[0:00] I'd like to extend our sincere
[0:01] appreciation to Carol Sales for nearly
[0:03] 20 years of dedicated service on the
[0:05] House Board. Her commitment in honoring
[0:08] our veterans and those late to rest in
[0:11] Fairfield overseeing maintenance needs
[0:13] and advocating for important
[0:14] improvements such as installation of
[0:17] sanitary fence has greatly benefited our
[0:19] community.
[0:25] Onward to number four, which is public
[0:27] comment. Anyone in the audience that
[0:30] would like to make public comment today,
[0:40] » Carol, thanks for all your help. It's
[0:42] nice to work with you and Mike right
[0:44] back when I met. That's a long time.
[0:46] >> Thanks, Bill.
[0:47] >> Uh, the reason I'm back this week is or
[0:49] this month. Uh, last month I asked
[0:52] Trustee Bone a couple questions. He came
[0:55] back with some uh comments that uh once
[1:00] a resident makes uh a request in that
[1:04] they'll take the time look into it. So
[1:06] now I'm back to find your answer from
[1:08] Mr. Bowman. What have you done to reduce
[1:11] the cost of the township since you got
[1:12] rid of the highway commissioner and now
[1:15] replacing two people making that over
[1:18] 250,000
[1:20] 20,000
[1:25] Okay. Thank you. Uh I'll believe in your
[1:28] words from now on when you speak at the
[1:30] board here and say that you respond all
[1:32] the time.
[1:33] >> Bill, you know that you don't respond.
[1:36] >> You said you would respond. Thank you.
[1:40] >> Is there any other public comments?
[1:46] We're going to move on to
[1:47] number six for consent agendas.
[1:49] >> Sure. Um there are Consent agenda. Any
[1:53] items can be pulled from the consent
[1:54] agenda for discussion by any president
[1:57] trustees. The first item is approval of
[1:59] board meeting minutes from July 8th,
[2:01] 2026. Committee meeting minutes
[2:04] including the committee as a whole from
[2:06] July uh yeah July 29th. Team 501c3
[2:11] committee from 7:21. The finance
[2:13] committee from 729. Health and Wellness
[2:16] Committee from 7:22.
[2:18] Um the approval of the first um
[2:23] July 31st which is the general account
[2:26] fund total fund of $253,224.95
[2:31] total general assistance fund $4,1232.
[2:37] General Total general fund $20,341.35
[2:42] total permanent road fund $92,684.92.
[2:47] Total park maintenance fund $28,55822
[2:52] and a cemetery maintenance fund
[2:54] $3,15.37.
[2:57] Total of all funds is $42,37.83.
[3:03] Um also consideration and possible
[3:05] action to approve a lease and service
[3:06] agreement for township for brain office
[3:09] equipment for 48 months in the amount of
[3:12] $145.83
[3:14] a month. Consideration of possible
[3:16] action to approve the purchase of a
[3:17] zeroturn mower from Mercur Power in the
[3:20] amount of $14,624
[3:22] and consideration of possible action to
[3:24] approve executive session meeting
[3:26] minutes for July 8th, 2026. Can I get a
[3:30] motion to approve the consent agenda?
[3:32] >> Second. Thank you. Discussion.
[3:35] >> I I sent through Christ minor edit for
[3:38] the meeting from the early meeting from
[3:41] the committee level.
[3:44] get
[3:46] >> it was just player signing language.
[3:54] » So I asked
[3:56] that
[4:08] there.
[4:09] >> Yes. If you have any questions on this,
[4:11] feel free to reach out. Um, so that was
[4:14] a community event.
[4:19] » Okay. Any other questions or discussion?
[4:24] Um, okay. Can I get a vote? Uh, Trusty,
[4:28] >> yes.
[4:28] >> Trusty Glass,
[4:30] >> yes.
[4:30] >> Trusty Wilman,
[4:31] >> yes.
[4:32] >> Uh, Trusty Sans,
[4:33] >> yes.
[4:34] >> Supervisor,
[4:35] >> yes. Okay. Motion car 35.
[4:37] >> Thank you. On to number seven,
[4:39] Department of Workforce Administration
[4:42] administrator.
