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Walsh.

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Father God, thank you for the divine promises you have given to us in your word.

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Thank you that you have not left us to fend for ourselves as we navigate through this sin-filled

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Messina, and

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Mr.

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Chavis.

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We are all

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to ask for wisdom, knowledge, and common sense, which you will

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give generously to all.

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And so we do.

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But so upon the Freeport City Council members, the ability

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to conduct themselves in a state-like manner towards mayor

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Miller and themselves.

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Give the city council members skills to apply wisdom,

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Fentz when introducing and voting on legislation to create new laws for the city, negotiating

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and approving the city budget, ensuring proper allocation of resources, monitoring city agencies

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to ensure they effectively serve the community, representing constituents' interest in addressing

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community issues, and collaborating with other council members and local officials for effective

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Miller.

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And, Lord, last but not least, help each city council member effectively execute the positions

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to which they were elected and you install them by seeking wise counsel and by being

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prepared before council meetings so they can make informed decisions.

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All blessings, honor, glory, and power belong to you.

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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

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Thank you.

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And now we'll officially call this meeting to order.

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Madam Clerk, could you please take the roll?

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Miller, Alderpersons, Klemm, Johnson, Simmons, Parker, Stacy, Shadle, Sanders, and Sellers.

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If you could please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Alderman Sanders.

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Students of 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.

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Davis.

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Item number five is approval of the minutes from the Committee of the Whole meeting held

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on August 11th, 2025.

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Is there such a motion?

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So moved.

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Second.

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We have a motion made by Alderman Shadle, seconded by Alderman Klemm.

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All those in favor signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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That motion passes.

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Public comments.

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We have one signed in, Ann, Annette, Mason, I'm not sure.

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Did you want to speak beforehand?

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Miller.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Then we will move on to item number seven, which is the presentation.

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I'm sorry.

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Oh, did you have something on the agenda you wanted to talk about?

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Please.

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I'm Ryan Glick.

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I live in Freeport.

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About last year in July, I found out about this whole supplier issue.

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It took me from July to about December to get everything situated.

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I reached out to the city.

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Bryan Bridge contacted me.

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I told them the issue when I tried to, I got the paper from Nordic, I called them to cancel it, I got forced back in with the AP when I wanted to go to ComEd, and I finally got back with ComEd on December 17th of last year.

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Miller. So that was a horrible six months I had to deal with, with my combat bill. Being

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switched in it took almost six months to be back where I wanted. And I'm on low income,

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so it's like, okay. So just want to bring that to you guys' attention. Thank you.

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Item number seven is a presentation regarding the maintenance of landscaping at city-owned lots.

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Lynette Williams with the Pretzel Gardeners. Hello Council and City of Freeport. I found

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something quite by accident that so perfectly aligns with the reason maybe that we're here today to

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to even discuss community pride. And somebody had asked about it on Facebook, and this was

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this gentleman's reply, and it fits perfectly. Building a sense of civic duty in a community

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is about inspiring people to feel ownership, responsibility, and pride in the well-being

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of the place they live. It requires a mix of education, engagement, culture building,

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and Opportunities for Action.

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That hits our group square on the head.

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You want to dim the light so you can see the pictures that we took.

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I am Lynette Williams.

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I have lived here 50 years.

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Mayor Miller called me in July of 24, I think is when we started this, and she was looking

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to get the area cleaned up around city-owned lots within the community right before Tutti

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Baker days. And this is what it looked like. That might even be good in some instances

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because we've pulled a lot of stuff. Anyway, what happened in 24 was we pulled, I gathered

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and this crew, let's see here, my senior ladies here behind me and we pulled this whole lot

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or this whole area along the parking lot and we thought oh and you know we'd come back

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in 30 days and no such luck.

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It looked just as bad as it had earlier.

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So when we started out 25, we were a little bit better prepared.

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First off, we knew that we needed a new plan, at least for this specific area.

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And so we gathered in, what was it, February of 25, and I knew that we were going to need

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to do some deeper cleaning, at least for our particular area.

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So with the help of the mayor and Greater Free Partnership, there were groups of people

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who were, I don't know whether they all volunteered or whether you like grabbed them by the neck

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and said, hey, come along type of thing.

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But anyway, it ended up where the Tuddy Crossing sign near the Pecatonica River of the city

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was going to do.

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The Lincoln Douglas Rock at Stevenson and Liberty

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in the parking lot, the Master Gardeners were going to do.

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I don't have any pictures of these areas.

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The landscape on State Street that

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was north and south borders on Main,

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Steve Schlump was going to do.

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And his area has been featured this today, I think,

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as the post from GFP.

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There was landscaping at the corner of Main and Adams

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near the Raleigh building that was assigned to the city.

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Walnut and spring landscaping.

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Trish Vandenberg from the father's house

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took care of that, along with anybody from her congregation.

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My pretzel gardeners took this municipal lot.

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And then the triangles at Locuston, Maine,

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and Locuston, Lincoln, the Bangsburg Agna kids did.

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Hello.

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it was one of those things you start you started in on it and it was like oh my

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gosh it's just getting worse and worse and worse we ended up what we ended up

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doing here is my crew Linda Simler is from the farmers market

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Paula Skanezny is not here and Mason is here sharing cook is here

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Kathy Perkins is not here they are my fellow pretzel pickers Lorenzo Allen

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Down there.

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Lorenzo Allen down there at the end he I became acquainted with him and he has

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come along and helped us on various days Robin Dole you have one lone bush that's

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on the city landscaping property I don't know if there was more before but there's

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only one left Robin Dole took that upon herself to do the trimming on it and my

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My friend Dovie Anderson of 40 years also helped us out.

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So anyway, we pulled weeds.

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We had to decide what was good, what we had.

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I am not a gardener.

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I have no idea.

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It's like, is this a weed?

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Is this not a weed?

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Milkweed.

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Milkweed was a huge discussion.

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Somebody has taken the liberty of sprinkling

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We've got a lot of milkweed seeds, or either that, or we had pods at one point, or birds, or whatever, but we've got a lot of milkweed over there.

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We decided that we would keep anything that was next to the fences, anything that was close to the sidewalk, we were going to pull.

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That still left us with a lot of milkweed out there.

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Let me think. Where else am I at on my thought here. What we started doing was we started at the corner of Exchange and Van Buren in that corner where the steps come down and just started bringing the mulch back.

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Anyway we eventually discovered that there's weed barrier underneath there

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and I swear that weed barrier

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must have been there since Columbus came along because it was filled

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with weeds which is the reason that we couldn't get any place by just taking

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care of the top layer

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is because we had to get rid of the weed barrier

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which is what we've done. We've pulled all that weed barrier up

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we've laid down cardboard, we've put mulch on top of that

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uh... compliments to the city

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uh...

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trying to think

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oh yes we transplanted the the corner of at uh...

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Van Buren and Douglas

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was totally

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look like just a grassy knoll

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and it's huge it's absolutely huge

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we I asked Leslie if these kids would come along and help us

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between them and us we did it in four hours but they did most of the work

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Burke.

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Because pulling up the weed barrier was horrible, absolutely horrible.

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Right now in that corner we've got down cardboard and then just mulch on top of it.

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The other corner's got a tree, but of course the tree is having its own ideas about how

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many extra sprouts it wants to come up, so we have to cut those back.

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We tried to replant as much as we could.

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Leslie came and took some irises.

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We took some of the irises and moved them along the edges.

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We had an opportunity to get lilies, no I'm sorry, we transplanted the lilies.

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We got irises for free from a community member.

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And so we're trying to make it look the best we can with the limited resources we had.

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We discovered that, well, yes, but what's growing that's crazy?

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Morning glory.

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Morning glory.

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Morning glory, yes.

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Looks beautiful, absolutely beautiful, but it takes over everything, absolutely everything,

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which is part of the reason for the cardboard being down because we're trying to cut out

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and kill the weeds underneath it.

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I worked weekly with Pat Ingram from the street superintendent.

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He dropped a smulch.

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He picked, I would tell him how many bags we had.

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I would tell him that's landscape waste.

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White bags are trash, because we find people who, you know,

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the cup, the sucker wrapper, the cigarette,

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they're using it as an ashtray, literally.

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They're using it as an ashtray.

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Oh, for their dogs, too.

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That was the other thing they're using it for, very much so.

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Anyway, I kept track of the hours that my crew did.

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My crew worked 134 hours on this, which is almost four

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weeks worth of work.

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Now, we did that in two and three hour increments,

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because we're a group of seniors.

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We don't like the heat.

