Remarks by Jerome Charles
393 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 16
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“Motion to defer. Motion to defer. Motion to defer. Second. All those in favor of deferring it, signal by saying aye. Aye. Madam Clerk, next item.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Is there, anyone have a discussion, public comment first? Okay, yeah, sorry. Is there any public comment on this item? Okay.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I mean, my take on this is, in the discussion before, the plans were originally together, police in general. And then it was bifurcated. And police are five. And then this one is seven. That's 12 people assigned to pension in this village. We have five council members. I mean, I understand what they're doing. I understand what the employers are doing. But I attended it for the two-year time that I did it. I saw a lack of we had quorum, but I also saw a lack of attendance from those said residents. I just think the job is super important, but five members is enough to make the decisions. And…”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And the discussion tomorrow is if the four are going to do an oral presentation, is that what they're discussing tomorrow? And the RFP is closed then?”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Were there any other RFPs requested by the pension board?”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“But the board did not ask for an attorney and did not ask for the administrator for the financial?”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“For the time being, the only directive was to do the RFP for the administrator. Correct. Okay.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“No, we're just – I just wanted confirmation for who's making a decision. It's also just like we did with the other board. It's which board is making – even if we discuss this and it's five, then most of those board members would be the same. We just would have to figure out who's staying and just the composition of it.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“maybe you want to wait till next April I mean and okay go seven the next April that that board can be these ordinances could be changed at anything and that this council and the efficiencies that we've heard from staff is that it's very hard to recruit people you have a board there and I attended it for two years and if you want to do the attendance for those residents while I was there it was horrible It wasn't. I had four meetings, and I think maybe I had one meeting where those three residents showed up.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“If you go three and two, though, the way that it's structured right now would be three and two, and you discuss the other way around. But the thing is, is what we said before, I mean, I would hope that a resident who does work for the village would want to volunteer for this board since it's only four meetings. So that one could be, it would be, if it, hear me out.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“No, I can get it right on my hand. There's four or a handful. There are five. I mean, building department, planning and zoning, public works. This is off the top of my head. Code enforcement, and I don't know everybody over at public works. So, I mean, there's more than... Yeah. And also the deputy village manager.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“So I think it's a hard thing to run. And the deputy village manager is another one. So, I mean, we're already to a half a dozen employees out of the 100 and whatever that are residents.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I did not say that. I was just saying for the composition of it, if you ask for three employees and the employees elect the three, And that discussion amongst them that are in pension, that's three people. Two residents who are experts in this. What I'm saying is that one for the three that is an employee could also be a resident. That's it. There's no requirement. It's just I would hope that somebody that worked here and then is in the pension fund would be that person that walks both sides of it, both sides of the street. I'm sorry.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“They're still representing. So you're just saying any board that has five people, two on one side and another, you can't have a discussion and come to consensus? Seriously? And the people's representatives, which is this council, are always going to have a final say.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“According to the minutes. One meeting, the manager was not there. I think I included this vote for this. So you're telling me that you're saying that the manager voted for this unanimous for this.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Again, his attendance at mine was not very good.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay. None of the others though. Yeah, but it was unanimous. There was three people there. It was unanimous. That's fine.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I think we all feel that way the replacement then those are two people that are in the public light and If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? Right. And you're sitting there then.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“No. Right now, there's three and a council member, which is four residents.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Right now, there are two. There's three employees. Well, I mean, the manager's an employee and then two other employees. Four residents because the council member is a resident.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“The manager's an employee. employees that's three Tom Longwood mr. Williamson mrs. sorry for or sit doors and then the council member mr. Burch for for residents I understand we take the council member we take the manager away we're left with three residents and two employees correct but but a good point through the chair good points being made that the residents also have a layer of representation here”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“To the chair if you recall you had directed the village clerk's office to withhold recruiting because of this purpose and”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“want to do a hybrid of that it would be the general employees elect to and the council likes the two residents and the third and the third employee and that's the residents input kind of like that was the board it's not bad why are we picking the third why are we picking the last seat though just say let's go to the resident you know just for the composition for resident well who's who makes up the board”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“It would just be the people that apply, just like they're going to have to apply for the seats for the employees, two would be voted on by the masses, by the whole employee pool, and then Other people would be in there applying and then come before us and we'll put them on the board.”
Village Council · Jul 21, 2026