Village of Hinckley Board of Trustees met May 8.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
CALL BOARD MEETING TO ORDER: Meeting was called to order by Attorney Tait Lundgren at 7:00 PM. Administration of Oath of Office for newly elected Officials – 4-year term. Sworn in was Russell Kula, Alyssa Prickett, and Sara Quirk.
Roll call was taken showing the following:
Present: Russell Kula, Sarah Quirk, Alyssa Prickett, and Mike Constant. Quorum Established.
Trustee Constant moved to appoint Trustee Quirk as President Pro Tem and Trustee Kula seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Quirk-Aye, Prickett-Aye, Kula-Aye, and Constant-Aye. Motion carried. Absent: Walter Rainford
Also Present: Deputy Clerk Kathy Michaels, Village Clerk Elizabeth Losiniecki, Police Chief Ken Gettemy, Ceneca Wagner, Dale Youngers, and Members of the Public.
PUBLIC COMMENT on Agenda Items Scheduled for Action Only
Mandy Kreitzer wanted to know how she could obtain more information on what was being discussed at the board meetings. She felt there was not enough information posted on the agendas to understand what was going to be discussed.
GENERAL BUSINESS
• Agenda item for discussion/approval: April 24, 2023, Regular Board Meeting Minutes Trustee Prickett moved to approve the minutes from April 24, 2023, and Trustee Constant seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Quirk-Aye, Prickett-Aye, Kula-Aye, and Constant-Aye. Motion carried.
• Agenda item for discussion/approval: Payment of Invoices Due
Trustee Constant moved to approve the invoices as presented and Trustee Kula seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Prickett-Aye, Kula-Aye, Constant-Aye, and Quirk-Aye. Motion carried.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
No Report.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT
No Report.
CLERK’S REPORT
No Report.
ENGINEER’S REPORT
No Report.
TREASURER REPORT
No Report.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Personnel
No Report.
Finance and Economic Development
• Agenda item for discussion/approval: Reconsideration for Amendments to Liquor Control Ordinance 2023-03
President Pro Tem Quirk stated she misunderstood what was voted on the last meeting and stated she now fully understood what was being voted on. Attorney Lundgren confirmed there was a misunderstanding. The items in bold were the only thing to be voted on for a Class E license. President Pro Tem Quirk moved to approve the Reconsideration for Amendments to Liquor Control Ordinance 2023-03 and Trustee Constant seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Kula-Aye, Constant Aye, Quirk-Aye, and Prickett-Aye. Motioned carried.
Public Safety
• Agenda item for discussion/approval: Police Department Server Room Maintenance NTE $5201.00 Police Chief Gettemy stated that two weeks ago we had a significant brownout that caused major IT issues at the Police Department. The previous IT company did not have proper backups. We had to have our current IT company come for 7 hours to get us back up and running. Our equipment room with the server in it has cables everywhere, the server is sitting on the ground and there are no monitors to make adjustments. The Police Department is using WIFI not fiber optic. They would need to install a special switch. Chief Gettemy stated we could use our COVID funds to update everything. Trustee Constant asked if the generator had everything running at the time the power went out. Chief Gettemy could not remember. Trustee Constant stated that he would get ahold of the generator repairman to find out what is exactly hooked up to the generator. Trustee Prickett moved to approve the Police Department Server Room Maintenance NTE $5201.00, and Trustee Kula seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Constant-Aye, Quirk-Aye, Prickett-Aye, and Kula-Aye. Motion carried.
Police Chief Gettemy stated that they were in the process of installing the new equipment but just like everything there have been issues. We did have Verizon and switched to T-Mobile and that is not working with air cards and are switching back to Verizon for the computers in the squads.
Streets & Alleys
No Report.
Buildings, Grounds & Parks
No Report.
Water & Sewer
Dale Youngers stated they were doing fire hydrant flushing this week. ISO will be in town June 19th doing Flo testing. He wanted to have the flushing done prior so there would be no issues.
Dale also asked if anything had been done at a previous meeting with EEI regarding the Lead Water Service Line Replacement Proposed Action Plan. Village Clerk Losiniecki stated there was a verbal go ahead but no professional service agreement signed. Trustee Constant stated he would reach out to EEI to see what the status is. Dale stated he was down to 9 houses. He has three appointments this week with residents and then will be down to six homes. It is urgent to get ahold of these residents. We are going to need to get aggressive with these residents if they don’t respond soon.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Kathy Crawl stated on April 15th they came through town on motorcycles and crashed at Pritchard and Lasher Road. They were requesting speed and gravel signs. Trustee Constant advised Crawl that was DeKalb County’s jurisdiction.
OPEN DISCUSSION
None.
ADJOURMENT
Trustee Constant moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:35 pm and Trustee Kula seconded the motion. Voice vote: All in favor. Motion carried. The next Regular Board Meeting will be held on May 22, 2023.
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