Village Board - Regular Meeting

All right, good evening. Going to call the Schaumburg Village Board meeting to order for Tuesday, May 26th, 2026. I ask that the Village Clerk please call the roll.

Trustee Patel. Present. Trustee Clear. Present. Trustee Sullivan. Present. Trustee Madej.

Present.

Trustee Bischke. Present. Trustee LaRosa. Present. President Daley.

Present. I do ask that if you have an electronic device you should please turn them off so they do not disturb the meeting. And I would like to ask Trustee Patel to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Everyone, please rise.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

Thank you, Trustee Patel. Next item is the approval of minutes for May 12, 2026. So moved. Second. A motion and a second to approve the minutes of May 12, 2026. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Next item is approval of expenditures for $9,307,401.67. Move to approve as presented. Second. Motion and a second to approve the expenditures as presented. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Trustee Patel? Aye. Trustee Clare? Aye. Trustee Sullivan? Aye. Trustee Madej? Aye. Trustee Bischke? Aye. Trustee LaRosa?

Aye. Six ayes, no nays. Motion carries. Next item is presentations. And we have... The first one is Presentation of Awards to Employees for Public Service Recognition Week. Now, as I understand this, this, for Public Service Recognition Week, we had asked Village employees to nominate one of their coworkers for a special recognition. They were asked to nominate the employee they feel that makes a significant contribution to the Village of Schaumburg and the mission, which is in partnership with the community. The mission of the Village of Schaumburg is to provide the highest quality municipal service to our customers through thoughtful planning, fiscal responsibility, and accessible, responsive, and proactive leadership resulting in a continuous improving quality of life. And we do have basically one out of every department, I think, correct? Or just about. Okay, almost done. So we have one, two, three, four, five awards to give out tonight. There's four others that could not attend. So I'm going to start with the first one, Alisa Brunette. Where are you? Please come.

Thank you.

Here we go. First one right on top. Okay, perfect. All right, there you go. There's a check there, so be careful with that. Thank you. So congratulations. Thanks so much. Photo? Oh, oh, photo. Yes, why don't you come, sorry, here. Why don't you come out over here and take that photo. There we go, okay. All right, congratulations. Okay, the next one is Connie Borders Ursay. with you so let's well yeah let's turn we'll look that way there we go thank you okay thank you don't lose that okay all right they're actually getting more colorful great okay thank you so much now we have janelle daherty And I should have mentioned before that Alyssa is with Cultural Services Department, Connie is with Human Resources, and Janelle is with the Fire Department. Okay. And a nurse? Oh, a nurse. Okay, well, here you go. Christopher Bayana. He's with the Information Technology Department. I think I've seen you in my office. Unfortunately. Yeah, things break. Here you go. Congratulations. Look over here. And then the last one we have here is Olivia Swark. And you're with the Finance Department.

I am.

Okay. You're on the first floor here?

Yes, I am.

Okay. All right. So that's why I don't get to see you too often. All right. There are a few others, but they're not here this evening. Alexandra Moss, Community Development Department. Joshua Martinez, Engineering and Public Works. Christina, I always have a difficulty pronouncing her name. Reforgiato. Reforgiato. Thank you very much. Economic Development. And Martina Swagger, Police Department. So unfortunately, they're not here this evening, but they'll get the rewards too. So I do have another presentation. This one is a retirement award to Donna Robertalli, Cultural Services. Now, this is for 12 years. Retiring already? Holy cow. Seems like you hardly started. Hardly here. And already retiring. Let me put this in here so we don't lose it. All right. I'm going to turn this so we can get a good picture here for you. All right. Hold that. There we go. All right. Nice time to retire when it's summertime. I did the same thing. I retired in May. Not this May, but when I did, it was in May so that I had my summers. Some people like doing it at the end of the year and then they go on cruises in January. From here, we have liquor license requests and a request from Mr. Josh Goodell for one Class A liquor license for Velvet Taco located at 1260 North Meacham Road. It's a new business. Do we have someone here from Velvet Taco? Please come forward. And give us your name for the record. Yeah, my name is Sean Cofer. Okay. And you're with Velvet Taco? With Velvet Taco, yes, sir. Okay. And Velvet Taco is going to be in Meacham and Golf? Yes, sir. Is that the location? Yeah. Okay. So it's a new business going in there? Mm-hmm. And why don't you tell us a little bit about the business and what you intend to do?

