[0:00] If we can all rise for the pledge of
allegiance.
[0:05] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:10] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:17] justice for all.
>> Next is the moment of silence.
[0:31] Thank you. Madame clerk, please call the
role.
[0:34] » Trusty Mason,
>> present.
[0:36] » Trusty Rinders,
>> present.
[0:37] » Trusty Laapour,
>> present.
[0:39] » Trusty Muller,
>> present.
[0:40] » Trusty Schaller,
>> present.
[0:41] » Trusty Holleshouser,
>> present.
[0:42] » Mayor Nikki, Troy,
>> present. Next is community recognition.
[0:46] We have our big tree award. Taylor,
>> thank you.
[0:51] All right. So, the environment committee
is pleased to announce the village of
[0:55] Homer Glenn's big tree champion contest
winners of 2026.
[0:59] This year, we've added a brand new
competition category for kids and teens,
[1:04] and we'll be adding one new tree species
to our big tree champion list. This is
[1:08] an important award that recognizes the
need to appreciate and protect the
[1:12] natural environment within the village
of Homer Glenn. Champion trees are
[1:16] individual are individual trees which
are exceptional examples of their
[1:20] species because of their size, age or
rarity.
[1:25] Through the efforts of the environment
committee, the village created the big
[1:28] tree champion contest in 2018. This
award recognizes citizens that have
[1:33] helped to identify and preserve the
biggest of our mature trees in the
[1:37] village. Tonight, we'll be recognizing
five trees among four recipients for
[1:42] this year's big tree champion contest.
Um during the award presentation, Mayor
[1:46] Christina Nitsky Troki will present the
award certificates to the recipients.
[1:51] Pictures will be taken once you're up
here and um we'll share these photos on
[1:56] social media and emailed you guys after.
Um so if we can have the mayor, Trusty
[2:00] Sher, Dana, and our environment
committee up for some photos, and then
[2:06] I'll begin the presentation once you're
up here.
[2:10] » Thank you.
[2:17] support.
[2:28] » All right.
[2:31] » Yes. So, we'll begin. Um, we'll start
with our new kids and teens category for
[2:36] Big Trees. And our first award is going
to go to Bryce Hansen.
[2:41] Three-year-old Bryce. Oh, yes.
Three-year-old Bryce has found two
[2:47] eastern cottonwood trees in his
backyard, each with a circumference of
[2:52] 156. inches.
[2:56] These these trees also tie as winners to
our overall big tree contest, having
[3:02] surpassed the previous 138 inch big uh
Eastern Cottonwood big tree. Round of
[3:09] applause for Bryce.
[3:24] Yes. Thank you, Bryce.
[3:31] » All right. Another in our kids and teens
category, we have Jesse Senoga.
[3:38] Jesse, at only 2 years old, has helped
identify a silver maple tree with a
[3:43] circumference of 145 in. This mighty
tree comes just short of our overall
[3:50] silver maple big tree that measures 166
in. Thank you, Jesse.
[4:16] That was so good.
[4:21] » Yeah.
Amazing.
[4:42] It's about his bedtime, maybe.
[4:51] » All right. Thank you, Jesse.
[4:55] » Yes, another round of applause.
All right, and we'll now move on to our
[5:01] overall Big Tree champions.
Next, we have Parnell O'Brien. Parnell
[5:07] has identified a pagota dogwood tree.
A pagota dogwood tree with their
[5:13] circumference measurement of 14.5 in.
While this species is native to the
[5:19] Chicagoland area, this tree is the first
of its kind to be submitted for our big
[5:24] tree contest. So, thank you Parnell.
>> Thank you.
[5:32] And last but not least, we have Jason
Orrigo.
[5:36] I don't know if he made it tonight, but
Jason has identified a swamp white oak
[5:41] tree with their circumference
measurement of 160 in. This tree is
[5:46] technically a runner up to our 182in
champion swamp white oak. Both huge
[5:51] trees. Um, but our committee has found
this major heritage tree to be worthy of
[5:56] recognition. Jason was not able to make
it, but we'll give a round of applause.
[6:05] Yeah. Thank you all. Thank you all for
attending this evening and showing your
[6:09] support for this important event. Um,
Mayor Nitsky Troy, village trustees,
[6:14] thank you for your time. Special thank
you to Dana and our environment
[6:18] committee for organizing and
coordinating this event. So, thank you
[6:22] everyone.
[6:28] Okay, we'll give them a second to exit.
[6:34] » Okay, moving on to amendments to the
agenda. Are there any amendments?
[6:38] » Yes, Madame Mayor. I'd like to make
some.
[6:40] » Trusty Mason,
>> I was hoping that we could move up L9,
[6:43] 10, and 11. Um,
wherever you see fit, I guess. Uh, we
[6:50] can go first with it.
>> We can move it before L1. All right.
[6:54] » Is there any other amendments?
>> No more.
[6:57] » Is there a second to
>> I'll second.
[6:59] » Madam clerk, please call the role on the
amendments to the agenda.
[7:04] » Trusty Mason.
>> I.
[7:05] » Trusty Leapor.
>> Hi.
[7:06] » Trusty Rinders.
>> Hi.
[7:08] » Trusty Holleshouser. I
>> trusty Sheller.
[7:10] » Hi.
>> Trusty Muller.
[7:11] » Hi.
>> Motion carries. Is there a motion to
[7:14] approve the agenda as amended?
>> I'll make that motion.
[7:17] » Trusty Holless, is there a second? I'll
second.
[7:19] » Trusty Mueller. Madam Cler, please call
the RO.
[7:23] Trusty Holleshouser. Hi.
>> Trusty Mueller. Hi.
[7:26] » Trusty Leapor. Hi.
>> Trusty Mason. Hi. Trusty Shaller. Hi.
[7:29] » Trusty Rinders. Hi.
>> Motion carries. Is there a motion to
[7:32] approve the minutes for August 12th,
2026 village board meeting? I'll
[7:36] » make the motion.
>> Trusty Leapor and Trusty Rinders. Any
[7:39] discussion? Hearing none. Madam clerk,
please call the role.
[7:43] » Trusty Leapor.
>> Hi.
[7:44] » Trusty Rinders.
>> Hi.
[7:45] » Trusty Mason.
>> Hi.
[7:47] » Mueller. Hi.
>> Trusty Shaller.
[7:48] » Hi.
>> Trusty Holleshouser.
[7:50] » Hi.
>> Motion carries. Next, we're going to
[7:52] move on to public comment. Just a
reminder to keep your comments at three
[7:54] minutes. If you need an additional time,
you can always pause and ask for
[7:57] additional uh three minutes. First up,
we have Phil D. Young.
[8:04] » Yes, sir. And then just make sure your
microphone is on and it's nice to meet
[8:08] you in person.
[8:12] » Oh, there it is. There it is. Okay.
>> Thank you.
[8:15] » You're a tall fella, so if you need to
move the mic up, you can. Oh, there you
[8:20] go. My name is Phil D. Young. I'm a
resident of Homer Glenn for over 40
[8:24] years. My purpose tonight is to request
help from this board because I've had
[8:30] nothing but issues with major traffic
problems on Parker Road. My next door
[8:36] neighbor Rob is here. He dealt with the
police last year. Christine, I I I first
[8:42] contacted you about this problem back on
June 11th. You sent the police to the
[8:48] wrong part of town. 42nd and Parker, you
apologized for that mistake. You told me
[8:54] you were going to fix this problem.
Since then, we've had tons of emails. 76
[9:00] people like Brent Woods, Lieutenant
Piaza, 722, Kurt Mason, Joseph Barbara,
[9:07] I don't know who these people are, but
they were copied on the emails going
[9:11] back and forth to you and me.
Then I went on vacation at 7:30 to 8:15.
[9:18] I came back. I sent an email on 8:20 to
you, Christine. You did not respond. I
[9:23] sent a second email two days later. You
did not respond. The third day or the
[9:29] the third thing I did the next day is I
called the village. I left a phone mail
[9:34] uh message for you because I asked if
you were on vacation, why you were not
[9:38] responding. And I want to talk about
this traffic problem that's been going
[9:44] on for years.
Rob last year had the police there. They
[9:49] couldn't sit in the driveway for 5
minutes without veering off and giving
[9:53] somebody a ticket. It's gotten worse.
And I don't have to talk about the curve
[9:58] on the end of the road there. Just this
the first curve north of Chicago,
[10:02] Bloomington where we've had fatalities.
There was a car in the ditch there
[10:07] Monday morning. Don't know what happened
to him, but he was in the ditch all
[10:11] smashed up. There is no patrols, no
help. whatsoever from the police. And I
[10:17] volunteered three driveways for you to
sit in. Mine, Robs, and the next door
[10:22] neighbor across from him have all
volunteered this information. And I've
[10:27] given this information to you, but you
don't respond.
[10:31] » Why?
>> Why?
[10:36] » Are you done, sir?
>> Yes. Okay.
[10:38] » Yeah. I'd like a response from you in
front of all your peers here so you can
[10:41] tell me. So, this is public comment, so
I cannot answer you, but I will answer
[10:45] you in my public I will answer you in my
report.
[10:48] » It's coming up soon.
>> Fine. Well, at least everyone here is
[10:51] aware of this bad performance and why we
can't get help. 40 years I've been here.
[10:58] I've never asked for one thing. I'm
asking for one thing and this is the
[11:03] kind of treatment I get.
>> Not good. Not good. Ladies and
[11:07] gentlemen,
>> thank you.
[11:09] » Thank you.
>> Next is Andy Penelli.
[11:12] I have the traffic study right here.
>> Good evening, Andy Penelli, uh Dbor
[11:20] Woods, uh and with the environment
committee. Uh efforts to create an
[11:25] effective tree ordinance is really about
protecting uh part of what makes Homer
[11:30] Glenn unique. It's a more natural wooded
community setting. Uh we've seen over
[11:34] the last 20 years uh a number of folks
moving into the area that don't really
[11:40] share our community and nature uh in
harmony uh value. Uh we're living in an
[11:46] era house flippers. The old tree
ordinance simply was ineffective. The
[11:51] damage has been significant. I can
testify to it in Dborah Woods and how
[11:56] it's changed the shape of our
neighborhood, but also uh in Hidden Cove
[12:01] where there was a bloodbath of heritage
trees and the development of that uh of
[12:05] those lots. Uh protecting trees adds
real value to our community and improves
[12:11] property values. I won't go down the
list of the dozen things that trees do.
