[2:14] To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it

[2:20] stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

[2:25] for all. Thank you. >> No, I'll just do it. I'll use it when

[2:30] you call me. Watch for put the thing down at the time.

[2:36] » Maybe we should have it done. >> All right. Meeting is called to order.

[2:39] Clerk Collins, will you please take role?

[2:41] » Absolutely. Trustee Benjamin >> here.

[2:44] » Trusty Gelfin >> here.

[2:46] » Trusty Khan, >> present.

[2:48] » Trusty Talison >> here.

[2:50] » Supervisor Khan Agnesanti >> present. Thank you.

[2:54] » Your clerk is here. We have Scott Magnell who's going to fill us with all

[2:59] kinds of fun information. We have our township director who's going to be very

[3:04] efficient tonight because she's leaving at early early in the morning. We have

[3:08] an attorney who is better than every attorney in everybody else's town. And

[3:14] we have these wonderful people from Skoi and Martin Grove. Hello.

[3:22] And Jim Iverson after all that little bit of levity.

[3:26] » It's yours. >> I'm going to bring everybody down.

[3:28] » Oh, don't bring me down.

[3:32] » Is there a motion to approve the minutes from the July 13th regular board

[3:36] meeting? So moved by trustee. >> Keelin seconds.

[3:40] » Thank you. Any additions or corrections? >> Okay. Hearing none.

[3:44] » Trusty Gelfin. >> Hi.

[3:46] » Trusty Talison. >> Hi.

[3:47] » Trusty Khan. >> Hi.

[3:49] » Trusty Benjamin. >> Hi.

[3:50] » Supervisor Khan Agnesanti. >> Hi. Thank you.

[3:56] » Okay. So then we move into my supervisor's report. Um, first I would

[4:01] like to take a moment to wish a successful school year to returning

[4:06] students throughout the township. It's a very exciting time for our students. I

[4:11] know because my youngest will be a senior this year and she starts tomorrow

[4:16] and she's very excited. We wish them all the best.

[4:19] » Excited. >> It's very exciting. Um, tonight marks

[4:24] the one-year anniversary of administrator Steiner's position in her

[4:30] role. Having served at the township and many other positions before assuming her

[4:35] role as township administrator, as you all know, Jenny hit the ground

[4:39] running, and she has only grown in that role and in her capacity to serve over

[4:45] the past year. She shows great concern and care for

[4:50] this township. She takes it home with her. I know she does, even when we talk

[4:55] about not doing that. Um, and we're just really lucky to have

[5:01] her. So, we do have treats to celebrate both administrator Jenny's

[5:08] anniversary and also Trusty Talson's birthday.

[5:13] [applause] >> Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday.

[5:16] » Thanks. [laughter]

[5:19] » On July 23rd, I had the privilege of speaking with the Skoi Valley

[5:23] Congregation on Tishab about food insecurity and homelessness in our

[5:28] community and to engage in service work together to benefit our respit clients

[5:34] at Hersh's fridge, which is a kosher community fridge situated outside of the

[5:40] synagogue. This past year, um, Jenny and I have been meeting quarterly

[5:47] with Rabbi Hodi Nemesis and Tamra Ashman from Skoi Valley to find ways to

[5:53] collaborate in our shared mission to meet foundational needs like hunger and

[5:59] housing in our community. It's been meaningful and one of the unintended

[6:04] benefits of meeting is the deepening of the relationship between the

[6:08] congregation and the township for which I am very grateful.

[6:14] » Sadly, the third partner that routinely met with us, humans at Help, I don't

[6:18] know if you are all familiar with them. um they had to close their food pantry

[6:23] and their mutual aid hub on Oakton and Skoi due to concerns from the Skoi

[6:28] public health department that were too costly for the organization to address.

[6:34] Um we did offer to see if we could crowdfund for them or do something to

[6:39] help with some of those costs, but it was just too big of a burden to bear. So

[6:45] um it is unfortunate because they were able to serve in a capacity that we just

[6:50] cannot in that they are open on Saturdays and where we aren't. So they

[6:54] got specific clientele and were able to um help with food insecurity on the

[7:00] weekends which is is a need that we can't address here except for with our

[7:06] little free pantry outside.

[7:10] However, Hersh's fridge is also addressing those needs on the weekends

[7:13] and 24 hours. And they report that they can't keep it stocked. If they put food

[7:19] out there in the morning, it is gone in two hours. So, we'll get to that growing

[7:24] need when we get to Tony's report, but it's staggering.

[7:28] Last week, I participated in the courageous conversations confronting

[7:32] anti-semitism training that was hosted by the village of Skoi Human Relations

[7:37] Commission. It was profound to hear directly from our neighbors who shared

[7:41] their stories of disconnection and fear in the wake of rising anti-semitism

[7:47] and heartening to know that non-Jewish neighbors showed up to learn how to

[7:52] recognize and interrupt Jewish hate and any hate when they are confronted with

[7:57] it in real life situations. I would like to publicly acknowledge Skoi staff

[8:02] liaison to the commission Amanda Sabry and Skoi Human Rights Relation

[8:08] Commission President Maria Bueno and of course Mayor Tennis for their work in

[8:12] organizing the training. Um and then Ross I have a question

[8:18] before we move on. So we are I'm going to table two of these proclamations that

[8:23] are on the agenda. Should I do that now or read the other two first?

[8:27] » It doesn't matter. Okay. Well, we'll just I'll get rid of those two first.

[8:32] Um, I would like to move to table agenda items C and D from the supervisors

[8:37] report until a future meeting when representatives from the organizations

[8:41] are able to attend the meeting to accept their recognitions.

[8:45] » Good. >> Is there a second?

[8:46] » Second. >> Second.

[8:48] » Okay. So, let's give it to Trustee Benjamin.

[8:52] Any discussion? >> Third and fourth.

[8:55] » Hearing none. Trusty Benjamin.

[8:59] » Hi. >> Trusty Gelfon. Hi.

[9:01] » Trusty Khan. >> Hi.

[9:02] » Trusty Tollison. Hi. >> Supervisor Khan.

[9:06] » I thank you. >> Thank you. Um I would like to invite a

[9:14] trustee to read um proclamation A, the suicide prevention proclamation.

[9:23] » I can do it. Is it in our packet? >> Oh, do you not have it?

[9:26] » It's That's in your

[9:28] » Yeah, it's not in her pack. >> Okay.

[9:30] » I was looking forward to it. >> Is not usually in the pack. Trusty menu.

[9:35] » No, this is much shorter.

[9:40] » Um recognizing suicide prevention awareness month. Whereas September is

[9:45] suicide prevention awareness month, a time to raise awareness, share

[9:49] resources, and reduce the stigma around mental health struggles that affect

[9:53] people of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences.

[9:57] And whereas suicide is preventable and community connection, access to care,

[10:02] and compassionate outreach are key to saving lives. And whereas Niles Township

[10:07] plays a critical role in responding to residents in crisis, offering emergency

[10:12] assistance, mental health referrals, and wraparound services that support

[10:17] individuals and families in their most vulnerable moments. And whereas we honor

[10:22] those we've lost to to suicide, uplift the voices of survivors and commit to

[10:28] building a community where no one has to suffer in silence. And whereas by

[10:32] observing suicide prevention awareness month, we shine a light on hope,

[10:37] healing, and the power of a supportive community. Now, therefore, the entire

[10:42] Niles Township Board does hereby proclaim September 2026 as suicide

[10:48] prevention awareness month in Niles Township and calls all residents to help

[10:52] break the silence, offer support, and share resources that save lives. passed

[10:58] this 10th day of August 2026. Supervisor Bonnie Khan Agnes Sant

[11:10] invite Trustee Talison to read the hunger action proclamation.

[11:13] » Thank you, Madam Supervisor. Whereas Feeding America, the largest charity

[11:18] working to end hunger in the United States, has designated the month of

[11:22] September 2026 as hunger action month to bring continued awareness that hunger

[11:29] and poverty are issues of serious concern in the United States. And

[11:33] whereas Niles Township individuals and families who experience food

[11:37] insecurities must make difficult choices of whether to buy healthy food or pay

[11:42] for housing, utilities, transportation, or medical care. And whereas Niles

[11:48] Township is committed to raising awareness of hunger needs and commends

[11:52] the Niles Township Food Pantry and the numerous hunger relief organizations

[11:56] throughout the township who are dedicated to providing no cost

[12:02] nutritious food to families in need. And whereas Niles Township encourages its

[12:08] citizens and businesses to support these organizations as they rely on financial

[12:13] and food donations from our community. And whereas food banks and food closets

[12:19] across the country will host events and activities throughout the month of

[12:23] September to bring awareness [clears throat] and attention to the

[12:26] issue of hunger and encourage the involvement of our community to help

[12:31] solve hunger. And now therefore, be it proclaimed that the above proclamation

[12:37] was duly passed by the Niles Township government board on behalf of the

[12:42] citizens of Niles Township at a regular meeting held on August 10th, 2026. I,

[12:49] Supervisor Khan Agnesani and the Niles Township Board hereby recognize the

[12:54] month of September 2026 as hunger action month and encourages all citizens and

[13:01] businesses to support the efforts of local food agencies to reduce hunger in

[13:06] our area.

