[0:06] it is 6 o'clock please stand for the
Pledge of
[0:11] Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the of
the United States of America and to the
[0:17] Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with libery and
[0:23] justice for
[0:28] all this meeting is officially called to
order roll call pleas trusty EES trusty
[0:36] Lily trusty Dunlap here trusty Blakey
here trusty Clark here trusty Marshall
[0:45] here
[0:48] okay ly will be coming out shortly all
right we have a quorum is there anyone
[0:55] here tonight that is interested in
addressing the board if so you may come
[0:59] forward now
[1:02] all right if not we'll move on is there
a motion to approve the minutes dated
[1:08] December 10th
[1:12] 2024 motion by uh Marshall is it
supported supported supported by Dunlap
[1:18] roll call Lily yes Dunlap yes Blakey yes
Clark yes Marshall yes that motion
[1:25] carries we'll now move on to our
standing committee reports starting with
[1:29] public work and trusty dlap thank you
Madame mayor good evening everybody
[1:33] happy New Year um I just have a couple
things the L building has been remodeled
[1:40] and it's available for rental for
Lynwood residents for any kind of
[1:44] information call uh Village Hall and I
just want to make a comment that um on
[1:50] my way to work I travel through many of
the local towns around here and our
[1:54] public works department is right on top
of the snow and I would just like to
[1:59] thank them
[Applause]
[2:05] thank you trustee Economic Development
trusty Blakey thank you very much uh
[2:10] Madame mayor uh just a few things for
economic development um bam as you know
[2:14] has been under construction for a while
now we're happy to report that probably
[2:19] by the end of January they will be up
and uh functioning a a great deal of
[2:24] work is uh being completed there so
we're looking forward to that um I don't
[2:28] know if you are at the last meeting and
heard the mayor announce about popping
[2:33] plates uh but that is a new business
that is going into where uh Warsaw Inn
[2:39] was um and Warsaw Inn uh as you know was
in the the village of Lynwood for a
[2:45] number of years um the lady just uh
retired and left the uh business for
[2:50] sale and it is recently or in the
process of being um purchased and
[2:55] utilized and it's going to add a great
deal of value to the Village of Lynwood
[2:59] because of all of the creative
opportunities um that they are going to
[3:03] uh bring to that location um the the
last thing I want to say is that uh
[3:09] popping plates as well as um what is it
um um Dollar General uh the equestrian
[3:19] University uh the car
wash what am I forgetting manh dunin
[3:24] donut Fresh Market uh Dunkin Donuts um I
have responsibility of Economic
[3:32] Development however the first the person
that oversees and that spearheads all of
[3:38] the economic development for this
Village is the is Mayor Curry mayor
[3:42] Curry is in each one of those meetings
she's negotiating each one of those uh
[3:47] contracts each one of those um deals and
I just wanted to make sure that the
[3:51] entire Village understands that mayor
Curry since she's been in office has
[3:57] spearheaded all of the economic
development that we have seen in this
[4:01] Village over the last um four years and
for that I want to say thank
[4:08] you thank you that's it for uh a
Economic Development can I move over
[4:13] move on to Community Affairs yes okay
Community Affairs just have a few things
[4:18] uh coffee with cops I'm pretty sure um
the chief is going to speak about this
[4:23] but that's going to be on January 24th
that's going to take place at Duncan
[4:27] Donuts um from 9:00 a.m. until 11 11:00
a.m. um Valentine senior Bingo is going
[4:34] to happen on February 14th right here in
this room and that's going to be from
[4:39] noon until 2: p.m. um the next District
172 school board meeting is happening
[4:46] this Thursday at 6:00 pm. at San rid
school if you can uh make it to that uh
[4:51] meeting we would encourage you to do so
and then also the district 171
[4:57] Sunnybrook school board meeting is
happening on Monday January
[5:02] 27th at 6:00 p.m. um the last thing that
I have is a community alert of sorts
[5:08] there have been a rash of Tire
flattenings um throughout the uh
[5:13] throughout the village if your tire has
been flattened I would encourage you to
[5:17] get in touch with the uh Chief and let
him know that because there's been a
[5:22] pattern um and we want to make sure that
we are on top of that okay thank you
[5:27] very much thank you
Planning and Zoning trusty thank you
[5:32] Madame mayor my apologies for being
tardy getting to the meeting good
[5:36] evening everyone happy New Year I have
nothing for Planning and Zoning uh may I
[5:40] move on to ordinances and resolutions
yes okay I uh am making a motion on a
[5:45] second read action taken for ordinance
number
[5:48] 24-25 uh that's an ordinance of the
village of Lynwood Illinois adding
[5:51] chapter 22 article 7 mobile food vendors
there's a motion is it supported
[5:58] supported motion by Li supported by
Dunlap attorney bo uh yes uh good
