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weekend in uh next month. Nice. Thank
you for coming to this May 14th um Wild

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Township. Um can I I'm calling this to
order and I will call Super Hu here.

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Trusty Robinson here. Trusty Page here.
Trusty

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McGovery here. Assessor
T. Young here.

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Great. And we just we already did the um
pledge of

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allegiance. So I'm just going to double
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the responses. We don't have any online
responses. Um you

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My name is Claire Goldenberg and I I
must admit I am weary. I just listened

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to the video of the April board meeting
and what struck me most was how little

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you learned from the mandate at the
ballot box. Your style of governance

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governance endlessly relitigating every
slight real or imagined is neither

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wanted nor appreciated by the people you
serve.

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Yet, here we are on the final night at
your final agenda, hoping to get through

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this evening without more
bickering. Tonight, I want to step back

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and look at the progress of this board
that you have provided over the last

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four years. Not to sugarcoat your
challenges, but to recognize the genuine

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accomplishments that benefited every one
of us four years ago. Sorry, point of

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order. You started a clock on this. I
did. Our township had no employee

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handbook, no clear job descriptions, no
written procedures to guide your staff.

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Today, under the leadership and
persistence of our township supervisor,

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you have a comprehensive personnel
policy, annual performance reviews, and

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the transparent processes employing
employees need to do their jobs well.

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Four years ago, our most vulnerable
employees had no mental health board

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advocating for them. Today, you have a
fully functioning board meeting

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regularly, coordinating with schools,
health providers, and community groups

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to make sure no one falls through the
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cracks. Four years ago, our only
transportation options for seniors,

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veterans, and differently aabled was
PACE, which was unreliable, sporadic,

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and often inaccessible. Today, the
township owns a ride share program,

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which is expanding services, integrating
drivers, and offering more predictable

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scheduling. Four years ago, food
assistance reached only a fraction of

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those in need. Today, your pantry serves
nearly twice the household it did

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before. Four years ago, rental and
emergency assistance was too low. Today,

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you help nearly double the number of
families. I thought we get three. Yes,

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you do. uh keep a roof over their heads
and four years ago we had no recycling

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program. Today your curbside drop off
and programs are growing well used and

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reducing waste in our community. That
list of accomplishments blows the

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previous administration out of the water
and it is all because of one person's

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drive and determination. I have not
always agreed with our supervisor style

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but I cannot deny the result. So let me
get it on record. Thank you,

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Diane, your for your tireless work on
behalf of every resident in this

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township. As we close this chapter and
bring on the new board, good luck to

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you. Let us agree that respectful debate
and accountability are your highest

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weight. I have one other point. Um, what
is up with those benches in the parking

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lot that currently are surrounded by
lovely smelling lilacs, but they're like

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fur midgets? Just one more point for the
new board. Maybe you can address that.

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Thank you. Thank you. Okay. And I didn't
have anybody else signed up for public

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comment. Uh I didn't see and sorry. Let
me just Sure. Um I just make sure I turn

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this
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second. Okay.

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Uh, Miss Papo,

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thank you, Supervisor Huitt, for your
service, for not giving up, for your

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focus, and for your great heart.

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Thank you.
Okay. Um, pretty sure we got all the

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public comments in and we didn't have
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online. Um, so next is um proclamation
of motorcycle

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um
awareness is a mention whereas safety is

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the highest priority for highways and
streets for our township and state.

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Whereas the great state of Illinois is
proud to be a national leader in

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motorcycle safety, education, and
awareness. And whereas motorcycles are

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primary common and economical means of
transportation that reduces fuel

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consumption and roadware and contributes
in a significant way to the relief of

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traffic and parking congestion. And
whereas it is especially meaningful that

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the citizens of our township and state
be aware of motorcycles on the road race

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and recognize the importance of
motorcycle safety. And whereas members

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of a bait Illinois the brotherhood aimed
towards education continually promote

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motorcycle safety, education and
awareness in high school drivers

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education programs and to the general
public in our township and state

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presenting motorcycle awareness programs
to over 120,000 participants in Illinois

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over the past nine years. And whereas
all motorcyclists should join a fate of

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Illinois um in actively promoting the
safe operation of motorcycles as well as

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promoting

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motorcycles of our township and state.
And whereas the motorcyclists of

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Illinois have contributed to extensive
volunteerism and money to national and

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community charitable organizations. And
whereas the during the month of May, all

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roadway users should unite in safe
sharing with of roadways within the

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township of Iowa and throughout the
great state of Illinois. Therefore, I

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Dr. Huittz, supervisor of Ly Township in
the great state of Illinois in

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recognition of 38 years of abate
Illinois and over

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352,318 registered motorcyclist
statewide and in recognition of the

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continued role Illinois
serafy has an awareness to here for

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playing the have made this year Franklin
motorcycle awareness monthship and all

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motorcycle motorists to join in an
effort to improve safety and awareness

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on their roadways and witness thereof. I
have to set my hand and cause the great

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seal of the village of wild to be a
fixed this 14th day of May made May in

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the year of
20125. Okay. Next is discussion on

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possible action for the audit of fiscal
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2023. Um I on this um on here is Martha
from Sikitch and everybody has the um

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the packet the audit in their packet. Um
Martha did you want to uh say anything

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in particular to begin or
uh good evening just I wanted to say I

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am Martha Troder. Thank you for the
introduction Diane. I am the lead

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principal on the township's audit
engagement and at this point in time we

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have issued a draft annual financial
report for the fiscal year uh audit

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ended March 31st 2024. Alongside that we
have issued our uh communication to the

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board which contains required
communication that is uh as required by

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auditing standards and contains
information on uh any material

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weaknesses and significant deficiencies
that we encountered throughout the

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course of our audit testing. Uh we are
prepared to issue the audit. We have all

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the pieces in place uh that are required
in order to be able to issue the

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opinion. So, um, Diane, if you would
like, I can I can, uh, go through the

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annual financial report and provide some
highlights. Is that what you're looking

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for tonight? All right.
Okay. Um, so for the annual financial

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report, I just wanted to note that we
began our audit procedures. Um, of

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course, there were some delays in
completing the previous fiscal year

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audit. So our audit procedures began in
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um much further along at this point in
time with having the draft available. So

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I just want to acknowledge the
improvements in the processes that have

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been made and the in the timeliness of
the information coming to us although we

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still still faced certain delays and
certain uh issues arose throughout the

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audit course. uh in comparison to the
initial audit engagement fiscal year

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2023, there were significant
improvements in uh the completion of the

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audit and so we're able to present the
draft annual financial report much

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earlier than we did in the previous
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year. the uh annual financial report.
Um, one of the items that if anyone has

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reviewed the draft copy, I would I
always comment on uh the management

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discussion and analysis that is prepared
by township management that is included

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in the annual financial report that
precedes the independent auditor's

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report. It is the first section of the
financial statements and I do encourage

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anyone uh who has a copy of the draft
audit to review the management

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discussion and analysis as this provides
a great deal of context and information

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that is uh provided that goes above and
beyond what the basic financial

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statements include. So it it includes
some graphical information and some

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comparative information to the previous
year balances and contains management's

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discussion and analysis explaining some
of the causes for fluctuations and

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variances of those balances. So the
management discussion and analysis is uh

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really great place to look in the annual
financial report to gain some

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understanding and context of the
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Um, as I noted, uh, we haven't issued
the audit as final yet, but at this

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point in time, we've completed our
testing process and and received all the

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documentation required to issue the
audit as final, and we are prepared to

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issue issue a clean, unmodified opinion
on the township's financial statements

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for the fiscal year ended March 31st,
2024. That is the highest level of

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assurance that we can provide and that's
based on the testing that we performed

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in accordance with generally accepted
auditing

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standards. Um there are some items of
note in the current fiscal year report

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that are um if you're comparing to the
previous fiscal years there are some

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changes to the reporting entity uh as
what is included in the financial

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statements. Um the one of the changes
this year is the addition of the

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community mental health board fund uh as
a special revenue fund of the township.

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So that is included within the uh as a
fund within the annual fin annual

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financial report this year as well as a
change in the reporting structure

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associated with the presentation of the
motor fuel tax which in the previous uh

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fiscal year audits has been contained in
the financial statements as part as a

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fund of the township. However, based on
our uh review of the definition of a

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fund and the understanding that we've
gained in terms of the uh how the motor

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fuel tax monies are accounted for and
who maintains the

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uh the ownership of those funds that has
been removed as a fund from the

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financial statements and the balances
that are allocated to the township are

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presented in the footnotes to the
financial statements. So you still have

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the information as to the allocation of
the motor fuel tax dollars that are

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allocated to the township. However, that
is no longer presented as a fund in the

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financial statement. So that was a
change in the fiscal year 2024 audit

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that you'll note as compared to the
previous year's audit and and

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prior.

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Um otherwise uh there were no Gazsby
pronouncements that were implemented

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during the course of the audit. uh no
changes to the footnote disclosures that

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are presented outside of what I noted in
terms of the change in the fund

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reporting structure. Uh and there are
footnotes associated with those changes

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presented in the footnotes to the
financial statements as

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well. Diane, would you like me to go
into any detail on the board

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communication tonight?
Sure. Okay. Uh so alongside the annual

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financial report, we will be issuing the
auditor's communication to the board of

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trustees. Uh this is this document
contains information that our auditing

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standards require us to communicate with
to those charged with governance. Uh

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some of the items um that are that are
required to be communicated for instance

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would be if there were any changes to
financial policies or changes to Gazsby

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implementations that were made in the
fiscal year which I noted there were

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none. Um discussion of significant
accounting estimates is included in the

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board communication. Uh there are the
township does present on a modified cash

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basis of accounting. So there are no
balances reported for liabilities

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associated with IMRF uh in the financial
statements. However, those are footnote

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disclosures that are contained within
the annual financial report. So we do

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disclose that those balances are uh
determined based on actuarial

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assumptions. So those we do consider to
be significant estimates that are

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reported in the footnotes but not on the
face of the financial statements. Um we

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discuss any difficulties encountered
during the audit process. We have none

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noted uh in the current year board
report to disclose. Um corrected and

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uncorrected misstatement. So any
accounting audit adjustments that were

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made throughout the course of the audit
would be disclosed in the board

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communication. There is a listing of
journal entries that uh were calculated

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by us uh as part of the audit
procedures. So those were changes that

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are reflected in the final audited
balances that are included in the basic

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financial statements. Those adjusting
journal entries are discussed and

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enclosed uh in the board communication
packet. We discuss any disagreements

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with management throughout the audit
process which uh in our notes in the

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board communication there were none to
report. And then finally within the

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board communication there is a section
called the communication of significant

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deficiencies and material weaknesses and
internal control and other comments. So

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as part of our audit testing procedures
as items uh arise that may result in

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what we consider to be material
weaknesses or significant deficiencies

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those are listed in this report. Um, for
the current year, there were no uh new

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material weaknesses or significant
deficiencies that rose to our attention.