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we don't like the cold but I'm figuring that we have saved the city somewhere

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around $2,700 by doing by the manual labor. Obviously right now it takes us

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maybe an hour to go out there every other week because we're not fighting

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with the stuff that was underneath. I know that the parking lot is going to be

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Burnett, Takey, değişa, Brown,

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Samantha, transportation, electricity, and maybe just

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some solid cement. You've got a sign in the one corner at the

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corner of Douglas and Van Buren that's been there since George

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Gulrap was mayor. We don't need that anymore.

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Anyway, I could not have done it without these people, any of these people.

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I mean, this has just been fantastic.

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For those people who thought they had to give us advice, and we'd look at them and say,

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you want to help?

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Oh, no.

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No, no, no.

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They don't want to do that.

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But we had a lot of those kinds of people.

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So, we tried to, I guess, be diplomatic in our comments and wanted to make sure that

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the city knew what this took.

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You're talking about your budget, so it would be nice for a little bit of money in it, you

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know, for lawn bags and plants, if you want something other than what we can scrounge

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from neighbors, you know, that's about what we're doing, we're sort of like scrounging

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from Neighbors. Thank you for your time. I'm done talking. Leslie, would you like to introduce

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your kids? I'm Leslie Price. I'm the social worker at

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Banksburg-Agnes Educational Center. We represent Freeport School District. We are at the Students

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in Transitional Education Program, and we're a big service education program, so we like

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to give back to the community. And these are only a few of our gentlemen that helped. We

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We had a lot of other students that assisted too.

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This is Jacarion Sanders, Floyd Carter, and Christian Segal.

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Again, we had a lot of other students that helped as well,

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but they worked in that 100 degree weather week

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that we had.

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I think one day it was raining, and we walk every time we go.

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So I just think that they deserve a little bit of praise

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for the hard work that they did too, so.

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That's all we have.

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Well, thank you, Lynette, to you and your entire crew.

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Hopefully your sense of community pride

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just continues to be catching on with other people,

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so thank you for your service.

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I would love to see other people doing this, you know.

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I mean, it would be not, actually right now,

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it's not too bad, and I think that once we got

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at least that particular area tamed,

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that's why it's not so bad right now.

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All right, thank you again.

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Thank you all.

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We move on to item number eight, which is a presentation regarding the 2025 summer reading program. Amanda Myers.

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Good evening. Can you hit the lights again so we can see better? Thank you.

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My name is Amanda Myers and I'm the Youth Services Administrator at the Freeport Public Library.

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So I'm here tonight to tell you a little bit about our summer reading club that we had.

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As you can see, our theme this year was Color Our World,

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Walsh, and so on.

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So, we had a really fun summer at the library.

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We'll start off by talking about the reading part of summer reading.

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I kind of like to break it down into two parts, like reading and programming.

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So for the reading part, we had 523 kids who were birth through sixth grade sign up for

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summer reading, which is a 5% increase over last year.

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and of those who signed up 271 of them successfully completed the summer reading program which

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consists of reading either 20 hours if they're reading like longer books and independently

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or reading 60 books if they are being read too or if they're like an early reader and

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reading shorter books so it's easier to keep track by book for them.

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So our for our finishing percentage this year was 51% which is down a little bit from last

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Last year.

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But that's okay.

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Usually I feel like most libraries are around like 20, 25%.

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So I'm very happy if it's over 50%.

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and I'm happy if it's over 50%.

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Yes.

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So next we'll talk about programming.

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I feel like Ashley kept telling me like,

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it's okay if it's not better than last year,

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like it's fine, don't worry.

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And this year we ended up with 8,232 people

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at our summer programs.

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That includes in-house programs, outreach programs,

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passive programs and other programs we do

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throughout the summer field trips that come in.

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So that was a 36% increase from last year's amount of 6,000.

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And we had 119 programs beginning in June

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through August 9th.

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And we offer numerous programs each week

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for children, community groups, outreaches.

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And as you can see,

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ever since we've come back from COVID,

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our numbers have just been increasing steadily each year,

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which, I mean, I feel like might possibly,

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it's gonna be hard to beat this year,

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I feel like definitely.

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but somehow we always do it,

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so maybe it will happen again next summer.

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These are just a few of the programs we offer every year.

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As you can see, most of them, the numbers went up this year.

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The kickoff party was bigger.

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Slime making was definitely bigger.

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We've been getting bigger storytime crowds all year,

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so our average storytime kiddos

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for Storytime and Debate Square was up to like 37 this year,

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which for us as a small library is a lot.

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and yeah, they either stayed the same or generally went up.

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So, and now we will talk about the fun programs we had.

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This is our summer reading club kickoff party,

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which was on June 9th.

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And thankfully this year we had good weather

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so we could have it outside.

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I feel like the beginning of June

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is kind of hit or miss on the weather.

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So we have it inside a lot too,

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but we had 550 kids and adults come that day.

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We do like the registration is at

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We have lots of different games and activities for them to do, we always bring out our sensory table, and this year we actually dyed rice to put in, since the theme was colors, it gave them something bright and colorful to play with, and we also made a little balloon arch in front of it, so it was a little bit of fun to play with, and we also made a little balloon arch in front of it, so it was a little bit of fun to play with,

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Higginside, and those are some of our littles who were there for Monday morning story time,

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but they wanted to get in on the summer reading club action too.

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And this is our collaborative art wall we made for the summer.

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We do a different one every year and we try to keep it theme related.

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So this year we decided to base it off the book, The Dot, because it's like this girl

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doesn't know what to make and her teacher is just like everything starts from a dot

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and you can make your mark.

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So we gave them dots at the kickoff party that they could decorate and we actually

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Fowler, and so on.

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So we put those up on the wall.

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And this is one of the things that actually helped our numbers increase a lot.

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We started doing scavenger hunts in the library like last November.

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And they had so much fun that when we didn't have one in December, they were like, where's

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the scavenger hunt?

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We want to do a scavenger hunt.

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So starting in January, we've been doing it every month.

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And these are a couple of the ones we did over the summer.

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So there's just 12 little pictures.

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You can see like the watermelon card there.

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That's what they're looking for.

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We had them all over the Youth Services Department,

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like by our posters, on the tree, on the shelves,

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like wherever, and they have to find six.

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And if they find six, they get a prize.

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So it's pretty simple.

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Like they just get a sucker or a pencil.

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It's not like a big prize or anything.

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But this summer from June 1st to August 9th,

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we did 1,804 scavenger hunts.

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Like this is like their favorite thing.

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I kid you not, every time they come in, they were doing it multiple times a week too, even

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though we hadn't moved the pictures, they were just like, let us scavenger hunt again.

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I'm like, okay.

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It's easy for them, well, it's fun for them, it's easy for us.

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These are some of our pictures at Storytime at Debate Square.

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I love summer because we get to do outside programming, and Wednesdays actually though

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this year were very hit or miss on the weather.

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Some of them were very rainy, and some of them were very nice, but we had good crowds

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:20.599
All summer and everybody just kind of brings their blankets and they bring picnics and we just kind

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of go outside and have a good time. We usually do like the sensory table or some sort of dance party

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:32.200
or bubbles or things like that. And this summer since our theme was colors I kind of broke out

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:38.039
of my usual summer themes and we did a different color every week which was really fun and actually

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different to do so it was very fun. And you can't have a good summer reading program without making

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We made some disco ball slime and firecracker slime using Pop Rocks, which actually make your slime pop and fizz and stuff, and then we also made some orange creamsicle slime to finish out the summer, and this year we had 493 people, including kids and adults, at our three slime days.

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So the popularity of slime is not slowing down at all.

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And these next few pictures are from our Make It Monday programs.

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I love Make It Monday because the kids just get to be,

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they get to do whatever they want and be as creative as they want.

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So this week we made cardboard birds.

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And as you can see, they all had a different take on it.

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They just got a cardboard bird that was pre-cut and a white canvas.

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And this is what happened.

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and the little girl on the right, she was finger painting

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and like blending her colors like nobody's business.

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And we were all just like,

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.740
oh, what's that gonna look like when it was done?

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Because it was kind of this weird greenish grayish

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:53.799
for a while, but it actually looks really good

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.619
with her bird that's yellow

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and it just kind of looks like a darker sky.

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And here we have our button art day.

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We gave them the choice of having a pre-drawn out template.

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We had drawn out templates, so like the hearts and rainbows that you see, those were all templates that we had drawn out for them or we just like gave them a canvas and they could make whatever and as you can see some of them even made very cool 3D sculptures with their buttons and this was from our last Make It Monday which was melted crayon art which I will fully admit did not exactly go off as planned. However, everybody had a really good time. They all finished their artwork.

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.299
Miller.

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You can't plug in multiple hair dryers at a time.

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It just kind of overloads all the outlets.

