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Talk-Line: Dixon City Manager Dan Langloss · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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Speaker 1: Thursday.
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Speaker 2: It's October sixteenth, the year is twenty twenty five, and
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Speaker 2: it's time for another informational edition of Talkline here at
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Speaker 2: WIXN Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It is time
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Speaker 2: to visit with our good friends from the City of Dixon,
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Speaker 2: and specifically one of my best friends from the City
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Speaker 2: of Dixon has joined me this morning for our talk
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Speaker 2: Line broadcast for this Thursday morning. He is your Dixon
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Speaker 2: City Manager. But I guess the years that we go
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Speaker 2: back together, sir again, we can go back to your
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Speaker 2: year's spend in law enforcement and probably even before that.
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Speaker 2: But we have our good friend Dan Laglos, our Dixon
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Speaker 2: City Manager, is live with us this morning here at
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Speaker 2: wix IN.
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Speaker 1: Good morning, Welcome Steve. It is exciting to be here
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Speaker 1: for what will be our last conversation on in this
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Speaker 1: It won't be our last conversation, right, It'll be our
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Speaker 1: last conversation in this setting. But it's been fun to
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Speaker 1: think about, you know, from the time I was the
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Speaker 1: police chief, through the city manager and all the conversations
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Speaker 1: that we've had, all the information we've been able to
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Speaker 1: share with our community, and as I think about it
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Speaker 1: and like crystallize your time and service to Dixon. You
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Speaker 1: really are the voice of Dixon.
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Speaker 2: Thank you. Those are kind words, those are those are
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Speaker 2: very kind words. I really appreciate that. And uh yeah,
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Speaker 2: you know, uh, it's it's it's it's also kind of
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Speaker 2: a bittersweet time having to say goodbye to my friends
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Speaker 2: that you know, I visited with us frequently over the
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Speaker 2: many years that I've had people like Dan Langloss join me,
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Speaker 2: uh here in our spotlights here at w y X end.
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Speaker 2: So it's going to be bittersweet in that regard. But
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Speaker 2: I'm not going anywhere. I'm not I'm staying right here.
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Speaker 2: I'm not going anywhere. But but I'm just going to
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Speaker 2: take a little I'm just going to backtrack a little
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Speaker 2: bit and uh, you know, kick back a little bit
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Speaker 2: and uh and see you you know, what what what
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Speaker 2: what is for me down the line? Obviously, you know,
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Speaker 2: like you mentioned, Dan, you and I go back many
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Speaker 2: years to your time as Dixon Police where we where
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Speaker 2: we conversed about law enforcement specifically. But now you know,
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Speaker 2: you being the Dixon City Manager, you know that has
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Speaker 2: been you know, kind of an interesting point that I
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Speaker 2: you know, kind of you know, progressed through you know,
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Speaker 2: the change of government, the change of city government, you
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Speaker 2: know the thought of changing our city government to where
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Speaker 2: we're at right now, which I think is great again,
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Speaker 2: but it's it was that transformation, you know, and and
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Speaker 2: the work that was put in by former mayors, former
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Speaker 2: city council people, you know that that made this happen
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Speaker 2: and made your you know, trans you know transformation so
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Speaker 2: to speaker or journey from being the police chief to
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Speaker 2: our Dixon City manager you know again available, you know,
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Speaker 2: because of that, you know, change in government.
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Speaker 1: Right, it's crazy. And I'll tell you being the city
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Speaker 1: manager was never on my path, you know, stepping in
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Speaker 1: for eighteen months the two years and helping lead us
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Speaker 1: back from the Cronwell situation, recovering our money, getting things,
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Speaker 1: building the right team, and getting back to being the
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Speaker 1: police chief. I love that role. But you know, Steve,
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Speaker 1: I think the form of government is a powerful change.
