City Council Meeting - Regular Meeting

July 21st, 6.30 meeting of the Joliet City Council here in Council Chambers. We'll have the Honorable Mayor Terry Darcy presiding. We will be led in an invocation by Pastor Jeff Sandstrom from Victory City Church, 1741 Essington Road, after which he'll lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thank you, Councilwoman. Mr. Mayor? Those that are of the council, will you bow our heads. Heavenly Father, thank you for the privilege of gathering today. We ask for your wisdom to guide every discussion, every decision, and every vote that's made in this chamber. Grant our mayor, council members, city staff, and all those who serve our community with discernment, integrity, and a genuine desire to seek every good resident of Joliet. Help us to disagree with respect, lead with humility, and work together for the peace and prosperity of our city. You bless the families, the businesses, the first responders, the teachers, and every person who calls Joliet home. May all that's accomplished here today promote justice, unity, and hope. In your holy name we pray. Amen. 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.

We'll begin with roll call. Mayor Darcy. Here. Councilman Cardenas. Here. Councilman Clement. Here. Councilman Hugg. Here. Councilwoman Ibarra is absent. She did let me know she would not be in attendance this evening. Councilman Moreno. Here. Councilman Mudron. Here. Councilwoman Coleman.

Here.

Councilwoman Reardon.

Here. Here. Sorry. The mic was off.

And our city manager, Beth Beatty, is out of town this evening. Next is the approval of the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda as written?

So moved. Second.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Marino? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilwoman Pullman? Aye. Councilwoman Reardon? Aye.

Mayor Darcy? Aye.

Motion carried. Next is citizens to be heard on agenda items. We have two names signed up and we'll start with Ashley Buster.

Good evening. Um, my name is Ashley Buster and I'm a resident of the Preston Heights area. Um, this is my second time attending a city council meeting and I'm learning a lot. So I wanted to speak to the agreement about the access to the North Park shower. And what I wanted to say was that my concern is that any solution to a problem should include the residents. And I'm unsure maybe if any residents were reached in the conclusion of having us go to a community shower, what Were the risk assessments that were done there? What contingency plans are in place to mitigate risk factors such as our safety? What is our comfort level with using community showers? I want to also thank Councilman Hugg. You inspired me to do some research on my hometown. And I found a video, the Urban Three's presentation of the economics of community design. And it was very enlightening. I look forward to diving more into that with my representative. Unfortunately, she's not here today. But just at the disparity of the tax revenue that's generated from the east and southeast side, comparative to the west side, and then the investment in our neighborhoods. You need a front end alignment just going down Chicago Street in and of itself. But I won't be before you long. As I said before, my biggest concerns with The contingency plan for our water crises that we're currently suffering through is that were the residents at all considered in this plan? I know that it was something that was quick to get going in reaction to us showing up two weeks ago, but we would like to be included in that plan and what contingencies are in place that keep our safety and our comfort in mind.

Amy Navarro? Is Amy Navarro here to speak? OK. Is there anyone else who would like to speak on an agenda item this evening? OK. Seeing none, move on.

Under appointments.

The mayor is recommending Andrew J. Neal be appointed to the Tree Advisory Board to replace Ronald Van Dyke. Is there a motion to approve? So moved.

Second.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilman Clement. Aye. Councilman Hugg. Aye. Councilman Marino. Aye. Councilman Mudren. Aye. Councilwoman Coleman. Aye. Councilman Vernon. Aye. Councilman Cardenas. Aye. Mayor Darcy. Aye. Motion carried. The mayor is recommending Diane Harris be reappointed to the library board. Is there a motion to approve?

So moved. Second.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Marino? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilwoman Quillman? Aye. Councilwoman Reardon? Aye. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Next, our council committee reports. We'll start with diversity and community relations.

Thank you. The Diversity and Community Relations Committee met on Thursday, July 16th, in the Executive Conference Room at 4.30. In attendance were Council Chair Ibarra, Councilman Marino, and myself, along with CDBG Program Manager Bridget Rohrer. We approve the minutes from May 28th 2026 meeting there was also one agenda item and one under new or old business not for final action or recommendation First, Bridget Rohrer presented information on the Snow Removal Program eligibility, including recommendations for updated eligibility requirements, including individuals over 80 years of age, disabled or mobility impaired, SNAP recipients, veterans, and those who live alone. We also discussed informing participants that the Snow Removal Program funding covers snow removal up to three snow events and just for the record there are 300 open spots there's a total of 37 000 going towards this program out of the cdbg grant block grant second bridget roar provided an overview of the community development block grant program evaluation criteria, and application challenges, including intake processes, flood zones, property ownership, prevailing wage requirements, and applicants' ability to cover project costs until reimbursement is received. We discussed the importance of communicating eligibility requirements to nonprofit organizations and strengthening connections among non-profits as well as potential development of the non-profit academy funded by CDBG administrative dollars to educate non-profit organizations about the CDBG program and application process. Mrs. Rohrer also provided an update on the owner-occupied rehabilitation program. Any questions or comments? Very good. That's the report, Mayor. Thank you.

Okay. Public service.

Public service committee met yesterday here in the council chambers, which was Monday, July 20th, 2026, on the committee. It's Councilwoman Raritan, Councilman Mudron, and myself. While it was a relatively lengthy meeting, agenda, it was extremely routine. I will just outline that the committee is open to anybody who wants to come. Everything that's done on the committee is on the website and accessible, easily accessible through the website. And generally speaking, there's two things we look at for contracts, and that's sealed bid contracts, and we just make sure that everything was on the up and up, and we did. Or it could be professional services, which are done through a staff review and recommendation that we then review. So of the nine items, there's nothing that really stands out. We did look at all nine contracts and found them all to be in order. And all of them were unanimously moved to the full council with a recommendation for approval. We had four change orders on items. Two of the change orders were a deduction. In other words, we came in under budget. One was a change order for the railroad street water main improvement project, which was a deduction of $417,500. So that's always good news. And the other deduction was for the Peggy Park water main improvement project for 372,350 bucks. And when you come in under, budget, that means there's more money moving forward to do other projects. So that's good work from our sewer and water department, our utilities department, and the contractors they work with on these projects. On this ordinance and the resolutions, We looked over, and all of this was presented yesterday in the pre-council meeting, because every item that I'm discussing and that we discuss at the committee meeting is on the agenda for tonight's meeting as well, too. But we looked at a $3.5 million grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation for the Joliet I.A. Explains River Bridge Community Plan. and amended the budget. The reason we amend the budget is we have to accept that money and then we have to get permission to spend it and it will be spent in the corridor affected by the state's reworking of I-80. So we look at the items under ordinance and resolutions and we found them all to be common sense and in order and we voted unanimously that they all be moved forward. So everything on the agenda yesterday was unanimously voted by all three of us to be sent forward. with the committee recommendation that our fellow council members approve it. Is there anything specific you wanted to touch on, guys, that I didn't get into detail? No. Okay. All right. Then, Mayor, that would be our report. Thank you. Thank you.