[13:10] Okay. And then we can before we move um to our reports from elected officials, I

[13:16] also would like to take a moment to recognize that we received this letter

[13:20] from Morton Grove. You all have it in front of you. um thanking the township

[13:26] for our $10,000 contribution towards Morton Grove Days and um all of the

[13:33] wonderful things that Morton Grove does to celebrate the 4th of July and this

[13:38] nation's independence. It was really meaningful and wonderful to be there on

[13:42] the stage with all of you. Um you did such a great job and we really value our

[13:48] relationship. So, thank you so much. >> Well, thank you guys for your donations.

[13:52] We truly appreciate it and hopefully next year we'll have

[13:56] » No, the weather's going to be great. [laughter]

[13:59] » Connie, would you like to take this moment to share with us?

[14:02] » Um, I don't have a whole lot to say. Um, our national night out was a huge

[14:06] success again. Um, I think we had even more people than we did last year, which

[14:12] is wonderful. And then for those of you who are custard fans, we are getting an

[14:17] Andes custard. >> It is going to take a couple of years.

[14:21] So >> loud,

[14:24] » but they are buying the land and it is all in the pipeline. So um those are two

[14:34] exciting things that >> where will it be?

[14:36] » It will be across the street from Smill Station where the old Lochner's um

[14:40] greenhouse used to be. So next to Gonzo's on that same side of the street.

[14:44] Okay. >> So Andy's Clusters will be there and

[14:46] then two houses will also be on that same property. And that's in the the the

[14:51] right township. >> I'm sorry.

[14:53] » That's in your better the the best township in Morgan Grove. [laughter]

[15:00] » Great. Just kidding. Main Township if you're listening. [laughter]

[15:06] » All right. Thank you. Thank you, Connie. Um, all right. Well, let's start with

[15:10] our assessor, Scott Magnau. >> You want me to ruin it for you early on?

[15:14] [laughter]

[15:16] too late. Just >> assessor doom and gloom.

[15:19] » The uh I'll start with tax bills since that's on everyone's mind. Anyway, there

[15:24] there's no new date for the tax bills. And just picking something out of the

[15:29] air. I'm saying, well, maybe September 1 for mailing. Not because anyone said

[15:34] September 1 or indicated September 1, just that that's the next available

[15:37] date. So, probably couldn't be before September 1, maybe afterwards. Um,

[15:42] [clears throat] we're getting ready and preparing for the onslaught of whatever,

[15:45] but tax bills will be coming out at some point here and I I have to hold my

[15:51] breath about, you know, the the accuracy or the problems with them because that

[15:55] could really create havoc. And then I think also pretty much corresponding or

[16:00] coinciding with the uh the tax bills, we're going to be getting into appeals

[16:04] and then um well exemptions to the extent that they they get passed the tax

[16:09] bill, you know, with the um we're trying to catch up on some of the things too.

[16:14] We're a little slow right now. We're not uh totally under the gun, but we try to

[16:19] to watch other factors of the economy. It's easy to deal with tax bills. I

[16:23] mean, or property tax, people can look out and they know what it is and they

[16:26] know what the neighbors is and everything else, but they have all these

[16:28] other things that impact the the economy for them that they may not be able to

[16:33] put a finger on. You know, there's still problems downtown. Like I said, the the

[16:36] problems downtown will come back uh to get us and we watched, you know, things

[16:42] like consumer confidence survey and mysteries come up where where you know,

[16:47] you might have heard last week they were predicting $88,000 uh uh job gain and it

[16:52] was a $23,000 loss, but the unemployment rate stayed the same. So that gets a

[16:57] little confusing as to how they count things. Um we watch the markets as best

[17:02] we can. We don't have much trouble in in Skoi or in Niles Township, but we you

[17:07] know surrounding uh areas and mostly downtown again they you know

[17:12] Straighterville Straightville there was a hotel deal

[17:15] that fell apart. Most of these things are getting bought out of bankruptcy for

[17:18] you know just just pennies on the dollar. So they have 350 new uh North

[17:22] Orleans uh $378 million lawsuit. The offers to buy it out of bankruptcy are

[17:27] 90 to 100 million. So now they're talking about huge discounts, not just

[17:30] 50%. 500 West Monroe, $270 million loan in foreclosure, $100 million for

[17:37] purchase price. So that's way below 50%. Uh 131 South Dearborn, uh 137 million

[17:45] purchase, which is 76% below the the market. And then these other ones, 161

[17:51] Clark, 111 Jackson, 175 Jackson, all being sold at at steep discounts. I

[17:56] think every once in a while we see one sold kind of legit, but you know, it

[18:01] it's a huge huge problem. Um, here we have they're they're talking

[18:07] about six area malls, not six that are right here. You know, ones in Juliet,

[18:11] but we have two of them. We have G Mill, which is going to be more in in main

[18:16] township side of things, but nevertheless, they're right next door to

[18:19] us. And then, of course, we have um Lincolnwood Town Center. And uh they

[18:23] they say these are headed for the the death loop which is that the the value

[18:29] and the occupancies are so poor that they can't possibly dig themselves out

[18:33] of it. You just have to bankrupt it, you know, give it away, tear it down and and

[18:37] do something else with it. the um one more thing the well there was a

[18:44] Neapville office building at a half of the 2015 purchase price and you know

[18:48] that's suburbs even though I think that's getting into the page county it's

[18:51] still a suburb where you expect to see things be a little bit stronger and

[18:55] remember any discount any discount on commercial comes over to us on

[18:59] residential and commercial pays three times value you know three times

[19:04] whatever their assessed value is we pay one time so the loss of a commercial is

[19:08] worth the loss of of three houses basically. Um I used to always look to

[19:13] to find a party so I could have something to report on, but not exactly

[19:18] a party. Well, no, I mean not exactly [laughter] a party, I don't think, but I

[19:22] went to the Skoi version of the uh National Night Out and that was a a good

[19:26] uh a good deal for everybody. So that's all I have for right now.

[19:31] » Okay. Thank you, Clerk Collins. Um, not anything major to report except major in

[19:38] the lives of somebody duct tailoring on what [clears throat] Peggy read and what

[19:44] we do here. I just want to report again on the student from Nile West who will

[19:52] be going to Niles West again. Thanks, McKenna Vento. Um, the family got an

[19:58] apartment. >> The family's in the apartment. Uh people

[20:02] have taken furniture and things and she has sent me notes

[20:07] saying thank you. Please do no more for me. You've done enough for me. Um so

[20:13] I've kind of tried to turn her over to other angels out there. But we live in a

[20:18] community of angels and people when they focus on that one that one we can get it

[20:25] done. And somebody said man there's like hundreds of people. like, "Oh, well, if

[20:29] you can take care of one, that's a template to take care of more." So, that

[20:34] one worked thanks to everybody who was involved, who was concerned,

[20:41] and um that's coming from the mom and the daughter, and they're so happy to be

[20:50] going back to school. >> Good. I'm so glad to hear that.

[20:53] » So glad to hear that. >> Everything else is everything else. So,

[20:58] And thank you to you for being such a strong advocate and not letting this

[21:04] particular case fall through the cracks cuz there are a lot of cracks. There's a

[21:08] lot of cracks. So, >> tell you the truth, this one was the

[21:10] toughest one I've ever had and I'm kind of burned out right now from it, but not

[21:17] completely burned. We will light again and take care of whoever else needs to

[21:22] be taken care of. Thank you for that. >> Of course. Thank you. All right, Trusty

[21:27] Tollison. >> Thank you, Madam Supervisor. I'll just

[21:31] go over really quickly. I'm going to dubtail off what you just said there.

[21:35] There's been Andy Shaw, former ABC News and now Better Government Association,

[21:42] you know, wrote another opinion piece in the Tribune about

[21:47] consolidating government. And so I wrote a letter, of course, [laughter]

[21:52] and well, I mean, the my last letter about Township did get published. We'll

[21:56] see if this one gets published. But I said, "We are the very last. We are the

[22:01] last safety net after every other safety net got a big hole in it and people

[22:05] fell. We will catch you." And I would like to I know this sounds way out, but

[22:12] I would kind of like to invite Andy Shaw here one time and say this is what we

[22:17] do. >> Do it,

[22:18] » right? and see and say this is maybe not all townships are just like us but a

[22:24] lot's going on here for this much money for for me $29 on my tax bill. $29. Look

[22:32] at the surface that we squeeze out of that $29. So with your permission I will

[22:37] ask Andy Shaw. Okay. Okay. >> If I can toss this. I've been hearing

[22:42] Andy Shaw and BGA since we started and that we're supposed to be afraid and oh,

[22:48] they're going to come here. >> Invite them, sister. Invite them.

[22:52] » Invite them. >> Come listen to what we do. See what we

[22:55] do. Come here on a business day. I mean, you know, and see what's going on across

[23:00] at the um at the food pantry and so forth and so on. And talk to everybody.

[23:05] » Exactly. Love it. >> We're tired of that bad rap that

[23:08] [laughter] that township gets. bring them in

[23:10] » when we you know provide so so much service but I understand where people

[23:15] are coming from you know >> property tax is very high

[23:18] » right so but on July 22nd I met with um met over Zoom with Brenda Worth who is

[23:24] the Joslyn Cent's new grant writer she um she will be working she'll be the one

[23:31] sending in all the grant applications from now on and we'll be working more

[23:34] with her we'll still be working with Mary Kay Barley Jenkins on other items

[23:39] but when We were talking, Mary Kate was also on the call. Uh they told me about

[23:44] Marine Township and here I go. The my favorite subject. Um there you go. And

[23:50] so they Marine Township, which is Highland Park, Highwood, part of Lake

[23:56] Forest, and Deerfield. They very successfully got a referendum through

[24:00] with 72% of the vote >> for 708 board.

