One more minute and we'll call the
meeting to order.
Okay.
Good evening. Welcome to the village
board meeting of August 17, 2026.
We will be led in the pledge of
allegiance by our village clerk, Manald
Desai. Please rise for the pledge if you
are able.
» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
» I call this meeting to order and I ask
that village clerk decide. Please call
the role. Trustee Pier Sloven is absent.
Trustee Shakar
>> here. Trustee Kimmani Levy
>> here. Trustee Robinson
>> here.
>> Trustee Iverson
>> here.
>> Trustee Lissa Levy
>> here. Mayor Tennis
>> here. And we have a quorum. I'd like to
mention that our colleague Trusty Pier
Sloven is indeed absent tonight. She is
absent due to some unexpected and
unavoidable travel delays and we wish
her a safe journey home. The next item
on the agenda is our consent agenda. Is
there anything anyone would like to have
removed from the consent agenda? Trusty
Shakar.
>> Yes, thank you. I'd like um under report
of the village manager a updated uh
district 219 school resource officer
intergovernmental agreement.
>> Great. So with that removed, is there uh
a motion to approve? Trustee Lisa Levy.
Is there a second? Trustee Kamani Levy.
Will the clerk please call the role?
>> Trustee Iverson.
>> I.
>> Trustee Lissa Levy.
>> I.
>> Trusty Shakar.
>> I.
>> Trustee Kimani Levy.
>> I.
>> Trustee Robinson.
>> Hi.
>> Thank you. And the uh the um consent
agenda is approved. I'd like to pause
for a minute and offer some
congratulations.
I'll start with some reappoints.
The Fine Arts Commission, Mr. Jeff
Rhodess was reappointed as vice chair
and Ellen Blum Barerish reappointed as
chair on the Skoi police use of force
board. Dennis Rizzo was reappointed as
chair for the performing arts center
board. We have a new chair Janice Fine
who is a longtime uh member of the
performing arts center board and Renee
Roy is appointed as vice chair. He also
has been a longtime member of the
performing arts center board. I'd like
to offer sincere thanks on behalf of the
village board to outgoing performing
arts center chair Terry Goule. Terry has
served with excellence uh uh as chair of
the commission for many years. He we're
delighted um Mr. Goule is going to be
staying on the performing arts center
board. So, I also want to congratulate
our new youth commissioners, many of
whom are here this evening with their
families. I will read the names, doing
my very best at pronunciation. Forgive
me if I'm not right spot on. And when
your name is called, if you will be kind
enough to stand, remain standing so that
we can give you all a nice round of
applause.
uh Akila Arjula,
Kintara Arshad,
Adam Circ,
Henry Sager,
Sophia Chavez,
Vivian Howard Czech,
Ian Forte,
Valon Franks,
Aean Caramali,
Eliza Khan,
Joel Kim,
Zachary Kupiatski,
Sophia Levvin,
Muhammad Dumar Munchi,
Amelia Namichi,
Nathan Oler,
Ava Parker, Nathan Pon, Aluga, Matthew
Poka,
Elaine Pedrosa,
Carson Pong,
Isabella Perry, and Llaya Rootberg.
Let's give these guys a [applause]
round of applause.
[applause]
Please be seated for a moment.
I'm so delighted with these
appointments. This has been a goal of
the board that came out of the
discussions from our strategic plan a
year ago that we as a as a community and
as a board need to focus more on
uplifting youth and what a privilege it
is to be able to form this commission.
I'd like to offer thanks in advance to
the team from our social work staff who
will be the staff liaison and Marie
Bonuzi and Brian McHugh. I would also
like to acknowledge that we have six
high schools represented. We have Niles
North and West. We have Loyola Academy,
Rochellezel,
Ida Crown Jewish Academy, and Evston
Township High School. We hope to recruit
uh a couple of more students from ETHS.
