[0:01] So, good evening. We're going to call our regular bill of board meeting order. And this evening, we're going to be having our police chief, Jason Bassen, who's going to lead us in the pledge of allegiance.

[0:08] in

[0:17] the United States of America and to the Republic,

[0:19] which stands on one nation, underground,

[0:23] and to the Middle East, and just as far off.

[0:30] Thank you, Chief, roll call, please.

[0:34] President Kaufman, Trustee Cooper, here.

[0:37] Trustee Hughes, here.

[0:39] Trustee McCarthy, line.

[0:41] Here.

[0:42] Trustee Novi, here.

[0:43] Trustee Torres.

[0:45] Here.

[0:45] Trustee Coneg, absent.

[0:48] All right, first we have our business of the month recognition and this month we have the

[0:53] Oswego family restaurant. If I can have Ruben Isabel Jessica Reino, EDC Commission members

[1:01] and Jackford, excuse me, economic director Kevin Leidie, please join me down front.

[2:01] All righty, I'd like to extend our congratulations to the Oswego family restaurant for being

[2:07] featured as the Economic Development Commission's business of the month for September.

[2:12] Each month, the Economic Development Commissioners nominate and vote on a business to feature

[2:17] which is demonstrated significant involvement in the Asfigo community.

[2:21] And this month features the Asfigo Family Restaurant, which is represented here tonight by

[2:25] owner, Rubin Zaka, and his family.

[2:28] A large part of the reason why the Commission chose to feature the Asfigo Family Restaurant in

[2:33] September is because they're celebrating 30 impressive years this month.

[2:39] In all of that time, the Aswego family restaurant has been a mainstay in downtown Aswego

[2:44] at 69 Main Street in the historic nap building.

[2:49] Though they likely need no introduction, the Aswego family restaurant is an old-fashioned

[2:53] style diner that serves classic American fare.

[2:57] Someone is upset.

[2:59] I remember those days.

[3:02] They're open for both breakfast and lunch with a wide variety of menu offerings, including

[3:08] their homemade chocolate cake and the triple berry French toast, which is delishing delicious

[3:13] if you've not had it, you should drive.

[3:15] Over the years, the Oswego family restaurant has been a recurring donor to various organizations

[3:20] and causes such as the Oswego land, senior and community center, among others.

[3:26] During times of hardship, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, they also provided free daily

[3:31] to local residents and out-of-work community members.

[3:36] Additionally, during the pandemic,

[3:37] they remain committed to their employees by retaining 95%

[3:41] of their working staff and allocated all profits

[3:44] during the shutdown back to their employees.

[3:48] So I ask you,

[3:49] to please join me once again

[3:51] in congratulating the Oswego family restaurant

[3:53] for being this September 26th business of the month

[3:57] and thanking them for all the contributions they have made

[4:01] to our community.

[4:13] I'm just going to say thank you so much for my customers, my regulars, now all this time they've been supporting me.

[4:23] Support the restaurant and we just enjoy cooking everything for our customers and our regulars.

[4:32] So you guys want to come over and the restaurant whenever you want with open everyday.

[4:36] six days a week and I just want to say thank you so much for this, that's it, thank you.

[5:03] All right.

[6:25] Next up, we have a resolution supporting the child abuse notice act.

[7:22] If I could have

[7:24] use and trafficking and I'm hoping that you'll join me in doing so. I have a non-profit

[7:32] called my body tells the truth that children call this MB Triple T because it's easier

[7:38] to remember that way. And I am the constituent who brought forward the child abuse notice

[7:45] act. The official poster is in front of you guys. The white one references house bill

[7:54] at the bottom, and then just to share some of our other work, I give you a couple of different variations so you could see what we've implemented in other cities.

[8:07] So, I'm going to give you a little bit of a background on how this came to be.

[8:12] And to make a very long story, sure, my career journey began as a hairstyles 25 years ago.

[8:20] And if you're wondering what in the world is a hairstyles have to do with child abuse, I ask myself the same thing all the time.

[8:28] However, after spending a quarter of a century working over three different counties, the pattern of child trauma and disclosure, I was listening to was undeniable.

[8:43] that eventually grew to a point where I couldn't carry the weight of that alone anymore and I found myself breaking down.

[8:55] I brought helicopter mom to a whole new level and that wasn't healthy for me or my family.

[9:04] That's when I decided to stand up and do something about it.

[9:08] And this is where House Bill 4350 was born.

[9:13] I went to my desk and I had this vision in my head, but I didn't have the artistic skills

[9:18] to do so.

[9:19] So I sat down with some colored pencils and a piece of paper and I began drawing the

[9:24] vision.

[9:26] And from there, I brought my children in and I said, does this make sense to you?

[9:33] And like most kids, they made fun of me because I'm their mom.

[9:36] And then they told me what they think I should edit, which I really welcomed their feedback.

[9:45] And from there I sent it off to a close friend who has much better art skills than I will ever have.

[9:53] And he created what's in front of you right now.

[9:58] From there I met...

[10:00] 8 wrap and I pitched the idea and I said, will you help me reach more children with this message so that no one is suffering

[10:12] in silence anymore? And I feel confident that we've created something that is holistic and light enough to use

[10:23] some of the insecurities surrounding such a triggering topic, the feedback that I have received so far has been really good.

[10:34] I've had parents reach out to me and say, thank you. I wasn't quite sure how to approach this topic, but I appreciate the map that you put together so that it sort of gives us a frame of reference on how to start that conversation with our children.

[10:54] And I'm also relieved that it passed.

[11:03] I remember the day after I found out that this had passed both sides,

[11:12] and that we were all in agreement that this was necessary.

[11:16] Then woke up the next day thinking, well now what?

[11:20] how am I going to actually integrate this into the communities?

[11:25] And so I started calling people that were listed on the legislation,

[11:31] and they would hang up on me.

[11:33] They thought I was a scam artist or that I was trying to sell them something.

[11:38] They would say things like, well, why have I never heard of this before?

[11:41] And I'm like, I agree with you.

[11:42] Why have you never heard of this before?

[11:45] And it just kind of kept growing and growing.

[11:48] So, that is what brings me here tonight. I love the idea of any support, any type of endorsement of this work.

[11:57] Because the more people on board with me and MbT, the more children we reach and the more lives are impacted.

[12:07] I'll end with a final note shortly after this legislation passed, Shaw Media did an article

[12:14] and it talked about how the law came to be.

