City Council - Regular Meeting

May you all remain standing to commemorate the creation of a moment for those who were affected by the earthquake on October 11, 2026.

Terima kasih.

Termin. Mohon untuk memberikan suara. Atau mohon untuk memberikan suara. Alexander. Hadir. Patelli. Klawinski di sini. Selenus di sini. Tyler di sini. Emerson di sini. Wartol di sini. Rekos di sini. Benesti. This is my report for August 24, 2026. This is all about Badai.

Because one day after our last meeting, Hemen was hit by the worst storm I've ever experienced. One of the worst storms we've ever experienced, maybe in the history of our city. In about 20 minutes, the rain fell as much as 1.71 inches, as well as the wind at a speed of more than 90 meters per hour. The Haman Sanitation District Factory reached its peak at a current of almost 90 million gallons. It should be remembered that this factory has a capacity of 70 million gallons. Its peak reached almost 90 million gallons. And the CO2 emissions used by the 10 of them finally exceeded the peak level of about 200 million gallons, far exceeding our capacity. In the middle of 40 power station stations, Heman Sanitation has undergone power outage. 6 of them have power outage. 14 power station stations in Monster have undergone power outage, which requires workers of Heman Sanitation to work all the time to maintain power stations and generators up to Nipkopuli power station. In Monster, some of them, the NIPCO electricity is still not back. So the response they have to make in the Hammond Sanitation District is really amazing. The city's response immediately after the strike, I ordered all the departments and city resources available to respond to emergencies. The damage in Hammond is very severe. The public works initially documented about 80 trees belonging to the city of Tumbang, while the park received more than 250 telephone reports and 311 quick repair requests involving trees. A little 15 trees must be removed from the house and about 163 additional trees have been removed from the house, park and road. If cleaning, maybe the best is illustrated by puing-puing. I don't know if anyone can see it in the back of the gym at 100th and Sunwood 7. We changed one of the parking spaces into a puing field. I passed it right before I got here. The puing-puing covers the entire parking space and is about 10 feet high. And that's all from all over the city. We feel that the best thing is to bring it there. Most of the damage is on floors 4, 5, and 6. That is the youngest and most central place to place it there. We have processed about 11,500 cubic meters, with another 23,000 cubic meters expected to be left on the roads of Ham and need to be processed. We also lost power to 47 lights, a traffic jam that caused a significant traffic jam in the entire city. Public works immediately dispatched 20 tree cutters, 5 trailer trucks, 2 trailers, 1 trailer truck, and about 40 trailers. Public works and parks are assisted by workers and equipment from Hemen Marina, Hemen Sanitation District, Hemen Salokan Department, and Hemen Water Department. Despite the great damage, all Hemen's main affairs have been completed on August 12, one day after the strike. It is truly extraordinary that our roads can be opened and that is a proof of the hard work of all our workers. They went down the road with a truck, a truck, and a truck and began to clean. We drove around Hemen, free on Thursdays and on Saturdays. That is an extraordinary achievement by our workers who work in very difficult conditions. These workers experience damage to their homes. They themselves work at other people's homes, while their own homes are abandoned. Our Police Department also immediately assigned six additional officers for night patrols to complete our routine patrol officers in an environment without electricity to protect houses and properties during the curfew. We have reported several cases of riots, but it was actually very quiet throughout the day. The level of crime is lower than usual. We have caught several people who were looking for rioters in several houses, but most of the crimes were really quiet. State and external aid. On August 12, Hemon invited Governor Mike Brown to the Hemon Central Firehouse to investigate the damage and give instructions to the public about the regional emergency situation. On the next day, August 13, I previously mentioned the emergency situation of the local campaign for the city of Hemen. At that time, 32,240 Hemen customers have been affected by the flood. Most of our city is 32,000 units. How many people live in the unit? There are three people who live in my unit. You are talking about most of our cities that have been affected by this pandemic when we announced the emergency situation. This statement allows us to activate emergency procedures in coordination with regional, state, and federal institutions to provide emergency assistance and move quickly to get help from outside. In two days after the strike, we gave a speech to a private contractor from Mississippi through Looking Great Services to complete our public works crew and our park, and began to remove large trees and bushes throughout Hammond, providing information to the people and helping the people. Communication is also the main priority. My office and GoHemond often give updates on resource recovery efforts and help that is available to the citizens. GoHemond published more than 70 updates related to the pandemic during this period. And our virtual morning broadcast on August 14 with the mayor is watched about 13,500 times. At the same time, we work together with community partners to help families face the long-term social distancing. Between the 15th and 20th of August, food distribution will be held at Menengah Scott School, Hammond Sports Labs, and Hammond Civic Center, cooperating with HC3, NIPCO, HUA, and Lakeshore Market, Bank Makanan Indiana, Barat Laut, and more than 100 retailers at the event. Repayment of NIPCO. As long as the electricity is on, we will continue to be in touch with NIPCO. I often talk to the CEO and some people at NIPCO during that difficult time to advocate for the crew and additional resources while ensuring our own crew, cleaning the roads and clearing the trees so that NIPCO's employees can achieve damaged electrical infrastructure. From 19 August to 22 August, we participate in the call for the conference of the leaders of Kota Madya and NIPKIS every day. During the call, I personally pressed the CEO of NIPIKO directly to provide information on the restoration of the special community of Ali-Ali-Hanyam, giving the regional number. NIPIKO then began to publish daily reports from community to community that showed the recovery progress of the crew that was carried out and the estimated recovery time that provided information that was much better for the Hammond people about what actually happened in their own community. When we moved from Darurat to Pemulihan, I also gave the floor to Governor Brown to move the Insiden Commando Operation to the outskirts of the city of Hemon, so that the Darurat-Negara Bagian Management Operation went directly to Lake County and closer to the people who were most affected by the flood. At the place where we are standing now, finally on August 22, 11 days after the flood, Hemon reached 95% of the Pemulihan Nepiko measure. When I gave this report tonight, we only had about 131 remains. So, even though this is a very difficult 11 days for the people of Hemen, I am proud of the way our city workers responded. Every department member helps. We bring resources from outside when we need it. We work together with the governor and the state. We push NIPCO to get better resources and information. We help the people in need. And we continue to work until Hemen is largely restored. There is still a lot of cleaning to be done. And we are not done until the remaining sewage and waste are cleaned. However, I would like to express my gratitude to the workers, the first responders, volunteers, community members, NDPCO network staff, and the outside crew who have worked for a long time to help HEMEN recover. That's my role. It's been two amazing weeks since the last time I saw you. I am very proud of our city. I am very proud of our workers. I am very proud of how everyone is united. That's why we are all frustrated because we have to live in darkness. I have been in darkness for five days and that's more than enough for me. And there are people who have worked twice longer than me. I've been a mayor for a long time. You know, it's clearly the most difficult time. I said, you know, that's what I feel as a mayor of your city. So I don't know how many questions you have and I know everyone has comments and everyone here helps and I appreciate all your help. So thank you very much for allowing me to talk about this. And if you have any questions, I'm ready to answer.

