[0:00] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and
welcome to the regular board meeting of
[0:04] Dundy Township for August 2026. I will
call the meeting to order at 700 p.m.
[0:09] Madame Clerk, please call the role.
>> Trusty Jay,
[0:12] » Trusty Dre,
>> here.
[0:14] » Trusty Fix
>> here.
[0:15] » Trusty Harney
>> here.
[0:17] » Supervisor Shaw
>> here.
[0:21] Okay. I ask that you rise and join me in
the pledge of allegiance.
[0:25] I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:30] republic for it stands one nation under
God indivisible with liberty and justice
[0:37] for all
[0:48] that's your trusty
[laughter]
[0:52] » All right. Um, I would like to move that
we make a small adjustment in the agenda
[0:59] and that we move the presentations
uh first with Jim Belden and then with
[1:05] um uh Andreas Diaz and then with Ed
Tracy that we move that before the
[1:11] public comment in order that we can
allow these gentlemen to go home uh
[1:16] before the public comment part.
>> Oh, you wanted to put them in the
[1:20] different order then?
>> Yeah, put them in a different order.
[1:24] Yeah. And then before public comment
>> 231
[1:31] begin this order.
>> 231.
[1:33] » Yes.
>> 231. Okay.
[1:35] » I'm going to get a second.
>> I'll second.
[1:38] » Discussion. Well, no discussion.
>> Is there any? Yeah. No discussion. Madam
[1:41] cler, please call the role.
>> Trusty J.
[1:44] » Trusty Dre.
>> Yes.
[1:45] » Trusty Fixer.
>> Yes.
[1:47] » Trusty Har.
>> Yes.
[1:48] » Supervisor Shaw.
>> Yes.
[1:50] » Okay. So that is um approved as amended.
The next item will be presentations
[1:58] first.
>> Okay. So we're going to move to
[2:00] presentations and Andre Diaz, executive
director of food for greater Elgen. The
[2:06] floor is yours, sir.
[2:12] » Thank you.
>> I'm tall. Not quite that tall.
[2:20] I brought some u hard copy handouts. Um,
and I'm not going to read every word,
[2:25] just walk you through it. I'm the CEO of
Food for Greater Elgen, as you can see
[2:30] on slide number one. That's a photo of a
retired couple who help us, one of over
[2:36] 250 volunteers that we have. So, we were
founded in 2011, just passed our 15th
[2:42] year. And our mission is to help
individuals who cannot help themselves
[2:48] with food and also to provide community
resources. We're by far the largest
[2:52] pantry in King County. We get food from
a number of different places including
[2:58] grocery stores, you all know, Target,
Walmart, um, etc. We're few
[3:04] full-time staff of 10, as I mentioned,
well over 200 volunteers on a duplicated
[3:10] basis. So that means that for example um
trustee charity you come to us as one
[3:16] individual but if we serve you four
times in a month we come to you four
[3:19] times. So that's how we get 250,000
of that number approximately um 15% are
[3:26] residents in the Dundy Township and
that's why I'm here. So we also ask our
[3:32] um guests or neighbors as we call them
how we're doing and they tell us that
[3:36] choice is their number one priority. or
a choice pantry. We have people come in
[3:42] and fill their grocery carts and that's
about 100 pounds of food that they get
[3:46] to choose. And we also um have them tell
us that over 99% say that we treat them
[3:53] with rest with respect and dignity. In
FY27
[3:58] so far in June July compared with a year
ago, we're looking at about a 12%
[4:03] increase in demand for food. So, we're
asking the Dundee Township for $50,000.
[4:10] That's 25K for operating expenses to buy
um food and milk and that basically is
[4:17] one month's worth of food and dairy and
that means about 14,000 times that we
[4:22] can help people and 25,000 for what we
call the big idea. So, the next slide is
[4:28] a heat map and the uh rectangle you see
is the Dundee Township. So you can see
[4:35] that we are physically in your township
and 15% as I said of your residents come
[4:42] to us for food and we get food to them a
number of different ways.
[4:48] The next slide is a few data points
because we want to let everybody know
[4:53] that people come to us when they need
us. And for example, almost 50% of the
[5:00] individuals have come to us only twice
in the last um 12 months and 70% have
[5:06] come to us fewer than six times in the
last 12 months. So again, people come to
[5:11] us when they need us.
The next slide shows a demographic
[5:15] breakout. Over 30% of the people come to
us in whom we serve are kiddos. They're
[5:22] under the age of 18. The biggest
increase we've seen in the last 12
[5:26] months are individuals over the age of
60, seniors like me. And these
[5:32] individuals are on a fixed income. And
unfortunately, that segment for us is
[5:38] over 40% are on both SNAP and Medicaid.
We've already seen the SNAP working
[5:44] requirements have an impact as I
mentioned before June July about a 12%
[5:49] increase over a year before and we know
that Medicaid is going to change um
[5:54] after the elections. The next slide is
to say what kind of food we serve and no
[6:01] it's not mostly junk food over 30% of
fruits and vegetables. We also make sure
[6:07] that uh we provide non uh protein meat.
Again, we reflect the eating habits um
[6:14] of the country and we've also seen a big
increase in dairy over the last 5 years.
[6:20] The next slide basically shows you who
we are. So, first and foremost, we're a
[6:25] food pantry and on certainly on my watch
as a retired corporate guy, I want us to
[6:31] make sure that we're the most efficient
food pantry there is. And earlier this
[6:35] year, I had an intern and based on
audited financial public information,
[6:41] we're twice as efficient as the other
food pantry in Illinois. Period. And I
[6:48] say that because when you entrust your
dollars to us, we make sure that we're
[6:52] very efficient in bringing in food. And
right now, we're on a run rate of about
[6:57] 5 million pounds of food on an annual
basis. and we see that increase again 10
[7:03] to 15% over the next year. We're also
meaning food bank. We partner with not
[7:09] only U46 but D300. We deliver food to
your schools. We just signed a
[7:15] partnership with Boys Girls Club, the
new one. We're going to store food for
[7:20] them because they're not big enough to
do that. And because we know a thing or
[7:24] two about the food pantry, we're also
working with Amanda, their CEO, on uh
[7:30] best practices. The next slide is the
big idea. So the big idea is this. If
[7:36] you were to come to our physical
location, you would see that we have a
[7:39] bunch of small offices. It's not built
for what we do. So the big idea is we're
[7:45] going to tear down as many walls as
possible. Instead of squeezing in our
[7:50] guests and neighbors like sardines,
we're going to be able to accommodate
[7:53] them in a dignified, respectful manner.
And
[7:58] uh right now we're planning to launch
that in early to midocctober and to have
[8:04] that finished roughly 3 months later.
And that's it. So high level overview
[8:13] and I'm happy to answer any questions.
>> So Mr. as you've been here two times. I
[8:19] am interested in speaking with you
further about this. Let's talk.
[8:23] » So I think we have some room in EAGA
program and I would like to at least
[8:28] consider this.
>> Yeah.
[8:30] » Thank you.
>> Any questions?
[8:36] » All right. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you for being here. Okay. Our next
[8:39] presentation is
>> Belden.
[8:42] » Mr. Beldon
>> for Beldon energy. for Beldon Energy
[8:46] Electric Aggregation. Thank you for
being with us here. The floor is yours.
[8:52] » Thank you for inviting me tonight. I'm
Jim Beldin from Beldin Energy Solutions.
