Remarks by Misty Buscher
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“Thank you very much, ma'am. You're welcome.”
“Thank you, sir. Thank you. The chair will entertain a motion for adjournment. So moved.”
“We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed nay. The ayes have it.”
“The Chair will call the August 18th, 2026 meeting of the City Council to order. Could you please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance?”
“Clerk Redpath, can you please call the roll?”
“Thank you, Clerk. The Civility Pledge, in the interest of civility, I pledge to promote civility by listening, being respectful of others, acknowledging that we are all striving to support and improve our community and understanding that we each may have different ideas for achieving that objective. This evening, there are no proclamations or presentations. First item on the agenda is docket number 2026-020 for the property located at southwest corner of South MacArthur Boulevard, Westchester Boulevard, 1022-16.0-101-040. Petitioners are Lamar, OCI North, LLC. Present zoning classification is…”
“Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation. Is there any discussion from the Alders? Seeing none, voting will now be open. All those in favor of the motion will vote yes. All those opposed will vote no. And the motion passes with nine voting yes, none voting no. The next item on the agenda is docket number 2026-022 for the property located pen 21-11.0-300-030, approximately 40.78 acres farmland located north of Milby Lane. Petitioner is Memorial Health System. Present zoning classification is I-1 Light Industrial District section…”
“I have a motion. Can I get a second? Second. I have a second. Thank you, Alderman Rockford. Motion and a second. Is there any discussion on the recommendation from Alderman Hanauer? Seeing none, the voting will now be open. All those in favor of the motion will vote yes. All those opposed will vote no. And the motion passes with nine voting yes, none voting no. This does conclude the zoning portion of our meeting. The Chair would like to entertain a motion from the Alders to recess the regular meeting of the City Council to propose holding executive session, present to 2C11, pending probable…”
“We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor with going to exec session, please say aye. Those opposed, nay. The ayes have it. We will go to exec session at this time.”
“The Chair will entertain a motion to reconvene the regular meeting of the City Council.”
“The motion is second. Any discussion? All those in favor, aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay. The ayes have it. The Chair will now recognize Deputy Treasurer Ketchum, sorry about that, for the presentation of financial report.”
“Thank you. The chair will entertain a motion to approve the financial report. So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. All those opposed, nay. The ayes have it. We had an email from Office of Budget Management on the OBM contract report. Any questions for Director Metzger? Seeing none, we will move on. The chair will entertain with a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the August 5th, 2026 regular city council meeting and approve the minutes.”
“There's a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay. The ayes have it. Oh, pardon me. Let the record show that Alderwoman Conley has joined us as well. The chair will entertain a motion to incorporate the pre-council first reading of ordinances into the record of this council meeting.”
“We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay. The ayes have it. The next item on the agenda is the consent agenda. The chair will entertain a motion to incorporate the pre-council reading of the consent agenda into the record of this council meeting.”
“A motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay. The ayes have it. The chair will entertain a motion to place the consent agenda on final passage.”
“We have a motion and a second. Any discussion on the consent agenda? Seeing none, the voting will now be open. All those in favor of the motion will vote yes. All those opposed will vote no. And the motion passes with 10 voting yes, none voting no. Agenda item number 2026-339 remains tabled or in committee. The next item on the agenda is item number 2026-373, an ordinance authorizing execution of contract PW27-16 with Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. for residential landscape waste collection from 9-1-2026 through 8-31-2029 in an amount not to exceed $4,152,836 and authorizing a…”
“Okay, so Kyle Lester is here from Waste Management, and I believe Kyle signed up to speak, so thank you.”
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“We do have other alders to speak, but before they speak, I want to give Director Harrison a shout out because you actually started this three years ago with one program, and then it's just grown. But without your vision, it wouldn't be here. So thank you for your vision. Thank you so much. Yes, you started. Alderman Notriano.”
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“Thank you, Alderman. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Alderman Notriano.”
“Alderwoman, I wrote down the address, and I can check with Code Enforcement and see where we're at on that. If there's a building that's not being taken care of, it would be going through Code Enforcement.”
“And I'll have code enforcement follow up as well.”
“I'm sorry to interrupt. Is this about the contract that we just approved?”