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And we're as clean diapers are essential to the health and well-being of infants and young children, yet nearly one in two U.S. families struggles to afford an adequate supply.

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So national diaper need awareness week raises awareness of this need and recognizes the organizations, volunteers, and community partners working to support families.

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and I would ask Anita Hanky to come forward and tell us a little bit more. So if Anita

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Anita's out in the lobby,

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Anita Hanky,

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Anita Hanky, can you come forward please?

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Yeah, congratulations and I give you this and I'll let you tell just a little bit about what's going on this week.

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Thank you for having us tonight.

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I'm the executive director for covered bottom striper bank.

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Marla Willard and I, we actually birthed this back in 2020, and we have kept it alive.

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So that is good.

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We want to first of all, thank you for having us tonight.

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And we just want to give you two or three facts about the diaper bank.

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I did leave a flyer at your station.

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We have distributed over 50,000 diapers this year, and the partners that we do have are

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advocacy network, Bella E's, the Blaze Fuel Station, which is at John Wood.

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Child and Family Connections Community for Christ Assistance Center, DCFS, Open Hands, Food

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Pantry, Pact, Salvation Army, Transitions,

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and we are just finalizing some paperwork

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for Beards Town, their early childhood.

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We received money from Tracy Foundation,

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and they are really helping us support Cascounty,

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which you know, Cascounty will appreciate it very much.

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So, we also want to let you know that we have serviced about 540 kittos this year and our biggest thank you is to Quincy University because they allow a space over at the University at on the North Campus and they don't charge us anything so all the money that we would have to be using for rent and those kinds of things we can actually use for children in our community.

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This is Kara, she's from Child and Family Connections, and this is Marla from West

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Central Child Care Connection, who has retired.

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please come see us Wednesday at Hyvey on Broadway.

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We will be accepting diapers.

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And if you can't please visit our website, it's very easy to go in there and donate.

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And also you'll see there is a QR code that you can donate that way.

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Your dollar, we can make it spend twice as much.

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So we do appreciate anything that you can help us with.

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And again, thank you for having us.

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And our next proclamation is for Pride in the Park, which is this Sunday, September 20th.

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Pride in the Park celebrates community, acceptance, and belonging, while remind us of the importance of respect, kindness, and ensuring Quincy remains a welcoming community for all.

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So to receive this is Chris Taylor.

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Yes, thank you so much.

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Thank you, Mayor, for recognizing us here today.

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Tricy diversity coalition has been around for seven years, and this is our sixth annual

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Our first one was a Pride Drive because, well, COVID changed some rules.

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But our mission is to celebrate diversity, love, and fellowship throughout the Tricy community.

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We're bringing people together from South Eastern Iowa, northwest,

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Arebs are north-east Missouri and right here in the Tri-Cet area, organizations and vendors for a great day filled with fun

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Good morning, joy and people having the freedom to be fully embraced living their authentic selves in the moment.

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And I'm with most of my board today, we're missing three people, yes, three people, four people.

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But as many of us can make it did, and so we can do what we do without our board and all of the work that they do.

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And the support of the city allowing us in this great state to be exactly who we are.

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now I'd like to turn it over to Chief Steve Salron, who has some very special announcements.

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Mayor, thank you.

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City Council.

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Citizens Quincy and the City Council appreciate the opportunity to be here.

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It's a good day for the fire department.

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It's a good day for City Quincy.

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I've got some not-so-good news and some good news based on that not-so-good news, so I'm

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going to start out with asking Recruit firefighter Brian, what career to come join me

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up front, please.

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Brian comes to us from the Hannibal Missouri Fire Department with about

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18 months of experience as he was hired there in March of 2025. He's currently a national

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Registry EMT and Resizing Quincy.

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He graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia,

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with the Bachelor's Degree in Psychology.

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Brian is married and they have one child.

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It is my pleasure to administer the oath

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of firefighter tonight to Brian Oaker.

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Please raise your right hand and repeat after me.

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I state your name.

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I have Brian Oaker.

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Do solemnly swear.

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Do solemnly swear.

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To uphold the Constitution of the United States,

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and the State of Illinois, and to obey the laws of the City of Quincy,

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devotion to duty, a personal comfort, I will selflessly serve the citizens of Quincy with respect

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and dignity, and I will faithfully discharge the duties of the Office of Firefighter to the best

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my ability. So help me God. Congratulations.

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Thank you all, Second.

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It's a surprise. It's a badge number 178.

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Do you have anybody you'd like to introduce or a few words to say?

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I'd just like to say four.

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I'd just like to thank my friends and family near and far for their support.

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I'd like to thank the Quincy Fire Department for this opportunity.

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And I look forward to giving it my all.

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I'm going to ask Stephen Peters to join me up here please.

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Steven joined the fire department on September 24th, 2007 on December 1st, 2024, he accepted

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the position of apparatus engineer and has held that position on engine 2 since that date.

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Steven is an EMT and has earned multiple office of the state fire marshal certifications such

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as advanced tech firefighter, fire service vehicle operator, fire apparatus engineer, has

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attack B, airport firefighter, and fire officer one. For the past several years, he has been

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the organizer, production team, editor, videographer, and every other role in the Christmas

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bedtime stories. He is also the guy behind the scenes of most of the departments, Facebook

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post, related to work and groceries, promotions, retirements, etc. Outside of QFD, he is also

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Army Reserve's drill sergeant first class. And lastly, Stephen is our very own local Ninja Warrior

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contestant. Stephen's promotion to Lieutenant is effective September 16, 2026. Is my pleasure to

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administer the oath of fire officer tonight to Stephen Peters.

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Stephen, please raise your right hand.

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I state your name. I Stephen Peters. Do you hear by declare? Do you hear by declare?

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that as an officer of the Quincy Fire Department, as an officer of the Quincy Fire Department,

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I will uphold the standards of my position, I will uphold the standards of my position,

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and continually search for new and improved methods, to protect my community, to protect

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my community, and its citizens, and its citizens.

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I will lead my fire company with fairness, and without prejudice, and respect the property,

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and respect the property and rights of all persons.

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I recognize this badge as a symbol.

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I recognize this badge as a symbol.

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Of the public faith and trust.

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Of the public faith and trust.

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And I dedicate myself and dedicate myself to saving life and protecting property.

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Congratulations.

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Steven's a man a few words.

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Since he just walked away.

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You don't have enough time for me to talk all day, but just a quick thank you to everyone.

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I really do appreciate this role, and I'm going to take every reasonable step I can to protect

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the citizens to do this job as great as I can for not only my friends, my family, the department,

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but as the citizens of Quincy as well.

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So thank you, thank you very much for this opportunity.

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Okay, at this time I'd like to ask Nate Poole to come join me.

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Nate joined the fire department August 1st, 2005, on February 2nd, 2018, he was promoted to Lieutenant.

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Nate is an EMT and is an multiple office of the state fire marshal certifications,

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such as firefighter 3, fire apparatus engineer, fire service vehicle operator,

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hazmat tech B, airport firefighter, instructor 2, fire investigator, and fire officer 1.

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Nate is a field staff instructor for the Illinois Fire Service Institute in Champaign and is one of the lead instructors for the annual Western Illinois University University firefighter certification practicum.

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Nate's promotion to deputy chief of administration is effective September 16th, 2026.

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This is my pleasure to administer the oath of Deputy Fire Chief tonight to Naipul.

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I state your name.

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I, Naipul.

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That I will faithfully, honestly, and impartially.

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That I will faithfully, honestly, and impartially.

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This charge the duties of Deputy Fire Chief.

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This charge the duties of Deputy Fire Chief.

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I will uphold the standards of my position.

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I will uphold the standards of my position.

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And I pledge to carry out.

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And I pledge to carry out the duties of deputy fire chief, the duties of deputy fire chief to the best of my ability and I will honor and respect and I will honor and respect the mission goals purpose and policies of the Quincy fire department and policies of the Quincy fire I recognize this badge as a symbol of the public faith and trust of the public faith and trust and I accept so long and I accept so long.

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as I hold the rank of deputy fire chief.

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As I hold the rank of deputy fire chief.

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Congratulations.

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I've had the honor of working with and for some really

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incredible firefighters, many of which

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are in this room right now.

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Unfortunately, we're going to be losing one of my mentors

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and friends sometimes adversary in Chief Dade.

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It's a big hole that I'm going to do my best to fill

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and with the help of the rest of the administrative crew,

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I hope to do that as well as I can.

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I'd be remiss.

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My wedding anniversary is coming up.

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We don't talk about enough how this job effects our own lives.

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And my wife has been my rock.

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She's been...

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Every thing she could for me to be in this position now. So I levered early. I thank her for everything she's ever done for me, and I appreciate the opportunity to see.

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The promotions of Nate Pool and Stephen Peters are the result of the departure of Deputy Chief Michael Vade. Michael? I'm doing me?

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I don't have a badge or anything for you. But I'm going to take that one back.

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As many of you may have heard, Deputy Chief David has accepted the position of Bureau of Operations, Chief Operating Officer with the Illinois Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal.

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His final day with the Department will be tomorrow and he will begin his new role with the Office of the State Fire Marshal on Wednesday.

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Deputy Chief Dave began his career with the Department of October 6th, 2003. He was appointed

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to the position of apparatus engineer on February 1st, 2008, and was promoted to Deputy

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Chief Administration April 8th, 2021. Throughout his career, Deputy Chief Dave deserved

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and maintained numerous personal certifications, or I'm sorry, professional certifications,

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including paramedic advanced technician firefighter, fire apparatus engineer, advanced fire officer, fire department,

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incident safety officer, and fires instructor 3 among others. I think Mike is the only one on the

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department that holds instructor 3. Correct. Yeah. Deputy Chief Days Departure will

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to know that he will remain an active member of the Illinois Fire Service.

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In his new capacity, he will be well positioned to continue making a positive and meaningful

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impact on the fire service throughout the save of Illinois.

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We congratulate Deputy Chief Dade on the significant professional opportunity and thank you

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for his many years of dedicated service to the Department and the community.

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I'll try to make this as quick as possible because Dan Brings got a timer on me.

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I want to first thank my family for being here.

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My dad, my step mom, Ken Dave, Pam Dave.

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My girlfriend Michelle here, my older brother.

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Retired, fire chief, demand date.

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And my lovely sister-in-law, Danielle Dave.

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But more than anything, I want to thank all the uniform in and the back.

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This appointment is really a reflection of the tremendous talent and leadership that is at the

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Quincy Fire Department and has been way before my time and I'm sure will be way after

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I'm gone.

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I just want everybody to know that.

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I can't say good enough things about this department and the support that we've got from

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the community.

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We've got our rehab team here as well and full force, you know, even support and us now.

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So again, this is a team effort and you know, the emotion is a sincere thing.

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Chief Sauer and then I go back, you know, to, you know, when we first started our careers together.

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And again, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't plan on, you know, stopping to call on him.

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When I need to bounce something off or vent something that happens at the state level.

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But I just want everybody here to, you know, to be as proud of the Quincy Fire Department as I am.

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And as I have been again they've done nothing but produce leaders that have had an impact in the fire service around the state for years.

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So again I couldn't be more proud to be affiliated with this department and the men that you see in uniform here that are filling up this room.

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So again it's truly my family. So thank you for the opportunity.

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I may not know where he lives in Springfield, but I know where he works. So I know exactly where that office is. All right. Thank you, everyone.

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Thank you, Chief. And next up, Kyle Moore is here to tell us a little bit more about a gratitude initiative that we'll see on our agenda tonight.

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support and press that mic on. Thank you, Mayor Moore, City Council members. Clerk,

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open, it's great to be here. My name is Kyle Moore and I'm President of the Great

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River Economic Development Foundation and I'm here to walk you through where, where

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thanks stand as gratitude for approaches. Our first, our final quarter in 2026, share what

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we're learning from our investors as we head into 2027 and then talk about the one initiative

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in particular, that we believe deserves council support, the new residential construction property

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tax refund program. As most of you saw in our September report that I sent out Friday,

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it's been a strong year for the partnership between the City of Quincy and the Great River

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Economic Development Foundation. On housing, our board has set aside funds to help the city's work

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on a new neighborhood use and rezoning plan, and we're hopeful that it will come before you soon

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and with our full support. On the indoor sports complex, gratitude was there from day one,

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helping to fund the feasibility study, and helping to select the site, design team,

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and management company. And we were glad to see the council move forward with the project last

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month. That project, coupled with the Trapshooting Facility, is a strategy that brings in visitors

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and investors from outside the area and will have a significant economic impact for years to come

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and on workforce. Last month we teamed with John Wick Community College and the Tracy Family Foundation

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to announce Illinois's first Root Ed Alliance, placing career navigators in our area high schools.

