001Stand pledge of allegiance, please followed by an invocation from John Hawkins, please. I pledge allegiance 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. Dear God, we thank you for saying to us and thank you for allowing everybody to make here safely. We pray that you would give us wisdom as we go through today's meeting. We just pray you would bless all the residents here and in your name come in. Thank you John. Thank you everybody. Change up the same what's going to change up the same here. here and for the record and treasure are present. You read to approve the minutes for the March meeting. I'd like to approve the minutes um for the March
00210th meeting of 2025 as as is. All in favor? I I opposed. Hearing none. Motion passes. Before we do the agenda approval, we have a couple of things we need to add to that. Um today's agenda was just a letter from the uh village park meeting that uh gives us a recommendation for tonight's meeting. Oh, and the other one is We had to approve the emergency meeting rec meeting from the park. Oh, we have the strawberry and the strawberry stuff that is the parking. No, that's somewhere else. The park is right number one. Just Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. So, we don't really have to We don't have We don't have to adopt that one. We don't have to. Okay. So what president is looking for is a motion on the agenda with amendments to add
003um strawberry approval to item five under new business um to add um emergency meeting minutes um to the top here right under the agenda and then to add to the DPW um it's Just the mower. Yeah, the mower under. Yes. Anybody? That's that takes care of the agenda. Can I have a motion support for this, please? I'll make a motion to support the amended agenda. I'll second. All in favor? I opposed. Hearing none. Motion is carried. So, I have the treasurer's report. We added the emergency meeting. Do we have to approve the emergency meeting minutes? I think I did it all in one. We It's amended to this to this agenda. Let's just do one because I didn't hear it. You want to do that separately? Can we make a Can I make a motion
004to approve the emergency meeting minutes? Fine. Sure. Second. I'll second. All in favor of motion to approve the emergency. I opposed. Motion carried. There we go. The treasury report. We just need a motion to approve the treasury report. Pardon me. Like to make a motion to the treasured. I will second. Need a roll call vote on that, please. Yes. Yes. We're on to accounts payable for the March $8,43163 major $2,48925 nothing on local no park recreation nothing is that motion motion somebody can make the motion to Well, in the motion, they have to read it. Gotcha. Thank you. I should No, you can make the motion. You can just say, "Hey, you can make I'll make the motion that we support the counc on that, please." Sure. Hawkins. Yes. Yes. Swag. Yes. Penny. Yes. Okay.
005Is there any public comment at this time? You're you're you're grinning and smirking. Your time has passed. I'm sorry, ma'am. If I have anything to say, I'll say I don't care. We're on to new We're on to new business. In your pack, you see the a quote from Rog Engineering and a quote from Orient. On the back side of the quote from Orient is is the plaque for the stone that's going in the park backside. That's nice. That's and and we have in the approval letter for both of these quotes, one for the plaque and one another to approve the uh the uh uh this is the quote to finally get the parcel that we need to start working in the park bought and and finished. Haven't been able to do that yet. So now
006that it's been recommended by park committee and we voted on it, we can now go forward and recommend and make a proposal that we cast these two quotes or two two motions, one for each. You said there were two quotes for the plaque. This is for for the Oh, it's on the back side of that one. Purchase it outside of the property. properties. Yeah. You have a motion for approval sign. Yeah. Approving the property. Yes. For the uh sign [Music] tax ID. Okay. Park committee approved the sign. Yes. Sweet. Yeah, that's the one we we approved because we like the way Well, I'm not part of the committee, but we like the way it read better. It does. Yeah. The other ones we had, it was quite broken up and we didn't like and her
007name was not on one line. It was on two lines and kids didn't No, this looks nice. It's not crowded. It's very We don't get to see that. It's simple. Uh this the plaque basically says Leonard Nature Park made possible through the generous gift of Sherry Arsenal. That simple. And so it's a native flower. It's a trillion. So, how big is uh a little bit bigger. It's I think it actually No, I think it was this size. Oh, the size of the paper. And then it was supposed to go onto a rock that's out there already. Yeah, we have a rock out there. We may just have to move it and place it the way we want it in a place where it's But they found a nice flat one that it'll sit on. I
008will say one thing about the RO what we're not approving what they're holding back on what been decided what we've all decided is we don't feel that they should have to survey the whole property the Ashlin property to get a new legal prescription of that property. So, see this $2,500 actually if they have to do that. We're only looking at 40 square foot little triangle in one area to change that property. So, all they need is the corners. I think they might actually need the whole thing because we're looking to um put two parcels together that we don't and they want you to do the ex the whole thing even though you don't need it. Um I think it's a new policy. Yeah. Well, I think that's the way it went. I'm sorry, but that's
