[1:40] We'll call this regular city council

[1:42] meeting to order on July 21st,

[1:47] 2025 at 6:05 p.m. Roll call, please.

[1:51] >> Mr. Anderson,

[1:52] >> present.

[1:52] >> Mr. Baitman,

[1:53] >> present.

[1:54] >> Mr. Sanders,

[1:55] >> present.

[1:55] >> Mr. McCullen,

[1:56] >> present.

[1:56] >> Mr. Parrot,

[1:57] >> present.

[1:58] >> Mr. D,

[1:58] >> present.

[1:59] >> Mr. Clemens

[2:00] >> present.

[2:00] >> Mrs. Odoni

[2:01] >> present.

[2:01] >> Please stand for the pledge of

[2:02] allegiance

[2:07] to the flag of the United States of

[2:09] America and to the republic for which it

[2:12] stands. One nation under God,

[2:15] indivisible, with liberty and justice

[2:18] for all.

[2:24] It's okay. Um Okay. First up is public

[2:27] participation. Is there anybody'd like

[2:29] to speak under public participation this

[2:31] evening?

[2:33] Okay, for the record, there is no public

[2:35] participation.

[2:37] I'm going to before we do the consent

[2:39] agenda, I am going to move up item 9 C

[2:44] to the top of the list. Um, Mr. McCoy

[2:47] has another engagement that he needs to

[2:48] get to, so we're going to move him up to

[2:50] accelerate it. So, we'll start with item

[2:52] 9 C, approval of the city of Lincoln,

[2:54] Illinois Tourism Department logo.

[2:58] Thank you, mayor. Oh, we have to have a

[3:00] motion.

[3:01] >> Okay.

[3:03] >> Is there a motion?

[3:05] >> Motion to approve. Alman DS made the

[3:07] motion. Alman Parrot second. Now, Mr.

[3:09] McCoy, the floor is yours.

[3:11] >> Sorry. Thank you. And good evening all.

[3:13] On your desk in front of you is another

[3:15] printout with uh some alterations of the

[3:19] logo with feedback. We had a lot of good

[3:22] feedback. A lot of it was very positive.

[3:24] Some of it was negative. you know,

[3:26] everybody has an opinion and that's

[3:27] great. We wanted the community

[3:29] involvement and your involvement. So,

[3:32] that's uh uh it's a good thing in the

[3:34] long run. It's a good thing. So, the the

[3:36] biggest question that anybody had was

[3:39] with the the Lincoln figure itself. Um

[3:43] they a lot of people just thought it

[3:45] maybe shouldn't be quite so quote

[3:46] unquote cartoonish uh and be more

[3:50] realistic, I guess, for lack of a better

[3:52] term. So, we created new artwork uh and

[3:56] uh created this new style of a logo.

[3:58] There's slight variations and then of

[4:00] course you asked for some color options,

[4:01] so we we gave you those as well. This is

[4:04] a little bit more of a

[4:07] uh it's not generic by any means, but

[4:09] it's a little more

[4:11] standard for a logo for the office. Uh

[4:14] it does. The difficult part here is if

[4:18] you

[4:20] with Lincoln, you don't want to exclude

[4:22] him because the town is named after

[4:24] Lincoln and it's it's Lincoln. So

[4:26] somehow he probably needs to be in there

[4:28] one way or the other. And um then of

[4:30] course Route 66 since that's going to be

[4:32] your primary draw for tourism. Uh so

[4:35] including those two in the logo and

[4:37] making it work is always a difficult

[4:40] task. So that's where we started with

[4:41] the first version of it where it was

[4:44] around the 66 shield and then we popped

[4:47] Lincoln kind of on the on the front of

[4:49] it there from other marketing materials

[4:51] that we're working on. So here we we

[4:53] came back and uh you know made it made

[4:57] him less prominent. It's a little more

[4:59] realistic as far as a uh a drawing goes.

[5:02] And then of course you can see the

[5:03] different kind of color options and so

[5:05] forth there. So any questions?

[5:10] for Mr. McCoy.

[5:14] >> Mr. Parrot.

[5:15] >> Yeah, I sent Scott an email and I just I

[5:17] asked I go, you know, is the draw going

[5:19] to be to Lincoln um 66 or is it going to

[5:22] be more Lincoln? And obviously it's

[5:24] going to be Route 66. And so, um, I I do

[5:27] like the the change. And my preference

[5:29] is is is that one right there because it

[5:32] looks also kind of like a watermelon

[5:34] seeds going around on the outside of of

[5:37] the uh of the the emblem. So, I like

[5:42] that one.

[5:42] >> And just for the record, he's pointing

[5:43] to this bottom center one with the red

[5:46] kind of around the inside of it on the

[5:48] outside area. Okay. Thank you,

[5:52] >> Mr. Sanders.

[5:53] >> Yeah, I like that one, too. But I also

[5:54] like the green one. But

[5:58] >> so overall though, is everybody okay

[6:00] with the design itself? The colors I

[6:03] think it's been set up this way so that

[6:05] the colors can be modified based on the

[6:07] marketing materials. Correct.

