[0:00] Sorry.

[0:17] How are you?

[1:45] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this evening's board meeting. It is now 7:31.

[1:51] I would like to call the board meeting to order. And our first agenda item is

[1:58] the pledge of allegiance. If I could ask uh Maxine Wolf to lead us in the pledge

[2:03] of allegiance. Would we all stand and face the flag, please?

[2:10] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[2:15] republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and

[2:20] justice for justice for all. >> Thank you.

[2:28] Vote, please. Robot, please. Excuse me.

[2:35] Uh trusty southern >> here.

[2:38] » Trusty Mesner >> here.

[2:40] » Trusty >> here.

[2:43] » Here we're all here. We have a quorum. Thank you. First item on our agenda is

[2:50] the town amended budget and appropriations public hearing. I

[2:55] therefore call the public hearing to order for the amended budget and

[3:01] appropriations ordinance for York Township fiscal year beginning March

[3:06] 1st, 2025 ending February 28th, 2026. It was prepared and it has been made

[3:13] convenient and available to the public for inspection since February 9th. Um,

[3:18] at this time, can I have the chief of staff please provide brief report

[3:23] budget?

[3:31] » Hi, I'm recommending that the town board pass the town budget. There were

[3:36] additional funds available for the police fund um that must be spent in

[3:40] this fiscal year and the budget amendment is required in order to

[3:43] appropriate those funds. Since we needed to amen the budget, we also took the

[3:47] opportunity to make some housekeeping adjustments to accounts that were

[3:50] trending over the budget, including legal services, auto repairs, and

[3:54] nutrition, supplies, and equipment. Funds were increased in the necessary

[3:59] where necessary and reducing capital outlay building. So, the total

[4:02] appropriations for the budget remains unchanged.

[4:06] » Thank you. >> Thank you.

[4:10] At this time, is there anybody in the audience who wishes to address the

[4:14] township board regarding the amended budget and appropriation ordinance?

[4:24] Seeing none, I will close the public hearing at this time. The board will

[4:30] take final action on the amended budget and appropriation ordinance at agenda

[4:35] number eight on this evening's agenda.

[4:41] At this time, can I have a motion for agenda number five? Um, for our minutes,

[4:51] I move to approve the minutes of February 10th, 2026.

[5:00] » May I have a second, please? >> Hearing a second. Is there any

[5:05] discussion?

[5:08] Seeing no discussion, cleric,

[5:14] » yes. >> Trusty Mner,

[5:16] » yes. >> Trusty Rego,

[5:18] » yes. >> Supervisor Murray,

[5:20] » yes. >> Yes. Motion carries.

[5:23] Thank you. Next on the agenda is our close session

[5:28] minutes.

[5:31] I move to approve the minutes of the February 10th, 2026 close session

[5:36] minutes. >> Do I have a second? Second. Thank you.

[5:41] Any discussion? Cler, may I appro?

[5:46] » Jesse S. >> Yes.

[5:48] » Jesse Mner. >> Yes.

[5:49] » Jesse Baker, yes. Marian, >> yes.

[5:53] » Yes. Motion passes. >> Thank you.

[5:58] At this time, is there any public comment? And um yes, I have three people

[6:04] like public comment. Uh the first is Maxine Wolf.

[6:23] Ladies and gentlemen, the board is good to meet you all in person. In Eric, I

[6:27] became aware of the proposal. I believe that ALPR systems

[6:31] like other arms of the surveillance state are right for abuse. For example,

[6:34] and I quote here from John McCrae Jones AW policy analyst November 25th, 2025.

[6:40] In 2024, Leard, former police chief of Kansas, used automatic license reader

[6:46] cameras to track his ex-girlfriend's vehicle 228 times over more than four

[6:51] months and even follow her and her new boyfriend is late. End quote. I can go

[6:56] on the article contains numerous upsetting stories. I'm making no

[7:00] accusations here really providing background how such systems can be

[7:03] misused. While I'm glad RFP explicitly states the statuto requirements that

[7:08] local police force data cannot be used to aid with immigration investigations.

[7:12] Unfortunately, this is another area where abuse is all too common.

[7:16] Media's Jason Copler reported in August 2025 that poss

[7:22] with a DEA agent who used access to quote search for information on someone

[7:27] accused of an immigration violation end quote without the police officer's

[7:31] knowledge. Even though most officers will not

[7:34] misuse systems, point is that ALPR systems are vulnerable to abuse.

[7:38] However, given the tight deadline for the use of funding, I propose the

[7:41] following conditions uh above and beyond the proposal, some of which may be

[7:45] standard practice by defer already. The data should be viewable only by the

[7:50] minimum necessary law enforcement agents. The min app should not be used

[7:54] by anyone. Uh the min app was mentioned in the uh proposal making data

[7:58] accessible on a personal device invites personal use i.e. misuse. Records of

[8:03] searches made by law enforcement agents should be retained and available for

[8:06] public audit. Camera images and plate data should be retained for the shortest

[8:11] possible time. Minute man offers 30 days. Marlo in 2023 with the ACLU point

[8:16] out that plates can be compared with hot lists in seconds and that New Hampshire

[8:20] law requires data to be deleted after 3 minutes. Furthermore, the data uh

[8:25] decryption key should not be stored in Amazon web services which could be

[8:28] subpoenaed by federal authorities in contention of the Illinois statute

[8:31] preventing use of LPR data in immigration cases. The decryption key

[8:35] should be retained by the township before installation. A community

[8:38] assessment should be conducted to ensure that the cameras are not placed in a

[8:42] discriminatory way. I believe the public safety is best served by social services

[8:46] and the community needs noted members or sur. Thank you very much.

[8:51] » Thank you. Next one.

[8:56] Uh Michael

[9:10] Good evening. My name is Michael and I'm here this evening to voice my opposition

[9:14] to the system.

[9:18] More due diligence is needed for an item like this. Auditing policy should be

[9:23] place to ensure that selected vendors do not have exploits in their software um

[9:26] and patch that exploits in a timely manner. Um the township would be

[9:30] responsible for ensuring vendors they are selecting uh uh do this um and I do

[9:35] not see provision for this outline in any proposals. Furthermore, reliance on

[9:39] ALPR technology goes against efforts to ensure community policing uh as

[9:43] practice. installation of these highly visible cameras does not make people

[9:47] feel safer and so distrust distrust among populists uh against police. Uh

[9:52] community oriented policing is proven to improve attitudes towards law

[9:56] enforcement. Furthermore, the way this technology would be used inserts more

[10:00] streets between police officers and communities they are serving and

[10:03] protecting. This distances an officer from the public and can lead to them

[10:07] viewing the community as others and not something the officer themselves is an

[10:11] active part of. We need to what we are losing by prioritizing the use of

[10:16] technology when it comes to public safety.

[10:20] Furthermore, what enforcement methods would there be to ensure this data is

[10:24] handled responsibly by law enforcement? I understand there are provisions in the

[10:28] requirement that uh would be that these cannot be used for immigration

[10:31] enforcement, enforcement related investigations, general intelligence

[10:35] gathering. Um but there are uh numerous ways that this data can be exploited. Um

[10:41] particularly the inclusion of a mobile opens up many vectors that this data

[10:44] could be leaked. Um, you could do screen recording, record the phone with another

[10:48] phone, etc. Um, and that ultimately we would be relying upon the people who

[10:52] could misuse this to enforce that it is not and that creates a conflict of

[10:56] interest that it would not be uh in the public interest.

[11:01] Law enforcement in Illinois has already shown willingness to share login

[11:04] credentials for these systems with federal agents. Um, and beyond that,

[11:10] there have been further instances of these systems used to uh stop and abuse

[11:15] um those who have relationships with officers. Um so this tool has too much

[11:20] potential for abuse and that outweighs any supposed benefits for the community.

[11:25] Um we need to ask ourselves if we are okay with signing off the installation

[11:30] of a panopticon um that we cannot ensure would affect data safety and be in the

[11:36] interest of public. Thank you. >> Thank you.

[11:42] Matt Bender.

