City Council - Regular Meeting

Welcome. Oh, yeah. That's where I got my second coffee shop. I got to go get another honestly because I got the flu shot. I don't know. Sergio. Okay, it's that time and I will uh call to order  our Monrovia City Council meeting this Tuesday,   February 3rd, 2026 at 7:35 um p.m. And we will  start out with an invocation with Barbara Golar.   Barbara, good evening. Followed by the pledge of  allegiance by Council Member Edward Belden. Okay,  

good evening, mayor and city council and staff  and community. Um, let us take a moment to pause   to be fully present. We gather with gratitude  for this city, for the people who call it home   and for the responsibility of service entrusted  to this council. May the spirit of wisdom guide   each conversation. The spirit of compassion shape  every decision. The spirit of peace remain at the   center of this space and honor the rich  diversity of our community, our cultural   histories and perspectives. May we remember that  unity is not sameness but a commitment to listen,   to respect, and to work together for the  common good. May this city council help   bring our shared hopes into reality, transforming  values into actions and intentions into outcomes   that uplift every resident. May the work May  the work done here tonight strengthen trust,   foster belonging, and move our city forward  with care and courage. Thank you. Amen. Sergio,   I mean Edward. I'm looking at  Sergio. I'm thinking [laughter] Ready, begin. I aliance 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. Thank you,  

Edward. Yeah, Sergio did it earlier. Okay. Can  we please have roll call? Council members Beldin   here, Jimenez here, Spicer present, Mayor Prom  Dr. Kelly here and Mayor Chevlin here. Um and   then moving on, uh we do not have a report of  closed session. I will just mention that the   city council did meet for two special study  sessions prior to this. Um we had great study   sessions. Uh but there is no reporting out of a  closed session. Moving on then to presentations   and proclamations. We have PR1 proclaiming oops  proclaiming February 26th as Black History Month   and the recipient of that is uh the Monrovia Dorty  Black Alumni Association and here to receive that   is Barb Golar and you might have is there anyone  else joining you? Oh, Gene Gina's here and then   uh Sheila's Sheila's not here. Well, I will  read this proclamation and I will mention that   um I had the honor and the pleasure to appear  at the kickoff on Sunday at the high school,   the uh theater there and I was able to read that  for the kickoff and the Monrovia Dhy Black Alumni   Association did uh show the film 100 years from  Mississippi. if you have the opportunity to see   it. It is an excellent, excellent, excellent  uh film. And I know that Larry was there with   me on on Sunday and you were there. I missed I  missed you. Um it's a big place. And um anyway,   it's such a a great movie and um and it chronicles  a what was her last name? Kirkland. Kirtland. And  

um at the time they did the special 107 years  old. She died at 111. But the the things that   she lived through her her family, her friends,  her community, just remarkable that she was such   a remarkable woman and had no animosity in her her  heart. I don't know that most of us could say that   after all the um injustice and horribleness  that occurred in her life. But at any rate,   I'm going to read this proclamation the city of  Monrovia. Whereas during Black History Month, we   celebrate the many achievements and contributions  made by African-Americans to our economic,   cultural, spiritual, and political development.  And whereas much of Monrovia's strength and   character, past and present, can be attributed to  African-Americans in the community. And whereas   this should not be just a month-long celebration,  but a daily dose, as African-Americans have played   a central role in our nation's history and our  country is great because of our diversity. And   whereas the Monrovia Dhy Black Alumni Association  in partnership with the city of Monrovia hosts   several community events throughout the month  including a kickoff se celebration lunchon and   art exhibit to name a few. Now therefore, I,  Becky Chevlin, mayor of the city of Monrovia,   California, along with the entire city council,  do hereby proclaim the month of February 2026 as   Black History Month and encourage the community to  learn more about the contributions made by notable   uh African-Americans and take part in one of the  many Black History Month celebrations occurring in   um Monrovia. And again, if we have I know that  you can Google it and find the 100 years from  

Mississippi if you have the opportunity that that  movie is absolutely fantastic. Yes. Thank you.   Thank you. And Barbara, did you obviously you  want to say a few words and then we can come up   and take a picture? Yes. First of all, I want um  actually want to thank um you mayor and Dr. Kelly   and Larry for being there. It really meant a lot  for the community as well as having some school   officials there as well. And um it was also very  important that we because we co-sponsored it with   the black student union um at the high school. So  and those two young ladies did a very good job and   looking forward to having them participate more in  um the events that we have throughout the year. So   So did you want to say something Gina? Well,  actually, you know, I I want to actually say   one more other thing [clears throat] is that, you  know, I I we ended with um you know, thinking of   of of history. Actually, the theme is celebrating  100 years of Black History Month. And so,   um this is this is what we ended um the  the closing remarks and reflections on   um actually um watching the film. Um, excuse  [clears throat] me. Um, we honor the past,   we carry the truth, we learn, we remember, and we  we and we grow together with courage, compassion,   and hope. We commit to shaping our future rooted  in dignity, justice, and unity. And thank you. And   I I did want to I'll just say with the overview  of the the movie, the life of my Lang Kirkland,   a 111-year-old African-American woman who  experienced and survived racial terrorism,   segregation, bigotry, and basis and bias,  excuse me, and continued to have hope, joy,  

and love of life full of the certainty that people  can do better. And it was 100 years since she had   been. She thought she'd never go back Yeah.  to Mississippi. her her family had to ex they   they left Mississippi when she was seven um um uh  thought of her her father being lynched so that's   why they left in the in the middle of the night at  the age of seven yeah she was she was 7 years old   and so then she went back then at u age 107 100  years okay let's come down and okay take a Sure. I always ask that question. Always  ask that question. [laughter] Oh, no it's okay. But it was dark. Madame May, if I may. Sure. There's something  special happening in this month. The very   special person was born in the month of February.  I thought we just did my Lincoln [laughter] other   than Washington maybe. And uh we want to celebrate  you. We spared no expense. Let me tell you,   we we put in the big bucks. You you baked  those right before coming to the meeting.   Big bucks. [laughter] Yay. Now, should we  sing happy birth? Do we sing happy birthday?  

