Remarks by Misty Buscher
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“Second. I have a motion and a second to approve the Historic Sites Commission recommendation. Is there any discussion from the council?”
“Anything else? Okay. With all that being said, voting will now be open. All those in favor of the motion will vote yes. Those opposed would vote no. And... Yes, there would be alcohol. So the motion passes with eight voting yes, none voting no. Thank you for coming tonight. That concludes the zoning portion of the meeting.”
“Is that working? Nope. You want to come sit over here? It might be a working mic. We'll give you a chair next to Corporation Council.”
“We have a motion and a second to accept the Treasurer's report. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the motion will say aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay. The ayes have it. Thank you, Deputy Treasurer. The chair will also recognize the OBM director for any questions on the OBM contract report. Any questions on that from the elders? Seeing none, we will move forward. The chair will entertain with the motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the July 7th, 2026 regular city council meeting and approve the minutes.”
“We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay. The ayes have it. The chair will entertain a motion to incorporate the pre-council first reading of ordinances into the record of this council meeting. So moved. Second. And we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the motion will say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. The ayes have it. The next item on the agenda is the consent agenda. The chair will entertain a motion to incorporate the pre-council reading of the consent agenda…”
“A motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the motion will say aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay. The ayes have it. The chair will entertain a motion to place the consent agenda on final passage. So moved.”
“We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Alderwoman Conley.”
“Noted. Thank you very much, Alderwoman. Any other discussion? Seeing none, the voting will now be open. All those in favor of the motion will vote yes. All those opposed will vote no. And the motion passes with nine voting yes, none voting no. Agenda items 2026-294 and 2026-339 remain tabled or in committee. The next item on the agenda is 2026-333, an ordinance authorizing the execution of an agreement between the State of Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the City of Springfield for the donation of the block bound by 4th Street, Capitol Avenue, 5th Street, and Jackson Street for…”
“So did you make a motion for the amendment? Yes, I'm making a motion. Second. All right, so we have a motion and a second now because we were needing that.”
“Alderman Rockford. So any discussion on the amendment from the Alders? Alderman Williams, are you just making sure you're finished? Oh, yeah. Okay.”
“Thank you. Any other discussion? Seeing none, do you want a voice vote for the amendment or do you want, I don't know.”
“You can do a hard vote on the machine. Okay. So this would be a vote on the amendment only that the alderman has proposed. If you vote yes, you're voting for the amendment. If you vote no, you're voting not for the amendment.”
“I know I'm trying to vote, but my mouse is not... Well, I'm going to do a voice vote because I think this mouse might need batteries. I'm voting no. Amendment fails, five voting no, four voting yes, one voting present.”
“I think there might be a... Thank you. All right, so that's the amendment. We'll go back to the original ordinance as proposed 2026-333. Any discussion from the Alders on the ordinance itself? Alderman Gregory?”
“Any other discussion Alderman Gregory? No, ma'am. Okay, thank you. Any other discussion from the elders? Seeing none. Oh, sorry. Clerk Redpath says hold, please.”
“Any discussion from the alders? Alderman Hanauer.”
“purchasing the property demolitions, and then the construction underneath the ground that you spoke of. The state is going to spend a minimum of $4 million, if not more. They're going to do the phase two mitigation of the needs that Illinois EPA will come down with. They're going to improve the block, and then they're going to take care of it. And Illinois Department of Natural Resources takes care of the governor's mansion area, and look how beautiful that looks. This is going to look just as beautiful. Sue, I agree with you. I trust the administration at the state level that they're going…”
“I just said they're going to have to mitigate when the Illinois EPA comes down.”
“There's a clause in the contract. Do you want to speak? Corporation Council wrote the contract with the Council from IDNR.”
“We can back downtown So I'm happy to be a co-sponsor Thank you any other discussion from the elders Seeing none the voting will now be open all those in favor the motion will vote yes all those opposed will vote no And all the woman you're present so the motion passes with seven voting yes one voting no and one voting present I The next item on the agenda is item number 2026-338, an ordinance approving the appointment of Robert Mueller to the Springfield Urban Forestry Commission. The chair will entertain a motion to place agenda item number 2026-338 on final passage. So moved. Second. We…”
“We have a motion and a second. Discussion? Alderman Gregory.”
“Alderman, I'm sorry to interrupt you. That's for the trash pickup for us, for the city, like our buildings here.”
“I'm sorry, can I ask, is it about yard waste or actual garbage pick up?”
“And I think that the constituents complaints, Alderman, I would probably agree with them. I think the problem is there's a person in the truck and then there's an arm instead of two humans anymore. And the arm rubbish falls out and then they drive away. So I've witnessed that in front of my own home.”
“Thank you, sir. Any other discussion? Seeing none, the voting will now be open. All those in favor of the motion will vote yes. All those opposed will vote no. The motion passes with nine voting yes, none voting no. Is there any unfinished business to come before the council at this time? Seeing none, we're going to move to new business. The first thing I would like to do in new business is promote Lincoln Library. For those of you that don't know, and I can have Gwen come up to the podium if you'd like, but you can sign up at Lincoln Library online to join the Spice of the Month Club. And…”