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So, any of those that are included in
this report all reflected uh comments

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that came up in the previous fiscal year
audit and we just noted a status update

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on those. Uh the one item that we noted
as a deficiency was an uh recommendation

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to have more documentation of journal
entry, review and approval. So not all

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the journal entries that we reviewed had
specifically documented review and

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approval of those entries. So just
ensuring that that documentation exists

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and that those procedures that have been
implemented since the changes at the

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township that those are being reflected
by making sure that documentation exists

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on each document.
Um in terms of the comments that uh we

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discussed in the previous year, uh there
was a m a material weakness related to

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the month end and year-end close process
ensuring uh recommending that the

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township document those formally
document procedures in terms of the

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process for a month end close and a
year-end clo close close and ensure that

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those processes are occurring on a
timely basis. Um there I do want to note

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that there have been many changes made
at the township and uh there have been a

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lot of procedures implemented. Uh I just
want to also highlight that this is the

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audit for the fiscal year ended March
31st, 2024. So the fiscal year that

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we're looking at is dated a bit back. Uh
so throughout the majority of the course

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of the fiscal year is that was part of
this audit. uh a lot of those procedures

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had not yet been implemented. At the end
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there were new accountants in place and
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uh items done in terms of reviewing the
existing processes and gaining an

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understanding of what is occurring at
the township and the process. The uh

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accountants were making the efforts to
implement new processes. However, at the

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point that we're discussing and the
majority of the fiscal year, those had

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not yet been in place, which is why we
are still reflecting these comments as

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in pro and as applicable for the fiscal
year under audit. We are uh very aware

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that there have been significant
improvements made since and that there

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have been many procedures that we are
describing here as lacking as part of

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the fiscal year 2024 audit that since
then have come into place and have been

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formally documented and implemented. So
we we are aware of the improvements that

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are continuing at the township. I just
wanted to note that

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um that these still are considered
applicable for the fiscal year 2024

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audit for those reasons. Internal
control in regards to segregation of

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duties. Anytime there's a limited staff
size where you're unable to segregate

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duties appropriately across different
individuals and there's perhaps a lack

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of crossraining ability or uh a lack of
oversight because of the limitations of

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a staff size. The segregation of duty
comments speaks to that that there is

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just minimal ability to properly
segregate controls over over specific

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areas and have review and and approval
oversight. internal control uh regarding

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documentation and implementation of
procedures. As I noted some of the items

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that we uh requested for support during
the audit testing process, we were

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unable to receive full support for those
items or it was difficult to obtain the

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supporting documentation. So that's what
that comment relates to or refers to the

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the organization and the uh ensuring
that all items are supported by

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documenting uh information and
maintained in an organized manner so

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that they are able to be produced and
and referred

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to. Um and then the bank reconciliation
procedures. We had a deficiency

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regarding this in regards to ensuring
that these are completed on a timely

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basis and ensuring that any old
outstanding items whether it be

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outstanding checks or deposits in
transit that remain uncleared for uh

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some time that those are reviewed and
cleared regularly or uh researched to

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ensure that the cash balances are stated
accurately in the financial statements.

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that is um in addition there was one
comment uh regarding uncolateriz

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uncolateralized cash deposits that was
applicable at March 31st 2023 and the

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township did obtain sufficient
collateralization for all of its cash

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deposits. So that comment we did note
was in implemented as of March 31st

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2024.

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At this point, I can take any questions
regarding the annual financial report or

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the board communication.

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Thank you.
I asked Mr. Young at the last meeting

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when we drove the draft she was not
here. I asked and Diane instead she

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would get responses to all that did not
occur.

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I don't know what's in the prior period
adjustment for the road district and I

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guess I'm surprised that if you had a
prior period adjustment, you wouldn't

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talk to the highway commission. Can you
provide me with the detail, please? Uh

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the prior period adjustment related to
information that came up as in regards

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to the reviewing of the unclearared cash
transfers that were remaining on the

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bank reconciliation. So this came up as
as a comment as I noted in the previous

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fiscal year audit. there were uh cash
transfers between accounts that hadn't

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been cleared for some time and
in the with the accountants trying to

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get a sense of what was occurring with
these transfers and clearing these out

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as uh these were old outstanding items.
it came

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to it came up that there was an
adjustment that was posted as a transfer

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that should have resulted in payroll
items being recorded in the previous

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year. However, that was not done
properly and was posted to fund balance.

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So in the process of cleaning up the
bank reconciliations and clearing out

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these cash transfers, this came to light
and so that prior period adjustment was

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needed as it related to payroll items
that were not reflected in the previous

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fiscal year. Can you provide me the
detail please? That's what I would like.

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the detail I'm at this moment I provided
it was on the tape and I asked

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where so please provide the details
to the I can share the I can share the

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adjustment that was recorded for that
prior period adjustment and the

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information that was provided to us from
the accountants

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that'll be fine with respect to the MFT
there has been no accounting

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pronouncement that would affect the uh
not recording of the MF3 money on the

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balance sheet. Is that correct? There
was no accounting pronouncement or

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change that was made in fiscal year
2024. It was more of a our understanding

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that was gained in terms of how those
funds are handled by the county and uh

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reviewing the definition of what is a
fund and getting a better sense of how

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that money is maintained. So because the
the township does not have does not hold

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those monies and the projects are
accounted for and held by the county

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that is not meeting the definition of a
fund which is in the past it has been

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reported as as a fund. So uh that has
been corrected in the current year

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annual financial report and that balance
that is held for the township is

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reflected in the footnotes to the f
financial statements. However, it is not

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maintained as a fund of in the
township's reporting entity because of

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the uh description of and the detail of
who holds the funds and who accounts for

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those monies.
Your firm's different interpretation

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this year as opposed to last year.
Correct. We have a better understanding

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now of that uh of that relationship of
those MFT funds and how the county

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itself handles that money. Did you
discuss that with our accountants?

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Yes, they agreed with you.

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Yes, there were there were no questions
from the accountants in terms of how

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that that change being made in the
reporting entity. I ask is they audit

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three other townships in DuPage County
and all of those audits include MFT as a

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fund. So I thought there would be
additional discussion from them with you

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and that didn't occur. pages that
correct

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and your accountants are okay with the
presentation that we've made with our

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interpretation and our understanding of
the definition of a fund

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well to be consistent I guess I expect
them to change their audit clients

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and the last thing I have is the uh when
you discuss about MFT the projects

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approved by the board of trustees.
That's not true. And I have adjusted

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that description in the footnotes to
eliminate that part of the

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sentence. So that will be reflected in
the final report.

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Ramen. Yeah, appreciate it. So I I
reached out actually my ask in the last

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meeting board meeting was that we have a
management response which includes

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recommendations from the audit. Is that
appropriate that we talk about the

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changes that were made to address the
deficiencies particularly significant

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deficiencies in the audit? Sure. And you
can certainly still provide those as we

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haven't if you would like to include a
management response in the board

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communication since as I noted this is
still the draft version. If you you have

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all the comments if you would like to
prepare a management response we can

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certainly input that into the report uh
and include those management responses

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in the final issued document.
Right. So my request at the last board

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meeting was that management respond and
that be included and that hasn't

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happened yet. Correct. I haven't
received a listing of management

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responses to those comments.
Thank you.

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There was the and Martha um so we've had
a number of conversations about and I

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know I put it in writing a number of
times that we have made significant

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improvements of Kyne Larvok and Amen and
that um you know those were they they

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really led the changes and what have you
not um so I'm positive that uh both

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Kelly and you said that we couldn't put
too much in writing in there that we had

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uh because of how much of the year was
previously

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um pre lvak and almond so because it was

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three months with them um that they
hadn't made um some of the needed

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improvements by that time but if you're
saying that we can add all I mean I

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guess my my point is is I'm sure we've
had this conversation a few times um

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with this topic of you know we've made
all these changes and they need to be

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and yes and we've certainly discussed
and we've acknowledged that there we're

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expecting to see significant improvement
and elimination of many of these

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comments in a fiscal year 2025 audit.
Um, in regards to the management

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responses specifically, I think it was a
timing issue in terms of trying to get

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this completed prior to tonight's board
meeting that I didn't receive a formal

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listing of management responses to
include incorporate into the board

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communication. I know we've had
conversation and there's been emails,

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but there wasn't any formal
documentation documented response. uh in

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terms of what goes into the management
response, it would be pretty it wouldn't

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be very detailed but very a bit more
high level in terms of um for instance

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the township acknowledges and has
made changes in regards to uh

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documentation of procedures or is in the
process of working with outside

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accountants to document procedures.
something of that nature would be

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sufficient to as a management response.
If that's um something that you'd be

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interested in in including I can
certainly send you a template for those

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if that would assist if you would like
to include a management response in that

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possibly. I I reached out to Kelly.
Kellyy's an attorney so I escalated and

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I did get a response back from her boss
Wes Levy and he said I can certainly

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assist with creating responses to
deficiencies with the board of

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communication if they were not addressed
before Kelly's attorney leaves. I'll

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follow up with the team to see where we
are with those responses and touch base

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with you early next week because I'm out
of the office. So, he's talking about

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early next week or two. So, I yeah, I
haven't received anything from the

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accountants at this point. So, he he
graciously got himself inserted um to

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help resolve issues before the board
meeting, but he's not up to speed on the

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issues.

