Madam Christie, if you would, call the roll.
» Trustee Albaugh? >> Here.
» Trustee Gutierrez? >> Here.
» Trustee Porter? >> Here.
» Trustee Kunkel? >> Here.
» Trustee Bancoli? >> Here.
» And Trustee Bracolino? >> Here.
» Thank you. >> Thank you.
Please join me with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Very good. We have a motion to accept the agenda.
» So moved. >> Second.
» We have a motion and a second. Did somebody say something?
» Yes, Mayor. I'd like to remove 7A1 from consent consent agenda cuz it's just
one. >> Remove 7A1?
» Yeah, from consent agenda and just leave it as an item.
» Yes. >> Okay. Okay.
There's no consent agenda. >> No, no.
» No.
» All right, so much for consent agenda. Um
I guess I don't need approval approval for the consent agenda.
» Right. Can I take roll? >> Oh, please do.
» Thank you. Trustee Gutierrez? >> Yes.
» Trustee Porter? >> Yes.
» Trustee Kunkel? >> Yes.
» Trustee Bancoli? >> Yes.
» Trustee Bracolino? >> Yes.
» And Trustee Albaugh? >> Yes.
» Thank you. >> Thank you.
Uh town hall presentation. I don't think we have any.
» I don't think we do. >> Town hall session.
Mr. Kyle. Nathan Kyle, if you would join us.
» Welcome. >> Hey, how's it going?
» Good. You'll have 5 minutes. >> Okay. Starting now.
» We already started. >> When you start talking.
» All right. Good evening, Village President, Trustees, and neighbors. My
name is Nate Kyle, a Hanover Park resident living on the Cook County side
of town. >> Move the mic a little closer.
» Uh I'm standing before you tonight not as a homeowner, but as a volunteer on
the front lines of managing our community stray and feral cat
population. As if you're not aware, uh Hanover Park
has a long-standing issue with the multiple colonies of free-roaming cats
uh working alongside a dedicated network of neighbors and multiple nonprofit
organizations, I see the problem firsthand. Uh
More importantly, I see clearly that how chapter 14 of our municipal code
actively blocks us from solving it. Right now, our code treats all
free-roaming cats standardly as strays or nuisances.
When compassionate residents uh step up using their own time and money to mainly
trap, fix, and feed these cats once they are returned from being fixed,
our code as written rewards them with a citation.
Because of section 14-9 strict three-pet limit, a resident trying to stabilize a
neighborhood colony runs into the risk of being cited by code enforcement for
simply trying to manage the population responsibly.
Uh let's see, for temporary bringing a sick
cat indoors or for fostering a litter of kittens and friendly dog cats on behalf
of like a local 501c3 adoption networks,
kind of like uh Almost Home. I want to be clear about the financial
reality that creates for Hanover Park. When code enforcement issues immediate
citations to volunteers, it does not make the cats disappear. The cats do not
pack up and move to another friendly village because of paperwork.
It simply prevents volunteers from doing the right thing. You penalize the public
for intervening, the public will stop. In fact, it already is happening.
Organizations like Feral Fixers and Almost Home have already refused to
sponsor volunteers in Hanover Park because our current code requires
excessive monthly reporting on how many cats are trapped, spayed, neutered,
microchipped, uh released, born, and deceased within Hanover Park.
All this information is already reported to both Cook and DuPage Counties. Uh the
cats receive where the cats receive medical care, and these volunteer-run
organizations do do have the time or manpower
to complete duplicate uh main mandated reporting. When volunteers and
rescue partners are pushed out, the consequences are predictable. The
outdoor cat population will skyrocket, mating noises, fighting, and property
damage will increase. We will see more disease and injured cats. Every unspayed
female cat can produce two litters each year,
totaling as many as 12 kittens. Over 3 years, the one cat, if left unspayed,
can produce up to over 300 cats.
I also give you guys a handout with like a a chart that shows what could happen.