[12:15] We we've gone over that before, but the
revision to the current tree ordinance
[12:20] um should provide some very important
tools, updated tools to help maintain
[12:27] Homer Glenn's character. Um and uh this
tree, it especially does so in its
[12:34] emphasis to protect heritage trees and
uh on an emphasis of tree replanting
[12:40] rather than restitution. The tree
ordinance is an opportunity to encouode
[12:45] these values into the future of the
village. And by focusing your attention
[12:50] on this over the last two years, the
mayor and our trustees have made
[12:55] protecting the character of our
community a priority in a way that your
[13:00] predecessors have not. It takes courage
as well as foresight and I speak on
[13:06] behalf of the entire environment
committee on that. Thank you very much
[13:09] for that courage and foresight. We thank
you for that and uh uh in prioritizing
[13:15] this effort and uh bringing an effective
tree ordinance to the village of Homer
[13:21] Glenn to help maintain its character
into the future. And you can make a
[13:25] powerful difference tonight by uh by
accepting the changes and passing this
[13:30] ordinance. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you.
[13:35] That will be the end of public comment.
We're going to move on to reports and
[13:38] communications from the president and
other officers. Village Manager Joe
[13:41] Bert.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh, first off,
[13:43] I'd like to thank all staff for their
efforts uh this last weekend for the
[13:47] parade and family fun day. Uh, went off
really well. Was a little warm, but uh I
[13:52] think all in all, it went off uh
everybody had a good time. Couple of
[13:56] events I'd like to mention. This
Saturday, we have our 5K run and walk
[14:00] event. To remember, the uh 911 event. Uh
there's still room to register. Just
[14:07] visit our website.
The uh behavioral health and addiction
[14:12] recovery committee is starting a monthly
mom's group meeting here on Thursday,
[14:18] the third Thursday of the month from 11
to 12. Just introductions and um place
[14:24] where local moms and and some of the
licensed professionals from my committee
[14:28] can come together for warm supportive
space to connect, share, and uh just
[14:33] discuss um their lives, I guess. Um,
also I'd like to remind everybody this
[14:39] Saturday I'll be at the the village will
be at the senior life expo over at the
[14:44] junior high um put on by the township.
That concludes my report.
[14:49] » Thank you. Uh we move on to the
trustees. Trusty Holleshouser.
[14:54] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh I would like
to just have a small report on the uh
[14:59] Homer Fest on behalf of the Homer Fest
committee. Uh it's really not much
[15:02] there. There's was no meeting this
month. Right now we are currently uh
[15:06] trying to find a new date to have uh the
meeting on to adjust for schedules of
[15:11] some new appointees. And that concludes
my report.
[15:14] » Okay. Trusty Leaport.
>> Uh no report this evening. Thank you
[15:17] ma'am.
>> Trusty Mason.
[15:19] » Yes ma'am. Thank you. On September 2nd
the uh safety and public services
[15:23] committee uh held their annics
that came up was uh heroes trail. I
[15:30] think uh this board has talked about
that as well. um the mile markers. Um
[15:35] the we we we batted it around with the
uh fire and the police department. Um at
[15:41] the entry points maybe on the south, the
north, the middle access points, we
[15:46] should probably try to start looking at
getting uh some sort of signage. And I
[15:50] think uh the original signage over the
years has been uh either deteriorated or
[15:55] beat up or stolen. But uh bottom line,
we were thinking of painting the ground
[16:00] so we could have emergency access um or
have access and know where to go on
[16:06] Heroes Trail in case of an incident. Um
so that was one of the things we talked
[16:12] about. The other thing is we've had a
lot of uh breakins at uh some of the
[16:16] restaurants and uh bars in the area.
Anybody with gaming, we have um had uh
[16:22] people uh from Alarm Illinois come to
our meetings. Um they've started
[16:28] initiating the fogers. Uh the fogers do
work. Um they detour. You end up with a
[16:34] broken window, a broken door. Um the
asalants are usually uh in and out by
[16:40] the time the fogger goes off. They're
disoriented. Uh they take off uh
[16:44] immediately. Um of course they're in a
stolen car or something. But we've had a
[16:50] few of those breakins, but uh the damage
used to be in the hundreds of thousands
[16:53] when you start smashing the machines and
um cash grab and and take off. Well,
[17:00] right now they get into those areas and
they get detoured and um they don't tend
[17:06] to come back. Tinley Park has reported a
significant drop since they started
[17:10] implementing them and more and more of
the businesses in Homer Glenn are doing
[17:14] the same. to the uh gentleman that uh
came in front of uh the podium. We do
[17:20] have a traffic study. We discussed that
at our meeting as well. Um we have new
[17:25] technology that we purchased last year
that helps us gives us instant data. Um
[17:31] it's satellite and um we did a study on
Parker Road. My father-in-law actually
[17:36] lives on that Scurve that you discussed.
Um I'm over there all the time. It seems
[17:43] like people are going faster than they
actually are. The speed limit in that
[17:47] area is 30 m an hour. The average speed
and um we've also had uh Will County
[17:54] Sheriff's Police out there has been plus
5 m an hour. The
[17:59] 50 percentile is 5 miles an hour above.
So, are they speeding? They are. They're
[18:05] speeding, but it's not excessive. The 85
percentile is about 7 milesi above. So
[18:14] yes, there's speeding and there's
variations in the speed throughout
[18:17] Parker Road. That's a long stretch of
road. When I uh read through the report
[18:21] and we went over this with uh Mr. Woods
and myself and I'm Kurt Mason, trustee
[18:25] by the way. Um we've been discussing
this for some time. We had to get the
[18:29] studies um all together. Um the average
annual d traffic in that area remains
[18:35] stable between 3,400 cars a day and
4,000 vehicles
[18:40] uh indicating a consistent volume of
tracker uh traffic on Parker Road. The
[18:45] stability in the traffic volume combined
with the observed speed variations
[18:50] suggests that while the overall number
of vehicles remain constant, the flow
[18:54] and the speed can change significantly
and can be um impacted by external
[19:01] factors such as time of day, road
conditions and other incidents. In
[19:05] summary, the data indicates that there
is a consistent pattern of speeding 5 to
[19:09] 7 m an hour over. Um, and there is
congestion throughout the scurve
[19:16] depending on when and uh the average
speeds exceed the limit that are
[19:20] actually posted as stated. Um, we went
over this. I talked to Lieutenant Piaza.
[19:28] I talked to Director Woods about it. We
have had some um uh traffic uh units out
[19:34] there monitoring periodically. Um we get
concerns in other areas because I
[19:39] actually have another one here.
Meadowrest was another one. Their speed
[19:43] limit is 25 m an hour
and um their average speed is 25 miles
[19:50] an hour. The 50 percentile is 25 miles
an hour. The 85% tile is 3 miles an hour
[19:58] over in Meadowrest and the 95 percentile
is 4 miles over. So I, you know, I went
[20:04] out there with Mr. Woods in a couple
different areas and we stood there with
[20:08] some of the concerned residents and we
myself, the residents stood on the curb
[20:14] side and we all tried to guesstimate how
fast somebody was going and we had Mr.
[20:19] Woods drive down the street. I guessed
he was going 30. Somebody guessed he was
[20:24] going 32. So, we all took guesses at it
and we figured um when he came around,
[20:30] we asked the question, how fast was he
actually going? What did he what was he
[20:34] doing? He was doing 26 mph. So, the
perception sometimes from the ground or
[20:43] standing is that somebody's going much
faster than they are. But we have had
[20:47] people in that area and we have done the
traffic studies and yes they are
[20:52] speeding but it's not um I I'm sure
there is somebody and maybe uh past the
[20:57] 95 percentile that may be uh really
taking advantage of that scenario but
[21:02] for the most part they they they are not
they are within 3 to four miles 5 miles
[21:07] an hour over. Um to conclude my report I
was going to go over the building
[21:13] department revenue as far as permits.
um 2026 year-to date August is
[21:20] $465,1825.
[21:24] When you add the contractor revenue of
another $83,830,
[21:30] uh it brings us to a total of
$549,12.25.
[21:36] And in 2025,
[21:42] I think we had a total permits of,412
and running right now, we're at 809 and
[21:49] our numbers look good.
>> As far as revenue, sorry.
[21:53] » Yeah, you're okay.
>> Thank you.
[22:00] » Um, can I get a motion to suspend the
rules for one moment? There was a
[22:04] resident who came in that did not know
they had to sign in and they would like
[22:06] to speak.
>> I would make that motion.
[22:08] » I'll I'll second.
>> All in favor?
[22:10] » I opposed. Um you just have to sign in
on the paper if you wanted to speak.
[22:14] Sorry.
[22:19] » It's right here. Sir,
[22:25] » what's the guy's name? We just spoke.
[22:31] » Okay. Good.
[22:49] Just your name is fine. You don't need
to go over the whole thing.
[22:53] » It's all right
>> now. You know,
[22:55] um I just have a question, Lisa. So,
what time of the day was it that you
[23:01] guys monitored the people driving down
Parker Road?
[23:05] » Um, I'll have to take another peek and
see if the times are listed on there
[23:09] because it gives uh
>> let me see here. It's the Parker Road.
[23:19] » Just for clarity, he gets to respond
because the rules are suspended. So,
[23:22] everybody knows.
>> I'm not sure if it gives specific times
[23:25] of day here. Let me see something.
There's a schematic in the back.
[23:31] Period. It does give me the days.
>> I think it's a 24-hour period.
[23:37] » It's okay. It's okay.
>> It's usually a 24-hour period. Just
[23:43] » give me it gives me a time and I can
give you the schematic here if you'd
[23:46] like to see it.
>> Yeah. No, I'm just wondering because I
[23:50] » Well, you'd have to really look at it
cuz they show you right here on this
[23:54] that uh
>> they give you overnight from 12 to 4:00
[23:57] a.m. Then they give you from 4:00 to 7
uh a.m. Then they give you from 7:00
[24:01] a.m. to 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. to 12. So
they do it that way. So if you look here
[24:05] on the side Yeah. So the one two So
they're all between 34:35
[24:10] as you see all the way across. I see.
>> Thank you.
[24:13] » You're welcome.
>> Okay. So, the reason why I raised my
[24:16] hand when Phil was up here talking, he
got frustrated. It was obvious and I
[24:21] apologize for that, but
>> that's okay.
[24:24] » He'd been living there longer than me
and I've been there 21 years. I got my
[24:28] mail one day and I got hit by a van and
flew right over my mailbox in a winter
[24:33] and that van was flying and he had fold
away mirrors. Thank God. I just had it.
[24:38] No big deal. But I've been sitting there
watching these people.