[12:19] Within three days of that article being released, my inbox started to fill with adult

[12:25] who's lives had been touched by this horrific epidemic and I was hearing from people sometimes

[12:34] 70 and up who were sharing their story for the very first time and that means a lot to me because I recognize that

[12:44] It's more than just children. We're impacting. We're also

[12:48] Reaching an inner child that never had a chance to tell their story until now

[12:54] So I'm hopeful you'll stand with me and be triple T and we can continue working together to make our community safer. Thank you

[13:05] Thank you so much Colleen and I think you're being a little modest the house bill 4350 passed unanimously

[13:12] Correct me of a wrong in both the house and the Senate then was signed into law by by Governor Pritzker

[13:17] So I mean that is a huge amount of support

[13:20] So I mean you're you're definitely doing some some really good work that you know everyone can or should really get behind

[13:26] One of the things that I really like

[13:28] I'll hold this up. I don't know so people in the audience could see this far, but one of the things I like is that this

[13:34] defines essentially what abuse is, and the reason that's important is because so often I don't know that children

[13:44] recognize what abuse actually is, you know, sometimes they just think someone's mad at me, or I've done something wrong, or

[13:51] whatever the case might be. So this I think is is nice to let children know that, you know, there's no pictures, there's no secrets,

[13:58] there's no touching, there's no hitting,

[14:00] It's that era, right?

[14:02] So I just I really appreciate that.

[14:04] I like, I like the message of sense.

[14:08] And then you also presented at the county,

[14:11] where they unanimously adopted it as well, I believe.

[14:15] So, and that's where I saw it,

[14:18] was when the county passed it,

[14:19] I reached out to County Chairman and Matt Kellogg

[14:21] and he recommended you.

[14:23] And here we are.

[14:25] So I like this, I like this a whole lot.

[14:31] Does anybody have any questions or comments for calling?

[14:36] I do.

[14:36] First of all, thank you so much for advocating for the children.

[14:40] My question is, so assuming the child is brave enough to tell a parent or an adult, many

[14:48] of the adults don't know what to do with that information.

[14:53] Can you speak to, you know, as my neighbor kid comes over and says there's a problem

[14:58] 5.

[15:00] What should I, what steps should I take as an adult?

[15:05] Yeah, and I'm glad you brought that up. So, when listening to disclosure, it's important to be careful

[15:11] and reminding ourselves that we're not there to investigate, and that is incredibly crucial to these cases,

[15:18] because I find that even with teachers in schools, and this is not their fault.

[15:27] Naturally we want to jump in and be able to help this child and save them, but we have to be so incredibly careful, not to mess up the investigation.

[15:37] So if a child is going to disclose to you, afterwards you thank them for trusting you with that information, and then you immediately write down everything that they said in the words that they use.

[15:54] And you want to be very careful. I know this is hard. It took me a while to get used to too.

[16:02] I had to really learn how to keep a neutral face because you don't want to scare them off.

[16:12] And if you are presenting yourself in a way that looks horrified by the information being shared and believe me, it is horrifying.

[16:20] but if you show that, it might stop them from sharing more.

[16:26] So if you can get into the mindset of taking a very neutral position,

[16:31] this is what's going to save them.

[16:34] And then from there, you have multiple options for reporting,

[16:37] which is why I showed the variation of the posters.

[16:41] I firmly believe that we need more than one poster

[16:46] because they each list different options.

[16:49] For example, the official poster lists 1,800 abuse, which is through DCFS.

[16:57] However, I know that some children, depending on their age,

[17:00] they are afraid to call and talk to someone, and they're living in a time where tech is their whole life.

[17:07] So, the other poster lists a different option for reporting online,

[17:13] And it also gives them the opportunity to text if they need to, and I think that's very important.

[17:21] But back to your questions, sorry, for the adult receiving the report again right after the child is done, disclosing, right down every single thing that they said.

[17:33] And then of course report to DCFS, or 1-800-the-Lost, which is tied 10 Nm on the poster, both

[17:42] of those are going to be good.

[17:45] As a short rule of thumb, if it involves online abuse, definitely 1-800-the-Lost.

[17:53] If it's in-person abuse, DCFS, or the last, both will be able to guide you.

[18:00] Yeah.

[18:01] Thank you.

[18:03] Yeah, the child abuse, whether physical or emotional or sexual is not a topic that anyone

[18:10] wants to think about ever, I mean it makes us all pull back a little bit but it is important

[18:15] to talk about because ignoring it doesn't make it go away.

[18:19] So I definitely appreciate that you're putting in this work and that this is past.

[18:26] I also do like that it's outlined where the no-go zones are because oftentimes children

[18:34] might not know what's a no-go zone, what's a no-touch zone so I appreciate that's very

[18:40] much.

[18:41] And another thing to note in that I think it's important for children to recognize the signs

[18:46] of grooming which is abuse and that always begins with clothing on so that was another

[18:51] and we chose that graphic.

[18:54] Yeah, that makes sense.

[18:56] That makes sense.

[18:59] Well, see, I believe we need emotion

[19:01] to pass the resolution for the no-games zones.

[19:08] So much second.

[19:11] You said it louder.

[19:13] It's a race.

[19:15] Roll up, please.

[19:16] Trustee Hughes?

[19:18] Yes.

[19:18] Trustee McArthur in line?

[19:19] Yes.

[19:20] Trustee Cooper?

[19:21] Yes.

[19:22] Trustee Novi?

[19:23] Yes.

[19:23] Trustee Taurus. Yes.

[19:27] All right, thank you very much.

[21:45] All right, next up, we have a proclamation regarding Constitution Week.

[21:54] September 17, marks the 239th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States by the Constitutional Convention.

[22:03] It is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent document and its memorable anniversary, and to the patriotic celebrations which will commemorate the occasion.

[22:15] So now I hereby proclaim September 17th,

[22:20] September 17th through the 23rd,

[22:23] 2026 as Constitution Week.

[22:26] And I ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideals

[22:29] that the framers of the Constitution had in 1787

[22:33] by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed

[22:36] to us through this guardian of our liberties,

[22:40] remembering that lights that lost rights

[22:42] may never be regained.

[22:45] And

[22:49] we have one more proclamation this evening for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

[22:55] Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among U.S. women.

[23:00] It is also the most common cancer in the world.

[23:03] One and eight women will develop breast cancer in the course of their life.

[23:08] An estimated 42,140 U.S. women will die from breast cancer in 2026.

[23:17] An estimated 2,670 U.S. men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2026.

[23:25] There are 4 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.

[23:30] Regular breast cell exams, an annual exam by a doctor, and yearly mammograms are important

[23:37] tools in breast cancer detection.

[23:40] I now here by proclaim October 26, October 2026 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

[23:55] Up next, we will open the public forum and this evening I do have one green slip, so Mr.

[24:02] William Leleka, would you come down please?

[24:12] Maybe you just take your name and address for the record please.

[24:14] My name is William Leleka, address 27 South Adam Street.

[24:18] Welcome.

[24:22] I'm here tonight because I wanted to speak on the proposed railroad quiet zone in downtown

[24:28] us.

[24:28] We go over here on the tracks.

[24:30] A little background.

[24:31] I've lived in us.

[24:32] We go since I was in fourth grade, since like 2003, quite a while.

[24:38] Myself and my two wonderful children over here, we've recently moved into the apartments

[24:44] here in July.

