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[0:29] [Applause]
[0:32] all right good evening ladies and
gentlemen i would like to call the
[0:35] january 17th
2022 crest hill city council meeting to
[0:39] order
if everyone would please rise for the
[0:42] pledge allegiance to the flag and please
remain standing after the pledge
[0:50] i pledge allegiance to the life of the
united states of america and to the
[0:56] republic for which it stands one nation
under god indivisible with liberty and
[1:02] justice for all
today we remember
[1:07] and we honor martin luther king jr
for all the good things that he did for
[1:12] our country
unfortunately he was taken
[1:16] too early from us
but over the short time that he was here
[1:21] he certainly did change the course of
history for the entire country
[1:27] and the initiatives that he
founded and made
[1:31] were long overdue and much needed
for our country
[1:37] we've come a long way
since his death
[1:41] and we still have ways to go
but we as a city of cresthill certainly
[1:45] want to honor remember
and extend our deepest condolences to
[1:51] the king family on on the loss of martin
luther
[1:54] and at this time i would ask for us all
to take a moment of silence in his
[1:59] remembrance and his honor
[2:20] thank you
[2:26] roll call please chris ray solomon here
glenn conklin president scott guy here
[2:31] john
darrell jefferson here
[2:34] here
[2:40] okay you have before you the minutes of
the
[2:44] city council meeting held the crestdale
city council meeting held on january 3rd
[2:48] 2022 motion would be in order
some move
[2:53] second we have motioned by alderwoman
gaza seconded by alderman cepedy for the
[2:57] approval of the minutes of the january
3rd 2022 crest hill city council meeting
[3:02] questions or comments roll call please
scott dice yes john roche yes darrell
[3:07] jefferson yes claudia gazelle yes you
know oberlin yes mark zappedy yes nate
[3:13] albert yes girl kubo yes welcome carrie
thank you
[3:17] and you also have before you the minutes
of the work session
[3:19] held on january 10 2022 motion would be
in order so move
[3:26] second we have motion by alderman albert
seconded by alderman kuval for the
[3:29] approval of the minutes of the work
session held on january 10 2022
[3:34] questions or comments i have a question
um is there a reason like um chris like
[3:40] the minutes are like
very little like we don't cover as much
[3:45] anymore
minutes aren't verbatim they're a
[3:49] synopsis of what happened
um i actually typed those for lori and
[3:54] where
she went through them
[3:56] and does correct you know correct them
and
[4:00] yeah
i totally understand we don't go like
[4:03] word by word but if a council person
stated a comment they should at least
[4:08] say
you know so and so stated this and
[4:13] like i would like the minute to reflect
uh
[4:16] on the part of the
regional water commission
[4:20] about my comments
to um the mayor
[4:24] regarding his appointee
[4:28] it was not added around like nothing
that i've said it's
[4:32] again i understand that we don't go word
by word
[4:37] but if you can add that
i would appreciate it
[4:42] any other questions
roll call please
[4:45] john shane yes
doraleous represent yes apply the
[4:50] gazelle yes tina oberlin abstain
marks the pd yes
[4:57] nate albert yes joel kubal yes
and scott that
[5:01] abstain
thank you mountain carries
[5:05] okay we do not have a business promotion
this evening so we'll continue with the
[5:09] agenda items and first on the agenda is
to our city attorney mike steph good
[5:13] evening mike good evening
we have before you a resolution
[5:18] authorizing two several two cases
uh will county cases 28
[5:26] in addition to that resolution uh there
should have been separately uh on your
[5:31] uh spots on the diocese
a consent decree which will become
[5:36] if approved exhibit a
to that resolution exhibit a covers the
[5:42] uh
prestill versus mr
[5:46] unlimited case
both of these cases were
[5:49] discussed in executive session at the
work session
[5:54] the consent decree was given to the
defense counsel
[5:58] in the mr unlimited case and he got back
to us about an hour and a half before
[6:04] the meeting here tonight with a couple
of minor
[6:07] requests on a red line so
we have i guess two options we have
[6:12] looked at
the proposed changes
[6:15] i just did not have a chance to get
those inserted into the red line because
[6:19] he sent it as a pdf and
i'm okay in general with the language
[6:24] that he suggested
it's mostly cosmetic it's not really
[6:28] substantive
i'm happy to discuss those in executive
[6:32] session tonight if you think that that's
necessary
[6:35] otherwise you could approve the
resolution with exhibit a in
[6:39] substantially the same form so long as
it is i would personally would like to
[6:43] speak on this cusp as an executive
session since we have to vote on it and
[6:46] we haven't read it okay so it's okay i
don't know if the rest of console but
[6:54] maybe not
so we can go into executive session uh
[7:00] pending petting litigation
okay
[7:04] i'm sorry
you don't need to apologize i want to
[7:06] know what i'm going for thank you i'm
sorry it's not like i don't trust you
[7:10] but it's just
[7:13] so other than that the the other uh the
other case uh which i don't believe
[7:17] needs to be discussed in the executive
session is the phillips versus uh
[7:21] uh or phillips versus crest hill case
that's the administrative hearing case
[7:26] uh which was uh settled or
discussed in executive sessions the
[7:30] settlement is simply waiver of the 750
fine in exchange for the plaintiff's
[7:35] dismissal of the case and uh
um there should be no there's no
[7:40] separate settlement agreement on that
it's it's all just uh being done through
[7:44] the court in the dismissal order so
that's the other part of the resolution
[7:48] so absent that uh we can discuss the
remainder on executive session and
[7:51] that's all i have
to answer any other questions can we
[7:54] vote on the one or do we have to wait
for both of them no i would vote on the
[7:58] resolution after the executive session
for both one resolution okay
[8:03] we will do that
okay anything else mike no that's it
[8:09] questions of city of time
okay thank you
[8:15] to our city administrator jim moreno
