Remarks by Jerome Charles
393 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 16
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“We're good. There's a motion and a second. All those in favor signal by saying aye. Aye. Thank you.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“does anybody in the public want to comment on this item”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay. Is there any public comment on this?”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“It's a great idea. It was a public comment, but It's kind of loose here, so.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Rules of order. No. There's no e-comment on this. No, sir. Thank you. Continue this.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“We're just here to say yes or no with the money.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“There's a motion. There's a motion and a second. All those in favor signal by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Right, but this will be something the village will keep on addressing as we go along. It's just something that we haven't really kept pace with, like you said, for software has cost more, and back in the day it wasn't software.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Well, with that said, That's the fine that's after the courtesy notice on something like that So that's the running parking meter somebody has yes, we're cited for let's say a car in a front yard Then the bill for them would go from 1,500 a month approximately with 30 days in a month to 7,500 a month and That is this gonna put more work on the codes appeal. I mean I get that we're doing this and they haven't changed it a lot, but it's 5x from From what it was.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Well, that's fine to sit there and fight what you got wrong. But, again, this is more most of the time even when we have these codes or liens on these houses, they come before code and appeal it.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“and the numbers are gonna be like historically anybody doing references now it's 5x what it was and it's kind of us I just see from the operational side of this of liens against houses I mean the numbers are gonna be not too long that you know some some I've had residents come up to me that the notification went to their rental house and not their address and they didn't know they had in the meters running because the renter didn't notify the landlord, and then it's some ridiculous bill that we're dealing with. Dealing with something that could have been dealt with in a month, but the bill is…”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I don't know. The meeting has a $250 cover charge is what you're saying?”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“The other ones that were on the subject. Okay. Yes. If you just play the one for code. Yes. To go from zero to 250 for the meeting. The person does one day. They get the courtesy, and now they get the fine.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Then they stop the meter. They call up, oh, my God, I got a $250 fine. And then they go fight or ask for relief on it. They got to pay 250 to get a meeting.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“This is on the record for how it works. On the courtesy notice for, let's say, the dirty brick.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“let me get back to you about days for the code compliance matter and perhaps you can for that jump for this and one shot there's going to be a lot of emails there's other stuff that we're whether it's the ACES program or doing a major project somewhere the staff time for something like this And again, there's no public comment on this, so I get it.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“But there's nobody in the public talking about this. They don't know. They don't know. And then all of a sudden, the first... You know, I get it. It is code compliance. And what we're trying to do is we're trying to do curate, not stick. And... 5X is a stick. And then plus the fact of meeting. I hear it. I mean, and also what's coming forward with what the state is doing for municipalities are going to have to find ways to, you know, keep the municipality the way that they want it with less revenue coming in. I get it. I just, this one, on the meeting thing, it's just, it's a double fine to…”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“This is just one for, and I'm glad we're doing it tonight, but this is also one where it's it works better for us to do this and the fees do have to and we explain it to everybody why the fees have to go up and how long that's why I asked the first question was last time we did it and half a decades a long time everything else has gone up with that said this is also an example for all the residents that we represent is sometimes the council or staff there's a way of doing it to people there's for them or with them and this one I would just like a little leeway to do it with them so that it's…”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“We also need just to read into the public record. I don't think the fee count was read in.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“every year my wife says we're not charging enough so no the fees”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“So maybe we can do it all. Bundled together. Correct. That sounds good. Well, since we're talking about 10, can we get library on board to change the fees also? They're collecting a lot of revenue.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Since we're doing fees. Parks did it. I mean, library.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“since we're getting more information on code well I see I guess I'm probably stepping toes on staff again adding more work for you but um I don't know if included in the backup was other municipal similar sized”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“We have good rules. We do, but like I said – If somebody wants to change one of our really good rules, they're going to pay.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I just want to know that we're doing this.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026