Village Board - Regular Meeting

Okay. Good evening. May you call the Shamberg Village Board meeting to order for Tuesday, March 24th, 2026, 7 p.m. Will the clerk please call the role? Trusty Patel, present. Trusty Clare, present. Trusty Sullivan, present. Trusty Mday, present. Trusty Bishki, present. Trusty Lar Roa, present. President Dailyaly present. Um I do ask if you have any of these electronic devices um that you please uh turn the sound off uh so that they do not disturb the meeting uh while it is in progress. Thank you. Um pledge of allegiance. I have no idea where I left off. I think I was last. You did it last. Okay. Are we going to Jack or we am I going left or right? I don't know. You're going this way towards you?

Yeah. Trustee Sullivan, would you then please join the honors leading us in the pledge of allegiance? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I almost Thank you. Thank you, Trusty Sullivan. appreciate. Uh, next item is the approval of minutes from the March 10th, 2026 uh, meeting. Questions, comments? So move. Second. Second. Motion and a second to approve. All those in favor?

I. Uh, motion carries. Um, next item is the approval of expenditures for 5,724,563.37. Motion to approve as presented. Second. Motion a second to approve as presented. Will the clerk please call the role? Trusty Patel. Hi. Trusty Claire. Hi. Trusty Sullivan. Hi. Trusty Bedet. I. Trusty Bishki. Hi. Trusty Lar Roa. Hi.

Six eyes, no nays. Motion carries. Thank you very much. Presentations. Um we have just one presentation for the evening. Um, and that is for a 40 40 years of service to Edward Pipenbrink. Did I pronounce that correctly? Where are you? Right here. Wow. Have you worked in engineering and public works the whole time? Yes. Wow. Okay. So, you've seen a lot of change over those 40 years. And Okay. Not just in public works, throughout the village in general. Yes. So, are you are you uh this is your retirement plaque? April 10th.

April 10th. You're not going to stick around for the new village hall. Another six months, you know. Okay. Um that's quite all right. And of course, then there'll always be something else. You know, that's how it goes. Now, you get out while the going's good. That's what I say. So, all right. Let's do this here. Okay. Let me uh just take a second here to read this. This isn't grateful appreci excuse me. I have a head cold. So sorry if uh I am on medication. Um so sorry if I sound a little nasely or something here. And grateful appreciation to Edward Pip and Brink. Yes.

Maintenance to engineering and public works in recognation recognition of your 40 years of dedicated service to the village of Shamberg 1986 and 2026. So that was a couple years before I I came on as trustee in 1989. So best wishes in your retirement for the village president, village board, village clerk and staff for the village of Shamburg. Thank you very much. Okay, here you go. So I'm going to let you take this box. There is I believe there is yeah something there too to go with it. Okay. So,

it's open. Just hang on to it. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Congratulations. Congratulations. I was going to ask you where you're if you're sticking around or if you're moving, but I don't want to hear hear about you going to Florida. So, the last place I go.

Okay. There you go. All right. Good man. Stick around. Okay. Next is consent agenda. Consent agenda will be read in its entirety, voted on as one motion to approve. If you wish to discuss an item further, please indicate that when the item is read by the village clerk so that it can be removed from the consent agenda and discussed further under committee reports. Otherwise, all items will be approved as presented on the consent agenda in one motion. Uh will the clerk please read the consent agenda?

