[0:00] I was 16.
You grill on the grill?
[0:05] Kevin, are we live?
>> Yeah, we're ready to go whenever you
[0:07] are.
>> You want me to now?
[0:08] » Yep.
>> Uh good evening, everybody. Welcome to
[0:10] the Village Bolingbrook Committee
meeting July 28, 2026 at Bolingbrook
[0:15] Village Hall, 2440 Walters Sammy Drive.
Roll call, please.
[0:18] » Present.
>> Here.
[0:19] » Trustee Lopez.
>> Here.
[0:20] » Trustee McNewsky.
>> Here.
[0:21] » Trustee Glassford.
>> Here.
[0:22] » Trustee Casillas.
>> Here.
[0:23] » Trustee Novak.
>> Here.
[0:24] » Trustee Sherer.
>> Here.
[0:26] » We have a quorum. We'll start out with
the Pledge of Allegiance here at the
[0:28] board meeting. I'll ask one of the
trustees to accept the minutes of the
[0:31] regular meeting held on Tuesday, July
14, 2026. I'll go through my
[0:37] updates for the town.
Finance and Administration, Trustee
[0:40] Casillas.
>> Mr. President.
[0:42] » Trustee Casillas.
>> I request the board please take a look
[0:45] at warrant number 626/27.
[0:59] » [snorts]
[1:16] [snorts]
[1:36] [snorts]
[1:50] » All right. If there are any questions on
the warrant, I will make a motion at the
[1:53] regular meeting to pass that. And that's
all I have, Mr. President.
[1:56] » Thank you, Trustee Casillas. Health and
Development, Trustee Shering.
[1:59] » Mr. President, I have no report for this
month.
[2:02] And I have resolution number 2020-13.
It's a resolution to do an agreement
[2:09] with the US Army donation program for
static display of equipment.
[2:13] That's all I have.
>> And the ribbon cutting's been canceled.
[2:16] The owner of the place has basement
flooded.
[2:19] So, he's not going to be able to do the
ribbon cutting. So, listen, whenever you
[2:22] want to do it, I just wanted to do it
tonight but it's a one-night where
[2:25] everybody can make it.
But, [snorts]
[2:27] it's not going to happen tonight. I'm
sorry.
[2:29] So, if everybody can just make a note on
that. Thank you, Trustee um Shering.
[2:34] Public Works, Trustee Wasilakis.
>> I have no report for us.
[2:37] » Thank you, Trustee Wasilakis. Fire
Department, Trustee Blass White.
[2:40] » Mr. President, I don't have a report or
anything that you'd like to ask me.
[2:44] » No.
Thank you, Trustee Blass White. Police
[2:47] Department, Trustee Novak.
>> Mr. President, no report.
[2:50] » Anything to report?
>> How about National Night Out?
[2:53] » What?
>> I'm sorry.
[2:55] » National Night Out is going to be
Tuesday, August 4th, from 6:00 p.m. to
[2:59] 8:00 p.m. right here in front of the
Village Hall.
[3:01] Come on out. We have some nice food and
drinks for you.
[3:04] » Awesome.
>> And you're the head cook this year,
[3:06] right? For all the food.
>> Chief Wasilakis.
[3:08] » Right.
>> Thank you. Thank you, Trustee Novak.
[3:12] » Recreation, Trustee Lopez.
>> Mr. President, I have no report.
[3:16] » Thank you, Trustee Lopez.
We added on to the agenda only items on
[3:20] the agenda can be spoken about. 3-minute
limit because the last meeting,
[3:24] I remember I don't think we had that
problem tonight.
[3:26] So, um motion to adjourn the committee
meeting.
[3:30] » I'll make a motion.
>> I'll second.
[3:31] » Motion made by Trustee Casillas,
seconded by Trustee Lopez. Roll call,
[3:34] please.
>> Trustee Lopez?
[3:36] » Yes.
>> Trustee Wasilakis?
[3:37] » Yes.
>> Trustee Blass White?
[3:38] » Yes.
>> Trustee Casillas?
[3:39] » Yes.
>> Trustee Novak?
[3:40] » Yes.
>> Trustee Shering?
[3:41] » Yes.
>> Motion has passed to adjourn the
[3:43] committee meeting. We're going to go
right into the board meeting, folks.
