Village Board - Regular Meeting

Good evening and welcome to the meeting of the administration council of the village of Mentineau, which will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. I declare the session open. Please rise for the oath of allegiance.

And tonight, Pastor Rick Salk is here from the Urban Prairie Community Church.

Let's pray. Lord, we are grateful. We are grateful for what has been an incredible time of the end of summer and the feeling of the beginning of autumn all around us. Lord, we take a break tonight to give thanks. We give thanks for the beautiful community that you have blessed us with here. We thank you for the solid schools, the solid churches, the solid trade and the business community here and the business community. Lord, we thank you for the way you have blessed us, knowing that just at the top of the road is a city in a suburban area, often prone to violent crime and that we live in a relative tranquility in this beautiful little community. We thank you for all this. We thank you for the way you have blessed us by granting us people who are here tonight to serve. And Lord, may we feel even more in these meetings a spirit of unity. and a spirit of harmony. And Lord, we know that we have had differences. You know too well what we have lived in our community these last months. And yet we know that you call the people you have created to treat each other as we want to be treated. Lord, you called us to be a people who give grace. We thank you for the grace you gave us and may we be a people filled with grace even in this meeting that we are conducting tonight. Thank you for the men and women here who serve. I pray that you give them great wisdom and great discernment, that you give them advice and direction. May the well-being of our city, which is always in your hands, be abundantly blessed by you, because you have given us so many graces here. We thank you and pray that you bless tonight in the name of Jesus.

Thank you. Nominal call please.

Yes. Yes, I'm here. Reading of the time of day.

Reading of the verbal trial. Are there any changes, corrections, or can we obtain the approval of all these verbal trials at the same time?

I would like them to be voted separately.

Separately. Le premier est du 3 août 2026. Y a-t-il une motion d'approbation ? Quelqu'un d'autre ?

Un second.

Tous ceux qui sont pour, voulez-vous un appel nominal ?

Appel nominal.

D'accord, appel nominal.

Bon. Paris. Boudreau, he's gone. Sorry. Croquette.

Eljoel. Zimbleman.

Okay.

I think the motion has been adopted. The next meetings are the verbal trial of the ordinary meeting of August 7, 2020. A motion please.

I'm going to make this motion.

Deuxième. Peggy Vine.

Craig. Barry.

Non. Là. Motion n'est pas adoptée. Very good. The third verbal trial of the extraordinary meeting of August 20, 2026. Was this the meeting we cancelled? Really? So there was no meeting.

We did it on August 20, okay.

Do I have a motion to approve the verbal trial of August 20? Appuyons. Quelqu'un appuie-t-il ce procès-verbal ?

J'appuie. Vons. Paris. Traquettes.

Non. Zimbleman.

La motion est adoptée. Très bien. Le procès-verbal de la séance a eu éclos du 20 août. Une motion pour l'approuver.

It's unanimous.

Motion. The verbal trial is approved.

Participation of the public. We have seven people who signed up tonight, and the first is Mara Kapka. And as a reminder, you have three minutes. Hello, my name is Mara Kopka. This topic may not be up to date, but I wanted to address it. There are flat cameras in this city. If you don't know what a flat camera is, it's a camera placed on the roads that haunts your registration plate. Take note of the color of the model, as well as stickers and bosses on your car. It is a mass surveillance that we do not need and that has not been voted on or that we have not spoken about. Over time, these cameras can show your itinerary to go to work, when you go to pick up your children at school and where you live simply because you meet them every day. I lived in this city my whole life. And we never needed these cameras until about three weeks ago when they started to appear on the side of the roads. We already have police officers patrolling the streets every day. Isn't that enough? The police also needed to follow each of our movements thanks to the camera. Because these cameras have been installed without anyone being warned and in silence. There are two on Route 50, five near the bus stops, one next to Maple Ridge Park, one on North Sea Road and one near Duncan. You can identify these cameras by their oval shape, their black color and their installation on thin black poles. But some of them are even installed on our own street lamps. We don't need these cameras. These cameras follow our movements every time we meet them and they keep a trace of us. There are more than 100 zero-heel cameras in the United States. We don't need them in this city. We already have enough policemen on the roads that already patrol our homes.

Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Erika King.