009what they did. But if you want to put it back in, I guess that's Oh, no. If you'll do it, I would be like all for it. It's just that we were guided in a direction that I felt like they didn't have a choice. Yeah. That that they were going to. And like don't trust me. Just because um this is secondhand information. Scott talked with the surveyor, I talked to Scott doesn't mean that actually, you know, is accurate. Well, this is coming from the guy that chaired the meeting. So, awesome. We didn't feel that. They needed that extra $2,500. That's awesome. Did Ro did Ro accept that corre that change? Well, we have to approve it and then I have to go talk to him. Okay. So, this is not this is without the the
010extra 2500 for the full. That's what they're asking. That's I don't know if that's you put that in the letter or not the chance to I I wouldn't be surprised if they have to do the full thing. Okay. Um just in my experience some some parcel lines are like from this pole to that building to that and if those things change over time they need to make sure that they're updated to uh to reflect that. So I'm not a surveyor. I just defer to the people that were talking about time. This is so let's do a motion for the plaque. Um, if everybody is okay with the plaque as it's presented, um, I have no question about it. We're expecting them to do the installation as well, correct? Yes. Okay. And then are we going
011to pay the check? Yeah. Yeah. They'll just invoice the village. Okay. I'd like to make a motion to pay up to $1,150. I will second because that removes the understand why it took the total of the material fabrication graphic design and installation. We are not paying for the card fee and we're taxes. So that brings us down to $3149. $1,150. I love it. I suck at that. Roll call, please. Kennedy. Yes. Yes. Hkins. Yes. Yes. Now we go over to the row survey. Correct. Yeah. Uh the row. Yeah. I don't She didn't. She didn't add that in the letter. That should have been that was part of this this quote that we were holding back that 2500. Okay. Which property did he survey? Ours. Both of them. Both of them have going to end up
012with a new legal description. Yeah. Let's see. Scope of service. Uh it looks like they actually did. It says that estimate cost in terms of payment uh scope of services to be 3500. There's a note above that that says if a full survey of the remainder of the parcel is the parent parcel is needed, there will be an additional cost of 2500. Yes. Um if we approve all of it, then you're safe. If Rose says there's no way we can do that according to the county, if we only approve half of it, then we have to come back and this sets you off another month. We have to address it again. Okay. Can we slow things down again? Yet again, I'm I'm just going to because I I'm going to air on the side of
013caution. I guess I will make a motion to approve 6,000 for the cost of row um survey services for the parcel that is needed uh on the Polyon Trail right of way. Do I have a second for that? Okay, a roll call vote, please. Thank you. Then you're I prove it the way it was. I didn't want to hold back. Yeah, you're safe. And I'd like to know what takes place the survey. Keep your windows open. I'll yell when they get here. Well, I'll take you down. Let's do our roll call vote before we forget. Okay, okay. All right. Thank you for that. So, the next one is the West Elwood Blackhop Repairs. You I sent you guys an email with some pictures, some photographs I took out. I think it was just one or
014two. Two. I don't remember. I was busy Sunday. So, we have BSI. What's in these quotes? BSI did it the way I asked. They gave me a quote for the road repairs and they also gave me a quote for patching. Dave's paving didn't do that. They put it all in one. Oh, and HD seal coating is uh I thought he was the young kid coming here looking for a job. I was in the hall getting a contractor going to meet me in the hall down here and this young kid shows up. I said, "You got to be a teacher. He's got to be in high school. No, he was the estimator. So I thought he's quite young to be doing this kind of work. So with BSI, they told what they explained to me and
015what we what I like what they said was they're going to put um 2 in of binder and then they'll put 2 in of top coat over it to fix,200t of roadway on the west side of town. Now, I'm mistaken because I thought we when we repave down through Elma, I I can't see you again. These glasses are terrible. They're reading glasses. When when they did that, I thought we did Elwood end to end through the village. We didn't. We stopped at White Head Street at the corners there. This butts right up to that corner. It is now affecting the new pavement or the six-year-old pavement in a bad way. So, it's too much to just hatch. And if you look at if you look at all all the crack sealer that's on there and
016stuff in between there. And I got in I kept seeing all I said, "What am I looking at here? Why is this so rough?" And I started moving some dirt. It's all cracking into little chunks the whole top coat for that whole distance. The other side of the road is good. It's only but it's all the way out to the center of the wind. So, the whole lane has got to be done. And we have this 6x10 ft hole over here on Division and and and Elmwood that should have been repaired after after we put the new line in and and cured that basin on on Division Street, but it's been open since then. So, and there's water in there and water is going under the pavement. We we've got to plug that hole. We've
017got to get that water on there or that pavement will start to break down. And plus, it's right in the sidewalk. People are walking through it. So, there's a bit of a safety issue there. I saw a cow with a with a baby bugger struggle to get through there. So, that's what this is about. And I took several couple historians with me went out there and I said, "You need to look at I want you to I value their opinion. Look at this role with me." And and their thought was, "Yeah, it it's it's a section that needs to be repaid. can't just be passed and fix the problem. It's going downhill and it's going downhill fast. So, but it's older pavement. So, that's my mistake. I I went on the assumption that was new.