[3:47] So, once again, good good evening,
everybody. Welcome to the Village of
[3:50] Posen board meeting, July 28th, 2026.
Again, we're at 2440 Walters Avenue,
[3:55] Bolingbrook, Illinois. Roll call,
please.
[3:57] » Trustee Medina?
>> Here.
[3:58] » Trustee Lopez?
>> Here.
[3:59] » Trustee Wozniak?
>> Here.
[4:00] » Trustee Velasquez?
>> Here. Trustee Garcia?
[4:02] » Here.
>> Trustee Novak?
[4:03] » Here.
>> Trustee Schering?
[4:04] » Here.
>> We have a quorum. So, everybody would
[4:06] stand for the Pledge of Allegiance,
please.
[4:09] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the
[4:14] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[4:20] justice for all.
>> Thank you, everybody. I'd like to ask
[4:23] one of the trustees to make a motion to
accept the regular the meeting from the
[4:26] regular the minutes from the regular
meeting held on Tuesday, July 14th,
[4:31] 2026.
>> I make a motion to accept the minutes
[4:33] from July 14th, 2026.
>> Motion made by Trustee Wozniak.
[4:37] » Second.
>> Seconded by Trustee Velasquez. Roll
[4:40] call.
>> Trustee [snorts] Lopez?
[4:42] » Yes.
>> Trustee Wozniak?
[4:43] » Yes.
>> Trustee Velasquez?
[4:45] » Yes.
>> Trustee Garcia?
[4:46] » Yes.
>> Trustee Novak?
[4:47] » Yes.
>> Trustee Schering?
[4:49] » Yes.
>> Acceptance of the minutes from the
[4:51] regular meeting held on Tuesday, July
14th, 2026 has passed.
[4:55] » Um
>> Under my business,
[4:57] the Village Hall hours for August 4th,
which is the first Tuesday of the month
[5:01] because of National Night Out, will be
from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and then
[5:05] our
um
[5:07] » [snorts]
>> folks in the front office are going to
[5:09] help us till 8:00 cuz it goes from 6:00
to 8:00. So, they help us set up and
[5:13] mainly take down cuz the firemen do a
great job with all that set up. So,
[5:17] they're going to be here till 8:00,
right? You see? Thank you so much.
[5:20] That's huge.
Um and then I think we're going to have
[5:23] our summer helpers run the garbage back
and forth. Are Lonnie and Hugh usually
[5:26] do that? Chris, I think they'll take it
back and forth.
[5:30] Okay, beautiful.
>> [snorts]
[5:32] » Oh my god.
We better get more food, Chief.
[5:36] » [laughter]
>> So, that's one issue. The other thing is
[5:39] good news.
Um
[5:41] we just received last Monday, I think it
was, I received a letter on email from
[5:46] county July 17th. Um dear Village
President Pavilniac, the Cook County
[5:51] Department of Transportation and
Highways is pleased to inform you that
[5:54] your application has been selected for
participation in the 2026 Invest in Cook
[5:58] program. In a nutshell, it's $250,000
and this is going to be to do the
[6:03] sidewalk on Kedzie Avenue from 145th.
Hopefully, we can make it to the
[6:08] laundromat with the $250,000. We're
going to start in the next week or two
[6:13] with Palos Construction. We're going to
do the sidewalk on 145 to go from where
[6:17] the alley would be to Kedzie.
Cuz that's that's ours and that's not
[6:21] really the Kedzie area. So, I want to
get it so you can make that whole walk
[6:25] from Albany and Whipple all the way down
to 148th when it's done next year with
[6:31] the
other issue. The reason we're doing that
[6:33] is a couple people have gotten killed by
cars there on Kedzie. Just the other
[6:37] day, the chief and I were driving and
there's a lady just walking
[6:41] senselessly on Kedzie northbound.
And I could see the urgency for a
[6:45] sidewalk. It's needed. Somebody
Unfortunately, we may have another
[6:49] fatality and we don't want that. So,
thank God, thank for the county. We're
[6:52] waiting for the Invest in Cook, which we
put in for a half a million. We should
[6:56] know about that any day.
Um CDBG. I'm sorry. And then also, we
[7:01] were we're happy to announce that we've
got the
[7:05] $10,000 grant
for from ComEd. And that's going to be
[7:09] for a couple of those flashing speed
signs that we're going to put by the
[7:12] schools.
