All right, folks, welcome. It has reached the hour of 6 p.m. We will commence the City Council meeting in Galesburg, Illinois, April 6th, 2026. I ask the clerk to call the roll, please. Council Member Mangieri? Here. Hunnigan? Here. Reynolds? Here. White? Here. Achera? Here. Saul? Here. Cheeseman? Here. Mayor Schwartzman? Here. Here. Eight are present, Your Honor. Thank you. We'll have the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of silence. the minutes from the March 16th 2026 meeting to address we need a motion in a second thank you thank you both anyone have a questions about these minutes I heard from mr. saw mr. white all those in favor should vote yay or otherwise Angelica, if you want, you can vote, even though you weren't here. Thank you. Manjeri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. Reynolds, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We've reached public comment. Please step forward if you have public comment. You have three minutes to address the dais. You please state your name. Hi, my name is Steve Jackson. Hello, Mr. Mayor and esteemed city council members. Good to see you. I am an area college music instructor. I'm also a Galesburg resident and concerned citizen. I'm here to follow up on Marion Spurgeon's recent statement and Police Chief Kevin Legate's response regarding Ms. Spurgeon's concerns about flock safety's automated license plate recognition cameras and the Galesburg Police Department's usage of them around our city's perimeter. We who are expressing our concern about Flock Safety's cameras and data sharing network understand that the GPD has found the cameras and sharing network to be useful in identifying and apprehending those engaged in criminal activity, most notably the identification and subsequent arrest of a registered sex offender at Lake Story who was attempting to lure children. We do not dispute that there have been positive results with Flock's system in protecting vulnerable people. However, I, for one, am not satisfied with Chief Legate's assurances that the cameras capture only a point-in-time image of the rear vehicles on the public roadways, that no personal information such as name, date of birth, or address is associated with the photos, and that the GPD does not share its data with any federal agency, nor does it open data sharing with any non-law enforcement or privately owned camera systems. While we have no reason to doubt that the GPD operates the cameras in good faith and with good intentions, Flock itself has created and enabled a nationwide data collection system using their cameras. The benefits of these cameras for law enforcement compared to basic security cameras is that they are, or at least can be, interconnected in this nationwide data network. However, any sort of data sharing between different municipalities can lead to a breach of private information or abuse somewhere by someone. An ACLU commentary, that's American Civil Liberties Union, commentary from last August says that, quote, Flock has long claimed that their license plate readers don't collect personally identifiable information as if license plates can't easily be connected to specific people. The commentary regarding Flock's plan to plug its systems into commercial data brokers that offer services such as PeopleLookup says that Flock's claim was always bogus, but with their new product, they make that falsity explicit, boasting that the new product will let police jump from LPR to person. The GPD may not be keeping data on Galesburg residents, but any data sharing whatsoever with nearby law enforcement agencies and departments allows for the possibility of warrantless searches of Flock's data by all sorts of actors, whether good or bad intention. I join Ms. Spurgeon's call for a wider discussion of this in the community. I appreciate Chief Legate's promise to launch a public access portal in addition to the GPD's efforts to uphold privacy protections. I believe the City Council can consider more stringent measures on how the data from our flock cameras is used. I would suggest a one strike and you're out policy regarding the discovery of any illicit or unwarranted data breaches, meaning contract termination or, barring the ability to do that, shutting off of cameras as needed in the event of one such discovered breach of trust. I have seen no reason not to trust Chief Legate and the GPD, but we have ample reason, documented evidence, why not to trust Flock. Thank you. Please no clapping if possible. Please step forward, state your name, and you'll have three minutes. That gentleman there is, I'm sure he had way more he wanted to say, but yeah, he's right. Those companies are extremely corrupt. Anyways, how many of us had to cross the street today to be here? Please state your name, sir. Illinois Accountability. I got a Fourth Amendment right, Peter. You know that. Okay. For the record. That question matters because it speaks directly to the situation I'm here to address. I've reached out to the police department and the mayor's office a handful of times. No response, not even really an acknowledgement. The silence is unacceptable. So I will ask this publicly. Why was a man on a bicycle fully capable of crossing the street stopped and forced to provide identification physically restrained from both sides while he's still on his bike And then slammed on the ground. Why was... Oops, sorry. What was that level of... Why was that level of force used? And then when he asks, why did you do that? The officer responds, because you're a bitch. And then he asks the cop, did you just say that to me? And the cop straight up on camera says, yes, I just said that. And then... Oh, boy. That's