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chris good evening ladies and gentlemen i would like to call the may 2nd 2022
cresthill city council meeting to order if everyone will please rise for the
pledge allegiance to the flag and please remain standing after the pledge
i pledge allegiance to the united states of america and to the
republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and
justice for all
okay with this being the month of may we certainly want to offer our police
officers who were slain in the line of duty unfortunately
the city of cresthill in our 62-year history have have lost two
police officers who were killed in the line of duty behind me you'll see the
black and the blue wreaths on each side of the city council chambers which was
made by officer o'malley of the crestville police department they will
hang here from may 1st until may 31st in honor of our slain police officers and
all the police officers who've been slain throughout the country and the
state of illinois for all these years so i i certainly want to make mention of
our two officers our first officer officer james w nink
was killed on september 16 1967. he was actually in pursuit of an armed
robbery victim back then most of the streets around
here were gravel he was heading westbound on caton farm road about where
essington road is now veered off the road and struck a utility
pole and was killed instantly in the vehicle vehicle crash
sergeant timothy a simonson was killed on september 28 1994
about four blocks from from this site he who was
investigating an armed robbery subject was hiding in the trunk of the
car when the truck was open sergeant simonson was
shot and killed immediately on the scene so we certainly want to
offer our condolences to both the nink family and to the simons and family
we ask that you keep them in our prayers and your prayers
we certainly want to thank both both officer nate and
sergeant simonson for the sacrifices they made
throughout their career with with the city of cresthill they did certainly
improve the quality of life for all of our residents so i would ask for a
moment of silence of silent prayer for officer james link
and sergeant timothy simonson of the crestville police department
thank you
roll call please chris grace solomon
here glenn conklin president scott dyke here john richard here darrell jefferson
here claude saul here tina oberlin president mark petey here nate albert
joe cool here thank you
okay we do not have a business promotion this evening so we'll go ahead with our
agenda items uh the first agenda item will be the
approval of the minutes from the city council meeting held on april 18 2022
motion would be in order so move second we have motioned by all the members and
second by older women resolve for the approval of the april 18 2022 city
council meetings questions or comments roll call please scott dike
yes yes
joe
yes motion carries thank you you also have
before you the minutes of the work session which was held on april 25th
2020 22 motion will be in order oh so move
second we're a motion by roland jefferson seconded by alder woman
gazelle for the approval of the work session minutes held on april 25th 2022
questions or comments roll call please john rashad yes
darrell jefferson yes claudia's all yes yes mark suppedy yeah
joe cool yes scott diamond yes motion carries
and you also have before you the minutes of the work session held on april 28
2022 motion would be in order some of this presented
[Applause] second we have a motion by all the
person overland seconded by alderwoman gazelle for the approval of the april 28
2022 work session minutes questions or comments
roll call please dorell jefferson yes claudia gazelle yes
you know hold on yes mark yes
joe cool yes scott dyke abstain john mashay yes
motion carries okay moving on to our city attorney our
uh city attorney mr mike steph good evening mike good evening mayor and
council i do not have any agenda items this evening
any questions of city attorney moving on to our
city administrator jim marino good evening jim good evening mayor and
council the items under
my section will need to be deferred so that's items four five six seven and
then also item number eight will need to be deferred until we
have the public hearing on the budget so on the 16th we'll have the public
hearing and the budget and then after that we'll have the regular meeting and
approve the budget the appropriations ordinance and then these other three
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anything else no that's it okay thank you
moving on to our public works department our director of public works mark
sieffer good evening mark good evening mayor and council i have no agenda items
for you this evening i did just want to thank
everyone for the positive support during hydrogen flushing
we did complete hydrogen flushing last friday
um hopefully it went unnoticed by many
residents which was our normally our plan
but we spent 10 nights flushing over 1174 hydrants throughout the city at
cresthill i want to thank staff for their hard work and dedication on doing
that as well be happy to answer any questions that you may have
any questions of public works
all right thanks mark uh city engineer ron wiedemann good evening ron thank you
mayor i just have one item tonight um in your packets you have a recommendational
war letter from christopher burke along with a bid tab that's associated
for a bid opening for contract one of the illinois rebuild which includes