My birthday's on next Wednesday, the 11th. So, on  the count of three, 1 2 3. Happy birthday to you.   Cha cha cha cha cha cha. Happy birthday to you.  Happy [laughter] birthday, Becky and Lauren. Oh,   and happy birthday to you. [singing] Happy  birthday. And many more. Many more. And   I even get a Super Bowl ring. [laughter]  All right. All right. Thank you very much. That's a big ring. Diamonds are in it. Happy  birthday, Lauren. And I I know Alice had a   birthday. Was it over the weekend? Sunday. So  Alice's birthday, too. Chocolate. [laughter] You   don't get a candle. I just had mine. Mhm.  You an Aquarius, Becky? Mhm. Oh, Lauren. No   wonder we all get along. [laughter] Thank you,  Chief. Yeah, man. I don't care what they say. Thank you, Chief. I'm gonna  take I think this is this is it. All right. Well, thank you very very  very much. Oh, your birthday's today. Oh,   well that's even more spe special. Happy  birthday, Lauren. Feb February babies are   great. I guess January good great company with  with Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Um   I think Frederick Dougl Douglas was also born in  February. [snorts] Okay. Uh, moving along then,   um, we have our student, uh, government  representative, and I I I apologize to  

her. I kept on calling her Elsie. It's Elise.  And Elise, please please present your report. Thank you, Mayor Chevlin, council members, and  members of the community. Good evening to you all.   Over the past few weeks, MHS has been extremely  busy, and it's been encouraging to see such   strong participation and support from students,  staff, and the community. Last Friday, the entire   student body attended the winter Stranger Things  rally where staff and students engaged in games,   competed for the Spirit Stick, and overall gained  a sense of community. Following that event,   on Saturday, we hosted our Snowball Sades dance,  which was a huge success. By lowering ticket   prices, we were able to increase attendance and  make the event more accessible, which resulted   in a higher level student engagement and a  positive atmosphere overall. Additionally,   last week we held senior night for boys soccer,  girls and boys basketball, and girls water polo.   These events were meaningful celebrations for our  seniors and were well attended by families, peers,   and community members. Looking ahead, we are  continuing to recognize our students with girls   soccer senior night taking place tonight. We also  have our annual wakeathon coming up next Friday,   which is an important event that brings students  together, promotes school spirit and community   involvement. In addition, preparations are well  underway for Miss Warroia, an event that students   look forward to every year that highlights  creativity and is a great way for students   to get involved. What is a wakeathon? So, it's  on Friday night. So, you get there at 8:00 p.m.   and you leave at 6:00 a.m. and there's I think I  believe there's eight teams with a teacher on each   one and you just compete in games to see who takes  home the trophy all night long. Yeah. I'm This is   the first year I'm going so we'll see how it is.  Um and if you want to go to sleep, you sleep on  

that on the floor. [laughter] I think it'd be hard  with so many people there. Yeah. Um, and then just   lastly, we're kind of approaching a lull in major  events, but it's only temporary. Activity will   begin to pick up again soon as we move further  into spring sports senior nights and additional   events. Thank you all for your continued support  of our students, staff, and school programs and   for allowing us to share these updates with you  tonight. And thank you very much, Elise. Thank   you. Thank you. And as usual, you you're more  than welcome to stay, but we understand if you've   got other things that you need to tend to this  evening. Okay. Um, moving on then is uh I don't   believe we have any changes to the order of our  business. And so we will move on to our consent   calendar which are items CC1 through CC5 and are  considered routine in nature and can be enacted   in one motion unless there's something an item  that needs to be pulled. Do we have a motion to   approve? So second we have a motion and a second  then without further discussion then so approved.   We will move on then uh at this time to our public  comment period and uh input period. And we thank   you for coming and joining us this evening. This  is your opportunity to comment uh to the city   council on any item [clears throat] that is not on  the agenda. You can also comment later on actual   agendaized items. But this is your time for public  input. You have three minutes to address the city   council. And city clerk, do we have any uh yes  requests? Start with Mr. Nelson. Mr. Nelson. Good evening, council. I hope everybody  had a good holidays and is having a good  

New Year so far. Um I'd like to categorically  denounce political violence and corruption,   both big and small, especially the political  violence with what's been happening lately.   Okay. Regarding corruption, I would like to  um speaking of which, I would like to cover a   review of what I've been speaking of at the past  council meetings regarding Community Media of the   Foothills Charity Nonprofit, which is also known  as KGM TV. And um may wisdom guide our path as   we take a look at that. Uh [clears throat] over  the past several meetings, I've covered effusive   praise and how that's used as covering up things.  U again it's ausive praise, not praise. Affusive   praise. It's deliberately meant to cover things  to where we're only looking at some things but   not others. Also, we've talked about corruption  and what to look at to recognize what corruption   is and our tolerance for corruption. Both the  citizens of Monrovia and the city council. You   know what is too much corruption? A little bit  of corruption. uh a medium amount of corruption,   is that tolerable? Is it when we get to a lot  of corruption, is that when something's done   about it? We're going to also look at that now  that it's 2026 because we're going to go into   more details and actual facts. One of the  things we're going to look at is several of   us do not believe the current leadership at  Community Media of the Foothills uh charity,   also known as KGMTV, is legitimate. We're going  to go over the details of why we think that,   the legalities of what we see with a common  reading, things of that sort. We're also going to   compare what's been happening there to the actual  list that's in the California Attorney General's   guide for charities. And that list literally that  states a charity should not do this, this, this,   and this other thing. and it literally leads like  a l reads like a list of what's been happening at  

community media the foothills also known as KGM  TV. So we're going to go over that in detail. Um   with that in mind I have over a 100 points of  interest. I've kind of laid the groundwork in   the prior meetings. We're going to get into  actual facts. I'm going to site documents,   dates, video recordings, audio recordings,  and actual factual things that any objective   person can look at and say hm. Okay. Uh when we  get into those facts, what we're doing is we're   trying to educate the city council when they vote  and we're going to be educating the citizens when   they vote. I do believe this is an election year.  I haven't [snorts] looked to see exactly who on   the council is up for election this year, but  we do want to make sure that the citizens are   involved in this because hundreds of thousands of  dollars are being spent on an organization that   several of us believe are run by an illegitimate  leadership and engaging in financial mismanagement   over several years. So, [snorts] we'll cover that  in detail. If you want to find out information,   I'm providing the actual documents. Some  of the things we and I email to the city,   some things you can actually sign up for the  mailing list at CMF Board Monrovia atgmail. And   that's who some of us believe is the um legitimate  leadership is the um the finance committee.   Can you wrap it up? Yeah, we're almost done.  Finance committee and the executive committee   um that started the investigations. Again, you  can reach cmfrovia at Gmail. Thank you. Thank you. Next we have Sherry Lochner. Good evening, Sherry. Good evening everyone. As you'd be aware, my name  is Sheri Lochner and I'm a resident of Monrovia. I   grew up here in Monrovia and Dworth. I am here  this evening to continue to advocate for day  