[24:47] And it's been a, it's been a, it's been a pretty big burden on us that every night we're

[24:52] woken up by the, by the train horn blaring, multiple times.

[25:01] So, Jennifer Hughes might be the person to answer the question here, because she used to be the public works director, so she might have the knowledge.

[25:13] My concern was that Jennifer Hughes was on record back in April of 2021, talking about this project and how it could take in your words up to two years.

[25:26] Well, it's now been over five years.

[25:29] So, doesn't seem like there's been much progress

[25:33] on that project.

[25:37] I spoke to the current engineer at public works

[25:40] on the phone the other day.

[25:42] And he stated that he got this project put onto his desk

[25:44] two weeks ago.

[25:46] Sounds like he is doing his due diligence

[25:49] and sounds like he's getting things going on

[25:52] from what I've heard.

[25:54] But I would like to know why under the past five years,

[26:00] nothing's been done about this.

[26:02] So why was it stated in 2021 that it could take up to two years?

[26:07] Now it's been five years.

[26:09] And the current timeline could be another one to two years

[26:12] from what I've been told.

[26:14] Just kind of a five-year gap there of seems like nothing.

[26:19] So.

[26:23] Thank you for coming. I would say that this is not a Q&A session. It's public comment, so the public is invited to just make a statement.

[26:31] There's been, it's actually been going on a lot longer than five years.

[26:34] I don't apply it in some better, but it's true. It's been almost a 10 year project.

[26:38] And there's been a lot done and a lot is underway currently.

[26:41] I have my card here in perhaps you and I could maybe talk tomorrow and I can give you a little more details about where this project stands.

[26:48] Okay. Yeah. That sounds good.

[26:51] Thank you.

[26:53] Thank you very much for your question. We'll get to get you some answers. Thank you

[27:00] Is there anyone else wishing to address the board this evening?

[27:05] No need to a field at a green slab. You could just feel free to come forward now if you like

[27:16] Seeing nobody we will close the public forum and move on to staff reports

[27:20] Dan yes sir

[27:22] tonight is Kirk Cassidy's last board leading as our public work director

[27:27] So, I want to recognize Kurt in person we thank Kurt for the last two years with the village of Oswego.

[27:36] He came to Oswego in the fury of development and had to sharpen your engineering skills

[27:43] and really stepped up and performed for us in tremendous job with a lot of the engineering expertise

[27:51] and creativity that I've got to work with you.

[27:55] And I really appreciate it.

[27:56] There's been a lot of complex projects and issues that you've had to deal with in your

[28:01] time here.

[28:02] And I've learned a lot from you and I appreciate that.

[28:05] I appreciate some of the mentorship with Andre, our assistant village engineer who's in

[28:09] the back row over here.

[28:11] It's been great having you along for that as well.

[28:15] I'm also thankful for your stewardship on Wolf's Crossing.

[28:18] It's been a major project.

[28:20] Thank you all.

[28:20] that you were able to get the village such a large grant for the Wolfen Douglas project that

[28:25] is under construction right now and keep really all segments of Wolfen's crossing moving

[28:31] forward in your time here. I'm also grateful for your renewed focus on safety in the public

[28:38] works department, your care for the employees and public works and wanting them all to go home

[28:44] safely after they've been here at work. So grateful for that experience, wish you the

[28:50] best as you go back home to Texas and really just want to say thank you and

[28:56] invest a block as you move forward. Thank you. Awesome.

[29:01] And Kurt, I just want to say really quick that I have really appreciated your

[29:04] time here. We've been a very good steward of taxpayer dollars and everything that

[29:11] we've got going on here. And I also appreciate all of, you know, when I reach out to you

[29:17] the floor of questions constantly, you're always, you're always right on it with the answers

[29:21] and that I've found that just absolutely invaluable.

[29:24] So thank you very much.

[29:25] Really appreciate everything that you've done for the past two years and like Dan said, really,

[29:30] really appreciate the sizable grant you got us for what's crossing.

[29:35] We will definitely miss you, but we wish you nothing but the best, so thank you very much.

[29:47] Any other staff reports?

[29:48] That completes my report.

[29:50] All right.

[29:52] Move on to the consent agenda.

[29:54] Does anybody have any questions or wish or move any item on the consent agenda before I read?

[30:03] All right, item G1, this September 1st, 2026, committee of the whole minutes. G2, December 1st, 2026, regular bill of ordinance. G3, this September 1st, 2026, closed session minutes approved, but not release. G4, an ordinance of mending title 3, chapter 7, decreased class E2 liquor license for bark bill buddies LLC, located at 174 South Arizona Street. G5, a resolution authorizing final acceptance for bell tire and release a project surety, effective September 15.

[30:33] 2026. G6, a resolution authorizing the execution of amendment number 3 to the local public agency

[30:40] engineering services agreement with Thomas Engineering Group LLC for the Wolf's Crossing

[30:46] Road at Harvey Road improvements project in the amount of $61,266. And finally G7,

[30:53] a resolution authorizing the village administrator to enter into an agreement with Comcast Enterprise

[30:58] business services for renewal of ethernet network services, ethernet dedicated internet and ethernet

[31:05] private line in the amount of $5,561.80 per month for a five-year contract. I'll accept a

[31:12] motion to approve the consent agenda as read. So moved. Second.

[31:21] roll call please. Trust him in

[31:30] Yes.

[31:32] And, up next, the bill list is able to have any questions on the bill list.

[31:39] All right.

[31:40] And I'll accept a motion to approve the bill list dated September 15th, 206 in the amount

[31:43] of 1,823,330 dollars and 57 cents.

[31:50] So moved.

[31:51] Say roll call please.

[31:54] Trustee McArthur and I.

[31:56] Trustee Torres.

[31:57] Yes.

[31:57] Trustee Cooper.

[31:59] Yes.

[31:59] Trustee Hughes.

[32:01] Yes.

[32:01] Trustee Novi.

[32:01] Yes, all right this evening we have no old business so we're moving on to new business and under new business

[32:09] We have item J1 Kevin. Come on down, sir.

[32:22] All righty back again

[32:24] This time I come bearing two grants requests

[32:28] Both on Washington Street both from the same applicants, but since there are different agenda items

[32:34] We'll start with eight West Washington

[32:36] So eight West Washington is located at the hard corner of Washington in medicine street

[32:41] It's currently the home of a single family home, but it's a commercial building for a commercial

[32:50] occupation, DTG investments purchased the property last November.

[32:56] There is currently no tenant in there, but they're looking to improve the property in order

[33:00] to get a tenants to lease the space.

[33:03] As part of the renovation of that building, they are proposing $67,000 over $67,000 in improvements.

[33:14] They will be doing installing all new sighting, improvements to the soft fit, downsvouts and gutters.

[33:22] They'll also be investing over $21,000 to replace all of the exterior windows and doors.

[33:30] And then another $12,000 to pay the parking lot,

[33:34] which is currently a, it's kind of a grab a lot currently.