[11:53] » Good evening. I'm speaking tonight against

[11:58] cameras. These cameras do not deliver actors. AI should not be used by any

[12:06] government or policing body as AI has continually shown itself to be

[12:10] unreliable and the companies that create them to be irresponsible. These

[12:15] companies do not care about our safety. They just see us as free data to be

[12:19] captured and in a time where mass ICE, DHS, CBP, FBI, and a number of bounty

[12:27] hunters are pulling people off the street through arrest of opportunity to

[12:32] hit deportation quotas. not enforce actual immigration or United States law.

[12:37] Show us where our policing has gone and where it is going. When we see green

[12:43] card holders get detained at their hearings. When we see pepper balls shot

[12:47] in the faces of our neighbors at Broadview, when we see teenagers get

[12:51] attacked in Aurora demonstrating free speech, we ask ourselves if these police

[12:56] officers work for us and if they consider themselves part of our

[13:01] community. The police decide what our laws are. You can go from a citizen with

[13:07] rights to inhuman scum deserving of abuse at one person's discretion, one

[13:12] person's. The police have an incredible amount of

[13:16] power in our country. But to hear them tell it, they don't have enough. It's

[13:22] not enough that we are seeing federal agents break the Fourth Amendment both

[13:25] in breaking down doors without warrants, pulling citizens and non-citizens out of

[13:29] cars, and beating them senseless in the good cases, being shot, beaten to death,

[13:35] and neglected on the scene in the worst. We get to watch those agents do that

[13:41] while local police stand around and watch.

[13:46] They might even get a few kicks in on the person being arrested or start a

[13:50] physical altercation with the witness, hoping to intimidate them into silence

[13:55] or dictate. The police seem to see us as an

[13:59] occupying force, but don't seem to recognize that we now see them in that

[14:04] way, too. In America, our police are the ones that decide who gets justice and

[14:09] who doesn't, who dies and who doesn't, and who gets to protest peacefully and

[14:13] what they get to say. And now we are going to continue to

[14:17] empower police to install cameras that take an enormous amount of data and hope

[14:23] that it will not be abused. The problem is that these systems have already shown

[14:28] they are harmful. Ask Brandon Upurch how cameras worked out for him when in 2024

[14:34] his vehicle was wrongly tagged as having stolen plates. a violent K9 arrest, a

[14:39] booking, hours of jail, court fees, attorney's fees, all for his case to be

[14:43] dismissed because the flot camera mistook a 742.

[14:47] The camera picked a local patrol and they stopped vehicle solely on the

[14:51] information. That's all it takes. One mistake and you feel like Brandon, head

[14:56] down to the German Shepherd ripping at your arm and scout. That's all it takes

[15:00] to go from a citizen to a human. To a case like Brandon sounds like a oneoff,

[15:05] flight cameras do not just data on criminals. Unfortunately, given how the

[15:10] cameras operate, that would be impossible. So, what that means is that

[15:13] the camera company and the police department have access to mountains of

[15:17] data about everyone all the time. This data can be accessed across

[15:21] jurisdictions and shared freely from one officer to another. According to the

[15:25] ACLU, police departments were sharing data and live video on the movements of

[15:29] drivers. This live video is not just footage but AI enhanced footage meaning

[15:34] that any incorrect information due to AI incompetence or hallucination would stay

[15:39] with that footage. AI is not to be trusted without many

[15:43] many levels of verification because it is an unfinished project that has yet to

[15:48] prove it delivers on the things it says it does. But I don't need to harp on AI

[15:52] as a major factor rejecting this contract. The system that is put in

[15:55] place is scary enough as it is. As we said, Lee Nygard, his sexist used to

[16:00] track track his ex-wife. He also used a system to follow her and her new

[16:04] boyfriend in his police car. Ryan Terrell of North Charleston, South

[16:08] Carolina, used the cameras to track his wife. He suspected having an affair.

[16:12] Michael Stethman, former police chief of Britton, Georgia, used his data access

[16:16] to stalk and harass multiple private citizens, none of which were suspected

[16:21] of crimes. Joe Sua of Milwaukee did 179 personal

[16:29] searches using Flack data, mostly using it to look up the women he was dating

[16:33] and their ex partners. On top of the AI hallucinations and current potential

[16:38] abuses by human users, there's a main factor in my opposition to these cameras

[16:42] and that is that it does not grant me safety, but in fact makes me more

[16:46] fearful of the people who would suggest these cameras make me safe. You are not.

[16:52] You are making a surveillance state that will be abused when they power. People

[16:56] who do not see themselves a part of refugees, who see expression of our

[16:59] rights as inconvenient and the constitution as optional. I cannot

[17:03] stress enough to this council member listening what the police can do to the

[17:08] most vulnerable of us. They can do to all of us. In a time where we are seeing

[17:12] a marauding force of mass agents do what they want without consequences,

[17:17] these reflect on all of law enforcement and our society.

[17:25] What we see when we see ICE is the full realization of a violent fascist

[17:30] government using the guise of the law to enforce it unevenly on all of us. This

[17:36] is not a bad apple situation. Until the government stops attacking its own

[17:40] citizens under the name of law and order, then we cannot support any more

[17:44] constructive surveillance. Until we see law enforcement hold these mass agents

[17:48] to the law, we cannot support anything that empowers more harassment, more

[17:51] violence, and encourages these mass agents to continue terrorizing us. These

[17:56] cameras will not keep us safe. They will just make the ICE bounty hunting easier

[18:00] and accelerate the violent vision of Steven Miller and Donald Trump. I won't

[18:05] lie. I'm afraid you can say this publicly because I know that might mean

[18:09] I will now be a data. I will now be a person of interest and my movement can

[18:14] be tracked. That's scary, but that's what we're talking about. You're all

[18:19] going to be data points and whether or not you break the law is not going to

[18:23] matter. There's going to be mountains of data about you that someone can find and

[18:27] use how they wish.

[18:31] I cannot support the use of these cameras in law enforcement or any other

[18:35] possib

[18:39] Thank you. Anyone else?

[18:45] At this time, I invite uh Beach County Sheriff Sharp for uh comments on uh the

[18:52] LBR page.

[19:00] » Good evening. I'm Detective Simon with the Page County Sheriff's Department. I

[19:05] am tasked with being the flock administrator for the county sheriff's

[19:08] department. So I was asked to come speak on behalf of the purchase of LTRs. Um

[19:15] I wasn't sure exactly what to expect on these meetings. Uh so I just want to

[19:19] address some concerns that I heard while you were up here. Um, while it's true,

[19:23] the ACLU does not think law enforcement should be

[19:27] using license plate readers to obtain information on where people are going

[19:31] and when unless their vehicle is on a legitimate hit list. This is from the

[19:36] ALCU published in February of 2026. Um, when we enter cars or we're looking

[19:43] for cars, they are put into what this says hit list. We call it a hot list.

[19:48] Specifically, it's a car that's involved in one way or another in a specific

[19:52] crime. I'll give you an example. Uh just this week, there's an ongoing

[19:56] investigation. A [clears throat] female was going to her mailbox. She had pulled

[20:02] up to her residence in her car, opened her car door, got out, went to her

[20:06] mailbox, and a gentleman jumped into her vehicle. She then went over and tried to

[20:14] open the vehicle, and the man fled, which which caused her to fall and she

[20:19] had an injury to her head. Now, because we know this woman when she called the

[20:24] police, we had her license plate, we were able to enter it into these license

[20:27] plate readers and we were able to track that vehicle up to Shamberg where

[20:32] Shamberg PD responded. Um the man dumped the vehicle, fled and

[20:38] immediately stole another vehicle which was then tracked back to Itasa in

[20:42] unorporate DuPage County where that man tried to steal another vehicle when he

[20:48] fled on foot into Madina and he was finally apprehended. So it was the use

[20:53] of these LPRs that allowed us to track that car up to Shamberg from his day.