Hello everyone. I want you to know that the children of this city are great. Je leur laisse un peu de répit. Je leur achète des pizzas. Je leur achète des glaces à l'eau. Ils me voient. Ils arrêtent tout ce qu'ils font. Mais en tant que grand-parents, je suis là. Parce qu'il s'est passé quelque chose. Hier, et ça arrive assez souvent, et ça m'a vraiment énervée au point que j'ai pu me mettre à pleurer. Ces enfants sur ces vélos électriques, ils ont plus de 12 ans. Vous, les parents, devez savoir qu'ils roulent à fond. Je suis motard. J'ai dirigé une association caritative pour les cyclistes en panneau. J'essaye de leur expliquer ce qui se passe avec ces enfants. Ils ne portent pas de cuir. Ils tombent sur le trottoir. Se peut qu'un jour, peut-être pas dans cette ville, mais quelque part, ils vont les érafler avec une pelle. Et ces enfants, hier, ils faisaient des roues. Arrière, des voitures venant des deux côtés. Ont tellement effrayé une habitante de la ville qu'elle les a confrontés. Ils sont devenus méchants et agressifs. And a couple joined them. And four young men said, you know, we know the telephone number of agent so-and-so. Should we call him? We could need him. I said, no, never do that. Never be in Mouchard. I called. That's how the situation is now. I want you to know, as Judge Judy says, that when a teenager, when he opens his mouth, your children, when they are in a side street or in a alley, they go, they go, they go back, someone is going to hurt himself. According to what I understood, a child got injured two weeks ago and had a lot of sutures on his head. And the children said to themselves, oh, well, he just got his bike back. Really? I know that motorcyclists have been riding bikes for 40 years. A stone in the middle of the road, they're dead. You have to talk about their safety with your children. And if they're afraid of the next old lady and that she hits them, you know who? I'm going to be pitiful. La prochaine vieille dame, parce qu'elle va garder en tête toute sa vie qu'elle a percuté un enfant et l'a peut-être tué. C'est tout ce que j'ai à dire. Prochaine intervenante, Anne Gates. Merci. J'en avais une. J'ai une question. J'ai été vraiment surprise de découvrir que Goa a retiré sa signalisation et a déclaré qu'elle était une zone commerciale fédérale. As a federal commercial zone, they did not pay taxes, rights or customs rights on all those who entered the country. I know that our legislation has just adopted a bill on this subject, on this subject. And go, not go, but China was pointed at the finger. So I was wondering if anyone knew why they had moved their signage. These last few days, the Clean Reliable Grid Affordability Act has entered. En vigueur pour se procurer des ressources de stockage d'énergie à moins de 150 pieds d'une zone résidentielle. Personnellement, je ne veux pas d'ESS près de chez moi. Une augmentation de 8 milliards de dollars des impôts de nos familles dans l'Illinois. Des parcs de batteries arrivent. And Pritzker said, we're not going to respond to the demand, we're going to be at the top of the demand in the data center. This does not happen without the participation of local politicians in taking over Pritzker. We were told, come on, it's Pritzker's fault, call him. An administrator said, it's the responsibility that matters here and now. But outside the doors, we said, come on, it's not going anywhere. After an animated interaction with a person after the last meeting, I am convinced that we should not trust the Economic Alliance Administration Council, nor any of those who are currently following the Pritzker-Nente-Wheeler program. Everywhere in the country, ordinary citizens rise and refuse to be reduced to silence. In the counties of Mantineau and Kink, we see how the good old guys continue to advance things and maintain their power and control to the detriment of our security, our freedom of expression, our investments in our homes, our schools and our communities. Power doesn't start in Springfield. Power starts here, in our hometowns, with those we elect to represent us. And they serve our demand. There is not a single person sitting in this room who is in this position because they deserve it. You are here because people put you here, for a specific purpose, and for a reason, to accomplish what you have sworn. The main enemy of our nation was invited to our county to pollute our lands, take our jobs and destroy agricultural lands for generations to come. This must cease now. And with the mayor's death and those who are really worried about the county of Kiki and its villages, I think that this will happen. Thank you for serving and serving with integrity and transparency. Our next speaker is Emilie Hermann. Mon discours fait en fait suite à celui de Jake. J'ai laissé un espace ici. Jake va commencer. Oui, si c'est possible. Jake. Jake Smith.

Je vais prendre un peu plus de trois minutes parce que j'ai beaucoup de personnes à saluer et à remercier.

Vous avez ma permission.

Merci. Bonsoir. Septembre est reconnu comme le mois de la prévention du suicide. Today marks the 988th day, because the date is 98. It is a way to promote and remind people the number of the telephone line for suicide 988. Thursday, September 10 marks the World Day for suicide prevention. Last Sunday, September 6, I organized a 30-mile march for mental health and suicide awareness in Montigny. My favorite day of the year, every year. Two of us managed to walk the 30 miles. Angelina Urban accomplished this feat for the first time. A big congratulations to her. I was able to accompany her to walk the 30 miles for the third consecutive year. We were joined by several other people who walked with us. Sandy Barry walked 23 miles. Sean Brave walked 16.5 miles. Safimia Brave was able to walk 4 or 5 miles with us. Emily Herman and Eric Yervinovsky walked 8 miles with us. A young schoolgirl, whose name I did not remember, also walked with us for about 2 to 3 miles. A schoolgirl whose family name I forgot also joined us for the first 7 miles. Je tiens à remercier et à féliciter tous ceux qui ont participé à la marche cette année. Peu importe le nombre de miles parcourus, chacun a sa place dans cette équipe. Ce n'est pas un hasard. J'ai commencé cette marche en 2020 et je ne savais pas vraiment à quoi m'attendre. Mais depuis, elle n'a cessé de grandir chaque année. Cette équipe est devenue une dynastie. Nous sommes un groupe très soudé et très uni. Nous sommes comme une famille et je suis prêt à tout pour eux. We say that the best teammates make the team around them better, and nothing could be more true. I am only a small part of all this. All this movement is a million times better thanks to them. Nous avons tissé des liens solides au fil des années et je veux m'assurer que tous ceux qui nous rejoignent aient le sentiment d'être là depuis le premier jour et je pense que nous faisons tous. Un excellent travail à cet égard. Nous sommes une équipe de championnat avec une excellente alchimie. Ce sont vraiment les meilleures personnes que vous puissiez rencontrer et nous ne sommes pas prêts de partir. Nous adorons faire ça. Nous croyons les uns en les autres. Nous nous soutenons mutuellement. Et c'est mon équipe et ce sera toujours mon équipe. This year, I made two marches and I decided that in the future, each year, we would organize two marches. One, the Memorial Day weekend, which will take place on Sunday, May 30, 2027, on 25 miles, which could be recognized as the month of awareness to mental health. Then the traditional March of September, which will take place on the weekend of the Labor Day, on Sunday, September 5, 2027, on 30 miles. I would like to thank the community for its wonderful support this year and last Sunday. Plusieurs personnes nous ont offert des boissons fraîches lorsque nous sommes passés devant leur maison, nous ont salué, ont klaxonné et nous ont encouragé. Et nous ont encouragé. Ce sont les petites choses qui font le plus de bien. Je parle au nom de toute l'équipe lorsque je dis que nous apprécions grandement chaque personne qui nous a montré son soutien. Et merci au service de police de Montino pour l'escorte policière sur Main Street. Après une nouvelle marge de 30 miles pour la santé mentale et la sensibilisation au suicide cette année, merci à tous ceux qui nous ont accueillis pour célébrer la ligne d'arrivée. Alors, du fond du cœur, je t'aime. Merci, Montino.