[33:39] So the total amount of grant funding being sought

[33:42] is 32,831, which is inclusive of those,

[33:46] the two sets of improvements that I had mentioned,

[33:49] and then the $5,000 limit does apply

[33:51] to the parking lot improvement.

[33:55] It does meet the program and eligibility criteria

[33:58] of the revised grant program,

[34:00] which was brought forth at a recent village board meeting.

[34:04] Staff is overall supportive of the application.

[34:07] And we do have great data here

[34:08] from the application team in case there are any specific questions

[34:11] about the project or real estate general.

[34:16] Thanks, Kevin.

[34:19] Questions?

[34:20] Comments?

[34:21] That's pretty one.

[34:22] Yeah, and so these buildings, what kind of uses would

[34:32] maybe, retail, restaurant, doctors office, insurance agent, what would this, what would these

[34:39] structures look like?

[34:41] We've been going to bring up the additional for this.

[34:48] In fact, Greg and I just had this conversation before the board meeting.

[34:51] So I will let him answer it.

[34:52] If you want to introduce yourself first, Greg?

[34:54] I'm Greg Dadey.

[34:55] I actually owned the property before I back in November.

[34:58] It's so, it there's, I guess.

[35:00] One time ago, it was a residential, now it's zone B, downtown. So we'll try to find something that's going to fit in that.

[35:08] Rust run is going to be too small. So a residential retail or office, something like that, well, we'll look for it.

[35:16] Okay, and how do these improvements help you rent the space?

[35:21] Cosmetically, you see the outside of building. So that will really bring some attractions to it.

[35:26] Okay, are there any internal improvements that are being done as part of these projects or is this primarily just now?

[35:35] I'm not really, that's what the graphs may go for.

[35:37] Okay.

[35:38] Being for structure inside the buildings are a good shape dating system.

[35:43] Okay, thank you.

[35:47] Yeah, the only thing I was going to, I was wondering about because a lot of it, again, with a

[35:51] Siding downsponsors, any of this damage at this time, or is it more of the aesthetic of the viewpoints?

[36:02] How long have you been trying to run these places?

[36:06] I, my feelings are, once the cosmetics is there, we should have somebody in the next three to four months.

[36:12] Where is coming?

[36:13] So I'd like to get it done sooner or later.

[36:14] Most businesses.

[36:16] You know, things slow down during those holiday times.

[36:21] All right, so you're doing tuck pointing, sighting, roofing.

[36:24] No roof, because the roof is a good shape.

[36:26] Top point, it doesn't need to be done.

[36:28] Okay.

[36:29] Okay.

[36:36] You're currently an actively marketing, right?

[36:38] Correct.

[36:38] Yeah, okay.

[36:39] Are you targeting anyone specifically already groups,

[36:43] specifically or is it just kind of like,

[36:45] Hey, I'm here.

[36:45] Please rent for me.

[36:46] I have a list of a brawl properties,

[36:48] so they have it on the market.

[36:51] So they're looking for something that's going to fit that.

[36:53] You know, it's about 900 square feet in that sense.

[36:57] So it's not large, but maybe a nail salon or something

[37:02] that's going to fit in that size.

[37:07] I'm already. Anyone else? I have any questions?

[37:12] I was just curious, when I was just reading out, trying to visualize what the changes were going to be.

[37:17] And it's just the cosmetics of the exterior, they're not any type of, I don't want to see plain development,

[37:25] but when you look at the picture, it is just a single family home. It is, and it's got a recess second floor above the first floor.

[37:32] I was just curious if there's any type.

[37:33] Oh, that's the other one, that's the next one.

[37:36] I will wait then.

[37:38] So this is the one that looks like the old dairy hut,

[37:40] then this is the one that's right here.

[37:41] Small one on the corner.

[37:42] This small one on the corner.

[37:43] All right.

[37:44] And then with that, I don't know if the skills are out or not,

[37:49] but that intersection is extremely busy.

[37:52] Whether any type of railing or pile on or anything like that

[37:57] to, if more Patreons begin to visit the establishment

[38:01] and what people are walking on that very busy curve

[38:04] on the sidewalk that's directly adjacent to the street.

[38:07] I know the sidewalk kind of curves up

[38:08] and connects to another one that is recessed

[38:11] with a little parkway or, yeah, parkway and a little grassierium.

[38:16] And I was just curious if there's anything safety-wise

[38:18] that we tend to do or it would look to do.

[38:20] Not in this location, it has to do with the traffic,

[38:22] the flow is actually driving away from it,

[38:25] it doesn't aim it right into the building,

[38:26] so there's no requirements for any ballers

[38:28] or anything with this building.

[38:31] Okay, if that's where everybody slows down, comes in, and then turns down the street, right?

[38:35] And there's actually another lot in the next door to this, which has, just as electrical box on it.

[38:39] You could be a little larger, but with a little bit of smaller, when they wind the intersection many years ago, but yeah.

[38:44] The lot actually has two pins in the one pin that's on the road side, it's baking, it's big tree and landscaping there.

[38:53] For the parking, for the buildings in general, is it behinders, it's more like the public parking, and then walking to it's behind.

[39:00] So there's a back door, there's a front door, so depending on the type of business they could use either one.

[39:08] So that the structure at 12 that has residential on the second floor.

[39:14] Is that correct?

[39:15] Correct.

[39:17] That is a residential portion.

[39:18] And does that impact on who you might lease this two in the first floor or is that?

[39:23] No.

[39:24] I mean, that's in the second way.

[39:26] There's same thing that we'll be looking for some type of office, doctors, something like that.

[39:33] Okay.

[39:35] I have a question regarding our program in general.

[39:39] We don't have any regulations on how many times a person can get an award in a year.

[39:45] So since he's asking for one of his properties, we're going to consider both of them to this gentleman in one year.

[39:55] It does not restrict recipients, especially, you know, per.

[40:01] So if someone, if he was seeking, let's just say, the maximum $40,000 on a $100,000 project, he would only, but he'd be eligible to receive $50,000. He'd only be able to get $40,000.

[40:15] But if he would have a, you know, this project, and then a separate project, a year from now or five years from now, he could under the program apply for it. So there is no restriction.

[40:25] So he's under the 50,000 for both projects.

[40:28] Under the, well, he is at 63,158 total.

[40:33] But they are separate properties.

[40:35] They're being treated as two separate projects.

[40:37] So I don't know if this is something that we might want to look at,

[40:40] because I feel like we're limiting ourselves

[40:42] to helping more people spread out, you know, our funds.

[40:48] So I would draw a distinction here between an economic incentive

[40:52] and a loan, okay, so in the loan situation we're looking at the

[40:58] athletic capability to backstop the loans.

[41:02] That's not the case here.

[41:04] In this case, this is an economic incentive agreement.

[41:06] He does the work.

[41:08] He gets reimbursed for that.

