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[0:09]
Welcome to the village board meeting of
August 25th. Please join us in our
[0:13]
pledge of allegiance.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
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republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
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justice for all.
>> Thank you. Welcome to Floridausty
[0:36]
» here. Hyper
>> here.
[0:38]
» Trusty
>> here.
[0:40]
» Trusty Mason
>> here.
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» Trusty Bowman
>> here. Mayor Hol
[0:44]
» here. representing staff this evening.
To my left, our village manager,
[0:47]
Napoleon Haney. To my right, our village
attorney, Chris Cummings. To the
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audience is right, our police chief Don
Johnson. Assistant for the village
[0:55]
manager Anne Mitchell. Noah Schumer,
community and economic development
[1:00]
director, Amy Zakowski, finance
director, public works director Josh
[1:05]
Berman, and assistant village manager
Karen Saka.
[1:09]
the minutes of August 11th in
and in the front row is Antonia Steinill
[1:17]
who is our communication director.
Excuse me for overlooking here.
[1:22]
» The minutes of uh August 11th. Any
additions or correction? Trusty W.
[1:27]
» Trusty Hyperman.
>> I have none.
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» Trusty C.
>> No sir.
[1:30]
» Trusty.
>> No sir.
[1:32]
» Trusty Roman.
>> Nothing.
[1:33]
» May I have a motion to approve the
minutes, please?
[1:36]
» So move.
>> Second. Been moved by trustee Singson,
[1:39]
seconded by trustee Roman. Roll call,
please.
[1:45]
» Trusty.
>> Hi.
[1:47]
» Simpson.
>> Hi.
[1:48]
» Benson.
>> Hi.
[1:50]
» Ro I.
>> The minutes are approved. The claims
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list in the amount of $781,895.84.
[1:58]
Comments or questions? Trusty W.
>> Trusty.
[2:02]
» Trusty Simpson.
>> No sir.
[2:03]
» Trusty Mason.
>> I am not.
[2:05]
» Trusty Bowman.
>> No. I have a motion to approve the
[2:07]
claims list, please.
>> Second.
[2:12]
» Been moved by Trusty Willis, second by
Trusty Roman. Roll call, please.
[2:17]
» Hi.
>> Trusty Hacker.
[2:18]
» Hi.
>> Trusty Sing.
[2:19]
» Hi.
>> Trusty Mer.
[2:21]
» Hi.
>> Trusty Bman.
[2:22]
» Hi.
>> Claims list is approved. Of that 700
[2:25]
almost $782,000
claims list. Four items comprise the
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majority of that list. Our payment for
pavement markings in the village was
[2:34]
$96,000.
one month's village employees health
[2:37]
insurance $365,000
Thorn Creek Sanitary District one month
[2:44]
payments $89,000
and what's going to be the first of many
[2:49]
storm related outside contractors
payments to trees are us $77,000
[2:55]
that amounted to $627,000
or 80% of that claims list
[3:03]
the oath of office.
>> Mr. Burman.
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» Good evening, board. Good evening,
residents. Uh, Connie, I'd like you to
[3:11]
invite you up.
[3:18]
Connie joined the village of Homewood as
a utility division supervisor on June
[3:22]
29th, 2026.
She brings a strong background in public
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works and emergency response, most
recently serving as with the village of
[3:30]
Tinley Park public works department as a
utility maintenance worker. During her
[3:34]
time there, Connie gained extensive
experience with water main repairs,
[3:38]
sanitary sewer maintenance, meter
replacements, street light repairs, snow
[3:42]
operations, and day-to-day operation of
pump houses and lift stations.
[3:47]
Prior to career with public works,
Connie served as a firefighter paramedic
[3:50]
for the Hazel Press, Country Club Hills,
and as an emergency dispatcher in South
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Holland. We are excited for Connie to
join the public works team and look
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forward to the experience she brings in
serving the residents of Homewood.
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running step
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office of the office of utility division
supervisor utility division supervisor
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for the village of homewood for the
village of do solemnly swear do solemnly
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swear I will support the constitution of
the United States that I will support
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the constitution of the United States
the constit Constitution of the state of
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Illinois constitution of the state of
Illinois and the municipal ordinances
[4:38]
the municipal ordinances of the village
of the village of I will faithfully
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discharge and I will faithfully
discharge of the duties of utility
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supervisor utility supervisor according
to the best of my ability
[5:18]
I love the sign.
