- Seen as at 630, I'm gonna go ahead and call this session as regular session of the Bloomington
- Common Council to order here on April 2nd with it with the clerk please call the roll Councilmember
- ruff
- Rallo here Piedmont Smith here Stasburg here Daly here Rosenberger here sorry present great thank
- you councilmember Daly I move to suspend the rules to modify the agenda for tonight's meeting I
- move items 4a through 4d and then 7a be removed from the agenda
- yes before we go any further I will email it right now thank you so there's been a motion to
- suspend the rules to modify the agenda on suspensions of rules there's no debate allowed but there
- are questions of clarification that are acceptable and it needs a
- two-thirds majority to pass are there any clarification questions from council members regarding
- the motion councilmember Piedmont Smith I just wanted to clarify for the public this is largely
- because of the storm that's heading our way and our attempts to try to get things done quickly is
- that correct yes that's correct thank you are there other clarification questions great could the
- clerk please call the roll on the motion
- to suspend the rules no I don't have it yet I'm sorry
- Yes
- Councilmember Ruff
- Rollo yes Piedmont Smith. Yes Stasburg. Yes, Daley. Yes Rosenberger. Yes
- Yes
- Thank you
- Great, thank you
- So as councilmember Piedmont Smith said this is largely we're trying to make this meeting as quick
- as possible
- To make sure that we can all get home before the storm hits
- So for our agenda summation very quickly. I will sum up. We are going to have an approval of
- minutes
- We are skipping the entire report session section from council members mayor council committees the
- public
- We do have appointments to boards and commissions. We will have two appropriation ordinances for
- first reading that will be
- not be discussed and then we will skip the resolution noted in the agenda and
- Our legislation for second readings include ordinance
- 2025-09 to establish the public safety answering point local income tax fund and
- then appropriation ordinance
- 2025-03 to transfer money into that fund and then ordinance
- 2025-10
- To transfer debt service funds into the city's general fund at that point
- We will have a period of general public comment for items not on the agenda
- So the public will still have a portion of the agenda
- Set aside for them any notes on council
- Schedule and adjournment and I will be kind of keeping an eye on the weather map
- And if it looks as though the storm is moving faster than I expect it to right now
- We will adjourn as needed. So with that said, let's just go right into the approval of those
- minutes. I
- Moved that the minutes from November 20th 2024 be adopted as be adopted
- Thank you, we have a motion and a second to approve the minutes are there councilmember questions
- about the minutes or comments
- Thank you all those in favor say aye aye any opposed great. Thank you. Those minutes passed
- unanimously
- next appointments to boards and commissions
- Does anybody have appointments to boards and commissions
- Who's supposed to do that I
- Can't okay Courtney can sorry which one of you wants to do it councilmember Daley
- For the community advisory on Public Safety Commission, I moved to a point Carson Nair to seat c5
- Berget Newman to seat c7 and Kale Ulry to seat c8
- Great thank you. We have
- Three folks being appointed to the caps Commission. Does any council members have any questions
- about those appointments?
- Okay seeing none
- All in favor of those three appointments to the caps Commission, please say aye aye any opposed
- Thank you. That passes unanimously a big. Thank you. It goes out to
- Carson Nair Berget Newman and Kale Ulry for their service and their interest in serving Bloomington.
- Thank you very much for that
- Next we will move right into legislation for first readings. I
- Move that appropriation ordinance 2025 04 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis
- only
- All those in favor of
- Introduction of appropriation ordinance 2025 04, please say aye. Aye opposed. Thank you. Will the
- clerk please read
- Appropriation ordinance 2025 - 04 to transfer from the general fund to various departments within
- the general fund and to the economic development
- Local income tax funds the park and recreation general fund the parking meter fund the parking
- facilities fund
- The motor vehicle highway fund the alternative transportation fund the fleet maintenance fund and
- the sanitation fund
- The synopsis is as follows
- appropriation ordinance 2025 - 04
- appropriates various transfers of funds within the general fund from the human resources department
- to various departments and
- From the general fund to various funds and various departments to correct the personnel budgets and
- align with the 2025 salary ordinance
- Great thank you very much. I
- Move that appropriation ordinance 2025 05 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis
- only
- Thank you a motion and a second to introduce appropriation ordinance 2025 05 all those in favor,
- please say aye
- aye
- Opposed. Thank you. Will the clerk please read?
