1 00:00:00,140 --> 00:00:03,560 727, pledge of allegiance, trustee read, 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:20,480 the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 3 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,120 President Alexander. 4 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:28,760 President. 5 00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:30,780 President. 6 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:31,020 Trustee Cooper. 7 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:31,920 President. 8 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:32,740 Trustee Kimberhoekaby. 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:33,760 President. 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:34,620 Trustee Malone. 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:35,120 Here. 12 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:36,700 Trustee Marshall Motley. 13 00:00:36,780 --> 00:00:37,080 President. 14 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:37,860 Trustee Reed. 15 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:38,500 President. 16 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:39,360 Trustee Slate. 17 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:39,800 President. 18 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:40,380 Wonderful. 19 00:00:40,580 --> 00:00:41,240 We have a quorum. 20 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:42,380 Okay. 21 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:42,900 Prayer. 22 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:43,700 We have prayer. 23 00:00:43,860 --> 00:00:44,440 6 p.m. 24 00:00:44,660 --> 00:00:50,060 However, we would like to have DC snow come forward so we can bless our new 25 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,840 fire truck we have a new fire truck just outside the door y'all welcome to join us 26 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,460 real quick DC snow yeah 27 00:00:59,470 --> 00:01:03,550 we're we're very blessed to put this fire truck in 28 00:01:03,550 --> 00:01:09,790 service we're gonna do it this Friday 9-11 a 25th anniversary so it's kind of 29 00:01:09,790 --> 00:01:16,550 special for all of us so DC snow is gonna say a prayer outside can you can you hear 30 00:01:16,550 --> 00:01:18,950 Here we are going to be, oh it's going to be in there right, 31 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,720 27, as we ask, that you 32 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,620 may guide our way and for your angels to guard our travels. 33 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:45,380 Let us harness our emotions and rise above fear, starting the surface for which we crawl and 34 00:01:45,380 --> 00:01:52,260 power us with wisdom and humility, help us choose the right course of action and teach us how 35 00:01:52,260 --> 00:01:57,020 the best serve you and your people of this fine community in this honorable 36 00:01:57,020 --> 00:02:02,560 profession to sew it upon the members of Hazard Press Fire Department. We ask 37 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,960 to do things in your glorious name. Thank 38 00:02:16,530 --> 00:02:19,710 you DC snow for that wonderful prayer. 39 00:02:19,830 --> 00:02:23,850 Thank you very much. Blessing our new fire truck. Is there any consideration 40 00:02:23,850 --> 00:02:28,530 possible actions that request for remote participation in this meeting? No. Any 41 00:02:28,530 --> 00:02:29,250 Any correspondence? 42 00:02:29,590 --> 00:02:29,730 Yes. 43 00:02:30,210 --> 00:02:30,410 Yes. 44 00:02:31,790 --> 00:02:32,810 Please read it. 45 00:02:33,110 --> 00:02:33,370 Sure. 46 00:02:33,770 --> 00:02:33,990 Please. 47 00:02:34,730 --> 00:02:35,190 Testing. 48 00:02:36,630 --> 00:02:37,250 All right. 49 00:02:37,330 --> 00:02:39,670 I have two items that I'm going to read. 50 00:02:40,770 --> 00:02:49,010 The first one is a card from Trustee Sandra Slayton that says, dear team, a note to thank 51 00:02:49,010 --> 00:02:52,030 you for your thoughtfulness and to let you know that it really meant a lot. 52 00:02:52,890 --> 00:02:58,090 I sincerely appreciate your kind thoughts, prayers, well wishes, and a lovely fruit basket 53 00:02:58,090 --> 00:03:01,570 get you sent. I enjoyed every morsel, Sandra. 54 00:03:04,770 --> 00:03:07,730 The second one was addressed to President 55 00:03:07,730 --> 00:03:14,350 Alexander, the trustees, department directors and staff, chief of police and staff, fire 56 00:03:14,350 --> 00:03:20,150 chief and staff. After our recent tornado this past month, I wanted to extend a heartfelt 57 00:03:20,150 --> 00:03:24,810 thank you to all of you and your staff for your hard work and long hours to have the majority 58 00:03:24,810 --> 00:03:30,570 of roles cleared in the proper area within two days in order for Commonwealth Edison to restore the 59 00:03:30,570 --> 00:03:36,230 power. The proper area looked like a war zone after this tornado. The majority of the trees, 60 00:03:36,450 --> 00:03:41,250 west of Crane Avenue on 170th Street have been uprooted and the homes have been destroyed. 61 00:03:41,730 --> 00:03:46,850 I'm a longtime resident of Hazelcrest Proper and have never seen such destruction from a tornado. 62 00:03:47,370 --> 00:03:52,050 It was wonderful to see our community come together to help each other out with personal touches 63 00:03:52,050 --> 00:03:56,030 as a knock on the door or a phone call to see if our neighbors were okay. 64 00:03:56,790 --> 00:04:00,410 Thank you to our village employees for organising housing, for residents, 65 00:04:00,630 --> 00:04:05,350 whom lost their homes, belongings, organising a clothing drive 66 00:04:05,350 --> 00:04:09,010 and food distribution for residents and surrounding areas. 