City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, it is 7:00 and uh we will call the uh meeting of the Betavia City Council for February 2nd, 2026. I'd ask that you please rise for a brief invocation to be followed by the pledge of allegiance tonight as we meet as a community here before the city council. We are ever mindful of the many issues and conflicts that are stressing our state and our nation and we just ask for a blessing that all these things will be cleared up as time moves on. Tonight also we want to remember all those in our community who are sick or infirmed and just ask a special blessing be showered on them. And we also ask for a special blessing on all of our city workers who are out doing a phenomenal job whether it's policing the streets, putting out fires, responding to the ambulance or the numerous duties that they are required to do in the public works for be it water sewer, electric or storm sewer. So we just are ever thankful for the great staff that we have and we just appreciate all the good work that they do and we ask for a special blessing on them. So at this time I'd like to say amen and again wish everybody in the council a good meeting for tonight. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Okay. Ask the clerk to please call the role. Lance is absent. Beck here. Malay here. Malone here. Sulfa or Malone Wolf here. I can't read my own notes. I'm sorry. Sulfa is absent. Uh Baron here. Leman here. Lman here. Peeper here. Baronbach here. Anderson here. White here.

12 present two absent. Your honor, we have the necessary quorum to conduct business. Uh I will ask that on my notes here that for the meeting I'm asking that following the roll call that if anybody's going to address us tonight on the city council that they please come up and use the podium and speak into the microphone because this is all being recorded for TV and we want to make sure that everybody is properly heard and sometimes we've had the problem where the people didn't speak into the mic and they did a lot of talking that nobody heard. So, we want to make sure we don't do that anymore. So, then moving to item five is matters for the public for items not on the agenda. Do we have anybody this evening? Doesn't look like it. Okay. Moving then to item number six, items to be removed, added, or changed on tonight's agenda. Does anybody on the council have anything they want to change over or move? All right. Then we'll move to item number seven which is the consent agenda. Baron your

honor the consent agenda reads as follows. accept and place on file September, October, and November 2025 city council financial reports approvals. Payroll funds totals for 130 2022 in the amount of 1,186,32729. the accounts payable check register in the amount of 1,59,000 $5 and.76 cents. City council minutes for January 5th, 2026. Resolution 2026-13-R authorizing the purchase of three police vehicles. Resolution 2026-15-R establishing public hearing and joint review board for proposal tiff number seven. Resolution 2026-20-R confirming appointment of director and alternate to NPA board. Resolution 2026-16-R authorizing the execution of the preliminary engineering services agreement with GFT, Inc. for the reconstruction of Hubard Avenue. Resolution 2026-9-R authorizing the execution of a contract with ILM Environments of WKEAN, Illinois for the construction of Mahoney Creek Tributo H. Michael Wild Park drainage improvements GIGO grant funded project in the amount of 557,324. Your honor, I move we approve the consent

for squad cars in our fleet. Anybody else? Okay. Ask the clerk to call the role. Baron. Hi. Leman. Hi. Lman. Hi. Peeper. Hi. Farenbach. Hi Anderson. Hi White. Hi Barza. Hi Beck. Hi Malay. Hi Malone. Hi Wolf. Hi. 12 present two absent. Motion's approved. Okay. Moving item number eight is the report from the chamber of commerce. And I see our president and executive director is prompt at the up my podium. So

I was ready. Thanks mayor. Good evening everyone. Good to see you all. Thanks for allowing me to give you a chamber update tonight. First, I want to remind you, as I did last month, Inspire is coming up on Thursday, April 23rd, where we'll gather at Revalry 675 for the much much anticipated citizen of the year crowning for Linda Sheli and for honoring Betavia Women's Club as the Betavia Spirit of Betavia award. So, that those uh that those group of women are very very excited as are we. We also will honor our Olie award winners. Our oie awards are a Bavia tradition that honors businesses that have made exceptional investments in new construction or major innovations renovations in our community. These awards are highlight these awards highlight projects that enhance our community aesthetic, economic and cultural appeal. This recognition is our way of thanking the businesses that have invested so much of their time and energy into Betavia and have shown a true commitment to being part of our community. I'm pleased to announce this year's award for their investment in Betavia Aldi for a 56,000 square foot four-story building as part of a major expansion in its United States corporate headquarters in Battavia. This campuswide renovation includes green roof pollinator garden, fitness center, conference center, and a four-story parking garage designed with sustainability and employee collaboration in mind. We are honoring BEI Tower Business Center for renovations at 28 South Water Street, including the replacement of the storefront door and 26 windows to keep that building functioning in our downtown. We're honoring Dollar Sense Bookkeeping for remaining committed to Betavia by purchasing a vacant property and investing more than $100,000 in renovations. Earth Mover Credit Union for its

