Hello, everyone. Welcome to tonight's council meeting. It's June 2nd, 2025. I'll ask the clerk for the roll, please. Council Member Hicks? Here. Hunnigan? Here. Miller? White? Present. Achera? Here. Saul? Yes, ma'am. Cheeseman? Here. Mayor Schwartzman? Here. Seven are present, Your Honor. Thank you. We'll rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. I'll ask... Councilor Hunnigan to lead us, and then we'll have the invocation by Deacon Michael Crummer afterwards. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the peace of the Lord be with you all. Let us pray. Dear God, we seek your help with our affairs this evening. Bless this meeting with your divine intelligence and help us to make the best use of our own. We are of diverse opinion here. yet we wish to mend our differences and reach agreement satisfactory to all as our work here tonight impacts our community and the lives of all those we are elected to serve. We therefore invite you, Lord, to be part of our conversations this evening by granting all of us in attendance, elected officials, city staff, and individual citizens the wisdom and discernment to know what to say and when to say it. And open our ears, Lord, that we may hear what we honestly need to hear from each other, even when it is perhaps something we don't want to hear. Open our minds to new learning and open our hearts to deeper compassion. May we engage in dialogue and not rhetoric. May our words heal and not hurt. Let our comments and our decisions be for the common good of our Galesburg community as a whole. And we ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. And may Almighty God bless all in attendance this evening, as well as our Galesburg community as a whole. In the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. Amen. I have two proclamations this evening. The first reads as follows. Whereas the city of Galesburg is a friendly and welcoming community that celebrates and promotes diversity and inclusion, and whereas the city recognizes the importance of equality and freedom for all our residents and the progress we have made as a nation in the fight for justice and equality, And whereas we recognize that our nation was founded upon the principles that all people are created equal and that everyone has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And whereas the city is strengthened by and thrives upon the rich diversity of ethnic, cultural, racial, gender, and sexual identities of its residents, all of which make up our vibrant character. And whereas our community is strengthened by our citizens and LGBTQ plus residents and visitors should feel safe, valued, empowered, and supported by their peers, educators, and community leaders. And whereas the city of Galesburg recognizes the importance and contributions of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer LGBTQ plus community. And whereas the city of Galesburg acknowledges that June has historically been a month of celebration and pride for the LGBTQ plus community ever since the Stonewall riots of 1969. Now, therefore, I, Peter D. Schwarzman, mayor of the city of Galesburg, Illinois, do hereby proclaim the month of June 2025 LGBTQ plus pride month. in the city of Galesburg and encourage our community to eliminate prejudice wherever it exists to celebrate our great diversity and to actively promote the principles of equality, liberty, and justice for all. Dated on the second day of June, 2025 with my signature in the city seal. Thank you. The second proclamation reads as follows. Whereas on June 19th, 1865 in Galveston, Texas, over two years after President Abraham Lincoln declared all enslaved persons free, Major General Gordon Granger and Union Army troops enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed the last enslaved black Americans. And whereas, free from the bondage which immorally deprived them of human dignity, their long overdue emancipation was celebrated on June 19th, Juneteenth. And this year marks the 160th year of Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the abolishment of slavery in the United States. And whereas this nationally recognized holiday offers a chance to celebrate human freedoms, to remember the painful and lasting impact of slavery, and to recommit to eliminating the systematic, or in this case, it says systemic racism that still exists in our society as we work towards true freedom and equality for every American. And whereas in observing Juneteenth, we renew our commitment to equality, equity, and justice, we must not forget the struggles, courage, and hope spanning centuries that paved the way for today's progress, ensuring the significance of 1865 endures. Therefore, I, Peter D. Schwartzman, Mayor of the City of Galesburg, Illinois, do hereby proclaim June 19th as Juneteenth Day in the City of Galesburg and encourage all citizens to actively participate in dialogue and community events to promote the culture of belonging that was General Granger's aspiration 160 years ago. Dated on the second day of June 2025 with my signature in the city seal. Thank you very much for both proclamations. Next item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes from the May 19th, 2025 meeting. I need a motion and a second. So moved. