[0:00] we could either do one thing he could give you the tire you can give him the [0:03] shirt [0:05] we'll move that over [0:19] all right good evening ladies and gentlemen i would like to call the april [0:22] 4th 2022 city council city council meeting to order at 7 00 pm if everyone [0:28] would please rise for the pledge of allegiance and please remain standing [0:31] after the pledge [0:36] i pledge [0:39] allegiance of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation [0:44] under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all [0:50] unfortunately over the past couple weeks the city of cresthill has lost [0:55] two very well-known and prominent individuals from the city of cresthill [1:01] first mr donald hoffman [1:04] 93 years old passed away on march 16 2022. [1:11] don hoffman was instrumental in the incorporation of the city of [1:16] cresthill back in 1960 he was also one of the original eight [1:23] aldermen that were elected [1:27] to the city or chosen to be on the city council in 1960 [1:32] january 22nd of 1960 and then he ran for the position in 1961 [1:39] was elected to a four-year term and served another four years for the [1:44] city of christil he lived was which is now in ward 4. [1:51] he was again a well-known and prominent individual for the city of prestill he [1:55] did a lot of wonderful things for the city of cresthill [1:58] we certainly as a city we wish to [2:02] add our condolences extend our gratitude for his years of service to the city of [2:07] crest hill to his family [2:10] and thank him for making the city of crestille a better place to live [2:16] we also lost another well-known and prominent individual from the city of [2:20] cresthill mr jim troja just passed away a few days ago on march [2:24] 30th 2022 i believe he was 82 years old [2:30] jim one of was jim was an accountant by trade [2:33] and actually served on our police pension board for 30 years [2:39] so he gave a lot of time to the city of cresthill also as did mr hoffman [2:44] we certainly wish to extend our condolences to his wife carol [2:48] and their children on the loss of their husband and their [2:52] father we certainly want to extend our gratitude for the commitment the [2:56] dedication and the loyalty that he gave to the city of cresthill for 30 years on [2:59] the police pension board he again improved the quality of life [3:03] for the for the residents and for the police officers of the city of cresthill [3:08] so i would ask for a moment moment of silence in memory of mr donald hoffman [3:13] and mr james trojan [3:32] thank you [3:38] roll call please chris ray solomon here glenn conklin [3:42] scott dyke here jon reshade darrell jefferson here claudia gaza here you [3:46] know blind president mark zupiti here nate albert here from joe cool [3:51] thank you okay we do not have a business promotion [3:55] this evening so we'll continue with the agenda items first is the approval of [3:59] the minutes from the city council meeting held on march 21st 2022 motion [4:04] would be in order some move oh second we have motioned by other [4:08] women gaza seconded by alderman jefferson for the approval of the city [4:12] council minutes of march 21st 2022 questions or comments [4:16] roll call please scott dyke yes john richard yes darrell jefferson yes bobby [4:20] gazelle yes you know yes mark zupity yes yes [4:25] yes motion carries thank you you also have before you the minutes of the uh [4:30] work session held on march 28 2022 motion will be in order tomorrow just [4:34] presented second we have motion by all other [4:37] person overland seconded by author woman gaza for the approval of the work [4:40] session minutes of march 28 2022 questions or comments [4:45] roll call please jon reshade yes darrell jefferson yes [4:50] yes yes mark yes nate albert abstain joe [4:53] cuba yes in scotland yes [4:57] motion carries thank you okay moving on to our city attorney mike steph good [5:01] evening mike [5:07] any questions over city attorney okay thanks mike uh our city [5:13] administrator jim marino good evening mayor council you have in [5:17] front of you a change order from kd landscaping [5:21] out of rockdale this is a change order to the memorial garden this was [5:25] discussed at the last work session what it does it is it adds to the design [5:31] of the memorial garden a centerpiece of three columns [5:37] you have renderings in the packet and this was reviewed by [5:41] the owner of kd landscaping last week so the change order is [5:46] in the amount of [5:52] forty thousand seven hundred and eighty five dollars so that includes the basalt [5:57] columns and the brick work around it it will add [6:00] to what's already been designed for the memorial garden [6:04] question came up at the work session as to whether or not the columns will be [6:07] lit and they will be lit but the question was also asked that the [6:11] lighting would be colored lighting and kd landscape is not putting in the [6:16] lighting that's being done by the electrical contractor so last week i [6:19] asked kirk wilkins to find out if it's going to be colored [6:22] lighting and he's checking with the contractor and hasn't heard back yet but [6:27] i'll let you know once i find out and if the current [6:32] specs don't call for colored lighting i will ask them to change that if they can [6:36] and include colored lighting for the columns [6:41] answer any questions you may have motion would be in order [6:46] some second we have motioned by alderwoman [6:50] gazelle seconded by alderman dyke for the approval of the change order number [6:54] two for the memorial garden questions or comments [6:58] roll call please darrell jefferson yes yes [7:02] yes mark yes nate albert yes joe cuba yes scott [7:05] dyke yes john rochet yes motion carries resolution 1151 [7:18] okay anything else jim nothing else any questions of our city administrator yeah [7:24] one question uh you look for assistant manager one of [7:27] the people are they charging us anything for [7:30] that for an assistant manager yeah we're not [7:33] advertising for a system manager right now because i've seen anybody say the [7:36] minute you talked to somebody they told you go down the side and get your own [7:40] we are advertising for a community and economic development director is that [7:44] what you're referring to assistant manager sit down [7:49] no we're not advertising for that okay well anyway uh [7:52] the person is going to start in two weeks [7:59] no i think he's talking about that one email that you sent out [8:03] like it's on my telephone at home there's something supposed to start i [8:06] thought it was an assistant manager that was starting two weeks [8:10] that well what i had mentioned in that report was considering bringing out an [8:14] interim temporary person yeah but no i'm not going to do that [8:18] that's being put on hold right oh okay because i just wonder because i think [8:22] the council of the voters for that and i just wondered about that right no [8:25] nothing's moving forward on that oh okay all right then [8:30] anybody else this won't work anyway that works [8:33] i just want to follow up on the memorial garden just if there's any confusion out [8:37] there all of the stones that are currently [8:40] there which we have almost 1175 names on all of the stones that are out there [8:45] that will all be transported and transferred from its present location [8:48] here at 1610 plainfield road to the new location [8:52] um at city on city center boulevard at new city hall um [8:57] when the time is appropriate which we're hoping it's probably going to probably [9:00] be in june um we are unsure at this time but [9:04] everything's kind of pointing to the strong possibility that we're going [9:08] we're going to need to have one more memorial day ceremony here at our [9:13] present location it just makes a lot of sense to have it here uh with still some [9:18] of the construction and the equipment that's going on at the new city center [9:22] so we'll have a i'll have an announcement here at the next council [9:26] meeting we do have um we do have [9:30] guest speakers that are lined up for uh this memorial day we actually have two [9:35] world war ii veterans um [9:38] that live in the city of cresthill who are going to be our guest speakers so i [9:42] have more information on all of that in two weeks but for right now strong [9:45] possibility that we will be having the ceremony here at 1610 plainfield road [9:50] for one more year okay [9:53] moving on to public works department our director of public works mr mark c for [9:58] quitting the market good evening mayor and council the only thing i had before [10:01] this evening is an ordinance authorizing the issuance of water works and sewerage [10:04] revenue bonds for the city of cresthill in an aggregate principle amount not to [10:08] exceed 49 million five thousand uh as we spoke about last week uh the forty nine [10:14] million five thousand five hundred mark 500 sorry 49 million [10:19] 500 000. um is intended to cover engineering [10:23] legal and anticipated construction costs with the improvement [10:26] uh the latest opinion of probable cost is 39 million 984 uh which has gone up [10:31] since october 2.5 percent um [10:35] this will only be used for the scope of this project any change orders will come [10:39] back before council um the city is in a good position to [10:43] receive up to five million dollars in principal forgiveness with a loan [10:48] interest rate as low as 0.65 [10:52] bids should go out mid-may and come back in mid-july [10:57] and we'll take advantage of best funding available [10:59] currently available for the city so moved is presented second [11:04] we have motioned by all the person overland seconded by alderman [11:07] jefferson for an ordinance authorizing the issuance of water works and sewage [11:12] revenue bonds of the city of crest hill will county illinois and an aggregate [11:16] principal amount not to exceed 49 49 million five hundred thousand dollars [11:22] questions or comments roll call please [11:26] cloud exalt yes tina oberlin yes yes nate albert abstain [11:31] joe kubo yes [11:33] scott died yes john verstappen yes and