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Speaker 1: I think it is the best form of government. But
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Speaker 1: even in this form of government, it's about people, and
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Speaker 1: it's about leadership, and it's about having great city councils,
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Speaker 1: which we continue to have that have vision and we
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Speaker 1: build team and there's role, clarity and clear expectations. You
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Speaker 1: got those priorities set and then really and what I
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Speaker 1: love to do the most is the police chief as
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Speaker 1: a city manager is just build those teams out. You know,
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Speaker 1: we are Our bench is deep here, and it isn't
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Speaker 1: just our team. It's the leadership Amanda Whike Chamber Main Street.
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Speaker 1: It's Tom Demmer at LCIDA. It's Jeremy England and Bob
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Speaker 1: Olsen at Lee County. It's Dwayne Long and Seth Nicholas
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Speaker 1: at the Park District. It's doctor Helmert who's getting ready
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Speaker 1: to tire, and John mandrel sockets Margo at the School District.
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Speaker 1: You know, it's it's all of these great people who
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Speaker 1: love Dixon and and have a vision for Dixon and
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Speaker 1: are willing to put their own personal agendas and five
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Speaker 1: thims aside because that was a big problem in the past.
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Speaker 1: Those silos were real. And everybody's just working towards common purpose. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: nobody cares about the credit. And that's why when you
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Speaker 1: look around town all this stuff is happening. We're not
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Speaker 1: getting in our own way anymore.
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Speaker 2: You're right, You're right, And I've had an opportunity. You
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Speaker 2: mentioned all those names, Dan, You've mentioned all of those names.
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Speaker 2: I've had an opportunity to chat with all of these people.
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Speaker 2: Every one of them that you mentioned, every one of
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Speaker 2: them has been with me at one time or another,
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Speaker 2: you know, in their capacity. So you know, hopefully, you
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Speaker 2: know we're we're touching base where we're again connecting, you know,
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Speaker 2: and and bringing the important news and the important information
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Speaker 2: for our community to everybody across our Stock Valley area.
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Speaker 2: And Dan, I tell you you've been a big part
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Speaker 2: of it.
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Speaker 1: But Steve the work you're doing to bring these leaders
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Speaker 1: to the community right too, for community members to be
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Speaker 1: able to hear from the leaders in their community. And
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Speaker 1: you always get to the heart of the important things
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Speaker 1: that are going on, you know, what people care about.
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Speaker 1: And and that's going to be a big void to
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Speaker 1: fill because there's so many people even today when you
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Speaker 1: can listen to Spotify or you can go to all
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Speaker 1: these different medians, this community is turning in to hear
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Speaker 1: the voice of Dixon. That's pretty special.
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Speaker 2: And you know you can you can go to those
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Speaker 2: channels that you just mentioned, but you can't get you know,
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Speaker 2: what we deliver. You can't.
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Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying, you can't get it. It's but
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Speaker 1: it's special that so many people are dialed in and
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Speaker 1: your your energy and your grace and your compassion, and
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Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's just been an awesome, awesome ride.
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Speaker 1: So yeah, so exciting.
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Speaker 2: Well and like I said, you know, we're well, we'll
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Speaker 2: we'll be in the area. But again, like I said, too,
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Speaker 2: it's it's bittersweet having to wrap up conversations that I've
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Speaker 2: had with the many individuals that our city manager just
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Speaker 2: mentioned and more obviously, Uh that again, hopefully we've made
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Speaker 2: We've made it an impact. Hopefully we've made.
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Speaker 1: Our impact there. That impact will live on for a
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Speaker 1: long time, I hope. So what you've done is is
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Speaker 1: the stuff legacies made of Steve. And that's that's pretty cool.
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Speaker 1: Let that soak in, Let that sink in. That's pretty awesome.
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Speaker 2: I don't know of too many other individuals that have
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Speaker 2: spent as much time as I have in one location
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Speaker 2: and one job, you know, as as I have. Uh,
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Speaker 2: and you know, I can kind of I don't like
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Speaker 2: to brag about these things. I really don't, I mean,
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Speaker 2: because it just it was just part of the process
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Speaker 2: and and uh, you know, through the you know, the
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Speaker 2: different changes in our business you know here they you know,
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Speaker 2: it's not the TV, you know, I guess I was
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Speaker 2: doing something right, So.