rainer fern grandview and bryant drive also in your packet is a construction
engineering and inspections agreement for christopher burke for contract
number of contract one to perform the construction inspection
both the construction and construction and engineering will be paid out account
0500-7642
what i'm looking for tonight is approval to award and execute the contract
documents by the mayor with austin tyler inc
for the 2022 rebuild illinois contract one for a knocked exceed amount of 1
million 286 502.50
some move second we have motion by alderman dike seconded
by alderman jefferson for the approval of austin tyler for the illinois rebuild
contract number one questions or comments
roll call please claudia
yes yes mark the pewdie yes nate albert yes
joe cuba yes scott dyke yes javascript
yes motion carries thank you and the second motion i have for this project is
to prove a professional services agreement for christopher burke perform
construction engineering inspection on the illinois rebuild contract run for
not to exceed amount of thirty four thousand four hundred and ninety six
thousand sumo just presented second we have motion by all the person overland
seconded by elder women gazelle for the approval of the illinois rebuild
number two questions or comments
roll call it's mark zappedy yes
nate albert yes joe kubal yes scott dyke yes john o'shea yes darrell
jefferson yes yes
motion carries thank you
mayor that's all i have for tonight okay any questions of city engineer
all right thanks ron community development um hopefully we'll
be appointing a new academic and community development
director here soon uh we'll move on to our police
department our police chief ed clark good evening
guys mayor council i do not have any agenda
items this evening for council uh i i will be bringing uh next meeting uh a
total of the recent plane pool we participated in
for special olympics i know
clerk berche was there as well and participated
but i will bring that to you guys they they did a wonderful job and there was a
big group that went so just another event that we had but i'll have the
totals for you next council meeting and i'll entertain any questions any
questions of the police chief
all right thanks ed thank you moving on to the mayor's report i have uh
my first two agenda items this evening are both proclamations uh one is for
national police week in the month of may and the second one is for national
public works week in the month of may uh so what we're gonna do is we're gonna
split them up half and half so uh the first one we're going to do is
for the proclamation for national police week from may 15th to may 21st 2022
that proclamation will be read by uh the other men and women in wards one and two
so we'll begin with the reading of the proclamation with alderman dyke thank
you mayor proclamation whereas the city of crest hill is faithfully served by
the officers of its police department men and women who diligently perform
their assigned duties to maintain peace and justice in the city of cresthill and
whereas the police officers of the city of cresthill are of great strength and
character placing their personal safety and align
every shift in order to preserve the peace and enforce the laws of the state
of illinois and the ordinances of the city and
whereas it is appropriate unique weekly of natural recognition
of the efforts of all police officers
federal state and local to solidarity acknowledge
the work of police officers by the declaration of a week in their
honor now therefore i raymond r solomon by
virtue of the powers vested in me of the mayor of city of crestille along with
the members of the city council do hereby designate and proclaim the week
of may 15 through may 21st 2022 at national police week in the city of
cresthill illinois in honor of all police officers
nationwide but especially in recognition of the efforts of our very own members
of the crest city of cresthill police department
the mayor and city council of the city of crest hill declared and proclaimed
that may 21st 22 be designated as national peace
officers memorial day in the steve cresthill in honor of a police officers
killed in the line of duty especially officer james w nink and sergeant
timothy a simonson i urge all citizens to
recognize the contributions with which police officers make
to protecting our health safety welfare and
quality of life it know in witness wherever
i have here and to set my hand and cause the corporate seal of the city of
cresthel the second day of may 2022 raymond r
solomon mayor so move just presented second we have motioned by our other
person overland seconded by alderwoman gaza for the approval of a proclamation
for national police week questions or comments
roll call please mark the pedi yes nate albert yes joe
kubal yes scott dyke yes john richard yes darrell jefferson yes claudia
default yes yes motion carries thank you
certainly want to thank all the men and women of our police department past
present and future uh it's a very difficult job in this
social climate that we live in um we certainly will never forget our
two officers who we lost and that is why we did a moment of silence in the
beginning of this meeting for the month of may
we certainly want to thank all of our police officers for the
commitment and dedication they have to the city of prestill and for all the
sacrifices not only that they make but all the sacrifices that their family
makes for sometimes the odd shifts the long
shifts and everything else that goes along with being a police department