Sure. So we sell tacos, non-traditional tacos from different cuisines. So different dishes inside of a taco that we try to grab from all over the world. For example, we have a paneer taco from the Indian cuisine, fish and chips taco, stuff like that, different tacos that you wouldn't ordinarily expect. We sell margaritas that are pre-made mixes that we make in-house as well as grab-and-go beer and seltzer. Okay.

Questions, comments from the board? Yes, Trustee Madej.

Is this one of a kind or is it multiple locations?

We have multiple locations. We have four in Chicagoland. This will be the fifth in Chicagoland. And then we have 53 other locations. Let's see.

53 corporate restaurants with three new restaurants opening this year.

Okay. Thank you. Mm-hmm.

Okay. There's no further questions or comments. Then you'll need to go to the liquor commissioner's office, which is located at the same place as the mayor's office upstairs on the fourth floor during normal business hours. Get the application, fill it out. There's a background check. application is fee, and assume everything's good, then a liquor license will be issued. Awesome. Thanks so much, guys. Thank you. You're welcome to stay or leave. Consent agenda. We have a consent agenda. It's read in its entirety, voted on as one motion to approve. If you want to discuss an item further, please indicate that when the item is read by the village clerk so it can be removed from the consent agenda and discussed further under committee reports. Otherwise, all items will be approved as presented on the consent agenda and one motion to approve. I ask the village clerk to read the consent agenda.