Um let's see. So, volunteer organizations have been
actively working to reduce the population over the past
Uh I put 10 years, but after talking to Mayor Craig, it's 20 years. And Hanover
Park still has a significant stray and feral cat problem.
Eventually, the problem becomes severe. Village of Hanover Park will be forced
to step in. Village will have to
expand code enforcement hours, pay for municipal animal control roundups, and
absorb substantial operational, sheltering, and disposal costs.
This is an expensive ongoing burden that will fall directly on Hanover Park
taxpayers.
We may completely avoid those municipal costs by updating our code to let the
public and volunteer organizations perform this task without any worry of
fines or citations. I for- more formally submitted a draft
ordinance amendment to the village clerk tonight. And you guys are reading it
now. Use our local home rule authority to protect residents on both sides of
the county line and clarifies both the rights and the responsibility of
caretakers and fosters. First, it clear- completely repeals
section 14-14, which currently bans the feeding or
sheltering of feral cats. This section, as written, forces compassionate
residents into the shadows. In its place, our amendment establishes clear
caretaker responsibilities, protecting the right to responsibly
feed your tip, fix cats while requiring the humane removal and fostering of
weaned kittens. Second,
it [clears throat] accepts both caretakers and approved rescue foster
homes for the three pet limit. It legally clarifies that residents
partitioning in TNR or actively fostering kittens and friendly adult
cats for registered 501c3 rescue under section 14-9 are now the legal are not
the legal owners of these animals. This allows indoor volunteers to
temporarily house, socialize, and care for adopted animals within their
residence safely and legally. Third, it aligns
protection across two counties. If the resident shows code enforcement a
voluntary veterinarian sterilization certificate or an organizational foster
agreement from any recognized 501c3 charity,
whether it's Feral Fixers, Can Do, or Almost Home, to name a few, a local
compliant regarding or complaint regarding this regarding the cats, the
feeding, or foster housing is immediately dismissed.
We do not need bureaucratic time-consuming registry for
volunteer-based effort. And then fourth, implementing a mandatory 90-day grace
period instead of handing out immediate fines, code enforcement will issue a
resource referral. This gives a neighbor and volunteers 90 days to trap, neuter,
vaccinate, foster, and manage the cats, which which permanently eliminates the
nuisance behaviors like spraying and fighting.
» Your time is up. >> Oh, sorry.
» The uh Appreciate your comments. So, do you
prepare for the record? >> Okay.
» So, thank you for coming tonight. All right.
Moving on, uh the president's report.
Been a busy uh very busy week, and uh we uh
had a JRB this past week. Uh it's a joint review board
on our tips, and uh I'd like to say they they all went very smoothly.
Our our work with the TIFs has been superb. We had no complaints.
And [snorts] so, completely reviewed, and that's a arduous
preparation by staff, and want to thank them for that coming prepared.
Uh I was rushing in from uh DuPage mayor and managers golf outing.
And so, we we timed that just exactly right. And
gave me enough time to shower and change.
So, with that, um uh DuComm
had a meeting the other morning, Wednesday morning with DuComm.
A few of you have probably been awoken at 3:00 in the morning.
Uh I would say more than a few across
DuPage County. Uh
there was uh a misfire that is both software,
hardware, and personnel related. And so, we had quite a conversation at the
executive board Wednesday morning concerning that. And uh
staff um is going through a complete process
with with training and understanding how the system's supposed to work.
Additionally, uh
the one uh company that we use, there's others,
we're going to look at alternatives uh to that company and see what's
available. Uh we're the first users of a system
that they have that was completely automated.
So, we're taking a step back to have a personnel oversight that's fully trained
uh as we move forward. But, that was an awful situation. I can't imagine
waking up at 3:00 in the morning. Now, I can sleep through World War so, um
it did I wasn't awakened, but I'm sure some of you were and trying to figure
out why alarms going off,
especially since there was no storm. So, um,
if there's any additional work I uh information I can share, uh
be happy to do that. Pretty much it's a work in progress.
