[1:47] Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.
[2:15] » Alderman Roth
>> Trustee Haig
[2:17] » Here.
>> Trustee Hall
[2:19] » Here.
>> Trustee McCurdy
[2:21] » Here.
>> Trustee Peeny
[2:22] » Here.
>> Trustee Turnau
[2:24] » Here.
>> Trustee Weingels
[2:25] » Here.
>> President Kubiak
[2:28] » Here.
>> Thank you. We have a quorum.
[2:30] » Okay. We're going to go ahead and move
into public comments. Tonight we have
[2:34] two public comments. I'll call you up
and if you can state your name and
[2:37] address and then make your comments. So
our first comment is Jason Lewellen.
[2:41] Jason, if you can come up. I know I just
said your name, but can you state your
[2:44] name and address for us again?
>> You guys want to grab a pen? Jason
[2:48] Lewellen, 1400 Crest Drive. 224-558-7662
[2:54] We talked about doing something for
these e-bike kids. I think I read
[2:57] something about that park you guys are
doing over here.
[3:00] These e-bike kids will have nothing to
do with that. I have more experience in
[3:03] biking than everybody put together in
this room.
[3:07] That park has nothing to do with e-bike
kids.
[3:10] It will take $100,000 to build this
park.
[3:12] And like I said, I'll help raise this
money, all of it.
[3:16] But it takes time.
And the more we wait, the longer it
[3:19] takes.
Now, I'll start with these kids have
[3:22] their own community.
They have their own chat line.
[3:25] They've tried to get me to go on it with
them. These kids now stop at my house.
[3:29] We have talks about safety on the bikes,
not doing wheelies in front of people's
[3:32] houses, down the main streets, riding
through people's lawns.
[3:35] I've had these kids at my house, my wife
come home from work. As we're sitting
[3:39] out on the front lawn, I bring bikes out
of my house from BMX bikes to dirt bikes
[3:42] to my motorcycles.
These kids have interest.
[3:46] These kids deserve to have fun.
We all wanted to have fun when growing
[3:49] up as kids.
But we're waiting too long. Summer's
[3:52] almost over.
Sooner or later there'll be no time to
[3:55] get it. And then these kids will go find
some kind of crime cuz we have quite a
[4:00] bit going on in here between people
shooting BB guns through windows,
[4:04] breaking in cars. I mean last year I was
watching TV in my bedroom and someone
[4:08] was trying to open up my garage door. I
had it on camera.
[4:11] And my lights were on.
Kids will become criminals if we don't
[4:14] do something.
I've watched these kids tone it down
[4:17] especially around my part of the
neighborhood with their bikes.
[4:20] I think we need to do something. Keep
that tone down and do something for
[4:23] them.
I'm going to go do exactly what these
[4:26] kids are doing. Get on my bike. Have a
good day.
[4:29] » Thank you. All right. Next up we have
Kate Montleone. Kate, if you could come
[4:33] up and state your name and your address.
>> Sure. Sure.
[4:37] Good evening. I'm Kate Montleone.
Um my address is 4N385 Samuel Clemens
[4:43] and that is in St. Charles. I'm here
tonight to introduce myself as a
[4:48] candidate for the Kane County board
representing parts of this community,
[4:54] precinct seven and 10 specifically.
Um
[4:59] and as a as a prospective member of the
county board, I believe it is imperative
[5:05] to have a dialogue with the villages,
the townships, and and the cities that
[5:11] comprise the county.
So, I think that starting now, I want to
[5:18] be visible and accessible to yourselves
as well as members of the community um
[5:26] to to address and hear their concerns.
I've been a little bit surprised as I've
[5:32] canvassed around the area
how little people know about the work of
[5:39] the county
and the fact that they virtually no one
[5:43] knows who their elected representative
is.
[5:46] So, my goal is to change that starting
now. Thank you very much.
[5:53] Don't forget to vote.
>> Thank you.
[5:56] » Yeah.
Okay. We're going to move into the
[5:59] consent agenda. Tonight on the consent
agenda, we have the approval of the
[6:03] minutes from July 6th, 2026 Village
Board meeting.
[6:07] The approval of the warrant list for
July 20th, 2026 in the amount of
[6:12] $411,902.17,
[6:16] the approval of the warrant list for
August 3rd, 2026 in the amount of
[6:21] $814,049.29,
[6:26] and the consideration approval of pay
application number one for the skate
[6:30] park improvements project in the amount
of $391,429.35,
[6:37] and the uh consideration and approval of
pay application number 33 for wastewater
[6:42] treatment plant improvements project in
the amount of $308,922.55.
[6:49] Is there any discussion?
If not, can I get a motion?
[6:55] » I move to approve the consent agenda.
>> I'll second.
[7:01] » Call the roll.
>> Trustee Hall.
[7:04] » Yes.
>> Trustee Weingolds.
[7:06] » Yes.
>> Trustee McCurdy.
[7:07] » Yes.
>> Trustee Pini.
[7:09] » Yes.
>> Trustee Cerno.
[7:10] » Yes.
>> Trustee Hay.
[7:12] » Yes.
>> Thank you. Motion carries.
[7:19] Okay. Moving on. Under items for
separate action, we have item A, the
[7:23] consideration and approval of an
authorization of a purchase of a stop
[7:28] stick tire deflation device in the
amount of $5,789.
[7:34] Chris?
>> Good evening, everyone.
[7:39] Budgeted this year was a uh project that
I started investigating last year,
[7:45] last fall.
Multiple agencies have gone to these in
[7:50] the last two to three years. They're
called stop sticks.