[41:10] So if he can afford to do it per sight,

[41:13] then whether it's one person on three buildings or three people on three buildings,

[41:20] we're still talking about the buildings, and so in my mind as long as under the grant

[41:27] program, as long as they can move the projects forward, that's that's sufficient.

[41:33] We feel that that is a good application.

[41:36] Moan is a different situation, because there is a maximum capacity of the applicant to

[41:43] backstop the loan, in which case, adding multiple projects could essentially trigger that maximum

[41:50] limit at which point we would no longer loan to that person.

[41:54] I guess my concern is that we have so much in our grant program, and we have one business

[42:02] owner who wants to invest in two property zones, which means that there's less money for another.

[42:10] I guess, you know, I'm just saying, do we want to say one grant per business owner or are we going to, I don't know, I just start thinking about this and thought maybe night one and have a discussion on it.

[42:32] correct me if I'm wrong, but Mr. Dady didn't you receive funds for the building where

[42:41] Hudson's Nine Houses also? I did. Yes, I did. Yes, so this is,

[42:49] was it within this year also?

[42:51] No, I was last year. That was like a last year. It was approved last year. And this was approved

[42:57] two years ago and then he received the funding or was it, was it, was it approved? Yes, that's right. It

[43:03] It was paid out earlier this year, but it was a proof last year.

[43:07] You know, I just want to point out those borders.

[43:09] It's our program.

[43:10] We can kind of make any rules you want.

[43:12] And so if there were support for care and suggestion of limiting it, that would have to come

[43:18] back and be a rule change of the board could consider.

[43:22] I really believe that we need to look at it by property, not by who owns it.

[43:28] Great.

[43:29] We don't want to limit improvements in our downtown because there are, I mean, other than

[43:36] Mr. Deity, there are other investors in downtown that own multiple properties.

[43:43] And if they have the backing to invest in multiple properties, why should we stop them?

[43:52] Right, it's different businesses.

[43:54] I just don't want us to have to start telling people, no, we don't have any more money in the program.

[44:03] You know, so if there isn't, I'm trying to make sure there's, we can accommodate as many investors in their downtown as possible.

[44:13] And I don't want to be like, no, we can't give you any more money because no offense and not using this example.

[44:19] We have a proper owner who has four properties and we give an out our grant money to that person that invests in four properties

[44:26] I don't know. I just just want to make sure it's being evaluated and fairly distributed to people who might need it.

[44:35] Also, so

[44:36] Well, then that would be a good question for Kevin. Do we have any other

[44:41] properties that are in the pipeline, they're looking at incentives, and what is the fun that

[44:49] funds that we have at this time.

[44:52] Sure thing.

[44:53] So we have not received any official applications as of yet, but I can say that I've had multiple

[44:59] .

[45:00] Conversations with multiple groups who have expressed an interest to apply, you know, for instance, the owner of the former

[45:07] Janellis property has been interested in the grant program since they acquired the property in anticipation of making it ready for a new

[45:15] restaurant tenant, which now, with health barbeque opening there, they will be coming in very likely soon for grant funding.

[45:23] You know, I've received other interest from other property owners in town, but nothing, I would say, as close as the former genellies, so there are others interested, it's just a matter of when they apply.

[45:35] And we do currently have, after these two, if both grants are approved, we will have 60

[45:48] ,000 dollars remaining in the fund.

[45:54] Just a quick question about these two properties can we have they gotten any grants recently for improvements like this like again

[46:03] It's it's the idea did we get a suggestion for citing or I think that's been done within the task a couple years from the previous owner of the properties

[46:10] Not the previous owners of the properties never reply for or received any grant funding for these two particular sites

[46:17] Awesome, I

[46:21] have a question and it may just be out of the field, but those properties are great location

[46:27] And I was curious, now that you have the corner, has there anybody

[46:34] soliciting any larger developments,

[46:39] like a similar structure like the 13 main building,

[46:41] now that you have that size potential lot,

[46:45] to do that kind of development,

[46:46] or is that something you never thought of it doing

[46:48] for those adjacent properties?

[46:51] Not at this time.

[46:53] I think it's, I don't think it's big enough quite yet,

[46:56] And I don't own it, I just don't go into it.

[47:00] OK, and with the lots behind it, right?

[47:02] With the small out behind it, correct?

[47:05] OK, it's just a cat.

[47:06] Yeah, really nice, nice parts of the day.

[47:10] Just like Keras, I mean, in theory, how many lots,

[47:12] how many parcels would you need to do a bigger project,

[47:16] something like a building?

[47:18] I don't know.

[47:19] I didn't look into that.

[47:20] I don't know.

[47:21] Let's go back to zoning and seeing what size

[47:23] building would you put up and tell me like that?

[47:25] Yeah, that's very, that's kind of a odd ball question I get.

[47:29] I was just, it's all that on the tip of my mind, but.

[47:32] All right, does anybody have any other questions?

[47:36] All right.

[47:38] If there are, I know there questions and all the discussion,

[47:41] then I'll accept a motion to approve an ordinance

[47:43] approving an economic incentive agreement

[47:45] by in between the village of Oswego and DTG investments,

[47:50] LLC, eight West Washington Street,

[47:54] so moved.

[47:58] Thank you.

[47:59] Welcome, please.

[48:03] Trustee Cooper?

[48:05] Yes.

[48:05] Trustee Torres?

[48:06] Yes.

[48:07] Trustee Hughes?

[48:09] Yes.

[48:10] Trustee McCarthy Lane?

[48:12] Yes.

[48:12] Trustee Novi?

[48:15] Yes.

[48:18] All right.

[48:18] Item J2, Kevin.

[48:21] I don't know if you have anything else to say about this one.

[48:24] The only other thing I have to add is that this was the parcel with the multi-mixed use building that has commercial in the first floor residential on the second floor.

[48:33] Correct me if I'm wrong Greg, but I think there is a tenant living upstairs, is that correct?

[48:38] Other than that, this building has been vacant for many years.

[48:43] The most I could find was that there was a crystal store in there at one time as well as a candy store.

[48:50] That's about a lot of like it finds.

[48:52] It's been vacant for a while.

[48:53] It's also a painting store in there.

[48:57] Because I frequented that and the candy store as well.

[49:05] I know we were kind of just discussing this whether there are any questions that you might have thought of in the last minute.

[49:10] The only thing that popped into my mind was the funds that we have currently for this count.

[49:14] It's a roll over after when we had January the New Year correct.

[49:18] Okay, so the window for someone to request funds is a little bit more narrow at this point.

[49:24] Okay, that's fine.

[49:26] I just want to swing back to my original question that I did for the long address.

[49:30] And I'm just curious, is it going to be more akin to making it more

[49:34] continue like a home?

[49:36] Is it the intention is to kind of smooth it out, dark it out,

[49:42] or make it look more like a storefront or a business?

[49:45] I think Kevin's some rough pictures.