Um, they didn't want to uh
we asked for a a timeline on that and so uh
uh they were a little choking and puking on that, but we want to know some
outputs and we need some answers so that doesn't happen again. So, a very
unfortunate. Um,
» [snorts] >> I met uh
one of the NITA board members um actually I've met with two of them. Uh
Louis Montgomery was appointed for
uh Northwest Cook County. And uh he met with a number of the
mayors uh in our in Mount Prospect day before yesterday. We had some good
dialogue uh coming in. Uh
I think uh this transition is not an evolution, but a breaking one and
beginning of the other. We've noticed the last two months the uh
our delays in the in our decision-making process.
The last week uh Wednesday was my last board meeting with Metra and we've
noticed there's additional 6 weeks making decisions cuz everything's now
going through the governor's office. So, you can see
the devolution that what they're trying to do is really created a large
bureaucracy. And uh hopefully they'll figure that out over the next year, but
uh this Louis Montgomery and uh David Kolin
the mayor from uh Roselle has been appointed to the NITA board and both of
them uh
asked for my phone number given the 12 and 1/2 years I have serving on Metra
board and some of the uh quality things that we've been able
to get to going way back and uh I'm very proud of the time I served with Metra.
I was able to introduce strategic planning to them.
Able to introduce board members visiting facilities that never happened before.
Uh and
I was the uh secretary for that board and back in
2015 went through
20 years previous of uh closed session meetings that they never reviewed and we
were able to get rid of both of them. Uh spent a lot of time doing that. So, that
was uh quite a quite arduous uh
opportunity. I've uh schools schools are starting.
I hope you'll all drive with caution. Uh you'll notice the police department
has been working uh and they they have some speed
monitors in front of the schools that the hopefully people will see that and
and uh lower their speed around the schools. I've been to Fox
uh school uh Ontarioville. Was there. Uh they did the march to the
school last Thursday night and uh this Friday I'll be there reading to the kids
again. >> [snorts]
» Hanover Highlands I'm taking on the uh special
What do they call that? Uh Your daughter was
» Ambassador. >> Huh?
» The ambassador. >> The ambassador program. I'll be working
with uh Hanover Highlands on ambassador program.
Uh Ontarioville asked me to start after
Labor Day, which is fine. I've been visiting the first graders there for
eons. And uh I love it. I go in there and I say
"We're all in our places." And they all respond, "With sun shining faces." So,
it's a it's [snorts] something I enjoy getting
out with the kids. And then Greenbrook school I met with uh
the principal there who was uh been there 31 years as the principal of
Greenbrook. He grew up with my son. So, he's been in
Hanover Park for a a long time. Uh
block parties I want to encourage everybody, uh,
that may be listening to this, the block parties are outstanding. I love visiting
the block parties. I love it when the police show up and the fire shows up and
wet all the kids down. It's, uh, it's a great event. It's, uh, wonderful
bringing together for our neighborhoods. Um,
last, uh, Saturday I had to attend uh, Frank Severino's
wedding. I can't imagine getting married at 82,
but he got married and it was two big
families coming together. It was a wonderful event. I had a little bit of
time to visit the block party. Coat and tie, all, you know,
I said, "You won't see me often with my teeth out, so here I am."
So, but, uh, I had a picture of that. I put it on my Facebook, but the people
just come running up. They say, "Hey, the mayor's in a suit, you know." I
don't normally go to block parties in a suit. Um,
the, uh, attended, uh, with Metro the last week,
uh, uh, what do you call it, safety blitz.
Hanover Park had a safety blitz and police and fire, thank you for your
support. Uh, in the morning as people are loading up, uh, to get on the train
to know that uh, keep the distance. As you know, a few years ago we worked hard
to, uh, and it took a few years to bring the, uh, lights and sirens to our our
crossings. Um, not many municipalities have gone to that extent, but it's in-
increased the safety of our crossings. Um,
people are aware and we point that out. So, we handed out pens and pencils and
paraphernalia of, uh, around being safe around the railroads. Uh, I attended the
back to school prep at the POC and what a wonderful event. John
Kunkel was handing out backpacks. Lisa was consoling with everybody in the
building. It was an extension of what we do and
what we care for in Hanover Park. You know, this is a caring community. How we
reach out to our not-for-profits and the needs of our families that that can come
and get a get a a warm feeling about Hanover Park and who we are. Uh the
extension and support from Ascension Hospital.