good evening john
[8:18] before you tonight you have a
resolution authorizing the sale of the
[8:23] city hall this was discussed in the full
session at the last meeting
[8:27] what the resolution does it declares the
city hall property a surplus property
[8:32] authorize a negotiation of the sale of
the property
[8:36] and allows us to publish notice in a
newspaper soliciting proposals
[8:41] to purchase the city hall
and then if we do receive proposals the
[8:46] due date for those are
february 7th
[8:50] if we do
receive proposals we'll review those
[8:54] staff would negotiate a purchase and
sale agreement
[8:57] and then bring that before you at a
future meeting to consider and approve
[9:02] some move second
we have motion by alderman albert
[9:06] seconded by alderwoman gazelle for
resolution authorizing the sale of
[9:09] surplus surplus real estate uh located
at 1610 plainfield road crest hill
[9:15] illinois 60403 questions or comments
roll call please
[9:20] darrell jefferson yes claudia gaza yes
tina oberlin yes marks the pewdie yes
[9:25] nate albert yes joel cuba yes scott
dyche yes john bush yes motion carries
[9:31] resolution 1133
[9:53] okay anything else jim no that's all i
have any questions of city administrator
[10:00] okay thank you
moving on public works department our
[10:03] director of public works mark c for good
ending mark good evening mayor and
[10:06] council i have two agenda items before
you this evening
[10:09] the first which was talked about last
week is a resolution approving a
[10:13] preliminary agreement
regarding formation of a regional water
[10:18] commission making preliminary
declarations of future lake michigan
[10:20] water needs and other related matters
uh as spoke about last week in last
[10:24] week's worst session
this is the our intent to join
[10:29] the regional water commission and pursue
lake michigan water
[10:33] with a delivery date of 2030
with other surrounding communities
[10:41] okay so we are voting on
all the information in the packet
[10:45] correct yes so this is the the the first
seven or eight pages are the resolution
[10:51] that we will be passing the rest is just
uh auxiliary documentation that has to
[10:55] be part of the packet um these are all
the things we talked about last at work
[11:00] session um but really the first eight
pages are the resolution everything else
[11:04] is just the auxiliary information that
has to be part of the resolution packet
[11:08] it was fascinating reading thank you
okay i would ask for a motion
[11:14] for a resolution
approving a preliminary agreement
[11:18] regarding formation of a regional water
commission
[11:22] making preliminary declarations of
future lake michigan water needs and
[11:25] other related matters so movement second
we have motion by alderman albert
[11:31] seconded by alderwoman gazelle
questions or comments yes i have a
[11:35] question over here go ahead
um i wasn't at the uh work session so i
[11:40] don't know what claudia's comments might
have been but i am curious as how to
[11:46] how we got the um
choice of who the backup was
[11:51] what was the uh
[11:56] is the appointment from the mayor for an
alternate and the mayor's absence
[12:02] uh that is required of all the
communities that will be joining the
[12:06] water commission
what was the rationalities
[12:11] behind
that one person over everybody else
[12:15] the rationale was the mayor's choice
of who he would like to
[12:20] have as an alternate on the board
and that was nate alderman albert was my
[12:25] choice
and alderman albert has agreed to be the
[12:29] alternate in my absence
at any of the future meetings which
[12:34] involves the mayors and the city
administrators
[12:39] okay i got one thing uh a page seven
mark uh
[12:42] what's your name
2021 got changed in 2022
[12:47] the date yes we will change that thank
you very much
[12:50] our hope was to have this our hope was
to have this done in 2021 um we will
[12:54] change that to 2022 thank you john for
that catch
[12:58] so with that that slight change
and what is that seven seven
[13:04] and
the past the day we passed it we'll
[13:08] change that to 2022.
[13:12] okay any other questions or comments
[13:16] roll call please oberlin
[13:28] tina i'm thinking oh do you want to pay
off yeah i'll pay us for a minute yeah
[13:31] let me take a minute
mark zappedy yes
[13:35] nate albert yes joe cuball yes
scott dyke yes john roche yes darrell
[13:41] jefferson um
yes
[13:45] claudia gazelle yes
you know
[13:49] well i will say yes because the basis of
this is is in the best interest of the
[13:52] city however
my comments will do be noted that i
[13:55] don't like
some aspect of it
[13:59] mayor would you like to vote
i would mayor beaucia the mayor votes
[14:03] yes
thank you washington carries
[14:08] it is resolution 11 34.
[14:16] all right
before you continue mark um
[14:21] i just have a couple comments
in regards to what just happened here
[14:24] with the
joining of the water commission then
[14:27] i'll certainly open it up to city
council if anyone would like to make any
[14:31] comments
in regards to what has just taken place
[14:36] so as i have stated in the last several
months that this was going to be the
[14:40] most important vote in the history of
the city of cresttel
[14:44] and we have worked diligently
from all levels
[14:50] over the past two years to get to this
point this evening
[14:54] and with the unanimous vote that has
just taken place
[14:59] i would like all our residents to know
that we have set the course for a high
[15:04] quality sustainable water supply
for the city of cresthill for the next
[15:09] 100 years for the next several
generations
[15:17] our work is far from over
because of this vote tonight
[15:22] our work has only begun
and there will be bumps in the road
[15:26] going forward but we'll work through
them
[15:29] and do what is in the best interest of
the city
[15:31] at every bump in the road
we have plenty of work to do
[15:36] over the next eight years
with infrastructure and construction
[15:41] throughout the city of cresthill to get
ready for the lake michigan water
[15:46] i certainly would like to give credit
and an abundance of gratitude
[15:51] for all of the meetings that were
attended by
[15:54] everyone here
[15:58] and to everyone that is still
