Board of Trustees - Special Meeting

Good evening. I'd like to call the Special Board of Trustees meeting of June 16th to order. Would you please join the board and me in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

any divisible with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. Clerk Scarpiniti, would you please call the roll?

Trustee Anos. Here. Trustee Jane. Here. Trustee Manzo. Present. Trustee Martin. Here. Trustee Reddy.

Yes.

Trustee Ticinga.

Present.

President Herman. Here.

okay we have a quorum i'm going to call the meeting to order at 7 o'clock p.m so i'll start with my comments even though it feels like january 1st in this room just a reminder that july 3rd is right around the corner and this year's taste of oprah festival is shaping up to be spectacular the always popular 16 candles band is going to once again take the stage before the drone and fireworks displays And this year we're adding a second band, Whiskey Friends, a Morgan Wallen experience, and they're going to perform earlier in the evening. We have confirmed 17 restaurants now offering a wide variety of culinary delights. I believe that's four or five more restaurants than we had last year, perhaps?

Yeah, we're up to 19.

Nineteen restaurants. Nineteen and growing, including many local restaurants. We're going to have bounce houses, inflatable slides, face painters, balloon artists, plenty of fun for children of all ages. And new this year, we're going to have people be able to test their skills on a golf simulator featuring hole-in-one and longest drive contests with prizes. There are still a limited number of private group tents available for purchase. These exclusive areas include a private fenced-in lawn, a 10x10 tent, seating for at least 15 guests, private air-conditioned restrooms, and two preferred parking spaces. So if you are interested, go to the Village website for additional information to purchase your private group space. Next, in celebration of America's 250th birthday, the Village is offering free copies of The book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson. In this book, Isaacson examines the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence, exploring the significance and lasting impact of each word. Oak Brook residents may pick up one complimentary copy per household at the library while supplies last. Each book includes a special bookmark featuring artwork created by members of the Oak Brook Art League. I think Trustee Tzinga's mother is part of that league. Is that correct?

Correct, and I have the book right here. It's very short. It's a quick read, but it's very well written.

Thank you. The library is also hosting two patriotic programs inspired by the book, an adult program on July 18th and a family program on July 25th. So for additional details and registration information, please visit the library's website. And last, Father's Day is this Sunday, so I'd like to wish all the fathers and father figures a very happy Father's Day. At this point, we'll go on to public comments. Whether your comment is on an agenda or non-agenda item, all speakers will be called. At this time, speakers are limited to a period of no more than three minutes. Persons addressing the board may comment on issues of public interest relating to the operations of the village. While all comments are welcome, we ask for civility and will not tolerate personal attacks on members of this board or village staff. There were sign-up sheets at the top. Clerk, do we have any?

Yes, we have Mike Dugo.

Just introduce yourself and come to the microphone, please.

I'm Mike Dugo. I've been a resident here for going on my 26th year. Everything was fine up until this year, mainly because of that development. I back up against the Downers Grove development with MI Builders, okay? We just got a notification maybe two weeks ago from MI Builders that the fence was coming down, okay? Cool. I don't know why we weren't notified through the Homeowners Association that this was the planning. I got people up and down that are affected, young couples with toddlers. I got grandkids that if something happens, there's gonna be like a water, the water's in there now. God forbid a kid goes back there and slides down there, because if he goes past where the fence line currently was, because it's not there anymore, maybe kicks a ball, chases a ball there, he's going down a slippery slope, 15, 20 feet. And if his parents are, they're not even gonna know the kid's down there. so this is a major safety issue we would have had more people here but the reason is is that i we just heard about this yesterday so i'm just taking the lead to come here and uh pitching a gripe a little bit about this because it is a major safety issue i mean in oak brook if you have a pool you got to have a fence right why don't they have to have a fence for safety issues going the other way There's water back there. And it could get pretty deep. So it's a major safety issue. And when I get back, we're going to have a meeting with everybody that's affected along this line. And we want to set up another meeting with everybody because we're very concerned about the kids, little toddlers playing in their own yard, chasing a ball. They go chase a ball, it goes down the hill. They go down the hill, they end up that water. Five minutes later, apparently, oh, there's the kid floating in the freaking water. You know what I'm saying? So it's a major safety issue that we're all concerned about. Up and down their fence lane. The fence is gone. I mean, they said they're taking it now. It's gone. And we want, and why the Homeowners Association, the first notification we got about this was through MI Builders. And I went and talked to somebody over there, and I talked to the project manager this morning. He said, well, Oak Brook approved this. That's why we're doing it. I says, well, we got to find out from you guys that this has been approved and everybody affected along this fence line didn't know nothing about it. I got great kids. In fact, I have a pool. I got fences up. I gotta put a fence up, but they don't have to put a fence up for safety issues going the other way. It's not right.

It's a major safety issue. Your time's up and I want to thank you. The purpose of this session is to kind of express comments. It's not the session for us to engage in dialogue, but I very much would like to continue the discussion with you guys. We spent a lot of time working with M&I when they were going to build this thing. They agreed after extensive negotiations to a number of conditions. in favor of Oakbrook to preserve things. I don't know exactly about this issue. Our village manager has been engaged in ongoing discussions with other residents, so we certainly will help as much as we can.

Well, I mean, it's a safety issue. I hear you. I just also want to put, I am a volunteer. My wife and I would be as the program.

So what I would ask is that you follow up and get in touch with me or our village manager. Send an email.

Okay, and what we'll start a conversation then we get because I got a group of people It's just that this is only a quick notice and we're happy to go.

Yeah, and just to be clear This is a project in Downers Grove not open Okay.

Well, so all we can do is what I wanted to do is I wanted to get this now I wanted to get this down.

So this is not the appropriate time to discuss it, but we absolutely will engage with you on it Okay, fine.

Thank you. Follow up with us.

Thank you. Thanks for her. Okay anyone else Rick do you want to speak? No, we're good.

All right. Thank you. If there's no one else, that closes the public comments session of our meeting. Moving on to the approval of the minutes. May I have a motion for the approval of the minutes from the regular Board of Trustees meeting of May 12, 2026? Second. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any objections? Motion carries. Next item. May I have a motion for the approval of the minutes of the special Board of Trustees meeting of May 19, 2026? Second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any objections? Motion carries. May I have a motion for the approval of the minutes from the Special Board of Trustees meeting of May 29th, 2026? So moved. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any objections? Motion carries. May I have a motion for the approval of the minutes of the Executive Session of the Board of Trustees meeting of March 24th, 2026? So moved. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any objections? Motion carries. Okay, if you would now direct your attention to the screen where the consent agenda is displayed. All items on the consent agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a board member so requests. In which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the consent agenda. Clerk Scarpinetti, would you please read the consent agenda?