Uh of course, Lisa and I have a story to tell that goes back how many years,
Lisa? >> Halloween 2019.
» 2018? >> 2018.
» I discovered Lisa. >> [laughter]
» And it's it's never ended. But uh what a wonderful support we have for our
families in Hanover Park. And really it goes out beyond Hanover Park. And uh
I'm very proud of Voices' work and how we find ways to support that. And it was
nice to see uh residents show up and just pitch in. Uh
all all you know, the libraries were there. I I you know, I mean, there were
a multitude of the people there. Lisa, thank you for your leadership on that.
And uh I I normally try to write these things
out so our our clerk can just transfer it.
» I got it. >> You got it?
» it, yeah. >> Okay. So, I try to talk a little slower,
but God only knows. So, with that, uh
there is nothing left of the consent agenda, so what's to approve?
» [laughter] >> So, we just
All right. Uh first motion.
781. Motion to approve the proposal from
Builders Paving LLC to perform pavement resurfacing
as part of the 2026 resurfacing project contract contact two in the amount not
to exceed $158,000 and authorize the village manager
to execute the necessary documents. Do we have a motion?
» So moved. >> Second.
» We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?
Any discussion? Hearing none, Christy, call the roll.
» Trustee Porter? >> Yes.
» Trustee Kunkel? >> Yes.
» Trustee Biancalana? >> Yes.
» Trustee Broccolo? >> Yes.
» Trustee Alba? >> Yes.
» And Trustee Gutierrez? >> Yes.
» Thank you. >> Okay, Village Manager, you got to spend
some money. >> [laughter]
» 782, motion to approve warrant 820-2026 in the amount of
» [clears throat] >> $412,935
and 12 cents. >> So moved.
» Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any
discussion? Hearing none, Christy, call the roll.
» Trustee uh Kunkel? >> Yes.
» Trustee Biancalana? >> Yes.
» Trustee Broccolo? >> Yes.
» Trustee Alba? >> Yes.
» Trustee Gutierrez? >> Yes.
» Trustee Porter? >> Yes.
» Thank you. >> Motion to approve warrant paid in
advance 731-2026 through 813-2026
in the amount of $849,462 and 88 cents.
» So moved. >> Second.
» We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?
Hearing none, Christy, call the roll.
» Trustee Biancalana? >> Yes.
» Trustee Broccolo? >> Yes.
» Trustee Alba? >> Yes.
» Trustee Gutierrez? >> Yes.
» Trustee Porter? >> Yes.
» And Trustee Kunkel? >> Yes.
» Thank you. And before I move to Manager's report, I'd like to wish John
Kunkel a happy birthday. >> Yay.
» So now they could all pick on you, John. >> Tomorrow.
» It's tomorrow. >> Tomorrow, but still.
» But we're early today. >> early birthday.
» We should have gotten >> Anything to make John smile. What do you
think? >> I wish I had a joke for him.
» [laughter] >> I'm sure he's got one for us. And we
» I have candy. I have candy. >> I didn't see any cake in there. So,
John, you know, what do we got? >> We're all saying cake. I don't know if
you know that. >> All right.
Village Manager's report, Courtney. >> Uh no report tonight.
» Thank you. Village Clerk's report, Christy.