[8:58] And I uh my I'm a managing director for
the company who's involved in energy
[9:03] consulting and advisory services. And
the item on the agenda tonight is is one
[9:10] in which it uh asks the county board to
approve a renewal of the MC squared
[9:18] electric aggregation program. And to
give you some history about this
[9:22] program, this is something that that the
township started 10 years ago. And so
[9:27] we've been involved in in various
programs and renewals for uh throughout
[9:33] the this 10-year period. Since about
2021, we went to a program that MC
[9:40] Squared offered which is called the
comment match. And this is a program
[9:44] that they devised. this unique family
square served in and this program has
[9:49] been um has been uh very well um
received by about 60 other towns,
[9:56] townships, villages, cities, counties
through Northern Illinois. So, it's a
[10:02] program in which
Squared is able to look at the the town
[10:07] in whole. They're able to look at each
account within the town and determine if
[10:13] they can serve it or not, allowing
everyone still to get the same comment
[10:18] match price. And I know um some have
asked, well, what's the advantage of
[10:23] this if everyone is getting the comment
match? And the benefit comes out in
[10:28] which MC squared is able to derive a
civic contribution for each one of the
[10:34] respective communities. And in this case
with Dundy Township, we're able to with
[10:40] a with a renewal signing, we're able to
provide the township with an additional
[10:45] $6,000 of civic contribution, which is
up to their discretion to decide how to
[10:51] use. So, um, that is in a nutshell the
summary of the program. Uh the renewal
[10:59] amendment agreement is virtually
identical to the one that we signed in
[11:04] 2024 since it still is a carryover of
the the same 24-month term with $6,000
[11:11] of of civic contributions coming to it.
And and I want to note is is that the
[11:18] program is extremely flexible that there
is no one that is obligated to stay in
[11:25] the program that they can exit the
program for any reason at any time
[11:30] without penalty. Conversely, they're
able to enter the program and have MC
[11:34] Square determine if if where they should
be served, whether it's through com or
[11:40] through MC Square.
Once the amendment is signed, we'll
[11:44] start a process of giving every eligible
account within the township a letter. A
[11:51] letter should go out about midepptember
outlining the different u options that a
[11:57] customer has, whether to stay in the
program, whether to exit the program,
[12:02] and they'll have, I think, approximately
21 days to decide that. But again, even
[12:07] if they miss that window, the the the
accountant can can leave the program at
[12:13] any time for any reason. So it it seems
there is no downside from the standpoint
[12:19] of the obligation that the township
would put on an individual account. So
[12:25] um with that, I'm I'm happy to answer
any additional questions that that the
[12:29] board may have, but that's uh in a
nutshell, that's about it.
[12:34] So, is it $6,000 per year?
>> It's $6,000 for the 24-month term or or
[12:40] $3,000 per year.
>> Okay.
[12:43] » And what was the last last round?
>> What was the last round? Do you recall
[12:49] » the last round for the last
>> before? Yeah.
[12:52] » What's was the same? It was $3,000 a
year.
[12:58] I
>> Yeah. Do you want a motion?
[13:04] Sorry, we it's later on the agenda.
>> Oh, okay.
[13:06] » Yeah. Under business. Sorry. [laughter]
>> I'm just trying to make sure I
[13:10] understand correctly because this is a
little bit new to me. So
[13:15] you would kind of see if MC Squared or
KMED would be better on a case by case
[13:22] basis
[clears throat]
[13:24] internally Henry that's how it would
work from a standpoint that again the
[13:30] the the concept is everyone gets the
same price come match comment match
[13:35] however there are some accounts within
the township in in every municipality
[13:40] some that are favorable to be served
directly by MC Squared and others that
[13:45] are not they're not economical to be
served by MC Squ.
[13:51] » Well, this affect people who are on some
of the plans that say, "Hey, I want most
[13:56] of my electricity to count from nuclear
or wind like I know there's some
[14:01] programs that
>> if they're on a third party supply that
[14:06] that they will not be affected."
>> Okay. So it doesn't affect anyone who's
[14:11] on third party supply, anyone who's on
what's called hourly energy pricing or
[14:17] anyone that I believe is on has a solar
system that has uh signed up for net
[14:22] metering.
So there will be no changes to to
[14:26] anyone's desires. is only uh MC squared
will go through uh the the the account
[14:33] list provided by commed which then
outlines what are what are the right
[14:38] class what is the classification of
service for each one of those accounts
[14:42] to make sure that that there's no
disruption of service
[14:47] » and then um so that's basically for
those who would you think would be
[14:52] better served by MC squed that's an opt
out thing it just automatically
[14:58] It would be if if for whatever reason
they they did not want to be served,
[15:02] they could be they would opt out. They
would be served directly by by comment
[15:06] or a supplier third party supplier of
their choice.
[15:10] And then just curious um since the
customer information would be provided
[15:16] um
what uh I guess I'd be concerned like um
[15:22] I'm pretty good with the security of
that that personal information
[15:27] like you like um um
guaranteed that it's safe. The state of
[15:35] Illinois has some some very specific
regulations
[15:40] regarding the confidentiality of the uh
utility data and it could be only used
[15:46] for the specific purposes outlined in
the law that that allows this to the
[15:53] municipal aggregation to move forward.
>> Okay, cool. Thank you.
[16:02] Okay. So that's all.
>> All right. Thank you.
[16:05] » Thank you.
>> Our [clears throat] next presentation is
[16:09] from uh Mr. Mr. Tracy of Selden Fox PC
here to present on fiscal year 2025 and
[16:17] 2026 audit results. Mr. Tracy.
>> Hi. Thank you for having me here this
[16:21] evening. Um yeah, here present uh the
audit man statements. Um our audit is
[16:27] intended to give reasonable but not
absolute assurance that the financial
[16:30] statements are fairly presented. Um for
all for our audits before we do we take
[16:35] a look at the at your internal
financials look identify what's
[16:38] significant and focus our procedures on
those significant areas to make sure uh
[16:44] all things are presented fairly and
without um and according principles. We
[16:49] do take a look at internal controls as
well. an audit, the pending statement
[16:53] audit doesn't give an opinion on
internal controls, but we do perform
[16:57] walkthroughs to see if those controls
are operating effectively and operating
[17:00] as as designed. Um, we don't rely on the
internal controls when we do our audit
[17:05] because that would it's more efficient,
excuse [clears throat] me, to perform
[17:09] extended substantive procedures on the
balance sheet and the income statement
[17:12] and not rely on the internal controls.
Um these substantive procedures that we
[17:16] do include reconciling balance sheet
accounts to subsidiary detail ledgers,
[17:20] third party reports, uh comparing
revenues, expenses to budget, budget
[17:26] expectations and prior year results and
investigating any any unexpected or
[17:30] unusual variances and vouching
certificate transactions to supporting
[17:34] documentation.
Um you report your uh your internal
[17:40] records on on a fund basis. So it what's
good what's what's called a modified
[17:44] approval basis. It's more of a current
focus. Um and so we take those fund
[17:49] financial statements include those
within our audit identif and and those
[17:53] are segregated by major funds. And so
the major funds for the township are the
[17:58] general town fund the road the road and
bridge general fund cemetery fund and
[18:02] the mental health core funds. Those are
considered major funds based on the
[18:07] dollar value of assets liabilities
struggling.