as mayor i'm very proud of all the police officers in the city of cresthill
for their professionalism the way they handle
all of the incidences that they have to deal with so i certainly want to thank
them publicly again for the service that they provide to every one of our
citizens and every one of our visitors to pass through this city on a daily
basis and uh for improving the quality of life
in the city of cresthill with that i'll turn it over to our police chief ed
clark if you'd like to make any comments no i just uh mayor and council thank you
so much for this proclamation uh this is truly an honor for our police department
um and again during the month of may we do
remember uh both officers that one died in line of duty and one was murdered in
the line of duty and uh we have to remember them and the sacrifices that
their families continue to make to this day so thank you and uh between the 15th
and the 21st we'll be wearing our morning badges in honor of the officers
that died in the line of duty so thank you
and we certainly don't want to forget all the police officers
throughout our country that have been killed in the line of duty it
happens way too frequently and so we certainly want to offer our
condolences to every one of those families to who
mourn the loss of their loved one i'll open it up for any comments from city
council for the police officers
well and it goes without saying um we really appreciate our police
department here everything they do and um
we always have them in our in our prayers
especially in times of stress and
this is one huge time of stress in our country and our city so thank you very
much and thank all of them i will thank you
okay next on the agenda is the proclamation for national public works
week which is also may 15th through may 21st 2022
we will begin with the reading of the proclamation this will be from the all
the men and women in wards three and four will begin with the reading
from other person overlapping proclamation whereas public works
professionals focus on infrastructure facilities and services that are vital
importance to sustainable and resilient communities and to the public health
high quality of life and well-being of the people of the city of cresthill and
whereas these infrastructure facilities and services
could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works
professionals who are engineers managers and employees
at all levels of government and the private sector who are responsible for
rebuilding improving and protecting our nation's transportation
water supply water treatment and solid waste systems
public buildings and other structures and facilities essential for our
citizens and whereas it is in the public interest for
the citizens civic leaders and children in the city of cresthill to gain
knowledge of and to maintain an ongoing interest and understanding of the
importance of public works and public work programs in their respective
communities and whereas the year 2022 marks the 62nd annual national public
works week sponsored by the american public works association
now therefore i raymond r solomon by virtue of the powers vested in me as
mayor of the city of cresthill along with the members of the city council do
hereby designate and proclaim the week of may 15
2022 through may 21st 2022 as national public works week in the
city of cresthill illinois i urge all citizens to recognize the contributions
which public works employees have made to protecting our health safety
comfort and quality of life in witness aware of i
have hearing to set my hand and cause the corporate seal the city of cresthill
the second day of may 2022 raymond r solomon mayor
second we have motioned by all the person
overland seconded by alderman albert for a proclamation for national public works
week may 15th through may 21st 2022 questions or comments
roll call please joe cool yes scott dyke yes john richard
darrell jefferson yes claudia's all yes yes marxipedi yes and nate albert yes
motion carries thank you and again i want to offer my gratitude
to all the men and women both past present and future of the public works
department for the job that they do a lot of time it goes unseen a lot of
times during the daylight hours you know our residents our visitors see
them filling potholes and everything else
but a lot of their work goes in the nighttime hours when it's usually
sight unseen with heavy snowstorms that usually occur
a lot of times it seems like at night where they're out plowing for maybe 16
hours and then go home and sleep for eight hours and the major snowstorms
have to come back for another eight hours
we don't a lot of people don't see them unless the water main break is near
their residence and a lot of times those happen
when it's below zero temperatures and it's very
cold outside and they're out in the middle of the
night dealing with the traffic and the and the water main breaks that have to
be um
fixed so people can have um drinking water
uh in their homes so again i want to thank them all the
men and women for their commitment their dedication to the city of crest hill and
the sacrifices that not only they make with being called out after hours under
some extreme conditions to keep the city operating and i also
want to offer my gratitude to their families for the sacrifices that the
families make for probably a lot of missed parties and everything else that
goes along with being a parent by serving the city of crest hill but
they too the men and women of our public works department has improved the
