[0:00] Madam
Christie, if you would, call the roll.
[0:03] » Trustee Albaugh?
>> Here.
[0:05] » Trustee Gutierrez?
>> Here.
[0:06] » Trustee Porter?
>> Here.
[0:07] » Trustee Kunkel?
>> Here.
[0:09] » Trustee Bancoli?
>> Here.
[0:10] » And Trustee Bracolino?
>> Here.
[0:12] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[0:14] Please join me with the Pledge of
Allegiance.
[0:35] Very good.
We have a motion to accept the agenda.
[0:40] » So moved.
>> Second.
[0:41] » We have a motion and a second.
Did somebody say something?
[0:45] » Yes, Mayor. I'd like to remove 7A1 from
consent consent agenda cuz it's just
[0:50] one.
>> Remove 7A1?
[0:52] » Yeah, from consent agenda and just leave
it as an item.
[0:55] » Yes.
>> Okay. Okay.
[0:57] There's no consent agenda.
>> No, no.
[1:00] » No.
[1:03] » All right, so much for consent agenda.
Um
[1:06] I guess I don't need approval approval
for the consent agenda.
[1:09] » Right. Can I take roll?
>> Oh, please do.
[1:12] » Thank you. Trustee Gutierrez?
>> Yes.
[1:14] » Trustee Porter?
>> Yes.
[1:15] » Trustee Kunkel?
>> Yes.
[1:17] » Trustee Bancoli?
>> Yes.
[1:18] » Trustee Bracolino?
>> Yes.
[1:19] » And Trustee Albaugh?
>> Yes.
[1:21] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[1:24] Uh town hall presentation. I don't think
we have any.
[1:27] » I don't think we do.
>> Town hall session.
[1:31] Mr. Kyle.
Nathan Kyle, if you would join us.
[1:41] » Welcome.
>> Hey, how's it going?
[1:42] » Good. You'll have 5 minutes.
>> Okay. Starting now.
[1:46] » We already started.
>> When you start talking.
[1:49] » All right. Good evening, Village
President, Trustees, and neighbors. My
[1:51] name is Nate Kyle, a Hanover Park
resident living on the Cook County side
[1:54] of town.
>> Move the mic a little closer.
[1:58] » Uh I'm standing before you tonight not
as a homeowner, but as a volunteer on
[2:01] the front lines of managing our
community stray and feral cat
[2:04] population.
As if you're not aware, uh Hanover Park
[2:07] has a long-standing issue with the
multiple colonies of free-roaming cats
[2:10] uh working alongside a dedicated network
of neighbors and multiple nonprofit
[2:14] organizations, I see the problem
firsthand. Uh
[2:18] More importantly, I see clearly that how
chapter 14 of our municipal code
[2:21] actively blocks us from solving it.
Right now, our code treats all
[2:25] free-roaming cats standardly as strays
or nuisances.
[2:29] When compassionate residents uh step up
using their own time and money to mainly
[2:32] trap, fix, and feed these cats
once they are returned from being fixed,
[2:37] our code as written rewards them with a
citation.
[2:40] Because of section 14-9 strict three-pet
limit, a resident trying to stabilize a
[2:45] neighborhood colony runs into the risk
of being cited by code enforcement for
[2:48] simply trying to
manage the population responsibly.
[2:53] Uh
let's see, for temporary bringing a sick
[2:55] cat indoors or for fostering a litter of
kittens and friendly dog cats on behalf
[3:00] of
like a local 501c3 adoption networks,
[3:04] kind of like uh Almost Home.
I want to be clear about the financial
[3:08] reality that creates for Hanover Park.
When code enforcement issues immediate
[3:12] citations to volunteers, it does not
make the cats disappear. The cats do not
[3:16] pack up and move to another friendly
village because of paperwork.
[3:19] It simply prevents volunteers from doing
the right thing. You penalize the public
[3:23] for intervening, the public will stop.
In fact, it already is happening.
[3:26] Organizations like Feral Fixers and
Almost Home have already refused to
[3:29] sponsor volunteers in Hanover Park
because our current code requires
[3:33] excessive monthly reporting on how many
cats are trapped, spayed, neutered,
[3:36] microchipped, uh released, born, and
deceased within Hanover Park.
[3:41] All this information is already reported
to both Cook and DuPage Counties. Uh the
[3:44] cats receive where the cats receive
medical care, and these volunteer-run
[3:48] organizations
do do have the time or manpower
[3:52] to complete duplicate uh main
mandated reporting. When volunteers and
[3:57] rescue partners are pushed out, the
consequences are predictable. The
[4:00] outdoor cat population will skyrocket,
mating noises, fighting, and property
[4:05] damage will increase. We will see more
disease and injured cats. Every unspayed
[4:09] female cat can produce two litters each
year,
[4:12] totaling as many as 12 kittens. Over 3
years, the one cat, if left unspayed,
[4:16] can produce up to
over 300 cats.
[4:20] I also give you guys a handout with like
a a chart that shows what could happen.
[4:26] Um let's see.