[18:10] uh and then we look at the other funds
in in an aggregated presentation. In
[18:14] addition to those fund financial
statements, the audit report also has a
[18:17] second set of financial statements
called the governmentwide financial
[18:20] statements. And those take more of a
long-term focus um report long-term
[18:24] assets, long-term liabilities that you
typically will not see in your internal
[18:28] financial records.
Um as I mentioned, uh the major funds,
[18:33] I'll just kind of give you some
highlights, financial highlights for the
[18:36] year. Um the general town fund reported
a positive bottom line of 75,476
[18:42] before making a transfer to the capital
reserve fund. Um its ending fund balance
[18:48] in the general town fund was just under
900,000 at the end of the year which is
[18:52] about 55% of your annual expenses which
is really good spot to be. Um the other
[18:57] major uh I'm sorry the revenues were up
about 4% over the prior year and we're
[19:02] right on line with budget and the
expenses were under budget by about 2%.
[19:06] Um the Roadbridgeidge general fund had a
positive bottom line of just under
[19:10] 300,000
which exceeded the budget expectations
[19:14] by about 300,000. Um revenues were over
budget by 2 and a half% expenditures
[19:20] under budget by nearly 25%.
And the cemetery fund had a positive
[19:25] change in fund balance for the year of
514,000
[19:28] um compared to a budget expectations of
346,000
[19:32] um primarily due to revenues exceeding
budget by nearly 1080,000 is current
[19:36] revenues and and sales and imperial
charges exceeded budget by 106,000 and
[19:42] 81,000 respectively. So all major funds
uh reported positive bottom lines for
[19:47] the year prior to any transfers being
made out um in all instances
[19:52] expenditures were under under budget and
um just a generally positive year
[19:58] overall for the township. As far as the
audit itself, we just made a few
[20:01] adjustments very minor in in scope in
nature. Um the books and records are in
[20:06] really good shape. We certainly
appreciate that. I did mention, you
[20:09] know, they have a second set of
financial statements, the governmentwide
[20:11] finish statements. So we do make
adjustments to convert your books and
[20:14] records to those statements and those
are all included um in in the letters
[20:18] that we submit with the audit report as
exhibits that show those adjustments.
[20:22] But again those adjustments are pretty
uh
[20:26] any adjustments to my financial
statements are very minor in general and
[20:30] and the adjustments to convert those to
governmentwide statements were what I
[20:34] would call routine and what we typically
find in our audits.
[20:39] So overall, I thought it was a very
positive year for the township
[20:42] financially and and very positive about
audit in terms of being able to come in
[20:47] and do our work and and get the
assistance we needed. So certainly
[20:51] appreciated that.
[20:56] » I have just one question.
>> Uh and it's on this first page, exhibit
[21:01] one if
>> and it's uh it's the open space bond
[21:04] escrow fund balance. It says it's uh
about a quarter of a million 256,000
[21:10] $257,000.
I thought we'd zeroed out the bond fund.
[21:16] » Which
>> um here's this one right here. I've
[21:19] circled it.
I thought we had zeroed out that escrow
[21:23] bond fund because the bonds are paid off
and have been for several years now.
[21:28] » I will take a look at that, but I think
maybe
[21:32] um
can I get back to off the top of my
[21:36] head? I don't recall. This is a little
while ago. I will definitely get back to
[21:40] you. Probably an answer to you.
>> I'm as far into the weeds what that
[21:42] question is. I'm going to get the
county.
[21:44] » I'm wondering if maybe it was just an
account the balance that had was carried
[21:48] forward and just being reversed, but I'd
have to double check that.
[21:51] » Okay. Thank you.
[21:56] » Is that all? Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[22:01] » Okay. The next item on the agenda is
public comment. Please uh come forward
[22:06] and state your name and you have three
minutes to address the board. Is there
[22:10] anyone who wishes to address the board
at this time?
[22:19] » Good evening.
>> I'm here because of the uh event permit
[22:24] at Creek to for our church to operate a
ride at October 3rd. Thank you for the
[22:31] simplified release document. It's uh
going to be
[22:35] quite an energy saver, mental energy
saver to work with that document. We've
[22:41] submitted a slightly revised permit
request to include snap time after the
[22:48] hay ride there in the pavilion. It'll be
brown bag. It won't be any cooking or
[22:52] preparation or anything. And uh we'd
like to um decorate pumpkins with marker
[23:00] pens, not paint or anything. you know,
be a kids program, not for adults. Um,
[23:06] and when we're all done with the hay
ride, um, we'll donate the straw bales
[23:11] to Kirby's field crew. We'll leave them
right there, uh, by the pavilion where
[23:17] he asked for it. Other than that, we're
looking forward to it and hope, if you
[23:22] have any questions, let them go. Thank
you.
[23:32] Sandy Morgensstein.
[23:41] Good evening, Madam Supervisor. Haven't
seen you.
[23:45] Good evening, trustees.
You know, it's been about 18 months
[23:51] since we've had an election.
I [clears throat] think one of the
[23:55] principal reasons this group was elected
is because the citizens of our community
[24:02] wanted
more progress
[24:06] in supporting our citizens
with respect to the mental health.
[24:12] That was one of the two outstanding
issues.
[24:18] The people of our community,
some of them are hurting.
[24:25] They look to you.
They're really hurting.
[24:31] And
I ask you to remember why it was that
[24:37] you were elected.
[24:42] previous board
and the mental health board. Some was
[24:48] nonpartisan and some was bipartisan,
but the mental health board was not
[24:54] functional.
That's why you were elected.
[25:00] We're not asking for a partisan
bipartisan board. We're asking for a
[25:07] functioning
mental health, one that could meet the
[25:11] needs of the citizens of the community.
I ask you all
[25:20] to work to honor those votes,
those people who came out and voted for
[25:27] you and the reason they voted for you.
And I ask you to do the right thing.
[25:36] I ask you to work together. I ask you to
coordinate with anybody in the community
[25:44] volunteers to help. But please remember
our community is hurting. It is unlike
[25:52] other townships that have mental health
boards. Ours is not functioning.
[25:59] And that is counter to the results I
normally believe
[26:12] Jared [clears throat] Sanch.
[26:24] » Thank you, Madam Chair and [snorts]
trustees, Jared Sanchez and Eastundee.
[26:29] uh not here to talk about the mental
health board which I have done many
[26:32] times. I think I've pretty much said all
I have to say on the topic. I see it's
[26:36] on the agenda again tonight and I do
hope there is some kind of resolution on
[26:39] that issue. Um but the reason I'm here
uh tonight is to talk about some of the
[26:43] other things that came to light during
my experience of helping to defend the
[26:48] mental health board which was
functioning by the way up until uh
[26:52] earlier u last year or actually earlier
this year. Um
[26:58] because of these this information that
has come to light, a lot of the
[27:01] accusations and allegations that are
corroborated corroborated by multiple
[27:05] witnesses, myself included. I'm calling
for you, Supervisor Shaw, to resign. Um
[27:11] not immediately you have a meeting to
run, but as soon as possible. I don't
[27:15] say this lightly. This is a very serious
matter. I've been involved in local
[27:18] government for about 10 years. I've seen
a lot. I've seen how things can really
[27:24] go downhill pretty quickly um given
certain circumstances. Currently, there
[27:28] is an investigation by the Illinois
Department of Human Rights uh based on
[27:33] allegations made by a former employee.