[6:09] >> That's correct. Some will have, you

[6:10] know, more color, fewer color. Some will

[6:12] be line art only and have no color. Um

[6:15] but if you like that style, then we can,

[6:19] you know, work around those colors and

[6:21] not anything add anything else. Mr. DS.

[6:25] >> So, I just had one person reach out to

[6:28] me over this uh logo

[6:31] thing here and uh the only

[6:33] recommendation was they were not sure if

[6:35] you should have a beard. So, I'm not

[6:38] saying if I mean I just need to pass

[6:40] that information along is all I'm trying

[6:41] to say.

[6:42] >> We we got that as well and the hat. So,

[6:45] we in sitting at this and looking at it,

[6:48] I decided well we'll keep the beard but

[6:50] lose the hat. And the reason is is you

[6:52] can't see much of the hat in this style

[6:54] in this area. The beard does make it

[6:57] Lincoln. When we removed it, it looked

[7:00] like the mayor, you know? I mean, it

[7:03] looked like any one of you guys. So,

[7:05] it's it was really not defined. And so,

[7:08] the that's so we did kind of one and the

[7:10] other and and uh everybody loved the one

[7:13] with the mayor, but

[7:14] >> he said no.

[7:16] >> You're trying to run a successful

[7:18] marketing program, right?

[7:21] But yes, we we did have that that

[7:23] feedback. Uh as well as there were some

[7:25] that were actually upset that the quote

[7:27] unquote cartoonish we you know were

[7:29] doing something that wasn't the the

[7:30] cartoon because they really liked that.

[7:32] So it's everybody's got a you know a

[7:35] view and and that's fine. But this was a

[7:38] compromise with no hat and a beard. Mr.

[7:41] Baitman,

[7:42] >> I got the same thing. But as I stated

[7:46] last week, the world knows him with a

[7:48] beard and a top hat. And for those of us

[7:51] that participated in the most Abraham

[7:54] Lincoln we look like or whatever a few

[7:57] years ago, what was the criteria? A

[8:00] beard, no mustache.

[8:02] >> So, you know, e even the Guinness Book

[8:06] of World Records recognized it as a

[8:09] beard, no mustache. So I I I know he's

[8:14] who named the town and stuff, but if you ask the people around the world

[8:21] to close their eyes and picture Abraham

[8:22] Lincoln, this is what they're seeing. So

[8:25] I think I think we need to draw people

[8:28] from afar.

[8:32] Okay. Any other comments or questions

[8:35] for Mr. McCoy?

[8:38] Okay. If there is not, thank you for

[8:40] your time, Mr. McCoy.

[8:41] >> Thank you.

[8:42] >> And I will uh ask the clerk to call the

[8:45] role. Please

[8:49] » approve.

[8:50] >> Wait, we're this here.

[8:54] >> The the item just says approval of the

[8:56] logo. It doesn't specify which one. So,

[9:00] no amendment required. The attorney can

[9:03] weigh in if he'd like.

[9:04] No, no amendment required, but it it

[9:06] probably be relevant to know which one

[9:07] of these you're voting on, right?

[9:09] >> Well, I think

[9:10] >> just the overall

[9:10] >> it's the overall design, right?

[9:12] >> Yes.

[9:14] >> That's correct. The it the top one is

[9:16] the design element itself. The rest of

[9:19] them are just variations primarily in

[9:21] color.

[9:22] >> Right. Okay. for for clarification.

[9:26] Uh for those people that may follow us

[9:28] years from now that wonder how we got to

[9:30] this logo, can someone make a

[9:33] >> motion

[9:33] >> amended motion to accept the logo that's

[9:36] been presented this evening?

[9:37] >> I'll make that motion to a vote on the

[9:40] logo that is presented tonight.

[9:43] >> Second.

[9:44] >> Mr. Baitman made the amended motion. Mr.

[9:47] Clemens Mr. Clemens second. Further

[9:52] discussion on the amended motion.

[9:55] >> Okay. Roll call on the amended motion,

[9:57] please.

[9:57] >> Mr. Clemens.

[10:00] >> Yes.

[10:01] >> Mrs. Odonu.

[10:02] >> Yes.

[10:02] >> Mr. Anderson.

[10:03] >> Yes.

[10:04] >> Mr. Baitman?

[10:05] >> Yes.

[10:05] >> Mr. Sanders?

[10:06] >> Yes.

[10:07] >> Mr. McCullen?

[10:08] >> Yes.

[10:08] >> Mr. Parrot?

[10:09] >> Yes.

[10:09] >> Mr. D?

[10:11] >> Yes. Okay. And now roll call on the on

[10:14] item 9C as amended. Please.

[10:17] >> Mr. Parrot.

[10:19] >> Yes.

[10:20] >> Mr. DS. Yes,

[10:21] >> Mr. Clemens.