[24:04] » Right. And so again, I would I would like to pursue that at some point. And

[24:10] if we decided affirmatively, you know, as a board decided that it would be a

[24:15] good idea to do it, I would like to see it happen on the next municipal

[24:19] elections, not coming up in November. No,

[24:22] » absolutely. >> Ross will tell us that we're going to

[24:25] have it'll take longer than that. [clears throat]

[24:26] » Longer than that, >> because there's no township election.

[24:29] » Oh, darn. So 2020. Wow. aid. >> Okay. Well, but we can work on it.

[24:37] » March of 2028. >> Thank you. I thought it could go on any

[24:41] municipal. Okay. Thanks. Well, if the village wanted to if the village wanted

[24:46] to do it, trustee say I did have a conversation about this. I don't know if

[24:50] you remember with with um the Skooki Health Department chair or director Mike

[24:57] Charlie. >> Yeah.

[24:58] um in our last term and they were hoping we would do it,

[25:03] » right? I did know that they would prefer not to do it.

[25:06] » Yeah. At that time, but things may have changed,

[25:08] » right? Have you ever seen a joint um township village 701

[25:12] » intergovernmental agreement? >> Sure. I mean, but it's mainly we've

[25:16] mainly seen township or countywide because they the scope is broad, right?

[25:22] Like a village would be stuck at the village level.

[25:25] » Yeah. So like if we had an idea with Skoi which does have a public health

[25:29] department very uniquely >> they could get

[25:32] » it would it would be stuck to just within Skoi although the township is

[25:36] wider. >> Well the county is wider than the

[25:38] township. >> Well if Skoi had a mental health board

[25:42] dis like a mental health district. >> Yeah.

[25:45] » Then I guess we could IGA with them. But why would they be providing funds for

[25:50] non-sky >> res? That makes sense. Okay. Thank you.

[25:54] » Well, let's keep exploring it because I think it is worthy of exploration

[25:57] [snorts] and we have time which is

[25:59] » we do have time. It's so unfortunate that our service providers they've lot

[26:05] of run out of time on you know on their funding which is really too bad

[26:09] » as we saw with the living room. >> Oh boy. So the um July 24th I served um

[26:17] the beer at Lincolnwood Fest and it was actually a lot of fun. We had a good

[26:21] system going. Melissa Pon, who's a a really active community member and also

[26:26] a fellow Rotarian and and um I she because she could hear what they were

[26:31] ordering, she would get the order, then I'd go get it cuz I could hear what they

[26:35] were ordering. But I think we did okay. I don't know about the tips. I'm sure

[26:38] you're going to report. On July 27th, I substituted for Trustee Gelfin on the

[26:45] village of Niles business and economic com development board and it was the tip

[26:51] updates for all their various tips. >> And how did you like it?

[26:55] » So interesting. I had just heard the exact same presentation at Rotary two

[27:00] weeks before that. So yeah. So >> I could have gone to the Rotary meeting

[27:05] instead, >> right? So, but

[27:08] » I tell you what, they love their tips over there in Niles, let me tell you.

[27:13] » And they um they did update us. There's nothing going on, which you know,

[27:18] nothing going on with golf mill. Nothing. And um they they added a chunk

[27:26] of Caldwell onto the gross point tiff. The Gross Point Tiff consists of um

[27:34] Lehi and Tui Avenue where the where Leaning Tower is. Oh, yeah. That's all

[27:40] part of that. But there's a new business going in there that they added into the

[27:45] tip. So, yeah. >> Right. Well, it's at Caldwell and Gross

[27:50] Point Road. >> You know what I'm talking about? Yeah.

[27:53] Okay. And then the that's the main tip that they were

[27:58] talking about actually. And then they did not they didn't really there's no

[28:02] changes to any of the other they have a lot of really large diffs obviously. So

[28:08] yeah and on August 4th I assisted Trustee Gelfin cooking hot dogs. So

[28:16] » busy busy. It was busy and the uh it was a really nice event as always. The

[28:21] Lincoln Wood National Night Out, I was grateful not to be in Skoi cuz those

[28:26] kids are neat. If you don't have the cookies [laughter] that they like, no,

[28:29] if you if they don't have the cookies that you like, [laughter]

[28:33] » they just they just know what they do not like Knottberry Farm strawberry

[28:39] shortcake. >> My kids fit into this category SHE'S

[28:42] DESCRIBING WHEN THEY DON'T GET THE RIGHT COOKIES. [laughter]

[28:46] OH, they're from Ski. Maybe she's got a point.

[28:49] » But noodles are good for you. >> But sister, did you have a table there

[28:55] for >> Oh, you just went to

[28:57] » You went to eat a hot dog. >> Eat a hot dog. Okay.

[29:01] » All right. Trusty Galin, you're on. >> All right. Well, u quick recap.

[29:07] » Uh Lincolnwood Fest was a lot of fun. Yes.

[29:10] » And in fact, I'll be going to tomorrow night's village board meeting in

[29:14] Lincolnwood to acknowledge um all the hard work that is done. It really, you

[29:19] know, the the fest is just it's a wonderful time. Um I don't know, maybe

[29:24] we had better connections, but our weather was really, really good the

[29:27] whole time. Not a drop of rain. I don't know. Morton Grove needs to maybe check

[29:32] in with Lincolnwood on that one. Uh [laughter]

[29:35] someone's connected. Uh but anyway, it was uh you know, it was it was four four

[29:42] good days of music. Uh fun. I you know, I was able to uh was able to hold up and

[29:48] do my uh my voice work and all my announcements, which was, you know, it's

[29:53] always a pleasure. Uh and I want to thank uh Trustee Talison for being part

[29:58] of the crew that uh did show up on Thursday night.

[30:02] » Friday. >> I Friday night. Yeah, Friday night. I'm

[30:05] sorry. Yeah, we had Friday and Sunday. Uh I don't have any tip amounts yet.

[30:09] That's probably >> And do you want to thank someone for

[30:11] Sunday? >> Yes. Yes. [laughter]

[30:15] » We'll get there. >> We're making our way.

[30:18] » Bonnie and Michael were were part of the Sunday crew.

[30:21] » Thank you. >> Um I also was able to get uh Clerk Soal

[30:26] uh Delissi to do a Sunday night. Um, you know, I mean, on the downside, I did not

[30:33] have uh the amount of, you know, the amount of staff that I needed for those

[30:38] second shifts. So, I'm not so sure that we're going to be able to get two nights

[30:42] again uh because of that. And that's that's an internal thing with the uh

[30:47] food pantry foundation, which of course we had a a meeting about three weeks

[30:51] ago. Uh so that is you know that's that's a whole other

[30:57] whole other ball of wax. Um it was but uh you know the fest the fest is a

[31:03] wonderful occasion. I don't have the dates for next year and I don't have the

[31:06] amounts of tips. I don't think they were as high because Sunday was a very hot

[31:11] day. >> And so I could tell the crowds even even

[31:15] with a lot of the same lineup as last year were not as large. But um I'm sure

[31:21] we raised well in excess of $1,000 for our our venture and and and it's well

[31:27] worth it. I'm I'm happy to help them with uh you know getting the liquor

[31:33] license etc in return for us to be able to get a few more dollars for our

[31:38] neediest uh folks. >> And I want to put a little plug in for

[31:42] voice work. If anybody needs uh MC for any event, Trusty Gund is phenomenal.

[31:50] » Well, thank you. >> You did such a great job.

[31:52] » Well, it was a pleasure listening to you from afar.

[31:57] Well, as as long as I didn't hurt any ears, that's that's definitely a a plus.

[32:02] And for those at Morton Grove days, I may be

[32:04] » his little jokes on stage there, too. >> Well, yeah, [laughter] they're they're

[32:08] they're dad great jokes, so you understand they're bad.

[32:11] » Um, I've got a few of them. >> Stay afterwards and I'll tell them. Uh,

[32:16] the second thing was, of course, another event that I really have embraced and

[32:22] that's the national night out in um Lincolnwood. While it's not the

[32:27] humongous thing that Skooki does with bands and, you know,

[32:31] » Chesy White tumblers, >> tumblers and demonstrations of war

[32:35] equipment like drones. Uh, ours is a little more a little more subdued. We're

[32:40] a smaller department, but we're a happy department. And, uh, Peggy basically

[32:44] saved my life that night. I just want just want to acknowledge her. I meant to

[32:48] send you a text to say that thank goodness I had you there. I was not in

[32:53] my best form for being over a hot grill, >> but uh and people were like, "You gotta

[32:58] go home. You don't look good." I said, "I know what my body will do." I'm

[33:01] sitting there with an ice pack just cooling myself off. But we were able to

[33:05] [clears throat] serve about 140 hot dogs and uh so a lot of happy people. Um you

[33:12] know, Peggy was great. We saw um >> I said thank you.

[33:17] » Yeah. No, Peggy was great. We saw uh uh state representative Kevin Oling a visit

[33:24] and of course uh trustees and the mayor were of course uh in attendance of that

[33:29] uh in Lincolnwood. So um there might even be a you know I don't know if we

[33:33] got a letter to me but I always get a letter every year from the chief who

[33:37] always thanks us and he was you know chief per was very thankful you know

[33:42] there it it it's nice. I mean, with all the all the animosity people have

[33:46] towards police or I should say >> ours are all great.

[33:49] » Yeah. All our police departments are so good. I'm

[33:52] » meeting tomorrow. >> I I don't I don't you know, I don't see

[33:57] it here. And maybe because we're just a bunch of law-abiding decent people in in

[34:02] a decent community. I don't know. Um so, >> no, that's not it. [snorts]

[34:08] » Top of the top of everything, Morton Grove Police Department is number one.

