Mayor and Board of Trustees - Regular Meeting

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e e good evening welcome to the October 22nd 2024 Village of bowling brg meeting before we proceed like to mention that if you'd like to address the board this evening that we ask that you please fill out one of the forms located by the clerk or at the back of the room of where you can also find agendas um if everybody will please Rite for the Pledge of Allegiance which tonight will be led by April and Elie Palmer [Music] to the flag in the United States of America in the unes one nation H God and invisible for all thank you so thank you

is it awesome to have the young ones here this evening love it Madam clerk can you call the RO please yes madame mayor trusty Zarate here trusty cantero here trusty Kelly here trusty Lawler here trusty Doris herey kenzano here thank you may I please have a motion to approve the minutes of our meeting October 88 2024 so mooved second trusty carpenzano second trusty Lawler all those in favor say I I I opposed motion carries next approval of the agenda this evening we have Mr seckler here with us this evening there any changes to the agenda uh yes madame mayor there is one uh uh there's a change needed to the agenda for item d1a regarding the beautification of commission appointments the agenda uh note says that they are appointments for oneyear terms whereas the appointments are actually for twoyear terms so I would recommend that uh a motion be made to amend the agenda accordingly to confirm that they are two-year appointments thank you that was just for us to lure you here and saying it was one year but we got you surpr surise two years thank you so much may please have a motion to approve the revised agenda so moved second trusty cantero second trusty carpenzano all those in favor say I I opposed motion carries thank you Village of Bowling Brook is very blessed to have so many residents who are passionate about our community and want to be part of making it great our commissions are made of those kinds of people who are the backbone of our village events tonight with the approval of the board we welcome new Commissioners to the beautification commission new appointments this evening proposed will be Emma burce commissioner

for a two-year term barl Davin commissioner two-year term Flor Guzman commissioner two-year term and Chassidy Wells Armstrong commissioner for a two-year term may I please have a motion to accept these four new Commissioners to the beautification commission so second trusty Kelly second trusty Doris all those in favor say I I opposed motion carries now let's get you guys sworn in if you could please join me obviously chair and vice chair please join us as well Maria Scott don't be shy weren't you just asking me about this you I know right that's what you have to do to keep me on track oh yeah was ramp just because we have the fire department here does not mean we need to use them step up you're not shy that's perfect get the flags get the pictures the paparazzi are here you want to introduce everybody good evening everyone good evening I'm Maria of alasas gley I am the chair for the beautification commission also including the Civic and cultural Affairs commission as well um our name will be changed but I'm not going to say that right now it has to pass the wonderful board here so and Madame mayor but right now I'm so proud of new Commissioners almost barl DAV we have chassie wells Armstrong we have Emma bur and Flor Guzman and they are committing their time volunteering their time to make sure Bowling Brook will always be beautiful and rocking on so

thank you so much is this part of you oh I'm sorry this is my he this is my right hand my left hand's on a business trip but my right hand Scott Vagas Vice chair Scott Vagas hi my secretary and my um assistant secretary is not here also but the five people or the four people that I have on our team they're remarkable but all the Commissioners they are all incredible so I thank you for just doing everything possible to make everything fun for our beautiful Bing Brook thank you thank you we're gonna let you guys introduce yourself in a minute but we're gonna swear you guys in first because I got to make sure I got you officially got you you ready raise your right hand I state your name do solemnly swear doly swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States to uphold the Constitution of the United States Constitution of the state of Illinois the constitution of state of Illinois Municipal Code of the village of Bowling Brook Municipal Code of the village of Bowling Brook and that I will Faithfully discharge my duties as and I will Faithfully discharge my duties as beautification commissioner commissioner to the best of my abilities to the best of my abilities in a manner prescribed by law in a manner prescribed by law congratulations ladies very quickly want to have you just fill us in how long have you been here and why are you on the commission okay uh my name is B DAV and I've been in bing Brook since 2006 and uh I like volunteering and uh I

