[0:00] Oh, here we go.
[0:02] » There he is.
[0:04] » We're rising for the pledge.
[0:09] » Pledge to the flag of the United States
[0:12] of America and to the republic for which
[0:15] it stands, one nation under God,
[0:18] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:20] for all.
[0:30] Okay, if you um let's take a moment of
[0:32] silence and maybe reflect on um Senator
[0:35] Green.
[0:49] Okay. Would you like to call? All right.
[0:52] We have Cynthia or Cynthia Lumbard is
[0:56] present. Tammy O'Brien's uh on vacation.
[1:00] All right.
[1:01] » Supervisor Stylin
[1:03] » Present.
[1:04] » Clerk O'Brien is absent. Trustee Gray
[1:07] » Present.
[1:08] » Trustee Marson
[1:09] » Present.
[1:10] » Trustee Melody
[1:11] » Present.
[1:11] » Trustee Severs
[1:12] » Present.
[1:14] » Assessor
[1:15] Mela
[1:16] » Present.
[1:17] » Highway Commissioner Robinson
[1:19] » Present. And we also have present the
[1:22] attorney Jason
[1:24] » Gisinger.
[1:25] » Thank you.
[1:28] » Okay. Uh any public comment?
[1:31] » No public.
[1:32] » Seeing no public. We'll move along. Uh
[1:34] approval of minutes for May 11th, 2026.
[1:39] Okay. Have a motion.
[1:42] » I'll make a motion. Trusty Merson. I
[1:46] will second. Trusty Seers. Any
[1:54] discussion?
[2:00] » Okay. Hearing none, please call the
[2:02] role.
[2:04] » Trustee Gray.
[2:06] » Hi.
[2:07] » Trusty Marson.
[2:08] » Hi.
[2:08] » Trusty Melody.
[2:10] » I.
[2:10] » Trusty Severs.
[2:11] » Hi.
[2:12] » Supervisor Styl.
[2:13] » Hi.
[2:14] » Motion carries.
[2:18] And then the approval of minutes for
[2:19] June 15th and I had removed those um
[2:24] from the packet because I thought that
[2:26] that might have been a draft copy or
[2:28] there's some changes that might need to
[2:30] be made. So do we do since it's on the
[2:33] agenda, do I need to table that?
[2:35] » You can just move past it.
[2:36] » Okay, we'll just move it to the next.
[2:38] » Okay, [snorts]
[2:40] on the next agenda. All right. Reports
[2:42] from township officials and we could
[2:45] hear from Trusty Marson.
[2:47] Uh yeah, I just hit one thing. Uh
[2:51] tomorrow, July 14th, uh the IC is
[2:55] holding a public forum for Illinois
[2:57] American water customers regarding the
[2:59] $142 million rate increase. Uh this is
[3:03] being held at the Bowling Brook
[3:06] Community Center. The address is 2011
[3:10] Canerberry Lane in Bowling Brook. Uh
[3:15] it's from 7 to 9:00.
[3:17] Uh they had this a couple years ago, I
[3:19] think about two years ago, and I did
[3:22] attend. So if you plan on attending, I'd
[3:24] recommend getting there early because if
[3:26] you get there at 7:00,
[3:28] uh chances are all the seats will be
[3:31] taken. So I think it's going to be a big
[3:34] event. Uh if you cannot attend, you can
[3:38] submit public comment to the Illinois
[3:41] Commerce Commission docket portal or you
[3:44] can call 1 8005240795
[3:51] and that's all you have.
[3:53] » Thank you. And Trusty Severs, no report.
[3:57] » Trusty Greg,
[3:59] » Um I'd just like to say two things. One
[4:01] is the salute to the veterans that we
[4:03] had on the uh June 28th at Homer Fest.
[4:05] It was a great success. Uh everybody did
[4:07] a great job. It was hot. Everybody got
[4:09] along well. Um it was well attended, I
[4:11] thought, not really having been at one
[4:13] of those previously. Um and it went off
[4:16] without a hitch. So, thanks for every
[4:17] everybody's help and uh thanks to
[4:19] everybody who came out. And the uh only
[4:21] other thing I have is that um Old Oak
[4:23] just put up their sign. They are 100
[4:25] years old now.
[4:26] » Old Oak uh Country Club up on 143rd in
[4:29] um Parker. So, congratulations, Glenn.
[4:32] Of course, we're 190 years old, right?