Accounts payable for the period ending June 11th, 2026, $2,300,868.94, which includes invoices for Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, Clark Beard Smith LLP, DuPage Water Commission Water Consumption, ERA, Cerniglia Company, EZA Engineering, DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group, Chicago Pool Management, $62,330.06. Leibold Irrigation, WRB LLC Consulting and Management Services. Payroll for paydates May 14th, 2026, $1,006,537.23. May 28th, 2026, $1,057,834.18. IN JUNE 11, 2026, $1,028,210.63. THE VILLAGE OF OAKBOOK MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR APRIL 2026, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REFERRALS, FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION BUTTERFIELD ROAD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS, 3715 SPRING ROAD.

IS ANY BOARD MEMBER REQUESTED ANY ADDITIONAL? I'm sorry, my mic was off. Does any board member wish to have any item removed from the consent agenda? Okay, may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda and authorize expenditures as presented or amended? Second. All right. Before we take a roll call vote, I just want to make an observation. One of the items in that report is the monthly financial update, which we include in this report on a monthly basis. And just call your attention to our sales tax revenue, which is year-to-date running 34.5% ahead of last year. So that's a pretty impressive number. We were up 19% last year over 2024, I believe, and this year we're running 34% over last year. So fantastic trend. May I have a roll call vote, please?

Trustee Anos? Yes. Trustee Jain? Yes. Trustee Manzo? Yes. Trustee Martin? Yes. Trustee Reddy?

Yes.

Trustee Tisinga?

Yes. Thank you. Motion carries. Moving on to active business. The first item is Resolution R-2369, a resolution authorizing and approving a membership agreement for the Illinois County's Risk Management Trust, known as ICRMT. May I have a motion for the approval of Resolution R-2369? So moved. Second. Village Manager Summers, would you please present this item?

Yeah, I do have quite a lot to say on this, so I apologize for that. On May 12th, the Village Board approved withdrawal from the Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency based upon both a lack of service and lack of value. The Village of Oak Brook was a founding member of the Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency in 1979, and it remained with IRMA since formation. FOR THE FOLLOWING COVERAGES, GENERAL LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIABILITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROPERTY, AUTOMOTIVE LIABILITY AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE, WORKER'S COMPENSATION, SALES TAX INTERRUPTION, INSURANCE, CYBER AND EXCESS LIABILITY. THOSE COVERAGES AT A TOTAL OF $15 MILLION. FOR THE PERIOD OF DECEMBER 1, 2025 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, 2026, THE VILLAGE'S ANNUAL PREMIUM WAS $925,513. Irma has tremendous latitude in deciding what claims they want to cover and which coverages they do not. The end result is that we pay nearly $1 million in annual premium with absolutely no guarantee of coverage. IRMA has increased the frequency in which it seeks to deny coverage, leaving members to file litigation against IRMA to enforce the policies, creating unnecessary expense and delay for claims. Furthermore, IRMA is an assessable pool wherein if the pool's assets are insufficient to cover a member claim, each member is responsible for their pro-rata share of the claim cost. Irma coverage caps out at $15 million and often municipal claims now exceed that amount. This risks not only an excess claim on our end, but exposure to claims from Irma's other risk pool members over which we have no training or risk management control. The village engaged broker Alliant to shop for potential insurance coverage for the village across both private sector and other risk management pools. EVERY PROGRAM IS BUILT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND THERE ARE VERY FEW PRIVATE SECTOR INSURERS WILLING TO TAKE ON POLICE AGENCIES IN ILLINOIS ESPECIALLY. ALLIANT DEMONSTRATED THAT THE ILLINOIS COUNTY'S RISK MANAGEMENT TRUST, ICRMT, CAN DELIVER THE BEST VALUE TO THE VILLAGE WITH HIGHER COVERAGE LIMITS AND SAVE THE VILLAGE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. ICRMT HAS 600 PLUS MEMBERS VERSUS IRMA'S 70 MEMBERS. ICRMT ALLOWS THEIR INSURED TO TAKE A GREATER ROLE IN CLAIM MANAGEMENT VIA SELECTION OF THEIR OWN COUNCIL THROUGH USE OF AN ATTORNEY POOL OF WHICH I'D POINT OUT OUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS A MEMBER OF THAT POOL VERSUS IRMA SIGNING THEIR OWN COUNCIL THROUGH THEIR RESTRICTIVE POOLING AGREEMENT WHICH ALLOWS THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DENY CLAIMS OR ONLY PARTIALLY PAY A CLAIM. ICRMT provides customized on-site training, whereas IRRMA has mass off-site trainings combined for all members. And finally, ICRMT is a non-assessable pool, meaning we have no exposure to other member claims. OTHER CHICAGOLAND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE RECENTLY LEFT IRMA AND ARE NOW INSURED WITH ICRMT INCLUDE GLENDALE HEIGHTS, WESTCHESTER, BENSONVILLE, NILES, WILLOW SPRINGS, PROSPECT HEIGHTS AND EAST DUNDEE. UPON REFERENCE CHECKS, ALL HAD POSITIVE COMMENTS REGARDING ICRMT AND NOTED IMPROVED SERVICES AND COVERAGE VERSUS IRMA. AS NOTED EARLIER, THE VILLAGE ANNUAL PREMIUM EXCEEDED $925,000 FOR THE LAST YEAR, A NUMBER WHICH WAS CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 11% FOR 2027 TO $1,027,000. ICMRT PRICED COMPETITIVE COVERAGE AT $1,096,000, BUT HOWEVER, MOVING FROM A $25,000 REDUCTABLE TO $100,000 SELF-INSURED RETENTION, WHILE ALSO INCREASING OUR OVERALL COVERAGE LIMIT TO $21 MILLION REDUCES THE PREMIUM TO $821,632, AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OF $103,881. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS DOES RESULT IN INCREASED EXPOSURE FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEDUCTIBLE AND THE SELF-INSURANCE CLAIM OF AN ADDITIONAL $75,000 A YEAR. ACCORDINGLY, STAFF REVIEWED 11 YEARS OF CLAIM HISTORY FOR THIS GAP, REVEALING THAT IT WOULD EXPOSE THE VILLAGE TO AN ADDITIONAL $28,000 ANNUALLY, LOWERING THE PROJECTED SAVINGS TO $75,000 RECOGNIZED. NOTABLY, MOST OF THIS DIFFERENTIAL IS DUE IN ONE LARGE AND UNCOMMON CLAIM. REMOVING THIS CLAIM, ON THE ANNUAL EXPOSURE, WOULD LOWER ANNUAL EXPOSURE TO 14,742, RESULTING IN AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OF ALMOST $90,000 PER YEAR. STAFF'S ANALYSIS PROJECTS THAT MOVING FROM IRMA TO ICRMT WITH $100,000 SELF-INSURED RETENTION COULD SAVE THE VILLAGE BETWEEN 9.2 AND 9.6% ANNUALLY, WITH A LIMIT $6 MILLION HIGHER PER CLAIM, PLUS THE GUARANTEE OF ACTUAL ENFORCEABLE INSURANCE COVERAGE. in order to get from the ARMA cancellation date of July 1, 2026 at 12 o'clock midnight to the ICRMT policy here starting 12-1-2026, a prorated premium of $351,362 is proposed at this time. I know we do have two representatives from the broker Alliant here if there's any further questions about the coverage or ICRMT.

