Remarks by Jim Tinaglia
329 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 14
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“All right, thank you, Bill. These people are trying to make a liar out of me all night here. The next to last card is Kevin McCarthy. You are up, Kevin, and on deck is... Scott Thunes.”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
- Play at 3:37:12
“All right. Well, I'm going to echo that, but I'm going to flip it around. You guys have all been awesome and tremendous, and I think I can speak for all of us up here. Thank you to all of you. All of the St. Viters families that are here, all the residents in the neighborhood that are here. This has been... pleasant surprise I think if you asked staff and all of us I think we're all a little bit concerned with how this might turn out tonight but speaking for me I can tell you that I I have heard really clearly both sides of this thing and in my mind it's a very Focused solution that has to be…”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you. Anybody else on this side? Anybody on this side? Trustee Bertucci.”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“That's it, right? Okay. Anybody else? Trustee Santamaria?”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Trustee Donington. Anybody else before we wrap up? Trustee Zik.”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
- Play at 3:51:11
“Last call, anybody else? Manager Raklaus, thoughts?”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
- Play at 3:51:28
“Very well, all right, then at this point, Thank you again for everyone's participation. Looking for a motion to adjourn.”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“Motion made by Trustee Schwingbeck, second by Trustee Bertucci. All in favor say aye. Aye. We are adjourned. Thank you everybody.”
Village Board of Trustees · Oct 5, 2026
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“Good evening, everybody. Welcome. This is the Village Board of Arlington Heights. Today's date is September 22nd, 2026. And I'd like to call this meeting to order. Our first order of business is the Pledge of Allegiance. So if you could all please rise and join the board.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, everybody. Maggie, if you can call the roll, please.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Here. Thank you, Maggie. We do have a couple of meeting minutes that we need to go through and approve quickly. The first one is the minutes from 9-8-26. Are there any members of the board that wish to offer corrections or changes on the minutes? Or anybody need to pass for attendance purposes on those minutes? Seeing none, is there anyone in the audience that needs to or wishes to have something corrected or changed? Seeing no hands, I'm looking for a motion to approve the 9-8-26 meeting minutes.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Motion made by Trustee Manganiello, seconded by Trustee Santamaria. Any final questions or thoughts? If not, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. And then the next one is the 7-20-26 closed session minutes. Are there any changes or corrections from anyone on the board? Anyone need to pass? Seeing none, is there a motion to approve? I'll move approval of 7-20-26 closed session minutes.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Motion made by Trustee Zik, seconded by Trustee Dunnington. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. And now we have the approval of the accounts payable for the warrant register dated 9-15-26, and I call on Trustee Bertucci.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Motion made by Trustee Bertucci, seconded by Trustee Schwingbeck. Are there any questions or comments from anyone on the board? Seeing none, is there anything that, from the audience, questions, comments on it? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote. Maggie?”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes, motion carries. And now into recognitions and communications, and tonight is a very special night for at least two occasions, and the first being the presentation of the 2026 Kenneth Hood Senior Service Award. And I know there's a lot of folks here representing, so if I could have the chairman up and give us an introduction here.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“I think you need the microphone now, Mark. Thank you.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah. It's all yours. Because if you don't, there's about 100 people here that would do it for you. Go for it.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Mark, would you be so kind as to come up here and take a photograph with the board?”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“He made me emotional while he was speaking. And I can speak from experience, too. I had four children, and all four of them went through the program at Hersey with Mark. And I know that he is a true gentleman and a true champion for all the kids that do all these things. And everybody loved him. Everybody loved him. So great job. We're going to, oh, yep, go ahead, Trustee Gilbert.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right, so before we all end up in tears, we're going to move on to Item B in Recognitions and Communications, and that is the Abilities Celebration Announcement by the Commission for Citizens with Disabilities. And who will be doing the speaking for that? It is our illustrious Seth Gopar.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well done, Seth. Thank you for being here. Fabulous. And so I don't want to hold everybody back. There's a couple more business items, but you're welcome to stay if you'd like. It won't be as exciting as what we've just gone through. So if you want to take a minute and exit, you're all welcome to do that. Thank you very much for being here supporting these great programs. So for those who are sticking around, the next item is citizens to be heard. And I do have two blue cards here. Anybody else who wanted to speak, please feel free to raise your hand. Donald Mearsman, are you here? Come on…”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Next is Keith Boones. Keith, come on up.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 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 · Sep 22, 2026
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“Second made by Trustee Santamaria. Any final discussion from anyone in the audience or anyone on the board? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote. Maggie, please.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes. And I will call on Trustee Zik for his comment.”
Village Board of Trustees · Sep 22, 2026