[0:00] Good evening everyone. Welcome to the
Village of Pills Park Council meeting
[0:04] for Monday, August 24, 2026.
Madame Clerk, would you please call the
[0:09] role?
>> Yes. Commissioner Patan
[0:11] » here.
>> Commissioner Vincent
[0:12] » here.
>> Commissioner Wade,
[0:14] » here.
>> Commissioner Pope,
[0:15] » yep.
>> Madame Mayor,
[0:17] » yes, I am here present.
>> We have a We do have a quorum.
[0:22] » Excellent. Let's stand for the pledge of
allegiance.
[0:26] I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:31] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:38] justice for all.
>> Excellent. Next item on the agenda is
[0:43] approval of the regular council meeting
minutes from August 10, 2026. If there
[0:47] are no changes or corrections, I seek a
motion to approve.
[0:52] » So moved.
>> Second. Hearing a motion second. Madame
[0:55] clerk, would you please call the role?
>> Yes. Commissioner Patan,
[0:59] » yes.
>> Commissioner Wade,
[1:00] » yes.
>> Commissioner Vincent,
[1:02] » yes.
>> Commissioner Pulk,
[1:04] » Mayor Malovich Walters,
>> yes. Uh, next on the agenda is
[1:08] recognition, proclamations, and
appointments. And we have one item to
[1:12] proclaim September 17th through the 23rd
Constitution Week in the Village Apples
[1:16] Park. It's a short proclamation, so I'm
going to read it. Whereas it is the
[1:20] privilege and duty of the American
people to commemorate September 17, 2026
[1:26] as the 238th
anniversary of the drafting of the
[1:30] Constitution of the United States of
America with appropriate ceremonies and
[1:34] articles. And whereas public law 915
guarantees the issuing of a proclamation
[1:41] each year by the President of the United
States of America designating September
[1:45] 17 through 23rd as Constitution Week.
>> [snorts]
[1:49] » And therefore, I, Nicole Milvich
Walters, by virtue of the authority
[1:53] vested in me as mayor of the village
Pale Park, do hereby proclaim the week
[1:56] of September 17 through 23rd as
Constitution Week and urge all citizens
[2:02] to study the Constitution and reflect on
the privilege of being an American
[2:06] citizen with all the rights and
responsibilities which that privilege
[2:10] involves.
All right,
[2:14] consent agenda. Since there are no
hearings, we'll move right on to that.
[2:18] All items on the consent agenda are
routine or been brought forward at the
[2:21] direction of the board of commissioners
and will be enacted with one motion. If
[2:25] discussion is desired, that item will be
removed from the consent agenda and
[2:28] considered separately. A to approve
payment of invoices on the warrant list
[2:31] dated August 24, 2026 in the amount of
$159,16828.
[2:39] I seek a motion to approve the consent
agenda.
[2:42] » So moved.
>> Second.
[2:43] » Hearing a motion is second. Clerk
Williams, would you please call the
[2:47] role? Yes. Commissioner Patan.
>> Yes.
[2:50] » Commissioner Wade.
>> Yes.
[2:51] » Commissioner Vincent.
>> Yes.
[2:53] » Commissioner Poke.
>> Yes.
[2:54] » Mayor Malovich Walters.
>> Yes. Uh there are no items of old
[2:59] business and no board commission
committee recommendations. So we'll move
[3:02] on from to information and updates
public works and streets and recreation
[3:06] report. Commissioner Patan.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh two items um this
[3:11] evening for council's consideration. Um,
the first item is um to adopt an
[3:18] ordinance. Um, let me get
[3:24] Where am I at here? I'm sorry. Here we
go.
[3:29] No, wait a minute.
Sorry, guys. I thought I had it.
[3:36] Um, is to approve a proposed sewer rates
for properties without water. I did have
[3:43] it. So, back at the June 8th, 2026
village council meeting, the council
[3:50] approved the new water and sewer rates
as proposed in the Baxter and Woodman
[3:55] water and sewer rates study. The new
rate rates were were put in ordinance
[4:02] form and adopted at the June 22nd, 2026
council meeting with staff concentrating
[4:10] on volutric rates. The recommendation to
adjust the rates for the 29 residents
[4:16] who have sewer but not water was not
included. These residents pay a set fee
[4:23] per month. The study recommended
adjusting the monthly set fee to reflect
[4:28] rising costs. The change adjustments the
rates yearly in conjunction with the
[4:33] volume biometric water and sewer rates.
The rate also includes the new
[4:38] infrastructure and maintenance fee.
