[0:00] The meeting come to order. Please rise for the pledge.

[0:04] » I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic

[0:10] for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:16] justice for all.

[0:20] » Welcome to the village board meeting of August 10th, 2026. Roll call, please.

[0:25] Terry >> here.

[0:26] » Smith, >> here. Krauss,

[0:27] » here. >> Denko,

[0:28] » here. Stacy >> here.

[0:30] » Gardner >> here.

[0:31] » Okay. In your packet, you have minutes from the last meeting and I actually

[0:35] have a couple of notations for it and then I'll ask if anybody else has

[0:38] anything. So, um, for the first part and it was just not fully mentioned in there

[0:44] and I would rather have it in the minutes. When we talked about Beacher

[0:47] Youth Commission verbally many years ago, the township and the village had

[0:52] agreed that the township would take care of senior programs and the village would

[0:55] take care of youth programs. Since there's no IGA and we did discuss that,

[1:00] I would prefer to have that in the minutes that it was discussed. Um the

[1:04] second item, you don't have to change the minutes because it wasn't a minutes

[1:07] problem. It was a Marcy problem. Uh I made a comment that fourth we had taken

[1:11] over the Fourth of July fest from police. Uh it was from the fire

[1:14] district. So we can put that on this clarify that. Did anyone else notice any

[1:20] issues with the minutes or have any changes or updates?

[1:24] » Okay. Can we have a motion to approve? with changes

[1:27] » some to the bills president report >> your changes added to the bill treasure

[1:32] report >> um it'll just be to the minutes yeah

[1:36] like well the some for the minutes under your

[1:40] » yeah I'd make that motion with the changes

[1:42] » there's a motion on the floor is there a second

[1:45] » roll call >> Terry

[1:48] » yes >> Smith

[1:51] » Krauss >> yes

[1:52] » yes >> Stacy

[1:53] » yes >> Gardner

[1:54] » yes Does anyone from the audience wish to

[1:57] address the board? Okay. Village clerk's report. We are

[2:02] going to We did the appointment at the last meeting um of Heidi Deas as I hope

[2:08] I said your name right. >> Dus close. Pretty close.

[2:12] » Yeah. >> Miss

[2:15] deputy treasurer. So, >> all right. village clerk will swear if I

[2:20] will [snorts] come over here.

[2:26] [laughter]

[2:28] » All right, repeat after me. I miss >> I miss

[2:33] » having been appointed to the position of deputy treasurer.

[2:36] » Having been appointed to the position of deputy treasurer

[2:39] » in the village of feature >> in the village of feature

[2:41] » in the county of will >> in the county of will. do solemnly swear

[2:44] or affirm >> do solemnly swear or affirm

[2:47] » that I will support the Constitution of the United States

[2:50] » that I will support the Constitution of the United States

[2:52] » the Constitution of the State of Illinois

[2:54] » the Constitution of the State of Illinois

[2:56] » and that I will faithfully discharge the duties

[2:58] » and I will faithfully discharge the duties

[3:01] » of the position of deputy treasurer according to the best of my ability

[3:04] » of the position of deputy treasurer to the best of my ability.

[3:09] [applause]

[3:19] Can I ask just for clarification? You want me to add the minute corrections to

[3:24] the president's report from this meeting?

[3:27] » Well, the one from the first one would be the last one. And then for this one,

[3:33] you can put that under for uh the fire department, police department, because

[3:36] that wasn't really a >> a minutes mistake from last time. Okay,

[3:45] perfect. Did you have a tax revenue?

[3:48] » I do. The total tax revenue received in that is in July, excuse me, was

[3:57] $334,75125.

[4:02] And that concludes my report. >> Okay. Um, under my report, um, I would

[4:09] ask someone to make a motion approving ordinance number 1462 repealing chapter

[4:14] 5 of title two of the village of Beacher Code, thereby dissolving the Beecher

[4:19] Youth Commission. Would someone make that motion?

[4:21] » I'll make that motion. >> There's a motion on the floor. Is there

[4:24] a second? >> Second.

[4:26] » There's a motion and a second. And under discussion, just to uh recap, this is

[4:31] something that Future Youth Commission had requested. they felt it would be a

[4:35] little better for fundraising to be able to um to go out if they were not part of

[4:40] the village. And as far as anything else, once you get the paperwork done

[4:44] and the bank account and everything, then we'll have a separate resolution

[4:46] going forward for the other changes. >> Okay. Is there any further discussion?

[4:52] Roll call. >> Gardner,

[4:54] » yes. >> Stacy,

[4:55] » yes. >> Denko,

[4:56] » yes. >> Krauss,

[4:57] » yes. >> Smith,

[4:58] » yes. Terry, >> yes.