quality of life for every one of our residents and for our visitors who pass
through this city every day so i i want to extend as the mayor
their professionalism that they show on the streets also to our residents and
for the work that they do for uh for the city of cresthill
so i would now ask if uh our director of public works mark seifert would like to
make any comments in regards to this also thank you mayor and council for the
proclamation um i will take this back to our staff
it's it's sometimes a thankless job but we do it because we love doing it
everybody in the public works department has a passion for either water the
streets the wastewater and uh we wouldn't be doing it if we didn't have a
passion for this and it's very nice to uh the first time
that i've been in public works to share
this week with the police department who we've had a great working relationship
we couldn't do a lot of things that we do
in terms of the main breaks uh and fixing things overnight without their
help uh and their cooperation helping us shut down roads and things like that so
it's truly honored to share the week with them this this year in 2022 but
thank you and also to the men and women of our
water department also for all their hard work and you know with lake michigan
coming on here by 2030 there's a lot of work to do
to bring lake michigan water to the city of cresthill
so you know again they go sight unseen a
lot of times too making sure of the quality of the water uh for all of our
residents to drink also so thank you very much to them also
anybody else comments from city council well mark since you're talking about
public work can you give a little bit about your event
yeah so real quick sorry um may 14th uh we'll be having a touch truck and
open house down the public works building from 11 to 2 we have quiet
hours from 10 to 11. um the great event we have we just got a
couple more confirmations on some bigger vehicles
that are coming that are not usually seen on the roads so a great opportunity
for kids to climb all over some very interesting
vehicles uh we have some demonstrations about how to put a hydrant together how
to you know what's inside of event what's inside the hydrant uh what's the
water main look like coming to your house what's the service line looking
like we've got some pretty interesting games
that the staff has created for the kids uh we'll leave those as surprises for
any kids who do show up so yeah it's
11-2 on saturday may 14th at public works
building 2090 oakland avenue is the address once again with quiet hours
from 10 to 11 for anybody interested in those
and hoping for a great turnout hoping for great weather
it's rain or shine we have two different layouts for if it's sunny or if it's
rainy so we'll have we'll have it going on no matter what and uh hopefully that
was a good time and hopefully see as many people as we can there
sorry no no no no are you getting one of the
games can include cleaning virus screens right now nothing nothing that's crazy
for kids well as with the police department please pass along uh to all
the people that uh working on public works in our
water department what a great job they're doing and how much they're
appreciated and coming home from work every day i've
seen them out there on 30 again and it was pretty crappy weather so
thank you thank them
okay next would be the appointment of community and economic development
director uh that would be a gentleman by the name of tony
budzikowski you do have a copy of his resume in your packet
tony was here for two work sessions for city council to meet and greet and to
ask any questions of um i will say
that mr budzikowski comes highly recommended uh his
his resume uh
shows the wealth of experience that he has in economic development
most recently his last two places the village of lyle where he worked for 17
years and the village of oakbrook where he
worked for the last four years i will tell you that
i was impressed by the knowledge that he had of the city of prestill during
his interview process with the city council it was evident that he has done
his homework in regards to this city i believe that he will be a tremendous
asset to the city of cresthill as our new economic and community development
director with that being said
i would recommend mr anthony budzikowski be appointed as community and economic
development director for the city of crestel effective may 9th
2022. let's move mayor second we have motion by alderman albert
seconded by alderman jefferson for the appointment
of mr tony budzikowski as our community and economic development director
questions or comments roll call please tina oberlin
yes mark sapidi abstain nate albert yes
joe kubal yes scott dyke yes john richard yes darrell
jefferson yes and claudia gazelle yes motion carries thank you
with that i'd like to introduce our new economic and community development
director mr tony blzakowski tony if you'd like to any comments at the podium
it's uh certainly for you good evening
i'll keep it brief because we've met a few times most recently last thursday
but just looking really forward to the
opportunity to work with the mayor city council and city administrator mourinho
as well as city staff in our discussions you've been very
candid and transparent about what you're looking for
as we discussed i think with the background i have and the communities
i've worked with to try to take the good in and leave the baggage behind and some
of the bad stuff so i hope what i've learned over the past will help crest
