Regular board meeting August 18, 2026 6
pm. Please call roll.
>> Trusty Abbott
>> here.
>> Trusty Frost
>> present.
>> Trusty Garcia
>> here.
>> Trusty Gupta is absent. Trusty Malone
>> here.
>> Trusty Manoscalo
>> here.
>> President Skilman
>> here. Please stand for the pledge of
allegiance.
>> Who wants to lead us? Noah. Pledge
allegiance. You want to come up
>> and hit your family and Yes. Your is
that your sister Noah? All right. You
guys, whenever you're ready by the flag
is fine.
» Whenever you're ready.
>> I pledge alce to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
for which it stands, one nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
right, thank you guys.
>> Good job.
>> Okay.
So, we have a proclamation
tonight. Um,
Milan Syndrome Awareness Day is August
19th, 2026.
I'm going to read that. Whereas Milan
syndrome is a rare genetic condition
caused by changes in the NFIX gene often
leading to development delays,
distinctive physical features and
potential medical complications.
And whereas individuals living with
syndrome along with their families
demonstrate remarkable strength,
resiliency and courage in the face of
the daily challenges. And whereas
raising public awareness of Milan's
syndrome is essential to improving early
diagnosis, advancing research, and
ensuring access to appropriate medical
care and support services.
And whereas advocacy organizations,
medical professionals, and community
members are working together to promote
understanding, compassion, and inclusion
for those affected by the Milan
syndrome.
And whereas August 19, 2026
provides an opportunity for citizens to
learn more about the Milan syndrome,
honor those living with the condition,
and support efforts toward better
treatments and quality of life.
Now therefore, I, John Skilman,
president of the village of
Carpersville, on behalf of the Village
of Carpentersville Board of Trustees, do
hereby proclaim August 19th, 2026 as
Milan Syndrome Awareness Day in the
Village of Carpentersville, and
encourage residents to join in
activities, initiatives that foster
awareness, education, and hope for a
brighter future. Thank you.
Good evening everyone. My name is Nikki
Ivalik and I'm a resident of
Carpentersville for the last nine years.
But I'm also a wife, mom, caregiver, and
a fierce advocate. I want to sincerely
thank President Skilman, the village
board, and the entire village of
Carbonisville for recognizing August
19th, 2026 as Milan Syndrome Awareness
Day. The proclamation means so much to
our family and to the many families
living with Milan syndrome that begins
simply knowing that this condition
exists and understanding the children
and families behind the diagnosis.
My son Noah who just turned seven and
was diagnosed in November of 2021.
He is currently only one of 400 globally
that is clinically diagnosed living with
Milan syndrome and we are only one of
eight families in the state of Illinois.
Milan syndrome as President Skilman
mentioned is an ultra rare genetic
disorder caused by change in the NF1X
gene. It can affect growth, development,
learning, speech, vision, and other
areas of health. We just returned from
our conference in Philadelphia and Noah
was seen by the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia where we have started our
own initiative through the Milan
Syndrome Foundation. We've added on
another specialist as Noah just recently
was diagnosed with scoliosis.
Because it is so rare, many families
spend years searching for answers and
resources. There is currently no cure,
and every person with me syndrome can be
affected differently. For families like
ours, awareness brings something
incredibly important, hope,
understanding, and community.
Today, we are not only recognizing a
rare diagnosis, but we are recognizing
the incredible individuals who live with
Milan syndrome. their families,
caregivers,
educators, therapists, doctors, and
everyone who works to give them the
opportunity to thrive. So, thank you to
the village of Carpentersville for
standing with us and helping shine a
light on Milan Syndrome. Your
proclamation and turning the lights
outside yellow may seem like a simple
gesture, but to our community, it means
that we are seen, we are heard, and we
are not alone. So, thank you for helping
us spread awareness and most importantly
hope for our families.
>> Thank you.
Hey, Noah, did you want to
say anything or
say hi?
You're welcome, buddy.
Only 400 in the world. Wow, that's
amazing. That's like
>> percentage is that small
>> small very very very So but okay well
thank you guys again. So we're here if
you guys you know for support of course
anytime any day 24 hours a day we're
here. So all of us here and all of our
staff of course. Well, okay. Um, all
right. Next proclamation in National
Payroll Week will be September 11th,
September 7th through the 11th, 2026.