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Um I I mean our objective is to leave
the board and the operation in as clean

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a place as it can be when we end our
term and that sort of information is

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going to be helpful and we're
instructive to the new board coming in.

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So I'm I'm I'm I'm not sure what we're
being asked to approve tonight because

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your board presentation isn't complete
yet. and manager response isn't complete

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yet. What exactly is the board being
asked to approve tonight?

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Is that a question for me?

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It's not a complete document, right?
It's correct. Well, at this point it can

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be issued as complete as it is at this
point. But if you would like to include

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management responses, then I agree that
this this is in incomplete if you would

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like those management responses
inserted. So it is it is complete as is.

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There's no requirement to include
management responses. But if that's

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something that you would like to be
implemented in in the report, then yes,

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I agree that this is not the complete
document. This is draft format and

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pending management responses for the
board communication.

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Okay. So, um this sounds like frankly
something that's going to take some more

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time from getting the um more words from
our accountants to you know clearly

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enunciate more of what has been done
which we know has been done. Um,

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so what I would suggest is that this be
uh postponed and given to the next

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board.
Um, that is what I would suggest. Move.

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Well, my question is why wasn't the
response completed? I'm still still not

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clear about that.
So why was there is a response that is

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in there. And so if you see in your
packet then there is quite a bit of a

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response in there. Um but if there's
more additional which is what it sounds

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like is being asked then that's what is
being asked to be done. So,

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um, that's my point is that if you want
more, then they're trying to, you know,

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have the accountants, um, said, I mean,
a lot of this happened when without

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having Kelly be available to really have
too much of a

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conversation. Um, but there is a
management response, which is what's in

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the agenda and what's in the packet. So,
if you look, you can see

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And if if I can clarify maybe the way
that the board communication currently

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has the comments structured, there is
the the comment which is listed as a

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condition and a recommendation which is
the recommended changes to alleviate

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that comment. Uh and then a status of
the comment. So in addition to that,

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what is being requested? My
understanding is that there would be for

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each comment a management response that
comes from the township. That is

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management's response to the comment uh
acknowledging it and inputting any

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information in regards to what has been
done or what is an action plan to commit

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to clearing those comments. So that's
what the change to the board

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communication would be once those
comments are drafted and provided to our

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to our group for inputting into the
board communication.

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So um we can do that. But I guess my
point is is that there was an MDNA that

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was presented that has been worked on
through um the township with along with

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the um Lauderbach and Amen. And I saw
your your um communications those were

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passed along um to it was in the last
packet actually as well. Um I never got

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the um input from anyone saying that
they wanted a a response from that in

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this packet. So,
um I will make sure that the next board

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has all of that information um as to
what you all want to add in after all of

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that. But this was another seven pages
of the township um which I had been

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working with um both Martha and um LA to
make sure that that was in there. And

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again, it'll need if you want a comment
to the comments and and whatnot in

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there, we can do that.
Super, but it's not going to be done

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right this second. So, it would be
postponed until the next

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board to do. Um, Jesse McGovern, I think
that's actually a really good idea

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because I think with a new board coming
in and reviewing and refreshing

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procedures and our relationship with
Kelly was, you know, for the majority of

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the year and I think it's personalized.
We're paying for that relationship. We

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might as well get the most out of it to
give you insight. So, I'm comfortable

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postponing it. I don't think it's going
to affect the outcome of next audit with

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us posting this audit because we're
still procedures in place and I think we

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should
fine-tune you know these things

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immediately with the nodes but um I
think it's a really good plan actually.

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Okay. Is there do you want to make a
motion trustee McGovern? Um, I would

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like to make a motion to postpone um the
approval of the draft audit and um for

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the prior for the prior next meeting.
Yes. For um the June 2025 board meeting.

423
00:35:43,359 --> 00:35:50,280
I'll second. Okay. And um thank you
Trusty McGovern and Trusty Page. Any

424
00:35:49,359 --> 00:35:54,880
other
discussion? In a roll call vote, please.

425
00:35:52,560 --> 00:36:00,640
Trusty McGovern. Yes. Trusty Page. Yes.
Trusty D. Yes, Trusty Adamson. Yes,

426
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:07,520
Supervisor Hub. Um, yes. Okay. Thank
you, Martha. Um, and if I if you could

427
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:11,680
um attend the May or sorry, the June
meeting of L Township, that'd be

428
00:36:09,599 --> 00:36:20,000
perfect. And I'm sure we'll be in
contact. Thank you. And would then the

429
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:25,119
next agenda item is the discussion to
approve a contract with Sikage for the

430
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:30,160
audit. So that is something that is
probably needs to be postponed as well

431
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:34,160
because we're not going to start the
next year until this one is being

432
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:38,079
solved. Do we need a motion? Yes. Make a
motion to postpone discussion and

433
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:45,040
possible action to approve the contract
with the audit for fiscal year 2024 2025

434
00:36:41,839 --> 00:36:51,760
to the June 2020.
Second. And then any other discussion in

435
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:57,040
a roll vote? Trusty guys. Yes. Trusty.
Yes. Trusty Page. Yes. Trusty Robinson.

436
00:36:54,160 --> 00:37:02,560
Yes. Supervisor David. Yes. Thank you,
Martha. I'm sure we're going to be in

437
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:09,359
contact. Thank you. Have a good evening.
Thank

438
00:37:04,599 --> 00:37:12,800
you. Okay. Um the next one is the
discussion possible action for the

439
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:18,960
payment of $1,000 deductible the Larry
Ro Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram for the pace

440
00:37:15,599 --> 00:37:21,760
vehicle repair. I'll make a motion to do
I need to make a motion to one

441
00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:24,079
discussion or just to approve it to
approve it and then we'll go to

442
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:28,960
discussion. I'll make the motion to
approve the payment of the $1,000

443
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:34,880
deductible to Lar Ro Chrysler Dodge Ram
for pay. I'll second and now it's

444
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:38,240
discussion.
No discussion. I'm going to make a

445
00:37:36,079 --> 00:37:42,880
motion to approve. Great. I'm just
making sure that the discussion was had

446
00:37:39,839 --> 00:37:47,440
if there is any. So if there is none
then a roll call vote please. Trusty

447
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:52,640
Dice. Yes. Trusty Page. Yes. Trusty
Bubb. Yes. Trusty Robinson. Yes.

448
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:55,839
Supervisor. Yes. Okay. Next is
discussion possible action to reimburse

449
00:37:54,240 --> 00:38:00,800
High Commissioner Young in the amount
of,8358.

450
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:05,079
Make a motion to re reimburse Highway
Commissioner Young in the $1,83548.

451
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:13,359
A second. Okay. Any
discussion? Annual call vote. Trusty D.

452
00:38:11,359 --> 00:38:18,320
Yes. Trusty Paige. Yes. Trusty McGovern.
Yes. Trusty Robinson. Yes. Supervisor.

453
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:22,560
Yes. Next is discussion on possible
action on the payment of

454
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:26,280
72,145 to NC building to fulfill the
contract for the windows. Make a motion

455
00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:33,720
to pay
$72,145 to NC building to fulfill the

456
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:37,680
contract for the windows. A second. Any
discussion? And a roll call vote,

457
00:38:35,599 --> 00:38:42,720
please. Trusty guys, yes. Trusty Page,
yes. Trusty McGovern, yes. Trusty

458
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:46,880
Robinson, yes. Supervisory, yes. Okay.
Discussion in possible action for the

459
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:51,280
payment of the elected officials bond
for $8,000 to Conor Gallagher. A motion

460
00:38:49,839 --> 00:38:55,920
to approve the payment of the elected
officials bond for $8,000 to Conor and

461
00:38:53,599 --> 00:39:02,000
Gallagher.
I'll second. Thank you. Any discussion

462
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:07,359
and roll vote? Trusty G. Yes. Trusty
Paige. Yes. Trusty McGovern. Yes. Trusty

463
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:10,800
Robinson. Yes. Supervisory Huitt. Yes.
Okay. Next is discussion posal action on

464
00:39:09,359 --> 00:39:15,280
the payment of property taxes for
$12,95952.

465
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:20,599
I'll make a motion to approve payment of
property taxes for $12,000 95952.

466
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:30,079
I'll second. Thank you. Any
discussion? Uh Trusty Robinson. Yeah.

467
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:36,400
The only thing I want to mention is in
the audit of expenses, it was allocated

468
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:41,680
to a contingency fund which is not set
up for that specific purpose. So, it

469
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:45,920
either has to get reallocated or the new
board is going to have to move it or

470
00:39:44,079 --> 00:39:49,760
increase the contingency fund or create
a new fund for property tax. In the

471
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,960
previous fiscal year, it was paid for as
part of the acquisition of the property

472
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:57,440
and that's was we put the budget
together. That's where it was planned to

473
00:39:54,640 --> 00:40:00,800
be funded. Um, so it's it's an
allocation question. I'm not questioning

474
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,880
the payment or the need for it. I'm just
pointing out that there's an issue

475
00:40:01,839 --> 00:40:09,119
related to where it's currently
allocated in the financials.

476
00:40:05,839 --> 00:40:14,160
Correct. And the future supervisor um
Dr. Wright is aware of that and the

477
00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:19,440
board is aware of that. They're likely
to create a new fund um for this so that

478
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:27,200
it's properly noted each year and is
really clearly defined as to what that

479
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:33,040
payment for is for. Um, so they will
have the ability to either move the fund

480
00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:38,160
to um reallocate it to a different fund
or to have a new budget and have that be

481
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:44,240
one of the pieces that is clearly
defined so that every year they can plan

482
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:47,920
on um that. Okay.
Any other

483
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:53,119
discussion? And a roll call vote,
please. Trusty McGovern, yes. Trusty

484
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:58,640
Page, yes. Trusty G, yes. Robinson, yes.
Supervisor. Yes, I'd like to make a

485
00:40:55,680 --> 00:41:03,440
motion, supervisor. Uh, trustee G. I'd
like to make a motion to consolidate

486
00:41:00,079 --> 00:41:07,280
line items 13, 14, 15, and 16 into one
discussion.

