Town Council - Regular Meeting

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Do I leave mics on? Which one are we using?

Are the mics on? Yep, we're good.

Oh, we're good? Okay. Well, two years ago I used the cane because I just had a knee replaced. Last year I hobbled up without it, and this year the other knee needs to be replaced. So I'm back with the cane. Normally we get to these pretty quick. I start by thanking the council, as always, for continuing to approve these arts grants. It's an extension of what the town does through its park recreation and cultural arts department. And it's a good way to expand programming or help expanded programming in the community, which really broadens the opportunities available to the Bloomington Normal McLean County community. I'm going to take a detour here for a second, Mr. Mayor. I went back to look because in 1986 we established the arts grants program when I was mayor. So this is the 40th anniversary of the program. Something else that I discovered when I went through was we started working on something called trail on old railroad track areas. And committees were appointed at that time that went into the next year. And the reason I want to mention that specifically about the trail is what would the community be like without it today, but at the time it was controversial. And one of the very critical votes on the trail by the normal council, as relayed to me by Garrett Scott, who chaired one of those committees, narrowly passed four to three. And if that project had not been approved, we can't think about what the community would be like without the trail, but today it has become the most popular parks facility in the Twin Cities. You have to look long-term when you're making decisions. And as far as I know, the decisions that Normal has made over the years have all turned out pretty good. So congratulations to the continued...

There's a saying out there shared to me by a fellow mayor in situations like you described. He said, the only person that wants change is a baby with a wet diaper.

So... When you've been in positions like this, you learn that change is just constant. Nothing stays the same. It's just what kind of change you're going to get. If you can set a positive tone, all the better. We'll get to our grant program tonight. We had $50,000 to distribute. We had 35 applicants. We were able to make grants available to 30 of those applicants. The town found a way to finance one of the others. So actually 31 are getting funded out of the 35. So I think that's a pretty good record. Given the amount of money we had, the grant requests were like $128,000 for the $50,000. So nobody got a full grant. Well, I shouldn't say. Maybe some of the small ones were full. But any of the larger grants, requests had to be cut back. So we will start with the 33 Illinois Voluntary Regiment Band, which is the gentleman back there. If you haven't heard them, it's sort of Civil War era music. They played a lot of patriotic things and on the quad. Bloomington Normal Community Concert Band the Bloomington Normal Youth Symphony. Heard the Youth Symphony a few times over the years, but most recently. at our new habitat at Westminster Village. They played a couple months ago and it was really a nice concert and I was really surprised at how large the band has become. Or the symphony, I should say. Okay, best band of Central Illinois is not here tonight as far as I know. Crossroads Area Student Theater. And I believe this one was brand new this year, expanding elementary student access to the arts, I believe. So this was a... You know, this sheet is very confusing, Mr. Mayor. Where is it? What's your next check? Let me see the check and I don't know where I am.

It is Foxtail Film Festival. Is she in Foxtail?

Illinois State University Foxtail Film Festival. Okay, so I guess expanding elementary student access to Illinois Music Education Association music programs in normal was the title of that last one. Illinois State University Foxtail Film Festival. I would say, well, this community has to love ISU because it means so much to the community. We can't fund every program at ISU, folks. We do get an awful lot of requests from Illinois State. Further Jazz, Inc. This is for their fall jazz concert at Connie Link. Heartland Community College Creative Connections. The Heartland Jazz Orchestra. What would we do without the name Heartland in this community? Heartland Theater Company. This funds a one-act play festival of new plays, which is many eons ago, the reason Heartland Theater was formed was to do new, prior not produced plays, to give playwrights a chance to have their work performed. So this is in keeping with a 35 year, no, 40 years, you're 40 years old this year, that's right. Okay, the Holiday Spectacular is not here, I understand. Illinois Symphony Orchestra. I was interested in this grant because it's what we funded originally many years ago was the youth symphony that you do for the various schools in the area. I think that's what we originally funded the first time many years ago. Illinois State University Concerts on the Quad. I don't think that one needs any explanation. Been around a long time. It's on the cloud now. It used to be at Ewing many, many years ago. Illinois State University, one act, one voice, area wide, one act festival. They're not here. Illinois State University's Spring Project Fall Community Outreach Initiative. And the next two are not here. Illinois State University Young Writers Lab and Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music, Illinois Chamber Music Festival. which is a very long-standing music festival at Western. McLean County Arts Center, Sugar Creek Arts Festival. McLean County Dance Association. I think you're the group that Gail Coran helped start eons ago. Almost 50 years ago, yeah. McLean County Museum of History is not here. Oh, well, a board member's here. Music Connections Foundation. Nomad Theater Company. But in their case, the name says it all. They perform it. They're nomads. They perform everywhere. Normal West Bands. I have to tell you, they know how to play the system because they only ask for $1,000 every year. Penguin Project of McLean County. I was having dinner with some people tonight who were so glad we were funding the local Penguin Project because their granddaughter is in the one in Champaign and was telling us what it meant for their granddaughter to be in that program. Prairie Fire Theater. Central Illinois' only opera company.