thought this you know going forward I'm trying to get more involved in the community so welcome thank you hi I'm chassid well Armstrong I'm actually a former mayor I moved here in 2020 sounds about right yeah moved here in 2020 um it's in my blood to be involved in the community and I thought this would be a great peaceful calming way to become involved in the community given the nature of politics in our country so I'm glad to be here and thank you for having me mayor thank you hi my name is Emma bur I've been in Bowen Brook since 2000 I've been very active in the politics in the community of Cook County but I live in Will County so I decided it's about time for me to get involved with Will County also and I just appreciate this opportunity thank you I'm a little nervous welcome to my world my name is Flor gozman I've lived here since 1999 and I joined because I wanted to be a part of the the community and be helping hand to others that's wonderful we are definitely uh are you going to talk your we're definitely very very blessed in mowling Brook to have um residents who truly want to get involved on all kinds of levels some of them want to be uh on commissions some of them just quietly do their thing uh helping in in various ways and and it's definitely amazing our our community is very diverse and it shows not just in where we're from or where we live but also how we give back to the community so um these guys are all waiting to take a picture so let's gather around pretend like we like each other now right here in front of the flags and then we're going to take a picture the short ones

in the front sure sure whatever you want that would be you just because I have heels on okay right there you go wait I have certificates for you and then also the clerk Emma thank you there you go and the clerk also has packets for you that are right here she always yells at me when I don't hand them out like getting yelled at so here you go there you go there you go you may now they're all yours thank you ladies so much thank you look forward to working with you this is so awesome this past um you ready Dave all right we have to let Dave come up here because they don't let me touch Electronics know why I haven't broken that many things um this past Friday Saturday last Saturday we went to uh something that our state's attorney Jim Glasgow host is called men who cook and um we had an amazing team who last year took second place and then this year they went back for revenge and as you can tell they won first place it was amazing they had these barbecue sliders so you see our amazing team here

led by none other than Chief Roma and deputy chief Corin so uh again they were amazing little sliders with Co SLA and pickles and I kind of felt like I wanted to go back for seconds even though there was a lot of food but I was a little embarrassed so I sent my husband to go get the uh but again great job congratulations thank you and uh we got to hold that title now got it good good all right very good so there you go men who cook can I take the poster down now in the office it's okay chief put this big poster don't miss this event you got to be there we're there all right proclamations actually have school board members day we have some school board members joining us come on you're not shy we just had a group in today from Bowling Brook High School it was mentoring day and uh we had the opportunity of Hosting 18 Juniors and seniors I believe yep it was a crowd it was very very intelligent they're very inquisitive nowadays the ones that have questions actually make you think in order to be able to answer those questions correctly and precisely the success of our community comes from many aspects including the quality of its schools we talked about that today in my presentation did we not we did that's when we were talking about taxes Bowling Brook serves six school districts of which we also have representation from planfield here thank you so much for joining us tonight we recognize the important contributions those school board members make who serve on these boards so we have

President Quigley here I'm going to let you introduce your school board all right hi uh Steve Quigley valy View School Board president next to me is member Vicky suland secretary Deb sakur uh vice president Victor Zack and our superintendent Keith wood and on behalf since she gave me the microphone your mistake uh I ALS recognize the other board members who are not to they had other obligations but uh Liz Campbell who was a member of bowling bur Community JT Bas who lives in ranville and leono Vegas who lives in rville uh but it I appreciate you guys doing this tonight because we understand the value of our partnership with all of the communities and the various entities that we work with in The valy View Community uh I see Lee bush is here tonight Operation Christmas there are so many volunteer organizations and other organizations that we work with to make our school district successful and we want to thank all of you uh collectively and you guys in particular individually for what you do for the school district and uh trust me it does not go unnoticed ever ever ever and we also value our our business partners in the community as well for the things that they do whether it be sponsoring a you know some event for the the district or the kids or the various programs that we have we really do thank you from the bottom of our hearts for what you do so thank you guys thank you president quidley you're going to be accepting this or he's going to be accepting this be sure only because I got up here first whereas school board members are elected to sit and Trust for their diverse communities and in that capacity are charged with meeting the communities expectations and aspirations for the public education of their children and where as school board members are entrusted with the Guardianship and

prudent expenditure of tax dollars and they are responsible for maintaining and preserving the buildings grounds and other areas of the school district that the community has put in their trust whereas school board members are responsible for providing leadership that ensures a clear shared vision of public education for their schools that sets high standards for the education of all students requires the effective and efficient operation of their districts and employs District staff to carry out the day-to-day duties of educating Valley View School District 365 VI students whereas school board members adopt public policy to give voice to that leadership and employ a superintendent to administer the board policy and are also responsible for the regular monitoring of the district's performance and compliance with State policy whereas Schoolboard members self L selflessly volunteer countless hours to public service with no compensation whereas school districts face constant challenges and the strong dedicated leadership provided by the Valley View School District 365u board of education has allowed Student Success to continue whereas employers are supportive of their employees who serve as Schoolboard members generously lending support and time employers give their employees the opportunity to better serve the needs of the school districts and communities they represent through sometimes tremendous sacrifice to the employer whereas decisions made by school board members directly impact the quality of life and safety of their communities placing them as the front line of local democracy now therefore I Mary Alexander Basta mayor of the Board of Trustees Village of Bowling Brook will and DuPage

