[0:08] you know i'm just saying

[0:21] okay

[0:24] all right good evening ladies and

[0:24] gentlemen i'd like to call the june 6

[0:26] 2022 crest hill city council meeting to

[0:29] order if everyone would please rise for

[0:31] the pledge allegiance to the flag and

[0:33] please remain standing after the pledge

[0:40] i pledge

[0:43] states of allegiance

[0:44] and to the republic for which it stands

[0:47] one nation under god

[0:49] indivisible with the liberty liberty and

[0:51] justice for all

[0:58] i believe it'd be appropriate at this

[1:00] time with all of the violence and

[1:03] shootings that we've had around our

[1:04] country for a moment of silence

[1:07] for all the victims

[1:09] from buffalo new york for all the

[1:12] victims from tulsa oklahoma

[1:15] and i know that this last one tugged at

[1:17] all of our hearts with all of the school

[1:19] children from uvalde texas

[1:23] we ask

[1:25] for your prayers to help all of the

[1:28] families through this difficult time of

[1:30] their grief and their struggles

[1:33] we ask for peace in our world

[1:36] and i would ask for a moment of silence

[1:38] in memory of all those victims of all

[1:41] the tragedies not only these street but

[1:43] all the tragedies throughout the united

[1:45] states that we've had over the years

[1:47] i would also ask for all the police

[1:50] officers and health care professionals

[1:53] that have

[1:54] that killed

[1:55] um

[1:56] senselessly also

[1:58] um and their families to keep all of

[2:00] them in their prayers so i would ask for

[2:02] a moment of silence for all of them

[2:23] thank you

[2:28] all right roll call please chris

[2:31] ray solomon here

[2:33] glenn conklin

[2:35] scott dice here john burchett here

[2:37] darrell jefferson

[2:39] claudia gazelle here tina oberlin

[2:41] verizon marks appealing here nate albert

[2:43] here and joe cabot here

[2:44] and for the record war ii alderman

[2:46] jefferson and our city administrator jim

[2:49] moreno they are both excused for this

[2:51] evening's meeting

[2:52] uh you have before you the minutes of

[2:54] the city council meeting held on may 16

[2:57] 2022

[2:59] motion would be in order

[3:01] some move

[3:03] we have motioned by alderweireld gaza

[3:05] seconded by all the one vershay for the

[3:07] approval of the city council

[3:09] meeting uh minutes held on may 16 2022

[3:13] questions or comments

[3:15] roll call please scott dyke yes john

[3:17] rochet yeah fly gazelle yes you know

[3:19] berlin yes mark zupiti yes nate albert

[3:22] yes and joe cool yes motion carry thank

[3:24] you you also have before you the minutes

[3:26] of the work session that was held on may

[3:28] 16 2022 motion would be in order

[3:33] second

[3:35] we have motion by alderman vershay

[3:37] seconded by alderman dyke for the

[3:39] approval of the work session minutes

[3:41] held on may 16 2022 questions or

[3:44] comments or roll call please claudia

[3:47] gazelle yes you know berlin yes mark

[3:49] zappedy yes nate albert yes joe kubal

[3:52] yes scott dyke yes and john richard yes

[3:55] motion carries thank you also have before you the minutes of

[3:58] the public hearing minutes

[4:01] of may 16 2022 motion will be in order

[4:04] some move

[4:07] we have motioned by elder woman gazal

[4:08] second by alderman rochet for the

[4:10] approval of the minutes of the public

[4:11] hearing held on may 16 2022 questions or

[4:15] comments

[4:16] roll call please

[4:18] tina oberlin yes

[4:20] uh mark zupiti yes nate albert yes joe

[4:23] cuball yes scott died yes john richards

[4:27] yes motion carries thank you

[4:29] and finally you have the minutes of the

[4:31] work session held on may 23rd 2022

[4:34] motion would be in order

[4:37] some move

[4:39] second

[4:40] we have motioned by alderweireld gazelle

[4:42] second to buy all the money for shay for

[4:43] them uh approval of the minutes of the

[4:45] work session held on may 23 2022

[4:47] questions or comments

[4:49] roll call please

[4:51] mark sapidi yes

[4:53] nate albert yes joe kubal yes

[4:56] scott tyke yes john richardson yes

[4:58] claudia's all yes and tina berlin yes

[5:01] motion carries thank you

[5:02] okay our business promotion tonight is

[5:05] miss ali brandolino who is here

[5:06] representing uh and as chairman

[5:09] chairwoman of the

[5:11] um festa italiana for 2022.