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.059
Lesson learned there.

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We let them all hot glue them, and we were like, you know, you can just take it home

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and dry it.

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But actually, we had two hair dryers that were still working by the end, and most of

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them actually stayed and dried them there.

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They were in no rush to leave because they were picking out books.

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:03.700
They were scavenger hunting while they waited.

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It was fine.

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As you can see, the girl on the left, she's very excited to have her picture taken.

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:13.440
So I mean, it turned out fine and people were fine with it, even though it just didn't happen

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:15.839
quite right.

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This is from our messy art day, which I will say was very, very messy, but you can't have

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:23.400
a summer about color without having messy art.

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:28.339
So we did like squeegee painting, we rigged up a pendulum that they could push back and

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:33.079
forth and would drip paint, and we did the salad spinners again.

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:38.220
and I feel like Erin, my librarian assistant, and I spent probably more time cleaning the

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:44.519
patio that day than our actual program was, which was an hour, but the patio is all nice

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:47.860
and spotless now.

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And this is from our Bluey Bash.

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If you're not familiar with Bluey, he is a cartoon dog that's very, very popular with

00:27:55.920 --> 00:28:02.319
the littles, so we had decided to have a Bluey party this summer, and he appeals to kids

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:07.920
of all ages. As you can see we have like little littles and then we have bigger kids and we had

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:15.039
283 kids come that day. They played games like Heepy Yuppie which is the balloon game and dressing

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:20.639
up like grannies which is apparently a bluey thing that you have to do and they made some magic

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:28.720
asparagus which turns adults into animals. And this is one of our presentations this summer. It was

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:37.240
and the kids loved it because they got to be a part of the show and they made the exploding

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:41.880
foam at the end and everybody just had a really good time.

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:47.599
We also had an animal presenter come this year, it was incredible bats and they presented

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:52.679
their animals around the world program and they must have brought like 15 different animals

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:58.039
with them and they told us like a few facts about each animal so they went through all

00:28:58.039 --> 00:29:04.679
All of them in an hour and then the parents helped hold the animals at the end and then

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:05.920
the kids got to pen them.

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:11.679
So there was like a snake and a rabbit and an armadillo and a fox, authentic fox and

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.740
a spider.

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:17.159
There also was a bat, which I feel like everybody was a little bit afraid was going to get like

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:20.279
to start flying all over, but that was fine.

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:24.320
And we had over 130 people at both of those shows.

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:27.320
So those were both really exciting.

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We also hosted an outside library field day this year.

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:34.340
Last year we did our first outside kind of game day.

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:36.340
We had like 25 kids.

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:37.779
So I didn't know what to expect.

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.440
And then this year we ended up with 68 kids.

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:42.500
So that was very excellent.

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:44.920
They ran relay races.

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:49.900
You can see they did water balloon catching and they did the limbo and about halfway through

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:53.960
we divided up the littles and the bigs because we had a lot of teens too.

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.960
So the teens play to capture the flag.

00:29:55.960 --> 00:30:02.240
So the teens played capture the flag and then the little kids played hot potato and tag.

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:08.119
And this summer we had a really fun new partnership with MacCamp, which is through hope wins.

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:12.599
And we've kind of always they've kind of always come to programs sometimes when they could.

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:15.559
But this year they have a home based location.

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:19.559
So we decided that it would be easiest if I just went to them because they have like

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:22.220
50 kids pretty much all summer.

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:27.940
So each week I went and took some books and a craft or a project.

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:29.660
As you can see, we made slime.

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:34.859
They actually came to the art plaza and we did tie-dye with them because everybody loves

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:36.500
to do tie-dye.

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:41.099
And we talked about things like Juneteenth and we did service dogs when they had the

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.660
police dogs come.

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.940
So that was really, really fun.

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:48.180
And that girl making her slime there, she was so excited that day.

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:50.019
She was like, are we making slime today?

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And I'm like, yeah.

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:52.619
and she like freaked out with excitement.

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.680
She was so happy.

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And we also have a partnership kind of going on

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:59.859
with the Stevenson County Fair.

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:01.700
Usually I just go do story time,

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:04.380
but this year we were asked to do Glow Bingo.

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:06.859
And so Ashley and I went and did that

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:08.740
and it was really fun.

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:12.740
A couple hours playing bingo with teens, adults, kids,

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:15.700
everybody mostly was super competitive about it,

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:18.539
but they all also went home a winner.

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:20.220
So that was really fun.

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:25.660
and these are some pictures of our end of the summer party our attendance for the

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:29.900
end of the summer party was down just a little bit but it was a very very very

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:34.740
hot afternoon and people usually people will stay like the whole three hours but

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:38.299
I noticed this year there was a lot of like people coming and people going

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:41.940
because it was just really hot but they all enjoyed their ice cream they did the

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:47.579
bouncy houses they played games they got to dunk library staff in the dunk tank

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:55.420
they got to play games and they just overall had a really good time so next

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:59.579
year I'm sure you're thinking what is going to happen next year we are doing

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:05.619
dinosaurs the theme is unearth a story so I am super excited I already have my

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:09.700
list going I actually already have my first performer booked we have dinosaur

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:16.420
people coming so we're super excited about that so that was our summer at the

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.420
and the library.

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:28.650
Thank you, Amanda.

00:32:28.650 --> 00:32:33.450
We will move on to item number nine, which is the discussion regarding municipal electrical

00:32:33.450 --> 00:32:35.049
aggregation program.

00:32:35.049 --> 00:32:46.289
Mike Mudge.

00:32:46.289 --> 00:32:47.289
Okay.

00:32:47.289 --> 00:32:48.289
We're going to do the electrical aggregation.

00:32:48.289 --> 00:32:49.289
I'll read the other sheet first.

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The third sheet I gave you.

00:32:50.289 --> 00:32:51.289
Just a second.

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That's the only one I have.

00:33:09.349 --> 00:33:10.349
Okay.

00:33:10.349 --> 00:34:00.210
Just want to make sure I didn't give away my only sheet.

00:34:00.210 --> 00:34:05.710
I have a question after that last presentation. Who would like to go back and be kids again?

00:34:05.710 --> 00:34:10.710
It looks like there's a lot of good stuff to do in the community.

00:34:12.710 --> 00:34:22.590
Alright, I got a lot of good questions from Councilman Johnson. Thank you.

00:34:22.590 --> 00:34:29.590
And I'll address those questions. Two topics. We're doing item nine right now, and that's the electrical bids

00:34:29.590 --> 00:34:33.269
that we got for municipal aggregation.

00:34:33.269 --> 00:34:35.289
And I'll just do a recap

00:34:35.289 --> 00:34:37.510
while the sheets are gonna be coming up.

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We had a three-year contract

00:34:42.070 --> 00:34:46.090
we secured last spring with,

00:34:46.090 --> 00:34:48.170
or last fall with Nordic Energy.

00:34:48.170 --> 00:34:53.170
And what happened was the capacity,

00:34:55.389 --> 00:34:56.989
we can go to the bottom part of that sheet,

00:34:56.989 --> 00:34:57.829
that'd be great.

00:34:57.829 --> 00:35:17.579
There, that's perfect. Part of our energy rates comes from when we have an all-in rate. I'll just use nine cents as the all-in rate.

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:31.579
About a fourth of that was used for capacity and what capacity is is the money that's collected by ComEd and given to generators.

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:36.579
and we're part of the PJM grid which goes from our area,

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:39.460
common area, all the way out to the East Coast

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:42.260
and down to like Washington, D.C.

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:46.260
It's the largest grid that operates in the country.

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:51.980
FERC realized that FERC is a federal agency

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:54.900
that controls all the grid operators

00:35:56.260 --> 00:36:00.779
that we weren't building enough generation plants

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:05.779
across the country, and they delayed PGM Zoom auctions.

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:08.179
We used to have an auction every year,

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.900
that would be a third for this year,

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:12.579
a third for the next year, a third for the year afterwards.

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:15.900
So suppliers always knew kind of what their costs were.

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:20.139
If you look at the second to the right bar chart there,

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:25.139
we went from 2024 to 2025, a very low capacity rate

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:29.300
that was given to the generators to maintain their plans,

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:31.539
but also encourage them to build new plans

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:33.460
to meet our demand.

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:36.539
Why is our demand going out of sight since 20,

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:41.539
from 2012 to 2020, our energy prices were flat

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:44.139
and our prices kept going down.

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:47.860
Every time we did aggregation, we would get a lower rate.

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:50.320
And that was due to conservation,

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.500
more generation that was supplying demand.

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:57.860
In 2021, we started increasing our growth,

00:36:57.860 --> 00:37:02.300
and more electric vehicles, but also data centers.