counties Illinois do hereby Proclaim November 15th 2024 as school board members day as a way to honor those citizens who devote their time and energy for the successful education of our children and our future leaders thank you [Applause] mayor you the back short people in the back we're going to get rid of that hold that go with the real camera it's not mine H oh jeez you know you're on TV right that's okay thank you it makes it more personable it does G use that word thank you so much there you go sir did you want to talk again no thank you thank you guys again much [Applause] appreciated as was worried for a minute when I asked that question yeah but everybody else up there had the quick very good which is appreciated the village of Bowling Brook respects and honors all those who have worn the uniform and served our country we are very proud of the Veterans Memorial that Grace is the entrance of our town center tonight we welcome Matthew Clark president of the Fox Valley chapter of the sons of the American Revolution who wishes to make a presentation

I'm GNA give you the microphone and you can introduce your guest thank you uh my name is Matthew Clark uh it's a pleasure being with you here today I'm alongside uh Clyde rubu who is a registar in our organization uh I have to say uh Bowling Brook has a fond uh a part of my heart is here my fourth great-grandfather is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery is one of the first uh people that is buried there so Bing bre is always is a special place in my heart uh good evening uh uh Madame mayor Phillis trustees uh honored guests um citizens we are grateful for this opportunity to be here today I am deeply honored to stand before you today as we present this a flag award for your displaying of the American flag at your Veterans Memorial the sons of the America Revolution is an organization dedicated to preserving the me memory of patriot ancestors who is who who committed to honoring the legacy of those who are defended the liberties we hold so dear in America the flag the Stars and Stripes is a direct link to that Legacy since his adoption in 1777 it has waved over countless battlefields been carried by brave men and women in uniform and have flown and and has flown as a symbol of Hope and resiliency the flag not only reprs the represents the freedom we enjoy today but also honors the courage and sacrifice of those who have served it stands for every veteran Who has fought for our country's freedom and every family who has supported them as great with great pride and respect that the Fox Valley chapter of the sons of the American Revolution presents this flag award to the Village of Bowling Brook for the display of the American flag at your Veterans Memorial uh let us continue to honor our veterans U not just with our words but with our actions may this flag award inspire all of us to

uh a deeper appreciation for the freedoms we enjoy and ren red commitment to preserving them for future Generations thank you may God continue to bless our veterans at the Village of bowling brg in the United States of America thank you thank [Applause] you saw thank you so much thank you very much appreciate it appreciate it thank you might share it with you guys next we have another very special guest and give him this area here and let you speak because you know you're going to be all in uniform all right ready to make your grand entance okay with the holidays approaching we know that there will be families in our community who will be struggling to be able to celebrate the holidays at all we are fortunate to have an organization in town whose sole purpose is to help those families to be able to enjoy a little bit of that holiday spirit inviting up Mr Lee Bush Jr from Operation Christmas to tell us a little bit about what you do and how you serve our amazing Community during the holidays thank you for having me Miss Mary mayor Mary and trustees I appreciate your guys's continued support for having Operation Christmas right here on our Performing Art Center the

Roger C Clair Performing Art Center and your amazing time that these guys have spent um on our stage last last year um packing up boxes of food that went to families in our community so from the volunteers at Operation Christmas we want to continue to thank you guys for your support Operation Christmas we are beginning our 51st year of helping our community um I have been part of this program since I was 9 years old I was actually one of these children that was helped during this program way back when um last year alone we were able to serve 488 families including over 1300 children that can't be done without our community involvement from our volunteers we are a 100% volunteer organization so every dollar that comes into our organization goes right back out into our community so we want to thank all of our sponsors and donors for that um the way we're able to do this every year um and we Supply our families with food and then two new gifts and stocking stuffers for children so every dollar that goes in we try to stretch out as far as we can to maximize what we're getting different ways we're able to do that is having our annual fundraiser which is actually coming up here on November 9th at Star Cinema here in Bowling Brook we're very excited about this um this is something new we've never done before so a lot of our volunteers are super hyped about it and and having this this event and it's a familyfriendly event we have not had one of those in the past um so we are very excited to share that with our community and having you guys come out and join us and learn more about what Operation Christmas is we will have a few visitors from what I hear that Santa may be stopping

