Quincy City Council: October 6, 2025

Good evening. I'd like to call the Monday, October 6th, 6.30 p.m. public hearing to order. This public hearing is for Council Order 2025-104, Utility Grant of Location, National Grid, Verizon, West Quantum Street at Arlington Street. So at this point, I'd like to ask anyone wishing to speak in favor or opposition to come to the podium, state your name and address. If you do not wish to speak, but would like to show your support or opposition and have it recorded, please sign in on the sheet on the table at the back of the chamber. So is there anybody who would like to speak in favor or against? Okay, seeing none, We'll go to the next one, 631. I'd like to call the Monday, October 6th, 631 public hearing to order. This public hearing is for Council Order 2025-105, Utility Grant of Location, National Grid, Verizon, Federal Lab at Goddard Street. So at this point, again, I'd like to ask anybody wishing to come up, speak in favor, come to the podium, state your name and address. If you do not wish to speak and would like your support or opposition recorded, please sign in on the sheet on the table in the back of the chamber. So seeing none, no further public, I will close this hearing at, it's still 6.31. And I believe we can almost start the next one. So I'd like to call the Monday, October 6th, 6.32 PM public hearing to order. This public hearing is for Council Order 2025-106 Utility Grant of Location, National Grid Verizon, Chubbuck Street at Washington Street and Raycroft Ave. So at this point, again, I'd like to ask anyone wishing to speak in favor or opposition to come to the podium, state your name and address. If you do not wish to speak, but would like your support or opposition recorded, please sign in on the sheet at the table at the back of the chambers. And seeing none, I'd like to, Seeing no public comment, I'd like this public hearing to end at 6.32. We'll be back in less than a minute for the final public hearing. Thank you. Okay. Okay. I'd like to call the Monday, October 6th, 6.33 p.m. public hearing to order. This public hearing is for Council Order 2025-113, Utility Grant of Location, National Grid Gas, General Dunford Drive and Hancock Street 101, General McConville Way. So at this point, I'd like to ask anyone wishing to speak in favor or opposition to come to the podium, state your name and address, and if you do not wish to speak but would like your support or opposition recorded, please sign in on the sheet on the table at the back of the chamber. So seeing none, I'll close this hearing at Yes at 633 and we'll be back in two minutes To start the council meeting.

Thank you very much Good evening call the Monday October 6 2025 City Council meeting to order madam clerk Please call the roll

Councillor Ash, Councillor Campbell, Councillor Devine, Councillor DiBona, Councillor Harris, Councillor Liang, Councillor McCarthy, Councillor Minton, President Cain, 9 members.

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Thank you. First item on the agenda, please.

Honoring 75 years of Quincy youth football and chair.

And tonight, Councillor Noel de Bono will be honoring 75 years of Quincy youth football and cheer. The president recognizes Councillor DiBona. Thank you.