[snorts]
Whereas payroll organiza or pay payroll
organization and its more than 20,000
members have launched a nationwide
public awareness campaign that pays
tribute to nearly 150 million people who
work in the United States and payroll
that are payroll professionals who
support the American system of paying
wages, reporting work earnings and
withholding federal employment and
taxes.
Um so I just wanted to mention a little
about that. Our payroll department here
does a great job. Takes care of
everybody every every day. Um and uh
takes care of our benefits, too. So, we
appreciate all that work. Um now,
therefore, the week of
in in which Labor Day falls, September
7th through 11, 2026 has been proclaimed
National Payroll Week. I hereby give
additional support to the efforts of the
people who work in Illinois
and on the payroll profession by
proclaiming the first full week of
September 2026 payroll week for the
village of Carpentersville. Thank you.
Okay,
you guys mind if we do a quick picture?
Okay, [clears throat]
you guys want to come up? Especially you
guys wearing yellow. would be nice,
right? I got to get something yellow. I
have green like that. I should
>> I should wear that.
>> They couldn't miss our group of
>> Oh, they were doing construction at the
hospital and so we matched a lot of the
construction.
>> You're
just
» You guys should come up too.
>> Yeah.
Come on up.
Godfather, president,
>> grandmother,
>> you stay here. Do you want to go?
» Look, look, look.
» Okay, we do it one more time for this
one, too. Yeah. Okay.
>> Ready?
» All right.
Thank you guys.
>> Thank you. Appreciate it.
>> Thank you, President. No problem.
» Down. What's your name?
>> I tore my meniscus.
>> What?
>> Slightly.
>> Yeah. For knee replacement. Like
>> I'm going to need a knee replacement
>> eventually.
>> I'm hoping it's going to heal.
>> Yeah,
>> I'm still playing.
» What a cute little kid.
>> Okay, next item will be public comment.
>> Mr. Wright.
» Public comment.
Uh, thank you for letting me speak. Um,
I know that it's kind of a soul sucking
thing to hear neighbors um, get up here
and talk and maybe have a complaint or
two. Uh so I really want to start by
saying that we have been you know happy
residents in Seville for since uh Glenn
Eagle Farm was built
>> and I live over on 2913 Deer Path and
the eyebrow
um and um it's an awesome place to live
and um you know we really appreciate
everything that everyone has done. Uh,
also I want to let you folks know that
the Seville PD has been phenomenal. I've
been in here three times. Uh, we've
gotten uh, two tickets in the past
month. First time in 30 years, so it's
been kind of shocking system. Okay. And
uh, but anyway, your staff has been
great. I didn't hear parking
>> super helpful and has allowed us to talk
and ask questions. So the handout that I
provided you uh shows the layout of our,
you know, our culde-sac, our eyebrow is
what we call it on Deer Path Lane. Um
this isn't something to be resolved
today. I just wanted to kind of bring it
up to you to let you know that uh we've
had three tickets, one for uh another
neighbor and then two for us. So, it was
pretty shocking. We feel a little under
pressure and under attack right now.
I've talked to the police department
about the cso. I've gotten answers, but
every time that I have come in to get
clarification of what the tickets were
for and why, what new laws, new laws
have come to light. So, um, we basically
in my in inquiry have found out that we
have zero parking except for maybe two
and a half parking spots around that
eyebrow island. So, it has truly
affected 10 families. Some of them are
here supporting us. Others had to work
late and couldn't be here. Um, but now
all of a sudden, if we follow every rule
and law and everything that's new or
that we didn't know of, we literally
have to park outside of that these red
lines on that photo down the street
vehicles out of view of us. Uh, being a
nuisance to other folks that, you know,
we care about. All our neighbors in that
area are all really friendly. We're all
really tight. So, um, you know, we've
usually I'm only down here for the
Christmas light show awards for my son.
So, you folks know us from that. We try
to be really involved. Um, but we are
looking for clarification.
We're looking for some relief and we're
looking to see if that area is truly a
culde-sac. Technically, in every
dictionary we looked up, it's not a
culde-sac. We have one way in, we have a way out. It's never
been deemed anything. We are just Deer
Path Lane. Uh we're not a court, we're
not a circle. It's never been deemed one
way or the other. And um right now truly
we only have like two parking spots,
maybe three if you have a a car uh two
small cars and that's the other side. Um
and a lot of us just aren't aware. Okay.