And I think they're about 2,500 a piece.
[7:16] » Yeah, something like that.
>> So, So, we're going to try to do four.
[7:19] Cuz like on California, we can do one on
146 and we can do one
[7:24] on California and then we can do it down
by the Pulaski school. So, we're trying
[7:27] to get things moved around so
everybody's got safety issues with
[7:30] speed.
So, that's that's all good news and that
[7:33] all came about out of nowhere. We were
happy.
[7:37] And that's all I have. Finance and
Administration. Oh, finally.
[7:41] Uh Orkes Paving will be here Thursday,
Friday, Saturday. We're going to finish
[7:44] the west side of town this week.
By Saturday afternoon, they said they'll
[7:47] be all done. Every alley is getting a
little bit asphalt.
[7:51] And um the streets came out beautiful
over there, the alleys, which I told
[7:55] everybody before. And then within a week
after that, cuz they have other jobs,
[7:58] they'll be on the east side
for 3 weeks.
[8:02] And Palosa and Tom from
Evergreen Mechanical, he's finishing
[8:08] tomorrow with his last alley. We have
one alley we got to check and that's
[8:11] over on the 14200 block of Lane. That's
where we have one of those big French
[8:15] drains. And if we can connect to that,
everybody with French drains will be
[8:19] happy. So will public works so they
don't have to go out and flush them out
[8:22] after we have heavy rains.
And even last night with all that heavy
[8:26] rain, the chief and I were out and about
checking everything after the rains. All
[8:30] the alleys looked amazing. I I just
I don't know why, but they're they look
[8:34] great. The sewers are helping. We had no
flooding issues or no complaints from
[8:38] anybody. We got about 3 inches of rain.
So that, you know, an inch to 3 inches,
[8:43] we're good. We start getting 4 to 8
inches, we're in trouble. Everybody's in
[8:46] trouble. So many municipalities flooded
yesterday. So it's just something that
[8:51] sometimes Mother Nature gets a little
rough on us.
[8:55] And that's all I have. Finance and
Administration, Trustee Casillas. Mr.
[8:58] President. Trustee Casillas.
>> I'd like to make a motion to accept
[9:00] warrant number 6-26/27.
>> Second.
[9:04] » Motion made by Trustee Casillas to
accept warrant number 6-26/27,
[9:08] seconded by Trustee Shanahan. Roll call,
please.
[9:12] » Um Trustee Lopez? Yes. Trustee
Ruszkowski?
[9:14] » Yes.
>> Trustee Glasper?
[9:15] » Yes.
>> Trustee Casillas?
[9:16] » Yes.
>> Trustee Novak?
[9:17] » Yes.
>> Trustee Shanahan?
[9:18] » Yes.
>> Warrant number 6-26/27
[9:21] is passed.
>> That's all I have, Mr. President.
[9:24] » Thank you, Trustee Casillas.
Community Health and Development,
[9:27] Trustee Shanahan.
>> Um Mr. President, I have the code
[9:29] enforcement report for the month of
June. Court was on July 20th, 2026.
[9:34] There were zero warning letters, 24
violations written, total amount due
[9:38] 800, total due 675.
Um there are five cases dismissed, fines
[9:43] levied at 800, and $120 in payments
received.
[9:47] » And then I have I'd like to make a
motion to accept resolution number
[9:50] 2026-13,
a resolution of the Village of Robbins,
[9:53] County of Cook, State of Illinois, to
enter into an agreement with the US Army
[9:57] donation program for static display of
equipment, combat equipment, or total
[10:01] artillery, etc., for the use of static
display of war memorabilia at the
[10:06] Veterans Memorial site located at
Veterans Parkway in Robbins.
[10:10] » Motion made by Trustee Kasiak to accept
resolution number 2020-20, Sherin.
[10:15] 2026-13.
>> I'll second.
[10:18] » Seconded by Trustee Novak. Roll call,
please.
[10:21] » Trustee Lopez?
>> Yes.
[10:21] » Trustee Wozniak?
>> Yes.
[10:22] » Trustee Velasquez?
>> Yes. Trustee Kasiak?
[10:24] » Yes.
>> Trustee Novak?
[10:25] » Yes.
>> Trustee Sherin?