[4:47] » So, um just quick to update the board.
[4:50] Um we are getting a lot of interest in
[4:53] our um it um proposals
[4:57] with two vendors so far and I have
[4:59] another six or seven left of the week.
[5:02] Um bids are due next week Friday. So at
[5:06] that point we will send out the list of
[5:08] dates to the review committee and we'll
[5:10] have to create a plan um to get those
[5:13] reviewed. Um
[5:15] there I want to update the board and let
[5:17] you uh know there was another um issue
[5:20] with our generator over at the community
[5:22] center. Um it failed inspection.
[5:25] Um, so now there's some back and forth
[5:29] between the contractor and Walt
[5:33] whose fault that was and how we're going
[5:35] to proceed. So
[5:38] there's more.
[5:45] Uh the issue was the grounding wire
[5:47] wasn't big enough. Um I guess so um
[5:57] uh tomorrow the Lake Chamber of Commerce
[6:00] is hosting their lunch here. Um so
[6:02] that'll be be nice. And then um just an
[6:05] update on um the Miller Road um issue
[6:08] that had been discussed previously. Um
[6:13] when we went out to bid with Maywolf,
[6:16] they were using uh the county's maps,
[6:19] which is just standard operating
[6:21] procure. Um and um everything the county
[6:24] gave us after the the the question was
[6:27] raised continued to show that Miller
[6:29] Road was uh count this section of Miller
[6:33] Road was
[6:35] Gila's jurisdiction. Um however after
[6:38] doing some extensive digging um and some
[6:42] Illinois statute
[6:44] uh reviews it been determined that this
[6:48] section of the road is very likely uh
[6:51] under position jurisdiction. So we have
[6:53] pause construction until we can get this
[6:56] um issue clarified completely. um we
[7:00] have meetings have with our lawyer I
[7:02] think the police get their opinion and
[7:05] what next
[7:07] it's also determined that uh we have not
[7:11] been receiving the MFTt funds
[7:16] of the section from Delorean
[7:20] woods has been seen
[7:24] all these years
[7:27] there's maker description
[7:33] between state and county
[7:37] ordinances.
[7:44] So that's why we're meeting with our
[7:45] attorney.
[7:47] Any other questions or discussion?
[7:53] Um
[8:00] Okay. So, other than what's in the
[8:02] report, um, wanted to make sure I
[8:05] updated everybody. Our community center
[8:07] celebration is September 19th from 1 to
[8:10] 3. If you have along, please bring a
[8:13] sign home with you. If you need more, we
[8:16] have plenty more to send. So, I
[8:18] appreciate everyone's helping getting
[8:20] the word out. And school starts
[8:23] tomorrow.
[8:25] Um but Joe and his staff did a great job
[8:28] of turnaround camped Friday. They've
[8:31] been at the center um the last three
[8:33] days just getting everything towards put
[8:35] away from camp and now taken off from
[8:37] school here. So did a great job on the
[8:39] turnover and we have
[8:43] same thank you to Jessica and her
[8:46] patience as we're trying to rework the
[8:48] routes because they're very
[8:52] uh lopsided um attendance from two
[8:55] specific schools and the other just
[8:58] trying to figure out transportation.
[9:02] Any questions?
[9:04] Thank you.
[9:08] Mark,
[9:10] >> I don't really know much to add, but
[9:11] does anyone have any questions?
[9:13] Farmers market.
[9:14] >> Yes. Yes. We participated in the Lake
[9:18] Zurich National Night Out at the farmers
[9:21] market on August 7th. It was very
[9:23] successful. Thank you, Susan Dylan, for
[9:24] coming with me. It was hot.