018Why is this so fast? But the rest of the pavement going that way is in pretty good shape now. I think it's going to last a bit longer. So, but this won't this area. It's just only going to get worse and it's already affecting our new pavement that we that seemed right up to it. So there's water already getting under the there too. A patch would adhere that. So they're going down 4 in. They're going to put two inches of binder down and uh 2 in of top down after that. Also in there, this is going to come up again later. You'll see some reports of what it would cost for any grading. I don't foresee any grading when we're doing this part of the road, but I had asked the guys. I said, "Yeah."
019They're talking about all the dirt roads we have. I said, "Yeah, we got a grader coming. It's not here yet. We do grading." I said, "Well, give me a quote." So, I asked for a quote. These quotes are $1,500 an hour plus plus the operator. So, I don't think we want to do that. So, six about a six, seven hour job for us to do our road. So that would be pretty expensive going that route. So is Craig expensive? No, we're going to get there. We're going to get there. It's coming up. So you can look at the three quotes here. That's what we're up against. You can take uh HD. You could they were the highest at I think they just got 47,000 for That's for the Elmwood spot. That's for the Elmwood. $47,800.
020I I don't know what he's thinking there. But part of that is uh $20,000 for patching to patch forestry. Oh, so I I really don't like this quote at all. I think it's way So, states paving and uh so states paving it says patch of Rochester Road as well. Yes, that is so that's yes that should have been a separate quote I asked you to do. Okay. So, that's a mixed quote as well. Yeah. Okay. So the 195 is for Elmwood to do the same of what I just asked because I asked everybody to be quoting it the same way, the same amount of material in the same process so that everybody's giving me everyone the same third chance at it. So that first part is an estimate of 195 for Elmwood and Whitehead and
021and division and that includes division and oh okay there's two division okay and the first part the 195 is two spots. Yeah and same with uh same with HD they're all and then 11950 is for Rochester Road patching for the the craters. Yeah, don't take the patching out. I got another solution I'm working on that I think we're going to like. So sweet. It's much more effective and and much more cost effective, I think. So, look, we can't patch now anyway because the ashball plants aren't even open yet. Even if I I want to patch, I can't patch because we don't have ash and I don't know when they're Nobody says give me a date when they're going to open. They said, "Well, we don't know. It's it's weather related and truck right now truck
022related. I'm in construction. So yeah, it's it's beginning of May right now. They have to make sure the roads are but so we're comparing states paving is 195 compared to 14608 14608 BS okay that's the that's the direct comparison there the 4750 say the thing about BSI keep these companies say final like is they are also BSI are also cement contractors okay so so when we're working on the park with the approaches on both sides of Forest Street and the apron and the sidewalk. That's all that's all to be done and cement. That's the way we've engineered out. So, they uh and they got all the free fill we want. Have we worked with BSI before? I don't No, I don't think so. Okay. Do um I know he's another guy that grew up in
023the village. Oh, they're Birmingham Seal Coat. Yes. Oh, that makes more sense. Okay. lives around here. That's a big company. Okay. Oxford. Okay. They're Yeah, they've been they've been around. Okay. Yeah. I based on that. Also, the new window of of uh grant money is opened up. It's opened up today actually. So, and it again, this is an older section of pavement and we'd like to get this done because it's in bad shape and it will give us some more time on that length of road that we don't have to pave because you're right. The rest the rest of it seems fine. I didn't drive it daily. So, but uh a local guy company that's been in business for a long time. I see no issues with the SI. You have any issues? You seem
024like a real nice guy. another guy with Tim who actually did the work at the podium where they were pretty nice. You know, another guy that went step by step through everything we were going to do. So, and looking forward to uh when we get moving on the park. So, that would be the one cement contractor I could call. Finding these contractor is a little getting a little tough unless I go with a big time one. That's always going to be big time money. Yeah. But people that that you can find that you know that that were raised there and moved on. Well, they moved on to Oxford, but they they understand the village and they they seem to vote a little older. Do we need a motion for this? Do we have funding for
