Remarks by Ken Fairman
212 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 9
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“Can we add something to consulting with the council members on that? Because I think we do represent the people and the things that are going to be taken away or not done, I think we should have some say so.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“If that's where we can go, then if we can do that and be prudent about the money we're spending and the things we're doing, I'm okay with that.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I'll second. Okay, hold on, hold on. We have a motion and a second.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“to request an amendment with the interlocal agreement.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“At some point in the future, they may decide to go to 20 miles per hour or whatever they decide.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Wait, not for nothing, but we did this already, right? It's just a true north area, basically?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Is it the same traffic study that we promised everybody when True North came through that we're going to do in that area?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“And is that information also going to be used to help design whatever roadway modifications we're going to do or be suggested in that area?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I'm very impaired with lowering the speed limits. I thought in previous meetings We decided we have this Vision Zero plan that's going to do a comprehensive study of the whole village. And we owe the people that live in and around Palmetto High School a traffic flow study. So it'll help us improve their conditions as traffic grows, as True North grows. goes, grows. So do we want to spend money on another study if we already have the Vision Zero study that's village wide? I thought, I know originally we wanted to, we talked about a pilot of a quarter of the community and that kind of went by…”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Does anybody have any questions about that? So not only was it built the plans, it was also built less than the minimum requirements.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“No, said four. Four. So they're an inch and a half less.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I remember this discussion when we talked about these fences and that was the big deal that we didn't, we're trying to prevent pinecrest from being completely walled off. So we said solid three feet below, visible up above and that it should be visible enough And so you look at these, I mean, they're visible. Yes, there's a discrepancy on the spacing, but the pickets themselves aren't very big either. So there's a lot of, you know, there's a lot of artistic room that can be had with our code here, obviously from all the pictures.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I would absolutely consider that substantial compliance.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Now, there could be a technical answer. I mean, you could... measure the opening and the closed space and see how far above or below 50% it is, and there's a way to determine that, but.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“My neighbor, Schnell, gets through their fence all the time.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“That four-inch deep picket, is that in this visibility triangle?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“OK, a little off subject, but if I'm looking at that picket at an angle, it's blocking the view at four inches deep. That's the problem with that.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Does this fence have a minimum openness of 50%?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I mean, it's still that 50% threshold that's mentioned, so that muddies it up a little bit.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · May 5, 2026
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Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“And you're gonna consider two, I know we have a drawing basically that's similar to whether it's gonna be stamped concrete or brick pavers for the ramp portions of it.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you, that's all I wanted to bring up, Mr. Mayor.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“Is tab 15 here? 16. Well, if it's 15 here, we can do both of those.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I'd like to hear from the police chief just real quick, partly on the training and how we're thinking about doing that, whether we're going to offer classes a couple times a year due on demand. And you told me a story before the meeting about somebody getting killed by an unauthorized vehicle, and I think that's an interesting story as well.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026