» I just wanted to thank everybody for a rootin' tootin' good time at the summer
soiree. Um it was so much fun celebrating
Hanover Park America 250. Thank you so much public works for all your hard
work. I know you guys were out there early. Thankfully, we didn't have too
much rain that day. So, I'm glad that kind of blew over. Police department,
fire department, a special thanks to Sue. I'm sure she'll hear this later,
but I know she does a lot of behind the scenes work, special events, and
village manager Courtney, thank you. It was awesome, and we really appreciate
it. Just want to remind everybody that there is a movie in the park. It's one
of our makeups from Cop's Day. It's September 28th, so next Friday 8:00 p.m.
-ish um at the park district at 1919 Walnut. So, come out and join us for
» September 28th for Bad Guy. Oh, no, sorry. August.
» I'm a month behind. >> August 28th.
This one is Bad Guys 2. >> Ooh.
» This one's from Cop's Day. We will redo the other one
at a later date. Coming soon. >> All right, enough already.
» Yes. August.
» Thank you, Kristy. >> Yes.
» And thank you for uh filling in for me
» It's fine. >> at the soiree. It's um
celebrating the wedding.
» I was line dancing. >> of our neighboring mayor. Okay. Uh
Corporation Council report. >> No report. Thank you.
» Thank you, Bernie. Uh village trustee reports, trustee
Albet. >> Uh thank you, Mayor. Um finally get the
chance to go first, but unfortunately, I have no report. Thank you.
» Outstanding. Thank you, trustee. Uh trustee Gutierrez.
» Yes, thank you, Mayor. Um as you said, the back-to-school event uh went really
well. It's not as great as the Cop's Day picnic, but it's pretty good. It's
pretty good. Um we had about 400 people come through. Um trustee Conkol, thank
you so much. He was giving out backpacks like crazy. Um the haircuts were a big
hit. Um, so we stayed late
so that these uh >> We had like six or seven people cutting.
» We did. We had like six or seven people from the area. We went with with folks
in the area to come in and they donated their time to give haircuts to kids. It
was amazing. Uh, we had special uh needs children getting their hair cut for the
first time. It was really really magical. Um, despite all that, we still
have a lot of book bags and a lot of uh school supplies. If
anybody's hearing this and you need a book bag or school supplies, please
don't buy any yet. Uh, contact the POC in town right on Lake and um
Ontarioville Road. Um And then in other news, um
public charge is changing September 18th, 2026. What this means if you're a
legal permanent resident in the United States
30, 40, 50 years and uh you are on SNAP benefits, etc.
Um, and you've decided now you have enough money to become a citizen and you
know, you have a pathway to become a citizen after being in the country
legally as a permanent resident um
immigration will now look at you as a public charge because you're using SNAP
benefits for your US-born children, etc. Um, this is starting September 18th. As
a result, we do expect that a lot of people that are on Medicaid will fall
off to prevent uh the public charge rule from affecting them. Um, so this is a
little bit dangerous. We've seen what happens when this takes place uh as it's
happened in New York in the past. We've had
small measles outbreaks here and there because of this. So, we're really hoping
that it it does continue to be challenged in the courts and that people
don't give up on their Medicaid, that they still take their kids to get those
um school vaccines and to get their yearly physicals. Um, the historic uh
committee is meeting next week and Mayor, I sent you an email about this
today, too, but Lisa Mueller was our historian assigned by the library in
town known as >> Poplar Creek.
» Poplar Creek. Sorry, it's been a long day. Poplar Creek.
She's amazing and because she's amazing she got promoted. But that means we lost
our our liaison.
» No. >> Yes, so I need you to pull strings
again. So remember last time I was like we really wanted her to be the
historian. Poplar Creek holds the the stacks of our digital data
and our digital historical data, excellent pictures. She also used to
write the highlighter blurb on history. So we're
going to ask and by we I mean you are going to ask
» it. I get it. >> Poplar Creek if they are willing to
appoint someone to continue with that seat.
Cuz that means we've lost a seat in the historic committee. And she was really
awesome. So >> Okay, awesome.
» Yeah, we did gain two more in that in that historic committee.
» I know who to call. >> Okay, perfect. CIDC is having
celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month on October 9th here right here.