beautiful new building at 1992 McKe Street. We're honoring Everdine's Grilled Cheese. Seems like they opened a while ago, but it was just 2025. For renovating an aging building and creating an inviting and vibrant dining space. We are uh happy to give an oie to Ignite Medical Resort in Battavia for constructing a brand new state-of-the-art medical rehab facility here in our town. And finally, Tesla for revitalizing the vacant Sam's Club building at 501 North Randall Road Road. I know many of these projects required countless hours of planning and meetings with the city. Though the awards is our way of celebrating these efforts and saying thank you to each business. Additionally, the chamber will present a civic impact award to two exceptional construction projects that occurred last year. One is the Battavia Interfaith Food Pantry and closed closet new location and the Battavia Park District Pal Patrick Callahan Community Center. These have had a lasting and meaningful contribution to Betavia. And these projects reflect a strong commitment to serving residents, enhancing quality of life, and strengthening our community through thoughtful investment in public spaces and services. We invite everyone here to join us at Inspire. For full details, please go to our website and register today. I want to remind everyone that the chamber is offering for scholarships to the Bavia Public School District 101 High School seniors. Each are worth $1,000. This, we find, is a really exceptional benefit that we offer to businesses that cannot give scholarships to their own employees. So, they could use their chamber memberships to award an employee a$1,000 scholarship for whatever their career path is after school, after high school. Workforce development remains a key focus for the Battavia Chamber. I serve as the vice president on the CA Kain County Workforce Development Board and work closely with the Worknet Battavia

Valley Education for Employment Systems, the Aurora Regional Pathways to Prosperity Initiative, Battavia Public Schools Women in Business program, their incubator program, and with local businesses to help facilitate internships and career pathways. We also maintain an active job board and a volunteer board on the Betavia Chamber website. So, I encourage you all to check it out. I want to extend a warm welcome to the businesses that joined the chamber this month. We're delighted to welcome Rosewood Farm, which we just had a fantastic ribbon cutting for last week. Pickle Ball Kingdom 18/19 Madera Designs, Blue Dot Psychotherapy, Made Green Cleaning Service, and Bach on the Fox are now valued members of the chamber. Please look up uh look them up on our website. Uh just I'm going to mention a couple of our our upcoming events. So, thank you for throwing that graphic up there for me. Wednesday, February 11th, we have our coffee and commerce at Fruitful Yield. Anybody could come. No registration required. Thursday, February 12th, we have networking at Khalis Jewelers by our Battavia Women in Business. It's our after hours. We are sponsoring um not sponsoring, we're highlighting Battavia Apartments and collecting items for them, too. So go to our website if you'd like to donate. On Wednesday, February 18th at 4:30, we have our great winter mixer at Revalry 675. We collaborate with the Geneva and St. Charles Chamber to offer more bang for your buck to meet more representatives and get effective networking together. We will have our complimentary educational series, strong foundations, practical workshops for business owners. this uh series right now that we're running are a three-part series. Each is individual, so you could come to one or all of them. This one, the next one will be Thursday, February 19th at the library at 8:30, and it will focus on

SEO and analytics for your for your social media. And finally, our restaurant that we're focusing on this month that we're highlighting this month is The Goat. And we are having a so go there anytime. Drop your business card in the box that we have there and you'll be eligible to win a gift card to the GOAT and $25 in chamber bucks. But also we're having our dropin lunch that anyone can join us on February 20th at noon. So mark your calendars and pop in. Before I introduce my esteemed guest, does anybody have any questions for me? Okay, great. All right. Now I get to invite Matthew Bel. He is a general manager at Ignite Medical Resort in Betavia, 2349 Main Street. He threw one of the best ribbon cutings I've ever been to. Uh he they have a wonderful facility. Matt, you want to come up and tell us all about it?