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Speaker 1: Yes, sir, Yeah, So we think about forty five years.
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Speaker 1: I just started my thirtieth year with the city, and
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Speaker 1: I don't know how much longer I have. I love
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Speaker 1: what I'm doing, I love our group were you know,
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Speaker 1: there's so much more to come, right, and that's exciting.
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Speaker 1: But to think about being and I've had different roles, right,
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Speaker 1: but forty five years is wow.
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Speaker 2: Wow. You know, I was, well, I'm not gonna I'm
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Speaker 2: not going to transgress back to the good old days,
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Speaker 2: but I'll tell you what it was. It was. It
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Speaker 2: was different when I started.
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Speaker 1: When you started, you probably had to hold an antenna and.
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Speaker 2: The record player over here and you know, tape tape
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Speaker 2: recorder over here, and you know, so yeah, things were
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Speaker 2: things were different, you know when I began my uh
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Speaker 2: my career here at w y extent. But I hope that,
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Speaker 2: like I said, damn, you know, the important thing is
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Speaker 2: you know, making the making the impact. Hopefully that we've
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Speaker 2: made a difference and that we've you know, been able
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Speaker 2: to accomplish goals. You know that that you know, people appreciate.
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Speaker 2: And so far I've heard from many different constituents, and
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Speaker 2: I think everybody so very much for the kind words
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Speaker 2: that they've shared with me so far. And well, not
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Speaker 2: finish yet. We still have some business to do. As
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Speaker 2: a matter of fact, Let's talk some business now. We
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Speaker 2: got to talk some business. Now, talk some business now.
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Speaker 1: We got a lot to talk about.
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Speaker 2: We do have a lot to talk about with our
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Speaker 2: city manager. And one of the things that we want
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Speaker 2: to talk about today, and let's start things off with infrastructure.
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Speaker 2: I wanted to talk about the street projects that you
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Speaker 2: again and the City of Dixon put together for us
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Speaker 2: once again for another year. And they're coming to a close.
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Speaker 2: Is that right, Dan?
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Speaker 1: I tell you what, Steve and I know we feel it.
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Speaker 1: I live on the south side of town and I
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Speaker 1: take theo to preschool at Saint Anne's every day, and
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Speaker 1: so I feel driving through this traffic and driving back
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Speaker 1: and so the I DOT project first and foremost so Galina,
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Speaker 1: it's amazing, Like that wasn't even on the five year plan.
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Speaker 1: Our friends that I got, they got it moved up
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Speaker 1: that project. You know, they had to do all the
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Speaker 1: ADA ramps and the sidewalk entries and all that stuff.
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Speaker 1: But they're supposed to have everything paved from river all
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Speaker 1: the way out to the train bridge by the middle
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Speaker 1: of November. Okay, so there's light at the end of
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Speaker 1: the tunnel. There's still a little time, but there's light
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Speaker 1: at the end of that tunnel.
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Speaker 2: All right, Hopefully that project will be gone. Galena has
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Speaker 2: been really a focal point of roadwork needed roadwork, starting
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Speaker 2: with the bridge, as you mentioned, and that has been completed,
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Speaker 2: that is done, but it now has moved further north
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Speaker 2: onto Galina Avenue. And again Illinois Department of Transportation is
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Speaker 2: as Dan mentioned, has stepped it up, moved it up
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Speaker 2: as far as a project concerned, and they are working
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Speaker 2: on that area of Galina Avenue and hopefully that will
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Speaker 2: be in place as Dan mentioned by next month as
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Speaker 2: far as infrastructure is concerned, and sidewatch I wanted to
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Speaker 2: talk about so.