darrell jefferson yes motion carries [11:38] ordinance 1900 uh [11:47] we are dodging raindrops trying to fill potholes as best as possible and we're [11:50] getting bad out there we were on division street on friday gaylord on [11:54] friday caton farm was today finished caton farm [12:01] finished caton farm tomorrow getting some of the interiors i know we're [12:04] getting a lot of calls in the public works we're trying to get around as fast [12:08] as possible but unfortunately with the weather we're currently getting uh [12:12] you don't you don't patch in the rain um so but we're getting out there trying [12:16] to do as much as possible done and we we see it every day too so we're out there [12:21] without any questions questions of public works yeah how about [12:24] that stop sign on uh getting found by that business that was determined uh ron [12:29] weedman looked into that that was determined that was a private [12:32] drive so that would be their responsibility to [12:35] put that up i thought ron said that was our street [12:39] now i like to i'll check with him when he told me it was that was a private [12:42] drive uh because it's it's just an easement to [12:46] go back there so [12:49] okay maybe gotta have to repeat them open up themselves yeah that'd be up to [12:53] them if they do want to put something there they're not regulated to but if [12:56] they we could ask them to okay any other questions no just uh just [13:02] remember the telephone [13:04] um the comed [13:08] polls the gilroy or all of them on weber they cut down [13:13] yes remember they disconnected everything last year finally they [13:16] haven't taken them down any update on that i can keep pushing them that i know [13:20] they're going around replacing telephone poles right now so [13:23] they have crews in the area so i could make another call uh we've been [13:26] obviously you know we've been fighting that right now and everybody's every [13:30] utility is pointing the finger at another to another utility right now [13:33] comrades pointed to att pointing to verizon pointing back to combat so [13:37] uh that one on my government it's very [13:40] dangerous because it's blocking the view it's all of them they're doubled up near [13:44] any of the intersections that one is horrible so yeah i'll i get complains [13:47] about it um we will put out another uh another phone call and an email to our [13:51] contacts [13:54] thank you okay thanks mark uh city engineer we have nothing on the agenda [13:59] community development you have reports in your packet [14:03] but there are no agenda items we will move on to the police department our [14:07] police chief ed clark good evening on evening mayor council i do not have [14:11] anything on the agenda this evening you did get your two-week informational [14:16] packet and i'd be willing to answer any questions [14:19] any questions or police chief [14:24] okay thanks dad thank you um mayor's report [14:28] agenda item proclamation celebrating national dare day in the city of [14:32] cresthill uh we'll begin uh with the reading of the proclamation [14:37] and we'll begin with alderman dice thank you [14:41] a proclamation recognizing dare's birthday whereas their drug abuse [14:46] resistance education teaches young people opioid and vaping preventative [14:51] teen health suicide prevention and internet and social media safety and [14:57] whereas their targets young people when they are most vulnerable to [15:02] tremendous peer pressures and teaches the skills [15:06] to make safe and responsible decisions and whereas there is taught in many more [15:13] than 300 000 classrooms in all 50 states and 54 countries around the world and [15:20] whereas over 36 million kindergarten through 12th grade students are [15:24] positively impacted by dare each year and whereas the dare program is taught [15:30] by specially trained police officers who have directed who have direct experience [15:36] with criminals whose lives have been ruined by substance abuse and [15:41] whereas each police officer who teaches the dare program completes an intensive [15:46] 80 hours training course that includes instruction in teaching [15:50] tech techniques officer school relationship development [15:54] and self-esteem child development and communication skills and [15:59] whereas the deer curricula helps students recognize and successfully [16:03] manage stress evaluate risk-taking behaviors resist [16:07] gang pressure apply effective decision making skills and evaluate the [16:12] consequences of the choices available to them end [16:16] whereas the dare program has achieved outstanding success teaching positive [16:21] and effective approaches to some of the most difficult problems [16:25] facing our young people today substance abuse violence gangs [16:30] and bullying and whereas this day serves as a celebration [16:35] for all past and present students that have graduated from the drug abuse [16:39] resistance education program now therefore raymond r solomon by [16:45] virtue of the authority vested in him as the mayor of the city of cresthill do [16:49] hereby