Good ening, everybody. I'm CHAIRMAN Jed ans. Welcome to tonight'sunicipal Corporations Committee meetin onhis Wednesday, JUNE 2h. Will begin tonight with introductis for my colleagues. My love.Thank you, MR. Chairn Michael Paul Hart District. Thank you, MR. Chair Brian Mory Distct. 25. Taki MR. Chrman Christian Jones District8. Thank you, MR. Allen Distct 15. You just se I thought it was my fault. Th's right. I Jesse Brown Distri 15. Ere go. Good afternoon, MrChairman Iran gives District Good eveng, MISTER Chair and od eveng, everyone. Keep grt distri. 9 on the Indianapolis East de. Ank you,olleagues. I apprecie appreciate u all. Taking the time conve. I know it's not our normal te of commuting for this commiee. We did want to get th appointment in for the Indiapolis Public
Library Librarboard tonit. We wl be we will be heing propal. Nuer 207, which will poi that of winter to the Indianolis Public Library Board of truees MISS Woodard. If u'd like to come up and say aew words about serving on thiboard. U want me Ye got you get the limelight. Youot to shop. An expert testing. Okay. All right. Well, thank you all r comingn on a meeting ght as stat. My name is at he'so watered and it's tly an hor to be come from as a trustee for the Indianapolis Public Libra. Should I get yo vote? I doant to thank the city come county counci and thossupport of m nominati for the opportunity
to serven this way. Just a little bit abo me. My journey began Michan City, Indiana.'m sorry, Michigan CityIndiana, and proud graduate of diana Unersity. We're actually study secondary education th a fos English literure. I ben my career in the classroom anone professional path. If youaw myio has since led me intthe corporate sector at Roche Diagnostic I want you to know that my psion or educion has never wavere I'm deeplyassionate abt accesselevion as sermons service, which n be seenn my inlvement organization such as the Emerging Pros Foundation wre I do serve as
the CHAIRMAN. I'm also very volved out Kappa Alp sorority incorpoted where I served on ma levels, a member of thNational Coalition of 100 black men and African Methist Epcopal Church just toame a fe Asomeone loves to read and those lookg to seize literacy as a foundation to opportunity. I believe libraries are more me than just buildings. They are anchors in oureighborhoods, placesf learning bcking imination and possibity. Look forrd to helping strengthen the bridge tween vitainstitution d the counities in which thesent ani'm excited to bri my experience andichael Abbott of Spirit to the board. And I look forward to woing alonide each and every o of youo ensure libraries
continue to thrive. And a for Indianapolisi wanto thank thank you again fo opportuny to ser. Want to thank my family. My church members,orority sisters and alition sisters Are ck therfor their support th evenin Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Once preciate Glad that wve got me fans here, too. Colleagu, anybody have any questions, comnts with sweater deployment? S, sir. Thanks, ster Chair. You mentioned somef the things at we know e library to be. And that's aolutely correct. B as lately, the library's taking omore soal role in our commuty as well. In fact, cuently th are serving as coolg center And that's jt the thleast of things thathey do f our community to really be truly anchs in our community. I really preciate
that work that th do look forward to you guys continuing to think outsi the box an use those libraries in way th we probably had imagined decades ago. We think abt where brary is in our community. But, you know, there's so much to this role so much hisrically, so much rece history to this role that and not all gd. T having known y personally, I know you're perft for th role. I certainly my endorsement ofy vote tonight. Thankou so much. I preciate you. Thank you. Council y other lling sothing counter, give something uncil Brown. Thank you so for being here get tha extra prentation. And it really inice to see fans come out and show that you have communi support around
you. I think tt's helpful. Pull those and thato help e library. Think you that I agree with tt. What uncil graves mention as well. I thk you're where the community d by the lever, which awesome. The only other points Ghana stl a page from our chrman's book as I'm sure he wou remind u this if I didn'tbut as a council appoine, wdo, you ow, want to be as volved possible. Solease do come ck and give us rorts on at's going on and what you need from outside of budge time where, of coue, we want to give you every llar we can. The otr thing I would ask you to dis work closely possible with labor and with the librarians union All of the fol working, they're hard workersho. Li you ca about the communy. So amuch as we could be headed and think that's wonderful. Thks. Thank you.