These allegations again have been
[27:37] witnessed by multiple employees.
I've talked to almost all of them except
[27:42] for one and heard the same stories and
they all claimed that you supervisor Sha
[27:48] have engaged in discrimination of gender
and race,
[27:52] sexual harassment
and creating a hostile work environment.
[27:57] Uh some of these allegations that were
that are again being investigated is
[28:04] that you stated Mexicans are stupid for
not doing immigration the way that
[28:08] Indians do.
that elected officials are playing into
[28:13] the hands of illegal immigrants when
they oppose these strong-handed
[28:17] authoritarian tactics of ICE agents.
You called a Mexican employee a
[28:23] Mongolian in Gangghaskhan
which made him very uncomfortable and
[28:27] upset.
[28:31] not letting employees at the Mexican
Independent Day Parade, Elgrito and
[28:35] Partnersville, display Mexican flags,
stating that we're in America.
[28:41] Uh discussing private sexual encounters
with staff, employees, and speaking
[28:48] ludely about other elected officials.
And outside of this investigation is one
[28:52] of my favorites as you instructed
cemetery staff member to take a picture
[28:57] of myself and the former township
supervisor having breakfast
[29:01] after she was already out of office. And
I wore the shirt as a commemoration um
[29:06] of that $4,000 picture is all legal fees
that were spent when we went after that
[29:12] picture. Uh because of these things and
more, there is a loss of confidence in
[29:17] you by your board and by the general
public.
[29:22] And I do fear that the results of this
investigation and whatever other reports
[29:27] may be forthcoming are going to cost the
taxpayers a lot of money. And so for
[29:31] that, I ask you to please resign.
[29:40] » Todd, no. Okay, I will close this
portion of the meeting.
[29:46] Okay, the next next up we have reports.
[29:54] » Mr. Sanchez, are you presenting for Mr.
Kis?
[29:57] » Uh, I can give some updates
Mr. Kais's behalf. He is coming back
[30:03] from Springfield still. So, um, couple
things. We did pass a budget recently.
[30:08] Um, and I know there was some hollow
blue in the newspapers about a tax
[30:12] increase. That that is a reality. Um,
this is a small, I believe, 2% increase
[30:18] on your tax bill. Um, there are a lot of
opinions on that. It is just me
[30:22] reporting, not how I feel about it. Um,
we do have um,
[30:29] sorry, Chris just told me this over the
phone and totally blinking at this one.
[30:36] » Okay, I'm going to have to get back to
you. Sorry. should have run it down.
[30:43] » Commissioner, you've already shared your
report. All right, assessor.
[30:49] » Okay, madame clerk.
>> Uh, no report.
[30:52] » Okay, trustees.
[30:57] » Cemetery report.
>> It's a It's
[31:00] » after
I do the HOA report,
[31:06] » if you care to. Well, this is my first
time doing it. So, [laughter]
[31:09] um
>> but you're not kidding.
[31:10] » As your new Earth
um HOA person, so we spoke about we had
[31:18] an emergency meeting because of water
pipes and we also talked about a couple
[31:23] other things. Um we spoke about the
survey payments
[31:29] um fees and options for the cameras and
it was decided decided to be tabled
[31:36] until December when they do the budget
reviews.
[31:40] Um
the community room um the the license
[31:46] agreement they decided to move forward
as to the water valves. they have it
[31:53] like a temporary fix that um going to
wait till the end of December to
[31:59] budget how they're going to do that. So
it's not really decided yet the approach
[32:05] um but they will discuss how to fix the
pipes and um
[32:11] we did not discuss the um the stein that
was mentioned last month. So, I'm
[32:17] thinking that next time we'll talk about
the slow spine outside that was supposed
[32:22] to be at Howard and the entrance to 611.
Um, so it was me, Lande, um, the
[32:32] secretary person. I can't remember her
name.
[32:36] Um, I didn't write it down. I apologize.
>> The secretary, aren't you Katie?
[32:40] » No, the the person who kept the notes
for the owners.
[32:45] Oh, Chris. Chris.
>> Yes. Yes. And um Steve was on the phone
[32:51] and Mr. Rose is not present.
>> So that's what I have.
[32:56] » Trusty Henry, what's happening with the
landscaping? We have two corn stalks.
[33:01] » I have no idea that wasn't brought up.
>> Can you please uh maybe do something?
[33:05] » Yes, please. There's a regular meeting
on August 31st, so we'll probably
[33:09] address items. So perhaps we could talk
about the landscaping and maybe the
[33:15] first thing would be to remove the corn
stalks
[33:18] » which look ridiculous.
>> You don't like them?
[33:19] » I like it. We'll have corn to have like
a whole bunch of it for
[33:23] » then increase it
>> and plant it.
[33:29] » I don't think it's going to a tourist.
Just saying.
[33:32] » It's it's landscaping, not a garden.
>> I like it.
[33:35] » But it's kind of cool.
Trusty Harney, are you looking for a
[33:39] native species project?
>> Um, I could undertake that if the um if
[33:45] the condominium board is welcome is
interested in hearing my plans. I would
[33:49] be happy to do that if approached.
>> Trusty Henry, will you suggest?
[33:55] » Thank you.
[33:59] » No, that trustee Harney. No, just
suggest that Trusty Harney would like to
[34:03] work on some native species. She's
offered her assistance for free. Okay.
[34:08] Yes.
Um, anyone else?
[34:13] » Okay. Mental health board.
>> Yeah.
[34:15] » I'm sorry. That's it. Yes. We will um
hopefully meet tomorrow night. We will
[34:19] we will meet tomorrow night hopefully
with a um a uh a full or partially full
[34:25] board. Um we have published an agenda
and uh that agenda includes um the
[34:32] approval of hiring the administrator
that we made arrangements for and
[34:37] interviewed over the past year. Um that
will help get us off the ground again
[34:42] [clears throat] and also to approve the
16 grant application projects which we
[34:47] had brought to near completion last
January and were not able to finish and
[34:54] do the final contracts. um with uh with
the final signatures until hopefully
[35:00] tomorrow night. Um that depends on the
appointments if the appointments are
[35:04] successful tonight. Um we do have um
Tara McShane, the three people
[35:12] there are three people that are that are
have been proposed. One of them her name
[35:16] is Tara McShane. She's um a new
candidate and I interviewed her by phone
[35:21] earlier today. She seems like a a really
excellent pick. Um I am very excited
[35:28] hopefully to be able to work with her.
Uh she was not able to be here tonight.
[35:33] We asked her to come for an interview
during the executive session, but it was
[35:37] somewhat last minute and so she has
child care responsibilities that she was
[35:41] not able to um to um give to someone
else. So, uh, she also will probably not
[35:47] be able to come tomorrow night, but
because there are either work issues or
[35:51] childcare issues, she will be able to
attend remotely if she chooses to do
[35:55] that. And of course, we will make those
accommodations, you know, absolutely if
[36:00] if if they're requested. So, um, if we,
uh, do not get, uh, board appointments
[36:07] tonight, our next, well, our next
meeting is still tomorrow night, but we
[36:11] will not be able to conduct business
because I suspect again we will not have
[36:14] a quorum. Um, the next meeting after
that, uh, I'm talking to the members,
[36:20] but it looks like, uh, one other member
and myself will be both in town one day
[36:26] next month. And so we would move the
meeting to September 15th if we're able
[36:31] to have it because Ray Auger and I both
it's the only time we're in town for the
[36:36] month of September at the same time. So
um otherwise that is what I have to
[36:41] report and hopefully we will be able to
move forward tomorrow night.