Thanks to Trusty Robinson for his
assistance with that. I'd also like to
offer sincere gratitude to my colleagues
on the board, trustee Jim Iverson and
trustee Allison Pierce Loven for their
significant investment of time in
helping me with the interviews, the
student interviews for this process. Our
intern this summer, Eliza Lampert, who's
gone back to college, she also helped
with the effort. Finally, before we take
a short recess to congratulate our new
youth commissioners, I'd like to give
extend gratitude to the families. Thank
you for supporting their efforts to
contribute to our community. We are
grateful to you as well. It is 7:37. We
will reconvene at 7:45.
If you would like to go out and just
mingle, there is a backdrop. We can take
pictures. and we look forward to
greeting all of you and your families
during this recess. Thank you.
We will be convened now. So the next
item on the agenda is the first of our
two public comment periods. The second
one will occur at the end of the
meeting. We will right now set aside up
to 30 minutes. If you speak during the
first public comment period, you may not
speak again during the second public
comment period. Please understand that
the public comment period is an
opportunity for members of the community
to address the village board on a topic
that is within the village's purview and
jurisdiction, but is not listed in
another location on the agenda. If you
would like to speak about a matter that
is listed on the agenda, we ask that you
wait until that agenda item is called
and we will give you an opportunity to
speak then. Please be aware that the
public comment period is intended to
provide an opportunity for public input
and it is not a forum for dialogue with
members of the board. Rather, it is
intended as an opportunity for us to
hear from you. Please be sure to direct
your comments only to the village board
and do not expect a response from anyone
tonight. We will from time to time ask
our village manager to respond in the
moment. All speakers will be limited to
a precise three minutes. When you come
to the podium, we ask that you please
say your name clearly and let us know
whether or not you are a resident of
Skoi.
You are not required to give your
address. So with that said, who would
like to address the village board during
this public comment period? Mr.
Roushwer.
» Good evening, mayor. Trustees, at the
last meeting that I attended, I I spoke
about developing a public policy on
plastic bags. Since then, we took a
family vacation to Canada. Canada on a
national basis has a a target for 2030
of basically eliminating all plastic at
the retail level. Um it works. I was at
a Walmart. There were no plastic bags at
you know all sorts of establishments. So
on a national basis Canada has embraced
it. Um
we certainly recognize that plastics
developing a policy for plastics and
regulating it would be beneficial for
FSKO in terms of the environment in
terms of public health. Um, plastics are
not biodegradable and they create all
sorts of toxic plastic problems. But I I
want to focus on the financial aspect.
The lifeblood of every of every
municipality in every private enterprise
is revenue and cash flow. By embracing a
program or public policy where we would
charge uh the use of plastic bags, it
would it would promote freedom of
choice. That's a good thing. We're not
forcing anyone to do anything. uh it
would incentivize the use of reusable
and recyclable containers. But to the
extent we uh bags are charged a fee uh
the city of Chicago as I spoke before
since they enacted their program
generated 122 million in 2026 they
anticipate 38 million on a proportional
basis. If Skoi simply did 3% of the city
of Chicago, that would generate over
$1.1 million.
That's real dollars. Especially for a
community that's has robust services,
infrastructure, and staff. Absent
downsizing, increasing taxes, borrowing
the money, charging a fee is a is is a something to seriously consider.
certainly better than in my personal
view video gaming which is not good for
the environment, not good for public
health, you know, it just generates a
fee. This would would cover many bases.
Um,
various cities around the country do
this. Uh, Washington DC, Chicago,
Boulder, Pittsburgh, Portland, and
Minneapolis. Uh,
I suggest that we look at developing a
an ordinance that mirrors the city of
Chicago, which is 15 cents a bag. um
look at some of the other communities
and take a hybrid approach, total
outright ban on cutlery, plastic
cutlery, spoons, forks, plastic
containers, but then take an approach
where we simply charge a fee uh for
plastic bags at 15 cents, which is what
the city of Chicago does right now.
