All right, folks. Welcome to Galesburg City Council meeting. May 4th, 2026. We will begin the meeting with a roll call. Thank you. Council Member Mangieri. Here. Hunnigan. Here. Reynolds. White. Present. Achera. Here. Saul. Here. Cheeseman. Here. Mayor Schwartzman. Here. Seven are present. Your Honor. We'll have a Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of silence. I hear there's a litter carrier in the house. Can you come forward? Thank you very much. Peter Schwartzman. Russell. Sarah. Excellent. We're very glad to have you here today. You guys have been very busy. So this proclamation reads as follows. Whereas every year on the second Saturday in May, litter carriers across the country collect non-perishable food. as part of the nation's largest one-day food drive, distributing donations to local food banks. And whereas the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is a premier example of how letter carriers work to make a difference in the lives of those they serve, having collected more than 1.94 billion pounds of food since the pilot drive in 1991. And whereas we recognize all litter carriers for their hard work and commitment to Galesburg, supporting their efforts to help those in need and ensuring all local donations remain within our community. And whereas we also celebrate the noteworthy milestone of 34 years that the National Association of Litter Carriers Food Drive reaches in 2026. Now, therefore, I, Peter D. Schwartzman, Mayor of the City of Galesburg, do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 9th, 2026, as Letter Carriers Food Drive Day in the City of Galesburg and encourage all citizens to support this effort by placing non-perishable food items in or near their mailboxes for collection. Together, we can help feed our neighbors in need. Dated on this fourth day of May, 2026. With the city seal and my signature, I present and happily present this proclamation to this mail carrier here. Thank you. Appreciate it. Do you want to say a word? It's Saturday? It's Saturday. Okay, so be sure to put your stuff out by Saturday, okay? And you've been doing this for a while, I imagine. It's a good time? You have a good, all right. Family and friends are coming out. Fantastic. Well, thank you for your efforts. I really appreciate it. Thank you. I also want to make a note. We have a special guest in our audience tonight. You probably can see her on the TV screen. She didn't know she'd be on TV tonight. But Mrs. Leah Sloan, who is Junior Miss Illinois, is with us today. And we're very thankful and happy to have her in our midst. See that side is on TV. That side is not. So anyhow, we'll start with the approval of the minutes from the April 20th, 2026 meeting. Need a motion and a second. Thank you. I thought I heard Mr. White, Mr. Saul. And any questions about these minutes? Seeing none, I'll call for a vote on those minutes. Ms. Benowitz. Manjari, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. I'll also point out there is a storm approaching, and so it's better to be inside. So if you're watching this meeting at home, stay inside. And if you're here, stay with us for a little while longer. We've come to public comment. Anyone here for public comment this evening? Please step forward. State your name. And you get three minutes. Hi, Jeanette Chernin, Ward 5. I hope you guys got the pictures I sent you today. I sent them to all but Mr. Saul, who's here, because I did not have any way to get a hold of you, or Kelly, or Eric. But I asked Mr. Cheeseman to help me. So hopefully you got them. But if you didn't, you can see them later. Please zoom in on them. Because the reason I'm speaking tonight is I took the train out to Chicago on Thursday and we left probably like between noon and one. It left a little late. But I looked out the window as I was leaving and there is a yard that you can see from the train that is pretty unbelievable in a bad way. And I thought immediately like that's like the yard that you're gonna see when you hit Galesburg. That's gonna be your first thing you see when you come to Galesburg on the train. And the trains do come here during the day. They don't just come here at night like they used to. So I just wanted to bring it up. And I'm gonna say it doesn't matter. I don't care. The address is 63 Sumner. And I went and I looked for it today because it like totally impacted me. And I did look up later, there was a fire of some sort on October 14th last year at 63 Sumner. I can't tell you what part of the house burned because I really can't, but so there was a fire there. And I think it might've been on the demo list before, but I'm not totally sure about that, but I think it has been. So I really just wanna ask you some questions. I know you can't answer for me right now, but first I wanna know like what the status of the house is and does anyone live there? Is it like on the tear down list? And then I wanted to know, do we know like if anything can be done about a situation like this? Because if you looked at the pictures, the backyard is, Very out