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 PROPERTY LOCATED 104 EAST
NORTH GRAND AVENUE.
PETITIONER IS FIRST STEP'S
WOMEN'S CENTER.
B1 HIGHWAY BUSINESS SERVICE
DISTRICT, SECTION 1555.033.
RECLASSIFICATION TO R5B, GENERAL
RESIDENCE AND OFFICE DISTRICT,
SECTION IS 55.021, AND VARIANCE
OF SECTION 155.055.
MINIMUM LOT WIDTH FOR USE OF
PROPERTY AS TRANSITIONAL LIVING
SITUATION FOR UP TO 24 MONTHS
FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE RECENTLY AGED
OUT OF FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO
EITHER, ONE, ATTEND SCHOOL FULL
TIME.
TWO, WORK FULL TIME, OR, THREE,
ATTEND SCHOOL PART TIME AND WORK
PART TIME.
INTENTION IS TO PROVIDE
RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR UP TO FOUR
WOMEN WITH ONE LIVE IN-HOUSE
MANAGER FOR TOTAL OF FIVE
PERSONS LIVING ON THE PREMISES
AT ONE TIME.
PART OF THE PREMISES ON TUESDAYS
AND THURSDAYS FROM 10:00 A.M. TO
2 P.M. WILL BE USED FOR IN
PERSON APPLICATION PROCESSING.
THE PROGRAM IS NOT EQUIPPED TO
ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES NORTH ARE
THEY EQUIPPED TO ACCOMMODATE
RESIDENTS ON FELONY PROBATION.
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS DENIAL.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS USE VARIANCE
FOR PROPERTY FOR USE AS
DESCRIBED IN THE PETITION.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO
ACCEPT THE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT
THE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION OF THE VARIANCE
FOR THE PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED IN
THE PETITION AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
WILL VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN GREGORY.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN FULGENZI.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN PROCTOR.
>> YES.
>> ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERWOMAN CONLEY NO
RESPONDS.
>> ALDERMAN DONLEY.
>> AYE.
>> NINE AYES AND NO NAY'S,
MAYOR.
>> THE ORDINANCE PASSES AS
RECOMMENDED.
CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE TREASURER
BUSCHER FOR THE PRESENTATION OF
THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
>>
>> SORRY.
MAYOR.
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR LANGFELDER FELL
ER.
CORPORATE FUND MONTH OF JUNE
BEGINNING BALANCE $13,509,074.
TOOK IN TOTAL RECEIPTS OF
$17,021,694.
CORPORATE FUND $17,459,123
DISBURSEMENTS.
CORPORATE FUND ENDING BALANCE
$13,071,645 IN THE MONTH OF
JUNE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MAYOR
LANGFELDER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
>> WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY
DIRECTOR McCARTY ON THE
FINANCES.
>> TURN THIS THING AROUND?
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK GENE
MITCHELL!
(LAUGHING).
>>
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I HAVE
SEEN YOUR SMILING FACES, AT
LEAST SOME OF YOU.
I AM HERE TO DO THE LONG AWAITED
PRESENTATION ON THE IMPACT OF
THE PANDEMIC ON OUR CITY BUDGET
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
THE CORPORATE FUND.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT HAS
TAKEN THIS LONG AS SOME OF YOU
PROBABLY KNOW AS WE TALKED ABOUT
IS WE WANT THEM TO WAIT FOR THE
SALES TAX FOR APRIL.
THERE IS NATURAL FOUR MONTH
DELAY BEFORE WE GET THAT SALES
TAX, ACTIVITY IN APRIL WHICH WE
DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION UNTIL
JULY, AND IT WAS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THAT
BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT APRIL IS
THE FLOOR OF WHAT WE ARE DEALING
WITH.
THE WORST CASSINA YO AND THINGS
JUST IMPROVE FROM THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IT IN THE
NUMBER.
AS YOU GO AROUND, YOU SEE MORE
AND MORE ACTIVITY.
WORST CASE SCENARIO.
I WILL START THIS PRESENTATION
WITH THE TWO PIECES OF GOOD NEWS
THAT I HAVE TONIGHT.
ONE, IS THAT WE STARTED DOING
OUR STRESS TEST BACK IN MARCH
WHEN THIS ALL STARTED.
OF COURSE, THIS BEING
UNPRECEDENTED, NEVER HAPPENING
BEFORE AT LEAST A HUNDRED YEARS
AGO WITH WHICH WE DON'T HAVE
INFORMATION FOR, WE TOOK A STAB
AT WHAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE THE
OUTCOME, WHAT THE PROJECTIONS
MIGHT BE.
BASED ON THE DATA WE HAVE TODAY,
IT IS NOT AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE BACK THEN.
IT IS NOT GOOD, AS YOU WILL SEE
IN A MINUTE, BUT IT IS NOT AS
BAD AS WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE BACK THEN.
THE OTHER THING IS IT IS REALLY
HELPED US A LOT IS WE WERE
FORTUNATE ENOUGH -- I SHOULDN'T
SAY FORTUNATE, WE ALL WORKED
HARD TO DO IT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD FOR
YEARS TO DO IT.
WE ENDED LAST YEAR, FISCAL YEAR
20 WITH HIGHEST FUND BALANCE WE
EVER HAD.
HAVING THAT GOING INTO THE
PANDEMIC IN THE NEW BUDGET YEAR
SERVED US VERY, VERY WELL.
BECAUSE WHAT IT HAS DONE IS
ALLOWED US TO WEATHER THE STORM
LONG ENOUGH TO WRAP OUR HANDS
AROUND THE THE ENORMITY WHAT WE
ARE DEALING WITH.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DATA OR
INFORMATION TO BEGIN WITH.
HAVING THE FUND BALANCE ALLOWED
US TO OPERATE.
YOU HEARD THE TREASURER'S
REPORTS IN TERMS OF CASH BALANCE
IN CORPORATE FUND, WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT BECAUSE WE
HAD THAT FUND BALANCE TO START
OUT WITH.
THAT'S REALLY HELPED A LOT.
NOW WE ARE AT THE SITUATION WE
ARE IN, WE CAN GET TO THE POINT
WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE IN AND WE
CAN START MAKING SOME DECISIONS
FROM ADMINISTRATIVE STAND POINT
WHAT WE WILL DO TO DEAL WITH THE
DEFICIT WE ARE FACING.
WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE TWO
PEACE OF GOOD NEWS.  NOW WE WILL
GET INTO THE REST OF IT WHICH
ISN'T QUITE SO GOOD.
SO, EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW AT
THIS POINT AND TIME THAT WE ARE
WE ARE DOING WITH THIS
"DISASTER" WE ARE DEALING WITH
IS NOT LIKE A HURRICANE OR
TORNADO OR EARTHQUAKE OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THE NEGATIVITY THAT COMES FROM
ECONOMIC STANDPOINT IS NOT ON
THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THE LEDGER.
YES, THERE ARE EXPENSES.
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT T FACE
MASK AND SANITATION AND WALLS,
PLEXIGLASS, THERE IS A COST TO
THAT.
NO DOUBT TO THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF
CODE.
WE IMPLEMENTED A CODE TO TRACK
OUR COSTS AND LOOKING AT
EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
SOMEWHERE IN THE 100,000 OR
$200,000 RANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT
WE CAN SUBMIT AND WHAT WE CAN'T.
WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH.
AND WE ARE STILL GETTING
GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE ON THAT.
100 OR $200,000, I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU SAW IT OR NOT, WHEN THE
STATE INTRODUCED THE "CURES
ACT."
AT END OF JUNE, SPRINGFIELD'S
ALLOCATION $4.8 MILLION MADE
AVAILABLE TO REIMBURSE US FOR
COVID RELATED EXPENSES.
THE PROBLEM IS THIS IS NOT
EXPENSE ISSUE FOR US.
IT IS, BUT IT IS A REVENUE
ISSUE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WILL FOCUS ON IN
THIS PRESENTATION.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE FELL INTO A
RECESSION, JUNE 8 OFFICIALLY
FIRST RECESSION SINCE BACK AT
THE GREAT RECESSION.
WE HAD ONE OF THE OF THE LONGEST
RUNS, DALLAS, I DON'T KNOW.
>> SINCE 2009.
>> WE OFFICIALLY FELL IN A
RECESSION.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE, OR ONE OF
THE MANY PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN
TERMS OF THE REBOUND IS
ECONOMISTS ARE ALL OVER THE
BOARD.
IF V, U, W, IN OTHER WORDS,
DOUBLE DIP WHICH IS A
POSSIBILITY WHAT IS GOING ON
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU SEE CASES
ARE SPIKING IN A LOT OF PLACES.
I GUESS EVEN IN SANGAMON COUNTY,
THE ROLLING AVERAGE IS PROBABLY
HIGHEST I HEARD ON THE RADIO,
MAYBE THE HIGHEST IT HAS EVER
BEEN.
YOU DO RUN THE RISK OF THAT W
WHERE YOU START TO COMING BA AND
GO BACK DOWN AGAIN OR IS IT THE,
AS JIM ZERKLE CALLED IT THE
SWISH.
ACTUALLY THE NIKE SWISH, IS IT
GOING TO BE LONG EXTENDED
RECOVERY OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS.
ECONOMISTS ARE ALL OVER THE
BOARD ON THAT.
WE REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW.
A LOT OF THAT WILL BE DETERMINED
HOW QUICKLY WE GET A VACCINE.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY
UNCERTAINTIES WE ARE WORKING
WITH.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR US IS
SALES TAXES.
WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
SALES TAXES AND DIVE INTO THAT
FOR A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
THAT'S REALLY THE ISSUE.
45% OF THE CORPORATE FUND.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING 45% OF
THE CORPORATE FUND, THAT'S THE
REASON WE WAITED THIS LONG TO
GET THE APRIL NUMBERS TO SEE
WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH.
UNEMPLOYMENT IS UP, 14.6%
STATE-WIDE, 13% IN THIS AREA.
I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL
ABOUT CONVENTIONS AND TOURISM.
POOR SCOTT DAHL, I DON'T KNOW IF
HE IS AROUND HERE OR NOT, EVERY
NIGHT I AM SURE HE IS VERY
UNHAPPY WHAT IS GOING ON AND
SHOULD BE.
WE TALK TO SCOTT QUITE A BIT.
IN FACT, SOME OF THE INFORMATION
YOU WILL SEE WITH COLLABORATION
THROUGH SCOTT AND HIS RESOURCES
TO COME UP WITH NUMBERS AND
PROJECTIONS.
BOTTOM LINE IS A LOT OF THIS IS
BASED ON THE CONSUMER AND
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND THAT IS
ALL OVER THE BOARD.
SOME PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN,
CONTINUING TO STAY IN.
SOME PEOPLE FEEL MORE FREELY TO
GO OUT, WHETHER OR NOT WE
ROLLBACK TO PHASE THREE.
WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TONIGHT
IS BASED ON THE LATEST DATA WE
HAVE.
THINGS YOU ARE SEEING TONIGHT
COULD VERY WELL BE DIFFERENT A
WEEK A MONTH FROM NOW AS WE GET
MORE AND MORE INFORMATION.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY UPDATING.
DON'T TAKE WHAT YOU SEE TONIGHT
ASSET IN STONE.
IT IS REALLY FLUID, BUT IT IS
WHAT WE ARE BEST GUESS BASED ON
WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR HANDS AT
THIS POINT AND TIME.
NEXT FOUR SLIDES I AM NOT GOING
OVER IN DETAIL UNLESS YOU WANT
ME TO, ALDERMAN HANAUER.
I DOUBT YOU DO!
THIS IS THE RAW DATA.
THIS IS JUST THE DETAIL.
I WILL EXPLAIN HOW TO READ IT.
IF IT IS SHADED YELLOW, THAT IS
ACTUAL NUMBERS THAT REFLECTS
ACTUAL NUMBERS VERSUS BUDGET
THIS YEAR.
THE WHITE WOULD BE OUR
PROJECTIONS.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE FROM DAY ONE
IS RUN FOUR DIFFERENT STRESS
TEST SCENARIOS.
SCENARIO "A" WOULD BE BEST CASE
SCENARIO.
B WOULD BE OUR FLOOR, AND THAT
COMES FROM LOOKING AT THAT APRIL
DATA AND RUNNING THAT ALL THE
WAY OUT.
FOR EXAMPLE, STATE SALES TAX HAD
21% DOWN IN APRIL, UNDER THE
JULY COLUMN BECAUSE OF THE
DELAY.
WE RUN THAT ALL THE WAY OUT.
THAT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO.
NOTHING WILL BE AS BAD AS APRIL
HOPEFULLY BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW
TODAY.
CERTAINLY THAT COULD CHANGE.
SAME THING FOR CITY SALES TAX.
INCOME TAX, PERSONAL PROPERTY
TAX, PPRT, THOSE ARE NUMBERS WE
ACTUALLY GOT FROM IML.
WE PLUGGED THOSE IN, AND WE USED
OUR OWN EXPERIENCE AGAIN IN
VEHICLE TAX, AND CONSULTING WITH
DIRECTOR DAHL ON HOTEL TAX.
FIRST TWO SLIDES ARE PERCENTAGES
FOR THOSE FUNDS.
THE NEXT TWO ARE THE DOLLARS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
I SENT YOU ALL THE E-MAIL LAST
WEEK SAYING WE WERE 2 MILLION
DOLLARS DOWN IN SALES TAX IN
FIRST TWO MONTHS.
YOU LOOK AT FIRST SLIDE HERE
WITH THE DOLLARS AND YOU CAN SEE
THEY ARE ALL SAME, RIGHT.
JUNE AND JULY WHICH IS MARCH AND
APRIL, WE WERE DOWN SOMEWHERE
AROUND 8, OR $900,000 OR STATE
SALES TAX, AND THEN LITTLE OVER
A MILLION DOLLARS, 1 TO 1.1 ON
THE SALES TAX.
THAT'S THE $2 MILLION I REPORTED
TO YOU.
THAT'S HOW YOU READ THESE
CHARTS.
CERTAINLY WE ARE AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
HAVE BEFORE I GET FURTHER, I
WANT TO THANK THESE TWO
GENTLEMEN, DALLAS WHITFORD AND
JEFF BLAZIS REVENUE GUYS ON THIS
SINCE DAY ONE, AND SPENT TONS
AND TONS ON THIS ON A DAILY
BASIS.
I DO WANT TO THANK THEM.
I WAS ON A WEBINAR, ONE OF MANY
WEBINARS MY STAFF AND I WATCH
ALL THE TIME, DR. KING CRITS
FROM U OF I WAS PRESENTER.
HE SHOWED HE HAD ACCESS TO
CREDIT CARD DATA ALMOST IN REAL
TIME DATA THROUGH AGREEMENT HE
HAS WITH SOME COMPANY.
SEEING THAT, I REACHED OUT TO
DR. CURTIS AND ASKED IF HE COULD
SHARE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION
WITH ME SEE THAT I COULD DATA
MINDED, AND, NUMBER TWO, PRESENT
IT TO THE COUNCIL.
HE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO DO
THIS.
I WANT TO THANK DR. CUR TUS AND
U OF I FOR PROVIDING THIS DATA
TO US.
THIS IS YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE.
LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, VERSUS
LAST YEAR, THE SAME WEEK,
PERCENTAGE CHANGE.
SO YOU CAN SEE, FOR INSTANCE, AT
THE BEGINNING AND RED IS
AGGREGATE WHICH MEANS IN STORE
AND ONLINE, EVERYTHING, WHEREAS
BLUE IS JUST IN STORE, BRICK AND
MORTAR AS YOU WOULD THINK OF IT.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE VERY
BEGINNING, JANUARY ONE, THAT
WEEK LOOKS LIKE AGGREGATE THINGS
WERE UP 5%.
BUT IN STORE WAS PRETTY MUCH
FLAT AT 0%.
THAT'S HOW YOU READ THAT.
WHAT IS INTERESTING HERE AND
QUITE FRANKLY A LITTLE SCARY IS
JUST THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE
TWO LINES.
SO OBVIOUSLY SPENDING DROPPED
ALL AROUND ACROSS EVERYTHING.
BUT IT DROPPED HECK OF A LOT
MORE HERE IN TOWN, BUT THAT
MAKES SENSE.
IN APRIL, EVERYTHING WAS SHUT
DOWN, STORES WERE SHUT DOWN AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE DON'T YET GET SALES TAX ON,
ONLINE SALES TAX.
IT DOESN'T KICK IN UNTIL JANUAR.
YEAR A YEAR TOO EARLY FOR THAT.
OTHERWISE, IT WOULDN'T BE AS BAD
A SITUATION AS IT IS.
ALL THE PANDEMIC HAS DONE IS TO
TAKE AN ISSUE WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT FOR YEARS WHICH IS THE
PROMINENCE, THE ESCALATION OF
ONLINE SALES AND IT HAS PUSHED
PEOPLE TO DO IT EVEN MORE.
ONCE YOU PUSHED PEOPLE TO DO IT
ANY MORE, EVERYONE WE LISTEN WE
TALK TO, WE HEAR FROM, WHETHER
NATIONAL, RADIO, WHATEVER, ONCE
YOU PUSH THEM THIS ONLINE, IT IS
HARDER TO GET THEM BACK OUT.
JANUARY 1, 2021 CAN'T COME SOON
ENOUGH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
SALES TAXES ONLINE.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS SIMPLY THE USE
TAX WHICH WE GET PENNIES ON
DOLLAR FOR UNFORTUNATELY.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS KIND OF
INTERESTING, REAL INTERESTING,
SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE TO
ANYBODY.
ONE OF THE THINGS DR. CURTIS
GAVE US WAS CATEGORIES.
I ASKED HIM PUT EVERYTHING IN
AGGREGATE, RED LINE.
SAME AS BLUE LINE ON DIFFERENT
PAGE, JUST A DIFFERENT SCALE.
I PULLED OUT TRAVEL, RESTAURANTS
AND APPAREL.
IT IS NO SECRET THAT THOSE
CATEGORIES HAVE BEEN HIT VERY,
VERY HARD BE AND YOU CAN SEE
THAT VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED HERE
IN THIS GRAPH.
IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT LOOK AT
APPAREL, DROPPED NEXT TO ZERO
BECAUSE ALL THE STORES WERE
CLOSED TO APRIL HERE.
THIS IS JUST THE SPRINGFIELD
ONLY, IN STORE PURCHASES BY THE
WAY IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
TRAVEL, RESTAURANTS DROPPED 50%.
LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE COMING BACK
A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY ARE STILL
DOWN FOR THE YEAR VERSUS WHERE
THEY WERE A YEAR OVER YEAR WHICH
IS NOT A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY.