[laughter]
[5:27]
items number eight, the retirement
resolution oaths of office within the
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fire department are deferred until our
next meeting presentations. At this
[5:36]
time, Antonia Stein Miller will give a
presentation on the refresh of the
[5:40]
village of Homewood style guide.
>> The most exciting thing on your agenda
[5:46]
today. Um, woohoo. So, a little
background of what we're doing here
[5:52]
today. Um, for those of you who aren't
familiar, we are getting a new website
[5:57]
very soon. Um, and with that comes
sending our original style guide to our
[6:03]
Civic Plus website vendor. Um, in our
research, we discovered that our style
[6:09]
guide and our branding guidelines
haven't been updated since 2010.
[6:14]
So, actually 15 years going into
September. So, we as a team decided that
[6:19]
we were going to look at our style guide
and refresh it and make it a little more
[6:24]
vibrant, a little more modern. Um, we're
doing it in-house, so we're going to
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save money. And we're not changing the
brand. We've already established our
[6:33]
brand over the last 15 years. So, we
don't want to change it. We just want to
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enhance it and refresh it. Um, it's
going to mirror more of what Homewood is
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today rather than what it was 15 years
ago. So, I'm going to just show you a
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little bit. Um, this has a cost
breakdown of what it could cost if we
[6:50]
were to do an entire rebrand. Um,
government municipalities have paid
[6:55]
anywhere from $40,000 upwards to
$85,000.
[7:00]
Um, Tinley Parks rebranding um
initiative cost a little over $8 million
[7:04]
back in 2015. So, that was a full
marketing rebrand, tourism, the whole
[7:09]
nine. Um, so it's going to cost the
Village of Homewood free.99 right now.
[7:15]
So we're we're here with it. Um, and
just to give you an idea, this is the
[7:20]
style guide and branding are the colors,
our logo, uh, basically what we use to
[7:25]
design our website and any other
external documents that go out to public
[7:29]
facing residents, uh, businesses and of
those types of things. So this was
[7:35]
created in 2010, I believe. Um, the one
that I have
[7:40]
sitting in the shared drive um date is
dated uh September 2011. So this is our
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official logo as you all can recognize.
These are our colors, the Homewood blue,
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black, and white. And then we have the
original secondary color palette that
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you might have seen on our website for
several years. Um our fonts that we are
[8:00]
supposed to use for everything.
Um and then I'm going to show you how
[8:05]
we've updated and refreshed the look.
So, you can see that the logo is very
[8:09]
similar to our original logo, just a
little bit of a different font, a little
[8:13]
more modern, a little brighter. Um,
we've incorporated officially now this
[8:17]
Home Sweet Homewood secondary logo that
we'd like to use in more places online.
[8:22]
Um, these are going to be our new
primary colors. So, Homewood Blue,
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dolphin blue, white, and black. And then
we've just enhanced all of the original
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color palettes um colors from the
previous ones. And I'll do a side by
[8:36]
side in the next slide. We've also
updated our uh typography. So all of our
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fonts are going to be updated from
previous um uses. In fact, we have now
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um a Google font for our website that
we'll use. And then we also have Canva
[8:52]
fonts and Adobe fonts as well. Um here
are the side by sides. You can see that
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they really haven't changed much.
They're just a little bit brighter, a
[9:01]
little more vibrant, and a little more
refined. So, the original versus the
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refreshed.
You can see we added in another neutral,
[9:10]
like a pale pink. It's hard to see on
the screen, but it's almost like a blush
[9:14]
pink that we can use for like a
background and things. Um, one thing to
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keep in mind that these colors, yes,
they are bright, but they will be great
[9:21]
for ADA compliance when we're using it
for graphics and those um those things
[9:26]
of that nature um because we have now
guidelines and rules to follow. So, as
[9:33]
far as the logo goes, we updated the
logo. This would be our official logo
[9:38]
um here this correspondence. And I just
wanted to show a few other more modern
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logos um with communities that are
around us, some near, some far, but you
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can see more modern logos are bright,
colorful, no dates, no seals type
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things. Um, some of these are just for
digital like we will have a few that are
[10:00]
will be for original correspondents and
then obviously digital um and external
[10:05]
media and then we have a few of the
dated more dated seal logos um here. So
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see the difference
>> these were I I dug very deep for these.
[10:16]
I just want everyone to know. Um, this
one looks like late 90s, early 2000s.
[10:23]
And then we moved into this one, which
was also late 90s, early 2000s. And then
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I give you this one, um, from 2010 to
present. And then here's how we've
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updated the current logo. You can see it
comparison here. Um, we added just a
[10:38]
small detail there in the water tower,
adding that home sweet homewood. We
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added a brighter color, which is the new
Homewood blue. We took out the date down
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here and added Illinois so that people
know that we're Homewood Illinois, not
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Homewood Alabama.