Number nine, liquor license requests, one-day liquor license requests. A, the motion would be to approve the request from Ms. Shashin Vyas of Global Brew Taphouse for four Class D one-day liquor licenses for live at 90 North Midweek Series on May 20th, 2026, June 17th, 2026, July 15th, 2026, and August 19th, 2026 at 2020 Parkside Drive and waive the fee. B. The motion would be to approve the request from Mr. Nick Merrill of Schaumburg Professional Firefighters Benevolent Association for one Class D one-day liquor license for the annual charity softball tournament on September 12, 2026 at Olympic Park located at 1675 Old Schaumburg Road and waive the fee. 10. Proclamations A. L. Larson Cultural Center 40th Anniversary Month, June 2026. 11. Correspondence A. The motion would be to approve the request from Military Outreach USA to ratify a raffle held on May 22nd, 2026 at Wintrust Field located at 1999 South Springs Guth Road and waive the fidelity bond requirement. 12. Engineering and Public Works Committee. The motion would be to authorize the village manager and village clerk to execute an agreement for supplemental engineering services with G. Walt Hamilton Associates, Inc. of... Vernon Hills, Illinois in the amount of $209,070 and approve the required resolution. B, the motion would be to authorize the village manager and village clerk to execute an agreement for supplemental engineering services with Michael Baker International of Chicago, Illinois in the amount of $210,605 and approve the required resolution. C, the motion would be to award the bid for the 2026 Street Improvement Program, contract number two, to the lowest responsible bidder, Builders Paving LLC of Hillside, Illinois, in the amount of $4,565,808. D, the motion would be to authorize participation in the Illinois state contract and award the purchase of one freight liner truck chassis to Trans Chicago Truck Group of Elmhurst, Illinois, in an amount not to exceed the approved budget. E, the motion would be to approve a waiver of competitive bidding and award the purchase of one ambulance to Foster Coach Sales Inc. of Sterling, Illinois in an amount not to exceed the approved budget. F, the motion would be to authorize participation in the suburban purchasing cooperative contract and award the purchase of six Ford Interceptors to Curry Motors of Frankfort, Illinois in an amount not to exceed the approved budget. G. The motion would be to authorize participation in the source well cooperative purchasing contract and award purchase of one Pierce fire engine and one Pierce fire truck to McQueen of Aurora, Illinois in an amount not to exceed the approved budget. H. The motion would be to authorize participation in the suburban purchasing cooperative contracts and award the purchase of one Ford F-350 and one Ford F-450 to Sutton Ford Auto Group of Metzen, Illinois in an amount not to exceed the approved budget. Aye. The motion would be to authorize participation in the Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Contract and award the purchase of two Ford E-Transits to Olathe Fleet of Olathe, Kansas in an amount not to exceed the approved budget. 13, Finance, Legal, and General Government Committee. A, the motion would be to approve the Finance Department monthly report for April 2026. B, the motion would be to approve a development agreement for a Cook County Class B property tax incentive at 415 East Parker for 415 East State LLC with special circumstances and approve the required resolution. The motion would be to approve the membership in the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce and that the membership dues in the amount of $1,331 be paid. D. The motion would be to approve membership in the Northwest Municipal Conference and that membership dues in the amount of $25,528 be paid. E. The motion would be to approve the membership in the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference and that membership dues in the amount of $3,927.24 be paid. F, the motion would be to approve continuation of technical staffing services with Sierra ITS of Park Ridge, Illinois, and approve issuance of a pay down purchase order in the amount of $378,144. 14, the motion would be to approve an intergovernmental agreement between the Village of Schaumburg and the Village of Hoffman Estates for reciprocal temporary use of emergency vehicles and approve the required resolution. B. The motion would be to adopt an ordinance amending Title III, Chapter 41, Section 41.01 of the Schaumburg Village Code relative to non-transport ambulance service charges. 15. Zoning Board of Appeals. A. The motion would be to approve a special use for a medical college, Freniazzi School of Osteopathic Medicine, 1300 Woodfield Road. 16. Resolutions. A, the motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-039, authorizing the village manager and village clerk to execute an agreement for supplemental engineering services with G. Walt Hamilton Associates, Inc. B, the motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-040, authorizing the village manager and village clerk to execute an agreement for the supplemental engineering services for the engineering and public works and transportation departments with Michael Baker International. C, the motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-041, approving and authorizing a Cook County Class B real estate tax classification for 415 East State Parkway, Schaumburg, Illinois, 415 East State LLC. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-042, approving and authorizing the execution of an intergovernmental agreement between the Village of Hoffman States and the Village of Schaumburg for reciprocal temporary use of emergency vehicles. 17 ordinances. A, the motion would be to waive first reading and adopt as ordinance number 26-043, granting a special use for a medical college for Niazi School of Osteopathic Medicine, 1300 Woodfield Road. B, the motion would be to waive first reading and adopt as ordinance number 26-044, amending title three, chapter 41, section 41.01 of the Schomburg Village Code relative to non-transport ambulance service charges. This concludes the consent agenda.

Thank you. Look for a motion to approve the consent agenda as read. So moved. Second. A motion and a second to approve the consent agenda as read. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Trustee Patel. Aye. Trustee Clare. Aye. Trustee Sullivan. Aye. Trustee Madej. Aye. Trustee Bischke. Aye. Trustee LaRosa.

Aye. Six ayes, no nays. Motion carries. Thank you. Committee reports. We have none listed for this evening. Comments from the public. This is an opportunity to come before the Village Board to speak on matters that are pertinent towards the Village of Schaumburg. We ask that you give your name, hold your comments to no more than three minutes, please, and hold forth.