involved in any way today
[16:04] and that includes all the attorneys the
engineers
[16:07] the public works representatives the
mayors the city administrators the city
[16:12] council members
and last but not least to the city of
[16:16] joliet
to mayor otakirk
[16:19] and to
allison swisher who spearheaded this
[16:23] project on behalf of the city of joliet
in order to gain the formation of the
[16:27] regional water commission
[16:32] i believe that we have worked
cooperatively
[16:35] and for the good of all of the
surrounding communities
[16:39] in forming this commission
[16:43] we as the city of cresthill are now
charter members
[16:47] and with the vote that just took place
tonight we are the first to join with
[16:50] this with the regional water commission
and there are several other communities
[16:55] that will be joining in the near future
and to all our residents
[17:00] thank you for your patience for us for
the last couple years and working
[17:04] through a lot of the details
but i want you to understand that this
[17:09] is the most cost effective method for
the city of cresthill to move forward
[17:14] to provide a high quality of water
and again i would just like to give my
[17:19] thanks and my gratitude to everyone that
has been involved in this most important
[17:23] decision
with that i will open it up to city
[17:26] council if anyone would like to make
any comments in regards to the formation
[17:32] well in throughout this whole thing i
i've heard responses from many of our
[17:36] citizens on a daily on a daily basis
and i must say that uh the majority
[17:43] with maybe one exception we're all
positive all in agreement that this was
[17:48] the best move for the city
um
[17:51] which did surprise me that there was
only really one
[17:54] disagreeing
vote i heard a voice i heard
[17:58] so
the people that did listen that did
[18:01] know what was going on seemed to all
share the same
[18:05] thought that that i did that that this
was the only way we really had to go so
[18:10] i just wanted to say that
anyone else just want to thank mark
[18:16] seifert and all his team the attorneys
everyone that was involved in this
[18:20] everyone
amazing job great job can't thank you
[18:24] enough
[18:28] mayor i just would like to say that it's
an exciting step for the city of
[18:31] crestville
you know to make such a
[18:34] drastic
change in our future
[18:38] is going to be beneficial for not only
our residents but also for you know
[18:42] potentially uh
commercial businesses that would like
[18:46] quality water and
restaurants and and stuff like that so
[18:51] certainly excited about it just gotta
remind the residents that we're still
[18:55] quite a few years away from when it
actually comes out of our tap but
[18:58] we are starting here tonight
thank you
[19:02] [Music]
okay
[19:06] anything else mark yep the next agenda
item i have this evening
[19:11] is the bid approval
and contract award to the
[19:15] to williams brothers out of peoria
for the east
[19:20] water reclamation facility phosphorus
removal upgrades as mentioned last week
[19:25] this is a
this project is required through the
[19:28] iepa for phosphorus removal
um the low bid was at four million nine
[19:33] hundred and thirty thousand dollars uh
just over the engineer's opinion of
[19:37] probable cost of 4.9 million
uh to remind council this is an iepa
[19:42] loan project with 15 percent loan
forgiveness and an interest rate of
[19:47] under one
those loan terms and conditions will be
[19:51] coming before council uh before uh this
project takes off from the ground but
[19:56] the first step is awarding the bid so
i'd be looking for council's approval of
[20:00] the bid
[20:03] motion would be another move
dispresented
[20:06] second
we have motion by elder person overland
[20:09] seconded by alderwoman gazelle
to award the contract to williams
[20:15] brothers
for the phosphorus removal upgrades
[20:20] questions or comments
roll call please mark the p yes nate
[20:25] albert yes joe kubal yes scott dice yes
chad richey yes darrell jefferson yes
[20:32] flooding saul yes and tina overland yes
motion carries thank you
[20:37] that's all i have for this evening but i
would like to thank council
[20:39] for all your support over the last uh
six to seven months uh in the formation
[20:45] of the regional water commission
had a lot of work like we we've done but
[20:49] like uh many of you have said uh we have
a long road ahead of us and we will
[20:52] continue to work hard for this city so
thank you
[20:54] thank you mark
okay thanks mark uh moving on city
[20:59] engineer our city engineer ron wedeman
good evening ron good evening just have
[21:03] one item it's an informational item that
is requested by idot to be presented to
[21:08] council and then after presented
needs to be filed at the clerk's office
[21:13] um during 2021 i've been working with
idot to go through basically an audit of
[21:19] all the mft accounts through january 1st
of 2013
[21:24] through april 30th of 2019.
basically they reviewed all of our
[21:30] expenditures they made sure all the
expenditures were eligible based on the
[21:33] guidelines we provided all the
appropriate documentation we closed out
[21:37] all the projects
um
[21:40] so that's what's here in front of you
today on third page of it does say here
[21:44] that there is a net balance account of
on december 31st that is an error should
[21:49] be actually april 30th 2019.
but that basically was our unobligated
[21:55] mft amount at that time
obviously since that time we've gotten
[22:00] additional funds we've got an additional
but
[22:02] that's what we had in particular at that
time
[22:05] my
my internal numbers that i had worked
[22:08] with was in that neighborhood wasn't
exact and there's lots of reasons why it
[22:12] could be a little bit off there's some
interest and things like that but
[22:16] it's just an informational item for you
i'm now working on the 2019 2020 and
[22:22] i've just presented 2021 to them does
anybody have any questions regards to
[22:28] this
[22:34] that's all i had now okay
do we have a motion
[22:38] so moved second motion by all the person
overland second to buy alderman dike for
[22:42] the approval of the motor fuel tax
uh audit for the period beginning
[22:47] january 1st
to april 30.