DISCONCERT SOMETHING NOT BECAUSE
OF THE SALES TAX ASPECT OF IT,
ALSO YOU R ALSO THE EMPLOYMENT
OR UNEMPLOYMENT ASPECT AND WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR OUR ECONOMY.
CERTAINLY THAT'S A CONCERN FOR
US.
YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS
REPRESENTED ON THE SECOND PAGE
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND HOW THE
RATES ARE WAY UP.
SO LET'S GET TO MAIN SLIDE,
SHALL WE?
SO STRESS TEST, THIS IS WHERE WE
ARE.
NOW I WANT TO STRESS ONE THING
HERE, THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF
REVENUE SHORTFALL ONLY.
THIS DOES NOT REFLECT USE OF
FUND BALANCE DOES NOT REFLECT
ANY CUTS WE MIGHT DO, BECAUSE
NONE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AS OF
YET.
WE HAVE RUN MULTIPLE EXERCISES
BUT NONE IMPLEMENTED AS OF YET.
WE ARE DISCUSSING.
AND IT ALSO DOES NOT COUNT ANY
POTENTIAL RELIEF WE MIGHT GET
THROUGH THE CURES OR CARES ACT.
AGAIN, THAT COULD BE COUPLE
HUNDRED THOUSAND OR COULD BE
MORE IF THERE IS SUCCESS TO
GETTING THAT OPENED UP TO MORE
ITEMS PARTICULARLY IF WE COULD
REPLACE LOST REVENUE THAT WOULD
BE FANTASTIC.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL GET THIS
OR NOT.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A RETICENCE
FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO
ALLOW THAT TYPE OF
REIMBURSEMENT.
NOT REALLY SURE.
SCENARIO "A" LOOKING AT
$10.3 MILLION REVENUE SHORTFALL
VERSUS BUDGET.
SCENARIO "B" SCENARIO "A"
ASSUMES A VACCINE IN THE MONTH
OF OCTOBER.
SO STARTING WITH YOU WILL SEE
THE NUMBERS IF YOU GO BACK TO
DATA WE GAVE YOU, IT DOES ASSUME
VACCINE, START LOOKING AT AROUND
JANUARY WHICH IS THE DELAY, YOU
WILL START SEEING THE NUMBERS GO
UP BECAUSE THE ASSUMPTION IS
VACCINE.
IN NO SCENARIO DO WE HAVE A PLAN
FOR THIS TO GO BACK THE WAY IT
WAS AT ALL IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
IT WILL BE DOWN EVEN IF THERE IS
A VACCINE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF
THE YEAR AS THE EFFECTS OF THE
PANDEMIC CONTINUE TO DRAGON AND
ON AND ON.
YOU WON'T SEE THAT IN THE DATA
ON THE PREVIOUS PAGES I GAVE
YOU.
BUT SCENARIO "A" DOES ASSUME A
VACCINE.
SCENARIO B IS LIKE SCENARIO A
BUT DOESN'T ASSUME A VACCINE.
NUMBERS IN "A" FLOW OUT ALL THE
WAY TO THE END OF THE FISCAL
YEAR.
SCENARIO B IS PROBABLY THE
CLOSEST, BUT IF WE SEE ANOTHER
DOWNTURN OR ROLLBACK, MIGHT BE
GETTING IN SCENARIO C.
12.2 FOR B, 14.3 FOR C,
16.4 MILLION FOR SCENARIO D IN
REVENUE SHORTFALL.
THAT LEADS TO USE OF FUND
BALANCE OF 1.9 MILLION ALL THE
WAY UP TO POE POE LENGSLY
$18 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE.
SO A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, AND YOU
CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGES.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ENDING LAST
FISCAL YEAR 22.6% I THINK IT IS.
THERE IS A SLIDE IN HERE THAT
HAS IT.
22.6%, BEST ACE SCENARIO HAS IT
CULT IN HALF DOWN TO 11.2%.
LET'S LOOK IT THE IT FROM A CUT
PERSPECTIVE, A UP ZOOING REVENUE
INCREASE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY
EXPECTATION OF THAT IN THE
BUDGET OFFICE AT THIS POINT AND
TIME.
TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE FROM CUT
STANDPOINT, CORPORATE FUND IS
80% PERSONAL SERVICES, PEOPLE,
JOBS.  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THIS
WELL, IF WE WERE TO JUST TAKE
OUR SALARIES, 55 MILLION ACROSS
CORPORATE FUND AND WE BACK OUT
POLICE AND FIRE, AND BACK OUT
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND BACK OUT
THE DIRECTORS, THAT LEAVES
$17.4 MILLION FOR EVERYBODY
ELSE.
ASSUMING YOU LAID OFF EVERYONE
WHICH, OF COURSE, WE WON'T DO.
THIS IS JUST FOR I WILL US STRAY
TIVE PURPOSES.
A UP ZOOING YOU LAID OFF
EVERYONE ELSE BESIDES THOSE
GROUPINGS, IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH
IS HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT IMPACT OF
$8.7 MILLION.
LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN YOU THROW
FRINGES IN THERE.
$1.7 MILLION.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN REACH THE
IMPACT OF SCENARIO "A."
SO THE MESSAGE IS IF WE ARE
GOING TO DO CUT CUTS, AND IF THE
POLICY IN THE END, THE POLICY IS
AND THIS IS WHAT FOLKS AROUND
THE HORSESHOE ARE TO TELL US,
THE POLICY IS TO TRY AND
PRESERVE FUND BALANCE OR AT
LEAST PRESERVE IT UP TO A
CERTAIN POINT, WHETHER 16%, 20%,
WHATEVER THE CASE IS, 8% IS THE
MINIMUM PER COUNCIL ORDINANCE.
WHATEVER OUR DIRECTIVES ARE,
CUTS ARE LIKELY GOING TO BE
NEEDED, AND THEY ARE LIKELY
GOING TO HAVE TO IMPACT EVERY
SINGLE DEPARTMENT.
THE NUMBERS RIGHT THERE TELL YOU
EXACTLY WHY THAT IS.
ALL OF THE MONEY IS IN -- MOST
OF THE MONEY IS IN TWO OF OUR
DEPARTMENTS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES
THIS MORE DIFFICULT AS YOU LOOK
AT HEAD COUNT, THIS IS IN YOUR
BUDGET BOOK.
HEAD COUNT OVER THE LAST TEN
YEARS EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT
EXCEPT FOR I BELIEVE THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS DOWN IN STAFF.
THE CITY HAS WORKED HARD TO CUT
STAFF TO STREAMLINE, TO GET MORE
EFFICIENT OVER THE LAST TEN
YEARS SO WE CAN GET READY FOR
THE NEXT CATASTROPHE.
IT WAS NEVER A MATTER OF IF, IT
WAS A MATTER WHEN IT WAS GOING
TO COME.
WE COLLECTIVELY, COUNCIL,
MAYORS, STAFF, HAD WORKED HARD
TO TRY TO BUILD-UP THAT FUND
BALANCE TO TRY TO BOLSTER THOSE
RESERVES SO THE TIME CAME, IT
WOULD PAYOFF.
THAT COMES AT AN EXPENSE,
EXPENSE OF PERSONNEL.
WE HAD TO GET SMALLER.
WE HAD TO GET LEANER.
WE HAD NO CHOICE IN ORDER TO DO
THAT, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS
CHART WE HAVE DONE THAT IN
VIRTUALLY EVERY SINGLE
DEPARTMENT.
MAKING THE CHALLENGE THAT MUCH
MORE DIFFICULT.
IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TRYING
TO DO CUTS THAT DO NOT IMPACT
PERSONNEL AT ALL, HERE IS THE
OTHER OPERATING LINES WITHOUT --
OR LESS MANDATORY TRANSFERS LIKE
TO OAK RIDGE AND LIBRARY AND
FUND 95 AND FUND 94.
$19.4 MILLION TOTAL BUDGETED, WE
HAVE ALREADY SPENT 5.1 MILLION.
WE HAVE ANOTHER 2.1 MILLION THAT
IS OBLIGATED.
THAT LEAVES $12.2 MILLION
AVAILABLE.
I GUESS IF WE CUT EVERY SINGLE
EXPENSE, UTILITIES, PAPER CLIPS,
PAPER, CONTRACTS, YOU COULD GET
THERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T
OPERATE AND PROVIDE SERVICES IF
WE DO THAT.
AGAIN, A VERY CHALLENGING
SITUATION TO TRY TO CUT TO GET
TO THE LEVEL WHERE WE WOULD NEED
TO BE IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THE
IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON
REVENUES.
HERE IS OVERALL PNL WE HAVE.
I HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
OBVIOUSLY I WON'T GO THROUGH THE
WHOLE THING.
ON MAR R FAR LEFT, FUND BALANCE,
$28.1 MILLION I BELIEVE WHAT
THAT SAYS.
THAT IS HIGHEST FUND BALANCE WE
HAVE EVER HAD IN FISCAL YEAR.
CERTAINLY COMES AT A GOOD TIME,
RIGHT BEFORE PANDEMIC HAS HELPED
US AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THEN YOU SEE THE NEXT ONE OVER,
WE HAD 1.6 MILLION ALREADY
BUDGETED AS YOU WILL REMEMBER
FOR POLICE CONTRACT AND OTHER
ROLLOVERS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN
LAST FISCAL YEAR.
THAT WAS ALREADY PART OF THE
PLAN.
THEN YOU HAVE THE SCENARIO NEXT
TO IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT GOING
ACROSS, THE SCENARIOS GET
PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WHAT THE
IMPACT IS ON THE NET
PERFORMANCE, OPERATING
PERFORMANCE AND USE OF FUND
BALANCE AND HOW IT GOES ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO SCENARIO C WHAT 8%,
6.5%.
ONE THING I WILL SAY, AND I
ALREADY SAID IT EARLIER, BUT I
WILL REEMPHASIZE, THERE ARE NO
CUTS YET REFLECTED IN THIS.
WE WILL UPDATE THIS CHART WHEN
WE COME UP WITH A CUT PLAN.
THOSE NUMBERS WILL IMPROVE ONCE
WE DO THAT.
AND, ALSO, NO CARES ACT, NO
CURES ACT IN THERE AS OF YET.
WE SHOULD GET SOMETHING OUT OF
THAT, MAYBE CUP HUNDRED
THOUSAND, MAYBE MORE.
ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS -- THE
NEXT SLIDE IF I CAN GET TO IT.
OBVIOUSLY FROM DAY ONE WE SENT
OUT A MEMO TO ALL DEPARTMENTS TO
STOP ALL DEATHS CHRISTIAN FATHER
I SPENDING, NEED ONLY WHAT YOU
NEED TO OPERATE AT BARE MINIMUM.
PROVIDE SER, BUT DO AT BARE
MINIMUM.
SLOW DOWN HIRING.
DO WHAT YOU CAN AND RIGHT NOW,
WE ARE PACING 1.2 MILLION UNDER
LAST YEAR, BUT 2.7 OF THAT WAS
TIMING OF PENSION PAYMENTS.
>> DID YOU CUT MY MIC OFF?
(LAUGHING).
>> GETTING CLOSE!
(LAUGHING).
>> I WAS ON A TIME LIMIT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT BAD.
SO WE ARE PACING UNDER LAST
YEAR.
IT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR STAFF
THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO CONTROL SPENDING.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE NATURAL LAPSE
IN EXPENDITURE SO THE NUMBERS ON
PREVIOUS PAGE WON'T BE AS BAD.
WE MIGHT HAVE ONE OR TWO MILLION
DOLLARS LAPSE.
ISSUE IS A LOT OF THE LAPSE WE
TYPICALLY GET IS FROM NOT HIRING
FROM NOT FILLING VACANCIES.
WE ONLY HAVE TEN VACANCIES IN
THE CORPORATE FUND.
THAT'S T I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE.
WE CHECKED IT TODAY AND IT IS
ONLY TEN.
THREE ARE IN MY DEPARTMENT WITH
FISCAL OFFICERS WE HAVE GOT
HIRING ON HOLD FOR.
THERE WILL BE SOME MONEY THERE,
BUT NOT AS MUCH.
WE MIGHT GET MILLION OR TWO
MILLION IN NATURAL LAPSE TO HELP
THOSE NUMBERS JUST A TAD BIT.
REAL QUICK, OTHER FUNDS, BESIDES
CORPORATE, OBVIOUSLY PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
CONVENTION AND VISITOR'S BUREAU,
FUND 21 POTENTIALLY UP TO
$1 MILLION.
THEY ARE FUNDED WITH HOTEL-MOTEL
TAX.
THAT IS ISSUE WE ARE MONITORING
CLOSELY.
WE LOOKED AT CASH FLOW BEFORE WE
CAME UP HERE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT
FUND IN THE FUTURE.
OAK RIDGE CEMETERY FUNDED WITH
HOTEL-MOTEL, ONE PERCENT, HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S GOING TO
BE IMPACTED.
WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION
HOW MUCH WE CAN CUT OUT OF
THERE.
IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING.
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN TAKE THAT
500 AND MAKE IT 250 TO MATCH THE
50% REDUCTION, I AM NOT SURE WE
CAN DO THAT SO THEY CAN OPERATE.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO JUST SUCK IT UP
AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS OU
OUT OF RESOURCES OTHER THAN
HOTEL-MOTEL TAX.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND
IMPACTED BY SALES TAX AND VIDEO
GAMING AS WELL. SO THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THERE.
COULD BE TWO, THREE, FOUR
MILLION DOLLARS DEPENDING HOW
LONG THIS DRAGS OUT.
MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING FUND WAS
ALREADY IN TROUBLE.
WE PROVIDED SUBSIDY FOREGOING
INTO THIS YEAR TO HELP KEEP
OPERATING AS WE TRIED TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH
IT.
WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT A LOT OF
THAT SUBSIDY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T
BEEN COLLECTING FEES FROM
PARKING METERS FOR MONTHS NOW.
NOBODY IS PARKING DOWNTOWN.
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THERE,
PROBABLY COMING BACK TO THE
COUNCIL AND LOOKING FOR SOME
TYPE OF FURTHER SUBSIDY TORE
THAT FUND IN ORDER FOR IT TO
CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
I AM NOT GOING TO READ THIS.
THIS IS JUST FROM COGF A'S
REPORT IN 2020.
COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT
FORECASTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT REALLY ILLUSTRATES THE
UNCERTAINTY WE ARE FACING AND
WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND WHAT IS
HAPPENING ELSEWHERE.
I WILL LET YOU READ THAT IN YOUR
LEISURE.
OTHER THAN THAT, I AM HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM
HERE TO ANSWER THEM.
>> DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
REPORT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE TAKING A
HIT.
SO DURING THE BUDGET SESSION, WE
APPROVED SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES
FOR BIG EQUIPMENT TYPE OF STUFF.
IS THAT ALL CUT OUT -- ARE WE
NOT MAKING PURCHASES?
>> MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT WE DID
WAS LAST YEAR.
WE DID THAT LOAN THROUGH.
I DON'T THINK WE ARE BUYING A
WHOLE LOT OF EQUIPMENT RIGHT
NOW.
>> WHAT ABOUT CONTRACTS AND
STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT -- IS
THERE CONTRACTS WE CAN STOP?
>> ALDERMAN, EVERYTHING IS UNDER
REVIEW.
WE HAVE EMPOWERED THE
DEPARTMENTS TO GO THROUGH EACH
OF THEIR BUDGETS WITH A FINE
TOOTH COMB AND ASK THEM TO
PRESERVE AS MUCH AS THEY
POSSIBLY CAN.
THE MAYOR HAS INSTRUCTED THEM TO
RUN CUT EXERCISES UP TO TEN
PERCENT.
SO THEY ARE ALL WELL AWARE AND
SHOULD BE WELL AWARE WHAT IS IN
THEIR BUDGETS AND WHAT CAN BE
CUT OUT.
CONTRACTS MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE,
IF POSSIBLE I FINAL QUESTION, WE
KNOW WE WILL HAVE TO DIP INTO
THE FUND BALANCE TO TRY TO HELP
US GET OUT OF THIS HOLE.
WE DID PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT
SAYS WE COULDN'T GO UNDER 8%.
>> CORRECT.
>> IF WE GET INTO THE SITUATION,
WE HAVE TO GO UNDER 8% WE CAN DO
THAT BY A VOTE FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL?
>> THAT'S A QUESTION FOR
CORPORATION COUNSEL ZERKLE, I
ASSUME YOU COULD.
ONE THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IF
I DIDN'T DURING THE PRESENTATION
AND I SHOULD HAVE, WHAT I
PRESENTED AND I WAS JUST FOR
THIS FISCAL YEAR.
IT IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF NEXT
YEAR.
THIS WILL NOT BE OVER AT THE END
OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
IT WILL DRAG FORWARD AND WE WILL
HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT
DIMINISHED REVENUES GOING IN THE
NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS EARLY AS
OCTOBER WHEN WE START THE NEXT
BUDGET SESSION.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING -- WHEN I
SCENARIO D, THAT'S FOR THIS
FISCAL YEAR.
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NEXT
YEAR.
WE GO INTO THAT, LET'S SAY WE
DON'T DO ANY CUTS AND COMPLETELY
WIPE OUT THE FUND BALANCE, GOING
IN NEXT YEAR WITH DIMINISHED
REVENUES AND INCREASED EXPENSES,
WE WILL BE BEHIND THE EIGHT
BALL.
IT WILL REQUIRE MAJOR CUTS.
>> THROUGH APRIL ONE --
>> FEBRUARY 28.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS REMINDER, THAT'S WHY THE
COUNCIL PASSED THE POLICY
ORDINANCE BETWEEN 8% AS FLOOR
AND 16% AS THE CEILING, AND
THANKFULLY WE DIDN'T SPEND DOWN
THE FUND BALANCE WHICH WE COULD
HAVE, BUT WE LEFT IT HEALTHY AT
I THINK YOU SAID 22%, THAT'S
SIGNIFICANT LEVEL ABOVE THE 16%
THAT HELPED CUSHION THIS YEAR.
IT IS NOT VERY GOOD AT ALL, BUT
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THAT
DIRECTION OF CAUTIONARY
SPENDING.
>> ALDERMAN DONELAN.
>> THANKS.
AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE
UPDATE.
DID YOU EVER IMAGINE WE WOULD BE
IN THIS SITUATION?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US
DID.
>> AND THESE ARE TRULY UNIQUE
TIMES, HOPEFULLY TIMES THAT WE
AND OUR CHILDREN OR
GRANDCHILDREN WILL EVER
EXPERIENCE AGAIN.
QUITE FRANKLY I EXPECTED THE
NUMBERS TO BE WHERE THEY ARE AS
FAR AS SHORTFALL AND REVENUE.