[4:34] We're in the wrong building for that,
[4:36] but uh our 190th year here at the
[4:38] township and their 100th year. So,
[4:40] congratulations to them.
[4:43] » Hey, Trusty Melody.
[4:44] » Uh nothing for me.
[4:46] » All right. And the clerk is not here.
[4:49] And Highway Commissioner Robinson?
[4:52] » Probably nothing.
[4:54] » Okay. And Assess Morela?
[4:56] » Not nothing this month.
[4:58] » Okay.
[5:00] And um mine is light. Um I wanted to say
[5:03] thank you to the veterans committee. Um
[5:06] that was a very nice job on the salute
[5:08] to the veterans. Trusty Severs and
[5:11] Trusty Gray are and trusty Marson are
[5:14] all on that committee.
[5:15] » And um uh just a reminder since we the
[5:20] clerk is not here, we have bingo
[5:22] tomorrow at Crosset Blurry. It's going
[5:23] to be a very hot day. Um but we are in
[5:26] an air conditioned facility and I know
[5:29] that they have some fun things. The
[5:30] committee has some votes but fun things
[5:32] planned for that event.
[5:34] Also, uh, we have these on the table
[5:38] here and, um, at the counter. It's
[5:42] called guide will. Will will county is
[5:44] looking for input to shape Will County's
[5:46] future. And I really like to encourage
[5:50] people or residents to
[5:52] uh, respond to these things. When we
[5:54] have situations like 143rd Street come
[5:57] up and everybody says, "Well, nobody
[5:58] ever asked me or I never got have a
[6:01] say." This is a chance to always let the
[6:03] county know. um your thoughts.
[6:06] » Is that on our website?
[6:07] » Uh it will be
[6:11] » And also on that same note, which is not
[6:14] on the website yet, but it will be um
[6:16] hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday at the
[6:18] latest, the senior expo will take place
[6:21] on September 12th, Saturday. And so we
[6:24] have packets available for anyone who
[6:26] wants to exhibit at the expo. And I'm
[6:30] going to give a plug to the villages
[6:32] restaurant program. It's goes from June
[6:36] 29th. Well, it's from now until July
[6:38] 20th. And a lot of residents in Homer
[6:41] got these in the mail. We have extra
[6:43] copies here at our counter. So, even if
[6:46] you're not a resident, you can pick up a
[6:47] copy. And there's some really good
[6:49] coupons in here for the restaurants.
[6:52] And other than that, I don't
[6:53] [clears throat] have anything else to
[6:55] report.
[6:57] So, we'll move on to action items
[7:01] and uh approval of payment for the June
[7:05] 2026 bills.
[7:08] » I'll make a motion to approve payment of
[7:10] the June 2026 bills.
[7:14] » Trusty Gray,
[7:14] » I will second that motion to approve the
[7:17] payment of the June 2026 bills. And
[7:19] » Trusty Melody,
[7:23] » Any discussion?
[7:25] Hearing
[7:32] none, would you like to call the RO?
[7:35] » Sure.
[7:37] » Trustee Gray.
[7:38] » Hi.
[7:39] » Trustee Marson.
[7:40] » Hi.
[7:41] » Trustee Melody.
[7:42] » Hi.
[7:42] » Trustee Sever.
[7:43] » Hi.
[7:44] » Supervisor Stylin.
[7:45] » I.
[7:45] » The motion carries.
[7:50] Next on the agenda is approval of the
[7:52] air conditioner and furnace purchase and
[7:54] installation for town hall. And that is
[7:58] why we are meeting here tonight because
[8:00] the uh air conditioning and furnace at
[8:03] town hall are at least uh 20 years old
[8:06] and the air conditioning is not
[8:07] operating there. So I would like a
[8:10] motion to approve the purchase. Um what
[8:14] I did here in the packet is I included
[8:17] um all the quotes
[8:20] and so I would like to ask for um a
[8:23] purchase and installation of the furnace
[8:25] and AC that's the train unit from M &D
[8:28] heating and cooling for the amount of
[8:30] $8,720.
[8:33] I'll make the motion receivers
[8:36] » Second and trusty gr.
[8:40] » Okay. Any discussion?
[8:44] » Did you guys put together a because I'm
[8:46] looking and they're all
[8:48] all different. Did you guys put together
[8:50] like a spec or something for this when
[8:52] you went to get prices or did you just
[8:55] have people come out and look at what
[8:57] you have and they all came up with
[8:58] something different?