487
00:41:05,359 --> 00:41:11,880
I'll second.
Any

488
00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:17,760
discussion roll, please?
Trusty Dist. Yes. Trusty Robinson. Yes.

489
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:24,480
Trusty Page. Yes. Trusty McGovern. Yes.
Supervisor here. Yes. Okay. um assessor

490
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:29,920
coverage. Um this is all for the
property at 219 and he initiated all

491
00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:34,480
these purchases.
Motion first. Yeah. So I'll make a

492
00:41:32,319 --> 00:41:39,680
motion to approve the payment to
Goldilocks

493
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,680
$1,169 for

494
00:41:41,319 --> 00:41:50,440
$2,1684 or um
$7,958 for $5,859.85.

495
00:41:51,119 --> 00:41:58,720
Sorry, just to clarify, that's to a
different vendor. No, these are all to

496
00:41:55,839 --> 00:42:03,839
Goldilocks. No, isn't it? No Goldilocks.
Goldilocks. Second tourition. Okay, let

497
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:07,640
me let me reverse that then. So, I make
a motion to approve the payment to

498
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:11,280
Goldilocks for
$1,169 and for

499
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:17,599
$2,1684 and then why don't you just
let's just do those because it's Okay,

500
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:23,119
go ahead. Well, it's all the same
project. That's why. But it's different

501
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:28,920
vendors because there two it's the panel
and then the security system. It's all a

502
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,920
security system.

503
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:37,280
So, I think I should just go ahead and
Okay. So, then I'll and then continuing

504
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:44,160
make the motion to pay the um invoice
not to Chicago Fire and Burglar for

505
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:49,839
$7,958 and also to Chicago Fire and
Burglar

506
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:55,040
$5,859.85. So, this is there's a panel.
I'll let you explain. So, we have a

507
00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:58,319
motion first. Um Trusty G. Is there a
second?

508
00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:02,079
Yeah, I'll second. Thank you, Trusty
Paige. And then we're at discussion

509
00:43:00,319 --> 00:43:08,640
assessor.
Um, we've uh we discussed the security

510
00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:13,319
system for the township uh building 21
for quite a while. And the the board

511
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:18,480
actually talked about uh looking at an
overall u system. We looked at the two

512
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:21,359
systems that we have right now. They're
going highway and they're going with the

513
00:43:19,839 --> 00:43:25,680
supervisor's office. Got bids for both
of them. We picked the lowest bid. Um

514
00:43:24,079 --> 00:43:30,880
this is a combination of a security
system and an access control system that

515
00:43:28,079 --> 00:43:36,720
we have in place. Um on top of that we
uh wanted to make sure that we uh added

516
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:42,160
a uh access control system that was
partitioned for the uh township equip

517
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:47,359
the boards uh deems it appropriate for
the to remain at that. So we did it in a

518
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:52,960
kind of a forward looking forward type
of manner and uh we put we put this

519
00:43:50,240 --> 00:44:00,359
together. Uh on top of it the uh the
monthly fees um were significantly less

520
00:43:55,839 --> 00:44:00,359
with the the group that we told.

521
00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:08,240
Okay. Any other discussion
uh trusty Robert? Well, the only thing I

522
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:12,160
want to mention is it was requested at
the board level at a previous meeting

523
00:44:10,079 --> 00:44:15,200
that this was underway that you were
going to be making this purchase and

524
00:44:13,599 --> 00:44:19,200
that that was approved at that point.
That's correct. It was. Thank you. But

525
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:23,760
we did complete a purchase order which
we have two trustees and myself assigned

526
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:29,920
have signed up on township administrator
I have signed and two

527
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:33,599
trustes for purchases. Thank you. Any
other

528
00:44:31,079 --> 00:44:38,240
discussion and roll public please?
Trusty guys. Yes, trusty page. Yes,

529
00:44:36,079 --> 00:44:46,839
McGovern. Yes, Robinson. Yes,
Supervisor. Yes. Okay,

530
00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:46,839
there next. Is there a support?

531
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:12,560
Robinson. Yeah. The only thing I can
mention, and I'd asked Kelly to address

532
00:45:09,359 --> 00:45:17,680
this in this month's uh meeting, at the
end of the fiscal year last year, we had

533
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:22,720
two budget lines that exceeded We had
four budget lines that exceeded 10% of

534
00:45:20,319 --> 00:45:28,400
the of our budget. The expenses exceeded
10 exceeded the budgeted amount. There

535
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:34,160
was one that was significantly over. It
was uh $4,000 over. it was 125% of the

536
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:39,839
budget um that we'd allocated. So there
was a problem with funds the way the

537
00:45:37,359 --> 00:45:44,319
expenses were recorded at the end of the
fiscal year and I'd asked Kelly to work

538
00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:48,800
with the supervisor and at the time Jim
Marino to come up with a resolution to

539
00:45:46,319 --> 00:45:52,480
present to the board and I never got a
response back. Um so supervisor

540
00:45:51,359 --> 00:45:57,520
indicated there had been a
reclassification done. I'm just not sure

541
00:45:54,560 --> 00:46:03,200
where that is right now. Um, I sent that
to

542
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:03,200
you email

543
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:08,800
earlier. Here's the

544
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:19,680
reclassification and
email. So, it was the

545
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:19,680
royal page 22 at the

546
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:27,440
bottom. So, if you know

547
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:41,839
Royal Performance Group was the
reclassification and it should have been

548
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:48,480
it should have been directed to this and
so that showed now that it's $4,000 in

549
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:52,720
April 1st of this year. So it's in the
current fiscal

550
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:56,880
Y. And I appreciate you sending that to
me.

551
00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:59,839
Um, I just want to note I've had email
communications back and forth with the

552
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:03,920
supervisor to try to address issues that
I brought up. She has not copied the

553
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:08,400
board. She's copied the incoming board.
So, I think that's a problem. I just

554
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:13,599
want you to be aware that that's what's
been going on for the last month. So,

555
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:20,440
okay. So, you do see this email and I
can't redo the financials myself and

556
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:27,520
this was sent to you, Wes, and Michael
Davis. So I I can't I asked for them to

557
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:33,520
be done from Wes or from uh Michael. I
can't reclassify that and again it was

558
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:39,160
sent to these three people. Can you
click details? What was that? Can you

559
00:47:35,839 --> 00:47:39,160
click details

560
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:50,880
there? So it was sent today back to me.
Correct. Uh yes, he had to redact the

561
00:47:47,839 --> 00:47:56,000
names again and there was a a variety of
things and again I can't I sent that

562
00:47:53,200 --> 00:48:01,520
along to Kelly. Um she had all the
information. I can't create board

563
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:06,800
reports that don't exist. Um but she had
all of the information and again it was

564
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:10,720
done to make sure that that happened and
there was an an email that went to Kelly

565
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:16,160
that made sure that that happened. But
that happened just today. So it wasn't

566
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:24,480
No, it did not happen just today. Sorry.
Um I will find the report from Kelly.

567
00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:30,480
No, the communication happened today.
No, he the fi the communication

568
00:48:27,720 --> 00:48:37,680
happened last month. When did you send
it to Trusty Robinson?

569
00:48:33,119 --> 00:48:42,640
Okay. I again sent it to um he was out
of the out of the country for some time,

570
00:48:40,559 --> 00:48:49,079
but So why did you send it to Trusty
Robinson? again. I sent it to him this

571
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:49,079
morning or this afternoon.

572
00:48:51,119 --> 00:48:57,920
It's already been reclassified.
The important It's in the minutes that

573
00:48:56,240 --> 00:49:03,040
there was an action item that had to be
resolved. Right.

574
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:06,800
It was resolved last month after the
meeting. I understand, but it's the

575
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:10,240
communication. It didn't communicate
until today though. That's why it was a

576
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:15,200
question. No, it wasn't communicated. It
was it was it was well communicated

577
00:49:12,079 --> 00:49:20,640
after that email. He showed us on the
email the date of the email was this

578
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:24,880
morning. Okay. So it was the issue was
communicated and was accomplished right

579
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:29,880
after the last meeting. So when was it
communicated to the trustee who asked

580
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:36,640
for the information in
April? So let me see here. Audit report.

581
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:41,040
Okay.
It happened in April. So that's when it

582
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:46,559
was communicated right after the last
meeting like I said I was going to do

583
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:50,960
followup. Here we go. So thank you. I'll
work on setting up a meeting with Diane

584
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:57,760
and he'll she'll get this done. Oh, here
we go. That this will I mean so this was

585
00:49:54,400 --> 00:50:03,359
April 14th that this was agreed to and
that that had already been communicated.

586
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:09,359
So April 14th, April 12th is when that
email was. So two days later, Kelly had

587
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:13,520
that done and accomplished. I that's not
the way I read that. It said I will will

588
00:50:11,839 --> 00:50:17,920
meet with you and resolve it and then
she never got back to tell me how it was

589
00:50:15,599 --> 00:50:22,160
resolved. I I don't I'm not going to
argue with you in the last meeting. It's

590
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:25,760
just this is a problem. This has been a
consistent

591
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:30,359
problem. You don't communicate. You just
don't communicate. Okay, let's move on.

592
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:35,040
And last thing with the
financials, overtime wasn't properly

593
00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:38,079
reported in the overtime classification.
I told them to correct that.

594
00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:43,720
I'm going that way.

595
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:59,200
Okay. Um, audit of bills and claims.
I'll make a motion to conduct the audit

596
00:50:55,839 --> 00:51:04,079
of bills and claims. I'll second. Okay.
Uh, roll call or any

597
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:09,599
discussion? And a roll call vote,
please. McDover. Yes. Trusty Robinson.

598
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:13,640
Yes. Trusty Page. Yes. Trusty Dice. Yes.
Supervisor. Yes.