>> And we modernized the font. Yes. Yep.
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» Um and then these will be our secondary
logos, brighter colors, more options to
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use for different things. We created uh
public safety logos. So, police, fire,
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and public works will now have a new
logo, an updated logo. Um this is our
[11:13]
typography. We talked about that. And
then these are just some fun little
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banners I created just to show you with
the different things that we can do with
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the updated branding colors and
guidelines. And that is it.
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» Thank you. All right.
[11:34]
» Your usual wonderful job. Thank you.
>> Thank you. We'll look forward to the
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rest.
>> Hear from the audience. If anyone in the
[11:41]
audience would like to address the board
on any subject not on the agenda, please
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raise your hand. Sir, come on.
[11:58]
» Presidentfield trustes, thank you for
giving me the opportunity. Everyone
[12:01]
else, good evening. Uh, I want to begin
by thanking our electrical line crews,
[12:06]
people that work tirelessly, often in
dangerous conditions to keep the lights
[12:10]
on. They deserve our recognition,
respect, and thanks for a job that truly
[12:14]
goes unnoticed too often. Tonight, I
want to talk about something that
[12:18]
affects every household in our region.
The reliability and equity of our
[12:21]
electrical grid is managed and dictated
by a franchise agreement with com
[12:26]
medicine.
Vice President Holfield, I'm asking you
[12:31]
to use your seat at the South Suburban
Mayors Mayors and Managers Association
[12:35]
to build a coalition of 20
municipalities across Cook and Will
[12:38]
County from Chicago Heights to
University Park all affected by the
[12:42]
recent prolonged power outages to unite
around a single demand red equity. your
[12:48]
Cook County members, Chicago Heights,
Country Club Hills. Uh
[12:54]
again, there are there's 20 communities
including uh five in Will County that
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have been affected by this. The United
Coalition can take five concrete steps.
[13:04]
Number one, they can file a formal joint
petition with the Illinois Commerce
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Commission under section 10-101 of the
Public Utilities Act demanding an
[13:12]
administrative audit of KMED's grid
resiliency and infrastructure equity.
[13:17]
Number two, it intervene collectively in
raid cases. Hiring joint legal council
[13:22]
to demand localized grid spending data
during ICC discovery processes on KMED's
[13:27]
multi-year rate plans.
Number [clears throat] three, pass
[13:31]
unified municipal resolutions in every
member city council creating a powerful
[13:35]
public record declaring grid inequity a
regional economic and public safety
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crisis. Number four, coordinate with the
Illinois Attorney General, submitting a
[13:44]
collective briefing to urge the state's
top legal officer to champion an equity
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audit with the ICC.
Finally, enforce the siege of mandates,
[13:53]
demand the ICC strictly enforce the
climate equitability, and job acts,
[13:58]
which explicitly requires utilities to
prioritize infrastructure equity.
[14:03]
Vice President Hooffield, our residents
of the grid deserve a grid built for
[14:08]
equity, not just efficiency and profit.
When 20 mayors speak with one voice,
[14:12]
they cannot be ignored. Will you lead
this coalition or take active steps to
[14:17]
initiate facilitate such a coalition?
>> Will you leave your information with me?
[14:23]
» My contact information?
>> Yes. Do you just read the points that
[14:27]
you were discussing?
>> Certainly.
[14:33]
Thank you.
>> Thank you, sir.
[14:49]
» No,
we can get
[14:54]
right there.
[14:58]
Is there anyone else would like to
address the board this evening?
[15:03]
If not, the consent agenda, Miss Flores,
we ask the board to consider a motion to
[15:10]
pass, approve, authorize, accept, or
ignore the following items.
[15:15]
Approve the reappoint of Gerald Fritz to
the ethics commission for a three-year
[15:19]
term ending on August 25th, 2029.
