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What opening remarks and invocations set the tone for the Leesburg Town Council meeting?

Kelly Burk 2:04

Let me call tonight's town council uh meeting of um October seventh, two thousand twenty-five. Um if there is anyone in the room who needs uh uh hearing assistance, please see the clerk. Council Member Wilt will be giving the invocation, followed by Councilmember Kurkowski will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. And he's

Unknown 2:27

stuck finding the parking spot.

Kelly Burk 2:30

Pardon? Council member. Oh he's not here. Oh. He's trying to find

Unknown 2:34

a parking

Kelly Burk 2:34

spot. Well if he's not here, um would somebody volunteer to fill in for him? Okay, thank you. All right, so uh so Mr. Wilt is trying to find a parking space somewhere. So um we will uh put him next week. So uh Council Member Cummings has been kind enough to uh fill in for him.

Zach Cummings 2:57

Just ask for everyone to take a a silent moment of reflection before we uh partake in the town's business this evening.

Zach Cummings 3:11

Thank you all so much.

Kelly Burk 3:12

Please rise.

Neil Steinberg 3:17

Pledge allegiance to Ireland and the United States of America and to the Republic for which stands one nation under God, indivisible with religion and justice for all.

Kelly Burk 3:33

Let the record reflect that at this moment we are missing two members, Dr. Simone O'Johnson and Councilmember Wilt. I guess we'll I uh amend that when they come in. Um we have t uh two sets of minutes. Oh well let the you know, let yeah, okay. So we have two sets of minutes. Council member Cummings, Nancy and Wilt were absent for this, so you need to abstain. Um but the work session minutes for September twenty second, two thousand twenty five and And Councilmember Wilt has just joined us. Uh do I have a motion to accept those? Uh moved by Councilmember Steinberg, second. Council. Yes, you can do it. Councilmember Kurkowski. Now um Mr. Will you were not here for the meeting so you need to abstain. For the minutes.

Unknown 4:26

I understand.

Kelly Burk 4:27

Okay. So all in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. One, two, three, four, five. No, four. Four. Okay. And um opposed and abstain. Abstain. Is three. Two. Four zero two one. 'Cause one's not here. Okay. Phew, that's complicated. Okay, regular session minutes of the September twenty third. Vice Mayor Simon Johnson and Councilmember Nasi were absent for that one. So do I have a motion? So moved. Moved by Councilmember Steinberg, second. Councilmember Kurkowski. All in favor indicate by saying aye.

Unknown 5:03

Aye.

Kelly Burk 5:04

Opposed? Three, four, four, five. So that's five zero One one. Okay. Um adopting the meeting agenda. Do I have a motion for that? Councilmember. Um uh uh uh Nasi, second.

Neil Steinberg 5:23

Second.

Kelly Burk 5:24

Council Member Steinberg, all in favor? Indicate by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? That passes six zero one. Uh we have a couple of proclamations tonight. The first one is for um Uh Taekwondo Lifetime Achievement Award. And um And uh we have a cyber awareness month um for October of two thousand twenty five. Okay, excuse me. So I will read these and then ask for a motion. The first one is um Grandmaster Yung Ji Choi, Taekwondo Lifetime Achievement Award. Whereas on in September of two thousand twenty five, Grandmaster Choi was honored in South Korea. with the prestigious Life Achievement and Taekwondo Award. Whereas this award was presented to only four masters and grandmasters spanning more than two hundred countries.

Kelly Burk 6:17

And whereas this uh Grandmaster Choi has dedicated his life to Taekwondo and most of his career to the community of Leesburg, whereas his leadership and commitment Through his leadership and commitment, Grandmaster Choi has advanced the values of discipline, respect, and perseverance, making a lasting impact both locally and globally. And where he has worked tirelessly to foster relationships between Leesburg and South Korea, and in doing so has developed call cross-cultural ties between our residents and Sam Chunk City in South Korea. And whereas for more than 30 years, Grandmaster Choi has promoted his kick cancer out of the world efforts to raise money for cancer research and to support the Blue Ridge Hospice.

Kelly Burk 7:01

Therefore proclaim that the mayor and the council of the town of Leesburg in Virginia hereby congratulate Grandmaster Choi and thank thank him for his dedication, skill, and service to the town of Leesburg.