So there are some pictures showing some
of the uh leg, you know, the just the
layout. Okay. And I won't go into all of
it. You folks are familiar with the
area. Um and then uh on the last page
something to consider which are our
concerns is one [clears throat]
is it truly deemed a culde-sac because
if it is we can't park around the inner
circle at all. We that I just found out
last week
>> from who?
>> Uh police department. Okay. So not you.
Uh
that was um Jack and Deissi uh that
officer. I've also spoken with uh the
night supervisor uh officer Elliott. Um
I mean everyone's been great and the
folks that take the payment for tickets,
they've been super helpful with the
adjudication dates because I have to be
out of town. It's been a hobby. So I'm
hoping it isn't a hobby in the future.
>> Um but anyway, we're trying to get a
ruling on that. And then some of the
other things in the back, we have an
active family. We have five vehicles in
the driveway. Um, I have a new
daughter-in-law who's pregnant. If she's
got to park down the street and walk
down the street in the winter, I mean,
it's like we're living in the city now
if all of this stuff gets enforced.
>> Okay.
>> Um, so anyway, if you could just
possibly, you know, review these and
consider them, we greatly appreciate it.
And we're just looking for some relief.
And yeah, like right now I have a
vehicle that is parked on the culde-sac
island and I truly fear like there's
going to be a ticket on it because it
comes at different hours of the day,
night and we just don't really know
what's happening. So it's been
unsettling.
>> Okay. The village manager will address
it with you.
>> Thank you. I appreciate that. And at
least chief they'll work it out.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Mr. Right. If if you could just uh make sure if you
could just write down for Chief Stanka
what's your email address. Uh Chief and
I will will review this. Uh not to make
a pun, but you've certainly raised an
eyebrow about an issue here.
>> Uh so I hope works.
>> So um we'll u we'll take a look at this
and and follow up with you. Okay.
>> Yeah. And I'm more than willing to come
down if we need more photos or if you
need me just to meet face to face. I
mean, I'm available whenever you folks
need me. Okay,
>> sounds good. Greatly appreciate it.
>> Thank you.
» Okay.
>> Next on the agenda is consent agenda.
All items listed on the consent agenda
will be enacted by one motion. There'll
be no separate discussion on those items
unless the trustees so request. In that
event, the item will be removed from the
general order of business and
considering it normal sequence on the
agenda. Looking for a motion. A motion
to approve the consent agendas presented
item A through D.
>> I'll second.
>> Sorry.
>> Okay, we have a motion from uh Trusty
Garcia, second from Trusty Abbott. Roll
call, please.
>> Trusty Garcia,
>> yes.
>> Trusty Malone,
>> yes.
>> Trusty Manco,
>> yes. Trusty Abbott.
>> Yes.
>> Trusty Frost.
>> Yes.
>> President Skilman.
>> Yes. Motion carries. Okay. Next item,
old business. We have no old business
tonight.
Manager Stewart, new business.
>> Yeah. Thank you, President Skelman.
Board of Trustees. Uh, Director Gray
will be presenting both items A and C as
they both relate to the River's End lift
station project. Uh, I've asked him to
just uh detail both or summarize both.
uh to you if the board is so inclined to
make a combined motion under new
business for both items following his
presentation. Uh we could proceed that
way for efficiency.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. So I'll start with uh item C.
That's approval of a resolution to award
a contract for improvements to the
rivers and lift station to Performance
Construction and Engineering LLC of
Plano, Illinois in the amount of
$3,315,000820.
Um so the village is uh moving forward
with uh major improvements to a river's
end lift station which is located near
the uh River's End subdivision along the
Fox River. Um the work includes removal
and replacement of three submersible
pumps, uh guide rails, access hatches,
exterior piping and valves, and
rehabilitation of the existing wet well.
It also includes control building
renovations which includes new variable
frequency drives and skate system
improvements. It also includes new
fencing and a new driveway. Um we
advertised on July 3rd, three
contractors submitted bids to the
village out of six plan holders and uh
performance construction and engineering
was the parent low bidder at the $3.3
million which is about 19% over our uh
engineers estimate of uh 2.79 million.
We currently have budgeted 2.82 million
in uh fiscal year 26 and that is an
approximate shortfall of about 495,000.
