September 1, 2026

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[0:05] I just look at it's good.
[0:07] He's all dressed up.
[0:08] yesterday. Okay. Okay. Oh.
[0:12] This will be the quickest meeting ever.
[0:14] I'm not even gonna take my jacket off.
[0:16] You just jinxed it. Why would you do this?
[0:18] I won't say a word. Oh wait, I got one.
[0:19] [laughter]
[0:20] He just jinxed it.
[0:23] No, no. No. You want to run it?
[0:25] I go in the firehouse.
[0:27] I say, 'Oh, it's going to be a quiet day.'
[0:29] It's like a walk in the park.
[0:31] I tell that to my kid all the time.
[0:32] Boy, I hope you get to sleep tonight.
[0:33] Yes! I'll tell them to be looking for.
[0:35] You just jinxed the whole thing.
[0:36] Friday, I just had this discussion here.
[0:38] So I'm gonna knock some wood.
[0:39] Bill jinxed it.
[0:40] He said it's gonna be quick.
[0:41] Oh my God, I need a blanket.
[0:43] Don't ask.
[0:44] [laughter]
[0:45] Oh, was that it? You didn't want your record?
[0:47] Not a chance in hell. I'm going to ask
[0:48] lots of questions. So I have a lot of questions about
[0:49] the uh resolution.
[0:51] Wow.
[0:53] I was over there.
[0:54] What?
[0:55] But it was at nine.
[0:57] So you good? They treat you okay?
[0:58] We about the two next to you.
[0:59] But that's okay.
[1:00] Okay.
[1:01] Thank everybody for coming out.
[1:02] Combined Committee Regular Board Meeting
[1:03] for Tuesday, September 1st, 2026.
[1:06] Please call the roll.
[1:07] Trustee Kowalski?
[1:08] Here.
[1:09] Trustee Lenz?
[1:10] Present.
[1:11] Trustee McFarlane?
[1:12] Here.
[1:12] Trustee Mesler?
[1:13] Here.
[1:14] Trustee Segel?
[1:15] Here.
[1:16] Trustee Deboard is absent with notification.
[1:18] Uh okay.
[1:19] Please stand for the pledge.
[1:20] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[1:21] of the United States of America,
[1:22] and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation
[1:23] under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
[1:25] Okay.
[1:25] Okay, regular agenda items. We have the payment of bills.
[1:28] Any questions on A and B?
[1:30] I have one question on A, it's around the health inspections.
[1:32] It looks like we were double billed.
[1:33] Peter went into, uh, Kanes twice on the same day.
[1:36] No, that was on a complaint.
[1:37] So when it becomes a complaint, he has to go in once to assure,
[1:38] and he has to go in a second time to make sure stuff is remedied.
[1:40] But it was the same day.
[1:41] Oh.
[1:42] The same day there and the same day the nursing home.
[1:44] 8:25, 8:25.
[1:45] Okay, I will check on that.
[1:46] Okay, thank you.
[1:47] That was it.
[1:48] Yeah, it could be a problem with the date.
[1:49] I think he just put the wrong date down.
[1:50] Yeah, I think he just.
[1:51] Okay.
[1:52] Okay.
[1:53] Just, yeah.
[1:54] If you could follow up.
[1:55] Any other questions on A and B?
[1:57] Hearing none, we have minutes of record.
[1:58] We have the finance.
[1:59] Any correspondence?
[2:00] Nope.
[2:01] Planning and zoning.
[2:02] Minutes of both.
[2:03] Any questions on those?
[2:04] I'll go there.
[2:05] Good.
[2:06] Engineering.
[2:07] Uh he couldn't make it this evening.
[2:08] You guys all got his status report.
[2:10] Any questions on the engineering?
[2:13] Okay, consent agenda items.
[2:14] All items are considered routine and will be approved in one motion.
[2:17] We have the minutes of the board meeting on August 18th.
[2:19] We have a, uh, ordinance proclamation honoring
[2:21] Constitution Week.