YOU OUTLINED THE FACT IT IS A
REVENUE PROBLEM AS FAR AS WHAT
CAUSED IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR
EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
WHAT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THIS,
WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, IT
IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
COUNCIL HAS FIDUCIARY
RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS SPENDING
AUTHORITY OR PASS A BUDGET BASED
ON PROJECTIONS THAT WERE
PROVIDED AND UNFORTUNATELY THOSE
PROJECTIONS HAVE PROVED NOT TO
BE ACCURATE BECAUSE OF THE COVID
SITUATION.
NOW THAT WE ARE IN THIS
PREDICAMENT, MY UNDERSTANDING
AND WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY THIS
EVENING, AND I AM GLAD YOU SAID
IT, STAFF IS GOING TO COME,
STAFF AND MAYOR ARE GOING TO
COME TO THE COUNCIL AND LET US
KNOW WHAT THE CUT PLAN IS.
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ASKING FOR
ADDITIONAL REVENUES.
I NEVER HEARD THAT. YOU DON'T
KNOW IF STATE OR FEDERAL MONIES
ARE GOING TO BE POSSIBLE, AND IT
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT IS GOING
TO BE SOME SIGNIFICANT NUMBER,
MEANING ONE THAT WOULD FILL THE
HOLE.
SO DO YOU HAVE A FEEL, NOW THAT
YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS AND NOW WE
TALKED ABOUT THEM PUBLICLY WHEN
YOU WILL BE PREPARED TO COME TO
THE COUNCIL, AND WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN IS TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE AS FAR IN THE BLACK
AS POSSIBLE?
>> WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ONGOING
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS
AND NOW THAT THE MAYOR HAS THE
NUMBERS, WE ARE GOING TO BE
MEETING VERY SOON TO TALK ABOUT
A PLAN OF ACTION.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT, I AM QUITE
CERTAIN THE MAYOR WILL BE
REACHING OUT TO THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS . I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS,
BUT I AM GOING TO SAY IT, JULIE
SO
SO WHEN YOU HAVE EXPENSES, THE
WORST THE HOLE IS.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO HEAR YOUR
PLAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SOUNDS LIKE THERE COULD BE
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME CREATIVE
THINGS TO BE DONE THAT WOULD
INVOLVE THE COUNCIL, BUT IT IS
REALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
YOUR STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOME
SCENARIOS AND LET US KNOW WHAT
THE PLAN IS BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY,
YOU HAVE A BUDGET 80% IS PEOPLE,
IT IMPACTS PEOPLE'S LIVES, NOT
ONLY THAT WORK HERE, BUT THE
SERVICES PEOPLE EXPECT.
I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE THIS
EVENING.
I KNOW YOU WISH THAT THE NUMBERS
WERE COMPLETELY OPPOSITE OF
WHERE THEY ARE, AND I ANXIOUSLY
AWAIT WHAT THE PLAN IS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS,
I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> COUPLE THINGS EVERYBODY CAN
WORK ON, WE ARE ALLOCATED BASED
ON POPULATION $4.8 MILLION, IT
IS MORE OF A REIMBURSEMENT THE
WAY THE STATE STRUCTURE IT.
IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR LOST
REVENUE.
DIRECTOR McCARTY SPOKE TO IT,
MIGHT BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR
COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THAT'S NOT TO THE LEVEL OF
SIGNIFICANCE WE HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
THAT, AND SO ALL OF US KNOW
LEGISLATORS THROUGH THE
STATEHOUSE, AND IT IS IMPORTANT
WE EDUCATE THEM ON THAT ASPECT.
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS WE ARE
ASKING THAT THE ILLINOIS
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, THEY PUT
FORWARD LEGISLATION TO PUSH OUT
THE RAMP FOR POLICE AND FIRE
PENSION, THAT YOU WOULD
REFINANCE YOUR HOUSE IN TIMES
LIKE THIS, IT IS NO DIFFERENT
FOR POLICE AND FIRE PENSION,
PUSH IT OUT TEN YEARS, AND I
IMAGINE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR
OUR CITY I WOULD THINK.
THAT'S THE PROJECTION, BUT
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL RUN THE
CALCULATION.
BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT, WE
MAINTAIN OUR OBLIGATION TO PAY
IT, BUT IT IS A TIME WE CAN
LOWER OUR PAYMENT IN THESE DIRE
TIMES AND BENEFIT ALL CITIES.
SO EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PUSHING
FOR THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
HAVE THE STATE AND THE FEDS NOT
REALLY DOING DIRECT ALLOCATIONS
TO THE MUNICIPALITIES.
SO YOU GOT THIS FILTER EFFECT
HAPPENING AND IT IS JUST LIKE IT
IS FILTERING DOWN AND THE PILE
GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER AND
SMALLER AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET
TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT.
I THINK THAT WAS SOMEONE'S
ECONOMIC THEORY AT ONE POINT AND
TIME.
BUT WE ARE NOT A FIRM BELIEVER
IN THAT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE ALL
COMMUNICATE THAT THROUGH ALL
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH ON THE STATE
LEVEL.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT ALL OF US
MAKE SURE WE EDUCATE OUR
REPRESENTATIVES TO THAT
MAGNITUDE OF BOTH THESE
INITIATIVES BECAUSE IT IS NOT
ONLY IMPORTANT FOR SPRINGFIELD,
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE
CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
>> MAYOR, IF I CAN,.
>> SURE.
>> THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD
SUGGESTIONS.
PROBLEM -- PART OF THE PROBLEM
WE HAVE, THEY ARE NOT IN
SESSION.
AT LEAST NOT UNTIL DECEMBER.
>> IT WON'T DO MUCH FOR US THIS
YEAR, BUT IT WILL HELP US FOR
SURE.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER AND THEN
ALDERMAN HANAUER, MCMENAMIN AND
THEN REDPATH.
>>
>> THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
YOU WERE SHORTER THAN I
ANTICIPATED.
>> I TRY!
(LAUGHING) IN MY DEFENSE, I TOLD
STAFF I ONLY WANTED SEVEN
SLIDES.
YOU WILL V TO TALK TO JULIE AND
DALLAS WHY THEY ARE A BUNCH
MORE.
>> YOU DIDN'T READ ALL OF THEM.
>> I SKIPPED OVER.
I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO TO YOU,
ALDERWOMAN.
>> I AM -- ALDERMAN DONELAN
RAISED A POINT I WAS GOING TO
RAISE ABOUT COMING WITH A PLAN
FOR THE PROCESS FOR CUTTING.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN THE
PLAN COMES, THAT IT IS
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE DON'T
GET IT IN PIECEMEAL SEGMENTED
BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO
MAKE DECISIONS WHEN WE DON'T
HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE
PICTURE AT ONE TIME.
SO I WOULD REALLY SUGGEST THAT
WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEN IT DOES COME.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THEN ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> WAY BACK, WHEN I WAS AT THE
STATE, WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE
WE HAD A MAJOR FUNDING ISSUE,
AND WE WENT OUT TO ALL THE
CONTRACTORS, ALL THE COMPANIES
THAT DID BUSINESS WITH THE STATE
IN OUR CASE, IT WOULD BE THE
CITY.
AND WE TOLD THEM WE WANTED A
REDUCTION ON THEIR CONTRACT
COST, VOLUNTARY, IF THEY DIDN'T
DO IT, WE TERMINATED THE
CONTRACT AND WE CHOSE SOMEONE
ELSE.
WE HAVE -- WE HAVE PERSONAL
SERVICES CONTRACTS THAT DO NOT
HAVE TO BE BID.
THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO
PONY UP AND SAY -- AND HELP US
OUT ON THIS.
, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T, WE
NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER COMPANIES
THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP OUT.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ALL
HANDS-ON DECK TYPE SITUATION
WHERE WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT,
YOU KNOW, ALL THE CONTRACTS.
LIKE ALDERMAN REDPATH SAID, WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE
CONTRACTS ESPECIALLY THE NO BID
ONES.
PROBABLY -- BUT THE BID ONES WE
SHOULD GO, YOU KNOW, BUT NO BID,
PERSONAL SERVICES SHOULD BE
NUMBER ONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I AM NOT GOING TO
SAY YOU WILL GET A TON OF MONEY
OUT OF IT.
IF YOU CAN GET A MILLION DOLLARS
OUT OF IT, THAT'S ONE 12TH OF
OUR ISSUE.
I AM TALKING ACROSS THE BOARD.
I AM TALKING UTILITY.
I AM TALKING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE
OTHER CONTRACTS THAT ARE OUT
THERE.
SO I JUST WANT TOW BRING THAT
UP.
>> I THINK -- I AGREE WITH YOU
100%.
I CAN GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE WHERE
WE HAVE DONE THAT.
WE WORKED WITH OUR LEADWELL
PROVIDER, THE CLINIC TO REDUCE
COSTS DRASTICALLY OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE NOBODY
WAS GOING TO OUT AND NOBODY WAS
GOING TO PROVIDERS.
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM
AND CUT COSTS SIGNIFICANTLY
THROUGH DECREASED LABOR AND
EXPENSES THERE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE
THAT AND YOU ARE 100% CORRECT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ANYTHING,
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE ARE
LOOKING AT IT.
I APPRECIATE ANY IDEA PEOPLE
HAVE.
THESE IDEAS ARE GREAT.
IF YOU HAVE GOT THEM, PLEASE
SEND THEM OUR WAY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR
THOUGHTS.
THAT WOULD HELP US FORMULATE THE
PLAN.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> BILL, THANK YOU FOR THIS
REPORT AND THE STAFF THAT WORK
TO PRODUCE IT.
CAN WE GO TO SLIDE THREE WHICH
IS THE SALES TAX SLIDE.
>> PERCENTAGE ONE?
>> RIGHT.
IT SHOWS SOME OF THE COLUMNS IN
YELLOW AS YOU INDICATED WERE
ACTUAL NUMBERS AND THEN THE
WHITE NUMBERS ARE PROJECTIONS
GOING FORWARD.
MY QUESTION IS WE HAVE GOT TWO
YELLOW COLUMNS AT THE TOP THERE
WHICH IS THE STATE SALES TAX AND
CITY SALES TAX.
>> RIGHT.
FROM MARCH AND APRIL.
>> THAT'S MY QUESTION.
SO THE MONTH OF JUNE AND JULY
THOSE ARE THE DATES WE RECEIVE
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, FROM THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
>> JUNE WOULD BE MARCH.
JULY WOULD BE THE APRIL SALES
TAX.
JULY IS ONE WE WERE REALLY
WAITING ON.
>> SO JUNE IS MARCH RETAIL SALES
ESSENTIALLY.
>> OUR SALES TAX VERSUS BUDGET.
WE WERE DOWN 13 PERCENT EXPECTED
BUDGET.
>> AND JULY REFLECTS --
>> APRIL.
>> SALES TAX ACTIVITY IN APRIL.
>> RIGHT.
WHAT THAT IS SAYING IN STATE
SALES TAX, WE WERE DOWN 21%
VERSUS WHAT WE HAD IN THE
BUDGET.
>> WE DON'T YET HAVE MAY?
>> WE DO NOT, NO.
MAY WILL COME AT THE BEGINNING
OF AUGUST.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THIS,
AND ONE OF THE REASONS PRIMARY
REASONS FOR THE DELAY, SALES TAX
IS BIGGEST PIECE OF THE BUZZ ~L.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THE INFORMATION
ON THAT TO MAKE ANY REAL
DECISIONS.
WE COULDN'T WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND
ANY CERTAINTY WITHOUT HAVING
APRIL, WITHOUT HAVING THAT
FLOOR.
SO IF YOU LOOK ACROSS SCENARIO D
WE TOOK APRIL AND RAN IT ALL THE
WAY ACROSS ASSUMING THAT WAS THE
WORST WORKED OUR WAY BACK FROM
THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
>> ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
I APPRECIATE ALL THIS
INFORMATION.
I AM GOING TO BRING UP THE
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, AND WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ZAPPING.
ARE FURLOUGHS BEING DISCUSSED?
HOW MANY ARE BEING DISCUSSED?
I REMEMBER PREVIOUSLY AND
ALDERMAN HANAUER PROBABLY
REMEMBERS THIS, TOO, ONE YEAR WE
HAD TO TAKE 24 FURLOUGH DAYS.
THAT'S OVER A MONTH OF PAY.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FAMILIES
THAT ARE IN TROUBLE.
WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST
ONE EARN ER HAS LOST JOBS OR I
AM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE WE
ARE WITH THAT FURLOUGH VERSUS
LAYOFFS, THAT SORT OF
DISCUSSION.
>> WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS -- I
WILL LEAVE TO THE MAYOR FOR
SPECIFICS.
EVERYTHING IS ON TABLE, WHETHER
FURLOUGHS, OR LAYOFFS, WHETHER
IT IS OTHER OPTIONS.
EVERYTHING IS ON TABLE.
AND WE -- I CAN'T GIVE AWE
SPECIFIC NUMBER.
ONE, I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE
MAYOR TO PROVIDE SPECIFICS.
NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE VARIOUS
SCENARIOS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON, 5% VERSUS 10%, THAT'S AS BIG
DIFFERENCE, LAYOFFS, WHAT ARE
THE DURATION.
WE HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT MIX IN
ORDER TO A CHIEF GOALS OF TRYING
TO RIGHT THE FISCAL SHIP FOR
THIS YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO A BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
EVERYBODY CAN DO FURLOUGH DAYS
OR YOU COULD HAVE REFUSAL TO DO
FURLOUGH DAYS AND DO LAYOFFS.
PART OF IT IS COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING PROCESS AS WELL.
I REALLY CAN'T GET INTO MUCH OF
THAT OTHER THAN TO SAY WE TALKED
ABOUT ALL OF IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH AND
ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> ALDERMAN ALDERMAN TURNER, YOU
CAN GO FIRST.
>>
(SPEAKING AWAY FROM MIC) SO WHY
ARE WE -- WHY ARE WE HIRING
PEOPLE IF WE ARE IN A SITUATION
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING
LAYOFFS OR FURLOUGHS AND WE KNOW
THAT.
EVERY TIME I GET THE E-MAIL THAT
THERE IS A POSTING, I AM LIKE
WHY ARE WE HIRING PEOPLE WHEN WE
KNOW WE ARE IN THIS SITUATION.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND
HOPEFULLY HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR
YOU.
SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE HEAD
COUNT CHART THAT I PROVIDED, YOU
WILL SEE HOW MUCH LEANER WE ARE
THESE DAYS.
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF REDUNDANCY
BUILT OUT THERE.
IF A POSITION CAN REMAIN VACANT
WITHOUT HARMING OPERATIONS, IT
IS REMAINING VACANT.
IF THERE IS A CRITICAL POSITION
THAT NEEDS TO BE BACKFILLED
BECAUSE DEPARTMENTS ARE SO MUCH
LEANER THAN THEY USED TO BE,
THEN DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT
FORTH THAT.
THEY PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION WHY
THEY NEED THAT POSITION FILLED.
IT IS CONVEYS BY CASE BASIS.
>> SO ALL THE POSITIONS WE ARE
HIRING FOR ARE CRITICAL
POSITION?
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> USUALLY THERE IS A DELAY IN
HIRING.
OTHER THING WE ARE LOOKING AT IS
SHARED SERVICES.
I BELIEVE THERE IS OTHER AREAS
OF -- THAT WE CAN TYND KIND OF
MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES BY
CONSOLIDATING LIKE SERVICES
SIMILAR WHAT WE DID WITH THE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT
THAT AS WELL AND IMPROVE
HOPEFULLY OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
>> DIRECTOR, YOU SAID
REQUIREMENTS HANDED DOWN OF WHAT
WE CAN AND CAN'T SPEND THIS
MONEY ON.
THERE WAS A FEDERAL MUNICIPAL
RELIEF PACKAGE THAT WAS GOING
THROUGH CONGRESS THAT WOULD HAVE
FILTERED COMPLETELY DOWN
STRAIGHT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES.
IS THAT STILL IN THE WORKS, DO
YOU KNOW?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS
SOMETHING NEW IN THE WORKS.
WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING WITH THE
FEDERAL MONEY, CARES ACT, ENDED
UP IF YOU WERE A CERTAIN SIZE,
ORIGINALLY HALF A MILLION FOR
EIGHT SA, 250 FOR A COUNTY, OR I
MIGHT HAVE THOSE REVERSE, IT
WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO YOU.
IF YOU WERE SMALLER THAN THAT,
IT IS FILTERED DOWN THROUGH THE
STATE.
THE MONEY GOES TO THE STATE AND
COMES TO US FROM THE CURES ACT
WITH ALL THOSE RESTRICTIONS.
>> MY QUESTION WAS HOW WE CAN
REIMBURSE THE AREAS THAT WE ARE
BEING TOLD WE CAN'T REIMBURSE.
IS THAT A DIFFERENT PACKAGE THAT
WHAT IS COMING DOWN NOW?
>> NO.
NOT THAT -- I WHAT THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT NOW, I CAN'T TELL
YOU IN CONGRESS.
THEY ARE HAVING DEBATES.
THEY ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS.
THERE IS NOTHING CONCRETE FOR US
TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE WE DON'T
KNOW WHICH WAY IT WILL GO.
IS THERE GOING TO BE $600, IS
THERE NOT?
IS IT GOING TO BE IN OR THAT.
THE MONEY HAS PASSED THROUGH THE
STATE TO US.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AS THE MAYOR
ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER R WE
NEED TO TRY TO PRESS OUR STATE
REPRESENTATIVES, SENATORS, THE
GOVERNOR, WHOEVER TO TRY AND
ALLOW MORE USAGE OUT OF THE
MONEY THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ALLOCATED.
WE HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED
$4.8 MILLION IN SPRINGFIELD.
RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY HAVE ENOUGH
TO ACCESS A HUNDRED OR $200,000
OF IT.
>> IT IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO
SPECIFIC THINGS WITH CORONA, BUT
INDIRECT EXPENSES THAT HAVE BEEN
CAUSED BY THE CORONA.
SO --
>> WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO
CAPTURE ALL OF THAT , EVERYTHING
WE CAN THAT IS DIRECT OR
INDIRECT.
THE PROBLEM IS IF AS I SAID AT
THE BEGINNING OF THIS PENSIONER
R PRESENTATION, IT IS REALLY A
REVENUE ISSUE.
THEY HAVE BEEN PRETTY STEADFAST
IN SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO USE THIS MONEY TO
REIMBURSE GOVERNMENTS FOR LOST
REVENUE.
THAT'S WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO
CHANGE.
I MEAN THAT'S THE ANSWER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
DIRECTOR McCARTY?
VERY GOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
HAVE A PLEASANT EVENING.
>> NEXT WE HAVE DOUG BROWN TO
GIVE THE PRESENTATION OF CWLP
FINANCES
I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU BASICALLY
OUR FIRST QUARTER ONCE WE GET IT
PULLED UP.