[7:54] We have a high rate of vehicles that
actually travel through Pingree Grove.
[7:59] Some of them are pursued by other
agencies where we don't really
[8:04] push to pursue in our town.
Our officers still do feel that it is
[8:08] necessary for us to try to help stop
crime and try to help neighboring
[8:13] agencies and us as well.
A stop stick device, what it is is
[8:18] exactly what you think. It's these
strips that go out in the road and it
[8:22] will deflate your tires. These are
controlled. These are not going to blow
[8:26] out and spin out. Multiple agencies
around us have been using these to
[8:31] positive satisfaction.
They are very lightweight. They're
[8:36] easily to be deployed.
There is training that comes along with
[8:40] this as well, which is going to be
annual. And it is also recommended not
[8:45] only by the
Illinois Risk Management Association,
[8:49] but also the Illinois Chiefs of Police.
Um
[8:53] I reached out to uh
RMA and asked about this and they said
[8:59] that it was a very good idea to start
pushing this right now.
[9:03] They actually kind of want more agencies
to have these first us actually pursuing
[9:09] in a vehicle as we cause a crash.
The vehicles do slow down
[9:13] and they are easily able to get in the
person that's involved.
[9:19] The price that I have on here for $5,798
includes nine stop sticks, which would
[9:24] outfit the patrol vehicles that we have
and two training devices. They recommend
[9:30] two so we can actually do training on
those.
[9:34] The life expectancy, which I just looked
up a few minutes ago, is about 5 years
[9:38] if they're not used and then they would
have to be probably replaced.
[9:41] Or when they are used, all you have to
do is replace the little uh spikes that
[9:46] are in there at a very low cost.
I bring this to you
[9:51] uh
because of the fact that it is
[9:54] considered a use of force by the state
of Illinois because we're actually
[9:58] stopping a vehicle.
Um
[10:01] just to get consideration and see if you
had any questions before I go ahead and
[10:06] do this.
[10:08] » Chief, um just a couple questions. Um
one, why would you have to replace them
[10:13] after 5 years if there's no use?
>> Um it was a question that was brought to
[10:17] me about 10 minutes ago and I didn't
have the answer. I just looked it up
[10:20] real quick because of
uh the great internet.
[10:24] They're going to be in a car. They don't
get They don't get brought in like our
[10:27] AEDs and stuff like that. So, it gets
actually mounted inside the trunk area
[10:32] of the car. So, you're going to have
extreme heat and extreme cold and things
[10:35] like that. They get inspected with the
car inspections every month, but
[10:40] I think it's no different than my
bulletproof vest. Even though I don't
[10:44] use it and I know deep down inside that
it will stop after 5 years,
[10:49] manufacturer recommendation is to
replace after so long just to make sure
[10:53] that you have the utmost equipment.
[10:57] » Chris, we have nothing like this right
now. Not on your cars.
[11:01] » No. Um the sheriff's office is they got
this new thing where it's like a grapple
[11:05] that'll grab a car.
Um we tried investing in something not
[11:10] that long ago uh where it was a net that
would shoot out, but we couldn't get all
[11:14] the pieces for it. It was actually
through uh
[11:17] uh the military, but that was something
that never came to fruition. We've had a
[11:22] lot of high-speed vehicles flying down
here because we have 27247.
[11:27] Um most of them are chased by other
agencies.
[11:30] Our officers don't really get too
involved, especially if they go outside
[11:33] of our jurisdiction, but if we can maybe
slow the
[11:36] vehicle down so we can apprehend, that
would be a
[11:40] a good note in our book.
>> So, there have been opportunities that
[11:42] we could have used them that would have
worked.
[11:45] » Yes. Um they're a small device. The
brochures are on there. You throw them
[11:49] into the roadway and as the car comes
by, goes over it, you yank them back out
[11:54] with a chain. That way it doesn't get
the cars behind them that are coming. Um
[11:58] they've been There's videos online for
this. Um I actually talked to the owner
[12:03] of the company last uh
October and uh one of their neighboring
[12:09] agencies, the Village of Elburn, has
them and they've used them two or three
[12:12] times since they've had them and they
said it's really helped out quite a bit.
[12:15] So, I actually saw a demo of that and I
thought it was pretty interesting. So, I
[12:19] wanted to try to bring that to our
neighborhood.
[12:26] » Is there any other discussion?
If not, can I get a motion?
[12:33] » I move to approve the purchase of nine
Stop Stick tire deflation and pursuit
[12:37] prevention devices including related
deployment and training accessories
[12:42] for use by the police department in the
amount of $5,789.
[12:47] » I'll second.
[12:51] » Call the roll.
>> Trustee Haake.
[12:53] » Yes.
>> Trustee Hall.
[12:55] » Yes.
>> Trustee McCurdy.
[12:57] » Yes.
>> Trustee Pini.
[12:59] » Yes.
>> Trustee Turnau.
[13:00] » Yes.
>> Trustee Wingle.
[13:02] » Yes.
[13:04] » Trustee Turnau said yes, right? Okay,
thank you. Motion carries.
[13:09] Okay, moving on. Item B is the
consideration and approval of an
[13:12] authorization of a resolution accepting
a special warranty deed conveying the
[13:17] fire station park in East Park from DR
Horton. Andy?
[13:22] » Yes, thank you. All right, so the first
amendment to the seal into annexation
[13:27] agreement uh requires that DR Horton
convey to the village the fire station
[13:32] park
with improvements which again include a
[13:36] pavilion band shell structure
landscaping and a parking lot as well as
[13:43] bathroom facility.
