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I'd like to call the City of Council, City Council meeting for September 23rd, 2025, to

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order. Roll call. Green. Here. Seaton. Here. Houseman. Here. Furman. Here. Stainman. Here.

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Would everyone please stand for the invocation?

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I'm sorry, associate pastor of the Heights

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Church,

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Joseph Lee, I'm sorry, and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance.

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I'm going to go ahead and pray for us. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, I'm just

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thankful for this time, Lord, thankful for these leaders. God, I pray that you

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just continue to unify our city, our community. Lord, I pray that you keep

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our first responders safe. Lord, I'm so thankful for the police officers, those

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that help serve our community day in and day out, God. I pray that you put

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but a layer of protection, spiritually, physically,

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emotionally around our city.

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And Lord, I'm grateful for these leaders.

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I pray again for continued guidance and discernment

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as they install and instill different rules and regulations,

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Lord, and just pray that it brings you glory.

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And again, I'm thankful for this time.

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And we love you.

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Thank you.

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It's in Jesus' name.

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Amen.

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of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under

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God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Next item.

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First item tonight is the presentation of the Yard of the Month Award for September

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2025.

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It is

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Tony and Jan Hayden here.

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Next item proclamation fire prevention week October 5th is the 11th

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Whereas fire poses a serious threat to the safety and well-being of our community and

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prevention is the most effective way to protect lives and property and whereas the members

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of the council fire department work tirelessly to reduce the risk of fire through education,

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prevention, and emergency response and whereas this year's fire prevention week theme charge

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into fire safety highlights the importance of safe practices when using and charging electrical

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devices and whereas it is fitting to recognize the dedication of our firefighters and encourage

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all residents to take proactive steps to protect themselves and their families.

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Therefore, I, Jeff Stamen, Mayor of the City of Council, will do hereby proclaim

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October 5th through the 11th, 2025, this Fire Prevention Week in the City of

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council and urge all residents to join in practicing fire safety

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next business

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prior to public input is item one ordinance rezoning property to planned

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before commercial district 1447 north block road at present station to be

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given by Joseph associate planner Joseph Lambson mayor stem members of the

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council thank you tonight before you is a rezoning for lurch properties at

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at 1447 North Bluff Road here in Collinsville.

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We are here tonight solely due to the materials,

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not due to the actual use.

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The use is permitted by right.

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The reason we're here tonight is because

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the exterior siting of the building

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was constructed in corrugated metal

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with a stucco flex finish

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in lieu of the approved cement board panels.

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I don't think I got a clicker up here.

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here. So this is the zoning map showing the zoning around residential across the street,

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but in this little strip here, this is all commercial, but it is more or less being

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used as warehouse space. All the buildings within this district are all metal-sided warehouses.

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This is just a site photo kind of showing where the building is in comparison to the

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finished product that was taken in July.

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So by rezoning this parcel I wanted to

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make this map off to the right here to show that all of these buildings are

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metal sided that are next to the subject property. All of the buildings on that

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same side are of course the residential across the street is not but I will say

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this the keeping the main and maintaining the character of the

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area. In the planning commission, we actually had somebody come up and give a speech from

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one of the neighbors directly across the road from the subject property. And she said that

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it is more or less agreeable. It is a good use of the material and it looks good. So

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it fits the character of the area. And that is what staff agrees on, too.

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So with this,

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the applicant is requesting a deviation from those material requirements that

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require those the cement board. As you can see over here on the right it more

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or less shows that finished product again and then on the top what that is

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is that's just the approved design as shown in the in the site plan and down

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at the bottom you can you can kind of see how it's that that on that middle

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picture you can kind of see how it's that spray on it's got a coating on

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the top of it, that's to help with fire retardants and things like that, protection, and it's

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supposed to last up to 30 years. This is just a picture of the site plan of the building

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showing the approved material on the side right there, the stucco finish, or the cement

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board panels can't talk today, and then down there on the other side showing the left

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elevation to that facing north, I believe. That also was the same material being used.

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But as you can see, and I believe the next picture, or sorry, that's two pictures from

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now, is the metal building again and how it actually looks. But I was finishing up

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there more or less. It passes all of our criteria and staff recommends approval for

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with a request to rezone.

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And I will be happy to take any questions or anything.

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Any questions or comments?

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Clarify it, was there the cement board

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was originally approved and this is variance from that?

