[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] » 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

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