[9:27] So hot. However, I bet we probably saw
[9:30] like 150 people walk by and at least
[9:32] give us a little bit of an
[9:33] acknowledgement. So we both kind of
[9:35] agreed that despite it being super hot,
[9:37] we would do it again. Yeah. Um so that
[9:41] was a big thing for us. Another big
[9:43] thing that is also in my board report,
[9:45] um that I participated in the healthc
[9:47] care um the healthcare foundation of
[9:49] Northern Lake County's behavioral health
[9:51] panel discussion on August 6th and that
[9:53] was like a limited number of people and
[9:55] uh we did it at Advocate Condell and it
[9:58] was a great discussion. Um, and it was a
[10:00] great way for us to kind of talk about
[10:02] uh what are the needs in Lake County and
[10:04] how can we help. Uh, the other thing I
[10:06] do want to point out is that our lending
[10:08] closet this last month served 71 clients
[10:12] and that's huge. That's huge. That
[10:14] that's pretty big. Usually around the
[10:15] 50s. So, I don't know what's going on
[10:17] this month, but it really it was really
[10:20] needed. So, that's it. I have one in my
[10:24] networking group.
[10:25] I'm expecting
[10:30] it.
[10:32] >> Yes. Thank you. Um
[10:36] highway imparts any updates or any
[10:39] reported?
[10:41] >> So besides everything that's in the uh
[10:44] report
[10:45] um like I said we got received the John
[10:47] Deere um last week and we're going to
[10:50] continue to do John Deere. We're gonna
[10:52] get John here moving next week. Um we'll
[10:55] wait for lights and some details um
[10:57] which we're going to install in house
[10:59] and then um the boat we're going to run
[11:02] for the next two to three weeks to try
[11:03] to catch our house. Um because
[11:08] we're really far behind on our roadside
[11:09] load. Um and uh yeah, that's it. We'll
[11:13] put that up for auction.
[11:18] » Yep. Thank you. And I also received a
[11:20] call from a resident killed here today
[11:22] complimenting the highway department
[11:24] about they call about some reason and
[11:27] how quickly I can change and how quickly
[11:29] that should happen.
[11:35] » Okay. Um
[11:37] transportation and cemetery the reports
[11:39] are in packet question
[11:43] and then we're moving on to number eight
[11:46] elected official reports. Sure. Um I had
[11:50] a fairly busy uh month actually. Um
[11:54] but as I spoke about it like how we
[11:57] finally got hold of the state and got to
[12:00] clarity on our records disclos uh policy
[12:04] which is from 1984.
[12:07] So we are the first step in the process
[12:09] of updating that is cleaning up all the
[12:11] records covered under the state for
[12:14] retention. So, we have um
[12:20] and I have figured out a whole bunch of
[12:22] stuff. Um I've gotten approval from the
[12:25] state for I believe around 30 boxes of
[12:30] disposal, probably about that. Um we
[12:34] still are waiting for a few more things
[12:36] to be um approved and then we will get
[12:41] those uh destroyed obviously for
[12:44] transparency if anyone does want to see
[12:46] what is being destroyed that is
[12:48] available at town hall or
[12:52] um I also wanted to thank the health and
[12:55] wellness as well if I remember stopped
[12:57] by she think a wheelchair like yep
[13:03] So, she was able to stop my invite
[13:05] exactly what she needed for my uh niece
[13:08] who had surgery. Very humble. Sean,
[13:11] super talkative, super helpful. And
[13:14] my sister Paul just
[13:16] glowing like I didn't know about. So,
[13:19] yeah. But very positive um interaction
[13:22] with
[13:25] I believe that is it. Thank you, Mr.
[13:29] Bington.
[13:30] >> Sure. This is the secondary product
[13:33] throughout the month. On July 29th,
[13:36] we'll spare a public outreach event. I
[13:38] got my new notice now. The event was a
[13:41] tremendous success with approximately 40
[13:44] residents attending in person and an
[13:46] additional 15 to 20 participating via
[13:49] Zoom. Based on the positive feedback we
[13:52] received, I plan to begin hosting formal
[13:55] Zoom question and answer sessions every
[13:58] other month. It has become clear that
[14:00] providing multiple avenues of
[14:02] communication and accessibility for
[14:04] residents has been very wellreceived and
[14:07] I look forward to continuing to expand
[14:09] those opportunities.