[24:43] They drag race down Parker Road. They
do. They drive 60, 70 miles an hour
[24:50] sometimes.
>> I do see them. And I think that's the
[24:52] anomaly because I'm telling you this is
uh
[24:55] » I know I'm hearing you, but I'm going to
I'm going to share with you real quick
[24:58] why it's not.
Last year, we had the police department
[25:03] sitting in my driveway
every day. And the one guy pulled 12
[25:09] people over in one day. It's because of
that safety meeting I discussed and
[25:13] asked him.
>> Kurt, trust me, please let him speak.
[25:16] » Okay.
>> Well, anyways, I didn't know that. He
[25:19] told me that. He shared it with me. It
was when you guys had the the guy who
[25:23] just retired recently. He wasn't sitting
in my driveway. He was down the street
[25:28] the other way. This young kid just came
inside my driveway. And and then he told
[25:33] me, "We got 12 people today." And I just
looked right at him. I go, "You got 12
[25:38] people?" We go. Well, some people we let
them go, but they were going 42. There's
[25:42] a 30. It's a 30. And all that needs to
happen, you guys really, is there needs
[25:49] to be a 25 mph sign in between the 15 at
the curve and the 30 at Chicago
[25:58] Bloomington. And just put a 20. You
could put it in my yard because I'm dead
[26:02] center to the end. So, you know, I think
that these people who are doing this,
[26:08] they don't even live here. They're
cutting through. They're coming to
[26:13] Parker. They're cutting through and
they're flying. And the other night, a
[26:17] kid was on a motorcycle. He was going 60
miles an hour. I watched them and then
[26:21] you watch him slow down, pull in his
driveway, and then punch it and take
[26:25] off. And I'm going, I don't get it. But
it's frustrating to all the neighbors
[26:31] because we all see it happen. And I
understand this gentleman's plea and I
[26:35] know that that's how it is too. It can't
be people speeding all the time. They're
[26:40] not
>> 30 seconds.
[26:41] » But there's a lot of people speeding and
and you guys are more than welcome to
[26:46] sit in my driveway if you just want to
put a squad out there every so often.
[26:49] That would do wonders. That's all.
>> Thank you. Did Did uh the Did Mr. D.
[26:54] Young leave? I don't see him anywhere in
here.
[26:57] Okay.
>> And and you are right cuz I'm looking at
[27:00] the report and it says the average is
35. We posted them for 30. And we I did
[27:04] state that there are multiple different
speed limits throughout Parker through
[27:09] that area. And the highest ones that
they recorded were 42. And we had that
[27:13] meeting and I asked Lieutenant Piaza
when he put a patrol officer out there
[27:17] for that exact reason because speeding
is still speeding regardless if it's 35
[27:22] or 42.
>> Yeah. But you know what? When you're
[27:25] going two miles over the limit, it's
different than when you're going 12, 15,
[27:30] 20 miles over. Just
>> You're absolutely right. And I think
[27:33] that's why the officer mentioned that he
had stopped 12 people and let a couple
[27:37] go. That's probably why
>> there's a family down at the end of
[27:40] Parker towards the curse who's their
cousins or something. They come over.
[27:46] Two little boys are both deaf and they
drive their bikes. They ride their bikes
[27:50] right out on Parker.
>> That's so dangerous. One day those kids
[27:54] can get hurt because people fly and they
do. So just do whatever you guys can do
[27:59] for us. That's all. I think that's all.
>> If you could just stay for a few minutes
[28:02] so we can talk so I can get to my report
just as I'm coming up. I promise.
[28:06] » Thank you. Motion reset.
>> Yeah. Is there a motion to reset the
[28:09] rules?
>> Yes.
[28:11] » I'll second.
>> All in favor?
[28:13] » I.
>> All right. Trusty Sheller.
[28:16] » Yes.
>> Do you have a report? Yes.
[28:19] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. I do. Uh the
environmental and parks and recreation
[28:25] committee is co-hosting another Culver
Park cleanup day to celebrate Homer
[28:30] Glenn Land Day on Saturday, September
26th.
[28:36] Learn more about this event and register
on the village website or scan the QR
[28:40] code on the flyer located at the table
uh near the sign-in table. And once uh
[28:45] just one more thing, I would like to
thank my committee members on the
[28:49] environmental committee for their due
diligence and hard work uh on this tree
[28:54] ordinance that will be coming up later
uh uh in this agenda. Uh they are a
[28:59] phenomenal group. Uh we're glad to have
them.
[29:03] » Great. Are you done?
>> That's I'm done.
[29:05] » All right. Trusty Miller.
>> Uh stemming off of Trusty Mason's uh
[29:11] report from the public safety and
services
[29:14] um with the fogers. The crime tren crime
trends today are changing and that's
[29:19] where technology is really plays a big
part to keep up with the the changing
[29:24] crime trends. And I know there's been so
much anti- uh ALPR or the big bad flock
[29:30] coming up. Uh just in the last 48 hours,
a uh abducted child by his mentally uh
[29:39] um
uh his uncle who was suffering some type
[29:43] of mental breakdown. Child was returned
to his parents in 45 minutes. Um,
[29:49] three individuals uh that killed a 64
year old were apprehended by flock in a
[29:55] matter of hours and uh a road rage
shooter that also um murdered someone in
[30:01] South Carolina was apprehended in a
matter of hours. So, it's uh just
[30:05] stemming off of the the the trends in
crime that are changing and they're not
[30:09] just, you know, somebody got stuck up
and uh stole some money and they chased
[30:14] them. the way law enforcement's hands
are tied these days due to
[30:22] different political views and whatnot.
Um, any technology that is available is
[30:29] is an asset. Um, and the parameters are
put in place to to weed out those that
[30:36] use it um
not in the manner intended um are doing
[30:43] their job right now. So that's all.
>> Thank you, Trusty Riners.
[30:47] » Thank you, Mayor. Couple things. Um, I
would just like to uh shout out give a
[30:52] shout out to our events department and
to our EMS uh director Ron Cus uh for
[30:57] all the hard work and uh what they put
into the parade on Saturday. Uh it takes
[31:02] a it takes a village. When they say it
takes a village, it takes a village. It
[31:05] takes all of us. It's it's a lot of
meetings, a lot of hard work, a lot of
[31:09] organizing to put the parade on. So, we
were very happy with the turnout. There
[31:14] were a lot of so many kids. I saw kids
walking with bags of candy that were
[31:18] like this big. And I was like, "Oh my
god, their dentists are not going to be
[31:21] real happy at the end of this." But, um,
everybody came out. They had a great
[31:25] time. Everybody had fun. They had family
fun days. Uh, we learned a few things
[31:29] from this parade. Uh, so maybe we'll
make a few changes next year, but um, I
[31:34] just want to thank everybody. Everybody
worked really hard to make that happen
[31:37] for the community, and that's what it's
all about. It's all about our community.
[31:41] So, um, thank you to them. I would also
like to mention that Gorm Park is, uh,
[31:46] nearing finish. Uh, we will probably be
doing a ribbon cutting, uh, in the early
[31:50] part of October. So, look forward to,
uh, that and, uh, keep, you know, keep
[31:55] yours posted. So, we'll probably be
posting that on our social media site.
[31:59] Um, also, I would like to just, uh, talk
a little bit about these ebikes. I just
[32:04] want to remind everybody that come
January 1, the law changes. And I myself
[32:10] I I'm really looking forward to getting
a little bit more uh order when it comes
[32:16] to these bikes. Um I was out at the
parks this past week and the damage that
[32:21] was done uh to our poor and play. Our
poor and play is the surface that we put
[32:27] down so that our handicap kids could
have more accessibility to the amenities
[32:33] in our parks. Those surfaces cost
$150,000.
[32:40] And these ebikes and dirt bikes, they
tear them up. And it costs us probably
[32:47] on the average of anywhere between 6 and
10,000 just to patch it. So, I'm asking
[32:53] parents, please, if you're going to buy
your kids these bikes, please teach them
[32:58] how to use them. Keep them off of our
surfaces in the park. Nobody wants
[33:02] nobody wants to see them not having fun
or riding their bikes. But those
[33:07] surfaces are really really important and
a lot of people can't take their kids to
[33:12] the park if those surfaces are tore up.
So I'm just asking please if you could
[33:17] just have a talk with your kids
regarding that. Um also
[33:21] uh one last thing I wanted to talk about
was um
[33:25] the the the senior expo on this
Saturday. Um this is an event that we
[33:31] put on uh that the township and actually
it's a collaboration between the
[33:34] township and the village and we put this
on we've been doing it every year and we
[33:38] get a huge turnup and for anybody that's
either new to the area that doesn't know
[33:43] about it. There's a lot of good
information that comes from that expo.
[33:48] There's there's many vendors there that
can help with uh different uh uh like
[33:54] agencies and and things like that. And
so, um, I would encourage if you have
[33:58] any friends that are looking for, you
know, different, uh, uh, ways to be able
[34:04] to, um, get help in their senior, you
know, in their senior ages, that would
[34:08] be a great start. So, that's on
Saturday. That's all my report.
[34:12] » Thank you. Uh, village clerk, no report.
Village attorney.
[34:18] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. Um, just
briefly, um, quick update.
[34:23] pleased to report that the village filed
its brief uh yesterday evening in the
[34:30] inter uh the Illinois Commerce
Commission case number 260127.
[34:35] The brief opposed the rate increase
proposed rate increase uh that were
[34:40] submitted by Illinois American Water for
both sewer and water increases. Um,
[34:45] we're anticipating an order on or before
October 23rd by the administrative law
[34:49] judge and the deadline for commission
action on that order is December 18th.
[34:54] Now, between now and then, there uh is
other issues that um our legal team will
[35:00] be uh handling. Uh there's reply briefs
and there's also briefs on exceptions
[35:04] regarding the actual proposed order once
we see it. But until that time, there's
[35:08] also a public forum. A public forum has
been ordered uh by the administrative
[35:14] law judge and the commission. It's
scheduled for September 16th, which is a
[35:20] little bit more than a week from today
um at 7 p.m. and that's at uh located at
[35:25] 201 Canterbury Lane, Bowling Brook,
Illinois. And my apologies, that is one
[35:30] week from today. Um you know, there's a
tremendous opportunity for you, the
[35:33] public, to voice uh your position on the
propo on the proposed sewer water uh
[35:38] increases. We as a village do hear uh
your concerns. Uh this is an actual
[35:45] opportunity for you to take your
concerns and your voice stand there.