I show no other reports. Under consent agenda, approval of minutes. It is recommended the minutes of the pre-council meeting, July 6, 2026, and the city council meeting held on July 7, 2026, stand approved as recorded. Invoices to be paid. It is recommended this report be approved. Council memo number 352-26, approval of purchase of one AX17 Vermeer chipper from Vermeer Illinois Incorporated in the amount of $119,527.78. Council memo number 353-26, approval of professional service agreements for on-call engineering and surveying services with Geotech Incorporated and Twig Technologies, each in an amount not to exceed $50,000. Council memo number 354-26, approval of professional service agreement for the North Point Traffic Impact Study TIS review with Strand Associates in an amount not to exceed $100,000. Councilman over 355 dash 26 the word of contract for the 2026 city of Joliet sidewalk replacement program west of Larkin to Davis concrete construction company in the amount of 1 million 106 thousand seven hundred seventy eight dollars and eleven cents Councilman over 356 dash 26 purchase of five power pro two cots for power load Auto cot loaders for expedition powered stair chairs for life pack 35 portable monitor and defibrillator for the city of Joliet fire department from striker medical in the amount of six hundred fifty four thousand two hundred seventeen dollars and eighty cents Councilmember number 357 dash 26 approval of bio solids applications spring lease payments to Anderson farms in the amount of $24,000 to Orem farms in the amount of thirty seven thousand eight hundred dollars to homer ding farms LLC in the amount of twenty seven thousand dollars and to James Fleischman in the amount of fifty one thousand six hundred dollars Council number 358 dash 26 purchase of water meeting equipment from core and main LP in the amount of one hundred and twenty six thousand nine hundred dollars Councilman number 359-26, award of contract number 2987-0726 for the Hickory Creek and East Interceptor multi-sensor inspection to Taplin Group in the amount of $299,168 and an award of professional services agreement for the field inspection services to RJN Group Incorporated in the amount of $56,400. Councilmember number 360 dash 26 a word of professional services agreement for the sanitary sewer rehabilitation for the 2027 water main replacement program to RJN group incorporated in the amount of fifty two thousand four hundred dollars Councilman over three sixty one dash twenty six approval of change order number two for the railroad street water main improvements project at PT Faro construction company for deduction in the amount of four hundred seventeen thousand five hundred forty four dollars and ninety cents Councilmember 362 dash 26 approval of change order number one for the lowest place lift station rehabilitation to areas incorporated in the amount of twenty thousand nine hundred fifty eight dollars and eighty three cents and final payment number four in the amount of forty eight thousand five hundred forty dollars and thirty nine cents Councilman over 363 dash 26 approval of change order number three for the Heggie Park water main improvements project to PT Faro construction company for deduction in the amount of two hundred seventy two thousand three hundred fifty two dollars and seventy eight cents It is recommended council members 352 dash 26 through to see 363 dash 26 be approved Is there a motion to approve all said consent agenda items?

so move second

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilman Moreno? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilwoman Quillman? Aye. Councilwoman Reardon? Aye. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Mayor Darcy?

Aye.

Motion carried. Under agenda items. Council Member number 365-26, Board of Contract number 2985-0626 for the Minton Road Lift Station Replacement Project to Austin Tyler Construction Incorporated in the amount of $590,075. It is recommended Council Member number 365-26 be approved.

So moved. Second. Any comments or questions? Thank you.

It's my motion and seconded to approve. Councilman Mudren?

Aye.

Councilwoman Quillman? Aye. Councilwoman Reardon? Aye. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Moreno?

Abstain.

Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Council Member 366-26, approval of change order number one for the Glenwood and West Acres Water Main Improvements Project to Austin Tyler Construction Incorporated in the amount of $218,240.10. It is recommended Council Member 366-26 be approved.

I move. Second. Any comments or questions? Thank you.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Council Member Coleman? Aye. Council Member Rudin. Aye. Council Member Cardenas. Aye. Council Member Clement. Aye. Council Member Hugg. Aye. Council Member Marino.

Abstain.

Council Member Mudren. Aye. Mayor Darcy. Aye. Motion carried. Under public hearing council memo number three 68 dash 26 public hearing for a resolution, approving an annexation agreement for 0.1, four acres at the intersection of Elgin avenue and leach avenue a dash two dash 26. This is a public hearing. So comments would be in order at this time. Is there anyone who would like to speak under this public hearing? Okay. Seeing none. Let the record show the public hearing is now closed. Is there a motion to approve Council Amendment number 368-26, resolution approving an annexation agreement for 0.14 acres at the intersection of Elgin Avenue and Leach Avenue, A-2-26? So moved.

Second. Any comments or questions?

It's a motion and seconded to approve. Council Member Reardon? Aye. Council Member Cardenas? Aye. Council Member Clement? Aye. Council Member Hugg? Aye. Council Member Moreno? Aye. Council Member Mudren? Aye. Council Member McClellan? Aye.

At this point I'm gonna have to vote no because there were some Discrepancies that I looked at and I worked on it all day and there was people that I couldn't get a hold of So it's going to pass so I I don't feel comfortable voting.

I so I'm gonna vote no Mayor Darcy motion carried Under ordinances Council moment over 370-26 ordinances associated with 502 Leach Avenue. Ordinance approving an annexation of 0.14 acres located at the intersection of Elgin Avenue and Leach Avenue, A-2-26. Ordinance approving classification to R3, 1 and 2 family residential zoning, A-2-26. It is recommended that an ordinance be adopted. So moved.

Okay. Comments or questions? Thank you.