So, volunteer organizations have been
[4:30] actively working to reduce the
population over the past
[4:33] Uh I put 10 years, but after talking to
Mayor Craig, it's 20 years. And Hanover
[4:37] Park still has a significant stray and
feral cat problem.
[4:40] Eventually, the problem becomes severe.
Village of Hanover Park will be forced
[4:44] to step in.
Village will have to
[4:47] expand code enforcement hours, pay for
municipal animal control roundups, and
[4:50] absorb substantial operational,
sheltering, and disposal costs.
[4:54] This is an expensive ongoing burden that
will fall directly on Hanover Park
[4:58] taxpayers.
[5:02] We may completely avoid those municipal
costs by updating our code to let the
[5:06] public and volunteer organizations
perform this task without any worry of
[5:10] fines or citations.
I for- more formally submitted a draft
[5:14] ordinance amendment to the village clerk
tonight. And you guys are reading it
[5:17] now. Use our local home rule authority
to protect residents on both sides of
[5:21] the county line and clarifies both the
rights and the responsibility of
[5:25] caretakers and fosters.
First, it clear- completely repeals
[5:29] section 14-14,
which currently bans the feeding or
[5:33] sheltering of feral cats. This section,
as written, forces compassionate
[5:37] residents into the shadows. In its
place, our amendment establishes clear
[5:41] caretaker responsibilities, protecting
the right to responsibly
[5:45] feed your tip, fix cats while requiring
the humane removal and fostering of
[5:49] weaned kittens. Second,
[5:53] it [clears throat] accepts both
caretakers and approved rescue foster
[5:56] homes for the three pet limit. It
legally clarifies that residents
[5:59] partitioning in TNR or actively
fostering kittens and friendly adult
[6:04] cats for registered 501c3 rescue under
section 14-9 are now the legal are not
[6:09] the legal owners of these animals.
This allows indoor volunteers to
[6:14] temporarily house, socialize, and care
for adopted animals within their
[6:18] residence
safely and legally. Third, it aligns
[6:22] protection across two counties. If the
resident shows code enforcement a
[6:25] voluntary veterinarian sterilization
certificate or an organizational foster
[6:30] agreement from any recognized 501c3
charity,
[6:34] whether it's Feral Fixers, Can Do, or
Almost Home, to name a few, a local
[6:38] compliant regarding or complaint
regarding this regarding the cats, the
[6:42] feeding, or foster housing is
immediately dismissed.
[6:45] We do not need bureaucratic
time-consuming registry for
[6:48] volunteer-based effort. And then fourth,
implementing a mandatory 90-day grace
[6:51] period instead of handing out immediate
fines, code enforcement will issue a
[6:56] resource referral. This gives a neighbor
and volunteers 90 days to trap, neuter,
[7:00] vaccinate, foster, and manage the cats,
which which permanently eliminates the
[7:05] nuisance behaviors like spraying and
fighting.
[7:08] » Your time is up.
>> Oh, sorry.
[7:11] » The uh
Appreciate your comments. So, do you
[7:15] prepare for the record?
>> Okay.
[7:17] » So, thank you for coming tonight.
All right.
[7:23] Moving on, uh
the president's report.
[7:30] Been a busy uh very busy week, and uh
we uh
[7:35] had a JRB this
past week. Uh it's a joint review board
[7:40] on our tips, and uh I'd like to say they
they all went very smoothly.
[7:45] Our our work with the TIFs has been
superb. We had no complaints.
[7:52] And [snorts] so, completely reviewed,
and that's a arduous
[7:56] preparation by staff, and want to thank
them for that coming prepared.
[8:00] Uh I was rushing in from uh
DuPage mayor and managers golf outing.
[8:06] And so,
we we timed that just exactly right. And
[8:12] gave me enough time
to shower and change.
[8:15] So, with that, um
uh DuComm
[8:19] had a meeting the other morning,
Wednesday morning with DuComm.
[8:23] A few of you have probably been awoken
at 3:00 in the morning.
[8:27] Uh
I would say more than a few across
[8:30] DuPage County.
Uh
[8:33] there was uh
a misfire that is both software,
[8:37] hardware, and personnel related. And so,
we had quite a conversation at the
[8:42] executive board Wednesday morning
concerning that. And uh
[8:47] staff um
is going through a complete process
[8:51] with with training and understanding how
the system's supposed to work.
[8:55] Additionally,
uh
[8:57] the one uh
company that we use, there's others,
[9:00] we're going to look at alternatives
uh to that company and see what's
[9:04] available.
Uh we're the first users of a system
[9:09] that they have that was completely
automated.
[9:11] So, we're taking a step back to have a
personnel oversight that's fully trained
[9:17] uh as we move forward. But, that
was an awful situation. I can't imagine
[9:23] waking up at 3:00 in the morning. Now, I
can sleep through World War so, um
[9:28] it did I wasn't awakened, but I'm sure
some of you were and trying to figure
[9:32] out why
alarms going off,
[9:34] especially since there was no storm. So,
um,
[9:37] if there's any additional work I uh
information I can share, uh
[9:42] be happy to do that. Pretty much it's a
work in progress.