Food, dance, and a discussion on on the 9th. So we're excited about that. And to
the gentleman that came to speak about the feral cat, thank you so much for
worrying about this. This is important. I see both sides of this as someone who
is a foster mom. I've worked with Almost Home Foundation. I don't live too far
from there. And so that's where we got our dogs and I foster dogs. So I
understand that but I also understand the need for us to be careful in this
because we've also had homes in the area that have abused this and continue to
abuse even fostering dogs. So but thank you for bringing this up and
for caring so much for these little guys. I appreciate it. That's the end of
my report. >> Thank you very much.
Let's see. Trustee Port. >> [clears throat]
» Thank you, Mayor. I want to start off with the
the DuPage and the sirens that that went off uh
last week uh and how unnerving that was. But and I understand accidents and and
and those kind of things can happen. But my concern is for
the thousands of residents who are not privy or not users of our Facebook page
or uh our other
in-house methods of communicating what happened.
There's still a lot of people out there that don't know what the heck happened.
And I was just wondering did was it ever under consideration for them to do a
press release, something on the news media,
uh something on the radio? Did they do a radio TV release?
» I didn't bring it with me, but they shared that with us.
» With and and they they did this >> Yeah, and I think the Daily Herald made
some announcement. >> They on the Herald? Did they do anything
with the the radio or TV announcements? >> WGN.
» WGN. Okay. All right, I just wanted to make sure because like I said, I've had
a lot of people that, you know, like, "Can you tell me what was what was going
on?" And so I'm glad that they made that effort then. So uh
» Yeah, it wasn't a pretty meeting we had. >> Yeah, I can imagine.
Uh secondly, uh Chief, I want to know, are you aware of what was going on? I
know you the police departments are all kind of
intermingled with the the SWAT threat at Addison Trail High
School today where they had to shut down the high school and some of the
surrounding elementary schools in Addison. My grandson attends school
there in Addison and they were all under uh
uh uh a security shutdown uh at the
school. So did anything come through to to you guys?
» Only basic information. I don't have specific details that but there was some
mutual aid, you know, related to that. But I don't have I didn't hear what the
outcome was. >> Okay. All righty. Uh it's terrible that
I know this is the second one they've had in 2 years
at Addison Trail High School. So, I don't know if there's some pranksters at
the school, but you got to take all of those things serious, you know, when
they occur and uh the high the grammar school that my
grandson goes to, Stone Elementary, is right across the street from Addison
Trail High School. So, uh they shut down the elementary school and you got, you
know, second and third graders that are now, you know, in that protocol, which
is traumatizing to the children. So,
» No no big no kid. >> Yeah.
Um I want to thank uh Mr. Kyle again for
for coming. I thank you for your call. Thank you for coming and sharing this
information uh with us and uh we will take it upon
ourselves to review this and uh to see uh the merits of of the points that
you've raised and if there any things that we can do to uh create a an
environment that satisfies all parties concerned, but uh thank you for taking
the time to uh put together this report and the
proposed ordinance. Uh I commend you for that and
uh I know that took some time and effort on your part, but I know that you're
passionate about this issue. So, I I just want to thank you for coming in
today and sharing that. Uh it doesn't go unnoticed. So, thank you.
And uh finally, our Sister Cities Committee will have a meeting next
Thursday. Um as we invite all of the interested
parties and members of the public to come and join us.
Uh we'll begin doing some of our planning for uh Black History Month and
next year's Juneteenth event and some other events that uh things that we're
involved in uh with some of our neighboring sister city communities. I
know that uh Hoffman Estates has their French um
their French buffet or I forget the exact name of it, but they do a thing
where they honor their sister city relationship with with France with the
city in France and uh they serve all type of French pastries and French food
and it's really uh really a nice event uh to attend. I'll have more information
uh exactly when we get it from them to share here if anyone's interested in
attending. And uh that concludes my report.
» Thank uh thank you, Trustee. And uh Trustee Conkle?