[49:47] I'm going to leave the second floor as a residential.

[49:50] The first floor would be some type of commercial retail office space.

[49:55] Okay, but in all of there's a bathroom in there that there's no shower so I don't plan to convert anything like

[50:00] I think we have the other house meeting insurance is just going to be in our in the gateway to our downtown.

[50:17] They could use some work now and I think they're going to get that attention that they need and look quite a bit nicer.

[50:22] So there will be a benefit to the aesthetics of the gateway to our downtown.

[50:32] I'm just curious,

[50:37] we haven't seen the pictures, so I have no idea what the pictures look like.

[50:41] But I believe that this one had some sort of deck or front porch being built on.

[50:47] Can you kind of talk a little bit to that?

[50:49] Correct. I'm just going to make a larger landing so somebody's walking up. It's easier to enter the building.

[51:03] All right. There's no further discussion.

[51:06] Then I'll accept a motion to approve an ordinance,

[51:08] Proving an economic and set of agreement by between the village of us.

[51:10] We go and D.T.G. Investments LLC 12 West Washington Street.

[51:19] So moved.

[51:21] Second.

[51:23] Roll call please.

[51:25] Trustee Hughes. Yes.

[51:26] Trustee McArthur Lane? Yes. Trustee Cooper? Yes. Trustee Torres? Yes. Trustee Novey? Yes.

[51:36] All right, Mr. Gady. Please look at him. Please make our downtown look nice. Thank you very much. Thank you.

[51:45] All right, up next. Trustee reports.

[51:50] Trustee Hughes. I don't know if we started with you for a while. Thank you.

[51:53] I was thinking about breakfast at the Oswego family restaurant and how wonderful that is.

[52:00] You know, that's one of those institutions that kind of attract me to come to Oswego.

[52:06] It's just been great.

[52:07] Many good meal there and I know they do a lot of support.

[52:10] The Oswego Lane Garden Club.

[52:15] So, you know, thank you for that.

[52:17] Thank you for calling for bringing the resolution for the supporting the child abuse notice that.

[52:25] You know, we were talking earlier about, you know, sports, this is a big issue in sports and a lot of the coaches and officials are mandatory of reporters, and we go through a lot of training on this, but it's still, you know, as somebody who is a mandatory reporter, it is still a difficult situation, you know, just to see this and, but I'm glad we're taking a step to, you know, again, just bring the issue out.

[52:54] forward and shine the light on it. We got the INL review today and you know the cover showing

[53:04] the 9-1-1 firefighters raising the flag. You know Mike Grant Father helped build the tower.

[53:11] She was a sheet metal worker and growing up 10 miles from there. Every time we drive anywhere

[53:16] you can see the tower from here. Can you see the towers? Can you see the towers?

[53:24] on the highways and there's the towers, you know, it's just a fabric of my life, my

[53:29] dabble commute through the on the past station beneath it. My high school, we had four

[53:36] students from my high school, our graduates from my high school, killed there. My aunts, my aunts,

[53:44] sisters, husband, was killed in the original bombing. You know, so it's ingrained in the family,

[53:51] You know, I look back at where I was working at the time and we sent officers to New York to help out.

[54:04] There was the American Public Works Association was holding their National Convention in Philadelphia at the time.

[54:11] And so the nation's public works directors weren't Philadelphia.

[54:14] Well, here's the people that are responsible for all the infrastructure and had no clue

[54:20] with what was being attacked at the time.

[54:23] You know, the fog, the fog, and yet, you know, there's so many stories of people coming together

[54:29] at that time, and yet it was such a sad time as well, and so I'm glad we're still recognizing

[54:37] this 25 years later as to how life altering this was certainly for all those who lost lives.

[54:47] For the heroes on Flight 93, who prevented a catastrophe in Washington, for all the first responders

[54:54] who are on the pile and who try to rescue people.

[55:00] But, who ultimately came down with cancer, you know, and had that ultimate, you know, issues with them. Even to the rescue dogs who went out and looked at, you know, we're looking for people. You know, there were a lot of heroes, those days. And, you know, it's just important for us to remember those. A couple other things real quick, compensation.

[55:27] It's always somewhat of a third rail to talk about in politics, right?

[55:32] Because we have residents who say, hey, I pay a lot of taxes.

[55:36] And we really have to be cognizant of how we're spending tax payer money.

[55:42] At the same time, meaning to hire the best people we can.

[55:47] And so there's that little bit of tension there.

[55:50] I think it's important to say that, you know, we are looking at

[55:54] not being the highest compensated employees, but being competitive, and rewarding our people

[56:02] for the work that they are doing. We have a lot of great people, and we need to be

[56:09] fair to them. I would say that we do understand the impact on our residents who are struggling

[56:18] right now with higher fuel costs and everything else, but we're also looking at it to be

[56:23] to everyone and so, you know, don't think when we talk about well, maybe we should increase

[56:30] a bonus or maybe we're going to just some people salaried upwards. We're cognizant of

[56:36] what that means for residents as well. But like I said, we want to make sure that we

[56:41] have the best people there and we can hire those people. With regard to economic development

[56:47] incentives, we've been fortunate to have the money to invest back into our community.

[56:55] And if we want to compare one application against another and choose one over another,

[57:02] I think that that is a reasonable suggestion in the sense that there are certain projects

[57:08] that are better investments than others.

[57:11] having said that, we've also partided ourselves and being aggressive in working with developers

[57:19] to get projects off the ground to move them forward.

[57:24] And if we were to say that we're going to compare this project that may come versus one

[57:29] that's here, then we have to set timelines for when we're going to do those comparisons.

[57:34] Whether it's a quarterly or every six months or something, but we can't hold people, we can't

[57:39] hold up money because a better project might come along.

[57:42] And so if we're going to do that, we need to structure how we evaluate those in the time

[57:48] firms in which we evaluate them so that we're fair to what's here today and not unnecessarily

[57:54] to lay a project.

[57:57] The other thing is, we've also been, you know, I don't see blast, but we've had extra money

[58:05] it on and revenue that we've been able to, we can allocate to these projects at times.

[58:11] If we're gotten into a situation where we're going to fix that number, then it's either

[58:15] going to be a first-come-first-served basis or there's going to have to be this lag until we

[58:21] can evaluate everything.

[58:22] And I don't think that that's necessarily the best way to go.

[58:26] So I think we can have additional discussion on this, but I understand that there's a lot

[58:31] issues involved with changing what we're doing and how we're processing this.

[58:37] Finally, Kurt, we're going to miss you.

[58:43] You've done an incredible job.

[58:48] I understand what it takes to do the job.

[58:54] You've performed admirably.

[58:56] I know you uprooted your family to move here.

[59:00] I know that that, you know, is stressful, and then you throw on a stressful job on

[59:07] top of that, and yet you've performed above expectations, and you've kept us moving,

[59:14] you know, under your tutelage, we've gotten the public works facility off the ground,

[59:19] we started construction on the transmission means, we got extra money and started the

[59:24] next phase of most crossing, we got another one in design, and we've hired a couple engineers,

[59:29] and brought them on, and a lot has been happening.

