Remarks by Shawn Gregory
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“sir if you'll give us one second alderman gregory did you sign up or is that old yes i did i just want to thank you for coming in because i i think that's some of the realest right um um to come up here and still speak after we're just speaking on the house that that you're just coming to speak on i i told mr nudo that as he walked past uh coming in today he waved that road and i was so surprised i was like man that's what's up man that day That you guys can still speak to each other and have good conversations. And I know he's hot after his issue and I know he's hot against it. But that's…”
“Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Again, I brought this as I did receive a call from a property owner. And when he called me, I didn't consider who he was, how much money he made, whether they're white or black. I considered the issue and the circumstances of that issue and that water line. BEING SO FAR AWAY AND WHAT HE HAS TO DO TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ALLEYWAY. YOU KNOW, THE YOUNG LADY AND HER DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW, THEY WENT SOME DAYS WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME WATER IN OUR HOTTEST DAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THIS PARTICULAR…”
“No, I just wanted to, on behalf of Solid Ground Solutions, our Springfield Police, and Juneteenth Inc., invite everyone out to the Black Expo this Saturday. The police have some wonderful things for our young people that they have prepared. And this all comes from that Community Connection Grant that we got some years ago. And this will finish that up. And they have done a wonderful job planning some things and I just wanted to deliver that message from the good people at Solid Ground Solutions and Juneteenth Inc. and certainly our police department. Thank you.”
“It is, ooh, you test me without looking at that. I'm sorry. It's going to be about.”
“They have about 40 vendors new. Some new. It wasn't at Juneteenth. It wasn't at the Taste of Springfield. YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY HAS A LOT OF YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PUSHING, TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW PLACE AND DISPLAY THEMSELVES OUT AT COMBER COX PARK THIS WEEKEND. SO COME OUT, COME HUNGRY, AND GET IT ON. RALPH, YOU CAN COME, TOO.”
“Sorry. Can you get me up to the speakers? I'm sorry. You can go ahead. Okay. I just want to, you know, Jane said that, and I do want to recognize one of our very own, Ethan Posey. I know he's not in the room, but he was awarded for workforce development efforts.”
“Yeah. Yes, ma'am. And he definitely has worked hard at that, and he's worked hard to to really really gain the trust of this community over the years and and you know i'd be be remiss if i didn't if i didn't uh mention that um for ethan ethan posey for sure second that too thank you all the women allison ford i'm gonna say it one more time peter joseph”
“Okay, thank you. I'm glad to hear that. And, you know, I know in the past we had small problems with wet bags or things of that nature that may have set out there or rained or whatever that may bust open. What's your plan?”
“collectible I just asked that from working in industry I just know that at times you know our bi-weekly pickup and maybe some rain and things of that nature they do get wet I'll make them like they used to and yeah the guys go pick them up or the young ladies go pick them up at times they will fall from the bag and you know we'll get those complaints so I just want to forewarn you on that that may be something to think about in the in the future thank you okay no we'll appreciate it we'll absolutely keep”
“I just want to say thank you. I appreciate the hard work that you and the whole team did. I enjoyed myself. Harlow enjoyed herself. And we'll be back. Thank you. I appreciate it.”
“Yes, I would just say thank you for coming in and acknowledging the issue and fixing it in a timely manner. I appreciate that. And I also say, and I'll encourage, unfortunately, we've been having a lot of storms and stuff, and I believe your company is one of them that utilizes the alleys. I mean, much of the city, and at times, there's problems because we've got trees falling, et cetera, et cetera, and you can't get there. And I know that at times residents have hanged us with trash and trash waiting. So I just encourage to continue to work with our public works department and communicating.…”
“No, no, no. You didn't push your buttons.”
“Thank you. Jay, as representative of one half of downtown, We just had a big event with the big boy downtown. Yep. The record was probably thousands of people down.”
“I was just wondering as, you know, I see that event. you know when in my daytime job we set out some trash cans and stuff and there was probably two pieces of trash in it so it was just we were seeing you know those thousands of people not dispersed throughout throughout the town and things that sort of like with Levitt and and and all the people that come down you know I want to work with you to try to um come up with things to really encourage people to visit downtown even before and after yeah and that's one thing that that's a challenge for our downtown if you look at others”
“Yes, Mayor, I have a motion to approve the Historic Sites Commission recommendation. Second.”
“Alderman Gregory. No, I just want to compliment the owners who are in the crowd. They have been working really, really hard to not only bring a bright new business to our community, but keep that business. We've worked together on parking issues and this issue to make their business even better. And I hope that, Jay, that we can continue to work with them on the lot that's next to them for some additional parking.”
“Yes, just one point of clarification that I did check with Corporation Council. Our Black Lives Matter sign shall remain correct.”
“Alderman Gregory. Yes. You know, as I've said before, you know, when I came into office, this was the first thing that I met with Senator Maynard, then now Deputy Governor, Senator Turner, Alderman Turner. And we were talking about the university presence and on and on. And we've seen plans. And, you know, last council, we dropped the ball on it to be able to do something with ourselves where we was going to pay something and get a grant. We dropped that ball. So we're at this point. And I can tell you that the people Um, who visit and visit that, you know, they never really asked me who owns…”
“Yes, real quickly. I put this on debate just to... bring the light that we get, I know I have gotten increasingly calls as far as in these neighborhood groups on Facebook and things, and I see just so many complaints about Republic Services. Now this is for their recycling portion, so I'm totally gonna support this for sure, but when they come back with their contract, We need to have some discussion.”
“OK. Like for them to waste haul for us. Are we having any trouble with them picking up our trash? Sorry. Because I just didn't want you to. OK. Well, that's fine. And I'm going to vote for it regardless. But I know when they come back for our residence trash contract, we have to have some discussion just about the timeliness and getting those things. and really responding to their constituents.”
“What is your complaint? Garbage pick up. And I know that they came in, the management team was wonderful. They came in and addressed our concerns last time and we still get those calls. I know I do. And I just want to make sure that when they do come back, that we have some good conversation about how we can get better.”
“Yes, no, I miss Gwen. I did see the book book mobile traveling down South Grand going on the past and it looks beautiful. Somebody driving. I was really surprised to see it. I'm like, oh, that's the book mobile. It was huge. But no, no, I didn't see that going going to do his thing. So I just want to compliment you on for getting that going. I don't want to be long, but I got 2 things 2 things and they'll wrap them together. Mayor Corporation Council. We have the South town. That's South town light and I know there's some tricky things with the covenant and stuff and you figured it out and…”
“And the reason why I'm really bringing that up now is, is because I was over there the other day and walking under it and. The bottom of it is open and we got all types of pigeons, you know, live it in there, pooping down and, and. If you ever had to clean it up for a living, you got to put on all types of gear and stuff to keep yourself from getting all types of things that birds give off. And I really think it's becoming a healthy health situation. So I really want to work with you guys so we can finally come to whether we're going to donate that to the Springfield project after we fix it,…”