Good evening. Thank you, Mr. President. Tonight we are honoring the 75th year anniversary of the Quincy Youth Football and Cheerleading Association. There are a lot of great people over the years that have volunteered to help coach and mentor the kids of Quincy. We'll be recognizing the board members here to my right. A lot of the players with their uniforms on and the cheerleaders are behind us as well, as well as some of the kids from the flag football program. You know, going back in a little history of the Quincy Youth Football League, they were founded in 1950 and played their first season in 1951 with four teams, the North Quincy Apaches, Quincy Point Panthers, House Neck Manets, and back then it was called the Mayo's Clubs All-Stars, which in 1959 became the West Quincy Elks. Bill Chubba-Meyer started as a player in 1951 for the Panthers. and later became a coach rising to head coach and then franchise holder for the next 38 years until his retirement in 1998. Just this past weekend we recognized everybody at the stadium and Frank Brillo was there. He also coached the Panthers for 38 years and the only time he missed was when he was serving in Vietnam. Joe Desmond worked various capacities in the North Quincy Apaches beginning in 1961 where his son Daniel and daughter Kathleen joined the program. All eight of his children and then 12 of his grandchildren have gone through the Apaches and Quincy youth football program and chair. We also have the Housenach-Manitz and the West Quincy Elks, as well as the Squanam Storm, and they were the sailors established in 1976. So over the course of the years, up until 2018, we had the Quincy Youth Football League that played all of each other and also included Milton Mustangs from a neighboring town. But in 2018, all the teams combined for one team per grade, and they're now called the Quincy United, standing next to my left here. They have the nice uniforms with the stars and stripes. I had the privilege of playing for my Quincy Point neighborhood team, the Panthers, and later coached for them for seven years. And today I helped coach alongside Sean Chooch Helpin on the seventh grade team, and our kids are here tonight. Tonight, there are, you know, many players and audience that really instill the good news about the city of Quincy. We're here to recognize these board members for all their efforts with the league, their dedication and mentoring for them. You know, in celebration of the 75 years remarkable service, dedication and community experience, we proudly recognize Quincy youth football and cheer. leading associations for their unwavering commitment to providing opportunities for our youth to grow, compete, and thrive. Through decades of volunteer leadership, tireless effort, and heartfelt dedication, you have created a foundation of teamwork, discipline, and pride, shaping generations both on and off the field. Thank you for your caring legacy moving forward, ensuring that the values of sportsmanship, perseverance, and community remain strong in the hearts of our youth. Your efforts have made a lasting impression and continue to inspire for the next generation. And I wanna thank all the members that are here, the board members, there's a seven board member here, our president, Nathan Knowles. Thank you, Nathan, for being here tonight. He can't do it without her, with his wife, Michelle Corey, right here. Vice President Shawn Chu Chalpin. Sit next, sir. She's right behind us. She does a great job with the CHEAR program. Stacey LeMay is over there. Go in a row. We also have John McNeil. Steve Kosky. and Matt Gardner. All of you guys can just take a quick rise up. I'd like to give it to you. Before I have Nathan come up here and any of the board members that want to speak, I'd like to also recognize our players and cheerleaders and flag football program kids for being here tonight. Why don't you guys all take a, come on up and get a big cheer. We'd also like to thank the parents and guardians of these children for helping them get into practices and everything. And we want to thank the parents and the guardians on the back. So why don't you guys come on, and other coaches in the league as well, the volunteers. Come on. I'D LIKE TO HOLD THIS OVER, IF I COULD, MR. PRESIDENT AND NATHAN NOLES, OUR PRESIDENT, COME FORWARD AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY OUT THERE AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, NOLES. Mayor Koch, members of Quincy City Council, friends, thank you for inviting us here this evening and for allowing me to say a few prepared remarks. Seventy-five years of continuous service is remarkable achievement for Quincy youth football and cheer. Seventy-five years is not just a number. It's a measurement of generations who have passed down commitment to our children. It's a testament to what we can accomplish when we work together year after year, team after team, generation after generation. We truly are grateful for the recognition from this council and from Mayor Tom Koch. This milestone is only possible because our city understands the value of investing in our children. We pay special thank you to Mayor Koch and the Quincy Parks Department for their commitment to building and maintaining fields where dreams take root. Fields that are now among the finest in the entire region. And we especially recognize Councilor Nolte Bona, who has supported our program and coached in our program for many years, as well as counselors Bill Harris, Dave McCarthy, and Scott Campbell for their longstanding support of both youth football and high school football in the city. We believe that Quincy Youth Football and Cheer is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, continuously run youth football and cheer town program of its kind in the entire nation. It's a testament to the people like Chubba Myers, Joe Desmond, and many of the other great men and women who first laid the foundation for this program. They understood that when you invest in the potential of a child, you invest in and strengthen our community. They are true strength and legacy of Quincy youth football and cheer. It's not in the X's and O's, the wins and losses, the strength of the program lies with the men and women who answer the call to service. To every coach, every staff member, every volunteer past and present who have devoted countless hours, you are the foundation of this program. You don't just teach blocking and tackling, you teach discipline. You don't just teach cheer routines, you teach teamwork. You teach our children that when you fall down, you get back up. You show them that success is not just about a final score, but about the character you build on that journey. You're doing the essential critical work of building our next great generation. And to our current board, John McNeil, Steve Kosky, Matt Gardner, who is our director of football operations, Stacy LeMay, who is the director of our tier operations, Michelle Corey, who is our treasurer and runs all of our administrative operations, and Sean Halpin, who's, as Noel mentioned, family's history in this program stretches back to the 1950s. Thank you for carrying the torch and lifting the program to new heights. We look forward to another 75 years of growth and success and the opportunity to serve the kids of Quincy. Thank you.