[14:11] Since assessment values were published
[14:13] on July 23rd, our office has experienced
[14:17] a significant increase in resident
[14:19] visits, phone calls, and general
[14:21] inquiries. While we have been extremely
[14:23] busy assisting property owners, the
[14:25] number of formal appeals filed has
[14:28] remained surprisingly low. I believe
[14:31] today this morning it was at 71. Last
[14:34] year at this time, we had over 200. In
[14:37] several cases, after meeting with
[14:39] residents and reviewing their
[14:40] assessments together, they chose to even
[14:42] withdraw appeals that already been filed
[14:45] because of their the questions and
[14:47] concerns were resolved. Um, when I wrote
[14:50] this, our appeal count was 45. Um, and
[14:54] at this point last year, we had a little
[14:55] over 200. Demonstrating the value of
[14:57] taking the time to educate residents and
[15:00] address concerns before they become
[15:02] formal fields is important. We are
[15:04] currently hiring for a temporary
[15:06] part-time field inspector. Again, I
[15:08] wrote this last week. We actually hired
[15:10] somebody yesterday. Um, he is beginning
[15:14] he will start on um Monday. That's to
[15:17] replace the two staff members we have
[15:19] that are going back to school in the
[15:21] next week. Um
[15:24] the
[15:26] position that's our current student
[15:28] employees are returning to high school.
[15:30] Um I continue to be extremely proud of
[15:32] the work being done by my team. Now that
[15:35] I have been in office for a full year, I
[15:37] can confidently say we have implemented
[15:39] many positive changes that have been
[15:41] greatly appreciated by the residents of
[15:43] your township. I appreciate the
[15:45] dedication and professionalism that my
[15:47] team demonstrates every day. Um, Lake
[15:51] County was uh recently appointed Nate
[15:54] Kurs as the new chief county adjustment
[15:56] officer. We've already began working
[15:58] together and have established a positive
[16:00] working relationship. I look forward to
[16:02] collaborating with him and seeing the
[16:04] positive improvements that benefit
[16:06] taxpayers throughout Lake County, but
[16:08] specifically your township. I would like
[16:10] to recognize our high school employee,
[16:12] Eli Turner, who recently celebrated its
[16:15] one-year anniversary with the township.
[16:17] Congratulations, Eli. Thank you for all
[16:19] your hard work. Um, unfortunately, this
[16:22] month also included an incident
[16:24] involving an industrial property owner
[16:26] who became a threat after I declined to
[16:29] reduce his assessment on his property.
[16:31] Following several threatening phone
[16:33] calls, township attorney recommended
[16:36] that we file a police report.
[16:38] Afterwards, Supervisor Wley um
[16:40] administrator Marcenia and township
[16:43] attorney and I have been discussing
[16:45] additional safety uh procedures and
[16:47] developing a plan for our office to
[16:50] better serve our residents during the
[16:51] appeal season. We have once again
[16:53] extended our office hours. Our first
[16:55] Saturday hours were held last weekend.
[16:57] We will be open again on Saturday,
[16:59] August 22nd
[17:01] to provide additional opportunities for
[17:04] residents. We had about uh between 10
[17:06] and 12 people come in last Saturday. And
[17:09] not related to my department, but I feel
[17:12] like it's important to recognize the
[17:14] number of times over the last month that
[17:16] I have noticed the mobile uh dental
[17:19] clinic here. I'm so happy to see the
[17:21] hard work of Director Marks and all
[17:23] health and wellness come to light. It's
[17:26] been really great. They were just here
[17:27] again yesterday, I believe. So, great
[17:29] job, Sarah. Um, and finally, I will not
[17:32] be able to attend the August committee
[17:33] of the whole meeting because I will be
[17:35] helping my daughter move into Michigan
[17:37] State University.
[17:40] So, thank you for your understanding on
[17:42] that. Thank you. Any questions for
[17:44] Senator Barington,
[17:47] Trusty Bman,
[17:49] this Tuesday we had the parks and
[17:52] highway meeting uh general discussions
[17:55] on maintenance in all the parks. Uh we
[17:57] will be installing some new bleachers
[18:00] um here in Knox Park that were donated
[18:03] by the village here from the house of
[18:05] fire park
[18:08] addition to the parks. Um we discussed
[18:11] the new tractor John here that was
[18:14] received trainings completed on the
[18:17] equipment. It's just a matter of
[18:18] detailing and getting it ready to
[18:21] implement. We talked about new equipment
[18:22] coming and budget equipment uh for the
[18:25] future and a lengthy discussion as uh
[18:28] Ted had mentioned about the Miller Road
[18:31] um
[18:33] programs how we're reviewing it and
[18:36] who's actually responsible for it. In
[18:38] addition to the Miller Road, uh we're
[18:41] also reviewing other outland uh areas
[18:44] that are in unincorporated area to make
[18:47] sure that they really are um township
[18:51] property to be maintained or other
[18:53] villages and
[18:56] any questions.