[34:13] » [laughter] >> I love it.

[34:15] » Represent. >> Is that Are you done here?

[34:17] » Yeah. >> I just wanted to say we were by the snow

[34:19] cone machine. Thank God cuz I kept getting ice from the snow cone. Putting

[34:23] it down my shirt. That [laughter] was I was burning.

[34:27] » You're [clears throat] You're supposed to eat that.

[34:28] » I know. All right. All right. We're going to move on cuz we stole staff

[34:32] reports. >> Thank you. [laughter]

[34:35] » So, I just wanted to say publicly thank you for um stepping in. We had a lot of

[34:41] community events and I um lots going on personally. So, I appreciate my board

[34:47] stepping in and kind of helping out this month. So, big thank you to everybody on

[34:50] the board. Um a few things I was able to accomplish. So, Akin for action is

[34:56] partnering with the food pantry. As you guys remember, they came to the fun run.

[35:00] We decorated those um bags and now they want to come fill them. They're actually

[35:04] going to um rent the room, right? Yeah. The um community Oh, this room. Oh,

[35:09] okay. this room. Um, and they're going to have like 30 minute slots for

[35:13] families to sign up from 3 to 5 on October 18th. So, I'm very excited about

[35:18] that. And it all of their events are kid-friendly. That is like their mission

[35:23] of their nonforprofit is to make kid-friendly events. So, if you want to

[35:26] come and bring the kids, it's uh always kid-friendly. Um, so that's great. Um,

[35:32] and this was great because it was the partnership um with uh I had gone

[35:37] previously to one of their community events, learned about um what these

[35:41] women were doing and we started partnering together. So like yay for

[35:45] community um and then um

[35:48] » excuse me who was that group? >> It was it's called a kin for action.

[35:53] » Okay. I thought so I >> right. Thank you.

[35:56] » Um yes, thank you. And then um on July 22nd, we were the beneficiaries of like

[36:02] a giveback day at Marurch's Community Church.

[36:07] Um Kavon went and he talked through like what the uh food pantry does and the

[36:13] services of the township. So I I heard that was great success. Um it was a

[36:18] large crowd. I I myself was not anticipating how many kids were there.

[36:23] So hats off to Kavan. It was like auditorium style rapid fire. These kids

[36:29] were asking really deep insightful questions.

[36:32] » Um like one of them asked um uh like oh what was one of like one of

[36:40] the biggest um fundraisers we've done. So I had an opportunity to talk about

[36:44] the fund run and how like we've gotten donations and our methods for that. So

[36:49] um and a lot of these kids are like youth group focused so they are involved

[36:52] in like community um events. So, I'm looking forward to partnering with them

[36:56] more closely in the future. Um, campers participated in a donation drive. Kavon

[37:02] um brought the van, they filled up the van, they did all that fun stuff. And

[37:07] then I um was able to talk to these kids about the importance of giving back,

[37:11] helping our neighbors, being active members of their community. And these

[37:14] young kids were like very excited and they wanted to know like like some of

[37:18] them were like five were like what can we do? Like tell us what we can do. And

[37:21] so just talked about community and like not littering and picking up garbage if

[37:25] you just that at the very smallest most rudimentary level. Um and then yes I

[37:32] plan on building this um more closely. I have a meeting with um the youth board

[37:38] director. Um, and we're hoping to partner um on another like Friday school

[37:43] event after school starts where we can be like the recipients, but maybe they

[37:47] can be like a more active um so instead of like bringing

[37:51] something, they can more actively um fund raise for us or do something like

[37:55] that. So, I'm hoping we can um partner like that in the future. Um,

[37:59] » how old are those kids? >> So, the [clears throat] youth group kids

[38:02] are like I think they're like in high school, so like freshman to seniors.

[38:06] Well, I wondered if this would be interesting for them. Um, if they would

[38:11] want to have somebody from Dance Marathon, who did this for us through

[38:14] the high schools last year, come and talk to them about ways to what they

[38:18] did, what was successful. >> Oh, that would be so um that would be

[38:22] that's such a good idea. I know a few of them go to Niles North and Niles West,

[38:26] so it'd be interesting to like just make that connection, you know, and like

[38:30] » um so I think that's a great idea. I will um we'll follow up on that one. Um,

[38:34] and community garden. My nails are proof that I'm harvesting and weeding. This

[38:39] community garden is like I myself am shocked at how much we've yielded. I was

[38:44] planning on coming earlier and then of course it started raining to harvest

[38:46] today, but probably we can harvest again today. We were harvesting what, like

[38:50] twice a week. >> Yeah.

[38:52] » Right now you are. >> Yes. [laughter]

[38:54] And right. And we're like big boxes twice a week. So it's um it's been

[38:58] fruitful. I'm like shocked with how much it

[39:02] » Yes. Exactly. Um and then last thing, something that I explored today, um and

[39:07] I'm going to partner with Jenny on. I'm very excited about that.

[39:11] Um we're going to work to um there are grant opportunities on like the Walmart

[39:17] Spark Good program. So, we're going to work to open an account. And I think

[39:21] there's one grant that we're like very ripe for that we're like right in line

[39:25] with. And I think I just want to talk to you about like the strategy and maybe

[39:29] maybe like the three of us the strategy and like applying like how we should

[39:33] apply like through what venue if that makes sense. So

[39:37] » I just don't know what like grants versus like government stuff happen. So

[39:41] like >> okay so we'll talk to the the SME about

[39:45] that one. Um that's it. That was my report.

[39:50] » Thank you so much. All right and not least

[39:53] » Thank you. We'll get to staff report back. I met

[39:58] with the local businesses including Sahara to discuss the food pantry supply

[40:03] if they forgot last month and he said definitely uh this month he'll be

[40:06] supplying all those 100 bags of rices and sugars and the whole kit will be

[40:11] coming in got >> also also discussed with them uh to

[40:15] encourage them to provide the free backpack for the distribution under NHIP

[40:20] and they're considering okay >> so we'll have the a free backpack to

[40:23] supply to the pantries >> okay and actually Um we wanted to add to

[40:29] the respit center report that they're looking for backpacks over there too. So

[40:34] that might be useful. Okay. I also collaborated with the civic engagement

[40:38] committee to organize voters registration draft which is scheduled

[40:42] for the midseptember. Uh village update.

[40:48] Okay. [laughter]

[40:52] I do announced 2.8 8 million resurfacing project on Walking Road, Illinois's

[40:57] route 43 from Hanley Street in Green View to Emerson Street in Modern Grove.

[41:03] The project include ADA compliant sidewalk, ramp and accessible pedestrian

[41:08] signals and is expected to be completed in November.

[41:12] uh modern grow concrete sidewalk replacement pro program is underway

[41:17] continue at location identified through the prior inspection and the village

[41:20] concrete saw cutting program and last ahead the 6th annual modern

[41:26] grow sustainability expo will be held on Saturday September 19 206 from 10:00

[41:32] a.m. to 1:00 p.m. At the Martin Grove Civic Center, 6140 Dster Street. The

[41:38] community relation commission is accepting nomination for its outstanding

[41:42] neighbor recogniz recognizing program. Resident may nominate neighbor who

[41:47] effort to help improve their community by visiting outstanding neighbor page on

[41:51] village of Martin Grove website. And that concluded my report in honor.

[41:55] » Thank you, Trusty Khan. Right. under staff reports. I'm not going to go in

[41:59] order because I know there's particular interest out there in our audience

[42:05] members for um news from the food pantry. And we did get it's a really

[42:11] startling report, I think. So, um I'd like to look at it all with you. It's in

[42:17] your packets if you haven't looked at it yet. It looks like this. Um those June

[42:23] numbers were huge. They were really, really big. And we were we talked about

[42:27] that in June and I really didn't know how much more they were going to keep

[42:32] growing, but we've seen pretty consistent growths from since February.

[42:38] So July, well, let's just say in June, we served 7,874

[42:45] individuals. >> Oh my goodness.

[42:46] » Now, individuals can mean twice a month because we allow people to come to the

[42:53] food pantry twice a month. Not everybody utilizes the twice a month. So, I did

[42:58] ask Tony to send me um specifically what the individual count was like one person

[43:06] who might come twice. So, I'll have that and I will give it out to everybody

[43:11] tomorrow when I get it. Um >> those were encounters in other words.

[43:15] But that's way above normal. >> This is way above normal. And if you

[43:19] look at July, we are now up to 8,218 individuals.

[43:26] » Um, and what I I wish I would have written the I just don't like to look at

[43:31] my phone, but Ross, can I look at my phone to get this number just really

[43:34] quickly? Okay, so Tony did send it to me, and I want to

[43:39] make sure that I share it with you. And this was like all within the last hour.

[43:46] Sorry. Thank you for waiting.

[43:55] Okay. So, what this looks like, so of 8,218.

[44:01] So, think about that as um unique encounters, right? The individual count

[44:09] there served is still 4,792. So that's unique individuals.

[44:18] That's a very high number. And that represents 1,713

[44:24] unique households. Um some of those households

[44:29] in the maybe came to number that you'll see on your report is 2,782.

[44:36] But the unique number again, I just want to say it again, is 1,713.

[44:43] And then we get the breakdown by village of our six villages and 79.93%

[44:51] of those folks come from Skoi. So those are Skoi residents by and large. Morton

[44:58] Grove it's 11.37%.

