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all right good evening ladies and gentlemen i would like to call the
january 17th 2022 crest hill city council meeting to
order if everyone would please rise for the
pledge allegiance to the flag and please remain standing after the pledge
i pledge allegiance to the life of the united states of america and to the
republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and
justice for all today we remember
and we honor martin luther king jr for all the good things that he did for
our country unfortunately he was taken
too early from us but over the short time that he was here
he certainly did change the course of history for the entire country
and the initiatives that he founded and made
were long overdue and much needed for our country
we've come a long way since his death
and we still have ways to go but we as a city of cresthill certainly
want to honor remember and extend our deepest condolences to
the king family on on the loss of martin luther
and at this time i would ask for us all to take a moment of silence in his
remembrance and his honor
thank you
roll call please chris ray solomon here glenn conklin president scott guy here
john darrell jefferson here
here
okay you have before you the minutes of the
city council meeting held the crestdale city council meeting held on january 3rd
2022 motion would be in order some move
second we have motioned by alderwoman gaza seconded by alderman cepedy for the
approval of the minutes of the january 3rd 2022 crest hill city council meeting
questions or comments roll call please scott dice yes john roche yes darrell
jefferson yes claudia gazelle yes you know oberlin yes mark zappedy yes nate
albert yes girl kubo yes welcome carrie thank you
and you also have before you the minutes of the work session
held on january 10 2022 motion would be in order so move
second we have motion by alderman albert seconded by alderman kuval for the
approval of the minutes of the work session held on january 10 2022
questions or comments i have a question um is there a reason like um chris like
the minutes are like very little like we don't cover as much
anymore minutes aren't verbatim they're a
synopsis of what happened um i actually typed those for lori and
where she went through them
and does correct you know correct them and
yeah i totally understand we don't go like
word by word but if a council person stated a comment they should at least
say you know so and so stated this and
like i would like the minute to reflect uh
on the part of the regional water commission
about my comments to um the mayor
regarding his appointee
it was not added around like nothing that i've said it's
again i understand that we don't go word by word
but if you can add that i would appreciate it
any other questions roll call please
john shane yes doraleous represent yes apply the
gazelle yes tina oberlin abstain marks the pd yes
nate albert yes joel kubal yes and scott that
abstain thank you mountain carries
okay we do not have a business promotion this evening so we'll continue with the
agenda items and first on the agenda is to our city attorney mike steph good
evening mike good evening we have before you a resolution
authorizing two several two cases uh will county cases 28
in addition to that resolution uh there should have been separately uh on your
uh spots on the diocese a consent decree which will become
if approved exhibit a to that resolution exhibit a covers the
uh prestill versus mr
unlimited case both of these cases were
discussed in executive session at the work session
the consent decree was given to the defense counsel
in the mr unlimited case and he got back to us about an hour and a half before
the meeting here tonight with a couple of minor
requests on a red line so we have i guess two options we have
looked at the proposed changes
i just did not have a chance to get those inserted into the red line because
he sent it as a pdf and i'm okay in general with the language
that he suggested it's mostly cosmetic it's not really
substantive i'm happy to discuss those in executive
session tonight if you think that that's necessary
otherwise you could approve the resolution with exhibit a in
substantially the same form so long as it is i would personally would like to
speak on this cusp as an executive session since we have to vote on it and
we haven't read it okay so it's okay i don't know if the rest of console but
maybe not so we can go into executive session uh
pending petting litigation okay
i'm sorry you don't need to apologize i want to
know what i'm going for thank you i'm sorry it's not like i don't trust you
but it's just
so other than that the the other uh the other case uh which i don't believe
needs to be discussed in the executive session is the phillips versus uh
uh or phillips versus crest hill case that's the administrative hearing case
uh which was uh settled or discussed in executive sessions the
settlement is simply waiver of the 750 fine in exchange for the plaintiff's
dismissal of the case and uh um there should be no there's no
separate settlement agreement on that it's it's all just uh being done through
the court in the dismissal order so that's the other part of the resolution
so absent that uh we can discuss the remainder on executive session and
that's all i have to answer any other questions can we
vote on the one or do we have to wait for both of them no i would vote on the
resolution after the executive session for both one resolution okay
we will do that okay anything else mike no that's it
questions of city of time okay thank you