Mayor, I want to say that we appreciate you. because NIPCO clearly needs to be pushed in this situation. I appreciate all the city employees who have helped. I mean, our employees are amazing, but they really appeared in this situation, They are the best. And from all of us, thank you. Thank you to them. Regarding NIPCO, may I?

Explain for a moment. We have discussed. It seems that when the flood has entered the second and third day, you asked NIPCO when Hemingway will return. I mean, that's my main attention to the mayor and But they will say, oh, just look at our website. When you look at the website, it says there are more than 300,000 people who do not have electricity. We hope the electricity will be back on again in a few months. There is nothing specific. So the first opportunity I got to talk to Mr. Prey, the CEO of Nipiso, I am like Mr. Prey, we have to do something about the time of community recovery. Let's say it's Taburo news. We don't know if it will happen in one day or two weeks. You must know that if I directly tell you, it will happen in two weeks. You live your life differently than if you think you will get it back the next day. And I think NIPCO really deserves it and they will come out the next day. They gave us a ham and we got a report specifically for the first community and then everyone started to get it after that. I think that must be a standard practice. Hopefully NIPCO will also learn some lessons from this. But I think, even though the news is not good at that time, like next Saturday, you will be excited No one is happy about it. But at least you know that Nipco informed us. So I think the meeting... They really helped the elected officials.

