# Meeting Signals

Source transcript: `5g8nyr_bfsg.finance_committee_of_the_whole_11-12-24.txt`

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## Motion / Vote Signals

| Signal | Evidence | Nearby Result | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approval Signal | And item four would be approval of the agenda. | Motion carried. | detected |
| Approval Signal | Item five would be approval of the minutes from September 16, October 7, October 15, October 21, 2024 meetings. | All in favor? | detected |
| Motion / Vote Signal | Motion to carry. | No nearby result line detected | detected |
| Motion / Vote Signal | The only large difference in the 24 and 25 budget line expense lines is 213-000-7010 and because this was moved to line and the EAB numbers. | No nearby result line detected | detected |
| Ordinance Action Signal | Ordinances to abate these bonds will be on the council agenda November 18th, so the next council meeting 2024, and then we'll be second reading December 2nd, 2024. | No nearby result line detected | detected |
| Motion / Vote Signal | So, we would need a motion to recess this meeting until after, after the regular council meeting. | All in favor? | detected |
| Motion / Vote Signal | Could I get a motion to recess this motion by Sellers? | All in favor? | detected |

## Roll Call Signals

No matching roll-call blocks detected by deterministic rules.

## Money Signals

| Amount | Context |
|---:|---|
| $67,819,000 | I'll make this relatively quick. I did some time, put a lot of time into the budget as it currently exists. And I come to the conclusion that our governmental funds will expend about $67,819,000 which includes capital... |
| $14,919,000 | I'll make this relatively quick. I did some time, put a lot of time into the budget as it currently exists. And I come to the conclusion that our governmental funds will expend about $67,819,000 which includes capital... |
| $31,312,000 | I'll make this relatively quick. I did some time, put a lot of time into the budget as it currently exists. And I come to the conclusion that our governmental funds will expend about $67,819,000 which includes capital... |
| $69 million | If our fund balance policy calls for six months of cash for operating expenditures, I think we are okay. The same pretty much is true for the proprietary funds as it is. I was able to determine from the budget documen... |
| $3 million | So it has to be remediated and demolished. We're getting a EPA grant for that, no match. And I think the total amount's about, was it $3 million? |
| $1.7 Million | We're getting a EPA grant for that, no match. And I think the total amount's about, was it $3 million? $1.7 Million we received. |
| $1.7 million | We don't have the money in our account. It's a reimbursement grant. So we outlay the capital, and they reimburse us up to $1.7 million, which should be more than enough to complete the project. |
| $200,000 | The Explorer Club introduces young people to the field of policing. Okay, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity grants. We received about a $200,000 grant. |
| $100,000 | This was gained through Senator Stewart's involvement in the appropriation process. Next Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity demo grants, and this is through Bivens. It's a $100,000 grant, no match, and it... |
| $500,000 | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Community Development Block Grant. So this is for housing rehabilitation. It's a $500,000 grant with a $55,000 match. |
| $55,000 | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Community Development Block Grant. So this is for housing rehabilitation. It's a $500,000 grant with a $55,000 match. |
| $500,000 | OK, thank you. Yes. What did you say it was a $500,000 grant? |
| $300,000 | So these funds are received through donations and they're used to support the Auxiliary Police Department activities. Next is the Illinois Housing Development Authority Strong Communities Grant. So this is a $300,000... |
| $52,000 | So this is a $300,000 grant for demolition of homes and there's no match for this. Next is the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board Recruitment and Retention Grant. This is $52,000 to be used to recruit a... |
| $320,000 | This is a restricted fund per resolution 2024-68, and the funds are to be used for the operation of the city's 911 system. Illinois EPA grant for EV chargers. There's a $320,000 grant with a match of $180,000 that's r... |
| $180,000 | This is a restricted fund per resolution 2024-68, and the funds are to be used for the operation of the city's 911 system. Illinois EPA grant for EV chargers. There's a $320,000 grant with a match of $180,000 that's r... |