[10:22] >> Yes,

[10:23] >> Mrs. Wanu.

[10:24] >> Yes,

[10:24] >> Mr. Anderson.

[10:25] >> Yes,

[10:26] >> Mr. Baitman.

[10:27] >> Yes,

[10:27] >> Mr. Sanders.

[10:28] >> Yes,

[10:28] >> Mr. Parrot.

[10:30] >> Yes.

[10:31] >> Oh, I'm sorry. That's okay.

[10:33] >> Twice.

[10:34] >> Miss McCauley.

[10:36] >> Sorry.

[10:36] >> Yes. And yes.

[10:38] >> Thank you for your work on this, Mr.

[10:39] McCoy. Appreciate you taking the

[10:41] community feedback into consideration.

[10:44] Okay. Next item. We'll come back up to

[10:47] the consent agenda this evening. It

[10:49] consists of payment of bills

[10:52] >> to approve.

[10:53] >> Second.

[10:54] >> Alderwoman O'Donnis

[10:58] discussion.

[11:00] >> Roll call, please.

[11:01] >> Mr. DS,

[11:02] >> yes.

[11:04] >> Mr. Clemens,

[11:05] >> yes.

[11:05] >> Mrs. Odonu,

[11:06] >> yes.

[11:07] >> Mr. Anderson,

[11:08] >> yes.

[11:08] >> Mr. Baitman,

[11:09] >> yes.

[11:10] >> Mr. Sanders,

[11:11] >> yes.

[11:11] >> Mrs. McCullen,

[11:12] >> yes.

[11:13] >> Mr. Parrot,

[11:14] >> yes. Next item is item 6A, ordinance

[11:17] implementing a municipal grocery

[11:19] retailers occupation tax

[11:22] and a municipal grocery service

[11:24] occupation tax for the city of Lincoln,

[11:26] Illinois.

[11:28] >> Move to approve.

[11:29] >> Second. Alderman Sanders made the

[11:31] motion. Alderman down second.

[11:32] Discussion. Mr. Baitman. For

[11:35] clarification, this is not a increase of

[11:39] any kind. It is simply the exact same

[11:44] tax that

[11:46] um people have been paying. Mr. Sanders

[11:50] thinks since the Nixon era. Um so I just

[11:54] want to clarify the city isn't getting

[11:56] ready to vote on any brand new tax. It's

[11:59] just the way it's collected.

[12:03] » Mr. Barrett,

[12:05] >> I heard it was from 1990.

[12:07] So, but at either rate, it's 35 years in

[12:12] that we've been we've been paying. So,

[12:18] » any other any other discussion?

[12:22] >> Roll call, please.

[12:23] >> Mr. DS?

[12:25] >> Yes.

[12:26] >> Mr. Clemens?

[12:27] >> No.

[12:28] >> Mrs. O'Donnu?

[12:29] >> Yes.

[12:30] >> Mr. Anderson?

[12:31] >> Yes.

[12:32] >> Mr. Baitman?

[12:32] >> Yes.

[12:33] >> Mr. Sanders?

[12:34] >> Yes.

[12:34] >> Mrs. McCullen?

[12:35] >> Yes.

[12:36] >> Mr. Parrot? Yes.

[12:39] >> Next item is 6B. Ordinance appropriating

[12:42] funds for all corporate purposes for

[12:44] fiscal year 2025 2026.

[12:47] >> Move to approve.

[12:51] Is

[12:51] >> there a second?

[12:53] >> Second.

[12:54] >> Alderwoman Odoni made the motion.

[12:56] Alderwoman Mlen second. Discussion.

[13:01] >> Roll call, please.

[13:02] >> Mrs. Mcclullen.

[13:04] >> Yes. Mr. Parrot. Yes,

[13:06] >> Mr. DS.

[13:07] >> Yes,

[13:08] >> Mr. Clemens.

[13:09] >> Yes,

[13:09] >> Mrs. Donnu.

[13:10] >> Yes,

[13:10] >> Mr. Anderson.

[13:11] >> Yes,

[13:12] >> Mr. Baitman.

[13:13] >> My consistent. No,

[13:15] >> Mr. Sanders.

[13:16] >> Yes.

[13:21] » Okay. Next item is item number seven,

[13:24] approval of request for bids for the

[13:26] 2025 MFTt scarification oil and chip

[13:29] contract.

[13:33] » Move to approve.

[13:36] Second.

[13:37] >> Alderman Sanders made the motion.

[13:38] Alderman D. Second. Discussion. Mr.

[13:41] Baitman.

[13:42] >> So, after my statement last week, I put

[13:45] a questionnaire out there on my alderman

[13:47] page and I actually did a survey monkey.

