Good evening everyone. Welcome to the Village of Pills Park Council meeting
for Monday, August 24, 2026. Madame Clerk, would you please call the
role? >> Yes. Commissioner Patan
» here. >> Commissioner Vincent
» here. >> Commissioner Wade,
» here. >> Commissioner Pope,
» yep. >> Madame Mayor,
» yes, I am here present. >> We have a We do have a quorum.
» Excellent. Let's stand for the pledge of allegiance.
I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. >> Excellent. Next item on the agenda is
approval of the regular council meeting minutes from August 10, 2026. If there
are no changes or corrections, I seek a motion to approve.
» So moved. >> Second. Hearing a motion second. Madame
clerk, would you please call the role? >> Yes. Commissioner Patan,
» yes. >> Commissioner Wade,
» yes. >> Commissioner Vincent,
» yes. >> Commissioner Pulk,
» Mayor Malovich Walters, >> yes. Uh, next on the agenda is
recognition, proclamations, and appointments. And we have one item to
proclaim September 17th through the 23rd Constitution Week in the Village Apples
Park. It's a short proclamation, so I'm going to read it. Whereas it is the
privilege and duty of the American people to commemorate September 17, 2026
as the 238th anniversary of the drafting of the
Constitution of the United States of America with appropriate ceremonies and
articles. And whereas public law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation
each year by the President of the United States of America designating September
17 through 23rd as Constitution Week. >> [snorts]
» And therefore, I, Nicole Milvich Walters, by virtue of the authority
vested in me as mayor of the village Pale Park, do hereby proclaim the week
of September 17 through 23rd as Constitution Week and urge all citizens
to study the Constitution and reflect on the privilege of being an American
citizen with all the rights and responsibilities which that privilege
involves. All right,
consent agenda. Since there are no hearings, we'll move right on to that.
All items on the consent agenda are routine or been brought forward at the
direction of the board of commissioners and will be enacted with one motion. If
discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and
considered separately. A to approve payment of invoices on the warrant list
dated August 24, 2026 in the amount of $159,16828.
I seek a motion to approve the consent agenda.
» So moved. >> Second.
» Hearing a motion is second. Clerk Williams, would you please call the
role? Yes. Commissioner Patan. >> Yes.
» Commissioner Wade. >> Yes.
» Commissioner Vincent. >> Yes.
» Commissioner Poke. >> Yes.
» Mayor Malovich Walters. >> Yes. Uh there are no items of old
business and no board commission committee recommendations. So we'll move
on from to information and updates public works and streets and recreation
report. Commissioner Patan. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh two items um this
evening for council's consideration. Um, the first item is um to adopt an
ordinance. Um, let me get
Where am I at here? I'm sorry. Here we go.
No, wait a minute. Sorry, guys. I thought I had it.
Um, is to approve a proposed sewer rates for properties without water. I did have
it. So, back at the June 8th, 2026 village council meeting, the council
approved the new water and sewer rates as proposed in the Baxter and Woodman
water and sewer rates study. The new rate rates were were put in ordinance
form and adopted at the June 22nd, 2026 council meeting with staff concentrating
on volutric rates. The recommendation to adjust the rates for the 29 residents
who have sewer but not water was not included. These residents pay a set fee
per month. The study recommended adjusting the monthly set fee to reflect
rising costs. The change adjustments the rates yearly in conjunction with the
volume biometric water and sewer rates. The rate also includes the new
infrastructure and maintenance fee. So staff recommends that the village
council amend section 1040-27
of the village code to reflect the new 5-year adjustment to monthly sewer
charge for each property that has sewer but no water.
Um, and if there's any no questions or uh discussion, I move to approve
ordinance 2026-10, an ordinance amending part 10, title 4,
chapter 1040, section 1040.27 of the Palace Park Village Code in
regard to water and sewer rates. >> I'll second that.
» Does anybody have any questions? If not, hearing a motion and second. Madame
Clerk, would you please call the role? >> Commissioner Patan,
» yes. >> Commissioner Wade,
» yes. >> Commissioner Vincent,
» yes. >> Commissioner Poke,
» y >> Mayor Malovich Walters,
» yes. >> Thank you. The second item on this
evening's agenda is a change order for the Vizu Sewer contract. Um, back on
June 8th of 2026, village council awarded Vizu Sewart the contract in the
amount of $38,35 to make sanitary sewer repairs in the
common subdivision. The proposed repairs were based on televising the village did
in 2020 2016. As part of their contract, Vizuer cleaned and then televised each
section of pipe where the work was proposed.