not public safety. That's not de-escalation. That's not professionalism. That's disgusting is what that is. And I don't care if the guy had a warrant. Who cares? Whatever. Maybe he did, but if he's just crossing the street, cops love to use that just to get your name. They love running names through databases. They got to see if you got that ID. If you got that warrant, they got to see all that. This shit pisses me off. It really does. Anyways. No explanation, no transparency, no accountability, and that is the problem. Last time I did a FOIA request for body camera footage, I got some people's Social Security card numbers instead of what I asked for. I just wanted the video footage. We pay for those cameras. The light bulb in here goes out. We pay for that light bulb. If I want that footage, I want it unedited so that I can hold government accountable. You guys love to hold us accountable. We fund this department. I'm gonna skip some of this because I basically already said that. How much time do I have? 20 seconds. I'm basically just asking that GPD drops the unedited footage, unedited, and then a press release. The incident, I didn't get the incident report number. Haven't got that far. They need to hold themselves accountable. That's why we bought them them cameras. That's why we bought them them sweet ass squad cars they're driving. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment? Please refrain from clapping. Thank you. Marion Spurgeon. I did not prepare a statement today. I'm just following up on what people said. I think that data privacy is going to become more and more of an issue and it's a far bigger issue than just flock. And it's a far more complicated issue than just like city, county, state, like they're like all these interlocking layers to think about. And I think that the truth of the matter is there's not a lot of working models for this yet, but this is something that we're gonna have to think about. I'm in the process of learning about what some other cities are doing in terms of like how they're setting up privacy for AI, privacy for how, information is shared and how people store data and blah blah blah probably gonna be uh i'm gonna like recommend that the city consider putting together a group on that of some kind or maybe working with the county to do that i don't even know how to do it that's just like telling you where i'm at with that like i had a meeting today with nvidia this morning and i got so overwhelmed i just did not even know what i'm even doing with this anymore but um Thank you for all your consideration. Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment, please step forward and state your name. Jeanette Chernin, Ward 5. I volunteered with CASA for 10 years. I hope you guys know what that is. It's court-appointed special advocates that works with DCFS with children that have been removed from their home and put in foster care. I wanted to share with you, just in case you didn't know, that April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. It's a blue ribbon. Blue is also for anti-bullying, addiction recovery awareness. I had to look this up. And tons of other things. But in April, it's for child abuse awareness. Child abuse occurs in all income levels, neighborhoods, and races. In the U.S., over 2,000 children die from child abuse each year. 44% are under the age of one, and 80% die at the hands of a biological parent. I looked all my statistics up today, so they're all up to date, unless the internet lied to me, which could have happened. There is a report of child abuse submitted in the US every 10 seconds, and every single one of those needs to be investigated. Girls have only slightly higher victimization rate. Child abuse occurs more than three times more often in poorer households of all races. That is all it said is poor. It didn't define. This is due to economic pressures, stress, and lack of resources. Poverty is more strongly linked to child neglect than to physical abuse. That's something a lot of people don't know. Child abuse is often ignored in well-off households. It is hidden and highly underreported in these homes. Richer people are better equipped to keep abuse private. They can pay cash and they have connections to cover up physical abuse. Okay, and the next part is Knox County only. In Knox County, over 80% of children removed by DCFS are removed due to drug use, which leads to abuse and neglect. In Knox County, people of color are more likely to step in and intervene when they see a problem in their families. White families, this is again in Knox County, are far more likely to stay out of it even if they're sure something is wrong. In Knox County, people of color are also far more likely to take in children of a relative than white people are. Again, that was Knox County. Child abuse, it says child abuse is underreported. I don't know how much because it didn't say. So I'm not here to ask you to do anything. Just be aware. But if you see a child who is always hungry, Always dirty, and they're not like playing outside constantly. Or the big clue, wears long pants and long sleeves in the hot weather. Please try to look more closely. So that's all I'm asking for. So you guys know, Child Abuse Awareness Month. Thank you. Thank you. I saw another hand. Please step forward. I'm Yolanda Nunez, and I also didn't prepare a speech, but I do have a lot of concerns when it comes to flock security cameras and their misuse. There's been several documented misuses of flock, not in Galesburg or Illinois, but it has. It's opened up to be able to be used for misuse by federal government and maybe other governments. 