[13:50] Um,

[13:53] I I would really like for us to start

[13:55] looking into

[13:58] more scarification

[14:00] and much less down to nearly zero if we

[14:04] can of the oil and chip. This was by far

[14:07] the suggestion from the citizens. Um, I

[14:11] clarified several times during that post

[14:13] that this would mean that less streets

[14:16] would be repaired annually, but they

[14:19] would be repaired better. Um, I had

[14:23] people reach out to me and explain the

[14:26] difference between scarification and oil

[14:29] and chip. uh explaining to them that if it was anything like Campus View

[14:35] Drive was, they they go in and they

[14:37] actually grind up the old oil and chip

[14:40] base, regrade it, make it smooth with a

[14:44] crown in it, and then seal it on top of

[14:48] that. The big difference is we're not

[14:52] putting lipstick on a pig. The the

[14:54] potholes are fixed, the divots are

[14:57] fixed, the ruts are fixed because they

[15:00] grind it all up, relevel it, work it

[15:02] down, pack it down, several layers of of

[15:06] oil and rock is put on top of it. And

[15:09] it's a far superior product than just

[15:13] going through and running the street

[15:15] sweeper down the road, making a couple

[15:18] minor changes, and then putting the same

[15:21] coating over the same crappy road. So,

[15:24] I'm I'm hoping we can start working on

[15:28] that. It seems to be that's what the

[15:30] citizens want instead of spending money

[15:34] just to cover the same old street. So

[15:37] everybody understands it's going to take

[15:39] much longer to get the streets done, but

[15:43] um the feedback was also it was

[15:46] ridiculous that we ground up out by

[15:48] Walmart on a street that was probably

[15:50] one of the better streets in town to put

[15:52] down another layer of asphalt. Um

[15:57] and people reached out to me that live

[15:59] on Elm Street that got brand new

[16:02] asphalt. There's hardly any homes out

[16:04] there and they know for a fact that

[16:05] their road will be nice for decades to

[16:08] come. So, it was just a matter of

[16:11] quality verse quantity. And I think we

[16:14] can either form a committee or something

[16:16] and start the process of trying to look

[16:18] at a different way to repair our streets

[16:20] so that they are nicer streets when we

[16:23] get done and they will last longer.

[16:27] >> Mr. Landers.

[16:30] >> Yes. Um, when you look at the list of

[16:32] roads, there's there's A1 and A2. A1 is

[16:36] the oil and chip. A2 is where they

[16:38] scarify the road. The reason the A1's

[16:41] are A1's is because they're not in that

[16:44] bad a shape. We can spray patch them,

[16:46] take the bumps out the best we can, and

[16:49] then resurface it and not have to spend

[16:51] the extra extra money to scarify those

[16:53] streets and get it sealed up.

[16:56] uh some cost comparisons that that I

[16:59] have um

[17:02] for a millon overlay, which is basically

[17:04] what we're doing on these the streets

[17:06] now that's going with the work that's

[17:07] going on is that it's about uh $76 per linear foot. So I just based it on

[17:17] 350 ft. So if you do 350 ft of streets,

[17:21] it's $26,000

[17:23] for that. And that's not including

[17:25] additional fees or additional costs for

[17:28] sidewalks, utility adjustments, and

[17:30] things like that. A2 is about $12,600

[17:35] for that same 350 ft. And the A1 is

[17:39] $5,600.

[17:41] Um, and again, the A2s, the the

[17:43] scarification streets are that way

[17:45] because they're they need to be ground

[17:47] up. They're in bad enough shape that we

[17:49] can't patch and and seal over the top of

[17:51] it. And that's why they're that way. and

[17:53] then you can get the life out of those

[17:55] streets with a a decent driving surface.

[17:58] So, um, as far as the streets that got

[18:02] milled up out by Walmart, if anybody

[18:05] needs or has questions about that,

[18:07] please have them contact me because I

[18:09] can explain exactly why we did it.

[18:12] So, if there's questions, council

[18:14] members have questions why they were

[18:16] done or if they're citizens, please

[18:18] direct them to me and I'll talk to them

[18:19] about it and explain why they were.

[18:22] >> Mr. Mr. Baitman and then Mr. Anderson.

[18:25] >> So I I know why they were it was a

[18:27] choice from the engineers and stuff on

[18:29] trying to take a heavily traveled road

[18:32] and before it got any worse uh make it

[18:34] brand new again. But then again it's the same amount of traffic as they

[18:38] were before. So if that's the case

[18:41] within 10 years they're going to be need

[18:43] milled up again. But Mr. and Landers

[18:46] answered my question.

[18:48] Scarification is half the price of of

[18:51] mill and overlay. I never once said I

[18:53] wanted every street in town milled and

[18:55] overlaid. I wanted a better process than

[18:58] tar and chip. So if we can do

[19:02] scarification on most of these streets

[19:04] that were taring and chipping then they

[19:06] would last a lot longer. It would make

[19:07] the citizens happy because the all the

[19:10] lumps are taken out of the the road is

[19:13] made true again. The drainage is

[19:15] correct. Anybody that drove through

[19:17] Lincoln this weekend knows that we have

[19:19] serious drainage problems in this town.

