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City Council Public Hearing

Regular Meeting

Urbana, IL · June 22, 2020

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STATE OF ILLINOIS CITY OF URBANA Diane Wolfe Marlin, Mayor Phyllis D. Clark, City Clerk URBANA CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES Monday, June 22, 2020 ______________________________________________________________________________ The Urbana City Council held a public hearing Monday, June 22, 2020 at 7 p.m. via zoom to received public input on the proposed annual budget FY 2020-2021. ELECTED OFFICIALS PHYSICALLY PRESENT: Diane Wolfe Marlin ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT VIA ZOOM: Bill Brown, Bill Colbrook, Eric Jakobsson, Jared Miller, Dennis Roberts, Maryalice Wu ELECTED OFFICIALS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Elizabeth Hannan; Wendy Hundley; Charles Lauss; Carol Mitten; James Simon OTHERS PRESENT VIA ZOOM: Alana Ackerman, Allan Axelrod, Shea Balahe, Beau Barber, Allison Casar, Danielle Chynoweth, Natalie DeClerck, John Drobny, Christopher Hansen, Austin Hoffman, Ben Joselyn, Miriam Larson, Stewart Levy, Emily McKown, John McNally, J. Monson, Becca Obuchowski, Bijal Patel, Lisa Tomlinson, Rev. Dr. Evelyn B. Underwood, Taryn K. Vaughn, Lena Walker, Aiden Watson-Morris, ______________________________________________________________________________ I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL With a quorum present, Mayor Marlin called the public hearing to order at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Marlin opened the hearing and stated the purpose of the hearing, which was to receive public input on the proposed annual budget FY 2020-2021. II. PUBLIC INPUT The following residents addressed the council to express their opposition to approve the annual budget for the Urbana Police Department. Alana Ackerman, Beau Barber, Allison Casar, Natalie DeClerck, John Drobny, Christopher Hansen, Austin Hoffman, Ben Joselyn, Emily McKown, Bijal Patel, Lisa Tomlinson, Rev. Dr. Evelyn B. Underwood. Some of the comments included: reject budget line for UPD, decrease and redistribute, defund police, defund police by 50%, eliminate canine unit, eliminate license recognition software. The following residents sent emails in opposition of approving the police budget: Brooke Armstrong, Anna Asplund, Chelsea Birchmier, River Brown, Bronwyn Cain, David Cisneros, Nancy Dietrich, Brian Dunn, C.G. Estabrook, Kacie Gastanaga, Marcey Goldstein, Michael Johnson, Jon Hays, Lara Jobe, Caitlin Kingsley, Rohn Koester, Jamie Keener, Kelsey Langley, Elise Lanker, Arum Lee, Erin Long, Kathleen McGowan, Katherine Majewski, Elizabeth Matsushita, Drake Maxson, Danielle McFarland, Megan Mericle, Logan Middleton, Richard Miske, Marion Morris, Brian Mottashed, Valerie O’Brien, Lesley Owens, Sara Paige, Patricia Page 1 of 2 Paulausky, Elisabeth Potsch, Sarah Sauce, Veronica Severini, Elizabeth Simpson, Nicholas Stine, Miriam Tworek-Hofstetter, Brandi Vail, Aidan Watson-Morris, Lillian Wright. Some of the comments included, defund police, reallocate funds to social services, community development, mental illness, and/or reduce budget. III. ADJOURNMENT There being no further comments or questions, Mayor Marlin declared the virtual public hearing meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m. Wendy M. Hundley Deputy City Clerk Meeting materials and video can be found HERE: Minutes Approved: July 13, 2020 Page 2 of 2

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URBANA CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING DATE: Monday, June 22, 2020 TIME: 7:00 P.M. PLACE: *to be held virtually via Zoom (400 S. Vine St., Urbana, IL 61801) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE URBANA CITY COUNCIL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed annual budget for the City of Urbana in the County of Champaign, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021, is on file and conveniently available for public inspection on the City’s web site (https://www.urbanaillinois.us/departments/finance/financial-reports/annual-budget). Notice is further given that a public hearing on said proposed annual budget will be held at 7:00 pm on Monday, June 22, 2020. Estimated revenues for the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020/21 are $46.7 million and proposed expenditures are $45.3 million. All interested persons are invited to watch the hearing on UPTV, livestream the hearing at https://livestream.com/urbana or attend virtually via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89970224955. Persons attending the hearing shall have the right to provide written and oral comments and suggestions regarding the proposed annual budget. Instructions on providing comments at the hearing may be found below, in the attachments on the this page. Dated this 7th day of June, 2020 Elizabeth A. Hannan, Budget Director AGENDA I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Public Input* III. Adjournment City Clerk *Due to the Governor’s Disaster Declaration and the Mayoral Emergency Orders, the Urbana City Council Chambers will be not be open to the public during this meeting. For those wishing to provide public input, please email your statement to CityCouncil@urbanaillinois.us by 7:00 pm Monday evening of the date of the meeting. Your statement will be read into the record per council public input rules. Public input also may be provided via Zoom. Anyone can watch the meeting on streaming services, UPTV, or attend virtually via Zoom. Additional instructions are attached. Persons with disabilities needing services or accommodations for this hearing should contact the City of Urbana's Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator at 217-384-2466. Topic: Urbana City Council Time: Jun 22, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89970224955 Meeting ID: 899 7022 4955 One tap mobile +13126266799,,89970224955# US (Chicago) +19292056099,,89970224955# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 899 7022 4955 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcpnbJHMWk Providing Public Input Providing Public Input by e-mail: We ask that you submit your public comments by email by 7:00 pm to citycouncil@urbanaillinois.us Email sent to this account is transmitted to all council members, the mayor, city administrator, and city clerk. Emailed Public Input received before start of meeting (7 pm) will be incorporated into the public record, with personal identifying information redacted. Due to the high volume of emails, please put PUBLIC INPUT and meeting date in the subject line. Providing Public Input from a computer browser or the Zoom app on a mobile device: · The link to join by computer and the Webinar ID to join by the Zoom app are listed on the agenda. You will be asked to provide a name and email before joining. · Make sure you have a microphone on your computer if you wish to speak. Please identify yourself with first and last name in Zoom for the record if you wish to speak*. FCC Guidelines will be followed. · We will be muting participants except during public input, when they will be recognized to speak after raising their hand (see the next bullet point). Video will remain off for all members of the public, even while they are speaking. · Per council rules you must identify yourself to provide public input with your first and last name*. During Public Input, if you wish to speak, please “Raise your hand” using the option at the bottom of the screen. When called on by the chair or host, you will be un-muted and you should state your name for the record per city code*. Providing Public Input by phone: · Join by calling the phone number shown in the agenda. · Callers will then be asked to enter the Webinar ID number followed by the # key. The Webinar ID number is listed on the agenda. · All callers are muted by default. · If you wish to speak, please “Raise your hand” by pressing *9 once - this toggles the raise/lower hand option. When called on by the chair or host by your phone number, you will be un-muted and you should state your name for the record per city code*. When you are done, the host will “lower your hand” and mute you - there is no need to press any more buttons. * Public Meetings - Ordinances No. 2011-05-033 & 2019-08-051, ILCS 120/2.06(g)

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