Um the good news is that uh this project
will span two fiscal years. So will
hopefully be completed by the end of uh
fiscal year 27. So we we'll reallocate
uh that additional uh $495,000
in next year's budget.
And then uh item A is actually uh um
approval of a resolution accepting a a
professional service agreement with
Engineering Enterprises, Inc. of Sugar
Grove for phase 3 construction
engineering services um for that the
project basically in the amount of
149,922.
» Okay, any questions?
>> Yes.
>> Uh Kevin, was there any change uh on
item C? You said that there was a short
of $400,000 and some dollars. Was there
any change or why we didn't know there
was going to be a different pricing? I
think it's just what the prices are
coming in at nowadays for all these
electrical components and prices are
going up. So like VFDs, pumps, all that
stuff is kind of getting elevated.
>> And to follow that point, Director Gray,
can you confirm when we got the original
engineers estimate that would have been
about a year ago?
>> That was about a year prior to get to
actually getting it out to bid. Correct.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Anybody else?
Okay, I'm looking for a motion on A and
C.
>> A motion to approve items A and C as
presented.
» I'll second.
>> Your motion on A and C under new
business and seconded by Trusty Abbott.
Roll call, please.
>> Trusty Garcia,
>> yes.
>> Trusty Malone,
>> yes.
>> Trusty Mascalo,
>> yes.
>> Trusty Abbott,
>> yes.
>> Trusty Frost,
>> yes. President Gilman.
>> Yes. Motion carries. Thank you. Item B,
approve a resolution to award the
contract for the 2026 Fire Department
training facility to Hot Canyon LLC,
DBA, Iowa, America, American Rescue of
Gilbert, Iowa in the amount of 38
338,000. Right. Okay.
Chief,
>> good evening, President Skilman, Madag
Stewart, and trustees. I appreciate this
opportunity to present this information
to you this evening. The resolution, as
President Skilman says, recommends
awarding the contract to the village's
new fire department training facility,
the Hot Canyon and Iowa American Rescue
in the amount of $338,000.
Just for a short background, our members
are required to complete a specific
amount of training each and every year,
and a portion of this training has to be
done at a certified training facility
that's at least three stories tall on 2
and a half acres. Our department
currently uses the Elgen Community
Training Center in Burlington for much
of their specialized training. It's an
excellent facility and provides us with
a lot of great opportunities, but there
are also limitations. We have over 50
firefighters between full-time and
part-time combined, and we have to
schedule that facility and work around
other communities and also the ECC
public safety curriculum program. We
currently reserve their facility for
approximately four hours each quarter
and and uh conduct that training over
three shifts. We must ensure that we
have adequate staffing in place so that
we can send vehicles from
Carpentersville to Burlington each of
those um mornings to train and traveling
alone back and forth is over an hour.
[clears throat] It's not as conducive to
having our own facility right in our
town to do the training that is
required. The village already owns six
steel shipping containers which are
currently located at the public works
storage facility and staff has worked
with HR Green to incorporate the area
for this dedicated fire training
facility as part of the storage yard
improvement project which was already
budgeted for completion this year.
Rather than constructing a traditional
training tower at a substantially higher
cost, this proposal utilizes existing
shipping containers to create a
three-story modular training facility.
The proposed facility will provide our
firefighters with the ability to train
in realistic residential and commercial
environments. As you can see in the
board report, the facility will include
interior rooms based on a real life
residential setting. It will have
hallways, multiple stair systems,
forcible entry doors, garage door prop,
window prop, ventilation props, attic
space, um technical rescue anchor
points, and a training stand pipe
system. And we will also have the
ability to create flashover simulations.
It will also incorporate exterior stair
systems providing access from thirdf
flooror areas into the roof. One of the
most important aspects of this project
is the overall safety. The proposal
includes Illinois stamped in engineering
structural calculations, foundation and
grading information and certification of
conformance with the NFPA402
safety requirements for non- gas fueled
live fire training structures. The
proposal also provides a two-day train
the trainer program which all of our
personnel will receive instruction on
how to use the facility and safe
operation within the training grounds.
