At the next scheduled meeting, the committee will vote on the proposed bill
An ode typically addresses something to be praised or glorified.
As a result, an ode can address anything beautiful or great: a person, place, event, or even a thing (as in Ode On A Grecian Urn). Basically, an ode addresses anything the poet considers worthy of praise.
Steve is defensive especially now that Don has pointed out that nobody knows what he has been doing in the basement. The evidence suggests that Steve is going to get angry at Steve for accusing him of causing all of the strange goings on in the neighborhood. To Don, this anger is more evidence that Steve is up to something.
5+x
x represents the number, and "more than" indicates that it's addition.