[18:59] uh we will be voting on on other parks
[19:02] that township will be purchasing for um
[19:05] tax department
[19:08] just to keep you on pins and needles.
[19:10] That's what we're doing next month. Um
[19:13] so that's it. Thank you Christy left.
[19:15] >> Um okay so we have a good uh comment on
[19:20] this meeting. I don't see the need to
[19:22] repeat director Marks. Um let's see.
[19:25] Aside from that um I
[19:29] talked with uh Susan about planning a uh
[19:32] deployment presentation uh for this
[19:35] November which is very exciting. Um also
[19:39] reached out to um an organization
[19:43] uh on behalf uh Susan about potentially
[19:46] attending the community center
[19:48] celebration but they won't be able to
[19:50] because it turns out that the community
[19:52] center celebration and history day are
[19:55] both on the same day. So it was kind of
[19:57] comfortable there. So hopefully that's
[20:00] not an issue for other people. Um and
[20:04] that's
[20:06] >> Thank you. Any questions?
[20:08] >> Trusty Sam
[20:11] as far as
[20:13] involving particular issues and the
[20:16] auditors are in process of finalizing
[20:20] their process.
[20:24] So had discussions with them have some
[20:28] points clarified and tomorrow
[20:31] we have the exit. So that's when you're
[20:34] in the NC
[20:37] finance committee. We had our
[20:39] administrator in there
[20:41] and we covered a lot of areas a lot of
[20:44] areas that need to be formalized.
[20:45] They're in process now. So that's good
[20:47] and and the attendance of the meeting
[20:51] was just you know eye opening to all.
[20:58] So, but all in all, yeah, everything is
[21:00] good and we're moving forward.
[21:05] » Thank you for your assistance on putting
[21:07] together policies and procedures for
[21:08] finance to make sure.
[21:13] » Yeah. Quick reminder that Monday, August
[21:16] 17th, the senior um scam prevention
[21:20] seminar is being held at the community
[21:22] center. Um, I'll be attending and in
[21:24] addition to the presentation, Illinois
[21:26] State Treasures I program and school
[21:28] board will also be present to provide
[21:30] assistance. Um, and then two quick
[21:33] thanks. One to clerk Lindberger and
[21:35] Deputy um,
[21:38] uh, Clerk Casease for all of the work
[21:41] that you're doing with the record
[21:42] retention and updating the policy which
[21:44] hasn't been updated in 42 years. Uh and
[21:48] then just a quick I want to commend
[21:49] Assessor Barington for the u community
[21:53] outreach session on the 29th of July. I attended as well. It was really well
[21:57] attended. I think the content was
[21:59] especially well received by the
[22:01] residents. Um and I think the context
[22:03] that she provided was also really
[22:05] helpful.
[22:10] » Um so just a couple of things on my
[22:13] report. Um, in the packet, please note
[22:15] that there's a letter from the state's
[22:16] attorney. This is on the post general
[22:18] website discussed. Just to let the
[22:20] public know, we've done our due
[22:21] diligence reviewing prior financials and
[22:24] reports to the state's attorney. He's
[22:26] not pursuing any further action. That is
[22:28] why we are being very strent and making
[22:31] sure we have all the policies in place.
[22:34] Um, in the financial section of the
[22:35] board packet, we now are including
[22:37] charges that will be paid between this
[22:39] board meeting and the next. The page is
[22:42] listed as performer authorization
[22:44] report. For the record, this has always
[22:46] been done as it is below the payment
[22:49] authorization threshold.
[22:52] Text will be distributed on the date of
[22:53] the event. This is just a way to let
[22:56] people know what we're doing and be more
[22:57] transparent. Um we we are working on a
[23:00] new website. We have a a template for
[23:04] our new homepage. It looks great. We're
[23:06] continuing to work on that and hope to
[23:08] launch it by the end of the year.