[21:00] Um there's been other cases where as far as we're talking our retention of

[21:05] data. 30 days is what we retain the data for. Um

[21:10] we don't always have crimes reported the moment they happen. We had a crime in um

[21:17] Willowbrook where a young lady was pulled up to her residence. A man jumped

[21:21] out and tried to open a car door just like it happened in Hansdale the other

[21:24] day. And that woman went inside her house and was so fearful she did not

[21:29] call the police until 12:00 p.m. the next day. Now, that would be within the

[21:33] one day retention window, but anything shorter than that, we wouldn't have had

[21:37] anything to go on without these FPRs, without people calling the police. And

[21:41] people don't always call the police. If you want to think of more serious

[21:44] crimes, um the victims of those crimes may never have the opportunity to call

[21:49] police. Um and that has happened quite frequently. And using these LPRs to go

[21:57] back 30 days sometimes, boy, we wish we could go back further. We have an open

[22:02] investigation where the victims weren't discovered to or 90 days after the crime

[22:08] took place. And that's because these were people who came here from another

[22:13] country. They had no family locally and their family over in Kurdistan, I

[22:19] believe, was not able to communicate with them and not able to communicate

[22:22] with the police. So, we wish we had more LPR going back. We weren't randomly

[22:27] searching cars, randomly searching people. we were going based on suspects

[22:32] information that was given to us. Um, if you want to look at the LPR data that we

[22:37] have, I just brought one example of uh two LPR hits.

[22:44] And if you look at these, the vehicle is only identified by license plate. The

[22:50] cameras are placed in such a way that you cannot see who's inside the car, how

[22:55] many people are inside the car. We don't know if there's one, two, or 10. Um, I

[22:58] happen to use these two examples if you're concerned about abuse. This is my

[23:02] vehicle, um, which I took just for example for tonight. Um, the cameras are

[23:07] not as invasive as showing you who's exactly driving. You don't see the

[23:11] driver's face. The cameras are trained on the license plates, whether they're

[23:14] coming towards the camera or going away from the camera. So, the value of these

[23:18] cameras goes beyond just they're not used for basic surveillance.

[23:22] We put them in on hot. When we have a specific crime, that's when the license

[23:26] plate is entered and that's when we begin searching. And the usefulness of

[23:31] Minute Man or Flock is inter agency. When we put this hit list in, the other

[23:37] agencies that we share these cameras with, they get hit list notifications

[23:40] via email. So if we have a suspect vehicle flee, local agencies within

[23:46] DuPage County will see these hits on their outlet and then know, hey, DuPage

[23:49] just had this. We don't all scan each other's radio channels. Page County

[23:53] Sheriff's Department has got its own radio channel. Nobody's hears our radio

[23:57] check unless they're scanning our specific channel and we don't check.

[24:01] Depending on where you work in the Page County, uh some people up in the north,

[24:05] what we call B1 may scan Addison and Wooddale because that's in their area,

[24:09] but they're probably not scanning Hinsdale. They're probably not scanning

[24:12] Davidville. They're probably not scanning. So, they're not hearing that

[24:15] radio traffic getting put out to them that a hot crime just occurred and

[24:18] they're looking for this specific vehicle. but they get those emails when

[24:21] they're in the car and the hot list sells exactly what card they're looking

[24:24] for. Um, there was a concern you had about

[24:30] the incorrect vehicle. So, when you use flock, um, if a car is put in flock as a

[24:38] stolen auto, you can't stop this vehicle based on a flock. You have to develop

[24:44] some sort of probable cause. So if you want to think about when we do DUI, we

[24:49] can't just pull over a driver or suspected DUI. We have to see some sort

[24:53] of infraction. There has to be a lane infraction, a headline, turn signal. We

[24:56] need probable cause to make the stop before we can have the person exit the

[25:01] vehicle before test. It's the same thing with flock. Just because a car is

[25:06] entered on a flock hit list, that's not probable cause to stop that vehicle. So

[25:10] whoever stopped that vehicle that was entered in the flock as being a stolen

[25:14] auto didn't proply unless they develop some probable cause ahead of time. Um so

[25:20] that's part of our policy is having a flock hit a midman hit is not probable

[25:26] cause to stop a deal. We need to develop probable cause first. Um as far as IFCS

[25:37] IFCS 62552130. Um first thing you do when you sign in

[25:42] to FL it explains to you right here that you're accessing restricted data

[25:47] provided for authorized use only compliance with flock terms policy and

[25:52] that explains ILC 625 which says we cannot use this data to uh for uh to

[25:58] inhibit someone's reproductive rights um or immigration status.

[26:06] So that's just something they have to sign on to. It's a policy and it because

[26:10] if they're going to be bad actors, sure there's bad actors with anything as far

[26:14] as the because as society goes and surveillance goes,

[26:18] we're all constantly being surveiled. Um, but I can assure you that Page

[26:22] County Sheriff's Department is not using this in such a way to uh illegally

[26:29] surveil or follow people um

[26:34] assist immigration in any way or interfere with people's uh reproductive

[26:39] rights. Any other questions that I can answer

[26:42] for you? >> Um, Sure.

[26:45] » Um when we use it as used to prevent crime, I think establish that it's not

[26:50] for >> correct.

[26:52] » Um is there a certain level of crime that this is going to be used for? I

[26:56] mean crime, right? Um

[27:00] I mean reasonably and how we have any assurance that that definition will not

[27:04] change as we have. Is there any contract that we would sign

[27:09] that could lock in what they're allowed to use this for?

[27:14] I would have to make the policy. I didn't bring a copy of the policy with

[27:17] me. I apologize for that. Um, but as far as crime, if it's

[27:22] a petty offense of of littering or jaywalking, I mean, generally when this

[27:27] is used, it's for something that's a felony level crime.

[27:31] » Okay. But there's no contract that we would have that we would sign with

[27:34] assurance that it won't be used for certain things. It's based on the

[27:37] current policy based on policy. So, I changed

[27:44] Um how it sounds like this app is not very

[27:48] restricted um as to who can access it. It sounds like other agencies can access

[27:52] our data. Um and is there a certain level of personnel that are allowed to

[27:57] access the data or is this like every police officer?

[28:00] » Well, yes. So yes with a but essentially um it's plot camera specifically minute.

[28:08] It's reciprocal. Agencies have to send us a specific request. We review that

[28:13] request and we approve it. >> That's how they get access to our

[28:16] system. >> Well, not I I don't want to say our

[28:20] system. It's a web- based system. So, Flock or Minute Man. It's a web based.

[28:23] It's a URL. It's not a program that we put onto our computers. It's something

[28:27] that they control at their end and we access from the outside.

[28:30] » Okay. But at the moment, any officer could access the data at the same time.

[28:37] any deputy with DuPage County can access it because we have access to flock. Uh

[28:43] once they reach a certain phase of training, they submit a letter to the

[28:46] FT, I'm sorry, the flock administrators, myself or I have two assistants that

[28:50] also do that and we grant them permission. We sign them up for it. Um

[28:54] but not every agency uses uh Flock. I know some people use them as opposed to

[29:00] Flock. So not every agency automatically can access Flock, but their their agency

[29:04] themselves would have to sign them up for And then I had

[29:09] one of the public comments brought up something that I didn't actually see in

[29:12] the contract but might I missed. Um and that is the use of AI. How is AI used on

[29:18] these machines to enhance >> I'm assuming when they're referring to

[29:23] AI they're referring to the license plate reader itself is artificial

[29:26] intelligence that's actually reading the license plate. I'm not that well versed

[29:29] in how the technology works. So when they say how do they use AI I can't I

[29:33] like AI they're not using AI to develop a crime or develop a suspect we enter

[29:38] the license plate and the license plate readers AI is what's taking a picture

[29:42] and interpreting that data um you know if we don't have a full license plate we

[29:49] can put in the description of the vehicle and sometimes description

[29:52] vehicles one particular example is my vehicle I have a decal at my back window

[29:56] so we can add in there search for vehicles with decals

[30:00] a black view with a a white decal on the window. So, it'll be AI sort of

[30:04] interpreting the photos to show us what what they have.

[30:12] » Any other questions? >> I have some questions.

[30:15] » Sure. >> Um, so you mentioned that you are the

[30:18] block administrator. Yes. >> What does that mean exactly?

[30:21] » Basically, I was responsible for uh drafting the most recent contract that

[30:26] we just entered into. Um, with or with other

[30:30] » with specific >> with clock specific yes um I'm

[30:34] responsible for uh giving new users access to it and I'm responsible for

[30:40] doing all audit um so someone had mentioned papers in the article I read

[30:44] that um we were audited by the Illinois secretary of state and so I had to go

[30:49] back and show all the every user that used it um from within our agency and

[30:55] every user that accessed it from outside So I have access to all that data on it

[30:59] to use it and what it's used for. >> Um so does that mean you're not familiar

[31:04] with like um vendor that we have?

