, whatever the case may be through your office that has showed an exemplary success.

So my question is some of the folks might be asking the same question is you know, the legacy cost that might continue to grow um as we move forward if this grant gets lapsed and then it comes to us and says, Hey, I need you to fund another half a million or whatever it is for the next three years.

So can you walk us through and how that determination is and and from that perspective?

Sure.

Anytime we apply for a grant, we're doing that in direct correlation with one of the gaps that our community has identified, and that is our strategic plan in the office.

And so when we are at when we have a grant funded project, um we are data driven around it, and so we are gonna look on a case-by-case analysis, what the data tells us throughout, and at the end of that grant.

Um, if at the end of this grant, um we believe that it is imperative that these employees and these positions remain funded, we will certainly first and foremost reapply for that funding.

Um and we've received the ICJR grant before, actually, um, and so that would be the first step.

The second step, if we didn't get it, and we still believed we needed to have it.

This grant in particular is in conjunction with the Winnebago County State's Attorney's Office, so we would collaborate and determine what the next best step would be to seek funding, whether that would be from any particular agency or an additional grant source.

This doesn't need to be the only grant that could fund these.

We've met those objectives on those grants.

We're not seeking renewal.

Whenever we hire somebody for these positions, there is a clear statement in the application.

I'm sorry, human resources helps us make sure that those that language is in there, and in every single interview, we tell everybody that comes on.

These are temporary positions.

But the fact of the matter is these are the only way we can fund these projects.

We must seek grants.

There is not enough funding in local budgets to hire the personnel in a sustained and ongoing way.

So if we don't seek grants, we will not be able to do the work.

And so I don't foresee that grants will go away for us.

But that is the process.

We will do a case-by-case situation and let the data tell us what to do next.

Yes.

If I may a follow-up to that point, is there a breakdown from your perspective?

It doesn't have to be now, but uh between how many existing grants are available and how much the city per se to the Family Peace Center is contributing for that personnel.

And you know, obviously you guys do fundraising, I believe, that's part of that.

So is there a mix that you can provide, you know, city council from that perspective just to kind of get a sense and idea of like what those numbers are because I know you know the biggest thing is like you know, legacy costs, right?

If we hire individuals in here, you know, those grants, you know, go away.

It's how do we cover those if those are truly important items that we need to continue to have, right?

And how do we address the gap, right?

And that's to your point, you're going out there, you're researching, you're getting all these trying to get all these grants.

So just specifically, you know, if we can, it doesn't have to be now, or just you know, if you could provide that information, I think that would uh be uh sufficient for us.

Sure.

And you're asking very specifically for a breakdown of how many positions are grant funded versus city funded.

Sure.

I can I can tell you off the top of my head, five positions are city funded, the rest of those are grant funded.

Um but that's out of the 11 or 12.

Yep.

Yeah.

All right, just to give a sense and idea, because yeah, you know, from my perspective, we've had this conversation worked in the non-for-profit world.

I understand that grants they dry up, and unfortunately, you know, you have to make a decision, you know, where are we gonna get the gap funding, or you know, we might have to let these folks go, unfortunately, right?

Yes.

So that's that's the nature of our work here.

Yes.

I would also point out that it's not just an option of um of seeking additional funding for personnel.

If there's a project that isn't ours to have the legacy project for, Camp Hope, for instance.

We started in this city council started by providing funding for our initial um Camp Hope effort with Annie Hobson.

Uh we were able to launch that program, get it to where we had some solid data around it, and then we worked with the YMCA to take that, and now Camp Hope is not a city program, it's a program with the YMC that is done in conjunction with the Rockford Family Pea Center.

So there are a number of creative solutions that we will work through to try to get other agencies to take things in the event that they are useful and productive and helping support our community, but that it's something the city doesn't do or have to do.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Um, thank you so much for all that you do.

I appreciate it.

I'm just curious, um, with all the efforts that we have put in uh surrounding the domestic violence and community violence.

How much have we been able to decrease domestic violence in our own?

Yeah.

Um I think that what we are seeing is an overall reduction in community violence that's coming from our efforts around prevention.

Um we talk about that last lagging indicator of domestic violence, I have to include my partners at the Rockford City Police Department for a conversation around that because that number around the rated domestic violence is one number, and it is the very last lagging indicator that we are ever going to look at to say, okay, that we finally got that number down as well.

And it is the very last lagging indicator that we are ever going to look at to say, okay, that we finally got that number down as well.

