[0:03] all right good evening ladies and
gentlemen i'd like to call the march 21
[0:06] 2022 cresthill city council meeting to
order at 7 pm for everyone would please
[0:11] rise and pledge allegiance to the flag
[0:17] i pledge allegiance to the life of the
united states of america and to the
[0:22] republic for which it stands one nation
under god indivisible with liberty and
[0:28] justice
[0:33] roll call police chris
[0:37] ray solomon here
glenn haglin president scott here john
[0:42] mccain
[0:52] okay our city administrator jim marino
was not here today he's a little under
[0:56] the weather so he is excused for this
evening's meeting
[1:01] we do not have a business promotion this
evening so we will go ahead with the
[1:04] agenda items as they are presented and
the first one is for approval of the
[1:10] minutes of the city council meeting held
on march 7th 2022 motion would be in
[1:15] order
[1:19] second we have motioned by alderman
jefferson seconded by elder woman
[1:23] dissolved for the approval of the city
city council meetings held on march 7
[1:28] 2022 questions or comments
roll call please
[1:32] scott guys yes john yes
darrell jefferson yes
[1:38] yes
[1:44] okay you also have before you the
minutes of the
[1:47] cresthill work session that was held on
march 14 2022
[1:52] motion would be in order for an approval
so move
[1:56] second we have motioned by alderman's a
pity seconded by alderman dyke for the
[2:00] approval of the work session minutes
which meeting was held on march 14 2022
[2:05] questions or comments
[2:21] moving on to our city attorney our city
attorney mike stiff good evening mike
[2:24] good evening mayor council i have no
agenda items tonight happy to answer any
[2:28] questions if there are any any questions
of our city attorney
[2:32] okay thanks mike
moving on to our city administrator i
[2:35] will have i will handle uh both of his
um
[2:40] agenda items as presented then the first
one is a resolution approving a
[2:44] separation agreement buying between the
city of prestill and renee herbst
[2:48] uh as council recalls this conversation
was held last week in executive session
[2:54] at our
work session
[2:56] um you have before you a copy of the
resolution i'd be asking for emotion
[3:02] ocean
second we have a motion by alderwoman
[3:06] gazelle seconded by older person
overland
[3:09] for a resolution approving a separation
agreement and release of all claims by
[3:12] and between the city of cresthill and
renee herbst questions or comments
[3:17] roll call please darrell jefferson
yes
[3:22] yes
yes mark
[3:24] yes nate albert yes joe kubo yes
yes
[3:29] yes resolution 11 47.
[3:36] [Applause]
[3:41] okay you also have in your packet
informations in regards to a resolution
[3:46] designating lisa banovitz our finance
director as the illinois municipal
[3:50] retirement fund authorized agent for the
city of cresthill
[3:55] motion would be in order
second
[3:59] we have motion by alder person oberlin
seconded by
[4:02] other women gazelle for the
uh
[4:06] imrf authorized agent appointment of
lisa bannon's questions or comments
[4:10] glenn i i presume that she's good with
this
[4:14] i would presume
well she's not here to ask so
[4:18] i can say that i received the email from
her asking that i draft the resolution
[4:23] so i would take that communion that she
can curse thank you very much you're
[4:27] welcome
any other questions comments
[4:31] roll call please
mark sabidi yes nate albert yes joe cool
[4:35] yes scott dice yes
yes darrell jefferson yes
[4:40] yes
[4:43] [Music]
[4:55] okay hopefully jim is back tomorrow and
is feeling better uh so we will move on
[5:00] to our
public works department our director of
[5:04] public works mark seifer good evening
good evening mayor and council i have
[5:07] one agenda item in front of you this
evening
[5:10] last week lane western we called them
out when well 12 would not stop failing
[5:15] electrically
after diagnosis i determined the well
[5:18] which has been in service in slate 2014
has
[5:22] has
gone past its useful life
[5:24] at this point the weld motor will need
to be pulled replaced and then
[5:27] reinstalled with a new motor and pump
i am asking uh council to
[5:33] waive bids and award the con contract to
lane western for not to exceed amount of
[5:37] forty two thousand four hundred twenty
four dollars uh to pull
[5:42] order new and replace a the oil pump and
motor as long as all the pipe going down
[5:47] the hole sumo just presented second
all right a motion by alder person
[5:52] oberlin seconded by alderman
albert for a resolution approving an
[5:57] agreement between the city of cresthill
and lane christensen company for the
[6:01] emergency pump removal inspection of
crest hill well
[6:04] well pumped number 12. and again this
was discussed last week at uh our work
[6:08] session also questions or comments yes
i'm just clarifying it says after
[6:13] diagnosis it was determined that the
well had gone van you meant the well
[6:17] pump the pop no the motor's actually bad
yeah not the well itself but correct
[6:21] yeah i just wanted to make sure the well
is still producing water
[6:25] yeah the wall still produces water it's
just the actual motor that moves the
[6:29] pump thank you
you know if at one time we let the
[6:33] public work directly have up to twenty
thousand dollars emergency cut didn't
[6:37] have to ask nobody gave me the authority
to spend that money on a well so
[6:40] something goes wrong i don't know we've
never changed that yet so you know
[6:45] emergency we had right to spend twenty
thousand dollars approval
[6:49] so if i you might keep that in mind done
yeah unfortunately unfortunately this is
[6:53] twice that much right and that's
unfortunately now in today's economy uh
[6:57] this is about as low as you're gonna get
for a well replacement so
[7:00] uh unfortunately just to pull the well
it's probably 25. yeah so i don't think
[7:04] there'd be anybody here argue about it
anyway you need a well you need the well
[7:07] you know correct thank you
well you also need the waiver for the
[7:11] weighing of this
and the waiver of the competitive
[7:14] bidding is built into the resolution so
it just needs to be
[7:18] so he needed it regardless yes
okay roll call please
[7:22] vladi gaza yes tina oberlin yes mark
zucchini yep nate albert yes joe cuba
[7:27] yes
scott dyke yes yes darrell jefferson yes
[7:32] motion carries thank you resolution 11
49.