Merci, Jessie.

J'ai eu le grand honneur de marcher pour la quatrième fois avec l'équipe de Jake pour parcourir les 30 miles. Je n'ai pas pu les parcourir en entier cette fois-ci à cause de ma santé, bien sûr.

Mais chaque année, comme vous l'avez dit, c'est de mieux en mieux.

Nous rencontrons de plus en plus de gens, de plus en plus de personnes nous rejoignent. Et je veux juste dire que c'est l'une des opportunités les plus incroyables à Mentino si vous choisissez d'en faire partie. Je sais que 30 miles peuvent paraître assez intimidants. But even if you could just walk one with us, walk two, you know, walk a step from home, it doesn't matter. It's just a great opportunity. No matter what you think you're going to do, no matter this little thing that prevents you from doing it, throw it out the window and come walk with us, you'll be happy to have done it. So I invite everyone to join our group next year.

Thank you, Emilie. And our last speaker tonight is Nicole Gavin.

Thank you. I just want to address the decision to delete the comments and updates from the administrators on the day of the municipal council meeting. Our administrators were elected independently by the inhabitants of Mentino to present themselves and not just vote, but to represent our community and our inhabitants here. Reducing administrators to silence actually means reducing to silence our community and our members or members of our community. Here, present, these comments can be pleasant, they can be embarrassing, they can be critical or encouraging, but whatever their position, these comments are not really the subject. Transparency is important for our inhabitants here and even when the conversation is not comfortable. Eliminating administrators' comments Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Very well. I will make my report.

Since we don't have a village administrator here to make a report. I'll start with my village report tonight. We must approve the hiring of a new agent in charge of the application of the code. Administrator Boudreau wanted to meet Jim Pace before we voted so that he could feel confident. They met and he approved MPI. But unfortunately, Administrator Boudreau cannot be there tonight because he is the golf coach of the Montino high school and they have a game tonight. He will not be present to vote, and he will not be able to use Zoom when he is on the golf course. I hope that all the other administrators realize how important it is for us to have someone in charge of the application of the code, because we haven't had any since M. Lorac retired and many permits arrive every day. We want our city to stay in good shape and that we follow all the procedures and all the codes. M pays his code application managers for four years and he has all his certificates. C'est un ancien combattant et il vit à Mentino. Deuxièmement, je m'excuse d'avoir dû annuler une réunion spéciale il y a deux semaines. Nous avons eu une urgence familiale. Sur les conseils de l'avocat de notre village, j'ai annulé la réunion. J'espère continuer à progresser dans la gestion des affaires de notre village et à essayer de travailler en collaboration en tant que président du village. J'espère que nous pourrons continuer à nous concentrer sur le meilleur service à la communauté et à réduire les conflits inutiles. Les citoyens de Mentineau méritent un conseil municipal qui donne la priorité à leurs besoins. Et mon objectif est de continuer à œuvrer pour prendre des décisions qui servent le bien commun du village. Je tiens à remercier tous les membres de la communauté qui font de notre ville un endroit merveilleux en faisant du bénévolat, en aidant à servir la communauté avec des événements passionnants et des entreprises de valeur, et en contribuant à notre système scolaire exceptionnel et à nos services municipaux de premier ordre. Nous avons tellement de raisons d'être fiers en tant que Mantino-Owens. Je vous remercie. So the first thing on my agenda tonight is that I need a motion to appoint Jim Pace as the director of construction and zoning.

Mr. Mayor, before I get to that, I would like to raise a point. Several weeks ago, I sent you an email indicating that I was not necessarily for or against M. Pace. My concern at the time, and still is today because I have not received any answer from you concerning the budget aspect of this post. I thought you would contact me again and at least answer my question concerning the budget and the way the village was going to finance it, but as I mentioned it, to this day I still have no answer.

We're going to talk about it in a session. Okay.

Well, I won't be able to vote yes on something for which you refuse to provide information. Okay. It was a very simple question about the budget and I think that all the inhabitants of this village deserve an answer. Not only me as an administrator, but everyone in this crowd, everyone on television, everyone in this village as a resident should know how we're going to pay for things.

Well, it's not a secret. So what to do?

Please say that if it is not a secret, please explain before voting.

M pays $ 60,000 and he does not need insurance. So we will not pay insurance. He lives in town. He would like us to provide him with a vehicle so that he can drive. But that's about it. There is not much else, not much more expenses for you. And it's a very low salary compared to what we used to pay to other people in the past. I think that at some point, when Ryan Marion was here, he was maybe $80,000. I don't have the exact number in my eyes, but I think that M-Pace is on the same page with the position and that he is very interested in helping us.

He could very well be able to occupy this position. But once again, we don't have the numbers. Have you set up a modified budget for this year? With the president of the Finance Committee? Well, we will have to do more since what happened on Monday. I think it would be careful to see these figures before making a decision. This is my comment so that we can move forward.

For now, we entrust the responsibility to Jim Hanley because he is the director of public works and the replacement of Chris Lorac. He is therefore trying to do his job while taking care of all his permits and ensuring that people do all the inspections. And I think we are asking him a lot.