[5:15] so uh ellie the podium is all yours yes

[5:18] we are hosting our 22nd annual

[5:21] italiana at the american italian

[5:23] cultural society

[5:25] here in crest hill it's a three-day

[5:27] event it's free admission

[5:30] friday

[5:31] will be open from 6 pm to 11 pm

[5:35] we will be having john elvis lyons along

[5:39] with one foot in the groove playing that

[5:42] night that night we'll just have a

[5:43] limited menu so we'll just have we'll

[5:45] just be serving pizza and beef

[5:47] sandwiches

[5:48] on saturday we have that's august 13th

[5:52] it'll be from 12 to 11 p.m

[5:54] we'll have dj music music to start off

[5:57] the night and then we'll have

[5:58] um at 2 30 renee hayne and then jack

[6:01] amico

[6:03] and horizon

[6:04] um that night we will have our full menu

[6:09] which i will go over that in just a

[6:10] second and then sunday

[6:12] we will be august 14th from 11am to 9pm

[6:16] we always have our outdoor mass with our

[6:18] procession

[6:20] then we have at 12 15 nino felino

[6:24] then an accordion concert by

[6:26] some of our club members

[6:28] then we'll have a pasta eating contest

[6:30] which is our tradition

[6:32] we'll have diva montel and george holmes

[6:34] and then closing out the night will be

[6:35] strung out

[6:37] we will have meatball sandwiches

[6:39] beef sandwiches um

[6:42] an italian combo meatballs on a boat or

[6:45] in a boat massachusetts pizza then we

[6:48] have fried ravioli gelato cannoli and

[6:50] tiramisu

[6:52] we always have children's games we'll

[6:54] have a face painter

[6:56] raffles a bake sale so it'll be a fun

[6:59] event we've had it every year it's

[7:00] always been so much fun so i hope you

[7:02] guys can all make it

[7:03] it's been very well run over all of

[7:05] these years uh you guys do a fantastic

[7:07] job with the picnic every year

[7:09] so um

[7:11] but certainly if uh city council would

[7:13] like to make any comments to uh ali

[7:17] all of diet food i know

[7:20] well we have salad too i forgot to

[7:21] mention that

[7:23] yeah way too much person you can have

[7:25] that

[7:26] fat free on popcorn

[7:31] well good luck with everything it's

[7:32] always a lot of fun

[7:34] um music is always great i can hear it

[7:36] at my house something awesome yeah

[7:38] you're that close i am there so it's

[7:40] kind of cool very nice

[7:43] okay as long as we have ali at the

[7:45] podium um i would ask for council's

[7:47] concurrence to deviate to the mayor's

[7:49] report to the uh three uh uh agenda

[7:51] items and we could take care of business

[7:53] here in regards to the american italian

[7:56] cultural society

[8:02] let's do these first okay okay all right

[8:04] i'd like to ask him if they ever got a

[8:06] hold of him about the police detail yeah

[8:10] will it'll be at the next meeting i

[8:12] believe yeah yeah we're i'm going to

[8:14] bring it to you all okay next meeting

[8:16] we're just going over there making sure

[8:17] the dates and times and we have

[8:19] everything squared all right well good

[8:20] thank you just want to make sure it's

[8:22] all getting taken care of thank you i

[8:23] know that chief's been working with dan

[8:25] and

[8:26] the contract will be before you at our

[8:28] next city council meeting on the 20th

[8:31] all right okay all right so the first

[8:33] agenda item for the american italian

[8:35] cultural society is the approval of a

[8:37] waiver of a liquor license three-day

[8:40] liquor license for festa italiana that

[8:42] would be for friday august 12th

[8:45] saturday august 13th and sunday august

[8:48] 14th motion would be in order

[8:51] second

[8:52] we have motioned by older person

[8:53] overland seconded by other women gazelle

[8:55] for the approval of the waiver of the

[8:57] three-day liquor license professor

[8:58] taliana questions or comments

[9:01] roll call please chris nate albert

[9:03] abstain

[9:07] uh joe coogle yes

[9:10] scott dyke yes john bechet yes claude

[9:12] exhale yes tina oberlin yes mark supedi

[9:15] yes motion carries thank you

[9:17] okay the second agenda item would be for

[9:20] the american italian culture society

[9:21] also

[9:23] for approval of a permit waiver

[9:26] for all of the associated signage for

[9:28] festa italiana and also for that week

[9:32] motion would be in order

[9:34] second motion by all the person overland

[9:36] second by alderman pitty for a waiver of

[9:38] the

[9:39] signage permit fees for festa italiana

[9:43] for their festival questions or comments

[9:46] roll call please joe cool

[9:48] yes

[9:50] scott dyke yes john richard yes claudia

[9:53] gazelle

[9:54] yes kenoberland yes mark sapidi yes and

[9:56] nate albert i'm saying

[9:58] motion carries thank you and the last

[10:00] agenda item is also for the american

[10:02] family and cultural society will be the

[10:03] approval of a road closure

[10:05] and for the use of one of our police

[10:08] officers for the parade

[10:10] uh which will be on sunday after the 11

[10:12] a.m mass

[10:14] followed before the short parade

[10:16] throughout the neighborhood motion would

[10:18] be in order i thought

[10:20] he powered up it's going to go in the

[10:22] work session

[10:23] that's for the security part this is

[10:24] just for the parade okay

[10:27] so move just presented

[10:30] second we have motion by alder person

[10:32] all we're in second by alderweim gaza

[10:34] for the approval of the

[10:36] uh closure of the roads for the parade

[10:38] along with the use of one of our police

[10:40] officers questions or comments

[10:43] roll call please scott dave yes john

[10:45] richards yes claudia gasol yes ken

[10:47] oberlin yes mark zappedy yes nate albert

[10:50] abstain joe kubo yes motion carries

[10:53] thank you okay you guys are all set if

[10:55] you have any problems with the state

[10:56] liquor license feel free to give us a

[10:58] ring

[10:59] you're more than welcome to come back if

[11:01] you want to the meeting before

[11:03] the festival the first one in august if

[11:06] you would like to address city council

[11:08] for that time also uh just again

[11:11] for some promotion for your festival that would be on

[11:16] monday august 1st

[11:19] okay okay thank you very much all right

[11:21] you guys have a great night thank you no

[11:23] one would be mad at you if you had any

[11:25] samples of anything that night

[11:37] all right we'll move back to our agenda

[11:38] uh to our city attorney chris spacious

[11:40] here this evening good evening chris

[11:42] good evening

[11:43] i have nothing to report tonight any

[11:46] questions of our city attorney good to

[11:48] see you chris thank you

[11:50] all right thanks chris

[11:52] our city administrator jim moreno is

[11:54] excused for this evening so i will take

[11:56] over his portion of the meeting for here

[12:00] you have before you an approval of a

[12:02] resolution for amendment number two to

[12:04] the residential electrical aggregation

[12:06] agreement with mc squared energy

[12:09] services llc to administer the municipal

[12:12] electric aggregation program for the

[12:14] next 24 months you do have all the