599
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:24,400
Any issues or does anybody want to make
an motion to approve the audit of the

600
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:28,319
bills? Trustee Robinson. Um I do have
some comments.

601
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:32,079
Um there were a number of uh uh
questions that came up in the audit. Um

602
00:51:30,319 --> 00:51:37,680
some were related to where were the
voided checks. Supervisor I believe

603
00:51:34,079 --> 00:51:42,880
responded that they're in the safe. So
we should just confirm that they're not

604
00:51:40,240 --> 00:51:47,480
someplace where they're at risk of
disappearing and getting whitewashed.

605
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:53,200
So here's all the voided
checks. What is the policy for voided

606
00:51:50,079 --> 00:51:58,880
checks? Do you shred them? What happens?
So um the accountants state them and

607
00:51:55,839 --> 00:52:02,640
they um annotate which ones need to be
voided and what where they need to go.

608
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:09,400
But they were locked in the cabinet of
the financial of the um township

609
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:09,400
administrator's office.

610
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:15,359
I don't generally I didn't generally put
them in here because they're all voided

611
00:52:13,599 --> 00:52:21,119
and that's the policy is that they go
into the um I was just asking if they

612
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:27,520
had RSC. So well they currently that's
where they go. Um anything else? Yeah.

613
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:33,400
Um I I I challenged one one more piece
of information. Um we we identified two

614
00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:41,359
checks 52124
52125 which were paid in April between

615
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:47,680
the time the financials were processed
between the time our check register was

616
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:51,280
run and the board meeting they were paid
um they were they were GA checks so they

617
00:52:49,599 --> 00:52:55,359
were paid there was in some urgency but
they weren't recorded in the April check

618
00:52:53,160 --> 00:53:02,960
register they were not recorded in the
main check register So, um, and when I

619
00:52:59,359 --> 00:53:07,680
challenged, um, again, Wes, who is, you
know, just got somewhat involved, said

620
00:53:04,559 --> 00:53:11,359
our, you know, um, uh, when we received
requests like this, we we issue them

621
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:14,640
immediately as they're for things like
rent assistance, food, and do not wait

622
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:17,920
until the next meeting for issuing. If
you would like these handled differently

623
00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:23,599
or reported differently, please let us
know. So, I would suggest the next board

624
00:53:20,559 --> 00:53:29,599
u, are you suggesting that all the GA
checks between that period of time

625
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:32,599
between I guess when you approve them
and

626
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:41,599
we only identified two. Okay. They were
processed on April 9th and they had

627
00:53:37,839 --> 00:53:45,359
produced their uh check register and our
uh that we have to sign off on to say

628
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:49,920
that we validate that this is the amount
that has been paid by check. Yes. Right.

629
00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:54,000
That was wrong. Well, in April it was
correct, but well probably Well, it

630
00:53:52,720 --> 00:53:57,760
depends how you slice it. Right. There
are two checks and there's a certain

631
00:53:55,119 --> 00:54:01,520
amount that we the board have not signed
off on. Right. And they are not listed

632
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:06,559
in the check register. Anyways, I think
it's a problem, but I'm not sure. I'm

633
00:54:03,599 --> 00:54:11,760
not um I'm not You counted and I'm not
the uh attorney. It's just I highlight

634
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:16,480
not approved those checks. No, they've
gone out. You you the board has not

635
00:54:14,319 --> 00:54:20,160
approved the dispersal. We have not
because it's not recorded in any of the

636
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:23,960
documents that we have signed or that we
have been asked to sign tonight.

637
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:28,960
Are you tracking? I mean, I would have
to look into that. I don't have any

638
00:54:26,559 --> 00:54:32,200
documents or I don't know what Chuck is
speaking of.

639
00:54:33,359 --> 00:54:40,480
I have to look at what the documents. I
can't respond to that right now. I

640
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:44,559
understand. I'm trying for spot. No,
I just want to highlight that there's a

641
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:48,720
there's an issue. Well, I I think too
the monthly

642
00:54:45,720 --> 00:54:52,800
reporting confusing because the checks
that are issued at the board aren't

643
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:56,880
including the financials. That's the
other issue. So that whole process

644
00:54:54,720 --> 00:55:04,160
should be
well it's a good thing that

645
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:10,000
um that the whole process has become
digitized. So there's a folder of which

646
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:15,520
every trustee would be able to see real
time what is in every single one. But

647
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:19,680
I'm pretty sure this is actually been
added or it's instructed to be

648
00:55:21,319 --> 00:55:30,000
added. Well, this is why we perform an
audit so that we do catch you know exits

649
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:36,240
are going to happen but this is why we
so it was caught but how is it

650
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:42,079
distributed without having
well did I did I sign up is it something

651
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:48,559
I signed up on I distribute fall sure no
we so if you to remedy it I mean if you

652
00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:52,480
approve it today it's approved and we're
good to go that doesn't mean that the

653
00:55:51,359 --> 00:55:59,599
process
is right or fixed. Um the GA tests,

654
00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:05,920
we're not holding them. If someone needs
the help, you know, it goes to Michelle

655
00:56:02,079 --> 00:56:12,079
and we sign off on it. So I think most
of the checks do not get signed off

656
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:19,480
before the board meeting devel you know
before the audit in claims of the next

657
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:26,000
meeting. However, these were written for
April but put Right. They were written

658
00:56:22,319 --> 00:56:29,440
for April but put onto this register.
They're not on this register. They're

659
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:35,280
not. These are the ones that were paid
and not on the register. Right. So I the

660
00:56:32,319 --> 00:56:41,920
question is are they written on the
April register? I find that and they're

661
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:48,160
not. No. So that means that all our
forms that we sign on the month are

662
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:52,799
wrong. what we're reporting is wrong.
Yeah. So there's there could that have

663
00:56:50,319 --> 00:56:57,599
happened before? Possibly. Sure. And we
have to make sure that those checks went

664
00:56:54,640 --> 00:57:02,240
to the right people. We don't know that.
Right. We don't know where they went,

665
00:56:59,599 --> 00:57:05,599
right? That's not true that you don't
know where they went. They went to the

666
00:57:03,599 --> 00:57:11,119
people that actually had been approved.
And did I get a new um said that but we

667
00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:15,960
don't have any. Okay. for any check to
be produced, the GA actually has to have

668
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:20,400
a whole lot of like a folder worth of
documentation for any single check to be

669
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:25,359
produced. So I understand what you're
saying, but you did not document these

670
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:29,680
two checks properly. So they could be
anywhere. Actually, you're saying

671
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:34,240
actually, but that's actually wrong
because we have no documentation as far

672
00:57:32,319 --> 00:57:38,400
as the check register on these two
checks. So we don't Okay. Just because

673
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:45,200
you don't like what I'm saying doesn't
mean you have the right to gather me. So

674
00:57:41,839 --> 00:57:50,160
I'm just about done. Every single check
has been scanned for the last in for

675
00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:54,480
this entire fiscal year. Every single
check and receipt has been scanned. Uh

676
00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:59,440
frankly, one of the people that was
scanning them is right behind you. Um

677
00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:05,280
and they've been put into a folder. So
this now we're now into a a new system

678
00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:11,200
because we've digitized and every single
one is in either in this GA in the

679
00:58:08,079 --> 00:58:18,319
funds. So at in the future every single
one can be viewed at any single time by

680
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:24,319
the incoming board and also any check.
So they'll be able to s see okay which

681
00:58:21,599 --> 00:58:29,520
check is in which month and it will be
perfectly 100% viewable. So, no, that's

682
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:35,119
just not accurate. Not even one they
sent. I I think we're talking my concern

683
00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:39,760
is that the these two checks are not
listed on a check register. They are not

684
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:43,119
included in any of the totals for the
certification of providing for the

685
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:46,400
payment of certain claims. That's all
I'm saying. So, I think that's a

686
00:58:44,559 --> 00:58:50,720
problem. I'm not sure how it gets
resolved, but I think that's a problem.

687
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:56,000
And I think that it's process I think
it's a process that has to be addressed.

688
00:58:52,559 --> 00:59:01,200
Okay. So again, you can make a motion to
exclude that, but I just got a a I had

689
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:05,680
asked for a bunch of those things this
again this morning, and I'm not sure if

690
00:59:03,599 --> 00:59:09,760
this one was not the right one that was
in your particular one. But let me

691
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:13,599
double check that this latest one
doesn't have it because I'm pretty sure

692
00:59:11,839 --> 00:59:18,640
that again, I've had I don't know how
many conversations with um Mike about

693
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:22,720
this particular these two checks and
making sure that they were in there.

694
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:27,280
Just search for five. Well, again, I
just got this at 9:15 this morning.

695
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:32,319
Understand? Just check the 52124. See if
it's in there. While you're searching, I

696
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:38,480
just want to mention that um I think
it's great that we have the paper trail

697
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:42,319
with the um with the GA, the leader GA,
but checks still have to be in a

698
00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:46,240
register for proper auditing trail.
Totally agree. And the second thing I

699
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:50,480
want to mention too, I don't I think
it's inappropriate to call out an

700
00:59:48,079 --> 00:59:55,280
employee during a public meeting. So
please don't do that. The third thing I

701
00:59:52,400 --> 01:00:00,559
want to mention is the owl moves anytime
a sound. So every time you guys talk, it

702
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:04,400
moves over here and then it comes off of
the actual discussion for people who are

703
01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:07,760
watching the meeting. I've learned that
that's why I was mentioning it. Any

704
01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:10,160
whisper it just it just it moves to you
and it's going to pick up what you're

705
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:13,559
saying even if you're whispering and
then they lose what's happening at the

706
01:00:12,079 --> 01:00:18,440
table. Sorry you
guys joy. It's okay.

707
01:00:18,559 --> 01:00:21,680
And the owl is that

708
01:00:32,119 --> 01:00:40,559
thing discussing what happened today.
You said the person behind you. We had

709
01:00:37,599 --> 01:00:45,280
been scanning every single one as well
as the supervisor Huan. It's

710
01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:49,920
inappropriate. We don't have to discuss
somebody.