[5:00] And I just have one thing here. Um, I have a lot of people that contact me in

[5:06] a variety of ways with issues, problems, concerns, and I am always happy to hear

[5:12] from you. But if if you talk to me at the grocery store or somewhere, I may

[5:17] not remember to do something about it by the time I get home or if it's, you

[5:21] know, Saturday afternoon by the time Monday comes. the best way to contact

[5:25] the village if there are any problems especially because it gives you I don't

[5:29] want to say a paper trail an electronic trail of when you have been when you've

[5:33] contacted the village so that you can keep track of responses would be to send

[5:37] an email to clerkvillageofbeer.org if you would prefer to get a hold of me

[5:42] personally it's myervillageofbeer.org that's mmevillageofbeer.org

[5:50] If you call the village, I've seen a few comments on Facebook where people say,

[5:54] "Well, I called three, four times and nobody did anything." If you call the

[5:58] village, ask who you're speaking to and then keep track of when you spoke to

[6:02] them. If you don't hear from anyone back, send me an email or call and leave

[6:06] me a voicemail. Um, you know, your concerns will be dealt with, but the

[6:10] best way to do it, I would say, since most people work, you don't have time to

[6:13] be making phone calls and coming in here. Best way to do it would be to send

[6:16] an email that everybody has a record of the conversation that's happened and it

[6:20] just makes things a lot more expedient when we're trying to get things done.

[6:26] All righty. And village commissions, fourth of July commission, trusty

[6:30] Krauss, >> uh we had a meeting last week. Uh they

[6:34] don't have any numbers out yet. They should have numbers for the fest within

[6:38] a month or two. remember the next meeting was November

[6:43] or something. >> December.

[6:47] » Yeah. I don't remember when it was.

[6:56] » November 4th. >> November 4th.

[6:58] » Next meeting is November 4th. >> Yes.

[7:01] » Just so you know, Kenya's operation today.

[7:03] » Did anybody hear how he did? >> He's come through. So, so far so good.

[7:07] He's uh I think now recovered. >> Okay. But I actually texted

[7:12] » it was a very long long thing. I I picked him up at 2:30 this morning.

[7:17] » Oh jeez. >> So, but yeah, he's uh I think went

[7:20] through well from everything all [snorts] the things we've heard from the

[7:24] surgeon. So, >> okay, good.

[7:26] » I actually had just texted Bob before the meeting to ask if he heard anything

[7:29] about Kenny yet. So, >> all righty. Youth Commission Trusty

[7:33] Smith. Uh the next meeting is August 18th at 7:30.

[7:37] » Sorry. And I guess we won't be hearing about that much anymore.

[7:41] » We can still do the lean thing. >> Um historic preservation commission

[7:46] trusty gardener. >> Thank you. Uh last at uh last month's

[7:51] Creek Township USA Fest, the commission was awarded the distinguish

[7:55] distinguished public service award. I'll just read the first part of it. In

[7:58] recognition of your outstanding dedication and commitment to the welfare

[8:02] and quality of life of the people of Creek Township, the board of trustees

[8:06] presents this distinguished public service award. Uh goes on a little bit

[8:10] more. That's um if you'd like to see that award, the perfect time to see it

[8:15] would be at our meeting which is on the 19th at 6 PM and we're always looking

[8:19] for more volunteers. That's all I got.

[8:22] » All right. Finance and Economic Development Committee Trusty Krauss.

[8:27] Thank you. Variance reports are enclosed for your review. I will make a motion

[8:32] approving payment of the list of bills in the amount of $134,934.37.

[8:41] » There's a motion on the floor. Is there a second? Second. Is there any

[8:45] discussion? >> Roll call. Terry,

[8:48] » yes. >> Smith,

[8:49] » yes. >> Crazo,

[8:50] » yes. >> Stacy,

[8:51] » yes. >> Garden,

[8:52] » yes. That's all I have. >> Okay. public properties and community

[8:57] events. Trusty Denko. >> All right. Thank you, uh, mayor. Uh,

[9:00] just as a heads up, our update about the beach bulletin. The staff is working on

[9:04] the fall 2026th edition of the villages newsletter. Uh, any articles that you

[9:09] would like to include should be submitted to village hall staff by

[9:13] September 14th, uh, 2026. Uh, staff anticipate mailing the newsletter out

[9:18] around October 12th. And that's all I have for tonight.

[9:22] » Planning, building, and zoning. Trustee Terry.

[9:25] » Thank you, Mayor. Uh, building department's monthly reports enclosed.

[9:29] And in addition, uh, we're going to have a planning and zoning commission meeting

[9:35] that's scheduled for Thursday, August 20th at 6 p.m. here at the village hall.