[8:59] » Uh well, they all pretty much came up
[9:01] with like a 4 ton air conditioner. They
[9:04] might have recommended a different unit.
[9:06] » Mhm.
[9:07] » Um but that's right. It was because it
[9:09] was somewhat of an emergency to put
[9:11] together.
[9:11] » I'm just curious.
[9:12] » Yeah,
[9:12] » Not that it matters.
[9:13] » And so we were looking for the um
[9:17] expertise of what they had to say. Um
[9:21] I did check for Consumer Reports to see
[9:24] what how they rated the uh air
[9:27] conditioners and um air American
[9:30] Standard and Train have the best
[9:32] ratings. But um
[9:36] » A couple of the at least a couple of the
[9:38] contractors actually were on site.
[9:39] » That's where the pictures come from in
[9:41] the back, isn't it?
[9:42] » Yes.
[9:42] » Some of the pictures um and so they were
[9:45] probably replacing light for like size
[9:48] tonnage and uh BTUs.
[9:51] » So the differences is in the BT use is
[9:54] probably what you're looking at that's
[9:55] all over the place.
[9:55] » Yeah. just the different things and you
[9:58] know some of them put in gave you like
[10:00] four different prices based on different
[10:02] things and it's just weird that's all
[10:06] » I'm always willing to entertain your
[10:08] expertise. Well, I just that's why you
[10:11] » You would normally say we're looking for
[10:13] this unit with this rating and this, you
[10:16] know, and I was surprised that you stuck
[10:18] with the 80% efficiency knowing how
[10:21] efficient, you know,
[10:23] » Energy efficient or environmentally.
[10:26] » Yeah, that's all.
[10:27] » Well, it was explained to me, and you
[10:29] can correct me if I'm wrong, that um
[10:33] like aund Yeah, the 120,000 unit was
[10:36] 80%. I thought that that one
[10:39] They're all 80% units. It's just only
[10:41] one.
[10:41] » Well, the one the American standard was
[10:43] 80,000 BTU, but it was 96% right
[10:46] » Efficient, which was the way it was
[10:48] explained to me. That's about the same
[10:50] as
[10:51] » The 100,000 at 80%.
[10:53] » I was just curious. So, um,
[10:55] » But John would
[10:58] I mean, how do we use that building that
[11:01] much for
[11:03] » Being a 90 96% BTU compared to% go on
[11:07] and off when the uh when we're not in
[11:09] it?
[11:10] » The only difference is the 80% is the
[11:12] the steel flu chimney kind of thing and
[11:15] the 96% is the plastic pipe. They're
[11:18] just
[11:19] » Just it's just an efficiency rating.
[11:21] That's all. I was just I was just
[11:24] curious how we came up with what we
[11:25] asked for it then. So
[11:29] » So the one one um the one with the train
[11:33] they even said that we didn't need even
[11:34] a four ton we could get by with a three
[11:37] and a half ton but
[11:42] » Yeah so to make apples to apples we went
[11:45] with you tons. So um and then we were
[11:49] looking at price as well.
[11:53] Train is a good brand. Um I've heard of
[11:56] them many they come well recommended.
[11:58] They're $2,500 less. I always like that.
[12:01] So I think this and and that those uh
[12:05] those units in there are so old. I went
[12:07] stopped there and saw them. They are
[12:09] real. The uh furnace looks like it's
[12:12] from the 70s probably. So um it is time
[12:15] for them to be replaced. They are end of
[12:16] life. No doubt.
[12:22] Any other comments? Did you have
[12:23] anything?
[12:25] » No.
[12:26] » Several.
[12:31] » Yes.
[12:32] » All right.
[12:33] » Trustee Gray.
[12:34] » Hi.
[12:35] » Trustee Marson.
[12:36] » Hi.
[12:36] » Trustee Melody.
[12:37] » Hi.
[12:38] » Trustee Sever.
[12:39] » Hi.
[12:39] » Supervisor Stylin.
[12:41] » Hi.
[12:42] » The motion carries.
[12:46] So, after the install, can you make sure
[12:47] the assessment office knows so we can
[12:49] take some pictures?
[12:51] » Oh, when when it's all done.
[12:53] » Okay.
[12:53] » Make sure we got value on that.
[12:55] » Okay. All right.
[12:56] » It's going to kick up our assessment.
[12:59] » No, you guys are text, but if you guys
[13:00] ever decide to sell, we have to have a
[13:02] value on.