» Yes, Trustee Weir. Well, let's see. The shower report
on board we met uh last Wednesday. We mostly discussed the airport
maintenance, the upgrade to the uh the kind of the small
board outside of the hangar. Uh we also uh talked about the fuel and
other things that they have. Uh the biggest thing that probably
concerns a lot of residents is they have the thing called Options Talks on
September 12th. Uh that's where there's a lot of planes
on display and you come out there and have some
drinks while you're uh you're
Mayor, we already talked about school maintenance. We always talk about that.
The last thing I have is why are we painting the fire hydrants
white? Is that to confuse the dogs?
And the snow so they don't see the yellow snow?
» Yes, sir, indeed. We are trying to confuse the fire department. No, that is
a primer that is being applied. They will now be painted bright red.
Yes, I we may have put something out on social media. I apologize. I haven't
seen it. Uh but it they it is a primer. They will be painted red here in the
next week.
» Okay, thank you, Trustee. And uh
Trustee Benko? >> Thank you, Mayor.
Uh Mr. Kyle, uh I I echo my fellow board members in in thanking you for coming
here tonight and >> Is your mic on?
» Uh oh. >> It's just low.
» I'll speak up. Uh Mr. Kyle, I uh echo my fellow board
members and just wanted to thank you for coming in tonight and um expressing some
of your concerns and providing us with um the draft ordinance that you
prepared. Um I'm not sure everyone on our board uh knows the history um of
this ordinance, and so I was actually going to um
hopefully turn to one of our staff members so they they can just provide
some of the history on on the ordinance and and why we have it and um I think
it's just in important to know. So, um I am actually going to pass the baton to
um our chief, and he might be able to provide some of that background
information about why we have it the way we do.
Yeah. Our Our Chief Johnson.
» Yes, thank you. Um some history on the ordinance. I I remember when it was
first adopted in 2008. Um what we had at the time was we had
some It started with complaints from
residents saying, "My neighbors are feeding
these feral cats, and it's causing disarray in the neighborhood. It's
causing um out of control populations, waste, uh issues with other animals."
And so, the complaints were actually about uh uh the you know, the feeding of
the cats. The issue that we found when we looked into it was
um some of it was careless, but some of it was also well-intentioned residents,
uh animal lovers, that wanted to do something good and felt like they were
doing something good for um stray cats. And And unfortunately,
without the Many of them just didn't have the proper
um equipment, training, knowledge, um ability to run a uh a you know, a
well-run, properly maintained cat colony. And so, the solution was that
they there needed to be some regulation so that it was done the right way and we
didn't have the um you know, the issues on both sides. And so, the way the
ordinance was written um provides for you know, the the colonies aren't
illegal, but they need to be sponsored by uh an animal uh a a licensed animal
agency that can ensure that the the the populations are controlled properly,
that spaying and neutering and vaccinations are going on, disease
control, uh waste management, things like that. Um
because without that oversight, we we really and truly did have a mess in
town. And so, that's the history of it and that's why uh you know, those
regulations were put in place because there just needed to be some uniformity
to how it was done because otherwise, um you know, it was frankly disastrous in
some areas. >> Thank you, Chief. Um so, I just wanted
to make sure that you were aware of some of that background information, that's
some of that historical knowledge, and as well as any residents that might be
listening um online cuz we do stream our meetings. But again, thank you so much,
and um it will be taken under consideration. Thank you.
Um the next thing I'd like to touch on is uh that online are
I excuse me, I think we sent out via our email channels as well as on our
Facebook um that those that were impacted by the July 4th storms, and I
believe tornadoes in the area, um
now have um uh
are are now able to take advantage of some assistance from the federal
government in the form of um low-interest loans. And so, uh this is
the the way and
you know, just for those that are listening, I have the fact sheet here in
front of me and the way that our Governor Pritzker issued the
declaration, he said that it was the storms occurring between July 2nd and
4th. Um, it impacts, uh, you know, the counties that that we fall under, Cook
County and DuPage County. Um, if your home or business did experience any sort
of damage, you have until October 5th of this year to apply for that assistance.