[12:16] information in the contract in your

[12:18] packet we also have with us dave hoover

[12:21] from nimek is here so i would invite

[12:23] dave to come to the

[12:25] podium and he will walk everyone through

[12:29] the process here and then certainly

[12:31] he'll answer any questions that anybody

[12:32] may have dave thank you thank you good

[12:34] to be here again um just by way of

[12:36] background real quick

[12:38] uh nymec we help you purchase the

[12:41] electricity for your water pumping

[12:43] operations for the municipal facilities

[12:45] and also for your street lighting we do

[12:48] that in a group bid with about a hundred

[12:50] other northern illinois municipalities

[12:53] what we're talking about tonight though

[12:55] and by the way both of those facilities

[12:58] are contracted through next year

[13:00] which is really good because the current

[13:02] state of the power markets is a little

[13:04] crazy which we'll get into in a second

[13:07] what we're talking about tonight is

[13:08] municipal aggregation and what municipal

[13:11] aggregation is

[13:12] in a summary is

[13:14] once a municipality passes a referendum

[13:18] then the municipality

[13:20] can act as a purchasing agent

[13:23] to see if they can find more favorable

[13:25] purchasing terms

[13:27] for their residents home electric bills

[13:30] okay and you've had the program in place for

[13:34] a while um and

[13:36] then residents that are able to take

[13:38] advantage of those they're notified and

[13:40] if they have any concerns or

[13:41] reservations they can opt out of that

[13:43] program at all

[13:44] i think you guys were

[13:46] in the first handful of the first

[13:48] municipalities in uh in northern

[13:50] illinois in 2011 who started the

[13:52] municipal aggregation program and so

[13:55] kudos to you all for being out front on

[13:57] that

[13:57] for the for the uh for a couple years

[14:00] after we started the program we had very

[14:02] favorable rates

[14:04] that we were able to procure

[14:07] visa via the combat rate and so those

[14:09] savings accrued directly to the

[14:10] residents on their own electric bills

[14:13] we had a couple years where we suspended

[14:15] the program

[14:16] and then about in 2018 we started the

[14:20] program back up

[14:22] the current program uh just matches the

[14:25] comed rate for residents so there are no

[14:29] savings for the residents we match the

[14:31] combat rate

[14:34] their cabinet rate actually changes

[14:36] month to month and so our suppliers

[14:38] match that on a month-to-month basis so

[14:40] unfortunately there's no benefit that

[14:42] approves directly to the residents

[14:45] but what

[14:46] we what what our suppliers are able to

[14:48] do currently

[14:50] are able to offer 25 of the power which

[14:53] they purchase for the residents is

[14:55] renewable power

[14:56] from renewable sources

[14:58] and the municipality receives uh 2500

[15:03] a month

[15:04] in

[15:05] renumeration from the supplier back to

[15:08] the municipality to be used for whatever

[15:11] you deem inappropriate to be so that's

[15:13] been going on for

[15:15] uh for a couple years

[15:18] um and so we're here to talk about a

[15:20] renewal because the program is uh coming

[15:22] up for renewal in

[15:24] september uh as i said

[15:27] just

[15:29] by again unfortunately we're in a

[15:31] situation where the power markets are a

[15:33] little out of control

[15:35] um

[15:36] natural gas

[15:38] pricing

[15:40] and electric pricing are very highly

[15:42] correlated

[15:44] and natural gas pricing maybe you all

[15:46] noticed it last winter

[15:48] is higher than it has been for quite

[15:51] some time

[15:52] i think prices now have tripled from

[15:54] where they were a year ago

[15:56] so we are paying somewhere in the

[15:58] neighborhood of 35 40 cents uh per therm

[16:01] for gas now gas is over 92 cents per

[16:05] therm

[16:06] and i think that the

[16:08] uh upcoming nikkor rate is it's over a

[16:11] dollar it's like a dollar twenty per

[16:12] thermal fortunately we don't use very

[16:14] much natural gas usage during the spring

[16:17] in the summer

[16:19] but the reason i bring that up is that has made the power markets

[16:25] pretty unfavorable for our suppliers

[16:27] when they go out to match the program

[16:30] to renew the program and so we are

[16:32] enabled are not able to

[16:34] find renewable rate renewal rates that

[16:37] are as favorable as what you're

[16:39] currently currently

[16:41] enjoying

[16:42] we have two suppliers that offer this

[16:44] program and actually one player one

[16:46] supplier has actually stepped aside we

[16:47] said we just can't

[16:49] offer any remorse for any of their

[16:51] members

[16:52] fortunately you're with a supplier

[16:54] called mcsquared and they are offering

[16:57] renewal

[16:58] programs

[17:00] now it's attractive but instead of uh 25

[17:04] green they can do five percent green

[17:06] uh for all the residents in your program

[17:09] and instead of twenty five hundred

[17:10] dollars a month is uh compensation back

[17:13] to the municipality

[17:14] they can offer a thousand dollars a

[17:16] month uh so they total 24 000

[17:19] for the two year period

[17:22] and so that's what uh we are presenting

[17:25] for renewal we're actually pleased that

[17:28] we have something to offer

[17:29] um because again we've gone to a few

[17:32] municipalities already and just said we

[17:34] have nothing to offer and we have to

[17:35] suspend the program

[17:37] um so i think that speaks to the

[17:40] favorability of your residence and load

[17:42] profile the way you all use your power

[17:44] it's still attractive to um

[17:46] to mc squared

[17:48] so that's the that's the most that's the

[17:50] proposal we have before you to renew for

[17:52] two years

[17:53] uh and a thousand dollar a month civic

[17:55] payment and then uh there'll be five

[17:58] percent green energy included in the

[18:00] program again to the residents

[18:02] uh we just matched the comment rate

[18:06] well i understand the change in the

[18:08] financial power but i the world is

[18:13] deeming that but i guess i just don't

[18:14] understand why the green aspect would go

[18:16] down so much yeah so um it's it's just a

[18:19] financial it's just a pure financial uh

[18:23] decision

[18:24] supplier to do green energy has to go

[18:26] out and purchase the renewable energy

[18:29] certificates there's an open market for

[18:31] those and they just have to compensate

[18:33] for those

[18:34] and so

[18:35] um they said we wanted

[18:38] their proposal was they wanted to have

[18:39] some component of green energy because

[18:40] we know that it's somewhat important to

[18:42] you

[18:43] and so kind of the minimum is five

[18:45] percent and then they were able to

[18:47] still offer some additional cash so it's

[18:50] just a it's just a financial uh

[18:52] calculation yeah that's kind of the

[18:54] disappointing part to me i know you

[18:55] can't help it but we need to get greener

[18:57] not less green

[18:59] yep

[19:01] can we agree with you

[19:04] when you travel