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Yes, because it was just a small discrepancy, so.

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Okay, any other comments?

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Okay, I have a motion to approve.

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So moved.

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I'll second it.

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motion by Furman second by Green roll call green yes see yes houseman yes Furman

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yes statement yes thank you next item under council discussion the PFAS update

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water quality the

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given by director Troy Turner and supervisor Billy Jones

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Thank you, Mayor and members of council. We are back before you today to provide an update about PFAS in our source water.

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To briefly summarize the previous presentation to council, PFAS are a group of chemicals made by human industry that have contaminated every corner of the globe.

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One way our community is impacted is the contamination of our groundwater.

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water. Since we last spoke, we continue to move forward in the development and implementation

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of large scale and total PFAS removal at our water treatment plant. Engineers are currently

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researching and confirming treatment strategies. Once the system is approved, design will

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begin in 2026, and PFAS removal from all finished tap water is on schedule for April

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of 2029.

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When we last talked, we have continued to test for PFAS in both our source water

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and our treated tap water since we last talked. Based on five years of results, well 15 was

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removed from service as it was determined that that well produced a finished water

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product with detectable levels of PFAS. All other wells were able to produce finished

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tap water with no detectable PFAS. However, new 2025 results show increases in PFAS levels

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in our remaining wells with detectable PFAS in our finished water.

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So here's a summary

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of the results of our most recent tests that took place since the presentation on

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June 10th. Well, the results came back since the presentation on June 10th. The first

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sample there, we sent samples off from Wells 9-12 and the finished water

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resulting from Wells 9-12. We used a lab that had recently been accredited by

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the EPA to do PFAS sampling. We went with them because they were close and we

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could deliver the samples by hand so there was no need to expensively

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package and ship samples across state borders. However, when we got the

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results back, the lab did not have results for two of the three samples. They cited quality

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control issues with the samples and they were not run or analyzed. However, the finished

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sample was analyzed and they did give us that result. At the time those results did

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not match previous trends that we had expected from the last five years of data. So due

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to the fact that two-thirds of the samples were inconclusive and one did not match what

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our expectations were before we couldn't make any determinations, decisions, or come

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to any conclusions on that sample. We weren't confident in doing so. So we decided to get

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a second opinion. We reached out to a lab that we had used before and we were confident

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with and had been PFAS accredited for some time. And we sent them those same three

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samples almost two months later. When those results came back, the finished sample corroborated

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the sample that we received from the first laboratory.

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Okay. So, based on these recent

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test results, the Water Department of the City of Collinsville now recommends all customers

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customers filter their city tap water before cooking or drinking.

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The EPA lists on their website a number of filters and solutions to removing PFAS from

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water at point of use.

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They include granular activated carbon filters, reverse osmosis or RO house systems, and

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anion exchange house systems.

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systems.

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Customers can still bathe and wash their clothes in the tap water safely.

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we are also updating the city website and social media communications to reflect these

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new recommendations and with that we conclude the update and I welcome any questions from

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the council.

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Is there any comments or questions?

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Yes.

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I'll just a quick, will we be testing again?

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We've met all the requirements for testing. At this point, we approve that there's no

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way to stop PFAS from coming into our source water, so we don't have to test anymore.

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But what we are doing is moving forward with a plan to remediate and remove PFAS and that

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will be in place by 2029.

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Okay. And our reason, I understand the need to remediate and I think we just obviously

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head down that path. But what if we test it again in May of 26 and those things, the PFAS

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levels have dropped? Right. Is that even possible? So even if it is very possible because this,

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our water source comes from an aquifer underground, right, and we have no control of that. So

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So what will happen is it can fluctuate, it can go up and down. We don't know what the

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results will be. So this is why we're making the recommendations at this point in time,

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because our previous wells never had this issue until now. So we're still going to stand

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with the recommendation and move forward with remediation.

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My question may be kind of silly, but on the previous slide it said you could currently

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bathe and do laundry and that. Is there any reason, is that word currently caught my attention?

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Is there any reason why that would change?

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No, not for bathing. Not for bathing and laundry.

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We're talking drinking and cooking is where we recommend and the EPA recommends that you use one of the methods that's listed.

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Okay. Nothing else more to comment?

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All right. Thank you for your presentation next time. Thank you. Next item, speakers on the floor.

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Speakers may address the council under the terms of ordinance number 4765. Time is limited to four minutes per speaker.