[45:02] Lincolnwood 2.41%. Um Glen View 15%. Niles oh sorry 0.15.

[45:11] Yep. Thank you. Thank you. That's only a little sliver. We only have a little

[45:15] sliver of Glen View, so that makes a lot of sense. And then Niles is um 5 99% or

[45:22] almost six probably under. >> So those numbers keep on rising and I

[45:29] reached out to some of our legislators to talk about it because I thought it

[45:32] would be important for them to know what's going on. I kind of give them

[45:35] this report every month. I also sent the report to Mayor Tennis and to um Skoi

[45:42] Health Department director Mike Charlie as well as some of the trustees

[45:48] including trustee Iverson who was so startled that he came here to hear more

[45:52] about it which I commend you. Thank you for your for your heart of service

[45:57] always. Um so I'm looking forward to having that

[46:02] conversation more with our Skooki Health Department director

[46:07] because I know that a shared mission there is food security and making sure

[46:12] you know if people have don't have enough food they don't have a lot of

[46:15] they don't have enough of a lot of things food security and housing

[46:19] security and and good health they all go hand in hand and when one thing is

[46:26] pulled away we know that puts tension on the others

[46:30] » so um I'm really glad that I'm meeting with police chief Jesse Barnes tomorrow

[46:36] so we can discuss this too. And again, think about that big fabric where you're

[46:41] pulling and tugging on one loose thread and it is going to touch safety. It is

[46:48] going to touch public health. It's going to touch education. Like all of these

[46:55] things are are moving. They're part of one body. And when people aren't getting

[47:01] fed, it can create a real catastrophe. Um, one of the things that I received

[47:08] after reaching out to the legislators, and you all have these numbers that

[47:12] probably make no sense. I just got this in the half hour before

[47:17] our meeting, and I'll send it to Mike Charlie, and I'll send it to our other

[47:22] partners so that they can see this, too. These are the numbers of um people who

[47:29] lost their SNAP benefits since October. So, we got this from these one. This

[47:34] this time around this information was given to me through Jennifer Gong

[47:38] Gershuit's office. Last time around, we got it from Senator Villa's office, and

[47:43] at that time, the prediction was about 1,500, and that was able-bodied adults

[47:49] who they predicted might lose their benefits, plus legal, lawful immigrants

[47:56] that now have lost their status for certain kinds of benefits, including

[48:01] SNAP, and then very soon will be Medicaid. These are actual numbers. And

[48:06] so what you're seeing by zip code in Niles Township are the true losses as of

[48:12] July. Um

[48:16] I think that it provides some real explanation for the growing the the

[48:23] growing need that we're seeing across the parking lot over here at our food

[48:27] pantry. The difference the numbers are a negative 2,877

[48:34] folks have lost their SNAP benefits in this township.

[48:37] » Loss completely lost and there is a there's a whole another group that was

[48:41] impact like reduced and that is not incorporating.

[48:45] » This is lost. These are folks who have completely have lost their benefits.

[48:51] Some of them may be those able-bodied adults who can reapply if they meet new

[48:58] qualifications, which is uh 80 hours of work or 80 hours of volunteering, but

[49:05] that's a much smaller percentage than the legal lawful immigrants who have

[49:09] just blanketly lost their benefits. And so, you know, I'm so grateful to be a

[49:17] member of this board and this caring, beautiful community that has stepped up

[49:22] so we can serve. And I am so grateful that we are a subsidiary of the Greater

[49:27] Chicago Food Depository because again, if you look at this report, you're going

[49:31] to see that the majority of the food that we're getting to meet this crisis

[49:35] comes for free from them. >> That said, we've spentundred

[49:41] over $14,000 year to date on meat

[49:48] and that's kind of the only food that we're buying because the rest of the

[49:53] food we get from the Greater Chicago Food Depository. If that's changes,

[49:59] which it could, we will be in a very different moment.

[50:02] » Yeah. >> But right now, you know, we'll just be

[50:05] grateful. Um, please, please, please continue to ask people who are

[50:13] concerned, and a lot of people are concerned, to become monthly sustaining

[50:17] donors. That's what's going to get us through and let people know who may not

[50:24] know that our doors are open and we are here to serve them and to help.

[50:28] » Do you have any questions for me [clears throat]

[50:31] » about this report? Yeah. About two hours ago,

[50:36] I got a phone call from somebody who's lost SNAP

[50:40] » and other things >> sucking [snorts] in their pride to ask

[50:46] me if I can find an angel for them to give them some money for food.

[50:54] » That's how tough it is when people just break down

[51:01] and call me. asking because they know that I have the

[51:07] angels who have helped. >> We're a community of angels.

[51:14] That community isn't everywhere. There are people who will die from this.

[51:20] » Oh yeah. >> Let me stop.

[51:24] » Yeah. And I will share that story. You guys have heard me say it before, but I

[51:27] want to make sure everybody in the room can hear it. We have a client who is uh

[51:33] an Afghani refugee that was a interpreter at great personal risk to

[51:40] themselves and their family came here has only been here for a year and has a

[51:45] 4-year-old child and a wife with stage four cancer

[51:49] » and they lost their SAP benefits and she will lose her Medicaid in October and

[51:55] she will probably die. And these are our neighbors. It's like these stories

[52:02] affect real people. >> These are real people. These are not

[52:07] just numbers. These are the people that we see at the library that our children

[52:12] go to school with. It's devastating. It is devastating. And

[52:19] it's important that we talk about it. >> Yes.

[52:21] » And it's our job to talk about it. I mean, those of us who serve on this

[52:26] board and were elected to this board, we took an oath

[52:30] um that I think we all take very seriously when we were elected to serve

[52:34] on this board. And that oath is to help lift up people who are struggling in our

[52:40] community. Full stop except for um Scott also helps everybody with this

[52:45] [clears throat] with taxes, [laughter] >> property taxes.

[52:50] But that is truly what we are tasked to do from the state. That's our job. Um I

[52:55] think that we do it really well and I'm very proud. But right now the kind of

[53:01] need that we're seeing and these numbers this is higher than we saw during the co

[53:06] pandemic >> it is. And those were people who were

[53:09] furoughed for the first time ever in their life who like your friend came

[53:14] here >> with their you know humbled by a moment

[53:19] they did not expect to ever see looking for help. We are absolutely there again

[53:25] and it is even more desperate because unlike the pandemic we're not seeing

[53:30] federal help. In fact we're seeing federal harm. So during the pandemic we

[53:34] were flooded with ARPA money. the villages were flooded with ARPA money

[53:38] and therefore and the schools were flooded with ARPA money. We were not,

[53:42] but as passed through agencies, we were given money to help.

[53:48] We just don't have that now. >> And um

[53:52] likewise, you know, upstairs where our social workers greet people and and help

[53:58] people through situations, they are seeing unprecedented amounts of people

[54:03] asking for financial assistance. The respit center has its

[54:11] own issues right now, but we're finding ways to serve there as best we can. And

[54:18] again, so grateful to live in a community that keeps asking for ways to

[54:24] help all the time.

[54:28] And we need the help. And we need the help. And we're better off for living

[54:35] somewhere where people not only can ask >> to receive but also ask to give and

[54:42] everybody is more dignified by that circle of care. So

[54:48] » enough intimate earlier and I always put it in a capsule. If you can't afford

[54:54] food, you can't afford anything else. >> That's right.

[54:56] » And we've been able to address that over the years. This is so unique, folks.

[55:01] There are cancer patients who aren't getting medication because they can't

[55:05] afford it. They're taking half of the pills to stop their pain, which doesn't

[55:12] stop anything. They're receiving no assistance. There are people who are

[55:18] starting to fall behind on their property taxes,

[55:24] » who can't afford to pay for that. We deal with food and other little

[55:30] things here, but this is worse than a pandemic. People

[55:35] will die. People will languish.

[55:40] And thank you all. Thank our community. I keep doing that and I mean it.

[55:46] Whatever you do, you help that much. That woman and her daughter,

[55:56] we saved from the street. Once you get on the street, you're on

[56:01] the street. You don't have an address. We can't find you. We did that. Let's

[56:08] keep doing it. >> Thank you.

[56:12] » Um, okay. Any questions? >> You said you were going to do that.

[56:16] [laughter] Any practical questions from you guys about these numbers?

[56:22] » Okay. And we can move on to other reports. Um,

[56:27] [clears throat] under since we talked about the respit

[56:30] center under social services, we have this report from Ruth and

[56:38] Charlie.

[56:41] It provides a pretty robust update. It's in your packet. So, I'm assuming that

[56:46] everybody has read it, but if there are any questions for me and for our

[56:51] administrator, this is this is your shining moment to ask.

[57:03] Okay, since I'm not hearing any, I'll just quickly say there's a lot. So,

[57:06] that's still in flux. Um but so for the audience and those watching at home, our

[57:13] respit center which was serving it's been go it's gone through a lot in this

[57:18] last month and it's been a really hard month. Um

[57:23] and the staff there is doing a phenomenal job with

[57:27] a lot of changes on the fly. So we're grateful for that. We know that they

[57:33] care deeply for the people that they serve over there. Um,

[57:38] we had to there was black mold that was discovered and it's

[57:44] pretty bad. It's visible black mold in our locker rooms. We are trying to

[57:50] negotiate ways to fix it. this at the last conversation that I had with Skoi

[57:57] Health Department um we were told that we needed to clean it and I don't have a

[58:04] lot of context on what clean it means. >> So we're looking for more information

[58:09] about that. Um right now we can't use it. So that means that when folks are

[58:16] needing to go to the bathroom in the space, we've been given permission from

[58:20] the church to take them upstairs to use the bathroom. But that requires pretty

[58:24] considerable staff time because each person has to be accompanied by a staff

[58:29] member to go to the upstairs bathroom. That staff member needs to wait there

[58:33] and then bring them back down. So because of that, the numbers have um

[58:38] been capped at 20 individuals in a [clears throat] day and the shut off

[58:44] time is 9:00 a.m. Our clients over there are starting to get used to that. It's

[58:52] much better than what we initially thought was going to happen, which was

[58:56] close entirely and ask people to pick up their belongings and and try to figure

[59:02] out some other sort of way that we could resume serving down the road.