025this? Well, we have three. We have to choose one and two, one for the black top repairs, one for No, we're not doing the patching. Nope. Nope. The patching is for right now. We're going to hold that back. And the patching was the same exact spot, just a a patch. A pardon me. This is the This 4750 is the exact same spots, just a patch. Just it's Forest Street from the beginning to end for through the village. Well, that's floral still. I took them all through the village and I took them uh east and west on on Elmo and Elwood's in very good shape. There's a couple holes that have opened up this year that we got to fix or they'll get worse. They're all going to get worse. and some practices that we're going
026to have to put down, but not very much at all. Okay. So, I guess I go back to is there funding? The funding uh is by the Oakland County Commissioners Board, the Board of Commissioners. It's a new funding program for small municipalities, and they've already faced us in at $2,700. So, we've got a little bit of a little bit of money for it. It's a little bit of money that after we're done doing this, then I can put back in the pot from It's a grant money. Gotcha. Okay. So, we're still looking at $12,000 out of pocket. Yeah, it's Yeah, these are the kind of costs you're looking at for, you know, for infrastructure work. Now, that's I'm just talking out loud to make sure anybody hears questions or if I can think of anything
027else. So, curious to see what I don't think I used Did you say you're patching forest street? Is that what you're going to do? Yes. Well, that's a temporary fix, right? Because of the road construction that is TBD. We're supposed to be repaving We're supposed to be repaving the road in 27 28 and I'm questioning we'll make it that far anyway. That road's getting really bad. Yeah, I understand that. And it's just the money is going to be spent in it's going to bring gravel turned into road. Okay, let's step back then, I guess, and ask what do we need right now? What do we We need We need a motion for Elmwood and Whitehead in division. Correct. Yes, the repairs there and that right now our best price is 14608 by a local company
028who's been around for a while. Yes. Any reason not to make a motion there? It'll be in budget, but yeah, my only concern that the way the firm going so far this year, we're not going to have a budget to finish out the year. Yeah. I don't we'll pick we'll pick the layoff money. Okay. If we can work magic to find the fun, we have to do it. Well, I I'll tell you what. We'll talk about it before I actually call them and and and I'll order them the contract. So, we'll wait a couple days. How's that? Well, if we have to make a motion to approve the money now. If we're approving the money now, we're approving the money. Well, all right. So, trying to think of how we can I'd like to make
029a motion for not to exceed $14,68 for pair of Dision Street and Whitehead Yes, I paid and I'll second that. Have a roll call vote, please. 14,00 14,000. What? 608. 608. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Sorry. 14608. Okay. Gotcha. Um white division pavement. Not to receive. Got it. I do second that. Motion has been seconded. Can I have a roll call vote, please? Sure. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Is there another part of this that we need to approve or are we pretty much spent? No. Okay. I guess one question I was thinking of like if there's any part we could postpone like say if it like makes if it's you know we look at the budget it's like just kind of like way more than we need is something where we can maybe delay division because there's
030I know like the division doesn't really have a lot of cars going up and down there versus like Elwood that would need to be addressed first. I don't know if that's I know you're mentioning maybe it would affect the road. 10 by they're charging me for a 10 by 10 square. They're only charging me 100 square foot. Gotcha. It's relatively small, but it's another area that's We have a lot of water there. It's for sure. We have a lot of water now sitting in that open hole. Got it. Okay. So, just do it all at once. We'd be paying a lot more, I think, that way. Okay. So, this and this was out too much. Okay, we're together. Right. So, next on the agenda, the full tax number three on this, we're not we're not
031that's on hold right now. I'm working on a different way to do this. The number four grading bid for 2025 with Craig Ason. And that's going to go I actually wanted to pull that in with with old business because they go together because Greg raised his prices by $100 this year. So, I asked him for this quote. Um, and $100 per hour for any extra like grading parking lot or something. If I asked him if we needed to do that, they would charge more for that. But it relatively great price considering what else I was getting out there. Okay. So, you want to item four, strike it, and address it in old business. No, no, no. Leave it where it is. Okay. Why we're doing this is because we can't get our greater. Oh, okay.