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Please refer to the last page of the agenda for a specific rules governing input.

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Is there anyone on this left side of the room that would like to speak?

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Anyone on the right side of the room would like to speak?

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Okay, being none, next time.

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Comments and announcements from the mayor?

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Yes, I'd like to just talk a little bit about,

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I went to the IML Illinois Municipal League conference this last week,

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And I just like to give a little kind of a little overview for everybody what what was what we did and

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Illinois Municipal League the city has been a member of that for

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as long as I can remember and

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It's it's an association of mayors

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Throughout the state of Illinois

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there's

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1294 municipalities they're represented by ML and

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And they have a conference every year.

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I've been for the last three or four years,

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four years probably,

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and it's just a tremendous learning opportunity

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for council members.

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And I, Derek and Donna have been before,

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and what I'm gonna do, ask tonight,

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is encourage the rest of the council

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to attend the training sessions they have.

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it's three days of training sessions, covering everything from PFAS, there was a seminar on

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that, legal issues, TIF, economic development, anything that we deal with on a day-to-day

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basis there is something to learn there. So it's particularly helpful I think for newer

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council members so I would say Tony and David just recommend that you next year

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we go to that as get as many as we can to participate and great learning

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experience and we brought back a lot of information and I know Jessica and Derek

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use IML information almost every day in their work so it really brings and I

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think more than are just as much as the training sessions, like any other training seminars

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whether it's the police or fire, community development. You learn so much by talking

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with other communities and seeing what other communities are doing and you realize that

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you're not the only one out there like PFAS with this problem. You can learn how other

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communities are dealing with it, your neighboring communities and the ones in the suburbs

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in Chicago. We're all in this together and we're all trying to do the same thing, provide

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services to people. So IML is our spokesman at the state level. So they lobby for the

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things that help cities. And we can't do it singly as a city, but as a group, we have

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a big voice in what we can affect on the state level. And they made some, just recently

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and it made some very, there's been some big successes

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on what they've been able to accomplish.

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So anyway, that's just kind of an update.

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I know it's a very broad update,

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but it's, I encourage that we attend as much,

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we get as much participation as we can, so.

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That's all.

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Oh, one comment about the Italian Fest.

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Even because the parade had be canceled,

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but regardless of that there was still a great turnout Friday of Saturday night

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after three different rains it was still a great turnout after it finally stopped

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raining the place was packed I know the vendors and businesses didn't have as

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good a night as they did previous years with good weather but it was amazing

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how the people still came out for a Saturday night after the rain they had

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that vendors had to put tents back up, the wind was blowing,

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so, but it was pretty impressive at eight, nine o'clock

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to see that there was that many people still up there.

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So, hope for a better year next year.

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That's all.

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Comments and announcements from council members?

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I was gonna mention the Italian Fest as well.

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I was up there Friday night, it was packed.

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It was one of the biggest crowds I think I've seen

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and I didn't get to go on Saturday night,

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But I was texting and asking how the crowd was and I was told that what you just said that people showed up even after all the rain

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They were out there. So

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It seems like it was a pretty successful year

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Except for the rain

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Anyone else?

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Next time

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Comments and announces from city staff

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Thank you mayor members of council. We got some good programming to share with you this evening

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So first I'll have kimberley corn come up and talk about some programming in the parks direct department

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Mayor Stamen and members of the council, we have our last tunes at Bloom this

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Wednesday. It's amazing that September has gone as fast as it has. So fingers crossed

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that we get some good weather. We've had great weather so far and nice crowds, great

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music. The Duda Bides, I think Dudo is a play on the dude, but Duo, they'll be

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there tomorrow night. Hopefully you'll be there as well. Free music at the

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Bloom House. And then I do have something else on here. Alright, we're

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I'm doing a Make Your Own Scarecrow workshop

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at Willoughby Farm on September 30th.

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It is a paid per Scarecrow, so if your whole family

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wants to come and just build one Scarecrow,

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it's just $10 per Scarecrow.

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And then we're working on an Adam Sandler movie night.

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We will show, put the giant inflatable screen up

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in front of City Hall, and have a few contests

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along with this for best Adam Sandler look-alike,

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any character that is a supporting character,

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and then a couple's contest as well.

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So hopefully you can come up and watch a movie

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and then hang out in the uptown and have a grab a bite to eat

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or drink at one of our fine uptown establishments.