[7:38] that is the only agenda item i have for
you this evening but i would like to
[7:41] announce uh on may 14th from 11am to 2pm
uh the city of cresthill public works
[7:47] will be hosting a touch a truck in our
open house for our new building uh we
[7:51] were hoping to have this couple of years
ago but with cobid we didn't want uh to
[7:55] have people in the building so we're
having to touch a truck from 11am to 2pm
[7:59] rain or shine uh we'll have some heavy
equipment service vehicles games uh some
[8:04] demonstrations um food fun prizes i will
i do have uh handouts for council for
[8:10] the flyer it's going on facebook
tomorrow is an event
[8:13] um and it will we will have quiet hours
from 10 to 11 for those who do need
[8:18] quiet hours uh
for the event
[8:21] so
[8:26] any questions of public works how uh
we're funding this
[8:30] uh
it's all internal internal yeah
[8:34] mark
[8:36] weber uh gate by road near oakland i
went by yesterday afternoon i don't know
[8:42] one o'clock or something like that the
gate is still open do we leave that gate
[8:45] open at during the day from until 3 30.
that's where the guys are working out of
[8:48] i don't think there's no cars around
there at all they're probably they may
[8:51] be in the back or in the garage down
oakland there's nothing there all right
[8:55] i'll talk to those guys but usually
during the day if they're running just
[8:57] from to back back and forth public works
they will leave it open um but it's
[9:01] closed at 3 30.
yep
[9:04] did you say may 14th may 14th and i have
flyers for everyone
[9:10] okay any other questions the public
works
[9:13] all right thanks mark
uh city engineer we have no agenda items
[9:17] this evening
uh ron will be here tomorrow if you have
[9:20] any questions
community development our interim
[9:23] community development director steve
goldman good evening steven
[9:26] thank you mayor on board mayor council
we have three items before you this
[9:30] evening our first item
is a
[9:34] request for landscaping to accept the
landscaping proposal from hawthorne
[9:40] landscaping
they were the only received proposal
[9:44] last year
we had rapid landscaping and for the
[9:48] last couple of years we use rapid
landscaping a local property however
[9:53] they did not submit a proposal this year
um hawthorne
[9:57] is another local company and we did use
hawthorne
[10:01] for several several years
in the past
[10:04] and we've had no issues with them in
fact our
[10:07] staff said rapid and hawthorne both did
an excellent job so before you is
[10:11] accepting a proposal from hawthorne
landscaping you can see the pricing
[10:15] below
uh regarding um
[10:19] different types of lengths of grass 90
130 or 170.
[10:24] and the bulk of this is uh passed on to
the is this for the homeowner ones one
[10:29] yeah these are for the ones or
foreclosed homes or for
[10:32] nuisances that we can't get corrected
immediately
[10:36] we do go after them
either through uh
[10:40] sending a bill we sent to the bank on a
foreclosed home whatever the situation
[10:44] is is this a one-year contract it's a
one-year contract is that
[10:47] does it have to be only one year um it
doesn't have to be but we've done it's
[10:52] just just the way it's been done we can
certainly try to negotiate a longer term
[10:55] absolutely i mean
it would seem like a lot less to have to
[11:00] go through every year right you're gonna
what what i would suggest just because
[11:04] we have to come back and re-amend the uh
this this contract um what i would
[11:08] suggest is next year when we do it let's
look at one in a three-year right yeah
[11:13] okay yeah we've had we've had both rapid
and hawthorne for several years
[11:19] um here so
[11:22] motion would be in order for an approval
so we'll move this presented
[11:26] second we have motion by older person
overland second by alderwoman gazelle
[11:30] for the
uh vegetation
[11:33] um proposal
to hawthorne landscaping of cresthill
[11:38] for one year
uh of service questions or comments
[11:44] or roll call please nate albert yes joe
kuhwell yes scott dyke yes john beshea
[11:49] yes darrell jefferson
yes tina oberlin yes and mark zlappidi
[11:54] yes motion carries thank you
[Applause]
[11:58] the second item as discussed in the
workshop last week
[12:02] is a ordinance approving our 2000
adopting our 2000 the 2015 building code
[12:11] just just one or two small changes not
really changes but just kind of an
[12:14] update for the council
there is a link online
[12:17] so any type of
resident and or
[12:21] contractor can jump online and go right
to the link and we will also have a copy
[12:25] available at the building department the
book is about that thick though so um
[12:30] but we will let them come in
and send down in one of the rooms they
[12:33] can look at if they choose typically
what we do is there's a question on a
[12:37] specific
item we'll make copies of those three or
[12:40] four pages and hand it to the
homeowner or resident or
[12:44] contractor if they had just a specific
question on a
[12:48] code or or whatever regarding building
but before you is the consider the
[12:54] passage of the 2015 building code
adoption
[12:58] so move mayor second
motion by alderman albert seconded by
[13:03] alderman for shay
for an ordinance cementing title 15
[13:08] chapter 15-04
of the code of ordinances of the city of
[13:13] cresthill illinois this was discussed
last
[13:15] last week march 14th at our work session
also questions or comments
[13:20] roll call please i have a question you
this is still this still puts us like
[13:25] two versions behind what the current
state law is it does and again our goal
[13:30] is to get the 2021
passed before you or at least before you
[13:36] for consideration within the next six
months we want to really go through that
[13:39] because there's been a lot of changes
