Remarks by Joy Hollingsworth
336 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 14
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Ashley. Next, we have Madison, followed by Nathan, then Ed and Guinevere. Welcome again. Hello again.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Madison. Next, we have Nathan Wall followed by Ed and then Guinevere. Welcome. Nathan, next we have Ed, after Nathan and Guinevere.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Nathan. I will take responsibility for that, because I didn't cut her off. So that, no, that was my, it was my decision. Thank you, Nathan. You all know how I run meetings. I'm very lax. People talk over me all the time. People continue to, when their time is up. And so we are just, thank you so much. But I appreciate you, so I'll take full responsibility for that, not the speaker. Thank you. So we have Ed, followed by Guinevere.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Ed. Next, we have Guinevere. That's our final in-person speaker. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Gwen and Vera. And there's no more public comment period. There's no more public commenters. We'll just do a quick check for in-person. Nope, okay, awesome. Thank you all for staying and commenting. I know we're three hours in. I really appreciate your time being engaged in this process. So seeing no further speakers signed up in favor or opposition of Initiative Measure IL-26-638, public comment period is now closed. And now we're gonna transition into voting. which we can vote on both because it's one.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It's one resolution. Thank you. I will go back to the sponsors if they have any closing remarks.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Awesome. Will the clerk please call? Oh, I can't go back. Okay. The clerk said no. Okay. So will the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of the resolution?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Motion carries. Resolution is adopted. The chair will sign. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf. Colleagues, we have reached the end of our agenda. Are there any items that council members want to bring for the good of the order? Okay, awesome. So we've reached today's agenda, the end of today's agenda item, the next city council meeting. And this one is important. So I'll make sure I articulate this correctly. September 22nd at 2 p.m. will be our last city council meeting before we start budget deliberations. And so what that means is we'll be able to,…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Awesome, good afternoon. Today is September 14th, 2026. The council briefing meeting will come to order. The time is 2.03 p.m. Will the clerk please call the roll?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Council Member Rivera and Council Member Rink are excused until they get here. Colleagues, welcome back. I know we had a great recess, and so this is our first council briefing back from recess. We're really excited. We have a ton on the agenda, so I'll keep my comments brief and we'll keep stuff moving. If there's no objection, the minutes of August the 10th, 2026 will be adopted. hearing no objection the minutes are adopted today we have on the agenda four proclamations we have two presentations and one executive session after this council briefing there are also 25 items on the consent…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you, Matt. And for the record, Councilmember Rivera is here. Go ahead, Imani.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And before we go into the presentations, is it possible, because we don't have a visual stuff, but everyone was sent a memo, and I would actually like that. Would you all like that a memo up on the screen, or would you like a link to it so you have it? Colleagues, there's 22 appointments. How many folks do we have here today?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Okay. And I have a list and everything. Would you all like that? Okay. Well, I'm going to have my team send that to me so you all have it in front of you so we know who you're talking about as well and with the memo from Tal. Okay. Go right ahead. Thank you, Moni.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“We cannot, you need to pull it to you and then it should be on. There you go. Hello. Yep, perfect. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Pull it to you. Get it real close. Yes. Perfect.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. And for the record, Council Member Rank is here.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And for the record, we have just one second. We have it up online, so people's names so everyone can see, and then you also have the memo in your inbox, colleagues. All right, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And you can just have them come on up to an interview.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So sorry. You're okay. Well, we can get through the people that are here while you're looking for that up. Is that okay?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. I believe we have one more, one last one, correct? Awesome.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Well, thank you, Imani. Thank you, Matt. I want to thank the 22, the people that are in person, 14 of you all and the 22 total for this program and for you all wanting to volunteer your time to get involved. That is huge that you all are at this point of your life as young adults. I remember when I was your age, I didn't even think about any program like this. But the fact that you are thinking about getting involved in local government and helping us shape our what is important for you because the decisions that we make up here the mayor makes impacts you all the most when we're…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you, Council Member Juarez. Are there other comments? Big thank you all. I'm just seeing big, big thank you. I don't know if there's any closing comments from Matt or Imani. Oh, there is one from Council Member Rivera.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome, thank you, Council Member Rivera. Council Member Kettle.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026