And that's it. And as far as I can see, I think Nipco has to explain a lot. It won't be productive if there is an open meeting because it will make everyone feel bad about NIPCO. However, as far as you and the president or vice president, whoever you invite to speak, there is a meeting that needs to be held. In the past, Nipkow cut down trees, We don't like the way they cut it because they only cut the V shape in the middle of the tree, but they still don't cut it. And I haven't seen it for years. So from my point of view, I think NIPCO must explain a lot and consider the fact that we have so many people of the same age in our city. We have buildings for people of all ages. My girlfriend's mother is 93 years old and she goes around the city to look for food because all the food is in the closet. Their ice cream is gone, they're gone. It's ruined. All of that needs to be considered. The human cost of something like this, I know it's out of our control, but there is what is called readiness. And one thing that I always admire from you is that you think forward. Thank you. You always think forward. I don't see that with IPCO. So that's my perspective. Now I will step down from my office, eh soap back. Yes, members of the council.

I agree with what the members of the council, Wanita Vanes, and once again, praise for all the workers of our city. They do their job well and I want to give them that information. So on social media, we are allowed to broadcast it and send it every day, along with all the different services provided. And food plans and things like that. That's clearly the way it should be done and the way to spread the information and I appreciate you spreading it.

It happened, I don't know, I went to the first meeting of the community and I just recorded it. I really wrote everything I heard and I finished it and I put it in the document and I put it in the document and I left it. I don't know if NIPCO is crazy about that. But I just thought that people need to know something and I left it and I left it and I called each and every one of you and you all shared it and I appreciated it and I appreciated it. GoHemond really shared it between all of us and GoHemond and we were able to reach almost everyone in this city. And we left it and then I saw other cities starting to do the same thing and then every day it became one thing. We just made daily reports. This is the number of people we have. This is the number of people we have. Nipkeco makes a lot of progress. I'm still sitting in the dark. As I said, five days later, but without them biting 10% a day, they do it a little better for a few days. And before you realize it, my light is on. It's quite fun. I've never really cared about electricity that much until that day. Oh, yes. Buy a box. All right. All those days are just like that for me. Wait.

I know what you mean, Mr. Dewa. I found the first reason why I hate to wear a mask. However, I feel that we have been talking for a long time, and I think maybe I'm wrong, but aren't you being attacked by the flu, right? And we talk almost every day with TN. I can't thank the city enough, and I speak on behalf of my people, on behalf of the response shown. You know, one day I had a chance. riding in the district of Jeff Rutherford, and seeing the people gathering, including Matt Markham from the park department, moving things to the road so that Amber-Amber can take things. And eh, the comment was made about whether something about the comment is not appropriate or not.

Do they expect something less?

I mean, if you are not happy about something, do they expect you to stay quiet?

I know that's interesting. I know that's interesting. I know that's interesting. I know that's interesting. I know that's interesting. I know that's interesting.

But thank you and all city employees for the work you do and respond to every phone call and make sure what we need has been done. Thank you, members of the council. Yes, members of the council. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Wali Kota. And once again, thank you to the city officials for all the hard work and hard work they have done. Some people have done unusual jobs, and even so, they are still moving forward and doing their part. And thank you to the neighbors for helping to move the land and the trees so that the city trucks can pass. To the big trees in Ganggang, on the road to fly it. But that is a joint effort. As you know, the Palas Kipak environment is dark for nine days. There is no electricity, no cable, no internet. And it's hard to know what you know. So I appreciate you still connecting with me about telling me what is on and off on the DLL electricity line. However, when I think about our role as a city, GoHemond is a good place to get power source information. But for people in our situation, it doesn't help.

The internet doesn't work?

Yes, sir. So I still consider WJO as a warehouse when a flood occurs and how the information passes through it. So we need a second chance. Because I have a radio that is operated with a battery when some people try to listen to WJO to get updates. So that's just a thought.

I don't have internet in my house for the first few days and I have to come to Balai Kota to get it all back. Fortunately, Balai Kota is not affected. So I got the internet and electricity from Balai Kota only to survive.

Everything that the city does is amazing. It is very helpful and the available resources will continue to come. I know I will contact the Indian Food Bank of the West Sea. They will still try to reach Widing and Hemant again.

Thank you.

The other idea is to register resources for this emergency situation must be expanded and updated as well as available on the long-term site when this happens again, because it looks like we will see more, not less weather events like this. Thank you again for everything you have done.