[19:05] through all these towns you

[19:07] represent do you find there more people

[19:09] putting solar panels under roofs now

[19:11] because of that

[19:12] um they have been putting solar panels

[19:15] on their roofs that has been uh pretty

[19:16] active over the last two years

[19:19] and i think primarily because of the

[19:22] subsidies state of illinois offered yeah

[19:25] unfortunately those subsided those

[19:26] stopped

[19:28] and so that's pretty much ground

[19:31] everything to a halt

[19:33] once we put this program in place

[19:37] we'll probably come back to you in the late summer or fall

[19:42] we have another program that we can add

[19:44] on top of this and uh it's called

[19:46] community solar

[19:48] and it's where your residents can take

[19:50] advantage of solar panels

[19:53] that they don't have to put on their

[19:54] homes

[19:55] there are small solar farms and then

[19:58] they can sign up for a portion of that

[20:00] that's an opt-in program

[20:03] and

[20:03] what we'll ask you at that point in time

[20:05] is if this is important to you

[20:07] do you want to endorse the program

[20:10] uh we'll tell you more about it as we

[20:11] get closer and uh might be something

[20:13] that might be of interest to you it's

[20:15] funny you mentioned that when i was at

[20:16] my doctor last week dr sun he was spent

[20:19] 15 minutes talking to me about solar

[20:21] panels and he was talking about

[20:22] something very similar to that i'm sure

[20:24] he'll be thrilled to hear that

[20:26] possibility yeah yeah and again you

[20:28] don't have to put solar panels

[20:29] underneath there are small there's small

[20:32] farms solar farms that would be in

[20:34] northern illinois

[20:35] and basically your residents that they

[20:37] sign up

[20:38] would you know alec would take the load

[20:41] off of about two or four panels let's

[20:43] just say and then that would have proved

[20:44] to them and so it's it's a good program

[20:48] and there might even be some actual

[20:49] savings usually there's a premium for

[20:51] that uh so actually it might be a little

[20:53] reduction in their cost and they can

[20:55] still support that

[20:56] well there was somebody going around our

[20:58] neighborhood several people signed up

[20:59] for my neighbor across the street just

[21:01] got them put on their roof and

[21:02] i guess they had a pretty interesting

[21:04] program she's going to go over and tell

[21:06] me about it because i'm very interested

[21:07] in it

[21:08] and you don't have to pay for it she

[21:10] said you just lease it for a fee

[21:12] right which is kind of cool yeah there

[21:14] have been folks going door to door um

[21:17] obviously none of our suppliers do that

[21:19] right and so

[21:21] they've kind of gone through phase one

[21:22] they've built all those out so we're

[21:23] waiting for new production to be built

[21:25] and we're in contact with

[21:28] some of those suppliers as they build

[21:29] those and we'll we'll make them work

[21:32] thank you know under this program would the

[21:35] residents be able to opt out

[21:37] or

[21:38] in the program that we're talking about

[21:40] tonight that we yeah with mc squared

[21:42] absolutely

[21:43] yes any resident in any aggregation

[21:45] program can opt out at any at any time

[21:50] for any reason and there's no charge so

[21:52] if they don't aren't aware of the opting

[21:55] out do they have to if they don't

[21:57] say they want to opt out are they

[21:59] automatically in correct they'll be noted they'll be notified by

[22:02] mail

[22:05] thank you and and just to be clear on me

[22:07] if i can just

[22:08] get into the weeds here a little bit but

[22:10] our supplier doesn't serve 100 of your

[22:12] residents in the program

[22:14] what every every uh resident

[22:17] has their own individual load shape and

[22:20] profile and they all have a different

[22:22] cost to serve from our suppliers point

[22:24] of view

[22:25] so what they do is they pick the

[22:27] favorable ones and the and the ones that

[22:29] aren't as favorable they leave at comed

[22:32] now i know that having two different

[22:34] groups of residents in town is

[22:35] problematic but let me just make it's

[22:37] very very clear

[22:38] it doesn't matter what group you're in

[22:40] because you're both going to get your bill from

[22:43] comment and you're going to be billed at

[22:44] the identical rate okay one will come

[22:47] from our supplier and she squared the

[22:48] other beef supply by combat and so

[22:50] that's what that's the way they're able

[22:52] to offer this program so just to be

[22:54] clear not 100 of your residents will

[22:56] receive letters on this renewal only

[22:59] those who are uh involved

[23:01] with their accounts or rates are squared

[23:04] and those rates if comments rates

[23:06] fluctuate and these fluctuate also along

[23:09] with yeah and then and there's because i

[23:11] tell you the power markets are a little

[23:12] crazy the current comed rate well

[23:15] until last week for the year previous

[23:18] around 7.8 cents per kilowatt hour and

[23:21] starting this month that's going up to

[23:22] 9.8 cents

[23:24] so

[23:26] yeah so not only is gas kind of

[23:28] crazy but electric follows and

[23:31] prices are going up right now

[23:33] and but to your point

[23:35] if there's any change in the combat rate

[23:37] in which they do change everything we we

[23:39] mirror that every single month

[23:42] well i think that the the residents were

[23:44] getting

[23:46] very favorable rebates back in 11 12 and

[23:49] 13 yeah when the market was kind of

[23:51] whack yep and that's when the savings

[23:54] were really

[23:57] evident

[23:58] now the market has really evened out

[24:01] we always test it just to be clear we

[24:03] every time we do any sort of renewal we

[24:05] always test to see if there are more

[24:07] favorable rates

[24:09] fixed rates available to the residents

[24:11] we always test that before we go to our

[24:13] program this

[24:14] matching program

[24:16] and the comment um excuse me mc square

[24:19] of his offer was 11.3 cents

[24:22] compared to 9.8 cents wow so that'll

[24:25] just tell you um

[24:27] how kind of crazy the market is right

[24:29] now

[24:30] do you have any information about

[24:31] residence energy they were out in crest

[24:34] hill last week the name is residence i

[24:37] think it was residence energy resident

[24:40] energy

[24:41] they were out knocking door to door

[24:43] um do you have any information like i

[24:45] don't know because they asked like

[24:47] they should go that route but do you

[24:50] compare to them or nothing like that

[24:53] um there's a listing uh on the internet

[24:56] uh

[24:57] for if you

[24:58] of a lot of the different public

[25:00] offerings uh it's at pluginillinois.org

[25:05] the icc puts that out there and then

[25:06] they and suppliers will put their

[25:08] offerings there

[25:09] okay just as a rule of thumb

[25:13] um

[25:14] as a rule of thumb we don't find offers

[25:17] there that are more favorable than the

[25:19] continent rate

[25:21] um

