[0:01] Good evening everybody.
>> Good evening.
[0:05] » I would like to welcome you to the
August 26, 2026 regular meeting of the
[0:13] Mon Village Board of Trustees.
[0:17] » Okay.
I would like to call the meeting to
[0:21] order. If we could please rise for the
pledge of allegiance.
[0:28] I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
[0:35] for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:41] justice for all.
[0:47] » Date here.
[0:50] » Roll call, please.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[0:54] » here. Trusty Henson
>> present.
[0:57] » Trusty Horn
>> here.
[0:58] » Trusty Regus
>> present.
[1:00] » Trusty Udris
>> present.
[1:04] » Trusty Wilson
>> present.
[1:08] » Open to the public. Agenda items only,
please.
[1:14] » All right. If I can have a motion to
accept the consent agenda, please.
[1:18] » So move. Second.
>> Roll call.
[1:22] » Trustee Henson.
>> Yes. Trusty Horn,
[1:25] » yes.
>> Trusty Reagan,
[1:26] » yes.
>> Trusty Wilson,
[1:28] » yes.
>> Trusty Udrris,
[1:29] » yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[1:30] » yes.
>> Thank you, board.
[1:33] » Um, first up under my report this
evening. Very exciting. We would like to
[1:39] welcome David Aoyo to the Monet Police.
He's our newest newest member. David is
[1:44] a Creek native and comes from a family
with a strong law enforcement history.
[1:49] So, he is definitely a welcome addition
to the Monet Police Department. So, I'm
[1:54] going to ask uh David Aoyo to come up
and let uh our clerk officially swear
[2:00] you in here.
[applause]
[2:23] Youly swearly
swear
[2:26] » that I will support theution of the
United States.
[2:29] » Support
[2:47] to the best.
[2:50] [applause]
[2:55] [applause]
[3:18] Give us a minute. We didn't do some
family.
[3:37] Everybody
[3:44] [applause]
[3:48] [applause]
[3:56] should
[4:06] crew up here.
[4:11] [applause]
[4:13] Come on guys.
[4:39] » [applause]
[4:49] » Good morning.
[5:06] Did that go?
[5:10] » What did I do?
[5:17] » Ma'am, we'll discuss it later.
[5:22] So, big congratulations there to David
and our Monet Police Department.
[5:28] » Um, before we get on to our historical
society update, I had a few words I
[5:36] wanted to mention about the recent
storms.
[5:39] Um, I realize it's rather lengthy
because there was a lot to talk about.
[5:42] So, please bear with me. Over the past
several weeks, our village and region
[5:46] have endured two significant severe
weather events. On July 27th and August
[5:51] 11th, these storms tested our community,
infrastructure, resources, and patience.
[5:57] Homes and businesses were damaged, trees
and utility poles fell. Power and
[6:01] communications were disrupted, and many
families faced uncertainty and hardship.
[6:07] Yet, through it all, I witnessed
something more powerful than the storms
[6:10] themselves.
The strength, compassion, and resilience
[6:14] of Monique.
To our residents, business owners, and
[6:18] visitors, your village remains fully
committed to you. Our employees have
[6:22] worked tirelessly to restore services,
clear debris, address damage, coordinate
[6:27] resources, and return our community to
normal operations as safely and quickly
[6:32] as possible. To our village team, there
are no words sufficient to express my
[6:38] gratitude and respect for our village
employees and team leaders. Since the
[6:43] first storm, many have worked
extraordinarily long hours, responding
[6:47] day and night, often while dealing with
damage to their own homes and property.
[6:52] Yet, they still reported for duty,
cleared roads, answered calls,
[6:56] coordinated resources, assisted
residents, protected property, and did
[7:01] whatever was necessary to help Mo
recover. That is public service in its
[7:07] truest form.
As mayor, I cannot be prouder of the men
[7:11] and women who serve this village. Their
professionalism, compassion, sacrifice,
[7:16] and unwavering commitment represent the
very best of Mon. I also want to thank
[7:21] the countless residents and businesses
who have remained patient, supportive,
[7:25] and willing to help. Your encouragement,
prayers, patience, and acts of kindness
[7:30] have meant more than you may realize.
They have reminded our employees why
[7:35] their work matters, especially during
the most difficult hours.
[7:40] Adversity reveals the character of a
community. These past several weeks have
[7:44] tested Mon, but our community has
responded with generosity, patience,
[7:48] compassion, and strength. I am
incredibly proud of the spirit I have
[7:52] witnessed. No community responds to
emergencies of this magnitude alone. We
[7:58] are deeply grateful for the assistance
provided by our mutual aid partners and
[8:03] neighboring communities and those
include the Will County Emergency
[8:06] Management Agency, Chief Neland and the
Monet Fire Protection District, the
[8:11] mayor's employees and communities of
Romeoville, Manhattan, Cole City,
[8:16] Richmond Township, Green Garden
Township, and Monet Township, the Kameed
[8:21] Crews, Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid
Network, Canadian National Railway, the
[8:28] many public safety personnel, public
works crews, utility workers, emergency
[8:32] responders, governmental partners, and
volunteers who stepped forward to assist
[8:37] Monine on behalf of a grateful village.
Thank you. These storms have caused
[8:43] damage, disruption, and hardship, but
they will not define us. What will
[8:47] define us is how we respond. We will
learn from these events, strengthen our
[8:53] emergency preparedness, evaluate our
infrastructure and communications, build
[8:58] stronger partnerships, and pursue the
resources needed to make Monet even more
[9:02] resilient. There is still work ahead,
and recovery does not happen overnight.
[9:08] I ask for your continued patience and
support as our employees and partner
[9:12] agencies complete their work. Please
continue looking after your neighbors,
[9:17] especially seniors and those who may
need additional assistance. Continue
[9:21] showing patience and kindness to the
crews working throughout our community.
[9:25] And keep our employees, first
responders, utility workers, mutual aid
[9:29] partners, and everyone affected by these
storms in your thoughts and prayers.
[9:34] Storms may test the strength of a
community, but they also reveal its
[9:38] character. Over these past several
weeks, I have seen Mon's character
[9:42] firsthand, and I could not be prouder.
We are resilient. We are compassionate.
[9:47] We are neighbors helping neighbors.
Together, we will recover, rebuild, and
[9:52] move forward stronger than before. So,
may God continue to bless and protect
[9:57] our residents, employees, first
responders, partners, and the entire
[10:01] village of Mon. Thank you.
[applause]
[10:12] And now, uh, Christie
Mon Historical Society updates.
[10:24] Good evening, everyone. Um, I will keep
this brief as I know there's a lot on
[10:28] the docket for tonight. Uh, I did just
want to say that it's good to be back.
[10:33] My retirement seemed to have turned into
an extended uh sbatical, but I couldn't
[10:37] be happier uh than to be back as the
president of the Mon Historical Society.
[10:42] I only have two things that I want to
mention this evening. First is our
[10:45] annual wine and cheese auction or wine
and art auction will be on September
[10:50] 19th from 3il 7. We have lovely music,
lots and lots of art baskets uh to
[10:56] raffle off, wine, cheese. It's a
beautiful evening and we hope that you
[11:01] will attend. I do have tickets this
evening if anybody is interested or you
[11:05] can purchase them online or at the um at
the crearyy. I also have our calendar of
[11:11] events for the next upcoming month with
me if anybody liked that. Um then the
[11:16] one thing that I wanted to say to extend
on the storm uh that you just mentioned,
[11:20] first of all, I talked to so many
different friends in communities around
[11:24] and
not to boast, but when they talk about
[11:29] they still have this and they still have
that and they're not being helped with
[11:31] this, they're not being helped with
that. I can honestly and truthfully say
[11:37] you would not believe what a wonderful
response we've had in the village and
[11:41] everybody helping in the village has
done a wonderful job and I want to say
[11:44] thank you to everybody on behalf of
everybody. Um that being said on the
[11:51] storm as you may know when you when we
run into people right now everybody has
[11:54] a story to tell. There's a lot that's
been going on with this and we at the
[11:59] historical society feel that it's our
responsibility and our joy to be able to
[12:04] gather those stories. So during Fall
Fest, particularly all through Fall
[12:07] Fest, we will be sending out little
things that say, "Tell us your storm
[12:12] story, send us your photographs." We're
going to put um a thing online so that
[12:17] you can just uh send us the pictures,
but then stop by the the Heritage Center
[12:22] during Fall Fest and write us a little
story. write it a little story or write
[12:26] a long story. We will be keeping all
those putting those together and we hope
[12:30] to have them in a book in early spring
so that everybody will be able to do
[12:35] that and we will have a permanent record
of how this village responded and what
[12:39] happened during the unprecedented
historic storms. Thank you.
[12:46] Thank you, Christie.
Clerk's report.
[12:50] » No report tonight.
>> Thank you. And moving on to the
[12:54] administrator's report.
>> Thank you, mayor. Good evening,
[12:56] everyone. The first on my agenda is
presentation by Liz Sanchez with
[13:06] announcement for the Mooney Family
Restaurant.
[13:09] And I'm going to ask Bill Barnes if he
can come up and do the introduction.
[13:14] » Thank you. Um, we're going to show this.
[13:22] And there's star.
[13:30] » What happened? It's not playing.
>> What?
[13:36] » Enter. All right. Try that.
That's not doing it.
[13:44] Well, there's a really cute video.
We'll slip to this. Um,
[13:55] » all right. Sorry, Lizzie.
>> Well, we'll get the real thing. Um, so
[14:01] part of my a big part of my job, well,
in addition is economic development is,
[14:06] of course, bringing in new businesses,
but it's also working with business
[14:10] owners to introduce them or connect them
with other possible uh businesses,
[14:16] tenants, what have you. So, for the past
several years, I've been had the
[14:21] pleasure of working with Lizzy and Luis
Sanchez about various their properties,
[14:26] that type of thing, and finding tenants.
Um, so for over a little over a year
[14:31] after Shups left, um, I worked with
Lizzie and Louise trying to find them
[14:37] tenants. We brought in sever a few
restaurants and, um, and then about
[14:43] maybe not even six months ago, it was
fast that I talked to Lizzie and her dad
[14:48] and they said, actually it was Louise.
He said, "Yeah, Lizzie is going to open
[14:52] the restaurant." I'm like, "Wow."
and being, you know, half Greek and know
[14:57] the restaurant business, I thought, boy,
that's a bold move because restaurant
[15:01] business is not easy. So, um,
coming up,
[15:07] I'll get a little choked up because, you
know, the dad in me. Um, anyway, so a
[15:13] few weeks, I think it was last week, you
know, I knew they were working on it
[15:17] and, um, I stopped by and I looked in it
and Lizzie showed it to me and I said,
[15:22] "Wow, this is huge. This is such a great
facility or restaurant. She's done a
[15:28] great job. You were even pulling up
carpeting yourself and really sweat
[15:32] equity. Um I know her dad's proud of
her.