to our city administrator jim moreno good evening john
before you tonight you have a resolution authorizing the sale of the
city hall this was discussed in the full session at the last meeting
what the resolution does it declares the city hall property a surplus property
authorize a negotiation of the sale of the property
and allows us to publish notice in a newspaper soliciting proposals
to purchase the city hall and then if we do receive proposals the
due date for those are february 7th
if we do receive proposals we'll review those
staff would negotiate a purchase and sale agreement
and then bring that before you at a future meeting to consider and approve
some move second we have motion by alderman albert
seconded by alderwoman gazelle for resolution authorizing the sale of
surplus surplus real estate uh located at 1610 plainfield road crest hill
illinois 60403 questions or comments roll call please
darrell jefferson yes claudia gaza yes tina oberlin yes marks the pewdie yes
nate albert yes joel cuba yes scott dyche yes john bush yes motion carries
resolution 1133
okay anything else jim no that's all i have any questions of city administrator
okay thank you moving on public works department our
director of public works mark c for good ending mark good evening mayor and
council i have two agenda items before you this evening
the first which was talked about last week is a resolution approving a
preliminary agreement regarding formation of a regional water
commission making preliminary declarations of future lake michigan
water needs and other related matters uh as spoke about last week in last
week's worst session this is the our intent to join
the regional water commission and pursue lake michigan water
with a delivery date of 2030 with other surrounding communities
okay so we are voting on all the information in the packet
correct yes so this is the the the first seven or eight pages are the resolution
that we will be passing the rest is just uh auxiliary documentation that has to
be part of the packet um these are all the things we talked about last at work
session um but really the first eight pages are the resolution everything else
is just the auxiliary information that has to be part of the resolution packet
it was fascinating reading thank you okay i would ask for a motion
for a resolution approving a preliminary agreement
regarding formation of a regional water commission
making preliminary declarations of future lake michigan water needs and
other related matters so movement second we have motion by alderman albert
seconded by alderwoman gazelle questions or comments yes i have a
question over here go ahead um i wasn't at the uh work session so i
don't know what claudia's comments might have been but i am curious as how to
how we got the um choice of who the backup was
what was the uh
is the appointment from the mayor for an alternate and the mayor's absence
uh that is required of all the communities that will be joining the
water commission what was the rationalities
behind that one person over everybody else
the rationale was the mayor's choice of who he would like to
have as an alternate on the board and that was nate alderman albert was my
choice and alderman albert has agreed to be the
alternate in my absence at any of the future meetings which
involves the mayors and the city administrators
okay i got one thing uh a page seven mark uh
what's your name 2021 got changed in 2022
the date yes we will change that thank you very much
our hope was to have this our hope was to have this done in 2021 um we will
change that to 2022 thank you john for that catch
so with that that slight change and what is that seven seven
and the past the day we passed it we'll
change that to 2022.
okay any other questions or comments
roll call please oberlin
tina i'm thinking oh do you want to pay off yeah i'll pay us for a minute yeah
let me take a minute mark zappedy yes
nate albert yes joe cuball yes scott dyke yes john roche yes darrell
jefferson um yes
claudia gazelle yes you know
well i will say yes because the basis of this is is in the best interest of the
city however my comments will do be noted that i
don't like some aspect of it
mayor would you like to vote i would mayor beaucia the mayor votes
yes thank you washington carries
it is resolution 11 34.
all right before you continue mark um
i just have a couple comments in regards to what just happened here
with the joining of the water commission then
i'll certainly open it up to city council if anyone would like to make any
comments in regards to what has just taken place
so as i have stated in the last several months that this was going to be the
most important vote in the history of the city of cresttel
and we have worked diligently from all levels
over the past two years to get to this point this evening
and with the unanimous vote that has just taken place
i would like all our residents to know that we have set the course for a high
quality sustainable water supply for the city of cresthill for the next
100 years for the next several generations
our work is far from over because of this vote tonight
our work has only begun and there will be bumps in the road
going forward but we'll work through them
and do what is in the best interest of the city
at every bump in the road we have plenty of work to do
over the next eight years with infrastructure and construction
throughout the city of cresthill to get ready for the lake michigan water
i certainly would like to give credit and an abundance of gratitude
for all of the meetings that were attended by
everyone here