You know, this is interesting and I know there may be more questions. I think we as the mayor of the city and the council need to look at several types of regulations about trees and electric cables. I think that's something we need to talk about. If you are near an electric cable, you must have several types of obligations as a city. If that is our tree, but if it is a tree and there is a tree, it is not fair for your neighbor if you do not take care of your tree and that tree falls, hits the electric cable and breaks the electric cable and so on. I think I don't think about this, Anggut. Mr. Dewanberry, we were just a month ago at Harrison Park, flying a lot of trees and all of them fell in the same direction. They fell from west to east, right? It seems we know the direction of the fall. These big old trees are falling now, sir. This tree is getting worse and not long. We will return to the same mess. You know this tree is not getting weaker. I ask the Department of Justice to look at other regulations, to see what other elections there are.

Ask the president. Yes, members of the committee.

And on the point that you just mentioned about maybe making several types of regulations or solutions. We are all sitting in darkness for a few moments. But we can think about what we can do to finish it. And a lot of things came to my mind. A lot of ideas that I'm sure we all have. I want us all to sit down and have a discussion about what we can do in general. I want to be more prepared because we explained to NIPCO, no, that's enough. I think everyone can agree. I don't want to miss that point either. I'm really negative when it comes to their public opinion, when it comes to their innovation. As you said, you know it takes a long time to get anything from them and it can't be accepted.

If you know, I think it's better to give an answer, even if we experience a power outage today and I say, the members of the council will need five days before the electricity turns on. You will be angry and you will not, you will definitely want to hear it, but you have to be ready for five days without electricity. Believe me. If I say there is no answer, you will be surprised, maybe I will get it back tonight. This is true. And you live your life in a different way. If you know it's a long-term outage, you should know. And we all should know only based on its damage. I have never seen damage like that in Kota Heman. So we all know it's amazing what happened.

If you know how many days you use as much ice as possible to keep the fridge cold, you use more DLL batteries. So at least you have supplies. If you have a generator, you know how many days you have to fill it with gasoline, right? Exactly. The last day is very important to plan so that you can pass it.

And if you get it like this earlier, people will be happy. If I tell you that it will happen next Saturday and I return it to you on Thursday, you will be very happy.

I agree.

I feel that NIPCO has never experienced something like this. And I don't blame NIPCO. I just say that the incident is amazing. They say it's the biggest disaster in the history of their company. I trust them. And I think they have the policy for that. Every time they experience a power outage, They are like if a member of Dewan Biri experiences a power outage, their approach is, don't let Dewan Biri know when he will recover. He will be happy when the power goes back. If the power outage goes on for 4 hours or 6 hours, you can overcome it. But if the power outage goes on for 10 days, you have to let us know. That's right. I think Nipsko really learned from... At that time, you know, I also thought at that time, just lie to me.

Good news. Please, I will receive the news. Yes, I agree with you. But you know, when I sit in the dark, like most of us, I immediately remember how great my neighbor actually is. I mean, I'm lucky enough, and I say I'm lucky enough to grow up and be raised in the same block as where I live right now. And many of the families who helped me grow up are still there. And to them, families and good people who are in my block and in my area, I want to say thank you too, for offering food, offering assistance, or even just talking to them at certain times, helping us get through this. So there are still a lot of good people in Hemen who live in all of our districts. I also want to ask, you mentioned about 100 people who are still living without electricity. Do we know where they are or where they live? Because I want to try to find out.

I don't want to be too small and get to the point where it's a problem, especially at home. What about the electricity? release or damage, especially for that house. If you let all your neighbors out and blame, it means there is something specific in your house that needs to be repaired. And that is the remaining part of the big case. And I know the NFC can overcome it, but it is clear that if you do not blame the whole environment, you are only blaming one house. Are they still like the head of the storm?

Do they know, do they have the guts to kill or blame? But not like that.

Thank you very much.

However, Mr. Mayor, you have been talking about Mikio for several years.

I think they don't understand what you are talking about.

You are a person, right? No, you are not doing the right thing. You have never said that. Your position is now... You have been working hard for a long time.

Thank you, sir. And when I heard all those conversations, I remembered when I was still and a small radio transistor appeared, and we thought that was the greatest thing you could do while holding a radio in your hand. But you know, things like that will be very helpful at a time like this. I want to mention everyone who gives food and prepares food and is willing to share food. when bad things often occur to people. And this, of course, is an example of when the heart of Hemen arises and people care about their neighbors and their surroundings and their cities. So, thank you to everyone who has donated and become a volunteer.