Well, we do a little bit of everything. And we will have elephants and camels in our production this summer.

Well, that would be appropriate. Seedling Theater. And I just love the name of the next one. You'll understand why in a second. Sound of Illinois, Bloomington Chapter One. S-P-E-B-S-Q-S-A, I have no idea. Twin Cities Ballet. I think Twin Cities Ballet may be the only 40-year recipient of these. They've had a grant every year we've given grants. And it's been for the same thing? It's been for the same thing every year, I think. Nutcracker at Christmas time. USA Ballet. This one helps defray costs so they can take some of their ballet around the different venues in the community And the YWCA of McLean County for youth arts program And if the mayor wants to say something you can still have you out of here at 7 o'clock he's got a minute

I can't talk for a minute and a half now. This is so important to our community. Thank you for what you do for our community. You know, I was thinking about this earlier today, and there's arts everywhere.

You can get it on TV. You can get it in film.

You can get it streamed to you on that. But there's only one Heartland Theater. There's only one Nomad Theater. There's only one McLean County Arts Center. And things like that, all of you are so important to the vitality and the quality of life of this community for doing what you do. And we can do a small part by doing these grants. But we know the work you do, the money you have to raise, the volunteers you have to recruit to make this happen. Requires a lot of effort, a lot of dedication, and we care about what you do for our community. So thank you. You got to read your email. Call to order a meeting for the normal town council for Monday, June 1st, 2026. Please call the roll.

Mayor Coos. Here. Mr. Preston. Here. Mrs. Lorenz. Here. Mr. Byers. Mr. Roberge. Here. Ms. Smith. Here. Mr. McCarthy.

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We start with the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

We begin with public comment, and we have five commenters, four commenters tonight. Just quickly to go over the the rules for public comment very simple. We ask you to state your name For the record and you have three minutes to speak first speaker is Cindy Any of the chairs up here

I oppose the potential proposed ban on Kratom. That's why I'm here. My name is Cindy Charlebois. I live in Normal. I was just made aware less than a week ago that Normal was considering a ban on Kratom. Kratom has been wonderful for me and my husband. It's much less expensive than prescription painkillers and doesn't require a prescription. Leading up to 2023, I had a lot of pain associated with osteoarthritis in my knees and hip, which resulted in my getting two knee replacements and one hip replacement. Recovering from that Kratom helped me get off the prescription painkillers If my husband has an aching back, he takes a dose, and generally in 20 to 50 minutes, it doesn't hurt anymore for several hours. I was taking Kratom before the surgeries to help with the osteoarthritis pain and had to have tests of the liver and everything before my surgeries, and everything was fine, even though I had been taking it for several years. Kratom helped me with restless legs so I can sleep. Mental clarity can make me more energetic and makes me feel more loving to everybody in the world. It's great for anxiety. In my opinion, more people should take kratom occasionally. It's not new. Kratom is usually sold in a powder or capsule form. It's made from the leaves of a kratom tree native to Southeast Asia. Its leaves contain psychoactive compounds that act as a stimulant in low doses, increasing energy and alertness, and an opiate-like sedative in higher doses, relieving pain and anxiety. Kratom's not new. Generations, native populations in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia chewed the fresh leaves or brewed them into tea, and manual laborers and farmers used it as a stimulant to boost energy, fight fatigue, and tolerate hot climates. It's safe. In the US, there's more deaths associated with aspirin per year, 40 to 70, than for kratom, less than 10. Kratom is legal in 44 states, 88% of the states, including Illinois. Very few people die or have serious problems from just taking kratom. I've been taking kratom for almost 10 years without any side effects. We need regulation, not an outright ban. The Illinois General Assembly is already considering HB 4737, the Illinois Kratom Consumer Protection Act. Under the proposal, Kratom retailers would be prohibited from selling any product intended for ingestion if it contains more than 2% 7-hydroxyimidazine in its alkaloid composition, synthetic Kratom compounds, any controlled substance, products marketed in ways to attract children, or forms that are combustible, injectable, or designed for vaporization. If passed, the act will take effect January 1, 2027 and give the Department of Revenue authority to write testing and enforcement rules. If the Town of Normal Council wants to make Kratom safer, how about copying this bill and customizing it for normal? It's not fair to constituents or shop owners to make a rule banning Kratom and Normal that would be effective in one month. This wouldn't give them enough time to prepare for the ban. There should be at least a year or more notice so shop owners can sell their stock and constituents can have time to move. If Normal bans Kratom along with the increased property taxes, increased utility bills, and increased town taxes, we will be looking into moving away from Normal.