[2:23] Are we doing anything special for Constitution Week?
[2:25] We don't, but I'm open to suggestions if anybody has some.
[2:27] Okay.
[2:27] Ordinances and resolutions.
[2:29] Solicitations and presentations.
[2:31] Do we have any?
[2:32] No.
[2:33] Planning and zoning, nothing.
[2:34] Business licenses, none.
[2:36] Nothing.
[2:36] Building department, Rich.
[2:38] Uh, not tonight.
[2:39] Something, Rich, for you.
[2:40] Uh, let's see.
[2:42] Public Works Stanley.
[2:43] Very good, Stan, you're learning.
[2:45] Fire Department.
[2:46] Nothing there.
[2:47] Look at you falling in line.
[2:48] [laughter]
[2:49] Okay.
[2:50] PowerPoint presentation at every meeting.
[2:52] Police department, I know you got something.
[2:54] No, I have nothing.
[2:55] I had breakfast this morning.
[2:57] There you go.
[2:58] Code enforcement.
[2:59] Nothing tonight.
[3:00] Uh anything with the, with the heat for the building there?
[3:03] Uh we were there, we were there at 9:00 this morning
[3:05] till 7:00 tonight.
[5:11] just closed up a few minutes ago.
[5:12] Had a single visitor.
[5:13] You had an outline, you posted it. Did you post it again?
[5:17] Yes.
[5:18] Okay, great.
[5:19] It'll be on the agenda tomorrow morning.
[5:20] Great.
[5:21] Uh, and you see EMA has approved of the higher three part-time EMA officers.
[5:27] Obviously, they only get paid when they only get paid when they work, so does anybody have any problems with that?
[5:32] [chair scraping]
[5:33] Village Hall approve.
[5:35] We're tabling that now.
[5:36] We're gonna table that.
[5:38] Uh, unfinished business, anybody?
[5:43] nothing new business, anybody?
[5:46] Just what we talked about in executive.
[5:48] I beg your pardon?
[5:49] Just what we talked about.
[5:50] Okay. executive. That's it.
[5:52] Uh, public comment.
[5:55] Anything, ladies?
[5:57] No comments?
[5:59] Something.
[6:00] You picked, you picked a great meeting to come to, okay? You're gonna be out of here in no time, okay?
[6:05] Oh, I'm going.
[6:07] Okay. Uh, let's go to the regular meaning.
[6:12] meeting. I know it.
[6:12] Oh, uh,
[6:14] [laughter]
[6:15] Nobody. Okay.
[6:17] Regular agenda items, payment of bills.
[6:19] Oh, police call the roll.
[6:21] Trustee Kowalski?
[6:22] Here.
[6:23] Trusty Lens?
[6:24] Present.
[6:25] Trusty McFarland?
[6:26] Here.
[6:27] Trusty Mesler?
[6:28] Here.
[6:29] Trusty Seagull?
[6:30] Still here.
[6:31] Okay, we have payment of bills, Resolution A.
[6:34] I'll make the motion to pay the resolution dated September 1st of 2026.
[6:37] I'll second.
[6:38] Motion has been made and seconded, please call the roll.
[6:41] Trusty McFarland?
[6:42] Aye.
[6:43] Trusty Mesler?
[6:44] Aye.
[6:45] Trusty Seagull?
[6:46] Aye.
[6:46] Trusty Kowalski?
[6:47] Aye.
[6:48] Trusty Lens?
[6:49] Aye.
[6:50] Under B Bills, one and two.
[6:53] Do I have a motion?
[6:54] I'll make the motion to pay B one and two.
[6:57] I'll second.
[6:58] Motion's been made and seconded, please call the roll.
[7:01] Trusty Kowalski?
[7:02] Aye.
[7:03] Trusty Lens?
[7:04] Aye.
[7:05] Trusty McFarland?
[7:06] Aye.
[7:07] Trusty Mesler?
[7:08] Aye.