Awesome. Thank you, Margaret. Um again, my name is Matt Bel. I'm the general manager and administrator for Ignite Medical Resorts here in Betavia. Uh we are located at 2349 Main Street just across from Holy Cross Church there. Um and what we do, we are a 96 bed uh medical resort and uh skilled nursing facility. So we do things a little bit differently than just the traditional nursing home, but we of course we have a brand new state-of-the-art facility. If you guys have not seen it, I welcome you guys to come by and have a tour with myself. If you missed our grand opening party, I apologize cuz it was one heck of a party. So thank you those that did show up. Um, and we do things a little bit differently, like I said. Um, but more so than our state-of-the-art facility with a lot of technology to help us better take care of our guests is really the culture and mindset that we set forth with our team there at Ignite. Um, you know, we want to think differently to be differently. And just because we are new to this area, we are not new to the healthcare um game and taking care of people. Um, I've worked with Ignite since the beginning. So, I'm proud to say I was employee number five of theirs about 8 years ago. They brought me on in Kansas City, Missouri. I've worked at about 12 of their facilities nationwide. Um, and we're up to about 30 facilities nationwide from Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, uh, Texas, Oklahoma, and Indiana. And we, um, and we always are looking for an opportunity to grow. So, we appreciate the warm welcome that the city of Vetavia and the community has really shown us. Um, it's a tremendous meaning to us and we really do appreciate it at Ignite. Um myself um like I said I've been with the company for a year since the beginning and we look for the right uh minded people to come in to our facility. Um if you guys are not able to stop by the facility we do have a website that you can look up a lot more information about ourselves pictures of our facilities but that's at igniteed resorts.com or you can give us a call and schedule a tour or pop on by and say hello. Um I'll get you a coffee. We do have a Starbucks uh cafe in our lobby of our facility. So, that's a little bit different, but I'll

get you a coffee on us if you want to stop by. Um I also left cards here um at the table at the entrance. My directed contact information is on there. Um but again, we're really excited to be here in the city of um Betavia and really grow in our involvement in the community. But before I head out, is there any questions that I can help answer or anything about Ignite, about healthcare? I would off just offer I had the honor of cutting the ribbon for the chamber of commerce at your door and I have had a number of people comment to me what a nice place you got there and how they may be needing it themselves or they have a relative or something that they're trying to bring over. So I I think you got some customers kind of circling the wagon over there wanting to take stronger look. So, I appreciate that facility and I've had several people comment to me what a pretty building it is from the outside and it really adds to the entryway to Betavia coming from the west.

Absolutely. And like I said, we have a beautiful building, but we have a lot um greater people that are working on the team and taking care of our community here. Well, thank you for all you're doing and we'll continue to do. Of course. Thank you guys. I appreciate your time.

All right. Uh, moving to nine. And I guess you're going to do the black history monument moment or proclamation. Your honor, the city of Battavia proclamation. Whereas each year, Black History Month is observed in February. And whereas the origins of Black History Month date back to 1915 when Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the organization known today as the Association for the Study of AfricanAmerican Life and History. And whereas observing Black History Month provides opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of African-American history and acknowledge the centuries of struggles for equality and freedom. And whereas Black History Month celebrates the achievements and contributions that African-Ameans have made in shaping our country, society, and communities. And whereas Black History Month is a time to recognize and honor the profound contributions of African-Americans to our nation's history, culture, and progress. And whereas black history whereas Betavia has a proud legacy of being a welcoming community for African-Ameans, attracting settlers even before the Civil War and fostering a spirit of opportunity, resilience, and community engagement. And whereas our community is home of the Logan Street Baptist Church, which has stood for more than a century as a beacon of faith, service, and unity. And whereas Betavia was the home of the highest ranking African-American federal official in the US Census Bureau

during the 1890s, a testament to the leadership and excellence that has shaped our local and national institutions. And whereas black business owners, professionals, students, and residents have been integral to the economic, educational, and cultural vitality of Betavia, contributing to its growth and success through entrepreneurship, civic leadership, and community service. And whereas the city of Betavia proudly acknowledges and celebrates the achievements and ongoing contributions of the African-American community, recognizing their indelible impact on our shared history and future. Now therefore, I, Jeffrey D. Sheli, mayor of the city of Battavia, do hereby proclaim February as Black History Month in Betavia and encourage all residents to reflect on, learn about, and celebrate the rich history and contributions of the African-Ameans in our community and beyond.

Make that into a motion for approval. I make a motion to approve the proclamation as read.

Second. Have a motion and a second for the approval of the proclamation. I just want to add here for the council. Uh this was I this whole idea was created 5 10 years ago by a group of our veteran black families in town. And we've been doing it every year since. And when this one came up, I made the effort to contact several of them myself to tell them that we were going to do it tonight and would somebody come down. And unfortunately, everybody I talked to had some pretty important commitment tonight and they couldn't come. So, I'm thinking that maybe I'll get them down here at the next meeting. Just so you know that this they really appreciate this being done and they like to get an updated copy of the latest one. So, just so you know, no other further comment clerk call the role.