In the section covered by item two in their contract, they found additional
cracks and holes in the pipe. Based on the current condition of the pipe, cured
in place short liners will not correct all of the problems. As an alternative,
they are proposing to line this entire section of pipe
with the change order. The current item number two is $3,635.
That will be eliminated and replaced by the liner price of an increase now being
$14,500. This will result in a net increase of
$10,865 in the contract. Public works has
received the has reviewed the video and concurs that the sewer should be lined.
Public works put 80,000 in this year's budget for these repairs.
Um, so I am moving to approve the change order from Vizuer, eliminating the
current item two cost of $3,635,
replacing it with a new cost of $14,500. Again, increasing the contract now by
$10,865.
If there's any questions, there's the attached invoice. Take a look at
that.
If there's no questions, looking for a second.
» I'll second that. >> All right. Hearing a motion in a second.
Madame clerk, would you please call the role?
» Yes. Commissioner Patan, >> yes.
» Commissioner Wade, >> yes.
» Commissioner Vincent, >> yes.
» Commissioner Poke, >> yes.
» Mayor Milovich Walters, >> yes.
» Thank you. Uh, moving on to announcements and updates. Um, Chipper
is out this week. Um it's starting on the west side of the village. So um it's
a cut side facing the street and no more than four feet in length, please. So get
your branches out there. Um concert in the park. The final one was last
Thursday. It was wonderful. I want to thank everyone for coming out and
listening to some really wonderful music. Um it was a great evening. Return
to soul played. They did a fabulous job. Got everyone out dancing. The weather
was fabulous. And we must have had over 200 people, right? I think the count was
2 or 250. So, it was it was a lovely event.
» Great turn out. >> Yeah. And thank you for staff for, you
know, getting that all set up. [snorts] >> Um the fall recreation guide is live,
you know, so check out our programming for early childhood, you youth, adult,
and seniors. Um our recreation fall special events are including Autumn in
the Park, which is September 18th and 19th. We have the spooky shuffle um on
Saturday, October 17th, and a Halloween party and trick-or-treating is Friday,
October 23rd. So, start getting those dates on your calendar and and join us
for all those events. Also, 55 and Better Club is back from recess this
summer. So, join us on Monday, September 14th from 2, I'm sorry, 12:00 p.m. to
2:15 p.m. Um, doors open at 11:00. There will be a presentation by Kurlin Walsh
Law um on the six essential documents everyone should have in place and lunch
is catered by Papa Joe's. So, sign up for that, please, and come join us. And
that concludes my announcements. Well, thank you, Commissioner Patan. All
right. Well, we'll move on to building and public property report. Commissioner
Vincent, >> thank you. Um, just an update on permits
and uh building permit inspections um for this uh period. The building
department processed 11 permits from August 5th through August 19th of this
year, resulting in $4,263.75 for a total of $56,184.95
in permit fees for the fiscal year ending 2027.
um building permit inspections. 21 inspections were completed during this
time. Um there's a on the back of this is a more detailed uh report on those
exact inspections. And just as a friendly reminder on a couple of things,
the uh weather's going to be getting cold here and we're just reminding folks
to change their uh furnace filters, maybe schedule a chimney sweep, um
replace batteries and smoke detectors. I think all of us have had our uh backup
generators tested in recent weeks, so there probably no reason to do that
except maybe make an oil change um and uh inspecting clean gutters. So that's
it. Thanks, Mayor. >> Thank you. All right, moving on to
public health and safety report. Commissioner Pulk.
» Thank you, Mayor Bill Walters. We'll start with the police activity report
from the 10th of August through the 23rd of August 2026.
2,297 calls for service.
keeps increasing. An additional 16 citizen assists, wrote 13 case reports,
unfortunately, eight accident reports, arrested neither any adults nor
juveniles, [clears throat] excuse me. Made 174 traffic stops, and
[clears throat] issued 31 moving violations, an additional 46
adjudication tickets, and 143 speeding tickets. So, uh, that's what your Tales
Park Police Department's been up to for the last couple [clears throat] of weeks
and then a couple of quick uh, announcements reminders.