Pending before the state legislature is
a bill called the carry out bag
reduction act, and that's a kind of a
phased approach. 10 cents, it's
eventually going to go to 25 cents. So I
think this would provide great revenue
to Skoi, reduce the pressure on the Skoi
treasury, reduce the burden on the tax
base, and do good for the community.
>> Thank you. Is there anyone else who
would like to address? Sir,
[clears throat]
» your name please. And if you'd kindly
let us know if you are a Skoi resident.
uh Jim Gelderman and Manda Skooki
resident. I am the Republican candidate
for House District 17.
We are entering another summer where
once again we're faced with local
governments not enforcing laws and being
complicit in child trafficking and
endangerment.
I am speaking about pan handlers using
children as props on the street corners
in our communities. Between 2020 and
2024, the Department of Homeland
Security misplaced 325,000
unaccompanied ch children. Since Chicago
is a known hub of human, sex, and child
trafficking, it would be an egregious
mistake to assume these children are
sons or daughters of the panhandlers.
These predators are invol violation of
the following
uh statutes. general state law under the
wrong children act. It is unlawful for
an adult 18 years of age or older to
engage in panhandling with anyone under
18 years of age. Doing so is considered
class B misdemeanor and will result in a
police citation.
Child endangerment and neglect under the
Juvenile Court Act in Illinois child
endangerment statutes. Allowing or
requiring a child to participate in
panhandling is legally recognized as a
form of child abuse. When a child is
found begging with an adult, law
enforcement officers are required by law
to issue a citation to the adult and
immediately notify the Illinois
Department of Children and Family
Services.
local municipality codes.
Many cities, including Skoi,
[clears throat] have codes that strictly
prohibited adults from having children
until while begging or soliciting.
I would encourage the village to not
only enforce these statutes, but to make
sure that the children are not being
held captive and should be referred to
the Department of Children and Family
Services and the Department of Homeland
Security. Thank you for your time.
>> Thank you, Mr. Caldererman. Is there
anyone else who would like to address
the village board?
Sir,
» good evening, mayor. Good evening,
trustees. I'm here to ask the mayor to
look into an an issue of security around
the village hall and around the parking
lots of the village hall and uh also the
parking lots of the library.
I feel that we have security,
the best security we can get in our
schools. We couldn't even get any better
than what we have. And for all the years
I lived here, I never really looked at
the village hall as not having cameras.
But as time goes on and people change, I
feel that we need to change also with
the times. And I'm asking the village to
look into it, put it on the table, and
maybe you look and see that there is a
need for it or maybe there isn't a need
for it. And if we can have it hooked up
to the police department so they can
monitor it. So there there's no need for
another uh building to monitor. And
that's my questions for tonight. Thank
you very much,
>> sir. Thank you, sir. We know you live in
Skoi. Would you kindly remind us of your
name?
>> I I I can't hear you, mayor. Would you
kindly remind us of your name? We know
my name is Mike. I live in Skoi at
Central Park.
>> Thank you, Mr. Win.
» Miss Gradniki.
>> Hi. Yes, I am also a Skoi resident. I
too would like to talk to you tonight
about plastic bags. Um, on our trip to
New Jersey back in July, we were shocked
to find that East Windsor Township of
all places was not giving out plastic
bags in the supermarket. And I thought,
"Wow, how surprisingly progressive of
them." And then we went to one of the
shore points and the same thing
happened. And we said to the um cashier,
you know, is this just the county? Is
what is this? And she said, "It's the
whole state. They are banned in the
whole state." So you can buy them. This
one very lightweight. It's already
coming apart, but uh we weren't
following the directions that it has
printed on it. Um this was 33 cents. You
could buy a sturdier one for $1.25.
And um
both of them are plastic, right? So they
do have some of the health problems that
Mr. Rous was um was discussing.
And also in New Jersey, their ban had
certain unintended consequences. People
just have these things accumulating
whenever they get a delivery and the
delivery now comes in one of these bags.
