[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.