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[0:06] Ladies and gentlemen, good evening and

[0:08] welcome to city hall for tonight's city

[0:10] council meeting and immediately

[0:12] thereafter the committee of the whole

[0:14] meeting. The council meeting is called

[0:16] to order and I kindly ask our city clerk

[0:18] to please take the roll call. Bing

[0:21] » Here.

[0:22] » Fernish

[0:22] » Here.

[0:23] » Kilber

[0:24] » Here.

[0:25] » Kasro

[0:26] » Here.

[0:26] » Malaki

[0:27] » Here.

[0:28] » Marks.

[0:29] » Mayor

[0:30] » Here.

[0:31] » Poundquist

[0:32] » Here.

[0:32] » Pashki

[0:33] » Here.

[0:34] » Ricky

[0:34] » Here.

[0:36] » We begin our council meetings with the

[0:37] pledge of allegiance. It's my pleasure

[0:38] to ask our distinguished colleague Alder

[0:41] person Furnish to please lead us in the

[0:43] pledge.

[0:47] I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[0:50] United States of America and to the

[0:53] republic for which it stands. One nation

[0:56] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:59] justice for all.

[1:01] » Thank you, sir.

[1:05] Our

[1:10] first order of business, ladies and

[1:12] gentlemen, and an important one indeed,

[1:13] is to proclaim September as suicide

[1:16] prevention awareness month in the city

[1:19] of Geneva.

[1:21] » Pashki makes the motion, mayor makes the

[1:23] second. All in favor, please indicate by

[1:26] saying I.

[1:27] » I. Today of course is also 98 day or 988

[1:32] as all of you know an important service

[1:35] that this country provides nationally

[1:38] and I'm sure most of you have seen those

[1:40] posts. So for those of you who share

[1:43] that information I know it's appreciated

[1:45] and of course the organizations in our

[1:46] community who do stellar work on helping

[1:49] everybody every age regardless of

[1:52] condition regardless of station in life

[1:54] who are struggling sometimes with mental

[1:56] health. Uh, thank you for unanimously

[1:59] passing this proclamation. I'm also

[2:01] going to ask uh for indulgence on an

[2:03] audible. I'm going to invite a couple

[2:05] guys up here to talk now instead of

[2:06] having to sit through the entire

[2:08] meeting. Gentlemen, we're going to talk

[2:09] about the Fox River Cleanup Day. Come on

[2:11] up.

[2:15] » Good evening.

[2:16] » Good evening.

[2:16] » Hello.

[2:18] » Uh, we're here on behalf of the NRC. I'm

[2:20] Calvin Limrich. I don't know if you guys

[2:21] know my colleague here, Jay Wack.

[2:23] » Never seen the guy. [laughter]

[2:25] Uh on Saturday, September 19th at 9:00

[2:28] am, uh we've got two sites. I'll be down

[2:31] at uh Fabian Forest Preserve East. You

[2:33] may know it as like the windmill forest

[2:36] Preserve. Uh we'll be cleaning up trash.

[2:38] Jay's got the island park area just next

[2:40] to the water treatment plant. Uh so

[2:42] we'll be getting in the water at Fabian

[2:44] Forest Preserve, provided it's safe. uh

[2:46] trying to give it get as much garbage

[2:48] out of the Fox River as we can, making

[2:50] sure that our park stays clean, and that

[2:52] everybody downstream has a good time,

[2:54] doesn't have any garbage.

[2:55] » Absolutely.

[2:57] » Well, and what's nice about this day is

[2:58] it's part of a larger entire Fox River

[3:01] cleanup day that's organized by Friends

[3:03] of the Fox River.

[3:04] » So, we're one small piece of the of the

[3:07] cleanup.

[3:08] » Um but it's a monumental effort to do

[3:11] this and um we're really proud. This is

[3:14] our 15th or 16th year doing this.

[3:17] » Wow.

[3:18] » Yeah. I still remember the Geneva High

[3:20] School football team trying to carry out

[3:22] » A waterlogged tree

[3:25] from Highland Park. They were kneede in

[3:27] mud.

[3:28] » Yeah.

[3:28] » And but but they did it. Um it's a lot

[3:31] of It's one of our best events. There's

[3:33] a lot of people a lot of great

[3:34] excitement. Last year was actually it

[3:37] was interesting. People were

[3:39] disappointed because they only picked up

[3:40] a little bit of garbage.

[3:41] » But the imagery is awesome though.

[3:43] There's so many bags of garbage. And you

[3:45] know, Kelvin and I were talking earlier.

[3:46] We think you guys just stage that. You

[3:48] bring garbage in from elsewhere. You

[3:50] » Bring car parts.

[3:50] » It always looks kind of the same. Yeah.

[3:52] We always get at least one set of tires.

[3:54] » Oh my god.

[3:55] » Sometimes you'll get a picnic table.

[3:56] » Last time I think we got a dock. There

[3:58] was I think sometimes you get a doll.

[4:00] » Uh some unmentionables.

[4:02] » Yep.

[4:02] » Yes.

[4:03] » Thank [laughter] you for not mentioning

[4:04] that.

[4:05] » My pleasure.

[4:06] » Um but it it's a great event. So, we'd

[4:09] love to see anybody that wants to be

[4:11] part of it. Come join us. Bring your

[4:13] chest waiters, get in the water, um

[4:16] where you can.

[4:17] » Yeah.

[4:18] » But, uh we really appreciate it. We

[4:20] appreciate the sport, the proclamation.

[4:22] Um everything that we do for our for our

[4:25] environment.

[4:25] » Of course. Thank you. Floor's open.

[4:27] Anybody comments for these two gentlemen

[4:29] or [clears throat]

[4:30] » Older person Melick?

[4:32] » Yes. Uh all the plastic and tarps that

[4:34] are by the railroad bridge, leave those

[4:36] in place for now. So,

[4:37] » You got it. You know, [laughter] we need

[4:38] those for a little while.

[4:39] » You promise.

[4:42] » What are those for?

[4:46] » Oh, that Oh, I thought I thought, "Oh my

[4:48] god, what the heck's over [laughter]

[4:48] there?" So,

[4:49] » As long [snorts]

[4:51] as they promise to take it back out when

[4:54] they're done,

[4:55] » Right?

[4:56] » Yeah.

[4:57] » Anyone else?

[4:59] » Thank you both.

[5:00] » Absolutely.

[5:01] » Thank you.

[5:01] » Thank you. Our next item of business,

[5:05] 3B,

[5:07] is to hear from and benefit from some

[5:09] work being done by our friends at the

[5:12] Lakota Group,

[5:14] including but not limited to the city of

[5:15] Geneva's comprehensive plan existing

[5:19] conditions report.

[5:22] The floor is yours. Welcome.

[5:23] » Thank you.

[5:26] And I should add uh we are going to

[5:28] field questions following the

[5:30] presentation as opposed to during. So

[5:33] the floor is yours and when you wrap it

[5:35] up just give us the queue and I'm sure

[5:36] there'll be a couple

[5:38] » Dozen questions.

[5:40] » Absolutely. Thank you mayor and thank

[5:41] you city council members for having us

[5:43] tonight. My name is Hannah Bader and I

[5:45] am vice president with the Lakota group.

[5:47] Uh we are the urban planning firm who is

[5:49] leading the comprehensive plan update.

[5:52] Um I would be remiss to not recognize

[5:54] our other subs who are with us. We have

[5:56] SB Freriedman who is focused on the

[5:57] market assessment as well as V3 V3 who

[6:01] is focused on transportation and

[6:02] infrastructure. So it's important as a

[6:05] team that we come together and kind of

[6:06] think of it as one integral system.

[6:09] Um so just so you guys kind of know what

[6:11] we're going through today, I'm going to

[6:12] begin by setting the stage. So really

[6:14] talking about our process, um the

[6:17] engagement that's been done and really a

[6:18] reminder of just what a comprehensive

[6:20] plan is. Um and then we'll dive into the

[6:23] existing conditions overview. We're

[6:24] going to kind of keep this high level,

[6:25] but we'll go section by section from

[6:27] that report we that was shared. Um and

[6:30] just talk about some of the key findings

[6:31] that we had. Um and then as mayor

[6:34] mentioned, we will leave an open

[6:35] discussion at the end and then just

[6:36] quickly talk with you all about what our

[6:38] next steps are from here.

[6:41] So just a quick review of uh our project

[6:44] approach to this. Uh we have a

[6:45] threephrase phase process and right now

[6:47] we're kind of at the end of this first

[6:49] phase. engage and assess. Um, and this

[6:51] is really all about building a

[6:53] foundation of who Geneva is today. And

[6:54] this was done through a robust robust

[6:56] community engagement um, process, which

[6:59] we'll share a little bit about in a

[7:00] second. Um, and then really just our

[7:02] assessment of housing, economic

[7:04] development, transportation, land use.

[7:07] Um, so this really culminated in what

[7:09] you all have, the existing conditions

[7:11] report that tries to capture what those

[7:13] key challenges and opportunities are of

[7:14] Geneva today. Um, and from that

[7:17] assessment, we'll dive into phase two,

[7:18] which is envision. And this is really

[7:20] where we're going to start testing ideas

[7:22] and try to define a community vision for

[7:25] Geneva 240. So, we're looking out the

[7:27] next 15 years, 15, 20 years. Um, so this

[7:30] is where we'll come up with some

[7:31] solutions to some of the opportunities

[7:33] or challenges we identified. Um, and

[7:35] we'll bring those ideas, whether they're

[7:38] through policy objectives, land use

[7:40] strategy, or um, opportunity site

[7:43] graphics and visuals. um we'll bring

[7:45] that to the community um steering

[7:47] committee and leadership as well just to

[7:49] test and vet those ideas to ensure that

[7:51] we're coming up with a vision that is

[7:53] reflective of Geneva. And from there

[7:55] once we've kind of tested those we'll uh

[7:57] jump into phase three which is really

[7:59] the plan and implement. So this is where

[8:01] we build that FA framework around

[8:03] strategies for the future and we create

[8:05] a roadmap that you all can use an actual

[8:06] tool to um kind of bring the the city

[8:09] towards this overall vision that we come

[8:11] with come up with.

[8:14] Um, so before we dive into the existing

[8:16] conditions report, I just wanted to uh

[8:18] flash this for what a comprehensive plan

[8:20] is. As I mentioned, we're calling this

[8:23] Geneva 20 240. So we're looking out the

[8:25] next 10 to 20 years. Um, it's a

[8:27] strategic roadmap that's outlining a

[8:30] long-term vision for growth and

[8:31] development for the community. Um, we

[8:34] want this to inform city decisions on

[8:36] land use and zoning. So this is going to

[8:38] help be that guidance and that tool that

[8:40] you all use to um think through

[8:42] development decisions. Um this is really

[8:45] important. We want this to be a

[8:46] community vision. So we want to make

[8:48] sure that this is capturing public input

[8:50] and their values and goals. Um you know

[8:52] we want the public to recognize this is

[8:54] thinking long term. So we're thinking of

[8:56] not just today but the next generation.

[8:58] Um but it's important that we recognize

[9:00] what are our strengths today and what do

[9:02] we want to make sure is still here. um

[9:04] while also leaving room for it to be

[9:06] flexible and evolving for the future. Um

[9:09] and lastly, it's really we're creating

[9:11] policy and direction. We're not creating

[9:13] development plans. We're not creating

[9:15] something that's going to happen

[9:16] tomorrow, but it's really giving

[9:17] direction and guidance for that growth

[9:19] and development to be reflective of a

[9:20] larger vision.

[9:23] Um so, as I keep mentioning, community

[9:25] engagement is a super important part of

[9:27] this. We want it to be um a part of the

[9:30] entire process to kind of capture what's

[9:32] been done so far. We began this with um

[9:35] creating a a project website um where

[9:38] we've had over 700 uh individuals visit

[9:41] that website and this is really the hub

[9:42] of information for the process. This is

[9:44] where we'll put all project updates um

[9:47] and opportunities to get involved. We

[9:49] also hosted focus groups where we spoke

[9:51] with over 80 individuals from residents,

[9:54] business owners, um, neighboring

[9:56] communities, leadership, um, to help us

[9:58] to try to get more of a targeted

[10:00] understanding of what people see as

[10:02] those key opportunities and issues. Um,

[10:05] and from there, we had a community

[10:07] meeting. Um, this was a Geneva

[10:08] conversations event where we came

[10:10] together and sat around and spoke about

[10:13] six different topics with um, local

[10:15] residents. Um, and for those who weren't

[10:18] able to attend, we also created an

[10:19] online survey. So, that got about 400

[10:22] responses, which seems small for the

[10:24] size of Virginia's population, but I

[10:26] will say we work with a lot of

[10:27] communities in the region and

[10:28] nationally, and this is one of the

[10:30] higher response rates. We're very used

[10:32] to getting 60. If we can push it above

[10:34] 100, we're happy. So, um, it's great to

[10:36] see the level of online involvement

[10:38] here.

[10:40] And from those conversations, I won't go

[10:42] into all of these because we have a lot

[10:43] to cover today, but here were a couple

[10:45] of the key community themes that arose.

[10:47] Um, we heard a lot about housing and

[10:49] this desire to see more affordable and

[10:51] diverse options. Um, interest in

[10:54] preserving character while we're

[10:56] allowing for this growth, making sure

[10:58] that we're making that growth where we

[11:00] need more affordable housing and

[11:02] diversity of housing happen in the right

[11:04] places and locations. Um and a lot of

[11:07] conversations came back to safety and

[11:09] walkability as well as the downtown and

[11:11] Fox River Grove or Fox River.

[11:14] Um so stepping back from those

[11:16] conversations um you know this kind of

[11:18] led to some key planning considerations

[11:21] um about Geneva and just current

[11:24] conditions that kind of will inform some

[11:26] of the comprehensive plan. Um but this

[11:28] is really looking at I'll just read a

[11:30] couple of those is recognizing the aging

[11:32] population um and this need for

[11:35] affordable housing and diversity of

[11:37] housing options. That is certainly

[11:38] something that's going to inform and

[11:40] influence a lot of decisions

[11:42] um while also balancing growth and

[11:44] community character which is a hard

[11:46] thing for us to do and one of the

[11:47] challenges we're going to face as we

[11:49] craft this larger vision.

[11:52] A couple of other PR planning

[11:53] considerations I'll focus on are um how

[11:56] we can continue to preserve the historic

[11:59] preservation in the community um and

[12:02] preserve those independent businesses um

[12:04] while also recognizing that there are

[12:07] larger vis vision and changing retail

[12:09] and housing trends as well.

[12:13] Um so now we're going to dive into the

[12:15] actual report. We're going to go chapter

[12:16] by chapter and kind of highlight some of

[12:18] those key findings for you all. Um the

[12:21] first chapter that we looked at was

[12:22] really a community profile. So this was

[12:24] trying to capture some of those trends

[12:26] that are happening from population and

[12:28] employment and also recognize that we

[12:31] are more than just our boundaries, but

[12:33] we are in a regional context um and how

[12:35] that also influences some of our um

[12:38] influences our change over the next 10

[12:40] years. [snorts]

[12:41] Um, so this is really just capturing

[12:43] Genev Geneva's uh location within the

[12:45] region, recognizing that it's a part of

[12:47] the Fox River um valley and the Tri

[12:50] Cities um and how that also influences

[12:53] some some things. And I think from a a

[12:55] market assessment and demographic

[12:57] assessment, we also used these as

[13:00] different um comparable communities to

[13:02] just kind of um show a comparison of

[13:04] what is happening within these within

[13:06] Geneva.

[13:09] A couple things to note about the

[13:10] population. Um, some key important ones

[13:13] are Geneva is aging in place. Um, so the

[13:16] older adult population is increasing

[13:18] while children, younger adults, and

[13:20] midlife adults are declining. Um, and

[13:23] this is contributing to a rising median

[13:26] age, but is also going to be

[13:27] contributing to changing household

[13:29] needs. So recognizing that um you know

[13:32] what where the housing needs is going to

[13:34] be important as we move forward because

[13:36] that's going to be shifting as the

[13:37] demographics are shifting.

[13:40] Um another part of this piece and

[13:42] something that is con recognizable or

[13:44] another indicator that we are an aging

[13:46] in place is that households are getting

[13:48] smaller. Um this is likely to do to do

[13:51] with a smaller household size because we

[13:53] are aging as well. Um so just another

[13:55] factor to that is going to inform um

[13:58] housing needs.

[14:01] Another thing to note is that Geneva is

[14:03] affluent and highly educated educated um

[14:06] but it is less diverse than Kain County.

[14:08] Um so high and rising incomes will

[14:11] increase the purchasing power. Um but

[14:13] this is also likely placing pressures on

[14:16] housing affordability citywide. Um so

[14:19] just you know when we look at it

[14:20] compared to surrounding communities as

[14:23] well as the county it is um a higher

[14:25] income population.