032And that was going to I was going to talk about that in a little business. So, it's it kind of they kind of go together. Gotcha. Okay. I since we can't get that because the the gentleman that's working on our grater now has gone through back surgery. So, I don't know when we're getting this grater. So, how much wasn't the grater about 14,000? Well, 21,000. Do we cancel this? something. I mean, if we're going to continue paying it, why don't we cancel that grater? I He's not bringing it to us. It's been like a year. You know, the guy's holding off on it and it's, oh, it's here and it's here and it's too long now. I mean, how long it's going to last? Well, we're going to end up going through the entire year
033with a commitment to buy a grader and grade in the village through the whole year. What does it actually cost us to grade in a year? I think the problem just from my perspective So he's getting you're getting quotes right now $1,500 was it per hour? Per hour plus plus the amp rig. So it's probably eight eight hour day. Okay. So you're at $12,000. This is why we end up staying with the grater twice with the bed where Gotcha. Okay. I think we use I think if we can get it I Okay, got it. I believe we used Craig four times last year. No, three times. Well, three times. Is that a three eight hour days then? Basically six hours. Whatever he does he does for $700. He breaks all the all the dirt roads
034for that price. Yes. And generally it's about six hours when he when he does it. I guess there's one more point that I was going to make as well. I don't know how long will continue when is he going to retire? Okay. are only going to go up for a year. So next, let's say three years we go back find $3,000. So give the guy another month on the graders is what you're saying. So I I think Craig is a great resource until he is done and then that's when we need to pick up our also agreed. I'm sorry. Yeah. No, you're also agreed to train us when we get the grater. Oh, okay. How how to run the grater properly. Okay. Well, you know, the scraper is going to all be reconditioned. It's going
035to be all the fluid filters and everything. We're going to need them. We're going to need them swapped out again before we get it. You know, I'm just giving a hassle. It's going to be a complete grater. So, if we have to sell it, you're going to be selling, okay, a reconditioned grater. You're not can't find a recondition. So, give him a little bit of time is what you're saying. All right. All right. Tell him he's almost going to get cut off by Okay. Okay. I'd like to make a motion to authorize continue for grading at a one time fee of $700 for work and an additional $100 in access. I will second that motion been seconded. Can I have a roll call on that please? Swag. Yes. Yes. Yes. more. Yeah. Sure. Okay. Next
036on the new business is the strawberry festival. I think Kyle is here. He wants to talk have permission to shut down. Yeah. Shut down road just road closures or on Elwood right both of them. Yeah. I'm kind of here kind of for the committee even though I'm not really on it. Ry's been talking to me. So this is me if I can. Didn't even didn't even dawn on me. You need you need so I need east westwood closed from 1 to 5 right now to my house at 205 or just before 1 to from 1 to 5 from 1 to 5 but how far up? Um Jeff's house up to Rosie I think is Oh yeah they Okay. So they go that far. They actually turn around. Okay. So 1 to five. Is that Rosie
037up there? Yes. So yeah Rosie pretty much to the porest. Okay. Because we have we're setting up hay bale right in front of market like right after the parking there. And then you need east Elmwood and East Elmwood would be from 9:30 to 10:30. So 9 to 10 9 to 11. Yeah. 9 to 11 probably. And that's Yeah. 9 Sorry. 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Yep. And that's forest to That's Yeah. Here to division. Is it division? drawing a blank on my All right. I will make a motion to close the roads on what is the date? July 20 something. Third Saturday, July 19th. July 19th. I will make a motion to close the roads July 19th, 2025 from 100 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on West Elmwood, Forest to Rosie and also 9:00 a.m. to
03811:00 p.m. East Elmwood, Forest to Division support. All in favor? I I oppose hearing none. Motion is passed. We'll move on to old business. We've already talked about the road green area problems with that. So, we're going to next is the house on 4285 Forest Street. The update on that is the last time I talked with John, I don't know if I talked about this last meeting, but I can start taking bids on tearing that down, but bids are only good for 6 months and it's going to take till the end of the year for us to go through the legal proceedings to actually be decreed to take that house down. Mhm. So, it's going to 20,000. So, this could very well be in the next year's budget then. Anyway, it'd probably have to be.