[31:09] » I am somewhat familiar with it. I know there are agencies in county that do use

[31:13] it. I did have a conversation with someone from Minute and it seems to be

[31:18] very similar to Flock just a company. >> Okay. Do you know any differences

[31:24] between Minute and Flock? I believe minute is more readily available for a

[31:30] live video feed whereas flot came specifically the flot cameras we use are

[31:34] just taking still images of cars going through

[31:38] an intersection. >> Um and so the data that so what we're

[31:43] doing or what the proposal is of the township is that we're providing like

[31:47] the capital to install the cameras. Um we would own the data we would own um

[31:55] the responsibility of maintaining and annual updates and

[32:01] » maintenance, >> but ultimately we're not using the data.

[32:06] We the township it is the uh law enforcement

[32:11] sheriff's department >> is using this data access data sharing

[32:15] it with the other department whenever there is a hit. Is that correct? I just

[32:21] want to make sure that my understanding is

[32:22] » so I think the best to answer your question is if if the if there's a

[32:28] concern here that the data is going to be used with outside agencies but you

[32:33] are ultimately the ones anchored to make the decision. Uh we do have an agreement

[32:37] with Addison Township who has clock cameras and we do not share Addison's

[32:42] clock cameras with outside agencies. It's for the Page County home. So that

[32:46] is something that could be put into the system if you were concerned about and

[32:51] I'm just saying Congress because I'm here with subdivision. If you were put

[32:55] cameras throughout Congress that were part of this contract under Minute and

[32:59] you were to say those cameras are only to be used by Page County for law

[33:04] enforcement purposes. We could be the only one to access it. That being said,

[33:10] if another agency, say it had something happen in their area and they believed

[33:14] our suspect lived in Congress, they could call us and request say, "Hey, is

[33:19] this vehicle in the area?" we work with them to give them that information, but

[33:23] they would necessarily have independent signification

[33:27] and look for that information themselves.

[33:30] » Um, just to comment on that, I think when you said we would own the data, I

[33:34] believe they mean the Dage County Sheriff Department would own the data,

[33:37] not your township. Um, and I believe that this is just a one time purchase

[33:42] for the DuPage County Sheriff's Department that we would be stepping out

[33:45] of this after we approve it. Am I correct to them?

[33:51] So trusty master if you're directing that question to me we would be

[33:55] transferring that through an IG page county shares we are we are purchasing

[34:01] the hardware for this purpose um and then through an IG which we would uh

[34:09] work out later um the stipulation of ownership would be determined

[34:16] and just for the record that that uh as uh sheriff indicated that actual

[34:24] vendor um houses the the data like it does not incur cost to the township on

[34:31] the server for through the page shared by their server. Um and those those

[34:37] servers all have um have their own product and um security purposes in

[34:43] mind.

[34:49] Okay. So this ultimately the data will not be under our

[34:56] um we will not be owning the data that >> well I mean ownership I think is

[35:06] maybe not the correct word it's more who's

[35:10] storing the data and ultimately the data um but we're the ones that have access

[35:14] to they're holding it so it's a URL based system so you have to into it.

[35:19] They're holding a container for us. >> So when I say ownership of data, I'm

[35:24] thinking of well, we can flip the switch and say we don't want anyone to view the

[35:30] live feed. We don't want anyone to >> if you're thinking it from that angle,

[35:34] then yes, we own the data as far as restricting who can access it.

[35:38] » Okay. >> But Minute Man will be the running the

[35:41] servers that retain that data. But as far as ownership is who can access it,

[35:45] then yes, that is the correct interpretation of it. We are the owners

[35:48] of it in the sense that we get we decide who's able to access the information.

[35:53] » So we are just providing the funding for it

[35:57] » the hardware >> the hardware and we're using you know

[36:00] $73,000 of the budget to purchase the hardware

[36:05] » solar panels the camera battery and installation services.

[36:15] And if at any time we decide we no longer want an old PR anymore, it's out

[36:22] of our hands, right? Once it's there, it's there forever, can we pull it for

[36:27] any reason? >> That can be worked out in the IG with

[36:32] with the sheriff's department. Um it's a matter of um the purpose of procuring

[36:41] capital of the equipment would be there whether that service is provided and and

[36:48] whether that's maintained over the next couple of years. We could work that out

[36:52] through the in that respect. So yes, that could be something that could be

[36:56] negotiated with the Dage County Sheriff's Department. I would I would

[37:01] say from their standpoint um they have uh cameras in and uninccorporated DuPage

[37:07] County right now. Correct. >> Correct.

[37:10] » Uh and the five municipalities within the township have their own um uh LPR

[37:16] cameras uh in them. From my knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong, um

[37:24] is a Motorola based. Uh Oak is Minute Man. Down is Minute Man Terrace is

[37:32] block. Uh Will Park is Brock.

[37:37] » Roselle is M. >> Rosella is M. Um so there are different

[37:42] vendors. Um but uh Trusty Sutter and to speak to your specific question um

[37:49] whether we have the control at the end of the day is something that we work out

[37:54] through the IG with the page shares department. Um I think uh from their

[38:00] perspective they're looking at 10 cameras to complement what they already

[38:05] do. Um and if we um work it out in a um to have that authority um to give those

[38:13] cameras up or to end those cameras in 20 27 um that's something that we recently

[38:22] worked out in

[38:26] » um how many cameras are there in

[38:32] Dupage County Page County Homes?

[38:36] throughout the entire county.

[38:43] » And how far apart are these cameras from each other?

[38:49] » They're all over there. Some complex.

[38:54] There's some just down the street here. There's some in Aurora, some inville.

[38:57] anywhere in an unincorporated road where we find that we that we felt were areas

[39:02] that would be advantageous based on crime

[39:08] but there to say where there I mean I could provide you a list of all our

[39:11] cameras I didn't bring that information I I guess I'm worried this question is

[39:16] you know seems like there's already a lot of cameras would these additional 10

[39:21] cameras even add to finding like you know are these Are there any gaps right

[39:28] now with these >> No, what is the like what is the reason

[39:34] behind the additional cameras? >> Sure. I mean there's there's plenty of

[39:37] gaps. Um one is the towns and unincorporated uh didn't coordinate when

[39:42] they decided to put these cameras in specific areas. Um

[39:47] I mean there's there's plenty of gaps, but I mean how how far wide is the gap?

[39:52] I don't know. There was a vehicle involved that I hit

[39:55] run the other day that for three hours and I have no idea how this vehicle

[40:03] clock came. Did they know there was clock cameras?

[40:07] They know what specific route to take. They just happen to go to one specific

[40:10] place at home. No clock cameras. I can't say. Um, but would additional 10 I mean

[40:21] I can't say 100% certain. Are these 10 going to make a difference in the world?

[40:25] Maybe. Are they not? Maybe it's the same with with any camera that we have.

[40:31] We haven't we haven't solved every crime that's come to us since we've had Flock

[40:35] installed, but they are useful tool.

[40:40] Any

[40:44] other questions? >> What's your name?

[40:48] » Oh, my name Todd. T O D

[40:54] S Z E L U G A.

[41:04] » Thank you.

[41:08] At this time, we'll move to agenda seven,

[41:14] approval of our bills for payment. May I have a motion, please?

[41:22] » I move to approve the bills for payment, the board audit report of 2426

[41:28] to 342026 for the amount of $421,535.

[41:35] I have a second. I'll second. Thank you. Any discussion?

[41:41] Hearing no discussion. Cliff man. >> Trusty Sland.

[41:45] » Yes. >> Trusty Nestner.

[41:47] » Yes. >> Trusty Ringo.

[41:48] » Yes. >> Supervisor Murray.

[41:50] » Yes. >> All right. That's four yeses. Motion

[41:52] passes. >> Thank you.

[41:55] » At this time, let's move to agenda number nine on uh on the agenda. Um,

[42:03] oh, excuse my my apology. My apology. Um, agenda number eight, please. May I

[42:10] have a motion? >> I move to approve the 2025 2026 fiscal

[42:15] town year amended budget and appropriation ordinance number

[42:18] YT-03-10-26T.