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Speaker 1: I did it so from our city team, our public
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Speaker 1: Works director Matt Heckman, our assistant public Works director Matt
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Speaker 1: Hewitt had done a phenomenal job on our street program
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Speaker 1: and so people know we work with an engineering firm
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Speaker 1: all of our streets get rated and then from there
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Speaker 1: we look at priority high traffic, high volume on the
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Speaker 1: streets that were responsible for and then we try to
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Speaker 1: still divvy it up in the four quadrants of town.
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Speaker 1: But this was something impressive that is we looked and
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Speaker 1: added it up. Since twenty eighteen, we've done eighteen million
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Speaker 1: dollars in new streets in Dixon. That's just the stuff
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Speaker 1: we're responsible for. This year's project a main and a
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Speaker 1: half thirty six blocks, and you know, Mary Hughes has
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Speaker 1: a priority on looking at and addressing sidewalks and which
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Speaker 1: we love. And that's a mountain to climb, right, that's
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Speaker 1: a mountain to climb. But we've invested one hundred thousand
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Speaker 1: sidewalks this year and we addressed a major safety issue
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Speaker 1: out on Mole Park Road where RP lumbers at now
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Speaker 1: between there and Canterbury, and we have put in a
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Speaker 1: very nice sidewalk to get out and continue out that way.
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Speaker 1: And there's some other littler things happening in town that
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Speaker 1: we're working on sidewalk wise. But this year's project, our
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Speaker 1: project is done. Our project is done. There's a lot
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Speaker 1: of work thirty six blocks. It couldn't be more proud
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Speaker 1: of our public works team. You know, the groups of
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Speaker 1: people serving serving Dickson, they take so much pride in
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Speaker 1: the work they do, and it's amazing what's been accomplished.
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Speaker 1: And you know, we're not in debt. We have done
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Speaker 1: this and planned for this in ways that did not
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Speaker 1: put us deep in debt.
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Speaker 2: Okay, right, well, and some needed areas and you pinpointed
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Speaker 2: some areas then the sidewalk for instance, out on Lowell
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Speaker 2: Park Road. You know, that was a dangerous situation to
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Speaker 2: begin with because you know, people were you know up
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Speaker 2: and down. Did there's apartment complexes and businesses out there
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Speaker 2: now that are you know, ramping up, so to speak.
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Speaker 2: And I think that was you know, pretty much needed,
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Speaker 2: you know, because of that traffic area, you know, and
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Speaker 2: and getting more traffic into that area. So that's a
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Speaker 2: good addition, that sidewalk again project on Lowell Park Road.
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Speaker 2: But as you mentioned, working on the infrastructure, this will
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Speaker 2: complete the product twenty twenty six. It's going to be
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Speaker 2: the same, I mean, are we're going to go in
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Speaker 2: you know to next year, Dan, you know, focusing on
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Speaker 2: you know a new set of you know projects.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Yeah, Okay, you can't rest, right, you can't really
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Speaker 1: take a breath, right there is there's so much work
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Speaker 1: still to be done. We know that. But We've got
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Speaker 1: to think about what's been accomplished as well in the
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Speaker 1: service of our community and the way we go about that.
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Speaker 1: So I anticipate further investments and sidewalk improvements. Again, we're
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Speaker 1: going to be prioritizing areas, you know, around schools, you know,
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Speaker 1: those types of things. Initially heavier traveled areas will continue
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Speaker 1: to make big investments in our streets. So yeah, there
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Speaker 1: is a lot more work to come right.
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Speaker 2: So again that project continues and we look for that
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Speaker 2: to continue on for twenty twenty six as the Dixon
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Speaker 2: Street Department again continues with their efforts as far as
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Speaker 2: our infrastructure improvements are concerned. We're going to take a
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Speaker 2: short break for News First at the bottom of the hour,
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Speaker 2: but when we come back, we're going to talk Project Rock,
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Speaker 2: We're going to talk about gateway expansion. We're going to
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Speaker 2: talk about those areas with our Dixon City Manager. Dan
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Speaker 2: Langloss has joined us for the talk line today here
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Speaker 2: at wix in just a brief look at News First.