| $300,000 | Oh, got another question. Yes. The $300,000 grant for demo of homes? |
| $400,000 | Moving on, let's see we're at the DOT Safe Streets for All. So the creation of a plan to increase transportation safety throughout the city. So there's a $400,000 grant. |
| $100,000 | So the creation of a plan to increase transportation safety throughout the city. So there's a $400,000 grant. It's a match of $100,000 and that's split between 2024 and 2025. |
| $198,000.20 | All right, moving on. A federal portion of the Pretzel City Transit, so there's no city match required for this. The grant amount is $198,000.20. |
| $2.3 million | The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant. We've been working on this grant since 2019 for the purchase and demo of properties as we previously discussed in the floodway and it requires a... |
| $2 million | We've been working on this grant since 2019 for the purchase and demo of properties as we previously discussed in the floodway and it requires a 25% match. The Fire Pension Fund, the presented budget has been accepted... |
| $16,000 | We do not receive any revenue from the City of Freeport's funds for our operations or capital improvement projects. All our personnel expenses are on lines 213-000-5000 through 213-000-5295. I've updated a couple of s... |
| $40,000 | I've updated a couple of staff expenditures since this report was created and we are projected to spend about $16,000 less than what's on the report in front of you. The only large difference in the 24 and 25 budget l... |
| $24,000 | The only large difference in the 24 and 25 budget line expense lines is 213-000-7010 and because this was moved to line and the EAB numbers. Overall, this report shows we will overspend by $40,000. If you subtract the... |
| $100,000 | And if everybody could flip into their agenda and pull up this memo, there's a table that I'm referring to here. Below are the individual bond issues, the amounts to be abated, and the source of revenue that will be u... |
| $87,875 | So we have several of them here, and I'll just go over them briefly. We have bond 2013A, and that is the fire improvement source. The amount abated is $87,875. |
| $753,365 | And in addition to that, we have Series 2014B. That's for $1,083,143. And that is through the Sanitary Sewer Fund. We have Series 2015A, and that is $753,365. |
| $181,855 | We have Series 2015A, and that is $753,365. And the funding source for that is TIFF, General Fund, Storm, and Sewer Funds. Series 2016, the amount abated is $181,855. |
| $90,215 | Series 2016, the amount abated is $181,855. And that is abated by the General Fund. Series 2018 is $90,215. |
| $236,268.76 | Series 2018 is $90,215. That is abated by the downtown TIF revenue. The Series 2020-19A at $236,268.76 is abated through the Street Improvement Fund. |
| $3,299,368.10 | That is abated by the downtown TIF revenue. The Series 2020-19A at $236,268.76 is abated through the Street Improvement Fund. Series 2020 is $3,299,368.10, and that is abated through the General Fund. |
| $240,800, | The Series 2020-19A at $236,268.76 is abated through the Street Improvement Fund. Series 2020 is $3,299,368.10, and that is abated through the General Fund. And then Series 2021 is $240,800, and that is abated through... |
| $252,232.50 | And then Series 2021 is $240,800, and that is abated through the Street Improvement Fund as well. Series 2022. Total amount is $252,232.50 and that is funded through the Fire Improvement Fund. |
| $6,225,122.36 | Series 2022. Total amount is $252,232.50 and that is funded through the Fire Improvement Fund. So the total amount abated is $6,225,122.36. |
| $832.88 | Total amount is $252,232.50 and that is funded through the Fire Improvement Fund. So the total amount abated is $6,225,122.36. And if the abatement for some reason was not passed, then that would automatically incur a... |
| $25 million | There's been a number of different changes to make sure that income is aligned with expenses. So I'm just going to hit the high points as we go through this, and I'd like to start with revenue. And, Kurt, I'm just goi... |
| $26 million | There's been a number of different changes to make sure that income is aligned with expenses. So I'm just going to hit the high points as we go through this, and I'd like to start with revenue. And, Kurt, I'm just goi... |
| $2,000 | Not a whole lot has changed on the City Council. You'll see the salaries have been, the salary increases are reflected there. Not a tremendous amount, looking like about a $2,000 impact to the budget. |
| $200,000 | Public Works, this is the Public Works Director. There's no budget there and no changes. Government Buildings, we had $200,000 in for storm windows. |