[19:21] Um, not only is the the drains plugged

[19:25] with debris, but they the water just

[19:28] doesn't flow. Third Friday was a perfect

[19:31] example. Um, once we let the water out

[19:33] of the pools, the water flowed in a

[19:36] different direction than toward the

[19:37] drain and made a lot of people mad. But

[19:39] I I'm just asking that we look at

[19:42] scarification

[19:44] over tar and chip and try to do more

[19:46] scarified streets

[19:49] than just tar and chipping.

[19:52] >> Mr. Anderson,

[19:53] >> Walt, I appreciate the information you

[19:55] gave on the cost between each one of

[19:57] those. Would you share those numbers one

[19:59] more time again, please?

[20:03] » I'll just give you the per foot cost.

[20:05] >> Yes, that's fine.

[20:06] >> Per linear foot. an HMA, which is the

[20:09] milling overlay,

[20:11] milling one and a half inches and

[20:13] applying two inches back on top of it is

[20:16] $76 a square foot or I'm sorry, a linear

[20:19] foot.

[20:21] The A2, which is the scarification that

[20:23] Mr. Baitman's talking about, is uh $36

[20:28] per foot, linear foot. To explain the

[20:32] scarification process a little better,

[20:34] they till the road up and like Mr.

[20:37] Baitman said they regrade it. They roll

[20:39] it, pack it, get it lined up. They put a

[20:42] coat of primer on it. Then they put a

[20:45] coat of oil and chip with a larger

[20:48] aggregate. And then they put a surface

[20:50] aggregate oil and chip with a smaller a

[20:52] smaller aggregate. That's that process.

[20:56] A1 is just basically the oil and then

[20:58] the one layer of rock chip.

[21:01] So that just gives you a better idea of

[21:04] what those processes are.

[21:06] What was the cost on that one?

[21:07] >> The A1 is $16 a line foot. A2 is $36 a

[21:12] line foot.

[21:16] » Thank you.

[21:19] » Any other questions for Walt?

[21:23] Okay. So, I'm going to share my feedback

[21:25] on this because I've done this research

[21:28] before a couple years ago. As a matter

[21:29] of fact, just to be clear,

[21:33] I don't disagree with Mr. debatement

[21:35] that we need to have nice roads, but I

[21:39] think we need to understand exactly how

[21:41] far our limited budget goes for roads.

[21:46] Couple years ago, um, with a million

[21:48] dollar budget,

[21:50] I think we were able to do what, wal

[21:52] about three miles of road.

[21:54] >> It was somewhere close to that. Yes.

[21:56] >> And we have 190 miles of road in town.

[21:59] >> Uh, there's

[22:00] >> approximately

[22:01] >> there's a

[22:03] 170

[22:04] center line miles.

[22:06] >> Okay,

[22:06] >> which center line is basically just the

[22:08] length of the road. That's not included

[22:10] multiple lane roads and and the extra

[22:13] wide roads. That's just going down the

[22:15] center line of the road. There's about

[22:17] 170 miles.

[22:18] >> Yeah. So, so the point is that we're

[22:22] currently at a at a situation where it

[22:25] takes us decades to get a road addressed

[22:28] already. And if we want to keep up with

[22:32] the current pace of providing roads,

[22:34] then we have to find more money.

[22:38] Otherwise, what's going to happen is a

[22:39] road that a process that was going to

[22:41] take 30 years to touch every road in

[22:44] town will now take 40 to 50 years. Some

[22:47] of us will be gone by the time our roads

[22:49] are addressed. And so, um, there are

[22:53] ways to go around this. I think Mr.

[22:54] Baitman's suggestion is great. Let's put

[22:56] a group together, do some analysis on

[22:59] it, and see where we come up with. But

[23:01] at the end of the day,

[23:03] um, higher quality means less roads.

[23:06] takes more time. People will

[23:08] get frustrated. Um, I actually just saw

[23:11] a comment online today from an

[23:14] individual that was extremely excited

[23:15] that their road was getting asphalted.

[23:18] Well, there will be fewer and fewer

[23:19] excited people if we if we go down that

[23:22] road. Um, no pun intended.

[23:25] So, yeah. So, I'm just saying let's

[23:29] think about this before we um totally

[23:32] abandon oil and chip. I know it's not a

[23:35] long-term permanent solution. And

[23:37] contrary to what somebody shared online

[23:39] this week, I've to the best of my

[23:41] knowledge never advocated for every road

[23:43] in town being oil and chipped. I don't

[23:45] even know where that came from.

[23:49] » Is oil and chip not rock.

[23:50] >> I was on that thread. They they said

[23:52] that you told them that every road

[23:54] should be rock.

[23:55] >> Yeah.

[23:56] >> So that that was uh and and I agree.

[23:59] Again, we we have to do I'm just asking

[24:02] for something to be put together as an

[24:05] exploratory thing. I could be totally

[24:08] wrong, but I don't think it hurts to to

[24:11] look outside the box once in a while.