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The program is already paying off. This spring's pilot reached 88 seniors across four area high schools

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and every one of them completed their fast-va and had a plan for their career and education after high school.

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I also want to update you on the valuable programs that Gretaff offers you around.

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Our business concierge program and business quick start guide are how our team stays connected

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to the business community day in and day out.

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And this year already Gretaff has worked directly with more than 60 businesses across Adams

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County, helping identify workforce needs and connect owners to the resources and opportunities

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they need to grow.

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Our Adams County Care Program is doing the same for the Child Care Workforce specifically, assisting more than 50 individuals over the past two years through tuition assistance, a paid internship track, and sign on bonuses for new workers.

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Scale up and secure was a new program this year, connecting local entrepreneurs with regional investors.

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Our first investor night helped a local business owner who just graduated from the CEO program close a deal to purchase a vehicle so he can help grow his business.

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That kind of hands-on work is a big part of why members keep telling us that we are delivering value, which brings me to our membership survey.

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Every year, we survey our members to take the pulse of the business climate and to get valuable insight to where

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Greta's focus should be in the upcoming year. Our members were surveyed this month, and the results back up what we've been seeing on the ground.

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Talent remains the dominant constraint on our growth in this community, named by 60% of our responders as their top barrier, and at top the list again when we ask what challenges we need to address in the upcoming year.

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housing and child care access aren't far behind and they're part of the same problem.

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Both were named as conditions that make it harder for our members to recruit and keep the

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town and workforce they need. The news is encouraging otherwise. Two thirds of our members

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told us their business is growing or hiring and not a single responded reporting that they

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would be downsizing or leaving a region. Which brings me why I'm here tonight. Housing is one

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the biggest reasons talent is hard to recruit and to keep in this community.

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And that's exactly what the new residential construction property tax refund program is built

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to address.

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Developed jointly with the city, the county, Quincy Public Schools, the Park District, Johnwood

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Community College, and Quincy Township.

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The program refunds only the incremental property tax increase from new residential

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construction for three years, starting only after a home is built, occupied, and enrolled.

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Every taxing body keeps collecting what they already get, starting on day one. We're only giving back the new tax money this construction creates money that wouldn't exist without it.

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After three years, that new money stays to becoming permanent revenue for all of our taxing bodies. This matters, because Quincy's housing inventory has been historically tight, and that scarcity is a real constraint on attracting the workforce our members say they need.

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This program reduces the cost to build news homes and it opens and it's open to rental and to multi-family housing, not just single family homes.

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This isn't an incentive that is for one neighborhood and not the other.

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It's for every neighborhood and every ward of the city.

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This program is fiscally disciplined by design, incremental only,

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CAFed multi-family unit counts, TIF, and enterprise zone exclusions, and there's a hard

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three-year sunset to keep the exposure small and predictable for every partner that came to

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the table. We're asking our six taxing bodies, including this council, to adopt the

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intergovernmental agreement so we can launch this program next year. Every taxing body has a

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stake in the outcome. More rooftops means more residents, more retail activity, more workforce talent,

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and ultimately a larger, more durable tax base for all of us.

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I'd ask for the council support in moving this forward,

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and I'm happy to answer any questions tonight,

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or in the weeks ahead as we finalize this agreement.

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Thank you, and thank you for your dedication to this community.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Thank you.

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Does anybody have any questions about the program?

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It's on our agenda to invite at 6b and 12c.

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It's the same intergovernment agreement.

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So, as far as where this is applied, is it countywide?

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No, which city of Quincy-wide?

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Is it the mile and a half?

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No, it's Quincy Township.

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Yep.

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Yep.

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I was just curious if you've gotten by and from the other agencies or the other.

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Yeah, so every agency was first approached to see if they would accept the concept and what they thought of it.

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They all said they were happy to participate and then each agency was given the intergovernmental agreement a head of time to weigh in

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Because there's no perfect draft of any

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Intergovernmental agreement so each one was given the back and forth and then sent the finalized agreement for

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Ultimate board approval and I would remind this board that every taxing body needs to adopt it for this to be in place

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And so if you adopt it today and another taxing body doesn't do it then this program is no-lin-boi

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So, Kyle, yes, all taxes are froze for, or you don't pay them for three years.

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Well, the individual homeowner pays the full property taxes, but let's say that they had a vacant lot that they were paying $200 a year on.

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And then they built a new home and that home then had a property tax of $2,000.

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That $2,000 would be paid in full and the property tax owner would have to pay that in full.

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And then at the end of the program, then they would get or at the end of that year they would get $1,800 back.

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And so it's on the owner, one to sign up for the program.

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So this isn't one that's an automatic.

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But two, we wanted to make sure that this didn't take away from essential services,

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whether it be for you guys or our school district.

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So every taxing body is made whole.

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And again, the individuals have to sign up for the program.

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And they have to pay their taxes on time and in full.

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Gotcha. Thank you.

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Yes.

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I just wanted to say congratulations on this incentive and it's exactly what we need to move the housing issue forward.

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And we all know that as we try to take steps at this council level to really pull in more business

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and more visitors to this community, our demand for workforce is going to continue to increase

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and unless we're ready to have places for those people to live, we're not going to be ready.

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So, this is an excellent opportunity for us as a community to really take a first step.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And if I didn't fail, if I failed to mention, I think that the mayor and county board chairman

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deserve a lot of credit, they've put a lot of time and effort, Jason Parrot as well.

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These end-regovernmental agreements can be tricky, especially coming from somebody like me who's

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not a lawyer.

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And so they really really comb through the teeth of the proposal and did a lot to bring

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you the product that's in your packet.

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any additional questions?

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Well, I always know to get out while they get as good. So thank you

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for inviting us for being here. Thank you. I'll take you around if you have additional questions.

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Great. Thank you, bye-bye.

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And now is the time for prayer or...

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Self-reflection, whichever you so choose, to lead us tonight is Reverend Booth, and then

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will ask Alderman Reese to lead us in the pledge afterwards.

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If you would press the Center button so the red light comes on.

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Thank you.

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Let me take a moment of personal privilege.

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I cannot tell you how deeply the firefighters' recognitions touch me.

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My life was touched as a child and as a teen.

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My fire chiefs grew up in the area of town where I did, I live in the Southway way, you know,

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know where it is.

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But I know the character it takes for a man to be a firefighter and to lead other firefighters.

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That touched me at a very deep level, and I thank you for acknowledging them.

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Let's pray.

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We praise you, O God, we acknowledge you to be the Lord, all creation worships you,

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to you, all angels, and all the powers of heaven.

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You've been in seraphim, saying in endless praise, holy, holy, holy,

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Lord God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.

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We ask you to be with our city and our leaders.

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Please protect and guide them to make decisions that are fair and just, reflecting what

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you want.

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We pray that those who are in need and for those who have that which can be shared to relieve

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hunger and suffering.

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Put within our people a spirit of drive and initiative that will make them productive citizens

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who can then help others in need.

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Help us to seek that perfect balance of your love and justice in how we relate to one another.

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Make us instruments of your peace.

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We ask all of this in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

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I

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now call this meeting to order. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

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Call them in Fletcher.

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Fair.

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Interent.

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Bergman.

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Here.

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Here.

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Maize.

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Here.

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Edkins.

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Here.

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Reade.

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Here.

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Use Lack.

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Here.

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13 present.

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And one absent.

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Motion to excuse the absent Alderman.

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Please.

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It's been moved in seconded.

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Any discussion?

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If not, all in favor, aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed, aye.

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Motion carries.

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Thank you.

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Your Honor.

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Make a motion to approve the passports of September 8, 2026 in town, business August 10th of

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2026.

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It's been moved in seconded.

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Any discussion?

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If not, all in favor, aye.

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Opposed, aye.

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Motion carries.

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Thank you.

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Your Honor.

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Yes.

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I move that way.

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He said it the town board.

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It's been moved in seconded.

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All in favor, aye.

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Opposed, nay.

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Motion carries.

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We are now sitting as a town board.

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Are there any requests to speak in front of the town ship?

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And just like City Council, you have three minutes.

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Good evening.

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I want to address something uncomfortable because town meetings are exactly where uncomfortable

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conversation should happen.

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What has been attributed to Alderman Mike Atkins regarding Muslim communities and other communities,

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it simply is not a disagreement over politics.

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When an elected official uses or promotes behavior that targets an entire religious group,

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it becomes a question of whether that official can fairly represent every citizen.

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Religious freedom does not mean freedom for only Christians, or only for people who's

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believes we understand or agree with. It means Muslims too. That principle is not partisan.

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It is American. We built from the melting pot. And freedom of speech does also have consequences.

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And Mike Atkins does not represent only the people who voted for him as an alderman,

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his words carry the weight of the soul city of Quincy. So when rhetoric like this one comes from

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someone sitting in a public office.

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The damning does not stop with that individual.

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It reflects the council, our government,

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and our community.

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And frankly, Quincy deserves better than having to explain

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their behavior and that it's not tolerated.

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Freedom is speech protects someone's right to say,

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if it does not protect the right to say if it's of things,

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it does not guarantee them freedom from accountability,

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from saying them while holding a person,

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while holding a position of public trust.

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you cannot affect it.

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So I believe Mac Mike at can should resign, because not because everyone in Quincy must agree with one another, but because every person in Quincy should be able to expect equal dignity from the people elected to represent it of.

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And that should be the bare minimum. Thank you.

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Thank you. Are there any other requests to speak?

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Yes.

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And if you would please do I have to touch?

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Good evening everybody. My name is Margarita Ogolvi and I am a resident of War 3 and I have learned

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through media and multiple conversations about something that was said that affects the

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monthly community, which I'm not a member, but as the person before said, we

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is my understanding that we all are equal, and that we deserve respect from

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everyone, and I wanted to start by saying, what if what was written said,

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Catholicism is not a religion. Every Catholic church is a paramilitary command post.

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His goal is to overthrow this nation and his laws. How is which change the religion name for another one that we're familiar in?

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accept. How is that? How does that sound to all of you that heard it? It's serious, right?

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You would like to, to probably act with violence if you hear me say something about your religion,

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like that. That's a feeling that that community is having right now.

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I wanted to say also that

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when I was a student at the University of Missouri in Colombia, I took the opportunity to visit

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mosque. The mosque that is in campus there, and as a student I learned to appreciate the value

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of the rituals and respect what they do, and of course they always have really good food. So that was

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a treat. So I feel like we just need to get out and know each other and we need to respect each other.

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I also volunteer one Sunday a month in Villa Catarina, and as you know, that is a more

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Mauritius style building, which is common in Arabic countries and Muslim culture.

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And that is one of the things that make us proud to be in Quincy.

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So did you know that we have some sort of Muslim symbol as well here?

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I have a question to ask, and Eddies, also Dr. Ali used to do the Masley in the dinner for the community, and he was attended, and people were fighting to get in there because the food was so delicious and so abandoned that it would be a shame not to be there.

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The last thing I want to say is, are you the people that are opposed to the Muslim and talk about the Muslims?

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I'd ready to say that if you were in the moment of death or your family member in an emergency,

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if a physician that is a Muslim is committed to your help, you're going to say no.

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I'd rather die that have somebody that is mostly taken on me and saved my life or my child or my daughter or my spouse.

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Are we ready to say something like that?

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or we just conveniently choose what to, what to say about people.

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So thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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Would anyone else like to speak before the township?

451
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:09,040
If not, okay, we will move on to resolutions.

452
00:39:09,860 --> 00:39:13,900
Intergovernmental agreement on property tax refunds for new residential construction

453
00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:16,320
between and among the city of Quincy, Illinois.

454
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:26,320
Adam's County Illinois, Quincy Community Unit School District Number 172, Quincy Park District, John Wood Community College, and Quincy Township.

455
00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:28,320
You're on her. Yes.

456
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:29,960
I moved to adopt this resolution.

457
00:39:31,180 --> 00:39:33,500
It's been moved and seconded any discussion.

458
00:39:36,170 --> 00:39:37,890
If not, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

459
00:39:38,050 --> 00:39:38,750
All in power.

460
00:39:39,170 --> 00:39:39,510
Aye.

461
00:39:39,850 --> 00:39:40,410
Mays.

462
00:39:40,810 --> 00:39:41,270
Atkins.

463
00:39:41,350 --> 00:39:41,630
Aye.

464
00:39:41,970 --> 00:39:42,370
Eman.

465
00:39:42,610 --> 00:39:42,870
Aye.