- Appropriation ordinance 2025 - 05 to amend and transfer appropriations in the alternative
- transportation fund
- cumulative capital development fund and Park and Recreation General Fund for expenditures not
- otherwise appropriated
- synopsis as follows appropriation ordinance 2025 - 05 adjusts the 2025 city depart city budget to
- Appropriate funds originally included for capital expenses that are now funded through the 2024 go
- bond
- Reallocates parks and recreation expenditures covered by ARPA and increases appropriations to the
- council sidewalk committee and the public works
- Community crossings matching grant it also corrects the funding source for the Parks and Recreation
- Department's Zamboni rental
- Great. Thank you very much
- Those two appropriation ordinances will be heard for second reading and that will serve as the
- public hearing in our next regularly
- Scheduled session in two weeks from tonight on April 16th
- Now we can move on to second readings. I
- Move ordinance 20 2509 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only
- Thank you, it's been moved and seconded to hear ordinance 20 2509
- Those in favor, please say aye. Aye opposed. Thank you. Will the clerk please read
- Ordinance 20 25 - 0 9 to establish the public safety answering point local income tax
- tax fund the synopsis is as follows ordinance 20 25 - 0 9
- Establishes the public safety answering point local income tax fund to ensure that revenue from the
- peace app lit is separately maintained
- And used exclusively for the Joint City County Dispatch Center as required by Indiana law
- Great thank you
- 20509 be adopted
- Thank you, and I believe that we have controller McClellan here to present on this item of
- legislation
- Controller McClellan
- Thank you for your time tonight and for being here
- I'd like to give you a brief and clear explanation of ordinance 20 2509 which creates a new fund
- for public safety operations
- Specifically for our communities 9-1-1 dispatch center. What is this ordinance about or the
- ordinance?
- Establishes a separate fund called the public safety answering point local income tax fund or peace
- app lit fund for short
- This fund will be used exclusively to support the Monroe County Central Emergency Dispatch Center
- Our communities 9-1-1 hub that answers calls and dispatches
- Emergency services throughout the county except for Indiana Indiana University, which has its own
- system
- And why is this necessary?
- Since 2016 a portion of our local income tax has been set aside for public safety
- Part of that money is meant just for the dispatch center
- Until month until now that money was tracked separately on paper or on a spreadsheet
- But kept in the same fund as the other public safety income
- This ordinance simply moves that money into its own fund as required by state law
- Doing so makes things cleaner easier to track and ensures that money is used for its intended
- purpose
- Supporting our 9-1-1 services and how does this affect the budget? There's no new spending in no
- fiscal impact
- This is just a bookkeeping update at the start of this year
- We have 2.4 million set aside
- Specifically for the dispatch center in cash. We will continue to add to that cash balance
- throughout the year as we get
- distributions from the state
- So that cash so those revenues and that cash balance will be placed in the new PSAP lit fund
- What can PS lit funds be used for the original public safety local income tax fund still exists?
- And can be used for other public safety needs like police and fire services
- ambulance and emergency medical response public safety communications and 9-1-1 systems and
- pensions for police fire and other safety personnel
- So how do the PSAP lit funds come to the city?
- The state does a distribution of all the local income tax funds to the county once a month
- And then the county distributes that to all the different units including the city once a month
- I
- also wanted to touch on
- the definition of public safety
- The state statute requires that PS lit funds be used to to expend money for a purpose described in
- Indiana code
- 6 - 3.6 - 2 - 14 and this refers to the definition of public safety
- the definition of public safety is
- police and law enforcement fire protection
- emergency ambulance services emergency medical services emergency action and probation services
- including communications pensions and training associated with these services and
- so it is possible it would that
- Something like a homeless shelter or a reentry program
- to receive PS lit it has to be operated by a police or fire department or has to be part of a
- probation service or
- Probation department or is directly tied to public safety operations in some way to qualify as a PS
- lit
- expenditure
- I
- Appreciate your attention and I'll take any questions that you have
- Great thank you. Do council members have any questions?