So staff recommends that the village
[4:43] council amend section 1040-27
[4:48] of the village code to reflect the new
5-year adjustment to monthly sewer
[4:54] charge for each property that has sewer
but no water.
[5:00] Um, and if there's any no questions or
uh discussion, I move to approve
[5:05] ordinance 2026-10,
an ordinance amending part 10, title 4,
[5:13] chapter 1040, section 1040.27
of the Palace Park Village Code in
[5:19] regard to water and sewer rates.
>> I'll second that.
[5:25] » Does anybody have any questions? If not,
hearing a motion and second. Madame
[5:29] Clerk, would you please call the role?
>> Commissioner Patan,
[5:32] » yes.
>> Commissioner Wade,
[5:33] » yes.
>> Commissioner Vincent,
[5:35] » yes.
>> Commissioner Poke,
[5:37] » y
>> Mayor Malovich Walters,
[5:39] » yes.
>> Thank you. The second item on this
[5:42] evening's agenda is a change order for
the Vizu Sewer contract. Um, back on
[5:49] June 8th of 2026, village council
awarded Vizu Sewart the contract in the
[5:56] amount of $38,35
to make sanitary sewer repairs in the
[6:03] common subdivision. The proposed repairs
were based on televising the village did
[6:10] in 2020 2016. As part of their contract,
Vizuer cleaned and then televised each
[6:18] section of pipe where the work was
proposed.
[6:21] In the section covered by item two in
their contract, they found additional
[6:27] cracks and holes in the pipe. Based on
the current condition of the pipe, cured
[6:34] in place short liners will not correct
all of the problems. As an alternative,
[6:40] they are proposing to line this entire
section of pipe
[6:44] with the change order. The current item
number two is $3,635.
[6:54] That will be eliminated and replaced by
the liner price of an increase now being
[7:00] $14,500.
This will result in a net increase of
[7:05] $10,865
in the contract. Public works has
[7:10] received the has reviewed the video and
concurs that the sewer should be lined.
[7:16] Public works put 80,000 in this year's
budget for these repairs.
[7:22] Um, so I am moving to approve the change
order from Vizuer, eliminating the
[7:28] current item two cost of $3,635,
[7:33] replacing it with a new cost of $14,500.
Again, increasing the contract now by
[7:40] $10,865.
[7:44] If there's any questions, there's
the attached invoice. Take a look at
[7:50] that.
[7:53] If there's no questions, looking for a
second.
[7:55] » I'll second that.
>> All right. Hearing a motion in a second.
[7:59] Madame clerk, would you please call the
role?
[8:01] » Yes. Commissioner Patan,
>> yes.
[8:04] » Commissioner Wade,
>> yes.
[8:05] » Commissioner Vincent,
>> yes.
[8:07] » Commissioner Poke,
>> yes.
[8:08] » Mayor Milovich Walters,
>> yes.
[8:11] » Thank you. Uh, moving on to
announcements and updates. Um, Chipper
[8:16] is out this week. Um it's starting on
the west side of the village. So um it's
[8:23] a cut side facing the street and no more
than four feet in length, please. So get
[8:28] your branches out there. Um concert in
the park. The final one was last
[8:32] Thursday. It was wonderful. I want to
thank everyone for coming out and
[8:36] listening to some really wonderful
music. Um it was a great evening. Return
[8:40] to soul played. They did a fabulous job.
Got everyone out dancing. The weather
[8:44] was fabulous. And we must have had over
200 people, right? I think the count was
[8:48] 2 or 250. So, it was it was a lovely
event.
[8:50] » Great turn out.
>> Yeah. And thank you for staff for, you
[8:53] know, getting that all set up. [snorts]
>> Um the fall recreation guide is live,
[8:59] you know, so check out our programming
for early childhood, you youth, adult,
[9:04] and seniors. Um our recreation fall
special events are including Autumn in
[9:10] the Park, which is September 18th and
19th. We have the spooky shuffle um on
[9:16] Saturday, October 17th, and a Halloween
party and trick-or-treating is Friday,
[9:21] October 23rd. So, start getting those
dates on your calendar and and join us
[9:26] for all those events. Also, 55 and
Better Club is back from recess this
[9:32] summer. So, join us on Monday, September
14th from 2, I'm sorry, 12:00 p.m. to
[9:39] 2:15 p.m. Um, doors open at 11:00. There
will be a presentation by Kurlin Walsh
[9:46] Law um on the six essential documents
everyone should have in place and lunch
[9:52] is catered by Papa Joe's. So, sign up
for that, please, and come join us. And
[9:58] that concludes my announcements. Well,
thank you, Commissioner Patan. All
[10:03] right. Well, we'll move on to building
and public property report. Commissioner
[10:07] Vincent,
>> thank you. Um, just an update on permits
[10:10] and uh building permit inspections um
for this uh period. The building
[10:14] department processed 11 permits from
August 5th through August 19th of this
[10:18] year, resulting in $4,263.75
for a total of $56,184.95
[10:26] in permit fees for the fiscal year
ending 2027.