[24:13] >> I I don't disagree with you. Okay. We'll put some people together.

[24:20] Okay. Anything else on item seven,

[24:26] Mr. Landers?

[24:27] >> Yes. I would I would really encourage

[24:30] any alderman or a citizen, anybody that

[24:33] wants to talk about this. I'll sit down

[24:35] with anybody and explain and not

[24:38] persuade, just to explain the processes

[24:40] and how we go about choosing these

[24:42] roads. You know, there's a lot of people

[24:44] that think they know a lot about this

[24:47] that they don't. and if we can sit down

[24:50] and discuss the whole process,

[24:53] you know, and I can explain the the

[24:56] other things that they don't understand

[24:58] and then maybe the people could have a

[24:59] better understanding.

[25:02] >> So, okay. All right. If there's nothing

[25:06] else, roll call, please.

[25:08] >> Mr. DS,

[25:10] >> yes.

[25:10] >> Mr. Clemens,

[25:12] >> yes.

[25:12] >> Mrs. O'Donn,

[25:13] >> yes.

[25:14] >> Mr. Anderson,

[25:15] >> yes.

[25:15] >> Mr. Baitman,

[25:16] >> yes.

[25:16] >> Mr. Sanders,

[25:17] >> yes.

[25:18] >> Mr. Mr. McCullen.

[25:19] >> Yes. Mr. Per.

[25:20] >> Yes.

[25:20] >> Okay. Next item up is item 8A, city

[25:23] treasures report for June 2025. Treasure

[25:26] Conso.

[25:27] >> Thank you, Mayor. I think you've all

[25:28] received copies of the report. You'll

[25:31] notice we're in a little bit better uh

[25:32] position than we were a month ago with

[25:35] the general fund, which we like to see,

[25:38] and that that is uh improved

[25:40] substantially. Keep in mind though that does include a one-time payment

[25:44] which is described on the second page of

[25:47] the report which is the with the state

[25:50] uh receipts and reimbursements and

[25:53] grants. You see there's uh a police

[25:55] department hiring retention grant that

[25:57] the chief spoke about uh some time back

[26:00] a couple of meetings back and we did

[26:02] receive that and that's $152,1

[26:06] 175 all of which would be paid out in uh

[26:09] in the form of grants for uh uh

[26:12] retaining police officers. So, but

[26:14] overall even aside from that, we are in

[26:17] a better position than we were uh a

[26:19] month ago, although not not quite as

[26:21] good as we were last year at this time.

[26:23] So, we need to to try to build up the

[26:26] balance in that fund.

[26:29] Won't go into great detail on it. I

[26:31] think it speaks for itself. There's uh

[26:33] you see the pension funds there, too. I

[26:35] have you have noticed with the

[26:37] improvements in the uh in the stock

[26:39] market in the last couple of months, we

[26:41] we're starting to see that reflected

[26:43] here. I don't yet have the consolidated

[26:46] fireman's pension fund yet. Uh the final

[26:50] report which we get from that fund uh

[26:53] should have it very soon because it be

[26:55] for the month ending in June. Do have it

[26:57] for the police pension fund and you can

[26:59] see there that that improved

[27:01] considerably over what it was a year

[27:04] ago.

[27:05] uh at the end of June.

[27:08] The attachments that you see there, we

[27:10] you know, you're used to seeing how

[27:12] these go up and down. We have seen the

[27:15] reason that you see a greater balance in

[27:17] the general fund is year to date

[27:20] calendar year to date uh as these

[27:22] reports are set up. We we have seen

[27:24] increases in the state income tax. The

[27:27] month that just ended, it was a little

[27:28] down a little bit from what it was a

[27:30] year ago, but it was up considerably in

[27:33] April, which more than offset that. And

[27:36] I think that's a lot of that has to do

[27:38] with when people file their tax returns

[27:40] and thus when they pay their taxes.

[27:42] Municipal sales tax, use tax, just about

[27:46] uh monthtomonth, March liability month

[27:50] with last year's month of liability, the

[27:52] same. were up a little bit year to date

[27:55] by about $39,757.

[27:59] And similar things with the non-home

[28:01] rule sales tax. Uh we did have

[28:04] considerable increase in it last month.

[28:06] Year to date, we're up $28,140

[28:10] for those three months. And motor fuel

[28:13] tax, you know, it just went up again. Uh

[28:15] we're not seeing a great increase in the

[28:19] proceeds from it. I've said this before

[28:22] here. Uh, you know, President Reagan

[28:25] said if you want more of something, tax

[28:26] it less. Well, state did not get the

[28:29] memo, I guess. And so that they that

[28:33] keeps going up every year, which I think

[28:35] it's probably excessive.

[28:37] We are up year to date about $10,810

[28:41] there. And then finally, you see the uh

[28:44] video gaming tax. Slight increase there

[28:46] year to date. Uh $2,46

[28:49] over where we were a year ago. There any

[28:52] questions? I'd be happy to take those.