[42:24] » Thank you. Second. I will. Thank you. Any discussion? So to to clarify this is

[42:32] for the amended town budget from agenda number four.

[42:37] » Correct. >> To incorporate the

[42:44] » Yes. And and other items as as the chief

[42:48] staff. >> That's so just just to clarify and and

[42:54] all transparency. Um, I guess my question for the board um

[43:00] is if we approve this but then determine not to move forward with the LPR, do we

[43:09] have other opportunities to use that fund for something else?

[43:17] » I'll speak to that. Um, no. Um the the timing of this and uh the def the

[43:26] definition of the use of funds under the police levy limits us in terms of what

[43:33] we can do with that money.

[43:38] » So what would happen with that money if we did not approve the LPR?

[43:45] » Then it would be left to uh tax objections. Um, typically that is uh in

[43:53] the past has been um McDonald's that would uh uh formally object to it and

[43:58] they would receive the entire amount.

[44:04] » Can you can we come up as a can we as a board come up with another use?

[44:16] » Um I can comment on that. I actually did try um to come up with a few other

[44:20] options. Um one of them was to get some signage um that you know like you know

[44:27] the signs that tell you your speed limit. They gave some suggestions on

[44:31] areas to put that but those are an eyesore. I don't think that people want

[44:35] them in their neighborhoods. Um so that was kind of passed over. I tried to

[44:40] think of another reason another need car or something like that. Um the

[44:46] answer was no. Um apparently they're very well funded and don't have a lot of

[44:51] other uses for um us to send that money.

[45:01] » Um and you and you said that um this would go to a tax objectionist.

[45:07] Can you explain what that means? That's person or a business or entity

[45:13] that uh looks at government agencies, looks at their um their budgets, their

[45:20] appropriations, what they have uh in in the name. Um and if they have over

[45:27] certain amounts um they file an objection and uh the courts uh

[45:34] validate that objection and and then um demand Can we give that money to them?

[45:43] » And this is due to the fact that they have paid certain amount of property

[45:47] taxes and some of this would return back to

[45:52] » you said McDonald's but it could be any >> could be any first the first entity that

[45:58] that files usually get >> and they would get the full amount

[46:03] of >> they would get the full amount.

[46:05] » What are the implications of that?

[46:12] would like that obviously just is uh funds that go unused um and uh and

[46:21] really not fair distribution. So when you're seeing these funds is

[46:25] that they're used um in in a way to um you know to you know help people um and

[46:34] as as there's always with with anything. There's always um

[46:42] what is intent. So when you look at something and you look at the intent of

[46:47] something um I could say uh you know tonight I could have had the family from

[46:52] just down the street here at 16th and Myers Road um come for public comment.

[46:58] Um their their father their husband um was murdered right in their own uh

[47:04] driving and there was camera there. Um, that camera would have

[47:11] picked up the car that drove up and and and actually performed that heinous

[47:16] crime. Um, we we do know that that that the car was there. We do know from other

[47:24] um types of devices like a camera um that the car was picked up, but those

[47:29] cameras did not have um any any license plate. They're not designed for that. Um

[47:36] so there's with the use and the property use. It it is a benefit of of the

[47:43] township residents and and having an amount like this go on use for the

[47:48] township residents um to me is is not is not a wise decision. So, we're hearing

[47:56] from the community that they don't want this. Um, and

[48:02] I feel we have a responsibility to listen to our residents. Um, they don't

[48:08] want our tax dollars to purchase equipment that we feel is not in our

[48:13] best interest. Um, we may have a duty to find other uses for that money or

[48:21] maybe it means it goes to the tax objectionist.

[48:26] I I'm I'm feeling like we should take that into consideration as well. So I

[48:31] don't know what what approving this agenda item would

[48:35] mean if we ultimately determine that we do not want to purchase these cameras.

[48:40] Well, the only alternative at this point um [clears throat]

[48:44] is um is is then to have a special meeting in in two days um to segregate

[48:51] [snorts] this off the agenda and and uh address it in in two days. We'll give a

[48:58] public notice of the word. Um but um really other than that um the time's uh

[49:07] really ticking and at the end of this month um we run out of the time to be

[49:11] able to disperse those funds. >> Could you clarify to have them dispersed

[49:17] by the end of the month or we just have to have an agreement that by the end of

[49:22] the month? >> We have to have a certain amount of it

[49:26] dispersed by that end of the month. Um we have to have a certain amount of the

[49:31] work um completed or the RFP um for this was substantial completion by that month

[49:40] um so that funds could be dispersed for that purpose.

[49:48] I just have a comment. I feel like we've been talking about this for

[49:54] three months and um and I know that it's a tricky issue. Um

[50:01] we've heard from some people today that are not in favor of it and have their

[50:07] suspicions based on some

[50:12] evidence from other areas that there have been cases of abuse. Um, I wanted

[50:19] to ask

[50:24] about a follow question on their frequently

[50:33] questions about people.

[50:38] It seems to me that they have checks in place for access to the system. Um, it's

[50:44] probably a good idea for us to also enter

[50:52] saying that no outside agencies have access to

[50:57] camera system.

[51:02] But I think that this is a good use of something that adding 10 cameras 65

[51:08] cameras just increases helps a system that's already designed to try and track

[51:23] doesn't sound.

[51:32] So there are some logical fallacies about

[51:36] saying

[51:39] bad.

[51:44] So I don't maybe

[51:50] and I think so

[51:55] first

[52:00] and then move on to

[52:08] I think let's not refuse to do let's make sure

[52:19] addressific.

[52:31] Okay. Any other further discussion or so we have a motion in front of us.

[52:42] Mayor, roll call vote, please. >> Trusty Sland,

[52:46] » yes. >> Uh, trusty Mner,

[52:48] » yes. >> Trusty Ranger,

[52:50] » yes. >> Supervisor Murray,

[52:51] » yes. Or yes. Motion carries. Thank you.

[52:57] Item number nine on our agenda, approval of contract for purchase of the police

[53:02] equipment LP. I have a motion for that, please.

[53:11] I will motion for that then. Um I will motion uh to move that the bid proposal

[53:18] in the amount of $73,9260

[53:24] and the contract for the 2026 York Township license plate reader solution

[53:29] project be awarded to Minute Man Security and Life Safety Inc. as the

[53:33] lowest responsible and responsible bidder. I further uh state that the

[53:40] township supervisor and the township clerk be authorized and directed to sign

[53:44] and attest and respectively respectfully respectively

[53:50] the form agreement including in the bid packet for set project subject to final

[53:57] attorney review and approval. >> Second

[54:02] have a second. Do I have any discussion? Yeah, I have a few thoughts. Um, so one

[54:09] thing I would like to say just as a point of clarification is this was first

[54:12] brought up in the February 10th meeting. So we I feel like we've been discussing

[54:16] this a lot because I know there's been a lot of um

[54:20] u concern about this item. Um we really had only a little over 30 days. Um also

[54:27] my big concern and this I keep coming back to this but I really don't feel

[54:31] like we're going to have any asurances that the usage of the data as presented

[54:35] tonight is going to always be the usage of the data. Um as our you know county

[54:41] sheriff department can um change it usage. I don't think that township is

[54:46] going to be able to carve out those 10 cameras will be used for different

[54:50] crimes than the other 65 cameras already. So I think once we do this it's

[54:56] out of our control. And the thing second thing is I'm going to be a little

[55:00] concerned about when we do the budget next year and we are trying to come up

[55:03] with us at the very last minute for budget um spend I would suggest that we

[55:10] reduce the budget in this category until they can come up with some very good

[55:14] uses for you know essentially community.

[55:19] Um I don't think we should put any additional money um other than the

[55:23] amount for the contract with um They don't have this money and they're just

[55:31] scraping money.