[6:03] evening everybody this is a second read
on ordinance you first considered it at
[6:08] your December meeting what this does is
it creates a uh a new ordinance sub
[6:14] chapter for mobile food vendors uh the
reason for having this is that you've
[6:19] had uptick in interest within the
Village from Mobile Food vendors to uh
[6:24] to have a license in the past you've
done it under your uh uh business
[6:28] license uh uh portion of your current
ordinance manual this streamlines the
[6:33] process makes it a bit more specific to
the Mobile Food vendor business thank
[6:38] you roll
call chy Lily yes Dunlap yes Blakey yes
[6:44] Clark yes Marshall yes that motion
carries thank you the next item I have
[6:50] is I'm seeking a motion I'm sorry I'm
making a motion on a second read action
[6:53] taken resolution number
24-26 that's a resolution granting a
[6:57] special use permit to flower Moon solar
there's a motion is it supported
[7:03] supported motion by Lily supported by
Dunlap attorney Boyle yes uh this comes
[7:09] to you for second read on recommendation
of your uh uh zoning appeals board it is
[7:15] a uh special use permit application from
uh flower Moon LLC it's a solar uh solar
[7:22] farm solar business uh energy generating
uh hopefully help uh be a little more
[7:27] friendly to the environment uh Dee some
utility cost for people thank you roll
[7:33] call Lily yes Dunlap yes Lakey yes Clark
yes Marshall yes that motion carries
[7:39] thank this last item I have a making a
motion on a first read no action taken
[7:43] resolution number
24-27 that's a resolution authorizing
[7:47] Village president to execute settlement
agreement and release an Andrew Sneed at
[7:52] Al versus Village of lywood at Al case
number 22- cv- 0026
[7:59] six pending in the US District Court for
the northern district of Illinois
[8:04] there's a motion is it supported
supported motion by Lily supported by
[8:08] Marshall attorney Bole uh yes I believe
this has been reviewed by the board at
[8:13] uh its Committee of the whole meeting
this was a case that was handled by
[8:17] special counsel Peterson Johnson Murphy
uh is a 1983 action amicable settlement
[8:24] far below what had been demanded
initially by the plaintiffs thank you r
[8:29] Lily yes Dunlap yes Lakey yes Clark yes
Marshall yes that motion carries this
[8:36] concludes my report Madam mayor thank
you thank
[8:39] you health and wellness trusty Clark
just a little bit hospitals are
[8:43] reporting a sharp uptake in respiratory
illnesses while covid risk is still low
[8:48] and medium there is a increase of 6 by
6.9% and then um they're talking about
[8:55] these four illnesses that's going around
RSV has risen significantly especially
[9:01] uh in the youth 12 months to 17 years
old neuroi has also an uptic this is
[9:08] spread by contact hand to hand eating
after a person drinking after a person
[9:13] so please wash your hands and and not
share Foods um pneumonia this is the
[9:19] pneumonia season but there are a large
number of children now being affected by
[9:23] pneumonia so please get your children
their Pneumonia shots and adults get
[9:27] yours as well especially if you have
comob disas like COPD or asthma other
[9:32] than that have a wonderful happy and
safe 2025 the windchills are expected to
[9:37] reach minus 9us 10 degrees in the coming
days warming centers are open throughout
[9:43] Cook County if you find someone you can
please have them uh email you can do it
[9:48] for them cook. me/ staywarm again that's
cook c o kg go v.me me/ s a y w r am
[9:59] stay war and that's it you're not going
to tell us what month it is not this
[10:04] month okay thank you thanks next well
next next meeting next meeting all right
[10:11] yeah uh Finance uh trusty Marshall will
be filling in for trusty e tonight thank
[10:16] you madam
mayor okay I'm looking to I'm making a
[10:20] motion to approve bill payment M
1513 with a total expenditure of
[10:28] $237,200
.96 which includes payroll for the
[10:33] period of
11244 to
[10:40] 12724 motion by Marshall was that
supported by Clark uh roll call L yes
[10:46] Dunlap yes Blakey yes Clark yes Marshall
yes that motion carries I'm also making
[10:52] a motion to approve bill payment memo
1514 with a total expenditure of 350 $
[11:01] 7,581 69 which includes payroll for the
period of
[11:07] 12824 to
12224 supported motion by Marshall
[11:12] supported by Clark roll call Lily yes
gunlap yes Blakey yes Clark yes Marshall
[11:18] yes that motion carries finally I'm
making a motion to approve bill payment
[11:24] memo
1515 with a total expenditure of 228,000
[11:31] 98424 which includes payroll for the
period of 12
[11:36] 2224 to
1425 supported motion by Marshall
[11:41] supported by Clark roll call Lily yes
dlap yes Blakey yes Clark yes Marshall
[11:47] yes that motion carries that's all I
have Madam mayor thank you
[11:50] trustee Public Safety truste Marshall I
have no report thank you we'll now move
[11:57] on to our department report reports uh
beginning with our Police Department uh
[12:02] Chief thank you madam mayor um our stats
since we last met uh December 10th we
[12:09] 352 traffic stops 29 arrests 10 guns