711
01:00:47,359 --> 01:00:53,040
It's It's inappropriate to call her out
in a meeting in front of people. It's

712
01:00:51,599 --> 01:00:57,680
not calling her out. It's saying you're
doing a good job. You're scanning stuff.

713
01:00:54,880 --> 01:01:00,680
That's not what you're doing. I know.
Okay.

714
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:16,359
Put them in the other body.

715
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:27,480
It's true.

716
01:01:39,860 --> 01:01:43,119
[Music]

717
01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:11,839
They're in the right. Yeah.
Okay. So, we have

718
01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:16,720
52124 right here.
Yes.

719
01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:20,160
And we have the other one was Yeah,
because they had to be put in the

720
01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:23,160
previous one. Yeah. And the other one
was

721
01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:28,480
So the good news is they are on the
April register. Are they in the April

722
01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:34,880
register? No, they're in the March one
because they were

723
01:02:30,839 --> 01:02:39,359
to right here. So again, they've been
updated to the registers. So if you

724
01:02:37,119 --> 01:02:47,280
would like to make the motion to approve
the March and the April registers that

725
01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:52,079
have been amended to in
Go for it. That's what happened. I would

726
01:02:50,079 --> 01:02:58,400
like to make a motion to approve the
amended registers for

727
01:02:55,079 --> 01:03:05,200
um the audit and expenditures for the
month of March 2025 and the month of

728
01:03:02,040 --> 01:03:07,760
May. I'm sorry. Yes, March and May.
April was

729
01:03:08,839 --> 01:03:16,640
signpr April
second.

730
01:03:13,839 --> 01:03:23,400
Okay. Any other discussion? I think the
point is that the register was changed

731
01:03:18,720 --> 01:03:23,400
after the trustee. Yeah.

732
01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:32,799
Okay. So it was changed because it had
been printed out prior at the last

733
01:03:30,400 --> 01:03:39,039
meeting. It had been printed out the
Okay. The the register was done on

734
01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:43,760
Monday morning and then Monday afternoon
there was a GA check that had been added

735
01:03:41,839 --> 01:03:48,160
and should that have been immediately
added to the check the register? Yes, it

736
01:03:46,319 --> 01:03:53,280
should have been immediately added. It
did not happen. So what you're doing is

737
01:03:50,079 --> 01:03:58,960
you're amending the register for what
happened in the inner space of having

738
01:03:55,520 --> 01:04:04,240
the register printed out at Monday
morning and the GA check being given.

739
01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:10,000
But just for a lesson moving forward for
the the the word to follow, you should

740
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:14,480
not be approving an audit of expenditure
and then it gets amended and you have to

741
01:04:12,079 --> 01:04:19,039
later amend what you already approved
because that's your that's part of your

742
01:04:17,039 --> 01:04:24,559
due diligence is making sure that you
are properly reviewing spend a lot of

743
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:29,599
time reviewing what happens each month
when we perform that audit before the

744
01:04:26,559 --> 01:04:33,440
meeting on Wednesday. So it has to be
accurate. You you should not be you

745
01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:38,640
should not be adjusting the register
after we've approved the audit. Not

746
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:45,359
without notice.
Okay. Is there anything um a roll call

747
01:04:42,160 --> 01:04:52,280
or trustee McGovern? I just wanted to
add that um we had an insolvent GA fund

748
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:58,640
in the past and I feel like this brings
insight upon that issue.

749
01:04:56,319 --> 01:05:02,400
Reporting has to be done much. Any other
discussion?

750
01:05:00,799 --> 01:05:09,520
Roll call vote please. Could I ask who
seconded that motion? I have Trusty

751
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:14,799
McGover. I think I motion.
Thank you.

752
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:21,240
I'll vote, please. Trusty McGovern. Yes.
Trusty D. Yes. Trusty Page. Yes. Trusty

753
01:05:17,359 --> 01:05:21,240
Robinson. Yes. Supervising.

754
01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:25,400
Yes. Okay.

755
01:05:26,079 --> 01:05:33,359
So now we have to make a motion to
approve the township roadship bills and

756
01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:39,359
claims for the current month, right?
That we from the audit of this week.

757
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:44,720
Correct. Okay, we'll make that motion.
I'll second. Any other

758
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:48,480
discussion? And roll call vote. Sorry, I
there was one more question that came up

759
01:05:46,319 --> 01:05:52,480
in the discussion and this is not to
call anyone out, but this was to provide

760
01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:58,160
because it was a significant amount of
money. Um, I was going to ask the U

761
01:05:55,839 --> 01:06:02,319
highway commissioner to talk about the
715 $116,000.

762
01:06:00,799 --> 01:06:04,960
I'll be glad to, but I thought I talked
about that. That was included in your

763
01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:08,480
earlier discussion, right? It was, but
I'll I'll be glad to go through that

764
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:13,119
again. I mean, basically, it's it's much
higher than in prior

765
01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:18,559
years because it's almost twice the
length of road that we're repaving.

766
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:21,559
We're widening a couple places.
Um,

767
01:06:22,319 --> 01:06:30,000
the bumps the uh you said there was an
issue. Oh, the

768
01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:34,200
I was listening. All right. Sorry, I
didn't tie those two together. Thank

769
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:34,200
you.

770
01:06:34,240 --> 01:06:37,240
Yeah.

771
01:06:38,799 --> 01:06:46,799
Okay. Roll call up, please. Trusty
Robinson. Yes. Trusty Page. Yes. Trusty

772
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:52,079
McGovern. Yes. Trusty D. Supervisory
Huitt. Yes.

773
01:06:49,520 --> 01:06:58,960
Okay. Discussion of Ly Township District
2025 2026 fiscal year budget and

774
01:06:56,240 --> 01:07:03,200
preparation ordinance.
Motion to approve Ly Township Road

775
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:08,920
District 2025 2026 budget and
preparation ordinance.

776
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:13,839
A second. I'll second. Any other
discussion? And vote please. Trusty G.

777
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:18,720
Yes. Trusty Robinson. Yes. Trusty
McGovern. Yes. Trusty Page. Yes.

778
01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:22,720
Supervisor Huitt. Yes. Thank you.
Discussion and possible action on the

779
01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:28,319
Clarity Technology updated contract.
It's their name change. They were

780
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:32,880
formerly NG NGS Enterprises who created
Visual Ga, but we already have a

781
01:07:30,160 --> 01:07:38,240
contract with them. It's just a name
change. That right? Yes. There's no

782
01:07:36,079 --> 01:07:41,920
money that's changing. There's no terms
that are changing. It's literally just

783
01:07:40,319 --> 01:07:44,920
their name that is changing. Okay.
Motion to approve the updated contract

784
01:07:43,440 --> 01:07:50,160
with Clarity
Technology. Second.

785
01:07:47,599 --> 01:07:54,640
And then any other discussion? Anna
Okava, please. Trusty G. Yes. Trusty

786
01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:59,920
McGovern. Yes. Trusty Paige. Yes. Trusty
Robinson. Yes. Supervisor here. Yes.

787
01:07:57,839 --> 01:08:05,119
Okay. Next is discuss discussion
possible action to renew uh the renewal

788
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:09,359
of the Catholic Charities Agreement.
There are no funds associated with this.

789
01:08:07,119 --> 01:08:14,160
This is a longtime partnership that
we've had to work with them to help the

790
01:08:11,839 --> 01:08:19,040
community with GA assistant. I'll make a
motion to move the renewal of the

791
01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:22,799
capital sharing agreement. Second. Any
other discussion? Yes. I don't recall

792
01:08:21,279 --> 01:08:27,600
this coming up in the previous three
years. Why would it be why is it being

793
01:08:24,400 --> 01:08:31,920
renewed this year? Um because this the
way that the purchasing policy was

794
01:08:29,759 --> 01:08:39,600
worded, it needs to come up even though
it's a Z sum. The way there's a phrase

795
01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:44,799
in there um that makes it be something
that needs to be approved by the board.

796
01:08:42,480 --> 01:08:48,480
It says any contract or what have you
not that's why the other ones even

797
01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:51,759
though it was a name change and it
hasn't changed at all the nature of the

798
01:08:50,319 --> 01:08:56,000
contract has to be approved by the
board. So it's a change in your you in

799
01:08:54,159 --> 01:09:01,520
the purchasing policy which was not
that's good I got it in effect. Okay

800
01:08:58,480 --> 01:09:07,359
then a co please. Trusty G. Yes. Trusty
McGovern. Yes. Trusty Page. Yes. Trusty

801
01:09:03,759 --> 01:09:10,640
Robinson. Yes. Supervisor H. Yes. Okay.
Discussion, possible action on approval

802
01:09:09,040 --> 01:09:15,239
of the contract with Chicago Fire and
Burglar Detection for 2121 Ogden. I'll

803
01:09:13,679 --> 01:09:20,960
make a motion to
approve the contract with Chicago Fire

804
01:09:18,319 --> 01:09:28,000
and Burg Burglar Detection for 2121
Ogden. Second. Any

805
01:09:24,839 --> 01:09:32,159
discussion? Andrew O'Havo. Trusty Page.
Yes. Trusty McGovern. Yes. Trusty G.

806
01:09:30,080 --> 01:09:35,600
Yes. Trusty Robinson. Yes. Supervisory
Huitt.

807
01:09:33,400 --> 01:09:43,759
Yes. Okay. Okay. Review and approval of
the 25 um 49 April Wild minutes and the

808
01:09:40,600 --> 01:09:48,440
2025 414 special counter meeting
minutes.

809
01:09:45,839 --> 01:09:55,440
I'll make a motion to approve the
2025 April Ly Township Board minutes and

810
01:09:51,759 --> 01:09:59,239
the 20 25 April 14th special township
board meeting minutes.

811
01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:07,120
Second
was uh trusty guys. Thank you. And then

812
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:13,679
you roll up please. Trusty McGovern.
Yes. Trusty D. Yes. Trusty Paige. Yes.