So I really transparently don't look at that last number.

What we are looking at is how many survivors are getting connected to services, how many survivors are staying engaged with services.

One of the things that I'm very interested in understanding and working with our new superintendent around is how can we get supports inside of our schools so that we can, as very soon as possible when our children start to exhibit signs of trauma, work to deploy strategies within the school buildings to mitigate that trauma so that the violence doesn't escalate and we end up having one of our kids become a permanent resident in the criminal justice system.

So those leading indicators around how many of our youth are getting connected to services, what's the reduction in our juvenile violent arrests?

Those are the numbers that we're looking at, Alder Woman, to really make sure that we are going in the right direction.

Um I'm happy to pull together some of that data from the Rockford City Police Department.

I can talk to our friends and the juvenile probation department too around their numbers around that.

But to that point, um we have started I'm gonna amend that statement.

We have an ongoing discussion with the criminal justice coordinated council that's been going on for a little over a year around the recidivism data to try to start to try to measure.

If we are sending somebody, if we are finding somebody guilty of a crime related to domestic violence and sending them to something right now, it's called PAPEP.

It's a um I cannot remember what it calls for, but it is somewhere where we send adult defenders of domestic violence, um, and then at the end of that they're released from supervision in the court.

One of the things I'm interested in is are the people that were putting through PAPE re-offending?

What's the recidivism?

Right now we don't know.

Um, and so to some extent, transparently, some of the data that need we need to know that we're going in the right direction is not yet being collected.

Um we are still behind the eight ball in trying to collect data when it comes to a broad system response around this issue.

Um, but we have to look at what the schools are doing, what the hospitals are doing, what the criminal justice system is doing, and what the family law court system is doing because all of those layers have a role that contribute directly to the prevention or contribution and sustainment of this violence in our community.

Um and so we are looking at data points across all of those.

And I know that's a really complex answer, and I'm not trying to give you a complex answer.

It's just a really complex problem that has multiple layers in every single layer.

Um, and so we're looking at all kinds of data.

Region One Planning Council is who we work really closely with around this.

They actually contract with us, they don't just work closely with us, we contract with them.

Um and we meet with them monthly to try to get our hands and arms around this data and use it to determine whether or not we're going in the right direction.

We meet with Rockford Police Department, um, we'll be with the fire department, I believe, next week as well, um, because we're really trying to show every agency's data to determine whether or not it's going in the right direction.

Order of protection service.

We're working with the county on that.

If somebody's going to get an order of protection, how long is it taking for that order of protection to be served?

Because there's a time space in between there when that perpetrator can continue to re-offend and escalate the violence.

So getting those OPs served as soon as possible is something that we have pushed on.

Um the criminal justice system.

Are we charging more people with strangulation?

If somebody is being strangled, you all have heard me say ad nauseum in this in this room, they are 750% percent more likely to die.

Are we seeing an increase of arrest with strangulation now that we've got the strangulation supplement out there?

And then are we seeing a conviction rate increase?

And when we worked with the state's attorney's office on that, we've gotten things in place now through the leadership of of State's attorney Hanley and his team there, where we are seeing an increase in prosecutions and convictions for strangulation cases.

And so it's all of those data points and more that we are looking at to try to determine that we are going in the right direction ultimately for the health and safety of the community.

And do you have an idea of how long it'll be to start to get those data points?

I think that's very important data to gather to understand the measurements.

I'll have a better idea once I can have a start to have an understanding of the super the new superintendent's vision.

Um that is a huge part of this.

What are we doing to get to our children and how early we're starting to get to our kids?

Um and so I don't know what the new superintendent's vision is.

I don't believe in that that is not we just have not had an opportunity to connect yet.

He's he's here and he's trying to run a huge district.

Um but one of the things that I want to understand is is the vision on allowing the community supports into the schools to try to get to our children.

How many of them are ready to start ninth grade?

Because if they are not by universal data standards, not data standards that we're measuring it internally and measuring ourselves on, but statewide data standards, then we are setting our kids up for failure.

And for um, I worry a future future fast track into the criminal justice system.

And so I can't answer that question conclusively for you because I'm not in control of all of the places that we need to get our act together and walk and step with one another.

So just be on the question.

Yeah, thank you.

It's not a question, I'll just say.

But it looks okay right now.

Thank you.

Thank you.

No, you're good.

All right.

Uh all those in favor of approving the grant indicate by I.

Aye.

Before we end, uh I have a motion to uh adjourn in the closed session to discuss pending or threaten litigation matters.