It's my motion and seconded to approve. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Marino? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilman McQuillman?

Again, I'll have to vote no on this because of the same reason I gave prior to this. So I'll vote no.

Councilman Reardon? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Council Member 371-26, ordinance accepting a $3,500,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation for the Joliet I-80 Des Plaines River Bridge Community Plan, an amendment of the 2026 budget to receive and expend grant funds. It is recommended that ordinance be adopted.

I move. Second. Any comments or questions? Thank you.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Moreno? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilwoman Quillman? Aye. Councilman Reardon? Aye. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Councilman number 372-26, ordinance amending the 2026 annual budget for the final payment for the Joliet Multimodal Transportation Center 1B bus station in the amount of $383,589.39. It is recommended that ordinance be adopted.

Second any comments or questions? Thank you.

It's my motion and seconded to approve councilman hug Yeah, this will be completely reimbursed back to the city and paid for by Pace.

Aye Councilman Marino. All right, that's my mudron. All right Councilman Coleman. Aye councilman ridden. Councilman Cardenas Councilman Clement. All right, Mary Darcy. Hi motion carried. Aye Councilmember number 373 dash 26 ordinance authorizing approval and execution of the class action settlement agreement Musa at Elvers City of Joliet will County case 22 la 334 consolidated with 22 ch 196 it is recommended that ordinance be adopted I think just to be clear on this one.

We're I Basically giving back $1.7 million that we collected previously, and it wasn't done exactly correctly. So that's what this one's all about. Thank you.

It's my motion and seconded to approve. Councilman Marino?

Aye.

Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilwoman Coleman? Aye. Councilwoman Reardon? Aye. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Mayor Darcy?

Aye.

Motion carried. Under resolutions, Council Memo number 375-26, resolution accepting a grant of construction and drainage easements from Mount Zion Church for the Ontario Street Drainage Improvements Project. It is recommended that the resolution be adopted.

Move to approve.

Second. Any comments or questions? Thank you.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilwoman Coleman? Aye. Councilwoman Reardon? Aye. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Marino? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Councilmember number 376-26, resolution approving a memorandum of agreement between the City of Joliet and the Illinois EPA for the property located at 14 West Clinton Street. It is recommended that resolution be adopted.

So moved. Second.

Any comments or questions? Thank you.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilwoman Coleman? Aye. Councilwoman Reardon? Aye. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Marino? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Mayor Darcy?

Aye.

Motion carried. Council Amendment number 377-26, resolution authorizing a FOID enforcement grant program agreement between the state of Illinois and the city of Joliet. It is recommended said resolution be adopted.

So moved. Second. Comments, questions? Thank you.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilwoman Reardon?

Aye.

Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Moreno? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilwoman Coleman? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Councilmember number 378-26, resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement with Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202. It is recommended that resolution be adopted.

Second. Comments or questions? Thank you.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Marino? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilman Quillen? Aye. Councilman Reardon? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Council Member 379-26, resolution authorizing execution of a memorandum of understanding between the City of Joliet Fire Department and the Shanahan Fire Protection District. It is recommended that resolution be adopted.

So moved.

Second. Comments or questions? Thank you.

It's a motion of second to approve. Councilman Clement. Aye. Councilman Hugg. Aye. Councilman Marino. Aye. Councilman Mudren. Aye. Councilwoman Coleman. Aye. Councilman Reardon. Aye. Councilman Cardenas. Aye. Mayor Darcy. Aye. Motion carried. Councilman number 380-26, resolution authorizing execution of a memorandum of understanding between the City of Joliet Fire Department and the Elwood Fire Protection District. It is recommended that resolution be adopted. So moved.

Second. Comments or questions? Thank you.

It's my motion and seconded to approve. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Councilman Marino? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilwoman Coleman? Aye. Councilman Reardon? Aye. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Council Number 381-26, resolution authorizing a letter of understanding between the City of Joliet and the Illinois Department of Transportation regarding maintenance and inspection of fire standpipe systems for the I-80 Displains River Bridge Improvement Project. It is recommended that resolution be adopted.

So moved.

Second. Comments or questions? Thank you.

It's a motion and seconded to approve. Councilman Marino? Aye. Councilman Mudren? Aye. Councilwoman Coleman? Yes. Councilwoman Reardon? Aye. Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Council Member number 382-26, resolution accepting amendment number one for the license agreement from the METRA for the Washington Street Water Main Improvement Project. It is recommended that resolution be adopted.

So moved.

Second.

Comments or questions? Thank you.

It's a motion and seconded to approve. Council Member Mudren? Aye. Council Member Quillman? Aye. Council Member Reardon? Aye. Council Member Cardenas? Aye. Council Member Clement? Aye. Council Member Hugg? Aye. Council Member Marino? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Council on the number 383 dash 26 resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement with the village of Shorewood for gravity sewer line Oversizing payment and capacity for the Lasser diversion sewer.

It is recommended that resolution be adopted Second comments or questions. Thank you.

It's my motion. It's seconded to approve councilwoman Coleman. Hi councilman Reardon. Hi councilman Cardenas. All right Councilman Clement councilman hug. All right. Councilman Marino. All right. Councilman modern. All right mayor Darcy. All right motion carried

Councilmember number 384 dash 26 resolution to adapt the CDBG annual action plan program year 2026 it is recommended that resolution be adapted I'm just going to go on the record saying I went to and I looked at it I also looked at it over the last 10 or so years that we've done CDBG for those that aren't familiar it stands for community development block grant and in the past we gave some as it were as a donation to 5013C non-profit and And it's evolved into it's all going to taxpayer dollars being donated. We used to use a lion's share in neighborhoods that qualified for infrastructure repair. We had programs in the past that we used the money for where we'd buy up abandoned or dilapidated houses. And if they didn't need to be torn down, they would be fixed up and resold. Some of us up here remember one. Uh, Gregory, Jeff Gregory used to come up here and say, here's the person that bought that house. Yep. And we've evolved into where we're just a pass through where the same organizations are getting a donation from the taxpayers every year. Um, I'm not sure why we're in the middle of that's how it's going to be. So I think we, we need to rethink what we're doing on that. And I wanted to thank you.