laborers and other people who are immigrants and  US citizens targeted by ICE. As you would be well   aware, ISIS is continuing with their fascist  unlawful practices of detaining, kidnapping,   and as we have seen recently, killing people  throughout our country. In this year, 2026,   there have already been 10 deaths due to  ICE actions. Last year in 2025, there were   at least 35 people who died as a result of ICE  actions. I stand here this evening because I and   my colleagues refused to allow the government  to sweep these deaths under the carpet. My   colleagues and I have reinstalled the memorial for  Carlos Roberto Mononttoyo Valdez several times,   and we will continue this practice for as  long as needed. We want to see a permanent   memorial for Carlos to commemorate his life and  acknowledge his death as a result of the brutal   unjust tactics of ICE. I am pleased to hear that  the city manager is working with some members of   the local clergy to establish a memorial. Thank  you for your efforts. The Monrovia City Council's   silence on Carlos Roberto Mononttoya Valdez's  death is deafening. I expect more of elected   leaders. When are you as our elected leaders  going to speak truth to power? My questions for   this city council this evening are one, what  progress has been made on securing the report   investigating the circumstances resulting in  Carlos Roberto Mononttoya Valdez's death? And two,   when is the city council going to stand up  to the authoritarian actions of this federal   government and denounce the ICE raids and secure  justice for Carlos Roberto Mononttoyo Valdez. As   Mahatma Gandhi said, [snorts] the true measure  of any society can be found in how it treats its  

most vulnerable members. I stand for justice.  I stand for compassion. Where do you stand?   Yos soy Carlos Roberto Mononttoya Valdez.  Gracias. Thank you. The next Martha Mack. Hello. Hello, Mayor, council, and community  members. Um, I would like to start with a quote   from Nelson Mandela. For to be free is not merely  to cast off one's own chains, but to live in a way   that respects and enhances the freedom of others.  In 2025, as Sher mentioned, at least 35 people   died in as a direct result of unlife unlawful  ICE actions. These people were Henry Ruiz Guen,   Sarowatt Gaz, Gazahin, Dehene, Maxim Chernyak,  Juan Alexis, Teneo, Martinez, Brian Garcel, Rayo,   Nonakuin, Marie an Blae, Abelardo, Aenda, Delgado,  Jesus, Molina, Vega, Johnny, Noo, Perez, Tenwan,   Fan, Cha, Fang, Lorenzo, Antonio Batres, Vargas,  Oscar Dwarte Rasone Santos Benas Reyes Ismael   Ayala Uribe Norlan Guzman Fuentes Miguel Anhel  Garcia Medina Huabin Sh Leo Cruz Silva Hassan Ali   Med Salet Jose Castro Rivera Gabrielle Garcia  Ales Cayen Wong Francisco Gaspar Andres Pete   Sumalo Montejo Shiraz Fate, Fatay, Satwami, Jean  Wilson, Brutus, Fawad Sahed, Abdul Kir, Delvin,  

Francisco Rodriguez, Nenko Stanv, Ganchev,  Jose Castro Rivera, Sylvio Viegas, Gonzalez,   Haime Alanise, Garcia, and in our city, Carlos  Roberto Mononttoya Valdez. In 2026, 10 people   have already passed away. Keith Porter, Heraldo  Lunas, Campos, Renee Nicole Good, Haber Sanchez,   Dominguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Paradila, Luis  Beltran, Giannes, Cruz, Luis Gustavo, Nunes,   Caseres, Wel Tarabishe, and Alex Jeffrey Prey.  Hopefully there are no more. Thank you, Madam   Mayor. We have no more speaker cards. Anyone else  wishing to address the city council at this time   on items not on the agenda? Not seeing anyone,  then I will stop. I will close public input and we   will move on then to our reports of city manager  and staff. Uh RCM1 um [clears throat] Mr. Peak [snorts] couple updates I'd like to provide  the council on. Um most of which are not on the   uh the directives log, but you can see the current  outstanding directives log. Um that's part of the   uh council packet. I'd like to highlight a  few items that I think are of importance to   the council. Um, first the I received  notice from the county that on Tuesday   uh February 10th uh the board of supervisors  will be reviewing what's known as the healthc   care funding restoration act. Um St. John's  is leading a ballot measure to uh designate a   uh design which is designed to raise revenue  for health services for uh countywide. Um,  

this is proposing a temporary voter approved  sales tax to in to bolster healthcare access   and public health capacity across Los Angeles  County. Um, the intention is to respond to real   financial pressures, but also raises important  considerations around tax burden, governance,   and long-term uh, sustainability. The proposed  tax would be a half cent countywide transation and   transactions and use tax. Voter threshold simple  majority. It would sunset April 1st, 2032. would   add a new chapter of the county code. Um there  would be a prescriptive uh for how the funds would   be spent. Um and and I think what's important to  note is and we've learned this through the city's   efforts around Measure K and increase our own  local option sales tax. But under current state   law, local jurisdictions, including cities and  counties, are limited to 2% cap on local sales   and use taxes unless explicit action is passed by  the legislature to allow exemptions and increases.   Um the uh this was demonstrated in 2023 when Los  Angeles County undertook legislative action AB1679   to enact measure A and increase our sales tax  uh beyond that that limit that is allowed. Um   there there are uh local uh representatives not  in Monrovia but in the region who are looking to   uh propose the ballot measure at the legislature.  But I think it's something that we're keeping an   eye on and how that impacts us here in Monrovia  and even countywide. What are the uses for the   tax? How will it be allocated? Will it return to  help benefit uh Monrovians? But also, how are they   going to address this this cap? In the past, what  had been explained is that the once you hit the   cap, then you the the sales tax is not collected  and paid here. But um I think what we've learned   over the years is as they get that exemption from  state law, at least in Measure A, um they're able   to increase the cap for sales tax. Uh that's  been a significant uh item of interest from our  

residents as we've gone on these Measure K road  shows and shared information about Measure K. So,   um we'll follow along and see what the county  decides at their meeting next week and ask we've   asked our uh Supervisor Barger's representatives  to keep us updated and in the loop on that item.   Um, I also want to highlight a few uh matters of  of uh additional matters. Um, today or yesterday   it was reported to the city that there was a flock  camera installed over on East Royal Oaks Avenue.   Um, what made this one interesting is it was not  one of our flock cameras and it is not registered,   at least to the extent we know now, it's not  registered with any of our neighboring cities or   public agency that we're aware of. um and it just  showed up on city property. So, we've removed the   camera. Uh we'll we'll find out who the owner is  in in short time, but it's unusual that we find   a surveillance camera on public property. And  certainly without permission, it we we moved it   we removed it pretty quick. Um I want to address  a comment made earlier about uh Carlos Roberto   Mononttoyo Valdez. Um as council is aware, we have  requested uh the investigative report into his   death which is being conducted by CHP. um they  have not provided that report. I suspect that   they will not, but we'll continue to ask. We have  submitted letters and writing to the governor's   office, the attorney general's office. Um at  the direction and request of the city council,   um which as we know, we can't have a dialogue  back and forth here in the council chamber,   but I've met with representatives of local  clergy. Mrs. Lochner was there at the first   meeting. Um and I provided insight and guidance  into how they would go about doing a mural.   um a lot of considerations around where is it  going to be placed, who's going to pay for it. If   if the request is that the city pay for the mural,  design the mural, put it on public property,   that's a different approval threshold or process  than if it was a if it was on private property.  

