[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

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