In my report, there are other comments. I hope we don't experience two weeks like we just experienced. I hope we all can. Oh, I hope it's not a joke. But I appreciate everyone. The committee has done a good job. I appreciate all your support. I think we have done a good job in communicating with each other. I mean, our job is to patrol on the streets. We have 18 employees who work every night. Our job is to clean the streets. Our streets will be cleaned the next day.

And we drive as usual on Thursday. Our job is to help homeowners.

We get a pile of garbage up to 10 feet in the parking lot of the city of Olahraga now, from all over the city. And you know the company that we rented from Mississippi, they have equipment. If there is a big tree in your house, they have a small branch that will pick it up and cut it into several parts. We need two days to do it, and that's only one time leaving the house and spending money. I mean, we suffer economic losses, and it is clear that we ask FEMA to get compensation for all the damage we suffered. But we lost quite a lot of money, because Respos Badai Tapisaya will not change anything because we have built and run. And I tell you, we are excited as a community. I know that we still have people who don't know anything and we have to fight for them. But most of the communities around here are angry with HEMEN because we are quick to take action. And I think part of the reason we are quick to take action is because we clean the streets so that the code can move and guide us. If you rely on NIPCO to come and pick up trees from your house and pick up trees from the electricity grid, it will take longer. We do it ourselves. And we move faster. And it's still 10 days too long. But there are still people out there right now, friends. So, has the governor received an answer from the D.C. about... I'm Rasa Wiktong Gotadewa. Sorry, that's not my report. I know the governor is quite close to the president, so I think it will be well received. I'm not sure about that. But the office of the Governor's Office is in the basement of Balai Kota. If anyone wants to go there and talk, Tony Ferraro is the governor of this area and he reports to him in Balai Kota every day. Two amazing weeks. But I appreciate all of you for working with us. And thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President. Balai Kota, there is one thing that you don't touch.

The Indian Ocean has received a pretty good donation.

from an organization.

You might want to know a little about it. The donation of $200,000 from Chicago Bears is distributed through Chicago, through Gary The Cess Catholic Charities. I think they donated $100,000 in Illinois and $100,000 in Indiana. However, I don't know if Bears Town will later donate $100,000 to Gary The Cess and Catholic Charities. So that's enough. I appreciate UTN data. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Turn to the agreement of the not-to-land. I will submit an application so that we can agree on the not-to-land agreement on August 10, August 2, 2022.

The second application by members of the Council of Selena, the second by members of the Council of Emerson to agree on the not-to-land agreement on August 10. Is there a discussion? Discussion? Is there a discussion? All those who agree? Opponents? The application is accepted. Aiden Chambers, 1 at Zoom. Moving on to the agreement of the President's claim.

Yes, the court has filed an appeal to approve the claim from the claim on the 85th of June, which ended with the claim on the 8th of September, 1926. Claim number 6365 to claim number 6781, including the number 33.84, 6610,

The second motion by the members of the Reiko Committee, which is supported by the members of the Warple Committee to agree to the claim. There is a discussion. There is a discussion. There is a discussion. Charmaine, please make a voice announcement.

Alexander. Patelli. Kielinski. Selenus. Tyler. Emerson, yes. Warpal. Rekos. Venes.

Adan Chambers, one on Zoom. Turn to hear public opinion. No. Communication. Anyone have communication? Anyone have communication? Does anyone have any communication? Communication is now closed. Report of the Economic Development Committee. There is no report, Madam Chair. Madam Member of the Council, sorry.

Planning Commission, Member of the Council once again.

The Planning Commission on August 17, 26, to allow children to have children's centers, adults to have children's centers, is what they have to do. That's the worst. Thank you, members of the committee. Members of the Warpel Committee of Finance,

I'm sure the members of the Selenus Committee will be given a report by the Board of Models. But we will issue a big release. 38.866.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000. We are waiting for your response.

Until now, the Modal Repair Department met on August 17, 2026, and there are two funds allocations that have been approved. The first fund allocation, number 338, modification of the field of our outdoor folly in Hammond Sports Lakes, was given to Grimmer Construction.

Thank you, members of the committee.

And Crime Watch. Now, this will be a bit confusing because I can't contact...