[15:36] » Yeah.
>> But she should be really proud of
[15:38] herself as well. But I mean the place is
phenomenal.
[15:42] » It's Yeah. And it's going to be it's
going to [laughter] be it's going to be
[15:45] a great addition to Mon. Um and then
Lizzie and Jay will talk about kind of
[15:50] the details. Okay. All right. Okay.
Thanks.
[15:56] I brought some sweets.
>> So,
[15:59] » do we do it now?
>> Sure.
[16:01] » Okay.
[16:09] I don't know. It's been a while since
I've been a waiter. See if I can figure
[16:12] this out here. Hold on. Am I doing it
right?
[16:16] Whatever.
[16:23] So, okay. So, we have cinnamon rolls and
apple fritters.
[16:28] » Homemade.
[16:32] » So, the cinnamon rolls are going to be
on the menu. The apple fritters I
[16:36] haven't decided. So, you guys can make
the decision.
[16:50] Sorry, I didn't bring coffee.
>> Yeah, that' be easier.
[16:56] » Otherwise, we'll be here all day.
>> I know, right? So, go ahead.
[17:02] » I'm sorry.
>> I can't.
[17:08] » Some of you have already seen this, so
let me just Of course, he's on a
[17:14] » [clears throat]
[17:27] » All right.
[17:54] That's fine.
>> That's fine. Sorry about that guys. Need
[17:57] to get the professional worth saying.
Anyhow,
[18:04] » so one of the things I think Bill
touched on, uh, Louie and Liz had been
[18:09] trying to make sure they get the right
tenants for the property over there. And
[18:13] one of the challenges you face is not
just taking anybody who's going to kick
[18:18] the tires and come in and say, "Yeah, I
want to put a business on here." Or
[18:20] something like that. They've got such a
desire to make sure that they maintain
[18:26] the expectations that they've always had
for the village that
[18:32] Is that better?
That they want to make sure ma make sure
[18:36] that they maintain that expectation to
cont carry that forward and not just
[18:39] fill the void, but to fill it with
something that's actually going to be
[18:42] what the village wants and desires long
term. And as Bill indicated, he's worked
[18:48] with a number of people to come in.
Lizzy has also tried to find some pl uh
[18:52] businesses come in. The downside is is
they're not always serious and they're
[18:59] not really not always willing to
actually step up and do what needs to be
[19:02] done. And Lizzie, I think at one point,
got a little tired of the of that. And
[19:08] she she told her dad, it's like, I'm
just going to do this myself.
[19:13] And uh so that's really kind of the the
neat part of that. And I know Bill, you
[19:19] know, it's weird, you know, we have kids
that are her age, you know, and uh and
[19:23] it's really kind of like the hometown. I
I we had a presentation we did several
[19:29] months ago when we were looking at the
Greyar property for they they they keep
[19:32] wanting to invest in Mon, you know, it's
like it doesn't always work out, but um
[19:37] there was a picture of Lizzie and her
sister when their dad was just building
[19:41] the property there in the first place.
And um it's you know I was telling Bill
[19:46] it's kind of neat that like you know
sometimes you bring your kid along with
[19:49] you to work you know or something like
that and they're the cute little thing.
[19:52] Next thing you know they're actually
working there you know kind of thing.
[19:55] And and I know for Louis how proud he is
of of Lizzy and um her stepping up and
[20:02] literally in there sweating it like
crazy. What did you tell me? You look
[20:06] like a mole rat earlier when I asked you
and it's like I've never even seen a
[20:10] mole rat but it didn't sound too
interesting. But anyhow,
[20:13] um, working really hard, very impressive
for anybody. And that ambition and that
[20:20] enthusiasm, not just to fill it with
something, but to do it and do it right,
[20:26] uh, is really impressive. And, um, so
that's, you know, that's just really
[20:32] kind of the neat part of it. I know some
of the trustees have had a chance to
[20:34] come by, take a take a peek inside uh,
the mayor uh, as well. Uh, admittedly,
[20:40] Bill, when I heard that you came by on
was it last Friday and you got choked
[20:44] up,
>> it's like I get it.
[20:46] » I get it. And there's something to be
said about that hometown feel and
[20:51] everything else. So, that's part of the
concept here is really just trying to
[20:55] make sure that they have
it. It's not literally farmtotable, but
[21:00] they're trying to embrace that concept
and that style of home style cooking and
[21:07] and not just, you know, a box of this
and throwing it together and yeah, we
[21:11] got this and that and whatever else.
It's like, no, it's going to be good
[21:14] stuff. As a matter of fact, her partners
in this are um
[21:19] Can I mention where they came from? No,
probably not.
[21:22] » Um, yeah.
>> Okay. So, some of you all know Chef
[21:24] Claus. Uh, and so her her partner in
this is actually worked for the Claus
[21:31] family for 20 plus years.
>> 30
[21:34] » 30 years. Okay. Uh most recently he was
actually the um the the guy behind the
[21:41] scenes over at the Claus Country Kitchen
over there on 191st and uh and his wife
[21:46] is actually also been involved in all
that. So those are Lizz's partners. Um
[21:51] really wonderful people. All of them are
working hard um and looking forward to
[21:57] all this. So, the restaurant is the most
obvious aspect of what's going on over
[22:02] at the plaza. Um, it's kind of the the
pillar of all that. And, uh, but there's
[22:08] all also other things that they're
working on besides that. Uh, which has
[22:12] to do with the plaza itself is 20 plus
years old. And unfortunately, it's not
[22:18] looking the best. uh just uh and and it
it's had a lot of wear and tear and it
[22:25] originally it wasn't part of a tiff
district or anything else and there were
[22:28] things that were
um how do I say this um expectations uh
[22:34] that Warner was able to come through uh
mutually between um anyhow so they are
[22:42] looking at some things that are also
going to take place actually make that a
[22:45] much better cleaner nicer looking
rejuvenated in a lot of regards as Well,
[22:50] uh, so yes, the family restaurant is I
obviously think get gets my appetite
[22:53] going. Uh, but there's a lot more to it
as well. Additionally, I know that uh we
[22:59] talked to the police department about
um some of the some of the things we run
[23:04] into in our commercial districts has to
do with crime. Uh when you have certain
[23:09] types of businesses that are are
operating there because that's just the
[23:12] nature of, you know, a commercial
business, you're going to have people
[23:15] wanting to break into places and
different things like that or whatever
[23:18] else. uh they actually lost one of their
tenants for a similar reason. U so it's
[23:24] helping
overcome blight uh by making sure that
[23:29] we invest properly in doing some of
these things and provide assistance to
[23:32] the police with security camera
accessibility and things of that sort.
[23:37] Um possibly some fencing and some other
things that are there. And I I don't
[23:42] know how many questions the trustees
have. I think most of you had a chance
[23:45] to come by and take a look at some of
the things that were going on there, but
[23:48] um and I know you got a lot going on
with other things going on here. Uh but
[23:55] Lizzie, did you want to share anything
else about how much Oh. Oh, side note.
[24:00] Where's Chrissy at? She still here? and
she's so much wanted to make sure this
[24:06] is really that hometown classic
nostalgic feel that she came up with the
[24:11] idea of reaching out to the historical
society which has given them some prints
[24:15] or photos to use on
>> I met with Christie and we picked you
[24:18] know some pictures together to uh put in
the restaurant
[24:21] » so it it it's charming and all the reds
that you remember from the previous
[24:26] restaurant those are all gone it's a
very flavorful and tasty caramel uh
[24:31] adaptation to some of those things. And
uh
[24:34] » yeah, warm and cozy vibes.
>> Yeah.
[24:36] » So, the goal is and I was I was actually
impressed. The goal was to be open by
[24:43] before September 1st.
>> Uhhuh.
[24:45] » And at this point, uh as long as we we
got one more permit to or final
[24:49] inspection on something and I believe
your goal is to be open Tuesday.
[24:53] » Yep. Tuesday. So look behind the
curtains and see everything has been
[24:57] kind of a
>> there'll be uh freshmade hash browns,
[25:02] biscuits, and gravy. We're making the
chreso homemade
[25:07] um and all that. So it'll be fresh
yummy.
[25:11] » And they're going to have carry out and
things as well. Catering
[25:15] » uh also going to be available for
hosting events.
[25:18] » Yep.
>> Um even outside the regular hours.
[25:22] » I know I ran into some of the crew uh in
another part of uh in another town and I
[25:28] mentioned your restaurant coming and
they were like seriously all right you
[25:31] know so they're excited
>> you all have any questions
[25:35] » did you like the cinnamon rolls
>> supposed to pass the only question I
[25:41] have is the only question I have is when
are you going to open
[25:45] » Tuesday
>> Tuesday okay there see that's what
[25:47] everybody wants to know
>> oh the hours will be 6:00 to 2 every day
[25:52] we'll be open every Yeah, it'll be your
typical expectation for a diner type
[25:57] like that. And then um
>> have it as long as we get the clearance
[26:02] to get it open and everything. She also
wants to have a for the first responders
[26:06] on Monday morning at
>> at 10
[26:08] » 10 o'clock.
>> Yeah.
[26:09] » 10 o'clock Monday morning. She's going
to open up to all the mooney first
[26:13] responders, police and fire to come over
and indulge in. She's gonna have kind of
[26:16] a buffet style going on there for y'all
>> and because that's the heart of, you
[26:21] know, who's got her back.
>> So, she's,
[26:25] » you know, a way to give you guys thanks.
>> Yeah.
[26:27] » And then start your Monday with a good
meal.
[26:31] » Yeah.
>> So, trustees, if you happen to be
[26:35] available and you want to come by during
that time as well, that's fine. It's
[26:37] going to be a recognition for first
responders, but Mayor Ruben,
[26:42] staff here, if you guys feel like
something right during that time as
[26:45] well. So, come to work early and then go
over there and have breakfast.
[26:49] » Lizzie, I would just like to say I got
to meet you a few weeks back. Um,
[26:56] you're doing a really great job and
thank you.
[26:59] » Well, thank you.
[27:05] And and I'm glad to to see you kind of
grow up here, Lizzie.
[27:10] » Thank you.
>> Thank you, Heidi.
[27:12] » And I get the I get the more mom feely,
you know, feels too. So,
[27:16] » yeah.
>> My mom gave me plants, so when you walk
[27:19] in, there'll be plants. [laughter]
>> It's all good.
[27:22] » And [snorts] so, and one last thing,
too. Um, are you going to be able to
[27:25] utilize the the window then to
>> Yeah, there'll be a pickup window. Oh,
[27:29] there goes my video. Whoever was playing
it.