and to everyone that is still involved in any way today
and that includes all the attorneys the engineers
the public works representatives the mayors the city administrators the city
council members and last but not least to the city of
joliet to mayor otakirk
and to allison swisher who spearheaded this
project on behalf of the city of joliet in order to gain the formation of the
regional water commission
i believe that we have worked cooperatively
and for the good of all of the surrounding communities
in forming this commission
we as the city of cresthill are now charter members
and with the vote that just took place tonight we are the first to join with
this with the regional water commission and there are several other communities
that will be joining in the near future and to all our residents
thank you for your patience for us for the last couple years and working
through a lot of the details but i want you to understand that this
is the most cost effective method for the city of cresthill to move forward
to provide a high quality of water and again i would just like to give my
thanks and my gratitude to everyone that has been involved in this most important
decision with that i will open it up to city
council if anyone would like to make any comments in regards to the formation
well in throughout this whole thing i i've heard responses from many of our
citizens on a daily on a daily basis and i must say that uh the majority
with maybe one exception we're all positive all in agreement that this was
the best move for the city um
which did surprise me that there was only really one
disagreeing vote i heard a voice i heard
so the people that did listen that did
know what was going on seemed to all share the same
thought that that i did that that this was the only way we really had to go so
i just wanted to say that anyone else just want to thank mark
seifert and all his team the attorneys everyone that was involved in this
everyone amazing job great job can't thank you
enough
mayor i just would like to say that it's an exciting step for the city of
crestville you know to make such a
drastic change in our future
is going to be beneficial for not only our residents but also for you know
potentially uh commercial businesses that would like
quality water and restaurants and and stuff like that so
certainly excited about it just gotta remind the residents that we're still
quite a few years away from when it actually comes out of our tap but
we are starting here tonight thank you
[Music] okay
anything else mark yep the next agenda item i have this evening
is the bid approval and contract award to the
to williams brothers out of peoria for the east
water reclamation facility phosphorus removal upgrades as mentioned last week
this is a this project is required through the
iepa for phosphorus removal um the low bid was at four million nine
hundred and thirty thousand dollars uh just over the engineer's opinion of
probable cost of 4.9 million uh to remind council this is an iepa
loan project with 15 percent loan forgiveness and an interest rate of
under one those loan terms and conditions will be
coming before council uh before uh this project takes off from the ground but
the first step is awarding the bid so i'd be looking for council's approval of
the bid
motion would be another move dispresented
second we have motion by elder person overland
seconded by alderwoman gazelle to award the contract to williams
brothers for the phosphorus removal upgrades
questions or comments roll call please mark the p yes nate
albert yes joe kubal yes scott dice yes chad richey yes darrell jefferson yes
flooding saul yes and tina overland yes motion carries thank you
that's all i have for this evening but i would like to thank council
for all your support over the last uh six to seven months uh in the formation
of the regional water commission had a lot of work like we we've done but
like uh many of you have said uh we have a long road ahead of us and we will
continue to work hard for this city so thank you
thank you mark okay thanks mark uh moving on city
engineer our city engineer ron wedeman good evening ron good evening just have
one item it's an informational item that is requested by idot to be presented to
council and then after presented needs to be filed at the clerk's office
um during 2021 i've been working with idot to go through basically an audit of
all the mft accounts through january 1st of 2013
through april 30th of 2019. basically they reviewed all of our
expenditures they made sure all the expenditures were eligible based on the
guidelines we provided all the appropriate documentation we closed out
all the projects um
so that's what's here in front of you today on third page of it does say here
that there is a net balance account of on december 31st that is an error should
be actually april 30th 2019. but that basically was our unobligated
mft amount at that time obviously since that time we've gotten
additional funds we've got an additional but
that's what we had in particular at that time
my my internal numbers that i had worked
with was in that neighborhood wasn't exact and there's lots of reasons why it
could be a little bit off there's some interest and things like that but
it's just an informational item for you i'm now working on the 2019 2020 and
i've just presented 2021 to them does anybody have any questions regards to
this
that's all i had now okay do we have a motion
so moved second motion by all the person overland second to buy alderman dike for
the approval of the motor fuel tax uh audit for the period beginning
january 1st to april 30.