466
00:39:42,870 --> 00:39:45,670
Sassin, McGrannells, Ebing,

467
00:39:46,070 --> 00:39:46,890
Eye, Reeze,

468
00:39:47,050 --> 00:39:47,870
Reid,

469
00:39:48,090 --> 00:39:48,550
Eye,

470
00:39:48,670 --> 00:39:49,110
Yuselak,

471
00:39:49,130 --> 00:39:50,070
Hullshaw,

472
00:39:50,390 --> 00:39:50,730
Eye,

473
00:39:50,910 --> 00:39:51,190
Fletcher,

474
00:39:51,470 --> 00:39:51,930
Eye,

475
00:39:52,030 --> 00:39:52,270
Antred,

476
00:39:52,970 --> 00:39:53,570
Emburgman,

477
00:39:53,750 --> 00:39:54,230
Eye,

478
00:39:54,290 --> 00:39:55,550
13 Eyes One Absent,

479
00:39:55,830 --> 00:39:57,910
Motion carries, thank you.

480
00:39:58,430 --> 00:39:59,970
Report the Quincy Township Super.

481
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,780
divisor for general assistance for the month of all gifts, 2026,

482
00:40:05,940 --> 00:40:10,100
GA checking, 16,677 dollars and 27 cents, GA money

483
00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:25,800
market, 136,432 dollars and 30 cents, pay e fee, 2,415 dollars and 60 cents, county tax distribution, 7,792 dollars and 23 cents, interest, 97 dollars and 43 cents.

484
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:32,780
obligations paid during the month, 15,247 dollars, less a greyhunter stain, and you'll

485
00:40:32,780 --> 00:40:46,080
jade audit, 3,225 dollars, and the balance of August 31st, $144 dollars and $872.83, senior

486
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:53,040
image emergency assistance issued, 1,639 dollars and 32 cents, Maggie Hoyt, supervisor Quince

487
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:59,580
down ship. You're on her. Yes. I moved this may received and filed. Second. It's been moved

488
00:40:59,580 --> 00:41:04,100
and seconded any discussion. If not, Madam Clerk, please call the law. All of them

489
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:10,940
bower. Aye. Mays. Aye. Edkins. Aye. Eman. Aye. Sassin. McGrannells. Aye. Ebbing. Aye.

490
00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:17,760
Breast. Aye. Breed. Aye. Use the lack. Aye. Hulshlaw. Aye. Fletcher. Aye. Interim. Aye. Invertments. Aye. 13.

491
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,860
nice one, absent. Motion carries. Thank you.

492
00:41:23,610 --> 00:41:28,690
Report the town on it. Total $9,700 and $3.89,

493
00:41:28,950 --> 00:41:34,490
Bauer Birdman used lackpoint. It's committee. Your honor. Yes. I moved us to be received in file.

494
00:41:35,050 --> 00:41:39,710
Second. It's been moved and seconded any discussion. Not madam clerk. Please call the

495
00:41:39,710 --> 00:41:41,130
All-embower.

496
00:41:41,210 --> 00:41:41,370
Aye.

497
00:41:42,050 --> 00:41:42,790
Mays.

498
00:41:43,050 --> 00:41:43,210
Aye.

499
00:41:43,610 --> 00:41:43,830
Edken.

500
00:41:43,930 --> 00:41:44,210
Aye.

501
00:41:44,370 --> 00:41:44,770
Eman.

502
00:41:44,890 --> 00:41:45,150
Aye.

503
00:41:45,390 --> 00:41:45,910
Sassin.

504
00:41:46,110 --> 00:41:46,850
McGrannells.

505
00:41:46,930 --> 00:41:47,050
Aye.

506
00:41:47,230 --> 00:41:47,710
Ebing.

507
00:41:48,310 --> 00:41:48,490
Aye.

508
00:41:48,610 --> 00:41:49,050
Rees.

509
00:41:49,770 --> 00:41:49,990
Reed.

510
00:41:50,550 --> 00:41:51,030
Usalak.

511
00:41:51,590 --> 00:41:52,010
Pleshala.

512
00:41:52,570 --> 00:41:52,930
Interpreter.

513
00:41:53,550 --> 00:41:54,090
Aye.

514
00:41:56,010 --> 00:41:57,490
Motion carries.

515
00:41:57,730 --> 00:41:58,570
Thank you very much.

516
00:41:58,950 --> 00:42:00,630
Are there any town trusty comments?

517
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:04,440
Seeing none.

518
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:05,860
Yes.

519
00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:09,660
I move that we resume sitting at City Council.

520
00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:11,400
It's been moved in second.

521
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:12,360
Any discussion?

522
00:42:13,220 --> 00:42:13,980
Not all in favor.

523
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:14,580
Aye.

524
00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:15,860
Opposite.

525
00:42:15,860 --> 00:42:16,660
Motion carries.

526
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,180
We are now sitting again as a City Council.

527
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,320
And we will move to the public comment.

528
00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:26,200
Tonight we have 13 speakers signed up.

529
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,080
I will call you in the order in which you signed up.

530
00:42:29,140 --> 00:42:31,620
And I'll remind you when you come up to the microphone.

531
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,320
The red light should be on.

532
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:38,100
And I'll ask you to state your name and then you'll see the clock and you'll have three minutes.

533
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,320
Our first speaker is Margarita Ogolfi.

534
00:42:43,260 --> 00:42:45,580
And I believe she has left.

535
00:42:48,550 --> 00:42:51,050
Our next speaker is Alexis Allen.

536
00:43:00,220 --> 00:43:01,460
Mayor Council member, tonight.

537
00:43:01,740 --> 00:43:04,920
Item 12 CE answers a question I've been asking for months.

538
00:43:04,980 --> 00:43:06,920
Can local governments actually work together?

539
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:07,940
Apparently yes.

540
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:13,700
Six governmental entities can coordinate an intergovernmental agreement when the goal is

541
00:43:13,700 --> 00:43:18,980
incentivizing new residential construction great, then coordinating city and county property

542
00:43:18,980 --> 00:43:23,520
information shouldn't suddenly become an impossible administrative puzzle, ownership,

543
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:29,760
taxing, zoning, vacancy, code violation, infrastructure. We have already paid the government

544
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:34,400
to collect this information. Maybe the government should be able to find it too. And since we're

545
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:42,640
discussing priorities, let's apply some logic. Oh, elsewhere. Last week, Chief Tyler defended

546
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:46,960
block an unsafe guard. I remain opposed. A safe guard that can be bypassed is not a

547
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:51,340
substitution for a constitutional right. If the government builds the accountability

548
00:43:51,340 --> 00:43:56,460
to track innocent people's movements, we shouldn't have to wait for that power to be abused

549
00:43:56,460 --> 00:44:01,020
again before asking why the government needed that power to begin within the first place.

550
00:44:01,860 --> 00:44:06,600
And now there is something talking about. Now we're going to talk about data centers and

551
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,840
was simply even more so or as economic development,

552
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,520
fine, show us the math, how much water,

553
00:44:12,700 --> 00:44:15,500
how much electricity, how many permanent jobs,

554
00:44:16,180 --> 00:44:18,660
what's the tax incentive, who pays for the infrastructure?

555
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,980
And after all that, what does Quincy would actually

556
00:44:21,980 --> 00:44:25,540
gain? Because a building, because a giant building

557
00:44:25,540 --> 00:44:27,560
consuming enormous resources, it doesn't

558
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,340
automatically an economic development simply

559
00:44:30,340 --> 00:44:33,740
because somebody puts economic development in front of it.

560
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:35,020
Here's what I find interesting.

561
00:44:35,020 --> 00:44:39,040
We can connect sophisticated systems to track license plates.

562
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:47,000
We can coordinate six government entities to refund taxes and you are all willing to discuss massive

563
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,540
infrastructure for data centers.

564
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:54,700
But connecting property information with governments already possessing somehow becomes complicated

565
00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:55,240
idea.

566
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:56,200
Come on.

567
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:59,580
Before choosing the next Chinese technology, you're expanding surveillance.

568
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:07,980
Let's maximize what Quincy already has. Connect the data. Identify bank properties, rehabilitate housing, remove

569
00:45:07,980 --> 00:45:14,120
developmental barriers. Return property to tax rules. That's not flashy. This is fiscally responsible.

570
00:45:14,780 --> 00:45:20,700
Item 12C proves government can cooperate. So the issue isn't whether or not we can. It is what?

571
00:45:20,700 --> 00:45:26,800
and who and we decide, is it worth cooperating for? Thank you.

572
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:29,980
Thank you. Our next speaker is Charlotte Turner.

573
00:45:43,820 --> 00:45:47,880
I think it's on, is that true? Okay. My name is Charlotte Turner.

574
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,480
I am here and simply signed up to speak tonight

575
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:56,700
to show support for the reward all of my icons

576
00:45:56,700 --> 00:46:00,580
who in this country has a right to speak his thoughts

577
00:46:00,580 --> 00:46:09,980
concerns as a Councilman and a citizen. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker, Conland Caravine.

578
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:27,140
Good evening. I'm rising tonight just to discuss, I guess, a potential

579
00:46:27,140 --> 00:46:32,460
rental registration ordinance that's been thrown out a little bit into the public and discussed

580
00:46:32,460 --> 00:46:39,300
here on the council and potentially again in the city. I guess my question is what would the

581
00:46:39,300 --> 00:46:45,020
purpose of a rental registration really be the way I see it there's three potential

582
00:46:45,020 --> 00:46:50,100
purposes one is just to do something because there is a lot of frustration that's

583
00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:55,320
built that we just wanted to get something done we need to do something so I guess

584
00:46:55,320 --> 00:47:00,780
that would accomplish that issue it would do something I just question whether that's

585
00:47:00,780 --> 00:47:06,840
actually what we need to do step the second potential answer would be it would be

586
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:12,000
that one that would lead to step two or step three, you know, step one being a registration

587
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:18,240
step two being an inspection program, taxes, et cetera, that go along with that. Certain

588
00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:23,720
people openly admit that that is really kind of the purpose and the drive for this initiative.

589
00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:30,340
Other folks are not saying that's what's really on the table. It's hard to believe in my opinion

590
00:47:30,340 --> 00:47:34,900
that that is not really what's being kind of discussed based on watching what's happening

591
00:47:34,900 --> 00:47:36,900
on the public news on it.

592
00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:43,500
The option three, I guess, is if a registration would solve a legitimate issue and I know there

593
00:47:43,500 --> 00:47:48,800
have been issues have been tossed out on what it would potentially solve, the fire department

594
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:55,840
coming up to a multi-family property and not knowing how many rental units are in it and

595
00:47:55,840 --> 00:48:01,540
then somehow consulting a rental registration and identifying that it's got five apartments

596
00:48:01,540 --> 00:48:06,200
and said, a four or something like that, I just, for me, it's difficult to get to that.

597
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:15,340
As far as finding landlords, I want to get into details, but I was hunted down last week,

598
00:48:15,340 --> 00:48:19,840
I guess, by the inspection department, and it took them, I think probably about five minutes

599
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:24,500
to find me, maybe I'm just that visible, et cetera, and that happened two days in a row,

600
00:48:25,340 --> 00:48:29,500
so they were, they were able to find me without too much difficulty. I know there are some

601
00:48:29,500 --> 00:48:35,060
limitations potentially as far as sharing information, but I don't know if that's legitimate or not.

602
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:39,260
I think those can be solved in one way or another way, if that's if that is the legitimate issue.

603
00:48:40,380 --> 00:48:47,160
I would say that we do have some issues with property here in Quincy.

604
00:48:47,260 --> 00:48:50,740
It's been discussed openly, it's obvious when you drive through the streets.

605
00:48:50,940 --> 00:48:58,760
We do have a lot of issues with housing here in Quincy whether it's a shortage or issues with housing in Quincy.

606
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:05,640
Um, there's a handful of reasons for that. A lot of our housing is aging. Significantly. We're an old city.

607
00:49:05,860 --> 00:49:14,260
You've got a lot of old houses that have not been invested in. I would argue that the vast vast majority of those were owned properties prior.

608
00:49:14,380 --> 00:49:16,760
I guess my time is running out. So we'll call it that.

609
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:22,080
Um, anyway, just throw that out there as continued discussion. I know it will be continued to discuss. Thanks.

610
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,360
Thank you. Our next speaker, Tim Jacobs.

611
00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:26,380
you

612
00:49:38,060 --> 00:49:42,420
have to press it against a little bit of life on. Thank you. Good evening. That's better.

613
00:49:43,020 --> 00:49:51,700
Madam Mayor, members of the city council, I'd hear tonight to weigh in on the issue of Mr.

614
00:49:51,700 --> 00:49:53,240
adkins your colleague,

615
00:49:57,510 --> 00:49:59,970
his posts, or rep-

616
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:23,560
Post or comments are free speech. And I think that's the basis of this whole thing. We still have to respect his right for free speech. Just because we disagree, it is no reason to censor or to cancel.

617
00:50:26,340 --> 00:50:31,900
That being said, I think that I probably have disagreements with many people in this room.

618
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:39,560
room or even on this council, but I think civil discourse and debate are the way to go and

619
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:45,680
not to play this out in the court of public opinion and in the media.