[27:31] » Yeah, there'll be a to- go pickup.
>> Okay, good deal. Yep.
[27:35] » And online ordering.
>> Yeah, we'll have online ordering.
[27:38] » Some of those are still being worked
through on details and all that.
[27:41] » Yeah.
>> So,
[27:43] » come come take a look on the inside and
come with a healthy appetite.
[27:47] » You guys like the menu?
>> Yeah.
[27:50] » Yeah.
>> Slightly adjusted probably since that.
[27:54] » Yeah. Just working through the details,
but
[27:56] » can have specials and all that. So,
>> yeah.
[27:59] » Mayor, did you have any questions or
>> No, it looked great when I was in there.
[28:03] Very excited for you. Definitely nice
change. Freshened it up. Yes. Yes. Very
[28:08] warm, very cozy.
>> Yeah, you're gonna do great.
[28:11] » I know the fire chief came through, I
guess, today.
[28:13] » Yeah, he came today.
>> So nice.
[28:19] » All right. Anything else?
>> No, we're we're good. Thank you. Uh,
[28:24] thank you, Lizzy. Louise, thank you.
Jay, thank you.
[28:28] » Thank you.
>> Very nice. and and I I love the name
[28:32] with family in there and the connotation
of family and what that means, a family
[28:37] table.
So, I'm going to ask um the board for a
[28:44] motion to proceed allowing the
administrator and village attorney to
[28:48] begin a redevelopment negotiations with
um the Sanchez family.
[28:54] » So, move second
>> discussion.
[29:00] Roll call, please.
>> Trusty Hord,
[29:03] » yes.
>> Trusty Reagus,
[29:04] » yes.
>> Trusty Wilson,
[29:06] » yes.
>> Trusty Udrris,
[29:07] » yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[29:09] » yes.
>> Trusty Hansen,
[29:10] » yes.
>> Thank you, board. Thank you. Looking
[29:15] forward to it. Many years to come. Okay.
Next item on under my [sighs] report is
[29:22] the Irish Lane West Pond Bank
Restoration Project. The village has
[29:27] received the first pay request for
invoice from Iricquay Paving Corporation
[29:32] or IPC for the reference project. The
invoice has been reviewed by Robinson
[29:36] and staff and it's found to be in
substantial compliance with the plans
[29:40] and specifications.
Therefore, we recommend that IPC is
[29:44] entitled to their first payment in the
amount of $210,892
[29:50] and7 as summarized below. Total earned
to date is $221,991.65
[29:59] less a 5% retention of $11,9958.
[30:05] And so the amount due this
time is $210,892.7.
[30:13] I would ask for a motion to approve pay
request number one to your koi paving in
[30:18] the amount of $210,892.7.
[30:22] So moved.
>> Second.
[30:25] » Discussion board.
[30:28] » Roll call, please.
>> Trusty Reagan,
[30:31] » yes.
>> Trusty Wilson,
[30:32] » yes.
>> Trusty Udrus,
[30:34] » yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[30:35] » yes.
>> Trusty Henson,
[30:37] » yes.
>> Trusty Horn,
[30:38] » yes.
>> Thank you, board. Next item is the 2025
[30:44] Mooney sidewalk improvements, and this
is pay request number four. And this is
[30:48] a final pay request. The village has
recently received pay request number
[30:53] four which is final from M&J Underground
for the above project. Both work and
[30:58] invoice have been reviewed by Robinson
and staff and the work is in compliance
[31:03] with contract requirements. Therefore,
it's recommended that MJ Underground is
[31:07] entitled to their final payment in the
amount of $34,626.669
[31:15] is outlined below
>> 300.
[31:18] » Yeah.
Make a motion.
[31:21] » I'll make that motion. Okay.
>> Second. Any discussion?
[31:27] » Okay. Roll call, please.
>> Trusty Wilson.
[31:31] » Yes.
>> Trusty.
[31:33] » Yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez.
[31:34] » Yes.
>> Trusty Henson.
[31:36] » Yes.
>> Trusty.
[31:37] » Yes.
>> Trusty.
[31:39] » Yes.
[31:42] » I'm hearing that song from Rawhide.
Rolling, rolling, rolling. [laughter]
[31:45] Keep those doggies rolling. Okay. Number
four. Fireman's Park phase two
[31:49] improvements. This is for the splash
pad. I hope everyone is happy with what
[31:54] they're seeing at Fireman's Park. We're
almost there. The village has received
[31:58] the attached pay request number three.
It's a partial payment to Raindrop for
[32:02] the splash pad. The bill has been
reviewed by Farnsworth and staff and
[32:07] it's meets the plans and specifications
according to the contract. Therefore, we
[32:11] recommend that Raindrop Products is
entitled to payment in the amount of
[32:14] $122,000.
[32:18] Board action is request a motion to
approve pay request number three to
[32:22] Raindrop Products in the amount of
$122,000.
[32:27] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[32:29] » Second.
>> Any discussion?
[32:32] » Has that been tested and turned on?
>> Not yet.
[32:36] » Okay.
>> Almost there.
[32:38] » This is the third payment. Do we how
many more are there? How much more do we
[32:43] still owe on it? Is it still an ongoing
thing with this is just the the splash
[32:48] pad, correct? It's not
>> correct. This is just a splash pad
[32:50] itself. So, this is outside of the other
contracted work that's being done by LVA
[32:57] and Metropolitan.
>> Okay.
[33:02] » Okay. Roll call, please. Trusty Udrris.
>> Yes.
[33:05] » Trusty Gonzalez.
>> Yes.
[33:07] » Trusty Hudson.
>> Yes. Trusty Horn.
[33:11] » Yes.
>> Trusty Regus.
[33:13] » Yes.
>> Trusty Wilson.
[33:15] » Yes.
>> Thank you, board. The next item is the
[33:21] Mooney Historical Society. It's a
request for a one-day liquor license
[33:25] permit on September 19th, 2026.
The Mon Historical Society has submitted
[33:30] their request for a 1-day liquor license
for their annual art auction wine and
[33:34] cheese reception at the Heritage Center
on Saturday, September 19th from 3:00 to
[33:39] 7:00 p.m. The reception will be a
ticketed event to help raise funds for
[33:43] the Mon Historical Society. Those
purchasing wine will be 21 years of age
[33:48] and older. It is important to note that
the historical society has already
[33:52] provided the village with a certificate
of liability holding the village
[33:55] harmless for this event. Board action
requests a motion to approve the mayor
[34:00] to execute a 1-day liquor license to the
Mooney Historical Society located at
[34:05] 5210 West Court Street on September
19th, 2026 during the hours of 7 uh
[34:10] correction 3 to 7:00 p.m.
>> I like that motion.
[34:14] » Second,
>> discussion.
[34:19] » Okay, roll call, please.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[34:22] » yes.
>> Trusty Henson,
[34:23] » yes.
>> Trusty Horn,
[34:25] » yes. Trusty Reagus.
>> Yes.
[34:27] » Trusty Wilson.
>> Yes.
[34:28] » Trusty Urus.
>> Yes.
[34:31] » Thank you board. The next item is Yolk
Road Water Main Improvements. And this
[34:36] is a bid award. On August the 5th, 2026
at 10 a.m. bids were received by the
[34:42] following licensed contractors for the
abovementioned project. And we find them
[34:46] as follows. Year Paving Corporation or
IPC. 1,241,770.50.
[34:55] 56 M&J Underground Incorporated1,251,000
[35:04] H. Lynden and Suns Sewer and Water
1,330,4000
[35:12] was the bid that was read, but the
corrected bid after we did the corrected
[35:17] math on their bid, it was 1,330,450.
[35:24] So it was off $50.
The next bid was Aries Incorporated and
[35:29] that was1,486,2250.
[35:35] The engineers cost estimate
was1,300,100.
[35:42] So Paving is the lowest bidder.
Therefore, staff in Robinson Engineering
[35:47] recommend that the project be awarded to
Airquay Paving Corporation for their
[35:50] project bid amount of 1,241,7056.
[35:57] And we ask for a motion to approve the
bid award to Paving Corporation for the
[36:01] total bid amount of 1,241,
$770.56.
[36:07] » So moved.
>> Second.
[36:09] » Any discussion?
>> Roll call, please. Trusty Henson,
[36:15] » yes.
>> Trusty Horn,
[36:17] » yes.
>> Trusty Reagus,
[36:19] » yes.
>> Trusty Wilson,
[36:21] » yes.
>> Trusty Udrus,
[36:22] » yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[36:24] » yes.
>> Thank you, board.
[36:28] The next item is the 2025 2026 Mooney
roadway maintenance project. And this is
[36:34] another bid award. On August the 5th,
2026, bids were received by the
[36:39] following licensed contractor for the
above mentioned project. And we find the
[36:43] bid as follows. Uriccoy Paving
Corporation or IPC1,324,963.85.
[36:54] The engineers estimated cost
was1,664,192.50.
[37:02] IPC is the lowest bidder. Air Force
staff and Robinson Engineering recommend
[37:06] that the project be awarded to IPC for
the project bid amount of 1,324,963.85.
[37:15] We would ask for a motion to approve
this bid award to Kquoy Paving
[37:18] Corporation for the bid amount of and
there's a typo. It should be 1,324,963
[37:28] 85.
>> Make that motion. Second
[37:33] » discussion
>> if you if you would mayor just to
[37:38] state the obvious paving local in town
so their cost especially transport
[37:43] materials is going to be lower so it's
going to drive down the bid price so
[37:47] you're going to see them a lot and they
also do good work they've we have a
[37:50] track good track record with them in
town so they're doing uh good work and
[37:55] it's at a lesser rate so because of the
cost savings of transportation
[38:00] um so it works out in our favor to have
uh a neighbor who a good commercial
[38:04] neighbor who's happens to be in the
paving business. So, works out well for
[38:08] us.
>> Roll call, please.
[38:13] » Trusty Horn,
>> yes.
[38:15] » Trusty Regus,
>> yes.
[38:17] » Trusty Wilson,
>> yes.
[38:18] » Trusty Udrris,
>> yes.
[38:20] » Trusty Gonzalez,
>> yes.
[38:21] » Trusty Henson,
>> yes.
[38:24] » Thank you, board. And this next item, it
kind of dubtales with what Trusty Wilson
[38:31] just shared. This is the Geranium Lane
Country Meadows Access Road. And this is
[38:36] a partial payment number four. The
village has received pay request number
[38:40] four in the amount of 48,230.87
[38:45] from Irquite Paving Corporation for the
above reference project. The invoice has
[38:50] been reviewed by staff in Robinson
Engineering and found the work to be in
[38:53] substantial compliance with all plans
and specifications. Total earned to date
[38:58] is $88,192.92.