by um the Grinch um so a couple of other ones I can't quite tell you about it but thank you to Star Cinema they are actually giving us uh two theaters so we will have a children's theater going on and um adults theater also I can't give out this the movies yet it's kind of keeping me at secret on that one so we're super excited about that but then we go into actually working on the Performing Arts Center Stage um on November 18th is our setup day it usually takes us all the way through to set up um till December 7th and then we start seeing family or I'm sorry December 6th December 7th we start seeing families all the way through the 20th um and we'll be able to help those people out so very excited for this year we have our big toy drive coming up um this Saturday after Thanksgiving right here at the Performing Arts Center also um is away you can visit if you are looking to register to your family who needs help you can actually visit us on our new web page and it's pretty simple it's Operation Christmas bowling brook.org if you want to look to volunteer you can go to that page also we have volunteer section or you want to do part of our adopted child program that is there also so we're trying to make it and centralize it to make it as easy as possible for people to get involved so once again I want to thank our mayor our trustees um the people on the stage that allow us to Mr Dave who allow us to do our job and help out as many families as we can so thank you thank you I believe last year we had a a little bit of a competition in terms of filling up those boxes correct let's do it again yeah I think there was reigning Champions on that we won't say who but competitive

we'd love to have you out I'm sure you would all right thank you we do like Operation Christmas and all that it has to offer our community and the opportunity to uh volunteer is always good during the holidays is there anyone present this evening that wishes to address the board regarding anything on this evening's agenda all right then we'll move right along to Bill listing Bill listing a 1,6 3,496 66 Bill listing the 1,6,2,5 $ 24,426 and14 are there any questions from the trustees may I please have a motion to approve so moved carpenzano second trustee Doris roll call vote please yes mayor trusty Lawler yes trusty carpenzano yes trusty Kelly yes trusty Zarate yes trusty Doris yes trusty Cano yes thank you motion carries next our tax receipts for August 2024 state income tax is 1,381 5515 which is a 7.8% increase from a year ago July 2024 sales tax 3,6 74,8 a58 a 3.4% increase from a year ago August 2024 motor fuel tax $298,400 81 an 8.7% increase from a year ago July 2024 State administrative fee $

28,954 49 motion to accept the annual Treasures report of receipts and dispersements for fiscal year 2023 and 2024 fiscal year began May 1st 2023 and concluded on April 30th 2024 during this period total receipts from all sources including interfund transfers amounted to 236 m351 531 total expenses from all funds which included transfers and Capital Improvements reached 221 m436 671 according to the state statutes the annual report must be published and posted upon acceptance once accepted the report will be made available on the Village website and in the local newspaper are there any questions from the trustees may please have a motion to approve so move second carpano or was it dooris trusty Doris second Deputy Mayor Lawler roll call vote please yes mayor trusty cantero yes Rusty Doris yes Rusty Zarate yes Rusty Kelly yes Rusty carpenzano yes Rusty Lawler yes thank you motion carries next resolution 24r d110 approving the purchase of a John Deere 1575 terrain cut with a two-stage snow blower from John Deer says snow hopefully we won't have to use it the John Deere 1575 FR front mounted snow blower attachment with an enclosed

cab is proposed for acquisition this equipment will replace an 18-year-old machine that has required frequent and costly repairs remember we were just talking about this a little bit earlier some things are getting a little bit older it will be utilized to clear sidewalks ensuring accessibility for individuals with Mobility challenges as well as for those using Wheelchairs and strollers the total cost for this purchase is $44,000 3955 which is $1,124 under the budgeted amount of $ 56,18499 committee meeting there are designated areas of the village that Public Works will use this equipment to clear the sidewalks which are not covered by residents residents should always focus on clearing their own sidewalks in front of their res in front of their houses or whever but there's designated areas that Public Works will be covering very good any other comments motion to approve so move trusty Kelly second trusty cantero roll call vote please yes mayor trusty carbano yes trusty Zarate yes trusty Kelly yes trusty Doris yes trusty Lawler yes trusty cantero yes motion carries next resolution 24 r-111 approving proposal from Des Setter flooring to install new lvt commercial flooring at the community center 2001 Canterbury Lane Suite B phase two of three for new flooring at the community center located at 2011