Approve the reappoint of Tony Grief to
[15:24]
the tree committee for a three-year term
ending on August 25, 2029. Pass
[15:29]
resolution R3272
extending the August 11, 2026 disaster
[15:34]
declaration for the village of Homewood
through September 18th, 2026. Approve a
[15:40]
budget amendment of a 100,000 to
downtown TOD tax increment financing
[15:45]
fund for the completion of the
engineering and design services
[15:48]
associated with phase 2 of the downtown
crosswalk improvement plan. Pass
[15:52]
ordinance M2447
suspending the imposition of the 10%
[15:57]
penalty for all current water charges
that are unpaid as of August 21st, 2026
[16:03]
in orders to provide financial relief to
water and sewer customers due to the
[16:06]
recent severe weather events. wave
competitive bidding due to the
[16:11]
utilization of cooperative purchasing
program and authorize the village
[16:15]
president to enter into contact contract
with WTI for roof restoration at village
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hall and auditorium located at 2020 and
2010 Chestnut Road in an amount not to
[16:27]
exceed $399,59840.
[16:32]
» Thank you. Any comments or questions
from anyone in the audience with regard
[16:35]
to these matters?
If not, Trusty Willis,
[16:40]
» no comment.
>> Trusty, I have nothing. [clears throat]
[16:42]
» Trusty Simpson,
>> no comment.
[16:44]
» Trusty Mason,
>> no sir.
[16:46]
» Trusty Roman,
>> nothing.
[16:47]
» I have a motion to approve the items on
the consent agenda, please.
[16:50]
» So move. Second.
>> Been moved by Trusty Simpson. Second by
[16:54]
Trusty Mason. Roll call, please.
>> Trusty Willis,
[16:57]
» I.
>> Trusty Hikerman.
[16:58]
» I.
>> Trusty TSON.
[17:00]
» I.
>> Trusty Mason. I.
[17:02]
» Trusty Rolling. I.
>> The consent agenda is approved. New
[17:05]
business.
Liquor license request for the Mongolian
[17:10]
Grill. Miss Sakowski.
>> Good evening.
[17:14]
Job 66 Mongolian Grill and Dumplings has
requested a class 4A liquor license for
[17:19]
their location at 1818 Ridge Road. A
class 4A liquor license allows the
[17:24]
retail sale of any alcoholic liquor for
on premise consumption only for
[17:28]
establishments with the bar. No more
than 25% of their gross receipts can be
[17:33]
from alcohol sales. The liquor
commissioner has reviewed the request
[17:36]
and is in support. Uh they are in the
process of completing their buildout and
[17:41]
plan to open in the coming weeks. I
believe if the board's in favor of the
[17:45]
request, staff will be directed to begin
the liquor license application process.
[17:50]
However, due to the timing of their
anticipated opening, we are requesting
[17:53]
an approval of the ordinance as well
tonight to increase the number of
[17:56]
allowed class 4A liquor licenses subject
to the completion of all the application
[18:01]
process. Um, the applicant is here
tonight. If you guys, someone would like
[18:06]
to step forward and answer any questions
the board might have.
[18:20]
» Hello everyone. Uh, my name is Moi.
People call me Katie because the Katie's
[18:25]
dumplings. I'm the lady who is making
the dumplings over there. So my partner
[18:30]
Sarah's coming. Oh, why you don't call
yourself Katie? That would be easier to
[18:34]
remember. Yeah. So, thank you so much
for considering our request for the
[18:40]
liquor license for the jaw jaw 66
Mongolia grill and the dumplings. Yeah.
[18:46]
Any questions for me?
>> Yeah. When are you opening?
[18:51]
» Our soft opening date will be uh
September 1st. So we won't do a lot of
[18:56]
commercials for that because it's a
brand new restaurant. We need to run it
[19:01]
out to make sure everything is right and
we have so many new local people they
[19:07]
come here for for our teams. So we need
to train them during two after two weeks
[19:13]
we will do the grand opening and we will
spread out the words to the whole world
[19:18]
to invite them here. Chris,
>> any comments or questions from anyone in
[19:23]
the audience with regard to the opening
of the Mongolian barbecue?
[19:28]
» Comments
with the hi.
[19:31]
» I'm looking forward to your opening and
I wish you the best of luck.
[19:34]
» Thank you so much. You can come here to
see me make the dumplings. Maybe I can
[19:38]
do the dumpling class.
>> So, so many people have asked me when
[19:44]
they're open. So many people.
>> Thank you so much. I'm so glad.
[19:48]
» Participation is
It's really big. So looking forward to
[19:53]
» Thank you.
>> I would love to come and watch you make
[19:56]
the dumplings.
>> I will have a lesson if everybody
[20:00]
interested for that.
>> We can do an art class.
[20:03]
» I would love looking forward to it.
>> Has a culinary background.
[20:08]
» Yeah, we're Oh,
>> you can work in the kitchen.
[20:13]
» If you show me, then I'll fill in when
you're not a writer. [laughter]
[20:17]
» That's cool.
right there.