[39:03] There's a 1% retention and that's
$8,81.93
[39:08] less a previous payment of $751,88012.
[39:15] Board action request is a motion to
approve pay request number four to
[39:18] airway paving in the amount of $48,230
[39:23] and 87 cents.
>> So move
[39:26] » second.
Any discussion?
[39:29] » Did we not have paperwork on that one?
>> We should.
[39:34] » My packet didn't.
Okay.
[39:42] » Okay. Thank you.
>> And
[39:45] number nine
roll.
[39:49] » Yes, please.
>> Trusty Regus.
[39:52] » Yes.
>> Trusty Wilson.
[39:53] » Yes.
>> Trusty Udrris.
[39:55] » Yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez.
[39:56] » Yes.
>> Trusty Henson.
[39:58] » Abstain.
>> Trusty Horn.
[40:00] » Yes.
>> Thank you, board. And the last item is a
[40:05] block party request and this is on West
Court Street. Mr. Steve Augle. Is he
[40:10] here tonight? Okay. If you come forward,
Mr. Dr. Steve Agle of 5544 West Court
[40:15] Street submitted a block party
application for Saturday, August 29th,
[40:19] 2026 from 12 to 8:00 p.m. The event
would take place on Elder Lane from
[40:24] Court Street to Wilson directly behind
Not the Trommy Restaurant. The applicant
[40:29] requests a temporary road lane closure
to host a car show. Because the event
[40:33] requires a closing of a public roadway,
it is classified as a block party under
[40:38] village code. Approval requires majority
consent from the affected property
[40:42] owners and renters in coordination with
the police department for traffic
[40:46] control and postevent cleanup by the
applicant. Mr. Algo has met the police
[40:51] department's requirements, including
majority approval from the affected
[40:54] neighboring property owners and renters.
Board action requests a motion to
[40:58] approve Mr. Aug's request for a block
party permit to host a car show on
[41:02] Saturday, August 29th, 2026 from 12:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
[41:07] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[41:11] » Any discussion?
[41:15] » Roll call, please.
>> Trusty Wilson, [clears throat]
[41:18] » yes.
>> Trusty Udrris,
[41:20] » yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[41:22] » yes.
>> Trusty Henson,
[41:24] » yes.
>> Trusty Horn,
[41:25] » yes.
>> Trusty Rakus,
[41:27] » yes.
Great.
[41:29] » Thank you, board.
>> Thank you, Mr. Algo. Good luck.
[41:34] » And that is the end of my report.
>> Okay.
[41:37] » Thank you. Moving on to the officials
reports. Public works. Trusty Horn.
[41:43] » Thank you. And good evening everyone.
And a lot has been said already about
[41:48] our storms that we've had here in town
uh beginning um Monday, July 27th. I
[41:56] won't read this whole report that I
have. Just suffice to say that um the uh
[42:03] public works department has been in the
thick of it um working on uh opening
[42:09] roads and removing debris etc. We've had
uh quite a bit of help from um other
[42:17] villages that have been already
mentioned. The the other thing I'd like
[42:22] to uh point out is that beginning on
Monday the 27th with when the first
[42:29] storm started, our crews, our uh DPW
team started working 12-hour shifts
[42:38] beginning on that day of the storm
through Monday, August 10th. And then of
[42:44] course, uh, I was driving around with
our superintendent on
[42:50] Tuesday, August 11th, about 10:00 a.m.,
and we were feeling pretty good about
[42:55] ourselves and how well we had done uh,
removing debris and so forth. And they
[43:01] were just cleaning up some trees along
Court on um, yeah, Court Street. And
[43:05] then, of course, about noon, we know
what happened again. So, we had another
[43:12] round of storms, as you know, and
another round of cleanup. So, they've
[43:19] been working very hard. And I think
we're just about done with clean up. I
[43:24] noticed there's a few places as I drive
through town. Those will be getting done
[43:29] by the end of this week. And then of
course um you know if you do have uh
[43:36] debris that you haven't cleaned up uh
anytime in the future here just bring
[43:41] those de debris to the curbside and
they'll be collected and disposed of by
[43:46] your village crews. And then for those
residents in need of assistance removing
[43:51] tree debris, I've still seen some
properties where nothing has been done,
[43:55] but those residents can contact Will
County EMA by calling 211. all that. All
[44:01] you need to do is call 211. I know Will
County and there's been various uh
[44:06] church groups that have been cleaning up
around town as well. So, we thank you
[44:10] for everyone who has helped with that.
Um and then the next thing on the agenda
[44:17] for our public works will be getting
ready for fall fair and that'll be here
[44:21] I think about two two and a half weeks.
How many? 16 days, but who's counting?
[44:27] Yeah.
Uh, and then the other thing I did want
[44:31] to emphasize, we've lost about uh, how
many trees on the Parkway, Jill?
[44:37] » 103 trees in the parkway. So in this
fall and in the spring we are
[44:44] instituting we have a we already have a
tree planting program um that we do
[44:51] already but of course that is going to
be um upgraded and removing
[44:57] replanting trees that we have lost. So
end of report.
[45:02] » Great. Thank you very much. Uh moving on
to parks and recreation trusty Gonzalez.
[45:06] But before I do that, I just want to say
that too, thank goodness that we are a
[45:10] tree city and between um the foundation,
the Arbor Day foundation and our already
[45:15] existing program, um we are very very
committed to um restoring our trees to
[45:21] this village. That's to said about that.
Okay. Um for our
[45:27] as you know Doug just mentioned too for
their parks and recreation report, it's
[45:31] all about Fall Fest. Now, Fall Fest is,
you know, uh, coming up very quickly
[45:35] upon us from the September 11th through
the 13th with a car. Yeah. 16 days. And
[45:40] where did this summer's already gone and
carnival parade, arts and crafts, our
[45:45] live bands, the beer tent, car show,
fireworks, and our free special needs
[45:49] day, a community service put on by MAC,
a free pancake breakfast, and much, much
[45:54] more. And so, that all being said, we
need our volunteers. So, this town is
[45:58] known nothing but more um for our
volunteerism here. So, if you can afford
[46:03] to spend three hours at the park and um
there's like a whole list of times and
[46:10] um jobs if you will u for you to do. So,
if you could please call the uh village
[46:14] the parks and recck number 5348302
and if you could spare a few hours time
[46:21] slot that weekend would be absolutely
fabulous.
[46:25] And then uh would also like to do a
chamber update for you. Uh Monique
[46:30] Chamber of Commerce annual golf outing
is September 16th and we have forms
[46:35] here. So this is the chamber golf
outings largest fundraiser of the year
[46:39] and there's limited golf spots. Oh,
they're still available. Um September 16
[46:43] at Deerrun Golf Course. Uh yeah, Deer
Creek, sorry. Uh join for golf, raffles,
[46:50] lunch, and dinner. And there's many
options. And so you can come for golf,
[46:53] golf and dinner, just dinner, um just
raffles, just please call Lee at
[46:57] 708-421786.
[47:01] And you know that number is on these
forms as well. And oh, and now the best
[47:06] one. Are you all sitting down?
Um very exciting to announce the Mon
[47:11] Fire Production District and the Mon
Chamber of Commerce is bringing back the
[47:15] turkey raffle.
Woohoo! This event will be returning on
[47:21] Saturday, November 14th at Station One
at 6 PM. The funds raised go towards
[47:26] Monique Fire Buddies and the Chambers
Scholarship Program, Turkeys, Raffle,
[47:31] Silent Auctions, and more. And stay
tuned for more details. We are going to
[47:34] have another meeting coming up soon to
put some more details on this. So again,
[47:39] if you want to be a part of this
committee and the planning of it, we can
[47:42] assure you some help as well. and that
number and please call Diana at 5348302.
[47:48] End of report.
>> Great. Thank you very much. Uh moving on
[47:52] to finance. Trusty Rikus.
>> Thank you, mayor. Uh as of July 31st,
[47:58] 2026, the village has completed
approximately 25%
[48:02] of the 2026 2027 fiscal year.
Total village revenues across all funds
[48:09] were 9.74 million,
roughly 30% of the budget, while total
[48:15] expenditures were 7.05 million,
18.69%
[48:22] of the budget, resulting in a positive
year-to-ate position of approximately
[48:26] 2.69 million. The general fund reported
revenues of 4.14 million and
[48:32] expenditures of 4.5 million resulting in
a temporary year-to- date deficit of
[48:39] approximately 360,000.
This variance is pri primarily
[48:44] attributed to the timing of revenues and
expenditures early in the fiscal year
[48:50] and will continue to be closely
monitored. Overall general fund
[48:54] expenditures remain below the fiscal
year completion benchmark.
[48:59] Major revenue source sources continue to
perform well including property taxes,
[49:05] income taxes, sales taxes, and tiff
revenues. End the report.
[49:10] » Great. Thank you very much. Uh moving on
to economic development. Trusty Wilson.
[49:15] » Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Uh before I get
started with my report, I would just
[49:19] like to say once again uh
congratulations to officer Royal and
[49:24] welcome to the family. Uh further I also
like to congratulate Joseph Johnson Jr.
[49:30] the newly hired music director for
Creepmony High School. Mr. Johnson is a
[49:34] Mooney Township uh resident and a
product of our very own 2011U district.
[49:40] He went away to college and he came back
home and he's now serving at the high
[49:43] school he gradu graduated from Cremon
High School. So congratulations Joe. Um
[49:49] we're expecting great things from you.
And on to my report. Mooney family
[49:54] restaurant. As we heard from Lizzie
Sanchez, very soon Mooney will have a
[50:00] long overdue and highly anticipated
sitdown breakfast and lunch restaurant.
[50:05] and it's right here with the old
shootups in her father's lamel's plaza.
[50:10] So I actually had an opportunity to
visit the the site. Total transformation
[50:15] um out with the old in with the new and
each restaurant has its own theme. They
[50:20] she very well has established her own
theme. Um very nicely presented and I
[50:27] also had an opportunity prior to on
previous occasion to uh visit Mr.
[50:32] Sanchez's uh property in Frankfurt. his
businesses. He he always puts a lot of
[50:37] work into it, the finer details, and he
he doesn't spare anything. So, I'm
[50:42] looking forward to this project because
with his daughter being at the helm of
[50:47] this restaurant, I know he's not going
to let her fail and she's not going to
[50:50] fail him. So, it's it's a win-win. So,
I'm looking forward to the uh what what
[50:56] the end product is here. Um already just
the just the renovations of what they've
[51:01] done. Tremendous. You can't compare.