039I'm still hoping someone buys it and does it for us. So, there's a guy who comes around my house keeps asking me and I keep telling him no, it's going to be demolished. Just tell him he has to demolish it. That's fine. He's welcome to demolish it. Tell him that. So, in your packet is the is is the forest street proposal from the tree here. the forestry for resurfacing the the uh forestry from the engineering aspect of it design engineering 93,000 it's a road they can't really like take a design from somewhere else it's crazy isn't it they've already done it once right when we rep it hasn't changed so why are you charging 93,000 because they can because they can. Is there anything what do we need on this one or is this more
040of an information? I think since we don't know about funding yet for this so there's nothing back yet a while longer until I can come up and see what kind of funding we can get to pay for this. Yeah, because we don't we don't have that. So we will the funding just so everybody knows design engineering about 93,000 construction engineering 188,000 and some kind of allowance is 500 bucks. So not cheap. Um and that's it would be bad if they would hold up but they don't and that's why Bill holds off on repaving forest because this is coming you know we we don't have a choice. So it is patchwork until we get to the point where this becomes realistic. Right. I have said several times dirt. Right. And we'll have the grater. We'll be
041good with the grater. We should have a toll road so we can charge the trucks coming through. I agree. I like that idea. For big citizens, right? Hang on just till I I can get an answer on some kind of funding to do this. And I have a actually the the government window is open today and but there's a there's a webinar on this Wednesday morning that I'm going to talk I'm going to be attending so that I can understand what we can get out of this how this can affect this what can how this will help us or if it won't. So when I was funding for this I I don't know what way I don't see this one this is just to make sure I understand correctly the design engineering and the construction
042engineering and apparently the reimburseable allowances cannot be included in the grant money that we're getting from the road commission correct so based off that plus we I think they assume that the project cost was going to be approximately what $730,000 is that correct Yes. Give or take. So within that 20% of that cost plus the engineering cost, we're looking at bonding amount of approximately $430,000. That's the bill's responsibility at this point. Making sure that my understanding is correct from the numbers and stuff that we've been providing. That's why I want to hold off on this until we can look into planning much deeper. The only thing they're looking at is trying to get this approved so that they can get this done by 2020, the end of this year. That's what they want to do.
043That's when it supposed to be done. The survey work is supposed to be done by the end of this year. Although we're not paid until 27 and 28. I don't know what they do for the year 26, but plan for it. I you know, so that takes care of that. Let's go to DPW update. The patching material for Rose. Um I went out and had to buy some patching material for the emergency fix on Forest Street. And I went back when it held up and it is still holding up pretty good. Um it's not wallowing out. Actually, I think we did a pretty good job. We used a torch on them. We put a hot patch in there. It was was steaming pretty good before we were done. So, that seemed to help it out.