Well, I'm sure M. Hanley would like to know how he will be paid and how any building inspector we appoint will be.

I don't think that will change M. Hanley's salary. Are you paid to help replace Chris Lorac?

Not at the moment.

I didn't think so. I also have a question. How come we don't publish job offers? Je pense que nous pouvons nommer certains postes et que nous devons les publier. Pour d'autres... Eh bien, je pense que c'est l'un d'entre eux que nous devons probablement publier. Si nous le faisons, nous allons passer encore trois ou quatre semaines.

Mais nous allons trouver un candidat qualifié et nous avons également besoin d'un comité d'entretien pour interviewer ces personnes.

Annette, c'est ma nomination. Je dois faire la nomination en tant que maire.

C'est la réponse. Dire que cet homme n'est pas qualifié... I'm not saying that it is not qualified. I think that the employment offers should be published and that the inhabitants of our village should have the same chances to apply for jobs. There should be a maintenance committee for these jobs, as for the village administrator. It is not a job that should simply be named. If you look at Bourbannay, there was an announcement for the village administrator's job. They got a salary. They have all the qualifications required for the job. This is what you do when you hire people. The job must be published on our website.

We're not talking about a village administrator tonight, but about an agent in charge of the application of the code that we really need.

I feel the same for this post.

And Mr. Mayor, once again, it was just something in my email that you never answered. I was wondering if there was a procedure in place. And the Simpleman syndicate is alluding to it. There must be a procedure in place. And there, to this day, there is none.

So you don't allow me to make an appointment?

I want to ask a question. Yes. There is a procedure in place to hire and receive candidates. There is a procedure in place. We have set up a committee for the last vacancy post in the village. Set up a committee that discussed 5, 6, 7 candidates. According to this committee, they made recommendations. The people in charge of recruitment went beyond the recommendations and hired whoever they wanted.

Mike, can you speak a little louder, please?

The committee went beyond the recommendations and hired whoever they wanted. My question is therefore the following. On this basis, if we have to send applications, because we will have to send applications, not only for the inspector in the building, an administrator of the village, a commis aux archives, and an administrative assistant, we will now send applications for three people. My biggest concern is that at the moment we don't have an administrator of the village. We don't have an agent in charge of the application of the code. M. Hanley is kind enough to help us with some permits, but what worries me is that if someone wants to come and build something in the city now, there is no one to tell anyone what he can or cannot do. And that being said, I thought it would take a little longer. We'll talk about it later. But I think we need to find someone to help us get the permits for the closures, the terraces and the hangars. Another point we were going to talk about tonight, Joël and I had a long conversation, We contacted BF Technical, who takes care of all our permits for Goa. We had a Zoom call with them today. And during the Zoom call, I asked the gentleman from BF Technical if he was taking care of any type of outdoor activities for the permits. He said they were on foot. Isn't that right Joel? We work in the region. And he said he would be ready to help us. My biggest concern is that, for example, if someone hits a structural building tonight, let's say someone drives their car in the middle of this building. We have always carried this permanent permit or that someone comes back to check if the building is safe. We have no one to do it. Our fire chief has drawn our attention to this point. He reported it to CJ during the meeting they had. That's right. We have no one. So BF Technical was ready to help us until we found an inspector in the building. But that will not last forever. As I said to BF Technical, they said they would help us in some way, simply because they are there to do things. And I think we should consider the fact that we have a qualified candidate. We have postponed the date of three weeks to give everyone the opportunity to discuss with this candidate. And I think I understand perfectly what you say about the budgetary aspect. But we have a lot of people in this village at the moment who have permits waiting and waiting to finish their project. We have entrepreneurs who have contacted the village, we simply have no one. So what is this entrepreneur going to do? He will not follow the rules. He will go out and do what he wants and he will say, you know what, you had no one in place. So my comment has nothing to do with the fact that yes, we need someone, right? My comments concerned the budget for this person. I did not have the opportunity to meet M Pace in person. I have nothing against him. He could be very qualified for the job. My email to the mayor was simply to explain to me how we were going to budget this. And if there was a process in place to hire him, not only for M Pace, but also for other jobs. Mike, I completely agree with you. We need someone to be able to do this job. And I also completely agree to say that there are other paths that we could temporarily consider while we answer these questions, whether it is an external source or that we can possibly call on the service of another inspector in the building of a local community, whether it is Burbanet, Bradley. And we have contacted this aspect. And for these cities, I would no longer feel confident with BF Technical. And I don't know what you think of it, but after the conversation we had today, They feel that they are doing this outside their field of activity, not only for big industrial projects. They examine the permits until they close. And I would not want to move for a single permit to close. But I also think that with Our village administrator slash code application manager, a lot of things have been forgotten. And with a building and zoning agent in full time, an agent in charge of the application of the building code, I estimate that his salary of $60, I estimate that the receipts coming from the money he brings for the fines and the things that have been forgotten and the things that, let's say, we have not mastered 100%, I think that would certainly help to compensate the $30. that we already pay M for the research, in addition to being the administrator of the village and managing the daily operations of the village. Well, to go back to the BNF technicians, I can tell you that I have worked in many communities that do not employ their own inspectors in buildings. They use services like a BNF technician. I'm not saying it's the right way to go, but I say it's a viable option until we get an answer to the budgetary question. How are we going to pay for this? Is there a process like the one raised by the Zimbleman union? Why don't we look for several candidates? Maybe there's another candidate that shines much more than the others, but we're not even looking for this opportunity. And I know we've done it in the past. We examined the moment when it was necessary to hire other building inspectors. There was an hiring process. So that's all I'm worried about. I'm not saying it's not necessary. It is necessary. I'm not saying he's the right person or the wrong person. All I want to do is be able to explain to residents if they were wondering how we are going to pay for it. And Mike, to be very honest, I sent this email to the mayor a few weeks ago. No response.