Uh, let's start with this one. So, show and tell. Uh, the POS Park
Police Department is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States
of America with a special commemorative badge. We tried to get a NASCAR or an
Indie race, but it didn't work out. Um uh the badge was designed by members of
the Palis Park Police Department to honor our nation's founding and to
recognize the enduring principles of liberty, service, and public trust. Uh
the Palis Park Police Department personnel purchase these commemorative
badges with their own funds and might be wearing it in place of a department
issued badge. So if you see somebody with one of these, stop and take a look
at it. They're really pretty cool. All right. Um uh back to school. So uh
you may have noticed that uh school is back in session. So um we want to remind
people that uh you should be aware of the fact that there are children going
to school. So be careful about slowing down in school zones. Watch out for
crossing guards um and stop for school buses. It is the law.
Let's see what else I got. Somewhat useful.
Um, we got a Labor Day holiday coming up.
So, again, road safety is paramount for the Pales Park Police Department. Uh,
every driver has the power to make a responsible choice behind the wheel. Uh,
so if you're attending a holiday event, designate a driver if you're planning to
drink. Um, stay alert and if you're going out and hitting the road, make
sure that you uh have your car in reasonable condition. check your spare.
Uh, it's interesting. I checked my spare the other day and I think the last time
I checked it was when I bought the car. Um, so it doesn't work too well if it's
not full. Um, so uh, pay attention to, uh, people traveling. And then, uh, it's
starting to get dark earlier, so you might want to start doing your property
checks a little bit earlier because I know everybody does the 900 p. p.m.
property check is that's what we've asked you to do. Uh, one of the things
that, uh, we'd like to remind you of is you should probably think about removing
your valuables from your car rather than hiding them. And the one that we find is
the most typical offender is your garage door opener. So, if your car is broken
into and your garage door opener is in your car or built into your car, make
sure you lock your back doors because once they get into your garage, many
people don't lock the door that's between the garage and the rest of your
house. And then you're susceptible to whatever it is that they find. So,
again, um uh if you're out at night, make sure that uh you are visible. So,
either with reflective uh clothing or lights that you're carrying because you
may have noticed it's getting darker in the park and it is really dark out there
in some places. And then a first reminder, our uh autumn in the park
festival will be uh starting the third weekend in September and the parade will
be September 19th. So, as typically happens, McCarthy Road will be closed
between 9600 West and 80th Avenue to the east. Uh, the parade has moved a little
bit later. It started that last year. We're going to keep it that way this
year. So, the streets will be closed from 11:30 in the morning until 300 p.m.
The parade itself starts at 1. Uh, and then it'll end up on the village green.
So, uh, if you got issues or concerns or you need some help, uh, give us a
holler. Dulk dpkalispark.org.
Uh, Chief Miller has the same suffix to his email, but it's J Miller
palispark.org. We'd be happy to help you out.
Uh, then I got a couple one more that's important. So, we've had another scam
problem in the in the uh, village. We're currently working with a senior who
purportedly thought uh was receiving a call from the Palis Park PD police chief
Miller. So, it's easy for scammers to spoof things. So, they can spoof the
telephone number. They can put whatever it is that they want to in the telephone
number. And the senior citizen was involved in what was thought to be
suspected money laundering. and was told over the phone that she had to pay up a
fine or she was going to be arrested. >> So, a
you done something against the law, we ain't going to call you. We there'll be
us one of us at the door. Knock knock knock. We need to talk. Uh, second, we
don't ask people to send us money over the phone. We don't ask people to send
us money, period. So, if it sounds a little funky, hang up the phone, give us
a call. Chief Miller's, you can text the Chief Miller 24 hours a day, seven days
a week. Um, so if you're getting an unexpected call, a text or an email
about unpaid citations or warrants, I would check that first because that's
not the way we do business in Palis Park. You want to add something, Chief
Miller? >> Just a simple rule of thumb. The state
of Illinois two years ago eliminated cash bail. So, no one arrested host any
type of cash bail in the state of Illinois unless it's something more
serious that would go to the criminal courts. But there is no cash bail in
Illinois. That's gone forever. >> There you have it.
» So, unless you like just giving your money away, I wouldn't respond to those
sorts of things. So, anytime um we have people in the Pales Park Police
Department who are experts at scam detection and those sorts of things,
you're paying us. Reach out to us. Use us. That's we like working. It's a good
thing. Um Chief, you have anything else you want to add?
» Thank you for your service, sir. That concludes my report team.