[23:10] We are meeting next week. Um the
[23:12] administration department is meeting
[23:14] next week to include the word packets
[23:16] and information provided. If you have
[23:18] any suggestions, please contact me or
[23:20] myself. Um we have created some um
[23:23] flyers that they brought on the farmers
[23:25] market and we're placing them at the
[23:27] different villages offices on what the
[23:28] township does. Um people are like the
[23:32] township does where are your offices on
[23:34] the building? So, those are available
[23:36] upstairs places.
[23:39] Just to let everyone know too, the Ela
[23:41] Historical Society um had a board member
[23:44] passed last week. Bill served on their
[23:46] board, Phil Gardner. Um he served on the
[23:49] board since 2019. He contributed a lot
[23:52] through um support of museum operations
[23:56] and research. Um I just met with him
[23:59] before
[24:02] good guy
[24:06] here. I did want to do a few special
[24:08] thank youies as well. Um Joe with the
[24:11] summer camp. It was great coming in the
[24:13] park and hearing sound kids playing
[24:17] their hair and stuff. It was fun. So he
[24:19] did a great job and his team. Um, I also
[24:22] like to thank President Kenberg for your
[24:25] insight um for into the roads when we're
[24:27] doing the pavement project. um you know
[24:30] we decided to contact you and contact
[24:32] you talk to you about some certain
[24:34] things just to hear different opinions
[24:37] and we appreciate your input and input
[24:40] is always
[24:42] um just also wanted to thank um
[24:45] superintendent
[24:47] and highway team on their concrete work
[24:50] on the front of the communities center
[24:52] it is night and day it's amazing um and
[24:55] I just want special thank you to uh
[24:57] superendent is about to experience and
[25:00] knowledge. Saving the town, put a lot of
[25:01] money by being stuff in house um instead of contracting it
[25:10] out and it's a fabulous job and we
[25:12] appreciate all that and they did it on
[25:14] the worst oxygen way here too. So the
[25:18] work was done in 2018. Um again thanks
[25:21] Clark Lindenburgger um the work in the
[25:24] bio finding um is great to see you so
[25:28] dedicated um to your work and what
[25:30] you're doing. So I appreciate what
[25:32] you're doing.
[25:34] Again I attended your event as well. I
[25:36] helped set up three extra rows of chairs
[25:38] for people who are interested and um we
[25:41] have a couple water project here too
[25:43] that
[25:45] um great job. I appreciate your outreach
[25:47] in doing that. And um just an FYI, I'm
[25:50] going to be part of a panel discussion
[25:52] about property taxing bodies organized
[25:54] by the Lakes Chamber of Commerce on
[25:56] Wednesday, September 16th at the library
[25:58] at 8:30 a.m. along with school district
[26:01] Lake County area public library of Lake
[26:04] County.
[26:07] So all I have for my reports.
[26:13] All right. Old business. um letter from
[26:16] Lake County State Attorney. Again, it's
[26:18] just
[26:20] transparency. We glued into everything
[26:23] attorney. Any other questions or follows
[26:25] from that?
[26:28] New business. Number 10. Um A is
[26:31] consideration of possible action or
[26:34] 20.6-2.
[26:44] Yes.
[26:45] motion
[26:48] discussion.
[26:51] >> Yeah. So, I just want to apologize that
[26:53] the version in the board is incorrect
[26:56] because
[26:58] it requires the name included in the
[27:01] board, but it is now ready to go. So,
[27:07] um there's a copy upstairs.
[27:15] Yes. All right.
[27:20] Um the sorry the portion um in question
[27:26] is the public comment opportunity sign
[27:29] in I believe is that correct?
[27:31] Um, it as it is in the ordinance, it
[27:34] reads, "Any person wishing to address
[27:36] the board or committee during the public
[27:38] comment portion of the meeting is
[27:40] encouraged to sign in before the meeting
[27:41] begins. A person who arrives after the
[27:43] meeting has started may still be
[27:45] permitted to speak during public comment
[27:46] if allows. To provide oral comment, the
[27:49] speaker generally must be present at the
[27:51] meeting unless participation is
[27:53] authorized by law or by the board for a
[27:56] particular meeting. Written comments may
[27:58] be submitted in accordance with section
[27:59] 8 of this policy whether or not the
[28:01] person is able to attend in person.