Our next speaker is Sarah McManus.

Hi. As you said, my name is Sarah McManus. I have lived in normal for almost 60 years of my life. I'm a proud citizen. First time I've actually come up to the speaker. Someone extremely close to me has become addicted to the synthetic form of kratom. I provided all of you a form I made today. I included photos of the color candy-looking kratom synthetic, otherwise known as Hydroxy 7 or 7-O. It is absolutely addictive. It's addictive. You can become addicted to it within two weeks, two to four weeks. Trying to withdraw from it is the same symptoms as when you withdraw from opioids, heroin. It is unbelievably unsafe. The first thing I thought when this 20-something kid came to me was, oh, my God, how many junior high kids are getting their hands on this? And the audience behind me hasn't seen the pictures that you have in front of you. But one, and these are all taken in stores here in town, is called Smurfs. We've got Extra Strength Rocket Pop. Fuji apple, boba berry. Another one truly is cotton candy in green apple. This is extremely dangerous and I can't even believe that it's sold over the counter. Yes, it's restricted to people 18 and over. Yes, people can still get it. Young kids get alcohol from older kids. It's possible. what that woman was describing is the leaf from Indonesia ground up into a powder. It is extremely different from this. This is made in a lab. It is highly synthesized, and it is made to be like 10 times stronger than the leaf. Yes, in Indonesia, they can chew on a leaf. It is not the same thing as this candy-coated bullshit. Excuse me if I'm not allowed to say that. It is absolutely dangerous and it has to not be available. The person that I know that is addicted to this and still is and has been since November of 2025, they're trying to kick it, said, I wish this wasn't for sale. He's scared to death to go cold turkey because he's scared to death that he will want to take it again and it's going to be available right on his door. This has to go. I think I've said what I need to say.

Thank you. Next speaker is Victor Connor.

Thank you.

My name is Victor Connor. I live in Normal. About 12 years ago, I hurt my back seriously, and the prescription drugs, heavy narcotics that the doctors assigned me really wasn't doing the job. It kind of also made my mind a little fuzzy and stuff. Well, 10 years ago, my wife got the Kratom, the actual Kratom, not any synthetic Kratom, and I started taking that. And about 10 times a year, I get really flared up arthritis, pain in the back, and if anybody's had serious back pain, they know how disabling that can be. The Kratom, when I take it, it's just like 50 cents worth of Kratom. In about 30 to 40 minutes, my back pain greatly alleviates, and then in about an hour, it's gone for about five hours. After that, the pain will recover slowly, but But then I feel great for the rest of the time, and the next few days, whatever, I'm in great shape. Now, I was kind of curious about you guys wanting to ban this substance, and I looked at deaths of various ingested substances in the United States, and I lowered it for Illinois, which Illinois has roughly one-thirtieth the population of the United States. For instance, there are 8,300 to 9,900 Illinois residents who die from overdoses of medication errors and allergic reactions to properly prescribed drugs. Not even talking about illegal drugs. Alcohol, 5,800 Illinois residents die from excessive alcohol use. Kratom, 0.33 people die. Illinois that could be one person a year and they're not really even sure what that is so I'm kind of curious why you would even be considering banning a substance that's been used for hundreds of years in other parts of the world thank you and our last speaker tonight is Michael Dion

