Remarks by James J. Bertucci
43 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you, Mayor. I'll move approval of the warrant register for the check date September 30th, 2026 in the amount of $3,809,359.70. Second.”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 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 · Oct 5, 2026
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“You're in here, Ned, but there is a Rick Hughes also. Oh, okay. That's okay.”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“So, again, I want to thank everybody in the room also. You guys all did us proud. I think to the St. Vider people and the parents, I think your students would be proud. Take it one step further. Be an example. Show them how to collaborate. The only other thing would be towards staff, and Randy, I think we were challenged here on Dryden Avenue, and I think we need to maybe, we're not doing the school or residents a favor by not monitoring parking, maybe determining where there should be no parking along there. And somebody kind of pointed the finger at us and said, you could be part of, you're…”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I'll move approval of the warrant register for the check dated 9-15-26 in the amount of $2,398,292.77. Second.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, I would say I like the idea of getting the implementation approved and then having staff come back to us. I like all the ideas that have been presented and I like the fact that Wendy brought it forward, but then it was expounded upon by both the village manager and and you the mayor um to say well you know what about other things like heat pumps and you know there's a lot of other things out there um and of course you know being having a financial background i want to make sure that melissa gets a chance to weigh in on this too And, you know, talk about, you know, let's make sure that,…”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Trustee Bertucci. Mayor, I'd like to move to approve the ordinance amending chapter seven, nine, and 14 of the village code for permit, development review, engineering, business license, and related fees effective January 1st, 2027 to update and modernize the village's fees schedule.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“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.”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“I'll move approval of the warrant register for the check date July 30th, 2026 in the amount of $4,759,792.85. Second. Motion made by Trustee Bertucci, seconded by Trustee Schwingbeck. Are there any questions or comments on the warrant register? Anyone in the audience? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote.”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Mayor, thank you very much. I just want to mention that what Ernie has done for this community goes beyond the legal side. Ernie has been a mentor, not necessarily on the legal side, but to community side to many of us over the years. In the 90s when I was a... young, career-orientated person, Ernie threw the hook on me and said, come here, kid. And one of the people that helped me to understand, if you wanna do well for this community, here's how you get involved, here's what you do, here's what you think. And I got to tell you, he has done that not just for me, but he's done that for many…”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“There you go. There you go. So Ernie, again, congratulations. Thank you for all the years that you've given not only the legal side of the community, but also the mentoring side of the community. And I look forward to our next glass of wine together.”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thanks, Trustee Donison. Trustee Bertucci? Thank you, Mayor. Is it Julie? Yes. Can you come up, Julie, to the... Thank you. First, let me just say generally I agree with staff and their concerns and Trustee Schwingbeck with a lot of what he brought up and then with what Trustee Dunnington brought up about the location. I do think the location is favorable in comparison to the Goff-Arlington corridor. However, let me ask you, have you discussed anything with the surrounding residents yet?”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Julie, I got to tell you, very important, and you'll save yourself a lot of time and aggravation. Are you familiar with Arlington Heights? Are you a part of this organization?”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay, I would think that you might wanna look to a previous development that's in the process of being built now called Grace Terrace. And when it comes to three and four stories, I would not vote for three or four stories. I mean, you gotta come down to probably two, unless you could really come up with a favorable look with three stories. That's what we had them do, and I think they spent a lot of time and money trying to do this three-story thing that backed up to the residents. The residents weren't happy, and at the end of the day, it wouldn't pass without being at the proper... So if…”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Right. This is just giving me an opportunity to finish my comments. Yes, perfect. Okay. And then, Brandy, as far as property tax, if this was built there and it remained church property, would that building throw off property tax?”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Right, okay. Because that's an important piece, and that shows you're willing to, you know, we know for a fact, in fact, we just received a report from staff talking about the amount of service calls to not only senior residences of, you know, multi-resident, but also low-income senior, and they have a higher amount of calls. Well, we know, you know, not a problem. We know we need to help take But we need to pay our bills otherwise that burden goes on to everybody everybody else so So setting it up so that there's property taxes. I think it's going to be very very important so Heights of…”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you. And Julie, if you could come back. You know, my other concern, and I'll leave it for staff to give us more recommendations, but is the size of the loan from the trust fund comparatively speaking to the project and how many other projects might come forward. So to have a loan of that size and using that much of the trust fund for one project, that would be something I'd be concerned about, and I'd want to have staff drill down on that at some point. So those are my general concerns. I mean, again, not to put a damper on the project, because I think it's a…”
Village Board of Trustees · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I'll move approval of the warrant register for the check date July 15, 2026, in the amount of $3,595,000. I'm sorry, $3,595,273.07. Second.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Mayor, excuse me. Mayor, I'll move approval of the consent agenda.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Thank you. Whoever has control of the slides, can we have number three again, please? Okay, I had written a note also, so Robin, I am on the same page you are, Trustee LeBetz, on this. So, Diana, does triple B and double B equal B? I'm not talking about dollars, but what I can do, if I have a triple B license and I have a double B license, do I basically have all the authority of a B?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Yeah, yeah. I mean, it almost doesn't make sense. I mean, I don't know if it's possible to get two licenses, but, I mean, in effect, they could say save $700 by saying give me a triple B and give me a double B. So I'm for everything that's here, but I mean, I would almost throw in a, you know, I would approve everything and then almost say with an amendment to reduce B also to 3,000. Is there any reason why we wouldn't want to do that?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay, which I understand. But I think by putting this out there, it almost makes us look foolish. So that's why I say, I mean, I know you've got more to do, but I would almost say let's fix this now while we're here and focusing on this and reduce that to $3,000. if we're looking to approve the two, you know, the triple B and the double B as is. Collin, am I missing anything from a previous liquor store owner?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay, so Mayor, but I'll let everything, you know, I'm for everything and then whether it's Trustee LaBette or Gilbert or myself, I think we, you know, either that or whoever makes the motion just makes it with the $3,000, so.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Mayor before we vote on that and I know you're gonna want to hear from everybody for the rest of them But at some point in time, I'd like to make an amendment to that and see if it flies.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“So just to get clarification of that, then, so what I was asking you initially, though, are you saying that triple B plus double B does not equal B?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026