of control. The front yard is not a whole lot better. There's a stove, a couch. There's a number of things in the front yard. There's a sign that says no trespassing. I'm usually very good at this. I would bet you anything someone's living there. But I don't know that. The House to the South, I also wondered if they've ever said anything, because the House to the South is totally amazing, immaculate, and beautiful. It's like... It's in very good shape. So I wondered like what we could do, is there anything like we could help them remove the garbage from the yard? Is that a possibility? I don't know. But I wanted to bring this up because that is gonna be the first thing someone sees when they come to Galesburg and it is really bad. So that's all I just wanted to throw it out there. If you guys wanna drive by it and if you wanna see it from the other side, go to where that Galesburg glass place is. Cause I took my pictures from the street. I didn't go on anybody's yard. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment? Please step forward. Please state your name. Hi, my name is Leah Barraza-Sloan, and I am your 2025 Junior Miss Illinois. I am here today to tell you about my community service projects, Hand in Hand. hands and hooves working together. My goal is to raise awareness and support for Rainbow Riders Therapeutic Horseback Riding Center and the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding. April was Autism Awareness Month, but autism exists all year round. My little brother David is autistic and that is how I found out about Rainbow Riders. I have gotten to ride horses with my brother for the past three years and I have seen David grow in confidence and gain a voice through talking with the horses. This summer will be my first year to be an official volunteer. Last year, Rainbow Riders was able to support over 300 people and celebrate their 20th anniversary. My goal is to help raise awareness so that they can grow. and expand to serve even more people with special needs in the future. Rainbow Rider has eight horses and one donkey. My favorite horse is Summit or maybe DJ or Mighty, but I like them all. My brother David likes riding Dolly though. Ms. Krista says horses are living, breathing biofeedback machines, meaning they know how we are feeling. Bonding with horses helps teach trust and communication skills and also helps to teach principles on how to regulate emotions. Some kids with autism on the autism spectrum have trouble forming bonds with others and therapeutic horseback riding can help. The bond participants form with their horse can help being a bridge for better social and communication skills with other people around them. And this is what I have seen firsthand with my brother. If you'd like to learn more about Rainbow Riders or follow my year of service as Junior Miss Illinois, you can follow the link on my card. Say the last part again. Where do we go look for it? If you'd like to... Follow my year of service as Junior Miss Illinois. You can follow the link on my card. I have cards that I can hand out. Please present the cards to the clerk and she'll make sure we get them all. Thank you so much, Leah, for your work. Is anyone else here for public comment? Okay, we'll continue the meeting. Thanks for those who spoke. We have Consent Agenda 2026-09. All matters listed under Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and be enacted by one motion. We have three items on Consent Agenda this evening. 264029 is a food truck Friday event. 264030 is WIRC 2026-2027 membership. And 268008 is approval and warrants drawn in payment of same. Do we have a motion for the consent agenda? So moved. Second. Thank you, Mr. Saul and Mr. Cheeseman. Any questions about any of these three items? Seeing none, I call for a vote on consent agenda 2026-09. Mangieri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We have reached passages of ordinances and resolutions. We have two items, two ordinances to consider both on first reading. First is 261009, the removal or remove class A1 license, liquor license. On first reading, I'll turn it over to our distinguished city manager, Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommends approval of an ordinance amending Section 113.043A of Chapter 113 of the Galesburg Municipal Code to reduce the number of available Class A1 liquor licenses from 27 to 26. The adjustment reflects the recent surrender of a license by a local establishment, which intends to continue operating as an event venue through the use of a special event liquor license as needed. The amendment updates the city's license inventory to align with the current utilization while preserving the ability for future applicants to seek a Class A1 license through the Liquor Commissioner and City Council. There's no anticipated budget impact associated with this ordinance, obviously recommending approval. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions for this item by the Council? Okay, next item is 261010, Disposal of Surplus City Property. Also in first reading, I'll turn it over to Mr. Hanson. Thank Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of a special ordinance authorizing the disposal of retired, confiscated, or abandoned property and permitting the purchasing agent to utilize the most fiscally responsible disposable method. The city conducts this process annually to address abandoned property, obsolete equipment, and police evidence released by judicial order with disposal methods including online auctions, donations, or scrapping depending on items and items condition and value. For the past five years, the city has used Purple Wave Auctions to sell vehicles and other assets with no listing fees and a 10% buyer paid commission, which staff believe maximizes the return. Due to the limited market demand, bicycles and small office furniture will no longer be auctioned and will instead be donated if usable or scrapped. If not, revenue generated is returned to the applicable funds to offset future purchases. I haven't answered any questions. Thank you. Any questions on this item? Is there something we can move to a second reading? Yes, you could do that. Make a motion to move to second reading. Mr. White motions this ordinance be moved to second reading. We need a second to move forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So please vote yes to move it forward. If vote no to keep it and be read at the next meeting. Manjari, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. A chair, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. So we now are considering a second reading. We need a motion and a second. Thank you, Mr. Chair and Mr. Saul. Any questions for Mr. Hansen before the vote? Any comments from the council? Seeing none, I call for a vote on 26-10-10, the disposal of surplus city property. Manjari, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Acharya, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Great. Okay, we move now to bids, petitions, and communications. We have four items to consider, four bids. The first is 263015, Miscellaneous Sidewalk Replacement Projects. Need a motion and a second? So moved. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Second. Thank you, Mr. Saul. Mr. Hanson? Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommends approval of a bid in the amount of $88,552.90 from Miller & Son Construction for miscellaneous sidewalk replacement at various locations throughout the city. The project involves replacing non-compliant sidewalk curb ramps identified as being in poor condition due to trip hazards, improper slopes, and significant settling and cracking, including locations at Bateman Street, at Greenleaf Street, and Dudley Street, and at Kellogg. The project was publicly advertised with 18 Bids proposed, proposals distributed, and three bids received, with Miller & Son Construction submitting the lowest responsive bid within the anticipated cost range. Construction is expected to begin in the summer with a contract duration of 25 working days. Funding for the project is available in the City Gas Tax Fund. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Mr. Hanson. Any questions before vote? Call for vote on 263015. Mangieri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Aceri, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. Next item is 263016, demolition of 10 city-owned properties. We need a motion and a second. So moved. Thank you, Mr. White. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Hanson, fill us in. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of a bid in the amount of $214,240 from N.E. Fitch Company for the demolition and cleanup of 10 properties located throughout the city. The identified properties have been acquired by the city and determined to be unsafe or not. economically feasible to rehabilitate. The bid process was publicly advertised with notifications sent to known demolition contractors, resulting in four responses. Any Fitch company submitted the lowest and best bid, and staff have confirmed the company's qualifications and determined the pricing to be reasonable for the scope of work. The project is anticipated to begin in June and be completed by the end of July. Approval will support public safety efforts and ongoing neighborhood revitalization. Funding is available through the Property Redevelopment Fund, Fund 23. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Anyone have any questions about these properties? Mr. White? Okay. So it costs a little over $200,000 for 10 properties, about $20,000 per property. That's standard. Yeah, I think that the bids came in, you know, as anticipated and obviously, you know, was within line with what we anticipated. But yeah, about 20 property is pretty typical. So when, if someone sees one of these properties and the word gets out, you know, there's still an opportunity to stop these demolitions in theory, if a owner were to step forward or someone to fix the properties, or is it already too late? Well, we are the owner of the property. So in this case, most of these, I can tell you, are properties in which we have received significant feedback to clean up. Excellent. Excellent. Any questions? Okay, I'll ask for a vote. I think I know what the outcome will be. 263016. Mangieri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Echera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Excellent. Okay, two more to go. 263017, termination of bid approval for 647 Maple Avenue. Thank you, Mr. White. Second. Thanks, Mr. Chair. Mr. Hanson, fill us in this and I guess the next item. Yeah, they go in tandem. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommended approval of terminating the prior bid award to Fowler Enterprises LLC for the demolition and cleanup of the city-owned property at 647 Maple Avenue and formally finding that the contractor failed to fulfill its contractual obligations. City Council previously approved the company's low bid of $55,700 on July 7th of 2025 for demolition of the city-owned property. However, the contractor declined to execute the contract, citing an sufficient bid amount. The city subsequently claimed the bid bond with proceeds to be applied towards future project costs. The city has sent a rebid and a new contract. A new contract award is presented as a separate agenda item next. Happy to answer any questions. Okay, folks. This is the first step to rebidding, so any questions? Mr. Cheeseman. folks again sure well we all projects come with a bid bond so we've already made a claim against their bid bond as part of that process additional remedies will be explored if and when the property is approved to come down and then the damages potential damages obviously would be the difference between what we thought we were going to pay and what we ended up having to pay to enforce the contract but that's a separate legal matter that we can't undertake until we actually get the property cleaned up as anticipated. I'm happy to defer to legal counsel if I'm missing anything, but I think that's a pretty accurate description of the process here tonight in order for us to move forward. Thank you for that explanation. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay, seeing none, I call for a vote on 263017. Mangieri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Cherry, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. So the next step, 2631A, is the demolition and cleanup of 647 Maple Street. Need a motion and a second? So moved. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Second. Thank you, Mr. Saul. Mr. Hanson? Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommend approval of a bid award to D&T Demolition LLC of Galesburg, Illinois in the amount of $94,680 for the demolition and cleanup of 647 Maple Avenue. The city-owned building has been used primarily for storage but is in deteriorating condition and will require significant costly repairs, making demolition the most economical option. Previous contract approved in July was not fulfilled after the contractor failed to perform the work. Necessitating a rebid process, the project was publicly advertised and distributed to known vendors with one bid received. Staff has reviewed the submission and determined the pricing to be reasonable for the scope of work. The project is anticipated to begin in May and be completed by the end of August. Funding is available through the Property Redevelopment Fund. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions? Mr. Cheeseman? Thanks, Mayor. Would you review just a cliff note, so to speak, of what we went through the last time that this occurred? Because we were very thorough with trying to make sure that, indeed, this is what citizens wanted and how much it would cost to rehab it, et cetera. If you could give us some of those basic highlights again so that our citizens will have that part, their memory refreshed. Sure, happy to. As you'll recall, we actually opened it up. Chief Hovind and his team made it available. for the public to walk through. We also had multiple contractors walk through who declined to make us an offer of any kind to take it based on the cost of rehabbing. And then also through Mr. Gugliotta's staff, we actually had an assessment done by Estes Construction from here in town. To make the facility usable and ADA compliant, which would be required for any public purpose. Now, granted, this is the entire building, but to do all the work that was required was estimated at 1.5 to 1.6 million. And if we were going to use the second floor for a public purpose, would also have required an elevator in order to be ADA compliant, pushing the total cost to roughly 1.8 million. At that point, we determined that the best course of action, although the demolition amount is not insignificant, it certainly is significantly less than the estimate for us to use it. And obviously not having any credible repurpose option, we recommended to council to move forward with demolition as we are again tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Chair. I just want to add a comment that this building is in my ward and the city manager and