[35:50] Members of the commission, we believe
there will be at least one member of the
[35:53] commission. However, we're not 100%
sure, but certainly uh the
[35:57] administrative law judge who ordered
this uh hearing uh very likely is going
[36:00] to be there. and um you know it's your
opportunity to just um voice your uh
[36:06] your concern regarding or whether or not
you're you're for for it or against it,
[36:11] but certainly have your voice heard in
regards to the proposed rate increase.
[36:15] Secondly, in docket number 251057,
uh this was a matter involving Aqua
[36:20] Illinois uh Inc. uh Essential Utilities
and American Waterworks Company, Inc. um
[36:25] that case uh the proposed order is set
to issue on September 11th and we anti
[36:30] anticipate um ICC action on before
November 5th of this year. Um I want to
[36:36] thank especially um the uh staff at the
village for their assistance um and my
[36:41] team and assisting me and the folks that
I work with and having our briefs of
[36:46] record in both those cases especially
the deputy clerk um Gina Marott and her
[36:51] team Amanda List. Thank you.
Thank you. Uh public safety officials.
[36:59] None. Nothing.
>> All right. And now it's my turn. Okay.
[37:02] So, today um I had a meeting with the
seniors at Victorian Village. The
[37:06] environment committee will be really
happy to know that they really want to
[37:09] meet you guys because they want to talk
about doing shredding events. Um Trusty
[37:13] Shaller was there as well. Um and so was
Trusty Holeshouser and Clerk Bilski. Um,
[37:19] and they were talking about different
environmentfriendly events that they
[37:23] want to partner up with you on. So,
that's really good news to hear. I did
[37:26] not know that they didn't have any uh
recycle garbage cans and whatnot. So,
[37:31] Trusty Shallard offered to partner you
guys up and you guys are going to have a
[37:34] busy few months. Um, I just recently
became a grandma on September 3rd. So,
[37:40] I'm super excited about that. Um, but
with that being said, the gentleman that
[37:45] came up here and spoke, I know someone
apologized for his him for him being
[37:49] upset. I don't blame him for being
upset. I would be upset, too. Uh,
[37:53] unfortunately, there were some a little
bit of misinformation that was given,
[37:56] and I'm not going to sit up here and try
to defend myself, but he rattled off
[38:01] some dates that he had emailed me, and I
had emailed every single time in
[38:06] response. I have the dates here. I can
go through the dates. Um, I also
[38:10] included Trusty Mason and Brent Woods
and uh, Lieutenant Lieutenant Piaza in
[38:16] those emails as well. Um, during that
time from June June 11th to July 30th,
[38:24] uh, if anybody remembers, we had four
storms, four very severe storms. I'm
[38:29] only one person. So, I do have an
amazing team here to help us run this
[38:33] village. And that's why Trusty M Mason
was so passionate about this uh this
[38:38] report that was conducted. We do this we
do this throughout the village. So
[38:42] there's a lot of areas within this
village that everybody speeds on their
[38:46] streets. It's not just on Parker. It's
not just in Meadowrest. I live on
[38:50] Hayawa. I can tell you that the cars
speed up and down consistently. We only
[38:55] have so many traffic lights, those
flashing lights that tell everybody how
[38:59] fast they're going. Because of this
gentleman who came up who was very
[39:03] passionate, which I appreciate, um we
are looking at purchasing two more of
[39:08] those lights. And they're not cheap.
They're roughly $8 to $10,000 each.
[39:13] » 8500 to10,000
>> $8,500 to$10,000. So they're not cheap
[39:17] to buy. Um, but we when we put them
somewhere, we have to leave them there
[39:21] for at least six months to get real
studies, real numbers. And we can't just
[39:26] pick it up and take it from one area and
move it to the next because we get
[39:29] another complaint. We have to do our
full studies first. So, everybody in the
[39:33] village has speeders. I do understand
that. Um, but we have to do this in a
[39:37] process. And when Trusty Mason was
reading this off, this wasn't just a
[39:41] one-day report. Uh, this was actually
the first contact was July or I'm sorry,
[39:46] June 11th. This was done immediately
after. So as soon as I got the
[39:50] notification that there was some
speeding, we had a study done
[39:52] immediately. The um the numbers, it
shows you when it's the numbers on
[39:57] Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday. So it goes
[39:59] through the whole week and it tells you
and it was done multiple times on
[40:02] different weeks as well. um through this
process. He did state that I did not
[40:07] return his call on August or his email
on August 20th, but that's because he
[40:12] just got home from vacation and I didn't
have a moment to respond to him because
[40:16] he was gone as well. So, we played phone
tag. I don't want anyone to think that I
[40:20] ever skip out on a resident. That's
absolutely not me. If anybody tells you
[40:24] I'm too forward, I'm too I talk to too
many residents. Mr. neighbor gets upset
[40:29] with me on the daily basis because I
always say Joe, we got to help this
[40:32] resident next.
Warm and fuzzy. I always say we got to
[40:36] give the warm and fuzzies to everyone.
Um, but I will reach out to Mr. Young,
[40:41] Mr. D. Young. And I do know that our
sheriff's office did sit in the
[40:44] driveways uh on two occasions, I
believe, while this study or after this
[40:50] multiple times. I just know of two
personally. Um, and a lot of people
[40:54] think I could just tell an officer where
to go in in our form of government. You
[40:59] know, we we don't have our own police
department. If we did, I'd be able to
[41:02] tell the sheriff, "This is what I not
the sheriff, the lieutenants, this is
[41:05] where I want you to go or whatnot." I
just don't have that sort of authority.
[41:10] Um, they do, they are stationed on
different areas, especially with the
[41:14] kids going back to school. They have to
be near the school and so forth. So, we
[41:18] are doing the best we can with the
speeding. Um, you had you had mentioned
[41:23] that there's two deaf children. There
are signs we can put out that say deaf
[41:27] child at play if that's not there
already.
[41:30] » I think it is.
>> This is a scary thought. You know what I
[41:33] mean?
>> 100%.
[41:35] » Is it?
>> I think that sign's out there though,
[41:37] isn't it?
>> Isn't there a sign like that out there?
[41:46] » Someone's going to get one of those kids
and that's not going to be
[41:49] » Yeah. and we we we don't want that at
all. So So I will reach out to Mr. Dion
[41:54] Young um and have a conversation, but
he's not the only one. There's probably
[42:00] during that whole storm process, uh I've
received over 300 phone calls, messages,
[42:06] emails. So in that process, you have to
work rely on your team to help. And I
[42:11] and I do believe that Trusty Mason, Mr.
Brentwoods, and Lieutenant Piaza did a
[42:16] great job trying to assist Mr. D. Young.
I just think with the study that came
[42:21] out, it didn't show the numbers he was
expecting to see. So, it doesn't warrant
[42:27] an emergency sign right away. But, I can
let you know once we do have those signs
[42:32] in, once we approve them, it will go on
that street. So, that's the we have that
[42:37] sign stationed for that street.
>> Oh, well then there. Perfect. We You
[42:43] wrote your address on that signin sheet,
right?
[42:46] » Okay, good. So now we at least have
somebody and I know that the the the
[42:50] officer is sitting in the back right
there and maybe maybe he'll make a visit
[42:54] to your home and sit in your driveway,
right?
[42:58] » Oh yeah.
>> Yeah. There we go. See see how easy that
[43:01] is.
So then maybe you two can have a
[43:04] conversation and we can make this all
happen. Okay. So with that being said,
[43:10] we are going to now move on to the
consent agenda and it's a long one so
[43:13] bear with me.
Uh number one, consider for approval the
[43:17] accounts payable for period of August
28th, 2026 through September 10th, 2026
[43:21] in the amounts of 258,9412.
[43:25] Two, consider for approval the Treasury
report of cash and investments for the
[43:29] period ending June 30th, 2026 in the
amount of 57,527,560.31.
[43:38] Three, consider for approval the
purchase of a doc access accessibility
[43:41] solution for an additional 12-month
investment of $9,364 and an annual
[43:46] reoccurring renewal fee in the amount of
$7,864.
[43:50] Four, consider for approval the purchase
of a K Cabota RTV520A
[43:54] in the amount of $19,224.88
[43:58] for the facilities department. Five,
consider for approval the quote from the
[44:02] Three Oaks ground covers for installing
playground mulch in the amounts of
[44:05] $3,900 for playground mulch at Gorm
Park. Six, consider for approval the
[44:10] Bankston's and Spring Grove nursery
quotes for the total of $35,640
[44:15] for the 2026 fall parkway tree planting
program. Seven, consider for approval
[44:20] the final pay estimate for the Pine Hill
and Kensington Estates Drive drainage
[44:25] improvement project in the amount of
$5,650
[44:29] to be paid to Earthworks, Inc. 8.
Consider for the approval the purchase
[44:33] of a Vermeier BC1800 XL shipper from
from Vermeier West through Sourcewell
[44:39] cooper coop cooperative
cooperative
[44:44] I'm getting tongue tied up here
purchasing program for the amounts of
[44:47] 135,498
nine consider for approval ratifying the
[44:52] village's waiver of access coverage for
following vendors due all fence inc
[44:56] three oaks ground covers and ilight
studios for contracted work in the
[45:01] village of Boomer Glenn during the fall
of 2026 and 10 consider for the
[45:06] ratification and approval of suspension
of the use of flock ALPR cameras located
[45:11] within the village of Homerglenn pending
final determination of the sheriff's
[45:15] investigation and review of the Will
County Sheriff's ALPR
[45:20] protocol.
Is there a motion?
[45:23] » Trusty Rinders. Is there a second?
>> I'll second.
[45:26] » Trusty Laapour. Madam clerk, please call
the RO.
[45:29] » Trusty Rinders. Hi,
>> Rusty Laor.
[45:31] » Hi,
>> Trusty Holleshouser.
[45:33] » Hi,
>> Trusty Muller.
[45:34] » Hi,
>> Trusty Mason.
[45:35] » Hi,
>> Sheller.
[45:36] » I
>> motion carries. Now we are going to move
[45:39] on to L9. Consider for approval spending
$10,992
[45:44] for the additional mosquito abatement
treatment outside of the current
[45:48] contractual treatment limits of the
village of Homer Glenn. Is there a
[45:50] motion?
>> I'll make a motion.
[45:51] » Trusty Mason, is there a second?
>> I'll second. Mayor
[45:54] » Trusty Riner. Trusty Mason. No, we had
uh significant rainfall as you had
[45:59] mentioned a little while ago uh
especially during the first part of
[46:03] August and uh we're going to continue to
get mosquito larva until the next few
[46:08] weeks from now. So,
>> okay, Trusty Renders.