[20:20]
» Oh, we're all just really excited for
you guys to open. We can't wait. It
[20:23]
looks like a lot of work is being done
and it's a beautiful storefront now,
[20:27]
restaurant front. Um, and we're really
excited. So,
[20:30]
» thank you so much. Thank you so much for
everybody. We will we will make sure
[20:35]
we'll do our commitment to the community
because it's a very nice city and people
[20:40]
are really really they are so lovely.
Every day I was there when you are open
[20:46]
I want come here. I come here just to
come here. When we are open every day,
[20:49]
come maybe we can have a free
free lunch for a week. How about that?
[20:55]
My partner
[21:00]
[clears throat]
>> everyone that stands at that podium and
[21:03]
says that they want to give back to the
community. I'm part of the PTA, so we
[21:07]
will [clears throat] be calling you from
>> Oh, sure. Let's do something. Yeah, you
[21:12]
are great, right? Say something.
>> Say you are.
[21:17]
Okay, we are great.
>> We're looking forward to you opening.
[21:20]
And uh with that being said, may I have
a motion to approve resolution RT
[21:25]
municipal code 2448?
>> So move second.
[21:31]
» Been moved by Trusty Mason, seconded by
Trusty.
[21:35]
Roll call, please.
>> Trusty Willis.
[21:37]
» I.
>> Trusty Herman.
[21:38]
» Hi.
>> Trusty Simpson.
[21:39]
» Hi.
>> Trusty Mason.
[21:41]
» Hi.
>> Trusty Ralden.
[21:42]
» Hi.
>> Motion is approved. Congratulations.
[21:54]
general board discussion.
>> Yeah, we are all overdue for some fun.
[22:01]
So, join us Saturday from 3 to 6 at the
Village Hall parking lot for the home
[22:07]
with back to school bash. Uh we'll have
a DJ uh for all ages. It's for all ages,
[22:13]
games for all ages. rock climbing wall,
bubbles, balloons, face painting, uh
[22:19]
community resources, food trucks, and
plenty of family fun. Uh the village
[22:25]
will also be hosting a food giveaway for
homewood families impacted by the recent
[22:30]
storms. Um each participating family
receive a box of non-p perishable food
[22:36]
items. Uh quantities are limited. Um so
it'll be available to first come, first
[22:41]
served uh basis. So residents are
encouraged to come early. Uh bring your
[22:48]
family, bring your appetite, and come
celebrate the start of a great school
[22:53]
year. Hope to see you there.
>> Um do we have a brief update as to where
[22:59]
we are? And I'm talking to Josh on the
on the cleanup. Are we
[23:06]
what's the status? I know. [laughter]
>> Uh first off, I want to thank everybody
[23:11]
uh residents for all the patience with
us. It's been a huge task. Um meeting
[23:16]
with staff today. We believe pretty
confidently tomorrow will be completed
[23:19]
with our first initial every street has
been touched by our team. Um a lot of
[23:25]
residents have already been bringing out
kind of the second or third wave of
[23:28]
debris. Uh we're going to be cleaning it
all up. U meeting [clears throat] with
[23:32]
our team internally to kind of discuss
uh deadlines. Uh but that's a much
[23:36]
future conversation. Right now, our
focus is on trying to help as many
[23:39]
people as possible. We've had a lot of
support from our state and county uh uh
[23:45]
partners. Uh there's been trucks and
equipment that's been all out throughout
[23:49]
our community. Had a lot of mu uh mutual
aid uh from neighboring communities
[23:55]
close and afar. And uh it's been really
cool to see the community come together
[24:00]
all working for the same goal of
cleaning up our town. So,
[24:04]
» it's it's been amazing to see. I just
encouraged and uh we can get through
[24:09]
this, we can get through most anything.
>> Absolutely.
[24:11]
» Also, Josh, uh uh it's important to note
uh a lot of the communities did not have
[24:16]
an inside person uh that could
coordinate uh items like through county
[24:21]
state ID do county department of
transportation. Fortunately, Homewood
[24:25]
had an inside man
uh who's working tirelessly to kind of
[24:30]
coordinate and get a lot of the
resources that you see on the street. So
[24:33]
thank you to our inside person.
>> Thank you all legally and ethically
[24:39]
[laughter]
>> and in addition to Mason's culinary
[24:44]
experience, he has also involved in Cook
County Homeland Security and uh been a
[24:50]
terrific assistance to us in the relief
effort
[24:54]
as he seems.