- Councilmember Piedmont Smith
- Yes, thank you very much
- So you were just reviewing what could be the use of funds through
- Public safety local income tax. Yeah, that's not the PSAP
- Would
- The emergency action services would that potentially include non-police community emergency
- response?
- response like the kind that's offered through Stride Center, I
- Think that the the non-police portion of it would
- Maybe possibly make it not qualify for PS lit
- We would have to I'm not an attorney and the attorneys would look into that
- But off the top it seems like it does have to be tied to police and fire if any attorney would like
- to
- Okay, Margie says that she agrees Corporation Council Margie Rice would agree with that, you know,
- just
- Just from that summary kind of information
- Yeah
- That it would have to be tied to a police or fire or probation department or courts or the jail
- Like it would have to be tied to that operation be operated be part of their operations
- Thank you, I have other questions but I
- For just a second. So if a non police response was
- Like a department within our own police department, then that would qualify because it was with our
- own police department
- But if it was operated by an agency not within one of our public safety departments
- Then it wouldn't qualify for a PSLIP. Correct. Okay. Great. Thank you. Are there other questions
- from council members about this item of legislation?
- Councilmember Piedmont Smith go for your second round
- the
- The PSAP funds currently come off the top of what we get from the PS lit
- Does that
- Does the payment for PSAP come?
- Does the the city of Bloomington handle the total payment for PSAP or is some of it paid with?
- From the county like that off the top amount. Is that all administered by the city government or
- that is all administered by city?
- Government that amount is all administered by city government
- Thank you, are there other questions
- All right seeing none for now, let's go ahead and go to the public if there's any member of the
- public that is interested in
- commenting on ordinance
- 2009 please make your way to the podium you would have up to three minutes after stating your name
- if you're on zoom
- watching if you could use the
- Reactions tab to raise your hand or send a chat message to the host if you're interested in making
- a public comment
- I don't see anybody moving here in chambers, but we're just gonna give a minute to anybody who's
- online to raise a hand
- Nobody online so far I'm seeing head shakes. Okay. Thank you very much
- That brings us back to counsel for any additional questions or final comments
- Do any council members have additional questions or final comments on ordinance 20 2509?
- Councilmember Piedmont Smith
- Controller for bringing this forward it makes perfect sense to separate these funds
- Thank you
- I'll second that I
- Hope that it will save the controller's office a little bit of time and energy in terms of making
- sure that
- Expenditures come from the right place and go to the right things
- So if there are no other further comments
- Will the clerk please call the roll on ordinance 20 2509
- Try that again councilmember Rallo. Yes, Piedmont Smith. Yes
- Stasburg. Yes, Bailey. Yes
- Rosenberger. Yes. Sorry. Yes rough
- Thank you. Great. Thank you. That passes unanimously eight zero and
- Seven there are seven of us. There are seven of us. Thank you. Oh my goodness
- It's evening next
- I
- Move ordinance 2025 - 10 be introduced. I'm sorry. Oh my gosh
- Which one the appropriation ordinance
- 20503 Oh
- My cut and paste didn't work. I move appropriation ordinance
- 2025-03 be read and introduced by the clerk by title and synopsis only
- Thank you. We have a motion and a second to introduce appropriation ordinance 2025-03 all those in
- favor, please say aye. Aye
- Opposed. Thank you. Will the clerk please read?