There are only a finite number of
contractors who can perform this type of
work which is highly spec specified as a
state and as stated must meet all of the
national fire protection association
safety standards. The village
[clears throat]
honored the competitive bid process and
we did receive four proposals. Fire
department and public works staff
reviewed and ranked the proposals based
on an established criteria. Iowa
American Rescue not only submitted the
lowest bid, but also scored the highest
in regards to the project requirements
and was able to incorporate the village
village's sixth existing containers.
Staff also received positive reference
for the company from other departments
who they have built training facilities
for. This facility is also designed with
the future in mind. Because it's modular
construction, it will allow for
components to be repaired and replaced,
relocated, or expanded on without having
to reconstruct the entire facility. The
facility will allow us to train our
firefighters in our own community on our
own schedule with a structure that is
designed around actual skills they need
to perform. It'll reduce the dependence
on outside scheduling, reduce travel
time and wear and tear in our vehicles,
and it provides more frequent
opportunities for hands-on evolutions,
and most importantly, gives our
firefighters the opportunity to
repeatedly practice high-risk and
controlled uh training in a safe
environment. The facility can also be
shared for training with the police and
public works departments if so needed,
and we look forward to hosting classes
at the facility in the near future. This
is a very exciting project for the fire
department and we sincerely appreciate
the support from the village board and
the administrative staff. Thank you and
I'll be happy to answer any questions.
>> President Skilman.
>> Yes.
>> Um you've mentioned that uh we already
own the the storage bins or the bins.
>> Yes.
>> And it's still $338,000.
>> Mhm.
>> Okay. How much does it cost us to go out
to um the training center out west?
>> Um well, it depends. Uh, I'd have to get
that all the numbers for you, but we
provide instructors. Um, the travel
time. Uh,
>> do we pay rent to go out there?
>> We do pay a fee. Uh, it's it's I don't
know if it's rent, but it's a fee for
training.
>> Okay. There is a fee. Do you know what
that is off hand?
>> I do not.
>> Okay. Are we going to charge a fee for
every other town in Carpentersville to
come to this facility in our town?
[clears throat]
>> I have to talk to the manager about
that.
>> Say yes.
>> Yes.
correct answer for that. Okay. And I
want to make sure that that yes goes in
the minutes, please. Okay. Um,
Iowa company, that's the only one we
could come up with. Are the other ones
from Illinois? Do you know off hand?
>> Uh, no, they're not. They're from all
over. Like I said, there's not many
companies that do this type of work um
that put these containers. And then
there's not a lot of companies that
would actually utilize our existing
containers. they wanted to fabricate
their own offsite and then trailer them
into town. Um the highest bid was just
under a million dollar. Um and then the
lowest bid obviously is the $338,000. So
>> it just seems pretty high to me when we
already own the the storage bins. Uh I
mean bring in a crane and set the set
the bins.
Um,
>> if uh
I mean I looked at I looked at their or their website and they seem
like they're qualified to do it. I saw
an interview with a firefighter from
what is it? Hot Canyon or Iowa Iowa
American Rescue.
Um, I'd be willing to uh to say yes to
this uh if I can get a verification that
we will charge every town that comes
into our facility
on a separate pi payline
in our bookwork. I want to see that
number after this is built because if
it's if it's cost us, which I'd like to
know how much it's going to cost us it
costs us to go out to Hampshire or
Huntley or wherever that's at.
>> Burlington.
One of the two.
>> Yeah. Um, I would like to know that um
[clears throat] tomorrow.
I'd also like to know um
if we can pick and choose who uses this
uh facility at our at the
Carpentersville location.
Um how that works.
um
just so that we're using
uh firefighter friendly departments
uh using our facility that we're that
our residents are paying for. I just
want to make sure that we uh we have a
good relationship with the fire
departments that are will be uh
utilizing this this and if we don't have
a good relationship with them that they
will have to go out to Berling. Bless
you. Thank you.
>> Um, so I'd like to I'd like to make sure
that we have uh some more answers on
this
um and how much we're going to charge
per visit because I see I mean there's
different shifts. So I imagine one shift
goes the other shift covers or
something. I I'm not sure how that
works.