It was it was decided by residents who were  passionate about it and so on so forth. So,   we tried to provide that information to them,  information about property and where it could   be possible locations. I I I do think there's  interest that the mural be somewhere near   uh the the location where Carlos Roberto  Monttoy Valdez died. Um and so um we'll we'll   I'll continue to answer and respond to questions  and provide information that we can and it's and   I' I've encouraged them at some point where they  have a proposal or an item that they're actually   requesting of the city, not just that they want  to see a mural, but what is the mural? You know,   where is it going to be? I I I told them I  would bring that to the city council for your   information and any direction you may provide.  Dylan, can I ask you real quick on the report   from the state? Um do they give any indication  either uh where in what time frame or whatever   or the process or anything like that? No.  No, no. Sorry. Possibly Craig, I think you   could answer this. Is the state of California  required to make their investigation public? Um, not not required. No. And there there are  reasons, I'm sure, why they would consider it   um why they would classify it as confidential, but  there's no requirement that I'm aware of that it   be a public if there isn't if there is a report  that it be a public document. Have they responded   to us at all? And so they just don't even respond.  Um the the go I I did speak with an attorney from   the governor's office, but we have not spoken with  CHP on their on their investigation. Um the and  

let me just clarify as well. CHP a representative  reached out to us on the day of the incident   verifying uh names and uh I believe the uh certain  hours with our staff. So, we did speak with CHP on   the day of the incident, but to my knowledge,  that's the only knowledge I have that we spoke   with them. That's all that I have heard. Um, I  I'll make a note to follow up again. It's been   several months. I'll make I'll follow up again.  Um, but that was that was the same information   that was relayed by the governor's by attorneys  from the governor's office. Well, especially if   they're not going to give us the report, could  they just p just say we're not providing a report?   I'll follow up. Um, a few uh remaining items. Uh,  last week on Monday the 26th, um, between 2 and   3:00, we we responded to a call at the uh there  was a a suspect who had stolen goods from a store   on Foothill Boulevard. Um, and the reason I point  this out is it it just emphasizes the coordination   and collaboration with our lockdown and safety  procedures with the school. Um, at the time that   the call came in, um, and officers were responding  and we knew he was heading in the direction of the   high school, I was really pleased to hear that,  um, our staff already had the direct contact,   uh, number for the principal, the new principal,  and our school resource officer and the the the   CAP sergeant were already on the phone calling  him, letting him know we're in the area. We're   coming that direction. um uh the school and  their staff actually saw the suspect come onto   the campus property and and so even though they  initiated lockdown procedures and got people safe   because we just didn't know at the time whether  there were weapons or what happened or or what   have you um staff were able to respond detain them  on the grounds uh and and I think it was just a  

very successful outcome. I think our our practices  and the training had worked very well. Um and we   were just really pleased with the outcome. Um and  I think that was just something that we wanted   to just highlight to the city council. Um the new  news that everyone is now aware of um Look Cinema   abruptly shut their doors. Um we received official  notice at 8:33 a.m. yesterday morning. Um even   and even despite several months of planning the  state of the city address, uh it was a surprise to   the city. Um we're we're currently working to uh  relocate the state of the city address to the Luis   Taylor Performing Arts Center at the high school.  Uh we are finalizing some details. Um we'll share   them with council and then more broadly to the  community once everything is final and we're   certain that we can proceed as planned. But um the  way it's looking right now, we're very optimistic   that we can um just change the location and keep  the date. So, we'll finalize all that. Um and   uh the staff in the city manager's office,  community services office, and certainly the   the school uh district have been very helpful.  So, we're very grateful that we could find a new   location and we'll make sure I I I'm certain that  Lauren and the team and Tina and her team will   uh make the community and make our city shine  again. Yeah, even with this change of venue at   the last minute and we were we're very grateful.  Thank you. You're you're most welcome. Hard work.   Um and the the the last but not least item I want  to share is we received notice um from the this   actually came from Cal Cities um that mayor prom  Dr. Tamla Kelly recently completed the California   Civic Leadership Institute. Um, this program is  designed to help elected officials understand the   mechanics of of state government. So, as you  know, three of our council members all have  

committee assignments with Cal Cities. Um, very  busy, not only here in Monrovia, but even beyond   helping cities with governance issues across the  state. But I think this was just an important   uh notice that we received. I just wanted to  make sure and highlight that to the council. So,   that's my report this evening. Thank you. Any  questions of Mr. Fe? Great. Thank you very much. Okay. Um, now we will move on to our reports of  city council members and I'll start with you,   Mr. Beldon. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um, this is  one I think some of my updates are ones that we   all had a pleasure to participate and actively  engage in. Uh, the really exciting launch of   One City, One Story. And uh I'm How many people  have finished the book yet? Everyone everyone's   going to raise their hand, I'm sure. Yeah. Okay.  Um I'm halfway through, but uh I've got we got a   few months, so you can make it last if you want  to. Uh but it's just an amazing opportunity for   the community to come together and and uh  really reflect together and think about one   thing and all the there's a lot tons of great  events that So I thank you to all the members   that are helping on that steering committee and  there's a lot going on outside all the time. So,   it's exciting. It definitely does provoke  conversation. [clears throat] Yeah. Yeah. We we   won't let the mayor tell us how much she loves the  book. Um uh it she just will go on and on. Um so,   um Buffy's retirement party was a blast. Uh to  anyone that missed it, I'm sorry, but uh and we   all miss her and that's for sure. At least I miss  her a lot. Uh and I mentioned community right at   the beginning. I think that's just where I want to  just stop and talk for a moment about that. It's   just uh it's uh there's a lot going on out there  and it's great that we have a community that's   willing to come together and talk together and  um heard some of those com those prayers today  

