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June 9, 2022
The Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa,
met in Special Session at. the Harold E.
Getty Council Chambers, City Hall,
Waterloo, Iowa, at 5:00 p.m., on
Thursday, June 9, 2022. Ward 2 Council
member Jonathan Grieder in the Chair.
Roll Call: Boesen, Nichols, Chiles,
Grieder, and Wilder. Absent: Amos and
Feuer
City Clerk Kelley Fetchle opened the
meeting and asked for a motion from the
council to appoint a council member to
serve as Chair in the absence of the
Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem.
107425 - Boesen/Wilder
To appoint Mr. Grieder to serve as chair.
Voice vote- Ayes: Five. Motion carded.
107426- Boesen/Chiles
that the Agenda, as proposed, for the
Special Session on June 9, 2022 at 5:00
p.m., be accepted and approved. Voice
vote -Ayes: Five. Motion carried.
OTHER COUNCIL. BUSINESS
1. Discussion on the Issue of gun violence
and how the community can work to end
the challenge.
Mr. Grieder provided an overview of the
gun violence factors facing the City of
Waterloo. He outlined the need for
establishing a community task force and a
youth task force with 1 year, 3 year, and
10 year strategies for helping to curb gun
violence by addressing ways it manifests
in the community.
Council members shared their views and
opinions on Ole matter.
Kathy Mahoney, 1400 Denver Street,
commented that she is a public defender
for 25 years, a member of the NAACP
and was recently appointed to the Human
Rights Commission. She shared a
number of stories about her clients and
spoke on the importance of providing
mental health services beyond incarcera-
tion.
Dr. Natissa Cisse Egbuonye, Black. Hawk
County Public Health Director, stated that
gun violence is a public health issue, and
that prior to the pandemic, Black Hawk
County Public Health stated that racism is
a public health issue. She reported that
country wide, gun violence costs us 5280
billion annually. We really need to have a
countywide approach, and both the health
department and the board of health is
ready to move into action. She acknowl-
edged that Mr. Gdeder's plan is a great
plan that can move us into action.
Charlene Mishler, 319 Center Street,
retired School Bus Monitor. She believes
that including the Waterloo Schools and
the Bus Monitors to a task face is
important. She has seen more than her
share of violence on the buses. Bus
drivers and monitors are the first and last
to see the students each day.
Debra Hodges -Harmon, Director of the
Jesse Cosby Center, stated that after
listening to all of the aspects and
proposals, what touches her heart is that
we're just broken. We have a generation
of broken kids, a generation of parents
that don't know how to parent and our
children are parenting their parents. It's
hard to know where to even begin, and
asked everyone to keep in mind that
some of this is just emotional brokenness.
Maxine Tisdale, 438 Cottage Street,
commented that her neighborhood is the
neighborhood that has had the gun
violence. She said she is tired of hearing
gunshots and is tired and ready to go to
work to solve problems.
Michelle. Fakes, 209 Mulberry Street,
Director of Momentum Urban City Initia-
tive,shared that Waterloo has been
reactive rather than proactive, ever since
she moved here and It is critical to reach
the kids. She agrees that the entire
community needs to work together.
Mr. Chiles stated that this discussion has
been very enlightening. This council is
taking this issue very seriously and this
definitely needs to go above and beyond
the city level. He would like to see
updates given at each council meeting on
what has been accomplished in and
around the city so that the word gets out.
Mr. Grieder commented on what he has
witnessed and cannot imagine losing his
children, especially to gun violence. As a
teacher, he has 1500 kids the he loves. It
is clear with this conversation that the
citizens are sick and tiredof the violence.
He thanked the public for attendingand
invited everyone to reach out to him with
additional suggestions on this issue.
ADJOURNMENT
107427 - Boesen/Wilder
that the Council adjourn at 6:12 p.m.
Voice vote -Ayes: Seven. Motion carried.
Kelley Felchle, City Clerk