WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.719 May we all stand for the place, please. 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:14.000 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:20.080 which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:23.080 Madam Clerk, please call the roll. 00:00:23.080 --> 00:00:53.079 Pat Odendahl. Here. Kathy Wilken. Here. Kathy Altensey. Here. Kevin McIlwain. Patrick Sellers. Here. We have a quorum. We have a quorum. The first order of minutes is the approval of minutes for the April 6th, 2026 meeting on the motion and the second please. So moved. I'll second it. All right, motion by Altensey, second by Wilken. Please take a look at the minutes if you haven't done so already. 00:00:53.079 --> 00:01:16.079 Are there any questions for the minutes for last meeting? Seeing that there are none, 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:18.079 Okay, all in favor? 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:19.079 Aye. 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:20.079 Any opposed? 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:21.079 Motion carries. 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:24.079 The next order of business is approval of Bill's payable. 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:28.079 I need a motion and a second please. 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:29.079 So moved. 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:30.079 Second. 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:31.079 Motion passed. 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:32.079 Altensey seconded by McIlwain. 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:37.079 Please take a look at the Bill's payable if you haven't done so already. 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:44.280 There was a charge for, um, there was a trust. 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:48.840 Yeah, I was, yep, I asked him about it. 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.280 Okay, so someone else for rental property doesn't have the trust. 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:56.840 All right, it was, it was, it was emergency assistance. 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.439 Gotcha. So that's the once a year, right? Yes. Okay. 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:11.079 Any questions on claims and demands, trustees? 00:02:11.079 --> 00:02:15.079 Seeing as there are none, please call the roll. 00:02:15.079 --> 00:02:19.079 Wilken. Aye. McIlwain. Aye. 00:02:19.079 --> 00:02:23.079 Altensey. Aye. Odendahl. Sellers. 00:02:23.079 --> 00:02:27.079 I will abstain. Oh, you're going to abstain? Yes. 00:02:27.079 --> 00:02:31.079 Okay, let me put that this minute. Don't leave me yet. Odendahl abstains. 00:02:31.079 --> 00:02:35.079 Okay. 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:44.080 Okay. Did you call? I did. I did, Patrick Sellers. Oh, okay. Well, all right then. All right. 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:57.080 Motion passed. Motion passes. The initial business is approval of appropriation ordinance T-26-2026, T-001, fiscal year 2026-2027. 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:05.080 We've had our motion and our second man. We've had our discussion. Did you guys see the adjustment that Liz made? 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.080 Is that what these tabs are? That's what those tabs are. 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:12.080 Did you guys know why she did it? Yeah. 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:15.080 It was in the email, but it's probably good to go ahead and explain it here. 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:21.080 Well, we have accounting services payroll fee, which is our QuickBooks fee. 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:32.080 She had it for a dollar but they adjusted the fee and it went up so she put $999 in it to make sure we have enough to cover. 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:43.080 That changed the number on the front page. It changed the number on page 2. 00:03:43.080 --> 00:04:02.080 The bottom number, 810, it changed the number for our general town on page 10, and it changed the general town fund ending balance, the total funds ending balance on page 11. 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:07.080 So, and everything went up to $999 because that's, you know, she had to take it. 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.080 I don't have page 2 in here. I have 1, 3. 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:11.080 I have 3. 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:21.520 Those pages are the ones that have the changes on them. 00:04:21.520 --> 00:04:24.439 So this is not the full budget, these are just the changes in the budget. 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:25.439 Okay. 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:26.439 Okay? 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:27.439 Thank you. 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:28.439 All right. 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:35.319 You need a motion to amend, according to this, because it was different than the original 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:36.319 that we... 