[10:30] um building permit inspections. 21
inspections were completed during this
[10:33] time. Um there's a on the back of this
is a more detailed uh report on those
[10:38] exact inspections. And just as a
friendly reminder on a couple of things,
[10:42] the uh weather's going to be getting
cold here and we're just reminding folks
[10:45] to change their uh furnace filters,
maybe schedule a chimney sweep, um
[10:50] replace batteries and smoke detectors. I
think all of us have had our uh backup
[10:54] generators tested in recent weeks, so
there probably no reason to do that
[10:58] except maybe make an oil change um and
uh inspecting clean gutters. So that's
[11:02] it. Thanks, Mayor.
>> Thank you. All right, moving on to
[11:06] public health and safety report.
Commissioner Pulk.
[11:08] » Thank you, Mayor Bill Walters. We'll
start with the police activity report
[11:12] from the 10th of August through the 23rd
of August 2026.
[11:17] 2,297
calls for service.
[11:20] keeps increasing. An additional 16
citizen assists, wrote 13 case reports,
[11:26] unfortunately, eight accident reports,
arrested neither any adults nor
[11:31] juveniles, [clears throat] excuse me.
Made 174 traffic stops, and
[11:37] [clears throat] issued 31 moving
violations, an additional 46
[11:41] adjudication tickets, and 143 speeding
tickets. So, uh, that's what your Tales
[11:49] Park Police Department's been up to for
the last couple [clears throat] of weeks
[11:52] and then a couple of quick uh,
announcements reminders.
[11:56] Uh, let's start with this one.
So, show and tell. Uh, the POS Park
[12:04] Police Department is commemorating the
250th anniversary of the United States
[12:08] of America with a special commemorative
badge. We tried to get a NASCAR or an
[12:12] Indie race, but it didn't work out. Um
uh the badge was designed by members of
[12:17] the Palis Park Police Department to
honor our nation's founding and to
[12:21] recognize the enduring principles of
liberty, service, and public trust. Uh
[12:25] the Palis Park Police Department
personnel purchase these commemorative
[12:29] badges with their own funds and might be
wearing it in place of a department
[12:33] issued badge. So if you see somebody
with one of these, stop and take a look
[12:37] at it. They're really pretty cool.
All right. Um uh back to school. So uh
[12:45] you may have noticed that uh school is
back in session. So um we want to remind
[12:50] people that uh you should be aware of
the fact that there are children going
[12:55] to school. So be careful about slowing
down in school zones. Watch out for
[13:00] crossing guards um and stop for school
buses. It is the law.
[13:06] Let's see what else I got. Somewhat
useful.
[13:12] Um,
we got a Labor Day holiday coming up.
[13:16] So, again, road safety is paramount for
the Pales Park Police Department. Uh,
[13:21] every driver has the power to make a
responsible choice behind the wheel. Uh,
[13:25] so if you're attending a holiday event,
designate a driver if you're planning to
[13:30] drink. Um, stay alert and if you're
going out and hitting the road, make
[13:35] sure that you uh have your car in
reasonable condition. check your spare.
[13:40] Uh, it's interesting. I checked my spare
the other day and I think the last time
[13:43] I checked it was when I bought the car.
Um, so it doesn't work too well if it's
[13:48] not full. Um, so uh, pay attention to,
uh, people traveling. And then, uh, it's
[13:56] starting to get dark earlier, so you
might want to start doing your property
[14:00] checks a little bit earlier because I
know everybody does the 900 p. p.m.