620
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:56,820
That being said, in terms of resignation or recall, resignation is certainly Mr. Adkins, his

621
00:50:56,820 --> 00:51:01,780
decision in his decision alone, and I would say, please do not do that.

622
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:09,480
Your constituents voted for you and they deserve what they voted for.

623
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:16,460
In terms of recall, I don't know if the city has a way of doing that, but certainly in

624
00:51:16,460 --> 00:51:21,740
representative Republic, we do have a way of doing that in its called an election.

625
00:51:21,740 --> 00:51:33,740
So I would say anyone in the third ward who feels strongly about this, run against him, or find someone that feels like you to run against him.

626
00:51:35,020 --> 00:51:42,540
But certainly, I appreciate you indulge me tonight in my own free speech.

627
00:51:43,020 --> 00:51:44,300
Thank you.

628
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:49,800
Thank you, our next speaker, and for giving me if I get your last name, Mark Bray.

629
00:51:53,740 --> 00:51:56,000
Did I get that last name correct?

630
00:51:56,740 --> 00:51:56,860
Brian.

631
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:58,740
Thank you.

632
00:51:59,740 --> 00:52:01,860
Yeah, my name is Mark Brian.

633
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:09,900
So last week I came here and listened to all this and it's pretty emotional.

634
00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:20,580
And so I was an optometrist to OD in this community for 25 years or so and leave it to me to follow

635
00:52:20,580 --> 00:52:29,000
at the old. Anyway, so I've listened to things, I've read things, and I know there's a lot

636
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:34,480
of emotion with all this stuff. Well, it bothers me the most about this, is it is and

637
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:39,840
attack on free speech. Now, the hormones have a right to come up and speak, and they

638
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:46,460
are very articulate. Okay? But I just don't think this leads to the pound of flesh that

639
00:52:46,460 --> 00:52:51,600
they want from this guy. It just doesn't add up to me. And I think I'm speaking for a lot

640
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:58,480
of people in this community. Okay. So, I would say don't resign. All right. I would

641
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:07,560
stay stick it out. Community elected you to do the job you should do. So, the Human Rights

642
00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:14,620
Commission is going to vote on a resolution I believe to censure this guy. Whatever you

643
00:53:14,620 --> 00:53:21,660
do, I don't know. But I don't think it's worth it. And I think that whatever they come up with

644
00:53:21,660 --> 00:53:27,300
really doesn't hold water here, what holds water here is what you guys have to say about all that.

645
00:53:28,380 --> 00:53:35,020
So, as a citizen of Quincy I say, there should be no admonishment. I don't think there should be any

646
00:53:35,020 --> 00:53:41,600
censorship. I think that you guys really need to get back to work and do the job well.

647
00:53:44,580 --> 00:53:50,360
Thank you, our next speaker is Nisi Gibson,

648
00:53:53,940 --> 00:53:57,140
Nisi Gibson, Niki, okay, thank you.

649
00:53:57,240 --> 00:53:58,000
Sorry about that.

650
00:54:04,920 --> 00:54:09,440
I am here tonight to speak out on the anti-Muslim post that Alderman Akins may.

651
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:15,060
Days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th attacks, you reposted memes aligned with the exact same rhetoric,

652
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:17,380
you posted in March of 2026.

653
00:54:17,380 --> 00:54:23,700
You were confronted at a town hall and defended your bigotry by claiming this is what the United States military taught you

654
00:54:23,700 --> 00:54:29,980
Let's be a hundred percent clear. There is no unit in the United States armed forces that teaches American soldiers and an entire

655
00:54:30,900 --> 00:54:37,620
To hate an entire religion. They do not teach bigotry. My husband is a veteran of Afghanistan

656
00:54:37,620 --> 00:54:41,260
He deployed in 2008 in 2009. He is a combat vet

657
00:54:42,200 --> 00:54:46,920
He had clear doctor and taught to him and it was to win the hearts and minds.

658
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:48,420
He helped build wells.

659
00:54:48,660 --> 00:54:50,180
He built a children's school.

660
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:53,100
He helped protect the elections during that time.

661
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:59,240
And you were serving at a time before the war on their post, not post 9-11.

662
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:09,600
You were taught a completely different doctrine, and so you do not know the doctrine that was taught to the generation of soldiers that were post 9-11.

663
00:55:10,620 --> 00:55:22,540
You say you were a conservative, so I would like to direct you to this actual Comber conservative standard set by President George W. Bush, who stood inside a mosque just six days after the attacks and stayed it as I quote.

664
00:55:22,540 --> 00:55:28,220
These attacks of violence against innocent, violate the fundamental tendance of Islamic faith.

665
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:31,220
It is important for my fellow Americans to understand that.

666
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:37,220
The English translation is not as adequate as the original Arabic, but let me quote from the Quran itself.

667
00:55:37,660 --> 00:55:41,940
In the long run, evil is an extreme that will be the end of those who do evil.

668
00:55:42,620 --> 00:55:46,860
And for those that reject the signs of Allah and held them up to ridicule,

669
00:55:47,220 --> 00:55:49,760
the face of terror is not true faith of Islam.

670
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:52,720
That is not what Islam is about. Islam is peace.

671
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:55,120
These terrorists don't represent peace.

672
00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:57,140
They represent evil in war.

673
00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:00,980
And America counts millions of Muslims among our citizens.

674
00:56:01,180 --> 00:56:05,020
And Muslims make an incredible value contribution to our country.

675
00:56:05,340 --> 00:56:09,280
Muslims are doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military,

676
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:11,900
entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, and moms and dads.

677
00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:14,460
And they need to be treated with respect.

678
00:56:15,060 --> 00:56:27,300
In our anger, in emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect, those who feel they can intimidate our fellow citizens and take our anger out, don't represent the best of America.

679
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:35,840
They represent the worst of humankind. They should be ashamed of that kind of behavior. He said that six days after the attack.

680
00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:39,780
He went into that mosque and said that in front of us.

681
00:56:39,780 --> 00:56:47,700
You need to be in a better American and respect them for the religion as they would respect your faith.

682
00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:53,660
I was raised Catholic and I do not disrespect their faith. You should not disrespect theirs.

683
00:56:54,140 --> 00:57:01,660
Peaceful Muslims do not deserve to be harassed and have pictures of 9-11 posts on their Facebook page by your wife.

684
00:57:04,110 --> 00:57:06,550
Thank you. Our next speaker, Dave King.

685
00:57:20,510 --> 00:57:27,210
Mr. Adkins, I'm of the opinion that where you do survey the entirety of the city of Quincy,

686
00:57:28,090 --> 00:57:33,550
you would not find a single person who's had an instant of any kind with a person who practices

687
00:57:33,550 --> 00:57:34,250
Islam.

688
00:57:35,950 --> 00:57:41,110
If it is your intent to create that incident, I would hope that you would seek professional

689
00:57:41,110 --> 00:57:49,190
assistance to guide you to a more productive and helpful path during your service to

690
00:57:49,190 --> 00:57:54,310
the city. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker, Sharon Geise.

691
00:58:07,170 --> 00:58:14,590
I guess it's all right. My name is Sharon and I thank you for allowing me to have my say.

692
00:58:15,150 --> 00:58:21,730
I want to say I support Mike because he stands for truth.

693
00:58:21,730 --> 00:58:23,190
I'm a truth believer,

694
00:58:25,970 --> 00:58:35,320
and I would like to also say that to this body, to this assembly,

695
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:37,280
to the city,

696
00:58:40,130 --> 00:58:43,550
you have to recognize who your true enemy is.

697
00:58:45,540 --> 00:58:48,020
It's not people, it's not flesh and blood,

698
00:58:51,580 --> 00:58:52,780
it's spiritual forces.

699
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:58,820
The enemy comes to steal, to kill and destroy.

700
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:03,180
That's what's been happening to our country.

701
00:59:05,060 --> 00:59:08,560
He steals our freedom, he kills our people,

702
00:59:10,180 --> 00:59:11,940
and he's destroying our nation.

703
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:18,320
Not a happy note, but I have to say that, and I thank you.

704
00:59:19,380 --> 00:59:21,840
Thank you. Our next speaker, Chris Taylor.

705
00:59:21,840 --> 00:59:22,720
Hey,

706
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:30,380
all right.

707
00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:32,500
Chris Taylor, not representing a tries to diversify

708
00:59:32,500 --> 00:59:33,580
coalition simply myself.

709
00:59:34,020 --> 00:59:35,520
I just wanted to take a moment.

710
00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:38,320
I didn't plan on speaking tonight, but I have heard a lot

711
00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:38,940
of things.

712
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:42,160
I've seen a lot of things as many of you all have from friends,

713
00:59:42,300 --> 00:59:46,160
from neighbors, from the people you work with, you know,

714
00:59:46,620 --> 00:59:47,940
whatever that might be.

715
00:59:48,420 --> 00:59:50,260
I can tell you in the last week and a half,

716
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:52,880
the number of people who have talked with me casually

717
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:56,640
about what is going on here is disturbing.

718
00:59:57,600 --> 00:59:59,940
I like to think, and I have one.

719
01:00:00,620 --> 01:00:11,380
All boards, all organizations are simply as strong as their weakest link. And when you work for a company, when you work for a city, when you volunteer with an organization,

720
01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:23,260
you have the responsibility to hold your weakest link either accountable, help them get the education they need to grow, but it is not to ignore and move forward.

721
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:31,760
This older person is known for on his public profile page, which, for my understanding, is the way he connects with

722
01:00:31,760 --> 01:00:41,320
constituents on social media, for sharing bigoted homophobic, almost a famineatory statements about people, places and organizations.

723
01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:51,060
And if that is happening in your chain, you should consider who your weakest link might be and what training they may need in order to successfully move forward.

724
01:00:51,060 --> 01:01:06,720
because this is not who Quincy is, this is not how we pitch our city to people who want to come and invest here for ball parks and sports teams and all of those kind of things, those are in other areas are incredibly diverse.

725
01:01:07,140 --> 01:01:16,680
Those teams are filled with people of all different nationalities, faiths, types of families, and if we're projecting an image that this type of speech is okay.

726
01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:20,580
What are we really telling the people that are going to come here?

727
01:01:20,620 --> 01:01:21,580
Do we think they'll come?

728
01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:23,740
Do they think they will second-guess themselves?

729
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:29,560
Like, I do second-guessing which establishment I might step into whether or not the business

730
01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:33,740
owner is going to be, you know, negative to where it's me because I show up with my partner.

731
01:01:33,800 --> 01:01:37,860
I think about those kind of things and then I think about another minority like our

732
01:01:37,860 --> 01:01:42,620
Muslim brothers and sisters who want to be able to participate in a community once

733
01:01:42,620 --> 01:01:46,600
come and visit a place like Quincy, regardless of what their faith is, or their background,

734
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:51,600
but what they don't need is to have one of the top Googleable things about our older

735
01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:55,900
persons that chain to be about the weakest link and his behavior.

736
01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:57,260
That's all I have to say.

737
01:01:57,400 --> 01:01:58,620
Thank you.

738
01:01:58,820 --> 01:01:59,520
Thank you.

739
01:01:59,780 --> 01:02:01,360
Our next speaker, Chelsea Ormond.

740
01:02:08,950 --> 01:02:09,750
All right.

741
01:02:10,490 --> 01:02:16,830
Mike, when we asked you at the town hall about your disgusting Islamophobic post, you confirmed

742
01:02:16,830 --> 01:02:46,810
what we feared. You really believe the horrible things that you have said about Muslims, attempting to get a restraining order against both myself and my husband to silence us is not accountability. Having your friends approach us after city council meetings and to ask us to lay off of you is not accountability. It's not an apology. You could have started this meeting with an apology. You didn't. Nothing. If somebody that sat on this council with you posted the same thing.

743
01:02:46,810 --> 01:02:52,070
about Christians that you posted, how would you feel about that?

744
01:02:52,750 --> 01:02:54,410
You would be calling for the resignation.

745
01:02:54,890 --> 01:02:58,310
You would have everybody in arms calling for them to be out of there.

746
01:02:58,910 --> 01:03:01,890
I mean, you don't care about freedom of speech,

747
01:03:01,890 --> 01:03:06,530
and you prove that already by spearheading getting someone in town,

748
01:03:06,530 --> 01:03:09,190
a mother-in-town fired from her position.

749
01:03:10,470 --> 01:03:11,930
She's at a job.

750
01:03:12,090 --> 01:03:14,450
Do you look confused from Fridays?

751
01:03:14,450 --> 01:03:29,890
you got her, you participated. I have screen shot at post. Don't shake your head. You participated in getting a mother fired from a job in her community because of her religious beliefs and because of a post on Facebook that you found offensive.

752
01:03:31,290 --> 01:03:39,150
So, in any other community, you would not have this position anymore and she would be getting money for getting wrongly fired from her position.

