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Whem did communication between BLC and F&M end?
During a subsequent phone call with Charles Walsh, councilman Matt Rinker, who was not authorized to represent in the city on the call and instead was speaking on his own behalf, and school board president Joel Sieren, Brown and BLC Vice President Merquiche Lewis learned the bank already had created the scholarships and that they were earmarked for minority students, not specifically Black students. A phone call between the Black Leadership Council, F&M, a member of the Burlington City Council and the Burlington School Board took place Jan. 19, 2021, Charles Walsh read from a statement he had prepared for the work session. At this time, the Black Leadership Council asked for $125,000 to be paid to the Black Leadership Council. If this amount wasn t feasible, then $95,000 would be adequate. This is when communication between F&M and the Black Leadership Council began to end.
The Hawk Eye
Members of the Black Leadership Council on Monday urged the Burlington City Council to decide whether to continue the city s business with a local bank.
After months of discussion, the Rev. Rob Brown, president of the BLC, said it is time city council members make clear where they stand on continuing business with Farmers and Merchants Bank and Trust. What we are asking to be put on the agenda, said Brown.
In early November, Lisa Walsh, a vice president of F&M, posted a comment to her Facebook page saying she didn t want to be led by a minority slut, referring to then-vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Harris, a daughter of immigrants, is of both African and Asian descent.
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It might be the members of the Burlington City Council who make the decisions for the city, but nearly 100 citizens help advise the city on everything from the riverfront to downtown parking.
Burlington has 19 committees comprised of citizens, business owners and city representatives, who act as an ex-officio members of the boards or commissions to which they are assigned. Those boards really generate a lot of the really infant ideas that end up becoming policy within the city, councilman Matt Rinker explained.
One of the ways an idea becomes a policy, Rinker said, is by kicking over a council idea to the pertinent committee. From there, committee members can review it and create recommendations for what they think the council should do.