Nothing. Je trouve que c'est triste qu'elle ne puisse même pas répondre à un simple e-mail.

Intervenir et parler lors de ma réunion, s'il vous plaît. Je vous prie de m'excuser de ne pas avoir répondu à votre e-mail, mais vous auriez pu prendre le téléphone et m'appeler à tout moment et j'aurais entamé la conversation, monsieur le maire. Oui, vous l'avez fait.

C'était votre responsabilité de répondre.

Tout d'abord, notre avocat ici présent, Brian Miller, m'a rappelé que les administrateurs ne votent généralement pas pour chaque personne embauchée dans le village à âge... And as a mayor, and I was elected to this post, I can name people. And when we find ourselves in a situation like this, where we really need someone, here is the ideal person, even here in our city, who doesn't ask for a lot of money and who doesn't need insurance. It's a win-win situation for you. And I don't understand why you don't see that.

Mayor, isn't it a very simple and clear question to know how we are going to pay something

Comment avons-nous payé Chris Lorac 30 $ supplémentaires?

Nous avons budgété cela année après année. Nous avons budgété cela.

Et nous avons budgété pour avoir une personne précédente à ce poste qui gagnait beaucoup plus d'argent que 60 $ par an. Par an.

Et je vais revenir en arrière et dire que ce ne sera pas ce que vous voulez entendre, mais j'ai trouvé que M. Lorac a fait du très bon travail.

Très bien. Y a-t-il d'autres questions? Parce que je vais demander à nouveau ce vote.

So, to make it clear, the money that we will pay to MZROC for the rest of the year in the budget until May. Exactly. Because these 30,000 dollars have already been budgeted. Exactly. It was in the 7,712th of these 30,000 dollars left. They used five months. Five months of this money have been used. So there are seven months left. I mean, when that happens, I think there should be a discussion. I don't think there should be a discussion on direction that we're going to take with that. If it's M-PACE, if it's BF Technical, if it's Bob Smith from the outside, we have to make a decision on this subject. And with BF Technical, When we discussed with them today their calls for structural problems, it represents about $660 minimum. C'est pour un appel de minuit. Pour un appel de minuit de quatre heures, six cent soixante dollars. Donc, comptez un zéro zéro dollar pour ce coup. Les frais de permis qu'il va nous faire payer et les examens de permis. Il va nous envoyer un email. Je pense jusqu'avec M. Pace. Il a les qualifications. C'est un inspecteur en bâtiment local. Mettre cet homme en position maintenant pour avoir quelqu'un en place. Because if we go to an hiring committee and we do all these other things, it could take another three, four, five, six months to find qualified candidates to get all these things. So if the mayor names Jim Pace director of the building, we could then examine the question and that would give us a little time to examine all the other aspects of the question.

If you understand what I'm saying. In all honesty, Mike, when we asked the fire chiefs, how many times?

Last year, there was an incident at midnight. Once. Once. So, and I mean, I'm just saying to be transparent, if he had to go out and that someone was entering a building, it would cost 1.00. This has only happened once, hasn't it? But he also offered renovation services, new houses, that is to say plan revisions. And at this stage, until we have someone in place, it will be necessary to this gentleman, to this lady, whoever it may be, if it is M-BASE, for a certain time to adapt to everything that is happening. And no matter who is in charge of construction and zoning, I certainly don't want to. I feel confident and I don't know what you think about it with BF Technical, who takes care of everything that happens in this factory. Too many mobile parts. And BF Technical has been taking care of it since the first day. I want to say that I feel confident in the conversations. I want to say that these two gentlemen have always been frank. They were honest with you. They said a lot of things, a lot of positive things. And they told us negative things. I'm comfortable with that.

Well, whether it's Jim Hanley or this gentleman, Jim, any one of them should have the opportunity to use this service for things they don't know, because they will come across things that are on their skis, right? And we talked about it. Or if we had a storm or a natural disaster. So they're supposed to get us there. a fee proposal that we will have tomorrow morning and that we will be able to distribute to the entire Council to see if it is something that we can use in the future.

I would like to move on to something else instead of having more discussion on this subject. We have a man who wants to be our responsible for the application of the Code. We need a responsible for the application of the Code. CJ Budreau told M-PACE and told us that he was going to vote for him but that he could not be there tonight. But we have five administrators here. I would like to put this in voice. An approval motion. Moisin. Moisin de Vannes.

Une seconde.

Seconde de Barry. Appel nominal, s'il vous plaît.

Barry. Croquet.

C'est très triste. Very good.

The motion is rejected.

So my suggestion for the future is that if Jim believes that he can continue to do the inspections until we can establish a budget with numbers written in black on white, then we should perhaps consider temporarily hiring technical BNFs to do the inspections. But I understand what you mean with the budgets written in black on white, but things are changing. And I mean, in our current budget, we have planned budgets for the people who are in the staff and the office. We have planned budgets for all these other things. And at the moment, with everything that is happening in this village, I think, unfortunately, that people really need to understand what is happening. And I don't think people really understand that this is not a fight between everyone because people are leaving the village. But I think we need to put people in place to fill some of these roles. Once again, Mike, I agree with you.

It's a lack of our duty. I agree, Mike. I just have the feeling that we have a responsibility towards this village to put in place.

We're going to move on to something else.

Enough talking, it's ridiculous. I'm still on my report and I have something here about a gift in nature between the Chamber of Commerce and the village. Mike, can you explain?