Aaron, I Leman, hi. Lman, hi. Peeper, hi. Farenbach. Hi, Anderson. Hi, White. Hi Barazza. Hi Beck. Hi Malay. Hi Malone. Hi Wolf. Hi. 12. Yes. No. No. Two absent. Motion's approved. So thank you. All right. Uh then we're going to move to the regular agenda. Item 9.2. The Thompson Farm Annexation and Zoning. Who's got this one?

That's me. You're ready. Um so the next three ordinances are in regard to the Thompson property on the corner of 1mouth and Fabian. Uh we are annexing that property into the city. We are amending the land use map of the comprehensive plan to allow for those uses and amending our zoning um in order to allow for the proposed development. We have a draft concept development in the packet that consists of 160 different units uh mostly single family homes and some sort of multif family as well. Um there are there was a lengthy discussion about um infrastructure costs and bike connectivity among other things at the public hearing held last Tuesday. Um and does anyone have any further comments? I think we just need you to have you present the ordinances by number one at a time and we'll vote on each one of them. All

right. Would anyone like to make a motion for ordinance 2026-002 authorizing the execution of an annexation agreement between the city of Bavia and Chicago title land trust company not individually but as successor land trust trustee to ATG trust company under land trust number L006-084 moved motion and second any further discussion on that one call the role malay Hi Malone. Hi Wolf. Hi Baron. Hi Leman. Hi Lman. Hi Peeper. Hi Farenbach. Hi Anderson. Hi White. Hi Barza. Hi Beck.

Hi. 12. Yes. No. No. Two absent. That motion's approved. Okay. Moving to two. Then would someone like to make a motion for ordinance 226-003 amending the land use map of the comprehensive plan of the city of Battavia? So moved. Motion and second. Any discussion? Kirk. Second. Second. Thank you. I thought we had a second. We have a motion. Um, Malay. Okay. Hi. Malone. Hi. Wolf. Hi. Baron. Hi. Leman. Hi. Lman. Hi. Peeper. Hi. Farenbach. Hi. Anderson. Hi. White. Hi. Barazza. Hi. Beck. Hi. 12. Yes. No. No. Two. Absent.

Motion's approved. So let's move amended three ordinance 2026004. We would like to make a motion for ordinance 2026-4 annexing territorian zoning properties to the city of Betavia. So move. Second. Motion and second. Any further discussion? Kirk, call the role. Main I. Malone. Hi. Wolf. I Baron. Hi Leman. Hi Lman. Hi Peeper. Hi Farenbach. Hi Anderson. Hi White. Hi Barazza. Hi Beck. Hi. 12. Yes. No. No. Two absent. Motion's approved. So that one is done. So I appreciate that.

Okay. Moving then to 9.3 which is resolution 2026-018-R authorizing execution of a redevelopment agreement with Manhattan Real Estate Ventures LLC for building at 190 Southwater Street. Who's got this one? I can take that your came out with a positive recommendation. Um this is a a redevelopment of the Pomarco building um from the basically storage that it is now after PMARCO went to the east side of town um to a pretty much state-of-the-art headquarters for a software company. So, we discussed this thoroughly at the uh cow meeting and I know the only one that's not here was Alderman Lance. He sent out an email that he wanted to make sure that he knew or that everybody knew that he was indefinitely in support of this and I am as well. And so I'll make the motion that we um approve resolution 202618R authorizing execution of a redevelopment agreement with Manhattan Real Estate Ventures LLC for 190 South Water Street.

Second. Have a second. And I do see that uh Austin Dempsey is online if he has anything he wants to add or say about this development. Austin, do you have anything to say? Nothing further to add. I appreciated the discussion last week. Uh, thank you for your support and consideration. Well, we got you on on air here. Any idea? We approve this when that's going to start.

Uh, yes. If approved tonight, we hope to be under construction in the next 90 days. the city the city's uh building and zoning office uh under Scott and Jeff have done a great job of shephering through the permitting and we're hopefully that we'll be able to get started here again in 90 days once we once we're approved.