Good evening, my name is Scott Corwin. I've been a homeowner of North Walnut Lane since September 1994. I'm here to formally oppose the proposed eight-foot multi-use path and ask the board to remove it from this project scope entirely. I have photographs from South Salem's Drive taken this weekend that I'm submitting to the clerk. Salem evidence. And with the Salem Drive this weekend, Salem had 29 to 30 feet from curb to sidewalk. Walnut Lane has 14 feet, half the space. On Salem, 14 of 31 parkway trees were still destroyed. And while I was there, I watched two cyclists go past. They were not on the new path. They were in what they believed to be the bike lane on the street. I asked them why they were not riding in the multi-path. They said they were riding in the bike lane. The path cyclists prefer already exists on Walnut Lane. Safety. Peer review research confirms pedestrians sustain more severe injuries in cyclist collisions with children and the elderly at the highest risk. Research shows side paths carry up to 16 times the crass risk on the street, bike lanes, E-bikes travel up to 28 miles on this path with no license or registration. NHTSA confirms 56% of cyclist fatalities occur in low visibility conditions. Not one of these risks has been addressed in any village document. Budget, the Walnut Lane design came in at $632,935 against a $325,000 budget. Nearly 95% over budget, $307,795 overrun. One cause, the path. You remove the path and the project returns within budget. Property values and parking. A peer review study confirmed curb appeal accounts for up to 7% of home value. Salem homeowners kept two-car apron parking after installation. Walnut homeowners will not. The 10-foot parkway does not allow for it. A buyer will choose the east side every time. closing. I'm gathering signed petitions from residents and homeowners on North Walnut Lane and have a full opposition letter and photographic evidence for the clerk today. My question for the board on public record, what specifically would it take the board to reject this path? 11 documented grounds, a 95% budget overrun, cyclists on the completed Salem path choosing the street bike lane. If none of that is enough, tell us what standard you are applying. We deserve an answer. In closing, I am gathering signed petitions from residents and homeowners on North Walnut Lane. I will be at every open village event I can attend. I will continue to organize, petition, and communicate publicly and directly to this board. Thank you.

Not usual. We normally just take comment here, but I am going to have two comments to be made. One is e-bikes are not allowed in the path. So if they're out there, need to do the same thing I do, call them in. Tell the police department that they're out there, that they're running down the path. I did that recently, and the police went and actually visited the kids' homes. Second one is budget. Would the village manager please address that?

You know, Mr. Corwin, I think it'd probably be best for you to come in and have a meeting with me and some of the staff to talk about some of the information that you shared this evening. I think there's some misunderstanding with respect to the project, how it's evolved, and with some of the financial figures. I don't know that we need to get into it this evening, but I would like to get in touch with you to try and set that up and see if we can talk further. I understand you're very passionate about this issue, and it may not change your position with respect to the multi-use path, but at least you'll have the accurate information and maybe have a better impression of how the village has handled the project. Absolutely. Thank you.

Next. Come on. One of you union people got to get up here. We're waiting.

That's right.

Get up here. Now, we do know... You are meeting Friday, right? Yes. Okay, all right. So we're all in agreement on that. You guys are all meeting on Friday. I like agreement.

Yes, okay.

Yes, I do too.

So let me just restate the things that we do agree on. Schaumburg's success would not be possible without all the hard work of the people that ASME represents. And what I'm asking from the board is, is to encourage the people in charge to let's get a fair contract signed as soon as possible. It's been over a year. So that is what I ask the board to encourage the people in charge to get a fair contract signed. Thank you.

Yes, we do agree on that. Absolutely. Anyone else?

So I've enjoyed coming to these meetings because I've done a lot of research. I'd like to go ahead and research. So can I just ask the people that are here, how many of you live in the village? Okay, quite a few of you live in the village. So I looked at the annual comprehensive financial report that's published by the state, and I was really surprised to find out that on the organizational chart, guess who's at the top? All these residents. So you all report to the residents.

Every four years.

That's right.

That's correct.