canterberry sweet B so we did a which is the bigger room and now we're transitioning into B the existing floor is 20 years old and is in poor condition the cost of this phase is $2,224 which is $1,776 under the budgeted amount of 23,000 this has been reviewed and approved by public services committee are there any questions from the trustees may please have a motion to approve so moved second trusty Lawler second trustee Kelly roll call vote please trusty Doris yes trusty carpenzano yes trusty Zarate yes trusty Lawler yes trusty cantero yes trusty Kelly yes thank you motion carries ordinance 24- 047 amending chapter 6 of the bowling brg Village code decreasing class C8 beer and wine from 5 to 4 and increasing class D2 full service from 16 to 17 Los Comales Bowling Brook located at 278 South Weber Road this decrease of class C8 from 5 to 4 and increase from D2 from 16 to 17 they had a beer and wine and they're uh they changed locations if you remember from The Corner Spot to the bigger spot where crave used to be and now they are applying for a full service uh bar any questions from the trustees please have a motion to approve I'll move second trusty Doris second trusty carpano roll call vote please yes mayor trusty Kelly yes trusty Zarate yes

trusty Lawler yes trusty Cano yes Trust carpano yes trusty Doris yes thank you very much motion carries next up is public comments is there anyone joining us this evening that has comments regarding anything not on this evening's agenda have two people that signed in very good I believe Ellis was first thank you here wherever you want even thank you good evening mayor board neighbors friends relatives I'm glad to be here tonight my name is Linda Ellis I live in Town Center Park 317 Pete Street Court Bowling Brook Illinois 30-year resident and I have two comments actually my first comment is still my opposal of the food pantry location here in Bowling Brook um on canterburry and Brier Cliffe I do feel as though um we really need to consider not only the fact of helping people in need but also those who are residents of areas affected by the building of such an expensive building um also being fiscally more responsible in these Economic Times of change which is affecting us all I do feel that people in need and help should get the support support necessary to be um not in such Dire Straits but then two to consider uh a less expensive way in doing those things by utilizing existing properties um working properties that could be um definitely improved upon and then not taking away from another

Community to basically bring to Bowling Brook my second comment is on the internet gambling I am opposed to that in the sense again um I do feel as though people with addiction and or um preference to utilize things of Hope and encouragement on a promise and not necessarily the proper promise is really devastating it's taking someone who's already in a difficult or a very um compromising situation and making things worse for them by allowing the ease of of um utilizing something that may not be in their best interest or their family's best interest and I want to thank you for the consideration and the time have a good evening thank you good evening mayor and Board of Trustees good evening and guests my my name is Pat Rona I've been here 30 years okay Diane um I'm at 13 hour fway drive in Bowling Brook um I've got a real concern and I don't know if the village has any authority to do anything or not but it's about these electric scooters and all of these motorized bikes on the sidewalks on the streets and the danger that they truly um have the other day I was on L cash and there was a scooter now it looked like there might have been a place for a license plate I don't know if any of that is required or not but in the flow of traffic going so fast that it's passing vehicles I have actually been

hit by a scooter I thought I had killed a man thank God he took responsibility he came out of nowhere he paid for my damage I don't know if they like everything else technology laws just have not been changed I don't know if the village has any authority to do anything within the village versus state or federal laws whatever um if they're G the streets licensed Insurance driver's license I mean it's a street um but they're just very dangerous um and then you see so many many other postings on Facebook next door and everything about the safety of everybody because of these um motorized whatever kind of these vehicles um you've got children just zipping around and so forth then I do have I'm going to make a comment instead because I don't think I can ask a question and it's because of what you just said Mike Lawler about these this plow Fernwood Drive the main sidewalk does not belong to any of five associations that is Village so you do have all of the school children particularly on those I hope that situations like Fernwood Drive and others that those will be considered as part of what this new plow thing is going to be doing thank you for your time have a good evening everyone thank you anyone else have comments for the board all right we will move on to trustee comments Deputy Mayor thank you mayor I do want to thank and acknowledge