DO YOU HAVE COPIES FOR THE
CLERK?
>> I EMAILED IT.
>>
>> CAN YOU PULL IT UP VIA
E-MAIL.
WAIT A MINUTE SO WE CAN PULL
THAT UP FOR THE MONITORS.
>>
>> I THINK IT WAS LATER THAN
THAT.
I DIDN'T IT KICKED BACK.
THERE.
SHE HAS IT.
>> THIS IS BASICALLY THE MONTHS
OF MARCH, APRIL AND MAY.
SO OUR CASH POSITION FOR UTILITY
IS LOOKING FOR ELECTRIC SIDE IS
LOOKING REALLY WELL.
45 MILLION IN CASH.
150 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND FOR
ELECTRIC SIDE.
THAT DOES INCLUDE RESTRICTED
FUNDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FUND OF
21.5 MILLION.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE CASH BY
MONTH OVER THE LAST THREE FISCAL
INS COMPARISON.
THEN HERE IS JUST THE YEAR END
WHAT THE CASH LOOKS LIKE FOR
EACH FISCAL YEAR END, AND YOU
CAN SEE HOW IT IS INCREASED.
AGAIN, MOODY'S IS 150.
THIS IS JUST TRACKING INTERNAL
CALCULATION.
SO OUR RETAIL REVENUES FOR THE
MONTHS, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE HAD
A HIT HERE FOR REVENUES, BOTH
RETAIL AND WHOLESALE SALES
BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE
ELECTRIC MARKETING DOWN AS WELL
AS COVID RELATED ISSUES AS FAR
AS WITH OUR LOADS DROPPING.
I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT THE
SUMMER MONTHS HERE BEING HOT, WE
HAVE SEEN RETURN OF OUR LOAD.
SO WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME
INCREASE IN REVENUES COMING
BACK.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP CURB SOME
OF THE IMPACT OF THE ELECTRIC
FUND, BUT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP A
WATCHFUL EYE ON REVENUES AND
EXPENSES.
THEN HERE YOU CAN SEE THE
REVENUES JUST COMPARISON BY
MONTH FOR LAST THREE PHYSICALS
AGAINST THE BUDGET.
EXPENSES ARE DOWN, BUT, AGAIN,
YOU SEE ROVE NEWS DROP.
WHOLESALE SALES ARE DROPPING.
ELECTRIC REVENUES ARE DROPPING.
SO PART OF THAT DROP IN EXPENSES
IS ALSO THE POWER PLANT IS NOT
RUNNING.
SO LESS FUEL IS BOUGHT.
THAT'S ALL SHOWN IN EXPENSES AS
BEING PART OF THAT.
THEN YOU CAN HAVE OUR EXPENSES
FOR COMPARISON BY MONTH FOR LAST
THREE FISCALS COMPARED TO
BUDGET.
AND HERE IS OUR DEBT COVERAGE
RATIO AT YEAR END, JUST THE
HISTORY OF THAT.
THIS IS REALLY THE MAIN DRIVER
FOR OUR MASTER BOND ORDINANCE
FOR OUR COVENANTS TO BE ABOVE
1.25.
THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK AT.
WE LOOK AT QUARTERLY REPORTS, I
WILL SHOW YOU SOON HERE, THAT'S
NOT WHAT WE RELY ON.
THAT'S MORE INTERNAL USE ONLY.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR DEBT
COVERAGE RATIO 1.29.
AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE OUR
REVENUES ARE DRIVEN LOWER
BECAUSE OF MARKET'S AND OF COVID
WITH THAT DECLINE, AND IT IS
ALSO COMES AT A TIME WHERE OUR
EXPENSES ARE USUALLY HIGHER
BECAUSE OF OUTAGES IN THE VING
TIME.
THAT'S USUALLY THE OUTAGE
SEASON.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT CHART I
WILL SHOW YOU, YOU CAN SEE THAT
END OF MAY, YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING
LOWER DURING THAT TIME.
THIS IS A CHART THAT INCLUDES
THE PILOT.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE MOODY'S.
THAT'S WHAT WHERE WE HAVE MOST
OF OUR HISTORY, WHAT IS
CALCULATED IN PILOT.
HERE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL REBATE
FUND.
IT IS BASICALLY 21.5 MILLION
RIGHT NOW.
THEN WATER FUND, CASH POSITION
5.4 MILLION, AND WE ARE DUE
THROUGH ELECTRIC FUND OF
2 MILLION.
MOODY'S, CASH IS 54 DAYS RIGHT
NOW.
AND MOODY'S EXCLUDES RENEWAL
WHICH IS THE 7.3 MILLION, BUT IT
ALSO INCLUDES RATE STABILIZATION
OF 3.6 MILLION WHICH WE DON'T
HAVE THAT SHOWN.
BASICALLY IF YOU INCLUDE RATE
STABILIZATION WHICH WE WILL TALK
ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, THAT
CAN HELP CORRECT SOME
DEFICIENCIES WITH DEBT COVERAGE
RATIO.
>> SO WATER FUND CASH BY MONTH,
OVER LAST THREE FISCALS.
HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THE DAYS OF
CASH HAVE DECREASED OVER THE
YEARS, AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE
WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR BONDS EARLY
ON FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS, THE BONDS WERE
OBTAINED.
SO THE RATE INCREASES WERE
ROLLING IN, REVENUE DROVE UP
INCREASED CASH LEVELS TO POINT
WHERE WE STARTED -- ACTUALLY
ISSUING THE BONDS AND INCURRING
THE DEBT SERVICE, THAT STARTED
DROPPING THE DAYS OF CASH.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR WATER
REVENUES ARE DOWN, 1.2 MILLION.
AND THERE IS REALLY THREE
REASONS FOR THAT.
ONE IS POWER PLANTS DO NOT RUN
MUCH DURING THIS TIME FRAME.
YOU HAVE 31, 32, 33 OUT.
UNIT 4 WASN'T RUNNING FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME.
UNIT 4 USES A LOT OF WATER FROM
THE CITY.
SO THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON WATER
BUDGET.
COVID, OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME AFFECT
ON THAT AS WELL AS PAID
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DOWN.
THAT ALSO AFFECTS OUR DEBT
COVERAGE RATIO FOR THE WATER.
ONE THING THAT DID HELP I GUESS
WITH REVENUES, THAT I WANT TO
POINT OUT IS THAT WE HAVE SOLD
CHATHAM WATER FOR 12 DAYS SO FAR
THIS YEAR AND BROUGHT IT 228,000
ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
LAST YEAR IT WAS LIKE 279,000
FOR 21 DAYS.
AND YEAR BEFORE THAT WAS
151,000.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE I GUESS THEY
HAVE ISSUES OF THE SOUTH
SANGAMON WATER DISTRICT WITH
THEIR PLANT, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY
A BENEFIT FOR OUR WATER FUND.
THAT HELPS OUT QUITE A BIT.
EXPENSES ARE DOWN FOR WATER.
OBVIOUSLY, FOR NOT SELLING WATER
OUR EXPENSES WILL BE DOWN, LESS
CHEMICALS.
THEN WE HAVE REVENUE COMPARISON
FOR WATER FOR LAST THREE FISCALS
COMPARED TO BUDGET.
THEN SAME WITH EXPENSES.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE YEAR END DEBT
COVERAGE RATIO HISTORY FOR THE
WATER FUND.
THIS IS WHAT IS -- WHAT WE RELY
ON.
THEN WE HAVE THE DEBT COVERAGE
RATIO FOR THE WATER FUND AT
1.21.
OBVIOUSLY, WITH -- IT IS A SHORT
TERM LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
SO, AGAIN WITH REVENUES DOWN,
EXPENSES WHERE THEY ARE AT, WE
WILL BE SHORT RIGHT NOW IN A
SHORT PERIOD, BUT IT IS
SOMETHING WE ARE TRYING TO
CONTROL EXPENSES AS WELL.
CUTTING BACK ON EQUIPMENT AND
OTHER THINGS.
THEN HERE YOU CAN SEE THE
HISTORY MONTH BY MONTH OVER THE
LAST THREE FISCALS FOR DEBT
COVERAGE RATIO.
HERE ARE LABOR BUDGET FOR THE
WATER FUND.
YOU CAN SEE THAT REALLY -- BY
NOT FILLING OR WAITING TO FILL
VACANCIES.
WATER FUND I GUESS INCREASED BY
3.1 MILLION AND WE ARE AHEAD IN
ELECTRIC BY 1.5 MILLION.
I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THIS
AGAIN BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE
TO THE COMMUNITY, OUR CUSTOMERS
WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
THROUGH OUR COMMERCIAL OFFICE,
WE HAVE ADDED 100 CUSTOMERS TO
LEVEL PAY OR PAYMENT PLANS.
WE HAVE REDUCED PAST DUE BILLS.
DISCONNECTIONS WERE SUSPENDED
AGAIN THROUGH THE END OF JULY.
WE WANTED TO GO AT LEAST A MONTH
AFTER WE ENTERED PHASE FOUR.
WE HAVE SENT OUTLETTERS.
WE HAVE DONE SOCIAL MEDIA
OUTREACH TO OUR CUSTOMERS TRYING
TO GET THEM ON A PAYMENT PLAN,
AND, YOU KNOW, TO AVOID
DISCONNECTION GOING FORWARD,
THEY JUST NEED TO CALL US.
GET ON A PAYMENT PLAN.
WE WILL TAKE EVERYTHING INTO
CONSIDERATION WHAT THEIR
FINANCIAL SITUATION IS, THEIR
HARDSHIPS, ALL THOSE THINGS.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS GET THEM
ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND
WITH THE LIHEAP APPLICATIONS,
THEY ARE ACTUALLY REOPENING JULD
OF FUNDS.
WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO SO FAR
THIS YEAR IS INCREASE PLEDGES
FOR LIHEAP FOR OUR CUSTOMERS OF
$67,000.
SO I THINK OUR GROUP HAS DONE A
REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THIS.
CUSTOMERS CAN CONTACT -- OR
ACTUALLY GO ONLINE FOR RESOURCES
AT CWLP.COM OR HELPING ILLINOIS
FAMILIES.COM OR CONTACT THE
COMMERCIAL OFFICE VIA WEB SITE,
THROUGH CALLING OR EVEN
E-MAILING THEM.
THEN ENERGY SERVICES OFFICE
NUMBER IS LISTED IN CASE THAT
THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY GO AHEAD
AND TRY TO MAYBE DO UPGRADES TO
THEIR HOME TO REDUCE THEIR
BILLS, THAT KIND OF THING.
ENERGY SERVICES OFFICE CAN HELP
WITH THOSE THINGS.
QUESTIONS?
>> MAYOR?
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> DIRECTOR, SO YOUR FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SOUNDS LIKE A
PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO
BE SOME PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GOING
TO MAKE IT BACK.
DO WE HAVE A PLAN HOW WE WILL
HELP THOSE FOLKS SOMEHOW?
>> I MEAN ONLY THING WE CAN DO
IS POINT THEM TO THE FINANCIAL
RESOURCES THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO
THEM.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY
TO DO.
>> IS THERE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE GOING TO BE IN THAT
POSITION?
>> I DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT
INFORMATION OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD.
I THINK, KNOW, IT IS REALLY CASE
BY CASE BASIS LOOKING AT WHAT
THEIR ISSUES ARE.
EVERYBODY IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT.
IT IS NOT -- THERE IS NOT
CATEGORIES OF THEM THAT ALL FIT
IN ONE BOX.
I THINK OUR GROUP IS IN VERY
FLEXIBLE IN THE PAST MAKING SURE
THAT EVERYBODY GETS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON A PAYMENT
PLAN.
>> ON OUR DEBT COVERAGE, BACK TO
THAT, MR. McCARTY WAS SAYING
SOMETHING ABOUT -- OR THE MAYOR
WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT
PUSHING BACK THE PENSION
PAYMENTS TO A CERTAIN POINT IN
ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KIND
OF RECOVER ON THAT.
IS THERE SUCH A PLAN WE COULD
LOOK AT THE ELECTRIC DEBT
COVERAGE TO ASK THEM TO GIVE US
A LITTLE TIME OR PUSH THAT BACK
SOMEHOW?
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S
FEASIBLE?
>> I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE DEBT
SERVICE.
THAT'S ON THE BONDS ITSELF.
SO THAT'S NOT REALLY AN OPTION
TO TRY TO RENEGOTIATE THAT.
I WILL SAY ON THE WATER FUND,
THOUGH, OUR WE WILL BE
REFINANCING THAT THIS YEAR.
THAT WILL HELP REDUCE DEBT
SERVICE SUBSTANTIALLY.
>> FOR WATER SIDE?
>> FOR WATER SIDE.
REMEMBER, TOO, ELECTRIC SIDE WE
HAVE 150 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND.
>> RIGHT.
>> THAT IS THE HUGE POSITIVE,
AND I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
DO FORWARD YOU MIGHT SEE
DIFFERENT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET
ADDING MONEY TO RATE
STABILIZATION FUND.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT FOR THIS
YEAR, WE WOULD REDUCE CASH
LEVELS, $5 MILLION, AND WE PUT
THAT INTO RIGHT STABILIZATION
AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT NEXT
CLEAR OR FOLLOWING YEAR OR
WHENEVER WE WOULD CHOOSE TO HELP
WITH DEBT COVERAGE ISSUES.
>> LOOKING FOR TIME TO PUSH
THINGS BACK IN ORDER FOR US TO
GET BACK ON OUR FEET.
OBVIOUSLY GENERAL REVENUE SIDE
OF OUR BUDGET HAS GOT SOME
PROBLEMS COMING, AND FORTUNATELY
WE HAVE UTILITY IS IN BIT BETTER
SHAPE.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP US ON
THAT SIDE OF THE AISLE.
THANK YOU.
>> ALDERMAN DONELAN.
>> DIRECTOR, COULD YOU JUST
EXPLAIN BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO
GET ASKED THIS QUESTION WHETHER
BY ORGANIZED LABOR, EMPLOYEES OR
GENERAL CITIZENS, WE HAVE
OBVIOUSLY 10, $11 MILLION
SHORTFALL IN THE CORPORATE FUND,
150 DAYS WORTH OF CASH IN THE
ELECTRIC FUND ALONE WHY WE CAN'T
USE THE FUNDS FROM ELECTRIC FUND
TO FILL THE CORPORATE FUND HOLE.
>> WELL,.
(LAUGHING) EVERYTHING IS SET BY
ORDINANCES, MASTER BOND
ORDINANCE HAS WHAT BASICALLY THE
I GUESS THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF
TAX IT IS, THE PILOT, WHAT THOSE
ARE SET AT.
SO THERE IS NOT REALLY A
MECHANISM IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS
THAT.
I THINK WE HAVE -- IT DOESN'T
HELP BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY
DONE IT IN THE PAST INCREASING
DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE SHARED
SERVICE SERVICE PAYMENTS AND
THOSE KIND OF INITIATIVES TO TRY
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AT LEAST
PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE KIND OF
THING.
BUT I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT
THERE IS GOING TO BE A MECHANISM
TO DO ANYTHING.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT EVEN
WITH THE UTILITY IN BETTER
SHAPE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER
PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED
TO BE DONE, LIKE THE ASH PONDS
AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS
HANGING OUT THERE AS WELL THAT
WE WILL BE FORCED TO DO.
NOT THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE FORCED
TO DO, BUT WANTING TO DO THEM.
BUT WE HAVE THOSE THINGS TO
CONSIDER AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> DIRECTOR, THERE HAS BEEN SOME
CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OTHER
DAMAGE AT 33.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT
NOW?
>> YES.
I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY TOUR
MORE THINGS IF WE CAN DISCUSS
THEM.
13 UPDATE:  SO WHEN THEY WERE
BRINGING THE UNIT UP TO SPEED
LAST WEEK, WE WERE EXCITED TO
FINALLY HAVE UNIT 33 BACK, AND
AS THEY WERE ROLLING NEAR
SYNCHRONIZATION SPEED, A GROUND
FALL WAS DETECTED IN THE
GENERATOR.
WHAT THAT MEANS BASICALLY IS
THERE IS A SHORT IN THE
WINDINGS.
SO THEY -- WE HAD OUR PEOPLE
PULL THE DOG HOUSE OFF THE
GENERATORS TO GET ACCESS,
BROUGHT GE IN, AND DID A QUICK
INSPECTION, THIS WAS ON
SATURDAY, THAT IT HAS TO BE
PULLED.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEND
IT BACK TO THE SHOP AND SEE WHAT
IS WRONG WITH IT.
TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE SHORT
IS.
WHAT THIS MEANS, OF COURSE,
LONGER DELAY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT EXACTLY.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS SOMETHING
GE CAUSED IN THE REPAIR, OR IF
IT WAS CAUSED BY THE INCIDENT OR
SOMETHING HANGING OUT THERE WE
WERE NEVER ABLE TO DETECT UNTIL
THE THING WAS MOVED OUT, BROUGHT
BACK INTO PLACE.
SO THERE IS EXPOSURE FROM MY
POINT OF VIEW THAT IF IT IS NOT
FOUND TO BE GE'S FAULT AND NOT
FOUND TO BE COVERED BY INSURANCE
BY THE INCIDENT, WE CAN BE
LOOKING AT THAT EXPOSURE.
I ASKED GE TO PROVIDE US WITH
ALL THE COSTS TO BASICALLY
TRANSPORT IT, INSPECT IT, FIND
OUT WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR
COMPLETE REWIND.
I CAN'T REALLY ASK FOR ESTIMATE
OF A PARTIAL WE REWIND BECAUSE
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS NOT
UNTIL THEY OPEN IT UP AT THE
SHOP.
BASICALLY A COST TO RECLOSE THE
UNIT.
ONCE WE HAVE THOSE COSTS, I WILL
TALK WITH THE MAYOR, WE WILL
MEET WITH STAFF AND FIGURE OUT A
PLAN.
NOW I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT IF
WE WERE TO, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT
MY DECISION, BUT THINGS WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER IF WE
CONSIDER SAYING, OKAY, WE WILL
NOT RISK REPAIRING 33 AND RUN 31
AND 32, THERE IS COSTS TO DOING
THAT FOR 31, 32, TO KEEP THEM
RUN FOR ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE HAVE
NOT DONE THINKING THAT THOSE
UNITS ARE SHUTTING DOWN THAT,
YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, AIR
HEATER.
THE AIR HEATERS ARE PLUGGED.
NOT TOO MUCH LONGER THOSE UNITS
WILL BE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN
BECAUSE THERE WILL BE TOO MUCH
PRESSURE DROP ACROSS THE UNIT.
BUT IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN
FOR US TO GO CLEAN IT.
