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From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager

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Alderman Harriott-Gathright

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Alderwoman Lu

Thank you, I’m all set. That makes perfect sense, | was just trying to understand. Thank you, Alderman Kelly.
If that’s correct, if no one objects if Director Griffin has nothing to add to that, but that’s fine. | think the whole

discussion may have been just a, you know, trying to get out heads aligned with different ways of
communicating something. Thank you.

Mayor Donchess

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Alderwoman Lu

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Mayor Donchess

| thought it was probably going to the COVID Impact Account but maybe it is being issued directly out of the
Downtown Improvement Funds. But it is still being reviewed by the same loan committee. Mr. Griffin?

Mr. Griffin

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Alderwoman Lu

So do you mean in this period that we are looking at here, we decided to just pay these out to 10 or 15 different
small businesses in the downtown?

Mayor Donchess

The Downtown Improvement Committee funds are not being used, | think they gave some of their money to
the COVID Impact Fund, but it went into the COVID-19 Impact Fund and would be distributed that way.

Alderwoman Lu

| am actually looking at Page 33 of the Record of Expenditures.

Mayor Donchess

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Alderwoman Lu
Sure, yeah, but aren’t they issued as checks?
Mr. Griffin

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Mayor Donchess

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Alderwoman Lu

Well OK.

Mayor Donchess

Because | agree with you, that they should be. Public Health Employees should be also included along with
our other First Responders who are receiving that stipend.

Alderwoman Lu

| think that’s shameful, but thank you.

Mayor Donchess
They should be included no question about it. Now why they are not, | haven’t gotten a clear explanation.

Alderwoman Lu