Thank you very much. Any discussion, questions from the board?

OK.

I guess seeing none, may I have a roll call vote, please?

Trustee Jane. Yes. Trustee Manzo. Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes. Trustee Reddy. Yes. Trustee Tezinga.

Yes.

Trustee Anos. Yes.

Motion carries. Next item, resolution R-2364, a resolution approving and authorizing the award of contract to Pierce Manufacturing Inc. of Appleton, Wisconsin for the purchase of one Pierce Enforcer PUC 107 foot ASL tandem ladder truck. May I have a motion for the approval of resolution R-2364.

Moved.

Second. Chief Flagey, would you please present this resolution?

Yes, thank you, President Herman. With the purchase of the department's 2014 Pierce ladder truck, the fire department began to right-size our fleet. At the time, we actually operated four fire engines, one aerial ladder, and one rescue squad. And obviously with the cost of that heavy fleet, that was inefficient. Plus, we had to jump between vehicles at the time with our personnel. So depending on the call type that came in, the guys would grab their gear, get on the appropriate vehicle and go. So starting in 2014, when we specified the 2014 ladder truck, we began to combine uses. So the ladder truck is not only a ladder truck, it also carries the long ground ladders and it carries water, carries hose, pump, things like that. Then fast forward to 2018, we've continued to downsize where we combined the fire engines and the rescue squad together. So we have a rescue engine vehicle that carries a thousand gallons of water, heavy rescue specialized equipment. In 2021, the fire chief at the time decided to recommend for lease two vehicles, a 2021 tower ladder and a 2021 rescue engine. Although it continued with the downsizing, the problem is it compressed our replacement cycle to vehicles that are cost between one and $2 million all within seven years. so one of my objectives when uh before coming to the board with uh this recommendation was to develop a replacement cycle that right-sized our um you know our operational with public works our fleet and tried to get the cost kind of spread out in over the course of 15 years rather than seven years to try to spread that cost out So that was kind of my initial objective. The second thing was that in 2014, and actually in the history of my career in the 26 years I've been here, we never went out to RFP for any of our purchases of the heavy fleet. We always went off of a joint purchasing like Northwest Municipal Conference, HGAC, organizations like that. So we wanted to throw an RFP out there to see if we were getting the best price on those heavy vehicles being a $2 million purchase. So we had $2.5 million budgeted in the 2026 budget. Pierce Manufacturing came in at just over $2 million, $2.026,999. And one of the most important things at the end of the day is the 2021 vehicle, after the four-year build time of this new recommended vehicle, is the one we recommend for sale. Reason being is that that vehicle doesn't carry the 45 foot ground ladder that we need for, our community has a 32 foot highest ground level above grade buildable space, habitable space. And in order to reach a 32 foot graded window, we need a 40 foot or greater size ladder. The 2021 area ladder only carries a 35-foot ground ladder. And then the second issue is that places like the Oak Brook Club, especially building five that's four stories, the back balconies, you need a ladder that's greater than 35 feet to reach those. And then the jack spread, the 2021 vehicle jack spread is 18 feet. whereas the uh the 2014 and the one i'm recommending here today is only a 14 foot jack spread so in the oprah club in particular in front of buildings five and six where it's that one uh one ale aisle with uh space and there's some parallel parking there we have to actually short jack to be able to deploy that aerial ladder to make access to those the front of that building and any of the balconies on the front side of oakbrook club so for that reason um we We'd be recommending to sell the 2021 hopefully with the approval of this purchase tonight.

Thank you. So you and I have had some discussions about this before the meeting and I'll just share some context. Thank you for that thoughtful discussion and analysis. I remember when the fire department came to recommend the lease purchase of the 2021 ladder truck. which was a platform ladder truck and the observations made by the chief at the time was that the 2014 ladder truck was a lemon and it was always in for repairs and so we needed a new one because it was a lemon and part of that proposal was the trade-in of that ladder truck but the trade-in value was so comparatively low I know at the time I advocated to hold off and we did hold off and now we've held it as a reserve engine You've told me that actually the worst of the maintenance issues are behind us on that one, hopefully, and that the maintenance in that has been pretty reasonable in recent years.

Yes, sir. Tim and his staff have done a great job building rapport with McQueen, which is the primary service dealer for Pierce Manufacturing. And in addition, they've taken a lot of repairs in-house and done a lot of the smaller things to kind of limit the downtime of the vehicle. So that, I believe, has a direct relation to the ability to...

So the ladder we originally were told was a lemon is now a keeper. And the one we were sold on as a keeper is now the one we have to get rid of. So that's kind of the observation I have. Thank you.

I did a survey of the neighboring communities too, in terms of other communities that might have a longer ground ladder available and they don't. And one of the main reasons that they don't carry ladders that are longer than 35 feet is that Oakbrook's a unique community. Oakbrook has large setbacks. sometimes five, 800 plus foot driveways. So where we can access some houses from the street with the main aerial ladder, there are a lot of houses because of setback and because of elevation changes in the backyard that we actually have to use the longer ground ladders to be able to reach those areas.