[36:46] » Just I'll circle back after the
appointments um to touch base on that.
[36:50] Okay.
>> Okay.
[36:51] » All right. And then um next up, open
space. Kirby has already shared his
[36:56] report. Uh we will now hear from the
cemetery.
[37:11] Afternoon everyone. Eric cemetery
manager reporting the cemetery
[37:18] report. Um this monthly period uh we
total the graves sold for 38 um 38
[37:25] graves. Uh total income is um 46.4K.
[snorts] Uh operations and maintenance
[37:32] uh for cemetery staff continues to make
steady progress on several small
[37:37] improvements and uh and maintenance of
projects throughout the summer. Um as
[37:42] well by trying to maintain uh with
regular operations. Um most um most
[37:48] landscapers around the region had um had
a surge with the uh recent weather and
[37:54] the extreme humidity that you guys had
from a couple past couple weeks still
[37:58] trying to catch up with that. So the
sections that have been mowed literally
[38:02] the day after two days can already be
mowed as if they weren't touched. Um
[38:08] staff um staff repainted an existing
Westside Cemetery entrance sign to
[38:11] improve its appearance and visibility.
um refurbished there um resurfaced and
[38:16] then repainted um as well as a sign that
you see up front across plaque that was
[38:21] installed in front on the brick pillar
at the entrance.
[38:25] And then um at the Westside Cemetery, a
a leaning um pine tree that was a hazard
[38:31] was removed. Um and then uh two maples
uh two blazing maples, native blazing
[38:37] maples were were planted at the uh at
the east side cemetery.
[38:44] Um,
East Side Cemetery continues to address
[38:48] water leaks issues at the at the East
Side Cemetery. Staff obtained two
[38:52] separate um quotes for repair. Uh,
there's currently a um um we went with
[38:58] the lesser quote. Um after excavation um
we we found that the 1 and 12 in copper
[39:04] line a tease is damaged um as well as a
shut off and a yard hydrant that
[39:10] supplies water to residents there in
section uh visitors and residents in
[39:14] section 17. Um so that's going to get
prepared in u the next couple weeks. Um
[39:20] and um summary for uh staff continues to
uh focus on maintenance grounds,
[39:27] addressing maintenance concerns. Um and
staff will continue to work on projects
[39:31] that we can while still maintaining um
regular operations and uh and uh
[39:38] maintenance operations going. Um a brief
update that I wanted to uh give for uh
[39:43] our burn project that we have going on
at the uh east side cemetery. currently
[39:48] meeting with General um Elheind and
Associates in engineering and land land
[39:53] development services um at the end of
this month to review plans for
[39:57] implementation of a gravel road um and a
uh and um implementation for our natural
[40:03] soil burn there as well located at the
north rear side of our property. Um,
[40:08] we're also in talks with King County uh
resources to review the proposed
[40:12] location, drain, discuss uh drainage,
water flow, any any other concerns that
[40:18] we may have that may have arised.
That's pretty much it.
[40:25] » Thank you. Thank you.
>> Okay, next up is general assistance.
[40:40] Good evening members for the township.
So here is the report for the GA and EA.
[40:47] The reporting time is from July 16 to
August 19. During this period township
[40:53] received by total 15 assistant cases
consisting of seven uh seven general
[40:58] assist and eight emergency assist. So
internal assist uh total seven cases. So
[41:05] one case was approved and the client is
currently receiving the benefits and the
[41:09] three cases are currently in progress
and undergoing the review and three
[41:13] cases were determined to require to move
to emergency assist programs
[41:19] and in emergency assist we received
total eight cases. So three cases are
[41:25] currently in progress and five cases
were declined. Three were declined due
[41:30] to the income existing the application
program limit. One was declined because
[41:34] the applicant didn't submit uh the
required documents and one case was
[41:40] declined because of the assets exceeded
the application limit. The cases were
[41:45] reviewed and proceeded based on their
programs digibility requirements and the
[41:49] following reports
for the this following reports for the
[41:55] July 16 to August 19th
and moving to the presentation.
[42:02] So today I'm pleased to present a
partnership opportunity between Dundy
[42:07] Township and Goodspring Streets designed
to provide safe temporary housing
[42:12] support to eligible residents facing an
in an housing emergency.
[42:20] So in the first slide where we can see
that like this partnership can give
[42:25] residents a safe place to stay while
they can work towards the permanent
[42:30] housing solution in the emergency
situation.
[42:34] And in the second slide,
so like the partnership summary. So
[42:41] springring suites can become an
additional resources for the residents
[42:46] receiving an assist throughout the GA
and EA program when temporary lodging is
[42:52] needed. And the goal is to help families
stay safe and suitable during the
[42:58] difficult situation
uh instead of being left without a
[43:03] shelter.
Moving to the third slide,
[43:08] what spring suites can offer us? So for
spring suites can provide flexibility
[43:15] weekly and monthly lodging options along
with the fixed rate that can help the
[43:20] township plan assistance for more
efficiency and the washers
[43:27] and the approval of lodging arrangement
would be a given residents under the
[43:33] guidelines of the Egs
[43:37] the slide four.
So in this one helping residents facing
[43:43] evictions. So like for the residents who
have already been evicted and are at the
[43:48] intermediate risk of losing their
housing, temporary lodging can be
[43:53] provided by the Woodrreen
suites
[43:57] and prevent and can prevent them from
becoming homeless. And this gives
[44:03] individuals a family a valuable time to
find a permanent housing while reducing
[44:09] the stress of the emergency.
Moving to the next slide. Emergency
[44:15] utility situation. So where a resident
is facing an urgent utility shut off. So
[44:22] in that case we can give a temporary
lodging may provide a safe alternative
[44:27] while the situation is being addressed
and any assist will be reviewed and
[44:33] provide according to the applicable GNA
program guidelines
[44:39] in the next slide. So benefits for the
Denting Township. So this partnerships
[44:45] would be given to the township and
another resources to response quickly
[44:51] and where the residents can have an
emergency housing assist
[44:57] and most importantly it would be a stud
to our aability to support families and
[45:02] help residents to move from an emergency
situation to a specific need. The next
[45:08] slide.
So partnership can work like if
[45:13] temporary lodging is appropriate and
approved, Dundy Township can coordinate
[45:18] with the wood spring suites so the
residents receive the authorized lodging
[45:23] uh or a washer under the GA guidelines.
Moving to the next slide, working
[45:30] together for our community. So by
working together township and the wood
[45:35] spring suites can build a strong
community support system and help family
[45:40] moving towards the permanent housing.
And moving to the conclusion so this
[45:45] partnership uh together Dundee Township
and Woodr Suites can make a meaningful
[45:51] difference for the residents when they
need the support the most. Thank you.
[46:00] Thank you. I will e my time so we can
get to the mental health board fast as
[46:05] possible as I'm sure everybody wants to.
Um, all right. I will close that portion
[46:09] of the meeting. The next item on the
agenda is approval of meeting minutes
[46:14] from July 15, 2026 for regular meeting
minutes as presented.
[46:20] Is there a motion?
>> So moved.
[46:23] » Second. [clears throat]
>> Okay. The motion is made by Trustee
[46:25] Harney and seconded by Trustee Drake. Is
there a discussion? Madame clerk, please
[46:30] call the role.