proclaim april 21st 2022 be observed as their day in the city of [16:55] cresthill and encourages residents to observe that day with appropriate [17:00] activities including where wearing a dare shirt to show your support to the [17:04] program given under his hand in the corporate [17:08] seal of the city of crest hill this fourth day of april 2022 raymond r [17:13] solomon mayor city of preston so moved his [17:17] we have a motion by all the person overland seconded by alderman albert for [17:22] the approval of the proclamation questions or comments roll call please [17:26] mark sapidi yes [17:29] nate albert yes joe kubal yes scott dyke yes john yes shirelle jefferson yes and [17:35] claudia gaza yes yes [17:40] we have the honor and privilege of having our current their offer [17:44] officer hayden outlaw with us i will say that [17:50] for the last 30 years dare has been an important product of [17:54] the city of cresthill and we've taken an active role in helping [17:58] hundreds probably thousands of students over the last 30 years [18:03] i just want to read off some of the names [18:06] that have served as their officers for the city of crestel [18:10] first our first their officer i believe was from someone from will [18:14] county sheriff's department if i remember correctly and then it was [18:18] followed by our own tom evanoff [18:21] who rose to the rank of sergeant and is now retired [18:26] our second air officer was officer brad hertzman [18:31] who wrote rose to the rank of deputy chief of administration and is now [18:36] retired our third officer that was [18:40] our dare officer was officer ryan dobstick [18:44] who is currently still with us and he has now been most recently [18:49] promoted to the rank of deputy chief of [18:52] administration joe lacoste [18:56] was our fourth there officer over the last 30 years [19:01] who has now risen to the ranks of sergeants in investigations [19:07] and our final officer that i believe since 2014 [19:13] is officer heidi outlaw and is now our community service officer also correct [19:20] i will tell you that all of these officers i have been at ceremonies [19:26] graduations that they have handled so i speak highly of all of them [19:31] i can tell you since for the last seven years now officer heidi outlaw [19:37] has done a tremendous job also the way she interacts with the students [19:42] she teaches the fourth grade students at richland grade school and she teaches [19:45] the fifth grade students at cheney mangy school about 150 students each year [19:51] coming out of both schools you know it's a difficult task in the [19:56] environment and the social climate that we live in today but i will tell you [19:59] that heidi has touched many many [20:04] hearts of these young children i'll i believe she'll be the first to [20:08] tell you that she has not touched everybody [20:11] but i will tell you that [20:15] the hearts [20:18] but i will tell you it's a very difficult job it's a very difficult job [20:21] in today's climate but she does a fantastic job and she's [20:25] earned their respect and she's gained many friends and you know if she can [20:30] change uh several several lives and keep people off of drugs and alcohol then the [20:36] program is worth it and it's worth it the city of crestville sponsors [20:40] sponsors this and also the cresthill alliance club has [20:44] been sponsoring the their graduations probably for [20:48] 25 of those last 30 years so it is my honor and privilege on [20:53] behalf of everybody all the students that went through the dare program at [20:57] the city of cresthill all the past officers [21:00] and all the future students and future officers that will that will continue to [21:04] do their program in the city of cresttel we certainly want to extend their [21:08] gratitude for their commitment their dedication and loyalty to this program [21:13] and it is my honor and privilege on behalf of the entire city of crystal to [21:17] present a copy of this proclamation to officer [21:20] obama [21:30] mayor council i want to say thank you very much on behalf of myself as the [21:34] dare officer for the city of cresthill obviously i've followed a very [21:38] distinguished line of officers here that have taught dare so i hope to follow in [21:42] their footsteps it's been an honor to teach [21:46] these kids it's been a lot of fun it's been [21:49] difficult it's been stressful and it's been amazing it's been [21:53] i've met amazing kids amazing parents and i work [21:57] with some of the best teachers on the planet at both cheney and richland i [22:01] couldn't do this without them i couldn't do this without you guys and i certainly [22:04] couldn't do it without this amazing guy standing behind me without the support [22:08] of our deputy chiefs and our chief i wouldn't be able to do this so again [22:12] thank you very much i really appreciate this on behalf of all of the dare [22:16] officers we've ever had i want to thank you guys and the mayor for giving us the [22:20] proclamation for dare day thank you [22:26] this is uh obviously a program we've had