753
01:03:41,230 --> 01:03:48,230
you and your supporters here are disgusting. This is absolutely disgusting.

754
01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:52,500
Back in April

755
01:03:52,500 --> 01:03:58,920
you issued a fake forced apology for your social media activity stating that you would do better going forward.

756
01:03:59,280 --> 01:04:05,220
Is this going this is doing better? Because this is like worse than the stuff that you were posting then.

757
01:04:05,220 --> 01:04:14,280
So, what about you guys, any of you guys, none of you came out and said anything, none of you.

758
01:04:15,940 --> 01:04:19,500
How will you guys explain this to our Muslim neighbors?

759
01:04:20,420 --> 01:04:23,560
You're going to go to the doctor, you're going to see them.

760
01:04:24,020 --> 01:04:27,360
How will you explain that you're not standing up for them?

761
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:30,020
This is incredibly disappointing.

762
01:04:30,020 --> 01:04:34,940
and the Council's lack of response to this situation is a response in itself.

763
01:04:35,420 --> 01:04:37,720
The public is watching outside of Quincy.

764
01:04:38,460 --> 01:04:42,980
The public is watching, and many of us look at all of you guys completely differently now.

765
01:04:43,140 --> 01:04:45,920
Like people that we thought would speak out have didn't say anything.

766
01:04:46,360 --> 01:04:50,820
Like this is huge. This is huge. This is more than just people complaining about something.

767
01:04:51,100 --> 01:04:56,400
This is a really big deal to say that we are disappointed is an understatement.

768
01:04:57,280 --> 01:04:59,960
I said this last week and I'm going to say it again. We all have

769
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:05,800
We have a responsibility to unlearn our bigoted teachings, our racist upbringings, and our taught hatred. Just because

770
01:05:05,800 --> 01:05:14,540
others around your racist, transphobic, whatever it doesn't matter. You need to think for yourself. And truly think about the world and the people around you that can share it.

771
01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:16,840
Our next speaker is Tyler Ormond.

772
01:05:25,030 --> 01:05:35,370
Wow. I am truly embarrassed to be, almost to be a citizen of Quincy tonight and to be a citizen of ward 3.

773
01:05:35,370 --> 01:05:42,490
I cannot believe the amount of racism is homophobia, xenophobia, just absolute hatred being

774
01:05:42,490 --> 01:05:45,090
spewed by your supporters, Mike.

775
01:05:45,730 --> 01:05:49,770
And I'm going to move on to a few of the other things your supporters have done.

776
01:05:50,490 --> 01:05:53,110
And I want to know because you haven't come out against any of your supporters.

777
01:05:54,190 --> 01:05:59,290
So your supporters harassed and threatened and were outside harassing a member of the Human Rights

778
01:05:59,290 --> 01:06:00,810
Commission at their home.

779
01:06:00,810 --> 01:06:05,150
I want to also state that your family has threatened us multiple times.

780
01:06:05,770 --> 01:06:07,770
And I also want to use a quote here.

781
01:06:07,990 --> 01:06:09,450
I believe this is from your son Andrew.

782
01:06:09,650 --> 01:06:10,810
It's someone Andrew Adkins.

783
01:06:11,630 --> 01:06:13,270
And I apologize for the language here.

784
01:06:13,530 --> 01:06:15,190
This is what he said to my wife.

785
01:06:15,990 --> 01:06:18,710
I see you're still running your cock sucker.

786
01:06:19,710 --> 01:06:19,950
And quote.

787
01:06:20,470 --> 01:06:21,750
And we have some people laugh at that.

788
01:06:21,750 --> 01:06:23,350
That is absolutely disgusting.

789
01:06:24,950 --> 01:06:27,910
This is the Alderman's family to my wife.

790
01:06:28,430 --> 01:06:30,210
And none of you are saying anything.

791
01:06:30,830 --> 01:06:35,490
We had people up here who I was sure was going to stand up to this man for his hatred

792
01:06:35,490 --> 01:06:36,130
and bigotry.

793
01:06:36,550 --> 01:06:37,690
And we've heard zip.

794
01:06:38,550 --> 01:06:43,950
And instead, what we're hearing more is that the people support him.

795
01:06:44,390 --> 01:06:47,790
I am absolutely ashamed to be a citizen of Quincy tonight.

796
01:06:49,090 --> 01:06:50,910
Kyle Moore talked on Talon.

797
01:06:51,270 --> 01:06:53,930
Talon is one of the biggest things that our employers need here.

798
01:06:53,930 --> 01:07:03,150
I went to QU. I played baseball there. I had a lot of black teammates. I had a lot of Hispanic teammates and I had classmates from other face.

799
01:07:03,570 --> 01:07:12,350
And let me tell you something. The QU students stay in a bubble because they don't feel safe in this community.

800
01:07:13,530 --> 01:07:16,130
They don't get, can I get my time back?

801
01:07:17,130 --> 01:07:19,110
So they don't feel safe in this community.

802
01:07:19,470 --> 01:07:20,990
Do you remember the Steve Homan incident?

803
01:07:21,830 --> 01:07:25,150
Why would they feel safe if you're not standing up for people

804
01:07:25,150 --> 01:07:27,270
that don't look like us?

805
01:07:29,170 --> 01:07:31,770
People that practice different face, people that look different.

806
01:07:32,430 --> 01:07:35,510
These friends of mine, these teammates of mine,

807
01:07:35,770 --> 01:07:38,930
just go back to Chicago, St. Louis, wherever they're from,

808
01:07:39,290 --> 01:07:41,490
because they have no interest in staying in this community.

809
01:07:41,490 --> 01:07:47,830
there are so many well qualified people that would be such a, such a benefit to our community.

810
01:07:48,430 --> 01:07:51,870
And you wonder why the population stayed at 40,000 for 100 years.

811
01:07:55,230 --> 01:08:00,610
What I want to say is that siding with this man, for the rest of you on this council, at least

812
01:08:00,610 --> 01:08:05,870
just not making a public comment stating that his comments are false, which we know they are.

813
01:08:06,070 --> 01:08:07,090
It's not an opinion.

814
01:08:07,090 --> 01:08:10,630
And two plus two does not equal five, okay?

815
01:08:11,090 --> 01:08:14,630
Muslims are not dangerous like this man has said.

816
01:08:14,910 --> 01:08:16,150
That is not an opinion.

817
01:08:17,410 --> 01:08:20,910
I encourage all of you on this council if you have a conscience

818
01:08:20,910 --> 01:08:24,630
and a brain for yourself stand up against this type of hate.

819
01:08:24,750 --> 01:08:26,130
This is embarrassing tonight.

820
01:08:26,810 --> 01:08:31,170
Thank you and our last speaker tonight is Terry Craig.

821
01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:44,580
Because evening, everyone, I apologize for my timing.

822
01:08:44,840 --> 01:08:48,480
I know there's a lot of emotions in the room,

823
01:08:48,480 --> 01:08:56,280
and I truly hope that we can all find a way to work together

824
01:08:56,280 --> 01:08:59,860
with grace and kindness for everyone.

825
01:09:00,700 --> 01:09:02,400
So that is side.

826
01:09:02,480 --> 01:09:04,580
I really just wanted to invite you all

827
01:09:04,580 --> 01:09:06,100
to the Makers Market this weekend.

828
01:09:06,100 --> 01:09:17,520
There's a lot of great events happening, not just hours, but our specifically is Friday night from 5 to 8 and Saturday from 11am to 6pm.

829
01:09:18,100 --> 01:09:26,820
We have tons of vendors, you're going to see a lot of the shops, also downtown open and we have live music on two blocks.

830
01:09:26,820 --> 01:09:43,340
We have quite the showing of food trucks, kids activities on Saturday, and just it's kind of, you know, kind of our fun, kind of our Super Bowl for the year if you are to say so we love to show off sixth street and invite everybody to come down.

831
01:09:43,980 --> 01:09:53,200
It's so nice to have that pedestrian friendly welcoming environment for all. So just wanted to extend the invite. I hope to see you guys there.

832
01:09:54,120 --> 01:09:59,600
Thank you and we'll now continue on with the consent agenda and I'll ask the

833
01:09:59,600 --> 01:09:59,900
government.

834
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:04,620
Are there any items on the consent agenda that you would like to see removed?

835
01:10:05,820 --> 01:10:11,240
Going once? Going twice? Three times? Madam Clerk, please read the consent agenda. Special

836
01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:15,800
of an application from Quincy University requesting permission to hold Quincy University's

837
01:10:15,800 --> 01:10:22,160
Homecoming Parade in Belung, Glow. On Thursday, September 17, the parade will begin at

838
01:10:23,440 --> 01:10:26,740
at 18th and Lynn Street proceeds south on 8th

839
01:10:26,740 --> 01:10:30,360
to Oak Street and turn east on Oak Street to 20th

840
01:10:30,360 --> 01:10:32,360
Street. They request the closure of 20th

841
01:10:33,100 --> 01:10:36,700
Street. College Avenue to Elm Street from

842
01:10:36,700 --> 01:10:41,040
8 am to 9 pm. 18th Street Oak to Lynn Street

843
01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:45,300
530 pm to 6 pm. Oak Street, 18th to 20th street

844
01:10:45,300 --> 01:10:48,640
530 pm to 6 pm on the day of the event with

845
01:10:48,640 --> 01:10:50,960
Barricades. The applicant has submitted all

846
01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:54,920
Acquired documentation and approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities and Engineering.

847
01:10:55,820 --> 01:10:59,620
Special event application from Horizon Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry

848
01:10:59,620 --> 01:11:03,220
requesting permission to hold the Bands in Barbecue Event,

849
01:11:03,660 --> 01:11:08,420
Saturday September 19th in Washington Park from 3pm to 730pm.

850
01:11:08,440 --> 01:11:10,600
The applicant has submitted all required documentation,

851
01:11:11,180 --> 01:11:14,360
and approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities and Engineering.

852
01:11:14,360 --> 01:11:22,440
Sales Tax Report for June 26, 1,139,777 dollars and 98 cents.

853
01:11:23,220 --> 01:11:31,500
Home Rule Sales Tax Report, June 26,126,129,447 dollars and 52 cents, mayor's appointments

854
01:11:31,500 --> 01:11:36,640
to the Aeronautics Committee, Jack Hulschlag, to replace Greg Fletcher, Quincy Plank

855
01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:45,620
Commission, Tom Mason, Carol Schaefer Tutor, and Tom P. Piorita, close enough. Madison Blackwell

856
01:11:45,620 --> 01:11:50,220
and Madison Mason as auxiliary police officers for the City of Quincy.

857
01:11:52,020 --> 01:11:56,960
Fire chief and joint fire and automatic committee, automatic committee, recommending approval

858
01:11:56,960 --> 01:12:04,540
to purchase a 2003 Pierce 100 feet aerial platform apparatus from the Troy fire protection district

859
01:12:04,540 --> 01:12:09,300
located in Shorewood, Illinois for the purchase price of $225,000.

860
01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:14,360
Fire automatic committee and Fire Chief recommending approval to purchase the Bravo Door,

861
01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:21,920
Force Entry, Training Prop from AEC, Fire Safety and Security for the total of $12,600.

862
01:12:23,140 --> 01:12:27,840
Intergovernmental agreement on property tax refunds for new residential construction between

863
01:12:27,840 --> 01:12:32,820
the and among the city of Quincy, Illinois, and of Scallion, Illinois, Quincy Community

864
01:12:32,820 --> 01:12:38,340
unit school district number 172, Quincy Park District, John Witt Community College, and Quincy

865
01:12:39,160 --> 01:12:39,720
Township.

866
01:12:39,880 --> 01:12:40,720
You're on her?

867
01:12:40,760 --> 01:12:42,260
I move to approve the consent agenda.

868
01:12:42,740 --> 01:12:42,960
A second.

869
01:12:43,480 --> 01:12:45,160
It's been moved in Seconded, Madam Clerk.

870
01:12:45,500 --> 01:12:46,260
Please call the roll.

871
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:47,240
I'm going to use that.

872
01:12:47,240 --> 01:12:47,480
Aye.

873
01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:48,200
Pollish law.

874
01:12:48,740 --> 01:12:49,060
Fletcher.

875
01:12:49,700 --> 01:12:50,020
Interim.

876
01:12:50,780 --> 01:12:51,200
Birdman.

877
01:12:51,980 --> 01:12:52,420
Bower.

878
01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:53,640
Mays.

879
01:12:53,820 --> 01:12:53,840
Aye.

880
01:12:54,140 --> 01:12:54,400
Edkins.

881
01:12:54,920 --> 01:12:55,400
Eman.

882
01:12:55,400 --> 01:12:55,760
Aye.

883
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:57,380
Sessin McGrannells.