[14:29] And then for employment tren trends um

[14:32] there are jobs that are increasing in

[14:33] Geneva but non-residents are still

[14:36] making up a majority of the city's

[14:38] workforce. Um about 86% of Geneva's

[14:42] residents are commuting outside of the

[14:44] city. Um I think something else we'll

[14:46] recognize and I think is pretty common

[14:48] nationwide is that um about

[14:52] the percentage of people who are working

[14:54] from home has doubled since 2019. So um

[14:57] you know this comes with its pros and

[14:59] cons. There's more daytime activity

[15:01] within the community, but it's also

[15:02] import impacting things like local

[15:04] transportation and kind of that increase

[15:07] in housing cost as well.

[15:10] Um so now we're going to dive into the

[15:13] market assessment. Um this really

[15:14] evaluated the conditions from a housing,

[15:17] commercial and industrial um market

[15:19] perspective so that we could better

[15:21] understand what some of those economic

[15:22] challenges will be moving forward.

[15:26] Um starting with housing um Geneva's

[15:29] housing stock as we've probably

[15:30] recognized is largely single family

[15:33] homes. Um mo most of these are owner

[15:35] occupied but there is some recent

[15:38] development that is happening that it is

[15:39] adding some housing variety. um this new

[15:42] construction remains sight limited and

[15:46] sight driven just because we are so

[15:48] landlocked in the community. We're going

[15:50] after um more of those places where it

[15:52] is amendable to see this housing

[15:55] diversity um and larger sites where it's

[15:57] more feasible within the market to have

[16:00] that happen. So, just to mark some of

[16:02] those recent projects on the right, you

[16:04] can see some of those ones that are

[16:05] happening right around downtown.

[16:08] Um, and we've kind of mentioned this a

[16:11] couple of times, but um, housing

[16:13] affordability remains a challenge within

[16:16] the community. It is increasing um, and

[16:18] it's significantly impacting renters as

[16:21] well as those middle inome households.

[16:24] Right now, Geneva has about 580

[16:26] affordable units within the community.

[16:28] So, that's about 7.3%.

[16:30] Um, and the state has a 10% requirement.

[16:33] So, we're still sitting below that

[16:35] threshold, but as we talked about with

[16:37] housing constraints and issues there, um

[16:39] it's going to be a challenge to achieve

[16:41] those just with land costs and limited

[16:44] space for us to actually develop and

[16:46] bring in those options.

[16:49] And then just to continue on that

[16:51] affordability, housing costs are rising

[16:52] across ownership and rental markets. So

[16:55] um this is not something that we're just

[16:57] experiencing um in Geneva, but it is um

[17:00] in the region also happening in the

[17:02] county, but it's happening at a higher

[17:04] rate than um the county in Geneva. So

[17:09] just kind of for us to consider as we

[17:11] move forward looking at housing, um

[17:13] we're going to have to consider how the

[17:15] household changes, household needs are

[17:17] changing because of demographic changes.

[17:20] um as well as how these housing costs

[17:22] impact um different needs. [snorts]

[17:26] So, switching gears and going towards

[17:28] retail, um Geneva's retail market is

[17:31] largely built out. Similarly to the

[17:33] housing, we are landlocked. There's

[17:35] limited space for it. Um and it'll

[17:37] likely any reinvestment in retail is

[17:39] going to come through reinvestment as re

[17:41] well as repositioning.

[17:44] The assessment for retail took a look at

[17:46] four different retail corridors. um two

[17:49] along Randall Road, the downtown and

[17:52] East State Street.

[17:54] So, zooming into Randall Road corridor,

[17:56] there are two areas where um regional

[18:00] retail is happening. Um the first to the

[18:02] north is Geneva Commons. Um and if you

[18:05] kind of take a look at the stats that

[18:06] are in pink, this is currently

[18:08] experiencing about 9% vacancy rate. Um

[18:11] and this is has one of the higher per

[18:13] square footage rental costs. So, it's

[18:15] about $34 per square feet. Um, and this

[18:18] is, you know, the concentration of more

[18:20] upscale national retailers in this area.

[18:23] And then the southern end of Randall

[18:25] Road, which is we're calling the South

[18:27] Randall corridor or subary, sorry,

[18:30] sorry. Um, this is you're seeing more

[18:32] larger footput in retail stores, grocery

[18:34] stores, those home improvement, and

[18:36] those national brand tenants. Um, this

[18:39] is about a 14% vacancy and a little

[18:43] lower of a cost per square footage. It's

[18:45] about $24 per square ft. [snorts]

[18:49] And then the downtown is another major

[18:51] economic and cultural destination for

[18:54] retail. Um they currently have a very

[18:57] strong retail occupancy at about 1%

[19:00] vacancy. Um about $22 per square feet in

[19:04] this location. Um, and a lot of this is

[19:07] due, as you guys know, to the activity

[19:09] that's happening downtown, the

[19:10] independent businesses, um, and the

[19:13] activity and community identity that

[19:15] comes with this place as well. So, I

[19:17] [snorts] think there is a lot of

[19:19] opportunity here, but also a lot already

[19:20] happening that we want to make sure as

[19:22] we're moving forward that we continue to

[19:24] do what's already done in this area. Um,

[19:26] and then the graphic in the lefthand

[19:28] corner, you'll just see this is showing

[19:30] the share of total total visits. So,

[19:32] it's pretty steady. there are a lot of

[19:34] people who are downtown, but you can

[19:35] definitely see that spike from Thursday

[19:37] to Saturday where that visitation

[19:39] increases.

[19:42] And the last sub area we'll focus in on

[19:44] is East State Street. Um this is right

[19:47] adjacent to downtown. The reason it's

[19:49] kind of a separate sub area is because

[19:51] the character of that retail is slightly

[19:53] different from the downtown. Um you'll

[19:56] notice that the retail uses are a little

[19:58] bit more spaced out and some of those

[20:00] uses are more autooriented.

[20:02] Um, so just the people who are looking

[20:04] for those spaces tend to be different

[20:06] from the tenants who are looking

[20:07] downtown. Um, and if you take a look at

[20:10] the vacancy rate, this is also pretty

[20:11] low. It's only about 4% or 3.7% vacancy.

[20:15] Um, and it's definitely a lower dollar

[20:17] per square footage, so about $19. So,

[20:20] it's certainly a more affordable option

[20:22] for um, new retail users.

[20:28] And then we just wanted to highlight

[20:29] here as well just how many new

[20:32] businesses have happened since TW um

[20:34] 2020 I think it is. Sorry my eyes can't

[20:36] see that far but um I think it's about

[20:38] 220 new uh new businesses since uh 2020.

[20:42] Um and then this is just showing that

[20:44] there is market interest in Geneva and

[20:46] that this will continue to go up. So,

[20:48] it's important that we capture this and

[20:50] ensure that as we're thinking about the

[20:52] next 10 to 15 years, we're recognizing,

[20:55] you know, what has been done well so far

[20:57] um and if there's other strategies that

[20:59] we can continue to keep up that

[21:01] attraction um and retention of our

[21:03] businesses.

[21:06] And then lastly for the market

[21:07] assessment, this is really that

[21:09] industrial piece. Um industrial

[21:11] development is a growing component of

[21:13] Geneva's economic base. Um this is

[21:16] certainly due to the its location near

[21:19] rail in the highway as well as its

[21:21] proximity to DuPage airport. Um right

[21:25] now there's approximately 5 million

[21:26] square foot of existing industrial space

[21:29] and there is 4 million in the pipeline.

[21:32] Um a lot of that new development that is

[21:34] happening and you'll kind of see on that

[21:36] map it shows where the location of this.

[21:37] So it's um southeast of the comm south

[21:41] eastern edge of the community. So, a lot

[21:44] of this is due in part to that southeast

[21:46] sub area plan which is positioning for a

[21:48] lot of that new um inventory of um

[21:52] industrial [clears throat] development

[21:53] that is happening. Um and this document

[21:55] here will certainly be a guide for us as

[21:57] we think about industrial and bringing

[21:59] forward some of those key

[22:00] recommendations and goals.

[22:04] Um so now switching gears a little bit,

[22:06] we're going to talk about community

[22:07] character and identity. So, this chapter

[22:09] really tried to focus in on those

[22:12] historic development patterns, the

[22:14] neighborhoods, um, open space, and kind

[22:17] of those regulations that were in put in

[22:18] place that shaped who Geneva is today.

[22:22] Um, so looking at land use here, um, I

[22:25] won't dive or nerd out too much about

[22:27] the details here, but I think some

[22:29] important things to note are just, you

[22:31] know, the number one use here is open

[22:33] space. We heard that a lot from the

[22:35] community is it's one of the strengths

[22:36] of Geneva. Um and a lot of that is in

[22:39] part to the preservation that has was

[22:41] done on the western edge past Peek Road.

[22:44] Um and then the second largest use in

[22:46] the community is single family detached

[22:48] homes. This is very in line with what we

[22:50] were seeing from um this percentage of

[22:53] housing types in the community being

[22:55] single family. Um and you can kind of

[22:57] tell where those are located just off of

[22:59] some of those main retail corridors.

[23:03] Um and then the other piece to note is

[23:06] uh the third largest is actually

[23:07] institutional uses. Um and a lot of this

[23:10] has to do with the city services um that

[23:12] are provided both by the city and our

[23:14] partners um as well as um Kain County

[23:17] being seated here as well.

[23:22] So just taking a quick look at the

[23:24] downtown here. Um there was a section

[23:26] within here that kind of gave a more

[23:28] localized zoomed in uh assessment of the

[23:30] downtown land uses. Um and I think you

[23:33] know the assessment here that we wanted

[23:34] to kind of portray in this was um one

[23:37] recognizing some of the historic assets

[23:39] that have kind of made it to be the

[23:41] downtown it currently is today. Um the

[23:44] other for this as well is recognizing

[23:46] how there are so many public

[23:48] institutions within the downtown. um and

[23:50] how that kind of created this anchor to

[23:52] begin with and the history of why um it

[23:54] is so strong. And then the other piece

[23:57] to recognize is the metra in the

[23:59] downtown as well. So that's very

[24:00] contributing to why this has become such

[24:02] a walkable environment. Um and I think

[24:05] it poses a great opportunity as we move

[24:07] forward to consider some of those um

[24:09] opportunity sites that might exist

[24:11] around the downtown and how they can

[24:12] continue to strengthen um the assets of

[24:15] the of the downtown.

[24:18] Um here we included a piece on the

[24:21] historic preservation as a part of this.

[24:22] This is really just recognizing um this

[24:25] those historical land landmarks that

[24:27] exist within the community as well as

[24:29] the historic district boundaries um and

[24:31] how that really informs the development

[24:34] patterns that are happening in those

[24:35] area and will also inform any future

[24:37] development and land use. So, just for

[24:40] us to consider as we move forward is how

[24:42] those impact the um development patterns

[24:45] um and also how we can use those as a

[24:48] economic development tool and um a way

[24:50] to continue to strengthen the downtown

[24:52] and surrounding neighborhoods.

[24:56] And then through our assessment, we also

[24:58] identified some opportunity sites. These

[25:00] were identified through our

[25:02] conversations with the community as well

[25:03] as um with city staff. these kind of

[25:06] rose to the top as locations that within

[25:09] the time frame of this plan have the

[25:10] potential to change um whether it's uses

[25:13] or just redevelopment of those

[25:15] particular sites. Um I won't go into too

[25:18] too much detail, but I'll kind of point

[25:19] out a couple of them. The first is State

[25:22] and Seventh Street um in the downtown

[25:24] area, the vacancy right off the rail

[25:26] railroad and the surrounding kind of

[25:28] commercial areas around there. Um those

[25:30] came up in a lot of our conversations

[25:32] with community members as an opportunity

[25:34] site. um they saw it as a place that

[25:36] could benefit from change um and also be

[25:39] an opportunity to bring different

[25:41] housing products to the downtown.

[25:44] Um a couple of the other ones, number

[25:47] five, old mill race in I know you guys

[25:49] know as well as we do this comes up in

[25:52] all conversations too just as um a

[25:54] potential to be a higher and better use.

[25:56] We've included some parcels around there

[25:58] as well because we want to look at the

[26:00] impact it could have on this gateway

[26:02] into the downtown and the potential of

[26:05] uh reimagining that site and some of the

[26:07] ones surrounding it as well, just the

[26:09] larger impact it can have. Um and then

[26:11] the other ones I'll mention are number

[26:13] four, Betavia Avenue to the south. This

[26:16] is an incur in current um industrial

[26:18] user and some open spaces. Um again

[26:22] another gateway into the community and

[26:24] how we can kind of reimagine this as a

[26:26] place where we can bring some additional

[26:28] um land to address other uh issues that

[26:32] are happening in the community whether

[26:34] that is a housing need or additional

[26:36] industrial uses.

[26:39] So jumping on to city assets um this

[26:42] really this chapter was really an

[26:43] inventory of what services we currently

[26:46] provide both from a city standpoint as

[26:47] well as our partners. Um, so this was

[26:50] looking at, you know, the park district,

[26:52] public library, the schools, um, fire

[26:55] department, Kain County, and recognizing

[26:56] those services that we provide. Um, it's

[26:59] important when we do our assessment that

[27:01] we recognize what exists, um, so that we

[27:04] make sure that we're maintaining and

[27:06] preserving those uh, services as we look

[27:08] to the future. Um, and also trying to

[27:10] identify gaps that might exist in those

[27:12] as well.

[27:14] Um, so this community facilities, I

[27:16] won't go into too much detail, but this

[27:17] is really outlining kind of where those

[27:19] services are in the community, where

[27:21] there might be gaps in those, um, and

[27:23] where there opportunities to bring new

[27:25] services.

[27:28] Parks and recreation, we heard a lot

[27:29] from the community about just how strong

[27:32] the open space is here. Um, so we wanted

[27:35] to take an opportunity to map out not

[27:37] just the park district properties but

[27:38] the non-p park district properties as

[27:40] well to have a strong inventory of what

[27:42] open space exists and who those

[27:44] providers are. Um this helps us to kind

[27:47] of identify where there might be gaps in

[27:49] walkable um access to some of those

[27:52] parks and open space and also as we kind

[27:54] of layer on which Peter will talk about

[27:57] that kind of mobility um component of

[27:59] this plan. It really helps us identify

[28:01] where there might be gaps in the future

[28:03] that we want to prioritize filling.

[28:07] And then we just also wanted to

[28:08] highlight the facilities master plan

[28:09] that has been done. um this will be a

[28:11] guiding tool for us to understand, you

[28:14] know, where we need to maintain and

[28:15] modernize our city facilities so that we

[28:17] can consider that as we're um kind of

[28:20] showing land use strategies and land use

[28:22] change that we're bringing forward these

[28:23] recommendations.

[28:26] So, I'm going to pause talking and I'm

[28:28] going to pass it on to Peter to talk a

[28:29] little bit about community systems.

[28:37] » Uh good evening. I'm Peter Rhinoffer

[28:40] with uh V3 Companies

[28:42] and um I'm excited to be here to talk

[28:45] about some infrastructure for Geneva. So

[28:48] um just want to spend a couple minutes

[28:50] uh you know highlighting what we learned

[28:51] from the existing transportation

[28:53] conditions analysis uh particularly how

[28:56] Geneva's roadway fun network functions

[28:59] today and how that relates to future

[29:00] planning. Uh the important thing is to

[29:03] understand about Geneva is that it's not

[29:05] just a simply a local roadway network

[29:07] within the city itself. Geneva functions

[29:10] within a large much larger Fox River

[29:12] Valley transportation system. We have we

[29:15] have regional traffic moving through the

[29:17] community, residents traveling outside

[29:20] of the community and businesses,

[29:22] schools, and downtown destinations

[29:24] generating local trips.

[29:26] At the same time, Geneva has some unique

[29:28] characteristics that influence

[29:29] transportation. I think we can all agree

[29:31] that the Fox River is a gem for uh for

[29:33] the city. However, it is also a

[29:36] transportation constraint.

[29:38] There are only two roadway bridges

[29:40] crossing the river within the city

[29:41] within the city. So, traffic naturally

[29:44] tends to concentrate at at those at

[29:45] those locations for for east west

[29:47] travel.

[29:49] Uh one of the overarching themes that

[29:51] we're seeing and what we heard about

[29:52] from from the public is that Geneva has

[29:54] a pretty diverse transportation system.

[29:56] It includes major regional roadways, a

[29:59] local street network, metro station,

[30:02] pace bus routes, sidewalks, bicycle

[30:05] facilities, and and various trails um

[30:08] through the city. So within the first uh

[30:10] within that context, the first thing

[30:12] that we looked at was how the roadway

[30:14] network is categorized.