for many years [22:31] you know i've seen firsthand uh how they interact with their instructors even [22:36] years later i've seen our past deputy chief who could talk to the kids knew [22:40] them and they would share information they [22:42] were they were free to talk to the officer so this is just one more program [22:46] that provides that outreach to our community [22:48] and you know our goal is to keep improving and making more progress in [22:52] expanding our outreach to the community so thank you city council for allowing [22:56] us to have this program it's done a lot of good in our community and we want to [23:01] continue it so thank you and thank you to officer outlaw [23:05] i'll open up for any comments from city council well i think you have to get [23:09] kids when they're young if you want to make an impact [23:12] and this is one of the areas that i think is really really critical to make [23:16] an impact at a young age because there is so much pressure out there to kids i [23:20] mean even when my son was that agent he went through the program it was a [23:24] different world than it is today and um you know with cyber crimes and [23:28] all these other things going on so i really applaud you for your work heidi [23:32] thank you so very much and thank you ed i certainly have so much to tell you you [23:38] know how i feel about you so as ed knows [23:42] my daughter was one of the girls that took the their program and all the kids [23:46] at the school they love you i mean when you come to our committee outreach that [23:50] we do every year you are gifted like you have done so much [23:56] for the committee from my word for for the kids the parents love you [24:01] everybody loves you i've seen you how you interact with them and it just you [24:04] are gifted i mean ed [24:06] we've talked about this before you chose the right person for the job it's uh i [24:11] can't thank you enough for everything that you do the patient that you have i [24:14] haven't seen as a police officer you have a lot of time you let the kids [24:19] touch the car go inside do everything i mean i just like love to watch you doing [24:23] this and i want to thank you personally for helping me [24:26] with those committee outreach thank you again from the bottom of my heart thank [24:30] you anybody else yep [24:34] thanks heidi to you and all the officers before you the officers all over the [24:38] world that do this if you save one person that is a good job [24:42] and that's how you look to save one congratulations [24:46] and i hope you say too [24:50] i want to thank you heidi for all you do for the community the schools the [24:53] children for everything the time that you put into it [24:57] your dedication to it and thanks that for continuing the program and [25:02] i know that you know hopefully being around a while you can't retire anytime [25:05] soon like the others [25:08] thanks again [25:11] mayor if i could uh i can remember you know being in dare myself [25:17] in grade school over at holy family it was a joliet officer that was there [25:21] but i think one thing that's important [25:25] to note of the program too is that kids at a young age look at authority [25:30] differently and when an officer can come in there and [25:34] relate to the kids like their their teachers do or like other [25:38] adults do they they realize that they're real people and then when they see you [25:43] on the street they can you know treat you with respect [25:46] that's one of the big takeaways of the program that's not you know mentioned as [25:50] much but you cert we've certainly had a great [25:54] group of men and women leading this program and i appreciate all you do just [25:59] like everybody else has said heidi for the for the program and the police [26:02] department thank you [26:08] thank you for your service heidi [26:12] having three kids that offer that all went through the dare program and [26:17] um you were instrumental in um [26:21] in making them aware of all the risks that [26:24] are out there and they all all three of them just spoke really highly of you and [26:30] just wanted to let you know how much that's appreciated [26:32] thank you [26:36] okay thank you heidi and thanks for all you [26:38] do for uh for the young children of our community [26:44] okay um that is it for the agenda items for the [26:48] mayor i just like to uh remind all of our residents that yard [26:53] waste pickup uh started actually today so uh your yard waste can be put out on [27:00] your regular collection day from now until the end of november [27:05] and the only other thing is with easter right around the corner here i certainly [27:10] want to wish all of our residents [27:13] a blessed and happy easter to you and to your families this easter [27:19] season with that i will entertain any questions that anybody may have no just [27:24] a quick uh comment mary we can have the next [27:29] work session or so just a clarification about [27:32] what the meaning of a committee is i would appreciate it just a refresher to [27:37] all of us all right just a little bit more