I have discussed the fact that this does provide a buttress between the pickleball courts and the residents on the other side. And so we had discussed that there would be a wall erected to provide a buffer there. So anybody who's concerned about that, I just want to put that out there. Thank you. Mr. White. And the concern I heard was that the homeowner is concerned about the proximity of the building to the proximity of one we're tearing down and what kind of costs will be taken care of to alleviate any damage to his property. Yeah, the contract requires he take down the structure without damaging adjacent property. And to Councilmember Jerez, the plan is to erect a fence, a substantial fence along that corridor in order to provide a buffer between the homes and the park. Okay, sounds good. Let's vote then. 26-3018. Manjeri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We've reached city manager report. Mr. Hanson, anything to add? Just a couple quick announcements, Mayor. I want to thank all the volunteers. There was some work, some publicity, but the 30 trees that got planted a couple of Saturdays ago since we were here, one of which was a tree in honor of Ms. Glass, who we've spoken about, but also was a lifeguard at Hawthorne Pool. And it was a beautiful morning in our march to 1,000 trees planted in the last four years. I also believe there's another tree planting Saturday at East Main Street as part of a beautification effort, a continued beautification effort of the East Main Street corridor at Main and 74. And then the most important announcement, pancakes. Right, Chief? 7.30 to 9 tomorrow morning? 7.30 to 9, and at 9 o'clock we're having our second annual Firefighters Awards ceremony, so everybody's welcome. So pancakes, firemen, what could go wrong? I mean... Nothing. Right. So for those of you that are interested, tomorrow morning Central Station and 7.30 to 9, hope to see people there. Thank you. Anyone have any questions for Mr. Hanson? Okay, we'll continue our meeting. We have miscellaneous business, two items. 264031, Municipal Maintenance Agreement with IDOT. That's IDOT, our transportation state organization for the Sibley underpass pumps. Need a motion and a second. Move. Thank you, Mr. White. Second. Thanks, Ms. Mangieri. And we will ask Mr. Hanson to tell us more. Great. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommends approval of a 10-year municipal maintenance agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation for the stormwater pumping system at the Sibley underpass on East Main Street. The proposed agreement continues the terms established in a 2016 joint agreement under which the City and IDOT share responsibility for operating and maintaining the underpass pumping station. Both parties will each pay 50% of the all associated cost, including repairs, energy, and annual testing for the pump system, backup generator, and related components. will bill IDOT quarterly for its share with total reimbursement to the city estimated at $100,000 over the term of the agreement. Approval of this agreement ensures continued cost sharing and proper maintenance of the critical stormwater infrastructure. The city's portion of the cost is budgeted in the Stormwater Utility Fund, Fund 18. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions about this item? Seeing none, I'll call for vote on 264031. Mangieri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. Last item in miscellaneous business is 264032, Engineering Agreement for a Quokka Water Transmission Main. Need a motion and a second. So moved. Thank you, Mr. Saul. Second. Thank you, Mr. Hunnigan. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of an engineering agreement with Crawford, Murphy, and Tilley in the amount of $35,300 to develop a long-term monitoring and inspection plan for the Aquaca water transmission main. The approximately 31-mile pipeline installed in 1958 is reaching an age where inspection is necessary to evaluate its condition and remaining service life. Due to the high cost of inspecting the entire system, the City proposed a phased approach beginning with the most critical segments as identified in a prior risk analysis completed in 2023. In addition to the development of the inspection and monitoring plan, the agreement will provide for the preparation of a request for proposals for initial inspection work, identification of qualified contractors, evaluation of potential valve installation locations to improve system reliability and updates to GIS data for improved asset management. Funding for this work is available in the Water Fund Fund 61. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions on this item? Mr. Saul? Has our city department even looked at, is there any repairs that need to be done or? Well, I mean, we're obviously always monitoring, but that's part of this is to develop a more ongoing comprehensive. I mean, the line, obviously, you know, approaching 75, 80 years old, we want to continue it as our only water supply is in Aquaca. So the whole goal of this plan is to put together our strategy for the coming years and hopefully decades to make sure that we maintain the line properly and address any issues before they become much bigger issues down the road. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Hunnigan. Yes, I was given a tour of our water system here in Galesburg. And I think it's important to note that most of us do not know that we get our water not from a well. We get our water from 30 miles away. And as I said last time in my remarks, this system is getting old. old, old, and each year it costs more money to maintain it. If we were to replace this system as it is, what kind of money are we talking about? Well, assuming we can actually get the right-of-way for 31 miles, I would be throwing out a number, but I would... would venture to guess tens, if not more than a hundred million would be my guess to go that distance. But I'm clearly ballparking. Our goal is to actually maintain the current transmission line for the foreseeable future. And part of this work is just for that. Erin right now is cringing because we're putting bad mojo on the line, even just talking about it. But no, I mean, in seriousness, I mean, our goal is to avoid that scenario. It's to maintain the line, make sure that we're getting the data, getting the feedback, and addressing any issues so we can get decades more of use out of the transmission line. Thank you, Ms. Dunn, again. Okay, let's vote on this. 264032. Manjari, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Acharya, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. I need a motion to sit as the town board. So moved. Okay, it's like a chorus. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We are sitting as the town board. And we have one item. The bills. The bills. 26-9009. We need a motion for the bills. So moved. Thank you. All right. We've got a first and a second. Any questions about the bills this week, this month? I'll call for vote. 26-9-0-0-9. Manjeri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Okay. Guess what? We've got to sit as a city council. I need a motion. Need a second? Second. All those in favor, say hi. Hi. We are once again sitting as the city council. And we've reached the... Favorite part of our show. That's right, the closing comments. The closing comments. Everyone's tuned in. Viewership just went up, I think, 50%. So who wants to lead off tonight? Mr. White? I just want to, since I'm sitting next to you, I just want to let the council know that, and the citizens know that, I had an opportunity to go speak to a college class on the 22nd of last month. It was Professor Schwartzman's class and I really, really, really enjoyed meeting the students, talking to them. Oh gosh, we had great conversations, eye contact, passed out cards. It was just an excellent time with some students. I just felt so honored and I just enjoyed the dialogue that I had with him. And if you get a chance, go and watch some kids in the class to help them out. But last but not least, I lost my mother in 1985. Cherish your mother, please. If she's around, make sure you talk to her and see her and all the rest of you ladies. Happy Mother's Day. Thank you, Mr. White. Mrs. Jarrett. I want to thank our junior miss for coming and speaking about the rainbow riders. That was very interesting to me. We have a company called Lux Blocks, and we sort of... They found us, the autism community. So it was really a nice blessing to know that we created a STEM toy, but that it does some good for people with sensory concerns. So that's really awesome. I'd like to learn more about Rainbow Riders. Also, just a little quick shout out. I know it's not super local, but Peoria Bicycle Co-op, if we have some good bicycles and nobody wants them, they recycle them up there. And I picked up a really great fast... Peugeot 10-speed for 50 bucks. And so if you see me tooling around, I got it at the Peoria Bicycle Co-op. Very nice. I like the mission, not throwing things out and fixing it up and give them at a low cost to people who need them. We've got a Rutabaga Jazz Festival starting this week in Galesburg. Come out and see some great musicians. And the Farmer's Market opened up last weekend. So lots of fun happening here this spring. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Saul. I'd also like to thank the Junior Miss of Illinois for coming to see us tonight. I kind of think that Rainbow Riders just isn't for autism people. They're for several people who have sensory problems. And I know a lot of people who have horses that enjoy them, not through Rainbow Riders, but just themselves. They use them for therapy a lot just to talk to their horse so somebody will listen. My other thing is I'd like to wish everybody happy Star Wars Day. May the 4th be with you. And also, I lost my mother four years ago, five years ago. It'll be five years in September. She thought My birthday was so special, she died on it. So I miss my mom, but thank you. Thank you, Mr. Saul. Mr. Cheeseman. Comments is difficult. One general thing that I