the school board members who were recognized tonight um I have the distinction of being a volunteer uh with the Val view educational enrichment Foundation I've been a part of that board since uh it was officially formed as a board in November of 1994 and um addition to the Valley View Foundation I've been able to attend and support the planfield Education Foundation events over the years the partnership in the community um the the efforts that are made to make the educational experiences better for all of our students we moved to Bowling Brook in 1986 on the recommendation of a neighbor in another town where we first moved and they were an educator and they said you need to come to Bowling Brick for the schools and it worked out well my five children benefited greatly and uh would do the highly highly compensative role at your which is zero dollars um you have even more of my respect for um the work that you do each and every day and former School Board member Mr tle here as well you know so he he got to enjoy some of the experiences so I just wanted to make that mention and and explain uh the appreciation that I as a parent and uh have for the school board members who make the effort to make our community better um back to the earlier comment about with the gentleman from the sons of the American Revolution somebody else is going to talk about another Cemetery event activity but Hill Crest Cemetery which is over by Fire Station 3 on B road that the first barri thanks to research by our historic commission the

first burial was in 1835 so I can understand Mr Clark's U acknowledgement of his fourth great-grandfather being part of that Cemetery it's there's a lot of history in Boling Brook and um so it's a it's a it's interesting area and there's a lot of lot of information to be learned from our ancestors lastly uh many of us were able to attend sign significant event this weekend among all the different activities but the Friendship United Methodist Church celebrated its 50th anniversary and it was formed in 1974 and and initially held services in the original bollenberg High School which is now Brooks middle school and uh they've been an incredible congregation we are very fortunate in Bowl andberg to have a lot of religious institutions and their congregations who make a difference uh friendship un gave a great presentation on through the time that we were there on the history of the church and and all the members and I got to reconnect with some folks that were my neighbors and our kids grew up together and hadn't seen them in a while so it's uh congratulations to them uh last year we did celebrate the 190th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church of depage so we're fortunate to have a very diverse Community religious race religious belief leaves and uh I want to thank everybody for all their efforts there and congratulate them on the continued efforts in our community that's it thank you thank you deputy mayor uh uh it's going to be Parky pumpkin patch at the bra from 6: to uh 8 uh you need to register at Bowling Brook par parks.org SL event uh Parky uh pumpkin patch so it's going to

be a great time it's a nice event uh I would advise if you want something to do for the kids take them over there it's a really good time and we hope you uh you all have a nice uh Halloween with your kids your grandchildren or even you so thank you appreciate it thank you thanks try zerat uh speaking of Halloween by the way last uh Friday night the bber parri hosted their freaky fun Friday uh and while that's in the past um I just want to give a shout out and a thank you the executive director Mike cup at the end of the haunted house uh spooky or friendly version um was a Beetlejuice theme and Mike cup was actually Beetlejuice himself at the end which I think as an executive director you could sort of delegate that out but he did it himself so a kudos to Mike for really living uh the theme of the night so if you say Mike three times you could I think he comes he's gonna he's gonna appear in the back of the room okay uh uh one other uh note that I do want to give a heads up to because there's not that many board meetings between now and then is uh save the date Tuesday December 3rd uh we're working with the American Heart Association on an event that's going to be hosted here in Bowling Brook uh Tuesday December 3rd 6 o' uh it's going to be an event about building a community of Lifesavers so this is really a uh bystander education event so what happens if uh you're here and a cardiac event happens or a stroke event happens what do bystanders do until the fire department gets there um so it's a really neat training that sort of buys us those critical moments uh what you should do obviously involving uh getting getting on the phone 911 but what do you do in the end term uh it's a really neat training with the American Heart Association so save the date December 3rd at 6 o' there'll be more information coming soon uh and then on a uh sad note um want to send some love to

the family of Eileen Kos uh for those who know her uh may know her for many reasons but uh she was truly uh an integral part of mest Christian monu Academy here in bing BR she passed away um and I wanted to send her family some love I sat on her I think for 10 years I think we sat on the board together at mcma here in bowling brg so send the love to the family of Eileen Kos uh May her memory live on forever that's all thank you thank you to everyone that's here it's always good to spend time with you all Resident concerns promotions um and recognition so to the residents thank you for your for your uh questions and concerns to the beautification commission for uh new titles thank you thank you for bringing new people and looking forward to working with you I owe you a phone call and to our school board um always great to see you guys out thank you I'm a product of you guys so I do appreciate everything that uh the board continues to do um just one event save the date for the calendar we have Wednesday 11:13 I believe that's yeah that that's yes next next month we're still in October um Wednesday 11:13 is the evening of honor at uh Bowling Brook High School the evening of Honor if you're not familiar is a symphonic band um and wi Symphony performance um where they do patriotic patriotic selections uh for our Bolen Brook First Responders current military and Veterans all are welcome of course but it's to really appreciate again those titles and positions of First Responders and current military and Veterans um again held at BHS in the Roger and Pat CL family Auditorium if you need the address it's 365 Rider Way