[7:09] Trusty Seagull?
[7:11] Aye.
[7:12] Thank you.
[7:13] Under matters of record, we have the finance, we have the correspondence, we have the planning and zoning, A and B,
[7:20] and we also have the engineering report as you guys got it in your packet.
[7:25] Um, consent agenda items. All items are considered routine and will be approved in one motion.
[7:31] We have the table of 17A.
[7:37] With that, do I have a motion for approval?
[7:39] I'll make the motion to approve the consent agenda as amended.
[7:43] Do I have a second?
[7:44] Second.
[7:46] Trusty Kowalski?
[7:47] Aye.
[7:48] Trusty Lens?
[7:49] Aye.
[7:50] Trusty McFarland?
[7:51] Aye.
[7:52] Trusty Mesler?
[7:53] Aye.
[7:54] Trusty Seagull?
[7:55] Thank you.
[7:56] And then, uh, anything for the good of the village?
[7:58] I have a question, did anybody make it out to
[7:59] the Legion over the weekend?
[8:01] I I didn't get a chance to go there.
[8:03] Anybody go to their picnic?
[8:04] No.
[8:04] I drove by twice but that was it.
[8:06] Like that.
[8:07] Any anything else for the good of the village?
[8:10] Um, the Halloween event has been planned for October 24th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
[8:15] Uh, John's Way, the youth group is in for the haunted house downstairs.
[8:19] So, um, we will start putting together some hard plans for that.
[8:22] But if you can mark your calendars.
[8:24] What day of the week is that?
[8:25] It's a Saturday.
[8:26] It's a Saturday before Halloween.
[8:27] So, October 24th.
[8:28] And with that too, we're going to have the first hour.
[8:34] It was gonna be lit up.
[8:36] for the little kids.
[8:38] So we're gonna advertise it that way because there was a little, we needed something in the beginning for them where they can,
[8:43] the parents can bring.
[8:44] Totally understand.
[8:45] So we're gonna, we're gonna do that.
[8:47] Okay?
[8:48] Richie, that means you get to leave early for that.
[8:49] It's gonna be a little bit different. We're, we're not gonna go in the front, we're gonna go in the back.
[8:54] Because there was a lot better accessibility to the basement.
[8:57] We found that out in the, in the uh 250. It worked out a lot better.
[9:03] So,
[9:04] with that, uh, any other for the good of the village?
[9:08] Yeah, um, there was a GoFundMe setup for our email officer Richard Bakehorn.
[9:12] Um, it can be found on the Gofundme website or on some of the neighborhood watch pages.
[9:18] Um, family was left in some severe financial distress. So,
[9:21] um, one of the people, friends and family set up a GoFundMe.
[9:25] So if any residents are interested in helping out, um, that's definitely out there.
[9:30] Anybody else?
[9:33] Do I have a motion to adjourn?
[9:35] I'll make that motion.
[9:36] Do I have a second?
[9:38] Second.
[9:39] Motion's been made and seconded, please call the roll.
[9:42] Trusty Kowalski?
[9:43] Aye.
[9:44] Trusty Lens?
[9:45] Aye.
[9:45] McFarland?
[9:46] Aye.
[9:47] Trusty Mesler?
[9:48] Aye.
[9:49] Trusty Seagull?
[9:50] Thank you very much.
[9:51] I just wanted to say in my five years as trusty, this is by far the shortest meeting.
[9:56] Yes.
[9:57] And I I'm sorry we disappointed y'all, normally we're here way past 8 o'clock.
[10:02] But, uh, I
[10:03] [laughter]
[10:06] You want me to stretch it out or?
[10:07] [laughter]
[10:09] Oh, you know.
[10:11] I want I wanted the students to know that we're here.
[10:13] I'll sign it.
[10:14] You gotta.
[10:16] I'll sign 'em.
[10:16] [laughter]
[10:17] The the mayor has a little extra time, maybe he'll he'll show you.
[10:20] around you need