[10:26] » Yes.
>> And if I may, Trustee Sherin, this is we
[10:29] want a fighter jet there. We have the
cannon, that's beautiful, fenced in. We
[10:33] have the personnel carrier, beautiful.
Joe Warner finished that off for us and
[10:38] made a beautiful Plaza Construction
donated concrete, [snorts]
[10:41] and Plaza Construction promises us the
same concrete if we get the jet. So,
[10:47] Cindy Berger, our beautification girl
sitting in the
[10:51] in the audience area, is working on that
with us, and she's the one that got
[10:54] everything together for us, and she's
going to work very
[10:57] very diligently to try to get us a jet.
Um maybe a Warthog or a F-16 or
[11:03] something like that. They ain't tanks.
They're old. I mean, they are. They were
[11:06] built in the '60s. So, we're trying to
get something that people can see, and
[11:09] then we're done over there. And that'll
look so neat, that whole memorial site.
[11:13] We got the Christmas trees there now.
We're ready for the Santa House.
[11:17] Incidentally, real quick, not to get off
the subject, but I did get a quote to
[11:21] have some signs made for the Santa
House, and I told the guy, "You can keep
[11:24] them." It was like $6,800 for two signs.
I said, "I can make one in my backyard
[11:28] for $100."
So, we're not going to get silly. We
[11:31] wanted something nice. And I'm not going
to throw money away. It's just
[11:34] senseless. It looks beautiful already.
So, Cindy, thank you for that.
[11:39] And Trustee Shinnery, I know that the
ribbon cutting's canceled tonight. Um
[11:43] Mr. Minor's basement flooded, so I said,
"Steve, whenever you're ready."
[11:47] Hopefully, we can do it maybe next
meeting if he can wait. He's open
[11:50] already. They ran out of ice cream this
weekend. They were so busy. Saturday and
[11:54] Sunday, they ran out of ice cream. They
had 12 different flavors, 5-gallon
[11:57] containers.
Um they were packed.
[12:01] And he's refilled again. I believe he's
open tonight. He added another cooler
[12:05] with eight different flavors, so he's
got 20 different flavors. It's You know,
[12:09] we're all a little older here. It's the
hard-packed ice cream we used to get as
[12:12] kids.
The original chocolate and the vanilla
[12:15] and the butter pecan and the sherbet and
uh
[12:18] stuff for the kids, you know, the crazy
Batman and Robin colors they call it and
[12:23] stuff. I don't It's just And it's nice.
And the lady that works there, her name
[12:27] is Cookie, so remember that. She's the
sweetest woman. You go in there and she
[12:31] talks to you and it's just it's nice.
It's something that you see in Wisconsin
[12:35] Dells. So, it's really nice.
And they got the air conditioning
[12:39] working in there now. It's nice and
cool. So, please enjoy it.
[12:43] Thank you, Trustee Shinnery.
Public Works, Trustee Wasniewski.
[12:46] » Well, I have no report.
>> Chris?
[12:50] Real quick with Public Works, I know
that we're still running on generator or
[12:53] our electric come back on.
>> Still running on generator as of
[12:56] » So, our pump house is on generator.
I'm hoping the lights get fixed at 47
[13:00] Cleveland tonight. I know Meade's been
assigned to that. They just got the ones
[13:04] done on Western.
So, we're hoping it gets back on tonight
[13:07] and Was it back on? Okay, it's back on.
So, forget about 47 in Cleveland. It's
[13:11] working. Was the digital sign back on?
Oh, beautiful. So, the pump house might
[13:16] be back on now, Chris.
And um that's good cuz we were down to
[13:19] half a tank of diesel fuel. You can't
take a chance with that. But you know
[13:23] that.
>> Diesel coming in tomorrow morning, so
[13:25] » Beautiful. So, we're we're back up and
running and um um
[13:30] Got it. The guys did a great job
cleaning up. There was so much so many
[13:34] branches and twigs and everything.