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Second. Thank you, Mr. Cheeseman. Any questions about the minutes? Seeing none, I call for a vote on those minutes. Hicks, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White abstains. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Five yes, one abstention, Your Honor. Thank you. We are going to have a bid opening for open bids for the city-owned real estate. I'll turn it over to Mr. Hanson, who will then, I think, relay it to our attorney. Yeah, thank you. As you know, we published properties for sale as part of that exercise. At this point, I'll turn it over to Mr. Alcorn to open the bids and present them to the public and council in the appropriate format for consideration from council. Thanks. We have received 12 sealed envelopes. with bids and I'll proceed to open them now. The first one is from Matthew Wheaton. And it is regarding tract nine. And the bid price is $100. Second envelope is from Jeffrey Anderson and it regards tract 6 and the bid amount is $100. Laco Family Farms, LLC. And it's regarding tract three. And the bid price is $591. Next we have a bid from Rogue Shot for track 13 and that bid price is $500. Next, we have a bid from Shana Scott and No Limit Landscaping LLC. For track one, the bid price is $100. For track two, the price is $205. For tract three, $100. For tract four, $100. Tract five, $100. Tract six, $100. Tract seven, $100. Tract eight, $100. Tract nine, $100. Tract 10, $100. $100, track 12, $100, and track 13, $100 for a total bid price of $1,405. Next bid is from Michael Akers, and it's for track 13, and the bid price is $100. bid is again from Michael Akers and this is for track this is track number 13 bid price $100 Specialty WLC Inc. And it's for tract number 11. And the bid price is $200. And the bid is for tract 7. And it appears to be $100. form is from Carla Johnson. The bid is for track 9 and the bid price is $300. FORM IS FROM MR. MARK F. RASMUSSEN. AND THE BID IS FOR SEVERAL TRACKS INCLUDING TRACK 1 AT $351, TRACK 2 AT $301, TRACK 3 AT $151, Tracked 4 at $351. Tracked 6, $351. And tracked 13 for $401. And the final bid package. from Marcus M. Kaiser Sr. And the bid is for tract 10. And the bid price is $500. And that is the end of the bids. Mr. Guggenheim, anything you want to discuss? Obviously you want these. Yeah, perfect. I think that's it, Your Honor. Fantastic. Okay, we got 12. We had 12 submitted envelopes. And the city will be reviewing those and making recommendations to the council in subsequent meetings. We have reached public comment. If you're here for public comment, please step forward, state your name. You have three minutes to address the dais. All right, take your time. My name is David Selkirk, Ward 5, Chairman of the City Golf Commission. And tonight, You have in front of you to pass an ordinance or resolution on 25-2018, which is authorizing the purchase of 6.6 acres of property on the west side of Bunker Links Municipal Golf Course. Twelve years ago, I asked the city administration to look into buying that, and at the time they said we have first right of refusal, so we didn't have to do anything. So evidently that has come about now that somebody either wants to sell it or somebody wants to buy it. and being the fact that the city administration has thought that we should have it, and I think we should too, because it gives us some land for the future of bunkers if we need to use it, but also it attaches bunker links, Lincoln Park, and Lake Story all the way around. That's the last piece of property that was not the city. So I hope that you look at that and find a reason to vote on it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Please step forward, state your name. Thank you. My name is Candy Webb and I'm a citizen of Galesburg. I'd like to take this time to really thank the city for their assistance with everything from the right places to go to have a nine-day Juneteenth celebration to giving us direction on what we shouldn't do. in some cases, and really assisting us in getting this done. There's a team of approximately 20 people putting this whole set of events together. If you haven't seen the posters yet, please look for them and send me a message and I'll get it to you. But we have a lot of different things going on. And with our rich history in Galesburg of open-mindedness and cultural activities, this fits right in. And we're just thankful for you. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment? Please state forward and step forward and state your name. Good evening, my name is Charles Little and I first want to start out by thanking the City Council for taking seriously on the looking into the needs of the homelessness here in Galesburg. You did a little bit of a news article on it, I believe, and that was very informative and it's very helpful. The National Income Housing Coalition has just released what Trump is doing with HUD, and he's put zeros all the way down the board. He's only wanting to fund a state rental assistant program, meaning putting the weight on the state, which Illinois is taxed, we're taxed pretty good here, so that would be, where's that going to come from? Tax money. Indian Housing Block Grant is another one that he's funding. and homeless assistance grants, which just covers minimal sheltering. Everything else along the board is zero, which I'm not sure if the House and the Senate will agree. I mean, there's more time to that, but as it looks now, Knox County Housing has a lot of members on vouchers, HUD vouchers, and that would cut the vouchers to these individuals to where it might put them in a situation of homelessness as well, on top of what we already have going on. So I just want to bring that to the city's attention. I would like to have a private meeting with the city manager and the mayor possibly to sit down and talk about a little bit of research that I've been doing and to go over what would be some plausible plans to solve the problem. Right now I don't know what's going on in Peru, but we have members coming from Peru homeless shelter, they've showing up off the train because Peru has closed their shelter for two weeks for, I don't know if it's maintenance or whatever. So that's also gonna be a factory. And if this budget sets other community, the homelessness communities will move around. We will see a whole bunch of different people that we're not familiar with and coming into our community because, well, this is a great community and this is where they're gonna look. So if you guys are interested, I'd like to have a little meeting with you guys and go over some things and possibly we can get a solution to this. All right, thank you. Thank you. Anyone else have a public comment? Please step forward and state your name. Again, Mindy. And I have been reported not coming up here and being too nice about things. So tonight, I'm going to change my tone with a positive note, okay? A good thing has happened, but it was kind of sad at the beginning. A homeless person we have in town, her name is Allison Baldwin. She was first put into the warming center, right, Charlie? And... Then she was kicked out because of situations. And so she's been on our streets, okay, ladies and gentlemen, community of Gettysburg. She's been on our streets since February, okay? And an incident happened, some mental issues happened at the library. Was it last week? Okay, that several reports she was wanting people to know that she was... sexually raped sexual rape that's what she was saying all day long so myself and another citizen so there's another good thing of galsburg rosie morris was there and she absolutely helps us feed and take care of some of these people that hang out the library um every day as we do and uh mrs morris and i called the police and they came and um uh then through the evaluations and everything we found out that mrs morrison since february been on our streets was in our warming center, she is a missing person from Peoria, Illinois. Okay. And she is home now. She is home. Okay. So who's at fault for not following through? She was at the warming center. Okay. So, you know, but she's been up here since February homeless and she is, was a missing person. So my congratulations, she's home. And she's there. Another situation I want to talk about, I was going to go over the health issues on the homeless people, but I'll save that for the next time because I'm running out of minutes. I want to say the dumpsters, because our graduation people at Knox College is leaving and going home, and some of them are traveling far away. And I know on that note that they can't take the microwave and the TV and the chairs and everything, you know, because they can't. And I've noticed there's like, what, eight, six, seven dumpsters around the campus. And this is where they're throwing their stuff in and everyone else throws Is there a way, council and city of Galesburg, that we can stop that and have that stuff donated to people that need it? My God, microwaves and everything in these dumpsters, that is a waste. And I know the students would want to give that. Okay, so let's do something. Somebody activate here in the community or something and let's change that from going into the dumpster to going into the community. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment? Please state your name. Thank you. Reverend Andrew Jowers, Ward 6. And I just want to commend Mindy. You just heard. She come with a different strategy today. See how we can change and more positive. She's passionate about what she's doing. And Charlie. I commend you. It's not easy, you know, to care about someone else, you know. If you have a good, you know, and they're putting themselves out, you know, to come down and do this for our city. And so we got all these vacant buildings and all these smart people. Surely we could come up with a solution to address homelessness. And we know what's coming down, you know, from the executive orders concerning homelessness. that great, beautiful, big bill that's about to be passed. And so in keeping with my theme, good governance, I think we have a good council, you know, very diverse. And I believe that we can do some great things in Gillsburg. And