from the 15 code to the 22 code whereas
[13:43] from the
last code that we've had to now there's
[13:46] not quite that many changes so we want
to go through those changes from the 15
[13:50] to the 22 and look at exceptions
uh that we don't like for example we
[13:55] talked about last year you know last
meeting at the workshop is
[13:59] in some of these codes they have
sprinklers for entire new houses
[14:03] which which is prohibited from an
economic development perspective so so
[14:06] things like that we want to go through
all the different codes and make sure we
[14:09] have the exceptions
uh post they're listed and so you're
[14:12] aware of
the different exceptions thank you i
[14:15] just personally i want to
be um
[14:19] cognitive that we're not going to drop
the ball on this i mean
[14:23] you know this is probably something that
should have been addressed a long time
[14:26] ago to be on 2015 so
six months i'm going to be waiting for
[14:30] it
thank you though yes
[14:34] okay roll call please joe cool yes
scott dyke yes john rocha yes darrell
[14:40] jefferson yes claudia's all yes yes mark
stephenie yes nate albert yes motion
[14:46] carries ordinance 1898.
and the last item before you is a zoning
[14:52] map
update or amendments and typically we do
[14:55] this every year so this is the 2022
voting map amendments i have maura
[15:00] rigoni here
she will give a brief update on
[15:05] several changes or amendments that we
are requesting or asking for
[15:09] in the new 2022 zoning map
laura thank you
[15:14] um in accordance with state statute that
a municipality is to adopt the official
[15:18] zoning map by march 31st of every
calendar year and this adoption reflects
[15:22] those
map amendments that have occurred from
[15:25] january to january 1st to december 31st
and that's what you have for you today
[15:29] are the reflections we've had six
ordinances that were passed um
[15:34] in the calendar year of 2021 which
resulted in maps amendments and those
[15:38] are special uses which are reflected by
a star on our map as well as then some
[15:42] rezonings that which is simply just to
change from the zoning classifications
[15:46] that were previously approved by
ordinance this does not reflect anything
[15:50] occurred within the last couple months
um those would be run reflected on the
[15:54] next one now those are a little small
i've already talked about getting larger
[15:58] prints once we have the official adopted
date on there
[16:02] if there's any specific questions that
you have regarding any of the rezonings
[16:05] these
are all the ordinances that have been
[16:08] before us
[16:11] any questions
emotionally
[16:15] second we're a motion by all the person
overland second violin
[16:20] zoning map changes
questions or comments
[16:25] roll call please john rochet yes darrell
jefferson yes
[16:29] yes
yes mark
[16:31] yes nate albert yes joe probably yes
scott yes motion carries resolution
[16:36] 1150.
[Applause]
[16:42] that's all i have i do have just a quick
uh update on um
[16:46] a couple of things uh so what we're
going to do at the community development
[16:49] department is we're going to email the
council
[16:51] uh every week on different um
businesses that are planning an opening
[16:56] uh so today we use your first round
since um
[16:59] beginning of the year for the whitney it
was like nine or ten businesses that
[17:02] have opened uh which is uh very good for
cresthill and then
[17:06] we're trying to sit and coordinate uh
grand openings with these businesses so
[17:10] we have a procedural trump procedure in
place so that we can really recognize uh
[17:15] certain businesses when they open and
get good publicity
[17:18] and let the residents and the
development community know that we're
[17:21] active and we are adding businesses to
the city of cresthill and are you
[17:24] coordinating with the president of the
chamber that's on my list to contact um
[17:29] to
see if they're willing to help out
[17:31] absolutely i know i'm sure he will okay
perfect
[17:35] is stepheny update on the goofy jeeves i
see some
[17:38] uh movement over there with the house
coming down
[17:41] yeah so so yes a demo permit was issued
so that's the house is coming down they
[17:46] did receive their building permits so
they are
[17:48] um ready to go to start building i know
i have not
[17:52] heard anything you know when they plan
on pouring concrete or anything but they
[17:55] do have their permit and they are
good to go
[18:02] so yeah so hopefully over the next six
months
[18:05] we have a grand opening there
great thank you thank you
[18:10] okay thanks steve
uh moving on to
[18:14] our police department our police chief
ed clark good evening
[18:19] sure
[18:22] [Applause]
[18:26] didn't have an item on the agenda this
evening but i wanted to introduce you to
[18:30] our new police officer ryan gores
ryan was sworn in this morning and he
[18:34] begins his uh duties as crystal police
officer uh he's a local gentleman from
[18:39] this area had his family here and got to
meet his family it was a very nice time
[18:44] but robert meets the road here in a week
when he leaves for the academy so he'll
[18:48] be our 31st officer replacing a retired
officer that we had last year so
[18:54] with that i'll introduce you to ryan
yeah thank you so much i'm uh excited to
[18:59] be here um
excited to be here working for the city
[19:01] of crest hill i'm very eager to get
started um i'm looking forward to it and
[19:05] won't disappoint
all right good welcome welcome boys
[19:10] it was great to meet your family uh this
morning so we want to congratulate you
[19:15] on your uh
new assignments so uh
[19:18] like i told you this morning you're
representing the city of crestdyle on
[19:21] every call you go on so do it with class
and with dignity
[19:25] we wish you nothing but good health and