884
01:12:57,380 --> 01:12:57,620
Aye.

885
01:12:57,680 --> 01:12:58,240
Ebing.

886
01:12:58,740 --> 01:12:58,980
Aye.

887
01:12:59,160 --> 01:12:59,480
Breeze.

888
01:12:59,860 --> 01:13:00,400
And Reid.

889
01:13:00,940 --> 01:13:01,380
13.

890
01:13:01,540 --> 01:13:01,680
Nice.

891
01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:03,120
Motion carries.

892
01:13:03,300 --> 01:13:04,100
Thank you.

893
01:13:06,130 --> 01:13:07,070
Second presentation.

894
01:13:07,650 --> 01:13:12,330
Authorizing and directing the issuance sale and delivery of general obligation bond ordinance

895
01:13:12,330 --> 01:13:17,970
for the $10 million loan for the construction of the Clay Target Sports Park.

896
01:13:18,610 --> 01:13:24,070
Second presentation of an ordinance and many in the 2026-2027 fiscal year budget.

897
01:13:25,610 --> 01:13:30,430
First, presentation of an ordinance entitled, an ordinance granting a special permit for planned

898
01:13:30,430 --> 01:13:37,090
development, 281 Broadway, operation of a private coaching service, first presentation of an ordinance

899
01:13:37,090 --> 01:13:43,570
entitled, an ordinance vacating easements at 4129 Hampton Lane, first presentation of an ordinance

900
01:13:43,570 --> 01:13:50,210
entitled, an ordinance emending the district map, which is made a part of section 162.002 of the

901
01:13:50,210 --> 01:14:07,230
of the City of Quincy of 2015, C1A to C2 for 161610, 1612, 1622 and 1624 Broadway, R2 to C2 to 1626, 1630, 1632 and 1700 Broadway.

902
01:14:07,230 --> 01:14:11,170
First, presentation of an ordinance entitled, an ordinance vacating an

903
01:14:11,170 --> 01:14:15,550
apportion of Cedar Street, North 27th to North 28th, an apportion of

904
01:14:15,550 --> 01:14:21,590
North 28th Street, Cedar to Cherry, which is around Titan Wheel, and finance

905
01:14:21,590 --> 01:14:34,130
report transfers $196,800, expenditures $1,027,665, and 34th, cents, payroll $1,137,799,

906
01:14:34,990 --> 01:14:37,930
McRannell's Antrip May's Hochschlag Resfinance Committee.

907
01:14:38,310 --> 01:14:39,650
I moved the report.

908
01:14:39,850 --> 01:14:42,330
He received an voucher's issue for the various amounts.

909
01:14:42,790 --> 01:14:42,910
Second.

910
01:14:43,290 --> 01:14:45,350
It's been moved and seconded any discussion.

911
01:14:46,410 --> 01:14:48,210
If not, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

912
01:14:48,410 --> 01:14:49,070
On the Hochschlag.

913
01:14:49,090 --> 01:14:49,310
Aye.

914
01:14:49,570 --> 01:14:50,090
Fletcher.

915
01:14:51,190 --> 01:14:51,750
Antrip.

916
01:14:52,010 --> 01:14:52,230
Aye.

917
01:14:52,570 --> 01:14:53,130
Bergman.

918
01:14:53,990 --> 01:14:54,090
Aye.

919
01:14:54,550 --> 01:14:55,010
Bauer.

920
01:14:55,130 --> 01:14:55,350
Aye.

921
01:14:55,750 --> 01:14:56,310
Aye.

922
01:14:56,310 --> 01:14:56,370
Aye.

923
01:14:56,370 --> 01:14:56,710
Aye.

924
01:14:56,710 --> 01:14:56,910
Aye.

925
01:15:00,050 --> 01:15:03,590
Aye, aye, abstain, aye, abstain, aye, abstain, aye.

926
01:15:03,590 --> 01:15:05,110
And you select, aye, abstain, aye.

927
01:15:05,110 --> 01:15:09,830
The 13, nine is one absent. Motion carries. Thank you very much. Madam clerk, can you new business?

928
01:15:10,990 --> 01:15:19,070
Thank you. I have a number of announcements. We will have a public hearing at 4 p.m. here in Council

929
01:15:19,070 --> 01:15:24,550
chambers on Wednesday to discuss the streetscape for

930
01:15:24,550 --> 01:15:27,430
Hampshire between fourth and ace.

931
01:15:28,010 --> 01:15:32,810
If you can make it, we are hoping we will have a lot of public input on that.

932
01:15:33,790 --> 01:15:36,630
Then this is a big week of activities.

933
01:15:37,350 --> 01:15:40,930
QU's homecoming begins Thursday with the balloon glow,

934
01:15:41,450 --> 01:15:44,470
both QU and Q&D homecoming is this week.

935
01:15:44,550 --> 01:15:48,090
So Q&D has a parade, I believe, on Thursday night,

936
01:15:48,090 --> 01:15:52,470
And the game on Friday night, QU's game is Saturday.

937
01:15:53,850 --> 01:15:57,090
Also Saturday, there is an electronic recycling event

938
01:15:57,090 --> 01:16:01,110
at the Oakley Lindsey Center, sponsored by Representative Kyomor

939
01:16:01,110 --> 01:16:06,130
from 9 to 12. Also on Saturday, there's a hazardous waste pickup

940
01:16:06,130 --> 01:16:10,350
or a cleanup from 8 to 3 at the Adams County Highway Department.

941
01:16:10,510 --> 01:16:13,290
You do need an appointment for that event.

942
01:16:13,630 --> 01:16:16,210
So you can go to the Adams County website to make an appointment.

943
01:16:16,210 --> 01:16:21,330
Then of course, the citywide cleanup is September 23rd through the 25th.

944
01:16:21,330 --> 01:16:29,470
The hours will be 7 to 1 and 4 to 8 on Wednesday and Thursday and then 7 to 1 on Friday.

945
01:16:29,670 --> 01:16:33,930
You need to be in line at least a half hour before the end of the session.

946
01:16:34,430 --> 01:16:40,370
Also Saturday from 3 to 7, 30 in Washington Park is the Bands in Barbecue and then of course

947
01:16:40,370 --> 01:16:45,990
because market is this week on Friday night from 5 to 8 and Saturday 11 to 6 on the 6th

948
01:16:45,990 --> 01:16:50,710
street promenade. So plenty to do and lots to choose from for the weekend.

949
01:16:51,530 --> 01:16:53,150
Alderman Fletcher, any new business?

950
01:16:54,250 --> 01:16:59,370
Yeah, one thing, but first, Alderman Fletcher was the back up a little bit.

951
01:16:59,570 --> 01:17:05,430
And I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention, but I would like to go back to the ordinance

952
01:17:06,230 --> 01:17:09,350
13B for the second presentation of the

953
01:17:09,350 --> 01:17:12,450
ordinance for men in the fiscal year budget.

954
01:17:13,170 --> 01:17:17,190
And I would like to move the requirements of Section 32.31 of the

955
01:17:17,190 --> 01:17:18,970
Code of City of Quincy be waived in the ordinance.

956
01:17:19,170 --> 01:17:20,670
Be adopted please.

957
01:17:21,810 --> 01:17:24,130
It has been moved in seconded.

958
01:17:24,130 --> 01:17:25,350
Is there any discussion?

959
01:17:26,110 --> 01:17:29,630
And the reason for this please is we are hoping to have the

960
01:17:29,630 --> 01:17:35,410
funding intact for the new fire apparatus with the idea

961
01:17:35,410 --> 01:17:40,410
that we're going to send the chief and the mechanic and a couple other sets of eyes up there

962
01:17:40,410 --> 01:17:44,750
to look at this piece of equipment, hopefully by the end of this week, and we would like to

963
01:17:45,570 --> 01:17:49,670
have the ability to have the funding available if they want to move on it at that time please.

964
01:17:49,870 --> 01:17:56,350
So thank you. Any questions? Any discussion? If not, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

965
01:17:57,470 --> 01:17:58,030
Okay,

966
01:18:00,470 --> 01:18:08,270
we have a motion, first we have a motion to weigh 3231, so all in favor, aye.

967
01:18:08,950 --> 01:18:10,010
Opposed, nay.

968
01:18:10,390 --> 01:18:13,250
Motion carries, now let entertain a motion to adopt.

969
01:18:13,390 --> 01:18:15,910
You're on our move for adoption of the ordinance, please.

970
01:18:16,450 --> 01:18:16,610
Second.

971
01:18:17,370 --> 01:18:19,490
It's been moved in seconded any discussion.

972
01:18:20,450 --> 01:18:21,950
Not Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

973
01:18:21,950 --> 01:18:23,070
Alden Bergman.

974
01:18:23,330 --> 01:18:23,890
Howard.

975
01:18:23,970 --> 01:18:24,310
Howard.

976
01:18:24,510 --> 01:18:25,070
Maize.

977
01:18:25,710 --> 01:18:26,030
Adkins.

978
01:18:26,150 --> 01:18:26,470
Aye.

979
01:18:26,510 --> 01:18:26,990
Eman.

980
01:18:27,110 --> 01:18:27,610
Aye.

981
01:18:27,690 --> 01:18:28,250
Sassin.

982
01:18:28,390 --> 01:18:28,950
McGrannels.

983
01:18:29,570 --> 01:18:29,970
Ebing.

984
01:18:30,270 --> 01:18:30,470
Aye.

985
01:18:30,730 --> 01:18:31,010
Breed.

986
01:18:32,310 --> 01:18:32,410
Aye.

987
01:18:32,970 --> 01:18:33,190
Hoshlon.

988
01:18:35,570 --> 01:18:36,130
Fletcher.

989
01:18:36,830 --> 01:18:37,510
And enter it.

990
01:18:37,930 --> 01:18:38,090
13.

991
01:18:38,330 --> 01:18:39,870
Motion carries.

992
01:18:40,010 --> 01:18:41,130
Thank you very much.

993
01:18:41,670 --> 01:18:43,530
We'll go back then to new business.

994
01:18:44,330 --> 01:18:45,090
Alderman Fletcher.

995
01:18:46,790 --> 01:18:54,590
Just to address one speaker that's not here now, I can promise you that if I'm laying

996
01:18:54,590 --> 01:18:59,870
on a hospital bed and I've got a Muslim doctor looking over me, I don't care.

997
01:19:00,630 --> 01:19:05,350
I'm baking on the fact that he's talented in what he's doing, and is there to say my life.

998
01:19:05,630 --> 01:19:07,590
Thank you.

999
01:19:15,230 --> 01:19:17,570
Thank you, Alderman Bergman.

1000
01:19:18,090 --> 01:19:20,330
Yes, just a few minutes here, please.

1001
01:19:22,090 --> 01:19:24,710
I'd like to speak on the topic of

1002
01:19:24,710 --> 01:19:29,050
nuisance abatement and fixed or flattened for a little bit, please.

1003
01:19:29,450 --> 01:19:32,030
As far as the administration goes, I would like to commend

1004
01:19:32,030 --> 01:19:37,310
the administration and the leadership, since you've taken over here on her.

1005
01:19:37,570 --> 01:19:44,870
You've been very supportive and the administration has been very supportive in the effort to help tackle new sense of

1006
01:19:44,870 --> 01:19:46,830
abatement and to fix a flat program.

1007
01:19:47,430 --> 01:19:53,690
You have made a priority in the budget and to allocate resources to try to help with the problem,

1008
01:19:54,010 --> 01:19:55,570
which is a real problem in the city.

1009
01:19:56,330 --> 01:19:59,970
And it seems to be growing bigger and more towards the east end of town.

1010
01:20:00,050 --> 01:20:11,510
Every year. We've allocated more funding to take legal action against the court system to take it to the court system to help

1011
01:20:11,510 --> 01:20:18,670
abate some of the major nuisance cleanups and the properties and fixer flatten. We've increased the fee charged per

1012
01:20:18,670 --> 01:20:24,690
an hour when a central service crew has to go out and clean up a nuisance property, which

1013
01:20:24,690 --> 01:20:29,610
helps recoup some of the cost to clean this mess up for the taxpayer.

1014
01:20:34,560 --> 01:20:35,500
But it is a cost and

1015
01:20:35,500 --> 01:20:41,300
it comes out of cost to the taxpayers. We spend more money every year to help clean up nuisance

1016
01:20:41,300 --> 01:20:48,700
problems to do fixed or flatten. But at the end of the day it's a necessary cost. Is it a cost,

1017
01:20:48,700 --> 01:20:53,140
And it is at a problem in some of the parts of town or in some of the wards, no.

1018
01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:58,100
The majority of the problems for fixed or flattening for nuisance are going to be the river wards,

1019
01:20:58,360 --> 01:21:00,100
wards 1, 2, and 7.

1020
01:21:02,220 --> 01:21:08,400
And years ago, I think, probably government in general.