>> A lot of them uh Trusty Fro, sorry. Um,
a lot of them back in my days, we had to
like a subscription basically. We pay
like a yearly fee and then we can visit
it, you know, on it's three different
shifts. So, three, you know, and rotate
through. So, we're not paying all these
people overtime to go out, which the
chief's talking about. We pay people to
go back and teach and lots of overtime
involved, which we could get those
numbers for sure. No big deal. No
problem. But, um, yeah, I mean, Huntley,
we had to pay them to go out there when
we when Huntley was in service. Uh, and
now this newer facility out in
Burlington, it's so far away. Huntley
was actually closer,
>> but um, but you know, they, you know,
they have to keep it for their own
firefighters now, mainly. You know what
I mean? And and they deal with Mckenry
County College out in Huntley, too. So,
yeah, there's a lot to it. But this is a
great for us to have our own academy.
>> We could have kids, I mean, you know,
students coming here and paying to be
part of the, you know, the academy
someday. So, I think it's a it's it's a
win-win for the village and for for all
of us, you know,
>> prevailing wage language covered under this.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Proposal. Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
U may I just address uh I think some of
Trusty Frost's specific concern. So, uh,
what we would certainly do, any other
agency that was going to be making use
of our facility, we would, uh, we would
have that formalized through an
intergovernmental agreement. Uh, that
intergovernmental agreement will be
presented to the village board for each
and every one of those entities. Uh,
just so uh, you would have eyes on
anyone who is authorized to be there.
What's that?
>> Liability.
>> Oh, yes. And it would address liability
and you know workers comp the fact that
you know their their employees here are
responsible uh on their on their dime
for any injuries that sort of thing. I
mean unfortunately training exercises in
the and you know uh the fire industry
are
possible. So we we certainly will do
everything to to ensure that we have
protections for the village and that
those would be presented to the village
board. Uh in terms of the actual
numbers,
uh this facility isn't scheduled to be
completed pending board approval tonight
until early November. Uh if it would be
acceptable, I think we just need a
little bit of time to put together the
framework of what uh that subscription
or similar type fee would be if if that
would be all right for us to follow up
with with you and the rest of the board.
>> Um it's fine with me. Um, I have another
question. This gets set into concrete on
the concrete uh parking lot out there.
Is that what we're going or is it going
to go on grass?
>> Not on grass. No, it'll be on a
foundation.
>> Okay. At the $338,000,
if it's going to go on concrete slab, no
extras. No extras at all. Not we forgot
this. We need to add this. None of it.
$338,000
is enough for this project. No extras,
no coming in. We're the lowest bidder.
Oh, we forgot something. I don't want to
see that. I will vote no for that when
it comes up in our in our uh agenda down
the [clears throat] road. But as of
right now, I'm on board with this if it
stays at 338 or goes down.
>> Yeah, sounds good. Trusty Mullen, do you
have a comment or
>> I believe Trusty Frost covered it. I was
just going to ask about renting it to
other communities and that seems to be
covered. So, that's good.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, that's good. Thank you guys. Good
questions. Okay, that being said, I'm
looking for a motion.
>> Motion to approve item B under new
businesses.
>> I'll second motion by Trusty Garcia,
second by Trusty Malone. Roll call,
please.
>> Trusty Malone?
>> Yes.
>> Trusty Muscalco?
>> Yes.
>> Trusty Abbott?
>> Yes.
>> Trusty Frost?
>> Yes. Trusty Garcia.
>> Yes.
>> President Skilman.
>> Yes. Thank you. Motion carries. Thank
you, Chief, for explanation. And um next
item will be Manager Stewart.
>> All right. Thank you again, President
Skilman, board of trustees. Uh upcoming
events. Uh, Saturday, August 29th is the
community getdown event uh at Carpenter
Park from noon until 1000 p.m. Uh,
please note this is not a village uh
sponsored event, but it will feature
live music and food vendors uh but no
alcohol as the theme is familyfriendly.