[25:22] they may have a teaser rate for three

[25:24] months or six months

[25:26] a friend of mine sent me his mother's

[25:27] bill the other and they were at 14 and a

[25:30] half cents

[25:31] and that's when the comment rate was 7.8

[25:34] okay so

[25:36] unfortunately

[25:38] this is you know not i'll make a generic

[25:40] statement across the world but i think

[25:42] a number of suppliers

[25:45] take advantage of folks who don't pay

[25:47] attention

[25:48] sign up give them a good rate for two

[25:50] months and then just escalate the rate

[25:52] and actually in this particular case the

[25:53] right was 14 and have never gone to 59

[25:56] next month so

[25:58] i

[25:59] you know

[26:00] i would just encourage my mom lives in

[26:02] illinois i tell her stay in the comment

[26:04] rate

[26:04] okay yeah you have to read the fine

[26:06] print yeah and i'm not saying that

[26:08] they're i'm not saying there's nobody

[26:09] who offers a good rate i'm just saying

[26:11] we just haven't seen any we check those

[26:13] uh offerings you know pretty regularly

[26:16] and you said we go on website it's

[26:18] called it's called

[26:20] www.plugin illinois

[26:23] no spaces plug in illinois.org

[26:27] and then there will be

[26:29] a place that says compare offers now

[26:32] and you pick count med and then

[26:35] they'll give you a laundry list of

[26:36] offers there okay thank you because

[26:39] that's really important because they do lie at the door and they tell

[26:42] them

[26:43] you know i i can tell you stories and

[26:46] i'm sure there's some good ones but

[26:50] i would

[26:51] not and dave is that one of those things

[26:53] where they they got an introductory rate

[26:55] for say six months and then it just goes

[26:58] to a high rate and stays there

[27:00] for the length i've seen i've seen that

[27:02] often i can't say that everybody's that

[27:04] way um but i do know that the less

[27:07] scrupulous ones

[27:08] will do that i think they're theory as

[27:10] people pay attention for a month or two

[27:12] after they get their their bills

[27:14] and then after about six months they

[27:15] quit paying attention and yeah and

[27:17] that's where we've seen them

[27:18] um you know 14 15 cents

[27:21] is almost double the comment rate yeah thank you

[27:26] well that resident energy i was trying

[27:28] to tell that's the one we got the email

[27:29] about

[27:30] yeah people were complaining

[27:32] but when they come to my door the first

[27:34] thing i ask them is for their permit

[27:36] yeah oh well my boss says well did you

[27:38] know that you can't come to the door

[27:40] without one anybody out there has to

[27:42] have it so

[27:43] you have two options here you go get

[27:45] your permit your copy or i'll just let

[27:47] the local police know you're out here

[27:48] without a permit you never see people

[27:50] run so far for their trucks because

[27:52] they're trying to mess with the there's

[27:54] a lot of elderly people out there you

[27:55] know who listen and what they say

[27:57] because i get the phone calls they said

[27:58] they could do this don't listen they

[27:59] stood there with the city don't listen

[28:01] to him

[28:02] so it's really kind of sad i always do

[28:04] that i put the fair god into him ahead

[28:05] every time

[28:07] yeah we put something out on facebook

[28:10] i heard a community that you know police

[28:13] actually went out there and told him you

[28:15] can't do this

[28:16] and later that day they were on the

[28:17] other side of town yeah

[28:20] so

[28:21] i'm not here i'm not saying no i know i

[28:22] mean yeah i i would suggest if you don't be part of

[28:27] the program if you have concerns of our

[28:28] program let's go to combat and

[28:32] that's where we recommend it's the

[28:33] safest place to be

[28:35] yes another question

[28:36] about five six years ago maybe longer

[28:38] they had wind power all this windmill

[28:40] what happened to that product now you

[28:42] don't hear about that anymore is that is

[28:44] that a

[28:45] not bad subject to talk about now or

[28:47] something or what happened no they're

[28:48] still building they're still building

[28:49] wind and they're still building

[28:51] windmills um uh they're yeah and they

[28:55] obviously haven't gone away um they may

[28:57] just not be advertising and i know the

[28:59] big expansion right now is offshore on

[29:01] the east and west coast coast that's

[29:03] where it's really uh going but

[29:05] um

[29:07] but yeah the cost of wind power has come

[29:09] down

[29:10] and they're still people are still

[29:12] building wind power you know the

[29:14] pritzker wants to be

[29:15] i think 100 green by 2050

[29:18] is what his target is so

[29:21] i'll be building more

[29:23] because the only one ever saw was down

[29:24] around

[29:25] odell or something down there in a big

[29:27] field down there oh yeah yeah and then

[29:29] indiana northwest northeast india

[29:31] northwest india has a lot of wisconsin

[29:34] has a lot of them too i think i think

[29:36] iowa is one of the top in the country so

[29:39] um when it must blow in iowa i just

[29:41] thought maybe if they did it now it's

[29:43] done it's over with them something else

[29:45] no that's still it's still going it's

[29:46] still big they're uh they're trying you

[29:48] know the whole

[29:49] uh the whole country is trying to phase

[29:51] out fossil fuels

[29:53] and get to uh

[29:55] to more renewable sources so

[29:58] yeah

[29:59] okay thank you

[30:01] anyway we'll move forward we need to we

[30:03] need to

[30:04] finalize some things tomorrow i'll talk

[30:06] to jim about this and uh

[30:08] i think you've had a chance did have you

[30:09] seen the actual amendment i don't know

[30:12] if jim said that too okay so that's

[30:14] pretty straightforward yeah that's very

[30:15] straightforward yeah and i will say dave

[30:17] we've been together now for 11 years

[30:19] yeah and i will tell you you are a very

[30:22] uh honest

[30:23] reputable company with nymec

[30:26] and you have not steered us in the wrong

[30:28] direction over 11 years so we really

[30:31] appreciate that we all value your advice

[30:33] you know more

[30:34] uh about the electricity and the rates

[30:37] and everything in your little finger

[30:38] than i had knowing my whole body so well

[30:41] it's good to be a big fish in a small

[30:42] pond yeah yeah

[30:44] anyway we appreciate the relationship

[30:46] and uh our theory is let's do what's

[30:48] right for the customer correct and we'll

[30:49] have a customer for a long time

[30:51] so i would ask for a motion from city

[30:53] council resolution

[30:55] second

[30:56] what

[30:57] move yes motion by alderman albert

[30:59] second by all alderman's pity for

[31:01] resolution approving amendment number

[31:03] two to residential electric aggregation

[31:05] agreement with mc squared energy

[31:07] services llc

[31:09] questions or comments roll call please

[31:11] chris camera shave yes

[31:14] claudia gaza yes ken oberlin yes mark

[31:16] supedi yes yes joe kubal yes scott dyke

[31:20] yes motion carries the resolution 11 54.