[59:07] [clears throat] Um,

[59:10] we're still there's still a lot of moving parts and

[59:15] there'll be updates as those as as more information becomes relevant. The mold

[59:22] exists in both the men's and women's locker rooms.

[59:26] » Yes. There's [snorts] no ventilation. >> Yeah.

[59:28] » In either and less in the women's bathroom. So, at some point, the only

[59:34] ventilation source in those locker rooms was a window in the men's locker room

[59:40] and it was cemented shut. >> So, then there was no ventilation. And

[59:44] that was about two years ago, not done by us. Um but it happened unfortunat it

[59:50] was unfortunate and then the consequences of that was just very quick

[59:54] and rapid mold growth and it is visible. If you walk in there you would see it

[59:59] and if you walk in those doors you smell it. Um so it does need to be attended to

[1:00:05] and we ethically have to provide a safe space for the people that we serve and

[1:00:11] for the people that we staff. So, those locker rooms right now um are still open

[1:00:19] for the locker area. Like if you can picture the men's room, right? There's

[1:00:24] like the locker room area with lockers and then there's a washer and dryer and

[1:00:28] then you turn to the right when you go in there and it's toilets and uh

[1:00:33] showers. >> So, the toilet and shower space is

[1:00:37] covered with a plastic sheeting to prevent people from going in there. And

[1:00:41] then that's true of the women's locker room as well, so people can still do

[1:00:45] their laundry and they're um storing their belongings. They're working with

[1:00:50] case workers, which is very important. Getting ventra passes, getting a meal

[1:00:55] served. And thank you to our volunteers. Trusty Aerson is a very frequent

[1:01:00] volunteer over at the Rasput Center um with St. Peter's Church congregation,

[1:01:05] and we're really grateful. It's

[1:01:08] » But aren't the sinks still surfaceable? The sink area

[1:01:12] » in the bathroom? No. >> Oh, okay. That's [clears throat] out,

[1:01:15] too. >> Yeah. So, that's all sheetated off.

[1:01:18] » So, the sinks when people have to use the restroom for bathroom purposes,

[1:01:22] they're going upstairs. And then we have sinks that are in the kitchen.

[1:01:26] » The kitchen is still operable. >> But yeah. Yes.

[1:01:31] » So, we're not able to install any exhaust fan in those particular area.

[1:01:35] Can we run the duct the 6-in duct coming from lock room to all the way?

[1:01:40] » Part of I I knew our civil engineer here was going to have really good relevant

[1:01:44] questions. It's a great question and part of the problem is that we don't own

[1:01:48] the building. >> So that's where we are negotiating right

[1:01:53] now. So there's three main players involved, right? There's us tenants in

[1:01:58] the space. Um there is the church that owns the building and then there's the

[1:02:04] Skoi public health department that has you know reasonable concerns about the

[1:02:08] way that we are uh serving in the space and because we do not own that building.

[1:02:15] » Okay then that's that's all I needed. >> Yeah but we're trying to figure it out.

[1:02:21] So I may I may need your expert help conduct.

[1:02:24] » If you want me to do the assessment I'll be more than happy to do it.

[1:02:26] » That would be wonderful. Yes. >> Please. I will. I'll reach out through

[1:02:30] email. >> I was wondering if we had staffing

[1:02:33] implications. So like obviously we have reduced hours 7 to 9. Have we let people

[1:02:38] » So the hours are still the same. >> Oh, okay.

[1:02:40] » It's just reduced intake hours. So we're not letting

[1:02:45] » Yeah. clients come after 9 to try to keep that cap at 20.

[1:02:48] » That makes sense. Okay. Totally get that.

[1:02:51] » Yeah. >> Um so then it sounds like no

[1:02:53] implications to staff the same. Okay, that makes sense. Okay. Well, that's

[1:02:58] good news. >> Yeah.

[1:02:59] » I mean, trying to [laughter] find the little silver lining.

[1:03:02] » I was I mean, Mark will tell you because he had to catch me. I've been a mess and

[1:03:08] I was a mess over this. >> Um,

[1:03:14] I actually feel pretty optimistic right now.

[1:03:16] » Okay. So, where I was two weeks ago was feeling a lot of doom and gloom and

[1:03:25] hopelessness and heartache and heartbreak and it was

[1:03:31] really it's been hard. Um, mostly because

[1:03:36] the people that we serve in that space have nowhere have nowhere else to go.

[1:03:42] No, >> I mean these are people who deserve

[1:03:46] dignity and we have been able to offer that and what an absolute blessing that

[1:03:54] has been right not just to them but also again to us and to our greater community

[1:03:59] because our whole community like again is is more dignified when we can meet

[1:04:05] the needs right I mean what is that saying it's like a community is judged

[1:04:09] by the way that it treats its least fortunate and these are our least

[1:04:15] fortunate folks and I think we have an obligation to not just them but to our

[1:04:20] neighbors to our businesses to ourselves to try and offer

[1:04:26] something beyond desperation. So we've been able to do that and I'm

[1:04:32] really proud of it. So, it's been heartbreaking and it's been scary and

[1:04:36] sad for the people that we serve and they have been

[1:04:42] devastated. I mean, for folks who do not get a lot of um a they're not met with

[1:04:50] human dignity in almost any space that they go in. They barely ever even get to

[1:04:55] rest for two hours without somebody jostling them and waking them up.

[1:05:00] They may not get a good meal in a day. Um

[1:05:06] they do not have a lot of spaces where they

[1:05:10] can feel trust and that are dependable to just lose that outright. It creates

[1:05:18] havoc in their life and it's also creates a situation where where people

[1:05:23] are are desperate and desperate people do things that are not um something that

[1:05:29] are pro are not pro-social, right? And so that should be a concern for

[1:05:33] everybody and I don't even blame them. I will tell you this, we got reports on

[1:05:38] day one of truly closing those doors. So day one when we were like I I guess we

[1:05:43] can't serve anybody in this space. um tell people to take their, you know,

[1:05:48] let's give them some time to take their belongings out and get a bus pass

[1:05:52] because a bus and a train ride are your cheapest forms of shelter.

[1:05:59] Not great, but that's [clears throat] like the best we can offer people

[1:06:01] sometimes. There were folks who went down to the to

[1:06:06] Benny's, got a couple like a 40 of beer, and they were sitting in the town hall

[1:06:12] over here and drinking because you know what? I think that's what I would do,

[1:06:16] too. [laughter] Like, I don't blame them. They were just

[1:06:20] lost their one small thread of dependable care and a place where you

[1:06:28] could go without molestation. and they were feeling floored and

[1:06:34] desperate. It's not good for them. It's not good for anybody. So, it is really,

[1:06:39] I think, in our collective interest to find ways to solve this situation. And

[1:06:45] we're really we're working on it. I will absolutely contact you.

[1:06:50] » Yes, ma'am. >> And we have some interesting some

[1:06:53] interesting solutions. Um Jenny and I met with our attorney half an hour

[1:06:58] before this meeting to go over some of the possibilities and they're just too

[1:07:02] nebulous right now to really try to share. But um please believe that we are

[1:07:09] working tirelessly on this and you and the community will get updates whenever

[1:07:16] we have them to update you. >> Okay.

[1:07:21] » Thank you. A lot of our clients, we can refer them to a just harvest to be able

[1:07:26] to eat a good meal every single day if >> in Evston. Yes.

[1:07:31] » No, no, it's in the city. So, it's right at the red line. They get off the red

[1:07:35] line, they're there on Palina and Howard, right? So, but I highly

[1:07:41] recommend [clears throat] it if you know if the people who can't actually get in,

[1:07:45] if they get there after 9, there's we can put some signage up. Let me check

[1:07:49] with them first though. But say they can hop on the yellow line, go to the red

[1:07:55] line and uh get off there, go to a Just Harvest, get food to eat and be able to

[1:08:00] use the bathroom and things like that. >> Yeah, Adjust Harvest is a fantastic

[1:08:03] organization. >> It is. They're struggling too,

[1:08:05] unfortunately. >> I hate to hear that.

[1:08:08] » Um the other thing I guess it's really important to note before we move on

[1:08:13] since that that's a wonderful resource. I was thinking Hilda's Place, we're

[1:08:17] modeled after Hilda's Place. Hilda's Place is in Evston. It is um run my

[1:08:24] Connections for the Homeless. When we opened up our doors, we did two before

[1:08:28] we opened up our doors, we toured Hilda's place. Connections has shared

[1:08:31] all their legal with us over there, their best practices.

[1:08:35] » Um when we have a problem, they're on the phone. We call them and talk to

[1:08:40] them. They really we we really work in tandem and we try they're phenomenal.

[1:08:45] They are also undergoing some renovations and so they have limited

[1:08:50] services right now and they actually had notes they had a sign on their door

[1:08:55] saying go to if you need a shower go to the Niles Township Restit Center.