The amendment the first amendment to the
[13:48] annexation agreement also requires DR
Horton to convey to the village the
[13:53] East Park property which is property
that's located
[13:57] up north in the Sealing 2 development
that it was determined at the time
[14:02] that achieving access from Big Timber
Road would be very difficult from the
[14:07] county and so that's kind of what kicked
off these negotiations to amend the
[14:11] agreement in the first place
but that land will still be conveyed to
[14:15] the village it's about 27 acres for our
future planning purposes and future use.
[14:22] As I think the board is aware the plan
is to utilize the fire station park for
[14:27] a variety of community events the first
one of which is this Saturday morning
[14:32] it's a farmers and makers market I'll
let Laura talk a little bit about that
[14:36] in her updates but um
but no this is the resolution to
[14:40] formally accept the deed for both of
those properties from DR Horton.
[14:46] » Is there any discussion?
>> Yeah is that park considered complete
[14:51] now?
>> Yes from from DR Horton's perspective
[14:55] yes.
>> The village is
[14:57] » washrooms
>> What did you say?
[14:58] » You finished the washrooms?
>> He did he did yep yep.
[15:01] » The lighting and the fencing is us?
>> The lighting and the fencing is us yes.
[15:04] » Horton is paying for the fencing let us
not forget that but yeah that'll be our
[15:09] project to do.
>> We have a date or time yet?
[15:12] » August 31st.
[15:20] All right if there's no other questions,
can I get a motion?
[15:24] » I move to authorize the resolution
accepting a special warranty deed
[15:28] conveying the fire station park and East
Park from D.R. Horton.
[15:33] » Second.
[15:37] » Call the roll.
>> Trustee Wengles.
[15:39] » Yes.
>> Trustee Cerna.
[15:40] » Yes.
>> Trustee Hall.
[15:41] » Yes.
>> Trustee Pini.
[15:43] » Yes.
>> Trustee Haye.
[15:44] » Yes.
>> Trustee McCurdy.
[15:45] » Yes.
>> Thank you. Motion carries.
[15:48] » Okay, we're going to move into reports.
Mine is first. I'm not going to say a
[15:51] whole lot cuz I don't want to steal
anyone else's thunder tonight. But, um
[15:55] good news, I did talk with Troutman and
Adams, which I know we've been going
[15:59] back and forth on for what feels like my
lifetime. But, um
[16:03] they have come to an agreement with
Albertsons and all points are agreed
[16:06] upon. So, that being said, um Andy,
Nick, and I will be meeting with
[16:12] Troutman and Adams to complete our
development agreement this Wednesday.
[16:16] And I spoke with Senator Steverson this
morning. We're hoping to have permits
[16:20] from IDOT this week.
Keep your fingers crossed on that. I
[16:24] can't control that. Um but, all things
being said, to uh Troutman and Adams
[16:30] will come before planning and zoning at
our next meeting on August 17th, and
[16:34] hopefully we will see a ground break
then this fall.
[16:37] All right, Andy, moving on to you.
>> Yes, thank you. All right, I do actually
[16:40] do have a couple things. Uh just
continuing from what President Kubiak
[16:44] stated about the uh uh Troutman and
Adams process. Um there's a couple
[16:49] different pieces moving around at once.
Uh the
[16:52] PUD development agreement, which is
really what I would say is our contract
[16:56] with them. That is still up in the air
as a we're still negotiating it. Um that
[17:02] is something that will ultimately go
before the village board for final
[17:05] review and consideration. Uh at the same
time, we're working through the various
[17:10] um zoning approvals that are separated
from that. Uh this includes a final plat
[17:14] of subdivision, uh as well as a zoning
ordinance authorizing the different uses
[17:21] and regulations as it pertains to the
zoning code for the subject property.
[17:27] That is scheduled already. Public
notices have been issued for August 17th
[17:32] before the Planning and Zoning
Commission. Uh the Planning and Zoning
[17:35] Commission will perform its review and
we anticipate they will recommend you
[17:41] know that they would recommend approval
to the board uh if they are ready to do
[17:45] so at that meeting. Uh if they're not,
it is in their prerogative to continue
[17:50] it, but um that is scheduled to occur
August 17th and so on the staff level
[17:54] we're working
with them on those matters. I'll let
[17:58] Nick talk about some of the other
development
[18:01] that is ongoing. Uh we are also
continuing to work with CPKC Railroad
[18:06] regarding our agreements for easements
for the pathways
[18:11] or the pathway that's planned to go
across the railroad. Um we have made
[18:15] some progress with them. They have been
working with us, but there's also some
[18:19] very strict requirements from the
federal government for the federal
[18:22] funding rules that will come into play
and so
[18:26] there is a lot of back and forth between
the railroad, the Illinois Commerce
[18:30] Commission, which is the entity at the
state level that regulates railroads,
[18:34] as well as IDOT and our engineering team
and so we continue to work on those
[18:39] efforts to try to keep moving that
forward. Um I will defer to Brock to
[18:44] talk a little bit about land acquisition
in
[18:48] regards to the roundabout project as
well. The only other thing I have right
[18:51] now for the board is just a wanted to
give you guys a heads up that tomorrow
[18:57] village will be issuing a press release.
This is related to a business business
[19:02] view article. This is something that I'd
shared with the board before in my
[19:06] weekly notes, but at the end of last
week business view, which is a uh
[19:12] industry commercial business magazine
that's really catered towards
[19:17] businesses and business development.
They run a series about the best managed
[19:23] cities in different states and the
Village of Pingree Grove was featured in
[19:26] one.