[30:16] Um the roadway system has a hierarchy

[30:18] and different roads serve different

[30:20] purposes within the city. This map shows

[30:23] Geneva's functional classification

[30:25] system. Funal classification is

[30:28] essentially the hierarchy of the roadway

[30:30] network. It tells us what roads are

[30:32] primarily intended to do. Whether their

[30:34] primary purpose is moving traffic,

[30:36] collecting traffic from neighborhoods,

[30:38] or providing direct access to individual

[30:40] properties.

[30:42] At the top of the hierarchy are the

[30:43] principal arterials

[30:45] uh with within and within the city that

[30:48] includes State Street, Randall Road,

[30:50] Kirk Road, and a portion of Fabian

[30:52] Parkway.

[30:54] These roads are designed to carry higher

[30:56] traffic volumes and provide regional

[30:58] connections through the city. They are

[31:01] also the roads where we see the greatest

[31:02] interaction between local and regional

[31:04] traffic.

[31:05] The next level is a minor streets, minor

[31:07] arterial system which includes Illinois

[31:10] 25, Illinois 31 and a couple other

[31:13] roadways uh through town.

[31:15] Then we have the collector roads such as

[31:17] Briter Anderson Division and a number of

[31:20] others. Um, and these roads serve an

[31:23] important middle ground. They move

[31:26] traffic between between the local street

[31:28] network and the larger arterial system

[31:30] while still providing access to adjacent

[31:32] businesses um and and other uses.

[31:36] And finally, a majority of the streets

[31:37] within this within this city are the

[31:39] local streets and these part primary

[31:41] purpose for these is is providing access

[31:43] rather than moving through traffic.

[31:47] One of the things that you know that

[31:48] that that we're going to consider when

[31:49] we're when we take this to the next step

[31:51] with the comprehensive plan is that not

[31:53] every roadway should be expected to

[31:54] function the same way. A principal

[31:56] arterial should be evaluated differently

[31:58] than a neighborhood street. And as we

[32:01] get into the recommendations, we'll want

[32:02] to make sure that improvements are

[32:05] consistent with the intended function of

[32:07] each roadway.

[32:10] So the next thing that we looked at then

[32:12] was the traffic volumes along the city

[32:15] roadways.

[32:17] Tra this map um illustrates the the

[32:20] volumes which kind of hard to see up

[32:22] here with those tiny numbers but um

[32:26] the highest the the highest volume

[32:27] roadways within within the city are as

[32:30] everyone can probably guess is Randall

[32:31] Road, State Street, Fabian Parkway and

[32:35] Kirk Road. These roads generally carry

[32:38] over 25,000 vehicles per day and I think

[32:40] Randall is even over 30,000 vehicles per

[32:42] day um on a daily basis and these these

[32:46] corridors reflect you know their

[32:47] regional regional mobility function. Uh

[32:51] by comparison many of the collector

[32:52] roadways and within the city carry carry

[32:54] between five to about 15,000 probably

[32:57] closer to the 10,000 range. Um and then

[33:00] volumes drop substantially when we start

[33:02] looking at some of the some of the local

[33:03] roadways.

[33:05] So this what I find interesting is that

[33:08] the traffic volume map really functions

[33:11] or really reinforces the functional

[33:13] classification map that that that we

[33:14] just looked at. The roads that are are

[33:16] intended to move regional and citywide

[33:18] traffic are in fact carrying the highest

[33:20] volumes.

[33:22] The challenge is going to be that some

[33:23] of these high volume corridors also pass

[33:26] through or adjacent to areas where we

[33:29] want to encourage walking and bicycling

[33:32] uh promoting access to businesses,

[33:34] promoting act community activity. So

[33:37] that that's going to create an important

[33:38] balancing act as we move forward which

[33:40] is to maintain mobility while also

[33:43] improving the experience and safety of

[33:46] people walking and biking along along

[33:47] some of these roadways.

[33:52] The next thing we looked at is the road

[33:54] roadway jurisdiction. So basically who

[33:56] who owns the roadways. And this is

[33:58] another important piece of information

[33:59] from a planning perspective.

[34:02] As you can see, the city does not own or

[34:05] control many of the roadways that are

[34:06] the most important to the community's

[34:07] transportation system. IDOT is

[34:10] responsible for State Street, Illinois

[34:12] 25, and Illinois 31. The county is

[34:15] responsible for Fabian Parkway, Kirk,

[34:19] uh, Randall Road, and Peek Road and and

[34:21] a couple other roadways.

[34:23] Um, so what's really interesting is when

[34:25] you put this jurisdiction map next to

[34:27] the volume map and even the functional

[34:28] classification map, you kind of layer

[34:30] everything together is that many of

[34:31] Geneva's highest volume roadways are not

[34:33] actually even city roads. So when we

[34:36] talk about future improvements whether

[34:37] it's Randall Road, State Street, Kirk

[34:39] Road, um the city can't necessarily

[34:43] implement their own improvements by by

[34:45] themselves that

[34:48] they will have to um you know work with

[34:50] the ID dot and the county or whoever

[34:53] maintains those roads to develop a plan

[34:55] and and and work with them. So what's

[34:57] really important from that perspective

[34:59] is that who controls the roadway, who

[35:01] maintains it and funds the improvements

[35:03] and what the process is required to make

[35:05] those to make the changes that the city

[35:07] wants to see along these corridors.

[35:09] So for example, if Geneva want

[35:11] identifies improvements along State

[35:12] Street or Randall Road, you can't just

[35:14] go out there and make the improvements

[35:15] yourself. you have to it's going to

[35:18] require coordination, design, review,

[35:21] permitting, funding participation, and

[35:24] approval from from IDOT or the county.

[35:27] So as we as we kind of move forward from

[35:29] from from this perspective, the plan is

[35:32] um we'll identify not only what

[35:33] improvements Geneva would like to see,

[35:35] but also who needs to be at the table to

[35:36] make those improvements really happen.

[35:44] From a non-motorized perspective, um the

[35:48] city really is starting from a strong

[35:49] foundation. Uh there are there are many

[35:52] areas where

[35:54] there are sidewalks throughout most of

[35:56] the developed areas. Um there's an

[35:58] established trail system. There are

[35:59] bicycle facilities and obviously most

[36:01] importantly the the Fox River Trail that

[36:03] runs north south um through town.

[36:06] Uh but when we look when we look beyond

[36:08] those individual facilities, the bigger

[36:10] question becomes how well everything

[36:13] connects together.

[36:15] The existing conditions analysis ident

[36:16] has identified various gaps within the

[36:18] network.

[36:20] um that uh that that

[36:24] let me try that again.

[36:26] We've identified gaps in the network um

[36:30] to uh to connect both the bicycle and

[36:33] and and pedestrian networks to

[36:34] themselves and even to the trail itself.

[36:36] To me, one of the biggest one of the

[36:38] biggest gaps at the south side of the of

[36:39] the of the city connecting to the um the

[36:44] Fox River Trail. There really are there

[36:46] are very few connections to get

[36:48] community residents or businesses to to

[36:51] be able to access to access the trail.

[36:54] Um

[36:57] when we met with the public, you know,

[36:59] they they really re they really

[37:00] reinforce that same issue. So, um,

[37:02] people aren't necessar necessarily

[37:04] saying that Geneva doesn't have

[37:05] sidewalks or trails or have have a good

[37:07] network. They're saying that sometimes

[37:09] the connection between those facilities

[37:11] isn't very intuitive, comfortable, or

[37:13] even safe from their perspective. So, I

[37:16] think from a I think from an opportunity

[37:17] perspective, I think we're going to look

[37:19] beyond simply adding more individual

[37:20] bike facilities or more sidewalks or

[37:22] trails, but kind but but kind of look at

[37:24] how can we how can we create a creative

[37:26] network within the city.

[37:28] um the opportunity to really connect the

[37:30] pieces that already exist, the

[37:32] neighborhoods, the schools, the

[37:34] downtown, the neighborhoods of the metro

[37:36] station, um and the local facilities to

[37:38] the regional trail system.

[37:43] So, I think that's kind of what we were

[37:45] uh wanted to present from our existing

[37:46] munitions analysis. Um kind of want to

[37:49] leave to you guys and hear what you guys

[37:51] have to say.

[37:54] » Thank you both. Now time for questions

[37:56] and comments from the deis. Whoever is

[37:59] interested in perhaps exploring

[38:02] that opportunity. Just raise your hand

[38:03] and we'll recognize you.

[38:06] » Yeah. And we left this open for just

[38:08] letting us know anything if something

[38:10] surprised you, if you felt there was

[38:11] something missing in this assessment. Um

[38:13] and then mainly kind of as we look

[38:15] forward and start thinking about

[38:17] opportunities and things we want to

[38:18] address, um what do you feel is kind of

[38:20] the primary focus or things we should

[38:22] consider?

[38:26] I'll kick it off. Was there anything

[38:28] that you two found surprising

[38:32] by the 1100 some odd comments that you

[38:35] receive both in person and online?

[38:39] » Um I don't think anything was terribly

[38:42] surprising from what we heard. I think

[38:43] um you know staff and leadership when we

[38:46] kind of came into this process

[38:47] identified some things that they were we

[38:49] were likely to hear. So, um, and what is

[38:52] common in most communities is there's

[38:53] two sides of those two. So, I think a

[38:55] lot of conversations that we heard had,

[38:57] things that came top of mind, housing

[38:59] affordability, housing diversity, the

[39:02] downtown, um, mobility and safety, you

[39:05] know, there was always two perspectives

[39:07] to that. Um, and I think that's, you

[39:09] know, part of the challenge and part of

[39:10] our job is to kind of find that common

[39:12] denominator or the thing that we want to

[39:14] address most or what is the underlying

[39:16] vision that we're trying to achieve

[39:17] there. So, um I don't know if that

[39:19] directly answered your question, but I

[39:21] think it does. Thank you.

[39:22] » Yeah, I think a lot was in line.

[39:27] » Alder person Maliki.

[39:28] » Thank you, mayor. Um I just had a couple

[39:31] of handful of questions and I don't know

[39:32] if there are anything that will just

[39:34] come down the pipeline or things that

[39:36] might not be able to be answered, but um

[39:39] one of the things that sort of jumped

[39:40] out with to me was just the percentage

[39:42] of our workforce that are non-residents.

[39:45] um is a really high high percentage. Um

[39:49] is there a way to find out

[39:52] um how those people commute to town? Um

[39:55] you know like is there like a out of

[39:57] that percentage of people that come to

[39:58] work here in Geneva like half of them

[40:01] drive half take public transportation

[40:03] you know that's those numbers with

[40:06] developing like the comprehensive plan

[40:08] for you know

[40:09] » Yeah would be um would probably be

[40:10] pretty helpful to know that's something

[40:11] we can find out.

[40:12] » It definitely is. is I know that stat

[40:14] comes from the same site that we used to

[40:16] grab that one about the workforce. Um

[40:18] but I'm not sure if we included that in

[40:20] our assessment, but I I it's definitely

[40:22] something we should continue looking at.

[40:25] So yeah, we can take a look.

[40:27] » Um the the number of businesses that

[40:31] we've brought in since 2020. Um, do we

[40:33] know about how many of those percentage-

[40:37] wise are are still in business versus I

[40:40] assume that was just like any any

[40:42] business that started. So there might

[40:44] be, you know, someone in that figure

[40:45] that, you know, for some reason went out

[40:48] of business went out of business or

[40:49] » Yeah, I would have to reook at how we

[40:52] kind of captured that into the report to

[40:54] see how it was identified. Um, so I'll

[40:57] have to get back to you on that one as

[40:58] well.

[40:59] » Sure. Um

[41:02] uh and then I guess the last thing for

[41:04] now I mean just sort of a comment which

[41:07] is just I mean that's just like the

[41:09] challenge that every community's got to

[41:12] deal with was just like rising of house

[41:15] housing costs and the ultimate decrease

[41:17] of affordability. That's just

[41:19] » It's a national

[41:20] » That's the big you know

[41:23] » Billion dollar question that

[41:25] » That all government our communities are

[41:26] going to have to figure out. But I I

[41:28] mean I'd love to find out how we're

[41:31] gonna be able to rein that in because it

[41:33] just seems like that's just that

[41:34] exponential curve is just going to keep

[41:36] going up and up and housing costs are

[41:39] just going to get expensive and then the

[41:42] next person that can possibly afford to

[41:43] come in Geneva in another 15 years

[41:46] they're just going to be even more

[41:48] expensive and I don't I don't even with

[41:51] even with bringing in more density in

[41:53] into a community like Geneva I just

[41:55] that's just a extremely challenge ing

[41:58] thing to to crack.

[41:59] » Yeah, land costs are expensive. So is

[42:01] development costs. So that's kind of

[42:03] contributing to the problem. Um and

[42:05] you're exactly right. I think this is a

[42:06] nationwide problem and it's something

[42:08] that we're tackling with with each

[42:09] community. But um you know, there are

[42:12] case studies and there are communities

[42:13] around us who are providing some of that

[42:14] diversity and affordability. So I think

[42:16] it's looking to them and see if that

[42:18] seeing if that's something that we also

[42:19] want to include um and how it kind of

[42:22] molds to the Geneva that we see it to

[42:24] be.

[42:25] » Sure. So okay, that's it. Thank you.

[42:27] » Well, thank you,

[42:30] » Older person. Mayor, excuse me, older

[42:32] person mayor.

[42:33] » Um,

[42:35] so, uh, on the the roadways map, so I

[42:38] think for you, um, I know that we don't

[42:42] actually, you know, Geneva municipality

[42:46] doesn't go up to the edges of Kirk Road

[42:48] in all places or um,

[42:51] » Right,

[42:51] » Fabian. But um my one comment would be I

[42:54] think that it's really important for you

[42:56] to show Fabian more prominently because

[42:59] I think uh if we were to do a trucking

[43:04] uh count per

[43:08] per roadway, I think we'd find that that

[43:10] one is more predominantly trucking and

[43:13] so is Kirk. And I think that the

[43:17] residents here would be interested in

[43:18] that that um Kirk and Fabian

[43:23] less so Randall is mixed with uh semitr

[43:27] traffic and how many semi-truckss we get

[43:30] down 38 is

[43:32] » I think something that people want to

[43:34] see decrease over time as well. So, uh

[43:37] th those factors

[43:39] » 31 and 25 I I thought that it was good

[43:42] to see that they're not main uh thorough

[43:46] affairs

[43:47] » Because I think we'd like to see them

[43:49] decrease in in traffic over the years

[43:52] instead of becoming more traffic

[43:55] abundant.

[43:55] » Yeah, absolutely. Um,

[43:59] I think there's a lot more opportunity

[44:02] sites than what you guys identified, but

[44:04] um, it's also a sticky situation where

[44:07] some of those are owned. So, it's hard

[44:10] to call something an opportunity site

[44:12] with a functioning business, but there's

[44:14] there are although we're landlocked, I

[44:17] think there's a lot of uh de development

[44:19] possibilities in this town. Um,

[44:24] I think some of the unincorporated

[44:26] lots that aren't shown

[44:29] have a similar like there's opportunity

[44:32] there. Um, they're not incorporated yet,

[44:36] so it's not really part of your charge

[44:38] here, but it would be something for, you

[44:42] know, expansion.

[44:45] Those those sites are for sale, I think.

[44:48] So um the uh I think in general it's a

[44:53] great report and how did you get the

[44:56] current? So you have the 2020 to 2026.

[45:01] How did you get the measurements for for

[45:03] the current since we had a census in

[45:06] 2020?

[45:07] » Um are you speaking to like the retail

[45:09] component or

[45:10] » Yeah. All those aspects

[45:12] » That's came directly from the city. So a

[45:14] lot of that information where we were up

[45:16] till 2026 um is just based on business

[45:19] inventory that they have which is very

[45:22] well kept up to date. Um right so

[45:24] » Okay great.

[45:25] » All right that's all I have.

[45:26] » Thank you so much

[45:28] » Older person Bing and then older

[45:30] personquist.

[45:31] » Um thank you. Yes I felt like there was

[45:34] a lot uh that was really helpful in the

[45:36] report. I

[45:38] um Amy already got one of my questions.

[45:41] I was curious um whether all of the

[45:44] opportunity sites were

[45:48] or I guess I was I was curious about the

[45:50] designation of ownership of the

[45:51] opportunity sites because I know talking

[45:53] with community development in the past

[45:54] there are more sometimes smaller sites

[45:56] that they've identified in various parts

[45:58] of the city um for potential

[46:00] redevelopment or if they're vacant and

[46:02] again some of that's owned by private

[46:04] parties. Um, and then I guess my other

[46:08] question was, um,

[46:11] and again you this may come down the

[46:13] line, but in terms of looking at

[46:15] neighboring communities and what they're

[46:16] doing visav

[46:19] improving housing affordability, I was

[46:21] curious whether zoning changes to try to

[46:24] encourage transition from predominantly

[46:27] detached single family housing um, was

[46:32] something that the region was looking

[46:34] at. Um because again I think that uh

[46:39] that is such a huge usage in Geneva. Um

[46:42] and it's not like redevelopment costs

[46:44] are nothing. They're pretty extensive.