so in the light of good governance, participation is what I want to focus on tonight, ensuring all individuals have a voice. in decision-making either directly or through legitimate representation. Whether someone voted for you or not is not the question. A representative represent. And I think, you know, as a clergy person, you know, I'm getting outside the four walls of the House of the Lord and looking around the city of Gillsburg. And Dr. King said, you know, the folks in the south, you know, the clergy was more cautious than courageous. You know, beautiful edifices, places of worship, but they didn't really understand what the people were going through. And so I challenge all the council tonight to reevaluate, you know, how you approach a job. Get outside of this. and walk around the city of gillsburg see some of the children that are struggling families that are struggling they're struggling now they've been struggling for a long time but what's about to happen they're going to struggle more you may not think it's going to impact you but it may impact your family member or your child or your uncle your aunt your niece or your nephew somewhere along the line so collectively you know we we can come up with some solutions i got 13 minutes Can I get 13 minutes? No, I wish. But Juneteenth is coming up, and on the holiday, June 19th, we're going to have a showcase of local authors that's been published. And so I want you to come out. It starts at 11 a.m. to 1 o'clock p.m. And we're going to talk about, we're going to tie in Juneteenth in terms of their struggle. And it's just inspiring excellence on our journey you know, to commemorate in our freedom. So these folks- Thank you, Mr. Jowers. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment? Thank you for those who spoke. We'll continue our regular meeting. Our next item is the Consent Agenda 2025-11. All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and be enacted by one motion. There is only one item under the consent agenda, 258010, approval and warrants drawn in payment of same. Do I have a motion for the consent agenda? So moved. Thank you, Mr. Saul. Second. Mr. Chair, thank you. We have two. Any questions about that item? Seeing none, I call for a vote on the consent agenda, 2025-11. Hicks, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes. Your Honor. Thank you. We move to passages of ordinances and resolutions. We have two items tonight. The first is Resolution 2521.7, authorizing purchase of four real estate parcels on the public square. I need a motion and a second. So moved. Thank you, Mr. White and Mr. Cheeseman, I think. And I'll move to Mr. Hanson for more clarity. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of purchasing four parcels of land known as 99-10-460-001, 99-10-460-002, SAME-003, SAME-004, located on the northeast corner of the public square from Michael L. and Karen K. Martin. Instead of cash transaction, the city plans to acquire the property by forgiving $300,000 of existing debt owed by the property owners from a 2018 loan to exist with expenses related to the installation of underground utilities and the extension of Gale Village Drive on the north end of the city. This acquisition aligns with the city's ongoing efforts to strategically invest in properties that support community development and revitalize goals. Obviously these four parcels are strategically located on the immediate north east corner of the circle and staff believes it's in the best interest for the city to control these parcels for future use and development and is recommending approval. I haven't answered any questions. Thank you Mr. Hanson. Any questions about these properties? Mr. Hicks. I'm going to abstain from Resend and abstain on this. Mike and Karen are clients of mine I've done multiple deals with, and I have nothing to do with this that we're talking about tonight, actually, but we do have a working relationship on many, many deals, real estate deals, and I'm just not going to speak or vote. Thank you. Anyone else? Seeing none, I call for a vote on 25-2017. Hicks abstains. Hunnigan, yes. Dwight, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Five yes, one abstention, Your Honor. Next item, another resolution 25-2018, authorizing purchase of a 6.6 acres of property on the west side of Bunker Links Municipal Golf Course. We need a motion and a second. Thank you, Mr. Cheeseman. And Mr. Hicks seconds. I turn it over to Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of purchasing parcel identification number 53-34-101-002, currently owned by the Marjory H. Novotny Trust and the Albert J. Novotny Trust for $63,000. This property borders Bunker Links Municipal Golf Course and... Acquisition aligns with the city's strategic interest for potential future development and long-term planning. The property owners have agreed to the sale, and the city staff have deemed the price fair and reasonable. The purchase will be funded through the Economic Development Fund, as was discussed briefly during public comment. This aligns the park from 150 over to the western edge of... the golf course, as well as the northern edge of most of the pond area that feeds into Lake Story, which allows us to expand both park and potentially golf course in the future. It's a very strategically located parcel, and staff is recommending approval. Thank you, Mr. Hanson. Any questions about this item? Ms. Johnigan. What is the size of this park? piece of property. 