questions or comments no it's just good job
again thank you
roll call please claudia gazelle yes tina oberlin yes mark
yes nate albert yes joe blueball yes scott dyke yes darrell jefferson yes
welcome carrie thank you
anything else around that's it mayor okay any questions for our city engineer
okay thank you moving on community development
department you have the reports uh on file and your packet and laura
will be here tomorrow um police department our police chief ed
clark good evening guy giving mayor council live before you
this evening the comcast
contract for the city center and police station uh
the contract includes uh
an equipment and splicing fee of forty four thousand eight hundred fifty six
dollars seventy two cents this contract was voted on uh through
work session last week informally for our discussion
this contract also provides us our fiber internet for our phone system as a
backup our fiber uh for closed circuit tv which is our peg channel and our 911
connection which is most important for will county 911 services
and as i said we already discussed this in last week's uh
work session i'd be looking for just the formal approval of that contract
motion would be in order so a move second motion by alderman albert
seconded by alderwoman gazal for the approval of the comcast
contracts for city center and new police station questions or comments i forgot
one more question when after i called you today yeah how are we gonna track
how soon they're gonna do this well
they had i was told i believe it was uh 90 to 120 days out
so that's the reason we got we got moving last week to get that
informal vote and get it signed so it's typically not that long but they're
going to let us know when they're putting it in
can we find a way to keep tracking because due to
the timing already in january absolutely like to put it like somewhere
reminder constantly call them to yeah we've been in contact with uh with
comcast with their uh government um representative we'll keep in contact and
see if we can get it in sooner or later okay thank you
okay roll call please joe cool yes scott dice yes john richards gerald
jefferson yes claudia gasol yes keane oberlin yes mark the pedi yes nate
albert yes motion carries thank you
you don't have any other agenda items and uh
your information is in the packet i'll entertain any questions any questions of
the police chief [Music]
okay thanks ed thank you all right moving on to the mayor's report this
evening we have uh two proclamations and one resolution so we will
we've split we split up all three uh at the diocese here and i am going to begin
um with the reading of a proclamation
commemorating the city of cresthill school choice week
whereas all children in the city of cresthill should have access to the
highest quality education possible and whereas the city of crest hill
recognizes the important role that an effective education plays in preparing
all students in the city of crest hill to be successful adults
and whereas quality education is critically important to the economic
vitality of the city of cresthill
and whereas is home to a multitude of high-quality public and non-public
schools from which parents can choose for their children
in addition to families who educate their children in their home
and whereas educational variety not only helps to diversify our economy
but also enhances the vibrancy of our community
and whereas our area has many high quality teaching
professionals who are committed to educating our children
and whereas school choice week is celebrated across the country by
millions of students parents
educators schools and organizations to raise
awareness of the need for effective educational options
now therefore i raymond r solomon by virtue of the powers vested in me as the
mayor of the city of crest hill along with the members of the city
council do hereby designate january 23rd
2022 through january 29th
2022 as the city of cresthill school choice
week in the city of cresthill in witness whereof i have here on to set
my hand and cause the corporate seal of the city of cresthill
the 17th day of january 2022 raymond r solomon mayor
motion would be in order for the proclamation second we have motion by
alderman albert seconded by alderman sipity
for its approval questions or comments roll call please scott died yes john
richard yes jefferson yes flooding us all yes can oberlin yes mark yes nate
albert yes joe yes
thank you and we will send a copy of that
proclamation to the proper authorities we have we have passed this proclamation
for the last several years i think eight or
nine um
for schools choice week next on the agenda uh and we have the
honor and privilege of having our director of our crest hill branch white
oak library here with us this evening and they are
celebrating their 100th anniversary as a library district
so we certainly want to congratulate them
and with the 100 year anniversary they will
be holding a
dinner at the library
by invitation on friday february 4th
and they are actually having these dinners in crest hill and lockport and
in romeoville the three communities that the white oak library district
serves so with that um
they are asking for a waiver of the
liquor license and a waiver of the entertainment license
um in conjunction with the um
dinner that they're going to have on february 4th within the library building
itself we did discuss this at the work session
last monday evening so i would ask for approval
or motion for the waiver of the 50 permit fee for the liquor and
entertainment for february 4th from 6 00 p.m to 10 p.m
we have a motion by alderman petty
seconded by seconded by
second alderman
jefferson questions or comments of the motion
roll call please
nate albert yes joe kubal yes
scott dyke yes chad rasheed yes darrell jefferson yes
claudia gasol yes you know berlin yes mark the pd yes motion carries thank you
and again i would certainly uh like to encourage anybody from the city
council or anyone involved with city of
cresthill to join uh the party by invitation on february
4th uh this is a great milestone for the library district and it would great it'd
be great to see a good turnout there for the uh the dinner that they are
proposing that evening with that being said you have before you
also a proclamation recognizing the 100th anniversary of the white oak
library district um we split this up between wards one
and two so we will first read the uh proclamation and pass it
uh beginning with alderman dyke thank you mayor a proclamation recognizing the
100th anniversary of the white oak library district whereas public library
services and lockport township were first offered in 1922 when the lockport
women's club started a voluntary library in lockport illinois in pilgrim hall and