[31:24] okay dave uh jim will be back tomorrow

[31:26] so

[31:27] i'm sure thank you all right thank you very much

[31:30] okay um

[31:32] moving on to our public works department

[31:34] our director of public works mark safer

[31:36] good evening good evening mayor council

[31:38] the only agenda item i have before you

[31:40] this evening is

[31:41] uh one we discussed two weeks ago now

[31:44] for an emergency well pull and motor

[31:46] pump replacement for well seven uh this

[31:48] would be with lane western for a not to

[31:50] exceed amount of forty six thousand and

[31:52] twenty seven dollars uh once they pull

[31:54] the pump and see the actual

[31:56] uh damage of the pump and motor if there

[31:58] is a change order that would come before

[32:00] you but at this point it is for not to

[32:02] exceed amount of forty six thousand

[32:04] dollars and twenty cents so move this

[32:06] second

[32:07] we have motion by our other person over

[32:08] let's second by alderman albert for the

[32:10] emergency wealth pull and motor pump

[32:12] replacement to lane western not to

[32:14] exceed forty six thousand twenty seven

[32:16] dollars for well seven questions or

[32:18] comments

[32:20] this is elrose correct that is correct

[32:22] questions or comments

[32:25] roll call please claudic assault yes

[32:27] tinoberlin yes mark zupiti yes nate

[32:29] albert yes

[32:31] joe cuball yes

[32:32] scott dyke yes and john burchette yes

[32:34] motion carries thank you that is all i

[32:37] have for you this evening i'll be happy

[32:38] to entertain any questions that you may

[32:39] have any questions of public works

[32:43] all right thanks mark uh moving on our

[32:45] city engineer ron wedeman good evening

[32:47] ron thank you mayor i have two items for

[32:49] you for council tonight uh the first one

[32:51] is to approve an ordinance for the

[32:53] establishment of a pond self-inspection

[32:55] program which will amend sections uh

[32:58] several sections of chapter 15.20

[33:03] motion would be in order

[33:06] we have motioned by another one would be

[33:07] solved second by alderman or shea for an

[33:09] ordinance amending

[33:11] section 15-20-170

[33:17] much discussion was held on this at the

[33:20] work session two weeks ago so just ask

[33:22] if there's any more questions or

[33:23] comments in regards to the garbage

[33:25] so ron is are we

[33:27] anticipating having these

[33:29] this july first

[33:32] i have to talk to mark um

[33:34] i'd like to get one round out this year

[33:36] at least i don't know if we'll get the

[33:38] second you know whoever doesn't comply

[33:40] the first time probably won't but yeah

[33:42] we gotta we'll have to get one round out

[33:45] um

[33:47] okay

[33:50] roll call please mark sapidi yes nate

[33:53] albert yes joe kuala yes scott dyke yes

[33:56] john beshea yes claudia gaza yes and

[33:58] tina overland yes motion carries

[34:00] ordinance 1904

[34:16] second item i have for the council

[34:18] tonight is to approve an engineering

[34:19] agreement

[34:21] um i'm sorry to approve that the mayor

[34:22] executed a proposal for design

[34:24] engineering services as discussed above

[34:27] with christian burke for not sigma 28

[34:30] 590 this would be for designing a two of

[34:34] the three walls

[34:35] out on theodore these walls need to be

[34:37] designed by a structural engineer one of

[34:40] them i did in-house already but this is

[34:43] actually money that we're going to get

[34:44] reimbursed back from the state

[34:49] second where motion by alderman dykes

[34:51] second available their woman resolved

[34:52] for the approval of the

[34:55] uh theodore wall design at highland and

[34:58] cora uh to christopher burke engineering

[35:01] not to exceed 28 590 dollars questions

[35:04] or comments well i'm just glad they're doing like poured ones now right

[35:08] yeah we're going to do poured ones

[35:09] they're actually going to be a little bit

[35:11] different than the ones that we just set

[35:13] up we're going to actually have an

[35:14] imprint on there of something a

[35:16] limestone or but we haven't figured out

[35:19] what the imprint is going to be yet but

[35:20] something give it a little more visual

[35:21] look to it um and obviously there's two

[35:24] walls that we're short on the goal will

[35:26] be next year to try to tackle one and

[35:28] then maybe the next one because those

[35:30] walls are gonna be about a hundred grand

[35:32] you know so but at least let's get some

[35:34] of these done since we got the

[35:35] reimbursement coming

[35:37] did you say we're gonna get reimbursed

[35:38] back to that yes this is part of the

[35:40] rebuild illinois uh the city put money

[35:42] in for this 65 000

[35:46] back in 2018 or 19 when the request was

[35:48] made i'm not

[35:50] um

[35:50] i don't have all the privileges of the

[35:52] details if they were specific walls or

[35:54] not we just know that there was a long

[35:55] theater so um i know that the city has

[35:58] already changed a couple out

[36:01] and we're going to actually

[36:03] the one that i designed right you're

[36:04] going to eliminate all together and

[36:05] grade it out we're just going to move a

[36:07] comed pull back that way you'll have to

[36:09] worry about any maintenance of that wall

[36:10] in the future the other two we can't

[36:13] eliminate but again we're going to

[36:14] replace those with a

[36:16] be a tea concrete wall with some type of

[36:19] limestone or some type of finish on the

[36:21] outside that's in front of the homes yes

[36:25] yeah that one from 2018 that was uh when

[36:28] dave vanderville yes here um with

[36:31] christopher parks so

[36:33] it does look much better with the solid

[36:34] wall than all the blacks because yeah

[36:36] the blacks like pop out

[36:38] exactly you can see it right now exactly

[36:40] what it looks like when you have a

[36:41] standing retaining one when they put

[36:43] those walls up they put the glue between

[36:45] the bricks

[36:46] between the stones with the state the

[36:48] ones that are up there now yeah um

[36:50] probably

[36:51] when we put this new one up we're going

[36:52] to put the glue to glue them together

[36:54] we're doing a solid concrete wall

[36:56] it will not be a stacked retaining wall

[36:59] it'll be a solid concrete wall

[37:01] they're going to put the weep holes in

[37:02] them too right yes we'll have there'll

[37:04] be there'll be a drain tile behind it we

[37:06] poles down at the bottom so it'll

[37:08] properly drain sidewalks in the front

[37:10] will have to be replaced you know to the

[37:12] back of the curb

[37:14] wouldn't it wouldn't the stone wall look

[37:15] nicer than a brick wall or a concrete

[37:17] wall well it's going to be a concrete

[37:20] wall with an imprint of a stone or a

[37:22] limestone type look to it it's not going

[37:25] to be stamped concrete right stamp

[37:27] concrete not like they you know the

[37:29] walls weren't as tall so it was kind of

[37:31] the ones that they did before really

[37:33] couldn't stamp those but these are so

[37:34] tall that just to have just a slab of

[37:37] concrete and get some texture on there

[37:39] some look

[37:40] okay all right roll call please chris

[37:43] nate albert yes

[37:45] joe cuball yes scott dyke yes john

[37:48] richard yes flooding is all yes and mark zucchini yes motion carries

[37:53] thank you

[37:54] and that's all i have unless there's any

[37:56] questions for me okay any questions uh

[37:58] city engineer

[38:00] just quick are we doing any sidewalk

[38:01] repairs this year uh yes bids were open

[38:04] last week i will evaluate them this week

[38:06] we'll probably have those on the agenda

[38:08] at the next council meeting for to

[38:11] approve that contract j j newell was a

[38:13] little bet a little bitter

[38:15] obviously prices are very high so i have

[38:18] to take a look at our mft program to see

[38:20] if i can

[38:22] do what was originally programmed if i

[38:24] need to make a cut but that's what i'll

[38:25] be doing this week

[38:27] thank you

[38:28] and then hopefully that work will start

[38:30] sometime middle of july carry through

[38:32] september early october

[38:36] okay thanks ron uh moving on community

[38:38] development department there are no

[38:40] agendas items this evening uh our

[38:42] economic and community development

[38:44] director tony

[38:45] who was ill today he'll be back in a few

[38:47] days

[38:48] uh the reports are in your packet

[38:51] moving on to the police department our

[38:53] police chief ed clark good evening mayor council i have one agenda

[38:57] i have an item this evening

[38:59] it is the addition of no parking

[39:01] prohibitions for enterprise boulevard

[39:05] trinovic drive the east parkway

[39:08] we discussed this issue at the may 23rd

[39:11] work session

[39:13] and as we discussed uh we'll be placing

[39:15] that to help with the

[39:17] trucks that have been parking there

[39:18] we've had a lot of garbage that were

[39:19] thrown in the uh in the cul-de-sac

[39:22] yeah just the the general backup due to

[39:24] the parking

[39:25] we will be monitoring the best we can

[39:27] and try to

[39:28] alleviate any issues with parking in

[39:30] other locations

[39:32] but if you see any please let me know

[39:33] and we'll try to adjust accordingly

[39:36] so i'm formally asking for approval so

[39:39] move this presentation second

[39:40] we're motion by our other person

[39:42] overland seconded by alderman albert for

[39:43] the uh no no parking ordinance on

[39:46] enterprise ladies and gentleman claims

[39:48] questions or comments

[39:50] roll call please joe cool yes scott dave

[39:53] yes john richard yes

[39:55] gazelle yes tina berlin yes mark sapidi

[39:58] yes and nate albert yes motion carries

[40:01] ordinance 1905.

[40:04] chief just curious um let's say we put

[40:06] the signs up and we put an effect and

[40:07] they continue to do this and i know it's

[40:11] hard to have somebody sit there all day

[40:12] is there a way to maybe put cameras out

[40:15] there

[40:17] uh we definitely could put cameras on

[40:20] here um

[40:23] i mean even like a wireless in a camera

[40:25] yeah it would have to be like a solar

[40:26] type camera or a battery powered i'm

[40:28] just wondering because if it gets if it

[40:30] keeps going on even after the signs are

[40:32] off

[40:33] um

[40:34] i think i think after a few uh well

[40:37] we'll see two reminders that tends to

[40:41] yeah it's just kind of out there you

[40:43] know it's not like it's right around

[40:44] yeah you got to purposely go through

[40:46] that yeah yeah i agree

[40:48] i do yeah i i we something we consider

[40:50] also the property as cameras as well i

[40:52] mean they could

[40:53] some of the some of the business owners

[40:55] are very welcoming to this okay good so

[40:58] tell them to turn their cameras out yeah

[41:00] they'll definitely help us out

[41:02] thank you thank

[41:04] you any other questions

[41:07] all right thanks chief thank you moving

[41:09] on to the mayor's report we took care of

[41:10] all the agenda items just some updates

[41:13] uh i had the privilege in honor of

[41:15] attending the will county police

[41:16] memorial on may 19th along with chief

[41:19] clark and deputy chiefs

[41:21] opiola and

[41:23] dabshak and officer fenoglio was there

[41:25] representing crystal also very well done

[41:28] memorial ceremony

[41:30] for all the

[41:32] police officers in will county that lost

[41:34] their uh lost their lives in the line of

[41:36] duty uh also attended the cheney mangy

[41:39] graduation on may 24th there i believe

[41:41] there was 69

[41:43] graduates from cheyney mongi

[41:45] uh again well-run program

[41:49] from cheney mangy and then then on may

[41:51] 26th attended the richland graduation it

[41:54] was about 89 students there from

[41:57] richland grade school

[42:00] they both had beautiful nights so

[42:02] congratulations to all the graduates

[42:05] um at all levels throughout the city of

[42:07] cresthill um congratulations and good

[42:10] luck with all your future endeavors and

[42:12] then had the opportunity to be in the

[42:14] carillon lakes uh veterans day or

[42:16] memorial day parade that was put on by the carolina lakes veterans committee that