would like to say is you see all these different items that are on our agenda, and they've been week after week now and a number of years in a row. And I know that all of us here are trying to be proactive in making sure that our city gets taken care of, and we put our city and its citizens in a position to be successful. And I really feel that's happening here. We're not putting things off. We try to do our due diligence in terms of finding out things, visit about things, and try to create a consensus out of things. And I think that's something that I'm very proud of with this group and good stuff is happening here as a result of that. Again, thank you. You did a good job up there. That's a very difficult thing to do, and you did an excellent job up there. And speaking of autism, there's a young man here in Galesburg who's so impressive named Nick McMahill, and he hosted an autism type of fair at the library here a week or so ago, sponsored by Senator Mike Halpin and Representative Dan Swanson. There were a number of booths there, but it was really the work of... of Nick and with some help from Anthony Law and they did a great job of educating and advocating for this and just proud of that young man and he's a great citizen in our town. Again, our letter carriers doing a great job and again, Galesburg turns out for that. I think we produce a great amount of food for those folks to give to all of our food pantries or I guess it goes to... fish, but we have a number of food pantries that really do good, good, good work. And again, thank you, Jeanette, and citizens that come and speak about things that need to be addressed. Again, that's the essence of democracy. And again, salute you and so many others that come in here and express their opinions and express them in ways that are well thought out and they're done with respect. So, thank you. Thank you very much, Mayor Schwartzman. Yes, thank you, Mr. Cheeseman. We'll go to the other side of the room now. Ms. Mangieri. Okay, pass. You get extra time, Mr. Honigan. Oh, okay. Did I turn it on? Okay. May 3rd represented one of the most successful book sales from the Galesburg Public Library. More books were donated than ever before. We've had the largest crowds to... peruse those books, and it's the most money that has ever been donated to the library. And all the money that is collected from the book sales goes right back into the library. I'm the steward of many of the Little Free Libraries, and the library foundation suggested that I come. and I pick out as many books as I wanted to put in our little free libraries. And I contacted a new individual on the Library Foundation and he is going to help me fill those little free libraries up all year long. So it was successful and so Many ways. Last year, the library collected something like $7,000 from selling books, you know, quarter, 50 cents, $2. I don't think any book was more than $2. And again, it's just a great way of keeping those books out of our landfills. Thank you. How many of these little libraries do you have? We have 13. 13 in Galesburg. Thank you. Thank you for that service. That's really important. So they'll be restocked pretty soon then. They're being stocked right now. Okay. So be on the lookout for that. Thank you all for everything today. And Ms. Sloan, thank you for your work. And the Rainbow Warriors, I know someone who... Riders. That's a different group. Rainbow Riders, thank you for your efforts there. And I'll definitely be promoting that on my social media. It's a very good organization and there's a lot of good that comes out of it. And excellent presentation, really. It is my first time. I was about 20 years older than you and I was standing in front of the podium and I had the shivers. So you did an excellent job. Saturday, just to remind you, Saturday... is the stamp-out hunger that the Postal Service letter carriers are holding. So if you want to support this, put your non-perishables near your mailbox by Saturday morning, and they'll come and pick them up. And then all that food is going to be donated locally. That's really important to note. And we know that there's people struggling right now. So the more generous you can be, the better for everybody else in the community. I want to close with, well, I want to say happy Mother's Day as well. I'm very fortunate to have my mother here, and I'm going to hopefully be visiting her again this summer. So don't forget your mother on May 10th. That's coming up very soon. I want to close, though. I want to give a shout-out to Mr. Gavin. I heard he was our representative to Washington. All I heard was praise of your presentation in somewhat stressful circumstances and your representation of Galesburg and the needs that it has were very well received. So I thank you for making that trip. And we're very fortunate to have you on our staff. And on that high note, I'm gonna call for adjournment. So need a motion to second. So moved. Second. We got a first and a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. We are adjourned. Be safe guys.