WHY ARE WE GOING TO SPEND THAT
MONEY IF THE UNITS AREN'T GOING
TO RUN PAST THE SUMMER BECAUSE
OF PRICES?
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE
WILL HAVE TO WEIGH MOVING
FORWARD.
>> SO WHO DID THE INITIAL
INSPECTION TO FIND OUT WHAT THE
DAMAGE WAS TO THAT UNIT AND IF
THEY DID THE INSPECTION, HOW DID
THAT GET MISSED?
>> YEAH, SO WITH GE, THEY WERE
ABLE TO DO INSPECTIONS, BUT THE
WINDINGS ARE THE WRAP.
THEY ARE ALL INTERNAL.
THEY DIDN'T TAKE APART THE
WINDINGS.
WE DIDN'T REWIND THE GENERATOR.
THERE IS NO WAY FOR THEM TO TEST
IT.
WE NEED TO SEE IT -- THEY DID A
TEST THAT WAS STATIC, IT WAS NOT
MOVING AND NO GROUNDS DETECTED.
WHEN THIS THING IS PUT BACK IN
PLACE AND SPINNING AT 36 RPM,
WELL, ALMOST, BASICALLY THAT'S
WHEN THE SHORT HAPPENED.
SO THERE WAS REALLY NO WAY TO
DETECT IT BEFORE THAT.
>> WHEN DID WE FIND THIS OUT?
>> UM, THEY HAD THE GROUND
WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY OF LAST
WEEK.
THEN OUR PEOPLE SPENT TIME TO
TAKE DING HOUSE OFF AND THEY
WERE ABLE TO GET THE GE EXPERTS,
AND CALLED WIND ERS BROUGHT IN
SATURDAY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
>> IF WE SEND IT BACK TO GE FOR
THEM TO GIVE US THIS ESTIMATE,
WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME FOR THAT?
>> I DON'T HAVE ALL THAT
INFORMATION YET.
I AM STILL WAITING ON THAT.
I AM HOPING WE WILL HAVE ALL THE
FINAL STUFF TOMORROW.
>> MR. MAYOR?
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN,.
>> ON THE SAME TOPIC, DID THE
GENERATOR LEAVE OUR SITE?
>> YES., THE ROW TAR.
>> INCLUDING THE WINDINGS
AROUND?
>> YES.
>> AS PART OF THE GENERATOR?
>> YES.
>> WE WILL GET IT BACK, AND
START UP PROCEDURES, THAT'S WHEN
WE TAKE THE DEFAULT?
>> CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALDERMAN DONELAN.
>> JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP, AND I AM
NOT ENGINEER, BEAR WITH ME HERE.
WHEN GE WAS LOOKING AT WHAT
HAPPENED, AND OBVIOUSLY LOOKING
AT THE ENTIRE UNIT AND PROBABLY
MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, DID THEY
MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING WHAT YOU CALL THE
REWINING?
>> YES.
THEY WILL MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION -- WELL, THEY
WILL MAKE AN ESTIMATE FOR A FULL
REWIND, NOW IF THERE IS A WAY
WHEN THEY HAVE TAKEN IT APART
AND SEE OH, WE CAN GET TO THIS
PEACE R PIECE AND FIX THIS
INDIVIDUAL WINDING, THEN IT CAN
BE MUCH CHEAPER.
THEY CAN'T GIVE US A COST UNTIL
THEY SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER
IT WAS GE THAT DID SOMETHING OR
WHAT HAVE YOU.
DID THEY MAKE ANY
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY ON
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AS FAR AS
THE WINDING?
>> WELL, I KNOW THEY DID REPAIR
A LITTLE BIT OF WINDING ON THE
ENDS.
>> WHEN IT WAS DOWN IN HOUSTON,
OR DALLAS, THEY MADE SOME
REPAIRS TO THE ROW TAR OF THE
GENERATOR WHICH IS GROUND FAULT
NOW.
THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS, ON
REPAIRS WHILE IT WAS DOWN THERE,
AND NOW WE ARE SEEING THIS
FAULT.
>> THERE COULD BE A CHANCE IT IS
THEIR FAULT FOR WORK THEY DID.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT
IS ME.
WHY WOULDN'T THEY TRY TO SPIN
THAT THING DOWN THERE BEFORE
THEY BRING IT BACK HERE TO FIND
OUT THAT THERE IS PROBLEMS?
BECAUSE NOW WE DEAL WITH THE
COST OF SHIPPING IT BACK AND ALL
THAT.
TO ME, THEY HAD IT.
THEY WERE FIXING IT.
THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE --
JOHN, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY HAVE
THE MACHINERY?
>> NOT DURING THE HOT MONTHS.
>> HIGH SPEED BALANCE, ADD
WEIGHT OR TAKE WEIGHT OFF THE
ROW TAR.
THEY DIDN'T DO HIGH SPEED
BALANCE WHICH THEN THEY COULD
HAVE SPIN IT UP TO 3500.
THEY DIDN'T DO ANY ADDITIONAL
WEIGHTS OR ADD WEIGHT TO THE ROW
TAR ITSELF WHY THEY DIDN'T DO
THAT.
THAT'S NOT UNTYPICAL.
>> SO THIS WILL NOT BE COVERED
BY INSURANCE, IS THAT WHAT WE
ARE THINKING HERE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE, NOW,
THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THEY
DIDN'T RECOMMEND WHAT JOHN WAS
SAYING THAT THE UNIT BE SPUN.
USUALLY THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE
ANY KIND OF ISSUES COST TO THE
GENERATOR FOR THIS KIND OF HARD
STOP, THE TURBINE.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T
RECOMMEND THOSE KINDS OF --
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF IDEA
WHAT KIND OF A BALLPARK WHAT YOU
ARE THINKING THIS, YOU KNOW --
WORST CASE WHAT IT IS GOING TO
COST US?
>> COULD BE HALF A MILLION,
COULD BE A MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
DEPENDS WHAT THE OVERALL ISSUES
ARE WITH IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
GO AHEAD.
>> ONE MORE THING.
SO I GUESS THIS IS KIND OF GOOD
NOTE, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH, DEPENDS
HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.
BUT IT IS NOT OFTEN YOU HAVE TO
YOU DIVISION HEADS GOING TO
RETIRE AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO
ACKNOWLEDGE A COUPLE OF
RETIREMENTS, RECOGNIZING TED
MECKES, AND JOHN DAVIS TO CWLP.
BOTH RETIRING AUGUST 7 OF THIS
YEAR.
JOHN WILL HAVE 33 YEAR YEARS IN,
AND TED WILL HAVE ALMOST 34.
JOHN BEGAN AS MAINTENANCE
ENGINEER FOR CWLP IN 1987.
THEN HE SERVED AS SUPERVISOR OF
GENERATION ONTO SUPERINTENDENT
OF PRODUCTION.
THEN POWER GENERATION DIRECTOR
BEFORE TAKING OVER AS ELECTRIC
DIVISION MANAGER.
BESIDES OVERSIGHT FOR ALL THE
ELECTRIC OPERATIONS AT CWLP,
INCLUDING ISD AND SECURITY, HE
STEPPED UP AND SERVED AS GO-TO
GUY FOR LABOR RELATIONS TO HELP
MANY DEPARTMENTS BEYOND ELECTRIC
DIVISION.
HE HAS TAKEN ON MANY LEADERSHIP
ROLES NOT ONLY WITH IRP BUT
AREAS OF SAFETY, TRAINING AND
GENERAL OPERATIONS, ALWAYS
TAKING NO NONSENSE APPROACH TO
ADDRESS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS.
TED BEGAN AS ENGINEER FOR WATER
TREATMENT PLANT IN 1986.
THEN SERVED AS PROJECT MANAGER,
GOING ON ASSISTANT GENERAL
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER
TREATMENT, THEN GENERAL
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER
TREATMENT BEFORE HIS CURRENT
ROLE OF WATER DIVISION MANAGER.
HE HAS TAKEN ON LEADERSHIP
ROLES, ILLINOIS WATER INDUSTRY
AND SERVES AS EXPERT VOICE FOR
ALL THE WATER UTILITIES ACROSS
THE STATE.
TED HAS RAISED THE BAR IN
OBTAINING GRANTS AND LOANS FOR
THE WATER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS,
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WATERSHED
PROTECTION.
HE NEVER SHIES AWAY FROM A
CHALLENGE, THIS PARTICULAR WHEN
IT COMES TO STAND UP FOR WATER
QUALITY AND WATER TREATMENT.
HE IS A VOICE THAT'S BEEN
LISTENED TO FOR MULTIPLE STATE
AND FEDERAL RULES DUE TO HIS
EXPERIENCE AND TRUSTED EXPERTISE
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, THEY
BOTH WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR
ROLES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS, WHILE ENSURING DAY TO
DAY OPERATIONS.
DURING THEIR TENURE IN
LEADERSHIP, WITH THE SAFETY
PROGRAM HAS SEEN SOME OF THE
BEST RESULTS IN THE INDUSTRY,
ACCIDENTS AND WORKER'S COMP
COSTS HAVE BEEN DRASTICALLY
REDUCED AND MORE EMPLOYEES ARE
GOING HOME SAFE BECAUSE OF THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM
SEPARATELY, BUT THEY CHOSE TO
RETIRE TOGETHER, JUST LIKE THEY
WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER, HIGH
SCHOOL TOGETHER AND OFF TO
COLLEGE.
JOHN FOLLOWING WHEREVER TED
GOES.
TED CAME TO THE WATER PLANT IN
1986, THEN JOHN FOLLOWED TO
ELECTRIC PLANT IN 87.
THEN THEY BECAME IN CHARGE OF
THE RESPECTIVE PLANTS.
THEN CAME -- THEN TED CAME TO
WORK DOWNTOWN THEN JOHN.
IN ESSENCE, THESE TWO CAN'T
STAND TO BE TOO FAR APART FROM
EACH OTHER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WILL DO IT
IN RETIREMENT, THOUGH.
ALL KIDDING ASIDE, TED, THANK
YOU.
JOHN, THANK YOU.
I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR
FUTURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM AND
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE
COUNCIL JUST BRIEFLY, AND THEN
OFFER YOU THE SAME IF YOU HAVE
ANY WORDS.
>> IS IN THEIR LAST MEETING?
>> LAST MEETING.
>> WHAT!
>> UNLESS YOU PUT STUFF ON
DEBATE!
(LAUGHING).
>> COME ON UP.
>> JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO BE FIRST
THIS TIME?
>> JOHN FOLLOWS TED!
(LAUGHING).
>> JOHN, FOLLOWED ME FROM GRADE
SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND
COLLEGE, AND CWLP, LIKE A BAD
COLD, CAN'T GET RID OF HIM.
HARD TO BELIEVE THIS DAY HAS
COME.
34 YEARS WITH THE CITY, CWLP
FAMILY.
I WANT TO THANK THEM ALL.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT CAREER FOR
ME AND MY FAMILY.
THE CITIZENS OF SPRINGFIELD
SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD
WORK AND EFFORT THAT GOES INTO
PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY AND GREAT
TASTING DRINKING WATER.
I SEE THESE COMMERCIALS ALL THE
TIME ABOUT THANKING THE HEALTH
CARE WORKERS, THE RESTAURANTS,
THE HARDWARE STORE WORKERS, THEY
SHOULD ADD THE WATER PROVIDERS
TO THAT.
OUR WATER PROVIDERS AND WATER
TREATMENT PLANT AND
DISTRIBUTION, THAT TEAM STAY
HEALTHY, ZACHARY ADVERTISING
THEIR -- SACRIFICING THEIR
FREEDOMS LIKE MANY OTHERS TO
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF US DRINKING WATER
EVERY DAY.
THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL.
WANT TO THANK THOSE PEOPLE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR
SUPPORTING ME DURING MY TENURE
AS WATER DIVISION MANAGER.
AT TIMES, JOHN AND I AND DOUG
TAKE OUR LUMPS UP HERE, RIGHT!
BUT WE WANT EVERY ONE OF YOU TO
REALIZE WE, AS WELL AS THE REST
OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, HAVE
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AT OUR
HEART, AND THEIR BEST INTEREST
IS IN OUR HEART.
WE THINK OF OURSELVES AS A TEAM,
COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, CITY WATER,
LIGHT AND POWER, PUBLIC WORKS,
FIRE, POLICE, WE ARE A TEAM.
WE ALL HAVE THE INTEREST OF
SPRINGFIELD AT OUR HEART.
JUST REMEMBER THAT.
I AM SAD TO LEAVE, BUT I AM
EXCITE FOR MY FUTURE.
I AM LEAVING IT IN GREAT HANDS.
TODD FOUNTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF
WATER TREATMENT WILL BE MY
REPLACEMENT.
BE NICE TO HIM.
HE IS A GOOD GUY.
I DO WANT TO THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME I HAVE
SPENT UP HERE.
(LAUGHING) I APPRECIATE SOME OF
THE TIME, I SPENT UP HERE, AND
ALL I KNOW I HAVE NO MORE FOIAS.
(LAUGHING).
(APPLAUSE).
>> I GUESS MY NAME IS BILL, WE
COULD SAY THE LAST TWO OTHER
YEARS, TED'S EXCELLENT
ADVENTURE!
(LAUGHING) I HAVE KNOWN TED
SINCE WE WERE FIVE YEARS OLD,
FROM CHRIST THE KING TO GRIFFIN
TO MARQUETTE AND STUFF, AND
CWLP.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH YOU, TED.
YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME OVER THE
YEARS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL CWLP,
ELECTRIC DIVISION, ESPECIALLY
GENERATING DIVISION BECAUSE I
SPENT 28 YEARS AT THE GENERATING
DIVISION AT POWER PLANTS, IT IS
A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND
WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.
I HAVE MET SOME INCREDIBLY
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE, GOOD
FRIENDS, HOPEFULLY I WILL HAVE
FOREVER.
I THANKED THEM ALL.
I THANK DOUG FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO COME DOWN HERE
AND EXPAND MY KNOWLEDGE.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK MY
FAMILY. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING.
MY WIFE DID A LOT OVER THE LAST
27 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED.
I MISSED A LOT OF HOLIDAYS, A
LOT OF CHRISTMASES, A LOT OF
BIRTHDAYS, YOU NAME IT I WAS AT
THE POWER PLANT MOST OF THOSE
DAYS, SHE PUT UP WITH
EVERYTHING.
I APPRECIATE HER FOR THAT.
LIKE TED SAID, I COME UP HERE
EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT LAST FIVE
YEARS, AT TIMES, ALDERMAN
HANAUER, YOU AND I, MAYBE I WILL
SEE YOU AT THE Y TO HAVE THOSE
DISCUSSIONS MORE.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO
WORK.
ONE THING I WILL ASK, MY
REPLACEMENT IS UNANNOUNCED YET.
I CAN'T SAY BE NICE TO HIM.
I AM NOT SURE WHO IT WILL BE.
BUT I WILL WISH THAT YOU TREAT
HIM LIKE I SAID WITH THE RESPECT
THEY DESERVE BECAUSE ALL OF US
ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF
THE RATEPAYERS IN OUR HEARTS.
EVERY TIME I HAVE BEEN UP HERE
TALKING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE, I AM
NOT DOING IT BUT FOR ANYTHING
WHAT I THINK IS BEST FOR
RATEPAYERS.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT.
WE ALL FEEL THAT WAY.
TRUST THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE IN
FRONT OF YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS A
VERY LONG TIME.
WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE
DOING.
TRUST THEM, WHEN THEY SAY
SOMETHING, BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE
SAYING BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE THE
INTEREST OF THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD IN THEIR HEART.
THANKS.
>>
(APPLAUSE).
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU
>> CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
TO DISPENSE WITH READING OF THE
MINUTES OF THE JULY 7, 2020,
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND
APPROVE THE MINUTES.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED, NAY.
MOTORCYCLES.
>> CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
TO INCORPORATE PRECOUNCIL
READING OF ORDINANCE NOOSE THE
RECORD OF THIS CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION IN YOU WILL THOSE
IN FAVOR OF THE MOTIONING SAY
AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
>> MOTION CARRIES I NEXT ITEM IS
CONSENT AGENDA, CHAIR WILL
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
INCORPORATE PRECOUNCIL READING
OF THE CONSENT AGENDA INTO THE
RECORD OF THIS CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
MOTION, SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
PLACE CONSENT AGENDA ON FINAL
PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
CLERK WILL NOW CALL THE ROLL.
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN GREGORY.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN FULGENZI.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN PROCTOR.
>> YES.
>> ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN CONLEY RESPONDS.
>> ALDERMAN DONELAN.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> AYE.
>> NINE YES', AND NO --
>> CONSENT AGENDA PASSES.
AGENDA NUMBERS 2017-103,
2018-110, 2019-008, 2019-276,
2019-430, 2020-049, 2020-067,
2020-134, 2020-153, 2020-181,
2020-185, 2020-207, 2020-273,
2020-2 -- I AM SORRY, 2011-227
REMAIN TABLED OR IN COMMITTEE.
>> MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A
MOTION TO REMOVE 2020-275 FOR
DISCUSSION.
>> SECOND.
>> WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER AGAIN?
>> 2020-275 FOR DISCUSSION.
>> 275.
OKAY.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> ALDERMAN GREGORY.
>> MAYOR, I MOVE TO REMOVE
2019-276 FROM CONSIDERATION.
IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR AWHILE.
>> 276.
>> 2019-276, YES, SIR.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
>>
2019-276,.
>> I AM REMOVING IT.
>> OH, YOU ARE GOING TO REMOVE
IT.
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER ACTION ON THAT?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FIRST ITEM IS 2020-275, DO YOU
HAVE THAT CORPORATION COUNSEL?
YEAH.
THANK YOU.
THAT'S AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 37, ARTICLE 6, 1988 CITY
OF SPRINGFIELD CODE OF
ORDINANCES AS A RELATING TO THE
DEFERRED COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION, YOU SAID?
ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> YES, I THINK WE WANT TO TAKE
THOSE OFF THE TABLE AND MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN
AMENDMENT TO THIS TO BE
DISCUSSED.
BUT WE ARE GETTING GENERAL
CONSENSUS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS
INVOLVED, BARGAINING UNITS
INVOLVED WANT THIS TO MOVE
FORWARD.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO GO AHEAD
AND MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
>> JUST REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE
AND THEN -- ARE YOU GOING TO
AMEND IT TONIGHT OR LEAVE IT IN
COMMITTEE?
ALDERMAN DONELAN?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN
AMENDMENT YOU WERE REFERRING TO,
ALDERWOMAN, BUT THE ONLY THING
FOR CONSISTENCY, I NOTICED THIS
LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE LOOKING
AT IT, THOSE OF YOU DO HAVE
EXHIBIT "A" IN FRONT OF YOU,
37.50B AS IN "BOY."