1021
01:21:09,140 --> 01:21:16,180
It really hasn't worried too much about the west end of town, but unfortunately, the wards on the west end of town,

1022
01:21:16,180 --> 01:21:20,380
as far as nuisance and blight is bleeding to the east every year.

1023
01:21:21,400 --> 01:21:26,380
So I am very pleased that we are trying to work on it from a financial standpoint.

1024
01:21:26,440 --> 01:21:30,620
Religious standpoint to try to help alleviate the problem or try to minimize it going

1025
01:21:31,120 --> 01:21:31,600
forward.

1026
01:21:33,780 --> 01:21:37,900
It is a necessary cost to use the tax dollars, which unfortunately could be used for other

1027
01:21:37,900 --> 01:21:44,160
services and Quincy to help cleaning up some of these properties, but it is the city's

1028
01:21:44,160 --> 01:21:49,520
responsibility to protect and to help the neighbors out there that have to live around

1029
01:21:49,520 --> 01:21:52,660
these properties and are doing the right thing and taking care of their properties and

1030
01:21:52,660 --> 01:21:53,820
taking pride in their properties.

1031
01:21:56,600 --> 01:22:03,040
I said from day one, when I ran for this office in the city 11 years ago when I was

1032
01:22:03,040 --> 01:22:08,040
out talking to people, I don't care if you like a neighbor, if you talk to your neighbor

1033
01:22:08,040 --> 01:22:12,140
but you'd better be a good neighbor and cut your grass and take care of your garbage otherwise

1034
01:22:12,140 --> 01:22:19,020
we're coming after you. And that hasn't changed today. A couple of things we do need to work on

1035
01:22:19,020 --> 01:22:24,780
that we do need to try to detour and decrease the amount of times that the city has to

1036
01:22:24,780 --> 01:22:31,960
clean up the same property because the repeat offenders is a legitimate problem. So we have to

1037
01:22:31,960 --> 01:22:37,200
try to figure out how to tackle that better. And we need to establish better and faster methods to

1038
01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:43,600
recoup the cost of the nuisance cleanups and fixer flattened because it is tax dollars

1039
01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:47,740
that we're using that we need to try to figure out better ways to recoup some of that money

1040
01:22:47,740 --> 01:22:52,380
for the rest of the taxpayers that are doing the right thing and provide them better services

1041
01:22:52,380 --> 01:23:00,100
in the city. Currently right now we have 124 properties on the list for central services to

1042
01:23:00,100 --> 01:23:02,500
clean up and that's grass and garbage issues.

1043
01:23:05,840 --> 01:23:07,660
We do a good job as far as the inspection

1044
01:23:07,660 --> 01:23:11,420
department with the old amount turning in properties to the inspection department,

1045
01:23:11,500 --> 01:23:16,240
the problem properties, the inspection department sends on a notice and then after seven days

1046
01:23:16,240 --> 01:23:21,420
of it's not cleaned up we send it to central services for them to clean it up. The problem

1047
01:23:21,420 --> 01:23:25,800
is we have such a backlog on the back end, it's not on the front end of reporting problems,

1048
01:23:25,980 --> 01:23:30,040
it's figuring out how to clean up these problems in a timely manner so that the neighbors

1049
01:23:30,040 --> 01:23:34,080
don't have to deal with it any more than they have to or any longer than they have to.

1050
01:23:34,540 --> 01:23:39,940
We're about six months out from next year's budget and that's not a good thought for

1051
01:23:39,940 --> 01:23:42,760
a lot of people because the budget has always a challenge.

1052
01:23:44,400 --> 01:23:48,860
But going forward next year's budget again is going to have to have a real discussion about

1053
01:23:48,860 --> 01:23:54,540
how much money can we allocate towards fixed or flatten and for nuisance to help protect

1054
01:23:54,540 --> 01:23:58,200
the neighbors out there that are doing the right thing and deserve to be protected from

1055
01:23:58,200 --> 01:23:59,200
bad neighbors.

1056
01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:07,920
With that being said, I would like to refer to the legal department and the

1057
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:13,900
inspection department and the city's treasure to review current city ordinances pertaining to

1058
01:24:13,900 --> 01:24:21,620
nuisance abatement. I'd like to look at options authorized by the state of Illinois to impose

1059
01:24:21,620 --> 01:24:27,940
escalating fees for chronic nuisance properties and to collect on outstanding nuisance abatement

1060
01:24:27,940 --> 01:24:36,220
charges. Some other areas to look at possibly please would be administering administrative

1061
01:24:36,220 --> 01:24:37,980
fines,

1062
01:24:40,120 --> 01:24:47,740
special assessments on property tax bill, placing leans on personal property for

1063
01:24:47,740 --> 01:24:49,440
the clean up of nuisance properties,

1064
01:24:52,640 --> 01:24:56,800
putting assessments on the city utility bills for

1065
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,960
closure of abatement leans.

1066
01:25:00,590 --> 01:25:26,430
At the end of the day we need to see what is legally available as available to the city of Quincy from the State of Illinois to a better job to do a better job to collect money faster and more often than what we're doing right now to help offset the cost to the taxpayers because it is a huge cost to taxpayers keeping the city clean and making sure people are following the ordinances.

1067
01:25:26,430 --> 01:25:33,680
I'm not going to put a timeline on this, but it would be a piece of the puzzle in conjunction

1068
01:25:33,680 --> 01:25:38,560
with the budget going in the next year, as far as how we tackle new sense of payment

1069
01:25:38,560 --> 01:25:39,420
and fixer flattened.

1070
01:25:39,420 --> 01:25:46,740
But I would like a report back to the council with ordinance changes or some new ordinances

1071
01:25:46,740 --> 01:25:47,280
possibly.

1072
01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:48,600
Thank you very much.

1073
01:25:49,580 --> 01:25:55,580
We actually hope to have a new ordinance, a revision of an ordinance to you within the next

1074
01:25:55,580 --> 01:25:56,540
couple of weeks.

1075
01:25:57,660 --> 01:26:04,800
We may want to take a little bit of extra time though now and look at some of these other options to see what our options are.

1076
01:26:05,560 --> 01:26:08,460
It's difficult to get,

1077
01:26:10,830 --> 01:26:16,550
there's some repeat offenders that have been repeat offenders for 10 years.

1078
01:26:18,730 --> 01:26:23,770
But that doesn't mean we have to stop trying, so we'll keep going at it.

1079
01:26:23,770 --> 01:26:29,710
And I do understand what some of these issues and some of the methods that we might try to use are utilized.

1080
01:26:31,270 --> 01:26:37,830
Some people might sit there and look at the bottom line as far as the amount of money we get back and return for the amount of money and effort we put into it.

1081
01:26:38,530 --> 01:26:42,950
But also at the end of the day, if it's the right thing to do, it's the right thing to do.

1082
01:26:42,950 --> 01:26:48,610
we need to stand unprincipal, and even if it does not make sense in some situations financially,

1083
01:26:50,090 --> 01:26:55,070
it's the right thing to do to hold people accountable and to send a message that if you're

1084
01:26:55,070 --> 01:26:58,470
a property owner and Quincy, you need to carry a property, you need to be a good neighbor

1085
01:26:58,470 --> 01:26:59,230
for your neighbors.

1086
01:26:59,850 --> 01:27:02,410
And if not, it's our responsibility to protect the good neighbors.

1087
01:27:02,650 --> 01:27:03,470
So I appreciate it.

1088
01:27:04,970 --> 01:27:05,590
I agree.

1089
01:27:05,790 --> 01:27:06,710
Thank you very much.

1090
01:27:06,930 --> 01:27:07,390
Alderman Bauer.

1091
01:27:07,730 --> 01:27:08,650
Go ahead and I respond.

1092
01:27:09,230 --> 01:27:09,250
Yeah.

1093
01:27:12,360 --> 01:27:19,200
I came here a little bit more than a year ago and the mayor asked me what I wanted to do

1094
01:27:19,200 --> 01:27:26,790
for the city and I said I wanted to work on nuisance. We formed a nuisance team with me,

1095
01:27:27,520 --> 01:27:36,590
Michael Severs and Kevin Angel and his crew. We've already implemented new procedures that you will see

1096
01:27:36,590 --> 01:27:39,490
reflected in our new, our new, new, since ordinance.

1097
01:27:40,710 --> 01:27:44,270
So, your request is timely, but you know what?

1098
01:27:44,370 --> 01:27:47,470
I always love it when people ask me to do something

1099
01:27:47,470 --> 01:27:49,370
that I'm already doing, okay?

1100
01:27:50,070 --> 01:27:51,870
And we've been doing it for months.

1101
01:27:52,090 --> 01:27:53,530
Even the mayor has helped.

1102
01:27:53,930 --> 01:27:56,030
Michael Seaver has helped.

1103
01:27:56,490 --> 01:27:59,750
Bruce Alford and myself are interns.

1104
01:28:00,090 --> 01:28:03,710
It has taken all of us to come through that new sense.

1105
01:28:03,710 --> 01:28:07,650
to identify things I saw when I first came here.

1106
01:28:08,070 --> 01:28:11,190
I was appalled at what I saw here.

1107
01:28:12,170 --> 01:28:17,030
And the four accumulated properties that we have worked on,

1108
01:28:17,610 --> 01:28:20,710
only one did not cooperate with us.

1109
01:28:21,110 --> 01:28:24,410
Because that's one of our new procedures that we're using.

1110
01:28:25,310 --> 01:28:29,130
We're asking people to cooperate with us

1111
01:28:29,130 --> 01:28:31,110
and to keep control of their property

1112
01:28:31,110 --> 01:28:34,170
and decide what they want to do with their accumulation.

1113
01:28:35,430 --> 01:28:42,990
You would be surprised how people really want some help and they want the city to help

1114
01:28:42,990 --> 01:28:49,090
them and acknowledge them and not, you know, act like they're a criminal.

1115
01:28:49,830 --> 01:28:53,210
They know they have a problem with their accumulations.

1116
01:28:54,310 --> 01:28:58,570
And we all know lots of times what that comes from.

1117
01:28:58,570 --> 01:29:09,310
And I think the people that I have met doing this work are just so happy that someone has listened to them and helped them.

1118
01:29:09,390 --> 01:29:14,250
And when they stand in front of the judge, and Michael Severs will tell you this is the same thing.

1119
01:29:14,450 --> 01:29:24,110
When the judge comments and compliments them on how well they have done their whole demeanor changes, and they have some pride.

1120
01:29:24,110 --> 01:29:46,590
And our new nuisance is going to reflect that new kind of procedure where we put our hand out and ask for the cooperation, that will save us money, that will save us having to make excuses to neighbors over and over and over why these things aren't being cleaned up.

1121
01:29:46,590 --> 01:29:55,850
So I hope you see these new things in the news and statute, we're going to send you.

1122
01:29:56,250 --> 01:29:59,790
In the 11 years that I've been sitting here, it's been incredibly frustrating.

1123
01:30:00,140 --> 01:30:08,900
But from 11 years ago to now, a lot of the neighbors might not think so out there, but the city has moved forward so much better.

1124
01:30:09,380 --> 01:30:14,920
And the biggest hurdle over the years, especially on the fixed or flat and side, has been the court system and the legal side of it.

1125
01:30:15,340 --> 01:30:23,260
And since you've come on board, there's been great improvements, and I appreciate the help you've done the second award, because we've had a couple of major cleanups in the second award.

1126
01:30:24,360 --> 01:30:29,600
a couple properties on a fixed or flat and that are going to be going on on a fixed or flat and that normally in the past.

1127
01:30:30,970 --> 01:30:33,050
It's been a little bit of a challenge to get us moving forward.

1128
01:30:33,790 --> 01:30:37,650
Again, everything that's been done and is happening currently is an improvement.

1129
01:30:38,430 --> 01:30:40,230
And we are moving in the right direction.

1130
01:30:41,190 --> 01:30:49,910
But at the end of the day, there are some opportunities out there on our side and to work with some other government agencies to try to do a little bit better to help recruit some of the tax dollars.

1131
01:30:49,910 --> 01:30:59,090
So at the end of the day we need to do what's best for the neighbors to keep their neighbors clean and to protect tax dollars, so I appreciate everything. Thank you.

1132
01:30:59,330 --> 01:31:05,970
And I agree and thank you very much and I'm not saying I've got all the answers. I just have some of them.

1133
01:31:07,370 --> 01:31:19,670
We also have a proposal we're working with the county that will help us do some things that we haven't been able to do in the past in terms of some of these properties.

1134
01:31:19,670 --> 01:31:25,570
If some of those come through to fruition, that would be an amazing benefit and a huge help.

1135
01:31:25,790 --> 01:31:26,170
Going forward.

1136
01:31:26,410 --> 01:31:27,410
So thank you.