[14:04] property check is that's what we've
asked you to do. Uh, one of the things
[14:08] that, uh, we'd like to remind you of is
you should probably think about removing
[14:13] your valuables from your car rather than
hiding them. And the one that we find is
[14:18] the most typical offender is your garage
door opener. So, if your car is broken
[14:24] into and your garage door opener is in
your car or built into your car, make
[14:29] sure you lock your back doors because
once they get into your garage, many
[14:34] people don't lock the door that's
between the garage and the rest of your
[14:38] house. And then you're susceptible to
whatever it is that they find. So,
[14:42] again, um uh if you're out at night,
make sure that uh you are visible. So,
[14:48] either with reflective uh clothing or
lights that you're carrying because you
[14:55] may have noticed it's getting darker in
the park and it is really dark out there
[15:00] in some places. And then a first
reminder, our uh autumn in the park
[15:06] festival will be uh starting the third
weekend in September and the parade will
[15:12] be September 19th. So, as typically
happens, McCarthy Road will be closed
[15:17] between 9600 West and 80th Avenue to the
east. Uh, the parade has moved a little
[15:25] bit later. It started that last year.
We're going to keep it that way this
[15:28] year. So, the streets will be closed
from 11:30 in the morning until 300 p.m.
[15:34] The parade itself starts at 1. Uh, and
then it'll end up on the village green.
[15:40] So, uh, if you got issues or concerns or
you need some help, uh, give us a
[15:45] holler. Dulk dpkalispark.org.
[15:50] Uh, Chief Miller has the same suffix to
his email, but it's J Miller
[15:55] palispark.org. We'd be happy to help you
out.
[15:59] Uh, then I got a couple one more that's
important. So, we've had another scam
[16:06] problem in the in the uh, village. We're
currently working with a senior who
[16:11] purportedly thought uh was receiving a
call from the Palis Park PD police chief
[16:20] Miller. So, it's easy for scammers to
spoof things. So, they can spoof the
[16:26] telephone number. They can put whatever
it is that they want to in the telephone
[16:30] number. And the senior citizen was
involved in what was thought to be
[16:35] suspected money laundering. and was told
over the phone that she had to pay up a
[16:42] fine or she was going to be arrested.
>> So, a
[16:46] you done something against the law, we
ain't going to call you. We there'll be
[16:50] us one of us at the door. Knock knock
knock. We need to talk. Uh, second, we
[16:56] don't ask people to send us money over
the phone. We don't ask people to send
[17:00] us money, period. So, if it sounds a
little funky, hang up the phone, give us
[17:06] a call. Chief Miller's, you can text the
Chief Miller 24 hours a day, seven days
[17:12] a week. Um, so if you're getting an
unexpected call, a text or an email
[17:17] about unpaid citations or warrants, I
would check that first because that's
[17:22] not the way we do business in Palis
Park. You want to add something, Chief
[17:26] Miller?
>> Just a simple rule of thumb. The state
[17:29] of Illinois two years ago eliminated
cash bail. So, no one arrested host any
[17:35] type of cash bail in the state of
Illinois unless it's something more
[17:40] serious that would go to the criminal
courts. But there is no cash bail in
[17:43] Illinois. That's gone forever.
>> There you have it.
[17:48] » So, unless you like just giving your
money away, I wouldn't respond to those
[17:52] sorts of things. So, anytime um we have
people in the Pales Park Police
[17:57] Department who are experts at scam
detection and those sorts of things,
[18:03] you're paying us. Reach out to us. Use
us. That's we like working. It's a good
[18:07] thing. Um Chief, you have anything else
you want to add?
[18:11] » Thank you for your service, sir. That
concludes my report team.
[18:14] » All right. Thank you, Commissioner Pulk.
Um, I just wanted to, uh, we were
[18:19] talking before the meeting, you know,
our police department did an amazing
[18:22] job. You heard the numbers these last
two weeks of the tickets they've been
[18:25] writing. Wanted to remind everyone, you
know, a couple months ago, I met with
[18:29] Sheriff Dart. And after that meeting,
you know, they made a concerted effort
[18:34] to make sure that the county sheriff as
well as the Forest Preserve Police were
[18:38] also present on the Graange Road making
stops. And looking at the types of
[18:45] tickets they're writing, they are
writing tons of speeding tickets and
[18:48] aggravated speeding, but they're also
writing um no headlight tickets. Lots of
[18:54] those. People drive around without their
headlights on at night, which is so
[18:56] bizarre because it's dark out here. So,
you'd think you would notice if your
[19:00] headlights weren't on. And the other one
was um a lot of equipment violation. So,
[19:07] that would be the loud mufflers and
things like that. So, um they they
[19:12] worked all of July writing lots of
tickets, but then we had a special uh
[19:17] arrive alive on 5 on 45. [laughter]
Um that went from 87th all the way uh
[19:25] down past 131st and uh all the
communities participated. So, lots of
[19:31] tickets were written then. And then
there was another special initiative on
[19:35] July 22nd where they were concentrating
um on writing tickets for people making
[19:42] violations. So just to be aware that you
know we all are working together the
[19:47] county the forest preserves and the
village of pales park police department
[19:51] doing an amazing job really trying to
get people to to deter them from
[19:57] speeding to deter the violations to
begin with and just to get people to
[20:02] follow the rules. So thank you if you
are one of those people that follows the
[20:07] rules out there. I appreciate it.
