They are growing up believing that this is okay, and they think that vaping is healthier than cigarettes. Neither are good. Look at our schooling. Why are 12-year-olds vaping in the bathroom? These innocent souls are hiding corruption in their dolls or toy cars rather than playing with them. Rather than going outside and passing a football, they choose to go outside and pass a blunt or a Knick stick. Not only is this corruption making things ruin the youth, it is also ruining the town itself. Look around when you drive through town. Henderson Street alone. Around seven plus shops sell corruption that are not even a mile away. Not to mention that within these miles, there's a high school right in the dead smack in the middle of them. Why is there a huge billboard on Henderson and Main that promotes the consumption of marijuana, or as they call it, CBD? Where are the billboards and signs that promote the places that help children and the young adults? Or is that just an online Facebook promotion that we're going to allow to happen instead of big bright lights making it bright for children to actually see? We're also the buildings or billboards that promotes what corruption does to the human body. Personally, I believe this has to change. If we don't, what will our town turn out to be? If we keep this up, instead of the historic town of Galesburg, we end up being a town where people become drunks and stuck here or a casino town. But that's another topic for a different day. I hope one day this changes and these corruption selling places deplete and we can get our town back. Because as of right now, I will not want my children to grow up here in this town where people consider drinking and smoking the only fun. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment? Thanks for those who spoke. We'll move on. The next item is the Consent Agenda 2024-17. All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. Anyone? Thank you, Mr. Miller. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Anyone have any questions about the items on the Consent Agenda? Yes, Mr. White. population is listening. The two items that are going to be torn down is gosh, I can't even remember the two addresses. But the one that's on Windish Drive, can you explain the process and what's going to happen? After that property is torn down and we make final payment to the contractor, we will file a lien on the property. And then after that, we have the option of potentially foreclosing, or if they're behind in their taxes and the trustee takes ownership, then we would have the option of talking to the Knox County trustee to purchase the property for a minimal cost. Okay. I appreciate that. Thank you very much. I didn't know that we owned it or didn't own it, and what would happen once we tore it down and spent the money. I understand the one on Academy Street didn't need to be going. It's right around the block. But thank you for your explanation. Thank you, Mr. White. Anyone else? Seeing no other comments on the consent agenda, I ask for a roll call on IT 2024-17. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Davis, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We are now in the passages of ordinances resolutions. We have one such ordinance, 241019. It is on first reading. The vacation of south portion of Abingdon Street. I turn it over to city manager. Thank your honor. Staff is recommending approval of an ordinance vacating Abingdon Street south of West 3rd Street and a portion of West 4th Street lying east of Abingdon Street. The existing improved street currently provides access for only two property owners, one of which requested the vacation, the other which was agreeable. as they have access to their property from South Henderson Street. Upon review, the street and right-of-way does not serve a public purpose any longer other than to provide access and utilities to the two properties, and the ordinance will reserve the right for the Galesburg Sanitary District to maintain their sewer and for the City of Galesburg to maintain the water main. There's no budget impact, and staff is recommending approval of the vacation request. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Mr. Hicks. Not a question unless there's other colleagues have a question. I'd just like to make a motion to move this to second reading. Okay. There's been a motion by Mr. Hicks. Mr. White has seconded and we are now voting on moving this to second reading. So please cast your vote. Yes, to move it to second reading. No, to maintain it at first reading. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Davis, no. Cheeseman, yes. Six yes, one no, Your Honor. Thank you. We are now discussing this matter at second reading. Any further comments? No, this is something staff have been working on with the adjoining property owners now for several months, obviously recommending and encouraging approval this evening, and we can move this forward and get this wrapped up. Happy to answer any other questions. Thank you, Mr. Hanson. Any further comments? Okay, we need a motion to vote on this tonight. Mr. Hicks, thank you. Mr. White seconds. So we now are considering a second reading officially. Mr. Chair? Okay, you guys ready to vote? All right, please cast your vote on this item. 24-1019, Vacation of South Portion of Abingdon Street. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Aceri, yes. Davis, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We now are in bids, petitions, and communications. We have two items to vote on this evening. First is 243045. This is installation of vinyl tiles in City Hall. Do we have a motion? I heard Ms. Davis and Mr. Miller. Mr. Hanson? Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of the bid from Breslin for covering in the amount of $47,957.81 to install vinyl tiles in City Hall, including on the main floor entrances, rotunda, bathrooms, first, second floor landing, and the south stairwell, as well as second floor public area. Carpet tiles will be installed inside the main entrances to City Hall and City Hall entrance from public safety building. They are neutral in color and will complement the color scheme in the rest of the building, which is underway as we speak. Two vendors responded to the bid request with a low and best bid submitted by a Breslin floor covering. The project is anticipated to start on or after November 7th due to the ongoing voting in City Hall and will be wrapped up before the end of the year. This is the final piece of some updating to City Hall and also should help with maintenance during the winter. as lots of things gets tracked in here. This will be an easier, cleanable, more clean and safer overall surface. I'd be happy to answer any additional questions. Any questions on this item? Therefore, I ask for a vote. 24-30-45. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Davis, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. The next item is 233046. This is Bunker Links Golf Course Drainage System. We need a motion and a second. Thank you, Mr. Dennis. Second. And Mr. Cheeseman. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of the bid submitted by Miller Trucking and Excavating in the amount of $194,480 for the installation of the drainage system at Bunker Links Golf Course. Deteriorated drainage has led to standing water during periods of heavy rain requiring closure. of those areas or the course, depending on the amount of rain. The installation of updated drainage will create a healthier course, reduce maintenance, improve drainage, and reduce the time the course is closed following heavy rain periods. Two vendors responded to this request. However, Miller Trucking and Excavating was the sole responder that met the criteria of providing references for prior golf course drainage projects. The project is anticipated to start on or after November 1st, 2024, and will be completed in time for the course to reopen on March 1st of 2025. There are sufficient funds in the utility tax capital funds to complete the project, and staff is recommending Miller Trucking on this project. I haven't answered any questions. Thank you. Any questions on this item? Mr. Cheeseman? No question. Just a long overdue project that's much needed. And as Mr. Hansen said, it's one of those things that when we do have a heavy rain because of a drainage system that we don't really know how old it is. I mean, it goes back so far that I don't know if we know a date. It causes lost revenue. And this happens a number of times a year. And that is... a large source of revenue that with this kind of thing here, that no longer will be an issue. And I know there's other things that we want to do still with a golf course, but this is a great place to start right here. Thank you, Mr. Cheeson. Mr. White. I am not a golfer, but I've toured out there just because I know that I need to be up to snuff on what's going on. And, yes, it's a very rough place. It floods pretty bad. I know quite a few people that golf there. I think this will be a great improvement for our golf course and for the city. Thank you. Anyone else? Seeing none, I call for a vote on 233046. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Davis, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We've reached the city manager's report. I asked Mr. Hanson if he has any further things to add. Thank you, Your Honor. I'll be brief. You have in front of you received your budget books. So those of you who are having trouble sleeping, I would recommend putting those by your bed. There's certainly a lot of information in there. Enjoy the data. Let me know if you have any questions. I want to commend the GPD and specifically Lieutenant Anderson. I NOTED IN MY UPDATE TO COUNCIL THIS WEEK THAT HE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A $100,000 GRANT TOWARDS UPDATING OUR CAR AND BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE, OR OUR CAMERA EQUIPMENT. HE'S ALSO WORKING ON THE REMAINING $80,000, ALL OF WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO COME FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON THAT EXCELLENT WORK. ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE GFD ON ANOTHER OUTSTANDING MDA FUNDRAISER. THEY ECLIPSE THE $30,000 MARK THIS YEAR. and currently stands second in the state, only behind Chicago in terms of funds raised by a community. And that is also no small feat. Want to give credit to our folks out at the airport. We were recently designated as a regional airport. And why is that important? That is important because it moves us up the list to receive state and federal funds for airport improvements. in addition to increasing our annual allocation by roughly 150 grand each year. But obviously the more important factor is moving us up higher on the list for future projects as we work to better utilize that as an economic development asset. So kudos to all involved with that. And happy birthday to Ms. Echera. Nothing further, Your Honor. Any questions? No, I just want to make a statement. I accept that motion as unanimous. Thank you for that update, Mr. Hanson. We move to miscellaneous business. We have five items. No, actually six to vote on tonight. The first is 244063. This is a development agreement with Threshwood Farms Quality Meats Incorporated. We need a motion and a second. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Mr. Dennis. I think they... They were parakeets singing the motion. So I'll turn it over to Mr. Hansen for further details. Thank you, Your Honor. Obviously exciting to bring this before you, although it feels a little anticlimactic after all the coverage last week. But obviously thrilled to bring this to you tonight. Staff is recommending approval of the development agreement with Rushwood Farm Quality Meats. Incorporated for the expansion of its food production operations. Per the terms of the agreement, Threshwood Farms will execute a 10-year lease for the former Maytag facility at 1801 Monmouth Boulevard. And that should read the 180,000 square feet remaining at that facility. and invest $45 to $50 million in improvements by December 31, 2025. From this expansion, they will initially create between 150 and 180 jobs, which will bring the company to well over 350 total employees in the City of Galesburg. The City will provide a total incentive of $1 million to facilitate the feasibility of the project. which will be payable in two increments. Half of the funding will be paid upon the substantial completion of investment in the improvements to the facility. The second half will be paid on or after December 31st, 2026 upon the creation of additional 150 or 180 jobs. Provision of the incentives for the city is the final piece of the project necessary for the location of this expansion in Galesburg, which will have a large positive economic impact for the betterment of our community. The funds are made available out of the economic development fund and staff is obviously urging your approval. Happy to answer any question. Thank you, Mr. Hanson. Mr. Miller? I know, Ken, Springer, you've had a lot to do with it. So hasn't everybody in the city. This is a big encouragement for our community. These jobs are going to boost Gillsburg. So I want to thank everybody for all the work that you all have put in. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Mr. Cheeseman. I think that we could all go around here and it can't be said enough. what a big deal this is. This is as good economic news and employment news as we've had here in a long, long time. And commending all those involved here cannot be said enough. So again, thank you. And I think everyone's excited about this. This is just terrific news. Thank you. Mr. Hicks. So let me use a baseball analogy. I was never a very good baseball player, unlike you, Mr. Cheeseman. But I know how it feels. to kind of be a coach and get an all-star pitcher. Eric, this was a shutout in the World Series. It proves that hiring somebody that has the background, the experience, and the connections to make economic development projects happen is priceless. I mean, you did a lot of good work in Normal and all your other places, and just thank you so much for your... Seems like it's just a little bit. It just doesn't take a long time. But I know this is a lot of behind the scenes, a lot of hours that you put into this, a lot of connections. And thank you so much for the good win. Mr. Hicks, Mr. Dennis owes you an apology. He shut your mic off for the last few words. But now you can shut his mic off again, Mr. Dennis. I just want to say one thing. Thank you, my friend. a hell of a crew, my friend. All right, folks, I'm asking you to vote. You want to say something, Ms. Chair? We all have to get in on this. No, it's absolutely great. I'm excited about it. I'm very proud that we have a staff and a team that brought this business to Galesburg. But I also want to add, because anybody who knows me knows that I love... healthy things and it's not like this company's making cigarettes they're making really healthy high protein snacks so so let's go to wellness i'm very excited about it thanks thank you thank you so i'll call a vote on this item 24 4063 i think i anticipate the result 6, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Davis, yes. Cheeseman, yes. 7, vote yes, Your Honor. Well, I didn't want to influence the vote. That's not my job. But, yeah, great, great, great, great everywhere. And I can just tell you, walking around this week, talking to people, this made a big impact. People are feeling it, and it's good. Next item, 244064, Minor Platt. of the Car Wash Edition, 1839 North Henderson Street. We need a motion and a second. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Second. Thanks, Ms. Davis. Mr. Hanson. Thanks. I wish I had another one of those to announce, but we're just going to do some routine business now. And thank you all for your kind words. And again, a great team, Steve, Ken, Kathy. There were a lot of people. had a lot to do with that project. And so I just appreciate your remarks and I hope that they know how much that I appreciate their support as well to bring that home. So thank you. On this particular item. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the minor plat of the car wash addition. Staff concur with this recommendation. There are three existing parcels that will be subdivided to clean up the layout and result in two parcels that both have adequate access to and from North Henderson Street. The property is currently zoned B2 General Business, and this will be the final cleanup item on that development. Happy to answer any additional questions. Thank you. Anyone? Ms. Davis? Not so much a question as a comment. I don't know how many people in this room or watching spend a lot of time looking at those parcels and even dealing with the various real estate tax bills, but thank you guys for engaging with this work of cleaning those up because I think that that does nothing but benefit people on... all sides and all parties from those of us looking at a map out of curiosity to the business owners to their tax preparers. So on behalf of those taxpayers, thank you. Thank you. Okay. Seeing none else, I'll ask for a vote on 244064. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Davis, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. Next item is 244065. This is an approval of the minor plat of the Benedict subdivision. Need a motion and a second. Thank you, Mr. Dennis. Mr. Miller, thank you. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval of the minor plat and staff concur with the recommendation. There are six existing parcels that will be subdivided to clean up the layout and result in two parcels. The properties being subdivided are currently zoned I institutional and R3A multifamily. After the Benedict Foundation determines the future use of the property, a zoning amendment may be required relative to this action tonight. Happy to answer any additional questions. I think Mr. Hanson, anyone have questions on this item? Ms. Davis? I do have a comment again. Shout out to Mr. Benedict, who I don't know how he keeps so many projects continuing to move forward and improve the city, but we just heard from him earlier, and I'm excited to see where this goes as well. I wanted to share full disclosure. I will be abstaining from the vote. I am on the executive committee at First Lutheran Church, and this subdivision is part of a transaction for the property to change hands from the church. So it would be inappropriate for me to actually cast a vote here, but I do want to vocalize my support for this. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Davis. Anyone else? I am not part of the executive committee, but I am a member of the church, and I'm going to abstain as well because of that. I think that folks here can make those decisions, but it is a good situation. Thank you, Mr. Cheeseman. Okay. Seeing no one else, I'll call for a vote on 244065. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Both Davis and Cheeseman abstain, Your Honor. Five yes, two abstentions. Excellent. Next item is 244066. This is the sole source repairs to bus 1701. We need a motion and a second. So moved. Thank you, Mr. White. Second. Thanks, Mr. Chair. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. These next two items are interconnected. This particular one relates It's around specifically bus 1701. Staff is recommending approval of waiving the normal purchasing policies and approving a sole source quote in the amount of $61,726.29 from Interstate Power Systems for replacement of a dual power inverter module on hybrid bus 1701. Interstate Power Systems is the only vendor. in our area that performs repairs on this type of unit and IDOT has reviewed the quote and provided a concurrence for proceeding with the repair. There's no cost to the city as CARES funding is available to cover the cost of the repairs. Thank you, Mr. Hanson. Any questions about this item? Is this bus specific to a route in our city? And will it enable us to be more I guess timely with our, you know, delivery of services. Go ahead, Steve. You're good. It's one of the larger fixed route buses, not specific to a route. It's used on multiple different routes, but it definitely will help getting it back in service. Thank you. And I just want to, you know, what I've heard in talking to the folks there, I mean, these buses are somewhat antiquated, some of them, and when they break down, they're not for the, for the casual fixer-upper. They need real professional care. And so thank you for taking time on this and working. Apparently the funds are coming from outside of the city, if that's correct. Anyone else have comments? I'll call for a vote on 244066. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Echera, yes. Davis, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. The next item is 244067. As Mr. Hansen noted, this is connected to the last piece. It reads as the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the City of Galesburg and Sangamon Mass Transit District for transit vehicle repairs. That's a mouthful. We need a motion and a second. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Mr. White. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with the Sangamon Mass Transit District for providing transit vehicle repairs outside of capabilities of the transit shop. SMTD is one of the two IDOT approved sites for repair of equipment without a stringent review and approval process. Through this agreement, the City will agree to pay SMTD for any repairs completed and will be reimbursed utilizing the appropriate annual federal state grant funds. Just a little more background. If you remember, we actually approved one of these a handful of months ago as well when we had to take a bus. What this allows us to do is as long as their rates are the same, we can take buses there whenever we need to rather than have to come to council each time a bus breaks down. And based on the current bus fleet, that's a pretty regular occurrence. So this will speed up our ability to get things repaired. I'm happy to answer any additional questions. I'm sure Steve can as well. Thank you. Any questions? seen on ask for vote on twenty four forty sixty seven it's just dennis yes miller yes white yes cherry yes davis yes cheeseman yes seven vote yes run and i think it has really great i mean i think it's a it's very important for us to be proactive in this way and and it's i mean i know many Folks are very reliant on these buses, and I know we're doing the best we can to make this work. And this shows this extra effort. Thank you so much. Last item under miscellaneous business is 244068. This is the copier lease agreement. I'm going to motion in a second. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Second. And Ms. Davis. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of a five-year lease and maintenance agreement for multifunction copiers with Office Specialist Incorporated. The amount of $2,461.50 per month over the term of the five-year lease. Five vendors responded to this request with OSI providing the most beneficial proposal. Under the lease agreement, the city will lease 22 machines for $1,099 per month and enter into a maintenance agreement for $1,362.50 per month. for a combined total of two thousand four hundred sixty one dollars and fifty cents per month the flat rate maintenance agreement includes parts labor supply service calls 25 000 black and white copies and 30 000 color copies each month toner is a very costly expense and including toner replacement is a significant benefit of this maintenance agreement in addition the city has a long-standing relationship with osi and has leased sharp brand machines from them for over 20 years Each department budgets annually account for this cost and sufficient funds are available. I might add and want to thank Tiffany Miller and our procurement office who put all this together. This actually represents a nearly $800 reduction per month in actual expense for the five-year term. So we're keeping the same number of machines, getting new equipment, the maintenance agreement, and it's cheaper. I would like to bring those to you more often. So I'm highlighting that now. She did an excellent job along with all the departments that participated and staff is recommending approval. Excellent to hear. Any questions on this item? Seeing none, I call for a vote on 244068. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Cherry, yes. Davis, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We have now reached the town business, but we need a motion to sit as a town board. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Second. Thanks, Mr. Chair. All those in favor of sitting as a town board, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We are now sitting as a town board. We have one item under town business, which is the bills, and that is 249020. We need a motion to consider the bills. Mr. Miller, thank you. Second. Ms. Davis, thank you very much. And Ms. Benowitz, anything else to add? Any questions on the bills? Please vote on the bills, 24, 90, 20. Hicks, yes. Dennis, yes. Miller, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Davis, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We need a motion to resume as a city council. Mr. Miller, thank you. Second. Mr. Chair, thank you. We need a vote. All those in favor of sitting as a city council say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We are now sitting as a city council and we have reached closing comments. So who's prepared for closing comments this evening? Mr. Dennis, please turn on your mic. The reason I want to start is that is drove to Iowa City, drove back. So I'm really tired. So I'll pass it now to Mr. Miller. Thank you. Thank you. I'm glad you made it back safely. Yes, Mr. Miller. I don't have much to add tonight other than I'm just very happy and proud that I'm a part of bringing these, or voting on being able to bring these jobs to Galesburg. I too, I've been at work since four. I jumped out of the combine to come to the meeting. So that's all I've got tonight. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Mr. White. I think it's been a couple of weeks ago we went down to IML. I think it's a great place to go learning. You get to learn quite a bit. You get to meet people from all over the state. You switch numbers and cards, and it's just eye-opening and a great learning experience. You get to see what other people are doing in their cities. And some of them you bring home. And I thank you for supplying, making the ability that we could go. I want to say Gelsberg is moving forward. I thank the city manager for all the work that he's doing. I thank the council for being cohesive and doing the things that need to be done to move us forward. The airports, one thing. Smokehouse is another thing. And we're just doing great things. I just went to a band competition in Morton, and I got to talking with this gentleman. He said, well, why should I come to Galesburg? And