1984 was an interesting book. It was entertainment. It's not how we're supposed to live our lives in a free nation. I had some other stuff, statistics that I wanted to bring up. I just forgot to print out my paper. But, I mean, I don't think that we should be in a surveillance state in a free country at all. We have city cameras. We don't need a national database. And they say that they don't use AI to collect our biometric data, but the flock cameras are in your face when you drive by them. If they only collected information from our license plates, why does it need to be in your face? No license plate is eye level. I mean, am I wrong in that? I genuinely don't think so. I know I have like a minute and a half left, but that's all I really wanted to say. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else here for a public comment today? Okay, we will move on. Thank you for those who spoke. Next item is the Consent Agenda 2026-07. All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There are four items under consideration this evening. 26-2009. is a resolution for the 2026 River to River Car Show. 265003 is wrecker application and 2026 rates for Cantrell Towing. 266003 is appointment, memo, planning, and zoning commission. And lastly, 268006 is approval and warrants drawn in payment of same. Need a motion and a second for this consent agenda. Thank you. Ms. Jarrett, Mr. Reynolds. Any questions about any of these items from the council? Mr. White? I was just noticing the map on the River to River. And they're gonna use the block between West Street and Cedar. Can you tell me that's something that I've never seen them closed down before? Will that be able to be used at all by the citizens? It's exactly from Cedar Street, which is the street right behind us, down to Casey's. And I've never seen that closed off before. I've seen it closed off from Cedar Street to the square, but never that distance. Can you explain to me why? I'll defer because I think the application goes through. I know there's new people running it, but can staff speak to the extra block relative to their request? If not, we may have to get back to you, Mr. White. But they put forth, based on what they're expecting from attendance, the spaces that they need. Obviously, there's new people I know there's new people actually running the show, and they may be anticipating a larger crowd and needing more space. Will that have an effect on the bar that's there? Because the bar that's in front of the Silverfront, that's in their block, so that shuts off access to their building, I do believe, unless they have a second drive to it. The bar, you're talking about the Silverfront? Yes. They do have that side entrance there. So they'll have to use the side entrance? Yeah, but we'll do some checking on that application to see why they expanded the road and see what their plan is for that. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mr. White. Anything else? Seeing none, I call for a vote on the Consent Agenda 2026-07. Mangieri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. Reynolds, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes. Your Honor? Thank you. We move to passages of ordinances and resolutions. We have two items, two ordinances to consider both on first reading. The first is 261006, the sale of surplus city-owned real estate. I'll turn it over to Mr. Hansen. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommends approval of an ordinance to sell 13 vacant city-owned lots, returning them to productive use in the property tax rolls. The proposed bidding process offers two tracks, a development plan bid requiring detailed plans for use of the property to be executed within two years and a non-development plan bid which includes a five-year reversion agreement should the city need to abate future nuisances. Minimum bids are set at $100 for most parcels except for 20 69 Windish Drive, which carries a $10,000 minimum. Under the proposed timeline, bids will be open during the June 1st, 2026 council meeting. Selling those properties eliminates recurring municipal maintenance costs and all proceeds will be deposited into the property redevelopment fund. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions on this? We'll come back in two weeks. Second is 261007, also an ordinance change in the South Lake Story Road speed limit. First reading, Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommends approval of an ordinance to reduce the maximum speed limit on South Lake Story Road from 45 miles an hour to 35 miles per hour, beginning at Henderson Street and extending 2,700 feet to the west. Because this is a county highway, Knox County must first establish these limits before the city can pass matching ordinances for uniform enforcement. The city worked in coordination with the county engineer to secure the necessary approvals, with the Knox County Board officially approving the corresponding ordinance on March 25, 2026. The reduction aims to enhance safety for motorists as well as pedestrians and cyclists in the corridor and with anticipation of utilizing the new adjacent path in the future. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Mr. Hanson. Any questions? Mr. Cheeseman? Yes, thanks, Mayor. If I'm understanding this correctly, Mr. Hanson, when Ms. Glass was in here, and I've had some discussions with her and others, they suggested or wanted us to consider, or at least the county to consider, that we were going from 45 to 35 for that particular stretch. And then she mentioned, as we get for a better description, the curves go from 35 to 25. This will keep the whole stretch of road to 35 miles an hour. Is that what I'm understanding? That is correct. The curve speed is, for lack of a better term, advisory when you see those signs actually anywhere. And I'll defer to... public works director Gavin but we did discuss that ultimately the county authorized the 35 from the stretch that essentially just before you get to the curve or after depending on which direction you're going out to Henderson Street the the remaining stretch of road was already 35 miles per hour And I sent my thoughts to the County Board. I wasn't able to be there that night to give it in person. But if, I disagree with keeping it at 35 all the way, especially into that curve, all folks that have been on roads where curves are, especially there, you see a speed reduction. And I agree that a speed reduction would make this much safer. And we know lower speeds make everything safer in terms of driving. Do we have any recourse here? uh... to to address this again with them that at least i'd feel like that this is not enough on that quote unquote curve wars this take it or leave it and we vote yes or no based on it well like with anything i mean uh... you know things are subject to change i mean uh... council or community or whatever i mean someone would have to advocate with the county the signs are actually already changed that the county passed their ordinance in March. It's their road, their jurisdiction. So the signs I can tell you from Henderson and vice versa already changed to 35. We're just matching the ordinance. But it would take cooperation from the county to further change, make additional changes to that route. So this is just simply us voting to say that we support this. It doesn't have any real teeth in it. Well, it It does from the enforcement of the 35, but if we don't pass ordinance, and I'll defer to the chief, right, if our ordinance doesn't match, we wouldn't be able to enforce that stretch by city ordinance from Henderson Street to 2700, but the county could. Obviously, we don't... The goal is not to have conflicting jurisdictions in this case, but relative to the rest of that... area and all the discussions that occurred february march april uh... to to date we are matching the county's recommendations i guess another hand over here anyone else have comment on this mr white yes i'm very concerned with the people are using the park and the people go to carl sandberg college Will the 35 mile per hour protect those from Henderson Street all the way to the end of the park and the college? Well, I'm not a traffic expert, but I mean, from an engineering standpoint, the 35 mile an hour on that arterial is within recommended guidance. I can't speak to every driver and how they may perform behind the wheel. Obviously, but I do think the reduction in consistency in the 45 to 35 was warranted in a positive step. So it will cover the park. It will cover the college. Well, now that speed limit is consistent all the way through that corridor. Okay. All the way from Carl Sandburg. back to the east. It's all now 35 miles per hour. Okay. The other question, of course, is there any discussion of my yellow lights? We broached a number of subjects with the county. What is before you is what we agreed on. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay, this will come back in two weeks as well. We're now in bids, petitions, and communications. We have three items, three bids. 26, 30, 10 is City Hall exterior masonry repairs. Need a motion and a second. Second. Thank you, Mr. Reynolds. Second. Thank you, Ms. Mangieri. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommends approval of a bid from Autobahn Company Incorporated of Morton, Illinois in the amount of $89,225 for exterior masonry repairs at Galesburg City Hall. Built in 1991, the facility requires tuck pointing, brick replacement, and sealant updates to maintain structural integrity as identified in a 2025 building evaluation. The project also includes pressure washing and the application of a water repellent. completion expected by the end of the year autobomb company incorporated provided the lowest bid of four bids received and has a proven track record of quality work with the city the project will be funded through the building repair and maintenance fund which contains sufficient budgeted funds for this expenditure happy to answer any question thank you anyone seeing that i call for vote on 26 through 30 10. Mangieri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. Reynolds, yes. White, yes. Aceri, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Next two items pertain to seal coating. 263011 is the 2026 seal coating of City Streets. Need a motion and a second. Thank you, Mr. White. Mr. Cheeseman. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommends approval of a bid from Gunther Construction, a division of UCM Incorporated, in the amount of $286,736.50 for the 2026 annual seal-coating contract. This project involves black rock seal-coating for various roadways located primarily in the southwest section of the city with a projected completion date in August. While A-Bid proposals were sent to qualified contractors and the project was advertised statewide, two bids were ultimately received with Gunther construction providing the lowest responsive bid. The bid amount aligns with the original engineering estimate for the scope of work. The contractor will be required to complete the improvements within 30 calendar days of commencement. Funding for the maintenance project is available through the Motor Fuel Tax Fund. We're happy to answer any additional questions. Thank you. Anyone have questions on this item? See none. I call for vote on 263011. Manjeri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. Reynolds, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. Last