It's apples and oranges, two different
[51:05] uh animals. So, I I'm looking forward to
uh for the full full throttle, full
[51:13] fruition, and to because she has a
tremendous vision for this. This wasn't
[51:18] they initially tried to actually get
other companies or other business owners
[51:23] in there and and kind of go with, you
know, seeing what was out there and
[51:28] available and trying to accommodate
them, but it just didn't happen. So then
[51:33] Lizzie stepped up and said, "Hey, this
is what you know, this is my idea. This
[51:36] is my dream. This is this I'm going to
go for it." So she had to sell the
[51:40] hardest sale probably in her life to her
father to say, "Hey, Dad, let me let me
[51:44] run with this. I'm going to do it." So
if he co-signed,
[51:48] it must be a good deal. So I'm looking
forward to great things. On to Fitness
[51:53] Premiere. So Fitness Premiere, after a
couple changes in ownership, Fitness
[51:58] Premiere corporate franchise has taken
over this location. Eie Gideon, a
[52:04] co-owner for of the Creek and Beecher
locations, will oversee daily operations
[52:08] at our location. Eie and his team have
already begun uh moving things around
[52:14] for better workout flow and have done
deep cleaning inside the facility here
[52:19] in Mon. Uh the one thing about the
fitness premier corporation leadership
[52:23] is they always strive to be 1% better
each day. So we'll be looking forward to
[52:29] that and them sticking to their model.
Rockland Plumbing in business for 30
[52:36] years. Owner Rocky Oliver has moved his
plumbing services business from
[52:40] Hazelrest to our town, 5528 Wilson
Street in his new building. They do not
[52:46] have walk-ins or walk-in traffic, so
they can be reached at 708 3852000
[52:53] and at rockland plumbingservices.com.
So, welcome to Mooney Rockland Plumbing
[53:01] Town Center Beautifification. As we've
heard from our DBW report and as if
[53:06] you've been around here for the last
month, uh we've experienced a tremendous
[53:10] uh uh storms that have affected our flow
of the beautifification project along
[53:16] with other things. So, thank you for
your patience first and foremost and
[53:20] glad that uh no one was seriously
injured or harmed. So rest assure that
[53:26] the landscaping crew have been uh
trenching away installing irrigation
[53:31] lines around the entire area at the
corner of Governor High Highway and
[53:36] Mooney Manhattan and within a few weeks
uh planting of trees, plants, etc. will
[53:42] begin. So if you haven't taken a looked
at that corridor Mooney Manhattan and
[53:46] Egyptian trail and or um you governors
that uh you might want to take a look
[53:53] because that that whole landscape that
whole area is changing. It's evolving
[53:57] quick. So we're looking to wrap up that
uh project. So as always shop mooney
[54:02] when available. End of report. Mayor.
>> Thank you very much. Moving on to
[54:06] building services. Trusty Henson.
>> Thank you mayor. Hello residents. Uh due
[54:10] to the storms from late July and early
August, code enforcement was suspending
[54:16] uh suspended pending uh better weather
and property recovery. Uh we're starting
[54:22] to resume code compliance for property
maintenance. Uh we will be balancing our
[54:28] code compliance duties with owners
property owners recovery process. We
[54:34] hope that if an orange cart is found on
your property, you will call and inform
[54:40] us about your recovery process. We are
here to work with residents but also
[54:45] maintain the standards of the community.
The village is offering a flat fee for
[54:51] permits so that this helps in the
recovery process. The permit is for the
[54:56] building permit applicants with proof of
damages and storm related. Um the
[55:02] requirement of the permit is to help
ensure you to receive your receive work
[55:08] that is proper and code compliant.
Building services appreciates your
[55:13] understanding and the cooperation with
us. If you need to get a hold of
[55:19] building services communication is key
all the time. Not just now but all the
[55:25] time. Communication is key. They're
located at 5,500 West Wilson Street.
[55:32] That's right on the corner of Wilson and
Governor's. Um, their phone number, if
[55:36] you can't get in to talk to them, their
phone number is 708-53483.
[55:42] And if you need to get a hold of them
via email, it's building services at
[55:48] village ofmon.org.
I I this isn't from building services.
[55:54] This is from me.
Communication is key. I will say this
[56:00] every time with my report. If you
communicate with building services, they
[56:06] will go out of their way to help you
out.
[56:11] » Thank you. End of report.
>> Thank you very much. Uh moving on to
[56:15] public safety, Trusty Udrris.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh just a couple of
[56:18] things. First off, um just echoing what
everybody has said in terms of the
[56:23] storm. Um, I was actually home when both
hit and was out and about to see what I
[56:29] could do to help, you know, pretty much
right away after the storms and just
[56:34] couldn't get over the amount of
residents that I saw out walking around
[56:38] offering to help. Not even just going to
their friend's house, but just, hey, you
[56:42] look like you need some help. I've got a
chainsaw. I've got a saw. I've got hands
[56:46] that can drag a branch. And and it just
it was it was just such a great feeling
[56:50] to see. Um, I also had the opportunity
shortly after this after the storms to
[56:56] walk around to make sure that
information was handed out to to
[56:59] residents, especially we started in the
in the key area that was hit the
[57:02] hardest. And I really need to give a a
big thank you to Jordan and his
[57:08] girlfriend.
What
[57:11] » Cesia who stepped up to help with that
and they did an amazing job walking
[57:16] around. So, um, just a big big huge
thank you to them. And then also I also
[57:21] want to give a big welcome to David Aoyo
as well. Uh it's so great to see
[57:26] somebody that was working in town uh you
know moving up and you know get finding
[57:31] a finding a solid career you know
talking to him. He always had a dream of
[57:34] being a police officer and I'm just so
proud that it that he was able to work
[57:38] for him to start that career here in
Mon. So a big congratulations to him.
[57:43] » [clears throat]
>> for EMA. Um, while EMA was doing their
[57:46] normal stuff like helping out with
National Night Out with law enforcement
[57:49] and everything else, they provided over
622 personal hours during uh the July
[57:57] 29th to August 11th storms. They
responded over 40 calls for service. So,
[58:02] a huge huge thank you to EMA for coming
out. just a reminder that they're
[58:07] volunteers that come out and they they
left their homes to come make sure that
[58:12] our homes and our area was safe and
secure, make sure that the crews could
[58:17] move around where they needed to. So,
can't thank them enough. Um, also can't
[58:22] thank our police department enough. I
talked I talked to several of the
[58:25] officers who were actually out on the
street when the storms hit and uh
[58:29] they've got some pretty pretty intense
stories to to tell about what they
[58:33] witnessed as as those storms came
through. And I'm just amazed that we did
[58:38] not have any serious injuries, you know,
with with any of it. Just we were so
[58:42] lucky with that. [clears throat] But for
our police department, uh they recently
[58:46] um had a small presence at two local
block parties, one on Main Street and
[58:50] one on Oak Street. They both seem to be
very popular and well attended. Uh we
[58:55] foresee more of these events in the
future and look forward to being
[58:58] involved. Our presence not only assures
the community of our commitment, it also
[59:03] provides provides us a platform to build
relationships within our neighborhoods
[59:08] and we look forward to uh this growing
trend. Uh August 14th, school was back
[59:13] in session. Nice weather transplant
translates to a lot of children walking
[59:18] and riding to school. So, make sure that
we're alert and extra diligent as we
[59:23] encounter children, you know, on the
streets, crossing streets, walking in
[59:28] streets, riding in streets, everything.
Um, and as always, Mooney Police will be
[59:32] uh in the school zones uh to politely
encourage our adherence to the Illinois
[59:37] Vehicle Code. So, please be safe and pay
attention. And as I always say, when you
[59:42] see our officers, you see EMA, you see
our public works, please wave and say
[59:46] hi. stop and tell them thank you for
what they're doing because uh they're
[59:50] doing an incredible job. End of report.
>> Thank you very much. Uh moving on to the
[59:55] attorney's report.
>> Thank you, mayor. I have two items for
[59:59] the board's consideration. The first
item is a intergovernment agreement by
[1:00:05] between the village of Mon and Will
County with respect to license plate
[1:00:10] reading cameras. Uh this agreement gives
us the ability to install these uh
[1:00:17] objects in certain areas uh on behalf of
the village. There is also
[1:00:24] Thank you. There is also a uh provision
in there that we have to end indemnify
[1:00:30] will county uh with respect to this
matter. Also if Will County asks us to
[1:00:35] remove them, we'll have to remove them
at any time. And finally that it is uh
[1:00:41] these
data is uh subject to the Freedom of
[1:00:45] Information Act. So if someone wanted
copies of the data, they could receive
[1:00:49] it. And if they do receive it, we also
have to send a copy to Will County. But
[1:00:54] there are, I believe, four locations.
These will be located on Richland
[1:00:59] Avenue, Hamilton, Ridgand, and Hamilton.
So it's up for the board's review and
[1:01:03] consideration.
>> I'll make that motion.
[1:01:09] Second.
Uh, any discussion?
[1:01:14] » Now, did I understand it's Mon we want
to put them in or it's Will County that
[1:01:17] wants to put them in?
>> Mon wants to put them in, but it's in
[1:01:20] Will County's property.
>> Okay. So, we
[1:01:24] » All right.
[1:01:28] Anything else? All right. Roll call,
please.
[1:01:30] » Trusty Udrris.
>> Yes.
[1:01:32] » Trusty Gonzalez.
>> Yes.
[1:01:34] » Trusty Henson.
>> Yes. Trusty Horn.
[1:01:37] » Yes.
>> Trusty Reikus.
[1:01:40] » Yes.
>> Trusty Wilson.
[1:01:43] » Yes.
>> Thank you, mayor. The next item is an
[1:01:48] ordinance permitting the use of
low-speed electric scooters within the
[1:01:53] village. There's been a lot of uh media
attention with respect to this issue,
[1:01:58] and the state of Illinois passed a law
regarding the same issue. Basically, a
[1:02:03] low-speed uh scooter is something that
does not uh exceed 35 miles an hour. Uh
[1:02:11] they are not operated on state highways.
They can go on sidewalks, trails,
[1:02:16] bicycle paths, and other paths within
the village except for signage. They
[1:02:22] also have to have a lot of safety
equipment with respect to lamps in the
[1:02:27] back, lights in the front. They the
person cannot use a cell phone during
[1:02:33] the operation.
Uh it can only carry one person at a
[1:02:37] time. Also, they have to certain age
requirement and if you are under 18, you
[1:02:43] must wear a helmet. Uh all scooters must
be wellmaintained and good operating
[1:02:49] condition. We also said when two or more
people are riding together a group, they
[1:02:53] shall ride in a single file to give uh
more of a safety factor. This is pretty
[1:02:59] much in accordance with the state of
Illinois and IML. We added a few things
[1:03:04] with the help of trustee Udrris and uh
Chief Ker on behalf of the village. This
[1:03:10] may be amended in the future with
respect to other uh remedies the village
[1:03:15] would have in the event of a violation.
