[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