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Thanks Kimberly.

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Thank you.

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Next I'll have Jamie Lane, our director of the Gateway

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Convention Center and talk about some events going

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on at the center here in the next couple of weeks.

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Hi

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Mayor and members of the council.

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We're busy going into the fall with lots

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of private and public events.

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What I'm featuring here is a few of the ones coming

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up in the next month.

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So the first one is this Thursday. It's the ultimate Elvis concert

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So I know you've heard me talking about Elvis a couple of times

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We have an annual festival. That's a multi-day event in the summer

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But this is a one-night concert with two of the ultimate Elvis champions

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one is a local Bill Cherry and Cody Dinoeth is the other one so

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Tickets, I believe start at about $30 and go up from there and there are still tickets available

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level. The doors open at 7.30 and again that's this Thursday, September 25th. And the next

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one is this Saturday on September 27th. Confluence Crush is a flat track roller derby and I know

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you've heard about that one a few times. We are their home track so when they are having

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their home bouts as they call it, they have them at Gateway. The competition this Saturday

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Thursday is against a team from Indiana and another one from Iowa.

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So that's September 27th, doors open at five o'clock.

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And when we get into October, it's a wonderful time of year for Gateway.

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We love this event, ARCON 48, they've been coming since day one really in 1991 Gateway

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started.

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We started having this event annually, so they were somewhere before us, but anyway,

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This event is October 3rd through the 5th, and it is a science fiction convention.

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It's everything science fiction fantasy. There's a lot of vendors, authors.

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They have a masquerade that's a huge performance competition.

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And there's tons of costumes. Everyone is dressed up.

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Some of them are working on their costumes all year long.

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So it really starts the Halloween season for us down at Eastport.

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people are walking around is Star Trek,

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going to the restaurants and hotels.

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It's a great event.

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About 2,000 attendees is what their attendance is tracking at,

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and they sell out the double tree, the dreary inn,

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and the hotels around Gateway.

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So that's an exciting event.

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And the last one I'll talk about is Just Between Friends.

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It's a STL Metro East fall and winter sale.

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This is a consignment sale,

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And it's great prices. It's brand name items, gently used items, a lot of children's items,

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but they do have adults clothing as well. But it's a lot of clothing, toys, books, baby gear,

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baby equipment, strollers, that kind of a thing. And it is 50 to 90% off of the retail rates that

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you might find in the stores. And again, some brand name items. So it is October 9th to

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the 12th. And this event comes to Gateway three different times in the year, over the

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course of the year and so people are also looking to clean out their

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equipment from their homes or their clothing. This is an entity that they

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can sell items to as well so I just thought I'd mention that as well so but

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that's it. And last I'll have Joseph Williamson, our associate planner

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come back up. Joseph is also the staff liaison for the Historic Preservation

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Commission. He's going to give a little bit of a plug here for the Council of Historic Museum.

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Thanks, Derek. So Mayor, Mayor Stamman, members of the council, more or less I just wanted

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to invite you all and invite the public and everybody else who would like to attend to

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a the night of the museum. This is October 16th from 6.30 to 9. More or less it's just

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going to be a nice sit-down wine, beer, $25 gets you in the door and you get dinner

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with it as well and you just get to learn a little bit about local Collinsville

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history and there may be a surprise guest there from Collinsville's local

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past so show up and join us thank you that's all we ever said all right next

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item next item is the consent agenda item one motion to approve payment of

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bills for the period ending August 29th 2025 in the amount of one million four

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$575,628.90.

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Item two, motion to approve payroll

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for the period ending August 29, 2025

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in the amount of $862,685.58.

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Item number three, motion to approve minutes

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of the September 9, 2025 council meeting.

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Item number four is a resolution requesting permission

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from IDOT to close a portion of Collinsville Main Street

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for the fall festival.

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And item number five is resolution re-appointing a member to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission, Jury Brunmeyer.

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Is there any items that anyone would like to remove from the consent agenda and vote on separately?

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Being none have a motion to approve.

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So moved.

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Second.

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Most of my housemen seconded by Seton. Roll call.

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Green. Yes.

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Seton. Yes.

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Houseman. Yes.

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Furman. Yes.

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Statement.

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Yes less is adjournment

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What have

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a motion to adjourn so moved second most by green thank my houseman

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City Council meeting for September 23rd

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Yes

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City Council meeting September 23rd 2025 is adjourned