[55:35] That's my two comments on that. >> Yeah, I I agree. Um I I feel like I've

[55:42] learned some information today that was not quite apparent when I first learned

[55:47] about this, you know, about a month ago. Um so, you know, my concerns are, you

[55:53] know, I thought we had the ability to shut up access. I we had the ability to

[55:57] say, you know, we don't want to have a camera anymore. You know, we're just

[56:01] going to shut it down because it's under our servers or however I assumed, you

[56:07] know, that it was going to be um was going to be installed. So, this

[56:14] makes me a little concerned. Um we don't have ownership. We just providing the

[56:19] funding to put 10 more cameras. You know, that's big chunk. You know, we're

[56:25] adding 265 um just in unincorporated township. That

[56:31] feels excessive to me. Um how do we know that's going to you know

[56:38] solve more crimes? Haven't seen any data that that would be the case. Um you know

[56:45] $73,000 is a lot of money at the same time. Um and trying to find some use

[56:52] case for it. You know the 11th hour of our fiscal years doesn't seem

[56:58] appropriate as well. I don't know. I don't feel that this is

[57:03] the responsible use of our our funds is not on board. You know, ACLU would

[57:12] not have such a strong position on this because of a few bad actors. There must

[57:15] be some systemic um misuse across the country

[57:21] that it would be a very strong position on um

[57:29] I I would prefer we we table this for another I don't know week or so to come

[57:34] up with if we must use the money we find something else that we use it for

[57:40] or we let it go by the end of the month back to whoever objects to it.

[57:48] Okay.

[57:51] » Any other further comments? >> I mean, I think the problem is we can't

[57:57] go on,

[58:02] » right? The only other thing we can do is approve it tonight and then go back to

[58:09] to page contra with our guidelines to it. We are

[58:14] purchasing hardware and And you know we could specify as to what that policy is

[58:22] in using that hardware. Um you know the idea has already been um formulated with

[58:28] the with the page um and uh you know my interactions with them um they're

[58:35] perfectly reasonable with with an IGA that would specify anything.

[58:41] » So I want to clarify too um we don't have to use this money if we don't spend

[58:49] it by the end of the month, it goes to the tax injection.

[58:57] » It may or may not, but there is no there's nothing that is, you know,

[59:02] requiring us to use this money. It's just that if we don't use this money, it

[59:06] may or may not go to a taxion. Um, >> well, just for point of clarification,

[59:12] it will go to the tax objections. that that will happen. It happens with

[59:18] um and somebody used AI tonight. Um if anything, AI will be used to gather

[59:25] those funds. Um that's what they that's what companies do. They're in specific

[59:30] business um to surveil governments and surveil governments

[59:38] extra money that is left over after the the fiscal year.

[59:42] » Correct. So if we don't use the money by the end of the month, it goes to this

[59:47] next process, that doesn't necessarily mean I guess I don't see

[59:54] » it also cost the township money to to even litigate that. I mean you you're

[59:59] going to have you're going to have litigation fees just for the response

[1:00:04] and and paper of the tax injections as well. Um so um you we need to

[1:00:12] be aware of everything that's going to happen in that.

[1:00:15] » Yeah, it would not exceed $73,000.

[1:00:20] » The litigation will exceed $73,000. Um litigation is on top of the $73,000

[1:00:30] that would go into the taxes. So when they file, litigation fees are on top of

[1:00:38] any uh sum that is litigated. >> Do we have to Isn't it important though

[1:00:44] that this money has to be used specifically for

[1:00:50] if we don't use it for then it just is a budget surplus

[1:01:02] » can't use it for legal fees we can't use it for

[1:01:05] » I see okay um do we have to litigate

[1:01:11] Well, just to respond to something, we have to respond with with legal counsel.

[1:01:16] Yes. So, we can minimize that expense, but there there's also an

[1:01:21] expense that will be related to that. >> Um, if I'm wrong, aren't we currently

[1:01:26] operating a township without

[1:01:36] money?

[1:01:40] I can look into that to hire and asking uh the the sheriff's that I have been in

[1:01:48] discussion with them about uh that police officer and have asked them the

[1:01:53] point one question is there anything we can do to to receive

[1:01:58] a police officer here at the time we are receiving coverage um you know according

[1:02:05] to them being the contract Um we are receiving uh coverage um for the

[1:02:12] township and uh although the police officers not checking in with us on a

[1:02:18] daily basis as we um are used to um according to management

[1:02:27] sheriff's department we are receiving coverage

[1:02:38] I guess kind of really I'm surprised we can't go to a private

[1:02:44] money actually.

[1:02:51] The only other thing that I could offer at this time is uh is is that we take

[1:02:56] this up under a special feeding um that would take place um in a couple of days

[1:03:02] or or by this time next week. Um and and with that, I would just ask the the

[1:03:08] board to to give me specific direction as to as to what information to gather

[1:03:15] for that special need. Um but um other than that, um I don't

[1:03:22] a viable way to use uh the funds other than for

[1:03:30] » I mean so we don't know how the the police contract is written if we can

[1:03:35] hire our own separate since ours is not currently available outside

[1:03:40] » so so when you say trusting me to hire our own um specifically we would have to

[1:03:47] have a a deputiz United

[1:03:52] company should we would not be able to hire somebody from work or another

[1:03:57] agency with that levy. >> Okay.

[1:04:14] I I would be in favor of tableing this and revisiting in

[1:04:21] few days next week. Um, you know, I think there's probably more questions

[1:04:28] that we have now. Um, and I also would like to see another option with these

[1:04:34] funds. Um, you know, the sheriff's department to find

[1:04:40] something else that is not in health decision. Um

[1:04:46] I I think we need to do a little disappointed. I did actually reach out

[1:04:52] to a former and ask him specifically what else you

[1:04:57] come up with for these signs and his response was those signs that your speed

[1:05:04] or something like that. I said it's quite

[1:05:08] better use that neighborhood.

[1:05:16] So comes up with something.

[1:05:31] Yeah, I would still other use. Um and then I also just to kind of reiterate

[1:05:39] earlier investment that didn't the budget for next year

[1:05:45] since we are [clears throat] the budget for next year

[1:05:51] staff [snorts] and myself

[1:05:55] would be that we would not meet the requirement for tax objections right

[1:06:00] now. So >> how much do we actually have to

[1:06:06] 75,000

[1:06:12] » and then we'll have an amount that we're carrying over next year.

[1:06:17] » Yes, 75,000 is just the overage. Um there will be um a portion that carries

[1:06:23] over to next year just like in any of our funds. There's a portion um that is

[1:06:28] not subject to tax objections.

[1:06:34] So, what I'm hearing from the board right now is to remove this from our uh

[1:06:39] agenda um and to reconvene um uh next week um to take this up.

[1:06:56] » You make a motion to postpone. >> Yeah. Motion would be

[1:07:05] So, can I hear a motion on that? >> A motion to move to a future meeting.

[1:07:11] » Special meeting. >> We have a second. Any discussion on

[1:07:14] that? Court may

[1:07:19] » Yes. >> Trusty Mer.

[1:07:20] » Yes. >> Trusty.

[1:07:21] » Yes. >> Supervisor.

[1:07:23] » Yes. Motion passes. Thank you.

[1:07:29] So on to item number 10 on our agenda. I move to accept the resignation of

[1:07:36] former trustee comment Joseph Amore received on and effective immediately on

[1:07:43] February 12th, 2026.

[1:07:48] May I have a second? >> A second.

[1:07:52] » I have a second. Any discussion? Hearing no discussion. May I have a roll

[1:07:57] call, please? >> Trusty Sland,

[1:07:59] » yes. >> Trusty Mner,

[1:08:00] » yes. >> Trusty Ringo,

[1:08:02] » yes. >> Supervisor Murray,

[1:08:03] » yes. >> Or yes, motion carries.

[1:08:09] Agenda number 11. Um, this is this is for the approval um of the

[1:08:19] appointment of the trustee under section 60-5 of the township code. expressively

[1:08:26] authorizes the township board to fill a vacancy in the office of township

[1:08:31] trustee by appointment within 60 days. The office of trustee has been vacant

[1:08:37] for 26 days since February 12th, 2026. I move to appoint Maxim Wolf as your

[1:08:47] township trustee pursuing to section 60-5 of the township code with the

[1:08:53] warrant to issue. Is there a second? >> A second.

[1:08:59] » Do I have any discussion? Hearing no discussion. May have a roll

[1:09:04] call vote. Southern

[1:09:07] » yes. >> Trusty Mner.