- Yes, appropriation ordinance
- 2025-03 to transfer revenue and appropriations from the PS lit fund to the peace app lit fund the
- synopsis is as follows
- Appropriation ordinance 2025-03 authorizes the transfer of revenues and revenue and appropriations
- Related to dispatch operations from the public safety local income tax fund to the newly
- established public safety answering point local income tax fund
- Thank you, I move appropriation ordinance 2025-03 be adopted
- Great, thank you. And I believe that we have controller McClellan here again to present
- Controller McClellan here again
- This is a follow-up to the ordinance that you've just passed to create the peace app lit fund
- This ordinance doesn't create any new spending
- It simply moves the existing 9-1-1 dispatch budget and its funding into the newly created fund
- It transfers two point four eight million in cash from PS lit to peace app lit funds
- It also moves the 2025 dispatch center budget just over four point four million into that same fund
- we will also transfer all of the expenses that have already happened in that budget will also care
- be carried over and so it will just
- Be a a move that doesn't affect police or fire budgets. It doesn't disrupt payroll or services
- It's just clean accounting transfer and nothing more and I respectfully ask for your approval
- Are there questions from council members
- I'd seen none. I have a question. I just want to clarify that
- We're we have the the two point four million in cash
- But then our 2025 expenses exceed that and that's because earlier you said is it monthly that
- deposits get made into this?
- Yes, can you just talk about that for just a second? Yeah, the the cash flow for the entire year
- will cover the expenses
- and we also
- We budgeted this fund to use some of those cash reserves
- So cash reserves plus the monthly cash flow are more than enough to cover the dispatch center
- expenses
- What what is the yearly revenue
- Expected from the PSAP. I think it is in the packet. I think it's the the sort of the landscape
- Page that starts with like a DLGF certified income tax
- I think it says on that page 2.7 million
- Okay
- And
- The Monroe County also contributes to the dis pace for some of the dispatch budget as well
- From their e they have a they have a revenue source called e nine one one fund and it comes from
- Telephone service providers it goes to the state. It is it's a tax
- For those communications and it comes to every county and it's used for dispatch
- Okay
- Thank you. It's getting into the weeds a little bit. I don't know as much about that
- But our funding is peace applet and that is what we're going to spend
- Okay. Thanks. Are there any other questions that came up?
- Great, let's go ahead and go to the public and I do want to acknowledge that
- This public comment time serves as the public hearing for this appropriation ordinance
- So if anybody would like to make a comment on appropriation ordinance
- 2025-03 if you could make your way to the podium if you're online
- You can go ahead and use the reactions tab to raise your hand or send a chat message to the host
- again, I don't see anybody in chambers making any movements, but we'll just
- Hold for a minute to see if anybody pops up online who would like to make the comments
- Are
- There any hands raised yet
- Okay, great. Thank you. We'll return to counsel then for any additional questions or councilmember
- comments
- Seeing none I'll once again thank the controller for trying to smooth things over and make our
- accounting a little bit easier in that office
- So will the clerk please call the roll on Appropriation Ordinance?
- 2025-03
- Stasberg yes, Daley. Yes Rosenberger. Yes. Sorry. Yes rough
- and Rallo
- Great, thank you that passes 7-0. We are moving right along here through our agenda next
- Okay, now I move ordinance 2025 - 10 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only
- Thank you, it's been moved to read ordinance 2025 - 10 all those in favor, please say aye aye
- Any opposed?
- Thank you. Will the clerk please read?
- Ordinance
- Ordinance 2025 - 10 an ordinance transferring remaining debt service funds cash balance to the city's
- general fund
- The synopsis is as follows ordinance 2025 10
- Authorizes the transfer of remaining funds from a dormant debt service fund to the city's general
- fund in accordance with Indiana code
- thirty six one eight five B two and
- thirty six one eight five point one ensuring compliance with state law and proper financial
- management
- I
- Move ordinance 2025 - 10 be adopted
- Great and again, we have controller McClellan here to present
- I'm presenting ordinance 2025 - 10 which
- Proposes a housekeeping step to close out old unused bond funds and remove and move the remaining
- balances into the city's general fund
- This is a move that's been recommended by our financial advisors and is fully
- in line with state law
- The city has four debt service funds that are no longer longer active because the bonds have been
- completely paid off some many years ago
- the leftover balances total about
- 140,000 six hundred and forty seven dollars
- The ordinance closes out those funds and transfers of balances to the general fund
- This does not create any new spending. It's just cleaning up and consolidating funds
- into our operating fund the general fund
- State law allows us to move leftover money from closed out bond funds into the general fund
- But not into the rainy day fund the general fund and we also ran all of this by our bond council
- that we have
- They also agreed
- That it should go to the general fund
- Efficiency transparency
- Cleans up the books. I I respectfully ask for your approval again tonight. Thank you
- Great. Thank you. Are there questions from council members on this ordinance?