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:04.340
Started increasing the load,

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:07.260
and we weren't adding any new generation to speak of.

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:12.260
Yes, we were adding solar, adding some wind, but not, not.

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:15.420
And the other thing we were doing, we were retiring,

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:19.619
we were retiring coal fired generating stations

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:21.480
at an accelerated pace

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:24.159
because the markets weren't supporting them.

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:26.739
And as soon as they shut them down,

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:32.739
to pretty well flatten them just to get out from underneath a cost, a tax cost on them.

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:39.980
So what happened, supply and demand again, when they opened up the bid, PGM was like

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:47.500
two years behind getting the bids out in July of 2024, we got the bids for this.

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:54.019
This was after we had secured a rate with Nordic Energy.

00:37:54.019 --> 00:38:02.019
and they reneged on it not only with the city of Freeport but also with Joe Davies County

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:05.340
and Riverwoods and Berett Township.

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:10.059
We had four communities that they had the low bid, they won the bids.

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:17.099
So saying all that, that's kind of the background of what happened to our market.

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:23.300
ComEd's rate jumped up about three cents a kilowatt hour also, which started in June.

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:29.659
Not only did we have a lot of heat, we had ComEd rates going up, plus the delivery rates

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:32.579
themselves went up.

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:40.420
So this summer we started seeing some huge electric bills because of the weather, because

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:44.559
of the capacity factors kicking in, and so on and so forth.

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:50.820
But what we decided to do, I think as a consensus, was to have everyone go back to ComEd until

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:53.199
we knew what the new ComEd rate was.

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:55.559
That didn't happen until May.

00:38:55.559 --> 00:39:01.720
But then we decided to hold off on this a little while and see what happened.

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:08.460
So now we're bringing the bids back to the board, to the council, to see if you're interested

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:10.199
in securing a new rate.

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:18.079
So if we could go back up to the top a little bit, oh, one thing before we move, the new

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:23.920
capacity rates for the following year from June 26 to 27 are even higher.

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:29.400
So some of our bids are taking in that effect.

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:38.190
So if we go back up to the top, these are the three bids that we have, and the ComEd

00:39:38.190 --> 00:39:54.029
Great, we have on there a 10.229 cents. If you'll get your summer bill, you'll see it says 10.028 cents. That's for the four summer months. The eight winter months is a little bit higher. So the average

00:39:54.029 --> 00:39:59.420
is a little bit higher, so the average of the 12 months is 10.229 as it stands today.

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:07.559
The two bids that we have from MC Squared, they make sense.

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.840
We're not saving a lot of money.

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:15.400
We're not saving 2, 3, 4 cents like we had in the past, but that's about a penny, a half

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.400
Johnson.

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:26.960
And if that chart's right, it may add another half a cent if we go with the two-year rate.

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:42.110
One of the questions that Mrs. Johnson had was, let me see, what would the average person

00:40:42.110 --> 00:40:45.809
save?

00:40:45.809 --> 00:40:50.969
If you move this forward to the council, I'll have fresh bids for you because these bids

00:40:50.969 --> 00:40:55.050
were on August 26th and we'll know then.

00:40:55.050 --> 00:41:09.090
The average customer at 634 kilowatt hours would save at half a cent, .005, $3.17 a month.

00:41:09.090 --> 00:41:10.090
Is that worthwhile?

00:41:10.090 --> 00:41:20.090
Well, if you look about, if you have 3,000 residents, that's about $9,500 a month that stays in the community.

00:41:20.090 --> 00:41:30.090
And I just threw that $3,000 out because at times we've had a lot more people in the program than that.

00:41:30.090 --> 00:41:39.090
If it goes to a penny, then it's double that, about $6.25 or so savings.

00:41:39.090 --> 00:41:46.610
The key on the aggregation program is people can opt out anytime they want.

00:41:46.610 --> 00:41:54.019
There's no termination charge. When we roll out a program, if we decide to lock

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:59.860
in a program, everyone gets sent a letter from the supplier at the supplier's

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:04.179
expense on the city letterhead saying here's what the community rates going to

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:10.099
be. After our decision was made on a contract, it's then their decision to

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:11.099
Miller.

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:15.940
Do you decide, do I want to be on the community rate or do I want to go back to ComEd?

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:19.059
They can make a choice then.

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:21.739
Next up is the second choice.

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:26.380
ComEd will send out a letter saying you're going to be switched to the supplier on such

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:27.380
and such a date.

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:33.860
If you don't want to, call this number, ComEd number, or call the supplier number and ask

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:36.059
to get out.

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:39.619
So that's the way the program's been since the start.

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:44.420
Once we get somebody that kind of gets caught in or they get mail or a different address

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:50.659
or something like that, we're always open to taking the calls and helping customers out

00:42:50.659 --> 00:43:01.579
to find out, express what the program is and what their choices are and let them know the

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.579
choice.

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:17.579
So, ComEd's floating rate. If the Illinois Power Agency purchases the power for ComEd and Amron, the downstate utility, and they go through their costs and they set their rate.

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:31.579
ComEd does not make any money on the power that they sell. And they break even on that. What ComEd makes their money is on their delivery fees. That's the middle part of the bill.

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:36.980
at the bottom of the bill is taxes and fees.

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:42.900
Part of that on the fees is a cost of a half a cent per kilowatt hour.

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:46.780
I'll talk about that when we talk about community solar.

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:50.159
Let's see.

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:56.039
Is there anything else that I might have missed on this bit?

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:57.280
Alderman Johnson?

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:59.619
Yeah. I just want to read the questions that I gave you

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:02.380
so people know what I gave you.

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:05.900
What is the rate that the city and most residents

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:09.619
are paying now for electricity per kilowatt hour?

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:14.940
10.028 until October.

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:17.340
And October through May, it's a little bit higher

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:21.220
than the 10.2 cents that I mentioned.

00:44:21.220 --> 00:44:23.380
OK.

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:26.659
And also the, I'm not sure how you pronounce that,

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:56.659
So Nieks, Husuth, G upset Me жизнь,ph complement crossover bey, Was Orson, Asher. Dine, Dine, dine g and the direct energy have a renewable green option bra n option.​​ Which is which the green option would be the purchasing of electricity generated from renewable, energy. R Access like wind or solar. Why are those rates higher? I'm just going to read all the questions and then you can answer them and you explained a little bit what the floating rate means that how ComEd gets the money from that.

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:59.460
about even though we have a different supplier.

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:01.340
And then you explained the last one

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:05.619
based on 634 kilowatt a month,

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:08.980
which is an average given example of what a bill would cost.

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:10.139
And you kind of explained that

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:12.220
how many cents higher that would be.

00:45:12.220 --> 00:45:17.220
So I guess the answer I'd like to number two,

00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:20.460
the dynagy and direct energy have renewable green options.

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:25.340
So why are those rates higher if we go with a green option?

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:27.699
because the class to build the solar,

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:29.239
even with the subsidies and everything,

00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:30.420
it's a little more expensive

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:32.940
and the wind is a little more expensive.

00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:37.340
A one megawatt wind tower, windmill,

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:39.380
costs like a million dollars.

00:45:39.380 --> 00:45:42.779
So without the subsidies, so it's a little higher.

00:45:42.779 --> 00:45:45.940
Now some communities are along the Chicago area,

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:50.099
suburban area, they wanted to be 100% green community.

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:53.300
Out here, our communities as a whole,

00:45:53.300 --> 00:45:55.260
pretty much want the lowest price.

00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:58.300
So what we do is we get lowest price.

00:45:58.300 --> 00:46:00.659
We do get that option from suppliers.

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:03.340
If somebody wants to be 100% green,

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:07.369
they can opt in and have that option.

00:46:07.369 --> 00:46:12.369
So if we go with MC squared, they don't offer that option.

00:46:13.369 --> 00:46:14.289
Okay, thank you.

00:46:15.849 --> 00:46:18.849
Hopefully I addressed the rest for you.

00:46:18.849 --> 00:46:20.010
Okay.

00:46:20.010 --> 00:46:21.970
Any other discussion council?

00:46:21.970 --> 00:46:25.659
Manager Boyer.

00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:32.940
So, Council, just at this time, we're scheduled to bring this before you next Monday for the

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:34.940
aggregation contract for the community.

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:40.340
So this is your time to ask any questions related to this and make some indication that

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:43.940
you do want me to bring this aggregation contract next week.

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:48.960
So just wanted to point that out.

00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:49.960
Okay.

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:52.840
Alderman Johnson, do you have something else?

00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:54.840
Can I ask Manager Boyer a question?

00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:55.840
Sure.

00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:56.840
Okay.