Thank you. I do know their structure is pretty rigid on how they can disperse the money and percentages, different types of, uh, Needed organizations, so I know that they've kind of narrowed down our scope on what we could do with it because we have talked about this Mayor yeah, Bridget you're here, right?

from years past to this year We've expanded we've included how many more Different organizations that we did in the past. Do you know the number? You might start to put on the spot As a committee, it started with Cesar Guerrero, and then it went on to Suzanne and myself and Councilman Marino, and that was kind of our goal is to try to expand it so it wasn't the same 10 organizations receiving it. We tried to stretch it out, and like the mayor said, it's a very, very strict process.

uh procedure so if you want to just touch a minute give us a minute of your time yeah um actually councilman hug you bring a great point this year um we dedicated another 170 000 to programming like what you're speaking of so it um that is also uh that's the owner occupied rehab so we funded that um this year along with uh last year too so we have about 340 000 set aside to do uh programming like that Um, the big chunk of money is the, uh, facilities. And, um, so we are limited to only being able to spend 15% of our allocation to servicing, which is our most competitive portion. Um, the portion for, uh, facilities is, um, it's more strict. There's more, um, rules and regulations on how we can do that. So a great example of something that, um, a big challenge we had this last, uh, application cycle is the person owning the building. So there are so many rules and regulations that go into, it does limit who can apply and who can get awarded. But we are working with smaller non-profits in the area to make sure that they can qualify in the future. And that would include something that we're looking at called like a nonprofit Academy So we're trying to get something like that up and running for next application cycle, but you're definitely heard And I appreciate what you just explained the biggest individual chunk went to Catholic Charities It's interesting because that's a homeless shelter and then the other homeless shelter got less than one-third of that So they apply for things and so then we grant so it's not like I go I oh, we're gonna give you $100,000 but you only deserve 20, Morningstar Mission actually applied for a refrigerator for their cash. So that allocated dollar amount is very specifically for that. However, Catholic Charities, they have a front area where they receive clients, staff, and any visitors on the property, and as of right now it is, I don't think it's arguable, it is a public safety concern. They have to, people have to pass through office areas and stuff like that, so that qualifies as a public safety issue, which scores high, and then it being a a shelter that also scores side. Because there is a rubric that we follow as to how many points you get for this and down. So they have to qualify for multiple categories.

And the portion that is not just a taxpayer donation, if you will, to the 5013C, is 16.5%. You talked about the owner-occupied program, which is kind of similar, but not exactly like we used to do. Yes. But that's only 16%, 16.5%.

It is, and yeah, we... I'd like to see that number larger. Yeah, yeah, and... To be quite honest with you, it is a very complex program. So we're kind of using a smaller amount, the two years worth, to kind of pilot it and see if we can get it up running and how successful that can be. And then with the advice from not only council, but every five years we do something called a consolidated plan where we ask the community what it is they want to see. If they say owner-occupied rehab scores high on that plan, survey, then we try to put more dollars to that. So in the future, we will probably be asking more for a successful program like that.

Thank you for your explanation. Thank you.

Okay. Thank you.

It's been motioned and seconded to approve. Councilwoman Rudin.

Aye.

Councilman Cardenas? Aye. Councilman Clement? Aye. Councilman Hugg? No. Councilman Marino? Aye. Councilman Budren? Aye. Councilwoman Coleman? Aye. Mayor Darcy? Aye. Motion carried. Council amendment number 385-26, resolution authorizing execution of an intergovernmental cooperation agreement between the City of Joliet and the Joliet Park District emergency shower facility access during extended water service disruptions. It is recommended that resolution be adopted.

So moved. Second.

Any comments or questions? You know, I would like to say that this was done in a kind of a quick method, and we hear what you're saying, and we definitely want to address any other ideas we can to help in those situations that we hope never come up again. But we are definitely flexible on trying to find the best ways we can.

And there, you know, it's a good point. The other good point, too, is this is just an option. We're trying to create more options. We're looking for more and more options. Right. If somebody's not comfortable doing that and they have a friend that they want to go to or, you know, this is not a requirement that they use this. It's just another option, and if another great option comes forward, we'll give it. Just a reminder that we're in the process now of hooking a second time into the city water system for that area, and it's starting right now, end of July. When that's done, that should alleviate quite a bit of this. That will help a lot.

Thank you It's my motion a second and to approve council McCartan is all right council McClemmon. All right, councilman hug. All right, councilman Moreno. All right, councilman Mudren. All right, councilwoman Coleman Councilman ridden mayor Darcy. Oh Motion carried Next we have public comments. Oh I do have some people that have signed up. These are comments, non-agenda items. Christopher Parker would you like to come up?

Good evening. Mayor Darcy, members of the city council, city managers, city staff, and members of our community. My name is Christopher Parker, and I have the privilege of serving as president of the African American Business Association, better known as ABA. And I'm here today with Kira Ford, who is our lead coordinator for the African American Business Association. On behalf of our board of directors, our members, and the hundreds of entrepreneurs and small business owners we currently serve, I want to express our sincere gratitude to the mayor, city council, and city staff for your support of ABBA through this funding opportunity. For those who may not know us, ABBA exists to champion black entrepreneurs and businesses through advocacy, empowerment, and innovation. We believe that when entrepreneurs have access to education, relationships, capital, opportunity, they don't just build successful businesses, they strengthen families, create jobs, and invest back into the communities they call home. Over the past several years, we've worked alongside businesses at every stage of their journey. We've celebrated grand openings through ribbon cuttings, connected entrepreneurs with financial institutions and business resources, hosted educational workshops, For business owners to learn collaborate and grow while our mission is centered on supporting black-owned businesses the impact of our work benefits the entire Joliet community and all are welcome this support from the city will allow us expand our reach serve more entrepreneurs provide pathways for businesses to start, grow, and also thrive. We're proud to partner with City of Joliet in advancing economic opportunity and we look forward to continuing this work together. Thank you again for your confidence in Alba and thank you for your commitment to supporting the small businesses that are the backbone of our local economy. The last thing that I will share with you is a special thank you to Bridget who is extremely extremely very kind and nice to get a kind voice when we're trying to get through this process. But not only that, I do want to especially, especially thank all of you that were able to make it out to Michael Clarke's street sign. It was a wonderful day. And you all came out and supported in great, great, great numbers. And we're very, very appreciative for that. Thank you so much for the time.