hill um in my tenure here and i'm looking forward to
working with all of you folks thanks well welcome to the city of
christelle and hope that you have a long stay here with us appreciate it that'll
open it up for any comments from city council
i just want to say welcome and i look forward to work with you and i look
forward to see some changes happening to craftstail finally
thank you i also want to welcome you and i look
forward to some good changes in the city and i love your word transparency that i
hear so often and i can't wait to see it put into action and i look forward to
you bringing good things to our city thank you
welcome tony best of luck to you thank you very much
welcome to the city and i'd like to see you come around
plan on it welcome to the city looking forward to
seeing some improvements and moving the city forward
thank you thank you welcome tony uh i'm likewise i'm looking forward forward to
working with you and hoping that we can uh get this moving
forward in the direction that we believe
welcome tony i look forward to working with you and uh many good things to come
in the future well i appreciate it thank you
welcome board thanks okay thanks tony thank you very much
just two other items for the mayor regarding to memorial day first of all
we are going to be having a work day on may 13th with the rain date of may 20th
at 9 00 a.m outside in the veterans and police memorial garden this is strictly
a volunteer effort anyone that would like to help us prepare the garden clean
it up for the program
which will be on memorial day may 30th at 2 pm in the memorial garden
we will have musical entertainment by the frankfurt brass band they will have
a pre-concert starting at 1 40 with the program to begin at 2 p.m
we will certainly honor our two slain police officers and all of
the veterans who have passed away um
we will certainly honor them we have about
1175 names on the memorial gardens outside of cresthill residents who
served this country and made this country and this community a better
place to live our two guest speakers this year
are two world war ii veterans who live in the city of cresthill one is the name
of don lawler and the other one is mr chester bozek
so their words of wisdom will be something for everyone to hear on
memorial day and again they are
in their mid-90s and they are one of the the dying breed of the world war ii
veterans who serve this country um so we can enjoy the freedoms that we
have today there will be light refreshments that
will be served after the ceremony it usually takes 45 minutes to an hour
everyone is welcome please bring your lawn chairs we will have we will have
chairs and everything available to you also but a lot of people do bring their
lawn chairs and again join us this will be our 34th annual memorial day ceremony
at the city of cresthill on may 30th at 2 p.m
that's it for the mayor if there's any questions they'll certainly try to
answer them hearing none we'll move on to our city
clerk's report our city clerk christine vershay hall good evening chris good
evening thank you so much um i have two requests for block parties the first one
is for saturday may 21st from noon to 11 pm
um they're requesting to close off university street from gaylord road to
webb street council needs your permission some move as presented second
our motion by alderman alberts second and by other person overland for the
approval of the block party on uh university from gaylord to web
on saturday may 21st from noon to 11 p.m questions or comments
roll call please scott dyke yes john vashay karel
jefferson yes claudia gazelle yes yes mark zupiti yes nate albert yes joe
cuba yes motion carries thank you the second one is for august 13th
from noon to 11 p.m and they're requesting to close off essec
court to bore your drive counsel i need your approval some move second we have
motion by alder person overlands other woman overland sect
excuse me alderwoman's resolved seconded by alderman jefferson for the
approval of the black party on august 13 2022
from noon to 11 uh for essex uh court to borrow drive questions or comments
roll call please john berchay yes darrell jefferson yes claudia's all yes
you know oberlin yes mark zappedy yes nate albert yes joe cuball yes and scott
dyke yes motion carries thank you and also i just wanted to announce our
citywide garage sale they'll be held on thursday may 19 through sunday may 22nd
the fee for the garage sale permit is five dollars the deadline to submit your
application for your address to be included on a list is may 17th
you can pick up the permits in the clerk's office monday through friday
from 8 to 4 30 p.m and if you have any questions please
give our office a call 815-741-5100
and that's all i have to report tonight any questions at the clerk
all right thanks chris moving on to our city treasurer uh
report our treasurer glenn conklin leaving glenn good evening mayor and
council first off i'd like to publicly apologize
to all of you for not having that uh the uh
public meeting for the for the budget on the agenda the good news is that lisa
and jim put that together that budget quickly and efficiently so
we have time to remedy my mistake um
so moving forward i guess i got another thing that i'd like to ask council's
council on is that
in the past we've often uh
reported comp time buyback we've for a while gotten away from
reporting that it's not required by any means
uh but i just wanted to know your thoughts on whether or not you'd like to
see that as on the agenda in that report or whether
uh whether not needing action whether you