00:46:56.840 --> 00:47:00.039
and the lowest price on here is from MC squared,

00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:05.039
which one year is 9.65 kilowatt per kilowatt hour

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:08.159
and two years is 9.85 per kilowatt hour.

00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:11.679
So that is lower than what ComEd would cost us

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:13.239
if we just stay with straight ComEd.

00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:14.079
Is that correct?

00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:14.900
That's correct.

00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:15.739
Thank you.

00:47:15.739 --> 00:47:20.539
But I wanna, no, I was gonna add next week,

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:22.860
we're gonna have different bids.

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:26.220
So this is an example of today.

00:47:26.220 --> 00:47:33.679
Monday when we come back to approve the aggregation contract if that's what council's desire is those numbers will change

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:39.019
Based upon the conditions in the market at that time. Thank you

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:41.940
Oman Clem

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:43.940
I'd just like to add that

00:47:44.699 --> 00:47:51.659
I've known mr. Mudge for many years in the trade and also before being on the council and

00:47:51.659 --> 00:47:57.900
and he's very knowledgeable about this and if you have any questions please ask

00:47:57.900 --> 00:48:03.300
him because I mean he'll tell you I know some of us went through some terrific

00:48:03.300 --> 00:48:09.300
electric bills this year and the way it looks in the future it isn't going to be

00:48:09.300 --> 00:48:14.019
any better but where I was really surprised when I got looking into the

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:20.260
bills was not necessarily how much per kilowatt hour you paid it was some of the

00:48:20.260 --> 00:48:25.480
Delivery fees and the taxes and the so on and so forth that you went into it but

00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:31.260
you know you're gonna pay what it is but thank you for your your work on this

00:48:31.260 --> 00:48:35.380
Mike we appreciate it. So manager you don't need a motion to

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:40.380
move that to the next meeting right it's all good okay well then we will move on

00:48:40.380 --> 00:48:45.300
to item number 10 which is discussing regarding community solar with Illinois

00:48:45.300 --> 00:49:05.340
Shines. Mike. Okay. What we're looking at on Community Solar, and that's a long list of questions, but I'm pleased that people are looking at this and going through the Community Solar with Illinois Shines program.

00:49:05.340 --> 00:49:21.239
Shee, and Community Solar. So what is Community Solar and why am I bringing it to your attention?

00:49:21.239 --> 00:49:36.739
Community Solar is solar farms that are built out in different areas where it's been able to be connected to the grid at a lower cost with ComEd,

00:49:36.739 --> 00:49:43.539
but also it's land that the developer works with the owner and secures a long-term agreement.

00:49:45.139 --> 00:49:51.779
In Illinois, I mentioned that we're all paying 0.005 or a half a cent per kilowatt or every rate.

00:49:51.779 --> 00:49:57.000
Killalotter, every rate payer is paying in to the state solar fund and our governor,

00:49:57.000 --> 00:50:02.159
he wants to build more and more green power.

00:50:02.159 --> 00:50:06.599
This is the way that they're doing this.

00:50:06.599 --> 00:50:15.760
When the CJ Act was passed, that was the bill that pretty much kept Byron Station and the

00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:22.039
and addressing nuclear stations online and continuing to produce power for us.

00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:27.599
For me, that was very, very important because in extreme weather, whether it's hot or extremely

00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:31.920
cold, the nuclear plants just sit there and run, and they're our base load.

00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:38.280
When the sun's not shining, when there's natural gas restrictions for gas generation,

00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:39.280
keep homes that.

00:50:39.280 --> 00:50:43.519
It's not that we don't have a lot of natural gas, it's just getting it to where it's

00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:46.480
Needed on those critical days.

00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:49.340
And coal piles freeze up, things like that.

00:50:49.340 --> 00:50:53.400
So nuclear, in my mind, we needed it basically

00:50:53.400 --> 00:50:54.760
as a survival.

00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:57.599
Electricity is very important when it's below zero

00:50:57.599 --> 00:51:00.519
for on that.

00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:03.800
But going back to community solar,

00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:06.559
why are we talking about that?

00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:11.159
I think I'll start into your questions.

00:51:11.159 --> 00:51:17.480
The community solar, to be able to build, be able to build them.

00:51:17.480 --> 00:51:20.800
The developers need money to finance them.

00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:25.659
What they do, once they get these agreements and they think they want to build a field,

00:51:25.659 --> 00:51:29.519
the next step is to go out and get subscribers.

00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:37.480
And the way the state statute set this up was, your big companies like your hospitals, like

00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:43.800
O.S.F. and things like that. They're called anchor tennis, Walmart. They can lock in a

00:51:43.800 --> 00:51:51.320
certain amount of power. And then the state says well 40, 45 percent have to be kept for

00:51:51.320 --> 00:51:58.199
solar for all, which means residents and stuff. So a certain amount of power on those fields

00:51:58.199 --> 00:52:05.159
are set aside for residents. What we have is a small sliver in the middle, which means

00:52:05.159 --> 00:52:12.599
are smaller commercial accounts not not all of our accounts here in the city of Freeport. I'm talking

00:52:12.599 --> 00:52:20.840
about the municipal owned accounts that are not free service the ordinance from ComEd. So we look

00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:27.320
at the water treatment the water treatment facilities the wells things like that what accounts

00:52:27.320 --> 00:52:34.119
will fit under the guidelines. So that's what I'm looking at. If we can carve off a few dollars

00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:39.320
There's here, there, there's no investment on the city's part at all.

00:52:39.320 --> 00:52:44.480
These are plants that are out there being built and coming online.

00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:50.119
They're not built, the ones that are already built are already fully subscribed.

00:52:50.119 --> 00:52:57.199
So we're trying, we got one coming online in October, we got one coming online in January.

00:52:57.199 --> 00:53:02.960
I'm trying to get as many municipal counts in there as possible.

00:53:02.960 --> 00:53:10.579
Solar usually gives 10% credits for the large customers in that.

00:53:10.579 --> 00:53:17.539
Since municipal accounts are investment grade, when these developers go out and borrow money

00:53:17.539 --> 00:53:27.980
from the market, they like to have good subscribers and that lowers their borrowing cost.

00:53:27.980 --> 00:53:34.320
Just like going for a mortgage on a home, the better your subscribers are, the better the

00:53:34.320 --> 00:53:38.780
tenants are, the better your rates are going to be.

00:53:38.780 --> 00:53:41.920
So it's important for them to pick up municipal accounts.

00:53:41.920 --> 00:53:47.719
So what I'm doing is I'm shotgunning out all of our communities and saying, who's interested

00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:48.860
in community solar?

00:53:48.860 --> 00:53:56.199
So tonight I've got six of them doing presentations, but I'm here because I've been talking with

00:53:56.199 --> 00:54:02.360
throughout for this since kind of last last spring and this one we were involved

00:54:02.360 --> 00:54:07.400
in all the muni ag stuff and that was all blowing up and he said Mike just put it

00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:14.320
on the back table for a while so so now it's our time on this um

00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:20.920
subscription cost zero that's your question would you say does energy come

00:54:20.920 --> 00:54:25.840
from solar farms are already established no those are already a fully

00:54:25.840 --> 00:54:40.400
We are on a waiting list, and right now I've got a short waiting list, and we're able to renegotiate it up to get 15% credit instead of the standard 10.

00:54:42.400 --> 00:54:53.440
Where does this credit go? It goes to the accounts that are assigned. So I'm just going to say well number three uses an uncertain amount of power.

00:54:53.440 --> 00:54:59.679
That's got its own ComEd account. Whatever those panels that are assigned to

00:54:59.679 --> 00:55:05.840
that account produce, that's the solar credits that's going to show up on the

00:55:05.840 --> 00:55:12.400
ComEd bill for that specific account. So what we're doing right now isn't for the

00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:18.159
residents and it's not for the community to sign up like Community Egg. This is

00:55:18.159 --> 00:55:23.420
just strictly the city accounts that we can get into the program. The city

00:55:23.420 --> 00:55:25.460
They're the owned accounts, if you will.

00:55:29.340 --> 00:55:34.380
And I took off without my savings estimate sheet.

00:55:34.380 --> 00:55:42.949
But Rob, do you remember about how much I estimated the savings was?

00:55:42.949 --> 00:55:47.630
Could be maybe, I'm thinking $6,000 a year.

00:55:47.630 --> 00:55:53.869
It's not a lot of money, but we're kind of, in my terms, these are my terms.

00:55:53.869 --> 00:56:02.869
We're clawing back some of that RPS charges that we're all paying in, clawing some of

00:56:02.869 --> 00:56:09.829
it back and putting it back into the water and sewer fund, you might say, keeping those

00:56:09.829 --> 00:56:12.789
costs a little bit lower.