President Kubeck and I participated in
[19:30] an interview with that
that organization a couple months ago
[19:34] and so that's an exciting thing. We'll
be sharing that on our social media
[19:38] platforms, but that is all I have right
now.
[19:43] » Okay. Chief, do you have anything for
us?
[19:47] » Just that
tomorrow night will be hosting our
[19:50] National Night Out at the police
department.
[19:52] It's going to be from 5:00 to 8:00.
There will be some food. There is a dunk
[19:58] tank, which I will be going into as well
as a bunch of our other officers. All
[20:02] proceeds will go to Special Olympics.
We're going to have a good time. I hope
[20:06] to see everyone out there.
And if you have any questions, just ask.
[20:13] » Thank you. All right, Pat, do you have
anything for us tonight?
[20:18] » No, I'm just joking though.
[20:22] Um
Crews this week are finishing up tree
[20:26] trimming in the fourth neighborhood.
We're going to take a break for a while.
[20:30] They are just exhausted. Um
maybe return and try and do some more in
[20:35] the fall.
Um
[20:37] They should get through the neighborhood
they're in, which is the Shell Tree
[20:40] Island neighborhood this week and also
have time to get
[20:45] the 27 Parkway trees that are being
replaced throughout the village cut down
[20:51] as well.
So that we don't have to bring it back
[20:54] for one day to chip.
Um
[20:58] mosquitoes.
I met with Clark today.
[21:02] Um
there are West Nile cases positive in
[21:06] traps all over Kane County so far
to my knowledge not Pingree Grove.
[21:12] Uh we will spray if
the county alerts us that they get a
[21:16] positive case.
Um
[21:19] our trap that we are utilizing um
last Wednesday we had uh
[21:25] a pretty good amount of mosquitoes in
there. We sprayed on Thursday.
[21:30] Um
Friday's count was one.
[21:33] Monday's count was one. Most likely
Monday was the rain all weekend long.
[21:37] The mosquitoes weren't out. They were
hiding.
[21:39] Uh but
I asked him about these low counts like
[21:43] this and that's environmental. Uh and so
it's hard to
[21:47] determine what's out there
uh when we get a count like this um but
[21:52] um
anyhow
[21:55] um
we'll be watching for if we have a a
[21:58] West Nile hit and the county does report
to us if they do find a West Nile
[22:02] positive mosquito in the other trap
located
[22:06] somewhere [clears throat] in town. Um
that they check twice a week and then
[22:11] analyze the mosquitoes but I know
they're starting to pop up all over.
[22:16] Um
Lastly, the waste plant at 11:30 today
[22:20] we actually had flow going through from
the headworks out the headworks building
[22:25] uh and starting to make its way through
the plant.
[22:27] Uh at 2:30 they were still making some
adjustments to the filters
[22:31] um but flow is actually going through.
Half the flow is going through the new
[22:37] portion of the plant. We're still use
utilizing the old lift station for half
[22:41] the flow. Tomorrow we're going to reduce
it a little further
[22:44] and uh Wednesday hopefully shut it off
and start draining that side if we get
[22:50] a couple of days in a row of everything
working as designed.
[22:55] The amount of alarms at the plant
just so everybody knows is overwhelming.
[23:01] Um
We didn't run the irrigation this this
[23:05] weekend, but we still had alarms for
pumps faulting in the middle of night.
[23:09] We're trying to figure that out.
Uh everybody's pointing fingers. The
[23:13] bottom line is that at about 11:00 every
night we get a slew of alarms. I think
[23:17] it's a ComEd issue, but the voltage
monitor isn't working yet at the plant
[23:21] to
blame ComEd.
[23:24] Uh so we're working through that, um but
there's been a lot of OT and call-outs
[23:29] because of this.
Uh
[23:31] and guys really really tired. Um
[23:37] Tomorrow uh we get back teasers and
we'll be setting up for the National
[23:40] Night Out. Um so the back teasers are
the monthly IEPA required samples at 14
[23:47] locations throughout town to make sure
our water is clean and and
[23:54] and again we pull the samples on a
Tuesday so we can get the results by
[23:57] Thursday.
We don't normally go any later than that
[24:01] because we don't want to have to issue a
boil order if there was an issue on a
[24:05] weekend.
That means everybody's coming in on OT,
[24:08] so normally you everybody does these on
a Tuesday.
[24:13] Uh other than that, uh does anybody have
any questions for me?
[24:17] » I have a question for you. When does the
new wastewater treatment plant
[24:21] supervisor start?
>> I don't have an answer yet.
[24:25] Um
I need to check tomorrow. He took his uh
[24:29] drug test on Saturday. So tomorrow is
the day that we should have the results
[24:33] for that and I have to talk to someone
to access the portal to see what the
[24:38] results are. I don't have direct access
to it, which is fine with me. I just
[24:42] need to get that done.
Um
[24:45] Once he has that,
I spoke with him and he will give me a
[24:49] date. He didn't want to accept a
position and have something come back
[24:53] for some reason that we couldn't hire
him. Background check already came back
[24:57] and it's clean, so uh
I'm guessing about 2 weeks.
[25:01] » Okay. That'll give him how much time
with Phil?
[25:04] » 2 weeks.
>> Okay, that's good. All right. Thanks,
[25:07] Pat.
Okay. Uh
[25:09] » The West Nile cases have have they been
just been popping up recently or
[25:13] » They did They're not human cases. It's
mosquitoes infected with West Nile. Yes,
[25:18] it's been popping up in the last couple
of weeks
[25:20] » Okay.