DOES SAY THE COMMITTEE SHALL
CONSIST OF EIGHT MEMBERS A
POINTED BY THE MAYOR.
FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES, ADD
THE LANGUAGE "WITH ADVICE AND
CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL."
THEN IN 37.52 UNDER "C" ENTER
INTO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
SUBJECT TO WRITTEN APPROVAL BY
THE MAYOR, I THINK IT SHOULD SAY
"WITH ADVICE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL."
THAT WAY IN SYNC WITH OTHER
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
>> SECOND.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS GOING
TO COME OUT TONIGHT OR I WOULD
HAVE SPOKEN.
>> THAT IS YOUR AMENDMENT?
>> THAT IS MY AMENDMENT.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADD
"WITH ADVICE OF CITY COUNCIL" IN
BOTH THOSE PLACES.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT?
>> ON THE AMENDMENT?
>> RIGHT.
ON THE AMENDMENT.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AMENDMENT.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED, PASSES.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I DID, BUT NEVER MIND.
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> SO, THE REASON WE PROBABLY
PUT IN ON TABLE LAST WEEK THERE
WAS CONFUSION ABOUT HOW THIS --
WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS REALLY
GOING TO DO.
I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO HEAR
FROM DIRECTOR McCARTY TOO
EXPLAIN THIS.
THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT --
NOT NECESSARILY JUST THE UNIONS,
BUT CONCERNS BY EMPLOYEES IN
GENERAL THAT WE ARE
CONSOLIDATING DEFERRED COMP
OPPORTUNITIES DOWN FROM CERTAIN
AMOUNT DOWN TO ONE.
I AM NOT QUITE CLEAR ON THAT. SO
I REALLY WOULD LIKE AN
EXPLANATION IF WE CAN GET THAT.
THEN I ALSO BELIEVE THERE IS
PEOPLE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO
ADDRESS THIS BEFORE WE VOTE ON
IT, MAYOR, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
>> SURE.
>> ALDERMEN, I WILL TRY TO CLEAR
IT UP.
MOST OF WHAT THE DEFERRED COMP
COMMITTEE DOES IS PRETTY ROUTINE
BORING STUFF.
OUR MEETINGS ARE FIVE MINUTES.
>> I DON'T THINK I AM ADDRESSING
THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, AS I AM
ADDRESSING WHAT WE ARE DOING
WITH THE RFP --
>> RIGHT, WELL THE ORDINANCE AND
RFP ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
ORDINANCE CAME BECAUSE OF THE
RFP.
SO THE ORDINANCE, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, THE MAYOR IS
LOOKING TO MAKE DEFERRED COMP
COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO THE SAME
STRUCTURE AS HEALTH CARE
COMMITTEE, EQUAL PARTS
MANAGEMENT AND LABOR ON THAT
HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS TO MAKE
DECISIONS.
REALITY, THERE IS VERY FEW
DECISIONS TO EVER BE MADE.
THIS ISSUE CAME UP, RFP CAME UP
BECAUSE WE WERE APPROACHED BY A
VENDOR WHO WANTED TO DO A
PRESENTATION TO US.
VENDOR DID THE PRESENTATION TO
US, AND LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS
CLEARLY EXPLAINED ILLUSTRATED TO
US, BY HAVING OUR SEGMENTED --
THE FIVE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS,
WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE FROM
GOVERNMENTAL UNITS TO DO THAT,
BUT HAVING THAT, OUR MEMBERS,
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE
PROGRAM ARE ACTUALLY PAYING MORE
THAN A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN
FEES THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE
PAYING.
BECAUSE BY SEGMENTS THE ASSETS
OUT AMONGST A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
ONES AND NOT LOOKING AT THIS, AS
ROUTINELY AS WE SHOULD, WE
HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT IN TEN, 15,
20 YEARS, WORLD OF INVESTMENTS
HAVE CHANGED.
SHE WAS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE TO
US, IF WE WERE ABLE TO
CONSOLIDATE OR GO DOWN TO TWO OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, PEOPLE THAT
ARE PAYING WOULD SAVE A TON OF
MONEY THAT STAYS DIRECTLY IN
THEIR ACCOUNTS.
SO WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO IS
ILLUSTRATE BECAUSE SHE DID HER
OWN SORT OF MINI RFP.
THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES FOR A
LIVING AND REACHED OUT TO SOME
DIFFERENT NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL
GROUPS, IF YOU HAVE ASSETS OF
80 MILLION OR SO, WHICH IS WHAT
WE HAVE TOTAL COMBINED, WHAT
WOULD YOUR FEES BE I WE HAVE
SOME PROVIDERS AVERAGE FEES
BETWEEN INVESTMENT WHAT THEY ARE
CHARGING CALLED THE RECORD
KEEPERS, THEY ARE CHARGING IN
EXCESS OF 2% A YEAR.
WHEREAS CONSOLIDATION WE ARE
LOOKING AT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD
FEES SOMEWHERE TOTAL OF AROUND
.4%.
>> IS THAT COST FOR DIRECTED TO
THE EMPLOYEE OR TO --
>> EMPLOYEE THAT PAYS THAT COST.
CITY JUST SETS THIS UP.
EVERYTHING IS ON THE EMPLOYEES
THAT PARTICIPATE.
ALL WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS
LOOK AT WHAT OUR MEMBERS -- WHAT
OUR PARTICIPANTS COULD SAVE BY
PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM THAT
IS CONSOLIDATED.
NOTHING HAS BEEN ETCHED IN
STONE, AND NOTHING 100% GOING
FORWARD.
BE SIMPLY WANTED TO DO AN RFP TO
SEE WHAT SHE SAID IS ACCURATE OR
NOT.
SO WE HAVE THE RFP, BUT THERE
WAS NO GUARANTEE WE WERE GOING
FORWARD.
THIS IS A TEST TO FIND OUT.
WE BELIEVE SHE IS CORRECT
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED.
SO ALL WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS
SAY OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE PAYING
A LOT MORE THAN THEY SHOULD BE.
IT IS NOT ME.
IT IS GENE'S MEMBERS.
IT IS HIS PEOPLE, THE COPS, THE
FIREFIGHTERS, ALL THAT
PARTICIPATE, IF ANY OF YOU DO,
YOU ARE PAYING MORE THAN YOU
NEED TO.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO
RECTIFY.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE RFP,
IT IS NOT TO CUT ANYONE OUT.
IT IS NOT TO DIRECT THE BUSINESS
TO ANY ONE PARTICULAR FIRM.
I HAVE HEARD WILD RUMORS.
IT IS PURELY ABOUT SAVING MONEY
FOR THE MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY CAN
PAY -- IF -- THINK ABOUT SOME OF
THESE ACCOUNTS.
IF YOU SAW SOME OF THESE
ACCOUNTS, IT IS 100, OR 200 OR
$300,000, TWO PERCENT, VERSUS
HALF A PERCENT, THAT ADDS UP
OVER 10, 15, 20 YEARS.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
MONEY OUR MEMBERS CAN SAVE IF WE
WERE TO PROCEED WITH THIS, IF
THE NUMBERS WORK OUT THE WAY WE
THINK THEY WILL WORK OUT.
THIS IS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
EIGHT CITE ADMINISTRATION.
>> WE ARE ALL FOR SAVING MONEY
FOR EMPLOYEES THIS IS BASICALLY
THEIR RETIREMENT.
VENDOR CAME TO US AND DID WE
WRITE RFP SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS
VENDOR OR PUT RFP OUT?
>> WE PUT RFP OUT, AND INVITED
CURRENT VENDORS AS WELL AS ANY
OTHER VENDOR -- YOU ARE LOOKING
AT LARGE -- YOU ARE LOOKING AT
LARGE COMPANIES HERE.
THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A LOCAL
COMPANY, A SMALL COMPANY OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU HAVE TO
BE A BIG COMPANY TO BE ABLE TO
DO THIS NATIONWIDE TYPE COMPANY.
SO ALL OF OUR VENDORS THAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE WERE INVITED
IMMEDIATELY TO PARTICIPATE, AND
WE ALSO PUT IT OUT THERE FOR
OTHER LARGE INVESTMENT HOUSE
HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THAT'S THE INTENT.
>> IS THE CONTRACT -- DID WE
HAVE A WINNER OF THE RFP?
>> RFP IS DUE THIS WEEK COMING
UP.
I THINK MAYBE THURSDAY.
>> IS THERE MORE THAN ONE
COMPANY INVOLVED BIDDING ON
THIS?
I -- WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE
BIDS IN AS OF YET.
THEY ARE DUE ON THURSDAY.
MY GUESS IS WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL
TO CHOOSE FROM.
WHAT WILL BE INTERESTING IS WE
HOPE ALL OF OUR CURRENT VENDORS
PUT IN FOR THIS BECAUSE IT
REALLY WILL BE AN ILLUSTRATION
OF -- WHEN YOU LINE THEM UP,
WHAT WE ARE PAYING NOW, VERSUS
WHAT WE COULD PAY UNDER
CONSOLIDATED.
NUMBERSWILL BE STAGGERING.
OUR PEOPLE ARE PAYING MORE THAN
A MILLION DOLLARS IN FEES.
>> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T
BE HANDLED BY INSTITUTIONS HERE
IN SPRINGFIELD?
DO WE HAVE PEOPLE OR THE ABILITY
OR STATUS TO HANDLE RFP LIKE
THIS?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU HAVE TO BE NATIONAL
INVESTMENT TYPE HOUSE TO DO THIS
KIND OF THING.
IT IS $80 MILLION IN ASSETS.
SO OUR EXPECTATION IS SOME TYPE
OF A NATIONAL FIRM.
WE DON'T CARE WHO.
ALL WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS GET
THE BEST PRICE, LOWEST EXPENSES
FOR MEMBERS PARTICIPATING.
THAT'S ALL WE CARE ABOUT.
>> THE REASON WE HELD THIS UP,
THERE WAS A LOT OF
NON-INFORMATION OUT TO THE
EMPLOYEES, THEY DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS BEING DONE.
I RECEIVED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF
CALLS.
I AM SURE EVERYBODY ELSE DID.
>> I TOTALLY GET IT, EVERY TIME
YOU ARE IN GOVERNMENT AND ANY
TIME YOU HAVE A CHANGE THIS
GOVERNMENT, A LOT OF US HAVE
WORKED IN GOVERNMENT.
WE KNOW HOW THAT CAN BE A SHOCK,
AND, AGAIN BEING DEFERRED COMP
IS REALLY BORING.
OUR MEETINGS ARE FIVE OR TEN
MINUTES.
YOU DON'T REALLY DO ANYTHING.
YOU ARE KIND OF GOING OVER --
YOU ARE PUSHING PAPER.
WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES
ALONG, AND I MEAN I WILL BE
HONEST WITH YOU, LIKE US GETTING
WHACKED ACROSS THE FACE WHEN WE
GOT THIS PRESENTATION.
SHAME ON US FOR NOT LOOKING AT
THIS.
YOU GET INTO A RHYTHM AND YOU
GET INTO A RUT.
AND YOU DON'T REALIZE THINGS
AROUND YOU HAVE CHANGED THE WAY
THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED.
OUR MEMBERS COULD SAVE TON A
TON.
THE CITY SAVES NOTHING.
WE GET NOTHING OR SAVE NOTHING.
ALL WE ARE TRYING TO DO -- MAYOR
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, WE
TOOK IT TO HIM.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY THAT
WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION TO
SAVE PARTICIPANTS A LOT OF
MONEY.
THAT'S ALL WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
>> ANY OTHER FUNDS SIMILAR TO
THIS TYPE OF SITUATION WE SHOULD
BE LOOKING AT SINCE OBVIOUSLY
WOKE US UP?
>> DEFERRED COMP, IT IS
RETIREMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
IT IS 457B PLAN.
CERTAINLY IF THERE WAS SOMETHING
ELSE, BUT IT IS LIKE HEALTH CARE
COMMITTEE IS GREAT EXAMPLE OF
HOW WE COLLABORATE AND LOOK AT
IT. THE LETTER WE SENT OUT TO
EVERYBODY OUT AT ONCE, I AM
SORRY IT WENT THIS WAY, WE
WANTED IT TO BE THE OPPOSITE
WHAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE.
WE WANTED TO BE TOTALLY UP FRONT
AND TRANSPARENT, THAT'S WHY WE
SENT OUT THE LETTER.
EVERYTHING WENT OUT AT THE SAME
TIME, RFP WENT OUT, HE HAVE
INVITATION TO BID TO VENDORS
WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
WE PUT IN THERE IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT US.
WE PUT IN THERE, AS SOON AS THE
RFP COMES IN, WE WILL DO GROUP
MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN AND SHOW AND
ILLUSTRATE HOW WE CAN SAVE MONEY
BY DOING THE CONSOLIDATION.
NOTHING IS ETCHED IN STONE
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE
PROPOSALS.
IF THEY COME IN THE WAY WE THINK
THEY WILL COME IN, THEN OUR
EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE EXTREMELY
HAPPY WITH WHAT WE ARE BRINGING
TO THEM.
THERE IS NO SUB TRI FUMING.
THERE IS PURELY ABOUT SAVING
MONEY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
PAYING IN THEIR RETIREMENT FUND.
THEY CAN PAY MORE OR PAY LESS.
MOST WANT TO PAY LESS, BUT TO DO
THAT, WE HAVE TO MODERNIZE OUR
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAM
AND HAVE TO -- OR SHOULD
CONSOLIDATE, IT NOT DOWN TO ONE,
BUT AT LEAST TWO.
FIVE SPLIT THE ASSETS, YOU DON'T
GET THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
WANT TO KNOW PLY MARY EXAMPLE
THIS IS ING NOW, STATE OF
ILLINOIS WITH CONSOLIDATION OF
POLICE AND FIRE FUNDS.
PUTTING ALL THOSE ASSETS
TOGETHER, WHY?
TO SAVE MONEY.
ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXACT SAME
THING CAN YOU SAVE MONEY BY
BRINGING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
>> IS IN A BARGAINING ISSUE?
 .
>> NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF.
IT IS A QUESTION FOR CORPORATION
COUNSEL.
OUR JOB IS JUST PROVIDE THE BEST
RETIREMENT OPPORTUNITY.
>> CORPORATION COUNCIL ZERKLE?
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THE
PROPOSAL WAS MADE TO THE ISSUE
WITH THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE WAS TO ENSURE PROPER
REPRESENTATION AND WHAT BILL IS
OUTLINING IS JUST REALLY A
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER RFP IS
NOTHING MORE THAN A REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION.
SO I THINK THE THOUGHT THE
MAYOR'S DIRECTION ON THIS WHEN
THE NEW COMMITTEE IS IN PLACE,
THEN ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE
REFERRED TO THAT NEW COMMITTEE
SO IT COULD BE DISCUSSED AND
DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT IT IS
WORTH EITHER PURSUING OR HOW IT
OUGHT TO GO FORWARD.
>> LABOR ALONG WITH IT,
NON-UNION EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE
REPRESENTATION ON THAT BOARD?
>> YES.
>> WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE ANYBODY
THAT WANTS TO SIT ON IT.
>> WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY ON
TABLE.
>> HEALTH CARE COMMITTEE WORKED
WELL.
WE WELCOME THIS.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND ALL
COLLECTIVELY, MEMBERS OF
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,
NON-UNION, ANY EMPLOYEE FRANK
LICITS DOWN AND SEES WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO SEE, IT HONESTLY SHOULD
BE A NO BRAIN ER UNLESS THERE
IS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE
HAVE DIFFERENT AGENDAS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> I THINK -- YOU ARE NOT --
YOUR COMMENT IS ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY I THINK THERE WAS SO
MUCH HUBUB ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THE AGENDA
WAS.
IF THERE WAS AN AGENDA, SOMEONE
DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
IT WAS LIKE OUT OF THE CLEAR
BLUE.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S
RETIREMENT, THAT'S A VERY
SPECIAL THING.
>> VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT.
>> VERY SENSITIVE THING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT.
AND, UM, I DIDN'T SEE THE
CORRESPONDENCE THAT WENT OUT.
I JUST GOT ALL CALLS THAT CAME
IN.
AND THE WAY THAT MOST
INDIVIDUALS TOOK IT WAS THAT
THEIR -- THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR
CHOICE WAS GOING TO BE SOMETIME
ID AND IT WAS GOING TO BE CUT
OFF -- STYMIED WAS GOING TO BE
CUT OFF AND THE CITY MAKING THAT
DECISION FOR THEM INSTEAD OF
THEM BEING ABLE TO MAKE THAT
CHOICE.
PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF
THEIR CAREER MAKE DIFFERENT
CHOICES WITH REGARD TO THEIR
DEFERRED COMP.
SOME PEOPLE ARE MUCH MORE
AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHERS.
SO PEOPLE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE THAT CHOICE.
WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT
GOING DOWN TO ONE VENDOR, THEN
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ANTENNAS
REALLY GOT RAISED.
>> I AM SORRY.
>> NO, SO THAT WAS THE REASON
WHY I ASKED SEVERAL SEVERAL
TIMES, AND I GOT THE ANSWER THAT
THE ANSWER WAS NO, THAT THERE
WAS NOT GOING TO BE ANY DECISIOP
IS DUE BACK ON THURSDAY IS MY
UNDERSTANDING, AND THIS
COMMITTEE HAS NOT BEEN POPULATED
YET, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY
REVIEW OR DECISION MADE WITH
REGARD TOERAG RFP UNTIL -- WITH
REGARD TO AN RFP UNTIL THAT
COMMITTEE IS POPULATED AND HAS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, CORRECT?
>> THE MAYOR HAS MADE THAT
PROMISE I THINK LAST TIME, WHEN
YOU SAID --
>> AGAIN --
>> I AM SORRY?
I BELIEVE HE IS GOING TO STICK
WITH THAT ANSWER, MAYOR.
WE WELCOME, I MEAN IT IS
PERFECTLY FINE.
FEEL FREE TO MOVE FORWARD.
PEEL POPULATE.
WE WON'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS.
IT IS DATA DRIVEN FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE.
WAY WE HAVE DONE THE DECISION
MAKING ON HEALTH CARE COMMITTEE
BASED ON DATA AND ACTUAL
EMPLOYEES WILL CARRY OVER TO
DEFERRED COMP.
ONCE EVERYBODY SEES THE CLEAR
OBJECTIVE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.
I THINK IT BECOMES A NO BRAIN
ER.
I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT, THERE
IS A LOT OF CONFUSION, THAT'S
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING
CHANGES WHEN CHANGES HAVEN'T
BEEN MADE FOR AWHILE.
TO THE CHOICE, THERE IS A
LIMITED CHOICE ON PROVIDER IF
YOU WITH O ARE GOING DOWN TO
ONE.