044So, I went back and I bought 10 more bags. So, we have this on hand. Now, if I hope we open up another bag of hole like that one, that one took 200 pounds of material to fill. Wow. Yeah. They come with 50 lb bags. But we don't It's inside the garage. We don't have to keep it outside. We have junk sitting outside. We don't know what to do with old patch and stuff and we're going to throw it in there and see hope it worked, which it can't. It's shot. Now we have to get rid of it. So this way it'll stay in bags. I asked them, "How long this stuff lasts in bags?" Stay forever. I don't know. It doesn't doesn't go off until you get it out in the air. So in
045the plastic bags, 50 cup bags. So Gotcha. It activates with air. Gotcha. And and actually BSI called me that that morning about that. I said, "No, I got this big hole. I got to patch." I'm looking at this quick treat stuff and this commercial mix. And he says, "We buy that stuff by the ton this time of year." I said, "Oh, then it should work for us, too." So, that's why I started down this road. So, we have that. Now, number two on there is the mower maintenance instead of sending it to Novax this year because we don't have a lot to do. Um, we're going to take care of it in house. So, I I got some uh wheels. I sent the wheels up there, put new tires on, tubes in it, and we're
046going to get oil filter, oil, and everything. I'm just getting it off at Novax, and we're going to take care of it ourselves. Who does that? Don does that. Pardon me. Don does that. No, he's back at work. Andrew and I are going to do it. Okay. Does Don still is he still DPW? Yes. Okay. But unfortunately for us, he had we had to go back to work last month, so it's been a stretch. Mhm. I figured it was I prayed for rain and no snow for that time and no ice. So yeah, let's go into the president's report, the foyer report. Uh we're still getting stung calls on on not very many. I don't have anything on this uh CDBG report. Mhm. Yes, there's really nothing to report. Just an update on this one.
047What she's saying is what we were sitting on about $7,000. We started sitting on $7,000. Oh, we're sitting on more, but some money has to go away. They're making us make give it away. Does Elwood does that need an a really big apron? [Music] But yes, I would love Bummer. that we've had nobody asking for these reports or nobody asking for CD GB CDBG. Nobody's asking for anything. No, nothing's going wrong in the village. Nobody. I mean, it's good to ask for anything. We don't have a lot. Here's the thing. So, my repair money is 2023 money. That's what we're going to be keeping is that remove architectural barrier, which is 2024. Everything else will go away. Oh. Um, and that money that's in my room is going to be the us two more years.
048Okay. So, let's hope nothing goes wrong because then that way it covers somebody who might be in a bad way. Yeah. Because that's really not a ton with a furnace going out or something like that. The way I think I might have mentioned this last time, they want us either use it all at once. It shouldn't be a problem or it can only use on two projects max and that's and I already for used $1,000 so that on a local project work. So that only leaves us one project to be used for and then it has to be exhausted. So why do you even give it to us? Why do you bother? You know, I don't make these rules. I think they're put down by HUD. I can't say just just like everything else, there's
049always kind of the rules are changing and it's just for fun. The frustrating the frustrating part is when it comes in and there's somebody that actually needs it and they're the third person. This is ridiculous. You know, like the funds are there. It's a $500 blower on a furnace and I can't a little bit of money. I would definitely appeal it to them just because they do care. You know, they want to see low-inccome people, struggling people use that money. I can't, you know, I think that there's a guideline, but then maybe there's some gray area, but this is what they this is what they say, what they recommend. And I guess I have to remember too, somebody abused it and that's why it's there. So, okay. Yeah. Ordinance enforcement. Anything? Okay. Can we continue
050down to the summer festival committee reports? Um I I was supposed to attend that that meeting. I I couldn't go cuz I operated on that morning. So although they told me I could go, I couldn't get my kids to take me down here. So you're not going to. So got but I did talk to her later than that. She has uh also shut down the post office box for for her committee. She's not going to be taking any more donations this year because it would be for next year anyway. Anything she's got here at the end of this, she's going to give it all to the firemen. Any money's over about what they spent and anything that's left, she's just going to give it to all the all the firemen. And are we talking about
051the summer festival? It's the strawberry festival. So, she's giving up all the money. So, there's just going to She says, "I'm just going to give it to the firemen, whatever we have left." Is this the last festival? Is that what you're saying? She's saying this is definitely the last festival. No, but that's Not necessarily. Maybe for her. Okay. Maybe for her, you know, unless we can get new amendments. Yeah. I think just um I talked to Randy this morning. So um she did ask that um there's going to be a fundraiser over at the Elks Club and anybody who's interested in doing the fundraiser, the money does go to the fire department. That's the That's the comedy. Oh, so that's the comedy thing. Yeah. Is it like May I believe? Yes. It was Yes. Okay.
052So, um you can check the Facebook page if you're interested. Anybody who watched it go that um it was unfortunately this year. I heard it was awesome. I heard it was really they did one last year. Yeah. So, um Yeah. Any funds they get for the summer festival committee from the fundraiser is going to fire department first or is it going to go to the summer festival committee and then the fire department? or not festival. Yeah. So clarify um let's say in future years down the road they wanted to make it a fundraiser for the fire department. They would do that where they had the um comedy thing and all the money would go to the fire department. But this year it'll help pay for whatever needs to be paid for. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay.