whereas after unsuccessful attempts were made to establish a tax-supported town
library voters approved the establishment of
lockport township public library in 1929 and purchased the voyeur residence in
1932 and built a small addition in 1938 and
whereas in 1965 while temporary while responding to changing needs of the
growing community the library trustees decided to build a new library in
lockwork and in 1969 the trustees decided to expand
services and build a new library in the city of cresthill
thus forming the des plaines valley public library district in 1981 and
whereas in
1920 2008 2008 the library trustees agreed to a transfer of the territory
with the fountaindale public library district
transferring over to the the plains valley public library district after
several referendums attempted in february 2010 voters approved a
23 million dollar building bond measure to construct a new trust hill library
branch refurbished and expand the lockwood
branch library and to purchase and refurbish the fountaindale public
library building in the village of romeville and
whereas in june 2011 the board of library trustees voted to rename the
organization to the white oak library district and
the city and the cresthill branch library was open to the public in
september 2013 and whereas the white oak library district has a current
circulation of approximately 650 000 items per year and currently has 92
employees amongst three branches and offers a multitude of educational
recreational and social opportunities to a wide variety of community members of
all ages and whereas libraries are an integral component of
every compute community and offer a wide variety of services to all generations
for the betterment of the community and are and are
deserving of the gratitude and appreciation of the citizens of the city
of cresthill and whereas the white oak library district
will celebrate this momentous milestone of its 100th
anniversary with a celebration including a dinner numerous programs events and
activities throughout the year of 2022. now therefore i
rhyme raymond r salmon by virtue of the authority vested in me as the mayor of
the city of cresthill do hereby proclaim february 4th 2022 be observed as a white
oak library district day in the sea of cresthill and hereby congratulate the
white oak library district and its 100th anniversary and encourage all the
citizens to salute them for their efforts and accomplish it
giving under my hand and the corporate seal of the city of cresthale the 17th
day of january 2022 raymond r salomon mayor so presented
a second i'll second it we have motion by alderman dyke seconded
by older person overland for the approval of proclamation recognizing the
100th anniversary of the white oak library district questions or comments
roll call please jabber shay yes
darrell jefferson yes vladimir yes yes mark zappedy yes nate albert yes joe
cuba yes scott dyke yes motion carries thank you
you are welcome we certainly want to congratulate our
director of our library scott poynton he's been doing it for how many years
now uh over 15. over 15 years and i think we all remember the library
that was on theodore street for all those years
it's small size small parking lot and it's a
small amount of circulation and when you look
from the information that was put together in
the proclamation how far the library has come over the
last 100 years 92 employees
district-wide and over 650 000 circulations per year that's
incredible for what they have to offer and just
like our schools in the city of cresthill our library is
a very integral part of any community because a community is only as strong as
its school system and its libraries a lot of people do look for those things
when they look to move into a community and our library and all three of them
the one in lockport the one in romeoville are all run very efficiently
there are all generations that go into that
library every day whether to use the internet
to look for a book to children's programs the activities
the programs that they have at that library the programs that they
had when all of our children were at that age as
youngsters to go into the library to learn and to gather information has just
been incredible so i want to on behalf of all of the citizens of the city of
cresthill scott present you with a copy of this
proclamation that we have just passed i want to thank you for your commitment
your dedication your loyalty not only to the crest hill branch but to romeo
villain to lot for all branches also it's an incredible
feat to try to handle those three buildings and to provide the services
that you do but you do it very well and we're very proud to have you in the city
of crest hill great so congratulations on behalf of myself and everyone in the
city of christ thank you so much certainly the podium is yours all right
thank you mayor and council this is quite an honor um
as you've gathered from the the reading of the proclamation it's quite a storied
history 100 years is a long time and um you know as i was listening to that
it kind of reminded me a little bit of just the city of cresthill i mean
uh you know officially crest hill uh
incorporated in 1960 so some someone might say cresthill is only 62 years old
but obviously there was a community before it incorporated and so a very
long story uh passed and i think one of the things that i've
tried to bring uh is a little bit of a drive and a you
know continuing to look forward it might you know be easy to to rest on laurels
or or whatever but
you know we're as the mayor said we we're a really good
library right now and we're striving every day every week every month to be a
great library and you know we're very proud of what we've
accomplished but there's a lot to do still and so we're not
we're not done just yet
and and i would also mention i can get in a
commercial while i get the podium so the mayor mentioned the dinner that
we're having on february 4th that's kind of a combination celebration
recognize our library partners announced the existence of our new foundation that
we've just launched but also throughout the calendar year of
2022 we're going to have all kinds of activities at the library celebrating
this anniversary so look for all ages open to the public birthday
parties to happen in may and all three of our branches and uh all kinds of
other fun things that we're gonna do throughout the year so
yeah it's it's uh i'm humbled and honored to to receive this so thank you
all very much so just stay right there i'm gonna open up the city council for
any comments they would like to make to you scott i just have one one question
what are some of the the ways that they can support the foundation