[46:11] » Um this we actually had a lot of
complaints from residents about the uh
[46:16] enormous amount of mosquitoes around
town with all the water. So, um we
[46:20] figured that this would be the best way
to um actually try to abate that. So,
[46:26] » any other trustees have any other
comments? Um, Gia, you had stated or
[46:32] you're in charge of this. Um, this is
the environment safe uh spray, right?
[46:37] So, environment committee, it's it's the
environmentally safe spray. So,
[46:40] everybody knows. All right. Madam clerk,
please call.
[46:43] » I ask a question.
>> Oh, sure.
[46:44] » Um, Gia, we discussed like how do we
determine the usage and of gallons,
[46:50] miles? Did we get an answer on that?
Yeah, we did provide um in the package
[46:57] there's a map of all
[47:05] right away
as well a few of the parks. Um they also
[47:11] picked up since we negotiated the
contract with them several years ago.
[47:16] So they picked up on those.
[47:23] » Okay. Thank you.
>> All right. Madam clerk, please call the
[47:25] role.
>> Trusty Mason.
[47:27] » Hi.
>> Trusty Rinders.
[47:29] » Hi.
>> Trusty Shaller.
[47:30] » Hi.
>> Trusty Holleshouser.
[47:31] » I. Trusty Muller.
>> Hi.
[47:33] » Trusty Leapor.
>> Hi.
[47:34] » Motion carries. Number 10. I consider
for approval spending $48,894
[47:39] for the three-year agreement with
Twinkle Lights installation for the
[47:44] installation and maintenance of the
Halloween and Christmas lights and
[47:47] decorations in Heritage Park subject to
the review and approval of the village
[47:52] attorney. Is there a motion?
>> I'll make that motion.
[47:54] » Trusty Rinders, is there a second?
>> I'll second.
[47:57] » Trusty Holleser R. Trusty Rinders, do
you have anything?
[48:00] » Um, yes. actually like to refer to Dan
because Dan was actually the one who
[48:04] actually put this contract together and
uh it's actually going to be saving the
[48:07] village a lot of money but I'll let Dan
explain.
[48:10] » Yeah. So I went out for multiple bids on
this. I had two companies that came back
[48:14] and um the other one was uh Landscape
Illuminations and they both offered
[48:19] lease agreements uh either one year that
we could do or a multi-year contract and
[48:24] the multi-year uh is comparable with um
the other company that we went with or
[48:29] that went out to bid was $16,500.
This one was a little bit cheaper. Uh
[48:35] it's also a local gentleman uh that I
would prefer to work with locally if
[48:39] there's problems. Uh he's right here in
Homer Glenn uh as opposed to the other
[48:43] company that's out of Indiana. Uh also
he offers more than just lights. He's
[48:47] doing garland and wreath and uh that
kind of stuff to uh help set up for the
[48:52] park for Halloween and Christmas.
>> Trusty Holeser, you made the second. Do
[48:57] you
>> I did. I would just like to thank Dan
[48:59] Wadik for all his hard work and effort
going through all this. Does a great job
[49:02] with these things. Thank you.
>> Any other comments? Trusty Mason. Um
[49:06] during ENF, we asked about the
performance clause. Yes, sir. Um what
[49:10] did we end up with?
>> So the U Twinkle Light, he's not opposed
[49:14] to the performance clause. He's worked
it into his contract. The contract uh I
[49:18] sent over to the village attorney. Uh we
just got it Tuesday morning. So I'm not
[49:23] sure if uh Mr. Pascinelli's had an
opportunity to look at it yet, but
[49:26] » not yet, Dan, but I will.
>> Yeah. Thank you. So yeah, I would I
[49:30] would like to move forward, you know,
based on the time frame that we have uh
[49:34] that if we could approve this uh pending
the attorney's review, uh we also have
[49:39] the certificate of insurance uh which is
the next item on the agenda. But if we
[49:44] could get this approved and then we can
take the steps to move forward to have
[49:48] this up and ready to go by October 1st.
>> Thank you, Dan, and thank you for your
[49:51] hard work.
>> Thank you.
[49:52] » This is the contract. It's okay.
>> Uh anybody else have any more questions?
[49:56] Madam clerk, please call the role.
Trusty Rinders. Hi,
[49:59] » Rusty Holleshouser. Hi,
>> Mueller.
[50:01] » Hi.
>> Shaller.
[50:02] » Hi, Trusty Leapor.
>> Hi,
[50:04] » Rusty Mason.
>> Hi.
[50:05] » Motion carries. Number 11. Consider for
approval the possible waiver of access
[50:10] liability coverage for twinkle lights
installation for the coverage I'm sorry
[50:13] for the village of Homer Glenn events
during 2026. Is there a motion?
[50:17] » I'll make the motion.
>> Trusty Riners. Second.
[50:19] » Trusty Mason. Trusty Riners.
>> May this is just uh basically uh we've
[50:25] we've we've waved so many of these
before. So,
[50:29] » okay, Trusty Mason.
>> Yeah, they're not doing anything that's
[50:33] um with machinery or endangering, so I
don't see why we wouldn't.
[50:39] » Any more discussion?
>> Madam Clerk, please call the RO.
[50:42] » Trusty Rinders,
>> I.
[50:44] » Trusty Mason,
>> hi.
[50:45] » Trusty Sheller,
>> I.
[50:46] » Trusty Leapor,
>> hi.
[50:48] » Trusty Mueller,
>> hi.
[50:49] » Rusty Holleshauser,
>> I.
[50:50] » Motion carries.
>> Thank you.
[50:52] » You're welcome.
>> Thank you.
[50:53] » Okay, going back up to L1. Consider for
approval an ordinance granting a minor
[50:57] change to the plan unit development for
certain real property located in the C3
[51:00] General Business District at 14169 South
Bell Road and 14125 South Bell Road,
[51:05] Homer Glalena, Illinois, commonly known
as Meyer Store and Gas and Wash pin
[51:09] number 16501301009-0000.
[51:15] Case HG2624
Ap. Is there a motion?
[51:19] » I'll make that motion.
>> Trusty Holleshauser.
[51:21] » Second.
>> Trusty Sheller. Trusty Holleshauser. No,
[51:24] I went through the whole packet and uh
there's not really any major sign
[51:28] differential changes, just kind of more
of a font change. I I like what they're
[51:32] doing over there. The work's been
looking real good. Cleaned it up nice.
[51:35] » Trusty Sheller.
>> I can't add anything more from Trusty
[51:39] Hullhouser. I agree.
>> Any other discussion? Madam Clerk,
[51:42] please call the role. Trusty
Holeshouser. Hi.
[51:45] » Trusty Sheller. Hi.
>> Trusty Mason. Hi.
[51:47] » Trusty Mueller. Hi.
>> Trusty Rinders. Hi.
[51:50] » Trusty Leaport. Hi.
>> Motion carries. This door looks great.
[51:54] Appreciate it. Thank you. I want to
thank you for your time, especially uh
[51:58] Dana Khan. I don't know if she's here.
Dana Dana, she's Thank you. Oh, wanted
[52:02] to appreciate all the work that she did
for this project. She was extremely
[52:06] instrumental, so I really appreciate her
time.
[52:08] » That's good to hear. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[52:10] » Okay, moving on to L2. Consider for
approval ordinance number 26-043
[52:15] granting text amendments to chapter 138
land use and site development of the
[52:18] code of the village of Homer Glenn and
repealing ordinance 6-014
[52:23] and ordinance 10-007
for new regulations regarding tree
[52:27] preservation on private property. Is
there a motion?
[52:30] » I'll make that motion.
>> Trusty Sher, is there a second?
[52:34] » I will second that.
>> Trusty Holleshouser. I feel like doing a
[52:37] drum roll.
All right. Trusty Sheller got anything?
[52:42] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. Um,
the last board meeting, uh, myself, uh,
[52:49] Director Gruba, and our environmental
committee took the
[52:55] took copious notes of what the, uh,
board brought forth in reference to
[53:00] changes. Um,
we went back to the environmental
[53:04] committee and uh
sharpened the pencil and believe that we
[53:11] have come forward with a a tree
ordinance that
[53:18] systematically answers all the questions
that this broad brought forth. Um,
[53:23] I won't go over my entire PowerPoint
presentation like I did last time and
[53:28] take up half hour. Um, uh, if there
anybody has any questions, I'd be glad
[53:33] to answer them.
>> Okay. Uh, Trusty Holleser.
[53:37] » Oh, no. I agree with Trusty Shaller. Uh,
this item was discussed at length at the
[53:41] 812 board meeting. I believe the
concerns were ironed out and these
[53:45] amendments for the tree preservation
provide an overdue update to the code.
[53:50] » Trusty Laapour,
>> pleased to see that the uh restrictions
[53:55] on business have been removed. I think
you've done a lot of good work in
[53:58] regarding the um extreme amount of fines
that would be assessed uh to residents
[54:03] for removal. Uh they've fallen uh into
uh trouble with this ordinance. However,
[54:09] I would like to still see uh the buffer
uh zone increased. Uh I know we bumped
[54:14] it from 20 to 30, but I think that's
still a little bit tight. And I would
[54:18] also still like to see the minimum
property uh affected lot from 1/2 acre
[54:23] up to an acre. But um and I I I still
have concerns over enforcement of this
[54:29] ordinance. I still feel that we are
putting neighbor against neighbor to
[54:34] uh in order to uh find out what's going
on in your neighbor's backyard. It's
[54:38] going to be your neighbor who's going to
be kind of telling on you. I'm not a big
[54:41] fan of pulling permits to cut down
trees. Um I think we are overburdensome
[54:46] with permits as it is uh in in our daily
life and I don't think we have to add
[54:51] that in. Um I understand there is a need
for this ordinance. I understand there's
[54:54] a lot of support from the environmental
committee, but um it's it's it's better.
[54:59] It's definitely a you guys have done a
lot of good work. I think there's a lot
[55:02] of things that um have been trimmed out
of the original ordinance that I didn't
[55:07] not support, but um I still have a few
um issues with the way it's written as
[55:12] of today.
>> Did you are you looking to make an
[55:14] amendment to the motion or
>> to? Yeah. And if you're going to, my
[55:17] suggestion would be to do them
individually because you may get one but
[55:23] not all.
>> Sure.
[55:24] » So do it how you please, but that would
be
[55:26] » I'd like to make the motion to increase
the buffer zone from 30 ft to 40 ft.
[55:31] » So you'd like to amend the motion to go
from 30 to 40. Is there a second?
