Mayor proclaims Juneteenth and Black Music Month, highlights student attendance pilot and clean-energy advocacy

Mayor Katrina Thompson read a proclamation designating June 2025 as Broadview’s Juneteenth and Black Music Month observance and described activities for the village’s fifth annual Juneteenth celebration week.

In her president’s report the mayor described a Lindau School pilot ‘perfect attendance’ program for K–2 students that offers $50 Target gift cards to selected students as incentives. The mayor said the program is privately funded: "These students will get a $50 gift card that's not funded by the village of Broadview or the taxpayers. This is something that I personally do to encourage them to show up for school and be ready to learn." She said the pilot produced improved attendance across trimesters and that staff and school officials have been proactive in outreach to chronically absent students.

The mayor also said the village will raise the Juneteenth flag and invited residents to a Pride flag-raising on Monday, July 7, at 6 p.m. as a symbolic act of inclusion.

Addressing regional and federal policy, the mayor said she and other local elected officials signed a multi-mayor letter urging U.S. senators to preserve clean-energy tax credits, which she said have supported local jobs and lower household energy bills. She said eliminating those credits could raise household energy bills by about $489 annually.

The mayor closed by noting the next board meeting (July 7) and encouraging participation in 'Move with the Mayor' weekly activities.

The proclamation and announcements were presented without further vote; trustees voiced support and there was no recorded opposition.