Chris, let the guys know what a great
[13:39] job they did. You know, some of our
helpers were driving out and cleaning
[13:42] all the sewer caps today. I know Trustee
Wozniak and I and Chief were cleaning
[13:46] sewer lids four or five of McKinley
yesterday and a few other areas. As soon
[13:50] as you got the leaves off, you just see
Yeah, water would just swirl and go
[13:53] down. But, the nice rain brought it all
back again with the leaves and that. So,
[13:57] we're going to street sweep when we're
done
[14:00] with the asphalt, which will be the next
4 weeks max. But, I talked to Chris and
[14:04] I believe we're going to be able to do
the west side of town after next week,
[14:07] after Saturday. I'm going to call Mayor
Powell from Markham and see if he'll do
[14:11] our west side for us on that Tuesday,
Wednesday.
[14:14] And then we'll get the east side done
when we get over here. Just so
[14:16] everybody's caught up on it, but Woz,
Trustee Wozniak, thank you and Chris,
[14:20] please tell the fellows thank you for
all the hard work they've been doing.
[14:23] Fire Department, Trustee Velasquez.
>> Mr. President, I don't have a report.
[14:28] Is there any
>> Chief, engine's back today?
[14:30] » Engine came back yesterday.
>> And the chief's car's back.
[14:33] » And the chief's car's back. I saw that
today.
[14:34] » Beautiful. We had a couple problems.
Something with the pump, right? With the
[14:37] engine?
>> So, it was the primer.
[14:39] » Okay.
>> And the on the engine so that
[14:41] the the rig is 25 years old and they
don't make the parts for that anymore.
[14:45] So, they had to buy a
conversion kit. That was part of the
[14:49] problem. So, they put the conversion kit
on the pumper.
[14:52] » Okay.
>> And it works fine.
[14:53] » Beautiful.
>> So, she's back up and running and then
[14:56] the chief's
chief's car uh has
[14:59] some computer issues.
>> All good to go though?
[15:02] » So far.
>> Good. Well, we we ordered a new car, so
[15:05] that'll be coming and then
retired Chief Subjak, who does all our
[15:10] grant writing for us and everything
else, websites and you name it, he does
[15:13] it. Uh grants that we just got the
250,000 and 10,000 from ComEd.
[15:19] Um
Anyway, we're talking today. in
[15:22] Appleton, Wisconsin. It got hit hard
yesterday, wouldn't it?
[15:25] » Yeah.
>> Tornadoes.
[15:26] » Well, guess what? That's where
[clears throat] our engine's being built
[15:29] that we're supposed to get in November.
So, we may have a problem with a delay
[15:34] on that engine that's supposed to be
here in November.
[15:37] Um so, we'll get more interest in the
bank till it gets here. That's all.
[15:40] We're not going to lose. It's just a
little delay. And we got our engine
[15:43] fixed. We got the other engine, so we'll
be okay.
[15:48] Beautiful. Thanks, Chief. And then
Chief,
[15:50] » start painting over there in the bay
yet?
[15:51] » Not yet. Are they supposed to start
soon?
[15:53] » Um I'm not 100% sure when, but I
>> Okay.
[15:57] It'll be done before the pancake
breakfast.
[15:59] » I would hope so.
>> Okay. If not, let me know. We'll go
[16:01] there and help.
>> I'll pass that up to up to James.
[16:05] » All right. Thank you, Chief. Police
Department, Trustee Novak.
[16:08] » Uh Mr. President, no report.
>> Chief.
[16:11] » Just once again, uh National Night Out
will be Tuesday, August 4th, from 6:00
[16:15] p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in front of Village
Hall.
[16:19] » What are we going to have real quick cuz
people might be interested in what
[16:21] you're bringing?
>> Uh Nicky Dee's will be hot dogs and
[16:25] hamburgers. We'll have taco truck,
chicken and steak, and we'll have Scoop
[16:31] Ice Cream.
So,
[16:33] ice cream comes out of Tinley Park.
>> Okay. And then
[16:38] Tootsie Rolls and all that from Palos
and then New Life Faith Baptist comes
[16:41] out,
brings candies and stuff.
[16:44] » And then the Sunny Acres
>> Yeah.
[16:45] » Trustee Lopez, I'm sorry.
>> Kids dancing.
[16:48] » Uh yeah, they're performing, yeah.
>> The little kids are going to be dancing
[16:51] out there and any jump out bouncy
houses?
[16:54] » No, no bounce houses.
>> Dog canine or anything?
[16:57] » With water cannon.
>> We'll have to give away stuff for the
[17:00] kids.
>> Well, we're expecting probably what,
[17:02] about eight bikes for the kids again?