Uh Thursday, September 10th at 4:30 is
the ribbon cutting for the uh Woodland
School Teen Impact Center uh that the
Boys and Girls Club has uh been working
on all this time. Uh village board
members are invited, uh if anybody is
interested in attending and has not
RSVPd, please let us know. We can RSVP
you for the event. Uh then the next day,
Friday, September 11th at sunset at the
new Riverfront Park, uh is the 25th
anniversary commemoration of
9/11/Patriots
Day. Uh we are excited to hold the event
in the evening and feature two
spotlights simulating the Twin Towers, a
well decorated and
hopefully well manicured lawn at the new
park, uh and some impactful speakers
lined up as well. uh Chief Anes Chevitz
I know and uh Jen Hyde and our team have
been working very hard on putting
together I I think what's going to be an
impactful event. So uh looking forward
to that. September 12th uh so this is
three days in a row. Uh the Saturday is
Elg uh both the parade component and the
festival. The parade's going to be the
same route as last year going from uh
Meadowdale uh shopping center down to
Carpenter Park. Uh there will be a
cavalcade, so uh some horses there um as
well as other vehicles. And then the
main festival will be from 1:00 until
10:00 that evening, uh featuring food
from five of our local Carpentersville
restaurants, uh and some other
activities. Um,
other note on meetings, I'll just
mention that uh we're reviewing if the
September 1st board meeting, which would
be two weeks from tonight, uh, might be
effectively combined with the September
15th board meeting, uh, which just
happens to fall right in the middle of
the month. Uh, if anybody has any strong
feelings on that, please reach out to me
online at the staff level. We're
otherwise going to just see if if we can
effectively combine those without
causing any uh disruptions with other
approvals and such. Uh everyone's uh
aware of the building uh relocation and
renovation project continues to
progress. Uh the police station remains
on target to be in the temporary space
on Carpenter Boulevard by September
14th. Um and the village hall side uh
will be in the temporary space uh a week
earlier than we had previously targeted
uh by October 19th. Uh so just a
reminder that board meetings beginning
in November will be at station 93 until
we're back in the newly renovated and
expanded building here uh which is
January 2nd 2028
52 days uh from today. uh on the dis uh
director Mason has uh just circulated
the through July financial numbers. Just
a couple highlights. Um revenues
year-to- date uh are trending about uh 4
and a.5% above where they would be
expected to be. Um
just where we are through seven months.
uh mentioned that our police and fire
pension funds have both actually been
highly outperforming their budgeted
projections due to significant uh
investment income realized this year. Um
villagewide expenditures are well under
budget uh at a little less than 37% of
what was budgeted for the year to date.
Uh so revenues are trending better than
budget. expenses are trending actually
significantly below what was budgeted.
Uh and mentioned that um capital
projects which is the final page of it's
a kind of insert there at the the back
of the the packet there. Uh we have uh
advanced all 38 of the projects that we
budgeted for advancement uh this year um
with the River's End uh project approval
and the fire training uh station uh uh
approval this this evening. uh mentioned
that we've completed 15 projects this
year or are otherwise fully expecting
for 15 of those projects to be completed
before year end. Uh and we've also done
a small number of the contingency
projects too. Uh online water billing is
fully operational. Uh if you yourselves
or people you know, please spread the
word. uh the our website's finance tab.
If you go under water bills and payment,
uh that's where people can register uh
for the a bill pay options. Uh it's laid
out very nicely there. So again, credit
to the the finance team for for doing a
great job there. Um, also just so the
board's aware, we are uh reviewing a
special use permit application for a car
wash uh which would be looking at the
vacant land immediately west of the
village fresh market. Uh this will be
proceeding to planning and zoning uh
before advancing to the village board.
Uh more information to follow. Uh last
and not least by any means uh really
thanks to so many people for Jamberee
days and uh giving us a successful
launching point uh to hopefully continue
um [clears throat]
not only the success we had but
hopefully building on that to even
bigger and better things. uh Jen and
Greta, I can't even tell you how much
they contributed to so many aspects of
that event and u not only coordination
on the front end but during the event as
well. Uh special thanks to the public
works team. Uh those guys were just
fantastic uh over the two days and even
leading up to it. There was a lot of
setup to do. Uh I mean they set up our
park for two major events in the course
of 72 hours. Uh that was remarkable. Uh
the PD staff as well uh police officers
who were there did a fantastic job. Uh
thanks to the village board for your
support and participation at the event
and uh some of our other volunteers as
well. So thank you. That is my report.
>> Thank you.
All right. Trustee committee reports.
Trusty Mancalco.
Well, Brad did cover most
[clears throat] of what I was going to
discuss, but um one of the things he did
not cover was Fall Fest is coming up
September 19th. It'll be from 11 to 3 in
Carpenter Park. We'll have a DJ, food
trucks, and lots of free kid activities.