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I'll keep this short and sweet. My name is Michael Lyon. I've been a resident of Norwood the last three years, and I very much hope you guys pass this Kratom ban. While, yes, Kratom itself in its natural form may have good effects for some people, currently it is very unregulated and dangerous. The FDA doesn't even know what they should do with it. And I think it's pertinent to get out ahead of this, ban it in the city, because as of right now, kratom is not something that's being prescribed by, say, your doctor. And I know to some that can be a bad word, but... we shouldn't be getting prescription pain relief or I should say substitute for prescription pain relief from the gas station this is how addiction happens and this is how addiction continues it is incredibly easy to get if you look at the people who are behind the sale of kratom and more specifically yes it's synthetics a lot of these people are in trouble with the law now or will be because they are under investigation These are not the kinds of people that you want putting items into your community, not to mention that a lot of Kratom products that you can buy, again, you can just go up to the Circle K and get this stuff, you don't actually know what is in those pills. There is a study done where someone went to 10 gas stations in the same city, I believe it was in Wisconsin, and they bought what was supposed to be the same Kratom pill from the same company, and they opened it up and asked, The powder was a different color, different granule. It can be widely different. Until there's some kind of regulation, we should protect our citizens and ban this. Thank you.

We move to the omnibus agenda items considered routine and would be taken with a single vote unless a council member would like to pull an item for discussion. Do I have a motion?

So moved. Second.

Items on the omnibus tonight are approval of the minutes of the regular council meeting of May 18th 2026 a report to receive and file town of normal expenditures for payment as of May 27th 2026 and a resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement for technical planning services with the McLean County Regional Planning Commission Please call the roll

Mr. Preston? Aye. Mrs. Lorenz? Aye. Mr. Roberge? Aye. Ms. Smith? Aye. Mr. McCarthy? Aye. Mayor Koos?

Aye. Those items are approved. We have no general orders. A couple of items of new business tonight. First is an ordinance authorizing boundary modifications to the area known as the Bloomington Normal Enterprise Zone.

Move approval.

Second. Discussion on this item? Questions?

Please call the roll.

Just one question. So how many other bodies have already approved it? I believe it's been before Bloomington. Are we the second to approve this?

That is correct. We are the second of the five bodies that will be addressing this matter.

Okay. Thank you.

Please call the roll.

Mrs. Lorenz? Aye. Mr. Roberge? Aye. Ms. Smith? Aye. Mr. McCarthy? Aye. Mr. Preston?

Aye.

Mayor Koos?

Aye. That ordinance is approved. Item 8 is an ordinance prohibiting the sale or distribution of kratom.

Move approval.

Thank you. Second. Discussion? Questions?

Mr. Preston? I have one. A number of our public commenters This evening made a distinction between the natural kratom leaf and some of the synthetics that we see commonly processed and put for sale in our gas stations and other establishments. Has there been any conversation or thought, either at the state level or in the context of this conversation, of differentiating those two, the natural leaf versus the synthetic, in terms of regulation?

I'm going to defer to Mr. Day, who's the one who's really coordinated the research on this topic and also tracked potential regulation at the state level.

Thank you. So first, I'm not quite sure it's right to call it synthetic. It's the 7-OH. Well, there's two alkaloids within the natural kratom leaf. There's the mitragynine and the 7-hydroxonitragynine. Both of those are the alkaloids that bind to the opioid receptors and cause the opiate effects. It's natural in regular kratom. It would be like saying there's a difference between cannabis and THC. They both occur naturally in the actual. There is a way to enhance or to take it out of and sort of enhance the product with these, particularly the 7-OH. But it's occurring naturally in all of them. We looked at it, the state has looked at it. There was about six different bills regulating kratom that were up in the General Assembly last year. The one that was mentioned, House Bill 41, was it 47? That one very quickly died back in March. Never made it even to a committee, I don't believe. The last one that the state was looking at was House Bill 3136, which made it all the way up through the last week of session before it never made it out of committee. And that one was a full ban of all Kratom and Kratom products. It was not only just a ban on the sale, but also a ban on possession. So that was the last Kratom Bell that the General Assembly was considering. We've looked at the option of can we find a way to do something With the ingredients and there really is no way for us to enforce that we wouldn't know based on as one of the commenters said you get a Capsule with some ground leaves in it. There would be no way to tell whether it was 2% or more 70h contained in the bill so At this point it would have to be an all-or-nothing ban Thanks

I was wondering if our representatives of our police and fire could speak to prevalence that they're seeing in this community. And I ask that question because we, a few months ago, had a pretty profound testimonial from somebody who I think was local experiencing the ill effects of this particular product. So can somebody speak to the prevalence that we're seeing?