of just peace, unity, and understanding and just  the fact that we just have uh more sim more things   that we can all count that are similar and that  um unite us than divide us and we should always   uh I think it was even in the pledge of allegiance  indivisible. It's kind of in there. So, um,   maybe we just need to think back sometimes on that  and, uh, don't let people divide you. So, that's   it. Thanks. Thank you, Edward. Um, Mr. Spicer.  Uh, yes, Mayor. I have a brief update from, um,   community services. Um, this past weekend, Canyon  Park opened the um the new quarterly exhibit in   the nature center. The exhibit is Wonders of  the Universe featuring the sidewalk astronomers.   The sidewalkers are are a dedicated group of  volunteer astronomy enthusiasts enthusiasts who   are often seen in li in library park sharing their  high techch technologies with the community. The   exhibit is designed to stir interest and create  a deeper appreciation for our beautiful universe.   And we would like for everyone to visit the nature  center on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to   4 pm to check out this fascinating and educational  display. I was going to um give an overview of the   100 years of Mississippi, but Becky did a good  job. So I've already reported to Dylan on that.   Also, I was going to uh bring up the booklet that  one of the well, the president of the um Monroe   Darty Black Alumni along with change makers made,  but Dr. um Kelly has the book. So, I wasn't going   to No, I'm not going to go in your lane. So, that  completes my report. Thank Thank you. Thank you,  

Larry [laughter] Sergio. Thank you, Madam Mayor.  Quite often um the public will what they'll see   of Monrovia they'll look at the parks they'll  look at the streets they'll look at the buildings   um they'll look at the physical but Buffy's  retirement really brought home just how important   people are and Buffy dealt with something that  the public doesn't look at the numbers and the job   that she did that she that she brought the city  to a double A+ credit rating at her retirement. I   didn't realize how many awards they flashed on  the screen. Several awards. Some of them were   for her individually and some of them were for the  finance department as a whole, but she was leading   the finance department. So again, Buffy had the  leadership role. She was really an unsung hero.   I think that was the best way I can describe her.  And a lot of times the public doesn't know about   these people, people that handle the numbers.  It's not just the physical things that make   Monrova look good. It's the people. People  handling difficult tasks and finance is a   difficult task. So, I just wanted to say that was  really a celebration of a city whose staff is more   like family and a continuity of the excellence  that Monroia city staff has shown throughout   the years. So, it was exciting to be there.  And I wanted to also compliment Barbara. It's   too bad that she already left. Um, her prayer I  really made an important point that unity doesn't   mean that sameness doesn't mean that we're all  exactly the same or that we agree on everything,   but that we share the bigger picture, the bigger,  more important values. I That is one of the most   powerful prayers I've heard since I've been here  in a city council. That's been like three and a   half years. It's so simple, but really brought  home uh the point. So, thank you, Madam Mayor.  

Thank you. And Tamila. Yes. Thank you. Um, it's  Black History Month and I also had the opportunity   to see this very important film and I just want  to invite the community out to be able to pay   attention to what's going on in the community.  There's so much going on. But this month,   um, there's going to be some particular events  that you could partake in. But I when I was at uh   the event on last Sunday, the one city, one story  uh kickoff in the library at the library, I was   able to pick up this book. I didn't even know that  existed. And it's uh Trail Bazers of Monrovia. So,   it's very specific to our city. And you can get  this book uh through maps. Um perhaps you could   go online and go to our website or you can go to  the library pro get some information on that. Um,   but it's by, like Larry said, uh, changemakers,  Monrovia area partnership, Art and Public Places,   and the Monrovia Dherty Black Alumni. And it is  well well done. Very proud of those groups that   I just mentioned for making such a great uh,  piece of great art in here, great stories, and   this came from communities uh, uh, um, nonprofit  organizations right here in our community uh,   really celebrating uh, change makers in this  community. So, it's great. I didn't know it   was it existed until this past Saturday. The  volume volume one of many more to come. Oh,   many more to come. That's amazing. So, we'll  be looking out for that. Where do you get these   from? I forgot to ask, but I just I mentioned  all those uh the people that made it. So,   maybe we could uh somebody went to get one at  the different um events. What was that story   about across everyone's reinster? Yeah, it was it  was at all the events. Yeah. So, we'll we'll have   talk to Dylan if you want to get this book. And if  we've confused you on how to get it, don't worry  

about it. [laughter] Talk to Dylan and he will  be able to corre uh to direct you [laughter] on   where to get it. It's something that we should  have. Okay. I um I wanted to I I'm very ler of   announcing more things of our fantastic library  because it's just inviting more and more people.   And I want to say that we want to make it bigger  before we invite more people. But that's okay.   That's okay. We're going to tell you what's going  on. On Thursday, February 12th from 5 to 7:00, the   library Veterans Resource Center will be hosting a  paint and sip event in the library community room.   This is a free program for veterans and service  members along with their family and friends. This   program is designed to create community for our  local veterans and attendees. will be a sipping on   adult beverages as they paint. Did you hear that  part? As they paint. Tranquil nature scenes. Space   is limited and registration is required, but we  definitely want to limit this event to veterans.   Okay, I know it's an exciting event, but it's  for veterans and their families and loved ones.   Just in time for Valentine's Day on Friday,  February 13th at 4:30, [clears throat] youth   ages 9 through 14 are invited to the library  to make chocolatecovered strawberries. This   is a free event and registration is open. That  sounds amazing. Thank you. That's all I have.   Great. Thank you very much. And uh for my report,  I did want to last meeting I had talked about   the sanitation the Los Angeles County Sanitation  District and the 218 process and for the increase   in taxes. You should have all received by now in  the the mail if you live in LA County. Uh if you  

own property, notice of public hearing regarding  potential change in wastewater service rates. Uh   that uh public hearing is Wednesday, May 27th uh  2026 at 1:30 at the Joint Administration offices   on uh 1955 Workman Mill Road Whittier. But u Dylan  is going to put this information in his weekly   update and some links that you can uh access  information regarding this 218 process. But I   wanted you to be aware I hope you didn't throw it  away. There is information in this uh mailer but   u Mr. Fe will include that in his weekly update.  Um and there's many opportunities to either hear   information or ask there's public meetings and  um tours and things like that. Um I also wanted   to comment and and yes um Sergio I was going to  I wrote that little note too and Larry what you   commented on the unity is not being the same and  that is really really important and we talk about   in city council how we work as a team. We're not  all the same. We've got different viewpoints.   We're different ages. All sorts of things. There's  great diversity and it's how you get things done.   So unity is not always being the same.  It's how we work together to get something   uh done. And I think Monrovi is a very good  example of how we work together. Um and yes,   please. And I know that uh calendar is we have  a link on our website and also I believe it's   included in uh Mr. Fe's update about the one city,  one story uh events around town. And it's not just   there many different events that are happening.  So please take advantage of that. And I did want  