Well, we sat down with the Chamber of Commerce months ago. And what I had asked the Chamber of Commerce, Joël and I both had asked the Chamber of Commerce, was that any kind of donation in nature or money that the village provides for public works, the police, etc. would be a donation in nature. The Chamber of Commerce accepted that. They just wanted us to vote on it tonight. We would be sponsors. Ashley, can you tell us a little more about the donation in nature?

So the gift in nature would be $5,000. You would sponsor the scene of Second Street with an American Legion of...Montino. Part of this sponsorship includes the signage. You get radio advertising, marketing material. You get a sponsorship pack. You will also receive an email from Kathleen on this subject. It's just a little more marketing and recognition.

I need a motion. I'm going to present it.

Motion by Barry. Supported by GK.

Barry.

Budrovon. Croquette. Zimbleman.

Very well, the motion is adopted. I have a few points to mention. One of them was to thank Jake Smith for his 30-mile walk. He's an exceptional young man and he has a great group of people who share this walk with him. And on the last kilometer, the Montino police escorted them on Main Street and there was a beautiful crowd of people who were waiting for him at the end. We thank you, Jake, for everything you do to raise awareness about suicide and to try to help others. Thank you very much. Le vendredi 11 septembre, il y aura une célébration de l'anniversaire de la vie au Pentagone à la Légion de Mantino. L'événement aura lieu au Legion Post à 7h55 au 117 North Walnut. Il sera gratuit un petit déjeuner buffet à 7h30 du matin. La cérémonie de remise des diplômes débutera à 8h17. There will be guests. The commander of the John McNamara post will be present. The postman Dan Horton will say the prayers of opening and closing. The fire truck of the fire service of Mentino will be covered with the American flag and posters with a positive view. Light refreshments will be available at the closing. The community is therefore invited to come to breakfast. The whole program starts at 7 a.m. in the morning and it is September 11, that is to say Friday. Le dimanche 13 septembre est la journée de nettoyage communautaire. Donc toute personne du public qui souhaite aider et prier de se réunir sur la place à 7h30 du matin. Le samedi 19 septembre, une marche pour mettre fin à la maladie d'Alzheimer a lieu. J'ai participé l'année dernière et c'était très sympa. Il se retrouve sur la place le 19. Pour plus d'informations et pour vous inscrire, rendez-vous sur alzay.org. Et enfin, l'Octoberfest commence... It will take place from 24 to 27. Ashley, if you want to add interesting things about this year's Oktoberfest, we would be delighted to hear from you.

The Oktoberfest will take place from Thursday to Sunday. Thursday will be the start of our activity after the opening hours with the Chamber of Commerce in Mentineau. We will also have food trucks. The carnival will be open. I have brochures here and they are also displayed. Friday, you can't miss Friday. You have to come all day from 2pm to 2pm. Le carnaval sera ouvert. Les bracelets commenceront également à être vendus ce jour-là. Continuez à publier ou à garder un œil sur Facebook avec la Chambre de commerce de Mentino. C'est là que nous publions toutes nos activités. Et nous avons également une page d'événements spéciaux pour l'Octoberfest de Mentino. Toutes vos informations sur l'Octoberfest de Mentino sont répertoriées sur la page Facebook de la Chambre de commerce de Mentino. Vous y trouverez plus de détails. Merci à tous.

Merci. Very well. Committee report. Finances trustee Barry. Hey! I forgot something because you wanted to talk about the memorandum.

Joel wanted. I was going to talk about the meeting on Tuesday that we had. Go. Go ahead. Us, I mean. On Tuesday evening, we went to inspect Gouane. I was with Joel, the fire chief, and we went to Gouane to see the firefighters. We were stopped at the door. At 11 p.m. 11 p.m. So at 11 p.m., we went to Gouane's front door. Their fire captain, I would call him that, came out and said that they had six members in their staff. He had a piece of paper with the six members of the staff. He put it back to Chief Peterson. Chief Peterson then said, I want to see the six members. So we were there, and at least an hour later, they had the six members of the staff come. Then we went on. Joel and I, before both of us, said that we wanted to see their certification with the fire chief. The certifications of the six members who were part of the staff, because in our agreement it was stipulated that they should have at least six members per team and per day for a total of 18, because there would be three teams, that's what they were planning to do, so they had six members. All the members who were there were level 1 certified firefighters, which we required in our agreement. Depuis lors, ils ont 19 pompiers dans leur personnel. 15 d'entre eux sont de niveau 1. Je suis désolé, 19 pompiers. Dans leur personnel. Tous les 19 sont des pompiers de niveau 1 minimum, ce qui correspond au même type de certification que celle que vous devriez avoir pour le service d'incendie de la ville de Manti. They have three people who have four higher certifications for the security officer. The patrol. Basically, a battalion, a battalion leader. And what they do is they work as a 24-hour team. 24 hours of work, 48 hours of rest. They were hiring two more people. This would make a total of seven firefighters per team, which is higher than six that we required per team. We also had a long discussion about the fact that if people called, our fire chief had to be informed. They were also going to provide the fire chief with a certain type of planning on how they were going to plan their employees. After this meeting, we sat down and had a discussion with M. Peterson. We had a discussion with myself, Joel and M. Peterson, Rick Peterson. We will continue to follow the situation, simply because I want everyone to know and everyone to listen. What I say, please, because I know that tonight it will be on Facebook, that I am an idiot. When we drafted this protocol, there were many discussions about the fact that we didn't need to demand that. We didn't need to demand that. When we drafted it, we demanded the maximum, or even more than the maximum. And I was told, and I don't know for sure, so I'm not going to lie, I was told that a lot of people were shocked that everything had been done within the framework of this agreement. It is the most solid agreement with the firefighters of the state of Illinois. Three people who have much more knowledge in the field of fighting against the fires than anyone in this room told me. And we are going to keep them in mind. But not because they had six today or six last Tuesday that they have six today. And in our agreement, we are authorized to go there at any time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And they have to show us that there is a service. Chief Peterson has all the copies of the certifications. So all the certifications of the 19 members of his fire department are archived in the fire department. At the end of the day, We did more than we should have done. And I would say that we all worked together on this project. But we overcame ourselves for the safety of the residents. It required a lot of work, a lot of sweat, tears, a lot of ... bullshit. But we made it. And now this agreement is in place so that if I die today or if someone else dies tomorrow, it will last forever. C'est grâce aux personnes qui se sont réunies autour de la table et qui ont travaillé ensemble pour la sécurité des résidents. Et je félicite le chef Peterson d'avoir persévéré. Le district de protection contre les incendies a tenu bon. Et tout le monde au sein du conseil municipal a tenu bon. C'est donc de loin un événement majeur. And again, this does not mean that in six months something could change. It could change. Just to make it clear to everyone. Where they are at the moment is that they are in the process and you will see a lot of these equipment on the market and a large part of these equipment is their manufacturing equipment for their phase 2. They are far from being ready. to move on to phase 2. I just want everyone to know. The communications we had today with our inspection companies, when leaving this meeting today, I was very confident that they were going to hold on. A lot of things were said during this conversation. And there were a lot of positive things that were said. But again, we couldn't control it. And we were able to control the security aspect of our residents, of this city, of the county, of Will County. What we did was put in place something huge. The rest of the taxes and all the other bullshit that goes with it, it's not us. And I heard that there was a comment tonight. Well, go talk to the governor, please.