a long future with the city of
[19:28] crestdelson congratulations and welcome
congratulations
[19:39] all right thanks ryan
[19:42] well the only just to update city
council i know we've talked to a few of
[19:46] you individually is from monday's
incident i i'm not going to comment much
[19:49] on it other to say the officer is
improving he's doing uh much better um
[19:54] very encouraging by the progress that's
been made so we thank everybody for
[19:58] their kind words and uh prayers for them
so everything's going well so far we're
[20:02] just uh
very happy for me as a police chief to
[20:05] see the condition that the officer's in
right now so very good thing so thank
[20:09] you again for all your support thank you
thank you chief
[20:13] okay any questions of the police chief
[20:18] okay thanks that
moving on to the mayor's report i do not
[20:21] have any agenda items uh just one
comment and i i certainly want to
[20:25] piggyback
on what uh police chief ed clark uh had
[20:30] commented on that that was a very
harrowing experience for our police
[20:34] officers last monday night
i will tell everyone that the assisting
[20:40] departments from the surrounding
communities were unbelievable
[20:46] um i certainly uh want to let everyone
know that i did reach out
[20:52] to every one of the mayors
from joliet
[20:56] from lockport
from romeoville from rockdale from
[21:01] shorewood
from shanahan from naperville
[21:05] from plainfield
[21:08] i spoke with each one of the mayors from
those communities
[21:15] letting them know my gratitude for their
help and assistance on a very difficult
[21:19] situation also reached out to the will
county sheriff's department
[21:24] grundy county sheriff's department and
the illinois state police
[21:29] also to the lockport fire department
with um
[21:32] fire chief connor
for all of his assistance that
[21:37] the men of the lockport township fire
department gave to us on that evening
[21:43] want to extend our gratitude to them
also
[21:47] so
my final comment would be that i am
[21:50] going to ask
for every resident in the city of
[21:54] cresthill
to
[21:56] certainly keep in your prayers
for a quick recovery for our injured
[22:01] police officer
it's a very dangerous job that the
[22:05] police officers do today
so keep him in your prayers for a very
[22:10] quick recovery and a return to work
with that i again extend my gratitude to
[22:17] every one of the departments that
assisted us
[22:20] everyone handled themselves in a very
professional manner
[22:24] including the officers of the crest hill
police department handled themselves in
[22:28] a very professional manner during a very
difficult time
[22:33] with that i would uh entertain any
questions the city council may have of
[22:37] the mayor i have a question ma'am well
it's not more a question i know it's a
[22:41] comment but since the city administrator
is not here today and you're the mayor
[22:45] so
i would like once again to ask um
[22:50] tonight um if we can have a meeting um
in regard the complete agenda for
[22:57] staffing
for and the new goals and for the news
[23:01] administrator what his plan is i
requested that several minutes ago
[23:06] i have not granted that wish
i see that we are in the process of
[23:11] hiring
um many staff without the council
[23:15] approval
i will not vote on any of these
[23:19] hiring until we have a meeting i would
like to see the whole plan from city
[23:23] administrator
up to all the way to the bottom
[23:27] so i'm asking that formally tonight
since i've asked for it and
[23:31] it was not granted to me but if you want
me to vote i would like to be informed
[23:36] since you're the mayor if you can relay
that message
[23:39] i um
on one of the notes here i see uh we're
[23:43] gonna hire
a human resource
[23:47] we just eliminated that position
and we're gonna hire this position and
[23:52] we're contacting
guf hr without the city council approval
[23:57] and we don't even know what the cost on
that
[24:00] so if somebody can uh
give me those answers i will appreciate
[24:05] it
okay i will pass that along to him
[24:07] tomorrow he hopefully he will be back
tomorrow if you have time maybe you can
[24:11] stop in also
and have a conversation with him also
[24:15] and i know that
he'd be more than glad to fill you in
[24:19] for the record i um
second what she just said
[24:24] okay anybody else
i'll go along with her i agree what she
[24:27] said
[24:30] i concur
[24:33] i agree with that as well i'd like to
have a little more information
[24:38] okay
any other questions no but i'll agree
[24:42] with what everybody else is saying to
have a clear plan on where we're going
[24:46] okay
all right
[24:49] can i just throw some in there just at
that vision session that we're going to
[24:52] have on april 4th
um a lot of that will be discussed there
[24:55] too in that vision session so just i'm
just throwing my two cents in there um
[25:00] however you want to deal with jim on
that but that's
[25:02] something that we can certainly add as a
as a clear vision which what's the
[25:06] vision collect division between the
council and administrator i understand
[25:10] yeah i'll just throw that out no i
understand i understand your point but
[25:12] then we should not hire nobody until
that vision then
[25:15] and it's hardly fair
you know it's okay it's hard to have a
[25:19] collective vision meeting with public
being there when we don't know
[25:23] i i don't think it's fair to us that
we're not privy to this prior to that
[25:28] once again we're going to be thrown out
there
[25:31] without any knowledge of what as at
least some of us without any knowledge
[25:34] there may be some of us up here with
knowledge but i am not one of them and
[25:38] that's not right you know we are elected
to represent this city were elected to