>> Bill's also been a a resource to a lot
[24:56]
of other local agencies. So I appreciate
him with a couple of my agencies. to
[25:01]
reach out to him. I think round of
applause and recognition needs to go to
[25:06]
the entire village for everything
they've done from the uh the staff here,
[25:10]
the PD, the FD, and the DPW. You guys
are doing a great job. Continue doing
[25:14]
what you're doing. We appreciate it. I
also want to recognize everybody, Chief
[25:19]
Johnson, public works, and the fire for
I've noticed the recruitment that we've
[25:23]
had is amazing. these people that you
guys are bringing up front and I read
[25:29]
the the n the the guy that the fire
department is just hiring. These people
[25:33]
are amazing and how how we're getting
these people especially on the the PD
[25:36]
side is is amazing and that that there's
a lot uh there's a lot that goes into
[25:41]
that and we really appreciate getting
those high qualities and thank you
[25:47]
» um along with the uh we got a lot going
on this weekend. Saturday is going to be
[25:52]
a really really busy day in in town. Uh,
of course we have the farmers market,
[25:57]
but starting this Thursday, uh, Thursday
and Friday from 3 to 7, uh, Cook County
[26:03]
is, uh, putting on a a multi- agency
resource center in the auditorium where
[26:09]
we bring in tons of agencies, both the
governmental and nonforprofit to assist
[26:15]
residents that were affected by the
extended power outages and the storms.
[26:20]
We'll have some uh agencies there to
help you with things from SNAP benefits
[26:23]
or food loss as well as there may be
some organizations there who can help
[26:28]
residents that have uh are still having
some trouble removing debris from their
[26:32]
from their yards. Uh we have a team
Rubicon has agreed to be there and
[26:36]
they'll be taking addresses to [snorts]
assist um you know mostly our our
[26:41]
elderly or uh functional [clears throat]
need uh uh individuals to get that
[26:47]
debris from the from the personal
property to the street side. So that'll
[26:51]
be this weekend I mean this uh this week
Thursday and Friday from 3:00 to 7:00
[26:55]
p.m. in the auditorium. Saturday will be
from 10 to 2 and tenatively Sunday 10 to
[27:00]
2 as well if the need arises. to anybody
in Cook County,
[27:03]
» anybody in Cook County, any of the uh
any of the affected communities.
[27:07]
Anybody's welcome to come.
[27:11]
» While we're talking about the cleanup,
I'm I don't even know if we've had this
[27:15]
uh or if you guys have had this
conversation internally, but it's a
[27:18]
question I keep getting asked often.
Once the branches are picked up and the
[27:23]
grass is dead on the Parkway,
are residents responsible for
[27:29]
» fixing them? Okay. We're trying our best
to leave things appropriate that is like
[27:34]
uh like we found it. Um but because the
piles have been there so long, there's
[27:38]
been a significant amount of brown brown
out. Uh grass will come back. It's not
[27:43]
going to look tidy right now. Uh but
we're trying our best to rake it and
[27:47]
keep it clean. I've already seen some uh
in my neighborhood grass is starting to
[27:51]
come back. Uh it's just going to be
slow. But I've also been getting the
[27:55]
same requests of when are we going to
come back and grassy. Right now we're
[27:59]
not.
>> Right. Okay.
[28:01]
Um, thank you. And I just want to
comment on Antonia's presentation. Thank
[28:06]
you so much. And I think it's amazing.
And um, I think it's really important to
[28:12]
point out that the reason it is free.99
for our community is because of your
[28:18]
talents and those other communities did
not have someone on staff that was
[28:24]
capable of a rebrand and you are. So,
thank you for being here.
[28:28]
» Awesome.
>> I love it.
[28:34]
» [clears throat]
>> So that's it.
[28:36]
» Well, most of it's been said. I
encourage everyone uh take a ride down
[28:41]
175th Street at the Village property at
1221 where the piles of debris are are
[28:46]
placed. It's the four stories high and
we're trying to reduce them as rapidly
[28:52]
as we can. Taking the debris over to the
Oak Forest Old Oak Forest Hospital where
[28:57]
the county is going to dispose of them.
But the the work uh on the part of
[29:01]
public works been monumental. We thank
you. The men and women in public works
[29:05]
have been working tirelessly. They have
our thanks and our appreciation.
[29:10]
With that, may I have a motion to
adjourn, please? So move.
[29:14]
» Second.
>> Been moved by Trusty Mason, seconded by
[29:16]
Trusty Willis. Roll call, please.
>> Will I?
[29:25]
» We stand. Thank you all.
The shift.