[46:46] But um it's one way potentially um like

[46:49] I live in a neighborhood where there's a

[46:51] lot of multif family. Um but that's

[46:53] somewhat rare outside of a few pockets

[46:55] of the downtown. Um or else kind of

[46:57] larger scale residential things. So I um

[47:02] anyway I was curious whether that was

[47:04] something and again that maybe just be

[47:05] down the line.

[47:06] » Yeah, absolutely. I think first to both

[47:08] of your points for the opportunity sites

[47:10] um just so you guys kind of understand

[47:12] what we'll do moving forward, there will

[47:14] be a future land use strategy. So

[47:15] that'll look at the entire community and

[47:17] looking at what type of development or

[47:19] land uses we want to see in those areas.

[47:21] So I think for those sites that weren't

[47:23] identified in the opportunity sites,

[47:25] those are the ways we'll kind of address

[47:26] those. Um and again, this is just the

[47:29] beginning. So, I'm sure when we get into

[47:30] phase two, we're going to start

[47:31] identifying additional as well. Um, but

[47:34] for those opportunity sites, we'll kind

[47:35] of create development concepts or

[47:37] opportunities for those that illustrate,

[47:39] you know, what type of use, how does

[47:41] transportation play into this, where do

[47:43] people move and get around, what does

[47:44] the landscape look like, just to have

[47:46] some kind of guidance for you all for

[47:47] those sites. Um, and ideally those

[47:50] become a tool that you can use on other

[47:52] sites as well that have similar

[47:53] characteristics. So we'll kind of

[47:54] provide kind of a matrix or a way to

[47:57] weigh, you know, how you prioritize

[47:59] those sites, how you identify those

[48:01] sites. Um so hopefully even for those

[48:04] other sites that you've you've mentioned

[48:05] or that have come up in previous

[48:07] planning efforts, um they'll be

[48:09] addressed in either the future land use

[48:10] strategy or tangentially through those

[48:12] development opportunity sites. Um, and

[48:15] then for the zoning changes, I think

[48:16] that is a great point. And similarly,

[48:18] similarly to just affordable housing,

[48:20] um, and housing diversity, a part of

[48:23] this will be us like exploring other

[48:25] communities and what they're doing. Um,

[48:26] and bringing back some case studies to

[48:28] see, you know, is this something we'd

[48:30] want to try here? How would the

[48:31] community respond to this? How would

[48:33] leadership respond to this? So that we

[48:34] can kind of find those approaches that

[48:35] are going to be best for Geneva.

[48:37] » Got it. And I guess the last thing is

[48:39] just a comment. Um,

[48:42] I think it's fascinating that the public

[48:44] identifies Geneva as having diverse

[48:46] transportation systems. So, like

[48:48] technically that's true. And yet, I've

[48:50] lived here for uh 12 or 13 years. I've

[48:54] never taken a bus. Um, I've shared we've

[48:57] been a onecar household. I I I use the

[49:00] car. I bike. I walk. The bus is sadly

[49:04] like I've lived in other places and

[49:06] taken the bus frequently. Um, I do take

[49:08] the Metra. Um, but I I guess I'm not

[49:12] saying that we're going to be able to

[49:13] solve this, but I think that there are

[49:16] um I'm excited to see ways to connect

[49:19] things to make things more bikable, more

[49:21] walkable um because I think uh our our

[49:25] ability to impact public transportation

[49:27] is uh fairly limited,

[49:30] » Ever increasingly so um based on some

[49:32] changes from the state. So um so I think

[49:35] that's really positive. Um, and then I

[49:37] don't know. I guess it just it just made

[49:38] me chuckle because I'm glad that we have

[49:41] the public transportation we have. I

[49:43] wish we had so much more because I hate

[49:45] cars. I hate driving and I wish I didn't

[49:47] have to get in mine every so often. So

[49:49] anyway, but thank you. This was a really

[49:51] great report. I appreciate it. Thank

[49:53] you.

[49:54] » Alder personquist.

[49:56] » Yes. Uh, getting back to pleasant

[49:58] surprises. Um just calling attention to

[50:01] the low vacancy rates on East State and

[50:05] the downtown. Um

[50:08] that is a a pleasant surprise. A couple

[50:10] of high-profile

[50:12] vacancies tend to skew a lot of public

[50:15] perception. So to see that maybe

[50:17] perception is not reality is a is a good

[50:20] thing. Um not that we shouldn't strive

[50:22] for 100%.

[50:24] » Yes.

[50:24] » And there are opportunities still within

[50:26] a 100% or 90 to have

[50:29] greater development. But I just wanted

[50:32] to call attention to that aspect.

[50:34] » Yeah. And I think that's a great one,

[50:36] too. As you mentioned, we did hear that

[50:37] from the community is as something that

[50:39] stands out as vacancy there, but when

[50:41] you look at the reality of the

[50:43] situation, it is really high occupancy

[50:46] rates.

[50:49] » Alterpress Kilbert.

[50:51] » Right. I couple of questions. You had

[50:53] your six priorities at the beginning

[50:55] that you'd identified. Was there any

[50:57] significance to the way they were

[50:58] numbered?

[50:59] » No, Ju just the order of them. Yeah.

[51:01] » Okay. And the second uh question would

[51:04] be uh new residents in Geneva uh

[51:08] firsttime owners. Do we have any data on

[51:11] uh what the age of a firsttime uh home

[51:15] buyer in Geneva is? Or is there any way

[51:17] that that could be uh identified?

[51:21] I don't know that we included that in

[51:22] this assessment, but that certainly

[51:24] would be an interesting um that would

[51:27] certainly be an interesting fact to find

[51:29] for this especially just

[51:30] » I know that it's yeah

[51:32] » Continuing to trend older.

[51:34] » Alder person Kilberg, if I may uh share

[51:36] with you the information shared by the

[51:38] Realtors Association of the Fox Valley,

[51:40] new homeowners in Geneva on average are

[51:44] 42 years old.

[51:47] » So young. [laughter]

[51:49] » Well,

[51:52] So

[51:54] uh

[51:55] » There you go.

[51:56] » I think that's interesting and I think

[51:57] it identifies a need uh for the

[52:00] community. And then uh

[52:03] » Finally uh as it as you uh did your

[52:06] survey work and you interviewed with

[52:07] people uh what type of feedback did you

[52:11] receive from seniors that participated

[52:13] as it relates to housing particularly?

[52:16] » Um I can only speak an anecdotally. I'd

[52:19] have to look back closer at the survey,

[52:21] but I think we heard a lot of people who

[52:23] were wanting to downsize and couldn't

[52:25] really find that footprint in the

[52:26] community. Um, and this doesn't

[52:29] particularly pertain to their needs, but

[52:31] they also recognize wanting children to

[52:33] enter the community, whether that's for

[52:34] a housing option for them or just having

[52:36] that extended community nearby and they

[52:38] had a lot of um family members who were

[52:41] not able to afford living here. So, I

[52:43] think there's um you know, people who

[52:45] are whether it's unwilling to downsize

[52:47] because the cost is too high or there's

[52:49] just not the um type of housing they

[52:52] want in this community. We heard some of

[52:54] that.

[52:55] I think it'd be interesting to get uh

[52:58] some data as it relates to residents in

[53:01] Geneva, homes in Geneva that are

[53:03] occupied by a single individual that are

[53:06] of senior age

[53:08] » And uh to see really how large that

[53:10] inventory is and uh and uh you know as a

[53:15] as a as a community what might be what

[53:18] might we do to uh to accelerate uh or

[53:22] creating a more convenient opportunity

[53:24] for those people to relocate to

[53:26] something that makes more sense.

[53:28] » That's all I had. Thank you,

[53:30] » Alder Person Pesky.

[53:33] » Thank you. Um, thank you for this

[53:35] report. The information was all

[53:37] incredibly

[53:39] um, useful and not terribly surprising.

[53:42] Um

[53:43] » My only question after hearing everybody

[53:46] else's questions is um I know that the

[53:48] affordable housing plan is you know kind

[53:51] of wrapped in

[53:53] » Um I assume the sites that the city had

[53:57] previously identified will also be

[53:58] considered.

[54:00] » Okay.

[54:01] » Yeah, that's all.

[54:02] » Thank you.

[54:03] » Before I recognize alder person Bing for

[54:05] a second time, anyone who has not yet

[54:06] spoken the first time wishes to do so.

[54:09] Alder person Bing.

[54:11] » Thank you. Um, just to follow up on

[54:12] Alder person Kilberg's question, and

[54:14] there may be some variety here, but what

[54:16] sorts of housing were seniors looking

[54:18] for that they weren't able to find? I

[54:19] [clears throat] understand cost is

[54:20] another consideration, but

[54:23] » Um, is it single family detached that

[54:26] they're looking for, but smaller or just

[54:28] or like just any available units

[54:31] » That are smaller? Um I we didn't get

[54:34] into specifics of those with them, but I

[54:36] think you know there was a range of

[54:38] those as you're saying like smaller

[54:39] ranches and also like attached single

[54:42] family as well mainly within their price

[54:44] range because a lot of the product that

[54:46] is buil being built in that range is a

[54:47] little bit more high-end.

[54:49] » Right.

[54:49] » Mhm.

[54:50] » Okay. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.

[54:55] » Alder person Maliki for a second time

[54:57] unless anyone who has not yet spoken

[54:58] wishes to do so.

[55:01] All yours, sir. Thank you. Uh just

[55:03] following up with this the recent

[55:05] conversation too. It'd be interesting to

[55:06] know if that that group of people that

[55:09] are under 42

[55:11] » Uh that aren't, you know, buying their

[55:13] first home in Geneva if it's if that

[55:15] restriction solely is I'm sure it's

[55:17] primarily cost. But if it's solely cost

[55:20] or maybe there's some other factors that

[55:22] that they're considering, they know that

[55:26] you know that people under 42 are

[55:28] considering that we just may not be

[55:29] offering. you know, something that's

[55:31] just our community doesn't doesn't

[55:34] currently, you know, have that they're

[55:37] looking for. You know, whether it's some

[55:38] sort of like

[55:39] » Entertainment value or, you know,

[55:42] transportation, just something that's

[55:43] other than cost. It'd be interesting to

[55:45] know.

[55:45] » Yeah.

[55:46] » So,

[55:47] » Yeah, that was it. Thank you.

[55:48] » Thank you.

[55:50] » The floor is open

[55:52] to person mayor for a second time.

[55:54] » Oh, my mic's been on the whole time. Um,

[55:57] sorry. I can you go back a few slides to

[56:00] the opportunity sites because I remember

[56:01] there was one that said uh Betavia

[56:03] Avenue and I wanted to follow up and ask

[56:05] what that what that was.

[56:07] » It's the one down on 31

[56:10] » 31

[56:11] » Down here.

[56:12] » Oh, Campana

[56:13] » Campana.

[56:15] » So there's a

[56:16] » That's there's a use here

[56:19] » And here I believe

[56:21] » And then it's

[56:21] » It's the Duke and Lee site older person

[56:23] there. No,

[56:26] » That's that's first

[56:28] is here.

[56:30] » That's metro first and third. Okay.

[56:32] » Yeah. Go ahead.

[56:33] » So, this is the um the Mifflin site

[56:37] » And then to the south of that there's

[56:39] about 12 acres or so of a wooded area

[56:42] and then there's the um the office

[56:44] complex just north of Campana that has

[56:47] about 5 acres of open land in the back

[56:49] of that.

[56:51] Is it occupied?

[56:53] » Huh?

[56:56] » I was just curious. Is it occupied? I

[56:57] mean, it's it's not vacant. Sorry.

[57:00] » It's vacant land.

[57:01] » It's That's all vacant. There's not a

[57:03] » Behind the building is all vacant land.

[57:04] It abuts unincorporated Geneva.

[57:06] » Okay.

[57:07] » But it's vacant land.

[57:08] » Sorry for my being out of order.

[57:10] » No, no, that's right.

[57:11] » Uh, okay.

[57:12] » But

[57:13] » Yep. Exactly.

[57:14] » The industrial there is a current

[57:16] industrial user or former industrial

[57:17] user that's part of that site also.

[57:19] Current

[57:19] » Current current. Okay. Thank you.

[57:26] » Anyone else? [clears throat]

[57:28] Next fa next steps if you will. I know

[57:30] you already shared that in slide one but

[57:32] » Yeah absolutely. I'll just wrap up here.

[57:35] Um we'll be presenting these the same

[57:38] presentation to the planning and zoning

[57:39] commission on Thursday of this week.

[57:42] » Um and then we're planning to do a short

[57:44] video that kind of captures some of the

[57:46] key findings from the existing

[57:47] conditions report. um so that when we

[57:49] promote this to the public for those who

[57:50] don't want to read a 120 page document

[57:52] they might be able to capture some of

[57:54] those key findings um just to stay

[57:56] informed with the process and then we

[57:58] are jumping into phase two. So this is

[58:00] really where we'll start coming up with

[58:02] some of those policy objectives and

[58:04] different planning scenarios um to test

[58:06] some opportunities for some of the

[58:08] challenges and needs that have been

[58:10] identified and we'll do that future land

[58:11] use uh exploration as well as these

[58:14] opportunity site or sub area plans. Um

[58:16] once we have these ideas, we're going to

[58:18] bring them back to the community through

[58:19] a workshop and survey as well as to

[58:21] leadership and the steering committee to

[58:24] kind of just get their thoughts and

[58:25] weigh in and make sure we're headed in

[58:26] the right direction to capture this

[58:28] vision. So that's kind of where we're

[58:29] headed from here.

[58:32] » In terms of time, is that a three-month

[58:35] process, six month process?

[58:36] » So we've outlined from September to

[58:38] about January. That's just kind of being

[58:40] sensitive of holidays. I'm sure um we'll

[58:43] kind of try to wrap it up a little bit

[58:44] before then, but just making sure that

[58:46] we have plenty of opportunities for

[58:47] engagement.

[58:48] » Great. Thank you.

[58:49] » Awesome.

[58:51] » Anyone else before we allow our friends

[58:53] to return to their homes?

[58:58] » Thank you both very much.

[58:59] » Thank you so much for having us.

[59:00] » Thank you. [applause]

[59:11] Item four, ladies and gentlemen,

[59:13] amendments to the agenda. Are there any

[59:15] amendments this evening?

[59:17] Item five is the omnibus agenda. All

[59:20] items marked with an asterric on this

[59:21] agenda are considered to be routine by

[59:23] this council and all those items can be

[59:26] considered and voted upon with one

[59:28] motion.

[59:29] » Pashki makes that motion. Seconded by

[59:31] Palmquist.

[59:34] City clerk, please take the role.

[59:37] Pashki.

[59:37] » Hi

[59:38] » Reini.

[59:39] » Hi

[59:40] » Bing.

[59:40] » I

[59:42] » Hilbert.

[59:43] » Hi

[59:44] » Kaser.

[59:44] » Hi

[59:45] » Malaki.

[59:46] » I

[59:47] » Mayor

[59:47] » I

[59:48] » Palquest.

[59:48] » I nine votes in the affirmative. Zero

[59:51] votes in the negative. One council

[59:53] member absent. The omnibus agenda has

[59:55] been approved. We jump to item eight.

[59:56] Municipal bills for payment. We kindly

[59:58] ask our clerk to read the bills in their

[1:00:00] aggregate for our consideration and a

[1:00:02] motion. Municipal bills for payment

[1:00:05] total $4,698,23947.

[1:00:11] » Mayor, I move that we pay the bills as

[1:00:13] read, the individual items for which can

[1:00:15] be found in tonight's city council

[1:00:16] packet, which is available on the city's

[1:00:18] website.

[1:00:19] » Alder person Bar makes the motion to pay

[1:00:21] the bills as presented, which are

[1:00:22] available in each council member's

[1:00:23] packet and on the city's website.

[1:00:28] » Seconded by mayor,

[1:00:32] city clerk

[1:00:33] All yours.

[1:00:34] » Bowing.

[1:00:35] » Hi,

[1:00:35] » Kernish.

[1:00:36] » Hi,

[1:00:37] » Kilberg.

[1:00:38] » Hi,

[1:00:38] » Kasarog.

[1:00:39] » I

[1:00:40] » Maliki.

[1:00:41] » I

[1:00:42] » Mayor. I palquist.

[1:00:44] » I

[1:00:44] » Pashki.

[1:00:45] » I Ricky.

[1:00:46] » Hi.