813
01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:19,760
Trusty Robinson. Yes. Supervising. Yes.
Okay. Next is old

814
01:10:16,199 --> 01:10:19,760
business. Any old

815
01:10:20,760 --> 01:10:30,000
business? Any new business?
I have a question. You guys did the Did

816
01:10:28,159 --> 01:10:33,800
we come forward and ask for those extra
funds for the garden?

817
01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:43,679
I don't recall you brought it up last
month. Yeah. I don't think we made a I

818
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:47,920
haven't heard anything. Okay. If you
send me something, I'll send it to the

819
01:10:45,600 --> 01:10:47,920
future

820
01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:58,679
supervisor. Send a request then I'm sure
she'll um look at it when on Monday.

821
01:10:59,199 --> 01:11:08,679
than reports of elected officials.
The car clinic was held over the weekend

822
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:12,239
had successfully at
72 which is about

823
01:11:17,400 --> 01:11:21,719
a other reports.

824
01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:26,600
I'll have a report.

825
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:37,000
Great. First, I want to thank you for
those past four years. Um, it's it's

826
01:11:34,159 --> 01:11:42,880
been different than than what we
expected. However, I feel like we've

827
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:48,800
made some good friends and um we have
gotten some things done and I wish

828
01:11:46,199 --> 01:11:53,600
everyone nothing but the best in the
future. Whatever we decide to do, we

829
01:11:51,760 --> 01:12:00,560
give back to the community. That's what
we do. So, uh, Trusty McGovern has her

830
01:11:57,719 --> 01:12:07,040
slot. As Cessor Turber, Deputy
Commissioner Young have their slot, and,

831
01:12:03,360 --> 01:12:13,199
um, you know, Lyall in Neighborville and
the rest of the township is our

832
01:12:09,239 --> 01:12:19,760
home. With that, uh, I, you know, we are
ending our term. uh a while back, a

833
01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:25,520
couple years ago, um I needed to find a
space to protect the documents after I

834
01:12:22,880 --> 01:12:30,159
was kicked out of the office. Um I was
kicked out of the office and I know that

835
01:12:27,679 --> 01:12:34,719
that the supervisor likes to say not,
but you don't kick if you're having

836
01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:39,520
kicked someone out of the office, you
don't change the locks or change the

837
01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:47,920
code. So I needed to find a place where
I could uh secure the documents and um I

838
01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:55,199
I found a place to secure the documents.
I have put Cessor Trobridge out for

839
01:12:51,520 --> 01:13:00,159
these past several years. Uh that
building was built with the intent of

840
01:12:57,679 --> 01:13:04,880
the assessor. He has not been able to
use his conference room to meet with the

841
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:10,800
people that he needs to meet with and
he's been extremely gracious so that I

842
01:13:07,520 --> 01:13:16,320
could take that corner of your world and
uh and uh pl my boxes down because

843
01:13:13,679 --> 01:13:22,320
that's actually what it looks like. So,
uh now that my term is over, I will be

844
01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:26,239
bringing everything back. So, um because
that's what I need to do because that's

845
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:31,280
not the clerk's office. The clerk's
office was in here when I left. I need

846
01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:36,400
to now bring the the everything back. So
I will be doing that on Friday just to

847
01:13:33,520 --> 01:13:43,280
let you know.
Um Trusty Gist, I would like to echo the

848
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:48,400
sentiments of Clawitz. Um these four
years definitely are not what we had set

849
01:13:46,560 --> 01:13:55,199
that were not what they were set out to
be. I want to thank um former trustee

850
01:13:52,159 --> 01:14:01,120
Lisa Rose for her hard work on the board
and as an employee. Uh I want to thank

851
01:13:58,239 --> 01:14:06,159
Bill Green who was a wonderful asset to
us as we transitioned at to being new

852
01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:11,600
people here in office. I want to thank
my fellow board members for your

853
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:16,960
patience, your tenacity. Um we sat
through 58 meetings last year. Um

854
01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:20,640
sometimes till 12 and 1:00 in the
morning and I know that people think

855
01:14:18,560 --> 01:14:24,480
that there's some great joy in that. Um
there's not, especially when you have to

856
01:14:22,320 --> 01:14:27,520
work the next day. Um, but we did it
because we felt a duty and a

857
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:31,360
responsibility, not because we were
being contradictory, but because we felt

858
01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:35,520
a responsibility to do right by the
constituents of this community. So,

859
01:14:33,360 --> 01:14:41,360
speaking to that, just like there are no
kings in the United States of America,

860
01:14:38,480 --> 01:14:46,080
there are no kings in a township. A
supervisor is not solely and ultimately

861
01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:51,040
responsible for the success of this
township. There is an entire elected

862
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:56,080
board as well as a clerk, a highway
commissioner and a tax assessor who

863
01:14:53,600 --> 01:15:00,400
provided great insight because of their
lawn tenure who helped to guide us and

864
01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:04,400
who were part of many discussions
because even though they didn't get a

865
01:15:02,080 --> 01:15:08,239
vote, they still sat here meeting after
meeting and helped us and gave us a

866
01:15:06,400 --> 01:15:14,480
different perspective of one that maybe
we had not considered when we were

867
01:15:10,320 --> 01:15:20,640
making decisions um here. Um we turn
this over to you. You have ran a strong

868
01:15:17,040 --> 01:15:26,400
race. You won. You deserve the win. But
I will be remaining an engaged voter.

869
01:15:23,920 --> 01:15:31,280
I'm a taxpayer in this community. I care
about the work we did here. Um I believe

870
01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:37,199
that your hearts are in the right place.
I hope that you will be uh beautiful

871
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:42,080
with our taxpayers dollars. I know that
there are some strong ambitions to grow

872
01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:45,760
um programs, but I would like you to be
mindful because I do volunteer with the

873
01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:50,320
career networking center. I am
personally seeing the people who are

874
01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:54,640
impacted by job loss. The pantry is
personally seeing people who are

875
01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:59,600
impacted by job loss. looking at growing
and expanding. It sounds so amazing, but

876
01:15:57,920 --> 01:16:03,920
you're going to need money to help the
people who are going to be in serious

877
01:16:01,920 --> 01:16:08,239
serious trouble over these next couple
of months, possibly the next couple of

878
01:16:05,840 --> 01:16:14,640
years. We don't know. So, you have to be
mindful of that. Uh again, this was not

879
01:16:12,159 --> 01:16:18,719
the journey that I set on set out on
four years ago when I had your support

880
01:16:16,640 --> 01:16:22,480
in your vote, which I no longer have
that vote of confidence. That doesn't

881
01:16:20,560 --> 01:16:27,600
concern me as much as I know that I am
leaving this seat, having done the best

882
01:16:25,040 --> 01:16:32,080
job I could for this community, making
sure that we put programs in place,

883
01:16:29,679 --> 01:16:37,679
making sure we enhance programs, not
just the 708 mental health board, the

884
01:16:34,159 --> 01:16:43,679
senior transportation program, the uh
expanding um the the food pantry

885
01:16:40,719 --> 01:16:48,080
services by purchasing additional um
freezers and such like that. So there's

886
01:16:46,080 --> 01:16:52,719
a lot that happened in these four years
amidst all of that strife and

887
01:16:50,280 --> 01:17:00,600
controversy. So when you look back on
it, yes, it wasn't pretty all the time.

888
01:16:56,080 --> 01:17:00,600
Wasn't packaged up pretty all the time.

889
01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:11,679
Thank you. But but we did good work and
I'm very proud of what we were able to

890
01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:17,120
accomplish. I wish we had could have
done more, you know, but we're going to

891
01:17:14,560 --> 01:17:22,480
pass this on to you and I wish you
nothing but success and thank you. Thank

892
01:17:20,320 --> 01:17:26,640
you to each and every one of you. Thank
you. Uh Jesse McGovern, keep it simple

893
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:32,320
and sweet. I just want to say thank you
as well. Uh it was a very much a team

894
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:39,679
effort and I think there were many
positive results that resulted in that

895
01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:45,679
effort. I want to bow my head to Ed and
John who I think are the best assessor

896
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:51,159
and um highway uh department in the
United States. I think I was going to

897
01:17:48,159 --> 01:17:57,120
say the side of the Mississippi
but it's I I think it's run super

898
01:17:53,840 --> 01:18:03,600
efficiently. we have happy customers,
um, happy citizens. But, you know, thank

899
01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:07,480
you for the opportunity and, um, I know,
yeah, it has been rough, but best

900
01:18:05,440 --> 01:18:14,320
interest of the township and the
taxpayers were in our hearts. I wish you

901
01:18:10,560 --> 01:18:19,600
the best. Okay, Justin Paige, same for
me. Just thank you especially to both

902
01:18:16,960 --> 01:18:24,719
you Commissioner Young and to you
Commissioner Grovage for your experience

903
01:18:22,960 --> 01:18:27,840
for your guidance for for all the help
that you've given us over these past

904
01:18:26,080 --> 01:18:31,920
four years. We've needed it clearly you
know and we appreciate it very very

905
01:18:29,440 --> 01:18:39,280
much. I appreciate working with all
three of you. It's been it's been wild

906
01:18:35,480 --> 01:18:47,199
right but it's been good. It it I think
what we have done as a board as as a as

907
01:18:42,640 --> 01:18:52,960
a a board of trustees has been to calm
things down, right? Like to slow all the

908
01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:57,400
bad stuff down until we could get our
hands around it and see exactly what

909
01:18:54,719 --> 01:19:02,960
we're dealing with. So, thank you
everybody. Thank you, Jesse.