School, to know for sure what happened, whether we can get access to school for our crime prevention. So, my recommendation is for anyone to check Facebook Facts I will contact the police department, Hammond, if we are going to hold a crime prevention meeting, but I will give you a tentative date. Hammond Pullman Crime Watch, East Hammond Crime Watch, August 18. The Eastern Community Watch is scheduled for September 2. While waiting for the agreement from the school. Harrison Park Crime Watch will be held on September 1 at VFW, at Home Man Avenue, across Harrison Park. Hatchville Crime Watch will be held on May 17, September. Irving Community Watch will be held on September 8, at 09.30, at Irving School. While waiting for the school's approval, South Home and Avenue Neighborhood Watch hasn't announced their meeting in October. Fighting Robber Sale Crime Watch will be held on Thursday, September 10 at 6.30 p.m. at Calamed College and Jefferson. Crime Watch will be held on September 9 at Jefferson School School. As usual, I suggest you go to the Crime Watch meeting to find out what happened in your environment. I have to say that as a result of what we experienced, there are many calls for fraud to get in. And you need to be careful. to not give your personal information to anyone who contacts you about fixing your house or if they come to your house, they must have a plan If they do not have a plan to identify the company where they work, contact the police. This is the kind of thing that we learned in the encounter of crime prevention that will be very helpful in an emergency situation like what we are experiencing recently. And as usual, the community is not just about me, it's about all of us. Switching to the third reading rule, the last part. There is nothing. Regulation recognition. There is no resolution.

This is the chairman, this is the president.

He has to read it.

Do you want to let him read it?

Resolution that agrees and agrees on the continuation of the local disaster emergency that was announced by the Mayor of Samen.

Yes, members of the Dewan. Mr. President, I would like to request that Resolution 26 R17 be approved. Second. Resolution from members of the Dewan Reko, seconded by members of Dewan Warpel. Is there a discussion? Madam President, I would like to read it in general and also offer an amendment about the formality at the end of the page which states that it is a regional regulation and not a resolution. However, I will read it in general if it's okay. Recalling that on August 11, 2026, the city of Hammond and other communities in the West Indian Ocean experienced a great storm that involved strong winds at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour and heavy rains that caused great damage and devastation in the city of Hammond. Meanwhile, bad weather caused major damage to public infrastructure and facilities, widespread power outage, damage to private property and real estate, and conditions that require emergency response and repair, as well as major city power output. And remember, on August 13, 2026, Thomas M. McDermott, Jr., Mayor of Hammond City, and the Chief Executive Officer of the city, according to the Indiana Code 1014.329, announced the declaration of emergency local disaster for the city of Hemen as a result and the damage caused by it that occurred at or around the date 11 August 2026 the sign is also displayed here and entered here in the display A and remember the Indian code number 10 14 3 29 It states that the emergency of the local disaster cannot be continued or renewed for more than 7 days, except with the agreement of the Government Council of the Political Subdivision. and remember that the city continues to evaluate and deal with damage to public property infrastructure and continues to issue large costs related to the reception of emergency cleaning, cleaning, repair, restoration, and repair, including having to make a contract with a foreign company to help clean the pool and monitor the water. And remembering the continuous coordination with Lake County, Indiana, the Department of Safety in the state of Indiana, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other government agencies, it is necessary and appropriate to facilitate the efforts to respond to the emergency and reconstruction of the city that is in progress, and to seek all the help of the state, regional, and federal disasters that are available. And remembering that city officials have worked tirelessly to help our city and its residents recover from the impact of the earthquake and continue to do so, while many of them and their families are also affected by the great impact of the earthquake. And remembering that up to nine days after the earthquake, the mayor of the city stated that almost 10,000 people in the city were still affected by the impact of the power outage. And recalling that the City Council of Heman finds that the conditions and efforts to respond to emergency and reparations that are taking place as a result of the 11-August-2026 earthquake guarantee the continuation of the state of emergency, local disaster stated by the Mayor of the City. Therefore, with this, the City Council of Heman, Indiana, as follows. Part 1, the continuation of the state of emergency local disaster according to the Indian Code 10.14.3.29. The Public Council agrees and agrees on the continuation of the local disaster response announced by Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. on August 13, 2026, stemming from the great damage and damage caused by what happened on or before or around August 11, 2026. Part 2 Duration The local disaster emergency situation has been continued for an additional period of 60 days since the date of adoption of this resolution, except at the end according to the law. There is no determination in this document that prevents the Public Council from agreeing to the continuation or renewal of the local disaster emergency situation. Further, if the conditions and efforts to respond to the emergency or recovery that is in progress require these actions. Part 3, Responding to Emergency, Recovery, and Disaster Assistance. During the ongoing local disaster emergency, the Department and City Officers were awarded and directed to continue all emergency response activities and appropriate compensation, including evaluating and documenting damage to public property and infrastructure, documentation of labor, equipment, contract, point transfer, repair, restoration, and release related to other disasters, and coordinated with Lekonti, the Department of Safety in the country of Indiana, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as other government institutions related to the assistance of the federal and state disasters that are available. Part 4 of the original declaration includes Declarations of the Mayor of the City on August 13, 2026 about the local disaster emergency situation, which is described here as a description of A, are included in the resolution with reference, and except for the duration of the 7 actual days, how it is extended here will continue to be full as long as this resolution is allowed. Section 5, the resolution will act immediately after it has been approved and agreed. and then continued and said that if we have passed this, but there is one amendment that I made at the bottom, it is written that the regional regulation No. 26 R17, which consists of three pages, including this page, can be approved. I order that we change it by using the previous resolution as a replacement for the regional regulation.