- Councilmember Piedmont Smith
- Yes, I just had a question on the cross fund report that you included with your memo
- where it gives the
- the balances and the
- Transactions on these four funds for 2025 and I'm wondering why are there any debits or credits on
- these funds?
- So they're they're inactive
- The debit there was a small balance in that fund
- Going all the way back to when that bond was paid off and over the years
- Bond funds always accrue a little bit of interest. They always earn interest on the balance that's
- there
- So over the years there's been just a very small deposit every single month into that fund because
- it is a bond fund and that
- interest is in your
- in your debits and then the credits are are
- Correct. They are
- Manual journal entries that have been like corrections to those interest receipts. They're not
- actual expenditures
- They're just showing up because they are like reducing the amount of interest that was put in that
- bond fund. Somebody made a mistake
- every month sometimes I don't and so that expenditure is
- Is just a correction
- Not an expense. We have not paid anybody or anything out of these funds for a very very long time
- Thank you
- Okay, I have one what happens to these funds now that they're empty well that fund is just a name
- It's just a it's just a word like on a spreadsheet
- It's just a number and a name in our financial system. It doesn't exist as a bank account
- It doesn't exist anywhere except for in the general ledger, which is just a list, you know that we
- generate
- so what happens to it is that at the end of the
- Starting in 2026 will be able to delete that fund and sort of if we ever need to use that number
- again
- We could reuse that number
- That that name and that number of that fund will no longer show up on our
- Financial reports, but we will report on that fund for 2025 that fund existed on January 1
- We will show a transfer of its
- Cash balance into the general fund and we will report that as a closed, you know, and then we're
- closing that out
- After we close the year close fiscal year 2025
- Okay, I guess I just want to follow up and say I'm asking that question because we also just had an
- ordinance where we created
- a fund and so I'm just trying to understand if this like ordinance actually like
- Deletes the fund or whether these like were created by ordinance at some point
- And so then this ordinance kind of undoes that
- Process to address that a lot of ordinances that creates
- Create funds have a section in them that say this fund will remain a fund in perpetuity
- Until it is closed by ordinance so it remains a fund in perpetuity until the the body the fiscal
- body
- Decides that we don't need it. Okay, great. Thank you other questions
- Okay, great
- Let's go ahead and go to public comment on ordinance 2025 - 10
- If you're interested in making a public comment on ordinance 2025 - 10, please make your way to the
- podium
- State your name for the record and then you will have up to three minutes. If you are online
- Please use the reactions tab to raise your hand or send a chat message to the host and we do have
- somebody here in chambers
- So let's go ahead and start there
- Okay. My name is Mark Hagerty
- I've come to ask you
- as our public officials
- to support us
- against this encroaching fascism and
- Oligarchy, I'm asking you
- to represent us
- Against Trump and these people
- About ordinance 2025. Oh, no. No, this is public comment
- Oh, this is for this is public comment on the specific ordinance that we're talking misunderstood.
- Okay, you have a general
- We'll do that next. Thank you
- Did anybody raise their hand on zoom for comments on ordinance 2025 - 10?
- Okay, great, and I don't see anybody else in chambers. So we'll return to counsel
- Does anybody have any closing comments or questions for the controller?
- Seeing none. I'll once again thank the controller for trying to clean up our our bookkeeping and
- keep things tidy
- So will the clerk please call the roll on ordinance 2025 - 10?