Thank you. And you mentioned that this is in the 2026 budget. Correct. But there's a four to five year lead time on the manufacturer. So is the expenditure actually occurring in 2026?

No, it's not, but we need to issue a purchase order. As such, it's a promissory note, and we need to have the budget available.

So that'll be charged against the 2026 budget? Yes. And to be clear, as you said, the 2021 platform ladder truck, which is the new lemon, was a lease, but it was really a capital lease. Yes. So it really was not a lease. We were paying, and we effectively own it at the end of the lease term. Yes. And so we're going to get some trade-in value from that.

based on today's numbers and what we projected in four years i would anticipate it being worth around four hundred thousand dollars at the time the new delivery okay board members any discussion or questions

I just wanted to say, first of all, the packet around this was fantastic. Thank you. And the capital outlays for the next 10 years, I think that was great, easy for us to digest. I just also wanted to point out related to this, thanks for talking to finance and really having the discussion about do we prepay now, which they were offering a bit of a discount, or do we think we can earn more on our money over the next four years? And so I just, this was incredibly thorough. So great job to both of you guys. Thank you.

Okay, if there's no more discussion, may I have a roll call vote, please?

Trustee Manzo? Yes. Trustee Martin? Yes. Trustee Reddy? Yes. Trustee Tisinga?

Yes.

Trustee Anos? Yes. Trustee Jane? Yes.

Motion carries. Next item, Ordinance S-1741, an ordinance approving a planned development to allow enclosed outdoor dining and a fitness studio for the property located at 1211.

Skip three.

I sure did. Yeah. Okay. Resolution R-2374, a resolution approving the final plat of sub-division. No, no, no. All right, someone's going to have to take over.

Item three. Let me skip one.

right that's what happens when you print on two sides okay resolution r-2365 there we go a resolution approving the waiver of competitive bidding and authorizing the purchase of one polaris ranger crew cab atv for the fire department we have a motion for the approval of resolution r-2365.

Second.

Chief Fliege, back to you.

Thank you, sir. Since 2015, the Oak Brook Fire Department has operated an all-terrain vehicle, a John Deere Gator, to reach areas that are not accessible for fire and ambulance apparatus in the community, such as the Fullersburg Woods, the golf courses, if we were to get a call on those. And they're also, we use the ATV for special events like the Taste of Oak Brook, if there's a large soccer tournament, large lacrosse tournament, things like that. The current John Deere Gator has become not easily serviceable and it's harder to source parts and as a result we are seeking to replace the John Deere Gator with a Polaris Ranger crew cab. Over the course of the last 11 years or so we've learned that the The two-seater vehicle that's open air is actually not the most efficient way to service the patients that might need our services. A lot of the patients like to travel. They don't need to be traveling laying down in the back of the ATV. They like to travel in the cab. When that happens in the two-seater, one of our guys or our team is following behind, walking from a long path deep into Fullersburg Woods. Or they're overcome by heat and they actually need to be cooled down within the cab. So it's not... the new one that we're recommending tonight is temperature controlled. Most importantly, we did budget $70,000 in the current year budget, half of which would be the village's responsibility of $35,000, because we worked out an agreement with the Foreign Fire Tax Association to pay 50% of the overall cost. With that, at the time, we thought the best angle was to go with Polaris Direct and have them build the entire unit start to finish. But working on the relationships with our vendors, such as the emergency lighting vendors, the upfitter, we found it actually to be more cost effective to do those things parsed out. So buy the Polaris vehicle from the vendor and then do the upfitting on our own. So with that, we are looking at an overall savings from our budget amount of $13,813. And once again, the Foreign Fire Tax Association will be paying for 50% of the overall cost.

Thank you. And just to clarify for those who are not familiar with how this works, because it took me a while to figure it out, the Foreign Fire Tax Insurance Board is a state created board and there's actually a tax on insurance premiums that the state then allocates to the various communities and each community has its own board That board is majority controlled by firefighter representatives and they have the latitude and discretion within certain reason to make purchases for the benefit of the fire department or the firefighters. And so this is at the discretion of that board that they've chosen to use some of those funds to split the cost of this new purchase, correct? Yes. Okay, thank you. Any other discussion? Okay, roll call vote please.

Trustee Martin. Yes. Trustee Reddy. Yes. Trustee Tisinga.

Yes.

Trustee Enos.

Yes.

Trustee Jain. Yes. Trustee Manzo. Yes.

Motion carries. Next item, resolution R-2371, a resolution to waive further bidding and authorize staff to issue a purchase order to Compass Minerals America Inc. of Overland Park, Kansas for the bulk purchase of de-icer salt. I have a motion for the approval of resolution R-2371. So moved. Second. Director O'Malley, would you please present this resolution? Thank you, President Ehrman.

This item is a request to waive bidding for the annual purchase of de-icer salt from the DuPage County Highway Department. The village has historically purchased bulk de-icer salt solely from DuPage County contract, but for the past several years, we have split the purchase quantities between DuPage County and the state of Illinois' competitive purchasing co-op, which has solicited for the lowest bids. This split purchase gives us the opportunity to receive salt from two suppliers to provide the village with a safe redundancy option and to allow us to receive salt at the best price point. Through improved salt application training and increased monitoring of weather conditions in a calibration program, we reduced the total annual usage of salt and requesting to purchase 400 tons from DuPage County. Staff requests that the village approve waiving further bidding since DuPage County has already conducted the bid process and authorized staff to purchase a purchase order for, I'm sorry, to order Compass Minerals from America Overland Park, Kansas in the amount of $29,732 for 400 tons of de-icer salt at $74.33 per ton.

Thank you. And just to be clear, this is the same protocol that we've been following for years now, buying half of it through the county program and half through the state program?

Correct. We began this about three or four years ago to split costs. Historically, the state contract is a little lower than DuPage, but it gives us an option. And we have flipped the proportions. Annually, we get around 1,000 tons. So from the state we buy the majority six to seven hundred tons.

We buy the balance through DuPage And just out of curiosity I know that it's all very seasonally weather dependent But with all your new procedures the de-icer brine and the regulated dispensing how much salt are you think we're saving as a percentage?