[1:00:48] » The bills have been approved for payment

[1:00:49] nine affirmative, zero negative, and one

[1:00:51] council member absent. We move on. All

[1:00:54] items on number nine have been approved

[1:00:55] on the consent agenda. We jump to item

[1:00:57] 10 A. Consider resolution 2026-99

[1:01:03] authorizing destination Geneva grant

[1:01:05] with Geneva Foundation for the arts for

[1:01:08] artists Sunday road rally 2026

[1:01:14] » Pashki with the motion Kasarog with the

[1:01:16] second

[1:01:18] miss boy

[1:01:20] » Thank you uh for the council's

[1:01:21] consideration this evening is a request

[1:01:24] from the Geneva Foundation for the arts

[1:01:26] for a destination Geneva grant in the

[1:01:28] amount of $2,500 for the Artist Sunday

[1:01:31] road rally on November 29th, 2026. The

[1:01:35] event will have locations throughout the

[1:01:37] downtown and will take place the Sunday

[1:01:39] following Thanksgiving, which is of

[1:01:41] course a very popular shopping weekend.

[1:01:44] Artist Sunday is a nationwide art

[1:01:46] shopping event designed to encourage

[1:01:47] shopping with local artists, makers, and

[1:01:50] creators during the holiday season. This

[1:01:52] is the second year for this event and

[1:01:54] the Geneva Foundation for the Arts did

[1:01:56] receive a grant last year in 2025 as

[1:01:59] well. And just uh for keeping count,

[1:02:02] this represents the 10th request for

[1:02:04] destination Geneva grant since the

[1:02:06] program was put into place. And then we

[1:02:08] have director Timosenko here if there

[1:02:10] are additional questions.

[1:02:12] » We have a motion by Pashki, a second by

[1:02:13] Kasarog. Are there any questions for

[1:02:16] director Timosenko?

[1:02:19] If not, the city clerk will take the

[1:02:21] role and I will vote on this one as

[1:02:22] well.

[1:02:23] » Hashki,

[1:02:25] » I reini.

[1:02:26] » Hi.

[1:02:27] » Bowing.

[1:02:28] » I

[1:02:29] » Fernish.

[1:02:30] » I

[1:02:30] » Kilberg.

[1:02:31] » I

[1:02:32] » Caserog.

[1:02:32] » I

[1:02:33] » Malakei.

[1:02:34] » I

[1:02:35] » Mayor.

[1:02:36] » I

[1:02:36] » Palquist.

[1:02:37] » I

[1:02:38] » Mayor Burns.

[1:02:38] » I. With 10 votes in the affirmative,

[1:02:41] zero votes in the negative, and one

[1:02:42] council member absent, resolution 2026-9

[1:02:46] has been approved. We jump to item 10B.

[1:02:48] Consider ordinance

[1:02:50] 2026-18

[1:02:52] establish establishing special service

[1:02:55] area number 35

[1:02:57] the myth Geneva Industrial Park City of

[1:03:00] Geneva Cane County, Illinois.

[1:03:03] » Second.

[1:03:04] » Palmquist with the motion. Bing, I

[1:03:06] believe, with the second.

[1:03:08] » Miss Boy,

[1:03:10] » Thank you. uh before the council this

[1:03:12] evening. This special service area under

[1:03:15] consideration um is has previously been

[1:03:18] outlined in both the annexation and

[1:03:20] redevelopment agreements and the city's

[1:03:22] storm water ordinance and SSA is

[1:03:24] required as a backup financing mechanism

[1:03:27] to cover the maintenance of storm water

[1:03:28] detention conservation easement and

[1:03:31] common areas as as associated with the

[1:03:34] development on the subject property. The

[1:03:36] public hearing was held on July 6 of

[1:03:38] this year and all other statutory

[1:03:41] obligations have been met and the

[1:03:42] director Timoshenko is here if there are

[1:03:45] questions.

[1:03:46] » Are there any questions from the deis?

[1:03:52] » City clerk please take the role.

[1:03:55] » Palmquist

[1:03:56] » I.

[1:03:56] » Pashki

[1:03:57] » I.

[1:03:58] » Reini

[1:03:58] » I

[1:03:59] » Bing

[1:04:00] » I

[1:04:01] » Fernish.

[1:04:01] » Hi.

[1:04:02] » Hilbert.

[1:04:03] » Hi

[1:04:03] » Kaser.

[1:04:04] » Hi

[1:04:05] » Maliki. I

[1:04:06] » Mayor

[1:04:07] » I.

[1:04:08] » Ordinance 2026-18 has been approved with

[1:04:10] nine affirmative votes, zero nay votes,

[1:04:12] and one council member absent. Item 10

[1:04:15] C. Consider ordinance 2026-9

[1:04:19] establishing special service area number

[1:04:21] 36

[1:04:26] for the Roosevelt here in the beautiful

[1:04:28] and bukallic city of Geneva, Illinois,

[1:04:30] equally beautiful King County. [snorts]

[1:04:33] Motion by Bing, seconded by Palmquist.

[1:04:36] Miss Boy,

[1:04:38] » Thank you. This SSA for the council's

[1:04:41] consideration was outlined in the TIFF 3

[1:04:44] redevelopment agreement for the

[1:04:46] Roosevelt mixeduse development. The

[1:04:48] agreement allows the city to establish a

[1:04:51] backup SSA to be used in the event the

[1:04:53] project does not generate sufficient

[1:04:56] incremental revenues to meet the funding

[1:04:58] obligation. The SSA, if approved, will

[1:05:01] remain dormant for 10 years and be

[1:05:02] available for future use as needed. The

[1:05:05] public hearing for this SSA was also

[1:05:08] held July 6th and all other statutory

[1:05:10] obligations have been met.

[1:05:13] » Are there any questions?

[1:05:16] If not, the honorable just

[1:05:19] » Just a couple

[1:05:19] » Older person Kilbert uh hypothetical

[1:05:22] what what might be some of the issues

[1:05:24] that would generate the requirement for

[1:05:26] an SSA 10 years from now versus 5 years

[1:05:30] from now?

[1:05:33] Are we talking about snow removal? Are

[1:05:35] we talk is there a detentionary involved

[1:05:38] with uh with this project? I don't

[1:05:41] believe so. No, this is a financial um

[1:05:45] SSA backup for the financial incentive,

[1:05:48] not for the physical grounds.

[1:05:51] » Okay.

[1:05:54] So,

[1:05:55] what would be an example of a financial

[1:05:59] uh

[1:06:00] » So as as part of the uh

[1:06:02] » Requirement for an SSA? it as part of

[1:06:04] the incentive agreement, the city agreed

[1:06:07] to a lump sum payment to the developer

[1:06:10] to cover some of the utility costs. It's

[1:06:13] the expectation that the project will

[1:06:16] generate the revenue,

[1:06:18] » Okay,

[1:06:18] » To be able to cover that, but should

[1:06:21] that not happen, uh you can look to the

[1:06:25] backup SSA to,

[1:06:27] » Okay,

[1:06:27] » Do that. And it's because um you just

[1:06:30] don't know how the assessor will

[1:06:34] uh estimate but it's just extra for the

[1:06:38] city to have protection should

[1:06:40] » So it's a recovery of utilities and

[1:06:42] other elements that uh cause the project

[1:06:46] to move forward and that this an

[1:06:48] opportunity then for the city to recoup

[1:06:50] and if the uh if the tiff doesn't

[1:06:54] generate enough revenue then they're on

[1:06:56] the hook and the SSA they would cover

[1:06:58] the differential.

[1:06:59] » Correct. And the owner um offered it to

[1:07:01] the city and we said okay

[1:07:04] » Put it in.

[1:07:05] » It was offered to the city and the city

[1:07:08] is taking the opportunity to do it.

[1:07:10] » Okay. You answer my question. Thank you.

[1:07:13] » Anyone else?

[1:07:16] » Not

[1:07:24] Bing.

[1:07:24] » I

[1:07:25] » Fernish. I

[1:07:27] » Kilbert.

[1:07:27] » Hi

[1:07:28] » Kasarak.

[1:07:29] » I

[1:07:29] » Malake.

[1:07:30] » I

[1:07:31] » Mayor.

[1:07:32] » I

[1:07:33] » Palquist.

[1:07:34] » I

[1:07:34] » Pashki.

[1:07:35] » I

[1:07:36] » Reiki.

[1:07:37] » I.

[1:07:38] » Nine votes in the a zero votes in the

[1:07:40] one council member absent. The ordinance

[1:07:42] has been approved.

[1:07:44] » Forgive me.

[1:07:45] » The ordinance has been approved with

[1:07:46] nine affirmative votes, zero nay votes,

[1:07:48] and one council member absent. Item 10D.

[1:07:51] Consider resolution 2026-100

[1:07:55] rejecting bids opened on August 10, 2026

[1:08:00] for wastewater plant grit

[1:08:03] classifier.

[1:08:06] » Motion by Malake, seconded by Bing, Miss

[1:08:09] Voit.

[1:08:11] » Thank you. The item before the council

[1:08:13] is a request to reject bids for the

[1:08:16] wastewater plant grit classifier

[1:08:18] replacement. bid submitts were received

[1:08:21] and both were opened on August 10th. One

[1:08:24] of the biders subsequently submitted

[1:08:26] questions regarding the bid documents

[1:08:29] and uh that question and the documents

[1:08:32] were sent to legal for further

[1:08:33] consideration. Uh after a review of the

[1:08:36] questions, legal council recommended

[1:08:38] that the city reject both submitts,

[1:08:40] clean up the bid, and rebid. So that is

[1:08:43] what this request is for. And we do have

[1:08:45] assistant public works director Nate

[1:08:47] Landers here if there are additional

[1:08:49] questions.

[1:08:51] » Are there any questions for

[1:08:54] Nate Grit Landers?

[1:08:59] » Isn't it's just a great name. It's like

[1:09:01] ladies and gentlemen grit classifier on

[1:09:03] the tackle. Yeah. It's like if not the

[1:09:06] clerk will take the role.

[1:09:08] » Maliki

[1:09:09] » I.

[1:09:11] » Mayor I. Ponquist

[1:09:13] » I. Pashki

[1:09:14] » I

[1:09:15] » Reini

[1:09:16] » I

[1:09:17] » Bowing

[1:09:18] » I

[1:09:19] » Fernish

[1:09:19] » I

[1:09:20] » Kilberg

[1:09:21] » I

[1:09:21] » Caserat

[1:09:22] » I resolution 2026-100 has been approved

[1:09:25] with nine affirmative votes zero nay

[1:09:27] votes and one council member absent item

[1:09:30] 10 E

[1:09:33] consider resolution 2026-101

[1:09:37] authorizing the execution of a

[1:09:40] memorandum of understanding with Kain

[1:09:42] County for the install ation of

[1:09:44] communications infrastructure within the

[1:09:46] city's Fox River sanitary sewer

[1:09:50] crossing.

[1:09:52] » Mayor makes the motion. Conserog with

[1:09:55] the second. The floor is for Miss Voit.

[1:09:58] » Thank you. Uh this item reflects a

[1:10:01] request from Kain County that one

[1:10:03] additional 4inch conduit be installed

[1:10:06] within the city's new river crossing to

[1:10:08] accommodate future county fiber optic

[1:10:10] and communications infrastructure.

[1:10:12] Installing the conduit as part of the

[1:10:14] city's river crossing project will

[1:10:16] create cost savings and future

[1:10:18] disruption due to any additional

[1:10:20] construction. The King County Board

[1:10:22] approved a resolution funding the

[1:10:24] additional conduit and coordination of

[1:10:26] the installation in July and assistant

[1:10:30] director of public works Nate Landers is

[1:10:32] here if there are additional questions.

[1:10:35] » Are there any questions for assistant

[1:10:37] public works director Landers? Alder

[1:10:39] person mayor

[1:10:43] So we have a conduit too, right?

[1:10:45] Correct.

[1:10:46] » So this is an additional conduit. They

[1:10:48] couldn't just use space in ours.

[1:10:51] » They wanted their own conduit. So yes,

[1:10:52] this is an additional conduit.

[1:10:54] » Okay.

[1:10:56] » Um how much did this conduit cost?

[1:10:58] » This conduit costs roughly about 43,000

[1:11:02] for them to install that and then an

[1:11:05] additional 5,000 for the hand holes on

[1:11:07] each side of the roof.

[1:11:10] All right, that's all I have. Thank you.

[1:11:12] » Okay,

[1:11:14] » We do have a call into grit classifier

[1:11:16] to make sure that this is

[1:11:20] » We should just give it a grit. Anyone

[1:11:22] else from Mr. Landers?

[1:11:25] » On resolution 2026-101,

[1:11:28] the clerk will take the role.

[1:11:30] » Mayor,

[1:11:32] » I appalus

[1:11:34] » I. Pashki.

[1:11:35] » Hi,

[1:11:36] » Rhiniki.

[1:11:36] » Hi,

[1:11:37] » Bowing.

[1:11:38] » Hi,

[1:11:38] » Fernish.

[1:11:39] » Hi,

[1:11:40] » Kilberg.

[1:11:40] » Hi,

[1:11:41] » Caser.

[1:11:42] » I

[1:11:42] » Maliki,

[1:11:43] » I

[1:11:44] » The resolution has been adopted with

[1:11:45] nine affirmative votes, zero nay votes,

[1:11:47] and one council member absent. Item 10F

[1:11:50] is consider resolution 2026-102

[1:11:53] authorizing the execution of a 10-foot

[1:11:57] fiber optic easement to Canain County

[1:12:00] for fiber optic installation serving

[1:12:02] Tricom dispatch.

[1:12:05] » Palmquist

[1:12:07] and I believe Pashki

[1:12:10] » With a second. Yep.

[1:12:12] Miss Boy,

[1:12:14] » Thank you. Uh, this item before the

[1:12:17] council is a request to grant King

[1:12:19] County a permanent non-exclusive

[1:12:22] underground fiber optic utility easement

[1:12:24] across a parcel so the county may

[1:12:26] install and maintain fiber optic conduit

[1:12:29] serving the Tricom central dispatch

[1:12:31] facility. The city will maintain the

[1:12:33] right to continue using the easement

[1:12:35] areas and also grant additional non-erin

[1:12:38] interfering easements. This request

[1:12:40] comes at no cost or administrative

[1:12:42] burden to the city and the assistant

[1:12:45] director is still here if there are

[1:12:47] questions.

[1:12:49] » Questions for Mr. Landers.

[1:12:53] » Seeing none, the clerk,

[1:12:56] sorry,

[1:12:56] » Older person. Mayor,

[1:12:57] » I I was just going to ask the lawyer

[1:12:59] actually. So, this is an easement that's

[1:13:02] coincidental with our easement for the

[1:13:04] crossing.

[1:13:05] » It's not a different easement, is it?

[1:13:07] They're gonna all be in the same trench,

[1:13:09] right?

[1:13:09] » It's all in the same area. Yes.

[1:13:11] » Okay. So, there's

[1:13:12] » Their easement that overlaps

[1:13:14] » For access.

[1:13:15] » Correct.

[1:13:16] » Okay. It's for access. Okay. All right.

[1:13:18] Thank you.

[1:13:21] » City clerk, please take the role on

[1:13:23] resolution 2026-102.

[1:13:26] » Pollquest.

[1:13:27] » I.

[1:13:28] » Pashki.

[1:13:29] » I.

[1:13:29] » Reini.

[1:13:30] » Hi.

[1:13:31] » Bing.

[1:13:32] » Hi.

[1:13:32] » Fernish.

[1:13:33] » Hi.

[1:13:34] » Pilberg.

[1:13:34] » Hi.

[1:13:35] » Kasog.

[1:13:36] » Hi. Malaki

[1:13:37] » I.

[1:13:37] » Mayor

[1:13:38] » I.

[1:13:38] » The resolution is passed with nine

[1:13:40] affirmative votes, zero nay votes, and

[1:13:42] one council member absent. Item 10G is

[1:13:45] consider resolution 2026-103

[1:13:48] authorizing the purchase of a wooden

[1:13:51] utility, excuse me, of wooden utility

[1:13:54] poles from power line in the amount of

[1:13:58] 50,449

[1:14:00] bucks and I believe that is 43 cents.

[1:14:04] » That's for one poll.

[1:14:05] » Second. Yes,

[1:14:07] » Kidding. Pashki made the motion and

[1:14:09] seconded by Bowing. Miss Vo, clarify

[1:14:11] that.

[1:14:12] » This is for more than one pole. Uh, but

[1:14:14] this request is to purchase wooden

[1:14:17] utility poles in order to replenish our

[1:14:20] electric division stock. The city did

[1:14:22] solicit bids. Uh, however, none were no

[1:14:25] one submitted for uh no one responded to

[1:14:27] the bid, excuse me. staff undertook an

[1:14:29] informal bid process and solicited

[1:14:32] numbers from three companies which were

[1:14:34] included in a memo that Superintendent

[1:14:36] Holton drafted that was in your packet.