>> Trusty Dave. Trusty Drake.
[46:34] » Yes.
>> Trusty Fixler.
[46:36] » Yes.
>> Trusty Hardy.
[46:37] » Yes.
>> Supervisor Shaw.
[46:38] » Yes. The motion carries and the minutes
are approved as presented.
[46:43] Next, we'll have the treasurer's report.
With us this evening is Mr. Tom Coglin
[46:48] from Governmental Accounting, Inc.. Mr.
Coglin, the floor is yours, sir.
[46:52] » All right. Good evening, everyone. Uh,
we're five months into our fiscal year.
[46:56] Uh do a quick rundown here. Uh on the
revenue side, we've brought in just over
[47:00] 2.3 million in total. Uh it's 53% of the
budget. Big drivers in property taxes.
[47:05] We've seen that big first installment
come in. Uh we're sitting at 62% of our
[47:09] budget there. On the expense side, about
uh 1.43 million in total uh operating
[47:15] expenses. Uh that's only 27% of budget.
We know we're a little bit lower uh from
[47:19] those the unused dollars in the health
board. Um capital projects that haven't
[47:24] occurred yet. Um things like that. all
of our big drivers, salaries, things
[47:27] like that. We're on track being a little
bit lower than we expect to be by a
[47:30] couple points. Uh so currently with uh
with that being said, with getting the
[47:34] taxes in already, uh and then um those
those big drivers being a little bit
[47:38] lower, we're sitting at a surplus so far
at $886,211.
[47:43] Uh and then ending fund balance of
6,541,414.
[47:49] On the next page, just to look
our expenses by uh by department here.
[47:55] So we've got road bridge there at 36% of
all expenses. Uh capital at 4,
[48:00] supervisor's department at 27, the
assessor at 13, uh open space at 3, GA
[48:05] at 2735.
[48:09] Two pages down. Uh we'll take a look at
our bank accounts between
[48:15] giving us a book balance there. Just
over 6.5 million in total. We do not
[48:19] have time.
>> Take any questions.
[48:25] All right. Okay. Is there a motion to
approve the treasurer's report as
[48:30] presented? I'll move.
>> A second. Okay. Motion is made by Trusty
[48:35] Fix and seconded by Trusty Drake. Is
there a discussion? Madame Clerk, please
[48:39] call the role.
>> Trusty J. Trusty Drake.
[48:42] » Yes.
>> Trusty Fixber.
[48:44] » Yes.
>> Trusty Harney?
[48:45] » Yes.
>> Supervisor Shaw?
[48:47] » Yes. The motion carries and the
treasurer's report is hereby approved as
[48:50] presented. We will now move to audit and
approval of bills. Mr. Coglin, could you
[48:55] please present the bills?
>> Sure. So from uh July 11th to August
[48:59] 16th, that's just the timing of the
report from last month's report. So to
[49:03] when I prepare this one, uh bills for
the supervisor's department, $27,22482.
[49:10] Uh the assessor $8,280.72.
[49:14] Uh nothing for the clerk during that
time. Open space $6,984.97.
[49:22] Uh GA we were at $2,11156.
[49:27] Cemetery $24,82451.
[49:32] Roer bridge uh 14,38651.
[49:37] Nothing for mental health. That is all.
>> Okay. Is there a motion to approve
[49:42] payment of bills for road district
general assistance mental health board
[49:46] town? Well, we don't have mental health
board.
[49:48] » So moved.
>> Town fund as presented. Okay. Is there a
[49:52] second?
>> Second. Sure.
[49:53] » Okay. The motion is made by trustee
Harney and seconded by trustee. Is there
[49:58] a discussion? Madam clerk, please call
the role.
[50:00] » Trusty D.
>> Trusty Drake.
[50:03] » Yes.
>> Trusty Pixar.
[50:05] » Yes.
>> Trusty Hardy.
[50:06] » Yes.
>> Supervisor Shaw.
[50:08] » Yes.
>> The motion carries. And the bills are
[50:11] approved as presented.
Okay. The only old item
[50:16] [clears throat] uh on old business today
is approval of mental health board
[50:19] appointments.
>> Yeah.
[50:23] » You can start here right here. There's
three.
[50:26] » There are three.
>> Currently, there are three vacancies on
[50:30] the mental health board. Over the past
several months, there has been
[50:34] tremendous amount of discussion
concerning the vacancies and the future
[50:38] composition of the mental health board.
We have reached an agreement that will
[50:42] allow us to move forward with filling
the three current vacancies.
[50:46] As part of that agreement, Trustee
Harney, who currently serves as a
[50:51] president of the mental health board and
as the mental health board's township
[50:55] board leaison member, has agreed to
resign at as president and as a board uh
[51:01] as a member of the mental health board
effective May 2027.
[51:05] Upon trustes trustee Har's resignation
becoming effective, I will appoint
[51:10] trustee Fiximer to serve as mental
health board's township board leaison
[51:15] through May 2029 subject to advice and
consent of the township board at that
[51:20] time. No action is being taken tonight
on that future appointment. With that
[51:26] understanding, I am appointing the
following three individuals to the Dundy
[51:30] Township Community Mental Health Board.
Ken Schaefer for a 4-year term beginning
[51:36] August 1st, 2026 and ending July 31st,
2030. Tara McShane for a four-year term
[51:43] beginning August 1st, 2026 and ending
July 31st, 2030. And Amber Carter to
[51:49] fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of Belinda Adam for the
[51:53] remainder of the term ending in December
31, 2026. Is there a motion
[51:59] » 27
>> 2027? My apologies. Okay. Is there a
[52:05] motion to advise and consent to these
appointments as presented?
[52:09] » So moved.
>> Is there a second?
[52:12] » Second.
>> Okay. The motion is made by Trusty
[52:15] Harney and seconded by Trusty Fiximer.
Is there a discussion?
[52:20] » Okay. Madame Clerk, please call the
role.
[52:22] » Trusty Date. Trusty Drake.
>> Yes.
[52:25] » Trusty Vixmer.
>> Yes.
[52:27] » Trusty Hardy?
>> Yes.
[52:28] » Supervisor Shaw?
>> Yes. The motion carries and the township
[52:32] board advises and consents to the
appointments of Ken Schaefer, Tara
[52:36] McShane, Amber Carter to Dundy Township
Community Men Health Board as presented.
[52:42] So, Trusty Harney circling back um if
you could uh I strongly want to suggest
[52:49] giving our new members some time to
catch up and uh maybe uh you know get a
[52:55] packet and review it. They may also need
to be sworn in. And uh so it would be
[53:01] nice if we could if they if you guys
could just meet tomorrow for information
[53:07] more than anything else. Would that be
something you would consider?
[53:10] » I will bring that up.
>> Okay.
[53:12] » But I will push back on that a little
bit. Um the budget uh I believe the next
[53:17] time we're going to be able to meet is
September 15th. That would be a a that's
[53:22] not a regularly scheduled meeting, but
because of different members schedules,
[53:25] that is a time that we could meet in
September. However, we are
[53:32] eight months into the grant year, which
means that the 16 grants that we had
[53:39] teed up and ready to roll last January
have not been able to be, you know,
[53:45] finalized. And we need to do that. Uh
and so I think that all of those grants
[53:51] were thoroughly reviewed and vetted by
the old board. Um we will of course the
[53:58] the board members that are coming and
see being seated tomorrow night will
[54:01] have the option to vote no or to abstain
should they choose. So but these grants
[54:06] have been reviewed. They meet the
objectives of the uh 708 board and they
[54:13] were essentially promised last January.