to plug since we were talking about the library um  and Dr. Kelly talked about how popular it's become   in our study session. We learned that from 20  uh 2122 it was around 16,516 program attendance.   These are the trends of attendance to 2425 all  the way up to 45,19. That is a huge increase and   um uh staff does such a great job and we are very  popular um group. So keep up the good work. We   just need to find a way to make that library  bigger. It's going to happen. It's gonna it's   going to happen. Um and then um yes also about  um Buffy's retirement. Um we miss her already but   we are looking forward to to Ray Bowman and her  service um to the city. It was very very um very   touching all the the testimonies and and things  about Buffy and how like I said, I call her the   great financial communicator because she could  always communicate the uh accounting information   in a way that we could understand and if we didn't  understand it, she could help us. Um great of you   to think. Yes. Yes, she will. She does a great she  [laughter] does a a great job. And Tina coming up.   I will mention that uh Monday at the coordinating  council we had a special uh coordinating council   presentation or honoring uh Tina. We uh special  song was she was serenated by Key uh Milicanin   and her daughter. Uh the Pasadena uh Humane  Society brought I asked for puppies but we got  

a husky [laughter] but it was still very very very  uh very special and everyone went around the room.   We had at least 28 to 30 people there and we all  um said nice things about Tina and and we broke in   Rebecca as in charge of the the keyboard in our  our online meeting. So at any rate and I did uh   want to mention Mabel Cross went to attended her  and many of us attended her funeral last Saturday.   She um that church was packed packed packed packed  in Gino and she was very active in her church. Got   to meet her uh son and daughter and she was  an amazing servant here for Monrovia in our   library and especially for our veteran services.  So, um, she's another one, uh, we will miss. So,   with that, I think I always forget something, but  at any rate, that's that's it for me tonight. And   so, we will move on then to our administrative  reports. [snorts] And, uh, I believe this is or   break. H, she's done other reports. Where  where is Ray? Oh, there she's back there.   uh AR1 fiscal year 2425 annual comprehensive  financial report otherwise known as the Afer and   uh our new uh director finance director Ray Bowman  is going to present this report. So welcome.   Perfect. Thank you so much and good evening Mayor  Chevlin and members of city council. Thank you for   your time this evening and thank you for the kind  words about Buffy's retirement party. We truly I   know you help you were a big Yes, it was it was a  team effort for sure. So, big kudos to the team,   community services, public works, everybody  who helped make that event happen. So,   she may or may not be tuning in tonight. Um,  okay. So, uh, like Mayor Chevlin had mentioned,  

the item before you tonight is the 2425 annual  comprehensive financial report or ACTR. Tonight,   I'll provide a few highlights as part of  my presentation, and Ryan Domino, the audit   partner from LSL, will quote present with me.  Unfortunately, Ryan isn't feeling well this   evening, and we always appreciate it when he can  join us in person, but due to those circumstances,   we've invited him to present remotely instead,  so he is on the phone tonight. Our auditors also   provided two letters regarding this year's  audit and those along with a copy of the   ACTUER and the presentation are the hard copy  documents that you have before you tonight. Perfect. So, as you all know, each year the city  undergoes an annual audit performed by a CPA firm   and the audit includes a review of the city's  procedures and adherence to policies. And the   auditors also review the city's accounting records  and financial transactions. They also take a look   and review at the city's internal controls. And  when the audit is complete, we prepare the ACT   firm. Based on the 2425 audit, I'm happy to  report that the city received a clean audit.   This is the highest audit result possible  and this means that our financial statements   conform with all reporting requirements  and that they are fairly presented in all   material respects. I'm also happy to share that  no audit findings were reported by the auditors   for this year's audit. Our audit committee  plays an important role in the audit process   and the audit committee provides a forum for open  discussion with the auditors and staff. For 2425,   Mayor Prom Dr. Kelly, Council Member  Himenez, city treasurer Janet Wall,   along with staff from the city manager's office  and administrative services met with the auditors  

before the audit started and then again at the  conclusion of the audit to discuss any questions,   concerns or clarification on any  audit related matters. I would like   to thank the audit committee members for your  commitment to our practices. Thank you so much. Now on to the ACTUR. The ACER has three main  sections and each section serves a specific   purpose. There is an introductory section, a  financial section and a statistical section. I   did want to note that there are two very helpful  summary documents which are the transmitt letter   and the MDNA. Those documents provide a high-level  financial overview of the city. at June 30, 2025. The city has received the government  finance officers associations award   for excellence in financial reporting for  the past 30 years. And this award program   is quite extensive. It has a checklist that  includes over 500 criteria items. That said,   the 2324 ACER is currently under GFO review  following a delay related to the data loss.   And at the same time we've submitted the 2425 ACER  on schedule. GFOAS's review typically takes about   eight months. So we expect recognition  for both years within that time frame. Uh next I wanted to quickly review the  financial conditions of the city at June 30,   2025. So 2425 was a year of continued stability  and modest revenue growth. The city ended the year   with a positive net position of $74 million  and total asset balances increased by over   $25 million. The general fund closed the year  with an ending fund balance of over 24 million   with several key revenue sources demonstrating  growth including property tax and toot. Lastly,  

the enterprise and internal service funds  net positions increased by 3 million. So the city's net position increased by over  26 million compared to the prior year and this   increase was attributable to reductions in net  pension and net oped liabilities. In addition,   reimbursements related to capital improvement  projects such as the Canyon Park repair project   as well as one-time settlement revenues all  contributed to the increase in net position. The   city's continued commitment to managing pension  and oped costs, investing in infrastructure, and   identifying dedicated revenue sources to fund  our capital projects has been instrumental to   the city's positive net position. Thank you.  So, in summary, Monrovia ended the year in a   positive financial position at June 30, 2025. The  city council's commitment to prudence, diligence,   strong stewardship, and sound financial practices  has continued to move the city in a positive   financial direction. I did want to note at  that at an upcoming city council me meeting,   we'll present the quarter 2 budget updates as well  as provide information regarding the state of the   city's finances as part of the prepar preparation  and financial discussion for our upcoming capital   projects such as the community center renovations  and library enhancements. So staff will be   returning with that information at that time.  That concludes my portion of the presentation.   I'll now turn it over to Ryan Domino. Thank you.  Um thank you Ray. I appreciate that. Um hopefully   you all can hear me. Yes. All right. First of  all, I want to say um I really appreciate the   accommodation for the uh virtual presentation.  I've got the flu and I'm on the upswing,   but I don't think anyone really wants me in the  room at this point. So, I really appreciate uh   appreciate that accommodation. So, my my section  of the presentation is going to be fairly brief  