[25:41] make decisions and set policy and that's
very difficult to do when your hands are
[25:46] tied and you don't know what's going on
so i agree with everything she said and
[25:49] i will support that and i will not vote
for anything either until we have a
[25:53] group discussion and i do mean group as
a collective council not individually
[26:00] okay moving on city clerks reporter city
clerk christine vershay hall
[26:04] thank you
i just have one announcement
[26:08] our first citywide garage sale for 2022
will be held
[26:13] may 19
through may 22nd the fee for the garage
[26:18] sale permit is five dollars and can be
purchased through the city clerk's
[26:22] office
the deadline to submit your application
[26:26] or pick up your permit to have your
address put on a list will be may 17th
[26:31] if you have any questions please contact
the clerk's office at 815-741-5100
[26:38] and that's all i have to report any
questions of city clerk when i'm gonna
[26:41] post that on the website and facebook
we'll get that off to the um
[26:46] departments tomorrow thank you thank you
[26:51] okay thanks chris uh unfinished business
we have nothing on the agenda anyone
[26:56] well i missed i missed our treasurer
glenn conklin good evening glenn well i
[27:00] missed you too right
stand up
[27:08] all right kids
so uh
[27:11] i'd like to report regular overtime
payroll from february 28 2022
[27:16] through march 13th of 2022 in the amount
of 225 thousand 279 dollars and 17 cents
[27:25] i think
i seek a motion for approval
[27:29] on our list of bills which in that same
period totals 362 thousand 322 dollars
[27:35] and one quarter last second
still move just presented second
[27:40] we have motion by all the person
overland seconded by alderman zipiti for
[27:44] the approval of the list of bills
questions or comments
[27:47] roll call please
darrell jefferson yes
[27:54] claudia gasol yes tina oberlin yes mark
the pewdiepie yeah albert yes joe cool
[27:59] yes
scott dyke yes yes
[28:04] i thank you all take any questions if
you have them questions of city treasure
[28:09] thank you and good night hey thanks
glenn all right now on to unfinished
[28:12] business we have nothing on the agenda
anyone
[28:15] new business
we do have a plan commission
[28:18] recommendation
uh you have before you
[28:25] case
s-u-22-1-2-1
[28:31] the request of jim cervantes
for the property at 1716 thomas court
[28:38] for a special uh
for a
[28:41] change in zoning from m1 to m1 special
use
[28:46] so with that i will ask our
planner maura ragoni to give us some
[28:52] information background information in
regards to this request
[28:56] thank you mayor
um james cervantes he first appeared
[29:00] before uh council back in january 10th
of 2022
[29:05] looking to propose a special use for
automobiles and vehicle sales
[29:10] in on tomas court's 1716 tomah's court
unit b this is zone m1 all auto sales or
[29:17] any vehicle sales in the city presto
require a special use this is a little
[29:21] unique as it's internet based so in
speaking to the applicant that
[29:25] everything will be done in in interior
to the building uh that it would be the
[29:30] anyone interested in a vehicle would see
it online contact the applicant and then
[29:35] everything would be done by appointment
this was a point of discussion as if
[29:39] you've been out to tomorrow's court
there's a lot not a lot of parking for
[29:42] the patrons as well as then for vehicles
to be stored there so that centered a
[29:46] lot of the discussion that we had at the
planned commission meeting that was
[29:49] period both february 9th and then was
also continued to march 9. a lot of
[29:53] discussion the plan commission did
outline conditions to ensure
[29:58] those were identifying as customer
parking only operations must be
[30:02] conducted within the building
no outdoor display of vehicles or any
[30:06] product of material for sale no outdoor
storage of vehicles products or
[30:11] materials no display of any temporary
signs and so forth that which we would
[30:15] see at a traditional auto
auto slot and then hours of operation
[30:19] was discussion
at the plan commission at that time and
[30:22] working with the applicant hours of
operation limited to 9 00 a.m to 9 p.m
[30:26] monday through friday and 9 a.m to 5 p.m
on saturday a lot that's centered around
[30:30] with the discussion of
test drives and so forth and that so
[30:35] with this um
we are looking for a special use for
[30:38] automobile and vehicle sales as the
applicant has indicated that there may
[30:41] be some automobiles there may be some
vehicles some trucks um as well as
[30:45] potential the occasional semi as well as
on other recreational vehicles but again
[30:50] all of that would be required based on
the conditions outlined and proposed by
[30:54] the plan commission
to be all within the building and
[30:58] nothing outside the building as well
so there is an ordinance
[31:02] before you this evening all of the
conditions that were just discussed are
[31:06] outlined as as attached to section three
of this ordinance
[31:11] okay are there any questions tomorrow
more i have one can i ask you a question
[31:16] okay see has somebody wants to buy a
vehicle the only time they can get down
[31:19] on a sunday can you go down or
take care of the business on a sunday
[31:22] for the people no my understanding isn't
that the applicant can speak more to it
[31:26] that there are outside of our rules that
we've placed here is that there's
[31:29] specific rules that he must adhere to
and comply with the state
[31:33] such as no vehicle sales on sunday um so
there's certain regulations by having
[31:37] this type of
operation um compared to like a
[31:40] conventional sales lot that he must
adhere and comply with the trigger is is
[31:45] that and i've got i've learned a lot
about auto sales in the state of