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:37.319 Motion to amend. 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:38.319 Oh, that's true. 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:47.879 Yes, we'll need a motion to amend in order to accept these, this change. 00:04:47.879 --> 00:04:52.879 I'll move to amend to the changes. 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:54.879 Okay, so... 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:03.879 Hold on a second. 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:11.879 So, we're going to do a roll call vote for a motion to amend, right? 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:12.879 Ready? 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:13.879 Yes. 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:14.879 Wilken? 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:15.879 Aye. 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:16.879 Mcllwain? 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:17.879 Aye. 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:18.879 Altensey? 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:19.879 Aye. 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:20.879 Odendahl? 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:21.879 Aye. 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:22.879 Sellers? 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:23.879 Aye. 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:24.879 Motion passed. 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:25.879 Okay. 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:26.879 Now, we're going to vote to approve the budget. 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:27.879 As amended. 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:28.879 As amended. 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:29.879 Okay. 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:36.879 Okay. So, would I need a motion to approve the budget as amended? 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:37.879 We just did that. 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:42.879 Okay. So, Madam Clerk, this is the motion, this is to approve the budget. 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:43.879 As amended. 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:45.879 Well, no. I think we do need a motion. 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:47.879 We just did. Motion to amend. 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.879 We amended it. We just did the motion to amend it. 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:51.879 Michael! 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:52.879 But now we need a motion to vote on it. 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:53.879 Are you on the phone? 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.879 Right. No, no, no. We have the, we have the, we, we... 00:05:57.879 --> 00:05:58.879 Yes. 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:05.000 Do we need a motion to, we did a motion to amend because we had a change to the budget. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:08.959 Now we want to approve the budget. Do we just go for the approval or do we need a motion 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:09.959 to approve? 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:18.399 No, you need a vote on the approval of the budget as amended. 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:27.879 Okay. So we need a vote to approve the budget as amended. So Madam Clerk, call the roll. 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:37.519 Aye. Mcllwain? Aye. Altensey? Aye. Odendahl? Aye. Sellers? Aye. Okay. Motion passes. Good job. 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:44.560 Hey Ted, good catch too. Thank you. Appreciate that. The next on the business is the discussion 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:50.079 and approval of the renewal of the service provider agreement with Joharie Allen for 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:56.279 Operation Jumpstart Program. So I need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Motion by 00:06:56.280 --> 00:07:25.280 Altensey, Second, Mcllwain. Are there any questions about this? I made the adjustment, there was an adjustment on page 13, which we had in there 18 hours per month, it should have been 18 hours per week. So I changed the word from month to week. So that's the change that we had for the service provider agreement. 00:07:25.280 --> 00:07:27.240 agreement. So I made that adjustment. 00:07:30.200 --> 00:07:35.160 The only thing I would say is I think this is an important role. 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:39.800 And I think it's a complicated role, having had a little bit 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:46.000 to do with working with people in the same kind of background 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:54.080 and difficulties. I would like as we go along, if there's any 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:55.079 and Jihari. 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:56.079 And we're going to look at the different types of things that we're going to look at, and 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:57.079 how we're going to do that. 