okay so we have a like i said a brand new library foundation it is a true uh
endowment type of foundation so any money given to the foundation
is principal and it will never be spent so if you give ten dollars that ten
dollars for the rest of time will earn interest that goes to the library so
it's it's an endowment so the principal will never be touched the interest money
uh will start to flow to the library to create
a source of income that doesn't come from tax dollars and that's what you
know that's what i've been hearing for the
last 15 years so that's what we've now put together um so to ultimate albert's
point
anybody who donates during
this calendar year will be considered a
centennial donor and they'll be recognized as such you know forever on
our website the foundation website i should say
um and that's you know one dollar up to in theory 249
um if you're willing to give 250 uh you get a bronze leaf on the on the
donor tree which is about to be installed at the chrysler branch in the
next week or so um 500 you get your silver leaf 750 you can see a gold leaf
um if you really want to be a big spender a thousand dollars
we'll get you an egg corn which is bigger
on the tree we are we are the white oak library
district after all uh there are acorns and then um beyond that uh the
foundation has conceived of and the library board has approved a naming
rights sort of menu for spaces in the library so
um you know if you'd like the the raymond solomon uh you know children's
department you could probably get that for the low low price of 75 000
all right but uh you know there's meeting rooms
and whatnot they're much much less expensive but like i said the whole
thing is conceived of so that you know in five years or ten
years or however long it takes us to sell all the leaves on the trees and
sell all the naming rights of the rooms or whatever
there might be a million dollars sitting in the bank churning out fifty thousand
dollars and that's probably not that much but but whatever tens of thousands
of dollars of income every year interest income
which will go to support and sustain the library's efforts so
it is a leave a legacy type of situation because
like i said the principal will never be touched so any dollar given will
continue to produce income for the library forever
you're going to have one of these giving trees at each of the branches we we will
yes the um
so we're having these these partner parties that the mayor had mentioned
earlier um in the order that our three buildings opened so the lockport party
is this friday um because that was our first branch
obviously and then two weeks later the crystal
party will happen and our intention is to have these trees you know in place
and mounted in time for each of those parties um so it's kind of uh
there's they're a celebration party but also it's a sort of a
also celebrating the launch of our new foundation as well as
looking backwards we're also looking forward
um and then the romeo party is three weeks
after the crystal party
thanks well scott i i think you've done a remarkable job since you've taken over
i've seen all the great changes that that have come to this library district
and um i want to thank you personally for what a great job you've done
uh and if somebody wants to donate to this
can they just mail you a check and if so where because i think it's a wonderful
wonderful idea and you always come up with great ideas but i think this is a
really great one so thank you so the foundation has a website it's
www.woefoundwhite.wofound.org
and it has they list all the ways that you can give
if you want to use a credit card we use paypal as our as our credit card
processor but all those all those means are
explained there on the website but otherwise if you want to write a
check just make it out the white oak library foundation and bring it to the
library and tell them to give it to me
we'll make it happen
anyone else thank you for everything you've done um and i also want to thank
you on a personal note for all your support for the food pantry that uh
every time i reach out to you you're you're very helpful and we're doing it
again in a couple months so sounds great yeah everything you do for crosstalk
thank you thank you scott for all you've done for the city of crest hill
congratulations on 100 years it's amazing um i think you you provide
such an invaluable service to the residents
um with the library and as a a father of three
that have gone are all teenagers now i believe i spent
many hours in the library with them helping them on projects or taking part
in the programs that you had there as well um been an integral part of of
their childhood so i want to thank you personally
thank you scott i just wanted to
also thank you for i know it was one of your goals to get the foundation started
pretty much when you got here so yeah congrats on getting that off the ground
and and in place um keep up the good work
thanks thank you yeah a hundred years is a long
time uh i looked it up uh betty white was
born nine days before our library district opened its doors so just to put
it in perspective that's they were the same age um
oh what i was gonna say is the only library that i'm aware of out here in
the southwestern suburban area that's this age or older is joliet
or out of all the other libraries in our consortium where the other than joliet
we're the oldest library so in many ways we're the little library
they could because you know it might not have been flashy or fancy for a lot of
those hundred years but it kept on chugging along so
it's an honor to be here thank you all thank you thank you thank you thanks
scott thank you thanks scott thanks scott and thank the trustees of the
library boards for going along the wisdom they had planned all this it
worked out very well for them i will they deserve some contact too absolutely
yes yes i'll pass that along thank you all right thanks scott
um next our final agenda item is a
resolution honoring janet m serdar on her retirement as deputy city clerk
of the city of crest hill um again jan did retire last week
so with that
we will have wards three and four read a resolution and her honor and we'll begin
with other person overland resolution 1132 a resolution honoring
janet m serdar on her retirement as deputy city clerk of the city of crest
hill whereas janet m serdar began her career with the city of cresthill
on october 20th 1986 as a temporary employee and was appointed deputy city
clerk on april 20 1987
and whereas janet m serdar has over her 35 plus years of service received
numerous awards recognitions and letters of appreciation and gratitude from the
citizens of the city of cresthill and whereas janet amsterdam over the course
