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The Bloomington City Council will have a special meeting on Monday to talk about censuring council member Jenn Carrillo.
The 5:15 p.m. meeting is a response to Carrillo s social media posts after the April 6 election that threatened to make the lives of two newly elected council members who defeated candidates Carrillo backed a living hell for the next two years.
The agenda also includes several other topics: collaboration on the city council, a call for increased civil discourse, and potentially directing staff to draft a code of conduct for future consideration by the council.
The virtual meeting is ahead of the council s regular meeting at 6 p.m. as a committee-of the-whole work session.
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Bloomington City Council meets remotely Jan. 11, 2021.
The Bloomington City Council on Monday overwhelmingly voted to join the Welcoming Network, a nonprofit group that prides itself on creating inclusive environments for immigrants through community engagement, job training and other initiatives.
The 7-0 vote, in favor of the membership in the Welcoming America Initiative, means Bloomington can actively promote “breaking barriers between the immigrant community and the rest of the population,” said Ward 2 council member Donna Boelen, who drafted the proposal.
Council members Jenn Carrillo, of Ward 6, and Jeff Crabill, of Ward 8, who have opposed joining Welcoming America saying it fails to protect the city’s immigrants from an overbearing federal system, were absent from Monday night’s meeting.