[9:40] Uh, the regular planning and [clears throat] zoning commission

[9:43] meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 27th, um, is anticipated to be cancelled

[9:48] due to a lack of agenda items. That concludes my report.

[9:52] » Okay. Public Safety Committee Trustee Stacy.

[9:55] » Thank you, Mayor. Uh, the Police Department's monthly report is enclosed.

[10:00] A EMA monthly report is enclosed. The code enforcement monthly report is

[10:06] enclosed. And uh, feature night out at Fireman's

[10:12] Park is Tuesday, August 11th from 5 to 8:00 p.m. Chief, did you have anything

[10:18] that you wanted to >> No, just to piggy back off of that.

[10:20] We've been working on that, so it's going to be a good event. So, if you're

[10:22] available, come on out and enjoy the night.

[10:25] » Okay. Director Heim, did you have anything?

[10:27] » I'm good. Nothing important. >> And uh I know our code enforcers here.

[10:33] I'd like to thank him for the job he's doing. And that's all I have there.

[10:37] » Okay. >> Public works committee trusty gardener.

[10:41] » Thank you. Public works monthly report is enclosed. The water operations

[10:46] monthly reports for May and June are enclosed. The water billing register

[10:50] report for the billing period of May through June 26 is enclosed. Wastewater

[10:55] treatment plant monthly report is enclosed.

[10:59] Like to consider a motion approving reimbursement to Beacher Funeral Home in

[11:02] the amount of $7,550 for sewer repairs related to the

[11:07] Penfield Street reconstruction project. Make that motion.

[11:12] » There's a motion on the floor. Is there a second?

[11:14] » Second. >> There's a motion and a second.

[11:16] Discussion. Are we um filing a claim with the company to get rid of this?

[11:21] » We're trying. I mean, it's going to be kind of hard to prove one way or the

[11:24] other to be honest with you because they did replace a pipe in that general area.

[11:28] So, I >> it's going to be difficult to prove.

[11:31] » We will do our best though, but we didn't see a good reason to make them

[11:36] have to wait since they had to, you know, so while we battle it out.

[11:42] » Any other discussion? >> Back. [clears throat] Do you have

[11:44] anything else? >> Oh, sorry. No.

[11:47] Roll call. Yeah. Roll call. >> Getting ahead of myself.

[11:51] » Gardner, >> yes.

[11:52] » Daisy, >> yes.

[11:52] » Deno, >> yes.

[11:53] » Krauss, >> yes.

[11:54] » Smith, yes. Tier, >> yes. The shirt. Eric,

[11:58] » do you have anything else, Bab? >> I will. I'll just add that we are still

[12:00] out collecting brush. Um, we've had a lot of phone calls on people asking when

[12:04] we were going to come get their brush and whatnot. We just started our second

[12:09] uh round town today. Um, we still have three crews out working. Um, one of

[12:14] which is a contractor. Um, Bluters tree service. So if you see them out um and

[12:18] if you need any private work done, you can talk to them outside of the village

[12:23] um obviously, but um we are still collecting branches and whatnot. We do

[12:28] not have our wood chipper out yet. Uh we are still uh working on our the bigger

[12:33] piles around town. Hopefully by next week we'll have the chipper out uh

[12:36] picking up the smaller piles, cleaning up the the little debris around town,

[12:40] but I see we have a possible duratio tomorrow night again. So we'll see what

[12:43] that brings. So yeah, that's all I have.

[12:47] » And that's all I have as well. >> All right. Administrative and government

[12:51] affairs committee trustee Smith. >> Um I have nothing to report this.

[12:56] » All righty. >> Is there any other business to come

[12:59] before the board? >> I have something Mayor. Um last

[13:02] [clears throat] last month I went to our Lairway Communications Center and um a

[13:08] board director's meeting. So, just to let everybody know too with um kind of

[13:12] falls in line with public safety, but they passed their 2026 2027 um budget.

[13:17] Um the budget was an increase to 6% uh which mostly came from salaries and

[13:23] benefits. Uh their increase for their benefits was like 3.5%

[13:29] increase. So, it came to their benefits.

[13:33] We also will be receiving um whatever we have left uh from what we paid from like

[13:39] the from from what they allocated us what we budgeted um we'll have uh

[13:46] surplus coming in and then I think we're going to go ahead and and get three uh

[13:50] motor radios for the police department and then we'll also still be able to add

[13:55] that credit um to our current

[14:00] » that

[14:04] Any other business there? Someone would like to make a

[14:07] motion to adjurnn. >> So move.

[14:09] » There's a motion on the floor. Is there a second?

[14:11] » Second. Roll call. Terry.

[14:15] » Yes. >> Smith.

[14:15] » Yes. Crafts. Yes. Jenko. >> Yes. Stacy.

[14:18] » Yes. >> Gardner.

[14:19] » Yes.

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