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Speaker 2: Next on wix in with Brandon Clark, stay with us
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Speaker 2: seven degrees is we continue our conversation with our Dixon
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Speaker 2: City manager. He's live with us in studio today kind
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Speaker 2: of our swan song broadcast here at Wixen with our
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Speaker 2: Dixon City Manager. But we appreciate him taking the time
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Speaker 2: out of what is always a busy day for this guy,
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Speaker 2: because he is busy all over the place with happenings
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Speaker 2: across our community. And talk about making a mark, sir, You, sir,
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Speaker 2: have made your mark already as our Dixon Police Chief
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Speaker 2: and now as our Dixon City Manager. You have made
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Speaker 2: your mark as far as I hope some of your
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Speaker 2: goals achieved. Uh, you know when it comes to our community,
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Speaker 2: because you are one of the leaders of our community.
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Speaker 2: And I thank you so very much for spending time
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Speaker 2: with me this morning here at w Wyxon.
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Speaker 1: Well, thank you, Steve. I wasn't prepared for that. You know,
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Speaker 1: this is a great town. There's never been a greater
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Speaker 1: time to be in Dixon. And this team that we
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Speaker 1: built and what's happening here is it's special. It's just
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Speaker 1: awesome to be part of.
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Speaker 2: You always talk about the teamwork, but you got you know,
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Speaker 2: don't be bodised, you know we're all that way.
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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. I don't know. I'm humbled by your words,
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Speaker 1: but but really I'm just energized by by this community.
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Speaker 1: You know, what what we have to offer the people.
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Speaker 1: You know, it's we're within an hour or whatever you
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Speaker 1: want to go do or whatever wherever you want to be.
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Speaker 1: But when you think about what's happened and here and
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Speaker 1: all there is to do here, it's it's pretty special.
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Speaker 1: Between the way the theater has been resurrected, all the
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Speaker 1: events put on by Chamber Main Street, you know, the
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Speaker 1: market every week is phenomenal, The music and the parks,
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Speaker 1: the different events, you know, the pathways and the ability
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Speaker 1: to get out, you know, the parks we have close by,
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Speaker 1: the work the park district's doing. You know, my littles
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Speaker 1: are playing in the splash pad. There's just absolutely there's
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Speaker 1: so so much here, and you know it is it
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Speaker 1: is just great to be Absolutely, it's just great to
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Speaker 1: be here.
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Speaker 2: The growth you know that I've seen, I mean obviously,
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Speaker 2: I mean this community has grown leaps and bounds. While
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Speaker 2: I have a you know, sort of my tenure here,
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Speaker 2: you know, since the early days and looking at where
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Speaker 2: we are now, it's unbelievable that the leaps and bounds,
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Speaker 2: especially under your tenure and the city's tenure currently, what
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Speaker 2: we have seen as far as you know, moving forward,
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Speaker 2: planning ahead. I know that's important to the community. I
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Speaker 2: know that's important to the city and our city fathers
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Speaker 2: and you that you know, we we we make it
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Speaker 2: right for those in the future taking over. You know
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Speaker 2: that we make it right for them. And it looks
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Speaker 2: like we're heading down great paths. For instance, what we
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Speaker 2: were what we're going to talk about here, a couple
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Speaker 2: of things I wanted to talk about with our city
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Speaker 2: manager before we before our time runs out, and that
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Speaker 2: obviously the Project Rock you know expand I mean, wow,
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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I mean, you know this, this
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Speaker 2: is amazing what what I'm seeing go up across the
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Speaker 2: Rock River and the plans and the you know, the
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Speaker 2: the preparations that are being made for what lies ahead.
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Speaker 2: Here we go. You know what Liizah had for twenty
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Speaker 2: twenty six, this is gonna be a banner year for us.