Sounds great. Anybody else have any questions? But before we vote, I just like to say I've had the opportunity to meet with the owners and the developers of this thing. And they've put they posted online a sketch of the one building that's going to be almost totally tore down but then rebuilt. And that's part part of the former Pomarco factory which is most recently was. This property was originally part of the US Wind Engine and Pump Company buildings which were all down there south of of First Street along water. And many of those were have been destroyed or taken down or rehabbed. And there's a couple I've had people ask about warehouse 55 and the Betavia Art Studio down there. And both of those buildings are staying as they are. So that will th those uses will continue to be there. And there's a lot of conversation about what this company, which is very much involved in the computer world, may grow to become, but there I I get the impression they're thinking they're going to be adding some more employees relatively quick. And this will be a kind of a dynamic change for the for a nicer appearing building to be popping up out of the ground down there in the next few months. So this is I think something that Betavia should be very proud of that we've yet again saved one of the more historic areas and are continuing to do some very interesting things with it.

That being said, I guess the court called the roll. Alderman Sulfa, we're u discussing resolution 2026 18R. He just entered, let the record refer to he just entered the meeting and he can vote if he wants to. 9.3. Okay, I'll go slow. Wolf, hi. Thank you. Sulfa, hi. Great. Baron, hi. Leman, hi. Lman, hi Peeper. Hi Baronbach. Hi Anderson. Hi White. Hi Barazza. Hi Beck. Hi Malay.

Hi Malone. Hi. 13. Yes. No. No. One absent. Motion is approved. Thank you Austin. Thank you. All right. Moving then to item 10, city council updates. 101, the administrator's report.

Thank you, your honor. I don't have too much. Um, you touched on it in the at the beginning of the meeting. I would just really like to give a shout out to all of our employees who work outdoors. Um, whether it be the fire department, the police department, but public works, we've had a number of water main breaks and electrical issues. And you know, while all of us are kind of darting from a warm building into a cold car and back into a warm building, um these employees sometimes spend hours and hours uh out of doors doing their jobs. And so we just want to um give a special shout out to them and a and a big thank you for doing all the things that um keep us warm and safe. Um a few things I'd like to mention. We've had some construction projects going on and then also um Max is continuing to help departments with getting uh documents digitized. With the new positions that have been added, we really don't have space around here. So, we have had to take a uh small conference room in um our finance department and it's where the auditors usually meet. So this year the auditors are set up in the human resources conference room and we've taken that small space and divided it into two spaces because HR will have a new employee starting mid year. And so the storage space that is inside their office, they're going to convert that to an office and then use half of the small conference room as an alternative storage space. But on the other side of that is where the new employee in IT, the enterprise application specialist, Sean Battton, uh his office is on the other side there. And then the police department is doing a uh digitizing project so that they can utilize that storage um space to create an office for the uh public safety management analysts

who we also have just posted for that um job opportunity as well. So, we're kind of trying to find little spaces here and there where we can um add these much needed employees. Um the a project to implement the new Axon bodywn cameras is uh progressing. Got all the cameras out and getting employees um uh up to date and and get them associated with all of the equipment. And then also the uh DACRA e-citation project is continuing with the police department. Um Peggy wanted to mention that the tax abatements for our general obligation bonds will be on the uh February 10th cow consent agenda and we issued general um obligation bonds for electric, water and sewer and in that way we save the utilities interest expense costs. GEO bonds have a lower cost because they carry the full faith and credit of the city via automated automatic property tax levy, but we need to abate the automatic levy each year since the intent is always to pay with those um bonds with the revenues that come in for the utilities. So, those will be on the the next agenda. And that's all I have unless anybody has any questions for me tonight. Yes,

got two quick questions. Um Margaret mentioned it earlier tonight, the the Tesla and the Duchess um dispensary out on Randall. Do we have any idea when either one of those are going to be? I believe Tesla is open and no word on Duchess. I've reached out to them to ask for an opening date and I haven't heard back unless you have Scott. No, I have not heard back either. They're still working on various things and and we're just kind of waiting on them. I know that Tesla has cars out there that I'm sure they have delivered because they're in, but I haven't seen anything for an opening or anything like that on it. The service garage is open and the showroom is open as well.

Um, funny thing, the power chargers they have there because they have I want to say six superchargers, those actually are not open to the public. Those are dedicated for the service garage, which is interesting. So, I was going to say I have seen them open or at least I've seen stuff out there charging, but I don't know if they're open to the public or not. There's other stuff going on there. We'll find out next year, I'm sure. Okay.