[1:14:38] Um, and the request before you is to

[1:14:41] purchase from Powerline Supply who

[1:14:43] provided the lowest price and we do have

[1:14:46] the superintendent here if there are

[1:14:48] additional questions.

[1:14:50] » Questions for Superintendent Holton.

[1:14:52] Alder person Kilberg. I just uh

[1:14:56] had a uh curious question. Um

[1:15:01] I'm sure we have an inventory of all the

[1:15:03] polls in Geneva that are city's

[1:15:06] responsibility. Do we have a

[1:15:08] » Do we have a u a decade long plan or two

[1:15:12] decade long plan to replace poles uh or

[1:15:16] is it just replacements are when we feel

[1:15:18] as though pole has deteriorated to the

[1:15:21] point where it's putting our service at

[1:15:23] risk. Uh I know we purchasing 30 here.

[1:15:27] Is that sort of what we're doing on an

[1:15:29] annual basis? Uh

[1:15:31] » Uh we typically don't buy polls

[1:15:33] annually. Okay.

[1:15:34] » The last time we purchased polls, I

[1:15:36] believe, was 2021.

[1:15:37] » Oh, okay.

[1:15:38] » Um, as far as replacement schedule, uh,

[1:15:41] if you remember, uh, two or last year,

[1:15:44] actually,

[1:15:45] » I think I asked this question last year.

[1:15:47] » Trying to get my my fiscal year correct,

[1:15:48] but I believe it was last year, uh, we

[1:15:51] did do a systemwide poll inventory and

[1:15:54] testing. Um, that identifies polls.

[1:15:57] They're It says we're looking at the

[1:15:59] condition of the pole. Um the reason why

[1:16:01] our the reason why our uh inventory is

[1:16:05] getting low is because after that u pole

[1:16:09] assessment we had uh some that we that

[1:16:11] were needed to be replaced immediately.

[1:16:14] So we went ahead and and did that. So

[1:16:16] every couple years we undertake a pole

[1:16:17] assessment to keep keep track of how the

[1:16:20] poles are doing out there on the system.

[1:16:21] » I noticed there's some differentiation

[1:16:23] in price for the poles. Is it the

[1:16:26] diameter of the pole, the length of the

[1:16:28] pole, or what what causes a a pole to

[1:16:31] cost $1,500 versus one that costs

[1:16:34] $2,300?

[1:16:35] » Uh, it's uh both size and

[1:16:37] classification. So, you have the length

[1:16:38] of the pole, that would be the pole

[1:16:40] size, 35, 40, 45 ft, and then you have a

[1:16:43] classification, which is how much taper

[1:16:45] there is in the pole. So, uh the higher

[1:16:48] the the classification number, the more

[1:16:50] taper there is. It gets smaller at the

[1:16:52] top. and that uh we specify that

[1:16:55] classification based on what's going to

[1:16:57] go on that pole out in the field. So,

[1:16:59] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:17:01] Anyone else? Alder person conroy.

[1:17:05] » Are you going to bang each one with the

[1:17:06] hammer and make sure you hear the ring?

[1:17:08] » Yes.

[1:17:09] » Okay.

[1:17:09] » We want to make sure they ring.

[1:17:10] » We got to report back on that.

[1:17:13] » Well, some of them.

[1:17:14] » Yes.

[1:17:16] » We want them to ring.

[1:17:16] » If we want them to ring. Yep. Yep.

[1:17:18] » If

[1:17:20] Facebook live on that one.

[1:17:21] » That's right. We we'll see what we can

[1:17:23] do.

[1:17:23] » Anyone else?

[1:17:25] » Alder person Maliki.

[1:17:26] » Just really quick, do we please do we do

[1:17:28] the work in house or who's

[1:17:29] » Yes.

[1:17:29] » Yeah. We do it ourselves.

[1:17:31] » Thanks.

[1:17:31] » Yep.

[1:17:34] » If there's no other questions, the clerk

[1:17:36] will take the roll call on resolution

[1:17:38] 2026-103.

[1:17:41] » Pashki.

[1:17:42] » I. Reini.

[1:17:43] » I

[1:17:47] » Hilberg.

[1:17:48] » Hi.

[1:17:49] » Casarog.

[1:17:49] » Hi.

[1:17:50] » Maliki. I

[1:17:52] » Mayor I palquest

[1:17:54] » I the resolution has been approved by

[1:17:57] nine affirmative votes zero nay votes

[1:17:59] and one council member absent. Thank you

[1:18:01] sir. Our last item item 10H consider

[1:18:05] resolution 2026-104

[1:18:08] adopting updated city of Geneva

[1:18:11] personnel policy manual.

[1:18:13] » So second

[1:18:15] » Mayor with the motion Pashki with the

[1:18:17] second and the floor is Miss Voitz.

[1:18:20] Thank you. Um, as outlined, the item

[1:18:23] before the council is a request to adopt

[1:18:26] changes to the city's personnel policy

[1:18:28] manual. The proposed changes allow the

[1:18:30] manual to ensure the city remains

[1:18:32] compliant with employment law and best

[1:18:34] practices. Updates include a new section

[1:18:37] to comply with the Illinois Family

[1:18:39] Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act, a

[1:18:42] proposal to add a parental care leave

[1:18:44] benefit policy, revision, excuse me,

[1:18:47] revisions to the existing educational

[1:18:49] assistance policy, a modification to

[1:18:52] sick time payout procedures for IMRF

[1:18:54] retirees, and then some general cleanup

[1:18:57] language. The redline document included

[1:19:00] was included in the packet, excuse me.

[1:19:02] We did receive some questions regarding

[1:19:03] this item which were posted to the

[1:19:05] website and we also um some grammatical

[1:19:10] uh errors were were sent in. We'll take

[1:19:14] note of those and those will be

[1:19:15] addressed in the final as well. And we

[1:19:17] have our HR manager Lauren Newton here

[1:19:20] if there are additional questions beyond

[1:19:22] the what was in the packet this

[1:19:24] afternoon.

[1:19:25] » Questions person

[1:19:28] bing floor is yours.

[1:19:30] » Thank you mayor. Um yes. So I um did

[1:19:33] have some more questions about the

[1:19:34] parental care leave. Um I'm delighted

[1:19:37] that the city is implementing this. Um I

[1:19:41] understand the concerns particularly

[1:19:43] because the city manages so many

[1:19:45] different types of operations about

[1:19:46] keeping the benefit um as a consecutive

[1:19:50] block. I was wondering if

[1:19:54] um is it just open up too many cans of

[1:19:56] worms to make that like a departmental

[1:20:00] decision or like allow for some

[1:20:02] flexibility because again I I know

[1:20:06] people have different needs sometimes uh

[1:20:09] you know the leave situation for the two

[1:20:12] parents may differ or there may be

[1:20:14] things that come up um but um

[1:20:19] anyway so I just I guess I'm curious

[1:20:20] ious whether that just feels

[1:20:24] like not a best practice to try to allow

[1:20:27] for some flexibility if it was okay with

[1:20:29] line management.

[1:20:30] » Yeah. Um so it's a great question. Um

[1:20:33] and uh it pertains to of course the twoe

[1:20:37] parental leave is being implemented as a

[1:20:39] consecutive leave. So once a new parent

[1:20:42] who's employed by the city um starts

[1:20:45] their FMLA for the birth or uh bonding

[1:20:47] of a child, they are entitled or would

[1:20:50] be entitled to two weeks of paid

[1:20:52] parental leave. Um, I think it's um

[1:20:56] challenging sometimes when crafting

[1:20:58] policies that um cover various

[1:21:01] departments, uh, because while somebody

[1:21:04] here at city hall could probably easily

[1:21:06] take an intermittent leave, um, a police

[1:21:10] officer taking an intermittent leave is

[1:21:11] a very different story because you start

[1:21:13] looking at how that impacts others and

[1:21:16] for operational planning and staffing.

[1:21:19] Um, so when we draft the policy and this

[1:21:21] is the initial policy, we try to make it

[1:21:24] as easy on operational continuity as

[1:21:28] possible and we think of those whatifs.

[1:21:30] Um, the same with fire, right? So

[1:21:33] they're on 24 48 off. Um, an

[1:21:36] intermittent leave to a firefighter,

[1:21:38] they could be out for quite a long time

[1:21:41] versus somebody here who's here at city

[1:21:43] hall who doesn't need to be uh called

[1:21:45] back for coverage or have anybody held

[1:21:48] over. Um so we did assess that. We did

[1:21:51] look at other policies too. Um we

[1:21:53] reached out to our uh neighboring

[1:21:54] communities that have uh similar

[1:21:57] policies and the consensus was that they

[1:21:59] do offer it consecutively. Um so that's

[1:22:01] where we decided to lead with

[1:22:03] implementing it. Um but I do recognize

[1:22:06] uh what you're mentioning too,

[1:22:08] especially when um there's multiple

[1:22:10] parents who are both working at play. um

[1:22:14] you know, starting the FMLA for the uh

[1:22:16] the parent who um you know has the

[1:22:19] child, the birthing parent, um their

[1:22:21] leave starts right away because they

[1:22:22] have the physical recovery part coupled

[1:22:25] with [snorts] the bonding. Um but for

[1:22:27] the other parent, they could take this

[1:22:29] leave at a later time. Absolutely. That

[1:22:32] would run concurrently with their FMLA,

[1:22:34] though. So that would then trigger the

[1:22:36] FMLA event. So, as long as they're not

[1:22:38] taking FMLA at the birth of the child,

[1:22:40] um you know, they they can take, you

[1:22:43] know, up to the amounted uh time off uh

[1:22:45] that they're allowed, which would be

[1:22:46] three shifts, but anything beyond that

[1:22:48] triggers uh FMLA. Um they could of

[1:22:52] course take the two weeks

[1:22:53] » Staggered

[1:22:54] » Later. Yes. So, that would be an option

[1:22:56] for them.

[1:22:57] » Okay. And then I guess so, as I was

[1:22:59] rereading this, uh I um just wanted to

[1:23:03] clarify. So there's a section if both

[1:23:04] parents are employed and for everyone

[1:23:06] else's reference in case people note

[1:23:08] this is on page 279 of the packet. It

[1:23:10] says if both parents are employed by the

[1:23:12] city I don't know how often this happens

[1:23:14] combined paid leave may not exceed two

[1:23:16] weeks. I don't understand what that

[1:23:18] means. So like that means that if both

[1:23:20] parents were employed by the city

[1:23:22] effectively they only get half of this

[1:23:23] benefit.

[1:23:24] » Uh no they they would get the two weeks

[1:23:27] combined. So each parent would not be

[1:23:29] eligible for their own two weeks for it.

[1:23:33] » Why?

[1:23:34] » Um

[1:23:36] again um operationally that's similar to

[1:23:40] FMLA for bonding as well.

[1:23:43] » Um

[1:23:45] it's really to make sure that the the

[1:23:48] benefit isn't exceeding what it's in

[1:23:50] intended to do. But if both parents were

[1:23:54] employed separately, there's no way to

[1:23:57] impose that kind of restriction. Like

[1:23:59] each of them would get whatever benefit

[1:24:01] the employer gave. And it just if they

[1:24:03] happen to both be employed by the city,

[1:24:05] then it seems like they're effectively

[1:24:07] being penalized. Like they're getting

[1:24:08] less benefit than two parents who had

[1:24:12] different employers.

[1:24:13] » Sure. I I certainly understand that.

[1:24:16] Yeah.

[1:24:16] » Okay.

[1:24:17] » Yeah. Um, and it we don't do we

[1:24:23] I don't want to step my toe into too

[1:24:25] much of the nitty-gritty, but I feel

[1:24:26] like our parental leave in this country

[1:24:28] is already so uh scanty.

[1:24:31] » Sure.

[1:24:31] » Um, and uh, having

[1:24:34] » Been a parent recently, a new parent

[1:24:36] recently, uh, twice. I, you know, every

[1:24:39] amount of flexibility that there was was

[1:24:42] really helpful. Um, and

[1:24:47] anyway, so I guess uh

[1:24:51] to me that seems unfair. I guess I'm

[1:24:54] curious

[1:24:55] like operationally we feel like it's

[1:24:57] just not tenable to take away that

[1:25:00] restriction.

[1:25:02] Um, again, I don't know how many

[1:25:05] times this even comes up. Um,

[1:25:11] and I I I'm trying to imagine kind of

[1:25:13] the most complicated case scenario. We

[1:25:15] had two um police officers or two

[1:25:20] firefighters uh who were both becoming

[1:25:23] new parents.

[1:25:24] » Um

[1:25:26] like I can't imagine that that could be

[1:25:28] disruptive. I also feel like

[1:25:32] I don't know I from from an equity

[1:25:34] standpoint um this is really bothering

[1:25:37] me. Um so I guess I'm curious to hear

[1:25:39] whether other folks on council would

[1:25:42] agree. Um

[1:25:45] anyway, yeah I guess I' I'd be I'd be

[1:25:49] interested to try to make that more

[1:25:50] flexible. Um, and then I guess just the

[1:25:53] way it's worded, I mean obviously it

[1:25:55] can't actually cut off FMLA and while

[1:25:58] under FMLA they can use their own

[1:26:01] vacation time or personal time that they

[1:26:04] may have accured in addition to this

[1:26:06] parental leave.

[1:26:07] » Yeah. If you're talking about the two

[1:26:09] parent employed situation, absolutely.

[1:26:11] So both have their rights under FMLA.

[1:26:13] This is just the paid benefit that the

[1:26:15] city's paying. Okay.

[1:26:17] » So the city is paying two weeks where

[1:26:19] somebody does not need to touch

[1:26:21] their benefit time. Yes. Uh for the

[1:26:24] birth um or adoption of a child. Um and

[1:26:27] in the event of uh two employees who are

[1:26:30] married, that does not extend that paid

[1:26:32] benefit. However, they can use their PTO

[1:26:35] however they'd like. Um and they do get

[1:26:37] the FMLA benefit.

[1:26:40] Yeah. I I guess yeah, I just

[1:26:45] my point of comparison from my own

[1:26:47] personal life is that when my first

[1:26:48] child was born, uh his employer gave no

[1:26:51] parental leave time. When our second

[1:26:54] child was born, he got two weeks. And it

[1:26:56] was great because it meant that he

[1:26:57] hadn't used up all of his vacation time

[1:27:00] right after the birth of our second

[1:27:02] child.

[1:27:03] » Uh and then that allowed for more

[1:27:05] flexibility for the myriad of things

[1:27:07] life brings up down the line. Um, and

[1:27:12] I guess uh,

[1:27:15] yeah, I

[1:27:18] I don't know. This feels like a very

[1:27:20] particular point to have an issue with,

[1:27:22] and I'm curious uh, to hear, I don't

[1:27:25] know, from city administrator of White

[1:27:27] or attorney kind of what uh, options

[1:27:30] might be for. I don't want to I don't

[1:27:32] want to halt all of our progress here.

[1:27:35] Um, but I I guess I'd like to open the

[1:27:38] opportunity if no one else on council

[1:27:40] feels like this is a a significant

[1:27:42] issue, then I can let it lie. Is it most

[1:27:44] appropriate for And again, I I don't

[1:27:47] want to discount the advice of our

[1:27:48] staff. Um, I don't know. So, I guess I'm

[1:27:52] I'm asking for some input, but maybe

[1:27:55] that's inappropriate.

[1:27:57] Well, in reviewing this policy,

[1:28:00] we're first of all, we're very excited

[1:28:01] to be including this benefit for our

[1:28:03] workforce, particularly as we are

[1:28:05] looking to attract and retain,

[1:28:08] » Right,

[1:28:09] » Younger employees. Yep.

[1:28:10] » Um, I will say in terms of consideration

[1:28:14] of this specific point, as you know,

[1:28:18] Lauren pointed out um the intention is

[1:28:23] to not exceed the twoe period. So the

[1:28:26] one week per parent with the FMLA

[1:28:29] um we felt comfortable moving forward

[1:28:31] with that because it is such a limited

[1:28:32] set of circumstances.

[1:28:34] I you know in terms of any conversation

[1:28:37] beyond that we we left it at that

[1:28:39] because we're focused on getting this

[1:28:42] new benefit included in the plan. Got

[1:28:44] it. Okay. Um well certainly I don't want

[1:28:48] to jeopardize a new beneficial benefit.

[1:28:51] Is it possible to come back and look at

[1:28:53] this as a point of potential expansion

[1:28:56] down the line? Rambi, that's out of

[1:28:58] order for this. Yeah, sorry. Go ahead.

[1:29:00] » Um, yes, I was going to say that would

[1:29:01] be a very, I think, positive way to look

[1:29:04] at it. This is a change. This will be

[1:29:06] the first time administering this. It'll

[1:29:08] be impacting um employees across the

[1:29:10] city, but we are a smaller organization.