- Yes daily, yes Rosenberger. Yes
- I
- Sorry, yes
- Ruff. Yes, Rallo. Yes
- Beats me. Yes
- Thank you and that passes 7-0 and now we will move on to the period of
- Public comment for this evening because we did modify the agenda
- We just have this one period for general public comment where you can comment on items not on our
- agenda
- so if you're interested in making a comment about something not on the agenda now you can
- make your way to the podium and state your name for the record and you'll have up to three minutes
- and if you're on zoom this
- Evening go ahead and raise your hand using the reactions tab or send a chat message to the host and
- We'll go ahead and start here in chambers and you can reintroduce yourself and then you'll have
- three minutes. My name is Mark Haggerty. I
- Want to ask you
- My public officials are the county officials everyone I can get hold of to represent us
- To meet with us the people to be instructed by us the people to have these
- public meetings for
- this encroaching fascism and
- Talk about what we can do to resist
- Who is going to hide and Frank?
- Who in this community is going to get disappeared?
- How are we going to resist it?
- now I
- Don't think it's acceptable
- for the state police
- To be having snipers on a building and have their guns aimed this way
- Those rifles carry four miles
- and
- Those aren't snipers
- Those are intimidators snipers hide
- snipers can't be seen
- Those guys up there on those buildings
- They're intimidators for Trump and this encroaching
- oligarchy
- This encroaching fascism and I want you this one-party government
- To come out and start representing us very vocally
- Against this
- That's what I want out of my government now, I don't want to mess around anymore with the
- All the little things that led up to this
- But we are not
- Standing up in the way that we need to and we're gonna have to start now
- So anyway, I know that you're my friends in that project. It's nice to see it
- Thank you
- Is there anybody on zoom with their hand raised wanting to make a public comment?
- Okay, are there other people in chambers who would want to make a public comment
- Go ahead and state your name for the record sign. I actually sign into there should be a sign-in
- sheet right there
- Wonderful, and then you'll have up to three minutes after you introduce yourself. My name is Gerhard
- gum. I
- I'm here just to say a word of gratitude
- There were some lovely folks
- Who this winter made the emergency winter shelter happen?
- And I want to express my gratitude
- for the two churches downtown
- that made their space available to people who are
- Unhoused in this community. I
- Want to mention a few names?
- Pastor Sarah Lynn from first Christian
- Caleb Hoagland who worked tirelessly
- To organize to make this happen
- Two names that are well familiar in this building
- care Thompson the mayor
- Isabelle Piedmont Smith
- Helped out one this shift leader many times and I really appreciate it
- There was an incredible IU student
- Allie Jewel
- She was the volunteer coordinator one of our students
- There were some fantastic volunteers
- High school students college students young adults old
- Fuddy-duddies like myself
- All of this was done on a shoestring
- Snacks coffee tea hot chocolate
- Gloves socks are all provided on a shoestring
- So I'm very grateful for all those folks who made this happen
- I want to say a word of caution perhaps about next year
- From talking to people I think there might be a sense among some people in this community that this
- is the one thing
- event
- I'm not sure I
- Know for sure next January is going to happen. I know for sure that it's going to be cold in
- January
- The other thing I think I know is
- As the Social Security
- system the social safety net
- Is being systematically unraveled
- At various levels of the government
- I can only see the demand for these kinds of services grow
- In particular it appears to me that the administration for community living
- Has been dismantled or is about to be totally dismantled
- That's the organization
- That helps coordinate and probably also fund
- Homes for the aging and adults with mental disabilities
- If those funds disappear
- Where are these folks going to go?
- My guess would be
- Next November, December, January when it's cold
- We will be hosting a shelter like that again
- And I will be grateful for all the good folks who are going to help out. Thank you so much
- Has has anybody raised their hand on zoom to speak
- Okay next here in chambers, please sign in introduce yourself and you'll have up to three minutes
- Yes
- Hi, my name is aron nakino and i'm the director of exodus refugee immigration here in bloomington
- an independent non-profit
- that serves um refugees we're in the currently located within a district of council, um councilwoman
- piedmont smith and next month
- We're actually moving into the first united methodist church and we'll be under um councilwoman zulix
- district
- Exodus refugee has operated in bloomington since october 2021 and we started by welcoming the first
- afghan refugees
- Um who fled the afghan evacuation of august 2021?