No. The staff has researched this. Ms. Reese or Mr. Day can answer any question you wish to ask.

Sure. Then I'll pose that question to whomever can best answer it. Mr. Day.

Sure. Again, we don't have, it's anecdotally, it's the people who've contacted you talking about the addiction. Part of the problem with assigning whether or not a death has occurred due to kratom is that the kratom testing isn't on your typical forensic toxicology reports. So if they get some kind of overdose, they don't know, they don't typically test for kratom. There was an article I saw that at the beginning of this year, the Medical Examiner for Tazewell County estimated there were six deaths in 2025 related to Kratom. But we don't have general large numbers of where it's occurring. And typically people who are on Kratom are also on other types of substances. So separating out just Kratom is something that we're not, we don't have a whole lot of data on.

Okay As a representative of this community, I guess I'm what I'm trying to find out is are we seeing a spike out in the field For this and I guess I that doesn't really answer my question So maybe you can explain why you're not allowing me to get Actually Get a trip to an emergency room to have that conversation with the doctor, but they said you'll have to come back They were too busy

But I thought that would be the point of connection, is are we seeing emergency room treatments on Kratom use? I wasn't able to get that question answered. Again, I don't think the police or the fire department is, correct me if I'm wrong, Ms. Reese or Mr. Date, I don't think that they're identifying people as Kratom users. or not creative users, I think they're identifying people who need assistance.

Yeah, and I will add, just in terms of, personally I don't know the numbers of people or the numbers of issues that might be generated, calls for service, because of the specific drug or Matter that people might be taking I think that we've what drove this to be on your agenda this evening is question the variety of comments we've had public commenters come to speak and Frankly the city of Bloomington already took action. I was unaware of this problem at its magnitude until Bloomington took action and then it came to the forefront and as a serious health risk and with Bloomington's action and then the public commenters that we've received or that we've listened to in recent history recent past as well as emails that we've received and requests from council members that we put this on the agenda this is what's driving the the issue being on the agenda tonight It wasn't driven by fire calls or police calls. It was driven by public request and City of Bloomington action and requesting a public conversation about this topic tonight.

Do we know what prompted Bloomington to take action? I do not know. Okay. Well, fair enough. I think it's being a little obtuse with your response to me, but understood.

Fair enough.

I think it's been pointed out that if we were to try to distinguish, Normal would be taking on responsibility for actually determining the content of these products, which would require lab facilities and the expertise to actually test them. And Mr. Day, is that what you're saying, that the state is wrestling with in their legislation?

I can't speak to exactly what the state is wrestling with, but, yeah, that was definitely our challenge with the regulation of that. Did that answer your question?

Yes. So if the state that has more resources than we do doesn't feel that they're ready to make a distinction, I think we come back to the either we ban it or we don't ban it, uh... and and i wrestled with this because i know the mistakes that were made surrounding marijuana uh... where it was uh... criminalized uh... and not just the you can't sell it but you couldn't possess it i do want to point out that The ban that we're talking about is simply saying it cannot be sold in normal. There is no penalty assessed against anyone who holds it or uses it. And I think that is a good distinction to have. And as much as it pains me to consider that we may be depriving some people of medication they have found effective, what we're really saying is you just cannot purchase it here in normal.

Mr. McCarthy.

Thanks, Mayor. Just wanted to emphasize one of my points was to center back on what this band does is that it's not sale. But if people are using it and are having success and get it elsewhere, that's not being considered tonight. And that's not something that we're aimed to address in this particular action tonight. I personally reached out to some doctors just to hear what the medical community, at least locally, had to say and was given some guidance that family practice docs are given on this subject. Certainly there's a dearth of research on this product, substance, whatever we're calling it appropriately. But certainly the information that is out there is a bit shocking that there's been a tenfold increase in its use in the United States in the last about eight years. And that comparisons with other drugs like aspirin, for instance, are very difficult because the prevalence of use of kratom, at least as far as the research knows, is about .8% in the U.S. population, whereas something like aspirin is nearly 5% use. So comparing statistics of side effects of aspirin versus kratom is really not appropriate because so many more people use aspirin versus kratom. And so that was a point emphasized in the guidance. But certainly one of the most concerning things to me in reading in the guidance to family practice physicians is that the reports of withdrawal-like symptoms and addiction-like symptoms for opiates that, for some people, Kratom is intended to replace, and without any regulation on the product safety that we've been talking about here and our ability to not distinguish between where it came from and what's really in it, I'm supporting the ban simply because of those safety concerns. Thanks.