[31:48] illinois than anything that triggers
once you sell five vehicles you must
[31:51] have a dealer's license and so to go to
an auction and buy more than five
[31:55] vehicles in a calendar you need to have
such license which triggers the state to
[32:01] look for compliance here
which then says that we have the special
[32:04] use in line so there are outside of the
regulations that we placed here there
[32:08] are still state regulations like no
sales a vehicle on sunday
[32:13] if the car's paid for and everything he
can't give it to him that day that i
[32:16] would have the applicant speak to it but
the hours of operation are monday
[32:19] through friday and saturday so he has
not had indicated any hours of operation
[32:23] on sunday
okay okay whatever
[32:26] yeah i know you can't sell a car on
sunday anyway
[32:29] it's been around too long yes it is
more was there any uh stipulation on how
[32:35] many vehicles
up to up to no there was not only
[32:39] because it we we felt that it was
indoors and that there was nothing that
[32:42] he that could
that would that was the restricting
[32:45] factor um mr
sanchez that um would be able to speak
[32:50] more to that uh he was restricting that
possibly
[32:53] what was it like five five about five
only because since they are indoors that
[32:58] there's also state requirements to be
able to move around the move around the
[33:02] vehicles as well while in there
he was noting at the public hearing that
[33:06] there's strict
inspections that will be done through
[33:09] the state that that restrict that as
well so a five is about all you could
[33:13] comfortably fit here
okay hang on hang on hang on ask the
[33:18] questions tomorrow right now
so five
[33:22] five minutes inside
five was what was limited inside um
[33:26] there was discussion i believe at the
plant commission about do we restrict
[33:29] that number but being inside and knowing
that that's why we were very
[33:33] pointed on saying nothing outside so
depending on the size of the vehicles
[33:37] that he had you know if there was that
you know occasional stomach that that
[33:40] might take up that it may not be be that
oh okay thank you
[33:44] maura i just wanted to say thank you and
to the the plan commissioners for coming
[33:48] up with these uh these list of
stipulations i know that
[33:52] when we met as a council we would want
to have some of those so it's in place
[33:56] thank you
okay any other questions of maura
[34:00] okay thanks maura thank you
jim cervantes to the podium please
[34:04] anything maybe you can answer the two
questions that were out there first jim
[34:08] and then anything else you'd like to add
in regards to this request
[34:12] yeah as far as sunday
it it still is a law you can't do it and
[34:17] i believe part of that rule is even
delivery of a vehicle you can't do it um
[34:25] besides that i got a wife and young kids
i don't even want to do it so i'm
[34:29] perfectly happy
with that
[34:33] and that's why it's also going to be by
appointment only there there
[34:37] there may be days
or weeks that go by where nobody comes
[34:41] you know and um so it works better for
me by making an appointment only that it
[34:45] has to work for the buyers and me you
know so it comes together and
[34:50] i wanted to limit it
um
[34:53] you know like nine to five
on on saturday so it isn't you know if
[34:58] somebody can't come until six o'clock
sorry you gotta abide by the rules you
[35:03] know make another time
okay
[35:07] as far as the the amount
it depends on at the time
[35:14] we are limited to and what the state
requires is that
[35:17] they
it has to also um besides the storage of
[35:21] the vehicle inside it has to act like a
showroom also so there has to be room
[35:25] for the people um that make the
appointment to come in walk around check
[35:29] the car you know look all around and
stuff so you can't
[35:33] jam pack everything in there and have no
walking or movement of it
[35:37] um but like i said maybe one day go to
an auction and there's a great deal on a
[35:41] semi um
the the just the tractor that could
[35:46] limit that'll take up two spots so
until that vehicle is brought in and
[35:51] sold that might limit it down to three
vehicles inside the shop you know or
[35:56] um say i pick up three motorcycles that
that takes up one parking spot you know
[36:02] so there's not an exact number on it but
we are limited to what we could have
[36:06] inside
or you could get six clown cars yeah
[36:10] yeah it'd be great if they came with the
clowns too
[36:14] you know
okay anything else you'd like to add
[36:17] to this conversation no pretty much
everything's covered
[36:21] okay does anybody else have any
questions for jim you will be able to
[36:24] fit a semi inside just just uh just the
track
[36:29] right yeah just uh
threatening and and that it's going to
[36:33] have to be a real good deal for
something like that i've already i've
[36:37] already went down that path and been
burned with semi so it's it's just
[36:43] an option
you know um if something fantastic comes
[36:46] along that i think i can make a great
dollar on then it's possible but
[36:51] chances are slim
okay thank you anybody else for jeff
[36:56] and just and just for the record there
wasn't any resonance at either of the
[36:59] two meetings to speak for or against
this
[37:03] is that correct moment
[37:06] jim stay there stay there for him that
is correct there were no residents who
[37:10] did appear i did have um two phone calls
one was from the forest preserve uh
[37:15] because they're adjacent to not this
particular property but the development
[37:18] in general and had some questions
due to some things that were happening
[37:22] there so we had them in contact we did
have one call from a resident um i
[37:26] explained the process um and is noting