And I it'sood to hear the ice of the council man an women he to understand what your priories are. I think this is t branch that's neededalking to the board and come back and reporting exactly what's happeng and at the needs are. So I'm coitted to that. Realuick. Aryou making a motion know Noank you, MR. Airman I of Ne to meet Reach a bio of aa involv and enged and have no doub that youill be addition the library board. Love the library and often equent st 38th Strt live ring, which is just mites from my home. And if I have en crital of e CEof the brary because there's a lot of developmt, improve libraries East 38th Stree You walk there, you can
determine commend it needs some improvent. I at the welcomrent Mack you to t front or so badly saw you. I mean, just needs some attention. Nice d loving me. Some Curry. And I me very ear to the presidena librarand and that fact MR. CHAIRMAN, wecome back in the bottom of thheart about that because I thi we need to have some provement there. Can't go out 2 othe townshipand they look alike. Whateople expect exactly Like I say, I wa to leverage off. We my son Gln letter and I do it purposely. Yeah, I'm going just the a Camry. I my friend. Mdocuments by need to I'm goingo live ten now make no noe. I don't tell you Iam. M
Just there just use the library. Tk a ason-ending. But I thk our libraries very importanto our commity and st asking for equity anhow theyook. I areciate that. Give this attentio have no doubt that you wi MR. CHAIRMAN, at like to be a co-sponsor on Ye thank you, sir. Thanyou. Thank u. Counl. I like is co-spoor too.T's a councichairman, I look different. Sponsors want ok? And u too, the party. Thk you Thank you so much. I real appreciate thing that know it not easy get here. And counl Brown d hit on the 2 pointhat I wagoing to speak And I like to reminall of our pointments. His is an appointment made by Indianapol City-County Council and not th25th for.
And so it'my hope that you will communite regularly with ou could through th Nance skin Nance or to me directly, u want when there are meetgs coming up in the notes, usually at thers a thexecutive dictor, somee there sends out the notes fr those etings and just so thethe committee n make desions ancomments on their ow based th information. And thenhe other componenbeing that we're lookingor, we've had some some bumpy roads I the pastetween the union d the liary love to sethat anmoving in a direction where people feel ard. Their issues are being addresd. We know it's a tougtime across the city county enterprise wi regards to pay. And somethinthat's on a lot of
our minds.Understand thas going be tough.Ut thank you stepping up that role. Anyone from the public lik makingublic comments. You can just and rig over here. And if one of thesmikes. My nameto families. A that he present for the National Coalitioof 100 Black Women, we are organizati. Our mission iso advocate on behalf of black men and girls in the years. And Haitian economic empowment. And when say this ladshe fear and shwill definitely listen in hereout. So I'm gladhat there's an opportunity foso many people who want to work with r in co-sponsor, her task. So congratulations, sisr. Very oud of you. Thank yo Than you. We ll come up and a few words. We re at this part. A
So I jt you all to know t is a diligent worke works around that so whenev you ne she's got to get indicted, I can guartee you thatthank you for allowi to serveThank you, mom. Lleagues we heard from I will take a motion. A great. Mo that pposal. Mber 2, 7, 2025. To the full council with t do pass recommendation. Ve has been made to send propol number 2, a 7 which pointments that isthe woodworko the Inanapolis Public brary Bod of trustees to thefl counci d it has been seconded all thosen favor by saying Aye, aye. All thos opposed mething son. You're headed to the ll council where I assume youill be ssed. Ere as found that it was a wifor the opportunity
to Any last remar are words you is you know, I want to say off script. I preciate hearing from indivuals who are connected to the communit I sve in a lot of ganizations and I appreciate you specifically Rn. Thank u, Keith, or your support be the first wanto speak up because we do knowach other, t hear th you are in there using the librar And the way you do I mean, tt toucheme so much because t organitions that I serve and we do just that when we started a chapter here for Alpha Kappa Alpha, the PRESIDENT,hartering PRESIDENT Is right there. We were very inntional where we wanted to serve d we went to the public librariesecause ey were there for us right? Anso I do want the librars to be re than justup space. A cooling spe for inviduals to go in. Ani'm
real thinking thrgh this idea of puing falls wn and go into a bookstore or library and I t excited just to see all of thknowledge siing in that one room. S how do we pivot and help people to understand number one, how tuse a library, whether it's for basihuman nes or just to educate ourselves in ws that we didn't imagin We're not promotintoday. Some know that I'm comtted that. Apprecte that. That testimony I'm re to Thank you althose of you I didn' hear fro I'm sure I've got your suprt. If t, will ill work togetr. I stil support u, but thank you for this opportuty. Thank yoso much. Love the ergy and I love the family here to showing up. As I lovthat I probably he more comin They'lprobably MISS. They obably didn'realize th will bthis quick. But thank
you so muc We've got to t some restrants bars. You guys to house toelebrate eye. Thank you all. Colleagu seeingo further business f