67 00:04:09,550 --> 00:04:12,050 I want to send a special thank you to Trustee Cooper, 68 00:04:12,410 --> 00:04:16,770 who stopped by my home the day after and helped us to remove trees from the property. 69 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:21,150 Times like this make me proud to be a resident of Hazelcrat. 70 00:04:21,150 --> 00:04:26,210 I cannot say it enough, but thank you for being there for all the residents of Hazelcrest. 71 00:04:26,670 --> 00:04:31,450 Ellie Bisville, 23, I'm sorry, 22 blah blah, 17th Street. 72 00:04:32,130 --> 00:04:33,250 Thank you, thank you. 73 00:04:34,110 --> 00:04:35,590 Thank you to all our staff. 74 00:04:36,890 --> 00:04:39,270 Okay, Mayor Sir, for a payroll week proclamation. 75 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:42,770 Clerk Peters, do you have one in three? 76 00:04:43,290 --> 00:04:43,630 Thank you. 77 00:04:44,610 --> 00:04:49,790 Proclamation, National payroll week, September 7th through 11th, 2026. 78 00:04:49,790 --> 00:04:59,970 Whereas payroll orc and it's more than 20,000 members have lost a nationwide public awareness campaign that pays tribute to nearly 150 million people who were 79 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,840 Work in the United States and the payroll professionals who support the American system by paying 80 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:10,740 wages, reporting worker earnings, and withholding federal employment taxes. And whereas payroll 81 00:05:10,740 --> 00:05:15,100 professionals in Illinois play a key role in maintaining the economic health of Illinois, 82 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:20,360 carrying out such diverse tasks as paying into the unemployment insurance system, providing 83 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:25,460 information for child support enforcement, and carrying out tax withholding, reporting, and 84 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:31,540 and depositing, and whereas payroll departments collectively spend more than 2.7 trillion annually 85 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:39,340 complying with the myriad of federal and state wage and tax laws, and whereas payroll professionals 86 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:44,840 play an increasingly important role in ensuring the economic security of American families by 87 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:49,620 helping to identify non custodial parents and making sure that they comply with their child 88 00:05:49,620 --> 00:05:50,480 support mandates. 89 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:56,020 And whereas payroll professionals have become increasingly proactive in educating both 90 00:05:56,020 --> 00:06:00,600 the business community and public at large about the payroll tax withholding systems. 91 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:06,140 And whereas payroll professionals meet regularly with federal and state tax officials to discuss 92 00:06:06,140 --> 00:06:11,120 both improving compliance with government procedures and how compliance can be achieved at less 93 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,360 cost to both governments and businesses. 94 00:06:13,980 --> 00:06:18,940 And therefore, the week in which Labor Day Falls has been proclaimed National Payroll Week. 95 00:06:18,940 --> 00:06:29,600 I hereby give additional support to the efforts of the people who work in Illinois and of the payroll profession by proclaiming the first full week of September payroll week for Illinois. 96 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:45,400 Now, therefore, I, Sandra Alexander, President of the Village of Hazelcrest, Cook County, I'm sorry, County of Cook, State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim September 7 through 14, 2026 as National payroll week in the Village of Hazelcrest. 97 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:45,560 Yes. 98 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:49,180 Science is 8th of December 20th, 26th. 99 00:06:49,380 --> 00:06:50,180 Thank you. 100 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:51,960 Okay. 101 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,800 Swaring in at Deputy Clerk. 102 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,660 Sheila White, can you come forward, please? 103 00:06:58,660 --> 00:06:59,580 The clerk, you ready? 104 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:00,860 She'll. 105 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:14,520 Sheila is our administrative executive assistant, and she also serves as the Deputy Clerk, and 106 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,000 I realize we had not officially swore her in. 107 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,000 Also I think on a month, it must be reading time. 108 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,100 Raise your right hand, repeat after me. 109 00:07:27,020 --> 00:07:35,920 I, Sheila White, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United 110 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:43,600 States, the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and abide by all ethics requirements for 111 00:07:45,230 --> 00:07:53,130 the village of Hazelcrest, Cook County, and the State of Illinois as a deputy clerk to 112 00:07:53,130 --> 00:07:56,810 the best of my ability. Congratulations. Congratulations. 113 00:08:03,820 --> 00:08:04,960 Thank you, Sheila. 114 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:25,020 Thank you for 115 00:08:25,020 --> 00:08:27,120 I'm going to let WG Snow do the honors.