that they were all indoors and the
[37:31] restriction would be that they said that
they did not have any concerns great
[37:34] thank you
okay jim um
[37:39] i have six questions for you okay and
just because we are the meeting is being
[37:44] taped we're live on television i think
that everybody here wants to certainly
[37:49] secure the uh
[37:53] the integrity of the neighborhood so i'm
going to ask you six questions okay
[37:58] do you agree
with the stipulation of on-site
[38:01] customers by appointment only yes sir
number two do you agree with the
[38:06] stipulation of operations must be
conducted within the building yes
[38:11] number three do you agree with the
stipulation no
[38:15] outdoor display of vehicles or any
product material for sale yes sir
[38:22] number four do you agree with no outdoor
storage of vehicles products or material
[38:27] yes sir
number five do you agree with the
[38:29] stipulation
no display of temporary signs used to
[38:33] advertise the sale of vehicles or
products sold on the premises yes sir
[38:36] and number six do you agree with the
hours of operation limited to nine am to
[38:40] nine pm monday through friday and nine
a.m to five pm on saturday yes sir okay
[38:45] for the record the applicant has agreed
with all six stipulations in regards to
[38:50] the request thank you jim thank you all
right
[38:53] if there's anyone in the audience that
would like to speak for or against the
[38:57] request
of mr jim cervantes
[39:01] for the property located at 1716 thomas
court
[39:06] for a
type of request as a special use in an
[39:10] m1 zoning so you're looking for a zoning
change from m1 to m1 special use for the
[39:16] use or for the ability to sell internet
automobile sales need to come to the
[39:22] podium state your name for the record
your address is optional
[39:26] for the record second time
anyone would like to speak for against
[39:30] case su-22-1-2-1
[39:34] the request of jim cervantes of 1716
thomas court for a zoning change of m1
[39:41] to m1 special use for internet
automobile sales please step to the
[39:45] podium state your name for the record
your address is optional and for the
[39:49] third time for the record if anyone
would like to speak for or against case
[39:53] su-22-1-2
[39:57] the applicant jim cervantes the address
1716 tomic court the request is a zoning
[40:03] change from m1 to m1 special use
for the automobile sales of internet
[40:08] through the internet please step to the
podium state your name for the record
[40:12] your address is optional let the records
show that no one has approached the
[40:15] podium to speak for or against the
request therefore to the city council
[40:20] all questions have been answered you
have before you an an ordinance granting
[40:24] a special use permit to the cresthill
zoning ordinance with respect to certain
[40:27] real property
the petition of james cervantes
[40:31] um the tomic court special use social
investment mayor second we have motion
[40:37] by alderman albert seconded by alderman
jefferson questions or comments regards
[40:40] to the motion
rule call please claudia gazelle yes
[40:45] tina oberlin yes marcus pedi yes nate
albert yes joe kubo yes scott dyke yes
[40:51] darrell jefferson yes motion carries
ordinance
[40:55] 1899.
okay
[40:59] congratulations jim uh good luck i hope
you're very successful in
[41:04] in what you're planning to do there and
uh
[41:07] um again thanks for your cooperation and
congratulations also so welcome to the
[41:11] city of preston thank you thank you
okay anything else under new business
[41:18] hearing none we'll go on to committee
liaison reports anyone
[41:24] next is city council comments these are
positive city council comments anything
[41:28] you'd like to share with your
constituents
[41:32] we'll begin with ward 4 this evening
alderman
[41:35] nothing to add at this time mayor
alderman albert uh yes mayor excited to
[41:40] announce that the cresto alliance club
uh free community easter egg hunt is
[41:44] returning this year
uh this year it'll be held on saturday
[41:48] april 16th
at 12 o'clock noon sharp at richland
[41:52] school
we usually host it on the
[41:57] west side of the of the school and the
open field there
[42:01] it may be relocated if comet is still
working in that area or nightcore is
[42:05] working in that area so we'll play that
by year but it's on saturday april 16th
[42:11] at noon
we because there was a couple of years
[42:14] that was missed we upped the ages from
uh used to be newborn to eight years old
[42:18] and it's newborn to ten years old so if
you come on out
[42:21] free candy balloons and a visit from the
easter bunny
[42:25] thank you
okay
[42:27] ward three alderman sippity uh just want
to welcome jim to the city and i want to
[42:32] uh wish you much luck in your your new
uh business
[42:37] all the person overland i i i second
that as well and welcome to our new
[42:42] officer ryan and
best wishes and prayers to
[42:47] our other officer
thanks or two other women gazelle
[42:52] welcome ryan we look forward working
with you and seeing you patrolling in
[42:55] the city
wishing you the best of luck
[42:59] and prayers to our
officer continue to pray for all the
[43:02] police officers because today's world is
very dangerous so keep them in your
[43:07] thoughts and prayers
uh alderman jefferson
[43:10] i'd like to just say uh
congratulations on uh for jim with the
[43:16] business
and welcome ryan the
[43:19] crest hill police department um
take my hat off to all officers that
[43:25] serve this city and
you know pray for their protection and
[43:28] well-being
and that's it
[43:31] ward one alderman for shay uh
congratulations new officer and
[43:35] congratulations on jim new business in
the city
[43:38] thank you i'll even die i just want to
concur with what everyone said
[43:42] welcome congratulations
thank you