[42:23] was on may 28th again they do a

[42:25] fantastic job with a lot of

[42:27] participation

[42:28] for that parade and then finally our

[42:31] memorial day ceremony was held on monday

[42:33] may 30th uh one week ago today it was a

[42:37] little bit on the warm side it was very windy but we made it through

[42:41] um so i certainly want to thank

[42:43] everybody that participated in the

[42:45] program

[42:47] our two guest speakers don lawler and

[42:49] chester bozek were both world war ii

[42:52] veterans

[42:53] so thank you to them for their words of

[42:55] wisdom the frankfurt brass band again

[42:58] they are

[43:00] very well for the musical entertainment

[43:02] for the program

[43:04] i certainly want to thank

[43:06] members of the city council that were

[43:08] there

[43:09] our treasurer glenn conklin

[43:11] older woman claudia gazelle alderman

[43:14] nate albert and alderman joe kubal were

[43:16] there so i thank them for their uh

[43:19] presence in being there again i believe

[43:21] it was a very solemn ceremony for all of

[43:24] our veterans who have passed away and

[43:26] naturally for our two police officers

[43:29] tim simonson and jim nink who were

[43:32] killed in the line of duty in the city

[43:33] of crest hill

[43:35] so

[43:35] again we

[43:37] i believe it was very solemn ceremony uh

[43:41] to honor all of these individuals we

[43:43] certainly don't want to forget any of

[43:44] them because it was because of them that

[43:46] we have the freedoms that we enjoy today

[43:49] so

[43:49] my final comment it would be for

[43:52] father's day coming up here in a couple

[43:54] weeks i wish all of the fathers all of

[43:57] the grandfathers um

[43:59] congratulations and i hope that you have

[44:01] a wonderful day with your family and

[44:03] friends with that i will answer any

[44:05] questions that anybody may have i

[44:09] mean

[44:11] since um our city administrator is not

[44:13] here i would like to address you

[44:15] personally

[44:17] about a major concern that i have

[44:19] that it's been happening for a while

[44:21] right now

[44:22] and

[44:23] you're probably guys wondering why i'm

[44:25] bringing this to a console me so all the

[44:27] console be aware and so we can be on the

[44:30] same page since we can't

[44:32] it's a quorum if we speak

[44:35] individually or

[44:38] i think we have touched on the subject

[44:40] many times so far

[44:43] since jim was hired

[44:45] we've had

[44:46] vision meeting we have iml um personnel

[44:50] that came here and did a presentation

[44:53] for us

[44:54] and um

[44:55] i'm very upset i'm very upset very

[44:58] disappointed and very discomfort with

[45:00] the communication level that it's

[45:02] happening right now

[45:04] i think we have some of the best

[45:07] department heads

[45:09] we

[45:10] sat here many times over and over saying

[45:14] they are the professionals let them do

[45:16] their job and they are the professionals

[45:18] i think they have proof

[45:20] all these years how professional how

[45:22] quick they work

[45:24] how quick they answer their phone calls

[45:27] and

[45:28] we are

[45:29] presenting the resident

[45:32] and we work for the resident so if i

[45:35] call public work director he gets on

[45:38] something right away i don't feel the

[45:40] need

[45:41] that any department heads has to get

[45:43] permission to speak to an elected

[45:44] official it is my job and my duty as an

[45:48] elected official to represent the

[45:50] resident

[45:51] and i think it's their job and duty as

[45:53] well

[45:54] to respond to the council

[45:58] and to do the job for the residents

[46:02] i mean i don't know if any of you are

[46:04] happy about this but i'm not comfortable

[46:06] with the situation i'm not comfortable

[46:08] especially what happened today i don't

[46:10] need to wait when i when my resident

[46:13] from my word

[46:14] contact me

[46:16] about something i don't feel the need

[46:17] that i have to

[46:19] keep

[46:20] pushing and searching and asking for

[46:22] information because i'm waiting for our

[46:24] semester which he was off today some

[46:26] things that need to be handled they need

[46:28] to be handled right away

[46:30] are we not trusting the the professionals are we not trusting

[46:35] the elected official elected by the

[46:37] people

[46:39] i mean if something is not broken why

[46:41] are we going to fix it

[46:43] i understand we all need to be informed

[46:44] i understand he's a city manager he

[46:46] needs to be informed i'm not saying that

[46:49] but everybody is so busy they have their

[46:51] handful you think they have time to like

[46:54] let me contact this person to get

[46:55] permission to answer a counsel person

[46:59] i mean you're okay with that

[47:02] i am we were all same conference we are

[47:05] going to discuss this at a future work

[47:07] session

[47:08] it will be addressed and we will come to

[47:10] an agreement on it if anybody else would

[47:12] like to make any other comments we have

[47:13] discussed this over and over i think you

[47:15] said everything no i didn't say i didn't

[47:17] say yet you can't shut me up

[47:19] no you can't i'm in charge of this

[47:21] meeting and we are going to move forward

[47:22] your comments are well taken they're in

[47:24] the record we will discuss it at a work

[47:26] session coming up here and we will

[47:29] so now we have a new rule that when you

[47:31] shut people off i have the floor and i

[47:33] have the right to speak all right we're

[47:34] going to move on as anybody else have a

[47:36] question for them once again well how

[47:38] unprofessional i i just want to say that

[47:42] i do agree that

[47:43] um i don't believe it's right to tell

[47:47] people that

[47:48] we we hire that our employees that they

[47:50] can't communicate with the council

[47:52] that's big brother george orwell

[47:54] knocking on the door so i will agree

[47:56] with all of that okay point we'll take

[47:58] it all right we're going to move on to

[48:00] the city clerk's report christopher shea

[48:01] hall good evening chris

[48:03] good evening um i only have one item on

[48:06] the agenda we have a resident on lock

[48:09] lane that is requesting a block party

[48:12] slash movie night on friday june 10th

[48:15] from 7 p.m to 10 p.m they're requesting

[48:18] to close off lock lane to abbey and abby

[48:21] to prestwick council

[48:24] your

[48:25] approval soul move is presented

[48:28] second we have motion by alderman albert

[48:30] seconded by alderman kubal for the

[48:33] block party on

[48:35] lock lane questions or comments

[48:38] roll call please scott dyke yes john

[48:40] richard yes claude saul yes you know

[48:42] oberlin yes mark zappedy yes nate albert

[48:45] yes and joe cabot yes martian carries

[48:48] thank you and that's all i have tonight

[48:50] any questions of city clerk yes

[48:51] christine what's happening with the

[48:53] hiring

[48:54] do we start the process yet for your

[48:56] office um i plan on next council meeting

[48:59] to have a

[49:01] memo in the packet to go ahead and move

[49:03] forward on hiring somebody from a civil

[49:05] service list

[49:07] because the employee right now it's

[49:09] about six to seven months out before

[49:11] they retire

[49:12] so we need to get somebody trained we

[49:14] need to get somebody in there

[49:16] and everything so at the next meeting i

[49:18] am expecting to

[49:19] have council's concurrence on

[49:22] hiring another person from the civil

[49:23] service list

[49:25] to fulfill the vacancies

[49:27] coming up with the retirement correct is

[49:29] that the only shortness you have well

[49:31] i'm short a half a person when

[49:34] the secretary moved to the deputy

[49:37] so but first i need to get the full time

[49:39] before i get to part time

[49:44] and that's all i have to report

[49:46] okay thank you thank you moving on to

[49:49] our city treasurer's report glenn cockle

[49:51] good evening mayor and council i'd like

[49:54] to report regular overtime payroll from

[49:56] may 9 through the through may 22nd in

[49:58] the amount of 247 thousand six hundred

[50:02] forty five dollars and forty nine cents

[50:05] i seek a motion to approve our list of

[50:07] bills which during that same time period

[50:10] total one million seven hundred thirty

[50:12] five thousand

[50:13] five hundred and eighteen dollars and

[50:15] thirty nine cents so moved is presented

[50:20] we have motion by all the person over

[50:21] the second to buy all of them for shape

[50:23] with a list of bills questions or

[50:24] comments roll call please

[50:27] claudia gazelle yes you know berlin yes