[22:53] questions or comments
no it's just good job
[22:56] again
thank you
[22:58] roll call please claudia gazelle yes
tina oberlin yes mark
[23:03] yes nate albert yes joe blueball yes
scott dyke yes darrell jefferson yes
[23:09] welcome carrie thank you
[23:14] anything else around that's it mayor
okay any questions for our city engineer
[23:18] okay thank you
moving on community development
[23:22] department you have the reports
uh on file and your packet and laura
[23:26] will be here tomorrow
um police department our police chief ed
[23:31] clark good evening guy giving mayor
council live before you
[23:35] this evening the
comcast
[23:38] contract for
the city center and police station uh
[23:42] the contract
includes uh
[23:44] an equipment and splicing fee of forty
four thousand eight hundred fifty six
[23:48] dollars seventy two cents
this contract was voted on uh through
[23:54] work session last week
informally for our discussion
[23:58] this contract also provides us our fiber
internet for our phone system as a
[24:02] backup our fiber uh for closed circuit
tv which is our peg channel and our 911
[24:09] connection which is most important for
will county 911 services
[24:14] and as i said we already discussed this
in last week's uh
[24:18] work session i'd be looking for just the
formal approval of that contract
[24:23] motion would be in order so a move
second motion by alderman albert
[24:27] seconded by alderwoman gazal
for the approval of the comcast
[24:32] contracts for city center and new police
station questions or comments i forgot
[24:36] one more question when after i called
you today yeah how are we gonna track
[24:40] how soon they're gonna do this
well
[24:43] they had i was told i believe it was uh
90 to 120 days out
[24:48] so that's the reason we got
we got moving last week to get that
[24:52] informal vote and get it signed so it's
typically not that long but they're
[24:56] going to let us know when they're
putting it in
[24:59] can we find a way to keep tracking
because due to
[25:03] the timing already in january
absolutely like to put it like somewhere
[25:07] reminder constantly call them to
yeah we've been in contact with uh with
[25:12] comcast with their uh government um
representative we'll keep in contact and
[25:17] see if we can get it in sooner or later
okay thank you
[25:23] okay roll call please joe cool yes
scott dice yes john richards gerald
[25:28] jefferson yes claudia gasol yes keane
oberlin yes mark the pedi yes nate
[25:34] albert yes motion carries thank you
[25:40] you don't have any other agenda items
and uh
[25:43] your information is in the packet i'll
entertain any questions any questions of
[25:46] the police chief
[Music]
[25:49] okay thanks ed thank you all right
moving on to the mayor's report this
[25:52] evening we have uh two proclamations and
one resolution so we will
[25:57] we've split we split up all three uh at
the diocese here and i am going to begin
[26:04] um
with the reading of a proclamation
[26:08] commemorating the city of cresthill
school choice week
[26:12] whereas all children in the city of
cresthill should have access to the
[26:16] highest quality education possible
and whereas the city of crest hill
[26:20] recognizes the important role that an
effective education plays in preparing
[26:25] all students in the city of crest hill
to be successful adults
[26:30] and whereas quality education is
critically important to the economic
[26:35] vitality
of the city of cresthill
[26:38] and whereas is home to a multitude of
high-quality public and non-public
[26:43] schools from which parents can choose
for their children
[26:47] in addition to families who educate
their children in their home
[26:51] and whereas educational variety not only
helps to diversify our economy
[26:56] but also enhances the vibrancy of our
community
[27:00] and whereas
our area has many high quality teaching
[27:03] professionals who are committed to
educating our children
[27:07] and whereas school choice week is
celebrated across the country by
[27:11] millions of students
parents
[27:14] educators
schools and organizations to raise
[27:17] awareness of the need for effective
educational options
[27:22] now therefore i raymond r solomon by
virtue of the powers vested in me as the
[27:27] mayor of the city of crest hill
along with the members of the city
[27:31] council
do hereby designate january 23rd
[27:36] 2022
through january 29th
[27:39] 2022
as the city of cresthill school choice
[27:43] week in the city of cresthill
in witness whereof i have here on to set
[27:48] my hand and cause the corporate seal of
the city of cresthill
[27:52] the 17th day of january 2022
raymond r solomon mayor
[27:58] motion would be in order for the
proclamation second we have motion by
[28:03] alderman albert seconded by alderman
sipity
[28:06] for its approval questions or comments
roll call please scott died yes john
[28:12] richard yes jefferson yes flooding us
all yes can oberlin yes mark yes nate
[28:17] albert yes joe
yes
[28:19] thank you
and we will send a copy of that
[28:22] proclamation to the proper authorities
we have we have passed this proclamation
[28:27] for
the last several years i think eight or
[28:30] nine
um
[28:33] for schools choice week
next on the agenda uh and we have the
[28:37] honor and privilege of having our
director of our crest hill branch white
[28:41] oak library here with us this evening
and they are
[28:46] celebrating their 100th anniversary as a
library district
[28:53] so we certainly want to congratulate
them
[28:56] and
with the 100 year anniversary they will
[28:59] be holding
a
[29:03] dinner
at the library
[29:07] by invitation
on friday february 4th
[29:12] and they are actually having these
dinners in crest hill and lockport and
[29:16] in romeoville the three communities that
the white oak library district
[29:22] serves
so with that um
[29:26] they are asking for a waiver
of the
[29:30] liquor license and a waiver of the
entertainment license
[29:36] um
in conjunction with the um
[29:41] dinner that they're going to have on
february 4th within the library building
[29:45] itself
we did discuss this at the work session
[29:50] last monday evening so i would ask for
approval
[29:55] or motion for the waiver of the 50
permit fee for the liquor and
[30:01] entertainment for february 4th from 6 00
p.m to 10 p.m
[30:09] we have a motion
by alderman petty
[30:13] seconded by
seconded by
[30:17] second
alderman
[30:20] jefferson
questions or comments of the motion
[30:24] roll call please
[30:28] nate albert yes
joe kubal yes
[30:32] scott dyke yes chad rasheed yes darrell
jefferson yes
[30:36] claudia gasol yes you know berlin yes
mark the pd yes motion carries thank you
[30:42] and again i would certainly uh
like to encourage anybody from the city
[30:47] council
or anyone involved with city of
[30:50] cresthill to join
uh the party by invitation on february
[30:55] 4th uh this is a great milestone for the
library district and it would great it'd
[31:00] be great to see a good turnout there for
the uh the dinner that they are
[31:05] proposing that evening
with that being said you have before you
[31:09] also a proclamation recognizing the
100th anniversary of the white oak
[31:13] library district
um we split this up between wards one
[31:17] and two so we will first read the uh
proclamation and pass it
[31:23] uh beginning with alderman dyke thank
you mayor a proclamation recognizing the
[31:28] 100th anniversary of the white oak
library district whereas public library
[31:32] services and lockport township were
first offered in 1922 when the lockport
[31:39] women's club started a voluntary library
in lockport illinois in pilgrim hall and
[31:45] whereas after unsuccessful attempts were
made to establish a tax-supported town
[31:50] library
voters approved the establishment of
[31:53] lockport township public library in 1929
and purchased the voyeur residence in
[32:00] 1932
and built a small addition in 1938 and
[32:06] whereas in 1965 while temporary while
responding to changing needs of the
[32:12] growing community the library trustees
decided to build a new library in
[32:17] lockwork and in 1969 the trustees
decided to expand
[32:22] services and build a new library in the
city of cresthill
[32:27] thus forming the des plaines valley
public library district in 1981 and
[32:33] whereas
in
[32:36] 1920 2008 2008 the library trustees
agreed to a transfer of the territory
[32:42] with the
fountaindale public library district
[32:46] transferring over to the the plains
valley public library district after
[32:51] several referendums attempted in
february 2010 voters approved a
[32:57] 23 million dollar building bond measure
to construct a new trust hill library
[33:03] branch
refurbished and expand the lockwood
[33:07] branch library and to purchase and
refurbish the fountaindale public
[33:11] library building in the village of
romeville and
[33:15] whereas in june 2011 the board of
library trustees voted to rename the
[33:20] organization
to the white oak library district and
[33:24] the city and the cresthill branch
library was open to the public in
[33:29] september 2013 and whereas the white oak
library district has a current
[33:35] circulation of approximately 650 000
items per year and currently has 92
[33:41] employees amongst three branches and
offers a multitude of educational
[33:46] recreational and social opportunities to
a wide variety of community members of
[33:51] all ages and whereas
libraries are an integral component of
[33:57] every compute community and offer a wide
variety of services to all generations
[34:03] for the betterment of the community and
are and are
[34:07] deserving of the gratitude and
appreciation of the citizens of the city
[34:11] of cresthill and
whereas the white oak library district
[34:15] will celebrate
this momentous milestone of its 100th
[34:19] anniversary with a celebration including
a dinner numerous programs events and
[34:24] activities throughout the year of 2022.