00:56:12.789 --> 00:56:21.369
Is that $6,000 estimate, whatever, nothing we're holding you to, is that per account?

00:56:21.369 --> 00:56:22.949
Can we have multiple accounts on there?

00:56:22.949 --> 00:56:28.630
and we have multiple wells, multiple waste water treatment plants, four or five accounts.

00:56:28.630 --> 00:56:35.550
They gotta be in the ComEd zero to a hundred KW classification and that's the total of

00:56:35.550 --> 00:56:39.349
all the counts that I was able to get.

00:56:39.349 --> 00:56:44.670
Like the treatment plant, if you didn't already have solar there, it would be too big.

00:56:44.670 --> 00:56:48.889
City of Rockford just signed theirs last week.

00:56:48.889 --> 00:56:56.489
They have like 40 some accounts, and I think I got 17 of them in there.

00:56:56.489 --> 00:57:05.610
So yeah, it went through their finance committee and their council says, yes, let's do it.

00:57:05.610 --> 00:57:11.230
And I might have missed it, but I didn't hear you say the term, which I think I've seen

00:57:11.230 --> 00:57:13.409
at other presentations.

00:57:13.409 --> 00:57:18.329
If you sign up and you get in these things, they want to make sure you stay in it at least

00:57:18.329 --> 00:57:20.329
and the rest five years.

00:57:20.329 --> 00:57:24.329
If for some reason you want to pull out,

00:57:24.329 --> 00:57:26.329
something better comes along or something like that,

00:57:26.329 --> 00:57:28.329
you have to make up that subscription.

00:57:28.329 --> 00:57:31.329
Unless we find somebody that wants to backfill in,

00:57:31.329 --> 00:57:35.329
when I say we, we or the solar developer

00:57:35.329 --> 00:57:37.329
wants to backfill that in.

00:57:37.329 --> 00:57:42.329
But this 15% goes on until the life of the plant,

00:57:42.329 --> 00:57:44.329
which is up to 20 years.

00:57:44.329 --> 00:57:47.329
Commit rates, and it's not on our rate.

00:57:47.329 --> 00:58:01.650
Great. Our rate for our power, you know, like six, seven cents a kilowatt hour, comrade rate is like 10 cents. So we're doing, we're doing well on the accounts that we have under contract with the city.

00:58:03.130 --> 00:58:05.409
But this will come back on your budget.

00:58:07.730 --> 00:58:14.409
And I'll have all the specifics next week, next week, if, if you move this onto the board, the council, I mean.

00:58:14.409 --> 00:58:34.829
The information on the fires we are given states Illinois Shines is administered by Energy Solutions on behalf of the Illinois Power Agency, independent government agency.

00:58:34.829 --> 00:58:43.829
Illinois Power Agency, as I mentioned earlier, buys the power for ComEd and AMRUN, puts it out there, and does the contracts and the agreements.

00:58:43.829 --> 00:58:51.670
so they're established to do that. Then the Illinois Shines program came

00:58:51.670 --> 00:58:57.510
underneath their jurisdiction also. They say they're an independent agency.

00:58:57.510 --> 00:59:06.150
The legislator wrote the laws and that under the State Utility Act.

00:59:06.150 --> 00:59:07.150
Miller.

00:59:07.150 --> 00:59:08.150
What?

00:59:08.150 --> 00:59:10.150
The IPA administers it.

00:59:10.150 --> 00:59:15.150
There's a lot of paperwork with it, but go ahead.

00:59:15.150 --> 00:59:16.150
Okay.

00:59:16.150 --> 00:59:21.550
So it says it's independent, but if it's a state government agency, it's not really

00:59:21.550 --> 00:59:23.470
independent.

00:59:23.470 --> 00:59:26.610
What does the state government benefit from this program?

00:59:26.610 --> 00:59:29.190
Does the state government regulate this program?

00:59:29.190 --> 00:59:32.970
What are the rules, policies, procedures from the government that regulate it?

00:59:32.970 --> 00:59:34.429
Does the government set the fees?

00:59:34.429 --> 00:59:37.230
the amount of credit a person can receive, et cetera,

00:59:37.230 --> 00:59:39.190
who determines how much a person saves

00:59:39.190 --> 00:59:40.570
if they save anything.

00:59:40.570 --> 00:59:42.449
So those are all the questions under there is,

00:59:42.449 --> 00:59:45.829
is it, it's government related somehow, right?

00:59:45.829 --> 00:59:48.989
Right, Illinois Power Agency was created

00:59:48.989 --> 00:59:49.829
because ComEd.

00:59:49.829 --> 00:59:54.820
ComEd, because ComEd was evolving where they didn't own any generation anymore. So they

00:59:54.820 --> 00:59:59.079
had to have an agency that says, okay, we got to go out and purchase power on the grid

00:59:59.079 --> 01:00:06.039
or wherever from the generators to furnish the ComEd so people have power. That happened

01:00:06.039 --> 01:00:12.679
in the later, late 1990s and early 2000s when all that developed. That's how the Illinois

01:00:12.679 --> 01:00:13.679
Fowler.

01:00:13.679 --> 01:00:20.719
They run it, they got to run it underneath the law, but the legislators and no other

01:00:20.719 --> 01:00:24.920
agencies have a hand in it.

01:00:24.920 --> 01:00:32.460
Anything beyond that is over my head.

01:00:32.460 --> 01:00:33.460
Did that help?

01:00:33.460 --> 01:00:34.460
Did that answer?

01:00:34.460 --> 01:00:35.460
Sort of.

01:00:35.460 --> 01:00:36.460
Sort of?

01:00:36.460 --> 01:00:37.460
Okay.

01:00:37.460 --> 01:00:48.570
Who determines how much a person saves if they save anything? If an individual person wants

01:00:48.570 --> 01:00:54.809
to sign up for community solar, they can. And my next step is once we get everything

01:00:54.809 --> 01:01:02.409
else, to evolve that so we can get subscriptions of individuals if they want. If the subscription

01:01:02.409 --> 01:01:11.210
Wright is 10%. They will get 10% credit, solar credit on the ComEd bill. The reason this

01:01:11.210 --> 01:01:18.530
didn't happen before was you could not be on third party supply and then turn around

01:01:18.530 --> 01:01:24.610
and have community solar. They changed that when they changed the siege of law. The other

01:01:24.610 --> 01:01:30.309
thing is you had to get billed from a third party for your subscription. If ComEd gave

01:01:30.309 --> 01:01:38.409
you a hundred dollars credit from what was produced on the field then if you're

01:01:38.409 --> 01:01:45.110
getting 15% you would get an $85 bill from a third party supplier. In June

01:01:45.110 --> 01:01:50.829
ComEd started to set up so they now bill it so you're going to see that credit

01:01:50.829 --> 01:01:58.309
right on ComEd bill. Now I put my son on this solar thing community solar three

01:01:58.309 --> 01:01:59.909
and a few years ago.

01:01:59.909 --> 01:02:04.150
Because I actually have solar at my house because I wanted to go through that process

01:02:04.150 --> 01:02:09.150
so I could explain that to people, our Home Office.

01:02:09.150 --> 01:02:10.150
And it works.

01:02:10.150 --> 01:02:17.269
But I wanted to try it because I wasn't going to go, I advocate something that didn't work.

01:02:17.269 --> 01:02:24.670
So we'll get into the individual stuff possibly next year.

01:02:24.670 --> 01:02:28.429
if the city and the city council wants to have a program.

01:02:28.429 --> 01:02:32.289
And that would mean I can opt in, not an opt out program.

01:02:38.039 --> 01:02:40.420
What does Energy Solutions Illinois Power Agency

01:02:40.420 --> 01:02:41.340
gain from this?

01:02:42.260 --> 01:02:46.820
Illinois Power Agency is tasked with doing the program.

01:02:46.820 --> 01:02:51.820
And again, the governor wants to build solar up in the state.

01:02:53.000 --> 01:02:56.780
And this is the way of doing it.

01:02:56.780 --> 01:03:02.219
The legislation says, are we going to pay for it?

01:03:02.219 --> 01:03:03.380
They already determined that.

01:03:03.380 --> 01:03:04.820
So we're all paying, like I said,

01:03:04.820 --> 01:03:06.139
we're all paying into this fund.

01:03:16.909 --> 01:03:20.750
I wrote down on my notes here, as I after read the questions,

01:03:20.750 --> 01:03:22.869
it encourages solar development.

01:03:22.869 --> 01:03:25.750
And we are adding more power to the grid.