[9:45] Um,
they didn't want to uh
[9:49] we asked for a a timeline on that and so
uh
[9:52] uh they were a little choking and puking
on that, but we want to know some
[9:55] outputs and we need some answers so that
doesn't happen again. So, a very
[9:59] unfortunate.
Um,
[10:01] » [snorts]
>> I met uh
[10:03] one of the NITA board members um
actually I've met with two of them. Uh
[10:08] Louis
Montgomery was appointed for
[10:11] uh Northwest Cook County.
And uh he met with a number of the
[10:16] mayors uh in our in Mount Prospect day
before yesterday. We had some good
[10:21] dialogue uh coming in.
Uh
[10:26] I think uh this transition is
not an evolution, but a breaking one and
[10:32] beginning of the other. We've noticed
the last two months the uh
[10:37] our delays in the in our decision-making
process.
[10:40] The last week uh Wednesday was my last
board meeting with Metra and we've
[10:45] noticed there's additional 6 weeks
making decisions cuz everything's now
[10:49] going through the governor's office. So,
you can see
[10:53] the devolution that what they're trying
to do is really created a large
[10:57] bureaucracy. And uh hopefully they'll
figure that out over the next year, but
[11:04] uh
this Louis Montgomery and uh David Kolin
[11:08] the mayor from uh Roselle has been
appointed to the NITA board and both of
[11:13] them
uh
[11:15] asked for my phone number given the 12
and 1/2 years I have serving on Metra
[11:20] board and some of the
uh quality things that we've been able
[11:24] to get to going way back and uh I'm very
proud of the time I served with Metra.
[11:30] I was able to introduce strategic
planning to them.
[11:33] Able to introduce board members visiting
facilities that never happened before.
[11:38] Uh
and
[11:40] I was the uh
secretary for that board and back in
[11:44] 2015
went through
[11:48] 20 years previous of uh closed session
meetings that they never reviewed and we
[11:54] were able to get rid of both of them. Uh
spent a lot of time doing that. So, that
[11:59] was uh
quite a quite arduous uh
[12:03] opportunity. I've uh
schools schools are starting.
[12:08] I hope you'll all drive with caution.
Uh you'll notice the police department
[12:13] has been working uh and they they have
some speed
[12:16] monitors in front of the schools that
the hopefully people will see that and
[12:20] and uh lower their speed around the
schools. I've been to Fox
[12:25] uh school uh Ontarioville.
Was there. Uh they did the march to the
[12:30] school last Thursday night and uh this
Friday I'll be there reading to the kids
[12:35] again.
>> [snorts]
[12:36] » Hanover Highlands I'm taking on the uh
special
[12:40] What do they call that? Uh
Your daughter was
[12:43] » Ambassador.
>> Huh?
[12:43] » The ambassador.
>> The ambassador program. I'll be working
[12:46] with uh Hanover Highlands on ambassador
program.
[12:49] Uh
Ontarioville asked me to start after
[12:52] Labor Day, which is fine. I've been
visiting the first graders there for
[12:57] eons. And uh I love it. I go in there
and I say
[13:01] "We're all in our places." And they all
respond, "With sun shining faces." So,
[13:06] it's a
it's [snorts] something I enjoy getting
[13:08] out with the kids. And then Greenbrook
school I met with uh
[13:13] the principal there who was uh
been there 31 years as the principal of
[13:19] Greenbrook.
He grew up with my son. So, he's been in
[13:22] Hanover Park for a a long time.
Uh
[13:26] block parties I want to
encourage everybody, uh,
[13:30] that may be listening to this, the block
parties are outstanding. I love visiting
[13:35] the block parties. I love it when the
police show up and the fire shows up and
[13:38] wet all the kids down. It's, uh, it's a
great event. It's, uh, wonderful
[13:43] bringing together for our neighborhoods.
Um,
[13:46] last, uh, Saturday I had to attend uh,
Frank Severino's
[13:52] wedding.
I can't imagine getting married at 82,
[13:55] but
he got married and it was two big
[13:58] families coming together. It was a
wonderful event. I had a little bit of
[14:02] time to visit the block party.
Coat and tie, all, you know,
[14:07] I said, "You won't see me often with my
teeth out, so here I am."
[14:11] So, but, uh, I had a picture of that. I
put it on my Facebook, but the people
[14:16] just come running up. They say, "Hey,
the mayor's in a suit, you know." I
[14:20] don't normally go to block parties in a
suit. Um,
[14:23] the, uh,
attended, uh, with Metro the last week,
[14:28] uh,
uh, what do you call it, safety blitz.
[14:31] Hanover Park had a safety blitz and
police and fire, thank you for your
[14:34] support. Uh, in the morning as people
are loading up, uh, to get on the train
[14:39] to know that uh, keep the distance. As
you know, a few years ago we worked hard
[14:44] to, uh, and it took a few years to bring
the, uh, lights and sirens to our our
[14:49] crossings. Um, not many municipalities
have gone to that extent, but it's in-
[14:54] increased the safety of our crossings.
Um,
[14:58] people are aware and we point that out.
