The city of Springfield has allocated $100,000 for the Central Illinois Foodbank to feed those who need it during the pandemic. The money will be coming from federal block grants. The pandemic was the subject of nearly an hour of discussion at this week’s city council meeting, with aldermen saying that the city needs to do more to convince people to stay home. Police chief Kenny Winslow said calls for service have increased, at least in part to handle complaints of people gathering despite a statewide stayat-home order. But backyard get-togethers of 10 people or fewer are legal under the order, the chief said, as are basketball games involving that many people. Aldermen expressed concerns about a state database that allows users to see how many cases of coronavirus are in any given ZIP code: That might give a false sense of security. “I have a hard time believing there’s not a case in every ward in the city,” Ward 10 Ald. Ralph Hanauer said. Testing capacity remains insufficient, fire chief Allen Reyne said, and it can take as long as a week to get results – just because a database shows a zero for a ZIP code doesn’t mean an area is safe. “There’s no way every ZIP code in our community doesn’t have someone who, in high likelihood (has the virus),” the chief said.