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Why did the council start the meeting with a new agenda and a moment of silence?

Matt Chawalski 3:35

Okay, honestly on.

Kelly Burk 4:03

Um Uh good a good good evening everyone. Um I would like before the meeting begins, I would like to point out that the uh council has a new agenda. From earlier we had a uh proclamation recipient that became ill and could not join us. So we moved it forward to another meeting. And um last night Vice Mayor asked me for examples of why it's important to have the agenda to be flexible and that's one prime example of why um because the person could not be here today. So that's why we have a new agenda. All right, we are I would like to call to order um tonight's March eleventh, two thousand twenty five meeting of the Leesburg Town Council. If anyone in the room needs hearing assistance, please see the clerk.

Kelly Burk 4:50

Um Councilmember Steinberg will give the invocation, followed by uh the s uh Councilmember Nasi giving his salute to the flag. Um let the record re oh excuse me, okay. Um Councilmember Steinberg.

Neil Steinberg 5:03

Thank you, Mayor. Uh a moment of silence please before we get out again our work this evening.

Unknown 5:17

Thank you everybody.

Alison Callaway 5:18

These

Jim Norconk 5:19

are in

Alison Callaway 5:19

the

Jim Norconk 5:19

front.

Alison Callaway 5:25

I pledge allegiance. Five.

Kelly Burk 5:40

All right. Let the um record reflect that all members of council are here tonight. Um and there's nobody uh wanting to um electronically participate. Um I do want to acknowledge that this is not our usual meeting place. Um we do appreciate you being flexible to be here tonight, but our town uh ch uh chambers is being renovated right now and so it would not have worked for us to be there. So and I want to make sure that we we thank staff for all of their hard work and putting this together. Um there's a lot of wires under these tables. So thank you all very much. Um we have one uh work session minute of February. Uh twenty fourth. Do I have a motion?

Alison Callaway 6:21

So moved.

Kelly Burk 6:22

Councilmember Nacy, second.

Alison Callaway 6:24

Second.

Kelly Burk 6:25

Councilmember Cummings. Um all in favor? Indicate by saying aye.

Alison Callaway 6:29

Aye.

Unknown 6:29

Aye.

Kelly Burk 6:30

And o opposed. And abstain. So that's six year old one. Uh regular session minutes of February twenty-five, two thousand twenty-five. So moved. Councilmember Nacy, second.

Unknown 6:42

Second.

Kelly Burk 6:43

Councilmember Cummings, all in favor? Indicate by saying aye. That uh nay, that passes seven zero. Uh adopting the meeting agenda. Are there any additions or deletions? Seeing none, do I have a motion? So moved. Councilmember Nacy is on a roll. Second?

Unknown 7:00

Second.

Kelly Burk 7:01

Council member Cummings is due. Um all in favor and K by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? That passes seven zero. Um we don't have any certificates of recog recognition, but we do have uh a couple of proclamations today. And so I am gonna come up over there and read the proclamations and ask people to come up. Um so excuse me as I uh figure out the best way to get I guess it's this one.

Kelly Burk 7:36

So our first proclamation t uh tonight is uh Save the Soil Day. And I will read it and uh for the record and then ask for um uh I would then I'll ask for a motion. So uh whereas Save the Soil is a global movement launched by Um Can you help me ha how say it?

Unknown 7:57

SAGU.

Kelly Burk 7:57

SAGU. Okay, thank you. Uh uniting world leaders, visionaries, influencers and citizens of all nations behind a common purpose to restore and safeguard the world's soil. And the Save the Soil aims to address the global crisis, recognizing that fifty two percent of the world's agricultural soils are already degraded, and by two thousand fifty, ninety percent of the Earth's soil could be degraded. Whereas addressing soil degradation issues would bring solutions for the loss of biodiversity, nutritional deficiencies, food security, water scarcity, climate change, and mass migration. Whereas the proposed solution is to advocate policies across all nations towards soil restoration, and aim to increase organic matter and agricultural soil to a minimum of three to six percent.

Kelly Burk 8:45

And whereas in an effort to raise awareness and activate support from the leaders and citizens alike, SAGRU was one of thirty was on a thirty thousand thirty thousand kilometer journey as a lone motorcyclist covering twenty seven nations over a hundred days since March twenty first. Therefore proclaimed at the mayor and the council of the town of Leesburg, Virginia.