THE MAIN CHOICE IS WHAT THEY CAN
INVEST IN.
NICE WAY WE HAVE DONE IT,
DEFERRED COMP COMMITTEE WILL BE
DECIDING HOW MANY INVESTMENT
OPTIONS, WE COULD HAVE TEN, WE
COULD HAVE TWO MUN HUNDRED.
IT IS REALLY UP TO US.
THE VENDOR IS JUST THE RECORD
KEEPER.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE RECORD
KEEPER, BUT REALLY THE CHOICE
COMES DOWN TO WHAT CAN YOU
INVEST IN.
WE DECIDE THAT, NOT THE VENDOR.
>> THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU SEND OUT
JUST A FORM LETTER TYPE AND
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THOSE
QUESTIONS ONE ON ONE, THEN THE
RULE OTHER MILL STARTS GOING,
AND THAT'S WHERE WE FIND
OURSELVES.
I THINK EVERYBODY IS READY TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
SO I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT UP
TONIGHT EVERYBODY IS READY TO
MOVE FORWARD ON IT.
AGAIN, I JUST -- NOTHING HAPPENS
UNTIL IT IS --
>> WE WON'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS
UNTIL THE COMMITTEE IS
REPOPULATED, REFORMULATED.
I INVITE ANY ALL DER PERSON WHO
GETS PHONE CALLS, PLEASE SEND
THEM TO MYSELF OR JOHN ROGERS
WHO IS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OR
DIRECTOR KUIZIN.
WE ARE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH
ANYBODY, WHETHER IT IS GENE OR
MEMBERS, HAPPY TO DO IT.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, JUST FOR
CLARITY, WHO ARE -- WHAT
COMPANIES ARE THE PRESENT
PROVIDERS?
>> LET'S SEE, AXA, HORACE MANN,
IPPFA, I THINK, VOYA, I AM
TRYING TO THINK.
I THINK THERE IS ONE MORE I AM
FOR GETTING.
>> ONE IS LOCAL COMPANY
PRESENTLY, AND AT LEAST THREE OF
THOSE HAVE LOCAL PRESENCE.
>> YES, I THINK SO.
PEOPLE AROUND HERE, YEAH.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> THANKS, MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, I AM ALWAYS A BIG
BELIEVER OF DOING RFP'S AND ANY
TIME WE CAN BID SOMETHING OUT, I
THINK IT IS JUST BETTER FOR THE
CITIZENS OF SPRINGFIELD.
IN THIS CASE, IT IS PROBABLY A
GOOD IDEA WE DID THIS FOR PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN THE PLAN.
I GUESS WHAT I AM GOING TO BRING
UP IS MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT
SOMETHING IN OUR PROCUREMENT
ORDINANCES TO WHERE WE SET A
TIME LINE WHERE WE DON'T ALLOW
LONG-TERM WHERE YOU HAVE TO
REBID SOMETHING AFTER FIVE
YEARS.
CONTRACTS CAN'T GO 20 YEARS
WITHOUT BEING BID.
YOU KNOW, AND I AM TALKING ALL
THE CONTRACTS.
I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK
AT THAT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE
THIS FIVE YEARS.
SHOOT, JUST LOOK AT HOW MUCH HAS
CHANGED IN FIVE MONTHS!
LET ALONE FIVE YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE
NEED, AS A COUNCIL, OUGHT TO
REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND
TRY TO MAYBE SET LIMITS ON HOW
LONG CONTRACTS CAN BE, YOU KNOW,
FOUR YEARS WITH ONE YEAR
RENEWABLE, OR FIVE YEARS, ONE
YEAR RENEWABLE.
THAT WAY IF WE ARE LITTLE LATE
GETTING THINGS STARTED WE CAN
STILL GO WITH T I DO THINK
THAT'S SOMETHING -- AND THIS IS
A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHERE IT SAT
THERE.
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I AM SURE THE
RATES HAVE CLIMBED FROM 15 YEARS
AGO OR TEN YEARS AGO.
>> EVEN IF THEY ARE STATIC,
REALITY INVESTMENT RATES HAVE
DROPPED PRECIPITOUSLY OVER THAT
TIME PERIOD.
LOOK AT IT. D AMERITRADES, SWABS
AND ALL THAT, USED TO BE, FOR
YOU IS THAT HAVE OWN ACCOUNTS,
IF YOU HAVE THOSE,
COMMISSIONS -- I MEAN I REMEMBER
I WAS PAYING $15 A TRADE, NOW I
PAY ZERO.
THEY HAVE COME DOWN.
AND THAT'S THE WAY INVESTMENTS
WORK NOW.
THERE IS A LOT OF SAVINGS OUT
THERE.
IT HAS CHANGED HOW THE FEES ARE.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING PUT IN
PLACE 20 YEARS AGO AND FEES
HAVEN'T CHANGED, YOU HAVE BEEN
MISSING THE BOAT FOR A LONG
TIME.
I WILL TELL YOU JUST LOOKING AT
MY OWN ACCOUNT AND KNOWING WHAT
I AM PAYING NOW WHICH I DIDN'T
KNOW BEFORE, I WAS SHOCKED, VERY
SHOCKED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND, IF I MIGHT ADD REAL
QUICK, IT IS FUNNY YOU SHOULD
SAY THAT BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLD
I ARE WORKING ON AN ORDINANCE TO
HAVE TIME LIMITATION MIRRORED
AFTER THE STATE HAS ONE
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE BID OUT
AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS FOUR
YEARS, YOU CAN A AMEND IT IF YOU
WANT TO.
>> WE WILL LET YOU KNOW IF WE
HAVE SOMETHING.
>> I THINK THE GOAL OF ECONOMIES
OF SCALE AND REDUCING
COMMISSIONS AND FEES FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES IS A WAY TO GO.
BUT, OUR EMPLOYEES DON'T LIKE
THE DISRUPTION OF CHANGES THEIR
FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE MIX OF
INVESTMENTS THAT THAT PARTICULAR
VENDOR PROVIDES.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT GOING TO
ONE VENDOR, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
DISRUPTING, THOUSAND EMPLOYEES
PARTICIPATING IN DEFERRED
COMPENSATION, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT DISRUPTING A THOUSAND
EMPLOYEES WITH SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY HAVE
NOW.
IT IS LIKE SAYING, OKAY, YOU
LIKE YOUR DENTIST, BUT YOU HAVE
TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT DENTIST.
YOU MAY LIKE YOUR FINANCIAL
ADVISOR, BUT WE WANT YOU TO MOVE
TO ANOTHER FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
THAT CAN BE VERY DISRUPTIVE,
EVEN IF THERE IS ADVANTAGE ON
FEES.
THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR
FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WITH A
SPECIFIC MIX OF INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS
ABOUT THIS.
BY THE WAY, I DON'T RECALL OUR
PARTICIPANTS IN DEFERRED COMP
WERE EVER NOTIFIED OF THIS
CHANGING SO BY CITY GOVERNMENT.
VENDORS MAY HAVE BEEN NOTICED.
>> YOU MISSED THE NOTICE.
IT WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
>> THAT WAS GOOD TO DO THAT.
THAT WAS VERY GOOD.
>> THE MAIN POINT I AM MAKING WE
HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
DISRUPTING RELATIONSHIPS.
>> I DON'T DISAGREE.
>> MAYOR, I THINK YOU ARE DOING
A GOOD JOB BY TRYING TO GET MORE
PARTICIPATION BY OUR UNION
PERSONNEL AND SO FORTH, AND I
THINK THAT'S A GOOD MOVE.
>> ARE YOU RIGHT.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND THE
RELATIONSHIPS.
ALL THE WE CAN DO IS GET THE
INFORMATION IN, LAY IT OUT.
AND LET PARTICIPATION.
I LIKE MY ADVISOR.
IF IT SAVES ME, 2 OR $4,000 A
YEAR IN MY RETIREMENT ACCOUNT,
OVER 10, 15, 20 YEARS, I WOULD
BE OKAY WITH THAT.
I COULD GET USED TO SOMEBODY
NEW.
>> OBM DIRECTOR, IT IS ALWAYS
ABOUT MONEY!
(LAUGHING) ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE FOR
APPROVAL OR WANT TO LEAVE IN
COMMITTEE AS AMENDED?
>> MOTION TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> ANY DISCUSSION?
DID YOU WANT TO DIRECT US?
>> SURE.
>> SHE ASKED TO SPEAK.
>>
>> SHORTER SPEECH YOU GAVE LAST
TIME YOU WERE HERE GENE.
>> RFP ASIDE BECAUSE THAT'S TO.
>> STATE YOUR NAME.
>> MOY MY APOLOGIES, GENE
MITCHELL WARD 6, I REPRESENT
AFSCME, REPRESENT DOWNTOWN
EMPLOYEES, AND PUBLIC WORKS.
PUTTING THE RFP ASIDE, THE BIG
ISSUE THAT FIRST CAME ABOUT, AS
YOU ALL HAVE DISCUSSED WASN'T A
LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT ON THE
BACK END THAT OUR EMPLOYEES,
MEMBERS WERE HEARING ABOUT WHAT
WAS HAPPENING, AND IT WAS A BIG
QUESTION OF WHY ARE WE NOT EVEN
BEING ASKED WHETHER OR NOT OUR
MEMBERS -- DIRECTOR McCARTY IS
CORRECT.
IT IS OUR MONEY.
IT IS OUR MEMBERS' MONEY.
WHY ARE THEY NOT CONSULTED ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A GOOD
IDEA FOR THEM?
IN FACT, WHAT A LOT TELL ME IS
THAT, YEAH MY FEES MAYBE HIGHER
BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY PAY ON
CHEAP FOR SOMEBODY MAKING SURE
MY RETIREMENT IS GOING TO GO
WELL.
I LIKEN IT TO MY WIFE.
SHE SAYS GENE, CATCH UP IS CATCH
EP, BUT HEINZ IS THE BEST.
I WILL PAY FOR HEINZ.
SAME WAY WITH DEFERRED
COMPENSATION.
WASN'T TO WORK WITH SOMEONE BASE
ON MY OWN CRITERIA, NOT WHAT
SOMEONE ELSE IS DESIGNING FOR
ME.
MAYBE I WANT TO SOMEONE WHO
WORKS ACROSS THE STREET AT
HORACE MANN, IF I AM LIKE TED
MECKES, I AM LEAVING, I WANT TO
WALK ACROSS THE STREET, INSTEAD
OF WELLS FARGO WHO MAY HAVE ME
ON HOLD WHERE IT MAYBE 25,
MINUTES BEFORE I TALK TO
SOMEBODY.
AS FAR AS THE COMMITTEE YOU ARE
PROPOSING, OUR MEMBERS FULLY
SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY
WILL HAVE A VOICE IN THAT
DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
THAT'S ALL OUR MEMBERS EVER WANT
IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT THEY
FEEL AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS
BEST FOR THEM AND WHATEVER
HAPPENS, CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY
MAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO DISTRICT
COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE
AS AMENDED VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLE.
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN GREGORY.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN FULGENZI.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN PROCTOR.
>> YES.
>> ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERWOMAN CONLEY RESPONDS.
>> ALDERMAN DONELAN.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> AYE.
>> NINE AYES.
MOTION PASSES AS AMENDED.
>> NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA 2020-213
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
AGREEMENT NUMBER 18-SR-0006 AND
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO
SPRINGFIELD FOR PROVIDING
MONETARY RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO
LANDLORDS, PROPERTY OWNERS ON
BEHALF OF THE QUALIFIED RENTERS
AFFECTED BY COVID-19, WITH
MAXIMUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
UTILIZING COMMUNE DI DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT FUNDS NOT TO EXCEED
$442,156 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FOR EMERGENCY
PASSAGE.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
PLACE AGENDA NUMBER 2020-283 ON
EMERGENCY PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
>> MR. MAYOR.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> WOULD ANYONE LIKE, THIS IS A
VERY HELPFUL ORDINANCE FOR
RENTERS, IS THAT CORRECT?
WE WILL MAKE $600,000 AVAILABLE
TO RENTERS AND THOUSAND DOLLARS
PER PETITIONER APPLICATION.
ANYONE WANT TO COMMENT ON WHAT
WE ARE DOING WITH THIS ORDINANCE
ON EMERGENCY PASSAGE?
THIS CAN REALLY HELP OUR TENANTS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
>> I AM NOT SURE THE URBAN
LEAGUE ADMINISTRATIVE COST, BUT
400,000 I WOULD SAY AT LEAST
THAT FOR THE THOUSAND DOLLARS
PER MAXIMUM LEVEL.
SO JUST DEPENDS ON RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
THERE IS STILL WORKING OUT THE
PARTICULARS WITH REGARDS TO
PROCESS.
BUT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE
WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES, WITH
REGARDS TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THROUGH THE
STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND
THEN ALSO THEY ARE RUNNING THE
CAPITAL TOWNSHIP PROGRAM IF
SOMEONE DID GET EVICTION NOTICE,
THEY CAN CALL COMMUNITY
RESOURCES AND GET PROVIDED THE
RENTAL ASSISTANCE UNTIL THIS ONE
IS UP AND RUNNING BUT WE DO
ANTICIPATE THIS BEING UP BY END
OF THE MONTH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST VERY BRIEFLY.
YOU MAY RECALL THE COUNCIL
APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE
PREVIOUSLY CDBG PLAN RELATED TO
$800,000 THAT THE CITY RECEIVED.
THAT IS IMPLEMENTS THE MONEY
THERE BEING USED TO IMPLEMENT
THIS PIECE OF THAT, COUNCIL
VOTED ON ABOUT A MONTH AND HALF
AGO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
MOTION, VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN GREGORY.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN FULGENZI.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN PROCTOR.
>> YES.
>> ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERWOMAN CONLEY RESPONDS.
>> ALDERMAN DONELAN.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> AYE.
>> MAYOR LANGFELDER?
>> AYE.
>> TEN AYES AND NO NAY'S.
>> ORDINANCE PASSES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
2020-284 ORDINANCE TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF CLASS AA LIQUOR
LICENSES BY ONE FOR BUZZ CRAFT
DOING BUSINESS AS COO COO NEST
II LOCATED 1724 SANGAMON AVENUE
EAST FOR EMERGENCY PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND TO PLAYS ON EMERGENCY
PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
>> YES.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS FOR
THESE GUYS, AND GARY HAS HAD A
GREAT BUSINESS OUT ON THE NORTH
END AS LODGE AS I CAN REMEMBER
BACK.
THIS WILL WILL BE A GOOD ASSET
FOR ALDERMAN FULGENZI IN WARD 4.
GOOD LUCK, GARY.
WE HOPE EVERYTHING GOES WELL.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE
COUNCIL?
>> DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>>
(LAUGHING).
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> NO.
THAT'S OKAY.
>>
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS,
FOR GETTING IT PASSED THROUGH.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. OLIVER,
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THINGS
DIDN'T GO THE WAY THEY WERE
SUPPOSE TO.
STUFF HAPPENS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND JUST GLAD THAT TOOK THIS
INTO CONSIDERATION TO GET IT
PASSED THROUGH.
LIKE CHUCK SAID, I HAVE BEEN
ON -- I HAD A BAR ON THE NORTH
END FOR 11 YEARS, HAD GOOD
PLACE, NOT MUCH TROUBLE.
AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO
WELL AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS
BEING OPENED AND INVESTING IN
SPRINGFIELD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>>
(APPLAUSE).
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN GREGORY.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN TURNER.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN FULGENZI.
>> PRESENT.
>> NOTED.
ALDERMAN PROCTOR.
>> YES.
>> ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> YES.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERWOMAN CONLEY RESPONDS.
>> ALDERMAN DONELAN.
>> AYE.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> AYE.
>>
>> AYE.
>> MAYOR LANGFELDER.
>> AYE.
>> NINE AYES, ONE PRESENT.
AND THE ORDINANCE PASSES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL?
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK COUNCIL
COORDINATOR TIM GRIFFIN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK HERE.
>> GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN!
(LAUGHING).
>> ANY NEW BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> JUST VERY QUICKLY.
I HAD A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION
LAST WEEK, AND I WANT TO THANK
THE SPRINGFIELD POLICE FOR
HELPING TO KEEP ME SAFE.
HUGE THANKS TO CHIEF WINSLOW,
ASSISTANT CHIEF SCARLET AND
OFFICERS JONES, PETTIT AND
TURMINE.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANS
TO ME AND MY SON AND MY FAMILY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DID
FOR ME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS?
WE DO HAVE REMINDER CITIZENS'
CLUB, DIRECTOR McCARTY AND
MYSELF, WILL DO MOST OF THE
PRESENTATION TONIGHT TO THE
CITIZEN'S CLUB FRIDAY MORNING AT
8:00 AND THAT WILL BE LIVE
STREAMED.
THEY WILL HAVE IT HERE IN THE
COUNCIL ROOM TO GIVE MORE SPACE
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
>> MR. MAYOR?
>> YES, ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE HAD A
MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR
CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> (SILENCE).
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS?
WE DO HAVE FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE THEIR FIRST
NAME.
SOPHIA REGARDING COVID-19
CONCERNS.
IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS FOR THE COUNCIL, WE'D
APPRECIATE IT.
>> MY NAME IS SOPHIA ASHBURG.
1613 WESTCHESTER BOULEVARD,
NUMBER 6, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS,
62704.
LET ME GET THIS BACK OFF.
LET ME GET THIS ON MY PHONE.
HELLO.
MY NAME IS SOPHIA, I THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK
TODAY.
MY CONCERNS RELATE TO COVID-19
CRISIS WE HAVE GOING ON IN
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
I AM LIFE LONG CITIZEN OF THE
CITY AND CURRENT COLLEGE STUDENT
IN BOSTON, BUT SINCE COMING
HOME, I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED
ACTUALLY AT CONTACT TRACER
WORKING FOR PARTNERS IN HEALTH
AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
AND I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE
TOPIC OF COVID-19 AND HAVE
SPOKEN PERSONALLY TO MANY
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN SICK
AND HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM THE
VIRUS WHICH I THINK GIVES ME A
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
ONE WEEK AGO I WENT TO THE
SANGAMON COUNTY BOARD MEETING
AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS THERE,
WATCH THE FULL MINUTES IF YOU
WANT TO LEARN MORE.
BOILED DOWN TO FOUR CONCERNS.
I SAID I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAID
THAT RESTAURANTS ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO TELL CUSTOMERS ABOUT
COVID-19 -- POSITIVE COVID-19
CASES COMING INTO THE RESTAURANT
WHICH YOU CAN SEE WHY THAT WOULD
BE CONCERNING.