Mr. President, I'd also just like to recognize as well as Steve Cossie has spent 38 years with the program. He's here tonight right here. And I'd also like to give a shout out to Amy Sampson that does a lot of the photos for us over the years. She's done a real good job with us. She was out for the recognizing the games last week, so thank you. What we do, Mr. President, if we could, if we could take a photo with the seven board members, and then we can also get the players and the cheerleaders in there as well. Yeah, great.

Yeah, team photo. Team photo. All right, let's go. Team spirit. We'll take a brief recess.

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Ready? Madam Clerk, next item, please.

Number 1, 2025-116, order approval of Quincy Retirement Board acceptance of disabled employee supplemental annual allowance.

As this was put forward by the mayor, the president recognized the mayor's representative, Mr. Walker.

Mr. President, through you to the body, before you tonight, you have a memo from Executive Director of the Retirement Board, Brad Kroll, relative to the adoption of this act of the legislature. Essentially, what this is, very briefly, is prior to 1996, survivors of disability pensioners in the city of Quincy, if that pensioner did not die, of the disability to which he was awarded the pension, the death benefit was a total of $550 a month. There was a special act in 2010 that allowed cities and towns to raise that number to $750 a month. The Retirement Board voted recently unanimously to recommend that we make that change, and that is what is before the body this evening.

Thank you, Mr. Walker. Any questions, comments, motions? Motion to approve by Councilor McCarthy, seconded by Council Liang. On the motion, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilor Ash, Councilor Campbell, Councilor Devine. Councilor de Bono. Yes. Councilor Harris. Yes. Councilor Liang. Yes. Councilor McCarthy. Yes. Councilor Minton. Yes. President Cain. Yes. Nine members.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Next item, please. Number 2, 2025-117, Order Municipal Broadband Project Use of Chapter 149A, Design, Build, Delivery Method of Procurement.

uh thank you councillor Liang motion approved seconded by anyone uh seconded by councillor harris um on on the motion uh president recognizes councilman is this a is this a change yep didn't even get a chance you guys are so quick okay yeah this is uh we had a technical error in the last go-around uh when we approved this process for the design build so this is correcting that mistake and we move forward as originally planned And as always I appreciate this body support I appreciate the mayor's support and the bodies that came before us for these seven plus years that we've now worked on this project so

Thank you.

Any further comments? Okay. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Oh, sorry. On the motion, the President recognizes Councillor Ash.

Thank you, Mr. President. I did, if we could maybe do, if you had an update on the project in general. I know the last update that you put out was March. I appreciated it because, you know, the pilot neighborhoods being Marymount and Quincy Point, that was a great update. And I know very well may be that we're still there because we had to some housekeeping with this specific ordinance but i didn't know if you had a rough time frame on the next kind of step in the project if we have control over anything or if i can share any updates with with my uh my constituents absolutely there are three parts to this project that are very much

moving that will determine the next steps. The project as is with phase one, which was to govern Quincy Point and Marymount areas is still in play. This will govern the construction of those phases. This document moving that forward, which we had already approved, we had already gone through process, but had to go back to this step. The next portion was that we approved a a revenue bond, which is being approved at the state level. That was last in third reading, according to Senator Keenan, who's been shepherding that through. So we're waiting for that. And the third part, which allows us to continue to move forward, is that there's a community process that will soon begin that will start to engage residents directly to start getting commitments for this project. So it'll start actually marketing and selling this project so that people can subscribe, which is how the revenue bond is funded on the backs of the subscribers. So we're moving. This was obviously, we wanted to move this forward months ago, but due to this technical error, we just had to take a step. So ideally, I don't think construction will realistically start until next year, but at least the forward progress on the commitments and the financing can move forward.

So the revenue bond just so the revenue bond process is not being held up for the construction. They're kind of all moving. It's all separate.

Yeah, all moving concomitantly, if you will. Great. Thank you. Thank you. President recognizes Councillor Devine.

Well, I was out campaigning the first year. That was one of the biggest things is, you know, competition for internet and high speed and all that. If that goes well next year and gets started, roughly, I'm not looking for hard numbers, but what we've been looking at, if it works... Are we five years out for getting it through the city or 10?