So we could look at what New Jersey did,
look at the things that went wrong with
it and design an ordinance that would
avoid those problems. But I really think
that it's time that we had a ban on
plastic bags. I find that they just blow
all over the place. They blow into my
yard. We don't get them from the store.
Um, so I think it's, you know, and go
green skooki has done a lot of the leg
work for this. Uh, replace plastic has
done even more of the leg work for this.
And I think, you know, it's time to
instruct the staff to look into it, but
to also rely on some of the work we did
so they don't have to replicate that
work. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Miss Grant Nikki.
Who else would like to address the
village board?
If there's no one, we will close this
public comment period.
Next is the report of village manager
John Lockerby.
>> Thank you, Mayor Tennis and trustees.
Good evening, everyone. Item A is
regarding the updated district 219
school resource officer
intergovernmental agreement. The village
of Skoi and the Niles Township High
School District 219 have maintained a
longstanding partnership regarding the
assignment of school resource officers
commonly referred to as SRO's.
Reciprocal reporting and the
coordination of student and staff
safety. Recent amendments to the
Illinois school code require school
districts ili utilizing school resource
officers to have an updated agreement
inclusive of newly adopted requirements.
The intergovernmental agreement includes
the SRO's roles and responsibilities
required training restrictions on
school-based municipal citations in
addition to law enforcement referral
data and the regular review and
evaluation of the program. The
intergovernmental agreement recognizes
the district's responsibility for
managing the educational environmental
while preserving the police department's
lawful authority and discretion in
matters involving criminal
investigations and public safety.
The school district has already approved
this agreement. Uh board approval of the
resolution authorizing the
intergovernmental agreement between the
village and school district 219
regarding the school resource officer
program is respectfully requested.
>> Thank you. Are there any questions for
the village manager? Trusty Shakar.
>> Yeah, thank you. Thanks for the the
report and thanks for the thorough
insert in the in the board packet. I I
felt that this needed to be removed from
the can consent agenda because several
years ago there was a lot of of um
resident outcry against these officers
and a concern of black and brown
students in particular being cited more
and that having an impact in their
future. and just wanted to maybe have a
presentation or or a a um an explanation
about what the changes are. I I just
wanted to say I did talk to Amber Wood,
the president of D219, and she said that
she had um that the district had really
good discussions with Chief Barnes, and
she considers him a great thought
partner. But uh you know, so that's good
to know. But I just wanted to hear more.
I also thought perhaps Trustee Robinson
could share your experience with the
SRO's and and best practices which this
appears to have.
>> So I'm going to ask Deputy Chief Oakley
if if he'll step to the podium and as
he's doing that um let me add a little
bit of of insight. Um 219 requests the
SRO and so the village provides school
resource officers for districts that
make that request and so 219 has had
that request for many years and uh this
agreement um going through it and
working through the state um law changes
uh but also kind of enhancing our
collaboration with the district and
really identifying their roles with
discipline, our role with public safety
and being sure that they mesh and
there's accountability. And so it really
has been uh a very positive experience
in revising the agreement. Um Chief
Barnes has been um one of the lead um
individuals for the village. Um and he
had also discussed this with John
Oakley, Deputy Chief Oakley who was here
this evening. And so I'll I'll let you
deput chief uh respond as well.
>> Yeah, I would just uh echo those
sentiments. Uh, Chief Barnes was in
constant contact with District 219
officials in crafting this uh, revised
uh, document and we've always had a
great partnership with District 219 and
I imagine that that will continue good
communication back and forth and so I
think everything will be, you know, in
order and good to go.
>> Thank you.
>> Could I just add Oh, I'm sorry,
>> Trusty Robinson.