Somewhere around there?
[17:06] Our businesses are so good to the kids.
It's just amazing how good they are when
[17:09] it comes to this.
Okay.
[17:12] Thank you, Trustee Novak. Thanks, Chief.
Looking forward to that November uh
[17:16] August 4th.
Recreation, Trustee Lopez
[17:18] » Uh Mr. President, I have no report.
>> Thank you trustee Lopez.
[17:23] All right, we're going to open up to the
public 3 minutes max agenda items only.
[17:27] So, please ask questions. Mary?
>> Um on the uh warrant on page three
[17:33] Municipal Collections of America what's
Papa?
[17:38] It's only one
collections what is that?
[17:41] » That's our collection agency Mary they
get a percentage of what they collect a
[17:45] minuscule collection but they get a
collection.
[17:48] You know it drives me nuts that they get
something but we're getting our money
[17:51] and we're making a lot more than they
are.
[17:53] We're getting like 85% compared to what
they get.
[17:57] » And Julie's ice cream is delicious.
>> You tried it?
[18:00] » Oh yeah, we were there.
>> So, we went there Friday and there had
[18:03] to be I don't know maybe 12 different
individuals sitting on the picnic tables
[18:07] outside.
And we went inside and there were kids
[18:10] in there and you had to wait you know
cuz they're slow on picking their ice
[18:13] cream but and then cookie gives you
taste little wooden spoons you can
[18:17] taste the different ice creams if you
want to see.
[18:20] And it's just it's just a nice thing we
need in Posen.
[18:24] And it's a good thing. The liquor store
and deli I was there with with Chief
[18:27] Subcheck today retired Chief Subcheck
and Chief Alexander it's huge. They got
[18:32] the big coolers in now it's still the
place is huge it looks like the
[18:35] kitchen's going to be really big.
Um so that's good for the community.
[18:39] Three B's is open.
I like the burgers I like the steak
[18:42] burgers. You know everybody's different
you know but they're slow because they
[18:46] make them fresh.
So, it's not like you're being at Burger
[18:49] King or McDonald's. Yes sir Carl.
>> Yeah, so
[18:52] with the alley behind McKinley yeah,
first time it hasn't flooded in
[18:57] 40 some years that we've been there.
Yeah, I just I couldn't believe it cuz
[19:02] normally I go out and I got to go
through ankle deep to get to the the
[19:06] alley.
There was no water yesterday morning
[19:10] in the alley. I mean just a couple of
low spots.
[19:13] » And see, we can handle the 2 to 3, maybe
4 in, but when we start getting to 8
[19:17] like we had a few weeks ago,
>> Yeah.
[19:19] » nobody could take it. And you saw the
quarry was packed, the deep tunnels were
[19:23] packed.
>> Oh, yeah.
[19:24] » Um the creek over in in Robbins, I drove
by there today to check it on Kenzie.
[19:28] That thing was back up. Remember how low
it got, Chief,
[19:31] before that storm Monday morning? And it
she was back up. The retention pond on
[19:35] 150th and Sacramento was back up.
Um And I We're working with them, the
[19:41] WRD. So, if we get our retention pond
that we want over on west side of town,
[19:46] those 12 acres, if we get that five or
six acres, that's huge. That takes all
[19:49] that water load away from us there. And
then I have a meeting with State
[19:53] Representative Rita and um
Senator Jones. Those are a couple of our
[19:58] state legislators. And we're meeting
Thursday here at 1:00. And those are
[20:04] that's the biggest issue I have. Besides
getting some funding from them, which I
[20:07] know they're going to help us with, and
the WRD, I want to do
[20:12] Blaine, Cleveland, and Harrison from
Veterans Parkway or 147, if you will,
[20:16] because of Harrison, all the way to
150th Street. We want to separate all
[20:20] our storm water from combination sewers
there and run them right into that
[20:24] retention pond
with the tristate. And that's why I meet
[20:27] with the legislators because MWRD hasn't
been successful with the
[20:31] toll road. So, I think with these two
guys we can get a bigger push cuz I know
[20:35] that State Rep Rita is on that board
with the toll road.