this evening. Uh I'm just going to kind of go over  the auditor's responsibilities, give you a brief   overview of some of the uh scope of the audit,  some of the things we did and the timing of of um   that process, as well as just rehash very quickly  the uh the results of the audit. Um it's always a   challenge to condense what's approximately 500  staff hours into about 5 minutes, but I'm going   to do my best to do that tonight. So I'm not  sure where we're at in the presentation, but if   you want to go to the auditor's responsibilities  slide, I'll start there. Perfect. We're on the   slide. Excellent. Thank you. So, um, as the city's  external auditor, um, it's my responsibility and   my job to conduct the audit on an annual basis  in accordance with generally accepted auditing   standards. Um, this is the baseline of any audit  in any industry. But because the city is also   a local government, it's subject to two other  auditing standards. [clears throat] Excuse me.   The first one is government auditing standards. So  this requires us to not only look at the numbers   that go into the financial statements, but we  also have to test compliance with pertinent laws,   regulations, grant agreements,  bond covenants, those types of   things. Um that could have an impact on the  city's financial statements. Additionally,   because the city receives more than $750,000 of  federal funding in a given year, we have to test   um the major federal programs that the city has  in accordance with the uniform guidance. So,   this is specific requirements and regulations on  how to uh basically manage and administer your   grant programs. So, these are the three standards  that we did the audit in. Um, an audit is a   judgmentbased process. Um, we don't test every  transaction that happens during the year. Um,   there's just far too many to do that. So, we  have to really identify those um, transactions  

that are above a certain risk threshold or dollar  threshold and focus in on those areas. Otherwise,   we'd probably still be doing the audit. uh even  now. Mhm. We my team and I we have to uh exercise   professional skepticism. So even though everyone  at the city does an excellent job uh we always ask   for evidence. An audit is never is not an audit  unless there's evidence to support the numbers.   And that's one thing I always drill into my teams  is uh just just basically the saying prove it. Um   make convince me that these numbers are correct.  In accordance with government auditing standards,   we look at the internal control structure.  So, we provide feedback to management if   there are control deficiencies that need to be  resolved. Um, as as director Bowman mentioned,   there's no findings this year. So, jumping the  gun a little bit, but it was overall well and all   those issues with the uh finding that we had last  year appear to be resolved. Finally, the last two   responsibilities I have are to review accounting  estimates for reasonleness. The major estimates   are the pension and other post-employment benefits  liabilities. Um, so these are complex calculations   that take a a true specialist, an actuary, uh, to  develop the numbers. So what we do as the auditor   is make sure that the data and the information  that's given to the actuary to calculate these   amounts is correct and that they got everything  that they need to basically calculate the numbers.   So happy to report. No issues on that. And then  finally, my my responsibility as the auditor is if   I'm looking at your financial statements and your  financial position and it causes me some concern   that uh the city will endure like some sort of  uh severe hardship like a bankruptcy or perhaps   a something that could trigger a default on a bond  or something like that down the road. Um I would  

be required to report on that. So, if you want to  go to the next slide, please. I'll talk about some   of the stuff we did. Of course, we're on the next  slide. Excellent. Thank you. So, the um excuse me,   the audit is really broken into two phases. Um  due to the delays from the data loss in the prior   year, we did start our interim a little bit late  this year. Uh we did it in uh the last week of   July. Um this upcoming year we expect to be back  in a normal schedule sometime in May and June.   Uh but this past year is later. During this time  this is where we really evaluate the uh internal   controls and provide feedback to management as  well as kind of evaluate the uh risks of fraud   and develop and perform our planned responses to  that. So it's really more of a planning phase more   than anything else. Year end is the phase where  we do all the good stuff. Um, this happened over a   period of of two weeks this past year. So, October  27th to November 7th were the dates. And during   this time, this is where we do what everyone  thinks of as the audit. We confirm account   balances and and and and u status of accounts  with banks and none of the third parties. We'll   examine and inspect source documents for other  transactions. We'll do analytical procedures.   We'll make a number of inquiries of management.  um all of this to gather sufficient appropriate   audit evidence that those financial statements  that are presented to you are accurate and can   be relied upon. So all the data gathering and  everything wrapped up this year on December   19th when we rendered our unmodified auditor's  opinion and [clears throat] if you want to go to   the final slide I'll talk about the other results  we have. We're on the next slide. Excellent. So,   as previously mentioned, we rendered an unmodified  opinion, which is what you want is the best   opinion we're allowed to do. It means you can  rely on the statements for decision-m and for  

other compliance purposes. We had no findings in  internal control or compliance this year, which is   exactly what you want in the companion letter. Uh,  so very short standard form language. Some things   I do want to discuss um that are different this  year is you have a change in accounting policy   that took effect. So Gazsby, the government  accounting standards board issued statement 101   over compensated absences. This is your sick and  vacation time that employees acrew throughout the   year. And the Gazsby essentially just wanted every  all the governments across the country to start   acuring the same types of sick leave. They found  that there was inconsistency across government and   they also wanted a unified methodology of of  acrruel. Um so overall um everybody had to do   this. This wasn't a city of Monrovia specific  item. Um and so throughout the past year we   really coordinated and worked with management  to help make sure that this uh calculation was   done properly at year end and we reviewed it  at that time and everything looked good. So   I already touched on the estimates. I'll pass on  that for further discussion. But the other things   I normally have to disclose to you all in these  sorts of presentations is if we had difficulties   uh during the audit, if we had any sort of audit  adjustments, disagreements with management or if   we came across any fraud, waste or abuse. And I'm  delighted to say that um we had no such issues in   any of those categories. It was a [clears  throat] a good good routine audit. um you   know we always like to have boring audit reports  unfortunately. So that does bring me to the end of   my presentation. I just want to you know extend  um some some gratitude and some thanks not only   to my audit team. I mentioned it it's several  hundred hours of work for them. So they did an  