053Well, that was interesting. Okay. So that takes care of that. Can I have the cable commission report, please? Terry, if you want to update us with the cable commission. Um, oh, sweet. Yeah. So, she's here. Probably better better up than that one. Feel free the manager CTV. Um, we have an interlocal agreement that needs to be signed every 10 years. I thought maybe it was going to be on your agenda so that you can vote on it. I can ask you to put it on your agenda at the next um meeting that you have. So, can vote on it and then I need the president and the clerk to sign it. Okay. Is it a is there any money involved or is it the same as the previous No, it's it's the same carry over
054vote on whatever money you have coming in to us. Gotcha. In the future, that's fine. It has nothing to do with the money stays. It stands and you just need this signed. You just need it approved. Yes. Got it. that you're still belonging to the four community interlocal. Oh, gotcha. And for that comedy club, um, we could do advertising for that if you want to get that information to us. Absolutely. I You know what, Jeff? Should we talk after the meeting? Yeah. Yeah. Wonderful. Thank you. Yeah, sure. Okay. That we do that for Oh my gosh, that would be wonderful. Anything you guys have out here? So we can also if you can get the strawberry festival information to us we do promote it but um we can start promoting it even like the end
055of June or even the beginning of June. I mean honestly I have somebody call you because I what I mentioned to you was they are desperate for volunteers. Yeah. So yes we could put a cry out for the volunteers. We really really need them badly. Very cool. Okay. Excellent. It's actually Jen's dad that puts those crowns together. Yep. Thank you. Okay. Can we move on to the decorative committee, please? Is there anything? I have one. Are the flags swapped out for spring? Do they still say happy holidays on the polls? Yeah. I wonder what you were talking about. Yeah, the flags on the polls. Okay. Can we I don't even know who to ask, I guess, cuz it was supposed to be somebody tall. Yeah, I I offered help, but he didn't want me because
056I was too short. Mike and Don was doing that. So, Mike and Don, you know, I'll talk to Don and see what we can we can get that done. Yeah, just if you can make it. Mike's only gone for a week, so we're probably good with snow now. So, the happy holidays is kind of yesterday. So, well, it's Easter. Now, I want to welcome Leonard, you know, so that North Oakland Transportation Authority, we've got two new citizen advocates. Um they're not on the committee per se, but they're at all the meetings now. So I mean them. That's the only thing I have on it. There isn't really anything new there. We do have an ongoing legal issue that's going to take some time. Mhm. So the planning commission I would like to make a motion
057to cancel the April planning commission meeting. I'll support Just give me a roll call or just give me an all in favor. No, I don't. Just give me an all in favor. Just all in favor. I I opposed. Hearing none. Motions supported. Granted. Polyan Trail Management Council. The first meeting of the spring is uh Wednesday, Wednesday afternoon. So I don't have anything on that until next meeting. Village Park. We actually went through what we went through in Village Park is hoping that we'll get those approaches realigned across Fourth Street this year and and maybe the sidewalk and the approach done. That's a ways away. I I don't know. It's Every time I think I'm moving forward, I seem to have to walk backwards a little bit. So, it's been a struggle. [Applause] black. Yeah, we
058beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat that that that dead dead horse. So what I have here at this one my fingers here and see it's just Oh, here it is. Right from this is a a letter asking for our support for May being mental health awareness month. It's since my wife suffers with that, it's very important to me. I think they're just uh asking that that we would support it. It's not any money thing or anything. Just that we're on board that we support this month being May of mental health awareness month. I will make a motion to recognize and support mental health awareness month in the village. Oh, can I? All in favor? I I opposed carried. Motion carry. I have one more thing. Actually, I
059have two more things, but one more thing from the official meeting. You got a letter of thank you from Oxford Addison Youth Assistance for our support for this year. On behalf of Oxford Addison Youth Assistance, we would like to thank you for your generous annual support for our program. Oxford adds some youth assisted fields privilege to offer services and various programs to address needs of atrisisk children to strengthen the family unit. That's all. I'm going to take a little bit longer than that, but I think you get the gist of that. That's right. That being done, I'd like to uh say the meeting at 7:56. I will make a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:56. Support. All in favor I I opposing none meeting is a journ.