Remarks by Jesse Valinsky
62 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“even but the increase is good to say is there mr. Valensky do you have any questions yeah we thank you mr. mayor we haven't made any changes to the operating hours of the restaurant or bar since Kemper has taken over have we that is correct And are there any plans in the future to do so?”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“I'm talking about, you know, further out than just this budget.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“Okay. All right. I mean, I'm not trying to put a lot of pressure on this. We're still getting, you know. getting our feet wet here and comfortable, but I would like to see in the future some plans to maybe expand over there, because the Gulf, as we've discussed in the past, the Gulf is booked pretty solid. And we could raise fees and generate more revenue through that, but there's only so much you could raise fees, whereas we have a bar and a restaurant there that is is closed most of the time. So I feel like that's where there's a lot of opportunity to increase the revenue. Now, I'm not…”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“I will... As you all know, I'm not a golfer, but I have been asking, and I've been getting nothing but positive feedback so far. So I will concur with that and thank everybody.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“did a great job but I particularly want to thank the mayor because he put a lot of effort into this and unlike all those other people he only gets paid one dollar for it we owe him a lot of gratitude and I don't think he'll probably never get the credit he deserves for that he did a great job thank you thank you I also I mean what we've”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“Through the Chair, if I may. Can you just, I know you said you're in the middle of working on it. Can you just maybe give us, like, what's your impression?”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“All right. I know a lot of people are very excited about there being, you know, a cap or a ceiling where anything below that value, you're not going to be able to get a print. But there's a lot of stipulations in fine print there that I don't think people are aware of, like about it applying to, you know, many things. It doesn't apply to many things. Correct. Like plumbing and electrical and a bunch of others.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“Is that maintenance different because it is mostly commercial use on that or in other words would it be a similar maintenance for a project like in the Shores Estates on the sewer system or is this a different thing entirely because of the fact that it's commercial with like grease traps and stuff like that?”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“Some angry emails when people get a two-year bill.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“People don't understand hiring or contracting out for stuff is obviously a big headache. Having the ability have in-house staff that can tackle little projects and repairs and it is you know you want to expand that you got my support projects from”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“I think the more we can do in-house, the better. It's awesome. So I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“Through the Chair, when it comes to that kind of stuff, adding another camera is that I understand the cost of the hardware, but the more significant cost, I think, in the long term is the data management, right, dealing with all the – Software data management storage, yes. Is – and how is the data – is that like a bundle for like X amount of cameras, or is it by how much data? How is that charged?”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“So adding another camera does increase the cost of whatever the data costs are? Yes. Not just the hardware of adding another camera? Yes, correct. Gotcha.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“Oh, wait. Hang on. Hang on, Mike. I think a couple key things in terms of people's understanding of what it is that you do and the scope of what you do. You Maybe that's changed with more staff, but I don't think it has. You're basically responding to complaints. Yes, sir. You don't have the time to go and actually just be doing patrols and out. I'm asking because this is a concern of residents of enforcing uniformly. People feel like, oh, I'm getting picked on or this one's getting picked on. Sure. You don't have time to pick on anybody. You're just responding to complaints, and it's a good…”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“Okay. I might do that, actually. I think you made a fantastic point, though, because I could just tell you that I get a lot of people, e-mails reaching out to me with situations where I'm like, well, you know, did you talk to the neighbor? And a lot of times the answer is no. And I feel like not just code enforcement but also the police department, Sometimes residents want to use you guys as a mediator between a neighbor when a simple conversation sometimes would suffice.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“You're not here to pick on people. You're here to help us maintain the beautiful village we have.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“those fees also? No. Okay, so if you actually do work and you send a bill for that, that's outside of the board's... That's outside, yes, sir.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“That discussion, that applies to like the council speaking officially and using council resources or village resources, but that has no bearing on us as individuals and we can go out and advocate for whatever we want, right? Yeah, and your individual capacity not on behalf of right the village councilman Valenski, but not councilman Valenski I'm speaking on behalf of the village. I'm speaking for myself in my shirt.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“I'd like to discuss the budget thing more.”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“Seems like a good product we have here. I would encourage, as my colleague said, I would encourage residents to dig into this and ask any questions that you might have. I know it's a little intimidating, certainly a lot to digest here, and it's a little complicated. But don't be afraid of it. And I've certainly been taking a lot of notes. And remember, this was just our first meeting, our first look at it. We have much more coming. But I just want to say with this changes to the taxes that I think we should probably assume are coming, whether we want them to or not, I think we need to plan…”
Village Council · Jul 22, 2026
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“Do you want to say hi again? On the other side where it plugs into the desk, there might be a switch over there.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“YES. THROUGH THE CHAIR, WHEN IS THE NEXT TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEATS OPENED UP ON THE BOARD?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
- Play at 9:50
“How many of those four are expired terms and I know at least one of them is somebody who resigned right?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“When you say we have four seats that are coming up, are – Those are four seats that are currently all filled, or some of those are currently empty?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“Okay. So, I mean, I would be in support of, you know, yeah, bringing it down to two seats that we have to fill instead of four. That would do. Yeah.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026