[28:55] >> Mr. Payman,

[28:57] a while back, we voted to give the part

[29:00] of the proceeds to the cannabis tax to

[29:04] the DARE organization. Um, I've had a

[29:07] lot of great comments about our our DARE

[29:09] organization and and people telling me

[29:12] that their children are are involved in

[29:15] the things that Mrs. Fier does.

[29:17] Obviously, the state of Illinois um saw

[29:21] to it because she just won the award for

[29:23] outstanding dare officer. Can you

[29:25] explain or just add another one of your

[29:29] many numbers in your overexed numbers of

[29:32] numbers you give us? what what is uh

[29:37] what did she receive last month from

[29:39] >> I

[29:40] >> her portion of the cannabis

[29:41] >> I don't have that uh in front of me if

[29:46] >> yeah it was a little over 700 but and it

[29:49] has been consistently that but I don't

[29:50] have the exact exact number for you if

[29:53] you're talking about we take part of

[29:56] that and put it in the fire fireman's

[29:58] pension fund part of it in the police

[29:59] pension fund and then part of what

[30:01] remains in the general fund we've we've

[30:03] put into the DARE program and and the

[30:06] city clerk is correct. It's run right it

[30:08] depending on how much we get in in any

[30:10] given month uh runs right around $650 to

[30:14] $750.

[30:15] >> Did she get anything from the city

[30:17] monthly before we voted that? So it's a

[30:20] significant bump in our DARE program.

[30:23] >> Yeah.

[30:24] >> So

[30:24] >> yeah,

[30:25] >> congratulations to everybody that voted

[30:26] for that. That's a money well spent.

[30:33] Okay. Anything else, Mr. Conso?

[30:35] >> No, that's all I have unless there's any

[30:37] other questions.

[30:38] >> Okay. Thank you. Next up is item 8B,

[30:41] city clerk's report for June 2025. Miss

[30:44] Baitman,

[30:45] >> in the month of June, we received

[30:47] $251,214.11

[30:51] for sewer receipts, which um $26,71148

[30:56] came from both prisons.

[31:00] That's it.

[31:01] >> Okay. Questions for Miss Baitman.

[31:04] Okay. Thank you. Next is 8 C department

[31:07] head reports for June 2025. Those are

[31:09] either already on the city website or

[31:11] will be shortly.

[31:14] Okay. The next item is 9A, approval of

[31:17] M&R reconciliation for fiscal year 2024

[31:20] 2025 for the wastewater treatment plant

[31:23] from the sewer O andM fund in an amount

[31:25] not to exceed 6,98452.

[31:30] » Move to approve.

[31:31] >> Second.

[31:32] >> Alderman Sanders made the motion.

[31:33] Alderwoman Mlen second. Discussion.

[31:38] >> Roll call, please.

[31:39] >> Miss Mcclullen.

[31:41] >> Yes.

[31:42] >> Mr. Parrot.

[31:42] >> Yes.

[31:43] >> Mr. Mr. DS.

[31:44] >> Yes.

[31:44] >> Mr. Clemens.

[31:46] >> Yes.

[31:46] >> Mrs. Odonu.

[31:47] >> Yes.

[31:48] >> Mr. Anderson.

[31:48] >> Yes.

[31:49] >> Mr. Baitman.

[31:50] >> Yes.

[31:50] >> Mr. Sanders.

[31:51] >> Yes.

[31:54] » Next item is 9B. Approval of RAZ FBD

[31:58] replacement for the operation of the

[32:00] wastewater treatment plant from the

[32:02] sewer on&m fund in an amount not to

[32:04] exceed $55,100.

[32:08] Motion.

[32:10] >> Second. Alwoman Odon made the motion.

[32:13] Alderman DS second. Discussion.

[32:17] Roll call, please.

[32:18] >> Mr. DS,

[32:19] >> yes.

[32:20] >> Mr. Clemens,

[32:21] >> yes.

[32:21] >> Mrs. Odonu,

[32:22] >> yes.

[32:23] >> Mr. Anderson,

[32:24] >> yes.

[32:24] >> Mr. Baitman,

[32:25] >> yes.

[32:25] >> Mr. Sanders,

[32:27] >> yes.

[32:28] >> Mrs. McClullen,

[32:29] >> yes.

[32:29] >> Mr. Perry,

[32:30] >> yes.

[32:32] Next up is item 9D, approval of donation

[32:35] agreement between John and Darlene Rue

[32:38] and the city of Lincoln for the donation

[32:40] of John R's route 66 model train

[32:43] exhibit.

[32:43] >> Move to approve.

[32:44] >> Second.

[32:45] >> Alderman Sanders made the motion.

[32:46] Alderman Parrot second. Discussion.

[32:50] Roll call, please.

[32:52] >> Mr. Parrot,

[32:53] >> yes.

[32:54] >> Mr. DS,

[32:55] >> yes.

[32:55] >> Mr. Clemens,

[32:56] >> yes.