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Speaker 1: Next year, it's it's going to be a great year.
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Speaker 1: You know. I want to give a shout out to
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Speaker 1: our grant writer, Greg Gates. You know, we you know,
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Speaker 1: probably four times five times he's been involved in the
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Speaker 1: riding of the grant and we applied for this grant
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Speaker 1: eight times. We first applied for the grant when I
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Speaker 1: was the interim administrator and Larry Reid was part of that,
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Speaker 1: you know, the chairman of the Riverfront Commission. And the
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Speaker 1: fact we're able to win that federal grant and bring
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Speaker 1: this to life and not only the pathways but the
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Speaker 1: complete you know, resurrection of Page Park. You know, from
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Speaker 1: an infrastructure side, it's just you know, it's just fantastic.
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Speaker 1: And then to get then to get the new and
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Speaker 1: this this project's on time, ahead of schedule. We've got
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Speaker 1: a huge celebration plan. We just want another grant related
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Speaker 1: to that, the two hundred and fiftieth birthday of our country.
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Speaker 1: A councilman Chris Bishop and his leadership there and the
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Speaker 1: committee him and a man of white could put together.
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Speaker 3: But but but wow, yeah, well you look at that
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Speaker 3: because there's another riverfront development expansion coming called Project via
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Speaker 3: ut Point, and this this bridge makes.
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Speaker 1: That more and more and more attractive. But Steve this
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Speaker 1: four point six million. So we had put in multiple
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Speaker 1: projects for that grant. The widening of Bloody Gulch Road
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Speaker 1: from you know, the John Deere location all the way
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Speaker 1: to College, which is the road the radios on you
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Speaker 1: know pass gateway, the Bloody Gulch Park. You know, forty
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Speaker 1: acres were given to us by the Fall family when
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Speaker 1: we purchased a sixty five acres behind Walmart, and that's
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Speaker 1: the area we're going to create a retention pond. And
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Speaker 1: that's the area where the pathway actually from the bridge
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Speaker 1: is going to come up through and connect the gateway
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Speaker 1: eventually to the industrial park. And then the Project Rock.
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Speaker 1: And you know, the fact that Project Rock was underway,
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Speaker 1: you know, the fact that there was a shortfall in
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Speaker 1: the in the project has increased in price substantially. You
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Speaker 1: know that that's what the state awarded the four point
18:53
Speaker 1: six million for. And we're so grateful for that because
18:57
Speaker 1: what happens is, I mean, we have been diligent on
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Speaker 1: the financial side to save the money that you know,
19:03
Speaker 1: we had the funds allocated, and now some of these
19:06
Speaker 1: other projects that are that are necessary, that were maybe
19:09
Speaker 1: a few years away, we can pick one of those
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Speaker 1: projects and move it up to the front of the queue,
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Speaker 1: which is which is so so powerful. But a couple
19:17
Speaker 1: of things I just want to highlight quick about Project
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Speaker 1: Rock is, you know, if the weather holds, we hope
19:21
Speaker 1: to have Page Park paved. I mean we put in
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Speaker 1: curb gutter, storm sewer. We've added forty or forty to
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Speaker 1: fifty parking spots. Now by those ball fields, you know,
19:32
Speaker 1: we're we're widening the road in some parts by two feet.
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Speaker 1: Down in Page Park there are some enhancements not a
19:39
Speaker 1: ton around the boat. So in addition to the pathway,
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Speaker 1: we're able to do that, and so that that's exciting.