So, we handed out pens and pencils and
[15:03] paraphernalia of, uh, around being safe
around the railroads. Uh, I attended the
[15:10] back to school prep at the
POC and what a wonderful event. John
[15:16] Kunkel was handing out backpacks. Lisa
was consoling with everybody in the
[15:21] building.
It was an extension of what we do and
[15:26] what we care for in Hanover Park. You
know, this is a caring community. How we
[15:29] reach out to our not-for-profits and the
needs of our families that that can come
[15:34] and get a get a a warm feeling about
Hanover Park and who we are. Uh the
[15:40] extension and support from Ascension
Hospital.
[15:44] Uh of course, Lisa and I have a story to
tell that goes back how many years,
[15:49] Lisa?
>> Halloween 2019.
[15:53] » 2018?
>> 2018.
[15:54] » I discovered Lisa.
>> [laughter]
[15:57] » And it's it's never ended. But uh what a
wonderful support we have for our
[16:02] families in Hanover Park. And really it
goes out beyond Hanover Park. And uh
[16:07] I'm very proud of Voices' work and how
we find ways to support that. And it was
[16:12] nice to see uh
residents show up and just pitch in. Uh
[16:16] all all you know, the libraries were
there. I I you know, I mean, there were
[16:20] a multitude of the people there. Lisa,
thank you for your leadership on that.
[16:24] And uh
I I normally try to write these things
[16:28] out so our our clerk can just transfer
it.
[16:30] » I got it.
>> You got it?
[16:32] » it, yeah.
>> Okay. So, I try to talk a little slower,
[16:35] but God only knows.
So, with that, uh
[16:40] there is nothing left of the consent
agenda, so what's to approve?
[16:43] » [laughter]
>> So, we just
[16:45] All right.
Uh first motion.
[16:48] 781.
Motion to approve the proposal from
[16:52] Builders Paving LLC
to perform pavement resurfacing
[16:57] as part of the 2026 resurfacing project
contract contact two in the amount not
[17:04] to exceed $158,000
and authorize the village manager
[17:09] to execute the necessary documents. Do
we have a motion?
[17:13] » So moved.
>> Second.
[17:15] » We have a motion and a second. Any
discussion?
[17:19] Any discussion? Hearing none,
Christy, call the roll.
[17:24] » Trustee Porter?
>> Yes.
[17:25] » Trustee Kunkel?
>> Yes.
[17:27] » Trustee Biancalana?
>> Yes.
[17:28] » Trustee Broccolo?
>> Yes.
[17:29] » Trustee Alba?
>> Yes.
[17:31] » And Trustee Gutierrez?
>> Yes.
[17:32] » Thank you.
>> Okay, Village Manager, you got to spend
[17:35] some money.
>> [laughter]
[17:38] » 782, motion to approve warrant 820-2026
in the amount of
[17:42] » [clears throat]
>> $412,935
[17:45] and 12 cents.
>> So moved.
[17:48] » Second.
>> We have a motion and a second. Any
[17:50] discussion?
Hearing none, Christy, call the roll.
[17:54] » Trustee uh Kunkel?
>> Yes.
[17:56] » Trustee Biancalana?
>> Yes.
[17:57] » Trustee Broccolo?
>> Yes.
[17:59] » Trustee Alba?
>> Yes.
[18:00] » Trustee Gutierrez?
>> Yes.
[18:01] » Trustee Porter?
>> Yes.
[18:03] » Thank you.
>> Motion to approve warrant paid in
[18:05] advance 731-2026
through 813-2026
[18:11] in the amount of $849,462
and 88 cents.
[18:16] » So moved.
>> Second.
[18:17] » We have a motion and a second. Any
discussion?
[18:21] Hearing none,
Christy, call the roll.
[18:24] » Trustee Biancalana?
>> Yes.
[18:25] » Trustee Broccolo?
>> Yes.
[18:27] » Trustee Alba?
>> Yes.
[18:28] » Trustee Gutierrez?
>> Yes.
[18:29] » Trustee Porter?
>> Yes.
[18:30] » And Trustee Kunkel?
>> Yes.
[18:32] » Thank you. And before I move to
Manager's report, I'd like to wish John
[18:37] Kunkel a happy birthday.
>> Yay.
[18:40] » So now they could all pick on you, John.
>> Tomorrow.
[18:45] » It's tomorrow.
>> Tomorrow, but still.
[18:46] » But we're early today.
>> early birthday.
[18:48] » We should have gotten
>> Anything to make John smile. What do you
[18:50] think?
>> I wish I had a joke for him.
[18:53] » [laughter]
>> I'm sure he's got one for us. And we
[18:55] » I have candy. I have candy.
>> I didn't see any cake in there. So,
[18:58] John, you know, what do we got?
>> We're all saying cake. I don't know if
[19:01] you know that.
>> All right.
[19:04] Village Manager's report, Courtney.
>> Uh no report tonight.
[19:07] » Thank you. Village Clerk's report,
Christy.
[19:10] » I just wanted to thank everybody for a
rootin' tootin' good time at the summer
[19:14] soiree.