So it is up tonight for the board's
[1:03:20] review and consideration.
>> Make that motion.
[1:03:24] » Second.
>> I have a question. Yes.
[1:03:26] » Yes. I have a question. So, is this uh
are these
[1:03:34] scooters or bicycles? I I don't really
know how you would categorize them
[1:03:39] because a lot of them there's bicycles
with
[1:03:43] that are electric and they go pretty
fast. So, are these vehicles going to
[1:03:48] need to be plated?
>> So, these are two different vehicles
[1:03:52] though. So that's where
>> it doesn't it's not including the bikes
[1:03:56] yet, shall we say?
>> It's it's anything under 35 miles an
[1:04:00] hour.
>> Uh and if you notice, in fact, I think
[1:04:03] there's a fundraiser next week for an
individual who got killed up in
[1:04:07] Shawnburgg and it's been hitting
newspapers with respect to implementing
[1:04:12] uh these type of regulations and you see
them quite a bit. uh and the state of
[1:04:18] Illinois I think just amend it once
again but they want something on the
[1:04:23] books.
>> So just so you know uh Trusty Rikus
[1:04:26] there's there's actually there are
different classes of scooters and of
[1:04:30] ebikes b and it bases like their top
speed is what kind of classifies them.
[1:04:36] What this [clears throat] ordinance is
really gearing more towards is ones that
[1:04:40] go up to like a 28 35 mph range. I was
reading right before I came over here
[1:04:46] for the meeting tonight that actually
the state of Illinois I think just
[1:04:50] signed legislation or they're working on
it that anything that goes over that you
[1:04:54] know that can go faster because there
are scooters that can do 60 70 m an hour
[1:04:58] ebikes that that can go as fast as a
motorcycle.
[1:05:01] They're changing the law for those to
where those they're going to have to
[1:05:05] have have a license have a license plate
carry insurance just like a regular
[1:05:09] motor vehicle. That's not what this is
geared towards. is the slower ones, the
[1:05:14] ones that that we see right now out on
our streets that are that are going
[1:05:18] around. So that's what [clears throat]
and this this is designed to kind of
[1:05:22] help the police department actually have
some tools to work with with the
[1:05:26] residents so to make sure that god
forbid we ever have have an accident,
[1:05:30] you know, in town, we're trying to
prevent that.
[1:05:34] » And I can appreciate all of that.
I'm curious because um in the background
[1:05:40] of things, I'm actually working with a
kid who's in college right now on a
[1:05:43] platform for myself.
So, it would have nothing to do with
[1:05:48] this. However, there are scooters for
people like me that go 50, 60, 70 miles
[1:05:54] an hour, which
is insane. I mean, that's really fast.
[1:05:58] Um, so I was just trying to make sure
that my understanding was correct.
[1:06:04] » Correct. And like I might have
mentioned, this is pretty much governed
[1:06:08] by the IML too. They drafted a portion
of this ordinance. They put a lot of
[1:06:12] time into it and other villages are
adopting the same type of uh
[1:06:16] restrictions.
>> Thank you.
[1:06:19] » We we looked at many towns. I I I had
about probably about eight or nine towns
[1:06:23] in front of me of their of their scooter
ordinances. Everything from you could
[1:06:28] ride wherever you want to other towns
you could ride on your driveway and that
[1:06:32] was it. everything else was was strictly
prohibited. So, we were trying to make a
[1:06:36] good balance to to be able to let people
enjoy the scooters, but at the same time
[1:06:41] make our town safe.
>> Thank you, Scott.
[1:06:46] » Um, section uh section six, letter G, it
says uh a person operating a low-speed
[1:06:55] electric scooter must be 16 years of
age.
[1:06:59] » Yes, sir. And then also in here it says
that anybody under the age of 18 has to
[1:07:04] wear a helmet.
>> Yes, sir.
[1:07:06] » And then down in section seven A, any
person that violates the provisions of
[1:07:12] the ordinance shall be guilty of a petty
misdemeanor and shall be punished by a
[1:07:16] fine of uh not less than $75 and not
more than $750.
[1:07:24] So when
say a 15year-old is on there and they
[1:07:31] violate that
and
[1:07:36] they're issued a fine. Is there anything
in here that says that their parents
[1:07:43] » No sir
>> will be responsible for that?
[1:07:45] » No sir. So, anybody under the age of 18,
>> I mean,
[1:07:52] » I mean, we are talking myself, the
chief, and uh trustee Rudrus about
[1:07:58] another remedy that we'll have available
in case this does happen. Um, but right
[1:08:05] now, the parents won't be responsible.
[1:08:10] So, anybody that's not an adult and
that's issued a a fine, there's really
[1:08:17] no way of recouping that fine.
There will be, but again, it's
[1:08:26] you can't impose that on a parent at
this present time. You know, it's
[1:08:30] probably similar to driving a car. I
mean, if the child titles in a child's
[1:08:35] name and they have an accident, the
parents aren't responsible.
[1:08:38] » Yeah. That way, when they get a ticket,
you can take away their license or you
[1:08:41] can take away their registration or
something. They have something to the
[1:08:45] the police have something to fall back
on for fines.
[1:08:48] » We're going to address that issue.
>> In this case, it looks like it's a black
[1:08:50] hole right there in that spot.
>> I understand. We're going to address it.
[1:08:55] » Okay.
[1:09:02] Uh, roll call, please.
>> Trustee Gonzalez,
[1:09:08] » yes. [clears throat]
>> Trusty Henson,
[1:09:13] » yes.
>> Trusty Horn,
[1:09:15] » yes.
>> Trusty Regus,
[1:09:18] » yes.
>> Trusty Wilson,
[1:09:20] » yes.
>> Trusty Urus,
[1:09:21] » yes.
>> Ordinance number 2150.
[1:09:29] » That's all I
>> Okay. Thank you, Larry. Any unfinished
[1:09:31] business?
Any new business?
[1:09:37] » So, with all that being said about the
e- scooter one, I know that uh the
[1:09:41] governor just signed a new one for the
ebikes. Um I would love in the very
[1:09:46] short term if we could start looking at
that too because um just in the very
[1:09:51] recent probably this year, we're
starting to see more of those on our
[1:09:54] streets too. It hasn't really happened
before um but we are seeing them this
[1:09:58] year. And like we've all said, they go
fast. They can go keep up with a car.
[1:10:06] » We have enough of a problem on Court
Street with speed and with people not
[1:10:09] knowing how to drive, let alone with
putting them on two wheels and and doing
[1:10:13] this type of thing. So, I mean, I I I
just think it needs to be
[1:10:20] in in stone.
[1:10:27] » New business.
Okay.
[1:10:33] » If I can jump in for new business. So,
one thing I failed to mention earlier is
[1:10:38] the dumpsters that we have. So, after
that July 27th storm that came through,
[1:10:42] within two to three days, the village
put out three dumpsters here in the
[1:10:46] parking lot just to the north uh of this
building. And so, we're on a a time
[1:10:52] crunch. As Trusty Gonzalez mentioned
earlier, we're 16 days away from Fall
[1:10:57] Fest and we're going to need all the
space here to bring the carnival in. And
[1:11:01] so we're going to remove those
dumpsters. So those of you that still
[1:11:05] have things that you're throwing out and
using the dumpsters, I'm going to ask
[1:11:08] you to please
uh continue uh because those dumpsters
[1:11:13] are are there on short time. They're
going to be removed by September the
[1:11:17] 5th, I believe. So thank you.
>> Thank you. Okay. Uh, moving on to open
[1:11:23] to the public non-aggenda items. Uh,
come on up to the podium. Give your
[1:11:28] name.
[1:11:33] » Go ahead. Ladies first. I'm sorry.
>> Thank you.
[1:11:36] » Go ahead.
>> Hi, my name is Kim Bolan Prom. I'm
[1:11:41] curious to know the the results of the
attorney looking into the complaints
[1:11:46] from G Vista. At the last meeting, the
mayor asked that the attorney look into
[1:11:51] that. Yes, sir.
>> It's not on the agenda. I'm wondering
[1:11:54] when we'll hear back about that.
>> I have a memo ready for the board, uh,
[1:11:58] ma'am, but I rather distribute it to the
board and to the mayor before I talk
[1:12:01] about it. U, there are certain findings,
but again, this is something that
[1:12:06] shouldn't be addressed in public until
the board sees it.
[1:12:09] » So, it's ongoing.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[1:12:11] » Okay. Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
[1:12:13] » Do you have a deadline?
No, I'll have it by the next board
[1:12:18] meeting though. This has been ongoing
for probably since 19 it started in
[1:12:23] 1992.
>> So the there's two inches
[1:12:28] of files on this and there's a lot of
correspondence going from Jenner and
[1:12:32] Block
>> Sam Zel the initial owner was Ferrari
[1:12:35] from Juliet.
>> Uh we had meetings when God rest his
[1:12:39] soul Tim O'Donnell was around. Yeah. So,
it's a little more complicated than it
[1:12:43] looks. And you got to look at the leases
because the leases are between the
[1:12:48] residents and management, not the
village.
[1:12:51] » Yes. Okay. So, next meeting we'll hear
about the results
[1:12:57] » after I talk to mayor to the board.
Ma'am.
[1:12:59] » All righty. Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
[1:13:09] » Hi, I'm Ray Roseell. I'm a resident of
Golf Vista. I addressed the board the
[1:13:13] last time there was a meeting. Uh and I
have in the meantime I requested some
[1:13:20] information through FOYA. Yes, sir.