ALICIA MORALES- Alicia Morales?

Good evening, Mayor Garci, members of the council. My name is Alicia Morales, and I am a lifelong resident of Joliet. And I do have to disclose that I am an elected official, therefore, but tonight I am here speaking as a private citizen. I'm not representing where I'm elected. So I'm here today because many Joliet residents no longer feel that public safety is being applied equally to everyone in our community. yesterday federal immigration agents conducted an operation in our city on henderson and virginia street on the east side many residents believed they were ice agents because they wore green vests marked police and covered their faces others said they were with department of homeland security regardless of Which federal agency was involved what many residents witnessed has raised serious questions about transparency accountability and the role of our own Joliet Police Department Residents reported that when community members asked federal agents to produce a judicial warrant, which is what they're supposed to do when they're conducting their job, the agents refused to do so. They just waved a piece of paper and wouldn't show it like the way they're supposed to, right? So did the agents have a judicial warrant? And if not, why did our local police not seek clarification on that? Our local officers are expected to verify that every day residents are complying with the law. Should they also expect federal agents operating in our community to demonstrate that they too are acting within the law? If the answer is that Joliet Police had no authority to ask that question, then this council owes the public an explanation of exactly what role our police are expected to play when these operations occur. Residents also reported that a private passenger vehicle was struck by ice during this operation. If that occurred, I want to know whether the incident was investigated using the same standards that would apply to any other driver during an accident. Were the appropriate police reports completed? Were traffic laws enforced equally? If not, why not? Equal enforcement of the law should not depend on the badge that someone is wearing. people observed Joliet Police standing nearby, casually interacting with federal agents. It gave the public the impression that our local police were there to assist ICE rather than to remain neutral and protect the entire community. We don't need any more incidents like those of Renee Nicole Good, of Alex Pretty, and more recent one like Johann Sebastian Duran Guerrero. We have seen the reckless behavior from ICE and their disregard for human life. As elected leaders, your silence during moments like this does not build confidence. Leadership is not demonstrated when times are easy. Leadership is demonstrated when difficult conversations must be had. Like Pastor Sandstrom, he's my pastor, mentioned early today when we made a prayer, we have to learn to agree to disagree on things. And as leaders, we need to, we cannot just blend in. It's time that we have to stand out. We have to ask the hard questions and defend the rights and dignity of every resident that you're serving. Tonight, I'm not asking that you take a position on federal immigration policy. I'm asking that you take a position on transparency, accountability, equal protection under the law, and the constitutional rights of every person in the city of Joliet. We deserve leaders who will stand up for the entire community, not just when it's politically convenient, but when it matters the most. The only one who seems to appear to listen is Councilwoman Susana Ibarra. So thank you all for that. I appreciate your time. Thank you. Sam Coffey.

In Illinois, citizens have a constitutionally protected right to record the police, protected under free speech, and affirmed by the Seventh Circuit Court in ACLU Illinois v. Alvarez in 2012. Yesterday, a Joliet Police Department officer told someone that they could not be present in a public street and could not record using their phone, attempting to command his authority to intimidate that person out of exercising their rights. Additionally, because of the circumstances surrounding the altercation, this officer likely violated the Illinois Trust Act. That officer, Scott Fosen, on his left arm has a Nordic tattoo known as the Valknut, which is commonly associated with white supremacist, Nazi, and violent extremist organizations. For context, the city of Chicago has recently implemented rules about police officers joining or being involved in violent extremist groups and has investigated numerous officers over the past few years, demonstrating the widespread problem of police involvement in these hateful organizations. The council should remain aware and conscious of the actions of the Joliet Police, specifically in regards to repression and the exercise of free speech as here. Personally, in March, an officer threatened to arrest me after I briefly walked in the street during a demonstration. This threat came long after I was out of the street and long after crowds dispersed. He essentially tried to quarter me and intimidate me after it was over and escalated the situation until I walked away. This pattern of intimidation is unacceptable in our city, and the police should not be allowed to wield their power in such an authoritative manner against law-abiding citizens. The fact that Fozen attempted to intimidate one of our neighbors in violation of their rights and Illinois law, combined with the fact that he has symbolism in his arm, commonly tied to white supremacists, combined with the fact that JPD has engaged in anti-free speech repression before, suggests that Joliet City Council and Joliet Police should investigate Scott Fozen, investigate the incident, and apologize to the community for their actions. Further, action must be taken to hold police officers accountable for using their positions to intimidate law-abiding citizens and prevent this practice in the first place. To be clear, I'm asking for an investigation and defusion in this incident, an apology for his actions attempting to intimidate our neighbors, and additional action taken to prevent rights violations and intimidation and ensure police accountability in the future.

Thank you.

Magda Lara Hello, my name is Magda Lara. I am a resident of Joliet For a little bit over 60 years giving you my age pretty much there. I and today I am here in response to what occurred yesterday as far as whether it was ICE or another DHS government agency and I'm so glad that we actually did the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning because I wanted people to remember what we learned what I learned in school at least like the Pledge of Allegiance says, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We learned also the Statue of Liberty also has on their plaque and talks about unity, accepting people, embracing them into our United States of America. We learned the Bill of Rights. We learned about the Constitution. And for those of us that might not remember those things, it talks about liberty. It talks about justice. It talks about unity. It talks about the right to be free of unlawful searches. It talks about so many things that I think a lot of us have forgotten. I see a divided Joliet, I see a divided Illinois, I see a divided United States and I hope and I pray that we remember those things that we learned as children and that we implement them in Joliet You guys have the power to implement some of those things. We need transparency. We need that things happening in Joliet be fair to everybody. That the searches that are occurring be fair to everybody. I also believe that we learn this hatred and this, whatever it is that's going on right now, we learn that. As adults mostly. Children, if you look at children, children do not have that hate, that racism towards other people. It's us as adults, and we need to do better. You need to do better. If the police did anything wrong, which at this point, I'm not even saying that, I think though that they should have been there, they should have been there for the residents, irregardless of who they were, and they needed to stand up for what is right. Again, all of you have the responsibility You all have the power to do something about it. And frankly, that's all I wanted to say. Thank you.

Rosa Hernandez.

My name is Rosa Hernandez.