Um it was so much fun celebrating
[19:18] Hanover Park America 250. Thank you so
much public works for all your hard
[19:22] work. I know you guys were out there
early. Thankfully, we didn't have too
[19:25] much rain that day. So, I'm glad that
kind of blew over. Police department,
[19:27] fire department, a special thanks to
Sue. I'm sure she'll hear this later,
[19:31] but I know she does a lot of behind the
scenes work, special events, and
[19:35] village manager Courtney, thank you. It
was awesome, and we really appreciate
[19:39] it. Just want to remind everybody that
there is a movie in the park. It's one
[19:42] of our makeups from Cop's Day. It's
September 28th, so next Friday 8:00 p.m.
[19:48] -ish um at the park district at 1919
Walnut. So, come out and join us for
[19:53] » September 28th for Bad Guy. Oh, no,
sorry. August.
[19:57] » I'm a month behind.
>> August 28th.
[20:01] This one is Bad Guys 2.
>> Ooh.
[20:03] » This one's from Cop's Day.
We will redo the other one
[20:07] at a later date. Coming soon.
>> All right, enough already.
[20:11] » Yes.
August.
[20:13] » Thank you, Kristy.
>> Yes.
[20:14] » And thank you for uh
filling in for me
[20:17] » It's fine.
>> at the soiree. It's um
[20:21] celebrating the
wedding.
[20:23] » I was line dancing.
>> of our neighboring mayor. Okay. Uh
[20:28] Corporation Council report.
>> No report. Thank you.
[20:31] » Thank you, Bernie.
Uh village trustee reports, trustee
[20:35] Albet.
>> Uh thank you, Mayor. Um finally get the
[20:38] chance to go first, but unfortunately, I
have no report. Thank you.
[20:41] » Outstanding. Thank you, trustee.
Uh trustee Gutierrez.
[20:46] » Yes, thank you, Mayor. Um as you said,
the back-to-school event uh went really
[20:51] well. It's not as great as the Cop's Day
picnic, but it's pretty good. It's
[20:56] pretty good. Um we had about 400 people
come through. Um trustee Conkol, thank
[21:01] you so much. He was giving out backpacks
like crazy. Um the haircuts were a big
[21:06] hit.
Um, so we stayed late
[21:09] so that these uh
>> We had like six or seven people cutting.
[21:12] » We did. We had like six or seven people
from the area. We went with with folks
[21:16] in the area to come in and they donated
their time to give haircuts to kids. It
[21:21] was amazing. Uh, we had special uh needs
children getting their hair cut for the
[21:25] first time. It was really really
magical. Um, despite all that, we still
[21:29] have a lot of book bags
and a lot of uh school supplies. If
[21:34] anybody's hearing this and you need a
book bag or school supplies, please
[21:37] don't buy any yet. Uh, contact the POC
in town right on Lake and um
[21:43] Ontarioville Road. Um
And then in other news, um
[21:48] public charge is changing September
18th, 2026. What this means if you're a
[21:52] legal permanent resident in the United
States
[21:54] 30, 40, 50 years and uh you are on SNAP
benefits, etc.
[22:01] Um, and you've decided now you have
enough money to become a citizen and you
[22:05] know, you have a pathway to become a
citizen after being in the country
[22:08] legally as a permanent resident
um
[22:12] immigration will now look at you as a
public charge because you're using SNAP
[22:16] benefits for your US-born children, etc.
Um, this is starting September 18th. As
[22:21] a result, we do expect that a lot of
people that are on Medicaid will fall
[22:25] off to prevent uh the public charge rule
from affecting them. Um, so this is a
[22:31] little bit dangerous. We've seen what
happens when this takes place uh as it's
[22:35] happened in New York in the past. We've
had
[22:37] small measles outbreaks here and there
because of this. So, we're really hoping
[22:41] that it it does continue to be
challenged in the courts and that people
[22:45] don't give up on their Medicaid, that
they still take their kids to get those
[22:49] um school vaccines and to get their
yearly physicals. Um, the historic uh
[22:55] committee is meeting next week and
Mayor, I sent you an email about this
[22:59] today, too, but Lisa Mueller was our
historian assigned by the library in
[23:06] town known as
>> Poplar Creek.
[23:09] » Poplar Creek. Sorry, it's been a long
day. Poplar Creek.
[23:13] She's amazing and because she's amazing
she got promoted. But that means we lost
[23:17] our
our liaison.
[23:20] » No.
>> Yes, so I need you to pull strings
[23:22] again. So remember last time I was like
we really wanted her to be the
[23:25] historian. Poplar Creek holds the
the stacks of our digital data
[23:30] and our digital historical data,
excellent pictures. She also used to
[23:34] write the
highlighter blurb on history. So we're
[23:39] going to ask and by we I mean you are
going to ask
[23:43] » it. I get it.
>> Poplar Creek if they are willing to
[23:45] appoint someone to continue with that
seat.
[23:48] Cuz that means we've lost a seat in the
historic committee. And she was really
[23:52] awesome. So
>> Okay, awesome.
[23:54] » Yeah, we did gain two more in that in
that historic committee.
[23:58] » I know who to call.
>> Okay, perfect. CIDC is having
[24:01] celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month on
October 9th here right here.