So move chair.

And labor negotiation.

I'll say and labor negotiation that's well.

All those in favor.

Aye.

Aye.

We will reconvene.

If anyone's looking for you, I can explain where you are.

Yes.

Yes.

Um circulated work.

Um late for here today.

So we let it say you know what she's doing.

Yeah, we've got to get a further.

And then we can read that.

I can next one.

So why it just wasn't covered?

Oh, they're going to say last week.

So it's a function out of the stuff.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I don't know how to do there that summer, like right after.

So much fun job is a little bit more.

Well, yeah, just have something like C or white.

So I have to go to the colour.

Oh, that's not true.

Yeah, yeah.

I wonder about the side.

Yeah, let's be all for that.

I don't know if it's like a documentary.

Yeah, we just forgot to think more than a few.

No, I'm just not trying to do that.

Yeah, sorry.

Yeah, we I can't do it.

We could put like six minutes, like they six in one.

Stop the other night and bring out the shit as well.

Yeah.

So I do uh working for here and all these other things.

Yeah, I would work out.

There's like a round class really happy.

It worked out.

Just like we didn't confirm.

Okay.

Yeah.

Oh yeah.

I think we can have some time.

Okay.

So there's anything else.

Yeah.

So we got it.

So I can't do that.

Oh, locking the door stairs.

Try to not let people.

Sorry, we're talking the door downstairs and trying to not let these people come back and um I mean I don't know if there's right now, but we'll come back and obviously there's still council meetings happening right now if they just like them so I don't have to link the happy.

Um I apologize.

I think I think I think he's he's probably offered.

So that's why I mean I don't know why you do that.

Oh yeah.

I would always say that.

I don't know, like uh we ever find out if there's a recording or some sort of transcript or something for the public hearing about the tip district.

I know there's no transcripts.

So they first we're audio.

There's no audio app in there.

Yeah, so I wouldn't want to see.

Yeah, I mean, like I would I like I don't know how it was.

Like I submitted a FOIA and got back that there was nothing.

But it's uncomfortable.

Yeah, I mean there's no audio network.

It doesn't show up anywhere in like the the it doesn't even show up as a like planning development committee meeting because it wasn't, it was just like I think we can have a public hearing.

Oh yeah, no, yeah.

There's no recording of it.

I don't think it's on the report.

Well the second hearing on the list.

We only record City Council meetings and then um community relations and like obviously.

That's all that we've ever recorded, except for CRC because maybe I think probably five years, seven years something like that.

Yeah, and I'm I'm a big fan of how I'm a I'm a big fan of as many paychecks as possible.

Like that helps me when I have to go back and try to like piece together stuff that's stuff that happened.

I feel like we use it.

How do I how do I who do I talk to try to get public hearings, at least a record of public hearings in the future?

Because like that's that's an uncomfortable.

Is that what you're asking?

Yeah, or some sort of record of what people see because like right now.

That doesn't mean to be that's not part of the public hearing requirements.

I mean, it's we're not like um request that but it's not a required speech.

Gotcha, I mean gotcha.

It's an uncomfortable like you know cheese.

Yeah, I have a public hearing where only the chairman shows up as a really uncomfortable kind of feel like ourselves.

That is how it's done.

The way that it was done in connection.

That's not a simple practice.

Oh yeah, uh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Um, vacation.

But we're going to change the words.

Um break school, so we've got a summer break.

Yeah, indeed.

Or it's a whole lot of training.

Yeah, we're going to have to say part of your infrastructure.

She might probably should be supposed to be.

Well, and that's twenty three.

What about the big house with more people?

So just like higher.

Shut up, shut up, fix this well.

And then shut the water.

Yes, it's not four.

So I mean, research standard.

Yeah, uh so that's issue to use.

Oh, it's like virtual item, two areas.

And like sort of last week, we start on that because we started by some.

But when you get that, yeah, I can't tell me last time I didn't really can't remember.

I mean, it's a very small five years.

I really have to do that.

And she said that's just the whole question.

Um nationalities just like what's up.

So we'll call that.

So what if that's the code?

Oh, one of my friends.

It's literally I see that's fine.

Right.

Right.

But personal code to be a chance.

Yeah.

I mean, we're sitting in the top share.

Um, I need you.

I can pronounce it anyway.

So they're actually calling it.

I don't know if you know, but this is mother's name on your change by the same.

I can legally change my first name.

No, I'm here for my last name.

She has nothing to do with it.