» All right. Thank you, Commissioner Pulk. Um, I just wanted to, uh, we were
talking before the meeting, you know, our police department did an amazing
job. You heard the numbers these last two weeks of the tickets they've been
writing. Wanted to remind everyone, you know, a couple months ago, I met with
Sheriff Dart. And after that meeting, you know, they made a concerted effort
to make sure that the county sheriff as well as the Forest Preserve Police were
also present on the Graange Road making stops. And looking at the types of
tickets they're writing, they are writing tons of speeding tickets and
aggravated speeding, but they're also writing um no headlight tickets. Lots of
those. People drive around without their headlights on at night, which is so
bizarre because it's dark out here. So, you'd think you would notice if your
headlights weren't on. And the other one was um a lot of equipment violation. So,
that would be the loud mufflers and things like that. So, um they they
worked all of July writing lots of tickets, but then we had a special uh
arrive alive on 5 on 45. [laughter] Um that went from 87th all the way uh
down past 131st and uh all the communities participated. So, lots of
tickets were written then. And then there was another special initiative on
July 22nd where they were concentrating um on writing tickets for people making
violations. So just to be aware that you know we all are working together the
county the forest preserves and the village of pales park police department
doing an amazing job really trying to get people to to deter them from
speeding to deter the violations to begin with and just to get people to
follow the rules. So thank you if you are one of those people that follows the
rules out there. I appreciate it. Um all right, moving on. Accounts and
finances. Commissioner Wade, >> believe it or not, I do not have a
report this evening, so no news is good news, right, Allison?
» Excellent. Excellent. Um, well, I have nothing on the mayor's report. Clerk
Williams, do you have a report for us this evening?
» I have an announcement. >> Thank you.
» The Palis Park Library, excuse me, is hosting a fundraiser. It's called
Honoring Our History and Funding Our Future. It'll be Saturday, October 3rd
at the library from 4:30 until 7 in the evening with light appetizers,
entertainment, beer, and wine. Um, a historical
presentation, Split the Pot, and raffle prizes. The
tickets will be $30, and uh you'll be hearing more about it. So, I hope you
hope you'll circle the October 3rd date and join us. Thank you.
» Excellent. Thank you, Clerk Williams. Manager Smith, do you have anything for
us today? >> I have nothing.
» Okay. All right. Well, then I will move on to announcements. The library board
will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, August 26 at 5:00 p.m. at the
library. The regularly scheduled zoning board of appeals meeting for Wednesday,
September 9th is cancelled as there are no agenda items. And just a reminder,
the village offices will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday,
September 7th, and will reopen on Tuesday, September 8th. And then I just
want to also share or invite you to attend the um women in government panel.
This is our second annual and this one is called Women Making a Difference.
It's a panel discussion on Monday, October 12th at Marine Valley. This
year's theme is the power of service in your community. Our keynote speaker is
Mariana Sporopoulos who is the clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court. And our
panelists are Cook County Circuit Court Judge Bernardet Barrett, Illinois State
Representative Nicole Laha, and founder of Sher Your Souls, Mona Perie. Our
moderator this year will be Rose Schmidt from uh NBC5 News. She will be our
moderator. There is a complimentary lunch served at 11:30 followed by the
panel discussion starting at noon. And this year we're going to have a mini
symposium immediately following the discussion.
This is where local community service organizations will have tables where
attendees can learn about volunteer opportunities that interest them. People
will leave the discussion feeling inspired and then hopefully they will
have an sign up because they'll have an instant opportunity right in front of
them to join an organization. The event is free, but registration is required so
we know how many lunches to have prepared. You can register online on the
village website or call 7086713705.
If you have a community service organization in the local area that you
think should be represented there and have a table to get more members or more
people interested involved, please reach out and we'll get you involved. Uh but
look for this and please sign up. And I believe uh now that is all I have. So
citizens and visitors comment period. Would anybody like to address the
council at this time?
I see no takers. Are we recessing to executive session today? Okay. I did not
think so. Okay. Well then in that case [laughter]
I was like I didn't think that was happening but it was on the agenda. Um,
so I will entertain a motion to adjurnn if anybody would like to make one.
» I move to adjourn the meeting this evening.
» I'll second that. >> Hearing a motion and a second. Madame
clerk, would you please call the role? >> Yes. Commissioner Patan?
» Yes. >> Commissioner Wade?
» Yes. >> Commissioner Vincent?
» Yes. >> Commissioner Poke?
» Yes. >> Mayor Milovich Walters?
» Yes. Thank you and have a good evening everyone.
» Be safe out there.