[1:09:08] » Yes. >> Ringo.

[1:09:11] » Yes. for yes motion passes. Thank you. At

[1:09:16] this time, uh Maxi, may you step up and receive the oath of office, please

[1:09:34] state it. I will speak your name. I Maxie Wolf

[1:09:40] » solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States

[1:09:45] » the I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United

[1:09:48] States >> and the Constitution of the State of

[1:09:51] Illinois >> and the Constitution of the State of

[1:09:53] Illinois >> and I and that I will faithfully

[1:09:56] discharge the duties of the office of your township trustee to Page County,

[1:10:01] Illinois to the best of my ability >> and that I will faithfully discharge the

[1:10:06] duties of the office of Yorktown Trustee Duke Page County, Illinois. To the best

[1:10:10] of my ability. >> Thank you. Congratulations.

[1:10:19] » One moment, please. Just one moment. I just want to take your sign.

[1:10:37] Thank you. Congratulations.

[1:10:44] » Yes. You can now gather your belongings to come to the

[1:10:57] » Thank you.

[1:11:04] Welcome. As we've got many things on the agenda

[1:11:09] tonight, I want to um to progress along. So, we move to number 13 on our agenda.

[1:11:16] A reimbursement um for plant Joseph Mory Eagles project.

[1:11:23] Then motion, please. I move to approve the expense reimbursement to Clement

[1:11:27] Joseph in the amount of $47347

[1:11:32] for the Eagle Scout. >> Do I have a second?

[1:11:37] » Second. >> Any discussion on this matter?

[1:11:42] Hear no discussion. Clerk play. >> Yes.

[1:11:47] » Trusty. >> Yes.

[1:11:48] » Trusty Mner. >> Yes.

[1:11:50] » Jessie, >> yes.

[1:11:51] » Supervisor Murray, >> yes. Five passes. Motion carries.

[1:11:56] » Thank you. Number 14 on our agenda, approval of America 250 celebration. May

[1:12:01] I have a motion?

[1:12:07] I move to approve the expenditure of up to $30,000 for the America 250

[1:12:12] celebration and I authorize and direct the supervisor and to sign and attest

[1:12:16] respectively any and all agreements and further of the event and authorize the

[1:12:21] superior to take all actions necessary approve sorry necessary and appropriate

[1:12:28] to effectuate the event. >> Thank you.

[1:12:33] I second >> here in a second. Any discussion

[1:12:38] hearing? No discussion. May I have a roll call vote, please? Wolf,

[1:12:41] » yes. >> Trusty,

[1:12:43] » yes. >> Trusty Mner,

[1:12:44] » yes. >> Trusty Rego,

[1:12:46] » yes. >> Supervisor Murray,

[1:12:47] » yes. >> All right. If I miss motion pass. Thank

[1:12:51] you. Item number 15. May I have a motion for the approval of the uh AV contract?

[1:12:59] Yes. I move to approve the Exonics system quote of $15,1647

[1:13:09] and that the township supervisor and clerk be authorized and directed to sign

[1:13:14] and attest respectively the agreement subject to final attorney review.

[1:13:20] » Thank you. Any discussion? >> Um I just want to say that I I

[1:13:24] personally feel like this is something we really need from the board. Um we've

[1:13:28] had a lot of feedback that we not able to be heard um as we're live streaming

[1:13:33] on that tiny little quote over there. Um these uh microphones we're using are a

[1:13:38] little [clears throat] dated um cut out on us. So I I just want to um stress

[1:13:43] that I think this is something that a very good use of our time.

[1:13:51] Yeah, it's going to allow us to not only get better microphones, but also have

[1:13:55] integrated system so that we can do teams meetings, have presentations for

[1:14:01] remote people on the projector. We'll have a camera in the back that

[1:14:07] allows, you know, everybody be able to live stream

[1:14:13] with my phone. I don't think it's um and so I think the We we had we had a

[1:14:21] couple of really good bids. I went back to those

[1:14:25] both vendors, discussed their bids with them, had them revised them to make sure

[1:14:30] we had the right number of microphones specifically and the different equipment

[1:14:35] choices that they made. They went through very patient and very helpful

[1:14:41] and I think that Exon is our best option.

[1:14:46] they were a lower cost option and it was because of their selection of certain

[1:14:51] technologies that I think are advantageous to us

[1:14:56] time but I think yeah I think that I'm very happy with the responses that we

[1:15:02] had both vendors were great

[1:15:07] » and just for clarifications to the board um because this is slightly over the um

[1:15:13] uh $164 47 over the previous approved amount.

[1:15:20] » Correct. That's why it's in front of the board tonight. Otherwise, a couple weeks

[1:15:24] ago, we would have took action on this. Um, so just want to acknowledge that and

[1:15:30] thank Trusty for taking on the challenge of uh of

[1:15:37] reviewing the vendors and determining the best course action. My pleasure. Any

[1:15:43] other further discussion? >> Who missed a second motion?

[1:16:02] » Trusty Wolf. >> Yes.

[1:16:04] » Trusty Southerntherland. >> Yes.

[1:16:05] » Trusty Mesner. >> Yes.

[1:16:06] » Trusty. >> Yes. Supervisor Murray.

[1:16:09] » Yes. >> Yes. Motion carried. Motion passes.

[1:16:13] » Thank you. Um item number 16 on our agenda. Thanks. Um may I have a motion,

[1:16:20] please? >> I motion to approve the annual town

[1:16:25] agenda with resolution of the benediction from the agenda.

[1:16:29] » Thank you. Mayor second. >> Trusty Mner second.

[1:16:36] Any discussion? Hearing no discussion. manual bubble.

[1:16:46] » All right. I got trusty. >> Yes.

[1:16:48] » Trusty S. >> Yes.

[1:16:50] » Trusty Mer. >> Yes.

[1:16:51] » Trusty. >> Yes.

[1:16:52] » Supervisor Murray. >> Yes.

[1:16:54] » I motion passes. Thank you. Item number 17, supervisor statement of financial

[1:17:00] affairs. May I have a motion, please? >> I move to approve the supervisor

[1:17:04] statement of financial affairs. >> Thank you. Second. Second.

[1:17:09] Thank you. Discussion >> discussion. Roll call vote clerk.

[1:17:15] » Yes. >> Yes.

[1:17:17] » Mner, >> yes.

[1:17:18] » Trusty, >> yes. Supervisor Murray,

[1:17:21] » yes. The motion passes. Thank you. Item number 18 uh on our agenda is the road

[1:17:27] bridge workshop. Um may I have commissioner caring uh join us at the uh

[1:17:34] podium for discussion of this. Uh and I'll read a brief uh statement before uh

[1:17:42] Commissioner Karing takes over and and speaks to the specific numbers. Um we'll

[1:17:48] present the total appropriations uh for the proposed fiscal year 2026

[1:17:55] 2027. The total appropri appropriations

[1:17:59] represent the maximum amount the township is authorized to spend across

[1:18:04] all funds for a fiscal year. This includes funding for operations,

[1:18:08] personnel, contracted services, capital expenditure, and other plan program

[1:18:14] costs. So, prior to the town fund, um we'll

[1:18:19] speak to the road district budget. Um commissioner car the general fund

[1:18:28] 26 2264,650

[1:18:36] fund is at 5,500. The FICA fund is 55,000.

[1:18:42] The permanent fund is 3 million 10,400

[1:18:48] building and equipment fund is $492,500

[1:18:54] which makes the total appropriation 3,828,50.

[1:19:03] Thank you. Any discussion on the board? Do you uh have at your fingertips what

[1:19:10] the road front was for last year?

[1:19:17] » If you don't, that's okay. I'm just curious.

[1:19:23] It It is less less this year's general election.

[1:19:27] » Yes. predict reasons for it to be less efficiencies or

[1:19:33] » well I well I don't Commissioner Perry you can you can comment to that I I will

[1:19:39] comment um from from a taxpayer point of view in my neighborhood and throughout

[1:19:43] Dun we're in a very different part of uh New York Township all the roads were

[1:19:50] ground and resurfaced so last year's uh last year's lunch raers

[1:19:58] Correct. >> Yes.