You have one word to say.

From the members of the Rekos committee, is there anyone who supports? The one who supports is the member of the Kelwinski committee. There is a discussion about the amendment. There is a discussion about the amendment. Charmaine, please make a voice announcement for the amendment.

Alexander. Continue. Continue. Charmaine Ali.

Oh, sorry.

Galwinski. Selenus. Tyler. Emerson. Warple. Rikos. Zen.

Proposal agreed, 9-7-0 against, 8 in the assembly, 1-7-1 in Zoom. Now for the resolution agreement. There is a discussion on that. There is a discussion. There is a discussion. The chairman of the voice recognition. Sorry. Please, for the resolution. Okay, before we start, I am added as one of the sponsors. Do you understand, Chairman? Yes. Thank you. Is there anyone else? If anyone is interested, after we pass this, we can add all of us. Chairman, please make a voice announcement.

Alexander. Fateli. Kelwinski. Selenus. Tyler. Emerson. Warpal. Rikos. Benz.

The motion is agreed to. 9-7-0 against 8 in the meeting, 1 through Zoom. Is there anyone who wants to be added? I personally want Kinski. Charmaine, if you need to see all of us. Thank you.

All right. Let's move on to a new issue that hasn't been completed.

The new president.

Yes, Mr. Chair.

Yesterday I was given the task to try to make Scott Rekos go to a place And if you know him and me, sometimes it's almost impossible. But I want to congratulate the 40th birthday of Paman Junior here.

I like that. Happy birthday, member of the Rikos committee.

Thank you. There is a new matter and it is not yet finished. There is another problem. There is another problem. Hi Lori. Lori Zulno. Lori Zulno, 742 Forest. I just want to say thank you to the city, the administration, and all of the employees for all of their hard work and their continued efforts. That is something that I have never seen in my life. I hope I will never see it again. And I know that they are out there working for hours and it is very hot and the work is hard.

So I want them to know how much the people appreciate them.

Thank you for that acknowledgement. Thank you, Lord. Moving on to Paul Aguilera. Good evening. I also want to say that I see many members of the city council out there who really defend their community and really do their job.

I was there with members of Dewan Alexander and Tyler Decentral to serve food for the people and I was happy to see Dewan Kota come down and support the people. Members of Dewan Selena have questioned something.

You know that this city has given a great response, but whatever you do, it is important to be examined and improved if possible. So for North Hammond, in the end I will hold a small city fair, inviting people to ask what has been done well in the city and where they can improve it. I think I will invite all members of the council and many people who work for the city.

Come again if you want. Anyway, I will be back with a list of improvements from District 1 and from anyone who chooses to attend.

What I will discuss here today is the rules for welcoming veterans back to the village that I have shared with you all before.

I think in the last meeting, a member of the parliament thought that the city did not need it because the state was part of it. I think Indiana is the last state in the Midwest that finally provided real tax relief for veterans as far as their property taxes.

So they finally did it recently and they thought because the state was part of it. Finally providing tax relief, we do not need to provide additional relief to veterans in Hammond.

The rules that welcome veterans back to the village only remove all the fees. The fee for a veteran or pensioner who is stopped with respect, who moves to Hammond City, who wants to build, renovate, or add buildings in Hammond City. And in my opinion, the fee is not much. I think the initial fee for a house is about $50, but it is increased by 1% from the value of the deposit. So for a big house, the fee can be very expensive. So, we can reduce the cost of housing for veterans in the city. I don't understand why some people compare buying a house to paying taxes on property or permission, compared to taxes.