Historically, we buy between 1,800 and 2,000 tons, and we're currently buying half of that amount. And with the introduction to the brine machine this winter, I expect it to be even lower next year. So we're using half as much salt as we used to? Correct. And we're using it smarter. And it's not just the savings, it's more environmentally sensitive. Correct. We reorganized the stockpiling at the storage facility, which normally held about 600 tons, and we can hold about 1,800 tons right now. So another couple years, we won't need to salt burn anymore. It's nice to have the balanced stockpile of salt, and we do turn that over. But as long as it's covered and dry, we're in a good spot in case we get hit with, you know.

Questions or discussion from the board? Roll call vote, please.

Trustee Tzinga.

Yes.

Trustee Anos. Yes. Trustee Jane. Yes. Trustee Manzo. Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes. Trustee Reddy.

Yes.

Motion carries. Next item, resolution R-2373, a resolution authorizing and approving the Oak Brook Public Library to participate in the non-resident library card program from July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2027. May I have a motion for the approval of resolution R-2373? So moved. Second. Second. Head Librarian Post, would you please present this resolution?

Thank you, President Herrmann. What you have before you is something that we bring to you each year. It basically allows the residents in unincorporated Oak Brook the opportunity to purchase a library card at the library. Mainly, it's the residents kind of west of town with the French street names. It'll be $154 for an individual card and $413 for a family card. It is a $15 increase from last year.

Thank you. Any discussion? Roll call vote, please.

Trustee Reddy. Yes. Trustee Manso. Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes. Trustee Sisinga. Yes. Trustee Jane. Yes. Trustee Anos.

Yes. Motion carries. Next item, Resolution R-2374, a resolution approving the final plat, a subdivision for the property commonly known as 2715, 2815, and 2915 Jory Boulevard in Oakbrook, Illinois, 60523. We have a motion for the approval of Resolution R-2374.

Second.

Director Vondrasek, would you please present this resolution?

Good evening. The resolution is the cover of what is the final plat of subdivision that is proposed by the property owner. Subdivisions are something that are not within the zoning ordinance of our code, but actually have a separate title within the village code. A subdivision is an ability by a property owner to either divide or to create new property lines within their parcels. Within a zoning district, there are lot requirements such as, in this case, 24 acres, and the ORA3 district has some additional lot requirements. What the applicant has done here is create three lots that comply with the ORA3 district standards. And their representative, Kelsey Neal Nolte, is here to answer any questions that the board may have. I know that it is an important piece of property to the village of Oak Brook, and so I anticipate that you may have some questions. So I just wanted to give you kind of that base.

Thank you. So I'd like to start off and just share some historical context, and that may lead into some concerns and discussion among the board about this. And thank you for that explanation about the process of subdivision. So I introduced this by address, but it's more commonly known to everyone here as the former McDonald's campus. As a lot of old-timers know, the former McDonald's campus was once the large general headquarters of the Butler Company and a lot of the Paul Butler's equestrian activities were all located on that parcel. A very, very scenic parcel with extensive oak tree, you know, heritage oak trees on there and creeks and Ginger Creek cutting through there. A very beautiful parcel. It was a very controversial time when Paul Butler decided to sell it and my recollection was is that there was a proposal to subdivided into another residential subdivision, which would have been very destructive to the property. Fortunately, McDonald's came along and the project that seemed to get the most consensus in the village and ultimately happened was the McDonald's deal. But that was very carefully planned by the village and Paul Butler and the McDonald's Corporation. Bill's shaking his head because I think he was probably here then. And it was, there was I think an ORA type zoning on there, right? But that was kind of muted by a series of very specific development plans between McDonald's and the Village. And I once mapped those all out when the issues came up with development there several years ago. And there's a tremendous amount of history over that whole series of development plans. When JPD, when McDonald's left the village and that property went up for sale, It was ultimately purchased by JPD. I think it's John Paul DeGioia, something like that, if I'm pronouncing it correctly. And my recollection is that the village was told at the time that this is a property that he and his company will cherish. that they will preserve and maintain to the quality that McDonald's did. And I remember them saying that this was to be a generational purchase for a JPD company, that they intended to hold it for generations. What followed over the intervening years was JPD coming to the village with various development proposals. Before I was on the board they approached the board and Gopal and wanted to build a lot of apartments and that was not something that was consistent with the original plans and all the development plans or the intentions of the village and that kind of died off. then with several of us on the board now a proposal came back at two or three years ago for a different development that was going to include multifamily housing and retail in a variety uses that Really, I think the consensus of the board was it was just in the village was that it was just wait way too intensive And again not consistent with the original plan So that kind of went away So I noticed at the time, and part of the development, part of the obligations that McDonald's had at the time were certain maintenance obligations. There was a lot of specificity in those original plans about the whole makeup of the construction materials and the whole development, how the streets were built. and how they'd be maintained. Even the median on Drury Boulevard, which is actually a city street and a city median, my recollection was is that McDonald's said, we'd like to pretty it up, we will agree to maintain that median. And so if you drive down Drury Boulevard, you'll notice that the median in front of that campus is far more landscape than are the medians further north on Drury Boulevard. That's because McDonald's did that and they said they want to maintain it. Now, I get the fact that that McDonald's left us with an empty campus. And we were fortunate to have JPD come along and buy it and pledge to continue to maintain it. And I will, in my opinion, it is far better maintained than a lot of commercial properties in Oakbrook. It's not, in my opinion, maintained quite to the standards that McDonald's did. And some of the things that have happened over there in recent years, I think, in my opinion, violate The development agreements are certainly the spirit of the development agreements in terms of the amount of trees, vintage trees, oak trees that we've lost, and in terms of some of the replacements of certain construction materials. So now we have this proposal to subdivide this parcel into three separate parcels. I can't help but think one will be essentially the hotel parcel. One will be the former Hamburger U parcel, which is now an office structure, which is mostly Deloitte or one of the accounting firms in there. BDO. I'm sorry? BDO. BDO. Okay, so accounting firm, or they're digital. And then we have the ACE, which took over the old McDonald's executive building. So we're going to parcel those off into three separate parcels. At the zoning board meeting it was presented as this is going to allow us JPD to better manage it and allocate costs Okay, I I don't understand that I I have a concern and I want to make sure that we are protected against That instead of that that ultimately these parcels get off and get sold off to other investors perhaps different investors We just have a lot to preserve here and to make sure that, as we go forward with the subdivision, that we're absolutely certain that all these painstaking careful planning that took place 50 years ago when this developed, that was intended to last forever, is maintained. And it's not clear to me, and partly because this has come up pretty quickly on the agenda from the zoning board meeting, but it's not clear to me yet, and I'll have to do a lot more research as can staff, to make sure that all these agreements, all these development agreements, all the zoning rules that apply, everything is going to be properly carried over and to the new parcels so that we don't have any surprises. So that's what my concern is. So I am very uncomfortable seeing this voted on tonight. I think we need a little bit more time to study it. So if there's anyone on the board that WANTS TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER THIS, TABLE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING SO WE JUST HAVE TIME TO STUDY THIS AND WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE HANDLED GOING FORWARD. AND I'LL CERTAINLY INVITE THE COUNCIL FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME UP, TOO, BUT FIRST ASK IF ANYONE HAS A... I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. CONTINUED DISCUSSION. TRUSTEE TOZINGA?

I WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK THE MOTION TO DEFER TAKES PRECEDENCE. So it does.

Correct. All right, I'll invite up council.

We can only talk about the deferral. I'm sorry? We can't.

No. In voting, that's it.

There's no discussion now. We vote to defer. OK. You're right, because it's a motion that's been seconded, right? OK.

Trustee Manzo? Yes.

To the next meeting, correct?

To the next meeting, yes. To the next meeting. Yes. That'll be July 14th. Okay. Trustee Martin? Yes. Trustee Reddy?

Yes.

Trustee Tzinga?

Yes.

Trustee Anos? Yes. Trustee Jane? Yes.

yes okay motion carries can they speak now okay i apologize that procedurally that didn't go the way that you thought but um we certainly look forward to continued discussion with the applicant and look forward to hearing this again at the next meeting ORDINANCE S-1741, A ORDINANCE APPROVING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW ENCLOSED OUTFORD DINING AND A FITNESS STUDIO FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1211-1315, 22nd ST, OPIC, LN, 60523. I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE S-1741. SO MOVED. SECOND. DIRECTOR VANDRASIC, WOULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT THIS ORDINANCE?

Yes. So this property is owned by Franklin Oakbrook at 22 LLC. They own the entire office park, Oakbrook 22 or OB22 as they show it. There was a preliminary board review back in, I believe, excuse me, I don't know the date. just a few months ago that explained more or less the process for the request, which was to allow for both the solid core as well as the enclosed dining. The reason for doing it as a planned development was to ease the tenants who are going into the building so that they didn't have to make two separate requests through two separate processes. And I apologize, it was presented at the preliminary board review in April of 2026, so April 14th. And on June 3rd was when the Planning and Zoning Commission held the hearing. Both this item and the previous item were both unanimously voted through by the Planning and Zoning Commission and staff is working to try and do what's called a one and done. We generally would never do a one and done where we only have a presentation once to you and then ask you to vote on it, generally as part of a plan development. However, this particular plan development did not require any actual major exterior improvements the only exterior improvement being that is the outdoor dining so we felt it was appropriate the village attorney has produced a draft ordinance and my hope is is that you if you have questions we can answer them and again kelsey is here to represent this owner as well okay uh thank you is there any discussion

Can I have a quick question? When it's O3 office district, does that restrict like the fitness center? So I'm trying to understand, is this a special use permit we're giving to them or are we changing the whole definition of O3?

No, you're not changing any zoning definitions as partly as approving it as a planned development is saying that only in this particular location as an office district that is allowed to have retail that you agree the fitness use. They are, the change that was made back in 2024 did allow first floor retail throughout the O3 district, which is generally the area across the street from the mall between Spring and 83. So all first floor retail is permitted there. However, the fitness use that Solid Core is does not qualify as a retailer.

Any other questions, discussion?

So, go ahead, Trustee Harris. Is there gonna be, are there windows?

Yeah, so the material is something that we've been having an internal staff discussion at length regarding the outdoor dining. The proposal is for more of a vinyl and screening, and that is consistent with what has been permitted elsewhere, although I'm going to go around town and start taking pictures of all the outdoor dining, because I do feel like Kona Grill has full operating windows.

So I would think more like Wildberry?

Very similar to Wildberry, yes.

Not a rigid...

a rigid window correct from the materials as presented it is even more of a fabric a sturdy fabric okay all right go ahead i just wanted to to um be clear here so that the speed with which we're going through this um

I think is appropriate. I just want you to correct me. There's no significant changes to the interior of the building that would represent, I mean, it's basically just a box that you're putting things in and we're just allowing a use. So if for some reason in a year, this business wasn't thriving, we haven't done anything or allowed anything to the building that would preclude many other uses of that space.

Correct. The only thing will be is that staff would request that they take down the signs.

Great. Okay. And then the same is true with STK because it's just temporary outside of the building.

Correct. It is temporary outdoor dining.

Thank you.

JUSTICE TIZINGA. YES, I FOLLOWED THIS ONE SINCE IT WAS PRESENTED TO US. I'M GLAD TO SEE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ENDORSED IT BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO. I KNOW THIS BUILDING BECAUSE I LOOKED AT A POSSIBLE SPACE THERE AND I KNOW IT'S HAD A TROUBLED HISTORY AND I KNOW MR. WARNER TOOK A BIG CHANCE WITH IT. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. I THINK IT'S WELL THOUGHT OUT. AND I THINK PARTNERING WITH MR. WARNER TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP HIM SUCCEED I THINK IS A VERY GOOD INITIATIVE HERE. So I support this one.

And by all accounts, STK is really doing well. So they've been a good fit. They're doing very well. Okay, roll call vote, please.

Trustee Anos. Yes. Trustee Jane. Yes. Trustee Tasinga. Yes. Trustee Reddy. Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes. Trustee Manzo. Yes.

Motion carries. Next item is resolution R-S1742, an ordinance authorizing the sale or donation or recycling or disposal of certain items of personal property owned by the Village of Oak Brook. May I have a motion for the approval of Ordinance S-1742? So moved.

Second.

Director Fumero, would you please present this ordinance?