[24:06] Food, dance, and a discussion on on the
9th. So we're excited about that. And to
[24:11] the gentleman that came to speak about
the feral cat, thank you so much for
[24:15] worrying about this. This is important.
I see both sides of this as someone who
[24:19] is a foster mom. I've worked with Almost
Home Foundation. I don't live too far
[24:23] from there. And so that's where we got
our dogs and I foster dogs. So I
[24:27] understand that but I also understand
the need for us to be careful in this
[24:32] because we've also had homes in the area
that have abused this and continue to
[24:37] abuse even fostering dogs. So
but thank you for bringing this up and
[24:41] for caring so much for these little
guys. I appreciate it. That's the end of
[24:45] my report.
>> Thank you very much.
[24:48] Let's see. Trustee Port.
>> [clears throat]
[24:52] » Thank you, Mayor.
I want to start off with the
[24:56] the DuPage
and the sirens that that went off uh
[25:00] last week uh and how unnerving that was.
But and I understand accidents and and
[25:06] and those kind of things can happen. But
my concern is for
[25:12] the thousands of residents who are not
privy or not users of our Facebook page
[25:18] or
uh our other
[25:22] in-house methods of communicating what
happened.
[25:25] There's still a lot of people out there
that don't know what the heck happened.
[25:28] And I was just wondering did was it ever
under consideration for them to do a
[25:33] press release, something on the news
media,
[25:37] uh something on the radio? Did they do a
radio TV release?
[25:42] » I didn't bring it with me, but
they shared that with us.
[25:45] » With and and they they did this
>> Yeah, and I think the Daily Herald made
[25:49] some announcement.
>> They on the Herald? Did they do anything
[25:52] with the the radio or TV announcements?
>> WGN.
[25:56] » WGN. Okay. All right, I just wanted to
make sure because like I said, I've had
[26:01] a lot of people that, you know, like,
"Can you tell me what was what was going
[26:04] on?" And so I'm glad that they made that
effort then. So uh
[26:08] » Yeah, it wasn't a pretty meeting we had.
>> Yeah, I can imagine.
[26:14] Uh secondly, uh Chief, I want to know,
are you aware of what was going on? I
[26:18] know you the police departments are all
kind of
[26:21] intermingled with the
the SWAT threat at Addison Trail High
[26:26] School today where they had to shut down
the high school and some of the
[26:30] surrounding elementary schools in
Addison. My grandson attends school
[26:34] there in Addison and they were all under
uh
[26:37] uh
uh uh a security shutdown uh at the
[26:40] school. So did anything come through to
to you guys?
[26:43] » Only basic information. I don't have
specific details that but there was some
[26:47] mutual aid, you know, related to that.
But I don't have I didn't hear what the
[26:51] outcome was.
>> Okay. All righty. Uh it's terrible that
[26:55] I know this is the second one they've
had in 2 years
[26:58] at Addison Trail High School. So, I
don't know if there's some pranksters at
[27:01] the school, but you got to take all of
those things serious, you know, when
[27:05] they occur and
uh the high the grammar school that my
[27:09] grandson goes to, Stone Elementary, is
right across the street from Addison
[27:13] Trail High School. So, uh they shut down
the elementary school and you got, you
[27:18] know, second and third graders that are
now, you know, in that protocol, which
[27:22] is traumatizing
to the children. So,
[27:25] » No no big no kid.
>> Yeah.
[27:28] Um
I want to thank uh Mr. Kyle again for
[27:31] for coming. I thank you for your call.
Thank you for coming and sharing this
[27:35] information
uh with us and uh we will take it upon
[27:40] ourselves to review this and uh to see
uh the merits of of the points that
[27:46] you've raised and if there any things
that we can do to uh create a an
[27:51] environment that satisfies all parties
concerned, but uh thank you for taking
[27:56] the time to
uh put together this report and the
[27:59] proposed ordinance. Uh I commend you for
that and
[28:03] uh I know that took some time and effort
on your part, but I know that you're
[28:06] passionate about this issue. So, I I
just want to thank you for coming in
[28:10] today and sharing that. Uh
it doesn't go unnoticed. So, thank you.
[28:15] And uh finally, our Sister Cities
Committee will have a meeting next
[28:19] Thursday.
Um as we invite all of the interested
[28:23] parties and members of the public to
come and join us.
[28:26] Uh we'll begin doing some of our
planning for uh Black History Month and
[28:31] next year's Juneteenth event and some
other events that uh things that we're
[28:35] involved in uh with some of our
neighboring sister city communities. I
[28:39] know that uh Hoffman Estates has their
French um
[28:45] their French buffet or I forget the
exact name of it, but they do a thing
[28:49] where they honor their sister city
relationship with with France with the
[28:54] city in France and uh they serve all
type of French pastries and French food
[28:59] and it's really uh really a nice event
uh to attend. I'll have more information
[29:04] uh exactly when we get it from them to
share here if anyone's interested in
[29:08] attending.
And uh that concludes my report.
[29:12] » Thank uh thank you, Trustee. And uh
Trustee Conkle?
[29:16] » Yes, Trustee Weir.