of her career was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the city
clerk's office several city-wide elections
and maintaining all official city records along with several other duties
and responsibilities and whereas janet m serdar was a valued employee who served
in the role of deputy city clerk with professionalism integrity
humility and most importantly compassion and has developed positive relationships
with both businesses and citizens over her long and distinguished career
and has worked cooperatively with numerous staff members with the goal of
improving the quality of life of the city of cresthill citizens and
whereas janet and msurt are retired on january 7 2022
and the city of crest still wishes to recognize her for commitment dedication
and loyalty along with her excellent service to the citizens of the city of
cresthill and express our appreciation and admiration of her work for the past
35 years now therefore be resolved by the mayor
and the city council of the city of crest hill will county illinois as
follows section one the mayor and the city council of the city of cresthill
wish to express their heartfelt gratitude and profound expression of
thanks to janet m serdar for her dedicated years of service to the
citizens of cresthill
section two the mayor and city council extend their best wishes to janet m
cerdar for a productive and joyous future and for her continued success in
whatever endeavor she chooses section three
the crest hill city clerk is directed to forward a copy of this resolution to
janet amsterdaar and make the original of the resolution available to members
of the general public during normal business hours at the city
of crest hill city clerk's office resolve this 17th
day of january 26th 22nd christine for shay hall city clerk
approved this 17th day of january 2022 raymond r solomon mayor so moved is
presented second we have motion by all the person
overland seconded by alderman albert for the approval of a resolution honoring
janet m serdar on her retirement as deputy city clerk of the city of
cresthill questions or comments roll call
please gerald jefferson wow yeah
claudia gazelle yes peter berlin yes mark the pedi
yes nate albert yes joe cool well yes scott dive yes javascript yes motion
carries resolution 1132.
and unfortunately jan could not be with us this evening so we were we will uh
certainly make some arrangements um here at city hall uh and invite everyone to
honor her on the
on the resolution um with that i will open it up if anyone
would like to make any comments in regards to jam well i certainly would
because as i said last time in all the years she's been here
throughout everything even before i served on this council there's one thing
that you could be sure of when you walk through that front door you were always
treated with a smiling face you were always helped
you were always given the best information she never showed partiality
to anyone she gave all the time if you needed an answer she got you that answer
and she knew most of it off the top of her head she was a one in a million and
not only was she a one in a million but i consider her a good friend of mine and
i wish her a very very happy retirement but she will be sorely missed and i want
to thank her for doing such a wonderful job for 35 years
through everything that's gone on the tumult throughout the city from
different things in coven and you name it she was always consistently wonderful
and that is a rarity in any job to have an employee work for you that long
and um she deserves an accolade for that and representative natalie manley also
had one sent through the house for her she got
that at her party so i was very pleased to see that so congratulations jan
good job
i'd like to congratulate jan i know jan for a number of years i knew
her mother for a number of years i was happy to vote for her when we
hired her and it's nice to see her last 30 years she's the first one in the
department that last 30 years retired from that department so it's an honor
for her also she's number one
chan was the type of person that if you ask her something she got it to you
in no time she had a wealth of knowledge in
her head and we're really going to miss her and like tina said you know after
so many years people just become friends and
certainly going to miss the interface around here
i want to thank jan for all her years of service she was always a
reliable person that you could depend on to help get you answers whatever it may
have been that you needed to find out or that
she was always there i thought you know she was here before i
started and i thought she'd be here after i left but i guess i don't lasted
her surprised me you know
but seriously thanks again jan i'll echo what everyone
would have been said here but congratulations jan and
i'm hoping to see you on your next party eventually mayor it's coming up
so see you soon jen and i will congratulate you personally
thanks jan for your uh many many years of service to the city of cresthill
um as nate said you were always so helpful and always quick to respond
and and provide answers and enjoy your retirement thank you
okay from the mayor congratulations jen
certainly well deserved uh wish you nothing but good health and happiness
and your retirement and thank you for your commitment your dedication and your
loyalty to the city of cresthill it's very rare for anybody to work 35 years
in one place and retire from there anymore
so uh that's a very loyal loyal person that we had at the city of
cresthill for many many years so congratulations to you
and thank you for your friendship um
more thing sure jan if you're listening to the program tonight when you go on
vacation look down and see what your shoes look like before you leave
she'll know what i'm talking about okay
that's it for the mayor's report if there's any questions they'll certainly
try to answer them hearing none we'll move on to our city
clerk's report our city clerk christine berche hall good evening chris good
evening first thank you council for approving
the resolution for jan and yes she was a great asset to the city of
cresthill she is missed karen has some
big shoes to fill and she's doing a good job at it
and i just have a note that for the local 150 union contract
that was approved on december 20th 2021 president's day is now included as an
observed holiday the city council meeting scheduled for
monday february 21st will be cancelled and rescheduled for tuesday february
22nd 2022
and that's all i have to report
any questions of city clerk okay
thanks chris uh city treasurer's report our treasurer glenn conklin good evening
glenn good evening mayor and council i'd like to report regular overtime payroll
from december 20th 2021 through january 2nd of 2022.