Certainly, good evening. Staff recommends approval of Ordinance S1742 to dispose of surplus property, which consists of recycled listed IT equipment via digital RED at no charge, noting that the hard drives and the operating system has already been removed and will be disposed of separately, and sell 49 LUMIC Phillips 400 watts HPS streetlight lamps heads via IBID. IF ITEMS ARE NOT SOLD, IT WILL BE DISPOSED ACCORDINGLY. DIRECTOR GILBERT AND DIRECTOR O'MALLEY ARE HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

TRUSTEE READY. YES. TRUSTEE TOZINGA.

YES.

TRUSTEE MANZO. YES. TRUSTEE MARTIN. YES. TRUSTEE JANE. YES. TRUSTEE ANOS.

YES.

CARRIES NEXT ITEM ORDINANCE ORDINANCE S-1744 AND ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AMENDED 2026 CLASSIFICATION SALARY PLAN AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION POLICY WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE S-1744 SO MOVED FOR SECOND SECOND DIRECTOR FOR MAYOR WOULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT THIS ORDINANCE

Staff recommends approval of ordinance S 1744 to amend the 2026 classification salary plan effective July 1st of 2026. We reclassify of assisting golf course superintendent from a grade 16 to a grade 22 to broaden the candidate pool and to make the salary more competitive after unsuccessful recruitment and to add two part-time library positions at 500 hours each. They would not qualify for IMRF to ensure operational coverage during staff PTO. Total budget impact would be $67,560. Director Segura and head librarian Post are here to answer any questions you might have.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

TRUSTEE ANOS. YES. TRUSTEE TESSINGA. YES. TRUSTEE JANE. YES. TRUSTEE BREADY. YES. TRUSTEE MARTIN. YES. TRUSTEE MANZO. YES.

MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM, ORDINANCE S-1743, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AMENDMENTS AND TRANSFERS AMONG BUDGET LINE ITEMS OF THE VILLAGE OF OPRAH, ILLINOIS. I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE S-1743. SO MOVED. Second. Director Femira, would you please present this ordinance?

Staff would recommend the approval ordinance as 1743 to officially adjust the fiscal year 2026 budget to reflect previously board approved changes to the budget. with the exception of the library book giveaway and the historical society digitized services. Those are new items. The ordinance authorizes second quarter amendments and transfers totaling $117,689.96 as presented in exhibit A. Any discussion? Roll call vote, please.

Trustee Tessinga?

Yes.

Trustee Ruddy? Yes. Trustee Martin?

Yes.

Trustee Manzo? Yes. Trustee Jane? Yes. Trustee Anos? Yes.

Motion carries. Next item, Ordinance G-1286, an ordinance amending Title II, Boards and Commissions of the Village of Oakbrook Code of Ordinances. May I have a motion for the approval of Ordinance G-1286?

So moved.

Second. Village Manager Summers, would you please present this ordinance?

YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HERMAN. THE CURRENT VILLAGE CODE PROVIDES FOR A NINE-MEMBER SPORTS CORPS COMMITTEE. UPON REVIEW, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HAVING A SMALLER COMMITTEE WOULD BETTER ALIGN IT WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES CONTAINED THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE CODE, THAT REDUCING IT WOULD IMPROVE OVERALL EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE QUORUM ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY FULFILL THE ADVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES. SO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDS TITLE II BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN TWO WAYS. IT LOWERS THE NUMBER FROM NINE TO SEVEN, AND IT DELETE LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE INTERIM PARTIAL APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON A STAGGER NOW.

THANK YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CURRENTLY THE ONLY OTHER BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT IS NINE MEMBERS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHICH WAS FORMED A YEAR OR TWO AGO UPON THE COMBINATION OF THE SEVEN-MEMBER ZONING BOARD AND THE SEVEN-MEMBER PLAN COMMISSION, RIGHT?

That's correct. We took an opportunity to have a low point on both commissions to combine them, resulting in a total of nine so that nobody would be removed at that time. And the plan was always through attrition to reduce it back down to the seven that's statutorily required by the state. Thank you. Discussion?

You know, having been a part of the sports corps committee for a long time, can remember i wish connie were here to discuss it but many many many meetings that have had to be canceled or postponed because we weren't able to get quorum which is based on this committee size and so meetings where we would need to talk about things we were unable to have the meeting because we couldn't get enough people to show up so While I encourage the the residents to be part of this this doesn't discourage in any way You know residents can still come and speak public comment at any of these meetings I just in my time in the committee in my time as a liaison to that committee. I Don't remember apart from one very big sports core committee meeting. I don't remember all nine people ever being there at a meeting Thank you any other comment roll call vote, please

trustee ainos yes trustee jane yes trustee manzo yes trustee martin yes trustee ready yes trustee tasinga yes motion carries next item ordinance g-1287 an ordinance amending title six chapter one section six uh one nine of the village code of ordinances may have motion for the approval of ordinance g-1287 so move for a second second village manager summers would you please present this ordinance

Yes, the cannabis marketplace in the state of Illinois has continued to evolve with the introduction of new synthetic cannabinoids. And what the market does is it continually tries to stay one step ahead of the village codes. So you may have heard terms or seen at various convenience stores things like Delta 8, So we have a prohibition on cannabis products and then Delta 8. There's now a Delta 9, a Delta 10 variant. And obviously, what they're trying to do is stay one synthetic ahead of the village code. So this amends the village code to add Delta 9 and Delta 10, but also other synthetically derived cannabinoids so that we cover the full basis.

Thank you. Any discussion?

Trustee Tzinga. Yes, I'd like to thank our village staff for catching this and our village manager for putting this together. The New York Times had an article today talking about the rise of what they're referring to as gas station drugs. you know, Kratom and all this other garbage that just destroys people. So I think it helps preserve Oak Brook's brand by keeping all this stuff out. So I think this is a good one and I'd like to vote for it.

Thank you. Add to discussion.

Roll call vote, please.

Trustee Tasinga.

Yes.

Trustee Reddy. Yes. Trustee Martin.

Yes.

Trustee Manzo. Yes. Trustee Jane. Yes. Trustee Anos.

Yes. Motion carries. At this point, I'd like to invite the trustees to individually address the public. You'll each have two minutes. Trustee Anos, would you please begin?

Yes, I'd like to thank everybody for the support to fill in the position that opened up. I want to wish everybody a happy Father's Day, as you said earlier, and I hope everybody intends the taste of Oak Brook.

Thank you. Trustee Reddy?