now therefore i
[34:30] rhyme raymond r salmon by virtue of the
authority vested in me as the mayor of
[34:36] the city of cresthill do hereby proclaim
february 4th 2022 be observed as a white
[34:42] oak library district day in the sea of
cresthill and hereby congratulate the
[34:47] white oak library district and its 100th
anniversary and encourage all the
[34:53] citizens to salute them for their
efforts and accomplish it
[34:58] giving under my hand and the corporate
seal of the city of cresthale the 17th
[35:03] day of january 2022 raymond r salomon
mayor so presented
[35:10] a second i'll second it
we have motion by alderman dyke seconded
[35:15] by older person overland for the
approval of proclamation recognizing the
[35:18] 100th anniversary of the white oak
library district questions or comments
[35:22] roll call please
jabber shay yes
[35:25] darrell jefferson yes vladimir yes
yes mark zappedy yes nate albert yes joe
[35:31] cuba yes scott dyke yes motion carries
thank you
[35:38] you are welcome
we certainly want to congratulate our
[35:42] director of our library scott poynton
he's been doing it for how many years
[35:46] now uh over 15. over 15 years
and i think we all remember the library
[35:51] that was on theodore street for all
those years
[35:54] it's small size small parking lot and
it's a
[35:59] small amount of circulation
and when you look
[36:04] from
the information that was put together in
[36:07] the proclamation
how far the library has come over the
[36:11] last 100 years
92 employees
[36:15] district-wide and over
650 000 circulations per year that's
[36:22] incredible
for what they have to offer and just
[36:25] like our schools
in the city of cresthill our library is
[36:30] a very integral part of any community
because a community is only as strong as
[36:35] its school system and its libraries a
lot of people do look for those things
[36:40] when they look to move into a community
and our library and all three of them
[36:46] the one in lockport the one in
romeoville are all run very efficiently
[36:51] there are
all generations that go into that
[36:54] library every day whether to use the
internet
[36:58] to look for a book
to children's programs the activities
[37:02] the programs that they have
at that library the programs that they
[37:07] had when
all of our children were at that age as
[37:12] youngsters to go into the library to
learn and to gather information has just
[37:17] been incredible so i want to on behalf
of all of the citizens of the city of
[37:22] cresthill scott
present you with a copy of this
[37:25] proclamation that we have just passed i
want to thank you for your commitment
[37:29] your dedication your loyalty not only to
the crest hill branch but to romeo
[37:33] villain to lot for all
branches also it's an incredible
[37:38] feat to try to handle those three
buildings and to provide the services
[37:41] that you do but you do it very well and
we're very proud to have you in the city
[37:45] of crest hill great so congratulations
on behalf of myself and everyone in the
[37:49] city of christ thank you so much
certainly the podium is yours all right
[37:54] thank you mayor and council this is
quite an honor um
[37:58] as you've gathered from the the reading
of the proclamation it's quite a storied
[38:02] history 100 years is a long time and
um you know as i was listening to that
[38:06] it kind of reminded me a little bit of
just the city of cresthill i mean
[38:10] uh
you know officially crest hill uh
[38:14] incorporated in 1960 so some someone
might say cresthill is only 62 years old
[38:18] but obviously there was a community
before it incorporated and so a very
[38:22] long story uh passed and
i think one of the things that i've
[38:26] tried to bring uh
is a little bit of a drive and a you
[38:30] know continuing to look forward it might
you know be easy to to rest on laurels
[38:35] or
or whatever but
[38:37] you know we're
as the mayor said we we're a really good
[38:41] library right now and we're striving
every day every week every month to be a
[38:45] great library and
you know we're very proud of what we've
[38:48] accomplished but there's a lot to do
still and so we're not
[38:52] we're not done just yet
[38:55] and
and i would also mention i can get in a
[38:58] commercial while i get the podium
so the mayor mentioned the dinner that
[39:02] we're having on february 4th
that's kind of a combination celebration
[39:08] recognize our library partners announced
the existence of our new foundation that
[39:12] we've just launched
but also throughout the calendar year of
[39:16] 2022 we're going to have all kinds of
activities at the library celebrating
[39:19] this anniversary so look for
all ages open to the public birthday
[39:24] parties to happen in may and all three
of our branches and uh all kinds of
[39:29] other fun things that we're gonna do
throughout the year so
[39:31] yeah it's it's uh i'm humbled and
honored to to receive this so thank you
[39:36] all very much so just stay right there
i'm gonna open up the city council for
[39:39] any comments they would like to make to
you scott i just have one one question
[39:42] what are some of the the ways that they
can support the foundation
[39:46] okay so we have a like i said a brand
new library foundation it is a true uh
[39:51] endowment type of foundation so any
money given to the foundation
[39:55] is principal and it will never be spent
so if you give ten dollars that ten
[40:00] dollars for the rest of time will earn
interest that goes to the library so
[40:05] it's it's an endowment so the principal
will never be touched the interest money
[40:09] uh will start to flow to the library to
create
[40:12] a source of income that doesn't come
from tax dollars and that's what you
[40:15] know
that's what i've been hearing for the
[40:17] last 15 years so that's what we've now
put together um so to ultimate albert's
[40:22] point
[40:24] anybody who donates
during
[40:27] this
calendar year will be considered a
[40:30] centennial donor and they'll be
recognized as such you know forever on
[40:34] our website the foundation website i
should say
[40:37] um and that's you know one dollar up to
in theory 249
[40:42] um if you're willing to give 250
uh you get a bronze leaf on the on the
[40:46] donor tree which is about to be
installed at the chrysler branch in the
[40:50] next week or so um 500 you get your
silver leaf 750 you can see a gold leaf
[40:56] um if you really want to
be a big spender a thousand dollars
[41:00] we'll get you an egg corn which is
bigger
[41:02] on the tree
we are we are the white oak library
[41:05] district after all uh there are acorns
and then um beyond that uh the
[41:10] foundation has conceived of and the
library board has approved a naming
[41:14] rights sort of menu for spaces in the