Well, let's see. The shower report
[29:21] on board we met uh last Wednesday. We
mostly discussed the airport
[29:25] maintenance, the upgrade to the uh
the kind of the small
[29:30] board outside of the hangar.
Uh we also uh talked about the fuel and
[29:34] other things that they have.
Uh the biggest thing that probably
[29:38] concerns a lot of residents is they have
the thing called Options Talks on
[29:43] September 12th.
Uh that's where there's a lot of planes
[29:47] on display
and you come out there and have some
[29:50] drinks while you're uh you're
[29:55] Mayor, we already talked about school
maintenance. We always talk about that.
[29:59] The last thing I have is
why are we painting the fire hydrants
[30:03] white?
Is that to confuse the dogs?
[30:07] And the snow so they don't see the
yellow snow?
[30:14] » Yes, sir, indeed. We are trying to
confuse the fire department. No, that is
[30:19] a primer that is being applied. They
will now be painted bright red.
[30:24] Yes, I we may have put something out on
social media. I apologize. I haven't
[30:28] seen it. Uh but it they it is a primer.
They will be painted red here in the
[30:31] next week.
[30:36] » Okay, thank you, Trustee.
And uh
[30:39] Trustee Benko?
>> Thank you, Mayor.
[30:45] Uh Mr. Kyle, uh I I echo my fellow board
members in in thanking you for coming
[30:50] here tonight and
>> Is your mic on?
[30:52] » Uh oh.
>> It's just low.
[30:54] » I'll speak up.
Uh Mr. Kyle, I uh echo my fellow board
[30:59] members and just wanted to thank you for
coming in tonight and um expressing some
[31:03] of your concerns and providing us with
um the draft ordinance that you
[31:08] prepared. Um I'm not sure everyone on
our board uh knows the history um of
[31:14] this ordinance, and so I was actually
going to um
[31:18] hopefully turn to one of our staff
members so they they can just provide
[31:21] some of the history on on the ordinance
and and why we have it and um I think
[31:27] it's just in important to know. So, um I
am actually going to pass the baton to
[31:34] um our chief, and he might be able to
provide some of that background
[31:38] information about why we have it the way
we do.
[31:42] Yeah.
Our Our Chief Johnson.
[31:50] » Yes, thank you. Um some history on the
ordinance. I I remember when it was
[31:54] first adopted in 2008.
Um what we had at the time was we had
[31:58] some
It started with complaints from
[32:02] residents saying, "My neighbors are
feeding
[32:05] these feral cats, and it's causing
disarray in the neighborhood. It's
[32:08] causing um out of control populations,
waste, uh issues with other animals."
[32:13] And so, the complaints were actually
about uh uh the you know, the feeding of
[32:17] the cats. The issue that we found when
we looked into it was
[32:20] um some of it was careless, but some of
it was also well-intentioned residents,
[32:25] uh animal lovers, that wanted to do
something good and felt like they were
[32:29] doing something good for
um stray cats. And And unfortunately,
[32:33] without the Many of them just didn't
have the proper
[32:38] um equipment, training, knowledge, um
ability to run a uh a you know, a
[32:44] well-run, properly maintained cat
colony. And so, the solution was that
[32:49] they there needed to be some regulation
so that it was done the right way and we
[32:52] didn't have the um you know, the issues
on both sides. And so, the way the
[32:57] ordinance was written um provides for
you know, the the colonies aren't
[33:00] illegal, but they need to be sponsored
by uh an animal uh a a licensed animal
[33:05] agency that can ensure that the the the
populations are controlled properly,
[33:10] that spaying and neutering and
vaccinations are going on, disease
[33:13] control, uh waste management, things
like that. Um
[33:17] because without that oversight, we we
really and truly did have a mess in
[33:20] town. And so, that's the history of it
and that's why uh you know, those
[33:24] regulations were put in place because
there just needed to be some uniformity
[33:28] to how it was done because otherwise, um
you know, it was frankly disastrous in
[33:32] some areas.
>> Thank you, Chief. Um so, I just wanted
[33:36] to make sure that you were aware of some
of that background information, that's
[33:41] some of that historical knowledge, and
as well as any residents that might be
[33:44] listening um online cuz we do stream our
meetings. But again, thank you so much,
[33:49] and um it will be taken under
consideration. Thank you.
[33:54] Um the next thing I'd like to touch on
is uh that online are
[34:00] I excuse me, I think we sent out via our
email channels as well as on our
[34:05] Facebook um that those that were
impacted by the July 4th storms, and I
[34:12] believe tornadoes in the area,
um
[34:15] now have um
uh
[34:20] are are now able to take advantage of
some assistance from the federal
[34:25] government in the form of um
low-interest loans. And so, uh this is
[34:32] the
the way and
[34:35] you know, just for those that are
listening, I have the fact sheet here in
[34:38] front of me and the way that our
Governor Pritzker issued the
[34:41] declaration, he said that it was the
storms occurring between July 2nd and
[34:46] 4th. Um, it impacts, uh, you know, the
counties that that we fall under, Cook
[34:52] County and DuPage County. Um, if your
home or business did experience any sort
[34:58] of damage, you have until October 5th of
this year to apply for that assistance.