recovered 830 uh building checks 39
[12:16] domestic incidents 303 ordinance
violations and a total of uh 2,143 calls
[12:23] for service um I want to also extend the
invitation to
[12:29] um our citizens to uh meet with us on
January 24th at Dunkin Donuts um from 9
[12:36] to 11: um to have coffee with with a cop
so certainly please uh make that a part
[12:42] of your your schedule your morning
schedule uh we would certainly like to
[12:47] meet and greet our residents when you
come through and uh we'll be there with
[12:50] smiles and warm welcomes um also Madam
mayor took the privilege of uh doing
[12:56] some statistics and before I give these
statistics I just want to speak volumes
[13:01] to uh your leadership and uh your
legislative body um this is an era where
[13:07] um quite honestly you don't see this
type of support in law enforcement um
[13:12] but the the support from your
legislative body and yourself has
[13:16] allowed us to um police this community
and make this community one of the
[13:21] safest communities in Illinois um so
with that being said um under your
[13:26] leadership um and your support uh we
were able to implement the uh Deca
[13:31] program in our uh Records Division this
has allowed us to uh streamline and
[13:36] speed up the uh process with our tickets
um we have increased our Police
[13:41] Department by 36% so there's more
officers on the streets um more
[13:45] presentence um quicker response times uh
we have reduced our violent crime index
[13:50] by
22.5% and we have reduced our property
[13:54] crime index by 18% and there's an
increase in our traffic enforcement by
[14:01] 44.6% needless to say uh Lynwood is the
very Place safe to live um it's an honor
[14:07] uh you have made it easy uh to be the
police in this town and thank you again
[14:11] for your leadership and your support
that ends my
[14:17] report Chief Austin good evening Madame
mayor top
[14:21] [Music]
that uh so I got two ambulances sitting
[14:26] over
there I am fully staffed as well um so
[14:32] fire department stats 133 ambulance
calls uh six accident with injuries two
[14:37] accident without injuries one vehicle
fire uh 20 uh inel assists 12 smoke
[14:45] alarm and fire alarm malfunctions one
mutual a station coverage uh two CO2
[14:51] calls uh four service calls and three
dispatch the route calls making a total
[14:56] of
184 calls for service for the fire
[14:59] department and that ends my report thank
you may I have a question for the for
[15:04] the chief chief Austin um it is my
understanding just correct me if I'm
[15:09] wrong prior to this Administration
coming into office and you taking that
[15:14] position how many ambulances did the
village of lywood have uh zero it was
[15:19] contracted out to a a private Ambulance
Service and how many years was it
[15:22] contracted out do you have any
idea um we're trying to track that down
[15:28] but probably uh weim approximately 45 40
45 years but now in those two ambulances
[15:36] that you have now um that were approved
and sanctioned by mayor Curry um those
[15:42] are Revenue generating correct correct
okay thank you very
[15:47] much standing there thank you
[15:52] Chief director Garcia thank you madam
mayor I don't have ambulance
[15:59] leave that to them that's they're the
professionals lean into the snow remot
[16:05] I'll take care of the snow keep it clean
um two Automan brakes to repair one
[16:10] sanitary sewer uh to repair one water
serice is repaired we've just finished
[16:15] our lead and copper inventory report
that has not been done before luckily
[16:20] we've been able to uh update everything
for us we don't have any lead in town
[16:24] we're one of those only towns or maybe
one other town that we're all 100%
[16:28] copper
um we've been approved by the EPA that
[16:31] our inventory is up to up to date Nows
um we had four call outs due to the
[16:37] snowfall and I want to thank my crew for
coming out day and night working um
[16:41] through those hard evenings and nights
and into early
[16:44] mornings and also I want to just remind
the residents to please refrain from
[16:49] putting any of the snow into the streets
um that snow eventually turns into ice
[16:54] and it becomes very dangerous for all of
our drivers um and anybody walking
[16:57] really so we just please just push it
into the parkway or into your yard that
[17:02] ISS my report thank
you Village engineer Mrs
[17:08] [Laughter]
[17:15] mcferson
[17:20] okay project yes there you go all right
well good evening everyone um just a
[17:25] quick update on the sanitary exension
are
[17:31] everything
[17:59] like thank you thank you thank you we're
very excited about this extension
[18:04] project and we're excited about bringing
more grants in so for those of you that
[18:08] ask me about your street repairs that's
how we get your street repair as by
[18:12] working with our engineer to secure
these grants and our grant writers thank
[18:17] you uh Finance director Mrs Swit thank
you
[18:23] mayor can I turn it
off okay um just an update on the fiscal
[18:29] year 2023 audit uh talk with the
Auditors they are gearing up to come out