Yeah, so I know it's a side.

Yes.

So I'm thinking I don't have to say that.

Yeah, this is very much how did you say that just off your office?

Yeah, I don't even know if we're going to use it.

I don't think it's not strong.

Oh, he is a new man, so I think it would be so.

Oh my gosh, I don't know.

Yeah, I'm just seeing that we have one law.

I heard that throwing the right thing to talk about.

I'm not gonna say that you're not just watching.

No, I know it's a good idea.

Yeah, we can use this.

Oh yeah, it's fine.

Um, I don't think you guys have to have free point.

Yeah, it's a function.

So that was something that's a little bit of a lot of that.

Yeah, it's a problem.

I forgot about that one to find it.

So there's a pride, I'm off Saturday, and then Sunday off.

Yeah, no, that's why I don't want to add as much.

That's why the days of that.

On top of that, my boss literally asked me.

Oh, we're just saying respond to her, obviously.

She's like, kind of realistic.

I am calling it.

I couldn't use our thing.

I was thinking about an offering once a year.

Um it's like a high quality.

I think I have four years.

I thought so that we were on the I didn't see it all.

There was way more sense.

Yeah, and that's all that's just why next week are all kinds of.

There is a crowding day, so your money is I think that's before the judge and out of the channel.

She gets two hours devices on every Tuesday.

And on top of that, she has to provide different information as a result.

She wanted it to send steps and take them or do you see a business and the end of the day?

No, it's just like off the cost.

Yeah, those are cut.

And so you know.

I mean, yeah, I guess we have to say, like, you know.

Yeah, I mean, yeah.

What is that?

Okay, like twelve hours.

And then we were nearby.

I think you don't mind this thing.

Yeah.

I thought we were just going to see that they were just right there.

So, she has really I don't know.

Well, she has really I don't know if my grandma's Vermont.

I can't remember how you see.

So it's probably for her to like.

I mean, I guess we have to have people.

Yeah, I can say nice though.

That was that we're going to be able to do it.

Yeah, 21 sounds.

Yeah.

Yeah, I just have a lot of fun.

Yeah, you're kind of in the tap.

I don't have to do a word.

Yeah, we can also think right.

Like it's a different because nothing is meant to last anymore.

Oh, we're going to be able to point out the app and then.

Well, like nothing is much.

I think very hard.

I expect that.

Do you remember that?

One of my next cash will mark.

Yes.

I don't care if it's not anything.

No, actually, you should be able to layer on the camera.

Oh, that's the mention.

Actually, turn around.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, it's lower and more.

Yeah, but the journey that you have to work would go or something like that.

Oh, yeah.

So, I want to go to the media to find it.

Oh, like you have to have the end of the end.

Try and put it.

I think we've got the end.

Yeah, it's like one of the way.

Yeah, it's a good question.

Oh, yeah.

That's one right.

No, it's all she's wrong.

Yeah, I'm not even seeing.

Yeah, so we have to do it.

Okay.

Yeah, it's probably that's the rose circuit.

Yeah, it's the same.

Oh, I've never fought their fill up here.

Yeah.

We did a lot of order.

So which is fine.

So we're going to have a small set of problems for the hands.

Yeah.

That was really much.

Okay.

Yeah.

I'm sure I like one attack too, which is like now I was yellow cell yet's brain for you.

Yeah, probably should have been just in the same thing.

I wonder what's better.

I think it's fine.

Yeah, I'm not sure.

Yeah, yeah.

I mean it's very cell high.

No, I think um arch one of the action.

Yeah, that's one of the problems.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm I know, yeah.

That's why I I hate like I'm not really old.

But I wouldn't be thinking I would go down to the rest of this.

Oh yeah, that's really I think that's what we're doing.

Yeah, I would see the archive.

I think that'll be that you drove it too.

Yeah, let's go.

Oh, yeah, I just drove.

And I've never just signed two.

How do those elevators go for it?

Oh, and I will so many sources like these coverage.

Which I mean, yeah, we can't.

Like it was like the same.

There are higher tiny five.

I mean under the main screen.

Oh, yeah.

I don't mean five or yet something like that.

Yeah, probably something.

So you have to rose apart and then have a new part of all the five minutes and uh well the calories.

Oh because if I have pressure, yeah.

But it has a uh two tests.

So then she would say what you remember.

So I don't have to pressure runs too much ampersand.

It's still I don't know that's the line.

Yeah.

Yeah, just don't want to just walk all the screens in there.