Number eight, liquor license requests, one-day liquor license requests. A the motion would be to approve the request from Mr. Ray Charnik of Slow Pitch Softball Association for three class Ded 1-day liquor licenses for SSA Tom Eggs Charik Class A No Glove National Championship event June 26 through 28th 2026 at Olympic Park located at 1675 Old Shamberg Road and wave the fee. Nine correspondence A. The motion would be to ratify the request from Municipal Clerks Association Northn Northwest Suburbs who held a raffle on March 12th, 2026 at Bellanapioli located at 1540 North Rosel Road and request to wave the fidelity bond requirement. B. The motion would be to approve the request from District 54 Education Foundation to hold a raffle on June 8th, 2026 at Shamberg Golf Club located at 401 North Rosel Road. C. The motion would be to approve the request from Shamberg Firefighters Benevolent Association to hold a raffle on May 3rd, 2026 at Hyatt Regency Shamberg located at 1800 East Gulf Road and grant a variance to chapter 117.31 of Shamberg Municipal Code for a raffle ticket greater than $5. 10. Engineering and Public Works Committee A. The motion would be to authorize the village manager and village clerk to execute an agreement for the Walnut lift stationary construction phase three construction engineering services with Sorba Group Inc. in the amount of $169,98310 and approve the required resolution B. The motion would be to award the bid for contractual pavement marking to Precision Pavement Markings Inc. of Pingry Grove, Illinois in an amount not to exceed $258,65 for fiscal year 2627 with three optional one-year extensions. C. The motion would be to approve the municipal grounds

electrical upgrade project with Kamazy construction of Zion, Illinois in not to exceed the amount of $375,000. D. The motion would be to approve waiver of competitive bidding and award the purchase of furniture to BOS of Illinois, Inc. of Roselle, Illinois in the amount of 2,141,939.17. E. The motion would be to approve waiver of competitive bidding and award the purchase of furniture to to Continua Interiors of Illinois, Inc. of Lincolnshshire, Illinois in the amount of $121,900790. F. The motion would be to approve waiver of competitive bidding and award the sole source contract for safety netting to National Sports Nets LLC of Lamont, Illinois in the amount of $85,928. G. The motion would be to accept the subject improvements as depicted in the exhibits and direct staff to obtain a bill of sale at no cost to the village from Nitty Development for the subject improvements and approve the required resolution. Number 11, finance, legal, and general government committee. A. The motion would be to approve the finance department monthly report for February 2026. B. The motion would be to refer the amendment to policy statement 1.26 26 procedural rules for remote attendance at village meetings to the committee of the whole. C. The motion would be to wave competitive bidding and approve purchase of new firefighter firefighter turnout gear from municipal emergency services mees of Lombard Illinois in the amount of $199,35. D. The motion would be to approve adjusting the non-union pay wages ranges effective May 1st, 2026 and approve the required resolution. E. The motion would be to authorize the

village manager to execute two-year year two of com Comcast service agreement for temporary village hall year two of the separate Comcast agreement for all other village facilities and associated annual payments to Comcast for Metro Ethernet services in the amount of $184,752. F. The motion would be to approve renewal for the enterprise phone system to Ring Central for year two of a 5-year contract and issue a payown purchase in the purchase order in the amount of $143,216. G. The motion would be to wave competitive bidding and approve the renewal or a renewal of Microsoft Azure licensing subscription and issue a payown purchase order to Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington in the amount of $180,000. H. The motion would be to wave competitive bidding and approve renewal of Microsoft 365 licensing subscription and issue a payown purchase order to Liftoff LLC of Croftton, Maryland up to the fisc year 27 budgeted amount. 12. Public safety committee A. The motion would be to authorize the village president to execute an intergovernmental agreement with Harper College for calls for service at Harper Professional Center and approve the required resolution. 13. The committee of the whole. A. The motion would be to approve the purchase of new art pieces for the Shamberg Sculpture Park in the amount of $117,500. B. The motion would be to approve renaming the Lararsson Prairie Center for the Arts to the L. Lararsson Cultural Center. C. The motion would be to approve naming the municipal campus Robert O. At Municipal Campus and to name the new village hall Shamberg Village Hall. 14. Zoning Board of Appeals. A. The motion would be to approve a valet parking plan for Duly Health and Care 1325 North Mum Road. 15.