19:47
Speaker 1: Give us some time lightings is important and then when
19:50
Speaker 1: you tie into Gateway. So the power of Bloody Gulch
19:53
Speaker 1: Park and the regional retention is that it will free
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Speaker 1: up a five acre lot between the fairfield and the
20:03
Speaker 1: Wise childcare facilities for development. And I can't tell you
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Speaker 1: what it is, but we're working on something really really
20:11
Speaker 1: exciting for that location, right So we're hoping to get
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Speaker 1: plans to do work in Buddy Gulch Park that eliminates
20:22
Speaker 1: the need for that detention on site for something that
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Speaker 1: this community is going to be really really excited about,
20:28
Speaker 1: that you and I are really really excited about. And
20:30
Speaker 1: so in addition to that, while we wait on that,
20:34
Speaker 1: we've got the multi tenant going up Tropical Smoothie. You
20:39
Speaker 1: got OSF with an urgent care there, and there's two
20:44
Speaker 1: more locations that for things to go in. Something else
20:48
Speaker 1: is in the works. I can't say what it is yet.
20:49
Speaker 1: It's going to go right next door to that multi tenant.
20:54
Speaker 1: And you know, we still got McDonald's coming. I'm on
20:56
Speaker 1: sure in our timeline. I think that might be next year,
20:59
Speaker 1: and then we've got then we're working on a place
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Speaker 1: that I think people will love that's got clothing and stuff,
21:05
Speaker 1: you know, that'd be across the street. And then we're
21:08
Speaker 1: working with housing developers for workforce housing, for additional fifty
21:13
Speaker 1: five and older housing. So there there's just there are
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Speaker 1: so many things that are in the work and on
21:20
Speaker 1: the verge of just popping.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know that. And that's the way it's
21:24
Speaker 2: That's the way it should be. That's the way it's done.
21:26
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, the pipeline is open, the opportunities
21:32
Speaker 2: are growing, the business is expanding. You mentioned, you know,
21:38
Speaker 2: the the next to the True, the True Hilton. There's
21:43
Speaker 2: going to be right, there's going to be a construction
21:45
Speaker 2: project there. Oh yeah, right, yeah, on the east side
21:49
Speaker 2: of Balina.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Doctor King and Naggie they're building and I tell
21:53
Speaker 1: you what the the aesthetics of the multi tenant they're
21:58
Speaker 1: building there are impressive, I mean what people will see
22:02
Speaker 1: coming off of the toll way. But the services that
22:05
Speaker 1: are going in there, we're having it one of the areas.
22:08
Speaker 1: I mean, if you've ever tried to get in the
22:09
Speaker 1: dentist it's hard, and so you we're going to have
22:12
Speaker 1: an expansion of dentistry. We're going to have pediatric dentistry,
22:17
Speaker 1: which is something that, as I understand it, you've got
22:20
Speaker 1: to travel for if something specialized. I mean like we
22:23
Speaker 1: take THEO to get his teeth cleaned here, right, but
22:26
Speaker 1: somebody specialized on the pediatric side. You know, Ben's insurance
22:30
Speaker 1: company is going to go there, and then they've got
22:32
Speaker 1: one spot to fill there. Still. I think they're hoping,
22:34
Speaker 1: you know, something food wise, and so that, I mean,
22:39
Speaker 1: it's just on each side everywhere.
22:42
Speaker 2: It doesn't it's not just confined to that area that
22:45
Speaker 2: we're seeing the construction on and then we're seeing the
22:46
Speaker 2: new businesses going up. This is all over that South
22:49
Speaker 2: Dixon area just is all over. And again, just the
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Speaker 2: latest from our city manager today on all the improvements,
22:56
Speaker 2: and we look forward obviously to further announcements ahead. It
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Speaker 2: sounds like to me that you're gonna have some further announcements.
23:02
Speaker 2: Really are we are shoving up as far as that
23:06
Speaker 2: that area is concerned. So again Project Rock and this
23:09
Speaker 2: is you know, since the bridge bridge construction has started,
23:12
Speaker 2: it's just been an amazing you know site, you know,
23:15
Speaker 2: to see what has been done. I was amazed, you
23:20
Speaker 2: know when it first started going up as to the
23:23
Speaker 2: you know, the huge I mean, this is huge.
23:25
Speaker 1: This is huge stuff.
23:26
Speaker 2: I mean it's just huge.
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Speaker 1: It's impressive.