## Civic Object Signals

| Type | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Grant / Program Reference | Kurt, if you could go ahead and pull up the grants starting with the, yeah, OVW grant. |
| Grant / Program Reference | The OVW grant, so that's the Office Against Violence of Women. |
| Grant / Program Reference | The police department has received this grant for the past seven years. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Brownfields grant. |
| Grant / Program Reference | So we've got the EPA grant for the demo and remediation of the dry cleaners at 1719 West Main Street. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Bulletproof vests, that's through the Department of Justice grant, so that pays 50 percent of bulletproof vests for officer replacement vests. |
| Grant / Program Reference | I just wanted to let Council know, I didn't rerun, this was from last week, when we didn't move on what were you saying about this the the laundry mat so that's That's an EPA grant for demolition. |
| Grant / Program Reference | We're getting a EPA grant for that, no match. |
| Grant / Program Reference | It's a reimbursement grant. |
| Grant / Program Reference | OK, so leaving off, any more questions on that Brownfields grant? |
| Grant / Program Reference | We received about a $200,000 grant. |
| Grant / Program Reference | It's a $100,000 grant, no match, and it would also go toward demos. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Community Development Block Grant. |
| Grant / Program Reference | It's a $500,000 grant with a $55,000 match. |
| Grant / Program Reference | That's grant that we received to fund those housing rehabilitations. |
| Grant / Program Reference | What did you say it was a $500,000 grant? |
| Grant / Program Reference | Next is the Illinois Housing Development Authority Strong Communities Grant. |
| Grant / Program Reference | So this is a $300,000 grant for demolition of homes and there's no match for this. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Next is the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board Recruitment and Retention Grant. |
| Resolution Reference | This is a restricted fund per resolution 2024-68, and the funds are to be used for the operation of the city's 911 system. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Illinois EPA grant for EV chargers. |
| Grant / Program Reference | There's a $320,000 grant with a match of $180,000 that's required and this is going to be part of our first opportunity to install some EV charging stations downtown. |
| Grant / Program Reference | The $300,000 grant for demo of homes? |
| Grant / Program Reference | Has that grant been used all up? |
| Grant / Program Reference | We still got grant money for that. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Are we speaking about the this SCP grant or the demolition grant for the 300,000 is that what we're talking about or or I'm asking which one it is that's what I was speaking of yes she's speaking of the Illinois housing yeah okay So the Strong Communities Program grant, we've... |
| Grant / Program Reference | We're going to be using the funds for that grant to demolish them. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Part of the reason in the delay was when we first received this grant, the Illinois Housing Development Authority wanted us to have deeds to the property. |
| Procurement Reference | So of the nine coming up that are going to be up for the next bid opening is the 14th. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Yes, so you're telling me that with whatever is left, you could use that for other houses, correct that's my plan I mean so what ended up when this grant started we had to have as I was stating Kleem title so I was using this grant money for properties that we would purchase f... |
| Grant / Program Reference | So I anticipate this grant funding being spent quicker moving forward. |
| Grant / Program Reference | So my question is I understand that you have separate money from FEMA but there are about three houses on the east side that you have not been successful in the past few years purchasing to demolish with this grant. |
| Grant / Program Reference | So there's a $400,000 grant. |
| Grant / Program Reference | The grant amount is $198,000.20. |
| Grant / Program Reference | There's no city match for this and the grant amount is $1,268,740. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Next is the Federal Capital Grant for Provincial City Transit. |
| Grant / Program Reference | The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant. |
| Grant / Program Reference | We've been working on this grant since 2019 for the purchase and demo of properties as we previously discussed in the floodway and it requires a 25% match. |
| Tax / Levy / Bond Reference | So when the general obligation bonds are issued, they are backed by the city's ability to levy and collect. |
| Tax / Levy / Bond Reference | Recommending moving forward with the bond abatement that we've done every year. |
| Tax / Levy / Bond Reference | Anything else okay with that I want to just move on to the discussion on the tax levy and as Ashley pointed out we have not received a city's tax levy yet we anticipated any day now but we have budgeted according to last year's tax levy we expect it might go up slightly but we... |
| Grant / Program Reference | However, we are bringing in a million dollars from Fund Reserve to pay for one-time grant matches for projects that we're working on. |
| Grant / Program Reference | One of them is the EV Chargers, the ITEP grant, the Flood Mitigation Grant, the Safe Streets for All. |
| Contract / Agreement Reference | Street lights we did we did reduce street lights originally we had 20,000 in for a contract equipment repair maintenance we dropped that to 10,000 and this is a common thing we really made some hard decisions making things work so when you talk about the street lights are we t... |
| Grant / Program Reference | A couple years ago we redid all the downtown street lights and that was through a grant through ComEd. |

## Question Signals

- OK, so leaving off, any more questions on that Brownfields grant?
- What did you say it was a $500,000 grant?
- The $300,000 grant for demo of homes?
- Has that grant been used all up?
- Just to give you an example, there wasn't a tremendous amount coming on this budget item and in order to get things balanced out We reduced that by 10,000 but Would that also include residential?
- So what can the city do about that?
- Okay, so this number that you have inserted, at what rate increases that?
- Neighborhood Housing Fund, some marginal changes, Michelle did you want to comment on any of those?
- Should we save public comments until after we finish?

## Low-Confidence Transcript Lines

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## Internal Extraction Counts

These counts are included for QA and pipeline observability. They should not be read as proof that a category was absent from the meeting.

| Category | Count |
|---|---:|
| Action-like signals | 7 |
| Roll-call blocks | 0 |
| Money references | 40 |
| Civic object references | 45 |
| Question lines | 9 |
| Possible people detected internally | 13 |
| Low-confidence lines | 0 |

## Extraction Notes

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- Empty sections mean no matching lines were detected, not that the event did not happen.
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