01:03:25.750 --> 01:03:28.269
More power that we're adding to the grid,

01:03:28.269 --> 01:03:31.550
our overall costs are going to be kept down.

01:03:31.550 --> 01:03:36.070
again, we're going to supply more supply, more demand.

01:03:36.070 --> 01:03:40.389
Just a matter of point, about 50% of our power

01:03:40.389 --> 01:03:43.869
is generated by natural gas in our PGM grid.

01:03:43.869 --> 01:03:50.289
About 19% from nuclear, coals getting down to around 10%.

01:03:50.289 --> 01:03:55.309
Wind and solar is producing about 1% in the PGM grid.

01:03:55.309 --> 01:03:59.789
So it's growing, but not at the rate that the demand is.

01:04:01.550 --> 01:04:10.110
Who owns and controls the solar farms and electricity they generate?

01:04:10.110 --> 01:04:16.769
The developers, the ones we're working with is U.S. Solar.

01:04:16.769 --> 01:04:20.110
One of the reasons we're working with them is because they are building a site about three

01:04:20.110 --> 01:04:21.949
miles from my home.

01:04:21.949 --> 01:04:27.230
They have multiple sites, they had five this year, three of them are full now.

01:04:27.230 --> 01:04:35.590
They've got one coming on in October and one in January and then later on next year.

01:04:35.590 --> 01:04:38.470
I like them because they're a vertical company.

01:04:38.470 --> 01:04:43.389
They find the ground, they get the permits, then the next thing they do is they go out

01:04:43.389 --> 01:04:47.710
and they get the subscribers, they get the financiers lined up, they get the subscribers,

01:04:47.710 --> 01:04:50.449
they bring it all together.

01:04:50.449 --> 01:04:56.909
They operate the fields and it's not to say that they may not sell it but the subscriptions

01:04:56.909 --> 01:04:59.550
are part of that field.

01:04:59.550 --> 01:05:01.470
In other words, if you have a subscription,

01:05:01.470 --> 01:05:03.869
you're gonna be on it until that field

01:05:03.869 --> 01:05:06.489
is finally closed or whatever.

01:05:09.110 --> 01:05:15.119
But I'm kinda skipping around on your questions here.

01:05:15.119 --> 01:05:18.320
Does everyone have to buy into this community solar

01:05:18.320 --> 01:05:20.079
in order for it to work?

01:05:20.079 --> 01:05:21.720
No.

01:05:21.720 --> 01:05:23.539
What we're talking about tonight

01:05:23.539 --> 01:05:25.599
is strictly the city counts.

01:05:26.639 --> 01:05:28.440
And do you have to put something on your house

01:05:28.440 --> 01:05:31.679
Don't connect the community solar, no.

01:05:31.679 --> 01:05:33.679
But that brings up another topic.

01:05:33.679 --> 01:05:37.400
The only way to claw back some of our money from the state

01:05:37.400 --> 01:05:40.000
is put solar in to your home.

01:05:40.000 --> 01:05:41.199
That's not metering.

01:05:41.199 --> 01:05:46.199
You will get SRECs back or subscribe

01:05:46.199 --> 01:05:47.920
to a community solar garden.

01:05:47.920 --> 01:05:51.400
And that's how we get, other people can get money back.

01:05:51.400 --> 01:05:54.320
Your non-for-profits, your public entities.

01:05:54.320 --> 01:06:10.320
If you look at solar leases, I personally don't recommend a lease for anyone I've not seen where it doesn't cost people, in my opinion, it costs people more.

01:06:10.320 --> 01:06:17.320
They say free solar will come to your house, put free solar in. If you look at what that costs, it might be negative.

01:06:17.320 --> 01:06:27.320
And if ComEd rates keep going up in the future, you may start to see savings down the road, but not right now.

01:06:27.320 --> 01:06:32.320
Did I miss anything that you want me to look at?

01:06:32.320 --> 01:06:39.320
The one, where does all the electricity go that is generated by the solar farms right now?

01:06:39.320 --> 01:06:44.320
Where does all the electricity go that's generated by the solar farms that are here right now?

01:06:44.320 --> 01:06:59.320
It's going into the grid and ComEd is absorbing this power to distribute it out to other customers for the customers that have a third-party supplier.

01:06:59.320 --> 01:07:10.320
And that was the hardest thing for me to kind of get my arms around like, wait a minute, we're getting power from a third-party supplier and we're going to get power from the solar farm,

01:07:10.320 --> 01:07:15.000
but we're only paying one bill and we're getting a discount. How does it work?

01:07:15.000 --> 01:07:24.760
Well, Darren? I have a question Mike. So the city's been approached by one of the

01:07:24.760 --> 01:07:31.639
solar developers that's putting the system on the south landfill and very

01:07:31.639 --> 01:07:37.199
similar program although it wasn't named quite the same but they're as well

01:07:37.199 --> 01:07:44.679
offering credit rebates from that site. Is that different than the Comet sites

01:07:44.679 --> 01:07:48.679
or just one of the facilities that they haven't brought on yet and how does that

01:07:48.679 --> 01:07:54.960
affect the city's ability on this program? Each developer has their own

01:07:54.960 --> 01:08:00.920
program and their own cost and fee structure. Typically they're not going to

01:08:00.920 --> 01:08:01.920
Miller.

01:08:01.920 --> 01:08:06.480
I'm going to move off of 10 percent, but you could ask them, and I'd be very interested

01:08:06.480 --> 01:08:12.840
in that, and I'm looking, I'm going to run out of capacity.

01:08:12.840 --> 01:08:16.600
We're getting tight now, finishing out this year.

01:08:16.600 --> 01:08:18.359
I want to find more.

01:08:18.359 --> 01:08:23.600
So I would like to talk to them and find out what we can get, and see if we can get something

01:08:23.600 --> 01:08:24.920
negotiated up.

01:08:24.920 --> 01:08:28.720
I guess my question is, can we do both?

01:08:28.720 --> 01:08:58.720
Yeah, Attorney Zito, right Mike, so my question was the exact same thing there in the sense that we have certain city owned sites, like for example our landfill or our wastewater treatment plant that all have solar panels, solar fields there that we then have an agreement with that particular solar developer that put those solar panels on those specific sites to which we, you know, are given a certain rate.

01:08:58.720 --> 01:09:05.920
you know there can we through this program piggyback onto that or is that an account that then can't be

01:09:05.920 --> 01:09:10.800
on this community solar program say hey you guys are already part of a different program you can't

01:09:10.800 --> 01:09:18.000
piggyback on to this um community solar program with Illinois shines then so you can't have two

01:09:18.000 --> 01:09:27.760
programs running from this for the same account so to speak there can be there can be um if i run out

01:09:27.760 --> 01:09:34.640
if I run out of room and we're going to put so many accounts qualified accounts on yes you can put the

01:09:34.640 --> 01:09:41.039
other qualified accounts on on that it's just depends when they have the same criteria that

01:09:41.039 --> 01:09:47.600
they have to meet the anchor tenants that's that's prime if they don't get their anchor tenants they

01:09:47.600 --> 01:09:49.239
and if they don't get their anchor tenants, they don't move forward.

01:09:49.239 --> 01:09:54.680
And some of these projects are a little bit smaller.

01:09:54.680 --> 01:10:01.140
That's why now they want to do like five megawatts, which takes about 30 acres, 25 or 30 acres.

01:10:01.140 --> 01:10:08.000
So you can look at this.

01:10:08.000 --> 01:10:10.600
You're not obligated tonight.

01:10:10.600 --> 01:10:17.779
if you pass the resolution next week that gives you authority to go forward and get the best

01:10:17.779 --> 01:10:24.180
deal that you can. Don't have to be through me. But then it's going to be up to Rob or

01:10:24.180 --> 01:10:28.939
the mayor or someone or yourself.

01:10:28.939 --> 01:10:30.939
Manager Boyer, was there something you were looking for tonight?

01:10:30.939 --> 01:10:31.939
No.

01:10:31.939 --> 01:10:35.939
Okay. All right. Thank you, Mr. Rudge.

01:10:35.939 --> 01:10:36.939
Thank you.

01:10:36.939 --> 01:10:37.939
Thank you.

01:10:37.939 --> 01:10:40.460
Oh, what was that?

01:10:40.460 --> 01:10:45.140
thank you oh okay I'm I know it's a football night I didn't want to take

01:10:45.140 --> 01:10:50.260
real long for everybody but thank you for there's a lot to cover that's covered

01:10:50.260 --> 01:10:54.640
in a short time and I appreciate everyone's time and attention so thank

01:10:54.640 --> 01:10:59.600
you we will move on to item number 10 which is the discussion regarding the

01:10:59.600 --> 01:11:12.180
implementation of live video cameras etc chief Shenberger thank you Freeport

01:11:12.180 --> 01:11:15.939
Police Department has utilized vigilant Motorola LPR cameras

01:11:15.939 --> 01:11:18.340
at various locations in the city of Freeport

01:11:18.340 --> 01:11:21.180
and sound thinking gunshot detection sensors.

