Remarks by Jim Tinaglia
329 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 14
- Play at 1:38:39
“But Diana, that second license, they're paying the full $2,700 to do it. Yeah, they sure are. So that was the goal here.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay, we were going down this direction. Anybody else down here? No, no one?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“fine if we scaled it back to eight or to nine then if the demand was still there they could stay open but if not they've got that option to to close up so that's all i have fair enough and i would concur that an added perspective there is there are business owners right now that are choosing to ignore the 11 o'clock uh requirement and they're just shutting down at nine o'clock or ten o'clock and um they're taking their chances and so that's why we decided to discuss this it's either we're going to start working hard on compliance for an old existing code or we're going to change the code to…”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:46:29
“There's a couple of places, and yours is one of them, that we've discussed in the past that maybe there are times when a certain bottle of wine or types of wine or certain types of tequila or bourbon or whatever, and at these restaurants that have the regular alcohol sales, what is that one called, Diana, the main one? Full package?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:46:56
“Either an A, a double A, or an E. Okay, so if you have that in your restaurant now and you just want to be able to sell some very specific special items, wines, beers, or tequilas, whatever, instead of paying $2,700 a year to do that, we're suggesting that it's $1,500. Okay.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:48:01
“So then let me ask you, because we're just talking here and all of us are learning. What should the number be in your opinion? I think $100.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:48:28
“Understood. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. You bet. I have no other blue cards in regard to this, but if there's someone in the audience that wants to weigh in, please raise your hand, I'll call on you. Seeing none, we'll come back to the board. Trustee Santa Maria?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:49:39
“You could look at it that way. I can tell you that places like Cortland's who are open until, what are they, 1 o'clock or past 1?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:49:55
“Yeah, they would like to stop selling food at 9.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:50:01
“So that would be, you know, five hours. Sure.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:50:09
“I'll be honest with you. When we talked about this, Diane and I struggled with this number, this 10 p.m., because I know that there are some folks who would like to stop at 9. We have been so strong with our position that you have to have a full menu until 11. And then after that, it still has to be a limited menu to the time you close the door at the end of the night. So shutting everything down at some specific time was like, okay, well, 10 is kind of like in the middle there. But if this board says 9 o'clock is the right time, then that is fine with me. Mayor?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:51:02
“There's a motion on the floor right now from Trustee Dunnington and seconded by Trustee Schwingbeck to accept all four of these as they are. And if I have that correct, now you're suggesting that you make an amendment to that motion. Correct. I would like to make an amendment that food service stop at 8 p.m. At 8 p.m. Okay, is there a second on the APS? Yes, second. Second from Trustee Manganiello. So I'm going to amendment Gilbert and Manganiello. All right, let's have discussion on that. for the eight o'clock change from 10 o'clock. It's just affecting the one category that allows kitchens…”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“I think part of the problem is administration of all of this. I think if you talk to staff, it's really hard. I mean, even right now, if you go downtown Arlington Heights Thursday night, Friday night, whatever, you're going to find restaurateurs that are just not following the ordinance. And how do you... Are you gonna take them all to adjudication hearings and force them to start doing things the way we want them to do it? So I would say my initial thought is let's make this as simple as we can so that it can be administered as easily as it can. And that doesn't mean we can't ever change it.…”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:54:18
“People will find the food if they... I can't tell you how many times I've tried to go eat something at 9.30 or 10 o'clock after an appointment, after a meeting, and there may be just one restaurant downtown that's still serving food.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:54:38
“Okay, further discussion from anyone else?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:56:59
“Okay, anyone else? All right, we have a motion, a second, an amendment, and a second. The amendment, as I understand it, is to change the 10 p.m. food service shutdown to 8 p.m. at the will of that restaurateur to decide. So that's the first vote. And is this a voice vote, or how do you understand it?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:57:26
“Let's do a roll call vote on the 8 p.m. first.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:57:32
“Made by Trustee Gilbert, seconded by Trustee Manganiello.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:57:49
“Gosh, I can't say no to that. That's wonderful. All unanimous to make it eight o'clock. Okay, we're all on the same page with that. Now we'll go to the main motion. And the main motion was Trustee Dunnington and then seconded by Trustee Schwengbeck. And that is to accept all four of these as read on the page right now in front of you. And of course amended by the motion to eight o'clock. Yes, adjusted by the motion to eight o'clock.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:58:32
“YES. ALL RIGHT, WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THAT WENT BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE HOPED IT COULD GO. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE ALL THIS. I THINK WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S ITEM B FOR NEW BUSINESS AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION. AND I CAN TELL that we have the police force here ready to present.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 2:13:37
“Well, it's certainly more personal, that's for sure. Are you convinced that the fees that you're proposing here are adequate or appropriate?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 2:14:21
“All right, very good. All right, we'll throw it to the board here. Questions for anybody on this side? Trustee Schwingbeck.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Prevailing penalties of the surrounding communities second second okay motion made by a trustee showing back second by trustee Santa Maria Further discussion from the board trustee Bertucci I”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
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“Anyone else down here? This way, anybody? Trustee Gilbert? No.”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 2:25:32
“Anyone else down this way? Trustee Manganiello?”
Village Board of Trustees · Jul 20, 2026