prefer not to see it i'd like to see it i'd like to see it
everybody go with that i mean it's a good it gives us a summary and a great
place to look for things so yeah we will have that moving forward on there again
it won't be an action item but it will be uh something that we'll report as we
do the payroll so um
i'd like to report regular overtime payroll from
411 2022 through 424 2022 in the amount of 247 thousand nine hundred eighty two
dollars and sixty five cents i'd also like to report our comp buy
back in the amount of fifty two thousand fifty six dollars and fifty five cents
oh excuse me i i flipped some numbers here the comp
time buyback was 52 65. and 55 cents my apologies
the only uh thing i seek uh a motion to approve would be our list of
bills which will total up in that same time
period of 2 million 545 138 dollars and 72 cents so moved is
presented we have motion by all the person
overland seconded by alderman jefferson for the approval of the list of bills
questions or comments roll call please what do you dissolve
uh yes there's two different numbers in here
i announced the wrong oh we have two different numbers the
agenda says different number than in here i'm just going to say that so i'm
not sure which one is correct
so the agenda agenda says what you read okay and
the actual handout okay it says different numbers so you did read it
right from the wrong area i'm assuming because when i read it right from
i believe it to be the 56 dollars i think the agenda has two
items transposed yeah the agenda so we're off by roughly eleven dollars on
our on our uh
what what i'm reporting it's not an action item okay nine bucks actually
[Applause] yes
tina oberlin yes mark zappedy yeah nate albert yes joe kubal yes scott dice yes
john richard and darrell jefferson yes motion carries thank you
i thank you all i'll take any questions if you haven't questions of the
treasurer
all right thanks glenn thank you unfinished business we have nothing on
the agenda anyone new business
committee liaison reports anybody
city council comments positive city council comments anything you'd like to
share with any of your constituents we'll begin with work for this evening
alderman cool ball uh nothing to add at this time alderman
albert no just uh welcome aboard to uh tony and
uh thank the police and public works for all you guys do for us thank you
were three alderman's pity not at this time mayor all their person overland two
things i'd like to remind everybody that this year we will be having the 80th
ladies memorial service sunday june 12th at 11 o'clock at ladies memorial park
um in the times that we're living in it's kind of frightening to think that
what this park was put there for and what it
stands for um
it's a little scary to see what's going on in the world today
so i think it's really critical that people
try to make this ceremony this year it's it's a really important event and
we don't want to repeat history we're also having a cleanup at the park
with the czech consulate and all the people from up there at 11 o'clock
on sunday may 22nd so i would love for all the want to be gardeners out there
to bring your tools and come on over and meet us at the park and we're going to
try to get it looking as nice as we can for the 80th ceremony if you have any
questions don't hesitate to give me a call
war ii 815-953-4257 woman gazelle when i thank the public works department and
police department for everything that you do
you know very well how you share what you are and everything that you do for
our community and for us as well you always
one phone call away and you get things done
quickly and also again i want to welcome you tony i look forward to working with
you that's it olivia jefferson
uh uh thank you um mayor uh i'd like to thank the public
works department and the police department for the great job they're
doing and i encourage them to keep it up and i
want to welcome again tony for
accepting a position here in crest hill and looking forward to working with you
word one alderman for say hello second motion of the rel please
and welcome to roll call
autumn and dyke i just concur with what everybody said
here and want to wish all the moms out there a happy mother's day so let's not
forget mom this sunday all right
okay um public comment anyone like to address
city council please step to the podium need to stay for the record your address
is optional
steward
if i could ask with the release of the garbage sale
certificates or permits that something be commented in there
that the person that is having the garage sale is responsible for the
parking of their customers
too many times i see these garage sales and cars are just all over the streets
and some sometimes you can't pass maybe that should be something that's
added to the the next one we'll get that on to the permits or something
whether it's within with whether it's within the citywide garage sale or
anybody that applies for a permit okay thank you thank you all right thanks
stewart anybody else
all right let the record uh show that no one else has approached the podium
um to our city attorney uh mike is there a need
for an executive session there is not motion to adjourn there
we have a motion for an adjournment by alderman dyke seconded by ultimate
crochet questions or comments of the motion
call police darrell jefferson yes claudia gazelle yes kenoble yes mark
sapidi yep nate albert yes joe cuba yes scott guy yeah
all right meeting is adjourned and 7 40 p.m happy
mother's day to all the mothers
you