[13:03] » Okay. Well, you don't look at it before
[13:05] you sell or no.
[13:07] » Yeah.
[13:07] » Yeah.
[13:07] » Okay.
[13:08] » We do. [clears throat]
[13:10] » All right. We will remember that.
[13:13] it. From what I understand, they've been
[13:15] in there a long time. [laughter] I asked
[13:17] the questions.
[13:19] » Yeah.
[13:22] Okay. All right. So, moving on. Um
[13:26] business uh community center update.
[13:30] Uh we're waiting for confirmation. Um
[13:33] having some discussion with the granters
[13:35] just to uh we do have a quote for um the
[13:40] septic um ready to go in. So, we just
[13:43] want to make sure that we're going to
[13:44] get payment and then have the attorney
[13:46] look at the the contract and then it'll
[13:48] have to come to the board and we may
[13:52] choose to have a special meeting to get
[13:54] that done [clears throat]
[13:55] get the get the uh installation started
[13:58] quicker.
[14:00] And um
[14:03] just uh just another note, our tenant um
[14:07] at the house at the rental house that's
[14:09] right by the uh community center
[14:11] building was very kind and um seedbombed
[14:17] the little median strip and around the
[14:20] building um with flower seeds and they
[14:23] are now starting to bloom. So try to
[14:26] make that look a little bit better if
[14:27] you drive by and take a look. And that
[14:30] should they should stay in bloom until
[14:32] um fall till it freeze.
[14:35] » What?
[14:36] » Okay.
[14:37] » The only thing to make that building
[14:38] look better was to be actual bomb.
[14:41] » Okay.
[14:43] » Well, we're trying. Okay. Um and then on
[14:46] to new business. I I don't have any new
[14:49] um Will County Will County zoning cases
[14:53] to report on, but the one that we last
[14:57] month we did a resolution to object to
[15:01] the um the Badger Daylighting um plan to
[15:07] uh reszone the property from C2 to C4
[15:10] and R2 to C4. the uh it went before the
[15:15] plan commission at the county and they
[15:19] voted to approve it with a four to three
[15:21] vote and then it went to the land use
[15:24] committee and they at first tabled it
[15:27] for one meeting because the um the mayor
[15:31] of Homer Glenn and Badger thought that
[15:33] they could maybe look for another site.
[15:35] The mayor thought there would be another
[15:36] site, but the owner of that property
[15:39] wanted more money than Badger was
[15:42] willing to pay. So, um, at the second
[15:47] Will County land use meeting, they, um,
[15:51] did side with us, it was a vote of 4 to
[15:54] three to not recommend
[15:57] the reszoning, but and then it goes to
[15:59] the full board on this Thursday. and the
[16:03] village of Homer Glenn did file a legal
[16:06] objection which now forces a
[16:09] supermajority vote. So if anyone is
[16:12] interested uh that meeting is at 9 or
[16:16] 9:30 on Thursday at the um county vote.
[16:20] » So what do they need for super majority?
[16:23] » It's like they need like 17 votes of
[16:25] » 22 seats, right? 66% I think is what
[16:29] they have to have for super majority.
[16:32] So, um, and so if you're interested in
[16:35] sending a letter to the county board
[16:37] members or have anything for me to
[16:39] communicate, I'd be happy to hear as
[16:42] well.
[16:44] All right. Um, and then that is really
[16:47] all we have on this agenda. So, I would
[16:51] like to go to a closed session um with
[16:55] an executive session pursuant to section
[16:57] two C2 of the Open Meetings Act 5
[17:01] ILCS120/2C2
[17:04] to discuss collective negotiating
[17:06] matters between the township and its
[17:08] employees or their representatives.
[17:11] Can I have a motion for that?
[17:13] » I'll make that motion.
[17:14] » I'll second. Trusty Melody and
[17:18] Trusty Marson.
[17:23] Do we can we just do all in favor?
[17:25] » You need a roll call to go. Roll call.
[17:27] Okay.
[17:28] » Trusty Greg.
[17:28] » Hi.
[17:29] » Trusty Marson.
[17:30] » Hi.
[17:30] » Trustee Melody.
[17:31] » Hi.
[17:32] » Trustee Severs.
[17:33] » Hi.
[17:33] » Supervisor Stylin.
[17:35] » Hi.
[17:36] » Motion carries.
[17:41] So, we're not adjourning the meeting,
[17:42] but I'm going to have to ask