I am a resident of Joliet for many years. Hello, Mayor Darcy and the rest of the councilmen. So yesterday, July the 20th, as I arrived to Virginia and Henderson Street, I saw several police cars, private vehicles, and ICE agents gather in the area. As I began walking towards the family member that had called me to tell me that they were around the area, I started recording for my safety and the safety of everyone else. A Joliet police approached me, and it was very aggressive as in asking me, telling me basically that why was I there when I told him I did have a right to be there. He came towards me like trying to push me. If I don't walk back, he would have pushed me, and I would have probably felt, you know, I don't know, on my back or something. But once I explained that my family member was there, he proceeded to walk back towards the ICE agent that was, I guess, trying to arrest the person that they confused. They were saying that they were looking for Rene. They would not give no more information as who Rene was. They would not show us the warrant. I mean... if you have a warrant what's so simple just to show it you know i mean we're asking him maybe we could even help them you know where's renee you know well he doesn't live here you're looking for the wrong person they had that person they crashed into his car um i know what i saw and it was ice i don't care what anybody you guys can sit here and tell me that it was not ice it was ice it doesn't matter who it was like they say but what are we hiding my thing is why was joliet police assisting them They should not be helping them. They should be doing their job and helping, protecting the people. I mean, someone said that it was crowd control. There was five people. The person that they were trying to arrest, two minors, me and this other lady that actually we were recording, we were not harming no one. We were not trying to... like interfere, like they were saying. My thing is, I'm just gonna say it, community members need to feel safe around local police and trust that officers are here to protect us, not to assist federal immigration agents. Regardless of individuals or personal opinions on the Joliet Police Department, they must be instructed not to assist ICE in any operations, but instead focus on their duty to protect and serve the community that they work for, which is us. So I'm asking you guys, please, I don't want to see Joliet in the news for how we've been seeing other communities, that they shoot people, they kill people. That's not what we are. And I hope that you guys will talk to your police officers. Tell them if they're going to be assisting or helping or whatever, calling. Not to be there helping, but protecting basically us. Because seriously, it's always going to be us hurt, not the ICE agent. We've seen it. We've seen people get killed, beat up. Even disappear. I don't want that here Joliet there's no room for them in Joliet.

Thank you Sativa Hey guys, how's everyone doing? I didn't write a speech. I'm just gonna speak from the heart What are we doing, guys? You know, you're passing, what's it called, the data center, you know, and people didn't want that. There's, like, over 80 flock cameras in Joliet, and I'm sure people didn't want that either. And there's ICE agents literally going and grabbing people like it's open season. You know, like, it was nice growing up. I didn't grow up in Joliet. I actually grew up in Plainfield, but now I've been living here in Joliet. Oh, by the way, the infrastructure sucks. Like, we need to do something about that, okay? My water pipe has busted, like, five times already. I have not had water for several days. So on top of, like, the whole ice thing, I had to live with, like, not having water for several days at a time. You know, like, you guys need to do better. I know you have the money. I don't know what you can even spend it on, okay? Like, there's a lot of people saying there's corruption here in Joliet, and honestly, there really is. And... I guess what I'm just really trying to say is, you know, the residents deserve better. We all deserve better. That's it. Thank you.

Okay, that's everyone I have signed up. Is there anyone else who wants to speak on a non-agenda item this evening? Go ahead. Just, yep, mm-hmm.

Greetings, Mayor and the City Council. My name is Dr. David Jacoby Collins, and I'm a teacher here at Joliet Central High School. I've lived in Joliet my entire life. And I did not plan on speaking today, but I was moved. And I wanted to say thank you all for your display of support and comfort for our Preston Heights residents. I learned two weeks ago about the water insecurity they were going through. And I was moved to go into the community, speak to one of the residents, and listen firsthand about what happened. We prayed, and I was simply moved to try to do something. I offered the support I could as a single private resident. And I want to know, is there any way private residents like me and my family and others in our community who I've spoken to Can anything we can do to partner with the city to help our neighbors in Preston Heights through this time as the work gets done? And that's my only question. And once this is over, I will hope to speak to someone because I really want to do something to participate. Once again, thank you all. Good evening.

I just wanted to speak up. I know we came two weeks ago as a representative from the Preston, as one of the Joliet citizens that lives in the Preston Heights area. So good evening to the members of the Joliet City Council. My name is Crystal Adams. As I mentioned, I am a resident of Preston Heights tonight. I simply want to say thank you. For years, the residents of Preston Heights have lived with an aging water system. that resulted in repeated water main breaks, service interruptions, and uncertainty. Every time we turned on the faucet, we have attended a few meetings. I know I've asked questions, advocated for our community, and just shared our experiences because we knew our neighborhood deserved a better water system. So today we are encouraged to see some real progress. I do want to sincerely thank you, Mayor Terry Darcy, the Director of Public Utilities Allison Swisher, our Councilwoman Susanna Ibarra, The Will County Board, County Executive Jennifer Tarrant, and the State Representative Larry Walsh, Jr., and everyone who has worked together to make this first phase of the water main replacement project a reality. Replacing Asian water mains is more than a construction project, we understand. It is an investment in public health, public safety, and the quality of life for more than almost 700 to 800 households. in Preston Heights and the surrounding community. And we understand this is a major undertaking. I know Larry, district council, he talked about that at the last meeting. So the only thing that we ask is that the city continues to keep residents informed in every step of the way. So we just would appreciate greater transparency throughout this project. Specifically, we would like to know when will residents receive the detailed project timeline for phase one and phase two? How will the city communicate construction progress and any changes to the schedule? How will residents be notified of planned water shutoffs? Or if we can have scheduled downtime so we can plan accordingly? And families can prepare in advance. And thank you to the gentleman who got up to offer an opportunity to partner with the city. And will there be a public dashboard or maybe a web page or even regular community updates where residents can track the status of the project from beginning to completion? Having timely and accurate information will help build trust and allow residents to prepare for temporary disruptions while understanding that the long-term benefits of this investment. On behalf of many of the residents, again, thank you for listening to our concerns, honoring your commitment, and just taking meaningful action to improve the reliability of our water system. We look forward to continued communication, transparency, and seeing the project through to completion. Thank you for your time.