[35:05] Um, and if there was any sort of
economic injury, you have until next
[35:09] year, uh, May 5th of 2027 to apply for
that. So, I did just want to make our
[35:15] residents aware. I know, um, there are
some in town that, um, you know,
[35:20] experienced some really severe flooding,
um, and did just want to make sure that
[35:24] they were aware that that resource is
now available.
[35:29] Did also want to flag that the that for
our residents that live in Cook County,
[35:35] the Cook County Board of Review just
yesterday,
[35:40] uh,
issued a press release and issued
[35:43] information really urging Cook County
residents to file appeals,
[35:50] um, for their 2027,
um, property tax bill that might, uh,
[35:57] Sorry, let me back up. To file an appeal
for any property that was damaged in the
[36:03] recent storms. Um,
that that may impact their their 2027
[36:08] property tax bill. So, they really are
urging residents, you know, if you had
[36:12] flooding, if, you know, some of these
really high winds impacted your home,
[36:18] um, to please file uh, an appeal to that
because it it will ultimately impact how
[36:24] much you pay in 2027.
But, did just want to make our residents
[36:29] aware of that.
Uh the next thing I'd like to mention is
[36:32] is a couple of weeks ago,
unfortunately, I I failed to
[36:39] express my sincere thanks and gratitude
to our police department, fire
[36:44] department, and our public works
department for all the work that they
[36:48] have done
really all summer because of these
[36:52] storms. It is um
I have never seen anything like this and
[36:58] it's I I know it's um
it it it must be really challenging
[37:03] every single time it rains to have to
um you know, put on your boots and and
[37:08] um
really do our best to to take care of of
[37:11] the village and and its residents. But I
I really I'm I'm just so grateful
[37:16] um and I I also just wanted to
illustrate that
[37:20] you know, I wanted to publicly say thank
you, but also just illustrate to our
[37:24] residents that our public works and fire
department and police department are
[37:28] working so hard during these storms and
just wanted to share just some data that
[37:33] we received. So I don't have the data as
it relates to the
[37:39] storms that we had in in August, but
when we had a storm on July 27th, I just
[37:45] want to provide some numbers. So within
24 hours, our fire department responded
[37:51] to to 36 requests for support that were
storm related. Our police department
[37:57] rece- um received 134
calls in a 24-hour span
[38:03] um and almost 40 of which were were
storm related. You know, our public
[38:07] works, I don't have the the number for
our public works, but I'm I'm sure our
[38:10] public works was out there um you know,
doing all that they could to to respond
[38:15] to the requests for assistance. So
um I share that because I'm I really am
[38:21] so grateful for all the work that's
being done.
[38:24] Um I also share that cuz I know that a
lot of residents reach out for for
[38:28] requests for assistance, but they might
not get it immediately, and it is
[38:32] because we we're we're getting um so
many requests for assistance. So, um I
[38:36] did just want to share that information
with our residents, and again, thank
[38:40] thank you so much to
um both our chiefs and uh Director
[38:44] Moore.
Um and then last but not least, uh just
[38:48] saw today that uh
our new flags for uh new businesses are
[38:55] now um stationed Let me back up.
Our new are now open
[39:03] new flags
for new businesses
[39:09] are in front of new businesses. And so,
I'm I
[39:14] uh
remember pushing for this, and uh thank
[39:18] you again to the board for, you know, uh
uh approving this idea, but really thank
[39:23] you to um Director uh Govin for making
this uh idea a reality. The flags are
[39:32] beautiful, and um I'm really really
excited to see them around town. Um
[39:37] again, for our residents, these are new
flags that will be stationed in front of
[39:41] new businesses, um highlighting um that
uh
[39:46] there is an operating business in this
space, and so I would encourage you to
[39:50] patronize them, and um
uh and yeah, and and shop local. So, I'm
[39:55] really really excited for this
initiative. So, thank you, Director
[39:58] Govin. Um and that concludes my report.
>> Very good. Thank you.
[40:03] Uh Trustee Broccolino.
[40:08] » Um
I think I had my share just last
[40:11] Saturday. I was able to attend the
Commerce RA, and although I'm not a big
[40:14] fan of country music, I had a really
good time.
[40:18] I had to learn some line dancing steps
but I enjoyed myself.
[40:22] Um
Also
[40:25] » Is your mic on?
>> Yes, it is.
[40:31] Um I am excited that next month I'll be
participating in the Citizens Police
[40:35] Academy.
Um so I'm really looking forward to
[40:38] learning more about the police
department and work with our officers.
[40:41] Uh work
and the work our officers do today.
[40:47] » Very good.
Thank you.
[40:50] And motion to go to executive session
setting the price for sale property for
[40:56] section 5 ILCS 120/2 C5.
>> It's actually 2 C6.
[41:03] » I stand corrected. 2 C6.
[41:07] All in favor?
>> I.
[41:10] » And we will be returning upon
um closure of executive session.
[41:56] Nice support tonight on the issue.
Nice support tonight on the issue.
[42:14] » Mhm.