>> And I had those and Michelle I think
[1:13:25] gave everybody a copy of it. It's
correspondence between building services
[1:13:30] and uh Golf Vista Management and their
maintenance supervisor. And uh if you
[1:13:37] read through them, you'll see that Golf
Vista clearly accepted responsibility
[1:13:43] for the repairs of the concrete
driveway, sidewalks, and uh and pads and
[1:13:49] everything. And now under new
management, they've decided they're not
[1:13:53] doing this. And as early as uh February
or March, I think they were still
[1:13:59] telling residents that they were going
to repair their driveways. So they set a
[1:14:04] precedent. Um,
they never, you know, they say it's in
[1:14:08] the release, but nobody ever pointed it
out to us. Um, we didn't, I think they
[1:14:15] snuck it in someplace because I've never
received any notice prior to one. I
[1:14:20] think we received a mayor June from Golf
Vista Management telling us that the
[1:14:25] concrete is our responsibility. Under
previous management, they were fixing
[1:14:30] them. I've got, you know, various uh
building inspection reports, resale
[1:14:35] inspection reports where there's
dialogue between the manager and and
[1:14:41] building services that they were going
to get it done. Okay. Unfortunately,
[1:14:46] that manager, she's no longer the
manager. She still works for uh Equity
[1:14:50] Lifestyle Properties, but she's not in a
position um to make any of those
[1:14:55] decisions. Uh there's just no way us as
residents could afford to have this
[1:15:02] concrete fixed. The villages, you know,
uh did these inspections and it was
[1:15:08] their understanding that it was Golf
Vista's responsibility. They didn't come
[1:15:12] back to the residents and say, "Well,
you got to fix it." I'm also a realtor
[1:15:17] and I sell quite a few homes in G Vista
and uh you know as part of the resale
[1:15:23] inspection those concrete repairs came
up and we assured based on the
[1:15:28] information from building services in G
Vista management that this stuff was
[1:15:33] going to be repaired by them not by the
resident. If it gets to the point where
[1:15:40] the the residents or a new resident has
to pay for it, nobody's going to buy a
[1:15:43] home there. Uh, we own the home, but
everything underneath it belongs to the
[1:15:48] land owner, which is Golf Bister Equity
Lifestyle Properties. I There's no sense
[1:15:54] in me making a capital improvement such
as new driveways or sidewalks for
[1:15:58] property that I don't own and I can't
take with me when I move. I could take
[1:16:03] the house with, but I can't take the
concrete, the sidewalks. So, um, in the
[1:16:10] meantime, I was hoping that you guys
would have some kind of answers for us.
[1:16:14] I I heard Larry's response to the other
lady's question and everything. And, uh,
[1:16:19] we just we really need to have some
answers. I just recently, uh, had a
[1:16:24] contract on a home that, uh, the pad was
cracked underneath it. Uh the owner was
[1:16:30] directed by building services to get a
structural engineer to determine whether
[1:16:35] the pad the whole pad needed to be
replaced in order to protect the inc
[1:16:40] integrity of the home or just a part of
it that was cracked. It was determined
[1:16:45] that was just part of it that was
cracked that didn't have anything to do
[1:16:48] with the support of the home. Uh there
was one previous to that though that
[1:16:51] there was problems with the home, but
this one uh just needed uh the concrete
[1:16:56] to be raised back up. It was more of a
cosmetic thing than, you know, it was
[1:17:01] necessary. This this owner in order to
sell the house paid it out of their
[1:17:06] pocket $400 $450 at Carile uh structural
engineers and then paid another $800 to
[1:17:14] have the concrete raised up. So that was
for the purposes of making the home more
[1:17:19] salailable,
but and I think that was kind of
[1:17:23] reasonable, but it wasn't all new
concrete where they're going to have to,
[1:17:28] you know, bust up all the concrete,
remove it, you know, put down new gravel
[1:17:32] or whatever, crush stone, you know, form
it, and then pour new concrete. And uh
[1:17:38] so it's just it's not feasible. I know
there's not a lot, you know, you guys
[1:17:43] talk about leases, everybody else is
talking about leases. We've also been in
[1:17:47] contact with our state representative
and we've been in contact with uh the uh
[1:17:53] Will County Executive uh and they're
promising us some kind of attention or
[1:18:00] whatever. I don't know if it's just lip
service or they're going to actually try
[1:18:04] to do something for us, but I mean if I
would like it I would like golf I would
[1:18:11] like the village to be able to hold
Gist's feet to the fire because they
[1:18:16] said it's our responsibility. We're
going to take care of it now moving
[1:18:19] forward.
Um I don't know what we're going to do.
[1:18:23] I mean if if they're going to fix all
the concrete and it's all perfect now we
[1:18:27] start out with a clean slate. That's a
different story.
[1:18:31] But there's plenty of homes that need
the driveways and the sidewalks
[1:18:35] replaced. And I'm sure they're not going
to have them all done at one time, even
[1:18:39] though they promised and they put
everybody on a list. And it says in
[1:18:42] those documents that I gave you that,
you know, homes were on the list. And um
[1:18:48] they did do repairs here and there, but
they were usually in conjunction with uh
[1:18:53] them pouring concrete for the pads for
the new homes, which doesn't happen all
[1:18:58] the time. Sometimes it happens every
year, sometimes it happens every couple
[1:19:02] years. They just recently installed 11
new homes, so they they were pouring
[1:19:07] concrete for the new homes. That is
usually when they would take and have,
[1:19:11] you know, pay a little extra or have the
guy order some extra concrete and they
[1:19:15] would fix driveways and sidewalks. They
didn't do it this time. So, you know, we
[1:19:20] ask we're asking for some kind of
relief, you know. Um, I mean, is it
[1:19:25] going to come to the point where you
guys aren't going to write up the
[1:19:28] sidewalks and the driveways anymore
because Gus is not going to fix them and
[1:19:33] most of us can't afford it? Most they're
pricing us out of that place. If 5%
[1:19:38] every year doesn't match our cost, our
social security cost of living. Uh, and
[1:19:43] I know we all have a choice. You know,
we can live there, we we don't have to
[1:19:47] live there, but you know, if we it's a
nice place to live. Everybody, you know,
[1:19:52] who lives there pretty much loves it and
would like to stay there, but it seems
[1:19:58] to me like instead of making the place
more desirable for us to figure out ways
[1:20:03] to to live there and stay there, they're
finding ways to alienate themselves from
[1:20:08] us and, you know, have us all think
twice about remaining there. So, if you
[1:20:15] guys have any questions, I'd be more
than happy to answer.
[1:20:19] I don't like I
>> Oh, come on. L was counting on you.
[1:20:23] [laughter]
>> I have questions, but I want to talk to
[1:20:25] the mayor and to the board.
>> I understand that. I understand it. So,
[1:20:29] I also have some other foyer requests
and that uh they weren't ready in time,
[1:20:34] and I understand it. I want to commend
Michelle and her staff and building
[1:20:38] services and their staff for making
these foyer requests available in a
[1:20:42] timely manner. And as a resident of of
Moi, I want to commend all building all
[1:20:48] all the village services, police, fire,
public works, EMA on a fantastic job
[1:20:54] that they did during the storms and
everything.
[1:20:58] » Thank you.
>> I have a question for you, counselor.
[1:21:01] » Yes, sir. Um, in general, generally
speaking, in a verbal or oral contract,
[1:21:06] um, when there's an offer made in
acceptance, generally
[1:21:10] do does the person making the
consideration or the uh, offer, can they
[1:21:18] revoke that offer at any point in time
prior to actually completing the task?
[1:21:23] » There's not a
Yes, they can. But also, when you deal
[1:21:27] with real estate, it's got to be in
writing.
[1:21:30] » Yes. and any verbal conversation
>> don't exist.
[1:21:34] » No, no. That's why they call it the pro
evidence rule. Real estate, it's got to
[1:21:39] be in writing. And I know technically
that's real estate in part personal
[1:21:43] property over there, but if it's not
followed up by a letter signing by both
[1:21:48] parties
and with a change of ownership,
[1:21:53] but it it's got to be in writing.
[1:21:58] » Good evening. My name is Mary Lou Arendo
aka Lou. I read the police bladder all
[1:22:05] the time. I don't know if I missed it or
not, but a suggestion I would have would
[1:22:09] be um for parents to put something that
glows on the kids and even the adults to
[1:22:15] wear something that they could be seen
at night as they're walking. I don't
[1:22:19] know if I missed it in any article or it
hasn't been in there. I could that's
[1:22:26] something that we would like put on a
Facebook post or community post. That
[1:22:30] wouldn't be something you would find in
the bladder, but it is a good idea and
[1:22:33] we do need to remind uh those that are
out walking and riding at night to wear
[1:22:37] something.
>> I mean, maybe I use the wrong term
[1:22:39] bladder, but the article that usually is
put on there that the police chief
[1:22:43] writes
>> Oh.
[1:22:48] I'll talk to that guy. We'll see if we
[laughter]
[1:22:52] » Thank you.
[1:22:58] Good evening, Gail Kaland. I'm also from
G Vista, but this is nothing to do with
[1:23:03] G Vista. I'm wondering what can be done
about the multiplying
[1:23:09] potholes that appear in the parking lot
by the bank. Is there anything the
[1:23:15] village can do about those potholes?
that I will ask our uh interimm building
[1:23:21] services director to address because
that has been ongoing for the past few
[1:23:26] years.
>> Yes.
[1:23:27] » Yes.
>> Yes. And it's getting worse.
[1:23:28] » Oh yeah.
>> Thank you,
[1:23:31] » Lance. Please feel free.
>> How you doing? I'm Lance Beckfire, the
[1:23:36] interim director of building services.
After numerous conversations and back
[1:23:41] and forth communications, a permit has
been issued. My understanding is by
[1:23:46] midepptember the work should be started
if not finished. So it it has been a
[1:23:52] long haul. They're property owners. It's
us communicating with them, giving them
[1:23:57] time and then when need be if we have to
issue citations and stuff like that. I
[1:24:02] did work on the lights first um which
are on a timer and we have suggested to
[1:24:06] them they put them on a sensor so they
turn on at night and go off in the
[1:24:11] morning instead of staying on during the
day. But hopefully the uh paving should
[1:24:16] start in the next couple weeks. They do
have the permit. They have paid for it
[1:24:19] and they do have it.
>> You're welcome.
[1:24:22] » Thank you.
>> Lance, let me ask you a question real
[1:24:24] quick about those lights. Is it a is it
in the ordinances or anything about
[1:24:30] having lighting at night in in public
places? Like I I I I remember uh
[1:24:36] Dollar General, they had lights light
problems, so they had to shut down when
[1:24:40] it got dark. Yes, it is in our
ordinances. I I don't remember the exact
[1:24:44] wording, but it is in our ordinances
>> that if they have business hours that go
[1:24:48] into darkness, they're supposed to have
lights for security and safety.
[1:24:53] » Okay. Thank you.
[1:25:01] » Hello, I'm Joan Hollywood, a resident of
G Vista, and the letter that we received
[1:25:07] and also I read the lease regarding the
driveways. It says keep them in good
[1:25:12] repair. It does not say replace and I
have asked Anna about that and she said
[1:25:17] but it means replace. I've asked upper
management about that and I said what
[1:25:22] you have shown me says keep it in good
keep it clear and in good repair not the
[1:25:26] word replace but that's what it means.
That's what they tell us. Now, if you
[1:25:31] ever pull in their parking lot, which
they just had redone, and see the
[1:25:35] condition of it, then I think I'm ahead
of the game with my driveway, which is
[1:25:40] cracked, but not as bad as their parking
lot that I think all they did was spray
[1:25:44] paint it. I don't think they did
anything else. But one of my other
[1:25:48] concerns is we now have an issue where
we're not allowed to park on the street.