For a city-wide build? Yeah. I mean, I think five is a conservative estimate for a city-wide build. You've got to get through phases one and two.

I'm saying very loosely.

I'm just curious. Because I think how this will go is if this becomes as popular as we think and hope it'll be, then people will want it faster. And then that will probably determine the speed with which the construction happens and with the support of people like our DPW commissioner, et cetera. Well, if everything went well five years, if not maybe ten... No? Again, I would say I'd give the lower bound. But again, I think it's about getting this word out. This community engagement process is very important because I think this project has taken, you know, it's a huge infrastructure project. It's taken a long time. People need to understand what are the key determinants, what are the financial requirements that will bind them to this project that will then facilitate this project being able to be constructed.

Right.

uh okay and just for anybody out there listening uh these are not hard numbers i'm just trying to get an idea just so we can say it so thank you thank you councilman did you have something to say council worker they've come i was going to say you wish but i don't think you wish uh mr walker just to add on to what you said very briefly mr president that and we've talked a little bit about this internally with the team that

The two neighborhoods, it's not necessarily, if it works, if the pilot proves itself and we're going forward, we sort of see it, I think as the team, that it's the two pilot neighborhoods first and then it's the rest of the city, we're not going in 17 different phases in picking off neighborhood by neighborhood that there'll be the pilot program in the two selected neighborhoods and if that is successful then it would be the larger citywide project so I think that's why we think that five years is a is an outside number but this has been a long pretty complicated process to begin with so we won't want to put anything into finalize any dates or anything like that. Thank you, Mr. Walker.

Okay, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councillor Ash. Yes. Councillor Campbell. Yes. Councillor Devine. Yes. Councillor DiBona. Yes. Councillor Harris. Yes. Councillor Liang. Yes. Councillor McCarthy. Yes. Councillor Minton.

Yes.

President Cain. Yes. Nine members.

Thank you. Madam Clerk, that concludes our regularly scheduled council meeting. Approval of previous meeting minutes. Motion to approve by Councilor Lanning, seconded by Councilor Devona. All those in favor? All those opposed? Ayes have it. Communications and reports from the Mayor, other city officers, and city boards. Madam Clerk.

Yes, I do have a traffic request to refer to Ordinance Committee for Advertising Board for Councilor Devine. Add two stop signs at Kimball Street and Campbell Street, creating a four-way stop.

Okay, thank you, Madam Clerk. Unfinished business and proceeding meeting. Seeing none. Reports of committees. Public Works Committee. Chair Harris.

Thank you. We held public hearings this evening prior to the council meeting for the following orders. 2025-104, Utility Grant Allocation, National Great Verizon, West Quantum Street at Arlington Street. Positive recommendation from Public Works Committee. Motion to approve. Motion to approve.

motion to approve um seconded by councillor bono madam clerk please call roll yes councillor campbell yes Councillor Devine yes Councillor DiBona yes councillor harris yes councillor liang Councilor McCarthy councillor minton President Cain. Yes. Nine members.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Next one, 2025-105, Utility Grant of Location, National Grid, Verizon, Federal Ave at Goddard Street. Positive recommendation from the Public Works Committee. Motion to approve.

Positive recommendation and a motion approved, made by Councillor Harris, seconded by Councillor DiBona. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councillor Ash. Yes. Councillor Campbell. Yes. Councillor Devine. Yes. Councillor DiBona. Yes.

Councilor Harris yes council liang Councilor McCarthy yes councilor minton President Cain yes nine members thank you next next was 2025-106 utility grant of location national grid verizon chubbuck street at washington street at raycroft ave positive recommendation from the public works committee motion to approve

Positive recommendation and motion approved, made by Chair Harris, seconded by Councilor DiBona. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilor Ash. Yes. Councilor Campbell. Yes. Councilor Devine. Yes. Councilor DiBona. Yes. Councilor Harris. Yes. Councilor Liang. Yes. Councilor McCarthy. Yes. Councilor Minton. Yes. President Cain. Yes. Nine members.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

2025-113 Utility Grant of Location, National Grid Gas, General Dunford Drive, in Hancock Street, 101 General McConville Way. Positive recommendation from the Public Works Committee. Motion to approve.