I would add that this ordinance is not quite as strong as the one that Bloomington passed because I think we wanted to be a little slower moving and cautious about how we approach this. And, you know, the research I did, the emails that we got, We had people that had incredibly good results. We had some people who lost a child because of the use of that. The FDA has been very clear that they don't approve of this drug for use. And it's not because they think it's the wrong drug It's because there hasn't been enough research into it broad enough research in it into it to make them take a position on it now That's a conservative position and they're known to do that.

But I think you know where we have stories of

Disturbing stories and we also have stories of people getting benefit from this I think it's the right choice to take a take a conservative approach to this and I think that's what this ordinance does Yes, thank you so

Did doing some research on Kratom over the last while, actually, because this has been something that's kind of become a hobby horse of mine since we had a public commenter speak about the dangers of it and seeing this come up again and again on social media. dug into a little bit about kratom and its uses as a traditional medicine and if you look at Description of kratom as you could brew it or into a tea or chew it Or and it gives you a mild euphoric sense you could Apply that same descriptor to cot you apply that same descriptor to coca so I think it's pretty obvious for us that we don't want people growing coca or cot in our community. And even if they're out there chewing it, even if that's the prescribed use has been traditional medicine, that's not how it is being used in practice by a lot of people. Another thing that I wanted to point out, went to the DEA's website from an October 2025 report on Kratom, and it says, licit uses. Kratom has no legitimate medical use in the United States. and understand research is slow. Research happens over time. But if we ever get there, we're definitely not there at this point. So maybe a time we might revisit this down the road and say, oh, we need to backtrack on that. But based on what we're seeing, the concerns in the community, the withdrawal symptoms we're seeing from people who've been using this and not knowing whether it is the traditional ground kratom or the 7-OH enhanced varieties, we can't make that determination safely. And I would add on to that that because it is a supplement and it's regulated under the 1994 regulations, The Drug Supplement Act and Education Act, excuse me, Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, you can't verify because of those supplements what is in any of them without independent lab testing, which is not in accordance with the law. It's not required by federal law for these supplements. So based on those, I will also be supporting this ban just to make sure that our town is not at least contributing to these illicit or not illicit yet substances being out on the street. Thank you.

Further discussion? Please call the roll.

Mr. Roberge? Aye. Ms. Smith? Aye. Mr. McCarthy? Aye. Mr. Preston? Aye. Mrs. Lorenz? Aye. Mayor Koos?

Aye. That ordinance is approved. We have no public comment tonight before taking a motion for adjournment. Do we have concerns?

Mr. McCarthy and then Ms. Smith.

Thanks, Mayor. Just a quick promotion. There's a lot going on in town this weekend, but here in Normal and throughout McLean County, we have the Route 66 celebration going on Sunday out at One Normal Plaza. We have a 50s-era picnic going on with vintage cars and We'll be out there with there are one and a brand new are two vehicles out there. I think Children's Discover Museum the Illinois Art Station will be out there with kid activities Artwork to do games a vintage baseball league lots going on between noon and four live music Out there as well. So bring the family out on Sunday to one normal plaza And

a congratulations to all of the winners of the Harmon Arts Graph grants. I also wanted to highlight that this coming weekend, the Penguin Project of McLean County is putting on their annual production this year. It's the Addams Family Junior. Thursday night will be their dress rehearsal where audience is invited to attend. It's pay what you can, and if you don't pay anything, you're still welcome to grab a seat at the auditorium at Metcalfe or university high school. And the other performances are Thursday night, Friday night at 7, and a matinee on Sunday, which I can't remember because we always had to show up early for makeup and dress. But that's going on. And there's also some festivities for the upcoming Special Olympics, including a plane pool at CIRA, where teams of 20 are going to see how fast they can pull an airplane forward 20 feet, all for the cause of Special Olympics. Thank you.

Not just an airplane, a 737. Oh, my God. A big airplane.

Well, maybe they'll all be doing that with the price of air fuel.

Motion for adjournment.

So moved.

Second.

Please call the roll.

Ms. Smith? Aye. Aye. Mr. McCarthy? Aye. Mr. Preston? Aye. Mrs. Lorenz? Aye. Mr. Roberge? Aye. Mayor Koos?

Aye. We are adjourned.