[50:29] mark zucchini yes nate albert yes joe

[50:31] kubal yes scott dyke yes john richard

[50:34] yes motion carries thank you i'd like to mention again that

[50:39] i'd like to have a uh

[50:41] an upcoming work session or city council

[50:43] session that we have a recap on our

[50:45] expenses on the public works building if

[50:47] council would like to like to have that

[50:49] shared with them as well as some

[50:52] progress report on our our new city hall

[50:55] yes

[50:57] and with that i'll entertain any

[50:59] questions any questions of city

[51:01] treasurer

[51:03] okay thanks lynn thank you i'm moving on

[51:05] to new business we have nothing on the

[51:06] agenda anyone

[51:09] old business

[51:10] anyone

[51:11] mayor i have one question sorry

[51:14] um

[51:16] i don't know if this is to go to glenn

[51:18] or

[51:19] during the budget meeting where we

[51:21] approve the budget going forward

[51:24] lisa banovitz said that it would be

[51:26] possible to get

[51:28] regular updates on the status of the

[51:30] budget

[51:31] for the council's information i was

[51:33] wondering how we could get that

[51:36] to be

[51:37] you know if anyone else

[51:39] would be in favor of that just to get

[51:41] updates every few months on the budget

[51:43] like

[51:44] revenues are compared to

[51:47] expenditures what

[51:48] we that was mentioned something about

[51:50] quarterly

[51:51] i think she said she mentioned monthly or quarterly just

[51:55] as as council's pleasure on timing of it

[51:58] i think and it would be your pleasure

[52:01] with uh

[52:02] and and the request to get it on the

[52:04] agenda on a regular basis

[52:07] so what what is your what's your

[52:09] appetite you want to do in a quarter or

[52:11] on a quarterly or monthly exam

[52:13] um well

[52:16] monthly possible but if it's too much

[52:18] quarterly it would be fine i don't know

[52:20] the rest of the council

[52:22] feels about it yeah i would like that

[52:23] one i would like that as well okay

[52:26] collect the quarterly though quarterly

[52:28] yeah

[52:35] sounds like the bulk is quarterly yep

[52:38] would be able to get one um

[52:42] say in august the first one

[52:44] you should be able to get one at the end

[52:45] of june that's six months well the

[52:47] budget just got budget absolutely

[52:50] real quickly though yeah everybody has

[52:52] to realize that the only thing that i

[52:53] would caution you on is that we have a

[52:55] uh

[52:56] just it's it's cyclic in in nature so

[52:59] there are uh like the cops they come

[53:01] right out of the gates and they spend a

[53:03] bunch of money in it

[53:06] sister nature um and then we have

[53:08] certain certain times that we we receive

[53:10] income uh like the uh

[53:14] the tax levy so that comes in

[53:16] twice a year so there's a lot of things

[53:18] that are ins and outs that come at

[53:20] different times but um

[53:22] i'll talk with lisa on

[53:24] how best maybe to present that

[53:27] and whether she needs to be in

[53:28] attendance or whether you like just uh

[53:30] a reporting your in your council packet

[53:32] and her to report personally on a

[53:34] quarterly basis maybe that would be a

[53:36] good way to go and we just kind of throw

[53:37] out a couple of exceptions so like maybe

[53:39] we're flush on the income side because

[53:41] of the release of the tax levy and we're

[53:44] or we're long on the expense side

[53:46] because these so we'll we'll try and

[53:48] float a couple things in and out of

[53:49] there to give you a a true idea of where

[53:52] we're at

[53:53] in income and expenses relative to

[53:57] when those who knows occur is that good

[53:59] yes that's great okay thank you thank

[54:02] you

[54:03] okay committee liaison reports anybody

[54:07] city council comments anything anybody

[54:09] would like to share with their

[54:10] constituents

[54:12] we'll begin with alderman uh dyke this

[54:14] evening uh nothing at this time here

[54:17] uh ottoman rochester

[54:20] or two other women

[54:23] like to uh announce that at june 15

[54:27] um we will be holding the uh let's meet

[54:30] at the park

[54:32] um it's going to be a good one this time

[54:34] gonna have a touch of truck giveaways

[54:36] police department fire department

[54:39] public works director we're going to

[54:40] have hot dogs for the kids and the

[54:43] parents so join us at the

[54:47] park the fields of london meadow park is

[54:49] located on coventry and boreo on june

[54:52] 16th at 6 pm

[54:55] look forward to see

[54:56] most of you if it's not all of you

[55:01] were three other person

[55:05] well this is my last time to remind you

[55:07] about the 80th annual ladies memorial

[55:12] which will be this sunday june 12th at

[55:14] 11 o'clock

[55:15] at libby's memorial park

[55:18] it's really um i really hope to see a

[55:20] lot of you out there because we haven't

[55:22] had it for two years due to covid

[55:24] and we've worked really hard to get the

[55:26] park in shape for this and i want to

[55:28] thank all the people we had over 20

[55:30] people come out and help us um

[55:32] work on the park which was really nice a

[55:33] lot of the people from the czech

[55:34] republic came down and um

[55:36] my employee that didn't work last time

[55:38] martha she came out again so it was nice

[55:40] to get a lot of people out there to weed

[55:42] and prune things

[55:44] and um

[55:45] i was on the radio

[55:47] friday talking about it and i had just

[55:50] found an article that that talked about

[55:52] how

[55:53] after the massacre the one thing that is

[55:56] still there

[55:58] that was there prior to that is one pear

[56:01] tree in a row of three pear trees and

[56:03] it's like a historical thing now this

[56:05] pear tree over there

[56:07] and so um i found that out and when i

[56:09] was on the radio show i was talking

[56:10] about i said now i'm on a mission to get

[56:11] a pear tree over there in our memorial

[56:13] and before the show was over

[56:15] a group juliet pride

[56:17] and i want to thank them that was so

[56:19] kind of them they offered to fund the

[56:22] tree

[56:23] they're gonna they're gonna pay for the

[56:24] tree i'm looking into what type of tree

[56:27] it is but i was so happy when i shared

[56:29] all this with everybody um

[56:31] yesterday they they they weren't aware

[56:32] of it either so they were giddy about it

[56:34] getting this pear tree

[56:36] because of the meaning behind it so um

[56:38] that that's my next big win so thank you

[56:41] again to joliet pride for that and on a

[56:43] personal note

[56:46] i have to give a big 90th birthday happy

[56:49] birthday out there to

[56:51] our own cresthill uh historian little

[56:54] miss cresthill jeannie jurissic

[56:56] yesterday was her 90th birthday

[56:58] and i went over there and visited with

[57:00] her and stuff but i i still wanted to

[57:01] wish her that so happy birthday miss

[57:03] presto thank you

[57:05] all i mentioned

[57:06] nothing at this time here for four

[57:08] alderman albert another thing mayor

[57:13] just uh one real quick

[57:15] request to

[57:17] crest hill residents the park district

[57:19] is still looking for feedback

[57:22] online online

[57:24] their their website

[57:26] for memorial park

[57:28] uh we talked about it here a couple two

[57:30] three weeks ago they had a meeting out

[57:32] there not too many of the residents uh

[57:36] were able to make that meeting i think

[57:38] only about 10 folks but they're they

[57:41] want to uh improve that park and they

[57:43] want to add some amenities out there and

[57:45] they're looking for feedback so anybody

[57:47] that visits memorial park that lives

[57:50] near memorial park should go online uh

[57:52] the park district and put some stuff on

[57:55] there that you'd like to see in that

[57:56] park

[57:58] that's it right okay thank you

[58:00] public comment anyone like to address

[58:02] city council please step to the podium

[58:03] say your name for the record address is

[58:05] optional

[58:06] let the records show that no one has

[58:08] approached the podium to our city

[58:10] attorney chris spacia is there a need

[58:13] for an executive session chris i i don't

[58:15] believe there is i think jim said he

[58:16] wanted to put that over to the correct

[58:18] to the next uh city council meeting

[58:20] motion

[58:26] questions or comments

[58:29] or a roll call please tina oberlin yes

[58:31] mark speedy yeah

[58:34] yes

[58:41] is adjourned at 7 59 p.m thank you

06-06-22 Crest City Hill City Council Meeting

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