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:00.639 So, I think it's a great way to keep us kind of in the loop in terms of what the activities 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:05.939 are that are going on, and how successful that is. 00:08:05.939 --> 00:08:06.939 The progress? 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:12.000 I think that there's a danger because it is complicated that it just kind of gets pushed 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:18.479 off and it doesn't have, I don't know exactly what kind of oversight it has right now. 00:08:18.479 --> 00:08:22.039 I don't know who Jihari kind of answers to. 00:08:22.039 --> 00:08:23.039 Me. 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:36.800 answers to me. As the creator of the program and as the actual program overseer, Jihari 00:08:36.800 --> 00:08:48.800 answers to me directly. So I monitor what he's doing. He gives his reports to me. I 00:08:48.799 --> 00:09:18.799 Will you guys get a report every meeting? No. But as progress, as we make progress, we will give you those, those, those reports. And as you guys can see from the last time I provided a report, the numbers have grown. The success is there. This program is necessary. And, and, and if we are going to help our youth, this is one of the ways that we do it. Okay? Um, to get them employed, to get them employed, to get them employed, to get them employed, to get them employed, to get them employed, to get them employed, to get them employed, 00:09:18.800 --> 00:09:25.620 Boyd, to get them in GED, to get them in college, to get them in the trades. These 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:32.280 are the things that we can do to help our youth. Okay? So the importance of this program 00:09:32.280 --> 00:09:35.520 is just that, the importance of the program. And the importance of the program is to help 00:09:35.520 --> 00:09:41.720 our youth, as we've been talking about doing. So we've been doing this. So your question 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:48.440 is the oversight. The oversight is me. Johara answers to the supervisor of Freeport Township. 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:58.160 Okay? Anybody have any more concerns, questions, comments, concerns, give them to me. Because 00:09:58.160 --> 00:10:00.040 tonight is the night we vote to approve. 00:10:00.040 --> 00:10:04.040 because tonight is the night we vote to approve this contract because I want to keep the program going. 00:10:04.040 --> 00:10:12.040 Yeah, no, I mean, I'll just say, um, gosh, it's been in existence for two years now? It was three years. 00:10:12.040 --> 00:10:13.040 What's that? 00:10:13.040 --> 00:10:14.040 The program. 00:10:14.040 --> 00:10:15.040 No, this is the first year? 00:10:15.040 --> 00:10:16.040 One year. 00:10:16.040 --> 00:10:18.040 This is the second half of the first year. 00:10:18.040 --> 00:10:19.040 Yeah. 00:10:19.040 --> 00:10:20.040 Yeah. 00:10:20.040 --> 00:10:23.040 Because it was a six month program, more of a trial year. 00:10:23.040 --> 00:10:26.040 And then we extended it to the end of the year. 00:10:26.040 --> 00:10:28.040 Which is April 31st? 00:10:28.040 --> 00:10:29.040 Or 30th? 00:10:59.040 --> 00:11:09.280 Funding an independent personal organization that has no accountability, as in this case again, 00:11:09.280 --> 00:11:14.880 Johari does report basically directly to Patrick because his checks come directly from Township 00:11:15.920 --> 00:11:25.920 and the checks are basically bi-weekly. So there is a firm set of controls there to monitor what's 00:11:25.920 --> 00:11:43.920 We've had progress reports. We had the one that was done a couple of months ago, then we also had an initial one shortly after it started. 00:11:43.920 --> 00:11:55.920 So, I'm comfortable with the controls that are in place, don't see where the complication comes in at, because the mission of the program is pretty straight forward. 00:12:00.920 --> 00:12:07.920 Yeah, so I guess, so you mentioned complication, what complication do you refer to? 00:12:07.920 --> 00:12:21.920 I'm saying the work is complicated. Working with people with the kind of backgrounds and problems that most clients have is complicated. It's complicated work. 00:12:21.920 --> 00:12:50.920 I'm not criticizing the program in any way. I'm saying it's complicated work, it's important work. All I'm saying is I think it's, in part because it is, there's a danger that it kind of becomes left over there because it's, you know, because you don't want to, 00:12:50.920 --> 00:12:55.200 Everybody tried to get in and understand everything that's going on and such. 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:58.320 So I'm just saying it's good to have periodic 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:02.960 reviews and make sure and that's why I was asking the questions about 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:04.240 accountability. 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:08.160 So it wasn't a criticism. It was a 00:13:08.160 --> 00:13:12.920 question of kind of the lay of the land and a statement to support that this is 00:13:12.920 --> 00:13:13.880 important work. 00:13:13.880 --> 00:13:18.520 Maybe this will help clear things up. There are different mechanisms in the program. 00:13:18.520 --> 00:13:23.520 There are different gears. There are all these different nuances inside the program. 