the amount of 266 thousand 137.50
again without him i'm looking for action on us i would uh
appreciate your uh uh request your approval on our list of bills in the
same time frame totaling one million 266 thousand
five hundred thirteen dollars and sixty eight cents
so move this percentage we're a motion by other person overland
segmented by alderman jefferson for the approval of the list of bills questions
or comments roll call please
claudia gazelle yes you know yes marcia pedi yes nate albert
yes joe cuball yes scott dyke yes john roche
garrell jefferson yes motion carries thank you
i thank you all take any questions if you have them questions of city treasure
uh glenn i don't have a question so much as um
i was speaking with lisa uh one day about a new program that she
put into place that i guess catches bad checks before
they get cashed correct and
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this program and she told me the first month that she ran it there was over
thirty one thousand dollars in checks that were recovered
i i think maybe a better explanation would
be uh checks that were submitted yes not
cashed right but that saved us thirty one thousand dollars
assuming they would have went through that's not
not but i i just think that's really remarkable that she's you know jumped in
and done something like that to save the city money and um
she should be applauded for that that was there before and it was not
utilized correct it was a uh
a while back it was client yeah was chosen not to be used in this
case it does put a little bit of extra burden and extra step on the
on the accounts payable and receivables but
um that extra step can save us money along the line wow and it's a free
program it takes nothing but yeah a little effort on our part but saving
money and probably should have been done a long time ago but i i agree and
actually there's kudos for that thank you yes thank you tina
anybody else okay thanks glenn uh unfinished business
we have nothing on the agenda anyone new business anyone
committee liaison reports anybody
city council comments positive city council comments anything you'd like to
share with your constituents
anybody first we'll begin with alderman coobel this
evening um may or nothing tonight uh alderman albert and nothing more than
what's already been said ward three alderman's a pity nothing at this time
there other person overland well i would like to reiterate that today is a day to
honor martin luther king and the strides he
made for civil rights in this country and let let those efforts not be lost we
still have a long road to go in america in that respect
and i think we all need to take a page from his book
ward two older woman gazelle just want to bring awareness mayor um
that january is the titled cancer awareness national
months as
early detection is really important um look at the small details like losing
hair gaining weight there are little things that we don't consider um
i'm a survivor myself and i was lucky enough to deduct it early
so just just be be careful and be safe
that's it mayor thank you alderman jefferson
uh yes i'd like to thank you mr mayor for your remarks regarding reverend dr
martin luther king also i'd like to
get an update if we can on the lgl supermarket situation
i have been in communication with some of those
residents and uh i'd like to give them an update as soon
as possible actually just so i can there's a meeting
you'll be invited to it soon
okay public comment anyone would like to
address any console please step to the podium set your name for the record your
address is optional let the records show that no one has
approached the podium there is a need to our city attorney
mike there is a need for an executive session correct correct
that would be a motion to go into an executive session
to discuss pending litigation five iscs 122 c 11. so move mayor second motion by
alderman elbert second at biola person overland for an executive session
um roll call please mark the pedi yes
nate albert yes joe kubal yes scott dykes yes camera shay yes darrell
jefferson yes bloody good yes kena overland yes motion carries okay we'll
be going into executive session at 8 02 p.m
good night
you