6.6 acres and there was an appraisal of the entire deal and so there was an independent appraisal that arrived at this purchase price. Obviously, we feel it's in line and a good acquisition. Thank you. Any further questions? Seeing none, I ask the clerk to call for a vote on 25-2018. Hicks, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Echera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Six vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We move to bids, petitions, and communications. We have two items. The first is 253016. Resend approval of one ton heavy duty cab chassis purchased from Yem Chevrolet. Need a motion and a second? So moved. Thank you. Mr. White? Thank you, Mr. Saul. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of the recension of the May 5, 2025 approval of YUM Chevrolet's low bid of $52,497 for a 2025 Ram 3500 cab chassis. For the water division, Yem Chevrolet has withdrawn the bid after being unable to fulfill the order because the manufacturer sold out of that particular model and closed the order bank. Obviously, unfortunate, we always, as part of the bid process, we always prefer, especially when the local bids come, unfortunately they can't perform and have asked to withdraw the bid. Nothing precludes us from working with them and bidding with them in the future. It's just one of the issues of availability. And obviously we've got the remedy on the next item, but happy to answer any additional questions. Thank you. Any questions on this item? Seeing none, I call for vote on 253016. Hicks, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. Next item, as Mr. Hansen mentioned, 253017, purchase of a one-ton heavy-duty cab chassis purchased from Victory Lane Ford. Need a motion and a second. So moved. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Second. And thank you, Mr. Saul. Mr. Hansen. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff is recommending approval of the bid from Victory Lane Ford in the amount of $52,990 for the purchase of a new 2024 Ram 3500 cab chassis to be utilized by the Water Division. This recommendation comes after the previous approved bid for the 2025 model from YEM could not be fulfilled due to manufacturer's order bank closing. Victory Lane Ford has a new 2024 model in stock and has reduced their initial offer from $54,797 down to $52,990. Funds are available in the Water division budget for the purchase, and a separate bid will be issued for the dump body and snow plow installation. I haven't answered any additional questions. Thank you, Mr. Hanson. Anyone have questions about this item? Seeing none, I call for a vote on 253017. Hicks, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes. Your Honor? Thank you. We've reached the city manager's report. Mr. Hanson, anything to add? Unless anybody has any questions, I don't have anything specific tonight, Your Honor. Any questions for Mr. Hanson this evening? Seeing none, we'll move on. Miscellaneous business, one item. 25-40-43. This is an engineering agreement for a fuel farm. Need a motion and a second. Thank you, Mr. Hicks. Thank you, Mr. White. Mr. Hanson. Thank you, Your Honor. Staff recommends approval of an engineering agreement with Hanson Engineering for the airport fuel farm project totaling 120,612. The project, which involves replacing deteriorated underground fuel tanks with above-ground storage tanks, is largely funded by the Rebuild Illinois Capital Program, of which 90% will come from the state with a 10% local match. The engineering agreement covers planning and special services, design-phase services, and construction-phase services. The city previously approved Hanson Engineering at the city's airport consult The city will pay the total engineering cost up front and be reimbursed by the state for their portion of the work. Happy to answer any additional questions. Thank you. Any questions about this item? Seeing none, I call for a vote on 25-40-43. Hicks, yes. Hunnigan, yes. White, yes. Cherry, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Sixth vote, yes, Your Honor. Thank you. I need a motion to sit as a town board. So moved. Thank you. I need a second. Second. Thank you. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We are sitting as a town board. We have one item under town business, the bills, 259014. Need a motion for the bills. So moved. Thank you, Mr. Saul. I need a second. Ms. Cheeseman seconds. Any questions about the bills? Seeing none, we'll call for a vote on the bills, 259014. Hicks, yes. Honegan, yes. White, yes. Achera, yes. Saul, yes. Cheeseman, yes. Six vote yes, Your Honor. Thank you. We need a motion to sit as a city council. So moved. Thank you, Mr. Cheeseman. Second. Thank you, Mr. Saul. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We are now sitting as a city council. We have moved to the closing comments section of our meeting as our distinguished former fireman has walked in the door. Is anyone ready to deliver closing comments? Lead off hitter for this evening. Generally the highest paid player on each team. Either way, Mr. Hunnigan, you're up first. A lot of pressure. Good evening, everyone. I have a couple comments I want to make. I want to take this opportunity to thank Officer Kevin Legate, our active police chief, for coming to my home in Ward 2. City Manager Eric Hansen was also instrumental in arranging this meeting between law enforcement and my neighbors. Acting Police Chief Kevin spent nearly two hours listening and talking to my neighbors, 14 people in total, about the issue of problem houses in Galesburg, illegal drugs like meth, and how homelessness and mental instability correlate with one another. My wife and I have lived on Mulberry Street for almost 50 years. It is unbelievable how one house on the block can negatively impact an entire neighborhood. Over the past 12 months, there have been two drug overdoses in this house where paramedics had to be called. One morning, 6 a.m. to be exact, one of the residents of this house lost touch with reality. She came outside, took off her clothes in my front yard and she was completely nude. She started yelling at people that weren't there and began walking up and down our block where school children catch the bus in the morning. Am I angry? Yes, I'm angry and worried. My neighbors are angry, exclamation point. Once again, the neighbors of Mulberry Street thank Kevin Legate, for his proactive, collaborative approach to policing and for fostering trust and cooperation between the police and our residents. I think it was a productive conversation because he also spoke to the actual homeowner who owns and resides in the problem house on Mulberry Street. My neighbors and I learned there are no easy answers. But we also learned that there are problem houses all over the city of Galesburg, not just Ward 2. By the end of the two hours, Officer Legate assured our neighbors that this house will remain under surveillance using every legal tool at the department's disposal. Am I, how much time do I have? All right, changing subjects. At our next city council meeting, I want to talk about dilapidated houses in Galesburg. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Dunnegan. Mr. White, you're up next. I have a couple of things I want to talk about. I want everybody to look up H.R. 3518. I hope it's not coming to Galesburg. Anything that comes from the federal government, trickles down, HR 3518. I also have still concerns about our license plate readers, our flock cameras. I have a story that's very concerning that exemplifies my concerns when we first put them up. It's about a lady in Texas that they think had an abortion and they used like 83,000 cameras to find her. to arrest her. It's a great concern of mine of what's going on in our nation. So let's think about it. However, cell phones track us enough. The case underscores a great concern that the mass surveillance infrastructure originally sold as a tool to find stolen cars and missing persons is now being used to target people. seeking reproductive health care. This unchecked, warrantless access that allows law enforcement to surveil across state lines blurs the line between protection and persecution. Thank you, Mr. White. Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mayor. I don't have a ton to say, but I definitely concur with your concerns, Mr. Hunnigan. Ward 5 has its share of, I mean, I really don't know. I mean, there may be a few certain neighborhoods that have less than some of the older parts of town, but the dilapidated homes, the folks with... mental illnesses, drug use. I see it in my ward. I know members of my ward and I have gone on walks and addressed these things. And I do want to commend our public safety personnel, fire and police. They have responded to so many issues that I've witnessed. And also to staff, Steve Gugliotta and others on his team, who actually are doing what they can. We don't have a ton of money, but they really try to find grants and things like that to help and assist in renovating and fixing up some of these homes. So I'm sure that our staff will continue to try to find these resources. It's tough, but working together, keeping an awareness, I mean, that's what we're here for. We've got to stay on top of things or things aren't going to improve. Thank you. Thanks, Ms. Chair. Mr. Saul? Well, I looked around my ward the other day, and I have to agree with Mr. Hunnigan that it only takes one bad house to make the neighborhood look bad. And I saw several houses in my neighborhood and businesses even that had not mowed their yards. And to me, there's a lot of young people out there right now that just either got out of school or graduated high school or whatever that people could hire to mow their yards if they're not capable. I just wonder, I did it as a child. I mean, my mom and dad, that was the first thing in the morning that when I woke up, oh, Mr. Jones needs his yard mowed. He called yesterday and wanted you to come over and mow it. So when I was like 10 years old, I started mowing yards. By the age of 13, I had $900 saved up for the down payment on a car. So I think these people should get in touch with the youth around the neighborhoods and employ them to mow their yards. That's all I had to say. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Saul. Mr. Cheeseman. Mr. Hunnigan, you're right on the money on both of those topics. And I would add a further sidebar, so to speak, and that would be like we in anything in life, the majority of people in this town is wonderful with so many different things that it offers and that we should feel proud about. We have a number of really, really fine landlords, but we also have a number of landlords that are taking advantage of their tenants. I'm not helping them. There's a particular one that I go see, a young lady that's handicapped, and bring her groceries and things like that. And the conditions she's living in are just really, really, really tough. And some of that's certainly the landlord, in my opinion. not doing the things that they need to do. And again, we're limited with what our resources are, but we all need to be rolling in the right direction here and holding folks accountable that need to be held accountable in that. And as I say, the vast majority of landlords do a terrific job. A couple of events this past week, last Sunday morning, and Mr. White and I were there, the Albert and Albert Kimbrough Fieldhouse dedication at the high school for, I'm a history person, and those two gentlemen growing up here in the 1950s and the contributions they made here, but made throughout America. And more importantly, the things they stood for. They were tremendous human beings in terms of the dignity and the grace and the role modeling that they displayed are people that you want to find out about. And it's very appropriate that the Fieldhouse was named in their honor last week. And I was thrilled to be a part of that. We had two proclamations here tonight. We have a number of them throughout the year. These proclamations are important. They talk about stories and people and events that are significant, that are meaningful, and that we should all find out about and learn from and connect with our lives and connect with their lives. They're really, really important. Youth is important to me also. And to grow and improve, we've got to nurture them. And I think it's important that there was an alderman here, John Peterson, that sat in this chair that had a Youth Extra Effort Award. And I'd like to take a look and see what we can do with that again. And that's to potentially take note of and acknowledge just your everyday average young person that does something that they're not trying to be noticed for, but have made a significant contribution. And I want to take a look at that and see what we can do with that and and get that part of what we're doing again. And finally, on Tuesday, June 17th, from six to seven at the public library, I'm gonna hold a town hall meeting. I think it's important to listen to our citizens, to let them ask questions, to hear their concerns, and also tell them a little bit about what we're trying to do here and where at least I'm coming from on things. And that is just another step in trying to make this more of a conduit and a connection with our people here. So mark that on your calendar. I'll try to get that more information out and it's open to all. And I want it to be a very productive night for all citizens. Six to seven. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Cheeseman. Mr. Hicks. Thank you, Mayor. I'll be short and sweet as always. I just want to simply say I appreciate Deacon Kramer coming tonight. Michael is, I consider him a friend. Father Dias, Father Miller, and Deacon Crummer were on the altar when my wife and I got married around the corner at Corpus Christi, and Michael literally is one of my, someone that I look up to. He's always even-keeled, he always has wonderful advice, and it was greatly appreciated. He took time out of his day to start off our meeting. Thank you, Mr. Hicks. Not much to report. I think many of the counselors already said much of what I was going to say. I think we've had a tremendous number of graduates in the recent few weeks. Lots of parties, lots of celebrations, a lot of young people doing some really wonderful things in our community. I do want to point out the Juneteenth event, which is not just one day. It's going to be multiple days, multiple events, lots of opportunities to engage. And I hope more and more people get involved. I'll post something about it on my Facebook page later this evening. And lastly, I guess Mr. Cheeseman and I are thinking along the same lines. We really do respect and appreciate public input. I wasn't going to hold the town meeting, but I am going to be doing biweekly meetings in the community just for people who want to chat, who want to share ideas, and I'll be posting those events on my Facebook page as well. With that, I'll ask for a motion to adjourn. Thank you. We have a first and a second. All those in approve, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We are adjourned. Be safe.