details of what we do what we're [27:40] not supposed to do i would appreciate that i i didn't get that plenty of which [27:44] is that sorry update on what committee [27:48] yeah just an update about what the duties were committed [27:53] yeah a committee in general okay [27:57] okay moving on to our city clerk's reporter city clerk christine berche [28:01] hall good evening chris good evening thank you um i just want to announce our [28:05] citywide garage sale will be held thursday may 19 through sunday may [28:11] 22nd the fee for the garage sale permit is five dollars and can be picked up in [28:15] the clerk's office monday through friday from 8 a.m to 4 30 [28:20] p.m um the deadline to submit your application for your address to be on [28:24] the list is may 17th and if you have any questions please give us a call at [28:29] 815-741-5100 [28:33] and that's all i have to report tonight any questions of city clerk [28:38] all right thanks chris uh our treasurer glenn conklin good evening glenn [28:42] good evening mayor and council i'd like to report regular overt overtime payroll [28:46] from 314 22 through [28:50] 327.22 in the amount of 238 278.83 [28:57] i seek a motion for approval for a list of bills which during that same time [29:01] frame totaled 517 [29:04] 830 dollars and 20 cents so moved is presented one second [29:09] we have motion by all the first in overland seconded by ellen jefferson for [29:12] the approval of the list of bills questions or comments [29:15] roll call please nate albert yes joe cuball yes scott dyke yes john [29:21] richard yes darrell jefferson yes claudia gaza yes you know overland yes [29:25] and mark zappedy yes and carries thank you [29:29] i thank you all take any questions if you have them questions of city [29:32] treasurer okay thanks glenn [29:35] thanks unfinished business we have nothing on the agenda anyone [29:40] new business anybody [29:43] committee liaison reports anyone city council comments positive city [29:48] council comments anything you'd like to share with any of your constituents [29:53] anybody first we'll begin with ward three other person overlapping [29:58] um the czech republic wanted me to let everyone know that this year it's going [30:03] to be the 80th anniversary of the ladies memorial program it's going to be held [30:08] on sunday june 12th at 11 a.m at the ladies memorial park it's going [30:13] to be quite quite quite an event this year [30:17] because it's 80 years and it's very hard to believe it's been 80 years [30:21] since that atrocity but it has been [30:26] alderman 11 a.m [30:30] i'd like to acknowledge the richland boys bowling team and as well as two [30:35] individual girl bowlers that all qualified for the state finals [30:40] um i believe they'll be bowling in the state finals this friday so i want to [30:44] congratulate all of them and wish them luck [30:48] and i also want to congratulate uh mr hopkins and all the bowlers on a [30:52] terrific season thank you lord farro alderman albert uh yeah mayor [30:57] one last plug for the uh crestal lions club easter egg hunt at richland school [31:03] on saturday april 16th starts promptly at noon [31:07] ages 0 through 10 are invited this year so [31:11] that'll be saturday april 16th at richland school on the [31:16] west side of the building um in the comed easement area [31:22] thank you alderman kubal nothing to add at this time mayor ward [31:26] one alderaan dyke i just want to wish everyone a happy and blessed easter [31:31] alderman for shay uh nothing at this time or two alderman jefferson i think [31:35] that's this time older woman gazelle i just want to [31:38] announce that the richland music booster fundraiser for uh i'm one of the board [31:43] members and asking um the resident and anyone the [31:48] council here would like to buy papa nicholas coffee for part of the [31:53] fundraising for us we appreciate it if you can go on the [31:56] richland website and you can order you have till friday to order some coffee [32:01] it's delicious and also they offer tea and i also want to wish all the [32:05] residents city council all the staff and departments [32:09] a very blessed easter remember what is the reason [32:14] for easter thank you mayor okay public comment anyone like to funny question [32:19] is that coffee is it is it do they have the pods and stuff [32:22] too or just beans or how are they they have the pods [32:26] thank you public comment anyone like to address [32:28] city council please step to the podium state your name for the record your [32:31] address is optional let the records show that no one has [32:34] approached the podium to our city attorney mike stiff is there a need for [32:38] an executive session mike no motion to adjourn there second we have motion for [32:43] an adjournment by alderman dyke seconded by alderman jefferson questions or [32:46] comments roll call please joe cuball yes scott [32:50] dive yes yes darrell jefferson yes claudia [32:54] gazelle yes berlin yeah yes [32:57] yes promotion thank you okay meeting is adjourned at 7 [33:02] 33 p.m i thank you and good evening [33:23] you