Award of bid. The motion would be to award the bid for the 2026 2026 community development block grant CDBG annual sidewalk program to the lowest responsible bidder Schroeder and Schroeder Inc. of Skooki Illinois in the amount of $179,000. B. The motion would be to award the bid for contractual street sweeping to the lowest responsible bidder Lakeshore Recycling Systems LLC of Morton Grove, Illinois for fiscal year 2627 with three optional one-year extensions not to exceed the approved budget. C. The motion would be to a award the bid for the material storage yard to the lowest responsible bidder, Acura, Inc. for Bensonville, Illinois for fiscal year 2627 in an amount not to exceed $376,573. D. The motion would be to award the bid for the 2026 Watermain Improvement Program to the lowest responsible bidder, CZ Zabbo Contracting, Inc. of West Chicago, Illinois in the amount of $2,986,95. Traffic agree number 16, traffic agreements. A the motion would be to authorize the village manager to execute the traffic agreement by between the village of Shamberg and BM BMW of North America LLC located at 498 Commerce Drive. B. The motion would be to authorize the village manager to execute the traffic agreement by between the village of Shamberg and near crossroads of Shamberg, Illinois located at 1200 North Mechum Road. 17 resolutions. A the motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-024 authorizing the village manager and village clerk to execute an agreement for the walnut lift station reconstruction phase 3 construction engineering service services with Sorba Group Inc. B. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-025 accepting the Summit Grove subdivision public improvements. C. The motion would

be to adopt as resolution number R-26-026 setting forth the official pay plan for non-union employees of the village of Shamberg for fiscal year 2026 to 2027. D. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-027 approving and authorizing the execution of an intergovernmental agreement between community college district 512 Harper College and the village of Shamberg relative to law enforcement corporation cooperation at the Harper College Shamberg campus. E. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-028 in support of maintaining municipal local zoning and land use authority. 18. Ordinances. A. The motion would be to weigh first reading and adopt as ordinance number 26-027 granting a valet parking plan for Duly Health and Care 1325 North Mechum Road. This concludes the consent agenda.

Thank you. Um, look for a motion to approve the consent agenda as read. So move. Second. Motion and a second to approve the consent agenda as read. Will the clerk please call the role? Trusty Patel. Hi. Trusty Claire. Hi. Trusty Sullivan. Hi. Trusty Mate. Hi. Trusty Bishki. Hi. Trusty Lar Roa. Hi. Six eyes, no nays. Motion carries. Thank you very much. Moving on. Committee reports. There is none listed for this evening. Um, comments from the public. It's an opportunity to speak before the village board regarding uh issues or items that are pertinent towards the village. Um we ask do ask that you try and keep your comments to three minutes or less. Um and uh please come forward.

Thank you and good evening. My name is Anna Kmpowitz and I am an addictions counselor at the share program in Hoffman Estates. We are an impatient drug and alcohol treatment facility. Alcohol and drug addiction is a disease that is visible. I am here this evening to bring about awareness of the invisible disease of gambling disorder. March is problem gambling awareness month and this disease is even more insidious because the gambler and their family members do not see the disorder coming and the financial turmoil that gambling can cause. Gambling involves risk, wagering something of value on an event, activity, and hoping for a desired result. However, the outcome is uncertain. It includes games of chance, skill-based games, casino, lottery, sports betting, stock market, futures, and gaming along with other games of choice. Approximately 383,000 people in Illinois are considered to have a gambling problem. Additionally, approximately 761,000 people are at risk for developing a gambling problem. This is from the gambling assessment that was conducted in 2024. Here in Shamburgg, we have 21 establishments and 116 video gaming terminals with a player loss of over $6 million. You can see three types of gamblers. Usually, it's the social gambler. They gamble for entertainment. You have the escape gamblers. They gamble as a way to cope with or avoid life issues. Coping with loneliness or trauma. Action gamblers who tend to be men and young adults seek action. And gambling is a source of excitement and socialization. As in any alcohol and drug addiction,