[1:09:00] So, not being able to bathe your body,

[1:09:05] » yeah, >> even weekly

[1:09:08] is going to create a lot. Not only is it like smelly and you don't feel good, it

[1:09:14] creates some real health issues and health concerns and disease and

[1:09:19] untreated disease. >> Exactly. and people not being able to

[1:09:22] change their undergarments and and and and so um

[1:09:27] » are they allowed in the upstairs bathroom to take a spit bath?

[1:09:31] » No. >> No, not right now. They can't take a

[1:09:33] washcloth with them and wash up. >> We can't really disallow it, but right

[1:09:36] now we don't have a lot of permission for that.

[1:09:38] » Got it. Got it. >> So, um Robert is going up to the

[1:09:43] bathroom at 2:00 before close, the hour before we close every day, and making

[1:09:48] sure that we that it is and that we are being good tenants and

[1:09:54] um trying cuz I'm I hope people are like brushing their teeth and

[1:09:59] » you know trying to do something. >> All right. I told you I was going to be

[1:10:05] a downer

[1:10:09] » for just cause. >> Yeah.

[1:10:11] » Okay. >> Thank you.

[1:10:13] » Um okay, so let's move on. Mine's pretty short. Um, [laughter]

[1:10:22] we are currently seeking volunteers for our Saturday shifts for Trader Joe's. We

[1:10:28] have a lot of openings, so please sign up.

[1:10:33] Um, and that's open to the public, too. If people want to ever take a vehicle

[1:10:38] and drive over to the Evston Trader Joe's, fill your vehicle with food that

[1:10:43] was perfectly good, really good food that was going to go into the landfill

[1:10:49] just because it was over purchased or a can got dented. We get eggs. If there's

[1:10:54] one egg that was cracked, we get the other 11. um that food gets taken to our

[1:10:59] food pantry and it really helps with increasing both quantity and quality and

[1:11:06] choice for the people that we serve. >> Yeah. Go ahead.

[1:11:11] » Um and then we have kind of a fun upcoming event with peers. They have a

[1:11:17] step up for recovery event that we are sponsoring and um they're going to send

[1:11:23] us information about forming a team and you walk along the lakefront in Evston

[1:11:28] for a good cause. So you can bring your kids.

[1:11:30] » I'll send that out once we get the team formation info. We love it.

[1:11:36] » Scott has some visuals for this, but we >> our AV guy.

[1:11:42] » We got our Cook County tax rate report and um it's pretty decent, but we levied

[1:11:53] for 3.8 and we're getting 3.6.

[1:11:58] So, pretty good. pretty normal not to get the full amount that we levied for.

[1:12:04] But >> but we budgeted for prior to the levy

[1:12:09] » like we budgeted for like getting nothing,

[1:12:12] » right? So that's why you kind of dip into

[1:12:15] » but we never spent like our whole budget around 5 million.

[1:12:19] » Okay. >> Overall, we didn't account for like

[1:12:21] getting our lobby in our budget. I pressed the green one

[1:12:29] a good reserve >> to account for that.

[1:12:32] » Yeah. >> Yes.

[1:12:33] » And we never go we never zero like all of our

[1:12:36] » Sure. Sure. Sure. And it it sounds like we have a process of like typically we

[1:12:40] dip into the reserve. [clears throat] >> Yeah.

[1:12:42] » Hold on. I got to turn on the lights on. >> That worked.

[1:12:48] » Okay. >> You saw it.

[1:12:55] Look at this. [laughter] This I HAVEN'T SEEN SOMETHING LIKE this in many years.

[1:13:03] » So there are these things called those sprints. [laughter]

[1:13:08] » You know, Scott,

[1:13:12] [laughter] >> we have the 2025 tax extensions and tax

[1:13:17] rate available for us, you know, on a preview kind of a basis. The problem is

[1:13:21] we don't have it for anybody else. So it's kind of difficult. So you know the

[1:13:26] question because we have that the question becomes do we have a good tax

[1:13:29] rate? I don't know if we have a good tax rate or we don't have a good tax rate.

[1:13:32] So I'll give you something here and you can kind of figure it out on your own.

[1:13:35] Uh taxes are are funny. Not like haha funny

[1:13:40] but like you got to be kidding [laughter]

[1:13:44] you know things like that. So [snorts] you can't compare one to another very

[1:13:49] easily. They're different jurisdictions. They're different markets. A $300,000

[1:13:52] house in in in Niles looks a lot different than 300,000 in in uh Bington

[1:13:58] looks a lot more different than 300,000 in Robins. So it it's hard to take that

[1:14:03] in. Plus, you know, we're comparing to to people that are in different cycles

[1:14:07] in terms of the try, but nevertheless, we can come up with something kind of to

[1:14:12] give you some kind of a picture here. So one big factor

[1:14:19] is the EAV the total EAV for the the area and this is going to come into a

[1:14:25] lot of what we're talking about now. So Palis I just took Palis I took Thornon

[1:14:29] and I took Niles all of those are 2024 and I took Niles 2025 to show you the

[1:14:34] difference. So here we have the EAV the total value of all the property at POS

[1:14:40] uh which is reputed to have a rather high tax rate but at any rate um 2

[1:14:46] billion 31,541,517

[1:14:51] the levy basically 1.3 million right the

[1:14:57] extension matches the levy there's some tinkering that they do with it adding

[1:15:00] factors in and presumptions in etc. Here's the tax rate

[1:15:05] and here's what it is for a $300,000 house in Palis using the 2024 number. So

[1:15:11] 6463 that's just for the corporate side,

[1:15:15] right? Only the corporate side. No no road and bridges, no uh no general

[1:15:20] assistance there. Thornon Thornton [clears throat] is always fun and they

[1:15:24] say we pick on them what they kind of deserve. So at any rate here, look at

[1:15:28] what's going on in Thornon. 2.5 billion in EAV,

[1:15:35] 13 million for a levy.

[1:15:40] » 13 million for a levy, 2.5 billion for EAV. And then we see what a rate is

[1:15:45] here. You notice everyone gets a a zero zero dot zero except for Thorn. They got

[1:15:52] a dot and it took the zero out. Well, look at what happens here for for for

[1:15:58] the corporate part of Thornton. $498 compared to 64 over in Palis. So now we

[1:16:07] have Niles and we're at 6 billion EAV. Our levy in 2024 is 3 million. The

[1:16:16] extension is right uh 3 billion. Extension is just the funny word that

[1:16:19] they use to say that's how much money you get. Here's our [clears throat] tax

[1:16:22] rate. 058 kind of close to uh well 07 not really. So 2024 for the corporate

[1:16:31] site only 5311 for dials township. Now here

[1:16:37] we see a couple of different things with 2025 numbers but we don't have anything

[1:16:41] to compare it to except ourselves. So here we are at 6.8 billion which is

[1:16:47] quite a bit more than 6 billion here. So from 24 to 25 our our value goes up.

[1:16:53] That could be due to you know the increased number. This is a reassessment

[1:16:57] year 2025. So we could have gone up that much and and just plain old reassessment

[1:17:02] without even worrying about anything else.

[1:17:05] » The levy remember 2024 we had 3 million and here 2025 we have 3.5 million. So

[1:17:14] we're coming up a little bit on that. uh the extension the the amount of money

[1:17:19] that we're going to get or that we're allowed to to bill for you know that

[1:17:22] that is used to calculate the tax rate for the taxpayers. So here the extension

[1:17:27] and Niles again 3 million just about the same as what we asked for and here's our

[1:17:34] uh 2025 3.6. So now we look at the the rates kind of similar you know close

[1:17:41] enough that they're in the neighborhood. So 2024 corporate only 5311 for a

[1:17:46] $300,000 house and here in uh uh what do you call it 2025 for a $300,000 house?

[1:17:55] 4819. So these are the numbers that everyone's looking for. You know how

[1:17:59] much of the tax bill is is is attributable to Niles Township. That's

[1:18:06] corporate. Then as a side note here, we're not worrying about it too much.

[1:18:10] Side note here on GA. So 2024, here's the GA uh extension,

[1:18:17] 456,000. 2025, 472,000.

[1:18:21] So here for GA in 2024, $300,000 house 3473.

[1:18:30] Here we go for 2025. GA $300,000 house 32.45. What would just happen from 24

[1:18:39] to 23? we'd expect to see it increase, right? We'd expect to see GA increase

[1:18:45] and we'd also expect to see the the corporate increase, but it's the

[1:18:51] opposite. That can come from added value. So, as the value is added,

[1:18:56] there's more people splitting the pie, if you will. Uh, so it's it's actually

[1:19:00] what we expect to see, uh, not what we it's not a surprise and it it's not a

[1:19:05] problem. >> Scott, does that mean that there's a new

[1:19:08] taxing [clears throat] body? What's that >> added value? Are you saying there's a

[1:19:12] new taxing body that is taking a piece of the pie? What do you mean by there's

[1:19:16] more people? >> Yeah. So, you got a restaurant bill and

[1:19:20] uh 10 guys are sitting there and going to split it. Now, we have 15 guys

[1:19:24] sitting there going to split it. It's the same bill, but now 15 people are

[1:19:27] splitting it instead of 10. >> So, that means there's additional taxing

[1:19:30] bodies. >> No, people. Oh, bodies like persons.

[1:19:33] Yeah. Yeah. I thought you meant like an agency.