And I feel strongly that we should at
[54:18] least try and get this rolling because
we're so late in the process. Um the
[54:24] other thing is that along the same line,
Dr. Triani, Dr. Joseph Trayani was the
[54:31] choice of our search committee and again
we had the contract teed up last
[54:35] December ready to roll and finalized and
then here we are for eight months
[54:40] without without a director or
administrator and it is extremely hard
[54:44] for us to function without an
administrator. So, those two items are
[54:48] on the agenda for um for tomorrow night
and I have spoken to or will speak to
[54:55] the trust to the members the new members
of the board who have uh not had a
[54:59] chance to look at that yet. Uh both Ken
and Amber have been at these meetings
[55:04] and they are aware. Um Miss McCain has
not. I've spoken to her already. But
[55:10] again, the ask that I would make of
everyone that night is we desperately
[55:14] need to get this show on the road and I
would ask that everyone trust that the
[55:20] process did a good job up to last
January and that we can move forward.
[55:26] The budget is a different item and that
indeed is something that we need to look
[55:30] at in J in um September. There's
disagreement on our board on on our 708
[55:36] board about what the budget should
include. and or or what the amount of
[55:40] the budget is and that's something that
we will have to as a board to sort
[55:44] through and that will give us those
several weeks will give us each member a
[55:49] time to look forward. So, but I will
definitely bring your recommendation to
[55:53] the board as a recommendation from you
and the board will make that decision.
[55:57] » I appreciate it. I mean, it is the
board's prerogative. I can only
[55:59] recommend it, but it would be nice to
welcome them and give them some time.
[56:03] » Um, all right. So that said, um the
motion carries and the township Did I
[56:08] say that already?
>> You did.
[56:09] » Okay. All right. So, um
>> on the next item,
[56:14] » I'm dumbfounded now after seven minutes.
Should we take a break now to celebrate?
[56:19] [laughter]
>> Yeah, I think bring up the champagne.
[56:21] Yeah,
>> I think you're close enough. So,
[56:23] » okay. The first item on the new business
is fiscal year 2025 2026 Dundy Township
[56:28] audit. Earlier this evening, Ed Tracy
from Seldon Fox presented on this
[56:33] matter. Is there a motion to approve the
audit as presented?
[56:37] » I'll move.
>> Second. I'll second.
[56:40] » Okay. The motion is made by Trusty
Fiximer and seconded by Trusty Harney.
[56:44] Is there a discussion? Madam clerk,
please.
[56:47] » I do believe. Did you sort something
out?
[56:50] » Oh, yeah. Your question. That was a typo
and that should have that should have
[56:54] been mental.
>> Ah, I feel much better about that. Thank
[56:57] you. [laughter]
>> I apologize. Al although I was hoping
[57:01] there was that much money laying around
that I had not realized it was there. So
[57:04] there's that there's disappointment on
my part but we're okay. Thank you.
[57:08] » So with that amendment so if if Trusty
Fixmer and Trusty Harney agree to to
[57:13] make that the amendment to the audit
then we can approve it as amended as a
[57:18] friendly amendment.
>> Fine with me.
[57:20] » They shake their heads affirmatively.
>> Okay. Yes.
[57:23] » So I would call the question uh to
approve the audit as amended.
[57:27] » Okay. So, um, earlier this evening,
Selden Fox presented on the matter. Is
[57:32] there a motion to approve the amended
>> friendly amended?
[57:36] » So, you just call the question because
we do a friendly amendment. I know it's
[57:39] confusing, but it's actually easier this
way.
[57:41] » Okay.
>> I promise.
[57:42] » So, is there a motion to approve the
audit?
[57:45] » Just a vote. We get the vote.
>> Madam Cler,
[57:48] » Trusty D. Trusty D.
>> This way,
[57:52] » Trusty.
>> Yes.
[57:53] » Supervisor Shaw.
>> Yes.
[57:55] » Okay. The motion is made um well
>> approved by as
[57:59] » approved as amended.
>> There you go.
[58:04] » Okay. Now the next item of the business
is approval of extended term agreement
[58:10] between
number three.
[58:15] » Amendment number three. Amendment number
three, MC Squared Energy Services LLC
[58:21] for a 24month extension of Township's
Electric Aggregation Program. Is there a
[58:26] motion to approve the extended term
agreement amendment number three?
[58:32] » So move.
>> Second.
[58:34] » Second.
>> The motion is made by Trusty Harney and
[58:36] seconded by Trusty Drake. Is there a
discussion? Madame clerk, please call
[58:40] the role.
>> Trusty J. Trusty Drake.
[58:43] » Yes.
>> Trusty Fixer.
[58:45] » Yes.
>> Trusty Harney.
[58:46] » Yes. Supervisor Sha.
>> Yes. The motion carries and the extended
[58:50] term agreement has been approved. The
next item is approval of First
[58:54] Congregational Church of Dundy um Dundy
October 3rd, 2026 hayride at Joel Creek
[59:01] Bird Sanctuary. Is there a motion to
approve?
[59:06] » So moved
>> the hay [laughter] ride. Okay. Is there
[59:09] a second?
>> Second.
[59:10] » Okay. The motion is made by Trusty
Harney and seconded by Trusty Drake. Is
[59:15] there a discussion? Madame clerk, please
call the role.
[59:17] » Trusty Day.
>> Trusty Dre.
[59:19] » Yes.
>> Trusty Fixber.
[59:21] » Yes.
>> Trusty Harney?
[59:22] » Yes.
>> Supervisor Sha?
[59:23] » Yes. The motion carries and the First
Congregational Church at Dundy
[59:28] um October 3rd, 2026, Chel Hayride has
been approved as presented
[59:33] » for this one. I think it's
>> Yeah. So, get a motion to approve, get a
[59:38] second, then we can discuss amounts.
>> Okay. The next item uh of new business
[59:42] is approval of pay increase for
non-managerial cemetery operations
[59:46] staff. Is there a motion to approve pay
increase for non-managerial cemetery uh
[59:52] open operations staff?
>> I would like to discuss this in
[59:56] executive session before we do this
motion. How would we go about doing
[59:59] that?
>> Um so you will as now you can um table
[1:00:03] this till act after uh executive
session.
[1:00:06] » Motion second.
>> Okay. I move that we table number four
[1:00:09] the approval of pay increases for non-
managerial cemetery operations staff to
[1:00:13] after the executive session.
>> Second.
[1:00:16] » Okay. Madam cler please call the role.
>> Uh trusty J.
[1:00:20] » Trusty Drake.
>> Yes.
[1:00:21] » Trusty.
>> Yes.
[1:00:23] » Trusty.
>> Yes.
[1:00:24] » Supervisor shop.
>> Yes. So the motion made for a pay
[1:00:28] increase for the cemetery non-
managerial staff has been moved to after
[1:00:33] the to the executive session
>> to after executive session. after the
[1:00:37] executive session. [snorts]
Okay.
[1:00:41] The next item on the agenda is executive
session.
