Episode Eighteen is the wrap-up from the Wilmington City Council meeting of May 7, 2026. This episode covers the city treasurer's financial overview, a water tower engineering supplement tied to the AWS data center project, the supplemental appropriations package, the first reading of a Prairie Road annexation ordinance, a unanimous committee recommendation to end curbside recycling, and two executive sessions. The episode also covers Tuesday's Planning Commission meeting, where a rezoning recommendation and a data center conditional use amendment both advanced to council. The reflection examines a pattern playing out across multiple meetings — community input that is procedurally accepted and practically unanswered. The episode closes with newly surfaced public documents raising questions about the referendum filed against the February 19 rezoning vote.