- If you don't know refugees are people who fled their country for fear of persecution based on race
- nationality
- Religion membership of a social group or political opinion and they're unable to return to their
- home country for fear of retaliation and death
- Since our inception here in bloomington. We have welcomed close to 500 refugees from over 20
- different countries who speak over 20 different languages
- Overall, we serve immigrants of humanitarian concern. So to be clear not people who are coming here
- for economic gain
- But people who are coming here to live
- Refugees are the most thoroughly vetted immigrant coming to the united states. No one goes through
- more background checks screenings interviews
- They're interviewed by every major federal agency department of state home and security
- Um, they wait years and sometimes more than a decade to get here
- including in part of these processes
- Our cubans haitians venezuelans nicaraguans and ukrainians who are allowed to enter the united
- states through a legal process
- Um called a parole protection program in short everyone that comes to these programs are here
- legally
- Despite what we may hear in the news
- Exodus provides wraparound services for these populations by welcoming them at the airport
- providing housing getting connected to education getting medical care
- And securing employment refugees quickly become self-sufficient in our community
- Through a process which has led to the 45 year success of the united states refugee admissions
- program
- And unfortunately since january 20th of this year, we have not welcomed a single refugee in the
- country
- Trump and his bigoted administration are trying to revoke the legal status of cubans haitians venezuelans
- nicaraguans
- And we fear the some 280 000 ukrainians we have welcomed
- We have spoken to many pluralese who are living in fear of deportation for having done nothing
- wrong, but to come to this country to live
- We call on our bloomington elected officials to continue to break from these racist policies of our
- state and this presidential administration
- And voice their support for af for refugees and our afghan and ukrainian allies
- Please make an official recognition of world refugee day on june 20th and partner with us to
- support and welcome refugees here in bloomington
- We commend the mayor and the city for not collaborating with ice and we ask you to continue to
- protect the rights of immigrants in our community
- We ask for financial support to keep our doors open to serve the 500 immigrants that are here in
- our community
- And we look forward to maintaining a regular presence here at community at the public
- Comment to help raise awareness about our immigrant neighbors. Thank you all for your attention
- tonight
- Are there is there anybody who's raised their hand on zoom?
- Is there anybody else in chambers who would like to make a public comment this evening?
- Okay, seeing none we will bring that period of public comment to a close and this is
- This meeting has gone very quickly, which is good this evening. Hopefully we can all get home safe
- The note about council's schedule
- Just a couple things first of all
- I meant to do this during the agenda summation, but I
- This evening we have skipped reports and one of those reports was supposed to be the annual report
- of the bloomington redevelopment commission
- and
- There is a state statute that has some time requirements for that report
- And so I want to acknowledge for the minutes that we have received the annual report for the
- bloomington redevelopment commission
- The written report was published in this packet tonight and the verbal report will be given to
- council
- Upcoming at an upcoming meeting when staff is available again
- Our meeting next week is a special session
- It is a deliberation session. We will be talking about budget priorities for
- 2026
- Believe it or not
- And our next regularly scheduled
- Session will be two weeks from tonight on april 16th
- Are there any other items of note from council members?
- Councilmember Piedmont Smith
- There's a council sidewalk committee meeting next
- Tuesday the 8th at 12 o'clock in the McCloskey room
- Great. Thank you. Any other schedule announcements
- Councilmember Daley, thank you. I had announced last week that I was going to have a constituent
- meeting this Saturday
- I am postponing that because we are having the hands-off
- protest happening
- Noon to four at the courthouse. I'm gonna go to that instead
- So I hope everybody who was planning on coming to my constituent meeting, which I know was so many
- of you
- I hope you're all gonna just meet me there instead and we'll hang out and then we'll have another
- constituent meeting some other time
- Thank you
- Great. Thank you. Any other announcements for the good of the order?
- Right before I adjourn, I just want to say ready yourselves. We're supposed to get a storm
- And maybe even more impact fully
- We're scheduled to maybe get up to 10 inches of rain depending on which weather forecast you read
- So if you haven't been checking the weather you all need to go check
- Your favorite weather station and make preparations as may be necessary for yourself and your
- family
- So thank you very much. Everybody stay safe and meeting is adjourned
- ("Pomp and Circumstance")