[20:39] So, I think he can help. Plus, it's not
much water we want to do, but
[20:42] when we have heavy storms, I bet you
it's a million gallons of fresh water
[20:46] that has to go to the lift station. That
has to go all the way down Harrison
[20:49] where it's met from everything from the
west side that comes from 145th and
[20:53] Whipple, under 294 to Harrison. Then it
goes north to 139th Street.
[20:58] These are things we want to eliminate to
take all that pressure off of our system
[21:02] on the east side until we can do
something on 143rd along the toll road.
[21:07] So, it's it's a work in progress. It's
good work in progress.
[21:11] Um Pedro Ortiz tells me that for sure.
Chris Burke from Burke Engineering will
[21:15] be contracted to start in August to
start doing
[21:18] the big mappings and everything. And
these these two projects are being paid
[21:21] for by MWRD.
And that's good because if we do that on
[21:25] Markham's side at 150th taxiway land,
there's probably about a half million
[21:30] dollars in trees that have to come down.
We looked at that today.
[21:34] So, it's just an estimate, but that's a
lot.
[21:37] Anything else? Yeah, one more question.
>> You was talking about the
[21:41] retention pond. Could you talk about the
stuff coming up down here or something?
[21:45] Is that why we keep getting all this
water in the basement?
[21:48] Because they
>> No,
[21:49] well, when we get 8 inches, yes.
>> But with this new construction on the
[21:53] corner by my house, would they have
anything to do with us getting more
[21:57] water?
>> No, it won't because those are always
[22:00] There's already existing sewers there.
>> But I'm just saying that dirt and gravel
[22:04] and all that stuff that's sitting there.
>> It's going to be all removed, but
[22:08] » But but now it's seem like in the
basement we get gravel, concrete.
[22:13] » That's not coming from that. That's all
on that fenced-in lot. It's staying
[22:16] there. It's there until they remove it.
They're waiting for their bore samples
[22:20] to come back. They've already got
permission from the state from IDOT and
[22:24] MWRD to move forward.
So, it's good to go, but they wanted to
[22:29] do another bore sample because they
finally moved those big cement walls out
[22:32] of the way. But that has nothing to do
with what's going on. We just been
[22:35] getting battered by Mother Nature. We've
had 57 tornadoes this year. The norm at
[22:39] this time of the year is 26.
So, you can calculate it. It's it's
[22:43] double.
And it's horrible, and it's
[22:47] I don't know if it's El Niño or what it
is, but it's horrible this year. It was
[22:50] just on the news before I came here
today. 57 tornadoes in our area.
[22:54] And we never have that.
So, it's just Mother Nature eating that
[22:59] she's having a bad year, I guess.
But let's just pray it stops.
[23:03] But,
for instance, kind of by your alley,
[23:06] we're going to do about 200 ft from the
north to meet that sewer.
[23:11] » Okay.
>> Because not many people drive through
[23:13] your alley except the garbage trucks
that I noticed.
[23:15] » yeah.
>> That's the only thing I see as far as
[23:17] trucks or once in a while I'll see
a scrapper
[23:20] » I don't I don't think there's
any garages that
[23:24] » None that I can tell you.
But, I The only place I see a puddle in
[23:28] in that alley behind you guys is about
100 150 200 ft away
[23:32] » Right.
>> from that T section.
[23:34] » Yep.
>> So, we're going to do that. That's going
[23:36] to get hit, too. So, it all goes in the
sewer. I want everybody to have
[23:40] something. It's going to look good in
the alleys.
[23:42] I want people to like it like you do cuz
it's it's going to be nice.
[23:45] » [snorts]
>> So, that's what we're doing. Anybody
[23:48] else have anything?
>> I think we
[23:50] just checked Skokie and our generator is
now back online with our power.
[23:55] » You were right.
I just figured Mel was right if
[23:58] Cleveland's on, that's got to be on. So,
we're all back. Everybody's up. Anybody
[24:01] on Cleveland that was off has to be back
on.
[24:04] So, that's good news. If nobody has
anything, I can I have a motion to
[24:08] adjourn the board meeting?
>> I'll second.
[24:10] » Motion made by Trustee Cassias, seconded
by Trustee Lopez. Roll call, please.
[24:14] » Trustee Lopez? Yes.
Yes.
[24:16] Yes.
Yes.
[24:18] Yes.
Yes.
[24:19] » Meeting's adjourned 6:54 p.m.
Thank you.