Yeah, thanks. I was actually going to
pull it off, too, because I had the
question of, you know, we serve
different municipalities as far as
school districts. I didn't know if there
was I've never heard of an
intergovernment agreement with the other
school to the east that supports Skoi
residents of whom I have personally had
to have multiple interactions with and
was wondering has that ever been an
exploration uh with the village. So
these agreements, these
intergovernmental agreements have always
centered around school resource
officers. And so currently only 219 has
school resource officers that are Skoi
police officers. But if there's um if I
assume since HHS is within Evston, um
there would not be a role for a Skoi
police officer in that arena. But if
there is another purpose that could be
helpful, uh we definitely would like to
explore that. was just, you know, the
relationships with a lot of Skoi
residents who even attend Evston
Township.
>> There's there's always been, you know,
some some areas of uh where the
communication could be better improved
if there were such an agreement. I'm not
saying that uh there hasn't been
cooperation. There's been great
cooperation and collaboration uh within
the district and the uh than the
village, but I didn't know if there was
ever anything formally crafted for that.
>> No, the the intergovernmental agreements
have revolved around the school resource
officers. But are you speaking of health
department, other village services
beyond police or you thinking primarily
public safety?
>> All areas. It seems like that that area
of the village is always the
stepchildren
>> the of the village and the same through
the lens of you know Evston school
district you know that area is always
seemed to be on the back burner. So I
just want to elevate the impact you know
of that community to the village uh and
make sure that those services are
extended.
>> Thank you for surfacing surfacing it.
We'll give it some additional thought.
>> Thank you.
>> Trusty Shakar, did you have another
comment or question?
>> Yeah. Yeah. I just wanted to make sure
any parent who's listening knows that
some of the details like for example, if
a student is if something happens,
students are not just whisked out of the
school, right? I mean, I just reading
some of this, it looks like there has to
be parent parental notification or
somebody from the school accompanies the
child. Ju just some details that I I
think might be helpful for for parents
to know
>> and it's all available on the website.
So, you know, different parents are
going to be interested in different
details. So I would encourage any parent
who is interested in this agreement to
look at what's available on the website
um to you know determine what their
questions are and to reach out to either
the village manager's office or to the
police department to chief through the
chief's office or to reach out to
district 219 through superintendent Tom
Moore's office
trustee Kamani Levy
>> I know Chief Barnes is strict with the
training. So, I'm I'm I'm glad to see
that there will be additional training
for uh students with disabilities and
cultural diversity. I'm curious about
the evaluations. Will those go back to
Chief Barnes strictly or will the board
get an opportunity to review those
evaluations as well?
>> I'd have to discuss that with Chief
Barnes to get the exact details on that
and how that will work.
>> Any other questions? Trusty Robinson.
It's not really a question, but just
kind of an overall tenant of kind of
some of the things that you're right
that some parents might be curious
about. Uh this notion of policing in the
school. Um in my experience, you know,
it's really looking at um how do we
support and provide intervention for
student?
>> Public safety of course is paramount. Uh
but also what happens to my kid inside a
district? you know, uh obviously I know
that's a discussion that's probably more
approximate to the school board. Uh but
there are state laws that govern what
the school resource officer can uh how
the student resource officer can engage
with the student inside the school
district. Uh so you're right, that's
something that uh if that's an area of
interest, uh it's it's not difficult uh
reading. Uh the expectations are pretty
clear. Um and safety is again most
paramount. Um I love having access uh
personally uh in my experience to
resource officers. I think it's critical
in any situation or potential situation
uh to have that access readily
available. And you know it provides uh
in my all my 20 years of it as an
administrator a lot of u more comfort in
knowing that the access is there if
needed. Uh but you have to be extremely
judicious from a school's point of view
when you engage
the police.
>> You know again once you engage the
police it's a police matter. Uh so you
know it's it's up to the school district
to really manage those protocols and
procedures um along with the police.
>> What heartens me is the collaboration
between the village and the high school
district about this agreement. I think
that that's a a really important
component that we do communicate well
and have a very good close working
relationship on many levels with
district 219 and that only benefits both
the district and the village and the
community and I'll certainly give some
more thought to um not only ETHS but the 60203 zip code. Um troubles me to
think of them as stepchildren. I I I
tend to think that they are more Evston
facing by choice sometimes, but I think
that we can we [clears throat] can think
about how that how that may how we maybe
we can bridge bridge that
>> you live there. So I get it. I get it.