Positive recommendation. Motion to approve by Councilor Harris. Seconded by Councilor DiBona. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilor Ash. Yes. Councilor Campbell. Yes. Councilor Devine. Yes. Councilor DiBona. Yes. Councilor Harris.

Yes.

Councilor Liang. Yes. Councilor McCarthy. Yes. Councilor Minton. Yes.

President Cain yes nine members thank you all set all set thank you um president recognizes council uh chair liang thank you mr president i have six traffics to report out the first year in ward one uh the first 2025-114 remove three hour parking on the south side of coddington street newcomb street to 500 feet northeast of newcomb street positive recommendation out of committee a positive recommendation motion improvement by chair liang seconded by uh Councillor campbell

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councillor Ash. Yes. Councillor Campbell. Yes. Councillor Devine. Yes. Councillor DiBona. Yes. Councillor Harris. Yes. Councillor Liang. Yes. Councillor McCarthy. Yes. Councillor Minton. Yes. President Cain. Yes. Nine members.

2025-115, add two-hour parking on both sides of Coddington Street from Newcomb Street to Southern Artery. Positive recommendation out of committee.

Positive recommendation made by Chair Liang, seconded by Councilor Campbell. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilor Ash. Yes. Councilor Campbell. Yes. Councilor Devine. Yes. Councilor DeBorna. Yes. Councilor Harris. Yes. Councilor Liang. Yes. Councilor McCarthy. Yes. Councilor Minton. Yes. President Cain. Yes. Nine members. you this is out of award two 2025-102 i had no parking on odd side of oak street positive recommendation out of committee positive recommendation a motion approved by chair liang seconded by councillor campbell madam clerk please call the role councillor ash councillor campbell yes Councillor Devine councillor de bona councillor harris yes councillor liang yes Councilor McCarthy councillor minton yes President Cain. Yes. Nine members.

Thank you. The remaining are at Award 4, 2025-103. Add no parking any time between 53 and 55 Somer Road at Nelson Street. Positive recommendation on committee.

Positive recommendation and motion to approve made by Chair Liang, seconded by Councilor Campbell. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilor Ash. Yes. Councilor Campbell. Yes. Councilor Devine. Yes. Councilor De Bono. Yes. Councilor Harris. Yes. Councilor Liang. Yes. Councilor McCarthy. Yes. Councilor Minton.

Yes.

President Cain, yes, nine members 2025-107 remove handicap parking at 57 Buckley St.

Positive recommendation of committee positive recommendation and motion improvement by chair Liang, seconded by Councillor Campbell. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councillor Ash, Councillor Campbell, yes, Councillor Devine, yes, Councillor DiBona, yes, Councillor Harris, yes, Councillor Liang, yes, Councillor McCarthy, yes, Councillor Minton, yes, President Cain, yes, nine members.

Oh, sorry, 2025-112, add two stop signs at Pembroke Street at Lurton Street, creating a four-way stop. Positive recommendation of the committee.

Positive recommendation and a motion to approve made by Chair Liang, seconded by Councilor Campbell. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilor Ash. Yes. Councilor Campbell. Yes. Councilor Devine. Yes. Councilor Dabona. Yes. Councilor Harris. Yes. Councilor Liang. Yes. Councilor McCarthy. Yes. Councilor Minton.

Yes.

President Cain. Yes. Nine members. Thank you. That's it. Thank you.

Thank you, Chair. Presentations of petitions, memorials, and remonstrance. Chair recognizes Councilor Harris.

Thank you. I'm sorry. I wanted to say congratulate you for what we just passed with the broadband. Your work was incredible. Thanks, man. Thank you. And of course, the administration. And secondly, earlier today, I want to just recognize that I kind of missed the chance. On the other item that we passed, I want to thank and acknowledge Brad Crowe, former Councillor here, we served with, some of us have served with for reaching out, looking, he heads the retirement board and he reached out just to, which was great to answer any questions that if, and any issues that we had. So I just wanted to very quickly do that. So thank you.

Thank you very much.

President recognizes Councillor DiBona um just wanted to plug out for um you know the wallace and hill neighborhood association walter hubley and catherine hoopley and your award in ward three they did a great job this past month in the month of september which saturday is in the park um the weather was really really nice i know a couple of the counselors have came over there and they did a really good job with saturdays in the park and they had some bands and a nice community event down there so just wanted to give a shout out i know my colleague next door over here does the sundays in the park and he had a really good one over at ward 2. so i want to give him a plug mr richard ash weather's been really really nice on saturdays and sundays so just want to say great stuff in the city of quincy thank you thank you Councillor

All right. Pardon.