But that may not be a confusing problem, but a political problem. I will take a step further. I hope to return to the City Hall with a letter of support from the local VFW of the American Legion and the National Command of the American Legion as well as the VFW.

I hope that will show that there is community support and greater support for the problem. I think that's all. I hope I will get sponsors and co-sponsors and we can take a step forward and really give back to veterans and encourage them to move to Heman. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Good night. Next is Anthony Hicks. I'm sure your phone is not active.

Are we ready?

When I'm ready, First and foremost, I would like to express my gratitude to the city workers for the extraordinary work they have done during the pandemic. However, I have never seen a real person left behind or their descendants kneading bread. God only tries to build those who are asleep and tells you that He is the One who determines. And for those who do not understand what has just happened, it is really embarrassing. And basically, He tells you that He is in control, not today, but forever. And that was a moment that made not only Hammond, but also all of Indiana aware. Rain and flood. A flood happened in Indianapolis. People in Garima still haven't gotten electricity. Unfortunately, I was blessed enough. Because I still have a lamp. I even went to the mayor's house to check to make sure he was fine. And I know it's like the third day when I go to his house. So there are a number of people I know who don't get electricity. There are a number of people who have the opportunity to help me. during the power outage as well. However, I would like to express my personal gratitude to Strike and Fennel for providing food and water to people during the power outage in a simple way. It's amazing. And to all the organizations that have contributed and helped those in need in difficult times for the past few weeks. Alhamdulillah, they have the resources to help the people in need. I am grateful to God because I can pay someone to plant a tree next to my house and also help some neighbors in my block. That is also a blessing. So, you know, I am very grateful for that. But you know, He said that He will command the right people and also the wrong people. So, it is a revelation and an awakening for a number of people to understand that He is God and He has control. And when it comes to Nipcho, you cannot blame them for such a big disaster because it is God's action. And in the end, you can demand them as much as you want. The reality is that when you're done demanding them, our NIPQ rate will go up. The rate is doubled. And people have to pay more in the end. So that's the choice they choose and the route they choose. It depends on each individual who fights for their fortune. But the reality is God's action. God. And it's very unfortunate that it happened. You know they're still lying in Gary Roosevelt and... St. Timothy Church, which is currently lacking food and water in Gary. So unfortunately, there are still many people in East Chicago who do not have electricity. So once again, thank you to them and also our city workers and those who participated in this disaster and helped and helped when needed and stood firm as well as organizations that provide food and resources to those in need. May God bless them and Protecting them today, tomorrow, and forever is a blessing. And that's all I can say. And thank you once again to the city workers for their amazing work because I drove around the area and saw trees in the middle of the road and cars being hit and so on. So thank you once again and may God bless you. Thank you. I saw G online. Is it possible that George is not able to make the last call?

Can you hear me?

Can I hear you? Yes, George. Hello.

I want to give my public comment. Can I start? Go ahead.

It's a bit strange. I'm not going to cut this.

Speaking of which, I just want to say thank you to everyone in the city who has helped, especially the hard work of the crew and the things that work for the city and others.

Thank you. Also in connection with IPCEKO, we have to look a little further at the law passed by the Allen Group.

It's monumental. You know, they almost did not get supervision from the IORC. It's more or less just a push. You know, it's not the kind of supervision that should be given when applying for rights and so on. This violation will make the company and its practices, as well as everything else, focus on serious supervision. To get. Then it will be certified as a class action violation. And that will result in There are many findings, and we and everyone, everyone will be recorded in the public about their practices. And you know, in connection with the rights they control, and the leaves, and vegetation, and trees, all the things that they should have kept at the right distance, which they have violated in the Indiana court, and have won by defending their position that, hey, we are responsible for the rights of the owner. We have a higher right. Our right has a higher right over what they call the right of the landowner or the servant, which means the right of the homeowner. So now they will get it, and they should. That's it. So if there is wisdom here, the violation of the law, in contrast to public trust, is the only way for NIPCO to respond in a rational and critical way, and not only by pushing through the EURC and getting whatever they want. Thank you. Thank you, George. Good evening. The public expression is now closed.

It's time to say goodbye.

There's a discussion. There's a discussion. There's a discussion. Everyone agrees?