Um, and if there was any sort of economic injury, you have until next
year, uh, May 5th of 2027 to apply for that. So, I did just want to make our
residents aware. I know, um, there are some in town that, um, you know,
experienced some really severe flooding, um, and did just want to make sure that
they were aware that that resource is now available.
Did also want to flag that the that for our residents that live in Cook County,
the Cook County Board of Review just yesterday,
uh, issued a press release and issued
information really urging Cook County residents to file appeals,
um, for their 2027, um, property tax bill that might, uh,
Sorry, let me back up. To file an appeal for any property that was damaged in the
recent storms. Um, that that may impact their their 2027
property tax bill. So, they really are urging residents, you know, if you had
flooding, if, you know, some of these really high winds impacted your home,
um, to please file uh, an appeal to that because it it will ultimately impact how
much you pay in 2027. But, did just want to make our residents
aware of that. Uh the next thing I'd like to mention is
is a couple of weeks ago, unfortunately, I I failed to
express my sincere thanks and gratitude to our police department, fire
department, and our public works department for all the work that they
have done really all summer because of these
storms. It is um I have never seen anything like this and
it's I I know it's um it it it must be really challenging
every single time it rains to have to um you know, put on your boots and and
um really do our best to to take care of of
the village and and its residents. But I I really I'm I'm just so grateful
um and I I also just wanted to illustrate that
you know, I wanted to publicly say thank you, but also just illustrate to our
residents that our public works and fire department and police department are
working so hard during these storms and just wanted to share just some data that
we received. So I don't have the data as it relates to the
storms that we had in in August, but when we had a storm on July 27th, I just
want to provide some numbers. So within 24 hours, our fire department responded
to to 36 requests for support that were storm related. Our police department
rece- um received 134 calls in a 24-hour span
um and almost 40 of which were were storm related. You know, our public
works, I don't have the the number for our public works, but I'm I'm sure our
public works was out there um you know, doing all that they could to to respond
to the requests for assistance. So um I share that because I'm I really am
so grateful for all the work that's being done.
Um I also share that cuz I know that a lot of residents reach out for for
requests for assistance, but they might not get it immediately, and it is
because we we're we're getting um so many requests for assistance. So, um I
did just want to share that information with our residents, and again, thank
thank you so much to um both our chiefs and uh Director
Moore. Um and then last but not least, uh just
saw today that uh our new flags for uh new businesses are
now um stationed Let me back up. Our new are now open
new flags for new businesses
are in front of new businesses. And so, I'm I
uh remember pushing for this, and uh thank
you again to the board for, you know, uh uh approving this idea, but really thank
you to um Director uh Govin for making this uh idea a reality. The flags are
beautiful, and um I'm really really excited to see them around town. Um
again, for our residents, these are new flags that will be stationed in front of
new businesses, um highlighting um that uh
there is an operating business in this space, and so I would encourage you to
patronize them, and um uh and yeah, and and shop local. So, I'm
really really excited for this initiative. So, thank you, Director
Govin. Um and that concludes my report. >> Very good. Thank you.
Uh Trustee Broccolino.
» Um I think I had my share just last
Saturday. I was able to attend the Commerce RA, and although I'm not a big
fan of country music, I had a really good time.
I had to learn some line dancing steps but I enjoyed myself.
Um Also
» Is your mic on? >> Yes, it is.
Um I am excited that next month I'll be participating in the Citizens Police
Academy. Um so I'm really looking forward to
learning more about the police department and work with our officers.
Uh work and the work our officers do today.
» Very good. Thank you.
And motion to go to executive session setting the price for sale property for
section 5 ILCS 120/2 C5. >> It's actually 2 C6.
» I stand corrected. 2 C6.
All in favor? >> I.
» And we will be returning upon um closure of executive session.
Nice support tonight on the issue. Nice support tonight on the issue.
» Mhm.