Thank you, President Herrmann. As we celebrate Father's Day, I extend my warm wishes to all fathers and father figures in our lives and community for their dedication, guidance and love. The Taste of Oak Brook last year was a tremendous success, bringing residents and visitors together for an evening of great entertainment, food and community spirit. thank you everyone who participated and helped this signature event so memorable and hoping to see a equally bigger event or better this year on july 3rd as we prepare to celebrate independence day on july 4th let us reflect the the freedoms and value that make our nation strong once again special thanks to our fire department police public works and all village employees for their outstanding service and commitment to oak brook wishing everyone a safe happy and wonderful fourth of july drive safe thank you thank you trustee martin

Yeah, I wanted to just take a quick minute to talk a little bit about AI. I read a really interesting article recently in the Chronicles of Higher Education by a man called Rory Truix. And it was a really interesting article about the importance in education in particular, but the importance of something he calls integrity tasks. And these are the kinds of tasks that are service related and that we can learn a lot from. So for instance, writing a letter of recommendation for someone important in our life or writing an essay if we're a student in a course. And AI has gotten incredibly good at doing these things. but it really defeats the purpose of the service task of the integrity task in and of itself. And so it robs you of the experience of performing the service to yourself if you're a student trying to get educated or if you're just doing a service for someone else. And so I just encourage everybody out there to think about While there are many ways we can use AI to make ourselves more efficient, really just think about whether the task you're asking it to do is something that you could benefit from or someone else could benefit from in the form of service. And think a lot about offloading tasks like that. So just a really interesting article. If anybody's interested, please email me. I'm happy to share it with you. Just think a little bit more deeply about the use of such things. So thanks.

Spoken like a professor. Trustee Manza.

Yes, a couple of things. First, I want to apologize. It wasn't my intention to cut off discussion, but the item will be on the agenda next meeting regarding OBR. And hopefully we can find a resolution that's acceptable to OBR and to the village. President Herman, did you say sales tax is up 34% year over year? Yes. and last year was up 19%, so great job, everybody involved. I just wanted to obviously wish everybody a happy Father's Day. I'm fortunate my father's still with us. I'm very lucky. I want everyone to go to the Taste, but I'm gonna share a story. This weekend, I couldn't sleep, and I wound up going for a car ride. It was, I think, between 5.30 and six, and I saw a water main break on Myers Road around the corner from my house, And to tell you the kind of staff that we have, I sent the message to Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Summers, and they were already on it. And it had just happened. And within a couple hours, it was taken care of, and it averted what could have been a major problem. So I just wanted to say thank you. But that really is emblematic of our entire staff. The other thing I wanted to make a comment on is MI Homes, I just wanted everyone to understand, that's Downers Grove. We're working with them. we're going to continue to work with them whatever issues that we may have because we border them we will certainly try to do our best to make sure that that the concerns of our residents are also met but it might might be a very good idea to contact or attend a village of downers grove meeting it's it's their ordinances that are going to really take effect at mi homes but they have been working with us and i'm glad that our village manager continues to speak with them

Thank you.

Trustee Tzinga.

Yes. I'd just like to make another 4th of July comment. It is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration. And Jacob, this was a very cool idea to make this book available to everyone in Oak Brook. And so I was reading the Declaration today in my office, my little Declaration of Independence book, and I was struck by one thing. There were 56 men who signed this thing. And I thought that's really impressive that 56 people could agree on something as big as leaving England. I think how hard it is sometimes for us to come to an agreement with a far smaller number of people. I kind of give half a thought to reading all their names to honor them, but what I thought is I would just point out one name from Georgia. This is a guy I never recall ever noticing before. His name was Button Gwinnett, B-U-T-T-O-N Gwinnett. The only reason Button Gwinnett's name lives forever is because he was signing along with 55 other guys who, you know, really did something here. So I'm inspired on the 250th anniversary of the signing because we're living in the world that these guys made. And so I think if we do our part, we can have a shot at lasting another 250 years. So happy 4th of July.

Jesse Jane, you want to bring us home? I just wanted to share with the village, my experience in experiencing some of the assets of the village has really changed in the last three, four weeks. As you know, I have two granddaughters now. When I moved to the village 25 years ago, my kids were small, we went to the park district, we went to different things. then they went up the house and and no i never went to the park district or never went to some of the other assets that we have inside playing golf so i use golf and tennis and now i have two granddaughters in the last two weeks i have been to the splash pad the out you know all the facility park district i went to this sandlot playground today And it's amazing. And it just felt so good inside that I couldn't resist but share that I think we have such amazing assets in here that we cover all life stages of a resident and different things. So I just wanted to share. I just felt really good. I think it's very well maintained. We have amazing facilities, and I just wanted to share that. The last thing I wanted to say is I've got a lot of calls around the M. AND WHEN HOMES OR WHATEVER IT IS, PEOPLE ARE REALLY, REALLY SCARED. YESTERDAY ALONE, I GOT FOUR CALLS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP, BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY THING, AND I UNDERSTAND. AND WE SAW THAT THERE IS THAT PROTECTED AREA WHERE THERE'S A WATER THING. SO IF THERE'S ANY HELP, GREG, WE CAN GIVE YOU AS TRUSTEES TO TALK AS YOU'RE TALKING AND ENGAGING WITH THEM. I THINK THAT'S A VERY GENUINE ISSUE. WE SHOULD ADDRESS IT.

YEAH. AND I KNOW THAT GREG HAS HAD Discussion ongoing discussions with them by various issues. So we have heard the comments We will continue to receive those comments and we are continuing to do everything we can to Make sure that everything is safe and that it and they on it frankly they honor the commitments they made to us So we'll continue to do that By the way, I'd like to were you in the splash pad?

All right

Thank you all may have a motion to adjourn to closed session for the purpose of discussing one minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the sack to to consider Litigation probable or imminent or pending against effect here on behalf of the village three to consider the appointment employment compensation performance of a specific village employee pursuant to sections to see 21 To see 11 and to see one of the Illinois Open Meetings Act respectively So move so I got a scrap you need you may have Rokova, please

Trustee Anos. Yes. Trustee Jane. Yes.

Trustee Manzo.

Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes. Trustee Reddy. Yes. Trustee Tzinga.

Yes. Okay, motion carries. There will be no additional business conducted after the closed meeting. The regular meeting will be adjourned from the upper level conference room.