[1:29:13] there is limited applicability of um how

[1:29:16] often this happens, but I think

[1:29:18] revisiting it in the future um to see if

[1:29:21] this program is adequate to see if it

[1:29:23] needs to be adjusted. I think we could

[1:29:24] certainly commit to coming back um

[1:29:27] whether it's a year, whether it's 18

[1:29:28] months from now and just say this has

[1:29:29] been our experience with it um and see

[1:29:32] if there's need to make any adjustments

[1:29:34] or consider changing it.

[1:29:36] » Okay, I'd be very happy with that. Um,

[1:29:39] obviously if anyone else on council

[1:29:40] wants to weigh in, they can, but um,

[1:29:42] thank you. I really appreciate all of

[1:29:44] that additional conversation.

[1:29:46] » Certainly.

[1:29:47] » Anyone else? Alder person Maliki then

[1:29:50] older person Pesky.

[1:29:51] » Um, I mean, Alder person Bing does make

[1:29:54] a good point about this. Um my just

[1:29:56] quick question is could um in the rare

[1:29:59] occasion that this does happen where

[1:30:00] there's you know a couple that are both

[1:30:02] employed by the city uh and they don't

[1:30:04] get the same benefit that you know two

[1:30:08] other couples would if they're working

[1:30:09] for two different organizations

[1:30:12] would there poss could there be any sort

[1:30:13] of you know legal standing where they

[1:30:16] could come back you know and you know

[1:30:19] okay just I just asked him the question

[1:30:21] I don't know you know weird things

[1:30:23] happen

[1:30:23] » If you want

[1:30:26] unequivocally no.

[1:30:27] » Okay,

[1:30:27] » This is our benefit for our employees.

[1:30:31] What someone else gets with a different

[1:30:33] employer is not applicable. This is a

[1:30:35] employee benefit. This is a new benefit.

[1:30:38] Right. Right.

[1:30:38] » So, and as the director said, it has to

[1:30:42] be operational, meaning it needs to be

[1:30:44] employed and worked through in this

[1:30:47] organization's okay.

[1:30:48] » Best interests. And as Ben said, changes

[1:30:50] can be made going forward, but your

[1:30:52] scenario is not anything we have to

[1:30:55] worry about.

[1:30:55] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:30:58] » Alder person Pashky, then older person

[1:30:59] mayor.

[1:31:01] » Um, so I I understand

[1:31:04] uh the points being made here. I tend to

[1:31:08] agree with Alder person Bowering that it

[1:31:11] would be good to review this again in

[1:31:13] the future because I can see how through

[1:31:16] the employees, you know, lens, it feels

[1:31:19] like a real a big disadvantage for the

[1:31:22] couple if they're both employees. um

[1:31:25] versus their co-workers who if you know

[1:31:28] one birthing co-orker gets the two weeks

[1:31:30] paid and the other one has to choose to

[1:31:32] take only one week paid because their p

[1:31:34] spouse wants to take one week paid that

[1:31:36] that feels like a disadvantage. So I

[1:31:38] would like to review it in the future.

[1:31:40] Um but if I can ask a question about

[1:31:43] another section of this is that okay

[1:31:46] since I have the floor um the

[1:31:48] educational assistance

[1:31:51] » Is that budgeted by department? It is

[1:31:54] okay.

[1:31:54] » Yes, it's part of the budget process

[1:31:56] annually. So employees need to uh

[1:31:59] approach their department head to

[1:32:01] request it. Um and it goes through a

[1:32:03] formal approval process with with the

[1:32:05] budget.

[1:32:07] » So they have to actually request it

[1:32:09] before like during the budget process.

[1:32:12] Correct. Have to be planning ahead to

[1:32:13] ask for it.

[1:32:14] » Yes.

[1:32:14] » Okay.

[1:32:15] » Thank you.

[1:32:16] » Sure.

[1:32:17] » Alder person mayor. I just wanted

[1:32:20] clarification because I thought I

[1:32:21] understood what we were talking about

[1:32:23] with the married co-workers employed by

[1:32:26] Geneva. Um, is it that each one only

[1:32:29] gets one week then?

[1:32:32] » Okay. Yeah, that seems really hokey. So,

[1:32:34] maybe we should consider it in the

[1:32:36] future. I'll support it to pass and get

[1:32:39] this

[1:32:40] » Going, but I think it's weird. Like,

[1:32:43] » If you're both employed here, you should

[1:32:45] get the same two weeks that everybody

[1:32:47] else gets. I think if that's something

[1:32:49] the council wants us to continue to look

[1:32:51] at, we can certainly keep track and when

[1:32:53] future upd up updates come forward or in

[1:32:56] a year from now when we if we don't have

[1:32:58] any updates, we can commit to providing

[1:33:01] an update to the council. I don't think

[1:33:02] that's

[1:33:03] » I don't think it's going to happen in

[1:33:04] this next year. So, I think that's safe.

[1:33:07] » Never know,

[1:33:09] » But that's fine. We I I think it's safe

[1:33:11] to say that's a very reasonable request

[1:33:14] to

[1:33:15] » Thank you.

[1:33:16] » Sure. Alder person Pashki for a second

[1:33:19] time. Then

[1:33:21] » Then Dean

[1:33:23] » Dean, you have not yet spoken on this

[1:33:24] matter. Then older person Pashki.

[1:33:26] » Um this is a lot of housekeeping

[1:33:29] apparently where we're sort of

[1:33:30] tightening up some things that were sort

[1:33:32] of open-ended. Um

[1:33:35] » Um just for the public's benefit, a few

[1:33:38] of these things I think are important.

[1:33:40] um uh when someone leaves our employment

[1:33:44] uh they can only uh be reimbursed up to

[1:33:47] 60 days. That's sick sick days that

[1:33:50] they'd accumulated as well as vacation

[1:33:52] days, right?

[1:33:54] » Um which section are you referring to?

[1:33:56] » Well, the one that refers to it. I don't

[1:33:59] have it.

[1:34:00] » No, that's okay. Are you talking about

[1:34:03] » Pay?

[1:34:04] » The sick pay benefit on a retiree. Sure.

[1:34:06] Okay. Thank you for Thank you for

[1:34:08] clarify.

[1:34:10] I I apologize. Um,

[1:34:11] » And I would assume that in the past that

[1:34:13] was sort of open-ended and we have

[1:34:15] people that sometimes never want to take

[1:34:16] their vacation and then all of a sudden

[1:34:18] they retire and they got 150 days of

[1:34:21] vacation time they've accumulated.

[1:34:23] » Sure.

[1:34:23] » And u,

[1:34:24] » You know, I had a [clears throat] past

[1:34:26] experience where this was the case, but

[1:34:28] I think this is was it open-ended

[1:34:30] before?

[1:34:31] » It wasn't. No, the 480 hours uh has been

[1:34:34] a longstanding uh policy.

[1:34:36] » Okay. So then what's really changed here

[1:34:38] then? So what's changed is the time that

[1:34:40] they're paid out um

[1:34:42] » Onetime payment at severance or correct

[1:34:45] separation

[1:34:45] » Upon retirement and that really um has

[1:34:49] to do with IMRF retirees. So what can

[1:34:52] happen um and it's uh an unintended uh

[1:34:57] consequence of paying out um sick time

[1:35:00] like that. But what can happen is um if

[1:35:03] a retiree leaves and they have a very

[1:35:05] large balance as you referenced um we

[1:35:09] can get an unbudgeted accelerated

[1:35:11] payment from IMRF. Uh so it's also

[1:35:14] referred to as pension spiking because

[1:35:17] IMRF was not anticipating that kind of

[1:35:20] increase to the employee salary. So IMRF

[1:35:23] does allow employers to mitigate that.

[1:35:26] You just have to pay the sick time in

[1:35:28] the month following retirement. Okay.

[1:35:30] » Um, so that creates an exemption that

[1:35:32] saves the city money and then it doesn't

[1:35:35] allow for an unbudgeted um increase to

[1:35:39] that retirees pension. So it's

[1:35:40] safeguarding, if you will, um, without

[1:35:44] making this benefit something greater

[1:35:46] than it's intended to be. So it's uh,

[1:35:48] just operational. It has nothing to do

[1:35:50] with the amount of the benefit.

[1:35:52] » As it relates to vacation time, is there

[1:35:54] a cap on what an employee can

[1:35:56] accumulate?

[1:35:58] In other words, uh,

[1:36:01] » Per year.

[1:36:02] » Do we get to a point where an employee

[1:36:03] has to use vacation time? Because I

[1:36:05] think that's important that people take

[1:36:07] vacation.

[1:36:08] » It is very important. Yes. Employees are

[1:36:10] allowed to carry over um up to a week of

[1:36:12] vacation from year to year.

[1:36:14] » Carry over unused. Yes. And I I want to

[1:36:17] say the maximum is 25 days that somebody

[1:36:21] can acrue throughout the year.

[1:36:24] » And I'd say and that's that's been a

[1:36:26] recent change. Um the city um until very

[1:36:30] recently did not permit any carryover

[1:36:32] vacation time. We were a true use it or

[1:36:34] lose it type approach to paid leave. And

[1:36:36] then uh just about two years ago we made

[1:36:38] the switch to allow employees to carry

[1:36:40] over up to up to the five days.

[1:36:42] » No, there are some other things here I

[1:36:44] want to you know uh make note of. The

[1:36:47] fact that if you're going to donate

[1:36:48] blood, you can get time off to do that,

[1:36:51] » Which is great. And the other one uh

[1:36:53] when the city reimbures or provides for

[1:36:57] advanced education

[1:36:59] uh 0 to 180 days if they leave during

[1:37:03] that time frame they are uh entitled

[1:37:05] they're obligated to repay to the city

[1:37:08] for what uh what uh they were reimbursed

[1:37:10] in uh 180 days to 360 days 75%. So I

[1:37:15] think that's a good move. And the other

[1:37:17] one is is that uh notice in other words

[1:37:20] uh when we have department heads that

[1:37:22] leave they need to give 30 days notice

[1:37:24] other employees uh 10 10 days. So uh did

[1:37:28] we tighten that up or uh was that

[1:37:30] something that uh that uh did not really

[1:37:33] exist previously?

[1:37:34] » Um the standard notice period has

[1:37:36] existed. What we tightened up in here

[1:37:38] was clarifying that the last day of

[1:37:41] employment is the last day worked.

[1:37:43] » Okay. There have been times occasionally

[1:37:46] um where the question has come up and

[1:37:49] somebody wants to use uh paid time off

[1:37:51] that would not be getting paid out like

[1:37:53] personal time. Okay.

[1:37:54] » Um to extend their employment and um you

[1:37:59] know we we wanted to clarify you have to

[1:38:01] be here for your last day of work. It

[1:38:02] affects insurance. It affects um it

[1:38:05] affects what they're eligible for at

[1:38:07] payout time. So,

[1:38:09] » And as the other point is is that when

[1:38:11] we have people that retire u before they

[1:38:14] can collect social security or they

[1:38:16] they're on Medicare, the city will uh

[1:38:20] allow them to purchase the city's

[1:38:22] insurance package uh up to a certain

[1:38:25] point. Is that uh during the length of

[1:38:28] the contract or is it indefinite?

[1:38:31] » Yeah. No, they actually can stay on

[1:38:33] indefinitely. It's per Illinois

[1:38:35] legislation. So, if an individual leaves

[1:38:39] employment uh with a municipality and

[1:38:41] they are eligible for a pension, so

[1:38:43] they're eligible to retire under that

[1:38:44] pension, um it's the Illinois um public

[1:38:47] employee continuation act. We have to

[1:38:49] allow them to stay on their plan. Um but

[1:38:53] they pull they pay the full cost of the

[1:38:55] plan. So unlike COBRA, it's not capped

[1:38:58] at 18 months or 36 months if you become

[1:39:00] Medicare eligible. Most retirees do drop

[1:39:04] it upon Medicare because it's a

[1:39:06] tremendous cost reduction in going to

[1:39:08] Medicare, but where you see it taken the

[1:39:10] most is really our first responders

[1:39:12] since their retirement age is 50, right?

[1:39:15] So, they have a ways to go um in making

[1:39:18] it to the finish line for insurance. So,

[1:39:21] that is per uh legislation, state

[1:39:23] legislation. And we have we have a lot

[1:39:24] of employees that probably are retiring

[1:39:26] between 55 and 60 in certain departments

[1:39:29] and because they've accumulated enough

[1:39:31] time that they can retire if they want

[1:39:33] to. So how how is their

[1:39:36] » Uh insurance actually

[1:39:38] » Uh calculated? In other words, is that a

[1:39:42] percentage uh of uh our total insurance

[1:39:45] package then for an employee or I guess

[1:39:48] I I

[1:39:49] » I'm just curious as to uh obviously that

[1:39:52] might be pretty attractive to an

[1:39:54] employee versus going into the uh open

[1:39:56] market and trying to secure health

[1:39:58] insurance. Sure.

[1:39:58] » So we could be insuring someone for

[1:40:03] » 12 years.

[1:40:04] » Yes.

[1:40:04] » Is that possible?

[1:40:05] » Uh that's very it's very possible. So,

[1:40:07] um,

[1:40:08] » Well, they could not insuring, but they

[1:40:10] could be utilizing the city's insurance

[1:40:12] policy for 12 years.

[1:40:14] » Correct. So, the nice thing is that the

[1:40:16] city is fully insured, um, which is a a

[1:40:19] benefit in those situations. So, we're

[1:40:21] not uh self-insured like uh some other

[1:40:23] municipalities where we're um having

[1:40:26] those claims um come against us, if you

[1:40:29] will, uh when it comes to budgeting.

[1:40:31] But, uh yes, they can stay on it, but

[1:40:33] the city no longer contributes to their

[1:40:35] premiums. So the city does not pay

[1:40:38] anything for them to actually maintain

[1:40:40] the insurance. So if the plan is a

[1:40:42] single PO and it costs $980 a month

[1:40:46] full, that's [clears throat] what

[1:40:47] they're responsible for. Whereas an

[1:40:49] employee, they were paying, you know, 10

[1:40:51] and something. So they uh they take that

[1:40:54] burden on. Um a lot of them do if they

[1:40:57] find secondary employment that offers uh

[1:40:59] coverage, they'll transition at that

[1:41:01] time, too.

[1:41:05] I had one more. We assume we assume the

[1:41:08] liability though if that person is on

[1:41:10] our insurance and let's say they have a

[1:41:12] a serious illness.

[1:41:13] » Absolutely. Yes, it does hit our

[1:41:15] » We carry forward after they've left our

[1:41:17] employment with that responsibility as

[1:41:20] well.

[1:41:20] » It does hit our experience. Yep.

[1:41:22] » That's all I had. Thank you.

[1:41:23] » Sure.

[1:41:24] » Alder person pesky.

[1:41:27] I just wanted to bring us back to the

[1:41:28] parental care leave. U just to point out

[1:41:30] that that section appears to only apply

[1:41:34] to non-bargaining unit employees. And I

[1:41:36] know before there were examples being

[1:41:37] given of um police and fire and that

[1:41:41] this actually greatly reduces the

[1:41:44] population of employees that would be

[1:41:45] impacted by this but also doesn't have

[1:41:47] the same effects that were being

[1:41:48] discussed before.

[1:41:50] » Sure. So police do have a clause in

[1:41:52] their contract where they will get this

[1:41:54] benefit. Oh, they do.

[1:41:55] » So, they do and I'm sure that um other

[1:41:59] bargaining groups will ask for it

[1:42:01] » To follow, but police does have a me too

[1:42:04] clause, if you will, specifically to

[1:42:06] this. So, uh police and non-union

[1:42:08] certainly at this time.

[1:42:13] » Anyone [clears throat] else? Older

[1:42:14] person Reini.

[1:42:17] » Yeah, if I could, I wanted to pivot a

[1:42:18] bit and ask about the educational

[1:42:20] assistance benefit.

[1:42:22] » Um how long two questions. How long has

[1:42:24] that been in play and what's been your

[1:42:26] experience with it? How has it been

[1:42:27] used?

[1:42:28] » Sure. So, it it's been in existence for

[1:42:31] a long time. I can't tell you the exact

[1:42:34] um uh time that it became active in the

[1:42:38] personal policy manual. I could look

[1:42:39] back

[1:42:40] » And get you that answer though. But um I

[1:42:43] believe for a long time, and feel free

[1:42:45] to speak to it, Ben, it was not utilized

[1:42:48] uh by departments. Um but as of recent

[1:42:51] we have had two individuals at public

[1:42:53] works utilize this benefit both for

[1:42:56] higher ed. Um one individual

[1:42:59] transitioned out of a field operations

[1:43:02] role to a front office management

[1:43:05] position. So it's very beneficial for

[1:43:07] us. Um and the other uh is aspirational

[1:43:10] and um uh pursuing you know an MPA with

[1:43:14] it too.

[1:43:15] » A masters of public administration. Yes.