library so
[41:18] um you know if you'd like the the
raymond solomon uh you know children's
[41:21] department you could probably get that
for the low low price of 75 000
[41:25] all right
but uh you know there's meeting rooms
[41:29] and whatnot they're much much less
expensive but like i said the whole
[41:33] thing is conceived of
so that you know in five years or ten
[41:37] years or however long it takes us to
sell all the leaves on the trees and
[41:40] sell all the naming rights of the rooms
or whatever
[41:43] there might be a million dollars sitting
in the bank churning out fifty thousand
[41:47] dollars and that's probably not that
much but but whatever tens of thousands
[41:50] of dollars of income every year interest
income
[41:54] which will go to support and sustain the
library's efforts so
[41:58] it is a
leave a legacy type of situation because
[42:01] like i said the principal will never be
touched so any dollar given will
[42:05] continue to produce income for the
library forever
[42:08] you're going to have one of these giving
trees at each of the branches we we will
[42:12] yes
the um
[42:14] so we're having these these partner
parties that the mayor had mentioned
[42:17] earlier um in the order that our three
buildings opened so the lockport party
[42:22] is this friday um
because that was our first branch
[42:25] obviously
and then two weeks later the crystal
[42:27] party will happen and our intention is
to have these trees you know in place
[42:32] and mounted in time for each of those
parties um so it's kind of uh
[42:37] there's they're a celebration party but
also it's a sort of a
[42:40] also celebrating the launch of our new
foundation as well as
[42:44] looking backwards we're also looking
forward
[42:47] um
and then the romeo party is three weeks
[42:49] after the crystal party
[42:53] thanks well scott i i think you've done
a remarkable job since you've taken over
[42:57] i've seen all the great changes that
that have come to this library district
[43:01] and um i want to thank you personally
for what a great job you've done
[43:06] uh and if somebody wants to donate to
this
[43:08] can they just mail you a check and if so
where because i think it's a wonderful
[43:12] wonderful idea and you always come up
with great ideas but i think this is a
[43:15] really great one so thank you
so the foundation has a website it's
[43:19] www.woefoundwhite.wofound.org
[43:26] and it has they list all the ways that
you can give
[43:28] if you want to use a credit card we use
paypal as our as our credit card
[43:32] processor
but all those all those means are
[43:35] explained there on the website
but otherwise if you want to write a
[43:39] check just make it out the white oak
library foundation and bring it to the
[43:42] library and
tell them to give it to me
[43:45] we'll make it happen
[43:49] anyone else thank you for everything
you've done um and i also want to thank
[43:52] you on a personal note for all your
support for the food pantry that uh
[43:57] every time i reach out to you you're
you're very helpful and we're doing it
[44:01] again in a couple months so sounds great
yeah everything you do for crosstalk
[44:06] thank you thank you scott for all you've
done for the city of crest hill
[44:11] congratulations on 100 years
it's amazing um i think you you provide
[44:17] such an invaluable service to the
residents
[44:20] um with the library and as a a father of
three
[44:23] that have gone
are all teenagers now i believe i spent
[44:27] many hours in the library with them
helping them on projects or taking part
[44:31] in the programs that you had there as
well um been an integral part of of
[44:36] their childhood so i want to thank you
personally
[44:39] thank you
scott i just wanted to
[44:42] also thank you for i know it was one of
your goals to get the foundation started
[44:46] pretty much when you got here so yeah
congrats on getting that off the ground
[44:50] and
and in place um keep up the good work
[44:54] thanks
thank you yeah a hundred years is a long
[44:58] time
uh i looked it up uh betty white was
[45:01] born nine days before our library
district opened its doors so just to put
[45:04] it in perspective
that's they were the same age um
[45:10] oh what i was gonna say is the only
library that i'm aware of out here in
[45:13] the southwestern suburban area that's
this age or older is joliet
[45:18] or out of all the other libraries in our
consortium where the other than joliet
[45:22] we're the oldest library so
in many ways we're the little library
[45:25] they could because you know it might not
have been flashy or fancy for a lot of
[45:29] those hundred years but it kept on
chugging along so
[45:33] it's an honor to be here thank you all
thank you thank you thank you thanks
[45:36] scott thank you thanks scott thanks
scott and thank the trustees of the
[45:40] library boards for going along the
wisdom they had planned all this it
[45:43] worked out very well for them i will
they deserve some contact too absolutely
[45:47] yes yes i'll pass that along
thank you all right thanks scott
[45:52] um
next our final agenda item is a
[45:56] resolution honoring janet m serdar on
her retirement as deputy city clerk
[46:01] of the city of crest hill
um again jan did retire last week
[46:08] so
with that
[46:10] we will have wards three and four read a
resolution and her honor and we'll begin
[46:15] with other person overland
resolution 1132 a resolution honoring
[46:20] janet m serdar on her retirement as
deputy city clerk of the city of crest
[46:25] hill whereas janet m serdar began her
career with the city of cresthill
[46:30] on october 20th 1986 as a temporary
employee and was appointed deputy city
[46:35] clerk on april 20
1987
[46:39] and whereas janet m serdar has over her
35 plus years of service received
[46:44] numerous awards recognitions and letters
of appreciation and gratitude from the
[46:50] citizens of the city of cresthill and
whereas janet amsterdam over the course
[46:55] of her career was responsible for the
day-to-day operations of the city
[46:59] clerk's office
several city-wide elections
[47:02] and maintaining all official city
records along with several other duties
[47:07] and responsibilities and whereas janet m
serdar was a valued employee who served
[47:14] in the role of deputy city clerk with
professionalism integrity
[47:19] humility and most importantly compassion
and has developed positive relationships
[47:24] with both businesses and citizens over
her long and distinguished career
[47:29] and has worked cooperatively with
numerous staff members with the goal of
[47:33] improving the quality of life of the
city of cresthill citizens and
[47:38] whereas janet and msurt are retired on
january 7 2022
[47:43] and the city of crest still wishes to