Sorry, it was a crazy day today. I'm sorry as usual. I just want to tomorrow tomorrow at 5 PM across from the firehouse by the quantum school we have the time capsule that's being at 5 PM being. dug up. It's been there an awful long time. And it would be really, really great if anybody who's interested in something like this, it ought to be very interesting. And everybody's welcome to come. And is tomorrow weather okay? Is tomorrow okay?

Councilor Devona would know the weather. Yes. Whether it's good Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday.

Wednesday's not so good. So we picked a good day. Good. Great. Thank you. Thank you for that.

60% chance of precipitation. Thank you for indulging me. Thank you, folks. President recognizes Councilor Liang.

Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to wish everyone here a happy mid-autumn festival today, second to Lunar New Year, which, by the way, thank you all again for supporting Sophia Millie. This is one of the biggest holidays celebrated across our culture, and it really represents, like most of our celebrations, right across all cultures, family first. But above and beyond that, it's really about unity and coming together, specifically in community, and reconnecting with those around you. And I can't think of a better way to celebrate that than to be here in community with all of you. So I wish every single one of you a very happy mid-autumn festival. And I hope that you have found some way today or will find some way today to reconnect and be in unity with those around you. Thank you.

Thank you, Council. The president recognizes Councilor Ash.

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councillor DiBona, for that plug. Yes, we had a Ward 2 fall Sundays in the park yesterday. It was beautiful out. Another event coming up on Sunday at Faxon Park. We have live music, kids entertainment. They are weather dependent. It's not looking great for Sunday, but I'm not going to jump to conclusions. That will change a bunch of times between now and then, so please keep an eye out on social media for any changes in that event. If there are no changes, it'll be sunday 12 to 4 at faxton park but um on a solemn note i wanted to in in um actually in the area of full river where we were yesterday which Councillor devona joined me um at was um unfortunately a big loss um that the neighborhood suffered last week with the uh death of edie Edith Edie Wallace, who passed away at 59, again living in the Four River area of Quincy Point. I grew up with her son Leroy. Edie was the devoted wife of 35 years to Leroy Wallace of Quincy, cherished mother of Jessica Wallace, Leroy Wallace Jr., and his wife Kathleen, Christopher Wallace, and his girlfriend Kira, and the late Jennifer Wallace, whom she is now reunited with in heaven, reads her obituary. Edie was born on September 10th, 1966 in Boston. Family meant everything to her. The love that she and Roy shared for their family turned their house into a home, a warm, welcoming place for all who entered. I can certainly attest, growing up in the neighborhood with her as a maternal figure, I can certainly attest to that, those sentiments in her obituary. She'll be sorely missed. The family had a very warm, loving send-off on Friday, and I did want to note that, you End of a long chronic illness that she fought through and certainly my prayers and thoughts are with the Wallace family.

Thank you Thank You councillor motions orders and resolutions Seeing none scheduling of committee meetings and public hearings president recognizes Councilor McCarthy Thank You mr. President I'd like to request that the the mayor

come in front of us hopefully possibly by the next city council meeting to do a presentation on the debt service. A couple of weeks ago he did a great podcast with Mark Carey talking about the debt service in the city and sometimes it gets misconstrued out there on how things operate and it was very clear and I'd love to have him If we could, on the next meeting in front of us also, possibly Paul Della Barba, Rick Kosher and company as support, so we can ask some questions on some of the items that are floating around out there. But I highly recommend to go find that podcast. I put it up on the Ward 1 News for folks to look at, and they did a good job clearly laying out the pension obligation, DIF information, et cetera. And so I'd love to have him in front of us to go through it. I think it would be worthwhile for everyone.

Great.

Thank you.

I see a nod from the mayor's representative, so we look forward to seeing the mayor here at the Monday, October 20th, City Council meeting at 6.30 p.m., which is our next regularly scheduled meeting. And that concludes our agenda. Motion to adjourn, made by Councillor Liang, seconded by Councillor DiBona. All those in favor? Those opposed? See you on the 20th. Be there or be square.