It wasn't us.

It wasn't anyone on this council. We have written the bad aspect, whatever. Drop the bullet. But now the bullet is in our pocket. The bullet is in our hands. And we control the security. Not us. Not us. The firefighters control the security aspect. And that's it. It's something huge. And I just want everyone to know that it was the first thing. that when we sat down and had discussions and that we elaborated agreements, that we put all this in place and that we had conversations, people said that they would never accept these things. They did. And now they have signed the agreement. We are above what we should be. And it is thanks to the work of each one here and also to the concerns of the residents. We have responded to the concerns of the residents. All those who came and shouted, shouted, congratulated us, whatever, we have responded to concerns. So I really hope that in the future, I know that no one will know, that everyone will be happy. But as far as security is concerned, I want everyone to really know that this is the way Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz or Rolls-Royce do things. That's all I have on the subject.

Your report for the...

I have my report. Old business in the order of the day. No new business in the order of the day. Payment of invoices, including the number 3, 39 689 86. Invoices authorized and paid between the cycles of the Board of Directors 56 86 83. The next meeting of the Finance Committee will take place on Monday at 9h21 2026 17h in the room of the village council.

Do you want to do Woodross?

Trusty Boudreau has no new case in the order of the day. No old case in the order of the day. The next meeting of the planning commission and zoning that he has will take place tomorrow at 9.97 in the room of the village council. And then the meeting of the planning commission and zoning that was planned for tomorrow evening has been canceled because there was nothing in the order of the day.

B-O-E-R-I-N-G-A

I just want to take a minute to give everyone a brief overview of some new laws in Illinois on bicycles and electric scooters, which will come into force on January 1, 2027. The point to remember is that no child under 15 years of age will be illegally allowed to drive these devices. Thus, electric bike drivers of classes 1 and 2, who can ride up to 20 meters high, must be at least 15 years old. Electric bike drivers of class 3, who can ride up to 28 miles per hour, and electric scooter drivers must be at least 16 years old. New requirements also apply to high-speed electric bikes and electric motor vehicles, especially in terms of license, registration and insurance in some circumstances. Another important change, electric bikes and electric scooters will no longer be allowed on sidewalks throughout the state. And one of the messages that we would really like to pass on to parents, especially as Christmas approaches, is to think carefully before buying one of these devices for your child. If your child does not have legal age, he will not be able to legally drive it in the streets or in other areas where these laws apply. We don't want parents to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a Christmas present that their child can't use legally. In January, the police service will provide additional information to residents and it will be a pleasure to answer questions by calling the police service. Our objective is to educate and ensure that drivers and parents understand the new requirements. Get to know your device, the rules and driving rules. I also have a bunch of brochures that explain a little bit everything so that it's easy to see. I'll put a few of them on the table here if any of you want to take them out. But can you give me a service?

Can you repeat that it's a law of the state of Illinois, isn't it? Exactly. Okay. So it's not the village of Montino who is trying to ruin the life of all the children of the village. It's a law of the state of Illinois. The law of the state of Illinois. Okay.

Thank you.

We had some little problems. Forest guards talked to me and we had a lot of little problems on the square. with some children who are doing burn-outs on our territory. And I don't want to take away their privileges. None of us are doing it. But we have to protect what we just put there, the brand new lawn and all that, by trying to make it pleasant for them, the tables, the chairs and everything there. Chef, how can we rectify this? Chef, how do you want to tell me?