Good evening. Betty Washington. I'm here just to thank, in her absence, Councilwoman Ibarra for securing the funds for the drainage project that will be happening at the Mount Zion Baptist Church. We were funded in last year's budget And I'd also like to thank Greg Ruddy from the Public Works Department for pushing that through. And we're hoping, because the parking lot at Mount Zion was flooding, one portion of it, and we were not able to use it. And I had gone to Susanna, and working with her, she was able to secure those funds. And so it's happening, and we're grateful, and we're thankful for the cooperation of the Public Works Department and Councilwoman Obara, Obara? Ibera. Susanna.

Oh, Susanna.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council. My name is Amy Navarro. I am the new program director at the Latino Economic Development Association, and I wanted to just introduce myself, let you know I'm at your service. Thank you for your support and the community. and all of our stakeholders for your support and funding. It's much appreciated. We're working on some real outcomes and making an economic impact in Joliet. And we have a really strong team to get that done. Before I leave, I also want to acknowledge them publicly for holding the fort until they found a programs director. With my team, Sandra, Andrea, and Lisette, and Alondra. They've been amazing, taking care of all administration. for your support and everything you're doing for the city of Joliet. Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor, members of the city council, city staff, and the citizens of Joliet. My name's Enrique. I am co-owner of the XR Space, a photo and video production studio here in downtown Joliet. I'm up here speaking to sort of talk about the vital role that community partners play in Joliet's economic future, more specifically, LIDL. So I am a testament of the work that they've done and the impact that they have on the community. they've helped from you know grant navigation to networking workshops and I've written a few things that I would like to read on how much of an impact that Leda has had on not just my business, but I've seen other businesses here in Joliet. In a city where over a third of our residents are Latino, Joliet Leda, or Latino Economic Development Association, recognizes early that empowering local minority-owned small businesses isn't just a cultural effort, but a smart economic strategy for all Joliet. Through bilingual technical assistance, workforce development, and as I had mentioned, grant navigation and networking, Leather gives grassroots businesses the tools that they need to launch, scale, and see in Juliet. Like I said, I am a testament to one of the businesses that are thriving here in downtown Juliet. So as you consider strategies to keep Juliet's commercial corridors vibrant for local businesses, I encourage that the city continues championing and collaborating with an organization like Leather. Thank you for your time.

good evening major and members of the city council my name is andres bejarano first i would like to ask for your understanding as english is not my first language and i apologize in advance for my pronunciation i'm 23 years old and i'm the pro founder of latino media solutions a digital marketing business I am here today to give testimony to the incredible impact Leda has on Latino entrepreneurs and our local economy. Starting a business at my age can be intimidating, but Leda was truly the cradle that broke my business to life. Thanks to the program, La Academia del Exito Empresarial, they got me to, they got me step by step through the official process of registering my agency. But their support didn't stop there. Leda opens doors for me by connecting me with the Little Village Foundation in Chicago, where I continue my training and unlock new opportunities for growth. Today, a year and a half later, my digital marketing business is running and growing. What I value the most is that Leda's doors and arms remains wide open whenever I need help. Supporting Leda means supporting the entrepreneurs who drive Juliet's economy forward. Thank you for your time and for support organizations that turn dreams into real business. Thank you.

Is there anyone else who would like to address the council this evening?

Kathleen Garthas I've come up here you know in response to all this I think I've talked about ice with the ice incident that supposedly happened in Joliet yesterday and hearing all these residents here speaking about this and I addressed some other things that Secretary of State has said he went on the internet you know on the press conferences and everybody how it says nobody is above the law The Secretary of State warns that ICE agents that swap Illinois license plates are illegal. He goes on saying that in response to swapping or alternating license plates is illegal and will not be tolerated in Illinois. Swapping out license plates or tampering with them to avoid concealed detection is illegal, unsafe, and will not be tolerated in Illinois. No one, including federal agents, is above the law, and we intend to hold them accountable, especially when driving on roadways. This is a matter of public safety and protecting the well-being of our communities.

I bring these plates in.

They were on the pickup truck, well, in my ma's name, to where it ended up in some jolly official's possession. Those plates were taken off of that pickup truck. That truck was tampered with while it was still in my ma's name. And I was lucky to get this truck back. But I got it back and here's some of the parts that were taken off this pickup truck. Right now the truck sits, it has car tires on instead of the pickup truck tires that belong on it. It has no seatbelt clickers. The seatbelt clickers have been taken out. I can't even safely drive it. know if i was to get on the road it's just sickening to think that a public official thinks that it's safe to drive this truck into this shape that it's in right now if i try to take that truck on the road i would be having accidents i wouldn't be able to control the truck because they didn't get the right tires on it and i'd you know get an auto accident and hurt other people it might even cause death to other people but i think we need to start taking accountability here like everybody has said public officials here stop hiding all the truth and everything and stop stop the corruption yes corruption I know that there were hanky-panky dissing things going on with the Joliet trucking company and Joliet police with this vehicle and everything with other dealings that they had with them and with a hiding this truck and then doing the damage to this truck. And like I said, the plates have been taken off of it while somebody else had their possession. Now, where's the accountability that I get for that? Why ain't that person being arrested? And as I said before, I'm a victim of being attacked and everything, and I got my order of protection, gets my attacker, and then, like I said, on June 1st this year, well, my attacker violated the order of protection, but somehow, Georgia police, state's attorney, don't think it was a violation. Well, I don't know why it ain't. Well, everybody else gets arrested if they violate order of protection. I mean, like I keep saying, Robert Hernandez did not speak to the lady at all. But then my attacker didn't speak to me either. But that didn't mean that my attacker shouldn't be arrested. But well, Robert Hernandez was arrested. I mean, they need to take accountability on my fear of my attacker. I might not get a second chance to where my attacker drives up to my vehicle next time, as he does possess guns that I know of. So I don't know why Joliet is just taking my life and thinking I'm a troublemaker. I'm not a troublemaker, I'm the one that's brave enough that got balls to stand up here and stand up to all you Joliet officials. And I demand that you guys stop being like this. And give me my protection and give all the residents the rights they deserve. Equal rights to everybody like the Constitution says.

Now where's my protection?

Is there anyone else who would like to address the council this evening on the non-agenda item? Okay, seeing none, we'll move on.

Can I stop a minute? Chief Brown, can I ask you to talk about the posture that Joliet Police has on federal agents coming into our community so the community understands what that position is?