>> throughout the county and throughout
[25:22] Illinois.
>> And without there really being a way to
[25:25] it being environmental and not being
able to actually see what's out there.
[25:27] » So, we have two traps. The environmental
trap, the one that we have problems with
[25:31] catching them, works differently than
the West Nile. It's a different species
[25:35] of mosquito.
The West Nile trap, they don't have a
[25:39] problem catching mosquitoes. They're not
using light. Uh
[25:43] but
uh they're
[25:45] the West Nile trap, the county picks the
mosquitoes up and then checks them. They
[25:49] do something and then they can tell if
it's carrying the West Nile virus. So,
[25:53] if they get a hit from that, they report
to us. They just haven't got a hit in
[25:57] Pingree Grove yet.
>> [clears throat]
[25:59] » I I guess what I'm getting at is this
something that
[26:02] we should be proactive and not reactive?
Like just put it on like a standard
[26:07] spray while this is spreading throughout
the county
[26:10] and limit the mosquitoes or is this
something we wait till the West Nile is
[26:13] there, we report a West Nile case in a
mosquito?
[26:17] » Yeah.
>> Everybody in the town freaks out and
[26:19] then
or I guess I'm asking everybody. I I
[26:23] don't know. Like is this something that
we should think about like every Friday
[26:26] night until it cools off, just spray or
whatever day, you know, and weather
[26:31] permitting, obviously, but
[26:36] » What are What is everyone's thought on
that?
[26:41] » I don't understand the question.
>> The question is so it takes a West Nile
[26:45] case to
generate an automatic spray. In one
[26:48] instance, mosquito, right? One instance
of that.
[26:51] So, and with our trap, it's hard to say
what we actually have out there. I guess
[26:55] what I'm asking
>> say there's two different traps. One's
[26:58] maintained by the county. They don't
have an issue collecting mosquitoes like
[27:01] the female biters that are the other
trap.
[27:04] Um but
yes, typically we wait till they
[27:08] find a positive case and then we spray.
>> Right.
[27:11] » If there's a positive case reported.
>> And I guess what I'm saying is with it
[27:14] being all around the area, it sounds
like it might be a matter of when not
[27:18] if. Is it something to keep the stuff
down while it's going around or do we
[27:22] just wait and see what happens? Is that
what I'm getting at?
[27:26] Cuz you know it's going to pop and like
you said, you go from a high number, we
[27:29] spray, it goes down to one. And then it
could be rain, could be wind why we're
[27:32] not getting any in our trap. I get they
don't have a Do they even give you a
[27:36] count in the county's trap or they just
wait for positive case?
[27:39] » They don't give me a count of mosquitoes
that they catch. They don't even report
[27:42] to me unless they have a positive case.
>> Right. So, they might be getting a
[27:44] thousand mosquitoes where we're getting
none.
[27:46] » Yeah.
I think that there's a lot less It's a
[27:49] Culex pipiens that is the West Nile
carrier if I'm not mistaken and there's
[27:54] a lot less of those in the area.
Um and it's those usually pop up
[27:59] when everybody says, "Oh, the mosquitoes
aren't bad." You know, it's not raining
[28:03] and that's when they get you. The the
ones in the affected the female biters
[28:07] are the ones that you can't walk out
your door without them carrying you to
[28:11] your car.
>> Okay.
[28:12] » Um so
but I can
[28:15] » Are you going to be doing any granular
granular treatment before the movie?
[28:21] » Uh no.
[28:25] We're not doing a granular treatment. We
don't treat
[28:27] » think the
parks going to be to try and help
[28:30] prevent mosquitoes in the area since I
think you can walk around and watch the
[28:36] » Um
[28:39] we don't even spray that area of the
village because of the proximity to
[28:43] water typically.
Uh Uh, I do have a product that we can
[28:46] spray the the turf. It's a plant-based
product that supposedly repels them
[28:52] uh and and the trees.
It just depends on the weather.
[28:57] Uh um
and
[28:59] lately the grass in the morning is so
full of dew it takes till about noon for
[29:03] everything to dry up. Uh it only takes
about 15 minutes for it to dry, but
[29:08] it'll take us to apply in that little
triangle probably a couple hours to
[29:12] spray the area down
uh with a backpack sprayer. We could do
[29:16] that. We haven't contemplated that.
Uh
[29:19] we did not
>> done several movies over every year the
[29:23] last probably 10 years. I'd say that
that's something that's worthwhile. I
[29:28] don't want to be spending money on a
movie, people going for the first 20
[29:31] minutes, getting eaten, and then
leaving. So I I think that's something
[29:35] that
would be worthwhile to to try.
[29:51] » Yeah. Can we spray this Thursday
evening, Pat? I don't think there's any
[29:56] weather this week, is there?
>> I'd have to look.
[29:59] » Uh Wednesday it looks like there could
be.
[30:01] » Yeah, so if we sprayed Thursday, that
would cuz that's what we do for 4th of
[30:05] July, correct? You spray that.
>> We sprayed Thursday. It it just That's
[30:08] the way it worked. I actually we sprayed
Friday, too. We just did not spray
[30:13] around the event till 2:00 in the
morning. We finished up. Normally the
[30:17] route's different, but we finished up
after everybody is long gone.
[30:22] » This would just be for the movie.
>> did not spray the event this year, the
[30:25] grounds, because again, by the time we
got there at 5:00 a.m. Saturday morning,
[30:32] there was already tarps everywhere.
There wasn't a bit of grass left. I
[30:35] can't spray.