[1:20:03] » That's what I felt.

[1:20:10] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:20:19] » Any other comments? Hearing no other comments, we'll move to

[1:20:24] the top front.

[1:20:28] Okay, from the town funds perspective, um that's that's a tab uh number 19 on

[1:20:35] your on your agenda if you want to go through that. Um on page one, the

[1:20:40] general fund is is the total appropriations is $4,532,900.

[1:20:49] IRF fund is $18,000. FICA is $160,000.

[1:20:56] The GA fund is $296,350.

[1:21:02] Police fund $167,500.

[1:21:07] And a community mental health fund, which is new this year to us, is

[1:21:11] 1,446,000.

[1:21:15] Total appropriations 6,620,000.

[1:21:22] $620,750. Excuse me.

[1:21:27] Any questions?

[1:21:32] » Hearing no questions. Um I will conclude that part of our agenda. Um there is no

[1:21:37] vote at this time um for this. We will be taking this up at our May 12th

[1:21:44] meeting and voting on it May 12th.

[1:21:48] At this time, I also direct the clerk to please publish the notes of the public

[1:21:53] hearing in the newspaper during the week of April 1st.

[1:22:01] Hearing nine, we're going to try to expedite things as much as we can.

[1:22:06] Number 20 on our our agenda, approval of financial administrative coordinator job

[1:22:12] description. May I have a motion for that, please?

[1:22:15] » Sure. I move to approve the financial and administrative

[1:22:18] job description and direct the supervisor and chief of staff to

[1:22:23] determine competitive salary range and position.

[1:22:27] » Thank you.

[1:22:31] » Thank you. Any discussion? >> Uh yeah, I think we need clarification

[1:22:34] on this.

[1:22:45] » Yes, thank you for that clarification. Uh, trustee me.

[1:22:49] » Yes. So, this is not new incremental. This is a switch adjustment.

[1:22:55] » Correct. And just to put a little bit of color to that, um, chief of staff and

[1:22:59] myself, um, we we constantly analyze our our staff, our productivity. And what we

[1:23:06] found is, um, uh, in in looking at our maintenance area, we don't have as a

[1:23:12] need for a maintenance person. And we found that our contract at janitorial

[1:23:17] services would be able to back us up on larger events such as the Valentine's

[1:23:23] Day um event and other events. Um and therefore we we we don't need that

[1:23:29] position. Um we did know that we were going to need at some point um a

[1:23:34] position in administrative and financial area with the chief of staff um taking

[1:23:38] on uh an expanded role and that's what this job description entails. Any

[1:23:47] other discussion? >> I have a question. Will the salary range

[1:23:51] uh come back to the board for approval? >> In this motion, I'm listing the salary

[1:23:57] range to re to remain with the myself and the chief of staff. Um the salary

[1:24:03] range as I've mentioned to you um and to others is in that 55 to 57 range. Um and

[1:24:10] that's based upon um the search on on the internet of governmental position

[1:24:16] similar instances. Um so does that mean the salary will be

[1:24:24] determined by supervisor and chief of staff. It will not come to the board.

[1:24:29] » Correct. >> Um

[1:24:33] can I ask why why why would why would it not come back

[1:24:38] to the board? um because we're trying to escalate the

[1:24:43] the the filling of disposition uh and um I think that that's an appropriate uh

[1:24:49] conversation that we've had amongst the board is to is to take some of that role

[1:24:55] and and and provide it um to to to staff and to supervisor. We haven't defined um

[1:25:02] I think that my discussions with board members have been um that uh the board

[1:25:08] receives the passage of direct above.

[1:25:15] » I think there might be a tornado.

[1:25:22] » Yeah.

[1:25:34] » Any other questions? I I find that like a job position and salary range to be

[1:25:40] kind of together when they were introduced. It's hard to approve one

[1:25:44] without the other. Um so I I just don't know why that wasn't part of what the

[1:25:50] job description was especially when you post a position

[1:25:55] um like law I think you have to post the salary range

[1:26:00] in Illinois. Um, would we be able to just amen?

[1:26:20] » I think we're defining a different role, >> but it's still chief of staff and

[1:26:28] supervisor staff. >> Actually,

[1:26:33] Yeah, that is something.

[1:26:44] » Well, yes.

[1:26:52] » Up to 60,000 is what you're suggesting, trusting master.

[1:26:56] » Yes, that's what I'm suggesting. >> Because we would be you know, distills

[1:27:02] come and determined based on experience level or whatever, but only

[1:27:08] up to a certain amount.

[1:27:14] » Okay. Um, so amendment to the motion um that that it includes up to $60,000

[1:27:23] determined by the supervisor and is second amendment. We all second the

[1:27:30] amendment. >> Amendments been seconded. Any other

[1:27:32] further discussion? >> May roll call vote, please.

[1:27:36] » All right. So, voting on the amendment. Just

[1:27:40] » yes. >> Sland.

[1:27:42] » Yes. >> Trusty Mer.

[1:27:43] » Yes. >> Just

[1:27:46] Murray. >> Yes.

[1:27:47] » Okay. Five. Yes. The amendment passes. >> Thank you.

[1:27:58] » Yes. Roll call vote on the original, please.

[1:28:01] » All right. Discussion. Trusty Wolf. >> Yes.

[1:28:05] » Justice. >> Yes.

[1:28:06] » Trusty Mner. >> Yes.

[1:28:07] » Trusty. >> Yes. Super Murray.

[1:28:10] » Yes. >> The motion passes.

[1:28:16] » Thank you. Uh item number 21, staff reports.

[1:28:21] So, on our staff reports, uh I'd like to just highlight a couple of things on our

[1:28:27] staff reports. Um our our transportation folks, uh our

[1:28:38] our general assistance, we had six active cases this month for general

[1:28:42] assistance, 21 um applications. uh food pantry served

[1:28:48] over 569 people. Uh we had uh donations in amount

[1:28:55] of $10,320. Um special note to city workers for

[1:29:00] their donation of $10,000. Uh, and

[1:29:06] I wanted to just note out that um the um general assistance area um paid out

[1:29:15] $1,200 this month. The emergency assistance paid out $9,540

[1:29:22] um for a total of $10,740 in that department. Uh in our senior

[1:29:28] citizens area, just want to shout out to a couple of birthdays. Uh, Marielle

[1:29:34] Guerrero celebrated her 95th birthday. Janette Morgan celebrated her 94th

[1:29:40] birthday and Garcia Bracilia Ruez celebrated her 82nd birthday.

[1:29:51] » Uh, township communications report. Um, we've had a number of our goals this

[1:29:56] period. Um we've had uh press releases in amount of four this this month. Media

[1:30:02] mentions are published uh four and then we had uh two newsletters. We started a

[1:30:10] a staff news brief um an internal newsletter and then um uh Christine uh

[1:30:17] Tony took over the editor of the summit. uh under our website um uh trustee radio

[1:30:25] made comment on our website development um in that area if you would like trusty

[1:30:29] radio. >> Sure. I mentioned that you might trust.

[1:30:33] » Oh yes.

[1:30:37] Uh as far as the website's concerned and with our IT staff, we've gone over a

[1:30:46] new template that they proposed for a variety of reasons, most of which

[1:30:53] is for the accessibility requirements that we have to provide accessibility to

[1:30:59] our website. So, this template is completely compared.

[1:31:11] Um, then uh we're also going through the exercise of approving content for all

[1:31:19] pages and that staff so they can mock this up and we can start reviewing

[1:31:26] starting with homepage then the detail pages and eventually get the website up

[1:31:31] and ready to go and then go live. So I would anticipate that that will happen

[1:31:36] in the next month. Great. Great. Thank you. um for our road department. Um if

[1:31:41] anybody has any uh questions, Commissioner Karen is still here. Um but

[1:31:45] their highlight was 163 Julie request uh this month. Um and then from our

[1:31:51] assessor's office, uh I'll read a brief statement um from Assessor Pelli.

[1:31:56] Asessor's office focused on intergovernmental collaboration,

[1:32:01] workflow automation uh and preparing for the 2026 assessment

[1:32:08] year. while continuing to strengthen

[1:32:11] relationships

York Township Bord Meeting March 10, 2026

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