[32:57] >> Mrs. Odon,

[32:58] >> yes.

[32:58] >> Mr. Anderson,

[32:59] >> yes.

[33:00] >> Mr. Baitman,

[33:01] >> yes.

[33:01] >> Mr. Sanders.

[33:02] >> Yes.

[33:03] >> Mr. McClullen.

[33:04] >> Yes.

[33:06] >> Next is 9E. Approval of master service

[33:08] agreement for a compensation study

[33:11] between MGT Impact Solutions LLC and the

[33:14] city of Lincoln in an amount not to

[33:16] exceed $11,470.

[33:19] >> So moved.

[33:20] >> Second.

[33:21] >> Alderman Parrot made the motion.

[33:22] Alderwoman Mlullen second. Discussion.

[33:27] » Roll call, please.

[33:28] >> Mrs. Mlen.

[33:30] >> Yes. Mr. Mr. Perro,

[33:32] >> yes.

[33:32] >> Mr. DS,

[33:33] >> yes.

[33:33] >> Mr. Clemens,

[33:35] >> yes.

[33:35] >> Mrs. Odon,

[33:36] >> yes.

[33:36] >> Mr. Anderson,

[33:38] >> yes.

[33:38] >> Baitman,

[33:39] >> yes.

[33:39] >> Mr. Sanders,

[33:40] >> yes.

[33:41] >> That brings us down to announcements.

[33:43] Um, I would just like to

[33:46] thank the third Friday committee for all

[33:50] of their work this season. This past

[33:51] Friday was our last third Friday. Um,

[33:54] really great turnout. It looked like

[33:56] everybody had fun. um you know, it just

[34:00] went off well and and um can't say

[34:03] enough good things about it. So, thank

[34:05] you to the committee. It's a lot of hard

[34:07] work to do that. Um even outside of the

[34:10] event, we we we meet monthly. There's a

[34:13] lot of work. Miss Baitman especially

[34:14] does a lot for us. And um the committee,

[34:19] those members are down there from like

[34:21] 4:00 all the way until 10 or so, 11:00.

[34:24] And so it makes for a long day, but well

[34:27] worth it. So I'm glad everybody enjoyed

[34:29] it.

[34:32] That's all I have. Um any other

[34:33] announcements, Mr. Baitman?

[34:37] >> So next week I'm going to put on the cow

[34:40] uh for consideration a possible

[34:43] modification to the street closure for

[34:45] the downtown portion of the Bloons Over

[34:48] 66 festival. This festival is getting

[34:52] extremely popular. Um, again, uh, the

[34:56] fourth year coming out of COVID, we have

[34:58] people that would like to be involved,

[35:00] but we we just don't have the street

[35:03] space to put them. Um, churches and and

[35:07] other things. and I will bring forth a

[35:12] try to do the best I can to bring forth

[35:14] a um map showing where everything is

[35:19] going because there's a lot of

[35:20] suggestions

[35:22] that are being tossed out there on on

[35:25] things we could do differently. But

[35:28] logistically,

[35:30] I don't know how we could change it. Uh

[35:32] those of you that are on the third

[35:34] Friday committee understand part of that

[35:35] with the electrical requirements and

[35:38] such. Um we have people that need

[35:41] certain kinds of electricity and people

[35:43] that need water and and stuff, but um

[35:47] the art fair is actually um grown ex

[35:52] quite a bit this year um to the point

[35:55] where they have used up all the space

[35:57] that was uh given them and they have

[36:01] asked um that they would like to not

[36:04] shut off registrations.

[36:07] if we can get a little extra street

[36:09] space, they would like to still add

[36:10] other art vendors. Um, and there's just

[36:14] a couple other things that that

[36:17] according to our committee uh would be very beneficial to the crowds

[36:22] that's that's going to come down. And uh

[36:25] I just want to explain again that this

[36:27] is different from back in the past. Um

[36:31] each group has their own committee and

[36:34] we talk constantly and then once a month

[36:37] representatives from each group meet and

[36:41] discuss it as a festival as a whole. Um

[36:46] even Chief Meister has attended one of

[36:48] those meetings so we can try to work on

[36:50] traffic and tr crowd control and stuff

[36:53] to make sure everything goes smoothly.

[36:54] So, I I hope uh you guys are open to our

[36:57] suggestion next week and I will try to

[36:59] make it as detailed as I possibly can

[37:01] because we're coming up on 30 days and

[37:05] um I think it's going to be one of the

[37:07] biggest festivals ever this year.

[37:12] Okay. Any other announcements this

[37:14] evening?

[37:17] There are no other announcements. I'll

[37:18] entertain a motion to adjurnn. Motion to

[37:20] adjurnn.

[37:22] Alderman

[37:23] DS made the motion. Alderman Clemens

[37:26] second. All in favor say I. I.

[37:28] >> All oppose. Same sign. This meeting is

[37:31] adjourned at 6:41 p.m.

Regular City Council Meeting July 21st, 2025

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