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Yeah, as far as the Joliet Police Department, we follow the Illinois state law. The first thing is we cannot interact with stop ICE agents from doing their retainer warrants. Now, this thing that occurred yesterday, and I know there's a lot of rumors that are spreading around, we were notified by Homeland Security investigation that they actually had an active federal arrest warrant. And they specifically said, we are not ICE. We're not doing retainers because we know if we are, you're not coming out. So we just want to be clear. It is an active warrant. All we want you guys for is public safety. We just want you to be out here so there's nothing going on. There's no, you know, they were worried that the public was going to come out and attack them. So there were some officers that were dispatched to the area. The officers got, I think they said there were only like three people there. So they went out there. I guess the person that they were looking for, they didn't find. That individual wasn't there. So there was an accident. There was an agent that pulled up in the driveway and he bumped a car. There was an accident report done. So we took care of that issue right there. But we just want people to understand, and we've said it numerous times, We do not go out on retainer warrants. We do not take part in it. We've told them numerous times. Number one is we've asked them, requested, that if they do come into Joliet, they notify us. But they are the federal government. So they don't have to listen. And most of the time, they don't. They don't tell us. They just come here. We'll get a call from the community saying, this is what's going on. We've approached the state's attorney. We've talked about this. I've talked to numerous chiefs of police in the area. And again, we cannot, when they're working, we cannot interfere with them. So the posture with us, we do follow the Trust Act. If there is an active federal warrant and they ask for assistance only for public safety, We will go out there. If this is a retainer warrant, we're not coming out on that. We're not coming out on any of those paper trails for ICE.

So does the public safety extend to citizens or just ICE?

No.

This is not a back and forth.

So as far as, now I'm hearing this for the first time, and of course, we're going to look at body cameras tomorrow because we all have body cameras. And we're going to go over it and see exactly what occurred out there. But as far as I was told, there was nothing like that where there were interactions with the public. So again, we have body cameras, and we can review those things, and it will be done tomorrow.

Thank you.

Moving on to mayor and council comments. No comment. No comment.

Nothing. Nothing at all.

I do. So Christopher Parker, who I know has left, I was fortunate enough to be at street naming with a few other councilmen. Councilman Riven was there. I'm sorry. No, Quillman was there. Riven wasn't there. Cesar Carderas was there, and the mayor was there, but I'll leave the rest of it to the mayor to talk on. On Sunday, I was fortunate enough to be invited to a church, Lively Hope Church, at 308 North Midland Avenue, that had a mortgage burning. And I think any of us, whether it would be a student loan, a car loan, or a house mortgage, it's a tremendous day to be debt free, and just want to congratulate. them for doing a lot of hard work, come up with the money to pay off that church. That's all I have.

Thank you.

No comment.

I just wanted to make one comment about this square because I don't want to steal the thunder from the mayor. He's got a lot to talk about. But I did go there for the Wicked sing-along, and it was great. So please enjoy that square. We have lots of things going on there all the time, and please take the time to enjoy it. I want to bring up some other things. Just I'm the liaison for the Rialto. And as most of us know, it's closed right now for HVAC repairs and a complete change out of their HVAC system. And they will be closed until October 1st. But coming up in October 1st, they have so much coming in October. There's going to be the World Ballet, Swan Lake, Carpenter's Songbook. Now, the next ones that I'm reading to you, they're really selling quickly. So if you're interested in it, Face to Face, A Tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel, Guy Buddy, or Buddy Guy, jeez Louise, I just said it backwards. Buddy Guy, excuse me. In conversation with Alton Brown, who, he's this guy from the Food Network, I don't know if any of you know him, but he's very popular selling tickets already, and I hear it's very entertaining. Rumors of Fleetwood Mac, they've sold more than half of the tickets that they'll have available. Josh Gates, his is very popular too. It's Haunted Expeditions Live. I don't know if you've heard of him, but it's very popular as well as far as sales go. And then the last one of the month will be William Shatner. They're going to have the Star Trek movie, The Wrath of Khan play and then they'll have William Shatner there with a question-and-answer session and also there's VIP tickets available to that you could actually meet him and take pictures with them and things like that So a lot of very exciting stuff. I'll I'll stop at October. There's a lot more coming up, but Get excited look into the tickets that feel like it's something you like to do You know go online and buy them now because they are really moving fast. I'm happy to say so that's all I have

Thank you. First, I want to comment on all the folks from Preston Heights. There is a meeting on July 30th. Allison, where is that meeting?

That will be held at Noel Park.

At Noel Park. And we're going to put door hangers out so everybody's aware of it?

Yes, those will be distributed this week.

So we want everybody to be there. We want to be able to communicate. We want you to know and understand and help us navigate something that none of us wanted to be in. But we certainly are working aggressively to help make this, take care of it as soon as possible. So we are with you on that. And I know the county will be there. The city will be there. So we can work through some of the questions and answers and any ideas that come up that we can all work together collaboratively to get through this. A couple of things that I attended over the week was Cimino's 50th anniversary. One of the institutions of Joliet that everybody, I'm sure, has frequented once in a while. So we're grateful as Cimino family for 50 years of service to our community. Another thing that was big in town last week was, last Friday, the big boy locomotive came through. It's on a 23-state travel. It was built in 1941. It's still in pretty good shape. It's one of the last steam engines that they made and is awesome to see. I saw it out in Sacramento, California, but I heard it was unbelievable. Also, yesterday morning, I was at the AFS Services LLC and Fuentes Solutions ribbon cutting. And Flor Fuentes has opened up a great business in the community. She is going to help, in many ways, people understand their insurances, their finances. Just a great lady. I think she's going to be a great part of our community. Another thing that happened recently and I think is another great thing that goes on in our city, the Joliet Drama Guild Bridge to Broadway Summer Camp. This is where a lot of kids get together and they learn and they work together to understand the art of entertainment. So it was really neat to see that come into fruition and all those kids had a great summer doing that. So congratulations to Joliet Drama Guild. Also want to point out that there is a still a lot of action left in the city square with the Billy and Billy Lee Mocker Park, so Make sure you tune into this and enjoy it and have some fun and that's all I got.

Thank you and God bless you Is there motion to adjourn? Second all in favor opposed meeting adjourned