And so how many of you work here for the village or have worked for the village and are a village member? How many of you? Okay. So these people come to work every single day, and they are respectful. And I'm asking for them to be respected back as village members. And I don't think that's happening. In the past reports that people have given, they've talked about the toxic environment. And I don't think you really understand how toxic it is, but it is. And so in doing some research, it's $10,000 an employee that is wasted in the budget because of toxic behavior. So there's disengagement. There's health care costs that go up. Take a look at maybe people who have had strokes or heart attacks. It's caused by stress. Could be coming from or most likely coming from the village here. That information came from a SHRM report and also toxic workplace for statistics of 2026. So some of the items that come in with toxic behavior is poor leadership, creating a culture of fear. I know, Jack, we've talked about that before. Hostility, fear-based supervision, bullying, harassment, micromanagement, gossip, drama, rumors. Law info is one of the places that some of these comments came from. I went and pulled, there's reports that are published every month online. And so if I look at the human resource reports for April, there's 40 positions open. So with 40 positions opened, only seven interviews took place. That doesn't seem correct to me. How can you only have seven interviews for 40 positions? For the year, we've had 120 in turnover. in positions. One of the other pieces in that report shows for April, the retention rate is 97%. I don't think those numbers add up. If you look at what's being filled and what's open, you don't have 97%. You maybe have 70 or 76%. The numbers don't make sense. If you do the research to hire a new person, there is a cost for that. It runs anywhere from 16 to 200%. Your 200% is going to be your people that are leaving that are 12 years, right, the young lady that just retired. All that knowledge goes right out the door that we lose as residents because that person left. Now, again, I don't know if she retired because she's doing something else or was it what was going on in the office. But if you look at that cost, it starts at $1.5 million for everybody that we have to. That's at the 16% based on an $80,000 salary. That's a lot of money. And so now that I know that I'm up here at the top, I really want answers to the questions that I've been bringing. So what are we doing about the toxic behavior? Have we stopped the working from home? Have we stopped calling residents frequent flyers? Are the expense reports being returned timely to the team members? What are we doing about people that have to use their own vehicles? Are they getting any consideration for that? Did we fix the SOP for those that are less fortunate in the village? Jack, I know you had talked about scheduling a meeting with the team so that they could talk about the issues and the problems that they're having and not have that fear of retaliation. I'm going to ask that the collaboration with the union be done in good faith and get this finished and done for these people. And then lastly, there was a young lady that was here, and I think she had been in front of people at least five times, had put in CSRs, her basements flooded, her houses flooded numerous times. And the answer is, yes, we know it's a problem. We don't know how to fix it. We need to figure out how to fix that. And so I'm also going to ask, has that been resolved? And so these are my questions that I would really like answers to, as opposed to, no, there's no report. No, there's no report. You all report to us. And I'd like answers.

Some of it will happen at the next negotiating meeting, May 29th. Some of it and then the rest of it? I'm not sure what will be done there. We've empowered the management staff here to do that for us, and that's their job.

Can they report back on that, please?

They will report back to the board. What we disseminate will have to be determined. The issue with the homeowner is you can't just fix her issue without addressing it all the way down the line. It's a bigger issue than one homeowner.

And I understand that.

Well, that's what we tried to explain last time. Apparently you're not listening. So last time we were saying it's a progress, yes, because it has to be looked at in a bigger scope. So we've been down this path. I've been on and off on the board since 89 and dealt with these issues since 89. that's how we do it every time and eventually it does get solved we do come up with good viable answers for them and fix it so that people don't have to continue to to have flooded basements but it's not going to happen overnight all right I look forward to hearing on future reports anyone else okay moving on council report president's report I just have two items one was I attended the Memorial Day Arts Fair over at the Prairie Center. Still called Prairie Center? No? Al Larson Cultural Center. Oh, Al Larson Cultural Center. Okay, over there. And it was a great event. Beautiful day on Saturday. I was there on Saturday. And just a gorgeous day. I ended up buying a picture. Been looking for a picture for a while to fit in a particular spot in my house. And The first tent I came to, he had it right there. So picked it up and it was great. Lots of people there and so I think it was a little bigger than last time and a lot more people. So it was a very good event. And then I attended the Memorial Day service that happened yesterday on St. Peter grounds. There was a whole ceremony that took place. posting of colors reading the general order and recognition of deceased military members that in the last year that was their Spring Valley concert band of course always does an excellent job of playing all the different military service services out there from Marines and Army and Navy etc all that so it was a very good time very well run as usual A lot of volunteer people that help on that, a lot of different committees that are involved in that, so they did a very good job. Thank you very much. That's all I have. Manager's report. I have no report this evening. Okay. Trustee comments?

No.

Motion to adjourn. Second. Motion and second to adjourn. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you very much.

Bye.