1137
01:31:27,610 --> 01:31:28,810
That's been a piece that's missing.

1138
01:31:29,210 --> 01:31:29,930
Alderman Bauer.

1139
01:31:30,570 --> 01:31:32,370
Just to see Kevin McClain afterwards.

1140
01:31:33,470 --> 01:31:34,270
Alderman Nace.

1141
01:31:34,590 --> 01:31:37,390
If I could see Chief Tyler really fast at the end.

1142
01:31:37,450 --> 01:31:38,150
Thank you.

1143
01:31:38,310 --> 01:31:39,150
Alderman Atkins.

1144
01:31:39,350 --> 01:31:40,310
No, thank you, Your Honor.

1145
01:31:40,810 --> 01:31:41,430
Alderman Eman.

1146
01:31:41,770 --> 01:31:41,890
Yes.

1147
01:31:41,930 --> 01:31:43,970
If I could see Jason Paret after a piece.

1148
01:31:44,450 --> 01:31:44,770
Thank you.

1149
01:31:44,870 --> 01:31:45,170
You're welcome.

1150
01:31:45,390 --> 01:31:46,330
Alderman McRennels.

1151
01:31:46,710 --> 01:31:46,850
Yes.

1152
01:31:46,850 --> 01:31:56,150
Glenn and I let 13D go by and if we could, if I could make a motion to wave 3231 and go ahead and vote on that tonight.

1153
01:31:57,010 --> 01:31:59,130
I'd appreciate it.

1154
01:31:59,730 --> 01:32:01,430
So I'm, I so move.

1155
01:32:02,110 --> 01:32:02,650
I second.

1156
01:32:03,470 --> 01:32:03,810
Okay.

1157
01:32:04,410 --> 01:32:10,370
It's been moved and seconded that 13D, the first presentation of an ordinance entitled an ordinance,

1158
01:32:10,370 --> 01:32:20,850
vacating easements in Ward 5 that we 32 31 this all in favor of 32 31 say I oppose

1159
01:32:20,850 --> 01:32:25,890
nay motion carries I'll now entertain a motion to approve 13 D.

1160
01:32:29,380 --> 01:32:35,500
It's been moved and seconded any discussion yes the reason we're doing this is that the

1161
01:32:35,500 --> 01:32:39,700
the petitioner wants to be the construction on the vacated

1162
01:32:39,700 --> 01:32:44,160
easement and because of the due weather time of this time of

1163
01:32:44,160 --> 01:32:46,320
the year, he wants to get started immediately.

1164
01:32:46,960 --> 01:32:50,660
So that's the reason we are asking for a 32 31 easement.

1165
01:32:52,480 --> 01:32:54,700
Any questions or other discussion?

1166
01:32:55,660 --> 01:32:57,660
If not, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

1167
01:32:57,960 --> 01:32:58,940
Audeminer, McGrennel.

1168
01:32:59,680 --> 01:33:00,000
Ebing.

1169
01:33:00,440 --> 01:33:00,840
I.

1170
01:33:00,900 --> 01:33:01,500
Reade.

1171
01:33:02,520 --> 01:33:02,760
I.

1172
01:33:02,760 --> 01:33:03,460
You select?

1173
01:33:03,920 --> 01:33:04,600
Hulshlone?

1174
01:33:04,980 --> 01:33:05,660
Fletcher?

1175
01:33:05,920 --> 01:33:06,180
Hulshlone?

1176
01:33:06,460 --> 01:33:06,660
Interim?

1177
01:33:07,440 --> 01:33:07,780
Bergman?

1178
01:33:08,480 --> 01:33:08,820
Bower?

1179
01:33:09,280 --> 01:33:09,960
Maize?

1180
01:33:10,320 --> 01:33:11,000
Edkins?

1181
01:33:11,300 --> 01:33:11,760
Hulshlone?

1182
01:33:12,560 --> 01:33:13,120
Cessent?

1183
01:33:13,400 --> 01:33:13,920
13 Eyes?

1184
01:33:14,500 --> 01:33:15,600
Motion carries.

1185
01:33:15,920 --> 01:33:16,940
Thank you very much.

1186
01:33:17,480 --> 01:33:19,760
We will go back to new business then.

1187
01:33:20,420 --> 01:33:21,260
Alderman Reynolds?

1188
01:33:21,680 --> 01:33:22,020
Anything else?

1189
01:33:22,320 --> 01:33:22,540
Yes.

1190
01:33:22,940 --> 01:33:25,580
I also need to see Kevin tonight if I could please.

1191
01:33:25,980 --> 01:33:27,380
And then.

1192
01:33:28,540 --> 01:33:29,640
Just real quick.

1193
01:33:34,860 --> 01:33:42,540
I love my muscle and I have friends of everything, you know, and this thing is, it's just

1194
01:33:43,280 --> 01:33:52,300
gross what was said, but it's also gross that there's not free speech on both sides.

1195
01:33:53,140 --> 01:33:56,780
And so you all can come at me for saying one thing and you all can come at me for saying

1196
01:33:56,780 --> 01:34:03,500
the other, but I just felt like I needed to say something in support of my friends of office,

1197
01:34:03,820 --> 01:34:06,320
including my, my own friends, thank you.

1198
01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:07,840
Thank you.

1199
01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:08,640
Alderman Ebbie.

1200
01:34:09,220 --> 01:34:10,100
Not in your honor.

1201
01:34:10,780 --> 01:34:12,040
Thank you, Alderman Reese.

1202
01:34:12,320 --> 01:34:14,700
Just see Jeffrey County after the meeting of Vex.

1203
01:34:14,940 --> 01:34:16,000
Thank you, Alderman Reed.

1204
01:34:16,680 --> 01:34:19,380
Yeah, it's great to hear about the advancements in the way we deal with news.

1205
01:34:19,600 --> 01:34:25,660
I think for all Alderman, it's a constant issue that pops up, especially in seventh, first

1206
01:34:25,660 --> 01:34:34,440
second pops up in the 642 it's just not as dense as there but it does make a big difference

1207
01:34:34,440 --> 01:34:40,240
when you have a otherwise nice block and then one yard that hasn't mode for a while I got one

1208
01:34:40,240 --> 01:34:47,360
house near my property that looks like you could film a Vietnam War movie in the backyard right now but

1209
01:34:48,480 --> 01:34:54,580
so good to hear that and it was good to see Brian Oaker, one of my friends from high school graduated

1210
01:34:54,580 --> 01:34:59,960
with him, get on the fire department, his, both of our parents were fired.

1211
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:12,480
So that's probably how we became friends in grade school. And I'll tell you this every new year's Eve. I couldn't wait to go to his house and for his new year's party and play video games all night. So it is good to see that.

1212
01:35:13,180 --> 01:35:14,860
Great. Thank you. All of them to use the lack.

1213
01:35:15,960 --> 01:35:16,400
Yeah.

1214
01:35:18,960 --> 01:35:26,840
This is a small list of instances where the Muslim community showed up to help their neighbors. After Hurricane Katrina.

1215
01:35:28,620 --> 01:35:31,900
They sent four, somebody over here just said Jesus Christ, what, really?

1216
01:35:33,080 --> 01:35:35,120
You're sitting all the room, shut the hell up.

1217
01:35:36,840 --> 01:35:37,140
I'm sorry.

1218
01:35:37,360 --> 01:35:41,240
They're referring to me, I said Jesus Christ because I don't have as many candies in my drawer.

1219
01:35:41,360 --> 01:35:42,120
Somebody's been in my drawer.

1220
01:35:42,340 --> 01:35:45,260
You can candy, so I don't know what you're assuming, so what you don't have is when you're

1221
01:35:45,260 --> 01:35:45,600
soon.

1222
01:35:46,080 --> 01:35:47,540
And nothing to do with your statement, all right?

1223
01:35:47,740 --> 01:35:49,180
So you shut the hell up.

1224
01:35:49,720 --> 01:35:50,660
All right, you got it.

1225
01:35:50,920 --> 01:35:52,260
We both have our right free speech.

1226
01:35:52,740 --> 01:35:55,960
You'll forgive me if I say the word Muslim and I hear the word Jesus Christ.

1227
01:35:55,960 --> 01:35:57,160
It is a piece of advice.

1228
01:35:57,220 --> 01:35:59,740
All of her men use the lack has the floor right now.

1229
01:35:59,740 --> 01:36:00,880
No, no, I continue.

1230
01:36:01,140 --> 01:36:03,400
No, I, I, I started it.

1231
01:36:03,540 --> 01:36:04,880
All of them are going to just defend themselves.

1232
01:36:05,400 --> 01:36:06,160
That's fair.

1233
01:36:06,920 --> 01:36:11,120
After Hurricane Katrina, the Muslim community sent four consecutive trucks.

1234
01:36:11,180 --> 01:36:15,680
Similarly, trucks loaded with donated water, closed, perishable items and canned goods, along with

1235
01:36:15,680 --> 01:36:19,300
debris removal crews to help with the cleanup from Hurricane Katrina.

1236
01:36:20,560 --> 01:36:25,480
Hurricane Harvey, Muslim families across the country donated to the Houston Food Bank in

1237
01:36:25,480 --> 01:36:29,240
American Red Cross, Charleston Church Massacre, Muslim

1238
01:36:29,240 --> 01:36:32,720
organizers launched a campaign to help rebuild black churches

1239
01:36:32,720 --> 01:36:36,660
that had burned in the aftermath. And after the Tree of Life,

1240
01:36:36,940 --> 01:36:39,760
synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, the Muslim community

1241
01:36:39,760 --> 01:36:43,500
stepped up to donate and help them rebuild. We've had

1242
01:36:43,500 --> 01:36:46,800
Nizlamic Center in town for 25 years, and I guarantee most

1243
01:36:46,800 --> 01:36:48,920
of Quincy didn't even know about it until your

1244
01:36:48,920 --> 01:36:52,200
comments, Mike. We've not had a single issue with our

1245
01:36:52,200 --> 01:37:00,000
nameless neighbors, never. And we have to hold ourselves and each other to the absolute highest

1246
01:37:00,000 --> 01:37:04,840
standard possible. If I ever flood it, I'd expect you all to tell me. I did at 30 seconds

1247
01:37:04,840 --> 01:37:08,640
to go with Alderman Bergman and he called me out right there. And you know what? Alderman Bergman

1248
01:37:08,640 --> 01:37:12,180
and I could go get a beer after this meeting and things would be just fine. We have to hold each

1249
01:37:12,180 --> 01:37:22,180
other to a high standard and Mike, you've loved it. Your comments were bigoted and they were

1250
01:37:22,180 --> 01:37:24,180
not mean that you should exercise that right.

1251
01:37:25,460 --> 01:37:27,340
If you actually feel bad about your comments,

1252
01:37:27,740 --> 01:37:30,000
you should issue a legitimate apology.

1253
01:37:30,880 --> 01:37:33,220
Personally, I think that you should ask for censorship

1254
01:37:33,680 --> 01:37:36,040
if you feel bad, because that would be an opportunity

1255
01:37:36,040 --> 01:37:36,840
for you to learn.

1256
01:37:37,860 --> 01:37:40,240
At minimum, I think you need to tell your supporters

1257
01:37:40,240 --> 01:37:43,540
to stop spewing this absolute hate that they are spewing.

1258
01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:46,820
I think that you should meet with these long extended leaders

1259
01:37:46,820 --> 01:37:48,200
because I think it would be eye-opening.

1260
01:37:49,020 --> 01:37:50,640
And I hope that you can learn from this.

1261
01:37:51,080 --> 01:37:56,380
If an apology comes though, it's not the end of the conversation, because a half-assed comment is not good enough.

1262
01:37:56,980 --> 01:38:02,340
We are here to represent this entire city, and we have to mean the words that we say.

1263
01:38:02,840 --> 01:38:06,720
And I sincerely hope that you did not mean the words that you said about our Muslim neighbors.

1264
01:38:07,740 --> 01:38:10,360
The right to free speech has meaning and I'll exercise mine.

1265
01:38:10,840 --> 01:38:15,520
If you're a Muslim resident reading this and you're wondering whether you're welcome in Quincy Illinois, you are.

1266
01:38:15,520 --> 01:38:20,820
And finally, if we truly don't have any influence over the words that our spouses say, then

1267
01:38:20,820 --> 01:38:23,020
buddy, my wife has a few choice words for you.

1268
01:38:25,200 --> 01:38:26,220
Oliver Minhoch Slub.

1269
01:38:26,640 --> 01:38:27,600
I'm moved with adjourned.

1270
01:38:28,680 --> 01:38:33,460
It's been moved in seconded, all in favor, I oppose name, motion carries.

1271
01:38:33,800 --> 01:38:34,660
We are adjourned.

1272
01:38:34,700 --> 01:38:35,580
Thank you very much.