Okay. Will someone uh kindly make a
motion?
There's we need a motion and a second.
Moved by trustee Lisa Levy, seconded by
trustee Kamani Levy. Oh,
>> I will.
>> Yep. Thank you. So, there's a motion and
a second. Would anyone uh in the
audience like to address the village
board about this matter? Miss Wolfinger.
» Good evening, board and mayor. Um I'd
like to thank Trusty Shar for pulling
this off. This is a very important
matter. I'm a bit concerned um that
we're not sure whether this is going to
get reported to the board and if the
data is going to be reported to the
board. Um I don't know how you can
govern and use taxpayer dollars without
having data to see effectiveness of a
program. So it is really important that
this information is given to you. Um, I
not completely sure what laws Trustee
Robinson was talking about that govern
SLOs's. From my understanding, there's
not much. Um, I would love to see them
if you have any. Would love to review
them. I was on the SLA task force. I did
not see anything. Um, when we were doing
our research um, something may have
changed since, but I think um, one of
the things that we often forget about is
who we're serving, right?
with living kids and what we do as
adults can have severe implications on a
child, on a family, not just
emotionally, but financially.
Um, and I think we need to we need to be
accountable. We need to keep ourselves
accountable for that. So, thank you for
building that off. I think it does
deserve a lot of discussion because at
the end of it, we need to think about
the kids and how this is affecting the
children.
Thank you, Miss Wolfinger. And as far as
the reporting goes, I would ask our
village manager to talk to the chief of
police. I I agree. I think that, you
know, there there is some reporting that
should come back to the board. I would
leave it up to you and the chief um to
make a recommendation on what that
increment should be and what the
substance of the reporting would be. But
I I do agree. I think that uh reg
regular reporting not just once a year
but maybe at at you know we at a at an
increment during the school year would
be called for. So
is there anyone else who would like to
address the village board about this
matter? Okay. If not, will the clerk
please call the role?
Trustee Iverson.
>> I.
>> Trustee Lisa Levy.
>> I.
>> Trusty Shar.
>> Trustee Kamani Levy.
>> I. Trusty Robinson.
>> Hi.
>> Thank you. Oh.
>> Mhm.
>> Thank you. And the motion passes.
>> I apologize.
>> Trusty Robinson,
>> just real quick for the record, 60076 is
also
>> also ETHS. Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> Yes.
>> Item B, C, D, E, and F were part of
tonight's consent agenda and already
approved. And that completes my report
this evening.
>> Thank you, Mr. Lockerby. Next item is
the report of our corporation council
representing uh the firm of Lrod
Freriedman this evening is Mr. Stuart
Stu Weiss. Stu, thank you mayor. My
report uh consists of items that um all
were on consent um including a which was
the uh fiscal year 27 appropriation
ordinance. Um this was discussed and
presented on at the last meeting
approved on consent tonight. Uh the
water rates ordinance for uh fiscal year
27 which included some rate increases
which were necessary for capital
expenditures also discussed at the last
meeting and approved tonight on consent.
uh an ordinance um dealing with the
temporary sale and consumption of
alcoholic liquor on the public right of
way on municipal property for the 2026
backyard bash was um approved on
consent. Item D, uh, ordinance, uh,
which amended the code, the village code
regarding the G2 liquor license, which,
um, conformed the, uh, distilling pubs
to, um, with state law to allow class 3
craft distillers, uh, to sell their
products directly without going through
a liquor distribu liquor distributor.
That was approved on consent. Item E,
uh, ordinance that amended the downtown
science and technology TIFF district map
to remove, um, a property, um, at 8120
Lincoln Avenue. Um, that was a minor map
amendment approved on consent.