Think we want to highlight the free. Um,
we also have Katrina's Carnival on
October 4th that it's not a village
sponsored event, but it is an event that
will be going on in Carpenter Park. Um,
there'll be music and food. We recommend
you check Facebook for where to purchase
tickets for that event. That's all I
have.
>> Thank you, Trusty Frost.
>> Oh, Jamry Days was a lot of fun. Uh,
everybody I talked to that that went
can't wait till next year already. I
have a couple of bands, so I would like
to have a little input on next time's uh
next uh Jamberee Day's uh
selections, we'll say.
>> Mhm.
>> Um, Buck Cherry was
interesting.
Um,
>> rock and roll.
>> I'm maybe a fan now. I don't I I didn't
know him before. I maybe have I'm a fan
now.
Um good job. Great job, Jen and
everybody that was involved. Um I just
want to emphasize a little bit on this
article. Kane County Board okays nearly
2.3 million property tax levy hike.
This administration when it came in
office
ran with no property tax increase.
[clears throat] I get calls every year
this time of year taxes are due. My
taxes went up. I have to explain to them
that it's not the village of
Carpentersville that's raising their
taxes.
We've stayed with a a flat tax
all through uh President Skilman's
administration as long as I've been
involved with it. Not that I'm the
person to be get the pat on the back,
but since I've been here, it still
hasn't gone up. Um, the board approved
402.9
million budget for the fiscal year
starting December 1st
and
two weeks later
they're looking for another 2.3 million.
Just so our residents know, and I want
this in the minutes also, that
[clears throat] this is not the Village
of Carpenters, though raising your
taxes. Okay, this is the King County
Board. It's uh kind of ironic there's
not a King County board member in our
attendance tonight after this
pleasant article. I believe there's
three King County board members that
cover the village of Carpentersville.
um one comes to the meeting, gives us a
good report,
not talk to the other two in
I don't know when's the next election,
when was the last election. Okay. It'd
be nice if we could have those folks
come to our meetings, maybe give our
village residents a little insight of
what's going on. Thanks. I mean, Chris does a great job. gives us a
little insight of what's going on. But
this is stuff that we'd like to hear
about right here. This is in the Beacon
News, the Aurora Beacon News.
Um, it's a lot of money. Our taxes are going
up. I'm paying $8,000 for a city lot in
Carpentersville.
It seems
it's disturbing to me. I mean, I I mean,
knock on wood, I can afford it. Thank
God some folks can't. It's going to go
up more. So,
um I'm not looking for anybody to jump
on board with me. I'm just saying this
because
it's it's disturbing to me that that
after passing a budget of 442
million, two weeks later they're asking
for another $2.3 million to go into the
general general fund. So, take that for
what it's worth. coming from a resident
of the village of Carpentersville that
happens to sit in his seat. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Trusty Evb.
>> Yeah, sure. I just want to thank
everybody for Jamberee Days. I got a lot
of feedback, positive feedback, and like
Trusty Frost said, everyone's excited
for next year. Jen
and all the public works, police
department, and fire department, and
everybody that volunteers just it was
amazing. It was a lot of fun, and I want
to thank everybody for that.
Thank you, Trusty Abbott. Trusty Malone.
>> As everyone said, I'd just like to
personally thank everyone for Jamberee
Days. You guys worked really, really
hard and it turned out great. I didn't
get any complaints, just positive
feedback. Everybody's looking for next
year. I'm working on it.
>> Thank you, Rusty Garcia.
>> Well, everybody said it already. Thank
you, Jen. Thank you, Greta. But we're
forgetting Brad. If anybody was running
around like a chicken with no head was
spread picking up garbage, moving
chairs, doing this, doing that. Thank
you guys. Public works, you guys rock.
That's it. That's all what I have to
say. Thank you guys. I'm looking forward
for the next 10 years.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. No, I'll
echo the same. Um, and first of all, I
want to say happy anniversary to
Bradford Stewart today. 20 years
marriage anniversary. Yeah.
>> Yes. To be clear, [laughter]
So, um,
>> and Emily.
>> Anyways, yeah, no, thank you guys for
everything and yeah, let's just keep
moving forward like we have been doing
and yeah, um, thank you. Anything else?
Anybody?
>> Nope.
>> Motion to adjurnn. Anybody? I'll
>> motion to adjurnn.
I'll second. All
>> in favor? I I
mean adjourn. Thank you.