[1:43:18] Yes. So, both at public works, um both

[1:43:22] in positions that are very challenging

[1:43:24] to hire for where we want to to retain,

[1:43:27] but that has all been um uh submitted

[1:43:30] and approved through the budget over

[1:43:32] multiple years.

[1:43:34] » Okay.

[1:43:35] » Thank you.

[1:43:35] » Sure.

[1:43:38] » Anyone else?

[1:43:41] » City clerk, are you prepared for the

[1:43:43] roll call on resolution 2026-104?

[1:43:47] » Mayor

[1:43:49] I

[1:43:49] » Conquest.

[1:43:50] » Hi,

[1:43:51] » Kashki.

[1:43:52] » I

[1:43:52] » Reini.

[1:43:53] » Hi,

[1:43:54] » Bing.

[1:43:55] » I Furnish.

[1:43:56] » I

[1:43:57] » Kilbert.

[1:43:57] » Hi,

[1:43:58] » Caser.

[1:43:59] » I

[1:43:59] » Maliki.

[1:44:00] » I.

[1:44:00] » The resolution has been adopted with

[1:44:02] nine affirmative votes, zero nay votes,

[1:44:04] and one council member absent. We're at

[1:44:06] public comment, folks. Anyone still

[1:44:08] hanging out with us here at the council

[1:44:10] chamber wish to share any thoughts?

[1:44:14] If not, we'll move to new business from

[1:44:15] the deis and then I'll

[1:44:18] » Recognize Ben older person Maliki.

[1:44:21] » Uh thank you, mayor. Um I wanted to ask

[1:44:24] uh city administrator Voit um just if uh

[1:44:27] how things are going. I know part of our

[1:44:30] um quarterly updates with uh action

[1:44:33] items and goals. Uh uh there's an item

[1:44:36] there that's been importantly uh so in

[1:44:40] my opinion in the news and that's the

[1:44:41] use of flat cameras. Uh I know there's a

[1:44:44] plan to probably uh hopefully present in

[1:44:46] front of council by the end of October.

[1:44:48] I think it's probably important for

[1:44:50] there's a lot of members of the

[1:44:51] community I think that are concerned and

[1:44:53] several of our neighboring communities

[1:44:55] I've seen in the news lately like Homer

[1:44:56] Glenn and uh have been uh you know

[1:45:02] cutting their ties and their contracts

[1:45:03] with Flock. So um I wanted to know just

[1:45:06] if the you know I'd like to see a

[1:45:08] presentation you know as planned coming

[1:45:10] up soon. So,

[1:45:11] » So I the exact language in the budget um

[1:45:16] you'll have to forgive me, but I believe

[1:45:17] it said some to the effect of explore

[1:45:21] the option of using flot cameras. So, it

[1:45:24] was not a commitment to request for a

[1:45:27] purchase, but really to look at the

[1:45:29] benefits of the this type of equipment

[1:45:32] in Geneva. in conversations with the the

[1:45:35] chief um and [clears throat] reviewing

[1:45:37] what is happening in neighboring

[1:45:39] communities and elsewhere. Uh we have

[1:45:43] opted to not move forward with any sort

[1:45:45] of review or conversation

[1:45:48] um in terms of implementing block

[1:45:50] cameras. So there we don't have anything

[1:45:54] to present uh because it's not something

[1:45:56] that the police department has spent a

[1:45:59] significant amount of time on.

[1:46:00] » Okay.

[1:46:01] » Yeah. We've agreed to just not move

[1:46:02] forward with that and that actually will

[1:46:04] be reflected in the next goal update.

[1:46:07] » Okay. All right. Thank you.

[1:46:08] » Yeah.

[1:46:11] » New [clears throat] business. Anyone

[1:46:12] else? Otherwise, I'll recognize the

[1:46:14] assistant city administrator, Mr.

[1:46:15] McCriedy. And then you have something as

[1:46:17] well. Sir,

[1:46:18] » I was just going to mention um all of

[1:46:21] you at your spots. There's some

[1:46:22] postcards there. As you know, strategic

[1:46:25] plan advisory committee has the upcoming

[1:46:27] uh community forum we're going to be

[1:46:28] hosting at Geneva Public Library this

[1:46:30] month. Uh, one of the things the

[1:46:32] committee strives for is to try and have

[1:46:34] at least two individuals from every

[1:46:36] ward. Um, so we are looking for friends,

[1:46:39] neighbors. Part of our goals is to make

[1:46:41] sure that individuals are familiar with

[1:46:43] the strategic plan. Um, we've got a lot

[1:46:46] of community stakeholders that know

[1:46:47] we've got a plan that are very active in

[1:46:49] it, but we're trying to make sure that

[1:46:50] we are getting out to our residents so

[1:46:52] they are familiar with not only the

[1:46:54] strategic plan, but with the goals of

[1:46:55] city council. And so this is a great way

[1:46:57] to come out and do a crash course. uh

[1:46:59] Spack will be there. Uh we'll have

[1:47:02] almost everyone there that evening. So,

[1:47:04] it's it's a great time to come in and

[1:47:06] just learn what the plan is, learn what

[1:47:08] we've done, learn where it's going. Um

[1:47:10] so, we'd really appreciate your

[1:47:11] assistance and helping get those

[1:47:12] postcards out. Uh you know, write a

[1:47:15] small write a short note on there, drop

[1:47:16] it off at a friend's door, but anything

[1:47:18] you can do uh to encourage residents to

[1:47:20] attend, we would appreciate it. So,

[1:47:23] thank you,

[1:47:24] » Miss White.

[1:47:26] » Thank you. I wanted to share with the

[1:47:28] council and community that this Friday

[1:47:30] is the 25th anniversary of uh 911 and

[1:47:34] the combined police and fire departments

[1:47:36] will be hosting a very brief remembrance

[1:47:39] service uh I'm sorry event at here at

[1:47:41] city hall will start at 9:15 sharp rain

[1:47:44] or shine very brief the plan is uh for

[1:47:48] it to run from 9:15 to 9:30 but just

[1:47:51] something to pause and reflect on this

[1:47:53] anniversary and that was shared on the

[1:47:55] city's social media media today as well.

[1:47:57] So that's it. Thank you.

[1:48:01] » If there's nothing else, I'll entertain

[1:48:03] a motion to adjourn the city council

[1:48:04] meeting.

[1:48:05] » Motion by Kasarog. All in favor of

[1:48:08] adjourning, please indicate by saying I.

[1:48:10] » We're adjourned.

[1:51:15] Good evening. Uh this is the committee

[1:51:17] of the whole meeting uh Tuesday,

[1:51:19] September 8th. My name is Dean Kilberg

[1:51:23] and uh I want to call uh the committee

[1:51:25] of the whole meeting to order. Uh, item

[1:51:28] two on the agenda this evening, approve

[1:51:30] committee of the whole minutes from

[1:51:31] August 17, 2026 and special committee of

[1:51:34] the whole minutes from August 21st,

[1:51:37] 2026. Is there a motion to approve?

[1:51:39] » So moved.

[1:51:39] » Second.

[1:51:40] » There's a motion to approve. And there's

[1:51:43] a second. Any discussion? If not, a

[1:51:46] voice vote. Those in favor signify by

[1:51:48] saying I.

[1:51:50] » Opposed? Carries.

[1:51:53] 90.

[1:51:54] Uh under items of business for this

[1:51:56] evening, item A, consider draft uh

[1:52:00] resolution authorizing the purchase of

[1:52:02] two Ford Maverick hybrid vehicles from

[1:52:05] Sourcewell

[1:52:07] Sutton Ford uh Matisen uh Illinois in

[1:52:12] the amount of $72,42.90.

[1:52:16] Is there a motion to approve?

[1:52:18] » Second. A motion by uh mayor, I believe,

[1:52:23] and seconded by

[1:52:25] » Pashki.

[1:52:25] » Oh, I'm sorry. Was it over here?

[1:52:27] » Martha, sorry. Uh Pashki and uh and uh

[1:52:32] Palmquist.

[1:52:34] Okay. Uh is there an overview on this?

[1:52:36] Uh

[1:52:37] » Yes,

[1:52:37] » Miss Voit.

[1:52:38] » Yes, thank you. Uh just briefly, this uh

[1:52:41] request before the council is something

[1:52:43] that was approved through the fiscal

[1:52:45] year 2027 budget. It's two replacement

[1:52:48] vehicles for our community development

[1:52:50] division. The requested vehicles are

[1:52:52] hybrid and include enhanced safety

[1:52:54] features that will assist staff during

[1:52:56] the winter months, uh, specifically the

[1:52:58] all-wheel drive, and they will be

[1:53:00] purchased through the source contract.

[1:53:01] And we do have Director Degrroot here if

[1:53:03] there are additional questions.

[1:53:07] » It appears we don't have any questions.

[1:53:09] I take it we're ready to vote. Those in

[1:53:11] favor, uh, let's have a roll call on

[1:53:14] that. Okay.

[1:53:17] Pashki.

[1:53:17] » Hi

[1:53:18] » Reini.

[1:53:19] » Hi

[1:53:20] » Bing.

[1:53:21] » I

[1:53:22] » Fernish.

[1:53:23] » I

[1:53:23] » Kilberg.

[1:53:24] » I

[1:53:25] » Pasarog.

[1:53:26] » I

[1:53:26] » Malake.

[1:53:27] » I

[1:53:28] » Mayor.

[1:53:28] » I

[1:53:29] » Palmquist.

[1:53:30] » I know.

[1:53:33] Item B, consider draft resolution

[1:53:35] authorizing the city administrator to

[1:53:37] execute a contract for 2026 Hamilton

[1:53:40] Street drainage improvements to Fox

[1:53:42] Excavating in the amount of $55,660

[1:53:46] with a 10% contingency for the total

[1:53:49] authorized project cost not to exceed

[1:53:51] $61,226.

[1:53:54] Is there moved by uh Malakei and

[1:53:58] seconded by mayor? Uh Miss Voit the

[1:54:02] overview.

[1:54:04] » Thank you. Uh this item seeks to address

[1:54:06] drainage and storm sewer matters along

[1:54:08] Hamilton Street between Richard Street

[1:54:10] and Anderson Boulevard. The scope of

[1:54:13] work is outlined in the executive

[1:54:14] summary. The city bid this project and

[1:54:17] did receive 10 bids. Uh, and the request

[1:54:19] before the council specifically is to

[1:54:21] approve the lowest bid from Fox

[1:54:24] Excavating and Assistant Director

[1:54:26] Landers is here if there are questions.

[1:54:29] » Okay. Do we have any questions for

[1:54:31] Nathan?

[1:54:33] » Yes, Bill.

[1:54:37] » Uh, just one one question. Is there a

[1:54:40] estimated date of

[1:54:42] start date and completion for this or

[1:54:45] » That's a great question. Uh we are

[1:54:47] trying to move as quickly as possible.

[1:54:48] Obviously we're running out of out of

[1:54:50] great days to to work on this. So as

[1:54:52] soon as it passes through the council

[1:54:55] process, we are planning on moving

[1:54:56] forward with it.

[1:54:57] » Okay. Yeah. All right. Thank Yeah. Thank

[1:54:59] you. I appreciate this uh coming forward

[1:55:01] to us. So

[1:55:01] » Sure.

[1:55:02] » Any other questions?

[1:55:05] If not, I take it we're ready to vote.

[1:55:07] Uh let's take a [laughter] roll call on

[1:55:09] that.

[1:55:11] » Malkey.

[1:55:12] » I.

[1:55:13] » Mayor.

[1:55:14] » I.

[1:55:14] » Palest. I

[1:55:16] » Pashki

[1:55:17] » I

[1:55:17] » Reiniki

[1:55:18] » Hi

[1:55:19] » Bing

[1:55:20] » I

[1:55:20] » Furnish

[1:55:21] » I

[1:55:22] » Kilberg

[1:55:22] » I

[1:55:23] » Kasro

[1:55:24] » I

[1:55:25] » It's 90 carries [snorts]

[1:55:28] item C uh consider draft resolution

[1:55:31] authorizing the city administrator to

[1:55:33] execute a change order and amending

[1:55:34] resolution number 2026-52

[1:55:37] in the amount of $40,666.75

[1:55:42] to Globe Construction Company for the

[1:55:44] total Toal cost of $295,666.75

[1:55:50] for 2026 pavement marking curb and

[1:55:54] sidewalk replacement program.

[1:55:57] Second

[1:55:57] » Moved and seconded. Bing and Pashki. Uh

[1:56:04] the overview on this please.

[1:56:06] » Thank you. Uh, this item is a request to

[1:56:09] amend a previously approved contract

[1:56:11] with Globe Construction that was

[1:56:13] approved by the city council in May of

[1:56:15] this year for the sidewalk replacement

[1:56:17] program. The reason for the amendment is

[1:56:19] the dollar amount that was in the

[1:56:21] executive summary and the dollar amount

[1:56:23] in the resolution did not match. So,

[1:56:26] this item is strictly to correct and

[1:56:28] ensure that the appropriate amount is

[1:56:30] approved by the city council. The total

[1:56:32] dollar amount difference is $40,666.75.

[1:56:37] So there is no budgetary impact. This is

[1:56:40] simply correcting an error and ensuring

[1:56:42] that the record is correct in terms of

[1:56:43] what the council approved and the

[1:56:45] assistant director stayed. If there are

[1:56:48] questions,

[1:56:50] » Apparently this was a clerical

[1:56:53] apparently this was a clerical error

[1:56:54] that we didn't catch when we approved it

[1:56:57] some time ago. And this is just

[1:56:59] rectifying what the actual bid, the

[1:57:01] awarded bid was.

[1:57:02] » That's correct.

[1:57:03] » Okay. Um, are there any other questions?

[1:57:08] If not, uh, would you please read the

[1:57:10] role?

[1:57:12] » Bing.

[1:57:13] » I,

[1:57:15] » Hi.

[1:57:16] » Pilberg,

[1:57:17] » I

[1:57:21] » Mayor.

[1:57:21] » I

[1:57:22] » Pquist.

[1:57:23] » Hi,

[1:57:24] » Pashki.

[1:57:24] » I Reini.

[1:57:26] » I carries. 90.

[1:57:29] Okay. Um, under public comment, anyone

[1:57:33] have anything they'd like to share?

[1:57:36] Uh, this was touched on briefly by, uh,

[1:57:39] Miss Voy, uh, uh, Friday marks the 25th

[1:57:43] anniversary of 911 and, uh, uh, almost

[1:57:49] three 3,000 Americans lost their life

[1:57:51] that day. I just thought it'd be

[1:57:53] appropriate tonight maybe just to take a

[1:57:55] moment and to share a thought. I think

[1:57:58] through our life uh sometimes there are

[1:58:01] events that are lodged in our memory

[1:58:04] that we remember very vividly and uh I'm

[1:58:07] just going to open it up to the council

[1:58:09] tonight and I'll I'll start to give you

[1:58:10] a moment to think about this but u where

[1:58:14] was I on 9101?

[1:58:16] Uh on the morning of 911, I was uh at

[1:58:20] Meyer purchasing a few items. I had a

[1:58:23] business trip to De Moine and uh already

[1:58:26] at Meyer uh midm morning uh word was

[1:58:29] beginning to spread that uh something

[1:58:32] was happening in New York that was

[1:58:33] eventful and uh I purchased what I

[1:58:37] needed. I went home and uh I was able to

[1:58:40] witness the uh the two uh World Trade

[1:58:44] Center towers uh crumble to the ground.

[1:58:48] Uh that afternoon I drove to De Moine

[1:58:50] for my meeting and uh one of the things

[1:58:52] that stays in my mind and when I hear

[1:58:55] 911 I I remember vividly was the fact

[1:58:58] that as I drove across northern Illinois

[1:59:01] and on Interstate 80 to De Moine in

[1:59:03] Iowa, the sky was a beautiful blue, but

[1:59:07] there was something that was void and

[1:59:09] that was any jet traffic or any streams

[1:59:12] that normally fill the sky on such a

[1:59:14] clear day. And uh as I think about 9/11,

[1:59:19] uh that's that's what I recall. And uh I

[1:59:24] uh I uh that will stay with those those

[1:59:28] events uh uh such as uh Kennedy

[1:59:32] assassination or the Oklahoma bombing.

[1:59:35] Those things that uh you just never

[1:59:37] forget. And it's at the moment it's

[1:59:40] almost as you're reliving it the next

[1:59:42] day that you can you can see it and you

[1:59:44] can feel it. But uh is there anyone else

[1:59:47] that would like to share a thought and

[1:59:49] memorializing those that lost their life

[1:59:51] that day?

[1:59:57] If not

[1:59:58] uh

[2:00:00] I guess we're prepared to adjurnn. Is

[2:00:02] there a motion to adjurnn?

[2:00:05] » Those in favor signify by saying I. I

[2:00:08] » Oppose.

[2:00:10] Have a good evening.

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