I LEARNED OF THE DEPARTURE OF
ONLY FREE TESTING SITE FOR
MINORS IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS,
AND AS SCHOOLS ARE OPENING WE
ALSO HAD CLUSTER WITH YMCA
RECENTLY.
THIS IS ALSO A CONCERN.
I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY BETWEEN
BOARD AND LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH
REGARDING COVID, BASICALLY ABOUT
PUBLIC OUTREACH AND MARKETING, I
DON'T THINK THAT THE PUBLIC IS
AS AWARE AS IT COULD BE ABOUT
WEARING A MASK, SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND JUST THE GENERAL
MOTTO WE ARE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER AND IT CAN'T BE
INDIVIDUAL ISTIC APPROACH HOW I
FEEL LIKE WE ARE RUN AS A
COUNTRY, VERY INDIVIDUAL IC TIS.
WE CAN'T IN A SENSE FOR THIS
SITUATION.
I AM ALSO CONCERNED ON HOW THE
COUNTY IS PLANNING ON SPENDING
THE $2.86 MILLION GRANT THEY
JUST RECEIVED FROM THE STATE,
AND I ASKED ABOUT CERTAIN PLAN
THEY WERE GOING TO BE USING THAT
MONEY, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO
GIVE TO ME AT THAT TIME.
ON THE LAST MEETING I WAS THE
ONLY PERSON FROM THE PUBLIC
REQUESTING TO SPEAK EVERYTHING
AT THE END I RECEIVED NO ANSWERS
TO MY CONCERNS OR EVEN
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO MY CONCERNS
WHICH LEADS ME NO COURSE OF
ACTION IS UNDERWAY WHAT THEY ARE
CURRENTLY DOING.
A COUNTY HAS A LOT OF POWER WHEN
IT COMES TO NAVIGATING COVID,
THE LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH IS IN
THEIR CASES.
SEEING CASES ARE SPIKING AND
CONSTANT DOUBLE DIGIT DAYS IN
THE PAST WEEK, I BELIEVE THE
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD SHOULD BE
CONCERNED AS WE MAKE UP THE
LARGER PERCENTAGE IN POPULATION
OF THE COUNTY.
I BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD BE IN
CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH THAT
OFFICE TO ENSURE THE MOST IS
BEING DONE TO ENSURE THAT OUR
CITIZENS ARE BEING PROTECTED AND
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE WE SHOULD
NOT LEAVE OUR CITY'S FATE IN THE
HANDS OF THE COUNTY BUT ACTIVELY
TAKE STEPS TO CONSTANT PROMOTING
SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND WEARING
MASK AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
SEEN ON THE NEWS.
THE CITY SHOULD REQUEST A PLAN
FOR HOW THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE
PLANNED, AND SPRINGFIELD MAKES
UP LARGER PORTION.
SCHOOLS ARE OPENING, AND WE ARE
GENERALLY OPENING UP MORE.
REALISTICALLY IT IS GOING TO GET
WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER, WE
HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPENING IN MANY
STATES AS WE MOVE IN PHASE FOUR.
WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS
PROBLEM, AND VERY MUCH RELATED,
WE CAN'T FIX THE ECONOMY, UNTIL
WE FIX THE PROBLEM AT HAND.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND LOOK
FORWARD TO ANY FEEDBACK YOU MAY
HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY --
>>
(APPLAUSE).
>> I WILL GIVE YOU MY E-MAIL
ADDRESS, AND I WILL ADDRESS
THOSE.
TOO MANY TO TRY TO ADDRESS
TONIGHT.
I WILL HAVE MORE TIME TO
RESPOND.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> THANK YOU, SOPHIA.
THAT WAS EXTRAORDINARY LIST OF
UNDERSTANDINGS AND CONCERNS YOU
ARE VERY WELL INFORMED.
I THINK YOU ARE A HANDS-ON FIRST
RESPOND ER IN KIND OF A WAY.
ONE QUESTION, SHE RAISED,
DISCLOSURE, IF THERE IS A
POSITIVE, WHETHER A RESTAURANT,
INSTITUTION, A BUSINESS, WHAT IS
THE OBLIGATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO
BECOME AWARE OF FIRST --
POSITIVES, AND ARE THERE LAWS
THAT PREVENT OUR COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT FROM DISCLOSING WHERE
THEY KNOW TO BE A POSITIVE?
>> CURRENTLY, NO, ACCORDING TO
ARTICLE I READ ONLINE FROM
NEWSCHANNEL 20, DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH, I DON'T KNOW HER
LAST NAME, GAIL.
I THINK SHE IS REALLY NICE.
SHE STATED -- OR DEPARTMENT AS A
WHOLE STATED THAT RESTAURANTS, I
BELIEVE ANY PUBLIC FACILITIES IN
GENERAL DON'T HAVE TO DISCLOSE
OF A POSITIVE CASE COMING INTO
THEIR FACILITIES.
THAT'S UP TO THE THOUGHTS OR
BELIEFS OF THAT FACILITY ITSELF.
IN A SITUATION, YOU COULD COME
INTO THIS SPACE TODAY, AND THERE
COULD BE A POSITIVE CASE IN
HERE, BUT YOU HAVE NO LAW SAYING
THAT YOU HAVE TO TELL THE PEOPLE
IN THE ROOM CURRENTLY.
>> QUESTION FROM THE RESTAURANT
TO THE COUNTY HEALTH
DETERMINATION COUNT HEALTH
DEPARTMENT KNOWS WHERE A
POSITIVE IS.
IS THERE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE
COUNT HEALTH DEPARTMENT FROM
DISCLOSING TO THE PUBLIC WHERE
THERE IS A POSITIVE CASE?
>> NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF,
WITHOUT BREAKING HIPAA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING OUT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I AM WEARING A MASK ON PURPOSE
TO SET AN EXAMPLE.
I DON'T THINK I REALLY HAVE TO
HAVE A MASK IN THESE CONDITIONS,
BUT YOU KNOW, I AM NOT TAKING I.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE BEEN WEARING
MASK IN MY MEETINGS.
AS FAR AS THE COUNTY GOES, I
HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WHAT I AM
REPORTING -- PEOPLE HAVE
CONTACTED ME SAYING MY SON OR
DAUGHTER WORKS AT THIS
RESTAURANT, AND THIS RESTAURANT
IS NOT DISCLOSING THEY HAVE
POSITIVE CASES HERE.
THERE WAS A RESTAURANT IN THE
COUNTY, NOT IN THE CITY, A
SERVER TESTED POSITIVE, AND HE
HAD SERVED SEVERAL OTHER
BUSINESS OWNERS IN SPRINGFIELD,
ON A CERTAIN WEEKEND.
THIS WAS BEFORE THE SPIKE.
SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S CONCERNING.
SO MAYBE WHEN YOU GO TO GET A
DOUGHNUT, SOMEONE SERVING YOU
HAS BEEN SERVED BY SOMEONE WHO
JUST HAD COVID.
THERE IS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.
THERE IS THIS IS NOT A NEW
ISSUE.
WE AGREE WITH YOU.
WE ARE THE COUNTY SEAT, IF YOU
WILL, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT
A NEW ISSUE THAT WE ARE DEALING
WITH.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ON THE
BOARD OF HEALTH WITH THE COUNTY
SINCE OCTOBER 8.
AND THEY WON'T LET ME ON!
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A NEW
ISSUE.
WE DON'T FEEL WE HAVE EQUAL
REPRESENTATION AS A CITY WITH
COUNTY BOARD.
I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU SAID YOU ARE A CONTACT
TRACER R HERE OR WHERE IS THAT
AT?
>> I DO IT REMOTELY, FROM MY
ROOM.
I WORK FOR MASSACHUSETTS.
>> OKAY.
>> THEN WHAT -- WHAT IS THEIR
RULE WITH REGARDS TO MAKING
RESTAURANTS MAKE NOTIFICATION OR
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAKING
NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT
POSITIVE TESTS?
>> I AM NOT ABSOLUTELY 100%
SURE, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THEY
WOULD KNOW.
MY JOB IS IDENTIFY CLUSTER.
>> ARE YOU FAMILIAR HOW WE DO
TRACING IS IT SAME.
>> I WENT TO THE MEETING LAST
WEEK, THEY SAID THEY HAD 13
CONTACT TRACERS, I AM NOT EXACT
WILL YOU SURE.
I THINK THREE FULL TIME.
I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE.
I AM NOT THE PROCESS AN AMOUNT
OF DAYS THEY DECIDED FOR
QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION.
THAT HASN'T BEEN PUBLICLY
ANNOUNCED.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> I AM NOT SURE, IS THERE EN
ISSUE WITH THE WHOLE HIPAA RULES
AND STUFF?
BECAUSE I AM JUST ASKING.
IT SEEMS LIKE HIPAA SEEMS TO GET
IN A LOT OF WAYS -- IN THE WAY A
LOT OF TIMES, AND, YOU KNOW --
>>
(SPEAKING AWAY FROM MIC).
>>
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AS
WELL.
THEY ARE VERY DETAILED.
I THINK THAT AS ALDERWOMAN
DiCENSO SAID, WE ALL SHARE
YOUR CONCERNS.
I THINK IT IS VERY CONCERNING
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE ARE IN
PHASE FOUR THAT WE -- THAT THERE
SEEMS TO BE -- NO ONE SEEMS TO
FEEL THERE IS AN OBLITION TO
LET PEOPLE KNOW IF THERE IS A
BUSINESS AND SOMEONE WHO EITHER
WORKS THERE OR HAS BEEN THERE
HAS TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE TO
ME, THAT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> BECAUSE YOU ARE ACTUALLY
ENDANGERING THE LIFE OF THE
PUBLIC, ANYBODY WHO WOULD GO IN
THERE.
SO I THINK THAT -- I THINK
THAT'S A CONCERN THAT MOST
PEOPLE SHARE, THAT WE DO NEED TO
HAVE A BETTER WAY OF INFORMING
THE PUBLIC IF THERE IS AN ISSUE.
I THINK THE OTHER PROBLEM --
OTHER PROBLEM, TOO, IS THAT NOT
ALL BUSINESSES NECESSARILY
CONFORM TO THE PROCESS THAT
SHOULD BE FOLLOWED ONCE AN
EMPLOYEE OR SOMEONE WHO IS IN
YOUR BUSINESS HAS TESTED
POSITIVE.
THERE IS A UNIFORM CODE OF WHAT
SHOULD HAPPEN, BUT I HAVE GOTTEN
A LOT OF REPORTS FROM EMPLOYEES
THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT
DOES HAPPEN.
SO I THINK THERE ALSO NEEDS TO
BE SOME KIND OF RE-- UH, TEST
AREA OR, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU GO
BACK TO KIND OF RECERTIFY THAT
DEEP, DEEP CLEAN HAS ACTUALLY
HAPPENED.
THIS IS SERIOUS, AND IT IS NOT
GOING TO GET ANY LESS SERIOUS
EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT A HOAX.
IT IS NOT GOING TO GET ANY LESS
SERIOUS.
PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY DYING
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TAKING IT AS
SERIOUSLY AS WE SHOULD.
>> TREASURE BUSCHER INFORMED ME
SHE RECEIVED A TEXT YESTERDAY OR
TODAY, SCHNUCK'S HAD EMPLOYEE.
>> SENT E-MAIL TO ALL CUSTOMERS
SAYING THERE WAS EMPLOYEE AND
EVERYTHING THEY HAD CLEANED AND
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
POINT IS THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT
BUSINESSES TO DO, HANDLE IT
PROFESSIONALLY AND TELL THE
PUBLIC AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW
THEY ARE MAKING CHANGES.
OW SO, YES.
>> THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING.
WE WANT THE BUSINESSES TO REPORT
IT, AS THEY CAN, AND INFORM
THEIR CUSTOMERS AND BE PROACTIVE
IN THAT REGARDS.
I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF REYNE OR
ALDERWOMAN TURNER CAN ANSWER
THIS, MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
HEALTH BOARD, HAVE THEY ON THE
TESTING SITE, BECAUSE I HAVE
GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS ON THAT,
HAVE THEY DISCUSSED POSSIBLY
RE-UPPING THAT OR WHAT THE COSTS
WOULD BE.
I THINK -- DIDN'T THEY RECEIVE
$2 MILLION RECENTLY?
>> THAT SITE -- I AM SORRY.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> YOU SURE YOU WERE DONE?
(LAUGHING).
>>
(SPEAKING AWAY FROM MIC) UM,
THAT SITE WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE
PERMANENT.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WAS
SETTING UP SITES ON ROTATING
BASIS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ON
ROTATING BUSINESS.
IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE UP ONE
WEEK.
THEY KEPT EXTENDING IT, AND
EXTENDING IT.
THEY MADE A COMMITMENT IT WOULD
GO TO HILLSBORO.
I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH
INDIVIDUALS AND THEY ARE TRYING
TO BRING IT BACK FASTER THAN
WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED.
BUT THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING AT
TRYING TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY
OF SANGAMON COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO
HANDLE MORE TESTS.
I THINK THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE
FACT THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY SITE
THAT DID CHILDREN.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE
TRYING TO LOOK AT INCREASING THE
CAPACITY.
THINK IT WAS ALSO THE ONLY SITE
WHERE YOU COULD -- YOU DIDN'T
HAVE TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.
DIDN'T HAVE TO BE -- DIDN'T HAVE
TO HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS.
>> MAYOR?
>> DO WE KNOW WHAT THE TEST SITE
COST PER WEEK?
DO WE EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS OR
WHAT THE TWO MILLION PUBLIC
HEALTH IS UTILIZING THEIR FUNDS
FOR?
>> YEAH -- I DON'T -- ONE OF
UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT THAT SITE
WHICH WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE
WALGREENS SITE THEY ACTUALLY HAD
STAFF THAT PERFORMED THE TESTS.
THE WALGREENS SITE, THEY KIND OF
DO A QUICK TUTORIAL AND THEN YOU
PERFORM THE TEST.
SO IT WAS ACTUALLY THE PREFERRED
SITE BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAPPEN TE
THAT TRIED TO GET A TEST, AND
WHEN THEY CALLED WALGREENS, AND
THEY WERE TOLD THERE IS NO
APPOINTMENTS UNTIL SUNDAY.
THIS WAS ON MONDAY.
THEY SAY THERE IS NO
APPOINTMENTS UNTIL SUNDAY.
THEY CALL MEMORIAL OR WHOEVER IT
WAS, AND THEY WERE ON HOLD FOR
30 MINUTES AND, FINALLY, THEY
JUST GAVE UP.
THEY WENT TO WALGREENS TO TRY TO
GET A TEST, WERE TURNED AWAY.
WHAT I AM HEARING IS A LOT OF
THE -- NOW WE ARE DOING A LOT OF
THE PROCEDURES IN THE HOSPITALS,
THEY ARE MAKING EVERYBODY GET A
TEST.
THEY ARE FILLING UP THE TESTING
CENTERS WITH PATIENTS THAT ARE
GOING TO GO IN WHICH IS FINE
BECAUSE OUR HOSPITALS NEED TO
MAKE MONEY, TOO.
BUT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
THAT'S NOT GOING THROUGH THAT,
WE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM A
TEST SOONER THAN A WEEK.
BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO WORK, YOU
KNOW, SERVERS OR WHATEVER, THEY
NEED TO WORK.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THEY ARE
NEGATIVE OR THEY DON'T GO TO
WORK.
AND I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
SHUTTING DOWN ONE, IF THERE WAS
NOBODY GOING TO THEM, I COULD
SEE, BUT YOU CAN SEE UP -- YOU
CAN SEE MORE PEOPLE GOING.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALLEN, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEARD
MORE THAT HAVE FROM THE
COMMITTEE, BUT I DO KNOW I HAVE
HAD -- I HAD ONE PERSON THAT
CONTACTED ME REGARDING THAT.
AND THEY WERE VERY TO SAY THEY
WERE JUST DOWNRIGHT MAD ABOUT IT
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY
WERE POSITIVE, BUT THEY WANTED
TO MAKE SURE BEFORE THEY WENT TO
WORK.
AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO
THAT.
>>
(SPEAKING AWAY FROM MIC)
WALGREENS IS PRIVATE SITE.
(SPEAKING AWAY FROM MIC)
YOUR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.
>> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE
STATE ACTUALLY HIRED THE TESTING
GROUP.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS WHAT
THE AMOUNT IS BECAUSE THEY WERE
TESTING I THINK SOME OF THE
MEDICAL PROFESSION SAID 400
TESTS A DAY.
IMAGINE THAT NOT BEING AVAILABLE
NOW.
GOES TO ALDERMAN HANAUER'S POINT
AND DIRECTOR McCARTY, IF I
CAN'T WORK, THE PUBLIC WORKS
EMPLOYEE, FELT ILL, AND THEY
WOULD HAVE WENT IN.
THINK OF WHAT HAPPENED, THEY
COULD HAVE AFFECTED THE WHOLE
GARAGE, AND DOMINO IMPACT.
SOME PLACES AREN'T ABLE TO DO
THAT, AND WORKERS, THAT'S WHAT
THEIR FIRST CONCERN IS PUTTING
FOOD ON THE TABLE.
IT PUTS EVERYBODY IN PRECARIOUS
SITUATION.
THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT
THE AMOUNT BECAUSE THAT'S
PERFECT EXAMPLE, 4.8 MILLION WE
HAVE WAITING AT THE STATE,
500,000 A WEEK OR WHATEVER THE
COST IS, WE'D HAVE TO DETERMINE
WHAT IS THE AMOUNT FOR US.
IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO SPEND
THE MONEY ON?
OUR OTHERWISE, IT IS JUST
SITTING THERE.
WE SHOULD JUST HIRE THAT GROUP
AND OPEN UP THE TEST SITE WE ARE
STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT
THE COST IS AND IF THAT COMPANY
WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF THEY HAVE
OTHER CREWS FOR THAT TESTIFYING.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THE ANSWER
TO THAT MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
TIME WILL TELL.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING
ENLIGHTENING ALL OF US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT GREAT.
>> SENIOR IN COLLEGE.
>> EXCELLENT MANY HOPEFULLY YOU
COME BACK TO SPRINGFIELD WHEN
ALL SAID AND DONE.
>> HOPEFULLY.
>> WHAT SCHOOL ARE YOU AT?
>> WELLSLY COLLEGE.
>> WHERE DID YOU GO TO HIGH
SCHOOL?
>> SPRINGFIELD.
>> SENATORS.
>> WHEN YOU E-MAIL ME, I WILL
ANSWER YOUR E-MAIL, AND COPY YOU
ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IS ANTHONY OR LINDA HERE?
THEY WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT
RENTAL ASSISTANCE?
ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR ANYBODY
ELSE WISH TO DISTRICT THE
COUNCIL.
>> MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR.
WE ARE ADJOURN.
THANK YOU.
>>