910
01:19:01,199 --> 01:19:06,880
Yeah, I got to echo that and and I want
to say the focus has been on

911
01:19:04,560 --> 01:19:12,000
professionals, right? That we bring in
uh firms, professional county,

912
01:19:08,960 --> 01:19:16,480
professional legal, professional audit
firms, and for a while professional town

913
01:19:14,960 --> 01:19:20,960
administration. I I think that's really
got us to a good place. I'm going to

914
01:19:18,239 --> 01:19:25,679
call out trustee Paige for her work with
the with the personnel. Um there was a

915
01:19:23,440 --> 01:19:32,400
complete turnover of personnel uh in the
first 18 months. Um I I sincerely hope

916
01:19:30,159 --> 01:19:36,480
that that's a lesson that a new rookie
board takes to heart. Um that we have

917
01:19:34,800 --> 01:19:40,880
good people here. We've invested in
them. Um they are doing good work. They

918
01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:46,880
know the township. They know the people.
Um and they've been delivering every day

919
01:19:43,679 --> 01:19:51,280
in a lot of turmoil. Um and I do want to
uh reinforce the clerk's point about

920
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:55,120
relocating the files. There should only
be one set of quick township records and

921
01:19:53,440 --> 01:20:00,480
they should be at the township office.
and we have not necessarily been at that

922
01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:03,679
place and we should get back to that
place because one set of records and

923
01:20:02,080 --> 01:20:07,360
they're here at the township office. So,
I would uh reinforce her decision and

924
01:20:05,840 --> 01:20:11,360
you've all been great to work with.
You're right. I think we've uh dealt

925
01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:15,920
with some issues. I mean, we we we
continue the progress around uh

926
01:20:13,199 --> 01:20:20,400
facilities uh implementation. Uh I think
that was a tough f um but I think we got

927
01:20:18,320 --> 01:20:24,320
the right level of community involvement
in helping us lead that forward. Um, and

928
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:28,320
we've made some good improvements. And
again, it's the people, right? It's the

929
01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:31,679
people that we've got in place. And the
reviews wouldn't have happened unless

930
01:20:29,679 --> 01:20:37,280
you've been driven, spearheaded the fact
that every employee gets a review. Um,

931
01:20:34,239 --> 01:20:41,360
so thank you for that. And I know Trusty
Paige, I'm sorry. Um, guys put a lot of

932
01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:44,800
time into the food pantry. I know you're
very passionate about that. So, thank

933
01:20:42,719 --> 01:20:47,840
you for your efforts there. And Trusty
McGovern, your whole tutoring program,

934
01:20:46,480 --> 01:20:51,840
you know, that's just been above and
beyond. And that's been a very personal

935
01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:56,880
commit commitment from you as well as
the township level John and Ed

936
01:20:54,400 --> 01:21:00,800
appreciate your time as well. So we miss
you all but you know we're all still

937
01:20:58,640 --> 01:21:05,600
residents right we'll be here. So thank
you. I'm just going to add for everyone

938
01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:10,640
and I apologize. I know that's out of
order but I know that everyone here

939
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:16,560
would like to thank the residents of
Lyall Township as well for their support

940
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:22,800
through the past four years. We we've
done this with them in mind.

941
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:28,080
Okay. Thank you. And next is the proper
notion of mental health awareness month.

942
01:21:25,440 --> 01:21:31,560
Um whereas
uh mental health is critical to overall

943
01:21:29,679 --> 01:21:36,560
wellbeing and affect every aspect of our
lives. How we think and how we feel to

944
01:21:34,640 --> 01:21:39,360
how we act relate to others and handle
stress. And whereas millions of

945
01:21:37,920 --> 01:21:42,719
individuals and families across our
township are impacted by mental health

946
01:21:41,120 --> 01:21:45,920
conditions and have no boundaries. And
whereas stigma of surrounding mental

947
01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:49,440
health remains a barrier that prevents
many people from seeking the help they

948
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:53,040
may need and deserve. And whereas we
recognize the importance of raising

949
01:21:50,800 --> 01:21:56,239
awareness, increasing access to care,
and supporting the mental health

950
01:21:54,960 --> 01:22:00,080
wellness of all people through
education, open dialogue, and community

951
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:03,679
action. World Mental Health Awareness
Month serves as a crucial reminder that

952
01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:07,199
no one is alone, that help is available,
and that together we can create a

953
01:22:05,679 --> 01:22:11,040
culture of compassion, understanding,
and support. World Mental Health Month

954
01:22:09,520 --> 01:22:14,080
um celebrates the resilience and
strength of individuals living with

955
01:22:12,639 --> 01:22:17,440
mental illness, recognizing their
courage, determination and achievements

956
01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:21,600
and overcoming obstacles that can help
embracing hope and healing. Whereas

957
01:22:19,199 --> 01:22:24,880
mental health month serves as a call to
action for individual community and

958
01:22:23,199 --> 01:22:29,440
policy makers to prioritize mental
health, invest in prevention, early

959
01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:33,360
intervention support services and work
together to create a more inclusive

960
01:22:31,199 --> 01:22:38,400
compactment and supportive society. and
with the meeting 708 mental health board

961
01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:42,960
doing so positive action specific
support for people and now therefore I

962
01:22:40,880 --> 01:22:47,679
die to it by virtue and authority vested
in me as the professor counter to

963
01:22:45,199 --> 01:22:53,120
provide for claim aid 25 health
awareness month

964
01:22:49,760 --> 01:22:57,280
um next is proclamation of American
native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

965
01:22:55,520 --> 01:23:02,000
heritage month whereas Asian-American
native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander um

966
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:05,760
heritage month of each May is a
celebration highlight diverse history

967
01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:11,440
and cultures of Asian, native Hawaiian,
and Pacific Islanders throughout the

968
01:23:07,280 --> 01:23:16,080
United States. A NHPI contributions have
and continue to impact American life in

969
01:23:13,440 --> 01:23:20,560
all aspects. Whereas the narration,
first known as AsianPacific American

970
01:23:18,400 --> 01:23:25,760
Heritage Week, was signed into law as a
joint resolution by President Carter 19.

971
01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:31,440
12 years later, Congress expanded the
observance from a week. In 1982,

972
01:23:28,480 --> 01:23:36,960
President George HW Bush designated May
as AsianPacific American Heritage Month.

973
01:23:34,320 --> 01:23:40,560
In 2009, during the Barack Obama
presidential administration, this

974
01:23:38,320 --> 01:23:45,760
tribute was renamed Asian-American and
Pacific Islander Heritage Month. On

975
01:23:43,040 --> 01:23:52,000
April 30th, 2021, President Joe Biden
signed proclamation 919 recognizing the

976
01:23:49,199 --> 01:23:56,480
month as May of May as Asian-American,
Native Hawaiian, and Pacifica Islander

977
01:23:54,560 --> 01:24:00,800
Heritage Month. Whereas the month of May
was selected to acknowledge the first

978
01:23:58,239 --> 01:24:04,880
Japanese immigrants to America on May
7th, 1873 and the completion of the

979
01:24:02,880 --> 01:24:09,520
first transcontinental railroad in the
United States by training slavers on May

980
01:24:06,639 --> 01:24:13,840
10th, 1869, also known as Holden's bike
day. Now therefore, I am Huitt's for

981
01:24:12,639 --> 01:24:18,400
country c country through her vital
proclaim May 2035 as Asian native

982
01:24:16,639 --> 01:24:21,440
Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
Month and encourage everyone to

983
01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:24,719
recognize this month by acknowledging
the numerous and long-standing

984
01:24:22,719 --> 01:24:27,800
contributions of Asian-Americans Native
Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

985
01:24:26,239 --> 01:24:33,120
throughout the history of the United
States. Um I hear the supervisor's

986
01:24:31,199 --> 01:24:41,520
report. I want to first thank the people
of LA Township for their trust in me as

987
01:24:37,719 --> 01:24:45,120
supervisor and this board. Um, and with
this final supervisor report for me, the

988
01:24:43,280 --> 01:24:48,480
township has visibly improved in the
past four years. There are more

989
01:24:46,560 --> 01:24:52,080
community services. There's a township
transportation program that did not

990
01:24:50,159 --> 01:24:56,159
exist three years ago. There's a newly
created thriving ly township 708 mental

991
01:24:54,400 --> 01:25:00,000
health board. We're taking actions to
help the people in our township's mental

992
01:24:57,920 --> 01:25:05,199
health care. If anybody is interested in
implying there is an open position now

993
01:25:02,639 --> 01:25:10,400
um the food pantry has been brought into
the c the current century. It is much

994
01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:14,239
more capable of holding and serving the
community. There's a vibrant medical

995
01:25:12,320 --> 01:25:18,159
lending closet. General assistance
financial levels have increased and

996
01:25:15,840 --> 01:25:23,120
improved significantly. The recycling
program begun two years ago has had a

997
01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:26,960
significant impact on our township. We
are more environmentally aware of our

998
01:25:24,800 --> 01:25:31,520
footprint. Longtime financial issues
were cleaned up. I'm confident that Dr.

999
01:25:29,600 --> 01:25:35,360
Joan Wright, Robert Saxs, Jerry
Galloway, Susan Howell, Maryanne

1000
01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:39,360
Basquez, and Von Ray Prepel will bring a
breath of constructive, compassionate,

1001
01:25:36,960 --> 01:25:44,440
and positive changes to this country. I
look forward to cheering them on as they

1002
01:25:41,280 --> 01:25:49,920
leave LA leaders to new positive
heights. Um, the food pantry was

1003
01:25:47,199 --> 01:25:57,570
extremely busy this past month. There
were um

1004
01:25:52,120 --> 01:26:01,840
2,337 people served. GA cases were at
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1005
01:25:59,000 --> 01:26:07,280
26,21483. Um there were quite a few
passports as you can see 54 passports

1006
01:26:05,280 --> 01:26:14,960
though spring break is really the
highlight at zooming life. Um there are

1007
01:26:10,280 --> 01:26:20,560
155 rides in April. Um and 638 rides for
the full piece program. Um, and the

1008
01:26:18,800 --> 01:26:24,679
recycling program has continued to
thrive with extra

1009
01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:30,639
county
communications. Um, that's my

1010
01:26:27,360 --> 01:26:36,199
supervisor's report. And is there a
reason for executive session? We'll make

1011
01:26:33,040 --> 01:26:40,960
a motion to adjourn. Second. Um, it's an
adjournment

1012
01:26:37,719 --> 01:26:45,070
by and then so that's the kind of
adjournment that we're not coming back.

1013
01:26:43,120 --> 01:26:50,480
Um, all in favor?
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1014
01:26:46,560 --> 01:26:50,480
The great one inspires it.