Remarks by Tim Busse
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That's how I thought it was. Okay, I wanted to make sure I got it correct. So, proclamation for National Chiropractic Health Month, October 2026. Whereas the musculoskeleton system is made up of more than 300 joints that enable our bodies to move and engage in physical activity, as well as activities of daily living. And whereas physical activity is considered one of the most powerful contributors to health and longevity, enhancing both cardiovascular and metabolic health. And whereas joint and musculoskeletal health are essential components of healthy aging, enabling people to move, work,…
Thank you both for being here and the best kicks in the house tonight. The best kicks, absolutely. So we will, why don't we get a picture here? Who's gonna...
Item 2.2 on our agenda is the introduction of new employees, and Janine Hill from our communications department has an introduction for us. Oh, thank you for turning the background. I apologize for that.
Well, nice to meet you, and thank you for being with us this evening, and congratulations. I'm glad to have you join the team here in Bloomington. I tell all of our new employees it's a big responsibility being a member of the Bloomington staff because in a lot of ways you are the face of the city of Bloomington. They don't care a lot about who sits up here. They care about the people they work with every day, and that's our staff. And so it's a big responsibility, but I've got no doubt that they'll take it on and do a great job with it, and looking forward to working with you in the future.…
And in communications, this is called a segue. We're going to move right on to item 2.3, city communications awards. And as I mentioned, our communications staff always seems to pull in a lot of awards at both state and national levels, and I know that's the case again. So, Janine, why don't you fill us in on the latest hardware that our communications staff has collected.
And in communications this is called filling time.
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Up next on our agenda council is item three, our consent business. Council Member Robertson with our consent agenda this evening. Council Member Robertson.
Motion by Council Member Robertson, second by Council Member Carter to accept tonight's consent business as stated. No further council discussion on this? All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Item 3.4. It's mine, mayor.
Very good. Council member loman needing to abstain. So council member Robertson, if you could move item 3.4.
Motion by Council Member Roberts and second by Council Member Nelson to accept item 3.4 as stated in today's consent agenda. No further council discussion on this. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? And abstained? Item pass is 6-0 with Councilmember loma destaining. Item 3.12, Is Councilmember Carter holding that one?
Chief Hodges, if you could, please, maybe give us a rundown on the Axon agreement, and then perhaps just a quick overview or a recap of what's been an unfortunately eventful last week or so here in the city of Bloomington.
Thank you, Chief. Council, any questions on item 3.12? Council Member D'Alessandro.
Thank you, chief. Thank you for your words. Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for the department that you put together and the work that they do here in the city. We greatly appreciate it. I Hope you pass that on to your officers every day, how much we do appreciate them and the work that they do. And I Hope you know and your command staff knows just how much you are appreciated throughout this community, certainly among the seven of us up here. And thank you. Thanks for the work that you do. Thanks. Yeah. Council member Carter?
Motion by Councilmember Carter, second by Councilmember Robertson. I did that again. Robertson to accept item 3.12 On tonight's consent business. Councilmember d'alisandro.
Any other questions, council? Got a motion and a second to approve item 3.12, The agreement with Axon enterprise. No further council discussion on this? All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Thank you again to the chief. Thank you, council, for your questions. Thank you, Councilmember Robertson, for bringing forward our consent business this evening. We're going to move on to item four, our hearings, resolutions, and ordinances. And our first hearing of the evening is item 4.1. It's a public hearing regarding the resolution approving the…
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and I see where you're going with that, Councilmember d'alisandro. Obviously, that's a very passive way of getting the information out. I wonder, it might be worth considering what more active ways of getting the information out a year or two in advance to some people just so they know what might be coming down the pike in a couple of years. And I think we might have an update here. Ms. long.
Thank you. I appreciate that. Council, any other questions? If not, thank you, gentlemen. Don't go too far. With that, council, I'm going to open the public hearing on item 4.1. This is our public hearing regarding a resolution approving an assessment role for 2026, the Pavement management program street reconstruction project. Is there anyone here in the council Chambers wishing to speak to item 4.1 This evening? Do we have anyone on the line?
Last call for anybody in the Chambers? Council, no one on the phone, no one coming forward. I would look for a motion to close the public hearing on item 4.1 this evening.
Motion by Councilmember Rivas, second by Councilmember Robertson to close the public hearing on item 4.1. No further council discussion on this. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Council, any thoughts or comments on this? I do appreciate that staff, we did see the questions about the square footage, the assigned square footage, and I think you answered those questions pretty well. And because it can get a bit confusing, and I appreciate that, that you went into that with the resident who did have those questions. Anything else, Council, that…
Motion by Councilmember Robertson, second by Councilmember d'alisandro to adopt the resolution approving the assessments for the 2026 PMP reconstruction project.
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Council, we had a number of questions on this the last time we did talk about this, and I just want to make sure everybody had an opportunity to either offline or individually with staff to get their questions answered. Are there any additional questions that are still hanging out there for folks that might need to be answered and that staff might be able to answer right now? Council Member Lohman.