[1:19:35] » Oh, >> yes. So the more the more taxpayers,

[1:19:38] more tax parcels you have, the better. Or it could just be that everyone went

[1:19:44] up. Not everyone went up, but enough enough went up to drive,

[1:19:51] what do I do here? To drive the value of the total EAV from 6 billion

[1:19:56] [clears throat] to 6.8. That's kind of a huge number.

[1:20:00] You know, it kind of waters it down is what it does.

[1:20:03] » So it's not always going to go that way. things get jumbled at the reassessment

[1:20:08] and you know until you see your numbers you just don't know how it's going to

[1:20:11] work out or where it's going to work out. the next reassessment could go the

[1:20:14] opposite way, you know. So, one of the prior ones a couple years ago, we had

[1:20:18] such huge increases in commercial industrial that you would see it, you

[1:20:23] know, flip on you. So, anyhow, this is not like

[1:20:29] absolutely crystal secure. I mean, it's rough math, but it's fairly reliable.

[1:20:36] I mean, it's reliable enough that that this is the rate that the clerk came up

[1:20:41] with using the information that they have. And we're just taking that rate

[1:20:44] and trying to apply it to a uniform house. So, it's always a $300,000 house.

[1:20:48] But again, a $300,000 house in each of these jurisdictions is a completely

[1:20:53] different market. But what else can you do with it? You know, you gota you gota

[1:20:57] you can't just throw a rate out there. I mean, you got to apply it to something.

[1:21:01] And you know the the with property tax, you know, people get they think they're

[1:21:07] supposed to have the the right to absolute precision. Well, that isn't it.

[1:21:10] You know, you you need stability, you need predictability, you need

[1:21:13] uniformity. That's way more important than individual value because now

[1:21:17] investors can come in, you know, especially in the loop, you know, places

[1:21:20] where they're in trouble. Now investors can come in and they know that it might

[1:21:24] not be entirely accurate, but that's okay as long as it's consistent and

[1:21:28] stable and they know what to expect and they can deal with it and work with it.

[1:21:31] And that's pretty much been the story of Cook County since 1930. Anyway,

[1:21:37] » oh [clears throat]

[1:21:41] great. >> So this is you're just comparing uh

[1:21:46] residential property or commercial included here.

[1:21:49] » It's all res

[1:21:53] $300,000 everything

[1:21:56] » $300,000 >> over $300,000. Yeah.

[1:21:59] » Yeah. We just take the rate that [clears throat] rate applies to

[1:22:02] commercial, industrial, retail, and residential, but we can only compare it

[1:22:07] on the residential as it's applied. Otherwise, I could say a $300,000

[1:22:11] factory, you know. >> Yeah.

[1:22:13] » I mean, yeah. So, mostly we're interested in the residential. Can he

[1:22:17] use per $100,000 the rate per hundred,000?

[1:22:22] There's nothing that's 300,000 in Skoi anymore or even weren't Grover Niles

[1:22:27] anymore. So >> yeah, it's it's frequently expressed

[1:22:31] that way too. That works per 100,000 and then it's easy for the average taxpayer

[1:22:36] to figure it out. >> Yeah. To do the math. Yeah.

[1:22:39] » Easy for them to do. >> But we don't have your average everyday

[1:22:41] taxpayers here. We got the geniuses. So I just [laughter]

[1:22:48] Thank you. >> Okay,

[1:22:50] thank you for the report, Scott. And that's one of our we have two taxpayer

[1:22:59] most of our financial assistance programs.

[1:23:01] » So that's the one that's much smaller. So when we're saying GA, that's what

[1:23:05] that was trying to figure that out. Thank you. Yep.

[1:23:09] » Perfect. [clears throat]

[1:23:15] » All right. Now, >> all right. Um, our last report would be

[1:23:23] from our township attorney, Ross Secar. If there's anything to report,

[1:23:26] » nothing other than to remind everyone I'll be speaking. Hopefully, you'll be

[1:23:30] attending the TLI annual conference in Springfield on November 10th. We'll be

[1:23:36] there's November 11th as well. I will be attending and I think Stefan

[1:23:42] sent out registration. So you today, right? You all received that or

[1:23:47] yesterday? >> It was last week.

[1:23:49] » Oh, she is. >> Yeah. Oh, today is Monday. [laughter]

[1:23:53] » What is time? >> I know. We've been talking about this

[1:23:56] all day. Like I don't know what day it is.

[1:23:58] » If you can come to the breakfast on whatever the

[1:24:02] » the awards breakfast. >> Oh, are you getting an award? He might

[1:24:07] [laughter] be >> always.

[1:24:10] He should be. Um, all right. At this time, I'd like to invite a motion to

[1:24:15] approve our distribution of funds. >> Yes, Mazer.

[1:24:19] » I make a motion to approve distribution of fund from July 10, 2026 to August 6,

[1:24:25] 2026 as presented. Total town fund is $273,000

[1:24:31] and 16 uh 16 cent 273,16.50.

[1:24:37] The general assisted fund is $10,382.39.

[1:24:42] The total all fund is $283,3989.

[1:24:50] » Seconded by trusty. Oh, sorry. I >> It's okay. Trusty Benjamin seconds the

[1:24:55] motion. Um, is there any discussion? >> Okay. Hearing none.

[1:25:01] » Trusty Benjamin. >> Hi.

[1:25:02] » Trusty Talison. >> Hi.

[1:25:03] » Trusty Gelfin. >> Hi.

[1:25:06] » Trusty K. >> Hi.

[1:25:07] » Supervisor Kente. >> Hi. Thank you. Motion passes. We have no

[1:25:12] unfinished business. We do have some new business. Uh, let's see. At this time, I

[1:25:19] would like to invite a motion to enter into an agreement with King's Third

[1:25:23] Emergency Communications Contract to offer telephone services in Niles

[1:25:29] Township Government's Elevator. >> So moved by Trusty Gelfin,

[1:25:34] » second by Trusty Ven. >> Any discussion?

[1:25:38] » Uh yeah, I just wanted to make a quick comment. I'd like to thank staff for

[1:25:42] looking into this. As uh one of the check signers extraordinaire,

[1:25:48] I saw that we were paying a ghastly amount to AT&T for a telephone line that

[1:25:54] has never made a call or received a call in all the years that I've been here.

[1:25:59] But obviously for elevator safety, you need a phone in there. And this is going

[1:26:03] to save the township uh probably about $1,500 a year, I

[1:26:08] think. >> Wow. Well, I have a question about that

[1:26:11] now. So, is it voice over internet protocol?

[1:26:15] » I'm not We can read the bid. I I think it's probably it's probably a wireless

[1:26:20] uh type of system. >> Yeah, I think it's Yeah, wireless.

[1:26:24] » Yeah. Which is the trend these days. I mean, things like

[1:26:26] » I mean, but if we if there's no electricity, guess what? It ain't going

[1:26:29] to work, >> right? Well, also our phones to the

[1:26:33] touch are like Wi-Fi down. Let's let's look over the specs, but imagine it has

[1:26:38] a battery back. >> However, AT&T is going to do away with

[1:26:42] uh it's all going to be VoIP anyway, so that's no biggie. But how would our

[1:26:47] what's plan B? Backup battery >> for the elevator.

[1:26:53] » Contract plan B. >> I don't I don't recall. We have

[1:26:56] outstanding questions and modifications. >> Yeah. But uh yeah, if if uh I think if

[1:27:03] council approves of it, then we are into the contract.

[1:27:07] » Yes. >> Maybe we should put like a process in

[1:27:10] place for like emergency >> a bill.

[1:27:13] » Well, I'm sure they had it worked out, but if would you let us know, you know,

[1:27:17] would because if the electricity goes out, the phone's not going to work

[1:27:21] » and nobody's going to think to look in the

[1:27:23] » motion is subject to attorney review. Yeah, that's the motion that we made and

[1:27:27] Ross is going to review and then he can I would presume that there's some sort

[1:27:33] of a battery. >> Yeah, because I I have a a wireless

[1:27:37] alarm on my house. It used to be hardwired. If the power goes out,

[1:27:40] there's a battery that will take care of things.

[1:27:42] » So, um do you have to call a vote?

[1:27:47] » Sure. >> Trusty Khan.

[1:27:48] » Hi. >> Trusty Benjamin.

[1:27:50] » Hi. >> Trusty Gelfin.

[1:27:51] » Hi. >> Trustee Talison. Hi. Supervisant.

[1:27:56] » I thank you. Motion passes and when we have the contract, we'll share it.

[1:28:01] » Okay. Thank you. >> Um All right. Great. Is there a motion

[1:28:05] to adjourn? >> Well, citizen.

[1:28:07] » Oh, citizen comments. [laughter] Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.

[1:28:12] » That would be ide [laughter]

[1:28:18] of comments.

[1:28:22] » No comments. Okay. [laughter] We'll make one.

[1:28:27] » You don't have to feel good. >> You don't have to.

[1:28:30] » I If I may. >> Yes, you may. You have three minutes.

[1:28:33] » Thank you. >> Supervisori,

[1:28:38] I think it's I think the way you guys run this is really neat and the way each

[1:28:42] one of you has taken on so much and and and are able to express that in each

[1:28:48] meeting. It's really nice. >> I I agree. I appreciate all of the

[1:28:53] things that our trustees and our board and our staff do. So, thank you.

[1:28:57] » All right. Is there a motion to adjourn? >> Stay all night.

[1:29:02] » Second. >> So, well, so moved and then seconded.

[1:29:05] Right. >> So, moved by Trustee Khan and seconded

[1:29:07] by Trust. >> Any discussion?

[1:29:10] [laughter] >> All eyes. I

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