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Speaker 2: It really is, you know, over our Rock River. And
23:32
Speaker 2: like you said, just all of the tie ins that
23:34
Speaker 2: we're going to see to Page Park to again even
23:38
Speaker 2: the gateway expansion, this is tying all in to all
23:41
Speaker 2: of this, you know coming forward here in our in
23:43
Speaker 2: our local area. So the growth of the community is
23:47
Speaker 2: really taking shape, and it's exciting to be a part
23:51
Speaker 2: of it now. It really is exciting to be a
23:53
Speaker 2: part of it now. We'll look forward to good things
23:56
Speaker 2: coming twenty twenty six. Obviously, Dan is going to be
24:00
Speaker 2: like I mentioned, the banner year for our community, because
24:04
Speaker 2: we're going to see a lot of you know happenings.
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Speaker 2: I think next year too, you know, it's going to
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Speaker 2: be twenty twenty five wasn't busy enough. Twenty twenty six
24:14
Speaker 2: is going to be in here.
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Speaker 1: Here's something exciting that I wanted to just squeeze in quick.
24:17
Speaker 1: I mean, our eye on fiscal responsibility is the premium,
24:22
Speaker 1: you know, certainly when when when I leave, you know
24:25
Speaker 1: a few years down the road, whenever, that is, we
24:27
Speaker 1: want to leave us in a better spot than when
24:29
Speaker 1: we came in. And the great thing about the work
24:32
Speaker 1: we're doing is this paying for itself, like the working
24:36
Speaker 1: gateway and the infrastructure working Buddy Gulch Park and the
24:40
Speaker 1: work that will happen on Bloody Gulch Road, and the
24:42
Speaker 1: purchase of the sixty five acres. That's all done because
24:45
Speaker 1: the new development. That's what TIFF does. Tiff creates money
24:49
Speaker 1: from new property tax that comes into the TIFF that's
24:53
Speaker 1: used there. So even though we've loaned ourselves some money,
24:56
Speaker 1: we're going to be able to get all of that back.
24:58
Speaker 1: So so there there is nothing that we're not doing
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Speaker 1: because of that. And that's that is really it really.
25:07
Speaker 2: Is, it really is. You know, when you do it,
25:09
Speaker 2: take a look at the financial picture and you know
25:11
Speaker 2: what we're looking at as far as you know, moving
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Speaker 2: ahead forward. That is major. I mean a lot of
25:18
Speaker 2: people don't realize they don't understand it. First of all,
25:21
Speaker 2: they just don't and you try to explain it to him,
25:24
Speaker 2: and it's tough to do, I know, but it's in place,
25:28
Speaker 2: and it is, like you mentioned, very important, you know,
25:32
Speaker 2: for us to continue with all of this great work
25:35
Speaker 2: being done in our community. I wish we had more
25:38
Speaker 2: time to talk, sir, but we'll put the wraps on
25:41
Speaker 2: it now. I thank you so very much for being
25:44
Speaker 2: a part of our Waking Crew family for many many
25:46
Speaker 2: years as our Dixon Police Chief. He was here during
25:49
Speaker 2: the good times and the tough times as our Dixon
25:52
Speaker 2: Police Chief, but good times with our Dixon City Manager,
25:57
Speaker 2: Dan Langloss. I appreciate your visit, sir, and I thank
26:00
Speaker 2: you so very much for being a part and uh
26:02
Speaker 2: and and visiting with us today. Good things ahead, good.
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Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you for forty five years of service.
26:08
Speaker 1: Thank you for your work as the voice of Dixon.
26:11
Speaker 1: For for giving us the opportunity all the all the
26:14
Speaker 1: different leaders and organizations in this community to come forward
26:17
Speaker 1: and share and inform and to be the pathway the transparency.
26:21
Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
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Speaker 2: We'll be We'll be around, yes, sir, I'll see you,
26:25
Speaker 2: yes sir. City manager Dan Langloss our guest today on
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