[1:25:53] Now, their other property in Beecher,
every second or third house has a little
[1:25:58] parking pad for visitors. We don't. I
have a twocar uh twocar driveway. I have
[1:26:05] guests over, more than two. And one of
the particular groups I have, of that
[1:26:10] group, I would be the youngest person.
Two people walk with canes. One has an
[1:26:15] artificial leg. They need to park near
my house. They can't be parking by the
[1:26:19] clubhouse lot and walking. I live behind
the salt shed. So, I don't know. I I
[1:26:24] approached her. I gave her the uh idea
of can we get like a parking pass when
[1:26:28] we have a party so we our guests can
have it. Oh, she said, "Well, I might
[1:26:33] not be patrolling, but the police will
be patrolling and if you get a ticket,
[1:26:36] it's not my fault." So, she doesn't
really want to work with us.
[1:26:41] » So, I And anyway, okay, I'm done.
>> So, they say you can't park there for a
[1:26:46] few hours during the day if somebody
comes over to visit you. That's me.
[1:26:50] » No street parking. no street parking
which we've always
[1:26:53] » I could understand overnight parking but
the vis visitors and everything really
[1:26:56] » but we don't have a parking ordinance so
we're not
[1:26:59] » enforcing I was going to say Mo doesn't
have a parking ordinance
[1:27:02] » they don't exist
[1:27:06] » but either way doesn't even have that
>> so the police won't site because we
[1:27:11] don't have an ordinance that stipulates
that
[1:27:13] » but if she were to just you know put up
a sign that says you know violators will
[1:27:17] be towed can anybody come in and tow
cars
[1:27:19] » it's private property they can't if they
post it. Um, they contract somebody to
[1:27:23] do it.
>> So, I guess that's, you know, it's just
[1:27:25] going to be a problem. I Are we only
allowed to have so many people? You if
[1:27:30] you can't fit them in your driveway, you
can't have them. I mean, you know,
[1:27:34] » Yeah. There's got to be an option,
right?
[1:27:35] » Yeah. There's got to be an option.
>> Thank you.
[1:27:41] » Question. Do they have to post no
parking signs?
[1:27:46] by the law.
[1:27:52] » I would ass I would just assume I I
would assume that if it doesn't say no
[1:27:57] parking or that it'll be towed if they
were to touch the vehicle or whatever
[1:28:00] without any notification that that would
be a problem.
[1:28:04] I think so. Not given any legal advice.
[laughter]
[1:28:14] » Good evening board. Good evening,
>> Mayor Box. I'm here again [laughter]
[1:28:21] and today I'm here uh we still haven't
had a word back from
[1:28:27] G Vista regarding any of this. Now,
Ry just showed you all
[1:28:36] uh the foyers that he had requested.
[1:28:42] I just sent you something from
management or just gave you something
[1:28:46] from management where it says they have
the right to charge the resident
[1:28:52] uh to pay residents pr-rated share of
the actual gross cost paid by management
[1:28:58] for real estate taxes and assessments
and for utilities and we also pay for
[1:29:05] capital improvements. Now we pay for
this through our lease.
[1:29:10] However, we're not getting the benefit
of it because a driveway,
[1:29:15] a walkway
to me is capital improvements. Would you
[1:29:20] consider that? So, why aren't we getting
that?
[1:29:25] And that's that's what I want to know.
Now, also,
[1:29:30] if you look at the foyer request
on there, you have a code and that code
[1:29:38] states something. and it says the
driveways are cracked or whatever. Now,
[1:29:46] Golf Vista is trying to hold us
accountable for that. And if you look at
[1:29:51] the foyer request, it sees you can see
that G Vista is responsible. They're
[1:29:57] taking responsibility.
Now, I've given you previously letters
[1:30:03] from Anna, who's the manager, also a
letter from Amelia.
[1:30:09] They both in their letters that you have
vehemently deny ever telling anyone
[1:30:19] that they would fix their driveway.
I mean, it's it's it's mindboggling.
[1:30:26] I've did some research and I'm sure the
attorney probably has also on ELS and
[1:30:33] MHC
and their last um case they had in the
[1:30:40] Northern District Court was with the
village of Shamberg under Rick Collusion
[1:30:48] and the judge dismissed it with
prejudice so they can come back and file
[1:30:52] again. I did reach out to the law firm
to see if in fact they could look at our
[1:30:59] case and possibly get theirs reinstated
and go further with ours. So, I'm still
[1:31:06] waiting to hear from them, but I did
speak to um
[1:31:10] uh
it's Dilo and Levit and his name is
[1:31:14] Gregory Ayola. He's the attorney on that
case.
[1:31:20] Now,
I did move here back in 2004 and I lived
[1:31:26] over in Country Meadows, bought a house,
built a house over there.
[1:31:32] When I got my first tax bill,
I was really distraught. So, I went to
[1:31:39] Juliet.
Juliet sent me back to Mon.
[1:31:44] They said Mon is home rule. Is that
still the case?
[1:31:49] So we make our own tax base up.
So we're paying taxes
[1:31:56] that aren't even our taxes and we don't
get the benefit of it
[1:32:01] on a write off or anything. Golf Vista
is getting it.
[1:32:06] When a home is to be purchased here, you
have a staff code enforcement that goes
[1:32:13] out and say you cannot sell this home
unless
[1:32:20] you you
get these things corrected
[1:32:25] and you will get a certificate of
occupancy.
[1:32:29] However,
out of everybody that's been
[1:32:32] complaining, that has not happened.
For some reason, Golf Vista is being
[1:32:39] allowed to sell homes
without the right paperwork. And what
[1:32:45] they're doing now is just dropping it
off on us.
[1:32:49] So, if we're paying taxes, capital
improvements,
[1:32:53] things of that sort, why can't we get
our driveways fixed? I don't even think
[1:32:58] we should have to go through this. I uh
got some message from the state's
[1:33:03] attorney's office. They said they
couldn't help us because a crime had not
[1:33:08] been committed.
Since when is defrauding seniors not a
[1:33:15] crime?
It's a crime and we all here know it's a
[1:33:21] crime. We know what they're doing is a
crime.
[1:33:26] I I'm just outdone because
they have
[1:33:32] bullied people. We can't appease them.
There's no we can appe we can't appease
[1:33:37] them in any way. We just have to fight
them. And we're looking for you all to
[1:33:41] help us fight them. We've we've laid it
out for you. You've got the leases.
[1:33:47] You've got the paperwork on there
showing that we are paying our capital
[1:33:53] improvements. They haven't fixed one
street or put one sewer in in G Vista
[1:33:58] since I've been there for 10 years.
But where's our money going?
[1:34:05] So, I'm saying that even though they're
going to lie about it, and this is this
[1:34:10] is corporate lying. This is not Anna
Amelia because if you look at the foyer
[1:34:16] reports, it says on there from Heather,
you know, I have to contact corporate or
[1:34:22] I can't uh possibly what did it say? I
can't approve or guarantee
[1:34:28] that that driveway will be fixed by the
time the house is sold. The house
[1:34:34] shouldn't have been sold.
[1:34:38] So you've got you've you've got your
ordinances here and golf fist their feet
[1:34:44] should be held to the fire just like
they're trying to hold our feet to the
[1:34:48] fire. We know who's responsible.
So with that being said, does anybody
[1:34:56] have any questions for me? I'd be happy
to answer them.
[1:34:59] » With the Shawnberg case, George, um
>> yes,
[1:35:02] » who are the parties involved
>> specifically? The parties involved with
[1:35:06] that was a um the the lot the lot rent
the the people who rent the lots and
[1:35:13] Shamberg
>> the city of
[1:35:15] » city of Shamberg. Yes. And I have the
case number here if you would like it.
[1:35:19] » Yeah. If you would.
>> Case number is 123-CV-06715.
[1:35:30] » One more time.
123-
[1:35:34] CV-06715.
[1:35:40] And that case um
was dismissed on December 12th of 25
[1:35:49] and they had till January 7th to refile.
>> Okay.
[1:35:54] Now, I haven't seen anything on the
docket for the refile, and I've, as I
[1:35:58] said, I've reached out to the attorney
to see if he would get back with us.
[1:36:10] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you.
[1:36:22] All right.
Okay. Anybody else?
[1:36:27] » All right.
Thank you very much. Uh this evening
[1:36:34] we will be going into executive session
for the following two items. Number 15,
[1:36:40] ILCS120/2C1,
[1:36:43] appointment, employment, compensation,
discipline, performance, or dismissal of
[1:36:48] a specific employee. And item number 25,
ILCS120/2C2,
[1:36:54] collective negotiating matters,
collective bargaining agreement uh with
[1:36:58] public works. So, if I can please have a
motion to exit regular session.
[1:37:02] » So, moved. Second.
>> Roll call, please.
[1:37:08] Trusty Hansen,
>> yes.
[1:37:09] » Trusty Horn,
>> yes.
[1:37:11] » Trusty Reagan,
>> yes.
[1:37:12] » Trusty Wilson,
>> yes.
[1:37:14] » Trusty Udrris,
>> yes.
[1:37:15] » Trusty Gonzalez,
>> yes.
[1:37:18] » 8:09. [snorts]
>> Uh, can I have a motion to reopen
[1:37:22] regular session?
>> So moved. Second.
[1:37:23] » Roll call, please.
>> Trusty Horn,
[1:37:27] » yes.
>> Trusty Reikus,
[1:37:29] » yes.
>> Trusty Wilson,
[1:37:30] » yes.
>> Trusty Utrus,
[1:37:31] » yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[1:37:33] » yes.
>> Trusty Henson,
[1:37:35] » yes. 938.
>> Thank you. Uh, under possible action to
[1:37:40] be taken after executive session, may I
please have a motion to pay out vacation
[1:37:46] and personal time to an employee who has
resigned?
[1:37:50] » So moved. Second.
>> Roll call, please. Trusty Reus,
[1:37:55] » yes.
>> Trusty Wilson,
[1:37:56] » yes.
>> Trusty Utrus,
[1:37:58] » yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[1:37:59] » yes.
>> Trusty Henson,
[1:38:01] » yes.
>> Trusty Horn,
[1:38:02] » yes.
>> All right. Thank you, board. May I have
[1:38:05] a motion to adjurnn?
>> Make that motion.
[1:38:07] » Second.
>> Second.
[1:38:08] » Roll call, please.
>> Trustee Wilson,
[1:38:11] » yes.
>> Trusty Uras,
[1:38:12] » yes.
>> Trusty Gonzalez,
[1:38:13] » yes.
>> Trusty Henson,
[1:38:15] » yes.
>> Trusty Horn,
[1:38:16] » yes.
>> Trusty Rus,
[1:38:18] » yes.
>> 9:39. Thank you.