And then, uh, we had, um, item F, which
was a code amendment uh, which expanded
the youth commission, as we saw tonight.
uh membership um to um 22 oh to 25
members that was approved on consent and
as reflected by the appointments
tonight. Uh the last item on my report
is that we are we are requesting a close
session tonight um to discuss the um
setting the price for the dispos for the
disposition and sale of village owned
property. And then also which is under
um 2C5.
And then um under um actually that was
2C6. Under 2C5 um a discussion of the
purchase of property by the village and
then under 2C11 a uh discussion of
pending litigation.
>> Thank you. Is there a motion to the
effect of what the counselor just
described? Thank you. Trustee Lisa Levy.
Is there a second? Trustee Kamani Levy.
Uh, any questions?
Okay. Will the clerk please call the
role?
>> Trustee Iverson,
>> I.
>> Trustee Lissa Levy,
>> I.
>> Trusty Shakar,
>> I.
>> Trusty Kamani Levy,
>> I.
>> Trusty Robinson,
>> I.
>> Thank you. And the motion passes. Uh,
the next item on the agenda is our final
public comment period. Is there anyone
who would like who has not yet addressed
the village board who would like to? Mr.
Sprawl,
» please hand. Yeah, they
>> Yeah,
» they usually go to the deputy clerk.
We're fine.
>> Oh, that's okay.
>> Yep.
» Greetings, [clears throat] villagers.
I'm Howard Sprout, resident of Skoi.
Not long ago, and for many years, Skoi
had scores of affordable STRs.
Skoi was a welcoming oasis of lovely
choices. Then a few bad operators
poisoned this. A few bad operators
caused havoc with their neighbors.
Our village took the approach of
punishing all operators,
drafting a draconian one-sizefits-all
approach.
Now there are no affordable options for
visitors. The math is devastating.
>> [clears throat]
>> How can an operator charging 30, 50,
even $100 per night afford the thousands
of dollars in village fees?
Given the approximate baseline of $4,000
in fees, the math is crushing. At $30 a
night, 133 nights to break even.
At $50 a night, 80 nights to break even.
At $100 per night, 40 nights to break
even. Based on a travel window of
approximately May through September
being 20 weeks, given a generous
occupancy forecast of three nights per
week, affordable options are gone.
Only operators charging big money make
this work. Could this problem not have
been addressed through existing village
code? Why aren't bad operators fined,
cited, and sanctioned via existing
village code pertaining to noise,
nuisance, and disruption? The pilot
program punishes everyone. It needs to
be retired.
Deal individually with bad operators,
causing havoc,
disruption, and general mayhem
via existing village code. More
importantly, those banished scores of
lovely operators can no longer enjoy new
faces, the pleasant interaction of
welcoming hundreds of visitors to our
village.
all these scores of decent peaceable
operators,
excuse me, allow these scores of decent
peaceable operators
to once again without crushing economic
and regulatory restrictions open their
homes to provide access to our village
as they have for many years in a
pleasant, welcoming,
affordable
manner.
>> Thank you.
Mr. Sproul.
>> Thank you.
» So, Mr. Sproul, as we discussed, you may
sit down. As we discussed when you came
to my office last week, this is a pilot
program. changes are being considered
which I explained to you at length and I
told you that they would be coming to
the village board in September. So just
wanted to reiterate what we discussed in
person in my office last week. Thank
you.
>> Thank you.
>> Okay. Is there anyone else who would
like to address the village board?
Okay. If not, I would ask for a motion
to adjurnn.
moved by trustee uh I'm sorry to to go
into close session and adjourn there
from moved by trustee Kamani Levy
seconded by trustee Lissa Levy will the
clerk please call the role
>> trustee Iverson
>> I
>> trustee Lissa Levy
>> I trusty Shakar
>> I trustee Kimani Levy
>> I trusty Robinson
>> I
>> thank you the motion carries we will uh
go to close session and adjourn They're
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