item in this section is 263012, 2026 Seal Coating of Park Streets. Need a motion and a second? So moved. Thanks, Mr. Chair. Second. Mr. White, seconds. And Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Similar to the last item, this is for the park side of the equation. Staff is recommending approval of Gunther UCM in the amount of $63,889.45 for the annual park seal coding contract. It provides for the same type of surface with all work to be completed within a 30-day time frame and a target completion date of August. A-bids proposals were sent. We again received two bids for the work, and ultimately Gunther was the lowest responsive bidder. Funding for this part of the project actually comes from the park road improvements. Sorry, the road improvements come from the utility tax fund, which was anticipated. Happy to answer any additional questions. Any questions on this item? Seeing none, I'll call for vote on 263012. And Jerry, yes. Hunnigan, yes. Reynolds, yes. White, yes. Cherry, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you, folks. We've reached the city manager's report. Mr. Hanson, anything to add? I'm happy to answer any questions. Any questions for Mr. Hanson this week? Seeing none, we'll move on. We have three items under miscellaneous business. The first is 264025. A license agreement with Flix North America Incorporated for city-owned depot at 225 South Seminary Street. Motion and a second, please. Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Chera. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending an approval of a license agreement with the Flix North America Incorporated for the non-exclusive use of common areas at the city-owned depot located at 225 South Seminary Street for the operation of an inner-city passenger bus service. Flix North America, the parent company of Flixbus and Greyhound, operates a global network spanning more than 40 countries and entered the United States market in 2018. The proposed service in Galesburg will include twice-daily stops providing direct connections to Des Moines, Indianapolis, Peoria, Champaign, and Bloomington, with additional transfer opportunities to major cities such as Chicago, Denver, Atlanta, St. Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, and New York City. Licensees shall pay the city a $300 monthly fee in the first year with an automatic annual increase of 3% thereafter. The agreement will allow the city to enhance regional connectivity, and revenue generated from the agreement will be deposited into the general fund and may support minor maintenance at the depot facility. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Mr. Hanson. Any questions on this? How many buses do they anticipate parking at our depot? It's anticipated there might be two to four stops a day between the two different companies that will be working out there. Is this, I mean, this company is developing a relationship with the city. Does the other company in town use our depot at this point, or are there plans to do so? Yeah, so as you might remember, Burlington Trailways stopped operation last fall, and since then, in December, council approved an agreement with Jefferson Lines. And this second agreement, Jefferson Lines and Flixbus actually work in cooperation and provide compatible services. So it won't be a situation where we're going to be overrun with a number of interstate city buses out there. They'll coordinate that and work through that together. Thank you very much. Any other questions before we vote? I'll call for a vote. Oh, Mr. White, Mr. Hunnegan. Mine's just a comment. This is just something that is really needed within our community. It will enhance our community. It will make our community more diverse in regard to transportation needs. So I'm very happy they chose us. Do you know why they chose us? The need for the service. So it'll work well at the Amtrak depot. for providing additional connectivity. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Ligon. Mr. White? Do we have any plans for potential layovers? Because I know people will be getting off of buses. They've got to wait for a bus or transfer to another bus. Do we have facilities or are we going to plan facilities to deal with people that have layovers, not only the buses but also the trains, which would enhance the Galesburg period? Currently, that option is the depot. Obviously, you know, the space there is available and the schedules are consistent when the trains and buses run. Obviously, others will venture into downtown as well, which is one of the benefits of having these services in and around our downtown. Okay, I'll call for vote on 264025. Manjeri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. Reynolds, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you very much. 264026, Minor Platt of the 144 North Broad Street Subdivision. Need a motion and a second? So moved. Thanks, Mr. Chair. Thanks, Ms. Mangieri. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommends approval of the proposed minor plat for a two-lot subdivision located at 128 North Broad Street and 144 North Broad Street, as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The subdivision will create lot 1, approximately 0.09 acres, which the current owner intends to retain, and lot 2, approximately 0.14 acres, which is planned for sale. The properties are zone B3, central business, and no budget impact is anticipated with the approval. Staff is recommending approval. Thank you. Any questions on this? Mr. Hunnigan? What are they planning to do with these properties? Are these private developers that are looking for this change? I can speak briefly, and then obviously Mr. Gugata can jump in. It's one existing building that they're actually going to split into two businesses. The one business is going to remain in its current space. And then I think there's a secondary business that's then going to go into the second space. Obviously, zoning and firewall separation and getting utilities detached and all of those things. But it essentially is taking one existing building and splitting it into two to allow for separate ownership and two separate businesses. Am I missing anything, Mr. Guglielmo? Yep. Okay. Excellent. I'll ask for a vote on 264026. Manjari, yes. Hunnigan, yes. Reynolds, yes. White, yes. Acharya, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. Next item, last item under this section, 264027. Final 2025 budget adjustments. Need a motion and a second, please. Thank you, Mr. Reynolds. Thank you, Ms. Mangieri. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of a budget adjustment number two for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2025 to ensure that financial records align with the generally accepted accounting principles. These adjustments allow the city to reconcile revenues and expenditures across various operations, including personnel, public safety, and infrastructure maintenance. Revenue modifications involve necessary transfers to maintain fund balance requirements while expenses adjusted adjustments address contractual services, debt, and insurance. These changes represent accounting reclassifications of funds already received or anticipated and expenses already incurred or planned. Approval of this resolution ensures the city's budget accurately reflects actual financial activity and remains in compliance with standardized reporting practices. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Were there any notable exceptions or deviations this year from previous... Nothing stood out. I looked through the report. Obviously, it's in the packet. This is the part of the year where we get everything reconciled and cleaned up so we can wrap up our reporting, bring the auditors in to do their work. I don't think there was anything out of the ordinary that I saw. Ms. O'Hearn, anything to add? No, this is all pretty standard. It was just to make sure everything is balancing by department for the most part. Very well. Thank you. Okay, I'll ask for a vote on 26-40-27. Manjeri, yes. Hunnigan, yes. Reynolds, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Very well. We need to sit as a town board, so we need a motion to do that. Thank you, Mr. White, Mr. Chair. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All right, anybody opposed? So we are sitting in the town board. The one thing we have to do as the town board is vote for the- Bills. Bills, we're all in unison. Okay, so I need a motion to consider the bills 269007. Seven. Thank you. I heard Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Chair. Any questions on those bills? I'll call for a vote on the 269007 bills. Manjari, yes. Hunnigan, yes. Reynolds, yes. White, yes. Echerry, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Seven vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you very much. We now need a motion to sit as a city council. So moved. Thank you. Second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We are sitting as a city council. We have reached closing comments. Anyone have closing comments they're itching to share? All right, Ms. Mangieri will lead off. April 10th, I will be sitting on a panel at the Galesburg Public Library for food insecurity and resources in Galesburg. There's multiple organizations that will be sitting on that panel. It is from 3 to 4 p.m. in the community room. And so I want to invite everybody to come and check out what is available in Galesburg in terms of resources and what adversity we face. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Hunnigan. I just asked if that was part of the community read program. I was going to mention that as well. Thanks. Yes, it is. April. Mr. Hunnigan, you're next. Okay. I've been invited by the street department, the public works department, to take a tour of their facility, and I did so because they did such a wonderful job in terms of the snow a few weeks ago. So this Friday, I welcome any of the city council to come with me if they want to tour our facilities. My other comment is what no King's Day means to me. I'm a geezer against Caesars. The No Kings Rally 3 was an amazing success, both here in Galesburg and across the nation. Pat on the back to our mayor and Alderman White for their words and participation during the rally. His Majesty Donald Trump, who thinks he's King of America, is desecrating the office of the President of the United States. He is unfit. for this office. A day doesn't go by where he doesn't spew vitriol or do something that at least is inappropriate or embarrassing and at worst is dangerous. All previous presidents, whether Jimmy Carter, George H. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden would have been removed or at least reined in for dropping the F-bomb in an explosive-laced post on Easter Sunday. The fact that he has lowered the standards of decency and decorum of the office is an understatement. Donald Trump does not lead, he rules. He claims authority that he does not have. And one year and a half, he has changed America forever. This country, as well as our international standing, will never, be the same. President Donald Trump's approval rating among Americans has tanked to an all-time low and less than a year and a half. Even longtime supporters like Joe Rogan, Megyn Kelly, Laura Ingraham have seen the light. They know that his policies can backfire like tariffs or escalate a global economic collapse. MAGA voters know that there is a giant iceberg out there, and he is guiding this country on its 250th anniversary toward an iceberg of no return. Again, what does King's Day mean to me? Donald Trump represents the end of American exceptionalism. Large numbers of voters know they have made a colossal blunder. Let's open up our arms treat them as fellow Americans, and invite them to our side. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Reynolds, you follow that? No comment this week. Mr. Reynolds, thank you. Mr. White? I shouldn't have a comment, but I wanted to speak to Ms. Jeanette about the Child Abuse Awareness Month. Her and I had a conversation the other day, and I didn't know it was Child Abuse Awareness Month. And we talked about a child that we both know. And I was really put back because I seen the child, I talked to the child, but I didn't know what bad situation that person was in. I wish I'd have known. That's what everything's about. We have to have a heart to be concerned about someone besides ourselves. You know, not about always making money, not always having the riches and the fame, but about the neighbor, the kid next door, the child walking up down the street. We got to learn how to try and make sure that we keep our eye out for them. Now, I'm talking about the children. I mean, that includes people that are struggling on other things, depression, homelessness. But, you know, children don't really have the ability to fend for themselves. So somebody else could fend for them. And I did attend the Mill King's Day. I'm a veteran and it just breaks my heart to see a human being that called someone like John McCain a loser because he was a POW. That wants to send young men off to war to fight. wrap yourself around in a flag. It just hurts to the core. Hurts to the core. Don't ever send someone to do a job that you're not ready to do yourself. That's just appalling to me. I struggle with turning off the news and not seeing things on TV because it's sickening. It just hurts. And I just wish that we as human beings would learn to just do the one thing that God asked us to do. Love. Love one another. That doesn't mean taking advantage of somebody or using the game or playing the odds. That means giving and taking, loving each other and truly loving each other. Easter has gone by and I know I would not give up my son for anybody, but God gave up his son for all of us. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. White. Mrs. Chair. Thank you, Mr. White. I agree with you. And I think I'd like to sum up what you're saying. It's not just faith, but works. It's like we need to be praying. It's a very difficult time that we're living in. I'm a Christian. You've got to pray. But you also have to step up and do what's right. And that's what's difficult when you talk about something like child abuse. And I know there's some folks here that are accountable as teachers and others for seeing these things. And it can be very difficult. And I understand the personal struggle because what if it was nothing? Are you gonna get that parent in trouble by reporting something when it really was legitimately a bruise from an accident or something like that? So it's... It's difficult sometimes to step up and take that action, which may be uncomfortable or could cause some trouble for people that maybe don't deserve it. But I hear what you're saying for sure. And thank you for bringing that to all of our attention. What was the other? I also wanted to mention there are many things as spring is coming about here in Galesburg that I always like to promote all the wonderful things we can do in our town. Discovery Depot has a number of programs for children of all ages that they are promoting right now. We've got the wonderful Orpheum, many cool concerts. Susie Boggess is coming to town. I hope to see that. And I also want to invite people to go to the City of Galesburg website. Our Parks and Rec have more activities that are coming about, and the Experience Galesburg website to check those things out. So just wanted to plug those items. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Saul? Well, I, for one, I think I can speak to child abuse because I am a foster parent of a 14-year-old girl. she came to us because her mother abused drugs. And the third time, after she had tried to kill herself, and they used Narcan on her, they came to us and said, will you accept this child? DCFS did. They came to us and said, will you take this child into your house? And my wife and I, without hesitation, said yes. we will accept that child. And she was nine years old at the time and had seen her mother die three times. And thanks to Narcan, she got to live her life still. So I can assure you, I know about child abuse. That's enough on that subject, but One of the other things I wanted to talk about tonight was the terminal out at the airport is no longer. They tore it down this week. So there's good things going on out at the airport that a lot of people don't know about. But in the long run, we're going to have a better airport. for people to be able to use. And I think a lot of people should go out there and take a look at what's going on. Another thing I wanna bring up is start seeing motorcycles. It's getting that time of year where everybody's gonna be bringing out their motorcycles. God forbid anybody should pull out in front of one because the motorcycle always loses. If it's a car or a truck or whatever, I mean, nine times out of ten, the motorcycle gets the worst of it. So please start seeing motorcycles. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Stahl. Mr. Cheeseman. Child Abuse Awareness Month. As a teacher, I'm very proud of the colleagues that I've worked with and are now in schools do a tremendous job of looking out for kids, especially in those situations and navigate a very, very challenging situation to make sure that those kids are taken care of. I think another thing that needs to be mentioned with that is there's a certain age that believe it or not in our system that kids are to fend for themselves. For a better word, it's almost like a triage situation. And we need to look out for older kids too. I've had some situations with some of my older kids and Yale scholars and some of the situations that they've had to live under and circumstances are just, they're tough. They're really, really, really, really tough. Mr. Hunnigan, I too, I am frustrated beyond frustrated with our leaders. at our national levels from the way that, from the top down that they act and some of the things that they do and what we should expect and that we're not doing those kinds of things here. We're trying to look out for all the interest of our people no matter what their party, no matter what their situation and I'm gonna continue to do that and I know all of us here will too as well. We're getting shortchanged in a big time in a lot of situations. On a more positive note, Sandburg College on Wednesday offers, and they've been doing this for a number of years, a career expo where over 50 different companies, businesses will be in there looking for folks that potentially can be employed by them. And there are many, many good jobs available there. Speaking also of worship in this last week, Christians celebrated Holy Week, but we have a number of religions that I have great and deep respect for. But at Trinity Lutheran Church, they just got through hosting their 102nd annual Holy Week services. And they have a number of different worship organizations and denominations in our town that come out and... contribute to that and it's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful experience. And again, it shows all the different things that our city and community offer to enrich our lives. So congratulations to them, to Sandburg. Thank you also to the people that come and speak during public speaking. It is something that I know that all of us, and I certainly do, respect that, we pay attention to, and I know our city folks here, take notes on those things, oftentimes are aware of them and are working to and will work to address those things. We don't want to leave any stone unturned to make our community a better place. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Cheeseman. I guess I close. The council, of course, is currently saying a lot and I think very importantly speaking about the issues important to the community. I echo that many of their concerns. It's spring, right? We may have some freezing temperatures coming like tomorrow morning from my understanding, but people are out, people are running around. Spring break is in the air and just be cautious when you're driving. Watch out for the motorcycles, watch out for the bicyclists, watch out for the pedestrians, watch out for the Grand Hogs. I almost ran one over on Broad Street driving the class today. Um, it is, it is, everybody's out, including the groundhogs. Keep that in mind. Um, and you know, on a more serious note, I mean, it's just like, like we've heard, uh, from at least a couple of the counselors, there's a lot of friction in the air. There's a lot of hostility. Uh, it's being bred in social media. We, as I said, I think at the last meeting, we need to stick together. We need to work together, right? Our community is what we make of it. No matter what else goes on. And the more we can do that, the better off we'll be. So I appreciate those comments, Mr. Cheeseman. Mr. Hunnigan, we need to stick together. We need to work together. We have to recognize, again, we are in control of our own destiny in Galesburg. And we can make it, as I say in my emails, if we ever got it, we can make it the best city in the world. We just have to want to. So I'll end on that note. What restaurant? What restaurant? Did you just say that? Oh, Evgeny's? Yeah. Oh, well, there's a great new restaurant in Galesburg on Seminary Street, if you haven't checked it out yet. I don't know how to pronounce it, Evgenia or something along those lines. Can anybody say it really quick? Evgenia. Evgenia is closer. But it is incredibly good, and it is opened by Galesburg residents who have a tremendous passion for food. And there's a Scrabble tournament. I've been told what I'm supposed to say. We're hosting our fourth set of Scrabble tournaments this coming weekend. And you don't have to come to visit or play. You still can sign up. It's not too late, folks. I'm looking at some of the folks in the room. There's 52 right now signed up. But you can watch it from home. All the tournament will be streamed on Let's Play Scrabble, which is a YouTube site. It's going to be hosted at the Community Arts Center. Downtown, at least the first two. And Monday, a week from today, is National Scrabble Day. And I believe, I could be wrong, but I believe we will be the only city in the United States and Canada celebrating National Scrabble Day. And let that be a word to the wise. And we have a national champion coming as well. So, like, check out our website, ScrabbleGalesburg.org, if you want more information. And I guess now with all the echoes from the monkey, I mean, what is called the peanut gallery, we'll call for a closure of the meeting. Have a motion. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All right, we are adjourned. Be safe, everyone.