[55:35] » I'll second.
>> Trusty Mhler.
[55:37] » Okay. Now we are in the amendment part.
Is there any discussion on the amendment
[55:42] to move from 30?
>> I actually feel I I feel the same way.
[55:46] Um, I think that they, you know, I
appreciate that they've done so much
[55:49] work on this and a lot of hours and a
lot of a lot of time has gone into this.
[55:54] Um, but I myself feel the same way. I
feel that a 30foot buffer is just too
[55:59] small. Um, you know, people have these
big backyards and if they want to put a
[56:03] swimming pool in there, you know, you're
you're talking a swimming pool and if if
[56:06] they have, you know, if there's well and
septic, there's going to be no room for
[56:10] a pool or a playset or whatever. So I
think I I I think 30 foot is just too
[56:16] small. I I would agree with Trustee uh
Leapor. 40T.
[56:21] » Is there any more discussion on that
amendment?
[56:24] » I have a question. We're saying 40 ft
around the proposed building structure
[56:28] would be the buffer area.
>> Yes.
[56:31] » That would be around the building
structure, the driveway, the septic
[56:36] field.
>> The what's what's proposed on on the on
[56:40] the on the plans. Correct.
>> Yeah. So you get a net 40 ft all the way
[56:43] around. You know, it doesn't mean you
have to use it though, but you can go up
[56:46] to 40 ft. That's correct.
>> Any more discussion on that first
[56:49] amendment?
>> I agree with Trusty Randers and Trusty
[56:52] Leapor. The 30 ft is just from a
construction standpoint, it's still not
[56:56] really practical. So I think 40 ft would
give us give a little bit little bit
[57:00] more room to work in there and not put a
burden of a additional cost on the
[57:05] homeowner.
>> Okay. I like the I like that they
[57:09] changed it from 20 to 30. I appreciate
all the hard work that the uh committee
[57:13] and trustee shall put into it, all the
hard work, but uh I too agree that 40
[57:19] feet would be much better. Although I do
appreciate the 30. I was getting ready
[57:23] to concede with the 30, but I'll take
the 40.
[57:26] » All right, Madam Clerk, please. Oh,
Trusty Holeshouser.
[57:30] » Just for clarity. So
unless if you have a pool in your
[57:36] original site plan,
you could go 30 around the pool.
[57:41] » No.
>> No.
[57:42] » So you're saying no.
>> Not for the pool. I think it's the
[57:45] house.
>> Well, driveway.
[57:46] » The driveway and sidewalks.
>> I'm going to I'm going to call on Taylor
[57:52] or Mr. Gruba. One of
>> Yeah. So it's around Yep. Around the
[57:55] footprint. Thank you, Mayor. Around the
footprint of the house, the driveway,
[57:58] and the septic field, and that's it. So,
uh, sheds and pools would not be covered
[58:02] unless they're within that 40 foot. I
appreciate the clarity.
[58:06] » Okay.
>> On the first amendment, madam clerk,
[58:10] please call the role before someone else
speaks. I'm just kidding. Um, Trusty
[58:14] Shaller,
>> I.
[58:16] » Trusty Mason,
>> I.
[58:18] » Trusty Holleshouser,
>> I.
[58:20] » Trusty Leapor
>> I.
[58:22] » Trusty Mueller.
>> Hi.
[58:23] » Trusty Rinders.
>> I.
[58:25] » Okay, that first amendment passes.
Trusty Mason, do you have a second
[58:29] amendment? you would like to make?
I
[58:32] » can only do one.
>> No, you can't you can do more than one.
[58:35] » He's he's on deck.
>> Yeah, you I mean you're Thank you.
[58:38] » Is there something else?
>> Yes. Thank you, Madam May. I would also
[58:40] like to propose an amendment to this uh
ordinance to increase the minimum watt
[58:44] size from uh that would it's as it reads
now half acre every year until the year
[58:48] 203 or a halfacre every year until the
year 2032 where it stops at a half acre.
[58:53] You see that number at one acre?
>> So would you stop it at 2031 then? Wait,
[58:58] he's he's in the middle of a we got to
do a second before discussion. I'm so
[59:02] sorry. Is there a second?
>> Still 203.
[59:04] » I'll second the motion.
>> All right. Trusty Holleshouser, did you
[59:07] have a question?
>> Well, are we shortening the term from
[59:11] 2026 to 202031? So, it ends at the 1
acre, right? You know what I mean?
[59:16] » I would say yes. So, right.
>> You good?
[59:20] » I'm good with clarity. Trusty Mason, did
you have anything you want to say?
[59:23] » Um, no. I agree with uh Trusty Leaport
and uh Trusty Holouser. I believe that
[59:28] you're going to have to stop that in uh
203 uh1. Yeah.
[59:32] » At this point,
>> anybody
[59:34] » because of the way the breakdown that's
hearing.
[59:37] » Any more discussion? Madam clerk, please
call the role on the second amendment.
[59:43] » Trusty Holeshouser.
>> I.
[59:46] » Trusty Mueller.
>> I.
[59:49] » Trusty Leapor.
>> I.
[59:51] » Trusty Rinders.
>> Hi.
[59:52] » Trusty Mason.
>> Hi.
[59:54] » Trusty Sheller.
>> No.
[59:56] Motion carries.
>> So,
[59:59] I'm sorry.
>> Did you have a clarity or clarification?
[1:00:02] » Uh, just
from a point of clarification, I believe
[1:00:07] the motion that was made was to amend
chapter 138-5 to strike number six,
[1:00:14] which read that Janu as of January 1st,
2032, for all lots of par part parcels
[1:00:18] of land of a half acre but less than 1
acre.
[1:00:23] It was part of the tree ordinance. I
believe what the trustees did, what
[1:00:27] you're voting on is to strike that
provision which would still allow
[1:00:31] effective one through uh one through
five uh which would cover which would
[1:00:38] bring in um all lots and parcels of land
1 acre and above up to and including um
[1:00:44] 3 acres three or more acres,
right?
[1:00:48] » I would say so.
>> I believe that's correct. Yeah.
[1:00:50] » Yeah.
>> Yeah. Cuz you're just striking the last
[1:00:53] one. But I mean I guess from a point of
clarification, we have to make sure that
[1:00:56] we're amending the the actual ordinance
text the ordinance the correct way. And
[1:01:00] I believe where what trustee um uh with
what uh Leapor was addressing was that
[1:01:06] he did not want to have the threshold go
down to halfacre lots. Is that correct?
[1:01:11] » Right.
>> So the proper motion we can do a motion
[1:01:14] first. Can we do a motion? The proper
motion that we should make is a motion
[1:01:18] to strike that specific provision
bracket six which would bring the tree
[1:01:24] ordinance um into uh acres of a half
half acre in size. I think that's what
[1:01:30] you wanted to remove. Is that correct?
>> Yes. So, what we need to do, ma'am, is
[1:01:34] just for purposes of clarification do a
motion to reconsider what they
[1:01:38] previously just passed and let's let's
make the formal amendment and have it
[1:01:42] answer
>> the right way so that everybody knows
[1:01:44] what it is that we're talking about.
>> I like
[1:01:47] I'd like to make a motion to uh amend
bracket six,
[1:01:51] » reconsider. Just do a motion to
reconsider
[1:01:53] » the prior board's action.
>> The prior board's actions.
[1:01:55] » Is there a second? Okay. All in favor?
>> Opposed? Okay. And then so what you're
[1:02:02] going to do as you move to amend the
ordinance to strike chapter 138-5.
[1:02:14] Can you pull it up on the screen? What
where we're at with this? Like cuz I
[1:02:18] remember it was the one year two like
changing it from year to year.
[1:02:25] » It's so 138.
>> That's right. source chapter.
[1:02:30] » We don't have the ordinance um loaded on
here. Um where
[1:02:36] » um
>> yeah, if you would. Thanks, Taylor.
[1:02:43] » A
bracket six.
[1:02:48] So, we're going to amend chapter 138-5
B2A
[1:02:54] » to strike bracket six.
>> Got it. That's that's the only thing
[1:02:57] that you're doing which will move this
very difficult worded. So it's it's it's
[1:03:03] worked typically. So that's all you do.
You want to strike at six six and it's
[1:03:07] entirely
>> and then it'll die should be one two
[1:03:11] three four it dies at five. So, so what
you're what with how the ordinance to
[1:03:17] agreed is um lots or parcels of land one
acre
[1:03:23] one
>> because that's where you want to stop
[1:03:26] there.
>> Well, I know we're not on my
[1:03:30] » from here.
Go ahead.
[1:03:33] » I'd like to make a motion to amend
chapter 138-5B
[1:03:37] 2A to strike bracket six.
>> That's it.
[1:03:40] » I'll second the motion. Any further
discussion? Does everybody know what
[1:03:45] that is?
>> Okay, madam clerk, please. Oh, madam,
[1:03:49] can you go over one more time? What do
we exactly strike?
[1:03:52] » Uh, trusty sh, let me show you.
>> Well, can you just read it to the class
[1:03:56] so everybody knows?
[1:04:07] » Oh, there you go, Taylor. Squeeze it in
there. All right.
[1:04:13] Okay.
[1:04:17] » So, number six, January 1st, 2030 for
all. So, it ends at 2031
[1:04:22] and it ends at 1 acre and it does not go
to down to a half acre.
[1:04:27] » Correct.
>> So, no lot under one acre will be
[1:04:31] affected by this ordinance.
[1:04:36] as it stands up if the motion passes
that's how the ordinance will be in
[1:04:43] effect right now. Now there's nothing to
say that in the future the ordinance
[1:04:48] cannot be amended in the future. So you
know obviously it's up to the board to
[1:04:52] deliberate. There's a motion there's an
amendment a motion to an amend has been
[1:04:56] made. It's in the proper format in my
opinion. It's now up to the board to
[1:04:59] consider by way of debate.
>> I mean it can be changed all the way to
[1:05:03] a quarter acre down the road if people
wanted to. We're just at 2031.
[1:05:07] It will be revisited or could be the
average could be changed to a 10 by 10.
[1:05:12] » Okay.
>> But it's on him. It's it's on the floor
[1:05:15] for deliberation. So maybe have a whole
lot of
[1:05:18] » trusty sheller. Do you have any more
questions on that?
[1:05:21] » Just a debate
>> or debate
[1:05:25] friendly conversation.
>> I don't have anything friendly to say.
[1:05:28] No.
>> Oh boy.
[1:05:31] Okay. Trusty Mohler.
Uh, nothing at this time.
[1:05:37] » Trusty Rinders.