[18:34] on in February to start our 2023 audit
um and then uh the game plan for the
[18:41] fiscal year 24 audit will start in May
so we should be in compliance with our
[18:45] audits this year and that ISS my report
thank
[18:51] you building director Miss Hurley the
number of permits issued from December
[18:56] the 11th 2024 to January 14th today 2025
was 25 permits with a total of $
[19:04] 29,257
um that's in my ends my
[19:09] report thank you attorney Bole uh no
report Madame clerk I have no
[19:16] report it just leaves me I have two
things for you uh the first uh being I
[19:22] want to offer condolences to Cassandra
Alon she is the thoron township assessor
[19:29] her husband recently passed away and we
were able to support her at her funeral
[19:34] she is a good public servant to the
South land uh and so if you happen to
[19:39] see her give her a hug because she is um
dealing with a tremendous loss for her
[19:44] life partner I also want to express
condolences to the family of Tanisha
[19:50] Harden she is a Lynnwood resident um who
uh recently passed away her service is
[19:57] on Friday I will be attending
that she was a very active mom with the
[20:02] lywood little league her husband is one
of the coaches on lywood little league
[20:07] and so the Little League family is
grieving those parents are grieving the
[20:12] kids are grieving so once again if you
see any of them please offer your
[20:16] support and
condolences last but not least I want to
[20:19] express my condolences to our Public
Works director uh Sam Garcia on the
[20:24] recent passing um of his uncle we have
good public servants here here in
[20:29] Lynwood because he buried his uncle
today and he is here at this board
[20:32] meeting serving you all and that is to
be applaud
[20:37] at I uh lastly want to share with you as
I always do a uh beginning of the year
[20:44] message I took a little bit of a
different route um because I had a
[20:49] little bit of a different Focus uh so we
are at a point on this journey where
[20:54] it's important to look back and forward
in order to assess where we have been
[20:59] where we are and where we are headed
these last couple of years have taught
[21:04] me many things the most important being
that there is still work to do we have
[21:09] spent our time focusing on fiscal
responsibility Economic Development
[21:14] Public Safety Community engagement and
fixing our
[21:18] infrastructure all of which are major
tasks that continue to be Works in
[21:23] progress while these things remain in
the Forefront of my mind I do want to
[21:28] shift my focus today to you as an
individual as we step into this new year
[21:35] let's not just see it as another
calendar page Turner but as a blank
[21:41] canvas a fresh start a chance to paint
our dreams into
[21:46] reality today we are not bound by the
past we are empowered by the potential
[21:52] of our
future look within and not back reflect
[21:57] on your journey ackn the challenges
you've overcome and learn from your
[22:01] mistakes this isn't about dwelling on
what could have been but about
[22:06] harnessing that experience to propel you
forward challenge
[22:11] yourself every new goal every challenge
you choose to tackle is an opportunity
[22:16] for
growth set audacious goals do not settle
[22:21] for small dreams aim high set goals that
stretch you beyond your comfort zone and
[22:28] and believe in your ability to achieve
them remember the only limits are the
[22:34] ones that you
create be kind to yourself and others
[22:39] this year prioritize self-care celebrate
your victories big and small and be
[22:46] patient with yourself during
setbacks find yourself a tribe that's
[22:51] really important surround yourself with
positive supportive people who believe
[22:57] in you and live lift you
up together you can achieve incredible
[23:02] things as evidenced by team
lywood actions speak louder than words
[23:09] do not just talk about your aspirations
take actionable steps every day to move
[23:15] closer to your
goals this is your year to
[23:21] shine the power to create the life you
want lies within you Embrace this new
[23:27] year with open eyes arms be Fearless in
your pursuit of your dreams and let your
[23:33] light shine brightly to the
world be
[23:37] well if you are not well we are not well
please take care of yourself Lynwood
[23:44] needs
you tune out the
[23:47] noise distractions are designed to make
you lose your focus it's hard I know but
[23:55] the reward is worth it keep your eye on
the the prize and continue to work
[24:00] towards
greatness let's make 2025 a year of
[24:05] remarkable achievements personal growth
and unwavering
[24:11] optimism are you ready to make it happen
I am and I look forward to accomplishing
[24:17] these audacious goals with you this is
our year to flourish so let's get back
[24:23] to work thank you all thank you
[24:33] is there a motion to adjourn motion
supported motion by Dunlap supported by
[24:40] Lily roll call Lily yes Dunlap yes
Blakey yes Clark yes Marshall yes that
[24:47] motion carries at 6:25 we're officially
adjourned thank you all you got here
[24:52] just the 10