what can it bring me there? I said, first of all, get on the internet and look for Judy's Cafe. And then so I told him, I said, Judy's Cafe is for breakfast. Landmark is for lunch. Kraft is for dinner. They'll keep you there all day. Come spend some money and enjoy our city. And I think that's what we need to do more of, promote our city. It's a great place to live. And I think we're going to continue to grow and move forward. Thank you, Mr. Dortch, for coming in, spending your time and giving your opinion. I've been knowing this young man for quite a while. Hard worker, great young man. But I want to thank you for coming in and letting us know how you feel as a youth. Thank you, Ms. Dwight. Birthday, girl. Sorry, Ms. Jarrett. Thank you. Thanks so much. Yeah, no, we've had some really exciting news today, really great news for our economic development. And I'm going to give a shout out to a little town 35 minutes from here, went out for early birthday celebration to Roseville, Illinois. They have remodeled their little Roseville bowling alley. They have great food and it was very charming and it was an excellent time. So pleased to see that, you know, it's a very small town under a thousand people, but they've got their little economic development going on. too so I wanted to say a shout out to that I also wanted to mention some of you may know that I'm on the board of the public television station in Peoria WTVP and Galesburg is part of the viewing area I don't have a date yet but we will be looking to get some just some feedback from viewers things that you guys may be interested in certainly a lot of the programming comes from national so we don't have a ton of control but we do have some programs that are produced in puria so be on the lookout I'll be probably doing some you know roundtables with our CEO to get some feedback so again lots of positive going on and thanks so much thank you good evening I wanted to talk about a topic tonight that some of you might have heard of before and I've just found that this has helped me be more discerning about people's behavior, and I hope that it might help somebody else think about things in different ways too. I wanna talk about a concept called DARVO, which is actually an acronym, D-A-R-V-O. And I am gonna loosely summarize, not direct quote, researchers at the University of Oregon describe this concept. First of all, the acronym, DARVO is deny, attack, and then reverse victim and offender. DARVO refers to a reaction that perpetrators of wrongdoing may display in response to being held accountable for their behavior. The perpetrator or offender may deny the behavior, attack the individual who is confronting them about their behavior, and reverse the roles of victim and offender such that the perpetrator assumes the victim role. and turns the true victim, or the whistleblower, into an alleged offender. This occurs, for instance, when an actually guilty perpetrator assumes the role of falsely accused and attacks the accuser's credibility and blames the accuser of being the perpetrator of a false accusation. That last sentence was a direct quote from the University of Oregon website. I wanted to share that information with all of you. And just clarify, I mean, if someone were to say that I have made really nasty comments that ostracize people with purple hair, and I turned to them and I said, well, I never said anything about people with purple hair. And as a matter of fact, I don't know why you're attacking me right now. And actually, my feelings are hurt. And you're the problem. I don't understand why you're trying to cause division. That would be wildly inappropriate. Darvo is a symptom. It is a behavior of abusers. It is disgusting and it is abuse. Thank you, Ms. Davis. Mr. Cheeseman. Mr. Dortch, again, thank you. I respect so much of our youth. And when you come here and speak up and you have ideas, that's terrific. We had a couple of anniversaries this week. Lindstrom's on Main Street has now been there for 100 years, Dick Lindstrom and his family. What a wonderful business and great contributors like so many of our small businesses to our community. Also, I believe that I heard that Mother Bickerdike Bridge is now 10 years old. And those folks that did a lot of work to get that name for one of our most important residents, thank you for that. And it's a great gateway into our downtown area. And again, all of us, as we sat here tonight, cannot say enough about all of these economic projects that are gonna mean so much to our town with the Western Smokehouse Partners and Thrushwood Farms, the new emergency room at OSF, the Graham Hospital systems, the things they've done, this new situation with our airport. These are all great, great things for our community in so many ways. Something else I think connected to that, the GAVC, This year out to the high school has added 100 new students. That really does make a difference. And there are potential workers in these kinds of businesses here down the line. And we certainly want to promote that. Speaking also of our school district, we're working harder, I think, to be partners with all of these different government agencies. I hope tonight, and I was privileged to be a part of this, and it was started by Evan Massey and Rodney Bunch and Jimmy Carr that we will have. A new name on the Gelsberg High School Fieldhouse, the Albert and Albert Kimbrough Fieldhouse. And