Cuz now this product is all over
[30:38] everybody's tarps and you know, the
area's cordoned off, but the movies we
[30:42] could probably spray it this week as
long as there's not rain and it would
[30:46] just have to be mid-morning after the
dew is evaporated off the grass.
[30:50] » Okay. Why don't we plan for that then
this week?
[30:54] All right.
Moving on then, Andy's going to take
[30:57] Nick's report.
>> Yeah, just really quickly for the
[31:00] development services report,
other than the Jewel and Trammell Crow
[31:04] efforts,
the developer for Route 72 and Ranking
[31:08] Road, they have submitted their
application to the village as well as
[31:12] their engineering submittals.
So, that is being that is in the hopper
[31:17] for review from our consultants for that
as well.
[31:21] As we work through that review and
discuss with them further, then we will
[31:26] be looking to do similar thing as we are
doing with the uh uh Jewel Trammell Crow
[31:31] process of having a development
agreement or contract with the village
[31:34] and then at the same time, we'll have
the necessary zoning and final plat
[31:41] of subdivision
review before the planning and zoning
[31:44] commission. So, that is in the works as
well.
[31:47] » Hey Andy, the what is the typical
turnaround with our consultants on that?
[31:51] » So, for a full engineering review,
probably about a month, I would say.
[32:00] The
The biggest thing is the back and forth
[32:03] and if there's agreement or disagreement
over and I mean anything from easements
[32:07] or where is this going to be located or
that. Um so, I I I expect that
[32:13] especially because they're looking to do
this in phases, it doesn't all have to
[32:16] be approved all at once before the board
or planning and zoning commission. So,
[32:21] I think that they could start going
through the planning and zoning
[32:24] commission process and um
maybe a month or two
[32:29] from now.
[32:32] » What When does the tax sharing part When
does that get approved in this? for the
[32:37] for Jewel?
>> Yeah.
[32:38] » That'll that's part of that contract
that'll come before the board.
[32:42] » Okay. Yeah.
[32:44] » Andy, the
[32:47] railroad station there, the parking they
put in, I know at the beginning you were
[32:51] talking about 20 spots. I was there the
other day I counted 40.
[32:57] » Yeah, it's I think it's like 30 30 six.
Well,
[33:01] I remember, yeah.
Yeah, so it's a lot. Yeah, yeah.
[33:05] » Yeah, good.
[33:07] » Okay.
All right, moving on. Engineering?
[33:12] » Um yeah, so we submitted for the ranking
damage roundabout, we submitted final
[33:16] plans last Monday. So, those are into
I-dot for review. Um we're still slated
[33:21] for a November letting pending uh
obviously what Andy and Amber talked
[33:24] about for the CPKC and ICC agreement. Um
and then we're in various stages of land
[33:29] acquisition. So, we have
um three of them secured and we're so
[33:33] we're in various stages with the other
five. So,
[33:36] um that's kind of it for the roundabout.
Um other than that, 72 path is still in
[33:41] it I-dot for the PDR.
Um
[33:44] and then the streets project we're
working through the punch list with
[33:46] Schroeder.
Um as we get worked through that and
[33:49] then the skate park um we'll probably
have an extension coming for uh next
[33:55] meeting. Uh they obviously with some of
the weather they had earlier this year
[33:58] when they got started and some delays of
equipment being shipped, um they're
[34:03] they're probably extension of time
coming for the next meeting.
[34:09] » Thank you, Brock. All right, legal, do
you have anything for us tonight?
[34:13] » just wanted to say thanks to Fair Graham
including Brock, Andy, and Nick in
[34:16] connection with that special warranty
deed from D.R. Horton from looking over
[34:20] the easements, making sure they're
restricted to the perimeter of the
[34:23] property, to coaxing the special
warranty deed from the sixth floor of
[34:28] the D.R. Horton headquarters in
Schaumburg. It was a team effort and uh
[34:32] I thought it was well done. And then
two, if there's any questions for me on
[34:36] anything else.
[34:39] » Okay. Laura.
>> Oh, well, I'd just like to again
[34:43] reiterate that we have our
uh first movie in the park and of course
[34:47] the location has changed from our fire
station park cuz the grass is not quite
[34:51] ready. So, it's going to take place in
the same
[34:54] um space as our stage was for the
Independence Day celebration. So,
[34:59] that'll be right next to the Cambridge
Lakes Community Center. It starts at
[35:02] 8:00 and the movie starts at dusk or
it's from 8:00 to 10:00 and the movie
[35:06] starts at dusk. And then the following
day, Saturday, we have our farmers
[35:10] market which will take place in the
parking lot of the fire station park.
[35:14] And we have 14 vendors signed up, so
we're really looking forward to that.
[35:18] And also, I'd like to let everyone know
that we're rolling out the introduction
[35:21] of the business registration program to
our business community with a request to
[35:26] have them register for the existing
businesses register by September 18th.
[35:31] So, that'll be done by the end of this
week on the first roll out. Thank you.
[35:35] » Thanks, Laura.
All right. Um now we have a discussion
[35:39] on recommendation to remove flock camera
identification signs. Chris, I'm going
[35:45] to let you take this one.
>> All right. In the packet, I drafted a
[35:49] memo to you guys explaining
the new development throughout the state
[35:55] of Illinois, especially in Chicagoland
area, regarding the destruction of
[36:00] neighborhood flock cameras.
Our cameras are fine at this time.
[36:05] Uh we haven't had anything, but it has
been known that the signs are drawing
[36:10] attention to these and people are
damaging them.
[36:13] These cameras have shown that they,
especially here, that they are very
[36:17] powerful tools, especially when used the
correct way, to solve crimes and be able
[36:21] to help law enforcement
uh in plenty of investigations.