Sorry, just like a lot of the strings in the one screen.

Oh my god.

We have two ships.

Yeah, we'll see.

Okay.

We didn't write much.

We will just say that in the round basically.

Yeah, assuming they'll come back and then check it out.

So here you're saying that we're all seven.

We saw the rural house.

Yeah, it was like around.

I probably have to do it.

Maybe either time you go out to be very much.

Um you just need your lesson in the sky.

Yeah.

No, yeah.

So yeah, there was people in my class agree.

So you guys look next week?

Same place.

I'll be here.

Yeah.

Well, yeah, uh five tracking track.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So my wife choose another standard state size on the track.

Well, that's one track.

Yeah.

Well no, I thought it was like easier to buy one.

Well no, I thought it was like would it be zero and it's getting back on the side?

I know.

It's used to find out.

But yeah, it's really slash over here.

Um, wash and we're a tree on the whole season where you're excited at the bar we can get close enough.

Six feet long all the way around the shed.

So we have stone after with the front strength of some I have annual growing conditions.

Yeah, just I don't know, hundred years down.

I know it's all this number.

Yeah, it's show quality rules and maybe call it like one of the happy drop just the other three.

But there's some three acres that have like three quarters of which you got to be able to do that.

Yeah, just talking about it.

Yeah, I don't think you want that.

Um just like why there's nothing because I think it's kind of a little problem.

I don't care.

So that's what it's just the right one easy to use the other.

Yeah, it's just pretty easy like we're not gonna do that.

I know, it's a lot of handle once we could buy all the shoes.

But it is like double.

Oh, I'll take a look at all three years.

I go all the way down all the shells.

Yeah, but I would have to like it as a very useful bar and see where they go to the second one.

Yeah, it's a track.

I don't know how it's right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, right.

Yeah, my texture got careful what it costs.

No one maybe got from big ones to the three months.

We have some basic.

Yeah.

Yeah.

No, it's awesome.

I said I don't want to talk about it.

So I don't know what's good.

I have a piece of it.

I know.

Then there's just someone with all the words of the front as well.

Yeah.

That's my first purchase of the thing as far as the one that's a lot of whatever.

Yeah, most are in it to move them around to the easy feet back.

Like really a little bit about that.

Yeah, I couldn't find all these in some day.

This is not the question.

Ireland is all the capital.

Yeah.

I mean, there's so much everything, but I'm sure we find that we're going to size the interest like that's purchased.

It's three hundred dollars and it seems more interesting.

I know actually.

Yeah.

So it's line example.

Yeah.

I would try to fly always up.

Yeah.

What's the city?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Everything's easy to everywhere.

Almost everyone.

Yeah.

But our song is harder.

There's pretty much like fancy.

I think I think something like the more you've got a force stuff like that.

And like obviously we'd go soft things, but growing up harder.

Yeah.

Or some gets the like C Rayos and that's pretty smooth, so I'm not saying that.

Yeah.

So keys are too long.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Really?

Yeah.

No, there's no ice in it there.

You have to ask for tap water there.

They'll say you want to still have the public, but you're in charge.

Yeah.

So it's exactly how we have to have or like if you say it's like an ice block, maybe it's going to be important.

Oh, why don't you have a side?

So like that is a good idea.

Yeah.

I don't know how people did it about phones.

But I was like trying to draw the things and stuff, I was like, I wouldn't know how to do it.

My phone's talking about it.

That's all that's really like five options that they are.

I just think so many fun like people getting surveys on the table.

Really?

I think that's still like a lot of things.

For using walking and target the first time.

Everything is the bring it.

Yeah, probably.

That's fine.

Yeah.

I could struggle with that.

I wouldn't even have this.

Yeah, so yeah.

Is there not much?

No.

I don't have the new text.

Yeah, I think well that's not a lot.

Yeah, we're coming we're coming out for the other thing.

Three times sixteen minutes.

Okay, we're back in open session on F and P.

Sir Clerk recall the all it would be sure.

Thank you.

There was one committee report we held out that we can now discuss, and uh it would be under committee reports item number four.

It's a settlement agreement with Maccabe Capital LLC for property damage to four hundred one East A Street in the amount of two hundred and thirty-one thousand two hundred and seventy two dollars and fifty one cents.

Is there a motion to approve the settlement agreement?

Are there any uh any comments or questions for staff?

Seeing none, all those in favor to give it aye.

Aye.

All right.

The F and P meeting is adjourned.

Thank you.