that is a very, very appropriate naming honor. And also I want to say, give a shout out here to Jay Redfern of WGIL and Michael Penn of Gelsberg Local News. We get great coverage here and this allows our city to be informed in our local area of what's going on here. And that's a very, very important part of the democracy to have a the press inform the populace of what's going on. So thank you to your good work and two big pros there. And I've known Jay a long time and he is a Michael Jordan type journalist. I think a lot of him. So thank you. And thank you for allowing me to make those comments. Thank you, Mr. Cheeseman. Mr. Hitt. Thank you, Mayor. Wayne, I'm also tired. I was up till one o'clock last night in my cabin in Missouri, splitting wood. So, uh, And then I got up and drove four and a half hours home. So it's good to see everybody. Just a couple of things. Garrick, again, I don't think we can say enough about the performance that you've had since you've been here. Thank you so much. And your staff. I mean, you rightly pointed out that I've had an opportunity recently. Steve Gugliotta and I have spent a little bit of time together on a couple of different projects. And Steve is always on top of it, always willing to help, even willing to help. on the weekend a couple times, so thank you, Steve. The airport authority, we talked about that. One of the things that I asked to be done, not the last strategic planning, but the one before that, was to create an airport authority. Mike has taken the helm of that from a staff perspective, and we just got some great news this week, and I think partially, probably focusing on it on a monthly basis, I think hopefully had something to do with that. So all of the staff, even Don Miles. I mean, Don is a great guy. He's taken a... Even Don Miles? He knows I'm yanking his chain because Don and I are friends, and I try to at least get one in on him at least once a week, if not more. And then, of course, our finance team. Everybody's doing such a great job. But, I mean, I don't think you can thank the staff enough because they do much more than we see. They're on the job 40, 50, 60 hours a week sometimes. And we show up for, what, an hour and a half a couple times a week. But that's good. You know, we're fortunate to have staff across the board that does a good job. But the CEO, the leader, the captain of the team, you did an incredible job. And, you know, I'd advise you I'd be going on vacation for a couple months because you don't really have much to do for at least a year. Ditto on that, Mr. Hicks. Absolutely. Thank you, Mr. Hicks. I guess I get to close. I echo all the comments made tonight by the council. I'm glad to hear them invigorated by a lot of the good news that we have here. I would just encourage folks, early voting has begun in Galesburg, and you can come to City Hall and vote 9 to 5, Monday through Friday, if that is convenient for you. You can wait until November 5th, which is the election day, if you wish. That's important. We want to ensure that everyone in our community has a voice. You know, everyone's focused on the national election, but there are local elections as well that you should pay attention to, and I encourage folks to do that. I know folks are out there doing that as well, walking and knocking on doors. The naming of the Fieldhouse, Mr. Cheeseman, is a big deal, and I appreciate you bringing that up. And I hope as we get closer to that date, we can all be reminded of the great work of those two brothers. The GVAC announcement as well, tremendous. I want to get some numbers and we should get a press release out on that. I will say I also, this weekend I had an opportunity, this past weekend, to go walk in the woods of Lake Story. Now that may sound strange why the mayor is doing that. at night, but thanks to Darla, the Walk of the Dead is very active, and it's phenomenal. I had never been a patron. I'd been a scarecrow, pumpkin-type thing once, but to actually walk through it and experience it, it's a fantastic project, and it will be every Friday and Saturday for the rest of the month. So I thank her and her staff. She has a ton of people who some volunteers, you know, in the history, this is the eighth year, I believe, and A lot of volunteers out there doing great work. I had the great opportunity to spend a little time with Mr. Miller on a combine this weekend. I had never been on a combine. It was a great experience. I learned a lot. And I have renewed respect for Mr. Miller and all the work that he and his crew do. There were eight people out there this Sunday. Well, most of us probably relaxing. They were out there, I think you did 12 hours, I think on Sunday, if I'm counting right. And it's tough work. If you fly into Galesburg, you know, if you're in a steering or otherwise, you see what surrounds our community and it's economic driver. And it takes people like Mr. Miller to do that work. And it was fascinating. I wanna go back out when I said with the seating, I wanna see the seating part, the other part of the aspect of it. But, you know, he mentioned last time, I believe, that you have to be careful when you're driving out in the rural areas. There are vehicles that drive slowly, and those are real people with families, and everybody wants to be safe. And with that, I'll ask for adjournment of the meeting. Thank you, Mr. Dennis and Mr. Miller. All in favor say aye. We are adjourned.