[36:27] Uh the Illinois Association of Chiefs of
Police also reaffirmed that these ALPR
[36:34] technology
is also an investigative tool.
[36:39] Problem is now there are problems where
people are noticing these cameras and
[36:44] they're destroying them on site. They're
cutting cameras down. They're spray
[36:48] painting them. They're damaging the
solar panels, disconnecting wiring.
[36:52] Uh
they're striking them with other tools
[36:54] and they're dis-
uh disabling the camera systems.
[36:58] These cameras are uh quite expensive and
where if there's damage that's on the
[37:06] village in order to replace them. I'm
trying to be proactive on this.
[37:11] Uh removal of the signs would not
uh
[37:15] stop any of the functionality of the
cameras.
[37:18] We're trying to make sure that we don't
have any problems in the future with the
[37:22] ones that we have here.
The uh
[37:28] » [sighs and gasps]
>> All right, just to just so you know,
[37:32] I have attached all these other all
points bulletins from these other
[37:35] agencies. We're not making this up.
Flock came and said that they're aware
[37:39] of this and they will charge $500 a
camera a year and then we wouldn't have
[37:44] to cover anything. I think that's
ridiculous. So, I have asked in order to
[37:50] be proactive to remove the signs to
avoid possible uh damage that's going to
[37:56] be coming in the near future.
That's it.
[37:59] » Can you think of any other communities
that have the I have not seen any other
[38:02] communities that have the 24-hour
surveillance signs? Like I feel like
[38:06] we're the only ones that have
>> There may be a community or two that
[38:08] have a sign at the beginning of the
community saying that they're a Flock
[38:11] community, one sign. We have them in
every single pole. And I know there's
[38:14] already at least one that's missing.
So, um the cameras are all functional
[38:18] though.
The The ones we had we had one taken
[38:21] down for the roundabout project at 20th
and Ranking. We had it moved uh about
[38:25] five about 50 or 100 ft or so.
Uh they did not charge us for that, but
[38:30] they will charge us if we have to remove
anything else.
[38:33] I just don't think that that price that
they quoted me was fair because it's not
[38:38] up it's not on us.
But
[38:40] it's not that way. I don't want people
to understand that we have law cameras.
[38:44] I
It's not what it is.
[38:46] I drive I was just in Schaumburg
yesterday.
[38:50] Uh
I'm sorry, Saturday and they're
[38:53] everywhere and there's no I mean I'm I'm
looking for them,
[38:56] but they're there.
So and there's no signs showing that
[39:01] they have to be there. So I know it was
a stipulation when we actually installed
[39:04] these.
Um we put them up.
[39:07] And like I said, we haven't had a
problem, but I don't want to see us
[39:11] having to be charged to replace cameras
or have them damaged and brought on us
[39:17] just because
uh we've been adding more success
[39:21] stories so you're aware on the village
website.
[39:23] Uh now that we kind of got a grasp of
how the transparency portal works and uh
[39:28] we've had plenty of opportunity to say
that these are phenomenal cameras that
[39:32] are we're being are used the correct way
and for the good reasons.
[39:39] » I take it we have no legal obligation to
tell people about it.
[39:43] » No, we do not.
[39:49] » So these cameras, they had signs
>> or no? No.
[39:52] » No.
So it's
[39:56] is it safe fair to say that the signs
aren't the reason they're doing it? It's
[39:59] probably they know where they're at
because isn't it like public knowledge
[40:02] where these things are? There's I've
seen them like it says they're here,
[40:05] here, and here.
>> Mhm.
[40:06] » And then you just go around.
>> There's actually a map on our village
[40:09] website that shows where they all are,
too.
[40:10] » Right. That's what I'm saying. So like I
don't really know that the camera is
[40:13] going to draw in if somebody's going to
cut it down, it sounds like they're just
[40:16] going to cut it down.
>> I'm trying not to draw attention to it
[40:19] is what I'm trying to do because these
bright red signs they're saying 24-hour
[40:22] surveillance is showing where they are.
>> I thought the whole point when we first
[40:26] put them up was that was supposed to be
help be a deterrent.
[40:31] » Yes.
That could have been uh but we're
[40:33] drawing attention to these and at that
time there was no destruction of these
[40:36] cameras out there. Now that there are
I'm trying to be proactive on this.
[40:40] Again, this is this is up for
discussion.
[40:43] Uh if you guys want to leave them up,
that's fine but if they do get damaged
[40:46] just know that the village is on the
hook for any repairs. And we'll do what
[40:51] we can but
as you can see these uh
[40:56] pictures what they're doing
I'm just trying to make sure we don't
[41:00] have damaged equipment. These things are
pretty expensive.
[41:05] » Can we discuss them? For me personally
I kind of liked the attention to them
[41:11] not the damaging part but it sounds like
these people are out looking to damage
[41:14] them regardless and they know where they
are.
[41:17] I kind of want the criminal to see the
sign. For me that means maybe they go to
[41:23] the next town or the town after.
That was the reason that I asked to have
[41:28] them up to begin with. So my opinion
really hasn't changed on that even
[41:31] though I appreciate where Chris is
coming from. He's looking out for the
[41:34] well-being of the cameras themselves.
Now if they said that they were going
[41:38] after one specifically with signs, I'd
be more apt to say, "Okay, let's take
[41:41] the signs down." Now I know there's no
way to really tell like is it really
[41:45] deterring criminals? Who knows? You
don't know unless they commit the crime.