[28:08] » Yes.
[28:09] >> So they don't have to be here.
[28:11] >> Nope.
[28:12] >> And the sign in
[28:14] >> the sign.
[28:15] >> You think it's a bridge? So nowhere in
[28:18] theory it's a person
[28:23] » which is
[28:28] regular is required.
[28:30] >> We can encourage it but we cannot
[28:32] require it nor should we. Okay. Any
[28:35] other discussion
[28:37] questions?
[28:46] Yep. Uh, Trusty Figgler.
[28:49] >> Yes. Trusty Glass.
[28:50] >> Yes. Uh, Trusty Bowman.
[28:53] >> Yes.
[28:58] Uh, motion car. Okay. E is consideration
[29:01] and possible action to approve one of
[29:03] the 2026-3
[29:05] dissolution of standing committees as we
[29:08] suspected meeting. So, we have a staff
[29:11] meeting, but required to be.
[29:18] Yep. Can I get a motion to approve this
[29:20] ordinance?
[29:22] >> Okay. Second,
[29:24] >> thank you.
[29:27] >> Um,
[29:30] I'm not in favor of those.
[29:34] These committee meetings were
[29:36] established to provide oversight,
[29:39] review, and make recommendations to the
[29:41] project.
[29:43] in smaller groups the department has and
[29:46] identify
[29:48] adding this my understanding is that you
[29:52] bring these community meetings into the
[29:55] community as a whole or adding a second
[29:59] board meeting every month to discuss
[30:02] these items. I think it's more efficient
[30:05] to have them in small groups because
[30:07] they're established now supervisor one
[30:10] of the trustees and with department
[30:13] heads I think the department heads are
[30:16] more
[30:17] open to discussing items of staffing and
[30:20] everything in smaller groups than in
[30:23] large groups. I just think it's
[30:26] by adding this to a county
[30:28] hours
[30:31] I can really go through.
[30:35] So, if I could just address those um we will not be um we will still be
[30:40] having staff meetings but we'll be
[30:43] discussing the day-to-day operations
[30:45] that trustees it's not in their per
[30:48] requirement to kind of dayto-day
[30:50] operations of there's decisions to be
[30:53] made about the department. So we're
[30:54] bringing it to but they will not be
[30:58] talking about a staff meeting that will
[31:00] be done with attending myself and and
[31:04] you know there's trustees you're welcome
[31:06] to attend if you'd like to attend
[31:10] two or more people coming of course
[31:11] we're going to get a public meeting put
[31:13] an agenda out for it but we don't do a
[31:16] meeting you're still welcome to come to
[31:18] any high rate staff meeting that we have
[31:20] so it's we're not saying you can't come
[31:23] we're just
[31:24] required
[31:28] another
[31:32] so if I remember correctly for the whole
[31:36] meeting like the general idea before
[31:39] this that I think will save time for the
[31:43] uh department head
[31:44] >> it's not a saving time for the
[31:46] department head we're still meeting with
[31:48] them but it's dayto-day procedures that
[31:51] are not under the umbrella of trustes
[31:54] because we're in any decisions that need
[31:57] to be made that are worth
[32:00] but we're not encumbering trustes to
[32:03] focus on things that they're not
[32:04] required to do. You're still welcome to
[32:06] attend. We will have them on the
[32:08] calendar
[32:10] is we don't need on a regular basis.
[32:20] » It's not in the trust responsibility.
[32:22] needs to oversee
[32:25] when it comes to funding or big
[32:26] decisions as the ordinance presuming
[32:28] that would be best to commit or
[32:30] coordinate the way the ordinance is
[32:36] not in the purview of the trustes
[32:37] responsibilities
[32:40] taking
[32:44] so
[32:49] » you're still welcome to attend I mean
[32:50] we're not saying you can't come They're
[32:53] still welcome to it's just having
[32:55] communities
[32:57] more staffing that's currently what they
[32:59] are staffing saying what's going on if
[33:03] you have feedback for input welcome to
[33:06] come and if there's more than two
[33:08] trustes
[33:12] I just thank you because sitting up
[33:16] every
[33:20] trust by staff meetings and hear them
[33:24] actually.