>> Nothing.
[1:05:39] » Anybody on the right side?
>> I think you did a great job, Trusty
[1:05:42] Sher. Thank you.
>> All right, madame clerk, please call the
[1:05:46] role on the second amendment.
>> Trusty Trusty Shaller.
[1:05:53] » No.
>> Trusty Mason.
[1:05:57] » Hi.
>> Trusty Holleshouser.
[1:06:00] » Hi.
>> Trusty Muller. Hi.
[1:06:04] Trusty Leapor
>> I.
[1:06:06] » Trusty Rinders
>> I.
[1:06:08] » Motion carries.
>> Okay. And
[1:06:11] » just one final comment
>> comment or amendment.
[1:06:15] » You're not making any environment
friends tonight.
[1:06:17] » No, I I I'm not going to pretend to be a
tree guy, but I will say this. Um there
[1:06:22] is also a provision here that residents
could be brought to adjudication in
[1:06:27] certain instances. And I would say it
would be a sad day um if we're bringing
[1:06:31] residents to adjudication for chopping
down trees. Um but but besides that, I
[1:06:36] would commend Trusty Sher and the
environmental committee for uh
[1:06:40] attempting to put together the best tree
ordinance possible. Thank you.
[1:06:45] » Is there a second for the third
amendment?
[1:06:49] » Oh, you're not making an amendment. Oh,
you're not making amendment. Oh, okay. I
[1:06:52] was just making a statement. Not
>> my favorite thing in in the text, but it
[1:06:56] was more of a comment a statement.
[1:07:00] Okay. Is there a motion now to approve
the original motion as amended
[1:07:06] for both of them?
>> I'll make a motion to approve as amended
[1:07:11] both.
>> I'll second.
[1:07:12] » Okay. Any more discussion on this? Okay.
Madame clerk, please call the role.
[1:07:20] » Trusty Mason.
>> I.
[1:07:22] » Trusty Rinders.
>> I.
[1:07:25] » Trusty Leaport.
>> I. Trusty Shaller
[1:07:30] » pass.
>> Trusty Mueller
[1:07:32] » I.
>> Trusty Hollesshouser
[1:07:34] » I.
>> Trusty Shaller
[1:07:37] » I.
>> Motion carries.
[1:07:42] » Okay. I see some smiles out there. So,
okay. All right. All right. So, next
[1:07:48] we're on item three. L3.
>> Yes, ma'am. Consider for approval the
[1:07:52] purchase of Civic Plus agenda and
meeting solution for the initial
[1:07:55] 12-month investment of $14,98
and annual reoccurring renewal fee in
[1:08:00] the amount of $9,233.
Is there a motion?
[1:08:02] » I'll make that motion.
>> Trusty Shaller, Trusty Rinders. Trusty
[1:08:06] Sheller.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um, this was
[1:08:09] brought forth by uh our clerk and our
deputy clerk regarding the time that our
[1:08:16] village staff puts into these agendas.
As you could see here, probably 400
[1:08:22] pages and definitely not earth friendly
by printing this all out constantly. Um,
[1:08:29] in order to make our village work
[1:08:35] smoother, this is a
uh software that we already have through
[1:08:41] Civic Plus, which is the company that
does our website.
[1:08:46] Um, this software and management
solution module will make life for our
[1:08:53] clerk and our village staff much easier
as they're putting their time and effort
[1:08:58] in to board packets that
change up to the minute of before going
[1:09:05] to a uh to the board. So, I'm I'm all
for this. Um, I hope it makes life much
[1:09:11] easier and it gives our staff added time
to do other tasks other than printing
[1:09:19] agendas.
>> Trusty Rangers.
[1:09:22] » Um, I agree 100% with uh Trusty Sheller.
Uh, this is definitely going to free up
[1:09:27] a lot of time for our staff. They spent
literally three days putting this packet
[1:09:32] together and it's a collaboration of and
it's time away from other things that
[1:09:36] they could be doing. Any more
discussion? Madame clerk, please call
[1:09:40] the role.
>> Trusty Sheller. I
[1:09:42] » trusty Rinders. Hi.
>> Trusty Mason. Hi.
[1:09:45] » Laor. Hi.
>> Trusty Muller. Hi.
[1:09:47] » Trusty Holless Houser.
>> I.
[1:09:48] » Motion carries. Number four, consider
for approval of professional service
[1:09:51] agreement with Robertson Engineering for
additional engineering services for the
[1:09:55] village's Cedar Road extension in the
amount of $98,600. Is there a motion?
[1:10:02] » I'll make that motion.
>> Trusty Leapour. Is there a second?
[1:10:04] Second. Trusty Mason. Trusty Laapour.
[1:10:09] No issues with this. Thank you,
>> Trusty Mason.
[1:10:11] » We're actually going to be saving some
money because um
[1:10:15] the uh grant funding that we had prior
um covers approximately 78% of this. So,
[1:10:21] I'm all for this.
>> Any more discussion? Uh, mayor, just to
[1:10:26] make a note here, uh, we had to actually
with this project, we had to reroute the
[1:10:31] project because, uh, we could not get
the the land rights from Giggrren Henry.
[1:10:36] So, we had to reroute it and that's the
reason for this additional charge.
[1:10:40] » Understood. Madam clerk, please call the
role.
[1:10:43] » Trusty Leapor,
>> I.
[1:10:44] » Trusty Mason,
>> hi.
[1:10:45] » Trusty Sheller,
>> I.
[1:10:47] » Trusty Holleshouser,
>> I.
[1:10:49] » Trusty Mueller,
>> hi.
[1:10:50] » Trusty Rinders,
>> I.
[1:10:52] » Motion carries. Number five, consider
for approval resolution number 26-020
[1:10:56] authorizing an intergovernmental
agreement for the participation in the
[1:10:59] Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network
IPWM. Is there a motion? Trusty Mason,
[1:11:04] is there a second?
>> I'll second.
[1:11:05] » Trusty Muller, any discussion?
>> Um, Director Woods brought this to our
[1:11:11] attention. Um, it's a mutual aid
network. Uh, counties and, uh,
[1:11:16] municipalities come together to help
each other in time of disaster. I know
[1:11:20] that uh our EMA had helped uh some other
suburbs just recently doing same sort of
[1:11:26] thing and um I would hope that somebody
would come to RA if we need it. So
[1:11:30] absolutely I'm for this.
>> Um would anybody be willing to entertain
[1:11:35] an amendment to say upon attorney
review?
[1:11:38] » I will.
>> I'll make that motion.
[1:11:41] » Second by Trusty Riners.
>> Uh all in favor on the amendment. Can I
[1:11:47] do that? Yeah.
>> I have.
[1:11:48] » Okay. All in favor on the amendment to
say upon attorney review.
[1:11:52] » I
>> oppose. Okay. Trusty Rangers, did you
[1:11:55] have anything?
>> Uh yes. Actually, uh Director Woods
[1:11:57] asked me to uh read a little bit about
uh this organization and um IPW
[1:12:05] is a statewide mutual aid organization
specifically designed for public works
[1:12:09] agencies. Its purpose is to provide an
organized system through which member
[1:12:14] agencies can request personnel
equipment, technical assistance, and
[1:12:19] other resources when an emergency or
unusual event exceeds the capabilities
[1:12:24] of the local agency. IPWM
currently consists of a hundreds of
[1:12:29] public agencies throughout the state of
Illinois. While the village maintains
[1:12:33] the personal and equipment necessary for
a normal public work public workers
[1:12:38] operation I can't talk either for public
works operations. No municipality can
[1:12:44] reasonably maintain enough specialized
equipment personnel and backup resources
[1:12:49] to independently handle every potential
large-scale emergency. membership
[1:12:54] provides Homer Glenn with another layer
of emergency preparedness without
[1:12:59] recruiting the village to purchase and
requiring the village to purchase and
[1:13:03] maintain equipment that may only be
needed during the time of emergency. And
[1:13:08] basically um when we had these four
storms, if we were a member of this,
[1:13:13] there would have been people coming from
other agencies to help us with this. So
[1:13:18] um they actually they the this agency
actually stepped up in Manhattan and
[1:13:23] their trees 4 days the whole town was
cleared in 4 days. So I think this is
[1:13:31] going to be a benefit to the village. Um
I think the the uh membership is
[1:13:35] $250,000 I'm sorry $250 a year and um
actually right now we would only pay
[1:13:42] like 130 because it's mid year so or
towards the end of the year. So, it's
[1:13:47] all there.
>> Okay. Any more discussion?
[1:13:50] » This type of thing is very common in law
enforcement and the fire service. It's
[1:13:53] just it makes sense that public works
does the same thing.
[1:13:58] » Anybody else? Madam clerk, please call
the role.
[1:14:00] » Bob, who's
>> Oh, Bob.
[1:14:02] » No, I'm good, Madam Mayor.
>> So, we're going to we need a Yeah.
[1:14:05] motion of Please call the role on the
motion as amended.
[1:14:11] » Trusty Mason.
>> Hi,
[1:14:14] » Trusty Muller. I
>> trusty Hollesshouser.
[1:14:16] » Hi,
>> Trusty Rinders.
[1:14:17] » Hi,
>> Rusty Sheller. Hi,
[1:14:19] » Trusty Leaport.
>> Hi.
[1:14:20] » Motion carries. Number six, consider for
approval of professional services
[1:14:23] contract for video production and
digital media support of an inaugural
[1:14:28] Homer Glenn restaurant week January 22nd
to February 7th, 2027 in the amount of
[1:14:33] $6,600 from EyeSight Studios. Is there a
motion?
[1:14:36] » I'll make that motion.
>> Trusty Leapor. Is there a second?
[1:14:39] » I'll second.
>> Trusty Riners. Any discussion? I would
[1:14:42] like to say uh the um this motion will
I'm sorry this this this ordinance will
[1:14:47] allow the first uh restaurant week that
we are going to be hosting to be a
[1:14:51] success. We need the u advertising the
personnel on the ground to uh really get
[1:14:56] the this uh this this in front of our
residents and and let everyone know what
[1:15:00] we're actually doing. Um we haven't done
this anything like this before in our
[1:15:02] village's history. And as head of the
economic development committee, I I'm
[1:15:05] looking forward to our inaugural
restaurant week. And with the assistance
[1:15:10] and from Highlight Studios, I feel like
we will be able to get uh the word out
[1:15:13] there and and put some good production
together and hopefully make this a
[1:15:16] tremendous success. We can repeat year
after year. Thank you.