excellent job. I also want to acknowledge Director  Bowman and her staff. Um they're excellent to   work with and got us everything we needed in  a timely manner to do this audit properly. Um,   also do really want to acknowledge Buffy. It  was her last year uh running running the ship,   so to speak. She was in many ways an ideal client  and so she's worked with me for the last couple of   years and a number of my LSL partners before me.  Uh, so on behalf of all of us, we just wish her a   happy retirement and thank her for her many years  of service. So that is uh my presentation. I'm   happy to take any questions you may have on the  audit at this time. Any questions of either Rey or   Ryan? Awesome. Awesome job. That's what you want  to hear. No, no, no, no. [laughter] Absolutely   awesome. And especially with the the challenges  overtime regarding the the data failure. I don't   know exact the data loss and of no fault of ours  but uh at any rate just an awesome job. Thank you.   Yep. No comments guys. Thank you. Thank you Ryan.  Thank you everybody. Well thank thank you. Thank   you. Feel better. I appreciate it. Good evening.  This is um a receive and file report and so it is   hereby received and it shall be filed. So um  wait a second a motion. Oh, do we have to do   a motion for receive and file? Okay, everybody's  different. [laughter] Uh then do we have a motion   to receive and file fiscal year? like to make  a motion to receive and file fiscal year 2024   2025. You can second it, Larry. Do you want to  second that, Larry? Yes. I'll second. Okay, we  

have a motion and a second. And let's have a roll  call vote. Council members Belden, yes. Jimenez,   yes. Spicer, yes. Mayor Prom, Dr. Kelly, yes. And  Mayor Sheplan, yes. And I'll have to talk to Darl   at Foothill Transit. We have a kind of a running  joke about running the meeting and the receive and   file portion, but we we don't do a motion, but  I know that that always I I think the acter is   important enough that they're probably Yes. Yes.  It most definitely got it. Thank you very much.   Okay. Then we are moving on to AR2 amendment to  city council um protocols in administrative policy   file number 1.31 to the uh to clarify details  regarding the city council leazison and other   appointments the appointment of the mayor prom and  other uh city council protocols and we did have   um an addition to that um item it's um to it's an  update of section 8, so you'll cover it. Thank you   very much. And uh Craig Steel, our city attorney,  is making this presentation. All yours, Craig. Uh   thank you, mayor, members of the council. Just  briefly, uh it's always of course best practice   to periodically review um bylaws and protocols and  make sure that um we're sort of up to date as well   as being uh aligned between process and policy.  And on occasion with a with a um long-standing   document like this council protocols document, we  sort of find ourselves drifting away in in certain   ways. And um this the course of this review um  the council directed us to um sort of bring back   um that alignment between what's happening and  what's been happening um and what the document  

says. These are all kind of relatively minor  things, but it's just nice to have everything   um written and aligned with what the council  practice has been, particularly with regard to   um the selection of the mayor prom as well as  um the way that council members are assigned   to their liaison um various liaison positions  to boards and commissions. Um and just a couple   of other minor issues in the document. So what  we've done is um uh changed proposed changing   the bio the protocol document to provide that the  position is a one-year um position with a rotation   based on seniority and under the old document or  the current document it it talks about the mayor   prom being elected. um it's kind of seems more  political than it really is in practice. And so   the council thought it was a good idea to um make  it clear that it's a rotation and it's a one-year   term and based on seniority. Um so that's one  change. The other major change is in section 8   where we um talk about the selection of council  members to the various liaison assignments.   um clarify that those are are one-year terms and  that the process is a kind of a consensus process   and making sure that um to the extent possible,  the council really agrees on who's sitting with   um which of the various boards and commissions. Um  and those appointments are subject to a majority   vote of the council. That would be the way of  resolving if you couldn't come to a consensus.   Um and then um we've also uh added as the mayor  mentioned a change to uh the version of section  

8 that's in your packet. You've got it at the dis.  The one that the mayor pointed out is unusual is   the art and public places committee which in the  by the municipal code says the council member   assigned um is is the chair of the committee. Um,  and we all we have in this document that council   liaison are not voting members. So we I I've  just given you a little bit of alternate language   um to to account for that art and public places  committee. And um finally at the end of section   8 you can see that um we've added some text so  that the mayor can give uh on the appointments   to outside organizations like Cal Cities the  COG those various organizations in making those   appointments the mayor can give some difference  to people who've been in a leader pos or maybe in   the me middle of a leadership position at the  time we we make these appointments or have a   leadership position or a long-standing commitment  coming up so that um those those folks are not,   you know, sort of yanked from a committee at just  the time they're going to become uh a chair or or   something like that. So, there's some language  in to recognize that. Um so, those are the major   changes. There's some other kind of cleanup stuff.  We've deleted the um mention of the mayor and city   council office, which um no longer exists. Um kind  of thing. um all shown in the um redline version   that's in the uh council packet and be happy to  answer any questions. Staff recommendation is to   uh approve these changes with uh the addition  of the one that's at the dis. Thank you. Any   questions of Mr. Steel? Thank you. Yeah, it is  amazing. Over time you've got a policy, but by   process and just the way we've done things, you  get further and further away from the the uh the  

actual protocol. So, uh with that, if there are  no questions, then do we have a motion to approve   this? I move to approve the proposed changes  to the administrative policy file number 131 as   presented. Second. We have a motion in a second.  Can we have please have a roll call vote? Council   members Beldin, yes. Jimenez, yes. Spicer, yes.  Mayor Prom, Dr. Kelly, yes. And Mayor Chevlin,   yes. And then at our next council meeting, we  will actually be doing our reorganization. So, um,   at any rate then, uh, we are coming to we are at  the end of our meeting this evening. I did want to   give a shout out for our team this evening. Alice  is not here and uh our deputy cler city clerk   Sarah Ginz is filling in for Alice uh this evening  and we have uh Stephanie Rivas um administrative   assistant in the city clerk's office. So, thank  you for joining us this evening and doing such a   a great job. And then in adjournment this evening,  uh we have several unfortunately several people to   acknowledge. Stella Vic Vickers, mother of code  enforcement officer Charlotte Kush. Um Shirley,   uh Arthia Cole, uh aunt and Walter Wayne Hardwick,  brother-in-law of Gina Mills. She lost two of her   um relatives and she's in the audience right now.  Gina. Oh, hi Gina. And um well, our hearts and   prayers go out to you and your and your family  members. Uh Steve McKitty um retired fire um   Monrovia Fire Department engineer. And then uh  last um was added to the list um last Friday,  

a very close friend of mine and longtime resident  of Monrovian and active member of the Monrovia   historical pres uh preservation group. She worked  very hard on the Incenus historic um district. Um   Mary Stolman, she'd had a long long fight with  cancer and it finally caught up with her. So at   any rate, our hearts and prayers go out to all the  family members, friends, and relatives. And um I'm   hoping this list gets shorter. We've had a couple  of meetings now where there quite a few quite a   few people. Um so with that, we are adjourning  this meeting at 8:50. Thank you for joining us. [snorts]