01:11:21.180 --> 01:11:23.899
The use of LPR cameras and sound thinking

01:11:23.899 --> 01:11:26.140
have significantly helped the PD staff

01:11:26.140 --> 01:11:28.260
with shots fired investigations.

01:11:28.260 --> 01:11:31.979
LPR cameras have also benefited the PD staff

01:11:31.979 --> 01:11:34.140
with investigating other crimes,

01:11:34.140 --> 01:11:36.539
such as the recovery of stolen vehicles,

01:11:36.539 --> 01:11:39.420
serious felonies, and retail thefts.

01:11:39.420 --> 01:11:43.100
In early 2025, staff conducted a presentation

01:11:43.100 --> 01:11:47.220
on flock technology at a COW meeting.

01:11:47.220 --> 01:11:48.060
Later in the year,

01:11:48.060 --> 01:11:52.020
staff applied for an organized retail crime grant,

01:11:52.020 --> 01:11:54.699
an ORC grant, and also worked with the lobbyists

01:11:54.699 --> 01:11:56.800
to request congressional funding

01:11:56.800 --> 01:12:00.119
to enhance the department's technological resources.

01:12:00.119 --> 01:12:03.840
Staff learned the city of Freeport was awarded $9,000

01:12:03.840 --> 01:12:07.220
in ORC grant from the office of the attorney general,

01:12:07.220 --> 01:12:15.579
Kwame Raul, and $630,000 in fiscal year appropriations from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin's office.

01:12:15.579 --> 01:12:20.579
The requests for the appropriations were to purchase the following equipment, $200,000

01:12:20.579 --> 01:12:27.140
to fund two existing sound thinking shot spotter coverage areas for two years, $60,000 to purchase

01:12:27.140 --> 01:12:33.460
sound thinking's resource router program for two years, $69,200 to lease a live video

01:13:03.460 --> 01:13:07.619
Staff has been working with representatives from FLOC with

01:13:07.619 --> 01:13:11.699
potentially expanding our technological resources that will allow officers to be

01:13:11.699 --> 01:13:17.340
more proactive and improve their response to criminal incidents. FLOC

01:13:17.340 --> 01:13:22.699
offers a three-prong approach LPR cameras, live video, and gunshot detection.

01:13:22.699 --> 01:13:31.340
FLOC presented a quote utilizing $9,000 from the ORC grant and the $169,200

01:13:31.340 --> 01:13:37.699
from the fiscal year 26 appropriations to add more LPR cameras, live video cameras,

01:13:37.699 --> 01:13:42.699
and trailer cameras. The funding for this project will be covered by the ORC grant and

01:13:42.699 --> 01:13:48.659
the fiscal year 26 appropriations. The agreement with FLOC would be contingent upon the passage

01:13:48.659 --> 01:13:55.180
of the appropriations bill. So this is just something that I'm gonna bring forward next

01:13:55.180 --> 01:13:57.760
and

01:13:57.760 --> 01:13:58.760
John.

01:13:58.760 --> 01:14:00.359
So we're going to be working with the

01:14:00.359 --> 01:14:02.359
board this week for a resolution.

01:14:02.359 --> 01:14:06.340
Like I said, it will cover two years of adding additional LPRs along with live video cameras

01:14:06.340 --> 01:14:12.420
and trailer cameras to help us out, to help us do our job better.

01:14:12.420 --> 01:14:14.039
So any questions?

01:14:14.039 --> 01:14:20.199
Chief, but this is really contingent upon the 26 appropriations passing, so how do you

01:14:20.199 --> 01:14:24.199
bring that forward now when that hasn't happened yet?

01:14:24.199 --> 01:14:29.319
Well, the reason why we're bringing it forward now is because they would like to have, FLOC

01:14:29.319 --> 01:14:34.199
would like to have a resolution passed by the end of the month so they can start with everything

01:14:34.199 --> 01:14:37.000
that they need to do to get the LPRs started.

01:14:37.000 --> 01:14:40.560
So what if the appropriations doesn't pass?

01:14:40.560 --> 01:14:41.960
Then we're not out anything.

01:14:41.960 --> 01:14:48.079
The first payment is due December 1st, and that's with the $9,000 from the ORC grant,

01:14:48.079 --> 01:14:50.560
and that's, we've been awarded that.

01:14:50.560 --> 01:14:55.239
So that basically covers, it brings us, it gets us started one month earlier, so that

01:14:55.239 --> 01:15:01.680
covers the first month in December, and then the other payment will be due after the appropriations

01:15:01.680 --> 01:15:02.680
hopefully pass.

01:15:02.680 --> 01:15:07.520
So if we don't get that, we're not locked in for the whole, we're just trying to get

01:15:07.520 --> 01:15:08.520
ahead of the game?

01:15:08.520 --> 01:15:09.520
Correct.

01:15:09.520 --> 01:15:10.520
Okay.

01:15:10.520 --> 01:15:12.720
I just want to get the ball rolling so then we can get started as soon as we can.

01:15:12.720 --> 01:15:14.159
Any other questions for Chief?

01:15:14.159 --> 01:15:22.340
If it doesn't pass, then how will it be paid?

01:15:22.340 --> 01:15:27.539
If the appropriations bill does not pass, then we're not subject to anything.

01:15:27.539 --> 01:15:32.180
We'll have $9,000 to utilize, which will give us about two cameras.

01:15:32.180 --> 01:15:35.260
But if you already...

01:15:35.260 --> 01:15:39.779
The first payments due December 1st, the $9,000 payment.

01:15:39.779 --> 01:15:44.579
If the appropriations bill, and I think was that sometime in December, I have no idea.

01:15:44.579 --> 01:15:49.779
If that does not pass, I mean, I would say that it's going to, I mean, I would think

01:15:49.779 --> 01:15:54.520
that is going to but if it doesn't then we haven't we're out nothing and then

01:15:54.520 --> 01:16:03.720
that's was in the contract no no that the contracts contingent upon the

01:16:03.720 --> 01:16:11.939
appropriations bill passing city manager do you have something okay all right

01:16:11.939 --> 01:16:17.520
thanks chief thank you which will move us on to item number 12 was just public

01:16:17.520 --> 01:16:33.880
Is there any public comments? Tommy? Chief, you did a good job working in that police station.

01:16:33.880 --> 01:16:46.560
And Jodi Miller, you did a good job with the mayor. We saw you at Fatherhouse on Saturday.

01:16:46.560 --> 01:16:51.199
Is there any other public comments this evening? Seeing none, I will entertain a motion for

01:16:51.199 --> 01:17:17.279
As we open in prayer, I'd like to close in prayer.

01:17:17.279 --> 01:17:25.439
Father God, in the name of Jesus, your word in 2 Chronicles 714 says, if my people who

01:17:25.439 --> 01:17:33.000
are called by my name would humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their

01:17:33.000 --> 01:17:35.000
and John.

01:17:36.279 --> 01:17:40.960
I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal

01:17:40.960 --> 01:17:47.579
their lands. And also in James 1 and 12,

01:17:47.579 --> 01:17:52.659
blesses the man who remains steadfast under trial.

01:17:52.659 --> 01:17:57.539
For when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of

01:17:57.539 --> 01:18:02.659
life which God has promised to those who love him.

01:18:02.659 --> 01:18:11.260
God, I continue to seek your face on the matters, concerns, and cares of this city.

01:18:11.260 --> 01:18:18.119
I continue to trust in you and your word that you will do exceedingly, abundantly, above

01:18:18.119 --> 01:18:24.180
all we could ask or think according to your riches and glory.

01:18:24.180 --> 01:18:28.659
Continue to lead us and guide us, Father God.

01:18:28.659 --> 01:18:41.460
May control over this your city, that we may reap the benefits that you have intended for

01:18:41.460 --> 01:18:49.119
us, that victory is ours in Jesus' name. Amen.

01:18:50.369 --> 01:19:07.319
Ms. Leininger, did you leave a letter here? No. No, that was from Alderman Parker. Okay,

01:19:07.319 --> 01:19:11.000
that's not to be read into public comment. No, that was just Alderman Parker. Okay, so

01:19:11.000 --> 01:19:16.100
So we have a motion on the table for Alderman Shadle, seconded by Alderman Sellers for adjournment.

01:19:16.100 --> 01:19:16.440
All those in favor of the motion, please raise your hand.