recognize her for commitment dedication
[47:47] and loyalty along with her excellent
service to the citizens of the city of
[47:51] cresthill and express our appreciation
and admiration of her work for the past
[47:55] 35 years
now therefore be resolved by the mayor
[47:58] and the city council of the city of
crest hill will county illinois as
[48:01] follows section one the mayor and the
city council of the city of cresthill
[48:06] wish to express their heartfelt
gratitude and profound expression of
[48:10] thanks to janet m serdar for her
dedicated years of service to the
[48:14] citizens of
cresthill
[48:16] section two the mayor and city council
extend their best wishes to janet m
[48:21] cerdar for a productive and joyous
future and for her continued success in
[48:26] whatever endeavor she chooses
section three
[48:30] the crest hill city clerk is directed to
forward a copy of this resolution to
[48:35] janet amsterdaar and make the original
of the resolution available to members
[48:40] of the general public
during normal business hours at the city
[48:44] of crest hill
city clerk's office resolve this 17th
[48:48] day of january 26th 22nd
christine for shay hall city clerk
[48:55] approved this 17th day of january 2022
raymond r solomon mayor so moved is
[49:01] presented second
we have motion by all the person
[49:04] overland seconded by alderman albert for
the approval of a resolution honoring
[49:08] janet m serdar on her retirement as
deputy city clerk of the city of
[49:11] cresthill questions or comments
roll call
[49:14] please gerald jefferson
wow yeah
[49:18] claudia gazelle yes peter berlin yes
mark the pedi
[49:21] yes nate albert yes joe cool well yes
scott dive yes javascript yes motion
[49:27] carries resolution
1132.
[49:30] and unfortunately jan could not be with
us this evening so we were we will uh
[49:35] certainly make some arrangements um here
at city hall uh and invite everyone to
[49:41] honor her
on the
[49:43] on the resolution
um with that i will open it up if anyone
[49:47] would like to make any comments in
regards to jam well i certainly would
[49:51] because as i said last time
in all the years she's been here
[49:56] throughout everything even before i
served on this council there's one thing
[49:59] that you could be sure of when you walk
through that front door you were always
[50:03] treated with a smiling face you were
always helped
[50:06] you were always given the best
information she never showed partiality
[50:11] to anyone she gave all the time if you
needed an answer she got you that answer
[50:16] and she knew most of it off the top of
her head she was a one in a million and
[50:22] not only was she a one in a million but
i consider her a good friend of mine and
[50:27] i wish her a very very happy retirement
but she will be sorely missed and i want
[50:33] to thank her for
doing such a wonderful job for 35 years
[50:37] through everything that's gone on the
tumult throughout the city from
[50:41] different things in coven and you name
it she was always consistently wonderful
[50:47] and that is a rarity in any job to have
an employee work for you that long
[50:53] and um she deserves an accolade for that
and representative natalie manley also
[50:58] had one
sent through the house for her she got
[51:01] that at her party so i was very pleased
to see that so congratulations jan
[51:06] good job
[51:11] i'd like to congratulate jan
i know jan for a number of years i knew
[51:15] her mother for a number of years
i was happy to vote for her when we
[51:18] hired her and it's nice to see her last
30 years she's the first one in the
[51:22] department that last 30 years retired
from that department so it's an honor
[51:26] for her also she's number one
[51:30] chan was the type of person that if you
ask her something she got it to you
[51:34] in
no time she had a wealth of knowledge in
[51:38] her head and we're really going to miss
her and like tina said you know after
[51:42] so many years people just become friends
and
[51:45] certainly going to
miss the interface around here
[51:51] i want to thank jan for all her years of
service she was always a
[51:55] reliable person that you could depend on
to help get you answers whatever it may
[51:59] have been that you needed to find out or
that
[52:03] she was always there
i thought you know she was here before i
[52:07] started and i thought she'd be here
after i left but i guess i don't lasted
[52:10] her
surprised me you know
[52:13] but seriously thanks again jan
i'll echo what everyone
[52:18] would have been said here but
congratulations jan and
[52:22] i'm hoping to see you on your next party
eventually mayor it's coming up
[52:27] so see you soon jen and i will
congratulate you personally
[52:33] thanks jan for your uh many many years
of service to the city of cresthill
[52:38] um as nate said you were always
so helpful and always quick to respond
[52:44] and and provide answers
and enjoy your retirement thank you
[52:54] okay
from the mayor congratulations jen
[52:59] certainly well deserved uh wish you
nothing but good health and happiness
[53:04] and your retirement and thank you for
your commitment your dedication and your
[53:08] loyalty to the city of cresthill it's
very rare for anybody to work 35 years
[53:13] in one place and retire from there
anymore
[53:15] so uh that's a very loyal
loyal person that we had at the city of
[53:20] cresthill for many many years so
congratulations to you
[53:23] and thank you for your friendship
um
[53:27] more thing sure jan if you're listening
to the program tonight when you go on
[53:31] vacation look down and see what your
shoes look like before you leave
[53:36] she'll know what i'm talking about
okay
[53:39] that's it for the mayor's report if
there's any questions they'll certainly
[53:42] try to answer them
hearing none we'll move on to our city
[53:45] clerk's report our city clerk christine
berche hall good evening chris good
[53:49] evening first thank you council for
approving
[53:52] the resolution for jan and yes she
was a great asset to the city of
[53:58] cresthill she is missed
karen has some
[54:02] big shoes to fill
and she's doing a good job at it
[54:09] and i just have a note
that for the local 150 union contract
[54:14] that was approved on december 20th 2021
president's day is now included as an
[54:20] observed holiday
the city council meeting scheduled for
[54:24] monday february 21st will be cancelled
and rescheduled for tuesday february
[54:29] 22nd
2022
[54:32] and that's all i have to report
[54:36] any questions of city clerk
okay
[54:40] thanks chris uh city treasurer's report
our treasurer glenn conklin good evening
[54:44] glenn good evening mayor and council i'd
like to report regular overtime payroll
[54:48] from december 20th 2021 through january
2nd of 2022.