[1:00:45] » I [clears throat] do I I will propose a
motion
[1:00:48] » uh to move to to adjourn to executive
session pursuant to section 2C1 of the
[1:00:52] open meetings act to consider the
appointment employment compensation
[1:00:56] discipline performance or dismissal of
specific employees or volunteers of the
[1:01:01] township.
[1:01:05] So, do we need to move that?
>> You do. You need a motion.
[1:01:08] » Yeah. So, I don't think they can hear
me. Repeat that.
[1:01:10] » Yeah. Yep. Sorry. I need to talk. I
usually don't get told that I need to
[1:01:13] speak louder. So, it's a motion to
adjourn to executive session, right? To
[1:01:18] pursuant to section 2C1 of the Open
Meetings Act to uh consider the
[1:01:24] appointment, employment, compensation,
discipline, performance, or dismissal of
[1:01:28] specific employees of the township. So,
the idea behind that is because we're a
[1:01:32] public body, right? the the one of the
exemptions to having open meetings,
[1:01:36] right, is when we do reviews of staff
and things like that so that you don't
[1:01:39] have to sit there and do it, right,
publicly. So that's the idea.
[1:01:42] » We get a motion to second and then
>> Okay, a motion.
[1:01:46] » Trustee
seconded. Okay, so the motion is made by
[1:01:50] Trusty Harney and seconded by Trusty
Drake. Um,
[1:01:55] madame clerk, please call the vote.
>> Trusty D.
[1:01:58] » Trusty Drake,
>> yes.
[1:01:59] » Trusty Dicker,
>> yes.
[1:02:00] » Trusty Harney,
>> yes. Supervisor.
[1:02:02] » Yes. And we are now adjourned.
Calling back the meeting from executive
[1:02:07] session into the regular session at 8:26
p.m. Madam clerk, please call the role.
[1:02:13] » Trusty D. Trusty Trey
>> here. Trusty.
[1:02:17] » Trusty.
>> Trusty
[1:02:18] » here.
>> Super.
[1:02:21] » Here. Here.
>> Here.
[1:02:24] » Okay.
>> You're going to return to the site this.
[1:02:27] » Okay. So, we're returning
>> to the secretary staff. Yes.
[1:02:32] » All right. We're returning back to the
cemetery staff um pay increase for
[1:02:37] non-managerialist cemetery operations.
[snorts] Is there
[1:02:41] » a motion
>> a motion?
[1:02:43] » I am moving gentlemen, please bear with
me here to table this motion until the
[1:02:50] next meeting. um because apparently the
the uh the situation was that there was
[1:02:56] supposed to be a performance review
which we are not uh in possession of and
[1:03:01] so I am certainly not indicating that
I'm opposed to this at this point but I
[1:03:06] would like to we've waited this long. I
would like to as a matter of of just
[1:03:12] good governance to have a have that
performance review shared with the board
[1:03:18] and then we will make a decision and
>> we have
[1:03:22] » you didn't
>> Yeah.
[1:03:25] » We didn't know that. So, okay. Um
perhaps we should go back into executive
[1:03:31] session [laughter] and then look at the
performance reviews. Um can perhaps we
[1:03:37] should do that. go back to executive
session. Yeah.
[1:03:40] » And review the purpose. Okay. Sorry,
guys.
[1:03:44] » So, I will move that we go into
executive session once again for the
[1:03:48] same things as before.
>> Wait, can we add anything so we can
[1:03:52] address?
>> You can go in. Yeah, if you want to go
[1:03:55] into for both reasons. Yeah,
>> let's do for both of them this time.
[1:04:00] Okay.
>> Okay.
[1:04:01] » All right. Thank you.
So for the recording uh the proposed
[1:04:06] motion would be to adjourn to executive
session for section two pursuant to
[1:04:10] section 2C1 of the open meetings act in
order to consider the appointment
[1:04:13] employment compensation discipline
performance or dismissal of specific
[1:04:17] employees or volunteers of the township
as well as
[1:04:21] someone open that door.
>> Can you open that door?
[1:04:26] » Okay. Oh because we can't be in a closed
meeting.
[1:04:31] It has to be open.
>> Yep. And also pursuant to section 2C11
[1:04:34] of the open meetings act in order to
consider litigation when an action uh
[1:04:38] against affecting on behalf of the
township has been filed and is pending
[1:04:41] before a quarter administrative tribunal
or when the township finds that an
[1:04:45] action is probable or imminent.
>> I move this motion.
[1:04:51] » Second
[1:04:54] call.
>> Trusty D. Trusty D.
[1:04:58] » Yeah.
>> Trusty Fixmore.
[1:04:59] » Yeah.
>> Trusty Harney. Yes,
[1:05:01] » supervisor.
>> Yes.
[1:05:04] » Right
>> now you can close the door.
[1:05:07] [laughter]
>> And then the time is 8:32 p.m.
[1:05:11] » This is Clark. I'm calling the meeting
back to order at 8:58 p.m. Uh present
[1:05:18] here are uh Trusty Jay absent. Uh Trusty
Drake
[1:05:22] » here.
>> Trusty Fixner
[1:05:24] » here. Uh Trusty Harney
>> here. Uh, Supervisor Sha absent.
[1:05:30] » Motion to appoint.
>> What's my motion?
[1:05:34] » Motion to appoint.
>> Oh, yes. I I move that we appoint uh
[1:05:37] Trustee Drake as the chairman. Pro Tim.
>> Oops, I did that.
[1:05:42] » Thank you for your confidence, guys.
>> Roll call.
[1:05:46] » Uh, Trustee Day. Trusty Drake.
>> Yes.
[1:05:50] » Trusty Fixmer.
>> Yes.
[1:05:52] » Trusty Harney.
>> Yes.
[1:05:53] » Supervisor Shaw.
[1:05:57] Uh the motion carried.
>> Okay. So, we're going to go to the new
[1:06:03] business. Um we are back from executive
session on the approval of pay increases
[1:06:08] for non-managorial cemetery operations
staff. Um
[1:06:12] » is there a motion?
>> Okay. I will move that we um that we
[1:06:17] give the cemetery non-managerial
employees a cola 2.9% increase in pay
[1:06:24] retroactive from March 1st of this year
until the next budget decisions
[1:06:29] » which is in
>> which is in any time that we put
[1:06:32] together soon like October maybe.
>> Do we have any discussion?
[1:06:39] » Get a second.
>> Do we have a second?
[1:06:41] » Second. And any discussion?
Madame clerk, you want to call the role.
[1:06:46] » Trusty D. Trusty Drake.
>> Yes.
[1:06:48] » Trusty Fixer.
>> Yes.
[1:06:50] » Trusty Harney.
>> Yes.
[1:06:51] » Supervisor Shaw.
>> Okay. So, that passes.
[1:06:57] » Do I get a a motion to motion to
adjurnn?
[1:07:01] » So, move. [laughter]
>> Can we get a roll?
[1:07:04] » Oh, wait. Just because this is kind of
like a tie har
[1:07:07] » and then we'll go fix.
>> Henry can do the motion. I'll do the
[1:07:09] second.
>> Okay. Although I don't think a German
[1:07:11] needs a second, but I don't care.
>> There's an easy way to do that. Get up
[1:07:15] and go.
>> All right. And then um Trusty J.
[1:07:21] » Trusty Drake.
>> Yes. Trusty Dix.
[1:07:24] » Yes.
>> Trusty Harney.
[1:07:25] » Yes. Supervisor show
>> we are journ