One thing I can add to that, the warehouse rental spaces and the that rest of that building has been subdivided to is now been put up for rent. And I know several people who have already rented in there and are very pleased and with the facility. So, uh, I think they're going to have quite a few people wanting to move in there real quick. It's quite a nice place. Thank you very much. Do we have other business from the council?

Well, I just have a couple things I'd like to share. Number one, I want to pick up where on what Laura said. Our city employees, whatever the department they are, have responded and worked relentlessly to make things as easy and behavior as they possibly could during this what many people are saying is one of the roughest winters we've experienced in a long, long time. So, I just want to take my hat off and thank each and every one of our city employees for a great job because they've had to do all kinds of different things as far as getting driveways cleared out and streets opened up and water pipes broken and uh the fire, the police and the ambulance have had their own special world with different calls they've been brought into on this whole thing. So, all of our employees, I'm very proud of the fact that they've they've definitely risen to the occasion and we have nothing but good reason to be proud of all these people because they've done a terrific job. Uh, a couple of things I also I wanted to share before I stop talking is this past Friday there was a very special piece written and published in the Aurora Beacon News uh entitled when the millenn the millennium was new. And it's the story of what happened when we went from the 1900s to the 2000s and when we're now a quarter century quarter of a new century into the new bit new uh what do we call it calendar uh so uh Dave Hume who's been a writer for the paper for about 40 years was his reporter covering that back in 2020 December 31st of 2000 20 20,000 2000 I guess it is and he's

written a story and it's quite nice and so what I'm going going to do unless you tell me different I talked to my secretary today we've scanned this and we're going to send it to each one of you on your computer at your city address if that's okay uh it's it's all about all three of the towns Betavage and even St. Charles and what they thought was going to happen and what did happen and it's a very positive article about what how much of in the last quarter century we've improved and gotten going here in the region and a lot of it is about certainly about the the revitalization of the Fox River and all the things that have happened along the three towns and enhancing the river and making it into something that we all can be proud of. So, I just thought you all would enjoy seeing that. So, check tomorrow sometime on your computer. It will ring up that we've sent you your copy of the Betavia story. I've got one here with me now if anybody wants to come up after the meeting's over with and look at it. But it's it's very well done and very nice as as things are about to unfold. The other thing I just want to share with you and I don't know where this is going but as you know I have this role in Chicago as chairman of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Council of Mayors and for whatever reason in the last 6 eight weeks I have received a number of phone calls from mayors from throughout the region asking questions about how we do things in Betavia. And I've had one of them tell me, "You guys are kind of one of the model cities of how to do stuff right and how to do stuff that really gets people's attention." And u it was pointed out to me and I've been quoted now as saying this that uh Betavia's got a very interesting thing going on here right now because from 2022 through the end of 2026,

we will have added over 800 new living units to our town. And that's going to have a significant impact on our population in 2030 when they counted it. When they last counted it, it was 20 26,045. But the boys and girls in Chicago who watch all this stuff tell me that with what they can still see is happening in Betavia, they're pretty sure we're going to do 30,000. And I think I've shared this with you once before, but I just keep getting this thrown at me. And what's, you know, it puts me in a kind of a difficult position because there's a number of cities in the region that are not doing well. Uh, a lot of them are laying off policemen and firemen and having to shut stuff down. And so, you know, I don't think they're joking. They'll call me and say, "Well, what's your secret out there? How do you have all this progressive stuff going on?" And I guess I say, well, I've got a good city council and I've also got a good community and we're here to do the things that make people happy and make Bavia a stronger community and that's such things as a good public school system which we the city don't have any control over but there's a lot of people who are very complimentary toward it and we also have good city services. you know, the police and fire departments are not controversial. They're service and, you know, we've got the paramedic service going. Uh, we've got the public works department of the city is doing a just a fabulous job and keeping the streets clean, keeping the water pipes repaired, and the electrical department is doing the same thing as far as all the stuff that they get dragged into on all this. So, uh, we've got a city that's working very good. I'm very proud of it and I think all of you will join with me in thinking that Betavia is doing something right here and yeah, we do some things wrong and we need to be questioned on occasion, but overall we

got a pretty good government going here. So, I just wanted to let everybody know that that's kind of the sentiments in the region about what Betavia is all about. So that's enough of me bragging about the community, but I just wanted you all to hear that, you know, we probably sometimes don't hear enough about the positive things we're doing, but we certainly in the last few months here have re really risen the occasion for a number of people are asking and saying nice things about things they're seeing coming out of Bavia. So anybody want to make a motion for adjournment? Second. Motion second. Clerk tall.