[54:54] the amount of 266 thousand 137.50
[55:01] again without him i'm looking for action
on us i would uh
[55:04] appreciate your uh uh request your
approval on our list of bills in the
[55:09] same time frame totaling one million 266
thousand
[55:13] five hundred thirteen dollars and sixty
eight cents
[55:17] so move this percentage
we're a motion by other person overland
[55:21] segmented by alderman jefferson for the
approval of the list of bills questions
[55:25] or comments
roll call please
[55:28] claudia gazelle yes
you know yes marcia pedi yes nate albert
[55:33] yes joe cuball yes scott dyke yes john
roche
[55:38] garrell jefferson yes motion carries
thank you
[55:41] i thank you all take any questions if
you have them questions of city treasure
[55:46] uh glenn i don't have a question so much
as um
[55:49] i was speaking with lisa uh one day
about a new program that she
[55:56] put into place
that i guess catches bad checks before
[56:01] they get cashed correct
and
[56:03] [Music]
it doesn't cost the city anything to run
[56:06] this program and she told me the first
month that she ran it there was over
[56:09] thirty one thousand dollars in checks
that were recovered
[56:14] i
i think maybe a better explanation would
[56:16] be
uh checks that were submitted yes not
[56:19] cashed right but that saved us thirty
one thousand dollars
[56:24] assuming they would have went through
that's not
[56:26] not but i i just think that's really
remarkable that she's you know jumped in
[56:30] and done something like that to save
the city money and um
[56:35] she should be applauded for that
that was there before and it was not
[56:38] utilized
correct it was a uh
[56:42] a while back it was client
yeah was chosen not to be used in this
[56:47] case it does put a little bit of extra
burden and extra step on the
[56:50] on the accounts payable and receivables
but
[56:53] um that extra step can save us money
along the line wow and it's a free
[56:57] program it takes nothing but yeah
a little effort on our part but saving
[57:01] money and probably should have been done
a long time ago but i i agree and
[57:05] actually there's kudos for that thank
you yes thank you tina
[57:08] anybody else
okay thanks glenn uh unfinished business
[57:13] we have nothing on the agenda anyone
new business anyone
[57:17] committee liaison reports anybody
[57:22] city council comments positive city
council comments anything you'd like to
[57:26] share with your constituents
[57:30] anybody first
we'll begin with alderman coobel this
[57:33] evening um may or nothing tonight
uh alderman albert and nothing more than
[57:38] what's already been said ward three
alderman's a pity nothing at this time
[57:43] there other person overland well i would
like to reiterate that today is a day to
[57:48] honor
martin luther king and the strides he
[57:51] made for civil rights in this country
and let let those efforts not be lost we
[57:56] still have a long road to go
in america in that respect
[58:01] and i think we all need to
take a page from his book
[58:06] ward two older woman gazelle
just want to bring awareness mayor um
[58:12] that january is the titled cancer
awareness national
[58:18] months
as
[58:20] early detection is really important um
look at the small details like losing
[58:26] hair gaining weight there are little
things that we don't consider um
[58:32] i'm a survivor myself and
i was lucky enough to deduct it early
[58:38] so
just just be be careful and be safe
[58:42] that's it mayor thank you alderman
jefferson
[58:45] uh yes i'd like to thank you mr mayor
for your remarks regarding reverend dr
[58:50] martin luther king
also i'd like to
[58:55] get an update if we can on the lgl
supermarket situation
[59:01] i have been in
communication with some of those
[59:04] residents and uh
i'd like to give them an update as soon
[59:08] as possible
actually just so i can there's a meeting
[59:14] you'll be invited to it soon
[59:24] okay
public comment anyone would like to
[59:26] address any console please step to the
podium set your name for the record your
[59:29] address is optional
let the records show that no one has
[59:34] approached the podium
there is a need to our city attorney
[59:37] mike there is a need for an executive
session correct correct
[59:41] that would be a
motion to go into an executive session
[59:46] to discuss pending litigation five iscs
122 c 11. so move mayor second motion by
[59:52] alderman elbert second at biola person
overland for an executive session
[59:57] um roll call please
mark the pedi yes
[1:00:02] nate albert yes joe kubal yes scott
dykes yes camera shay yes darrell
[1:00:07] jefferson yes bloody good yes kena
overland yes motion carries okay we'll
[1:00:12] be going into executive session at 8 02
p.m
[1:00:16] good night
[1:00:29] you