start time generally is pretty prompt at 7 pm and general admission is $5 if you're into supporting our local band and of course if you have family friends colleagues that are First Responders um current active military come out and support and it's always a great time to listen and hear Talent from our bber high school band that's all thank you thank you trusty Doris I just want to welcome our new Commissioners thank you for your service to the village and there's an event coming up this weekend campfire Illinois is having a fall smoke and the bear event with um lots of things for kids to do it's this Saturday from 1: to 3: and it's at 445 Trout Farm Road and that's for the campfire Illinois thank you thank you trusty Kelly um couple announcements uh Angelic kindness uh betting on kindness 2024 they're holding their fourth annual betting on kindness Gala rocking kindness 1950 style uh this will be held on Friday November 15 um that is from 600 p.m. to 10: p.m. at the Bowling Brook Golf Club um they do ask that you come out and help support all the wonderful uh mission that they have on spreading kindness if you need more information visit Angelic kindness.org or Angelic kindness charity um on Facebook and then the second event um is being brought to you by Bowling Brook historic preservation Commission uh invites you to Halloween at Borman Cemetery uh that's going to be on Thursday October 31st 4 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. um historic Cemetery tours grave dsing hot chocolate candy and treats and

that's at 777 Paxton Drive North of Royce Road obviously here in Bowling Brook and lastly because the mayor always steals my thunder but I want to go ahead and congratulate uh Chief rampa and deputy chief Sean Corin um Captain Jason Mitchum and Officer Nick Higgins for winning the um men who cook competition last year I was able to attend the competition and you guys uh got second place this year I missed it because my son had son had a soccer game so I guess I won't be attending so you guys can continue to win congratulations though thank you for all you guys do and represent bber that's all thank you um just a couple of announcements two weeks from today is the official election day um early voting has started as of yesterday at fountaindale library right across the street uh they've had a great turnout for the first two days we went in it was in out less than 10 minutes uh so please make sure you get out there and vote there's a couple of very important local offices uh local being state that um have a lot of effect on our community so be sure to research ask questions look them up and uh vote it's very important to vote that's one two um next month because of Thanksgiving we only have one board meeting and that will be on the 12th so um November 12th will be our only board meeting Halloween is coming up and um we had I'm sorry we made a mist stake on publishing hours so 3 to 7 I think ended up being the published hours correct so make sure that your children are accompanied by adults not because you know we're worried with anything more

than just safety like we don't want them running in the streets and scooters and bikes and what have you on the sidewalk so just make sure that children are together accompanied by an adult as always check the candy you know all those things that we've grown up to learn to do porch lights on obviously helps this was a southern thing when I was growing on if the porch light was on you got candy and if not not you know that was kind of what it was right the dogs are barking and tell the kids not to dump everything that's in the pumpkin that's left on the porch and save some for others you know Halloween etiquette um that's important daylight savings is on November 3rd so don't forget that we're going to fall back so it's going to be dark when you leave and dark when you come come home my favorite time of the year right Lucas not um and then what I know you're right you're right say that word dark and snowing is even a bigger problem um then on the 29th of November we have long been awaiting the opening of fry the coupe they've already opened had a soft opening but they will be having their official grand opening at 4:30 on the 29th located at 274 South Weber Road um you know we we're Teeter tottering raisin canes fry the CP raisin canes fry the ceop we got fry the C I'll take it um and then that's it for now I don't have anything else does anybody have anything else Ken Lucas Marty anything on your radar if you're not registered to vote please do so you can vote in person when you vote I mean you can register in person when you vote if you're not registered yet you need two forms of ID one must show your current address that's it get out there and vote very good we have no executive session this evening I will entertain a motion to adjourn so moved second trusty cantero

second trusty carpenzano all those in favor say I I opposed thank you we stand a journ good night [Applause] everyone e e for