Remarks by Colin Gilbert
25 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you, Trustee Zik. Trustee Gilbert? Thank you. I'd like to reserve comment until after the citizens to be heard. That's fine.”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yeah, happy to. I just really wanted to thank all of you for coming out. I think this is the most crowded we've ever seen a boardroom, at least that I've ever seen. And it's hard. It's very difficult to get up and talk in this room. And I tell people all the time, if it matters to you, come to the village board meeting. Say your piece. Everybody gets three minutes, regardless of what your opinion is. And regardless of what our opinions are, you know, we work for you guys. And it's important that you come and you talk about this stuff. So I applaud you all. I think you're all very brave…”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“They have their whole life ahead of them.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Now I have the microphone. So I couldn't pass it up. This is an incredible moment for you, sir. And for me, you were an amazing teacher, still are. And for some of the things that weren't highlighted was his exceptional football career for the state champion Huskies, which wasn't mentioned but needs to be. So way to go. Coach was my freshman B baseball coach, and I can say it was probably one of the most fun baseball seasons I've ever had in my entire life. And service over self at Hersey had an incredible impact on me as I was a student. And so I was there with Will Kozlowski days, but the…”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Great job on all of this. I think, staff, you guys did an amazing job. Thanks for looking at this stuff. You know, we're proud, I'm gonna speak for all of us, we're proud when these things come up and we're making these changes and it's really great. It's a point of pride for everybody. In terms of what Trustee Dunnington said, I think we should look at, I think the implementation is the first thing that kind of makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up because I would want to make sure that if somebody was bringing these designs forward that they were actually going to follow through…”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Trustee Gilbert, the lone attorney on the board right now. And ironically enough, there's a story to that effect. I can thank Ernie for a lot of things, and one of them is getting me involved with the Village of Arlington Heights. I'm not sure if he remembers, but I want to say thank you. And I'll just tell the quick story. I showed up to a bar association event a long time ago, not knowing anyone, went to the event and found Ernie or Ernie found me. I remember sitting at a table by myself and he came and sat down and we started talking and quite honestly, before I knew what was happening.…”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Trustee LeBetz. Trustee Gilbert. Thank you, Mayor. I think this is a really neat idea. I don't know whose idea it was, but I thought this was an excellent use of land. And knowing the size of your congregation, I just imagine, you know, 30 of you sitting in a room and somebody having an aha moment. Like, wow, we could really do this, you know? And so... It's clever. I hadn't seen anything like this before, and I'm sure that there's other churches in your similar situation with land that's available to use. So why not try to use it for a cause like this? It's just kudos to you. I…”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“I agree, it seems kind of foolish to have it set up like that.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay, yes, Trustee Gilbert. Just to talk about the food service aspect of this. I mean, and correct me if I'm wrong, staff, but we have, A bar in town that has no food service requirement, correct? They are allowed to bring food in, but they don't even have a kitchen.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“So I don't believe that when we granted them that liquor license, we created some sort of a public safety moral hazard. And I don't believe that, you know, scaling back the hours that food has to be available at some of the other restaurants is creating any sort of a hazard. If anything, we're just allowing them to be operational within the constraints of what their customers are asking for and what their, you know, potential budgets for, for staff allow. Um, and, and that's how I look at this. You know, we, we, we're looking at something, if we scaled this back to nine or to eight, you know,…”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Pardon me, sir. It's liquor commissioner to you, sir.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Liquor Commissioner, I'd like to make an amendment. All right.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Sorry, so help me get my head around this a little bit. Again, I've danced around in some criminal courtrooms, you know, defending the high profile family member speeding ticket in my day because I was the only lawyer in the family. So I know just enough. So like if somebody gets a speeding ticket in town, right, we're saying they don't have to go to Rolling Meadows now. They can just come into here, correct?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“And so how involved is the Secretary of State or what would be the civil ramifications from a finding of guilty in an adjudication hearing versus a guilty finding over in Rolling Meadows?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“I mean for like speeding. For like speeding.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“So it's above it, but you're not, so you're essentially, what we're doing is allowing our officers to have that little bit stiffer penalty before they get into court. Hart, maybe you can refresh my memory on this, but the way that I understand it is if you get three moving violations in a year, your license is subject to suspension by the Secretary of State.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Something like that, right? So what I'm thinking here is, are we trying to usurp something that has been in play for a reason. You know, theoretically, someone could get five moving by five speeding tickets and be given these administrative tickets versus an actual ticket and then sort of negate the penalties, the civil penalties that go along with that by the Secretary of State because they're not appearing over in Cook County. And to that effect, are we going to allow just a regular attorney to be able to make these decisions as opposed to the judges that have been elected or appointed and…”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“That would be my thing. So if we have somebody in an adjudication hearing and they've racked up three, you know, adjudication violations in a year, And all of a sudden that hits the secretary of state and their license gets suspended or some version of that. But we've essentially taken them out of a courtroom and we've, you know, basically given ourselves the right to take their license away for a year. You know, there's a lack of education out there in terms of people when they, when they come into a room is to be like, yeah, guilty, fine. Just get me out of here. You know, whereas I feel…”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Yeah. I mean, that's my only real concern with this. And I'm not saying that I would vote against it as a result of that, but there is a process here and there is due process. People allow their time in court. And I don't want people to be confused to think that this isn't court when it might have the same ramifications of court.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I would like to make a motion to concur with the appointment of David Jaffe to the Arlington Economic Alliance, term ending April 30th, 2027. Second.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“THANK YOU. I CONCUR WITH WHAT THE MAYOR I CONCUR WITH WHAT THE MAYOR INDICATED EARLIER THAT THE INDICATED EARLIER THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THESE THINGS ON THE PLACEMENT OF THESE THINGS ON THE PARKS IS NOT NECESSARILY IN MY PARKS IS NOT NECESSARILY IN MY OPINION FOR US TO DECIDE. OPINION FOR US TO DECIDE. I DO APPLAUD THE PARK DISTRICT I DO APPLAUD THE PARK DISTRICT FOR CLEARLY THESE SWINGS WERE FOR CLEARLY THESE SWINGS WERE MEANT TO BE REMOVED IN THE MEANT TO BE REMOVED IN THE INITIAL PLAN BUT THEY LISTENED INITIAL PLAN BUT THEY LISTENED AND THEY HEARD THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND THEY HEARD THEIR…”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“Can you have the screen, please? Because that was a long one. Yes. I'll make a motion to direct staff and the village attorney to prepare final documents granting the zoning relief for consideration at a future board meeting for PC number 26-011, subject to the recommended condition. All is set forth in the agenda for tonight's board meeting. Motion made by Trustee Gilbert.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“I'll make a comment. Just as a daily user of this facility, I do think that those speed bumps down that road might be a good thing to look into, regardless of the location of the swings, because I do see it quite a bit, people kind of just flying around that corner over there. So, again, just, you know, I'm not in the park business, but, again, just speaking as a resident who is dropping kids off and going there quite frequently, it could be, in my opinion, a little safer. Understood. Anyone else? All right.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026
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“OR FALLING OFF ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO PLEASE PUT THEM ON BEFORE YOU SO PLEASE PUT THEM ON BEFORE YOU PUT DRINKS IN.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 6, 2026