Remarks by Bill Manganaro
21 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Sure, I'll start. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thanks to the petitioner and staff for those presentations. I appreciate everyone being here. This is clearly an issue that people care a lot about on both sides. And I'm going to start with my conclusion and work back and try to be very brief, because I know we have a lot of people that want to talk today. The thing I think that resonates most from everything I've heard from residents is what staff said, intensity of use. And right now I can't support the project as it is currently scoped. When I look at other high schools, as was mentioned, that…”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“I will move approval of the September 8th, 2026 Village Board meeting minutes.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right, thank you. I have a few questions. First of all, generally I support the idea of doing things to make it more affordable to reducing fees for things that are going to achieve our strategic objectives. The first question I have is solar is the one that is called out. And I think that's why Trustee Dunnington hit upon it. I don't at a glance see anything else that's specifically green initiative related. And I don't see a reason we necessarily should wait to take some action that we can take while we look at everything else that we might add, which I definitely believe we should do.…”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“I have a couple more questions. The other thing related specifically to solar, are these typically done in isolation as part of larger projects when we're talking about existing construction?”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, thank you, Director Weber. And I'm going to ask you to stay there for a second because the next question I have kind of relates to that or is probably in your wheelhouse as well. And I think generally I agree with the way we're going. We approve what you've put in front of us tonight with a request to come back with some additional opportunities. And the other one I would like to look at, and this is why I requested the information from you on demolition, is making sure that demolition permits support a couple of our other priorities, which are affordability, attainability, and historic…”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“And that's what I'm asking, is it the construction cost, that's the reconstruction of the property that we're basing that on?”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Got it. Okay, so it's the demolition cost that we're looking at there. Thank you. That's very helpful. I would ask that staff look at means of increasing the specific demolition costs. again, to help preserve the housing stock that we have. I'd love to hear discussion from the rest of the board about that, but I don't wanna make it easier to drive up the cost of new housing than we have to.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Understood. And then lastly, the question of timing, because I know we're about to head into budget season, is it reasonable to have something more on this before the end of the year?”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'll move approval of the May 18th, 2026 closed session minutes. Second.”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“I'll just start by saying broadly I support moving this project forward. I don't see anything in the concerns that we haven't addressed in other projects that can't be overcome through the process. We can't be in favor of AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRY TO LIMIT THAT TO ONLY ARLINGTON HEIGHTS RESIDENTS. IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE WHEN FOR ECONOMIC VIABILITY, PUBLIC SUPPORT IS NEEDED. THAT'S USUALLY GOING TO COME FROM THE STATE AND THAT TAKES AWAY OUR POWER TO REGULATE favorability for Arlington Heights residents and I do see it still as a priority that the board very broadly supports so I think we…”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Aye, with the exception of item H. Trustee LeBetz?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Thank you. I would just like to rephrase one of Trustee Gilbert's comments as a question. Why is 10 o'clock the magic number? What was the decision-making thought behind that?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“So that was definitely a business consensus rather than a... I'm not sure if compromise is quite the right word, but trying to balance what Trustee Zik was saying with letting businesses close their kitchens when their business slows down.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Thank you. D.C. Cernecki, thank you for the presentation and excuse me. making this all i think quite clear i have had the chance to go through a couple of the department's training courses over the last year one thing i really internalized is that for the department the point of enforcement is safety and i like that this gives the officers another tool to determine um i'll see the intent of the driver trustee gilbert's comments are well taken that was one of my questions about serial offenders and I think you have addressed that and I think when it comes to people like super speeders who are…”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“YES, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER A NO VOTE ON ITEM C, RESOLUTION FURTHER EXTENDING THE TERM OF SIGN VARIATIONS FOR AN ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD SIGN AT 2200 WEST EUCLID AVENUE.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“I WILL MOVE AS I DID EARLIER. THERE YOU GO. to concur in the Mayor's appointment of Henry Beardsley to the Arts Commission with a term ending April 30th, 2027. Second.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“Can we not have to either vote on or amend the motion on the table?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE PETITIONER. WOULD ANY ACTION EITHER WAY CHANGE OR GIVE YOU FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE THE LOCATION?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“Okay. So I guess I don't, see what adding the flexibility would change ultimately. Because if I'm hearing correctly, in two weeks or whenever it is, we'd wind up looking at the same map.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“PUT DRINKS IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GILBERT, I SAW YOUR TRUSTEE GILBERT, I SAW YOUR HAND. HAND. YES”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“Thanks, Mary Tenaglia. I have to say, I spoke with some of our officers at the last Sounds of Summer, and they were, I would say, mildly at least enthusiastic about the process or the idea, and they got me rethinking it. But some of what I'm hearing, I mean, family-friendly public alcohol consumption, what could possibly go wrong when we get in the car with the kids? The closer for me though is this is from a sustainability standpoint. We're assuring that a lot of plastic, cups labeled are gonna go into the trash, best case, so just put more plastic in our landfills. A little bit worse case…”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026