[59:34] You've been extremely busy, and yet you've found time to work with our department and make it better, and so I just want to say thank you, and wish you all the best.

[59:48] So I'm going to covers me for tonight's turn over to Karen.

[59:54] Thanks, Jen.

[59:56] Thank you for calling for talking about the child abuse.

[1:00:00] I think it takes a lot of commitment, dedication, especially to get that F pass through our state legislature.

[1:00:09] So she's obviously very passionate about saving children and protecting children.

[1:00:15] And I hope that her notice and the word can get out to schools, coaches,

[1:00:26] anybody who works with children.

[1:00:27] daycare centers, teachers, social workers, anybody.

[1:00:32] I think it's just a very important piece of legislation,

[1:00:35] and I'm happy that we're here to present it tonight

[1:00:39] and that it passed the house.

[1:00:42] So now it's wonderful.

[1:00:44] Just to piggyback on the whole grant program,

[1:00:48] I'm not saying that we need to pick and choose

[1:00:50] who we think is the better investment.

[1:00:52] I think that we just want to make sure that we don't have

[1:00:57] somebody who's coming in at the summer to apply for a loan we've exhausted our

[1:01:03] loans and we've happened to give a grant to one owner of three different

[1:01:07] properties. I'm just saying I just want to make sure that we're just able to

[1:01:15] help as many people and spread the money around as much as possible. So it's like

[1:01:20] I don't even know which is something that like if you're an owner can you get a

[1:01:25] to make a structural change on the outside, but yeah, I am going to be the

[1:01:32] renter and have a new ventilation because I'm starting to fry stuff and then I

[1:01:40] apply for a grantor. We're going to allow two grants on one property for the

[1:01:45] owner and the renter or the business owner. So I just don't know where the new

[1:01:49] and the grant program is something we might want to talk about earlier day.

[1:01:54] So that was that.

[1:01:57] And then I also want to say today is National Voter Registration Day.

[1:02:03] Please make sure that you're registered to vote.

[1:02:07] Early voting starts in Kendall County on September 24th.

[1:02:12] If you don't know somebody who's not registered and go on the website,

[1:02:17] a good vote for a one through the League of Women Voters, where it's all, you know, type

[1:02:23] of website to find out who your candidates are, to register, to know where your voting

[1:02:29] locations are, the Kendall County Department has information on their website. I just

[1:02:35] very, I just want to make sure everybody who can vote is going to vote and is registered

[1:02:39] So, a little bit of a passion project of mine.

[1:02:44] So, and then lastly, Kurt, thank you.

[1:02:49] Good luck on your future endeavors.

[1:02:52] And we appreciate everything that you've done

[1:02:55] and given to the village.

[1:02:57] So, thank you.

[1:03:00] Jeff?

[1:03:02] Thank you, Karen.

[1:03:05] So, first off, kind of, as Jen alluded to,

[1:03:08] you know, it's been a long time coaching.

[1:03:09] I've also worked for Kindercare or the YMCA doing kids camps during summers, I've worked

[1:03:14] at Moose Hearts in Batavia working with young at-risk youth and so to have this kind of

[1:03:21] act come through, it's it's heartwarming to know that people are trying to take care of these

[1:03:26] young vulnerable youths because really when you work with them for so long you get so attached

[1:03:31] and you only want the best for them and so I'm glad that again these kind of actions are being

[1:03:39] journey as they grow.

[1:03:42] As we go family restaurant, congratulations.

[1:03:45] Whenever they pull fresh cinnamon rolls out of the back

[1:03:47] kitchen, I mean my mouth starts to water, so, you know,

[1:03:51] well, well, I'll also just as a reminder, I know that

[1:03:54] I believe it's on the 19th is our Fox River Day.

[1:03:58] I think it's this weekend. So again, if you're around,

[1:04:01] hopefully it doesn't get rained out, but we take care of our

[1:04:04] community, our river and come out and try and clean up the

[1:04:07] area, always appreciated.

[1:04:12] This week is homecoming. I've got to walk in the homecoming parade

[1:04:16] with a track and cross country. I would like to apologize to anybody including my own

[1:04:20] children at the very end of that parade, although we try and teach pacing to runners. That

[1:04:26] doesn't mean we teach them pacing on throwing out candy. So they got very excited. That's where

[1:04:30] they throw back before we even left the parking lot of OHS. So we'll work on that pacing

[1:04:35] for next year.

[1:04:37] Want to mention the Dildogs going in where Freddie's off the chain is, so I know that I think

[1:04:42] their food truck is going to be out there, and I mean really, if we wrap up these reports

[1:04:47] it's there to late 30 guys, so I'm just saying,

[1:04:52] but just recognizing that, and then really

[1:04:55] just wanted to take a second to recognize and send condolences for...

[1:05:00] Two things here. Obviously, Trustee Conig is not here, so condolences to her family with the loss that they are going through at this time.

[1:05:08] You know, again, the village of us, we go, you know, really cares about you and your family. We're here to support you in whatever way possible through this journey of loss.

[1:05:16] So I just want to make sure that was said. And then as somebody who lives in us, we go, who, you know, I didn't, I was not raised here in us, we go. I was raised in Aurora. I went to a bonds evaluation high school.

[1:05:28] One of the things that has happened recently is a valued coach who coached there for 16 years and the 90s and 2000s

[1:05:35] Coach Steve Luke

[1:05:36] Did pass away from melanoma this Monday and he affected a lot of people's lives including my own and I know a lot of people who live here

[1:05:46] And that's where we go now who did go to WVHS and are now working as coaches here or teachers or what have you and and so his work or body of work

[1:05:55] working with youths and trying to help us grow and develop and become more than we possibly

[1:06:01] thought we could is now ingrained in us and we are trying to ingrained that in those people

[1:06:06] here in this community now. So again condolences to his family on a terrible loss and you know

[1:06:13] he will be missed. And then on a later note Jill thanks for tuning in as always I'm going to go ahead

[1:06:20] and throw it all out to give me a go.

[1:06:27] You always have to acknowledge it.

[1:06:29] Hi Jill, thank you.

[1:06:36] Kurt, you've done a lot of great work.

[1:06:39] We are going to so miss you, and I completely

[1:06:42] understand wanting to return to warmer weather, hopefully.

[1:06:50] But I just want you to know that we do appreciate

[1:06:53] all the work that you've done here. It's been great. You've done amazing things and I can't

[1:07:01] without going into all the details. Say enough about your few years here. So thank you,

[1:07:08] best wishes on your next adventure. So you will be missed. Thank you to Colleen Murphy,

[1:07:16] for bringing the Child Abuse Act to our attention and the importance of this topic in our

[1:07:23] community, I know several less have already discussed it.