[33:27] So there's a committee meeting when you
[33:29] talk about a town meeting on the board
[33:31] meeting.
[33:36] Okay. Any other discussion or comments?
[33:41] » Of course. Um
[33:44] Trusty Glass.
[33:46] >> Yes.
[33:46] >> Trusty Sans.
[33:47] >> Yes.
[33:48] >> Trusty Ziggler.
[33:49] >> Yes.
[33:50] >> Trusty Bowen. No. Um, supervisor.
[33:53] >> Yes.
[33:53] >> Okay. Thank you.
[33:56] Motion carries.
[33:57] >> Okay. 10 C is a handbook amendment for
[34:00] highway department spending limit
[34:02] increase. Administrator Marciniac. Do
[34:04] you just want to give a brief overview
[34:05] of this?
[34:06] >> Yes. So, this had been previously
[34:07] discussed uh some time ago that we were
[34:11] um due to the uh increased cost of
[34:13] making u repairs to our highway vehicles
[34:16] um having them spend $2,500 in cases of
[34:20] emergency wasn't sufficient. So, we're
[34:22] just having that um to allow more speedy
[34:25] and efficient uh repairs to our our
[34:28] highways. So, um this increase only
[34:30] impacts the highway.
[34:34] » Great.
[34:35] Yeah, we need to have a motion in the
[34:37] second motion.
[34:39] >> Thank you. Second. Thank you.
[34:43] >> Yeah. And I just want to be really
[34:44] clear. This is not suggesting that the
[34:46] highway department can make these
[34:48] decisions unilaterally on their own. It
[34:50] is their approval as well as the
[34:53] supervisor. So,
[34:55] >> yeah, there's still oversight. It's just
[34:58] >> Thank you.
[35:00] We've run into that and the highway
[35:02] department has is a little bit behind on
[35:04] planning and as Jeff mentioned um
[35:07] because of the parks and with the delays
[35:10] and how getting things
[35:12] we just need to make that decision.
[35:17] So any other discussion
[35:21] uh trusty moment?
[35:22] >> Yes.
[35:23] >> Trusty glass.
[35:24] >> Yes.
[35:24] >> Uh supervisory.
[35:26] >> Yes. Uh trusty sans.
[35:27] >> Yes.
[35:28] >> Trusty. Yes. Thank you. Motion carries.
[35:31] D is consideration of festival action to
[35:33] approve an intergovernmental agreement
[35:34] with Longbo Fire Protection District.
[35:39] >> Motion.
[35:42] >> Any discussion?
[35:48] » Uh Trusty Pegler.
[35:49] >> Yes.
[35:50] >> Trusty Glass.
[35:51] >> Yes.
[35:51] >> Trusty Bowman.
[35:52] >> Yes.
[35:52] >> Trusty Sam.
[35:53] >> Yes. Super.
[35:55] >> Yes.
[35:55] >> Okay. Motion carries. Um, last item
[35:58] under new business is E. Consideration
[36:00] of possible action to approve the bid of
[36:02] Chicago land saving contractors for 2026
[36:05] parking lot improvements at the
[36:06] community center in the amount of
[36:08] $87,000
[36:09] which has been approved and in the
[36:11] budget.
[36:13] >> File motion.
[36:14] >> Motion.
[36:15] >> Thank you.
[36:16] >> Second. Thank you.
[36:18] >> Any discussion?
[36:24] » Yes.
[36:25] >> Trusty Glass.
[36:26] >> Yes. Trusty Bowman. Yes.
[36:27] >> Trusty S.
[36:29] >> Supervisor will motion carries. Thank
[36:31] you.
[36:32] >> Number 11. Does anybody see any need to
[36:34] go into executive session this evening?
[36:39] » To adjourn the meeting.
[36:40] >> Uh can I get a motion to adjourn?
[36:43] >> Second. Okay. Um uh all in favor I.
[36:50] >> Uh meeting at 7:40 p.m. Thank you
[36:54] everyone.