[1:15:20] » Um just real quick, I don't see the
attorney's writer in here. Um do you
[1:15:25] guys were you guys aware of the writer
beforehand? Cuz I I don't I don't see it
[1:15:30] in the packet, but
>> Yeah, I don't see it. Mhm. Uh there may
[1:15:34] I Yeah.
>> Uh there was a rider that was prepared
[1:15:36] uh by me. Um I did provide it to
director patch before she left for her
[1:15:42] vacation. So it just might have been um
lost in the shuffle of putting the
[1:15:46] packet together. But there is a rider uh
that includes all the villages terms and
[1:15:50] conditions which would supersede any
conditions or terms that um the proposal
[1:15:55] indicates.
>> So we don't need to amend the motion
[1:15:57] because it's all included anyways. It's
included in the it's included in the
[1:16:01] actual agreement because the person that
will decide if it's an agreement
[1:16:04] obviously is me. I'm I'm your legal
counsel. So that the agreement in its
[1:16:08] entirety included our writer which is
not there.
[1:16:10] » So everybody's aware. Okay.
>> So just for clarification
[1:16:16] I studios has approved the rider from
the village
[1:16:19] » that I don't know. All right. So,
okay. I I don't know how you could go
[1:16:26] forward with it with this without that.
If if we're going to approve that and
[1:16:30] they don't approve of the rider, we
can't we can't execute this agreement.
[1:16:34] » No, you're not. You're and and you're
not you're the agreement the agreement
[1:16:37] will constitute the rider. My my ride
the writer that we put together, which
[1:16:41] is pretty standard that we use for
vendors and for folks that are providing
[1:16:46] any services for us, that becomes
attached to it. Um it's it's missing in
[1:16:52] this particular instance and I don't
know why
[1:16:55] » I mean we have time if you want to put
it on the next agenda you can always
[1:16:58] table it but I mean
>> it's up to you guys. Uh trusty Riners
[1:17:02] you made the second.
>> Um well the only thing that mayor is
[1:17:05] that u I I know that we've been talking
in in one of our next items is uh about
[1:17:10] uh public relations. Um, but I I thought
it was necessary to move forward with
[1:17:15] this with before we chose only because
of the time frame because it's going to
[1:17:19] take them a lot of time to interview all
of the restaurants within Homer Glenn.
[1:17:24] So, that was the only reason why I said
I we approved this in ANF knowing that
[1:17:29] we were going to be moving forward with
a public relations firm
[1:17:32] » in ANF. Did you have the writer?
>> Uh, we did. It was it was it was
[1:17:37] approved by the attorney.
>> I thought it was attached. May I make a
[1:17:40] recommendation? Why don't we just
include the language subject to the
[1:17:42] review and approval of the village
attorney?
[1:17:44] » Um I know that you I think everybody
here knows that I will not
[1:17:49] » it will not be approved by me unless
there's a writer that's appropriate that
[1:17:51] that's attached to it.
>> We all know
[1:17:53] » we know
>> trustee Leapour, you made the motion. Do
[1:17:56] you want to amend your motion to say
upon returning review?
[1:17:59] » Yeah, I'd like to amend
>> subject to the review and approval of
[1:18:02] the village attorney.
>> I'd like to uh make an amendment a
[1:18:04] motion for an amendment subject to
review of the village attorney.
[1:18:07] » I'll second.
>> Okay. Any discussion on the amendment?
[1:18:10] Hearing none. Madam clerk, please call
the role on the amendment.
[1:18:13] Trustee.
>> All in favor?
[1:18:15] » I I.
>> All right. Any more discussion? Sorry.
[1:18:19] » No. All right. Now, madam clerk, please
call the motion. Please call the role on
[1:18:23] the motion as amended.
>> Trusty Leaport.
[1:18:26] » I.
>> Trusty Rinders.
[1:18:27] » I.
>> Trusty Muller.
[1:18:29] » Hi.
>> Trusty Holleshouser.
[1:18:30] » I.
>> Trusty Sheller.
[1:18:32] » I.
>> Trusty Mason.
[1:18:33] » I.
>> Motion carries. All right. Now that
[1:18:35] that's done, number seven, consider for
approval the selection and retention of
[1:18:39] one or more of the following public
relation firms. Markee Marketing, RUD
[1:18:44] Resources, and Public Communications,
Inc. as recommended by ACS to assist in
[1:18:50] the public outreach information and
messaging. Is there a motion?
[1:18:54] » I'll make the motion.
>> Trusty Mason, is there a second?
[1:18:57] » Trusty Mohler. Trusty Mason.
>> Um,
[1:19:01] I think this is something that's needed.
I think uh we we want to be open and
[1:19:05] transparent and uh have communications
with our um residents and uh I had
[1:19:12] mentioned uh prior that I thought this
was necessary and uh I think it's just a
[1:19:17] matter of selecting the right company.
>> Are you selecting one today or are you
[1:19:21] selecting one of the three?
>> I would say number three if it was up to
[1:19:23] me. I think I said that in the past.
>> You have to if you want to include that
[1:19:27] in your motion to say I would like to
accept this person. a motion to include
[1:19:31] public communications incorporated in my
motion.
[1:19:34] » So that's an amendment. Trusty Muller,
you made the second.
[1:19:37] » Oh, no. I had a
>> You got to Someone's got to make a
[1:19:43] motion.
>> I'll make I'll make
[1:19:45] » You're going to second Trusty Mason's.
>> Okay. Now discussion on the amendments.
[1:19:52] comparative with the number of social
media platforms and all the information,
[1:19:58] a lot of it being false that we're
constantly on the defensive about. Um, I
[1:20:04] really think a firm that would get out
in front, put our clear, concise message
[1:20:08] out to the residents is is imperative in
today's day and age.
[1:20:13] » Trusty Mason, did you have anything you
wanted to add to that?
[1:20:16] » No. Um, there's multiple a multitude of
reasons why we need to get a PR firm in
[1:20:22] here. Um, I think, uh, I think it'll
assist our own staff. I think it's going
[1:20:28] to, um, put the information out there
quicker, faster, uh, more efficiently.
[1:20:35] Um, I I just think there's so many
reasons for this.
[1:20:38] » Trusty Rinders.
>> Um, I tend to agree.
[1:20:42] » Trusty Sheller,
>> I agree. I believe it's also imperative
[1:20:48] for our econ economic development. Um
[1:20:54] we as the village aren't just looking to
um
[1:20:59] move forward with just any development.
We're very selective and and and
[1:21:04] surgical with what we want to bring in
the town. And I think through uh PCI and
[1:21:11] and selling the village, not just
locally but nationally to bring specific
[1:21:19] development companies forward and and
and showcase what we have here at Homer
[1:21:26] Glenn. Uh I think it's important to move
uh forward.
[1:21:29] » Trusty Holleshouser,
>> I tend to agree with Trusty Sheller. Um,
[1:21:34] you know, clear resident education,
spokesperson support, and coordinated
[1:21:38] public outreach is, you know, touches
them all for me.
[1:21:41] » Jesse Laapour,
>> agree with my fellow trustees. I think
[1:21:45] this is something we've been working
toward and something that's long
[1:21:47] overdue. Thank you.
>> Just a reminder, Trusty Mason's
[1:21:49] amendment was to select number three,
which is Public Communications, Inc.
[1:21:54] That's what the amendment is that we're
voting on. So, Madame Clerk, please call
[1:21:58] the role on the amendment to the motion.
You guys are really making me work
[1:22:05] today.
>> Trusty Mason.
[1:22:06] » Hi.
>> Trusty Mueller.
[1:22:08] » Hi.
>> Trusty Laapour.
[1:22:10] » Hi.
>> Trusty Rinders.
[1:22:12] » Hi.
>> Trusty Sheller.
[1:22:13] » Hi.
>> Trusty Holleshauser.
[1:22:14] » Hi.
>> Okay. Amendment passes. Now, um, can you
[1:22:18] please call the role on the motion as
amended?
[1:22:22] » Trusty Sheller.
>> I.
[1:22:24] » Trusty Mason.
>> Hi.
[1:22:25] » Trusty Rinders.
>> Hi.
[1:22:27] » Trusty Leapor.
>> Hi.
[1:22:28] » Trusty Muller.
>> Hi.
[1:22:29] » Psalm.
>> Hi.
[1:22:30] » Motion carries. Okay. Number eight,
consider for approval resolution number
[1:22:35] 26-021 approving the following executive
session minutes. April 8th, 2026,
[1:22:42] April 22nd, 2026, May 13, 2026, and May
27th, 2026. The executive session
[1:22:47] minutes still require confidential
treatment and not to be released. Is
[1:22:50] there a motion?
>> I'll make the motion.
[1:22:53] » Trusty Mason, then Trusty Rinders. Any
discussion?
[1:22:56] » No, ma'am.
>> No, ma'am.
[1:22:58] » Hearing none, madam clerk, please call
the role.
[1:23:00] » Trusty Mason. Hi.
>> Trusty Sheller.
[1:23:03] » Hi,
>> Ryers. Hi,
[1:23:04] » Rusty Mueller. Hi,
>> Rusty Lefor. Hi,
[1:23:07] » Holouser.
>> Hi.
[1:23:08] » Motion carries. Moving on to workshop.
Seeming there is none, we have old
[1:23:11] business. Um, I hope that this since uh
Mr. Wescott is no longer an employee at
[1:23:19] the village, I'm hoping that the update
regarding Long Run Creek does not go to
[1:23:22] the wayside. So, if we can appoint a
staff member to keep us updated on Long
[1:23:26] Run Creek, that would be greatly
appreciated.
[1:23:30] Is there any new business
hearing? None. Is there a motion to go
[1:23:34] into executive session for the purpose
of discussion regarding personnel,
[1:23:37] discussion regarding pending and ongoing
litigation, discussion regarding public
[1:23:41] utilities, discussion regarding real
estate acquisition and real estate
[1:23:45] sales, and five executive session
minutes. Is there a motion?
[1:23:48] » I'll make that motion. Trusty Riner.
Trusty Mason. All in favor? I I
[1:23:54] » Thank you.
[1:24:04] Trusty Mason
>> present.
[1:24:06] » Trusty Rinders
>> present.
[1:24:08] » Trusty Muller
>> present.
[1:24:09] » Trusty Leapor
>> present.
[1:24:10] » Trusty Shaller
>> Trusty Holeshouser
[1:24:14] » present.
>> Mayor Nice Troy.
[1:24:17] » Uh, no action was taken. Is there a
motion?
[1:24:20] » I'll make the motion. All
>> in favor?
[1:24:23] » Nobody here.