[41:49] So if it's deterred three or four, I for
me it's leave them up.
[41:54] You know,
see what happens. If you guys want to
[41:57] take them down, that's fine. It's not a
big deal to me either way but that was
[42:01] the reason I wanted them up and I don't
really know that that's changed for me
[42:04] personally.
>> The current investigations the police
[42:07] department has had that says success
stories for their use.
[42:11] Um these people are out there anyway.
So,
[42:16] we're we're catching them. They're
there. I don't think a sign is going to
[42:20] deter anyone or not. The car burglars
that came in last week, they drove right
[42:24] past two of them. And I mean, it was a
stolen motor vehicle out of Chicago, but
[42:29] that signs aren't going to deter them.
What deters them is
[42:33] us being out there. And we were as soon
as the cameras activated, we were out
[42:38] there and they were in and out of here
within 7 minutes. We had to get to the
[42:40] other side of town, though. So, that's
the reason we didn't get there in time.
[42:44] But, we already have leads on those.
The signs aren't going to deter anybody.
[42:48] All they're going to do is draw
attention.
[42:51] And I'm just trying to make sure that if
someone does take a baseball bat to them
[42:54] or cut them down or spray paint them or
anything,
[42:58] they're they're $3,000 cameras and we're
on the hook for them. And that was part
[43:03] of the agreement.
Now, they weren't getting damaged
[43:05] before, but now they're all over the
place. Like I said, that's why I
[43:09] provided you guys the all-points from
surrounding agencies.
[43:12] » Has RMA provided any guidance on what
they would suggest?
[43:16] » No, they say it's up to us.
[43:22] And Flock has given a alternative. They
will cover the damage for $500 a camera
[43:27] per year.
[43:34] » All right, what does everybody want to
do? You want to roll the dice or you
[43:37] want to take down the signs? Let's go
down the list. Drew, what do you think?
[43:43] » I'm with Luke. I think sign or not, the
press on Flock is so bad right now
[43:49] » Yeah.
>> that
[43:51] you could probably hide them in the
ground and people will dig them up and
[43:54] break them
>> [snorts]
[43:55] » at this point.
>> Okay.
[43:57] » Um my only thing about it is if we're
going to get charged for removing a sign
[44:03] and still have it damaged potentially
and then pay?
[44:08] That I don't understand. [clears throat]
Um
[44:12] I can understand where Chris is coming
from with trying to not
[44:15] put a a bigger spotlight on it where
it's at, but I don't know at this point
[44:20] with
the record that Flock is is going with
[44:24] across the country,
I don't think having a sign up or not is
[44:29] going to change if somebody wants to do
it.
[44:32] » Okay. Adam, what do you think?
>> Uh I think take them down because I
[44:35] believe I mean all these bulletins from
all these agencies they they can't just
[44:40] be making that up. I mean they are the
experts. They're the ones that are on
[44:43] this and that's their recommendation.
I would tend to agree. And I like I
[44:48] said, I don't I don't see any other
communities with those signs up. I just
[44:51] see all the ones in ours that are a
little
[44:54] but I see both sides, you know, I
understand it's could be a deterrent,
[44:57] but it really also is a you know, some
guy's pissed off driving home and sees
[45:02] that and thinks, you know what? This is
my time. Cuz he sees the sign.
[45:06] Um so, I'd say take them down.
>> Okay. Luke, you want to keep them up?
[45:10] » Uh yeah. Um
it
[45:15] So, I look at it like the red light
cameras, right?
[45:19] I see the sign, I actually stop at the
sign. I know they stop. Some people
[45:22] still blow through them, you know, and
they're still going to commit the
[45:24] crimes. And actually to Adam's point for
what he just said, actually if we're the
[45:29] only town with the signs and we're the
only ones that haven't been getting
[45:31] damaged or haven't been damaged yet.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, you
[45:36] know.
>> Okay. All right. Ed, where do you stand
[45:38] on this?
>> I would take them down. Um I wasn't a
[45:42] fan for the sign at the beginning, so.
>> Okay.
[45:45] All right. Kevin?
>> Again, I see both sides. Uh
[45:49] I like our transparency portal. Uh
people want to see we're not trying to
[45:53] hide every anything.
Um
[45:56] I would be in favor of taking them down.
>> Taking them down? Okay. Robert?
[46:02] » I'm with everybody else. I see both
sides of this. I I tend to lean on the
[46:08] they're up, we're not having issues. Um
I I don't think this sign being there is
[46:14] going
changes anybody's mind if they're going
[46:17] to do something bad.
For me, I'd say we leave them up.
[46:20] » Leave them up. Okay.
All right. And I guess we leave them up.
[46:24] » Sounds good. Thank you.
>> Okay. All right, thank you. All right,
[46:28] does anyone have any old or new
business?
[46:32] Okay. If not, can I get a motion to move
into executive session? Michael, I'm
[46:37] going to have you read it.
>> Sure.
[46:40] Is there a motion to go into closed
session
[46:42] pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2C1 regarding the
appointment, employment, compensation,
[46:47] discipline, performance, or dismissal of
specific employees of the village?
[46:52] » So moved.
Okay.
[46:57] » Call the roll.
>> Trustee Hall.
[47:00] » Yes.
>> Trustee Peters.
[47:01] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[47:03] » Trustee Turner.
>> Yes.
[47:04] » Trustee Haig.
>> Yes.
[47:06] » Trustee McCartney, I'm sorry, McCreary,
and Trustee Weingolds.
[47:08] » Yes.
>> Thank you. Motion carried.
[47:11] Okay, we're going to be moving into