Well, a good education would be a good start. And you're going to insist on that a lot until Christmas, because exactly as I said, when we prevent children from being 14, 13 or 12 years old from using them next spring, from taking the bike and bringing it home, I know that parents are going to yell at us because I just spent $900 for the scooter. Now you tell me that my child cannot drive it. So we will repeat it again and again. We will put it on social networks. Maybe law is an important change. And it was only a very brief summary because there are many variants of these devices on which the law is quite specific. If you have a question, call us, consult the law or consult our social media. We will specify each device that can use it and or I think this will solve the problem, but we still need parents to talk to their children about places where they can use material damage. We made several children get out of the lawn because we didn't want them to have a burn-out that would damage the lawn and that a parent would receive a ten-thousand-dollar bill to repair the lawn on which they didn't know that their child was driving. Bicycles have been a problem for a few years. We talked about it. This law will bring a big change to this subject. So in the spring, you will see important changes. Don't we have?

Also a new agent, Hélène... Hélène Avalon.

She's at the Academy. She just started her second week at the Academy. So we're very happy for her.

Have you talked to her?

She's fine.

She's fine.

So we're going to welcome her in December.

She's going to start FTO in January. She will be self-employed before spring.

Joël.

I was just going to say, don't we have any signs forbidding bikes at all? Whether it's electric bikes, pedal bikes, etc. on the lawn, because we don't want pedals or something like that on the lawn. So we put a few more on it.

Yes, there are signs. There are already four signs over there. So I suppose we should... There is no excuse. I mean, they know it or they should know that they can't write about it, but they do it anyway. Some of them. Not all of them. I mean, we always talk about a handful.

Our forest guards know they should be there. That day, there were no forest guards in action, but yes, the forest guards are aware of that.

You know, Joël, Annette and Todd, we talked about it, Annette, as far as setting up the... the... the... the... the... the... the... the... the... the... the... the... the... the... the... Uh, after, what's it called? Like a security, where there are toilets for men, one by one. A security screen? Yes, a security screen.

Yeah, I have that on the day of the meeting of the committee of tomorrow, just so we can talk about it, because...

I think it's good. Okay. My next meeting of the public security committee is on September 21 at 5 p.m.

Thank you. Public Works and Public Services. Trustee Craquette.

Thank you. I have no point in the order of the day tonight, but we have a meeting of the Public Works Committee scheduled for September 22 at 7 a.m. here in the village council room, in the village council room. Jim, would you like to give us news of what's going on in public works?

A few little things. MFTT is coming to an end. They finished all the edges, the sidewalks and the ground floor. There is still some work to be done to restore the landscape. They are waiting for cooler temperatures before starting to do all that. On the route of the Conte-et-Neuf, starting from 5,55 m, there was a change of route. They are finally moving on to the other project, so it's a good thing to see. Football, football for young people, and football for young people. It's great to see Heritage Park and Legacy Park fill up. It was a good show and we prepared a big part of the city center for the Oktoberfest. We washed and sealed the streets with water and we are still working on the pavilion.

I know that it may seem crazy to talk about it so early, but before we realize it, there will be salt for the winter of 2026 and 2027. When are we going to start?

I was a little worried about it.

I heard that some cities had not respected their contracts, but we respected ours through Morton.

The project opens on October 1st, but we have a tank full of salt. We have 350 tons in reserve for the coming season. We are ready.

Monsieur le Maire, un résident a soulevé ce point lors de la participation du public. Pourquoi les commentaires des administrateurs ont-ils été retirés de l'ordre du jour?

Parce que nos réunions ont été très controversées et que certaines personnes veulent donner beaucoup plus d'informations à la fin de la réunion, ce qui n'est pas toujours nécessaire.

Eh bien, je pense que nous avons six administrateurs très brillants au Conseil d'administration qui méritent d'avoir l'occasion de s'exprimer lorsqu'ils le souhaitent. Et c'est une tradition depuis des années. Que nous puissions tous faire nos commentaires. Et je ne pense pas qu'en retirant les commentaires de l'ordre du jour, vous nous ferez taire.

Peut-être pas.

C'est tout ce que j'avais à dire pour ce soir.

Merci. Gusky, administrateur des propriétés et des loisirs.

Merci. Je n'ai pas de point d'action à l'ordre du jour ce soir. Notre prochaine réunion du comité des parcs et loisirs aura lieu demain matin à 7h du matin. Nous avons un programme assez chargé. Je sais que Peggy, vous avez mentionné les projections dans les toilettes. J'ai donc demandé que cela soit mis à l'ordre du jour. Et je pense que nous avons un ordre du jour assez chargé pour les points de discussion demain. C'est tout ce que j'ai. Merci.

Administrator General of the Zimbabwean Government.

I have nothing on the agenda tonight. The next General Meeting of the Government will take place on September 20th at 7 a.m. in the Council of the Village Hall. I would just like to say a few comments on the Oktoberfest. I am part of the committee with Ashley, our leader, who is doing an excellent job for her first year at the head of the village. Je suis la coordinatrice des bénévoles. Je voudrais donc simplement vous informer que si quelqu'un recherche des heures de service ou du travail bénévole, vous pouvez me contacter à l'adresse e-mail de mon village ou contacter Ashley Peterson. Donc nous allons les chercher dans les prochaines semaines pour remplir ce calendrier. Donc merci.

Under the old cases, I have nothing else. But under the new cases, we have an examination concerning a motion to approve the payment of invoices of a amount of 39 invoices of a amount of 39,686. Including the TIF number 3 at zero dollars. May I have a motion to approve the payment of invoices?

To make the motion.

Motion by Barry.

Seconded.

Seconded by Gus.

Barry. Allen. Yes. Rocket, yes. Zone, yes.

Motion is adopted. Thank you. We will now move on to the 8-closed session. We thank the audience for coming tonight. And as soon as we get out of the 8-closed session, we will anyway lift the session, so you won't miss much.

Thank you. We will need a motion to take a break. A motion to move on to the 8-closed session. I will make the motion.

Motion by Barry, seconded by Veneuve.

Barry. Von. Okay.