Um all right, moving on. Accounts and
[20:12] finances. Commissioner Wade,
>> believe it or not, I do not have a
[20:16] report this evening, so no news is good
news, right, Allison?
[20:20] » Excellent. Excellent. Um, well, I have
nothing on the mayor's report. Clerk
[20:25] Williams, do you have a report for us
this evening?
[20:27] » I have an announcement.
>> Thank you.
[20:32] » The Palis Park Library, excuse me, is
hosting a fundraiser. It's called
[20:38] Honoring Our History and Funding Our
Future. It'll be Saturday, October 3rd
[20:44] at the library from 4:30 until 7 in the
evening with light appetizers,
[20:51] entertainment,
beer, and wine. Um, a historical
[20:56] presentation,
Split the Pot, and raffle prizes. The
[21:01] tickets will be $30, and uh you'll be
hearing more about it. So, I hope you
[21:08] hope you'll circle the October 3rd date
and join us. Thank you.
[21:13] » Excellent. Thank you, Clerk Williams.
Manager Smith, do you have anything for
[21:18] us today?
>> I have nothing.
[21:21] » Okay. All right. Well, then I will move
on to announcements. The library board
[21:26] will hold a special meeting on
Wednesday, August 26 at 5:00 p.m. at the
[21:29] library. The regularly scheduled zoning
board of appeals meeting for Wednesday,
[21:34] September 9th is cancelled as there are
no agenda items. And just a reminder,
[21:39] the village offices will be closed for
the Labor Day holiday on Monday,
[21:42] September 7th, and will reopen on
Tuesday, September 8th. And then I just
[21:48] want to also share or invite you to
attend the um women in government panel.
[21:57] This is our second annual and this one
is called Women Making a Difference.
[22:02] It's a panel discussion on Monday,
October 12th at Marine Valley. This
[22:06] year's theme is the power of service in
your community. Our keynote speaker is
[22:11] Mariana Sporopoulos who is the clerk of
the Cook County Circuit Court. And our
[22:16] panelists are Cook County Circuit Court
Judge Bernardet Barrett, Illinois State
[22:21] Representative Nicole Laha, and founder
of Sher Your Souls, Mona Perie. Our
[22:27] moderator this year will be Rose Schmidt
from uh NBC5 News. She will be our
[22:33] moderator. There is a complimentary
lunch served at 11:30 followed by the
[22:37] panel discussion starting at noon. And
this year we're going to have a mini
[22:41] symposium immediately following the
discussion.
[22:45] This is where local community service
organizations will have tables where
[22:49] attendees can learn about volunteer
opportunities that interest them. People
[22:53] will leave the discussion feeling
inspired and then hopefully they will
[22:56] have an sign up because they'll have an
instant opportunity right in front of
[23:00] them to join an organization. The event
is free, but registration is required so
[23:04] we know how many lunches to have
prepared. You can register online on the
[23:08] village website or call 7086713705.
[23:13] If you have a community service
organization in the local area that you
[23:17] think should be represented there and
have a table to get more members or more
[23:22] people interested involved, please reach
out and we'll get you involved. Uh but
[23:26] look for this and please sign up. And I
believe uh now that is all I have. So
[23:33] citizens and visitors comment period.
Would anybody like to address the
[23:37] council at this time?
[23:41] I see no takers. Are we recessing to
executive session today? Okay. I did not
[23:46] think so. Okay. Well then in that case
[laughter]
[23:52] I was like I didn't think that was
happening but it was on the agenda. Um,
[23:56] so I will entertain a motion to adjurnn
if anybody would like to make one.
[24:00] » I move to adjourn the meeting this
evening.
[24:02] » I'll second that.
>> Hearing a motion and a second. Madame
[24:05] clerk, would you please call the role?
>> Yes. Commissioner Patan?
[24:08] » Yes.
>> Commissioner Wade?
[24:10] » Yes.
>> Commissioner Vincent?
[24:11] » Yes.
>> Commissioner Poke?
[24:12] » Yes.
>> Mayor Milovich Walters?
[24:14] » Yes. Thank you and have a good evening
everyone.
[24:17] » Be safe out there.