[1:07:27] So I won't go into too much, but it's something

[1:07:31] that you can't talk about enough.

[1:07:35] So congratulations to the Asfigo family restaurant.

[1:07:39] As our September business of the month,

[1:07:41] this place is an institution in our community.

[1:07:46] So I'm glad we were able to acknowledge them.

[1:07:49] And when they talk about their regulars there,

[1:07:51] I remember talking to Judy Solinger, and she and her husband would go there literally every day for breakfast.

[1:07:58] So they are huge fans and shout out to Judy too, if she's watching or listening.

[1:08:06] Two things that nobody mentioned, which I'm shocked.

[1:08:10] I am out as this week, we're all heading there.

[1:08:14] Well, not everybody's coming the same day, but it starts on Thursday, goes through Saturday,

[1:08:19] and it's a great way for us to connect with other municipal leaders and learn about what they're

[1:08:29] doing that's working in their community and bring little nuggets of information back to our staff.

[1:08:36] So I didn't get to go last year. I'm really looking forward to going this year. I'm kind of hoping

[1:08:42] I might see a little karaoke from Mr. DeSanta over here, so we'll see and the last thing I want to

[1:08:51] bring up that I can't believe nobody else mentioned either is Boots, bourbon, and barbecue is this Saturday.

[1:08:59] I'm very excited about this new event that we have going on in the community and I'm going to be

[1:09:05] volunteering. I know President Kaufman's going to be out there. Volunteering and I hope everybody else

[1:09:11] is able to join us and be a part of the event.

[1:09:16] So, and please, don't let it rain.

[1:09:19] I was so sick of things getting rained out this year.

[1:09:22] So, that's all I'm going to say,

[1:09:23] and I'm going to pass it on to Andrew.

[1:09:27] Thank you.

[1:09:28] Yes, everybody's already said everything.

[1:09:32] The regards to the County Murphy's presentation.

[1:09:35] That's, I work with schools and the representatives.

[1:09:38] and that is something that we are always trying to make more awareness of proper training, proper

[1:09:44] reporting, and everything that entails with that. It's wonderful to see the state start passing

[1:09:52] or taking steps to make it more widespread of awareness, and that takes a person with a lot.

[1:10:00] A lot of passion to make the happen. So I appreciate her coming today and speaking about it.

[1:10:06] And everybody said everything homecoming this weekend. Please be safe.

[1:10:10] To all the kids are going to be participating. To all the drivers that are going to be out and about.

[1:10:15] During homecoming be aware that there's kids that are from homecoming. They're going to be red bull and what have you.

[1:10:21] It's just be careful everybody out there.

[1:10:25] And, family diner, it is a staple, whenever I saw it when I was growing up, I brought

[1:10:30] my bike there, and then, well, the puppies, yeah, I brought my bike towels, like, too old.

[1:10:37] But you think it was there since the 1800s, it's just a staple of the community, like, it's

[1:10:43] there.

[1:10:44] Like, it's...

[1:10:45] Well, yeah, I guess the kids would say the 1900s, but it's wonderful, I'm glad we appreciated

[1:10:51] of them today and with that.

[1:10:54] And Kurt, again, you've been your cheerier.

[1:10:57] I feel, again, just like the family diary that you've been here forever, because it seems

[1:11:02] like you always had the answer.

[1:11:03] You always knew, and my understanding is like, people that know that have been here so long,

[1:11:09] and you're able to do that in such a short period of time.

[1:11:12] And the amount of times that I may have had no idea, and I appreciate your patience.

[1:11:16] And I just wish you, I wish the best for you.

[1:11:21] And then I'll send it to Ryan.

[1:11:27] All right.

[1:11:28] From my President's report, just a couple of quick things.

[1:11:31] Really quick.

[1:11:32] Obviously, a recognition of the September 11th.

[1:11:35] 25 years ago, 2,755 Americans were killed in the worst terrorist attack on our country.

[1:11:42] And, you know, that's 2,755 lives, families that were shattered, you know, the people lost moms and dads and sons and daughters and friends and loved ones, so that's, you know, 25 years of birthdays and anniversaries and celebrations that those families have had to do without their loved ones.

[1:12:06] So Jennifer, you mentioned earlier, Flight 93, the heroes of Flight 93, I've always remembered

[1:12:17] Todd Beamer, whose last words were let's roll as they took on the terrorists and brought

[1:12:23] the plane down in the field.

[1:12:26] The amount of

[1:12:30] brass balls it takes to attack terrorists on a plane and ultimately bring your

[1:12:38] plan that you're on down in the sacrifice of your own life to save a much larger number

[1:12:44] of people is beyond what I can even comprehend. I don't think that I would have the courage

[1:12:49] to do that. So it's really important that we always remember and honor the people who die

[1:12:56] that day and who gave their life that day, the first responders, the police, the firefighters

[1:13:00] who ran into the danger and ran into the chaos while everyone else was trying to flee for their

[1:13:05] lives. That kind of bravery is just something that is absolutely incredible to me. So we're

[1:13:15] going to make sure that we always honor them and remember them. On a lighter note, I am

[1:13:20] held this week, be heading down, as many of the other trustees are, and I'm looking forward

[1:13:26] to learning some things. There's always so much to know when you get an immunospoil government,

[1:13:32] always so much to learn. So I'm looking forward to it and when we come back we will have a report to

[1:13:38] the community about what we learned and we'll try to bring back some facts and some nuggets and perhaps

[1:13:44] new skill sets. Boots, Bourbon and Barbecue this Saturday. I'm going to come right back from IML on Saturday

[1:13:52] and I'm going to head straight to Divinity 1012 and I'm going to volunteer for pretty much the entire thing.

[1:13:58] So if you are thinking about coming out, you definitely should.

[1:14:02] It should be a beautiful day, knock-on wood, no rain, but I'm looking forward to a wonderful

[1:14:07] day with some great music and some cold drinks, good conversation and good people.

[1:14:13] So come on out, if you're thinking about it all day at venue 10-12, starts at someone

[1:14:32] until 9 p.m. should be a great time. But either way, come on out. Also, that day is

[1:14:38] it's Fox River Day. As trustee Cooper mentioned, so it's our Fox River Day. It's the Saturday,

[1:14:46] September 19th, from 9 to 11 a.m., it's a litter cleanup. So come on out and help make our community

[1:14:54] beautiful.

[1:14:57] That is all for me this evening. So I need to

[1:15:00] A motion to adjourn.

[1:15:02] Some of the second.

[1:15:05] Local, please.

[1:15:08] Trustee McArthur in length?

[1:15:09] Yes.

[1:15:10] Trustee Hughes? Yes.

[1:15:11] Trustee Cooper?

[1:15:12] Yes.

[1:15:13] Trustee Novi? Yes.

[1:15:14] Trustee Torres?

[1:15:16] Yes.

[1:15:17] All right, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.

[1:15:19] Let's roll.

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