[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