gambling hijacks the brain's reward system and over time requires more stimulation to feel the same excitement. And the impact falls on the family system. For every gambler, there are 8 to 10 people significantly affected. There is a breakdown of trust and communication, emotional withdrawal, debt, and bankruptcy. 20% of gamblers will attempt suicide. The trigger, the urge, the behavior, and the consequence continues and repeats until the problem gambler seeks help. There are no physical signs. That's why it's called the invisible disease. But you need to look for unexplained changes in physical or emotional well-being, financial problems, or unusual behavior regarding money, borrowing, and excessive spending. an increase in alcohol and drug use. In working with families, we encourage open communication, establishing boundaries around finances, providing education about addiction. Support for the gambler includes counseling, peer support groups, family therapy, along with financial literacy programs, establishing goals, treatment objectives, and relapse prevention planning. The 2026 problem gambling awareness month theme, caring communities, stronger futures, emphasizes the importance of a communitydriven approach to problem gambling awareness and support. When a community comes together, friends, families, educators, health care providers, local partners, and policy makers, silence is replaced with support and isolation is replaced with connection. I do have some information that I will leave here for

you uh in regards to some gambling and some u uh information about facts in the state of Illinois and throughout the United States. Um there is more. Um well, I've got the information. I'll leave it with you. And I thank you for allowing this brief overview of gambling disorder, which is the invisible disease. More information and education is available through the Illinois Council on Problem Gambling, National Council on Gambling, and on the Are You Really Winning campaign, which is at www.aryourewinning.com. So again, thank you very much for the opportunity and if I may, I'll leave these right up here for you. Thank you.

Thank you. So um when the village of Shamberg undertook the um thought of allowing video gaming within the village, um I don't think anybody really was all that excited about it, but it was certainly a demand uh from the businesses that felt um uh having the ability to have uh video gaming would help their business. I'm not so sure. Maybe it does. Maybe it helps pay some of the bills. I don't know. But um we we felt that uh we needed to do something. Understanding the addiction portion of it, we needed to do something. So there is a piece there is a portion of the revenue that we take in that we set aside for um to be donated every year to addiction centers, different ones. Um and I can't remember the last time we've uh you know where the last place was that we we went to. Um, but we do that. Um, I believe it's on an annual basis or is it not? No, you're looking at me like, "No." Okay. So, maybe it's not. I'm sure that what it is is we're we're accumulating the funds and then, you know, once we get a sufficient amount, then we're looking to donate that. But that's the idea behind the concept behind that plan was to collect sufficient funds and then go to one of these facilities that's available out there um try and support people that are doing that. So, um, you know, I'd like to think that there's nobody out there that's, uh, caught up in that, but, you know, it's like everything else, you can get caught in it stuff. So, okay. But thank you very much for, uh, continuing to raise awareness on it. Okay. Anyone else?

Hi, how are you? I'm Lori Walter and we are here today to respectfully ask the board's assistance in helping us reach a fair and equitable contract. While we appreciate that there was been some movement in negotiations, it simply isn't enough to address this the reality we are facing. We are now just one month away from the start of the new fiscal year. If an agreement is not reached, this will be the second year in a row that we have gone without any increase to our compensation. Meanwhile, the cost of living continues to rise and our wages are falling behind. We take pride in the work we do every day and we believe that our efforts deserve the same recognition as our non-UN counterparts. They received raises last year and are scheduled to receive another increase on May 1st. We are only asking for fair and equal treatment. We should not have to fight for wage adjustments that reflect industry standards. Others did not have to ask. They were given the necessary changes to remain competitive. We are simply asking for the same fairness and respect. We are a diverse group of dedicated employees who care deeply about the work we do and the community we serve. Being a part of a union should not put us at a disadvantage. We are asking for you to stand with us to support fairness and to help ensure that all employees are treated equitably. Thank you. Thank you.

So, this board um definitely recognizes your uh work and support you. We uh do appreciate all that you do for us. Thank you. Um anyone else? Okay, moving on. Council report. No report, mayor. Okay. Um president's report. I have nothing for this evening. Uh manager's report. It's a trifecta. No report. No report. Okay. Uh trustee comments and mentions. I got nothing. Nobody. Okay. Motion to adjurnn. Second. Motion and a second to adjurnn. All those in favor? I have motion There.