[43:47] okay public comment anyone like to
address city council please stop to the
[43:50] podium say your name for the record your
address is optional i think theo you
[43:54] were
on the agenda for speaking
[44:00] my name is theodore bellows i've been a
resident for like 30 some years at the
[44:04] city of crest hill
i'm very proud to be a citizen here
[44:08] uh my son did his eagle project here at
the
[44:12] cresthill library
and this is a question of
[44:17] human equation and lack of communication
it's already a done deal i have my date
[44:22] in court at the
city of joliet
[44:27] they kind of fib they told me that it
was here because since it wasn't a
[44:30] moving violation well it wasn't true
so now i gotta waste the court system
[44:35] for something so my new
and all i did my homework
[44:40] um it was uh
i got a ticket and i'm usually compliant
[44:47] 99.9
i watched the news the uh
[44:53] snow was an inch and a half to two
inches in the chicagoland area so i felt
[44:58] pretty safe you know
[45:02] got two tickets and
i was a scout master i always taught my
[45:07] boys if you were wrong you got to man up
to it but if you're right you better
[45:11] stick to your guns nobody else will
so
[45:14] i i call the
national weather bureau it's in
[45:19] for our region it's in romeoville
and i forgot the names of the
[45:23] gentleman's over there
in my books
[45:26] i said how much snow did cresthill er
receive if i'm wrong i'm gonna pay the
[45:32] fine
he says well we got a prop
[45:35] we don't know
ah well
[45:39] okay you don't know
he says all the other cities have
[45:43] a weather watcher except crest hill
if you want to become one you get online
[45:49] you're certified and you call it it and
then we'll know
[45:53] charlotte has one all the surrounding
areas
[45:56] so wow well i got a ticket
he said well you know do your homework
[46:00] and
maybe you can resolve it so i
[46:04] i went to the powers of command i talked
to the sergeant i forgot his name
[46:11] he says
i really don't want to take the ticket
[46:14] off because it's unfair to the officer
that wrote it i was leaving
[46:18] that next day to for a seminar in
arizona
[46:22] i said i'll keep my phone on well the
officer i think was officer brown didn't
[46:26] contact me for like a week so i came
back after the seminar and
[46:31] went to the city hall
and
[46:37] talked to him and he says well i says
since we don't have a weather watcher
[46:41] and and the weather bureau really didn't
know how much snow we got
[46:46] you know can you give me a warning or
whatever because well
[46:49] i put my ruler
on the ground
[46:53] i said but you can't do that you know he
said well he did it and well we got two
[46:59] inches
well again
[47:02] i got my thing over there
my wife told me not to bring anybody
[47:07] you know you can't do it on the ground
you know you have to have a weather
[47:11] board and
let me just get this here
[47:15] i got to bring all this to the state's
attorney
[47:19] i'm embarrassed
to even show up there
[47:22] there's more problems in the world than
this but it's a matter of principle this
[47:26] is what
here i have to have this back that you
[47:30] have to measure the snow every six hours
and you have to have a weather board you
[47:35] have to have two of them has to be in
white and you really shouldn't have a
[47:39] ruler you could but they prefer
a specialized stick for it it's an
[47:45] instrument that they make special for
that
[47:50] it's already done deal but i just wanted
to make it
[47:53] you know known that you don't have a
weather watcher i talked to mark
[47:58] and he said
he went out there and he has a
[48:01] weatherboard
and it was two inches but he didn't call
[48:04] it and you have to call in and make it
more official
[48:08] you know do you really have to
probably not
[48:12] but it's going to come a case like mine
again if i was wrong if we had four
[48:17] inches i'm willing to pay
but you know don't
[48:21] you know
um
[48:23] but i'll have my day in court now
it's i go um may 5th and
[48:28] again
i probably have a jury to try one it's
[48:31] really silly but
all the officer had to do is say you
[48:35] know since we don't have a weather
watcher official one i'll give you a
[48:40] warning and i'll do it again but
he wouldn't do nothing about it but
[48:45] you know so that's just my
case you know but okay well thank you
[48:50] thank you for your comments uh it sounds
like you know you've got everything in
[48:54] line i did my homework
you know and i even want to be a weather
[48:59] watcher so i talked to um brian he's the
um head guy up at the bureau and he's
[49:06] gotta go online and take a little test
and
[49:09] you know and so i might be more for the
senior chris yeah so all i will say to
[49:13] you is you'll have your day in court and
if the judge rules in your favor
[49:18] uh we will say i'm embarrassed to go let
me finish please if the judge rules in
[49:22] your favor we'll certainly abide by it i
would suggest that maybe if you want to
[49:26] stick around till the end of the meeting
you have a private conversation with our
[49:29] police chief that may be helpful to you
also
[49:31] thank you okay thank you
anybody else like to address city
[49:36] council
please step to the podium state your
[49:38] name for the record your address is
optional let the records show that no
[49:41] one has approached the podium uh to our
city attorney mike stiff mike is there a
[49:46] need for an executive session there is
not motion to journal
[49:50] we have a motion for an adjournment by
all the mechanics seconded by alderman
[49:53] for shay questions or comments
roll call please pin overland yes mark
[49:59] the pd yes nate albert yes
yes scott dyke yes
[50:03] yes jefferson yes
yes motion carries thank you okay
[50:08] meeting is adjourned at 7 51 pm i thank
you
[50:29] you