00:13:23.520 --> 00:13:27.520 But please understand that I wrote those nuances. I created those gears. 00:13:27.520 --> 00:13:31.520 So I know every piece that's working in this program, how it's supposed to be working. 00:13:31.520 --> 00:13:37.520 And Jahari reports to me directly all the time, and I'm keeping close tabs on numbers. 00:13:37.520 --> 00:13:42.520 I want to see progress. Now I know there's going to come a point in time where the program is going to plateau. 00:13:42.520 --> 00:13:44.520 Every program does that. 00:13:44.520 --> 00:13:50.520 and that's when we sit down and we kind of reinvent the program to make sure it keeps progressing. 00:13:50.520 --> 00:13:58.520 We haven't reached our plateau yet, not even close. We're getting more and more people calling to join the Jumpstart program. 00:13:58.520 --> 00:14:03.520 Actually, we had a gentleman call from Rockford who wanted to be a part of the Jumpstart program. 00:14:03.520 --> 00:14:08.520 Unfortunately, you're not from Freeport, so we can't assist you. 00:14:38.520 --> 00:14:44.520 All is fair? Any more questions, comments, concerns? We're good? Yep. 00:14:44.520 --> 00:14:53.520 Madam Clerk, please follow the roll. Odendahl? Yes. Altensey? Aye. McElwain? Aye. Wilken? Aye. Sellers? Aye. Motion passed. Motion passed. 00:14:53.520 --> 00:14:58.520 The next item is the Supervisor's Report. I'm not going to bore you guys to death with a whole bunch of talking. 00:14:58.520 --> 00:15:25.520 I think this might be the last one for the fiscal year, if I'm not mistaken. 00:15:25.520 --> 00:15:38.520 So I really don't have a whole lot to discuss. I mean, I can think of something to have a whole lot of writing, but I'm not going to do that. I wouldn't do that. 00:15:38.520 --> 00:15:40.520 And then do it in a different language. 00:15:40.520 --> 00:15:41.520 Yeah, do it in a different language. 00:15:41.520 --> 00:15:47.960 Well, just to make a comment, just to point out to something, that hopefully kind of, 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:53.200 the question kind of came when we were talking about the budget, in terms of how it's, the 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:57.640 way we project our ending balances, kind of on the surface it looks like we're digging 00:15:57.640 --> 00:16:03.120 into reserves, but essentially, I mean, minus a week. 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:07.080 This essentially is pretty much, I mean, I'm speaking correctly, this pretty much is where 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:11.440 we're landing at the end of this, at the end of this fiscal year. 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:28.440 And you see we're 72% of what was budgeted, so that's kind of, this is kind of a good way to kind of show on paper the conversation we said that typically we end up less than what we budgeted. 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:38.440 Yeah, so clearly we're ending 18% below what the budget was. 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:52.440 So even though there is an ending balance that on the service you may think it might look higher, in reality, based on our past experience, it's going to be higher than what was approved. 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:06.440 So we were budgeted for $1.5 million and we're coming in at $1.1 million. 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.440 Right. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:25.440 So that's all I just want to point that out. 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.440 Alright. 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:47.440 So we should probably be returning maybe like maybe 400 something thousand the way the way it's looking but you know we will gauge that once the once the fiscal year actually ends and then we'll go back and take a look at how things end but as you can see we are under budget. 00:17:47.440 --> 00:18:01.440 Yeah, no problem with being on the budget and no problem with that turns into a surplus, that's fine because it's good to have reserves in place because you never know what may come up. 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:05.440 Right, absolutely, absolutely. 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:10.440 Alright, the next order of business is the Assessors Report. 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:22.440 Okay. Next on the business is the trustees report. Trustees, anything? Next on the business is public comment. Any public comments? 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:39.440 Yes. Yeah, I'm Steve Carroll, and at the last board meeting, Mr. Orlow spoke about, well, school year is ending, kids are going to be out, and he can talk about an undercurrent, and these kids will be sick. 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.440 These kids will be spilling into our neighborhoods. 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:46.440 Two days later I saw exactly what he was talking about. 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:54.440 Across the street, right in front of my house, 12 to 15 kids, ages from probably 16 down to about 14, 13, 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:59.440 were confronting individuals that lived across the street who were part of the Batten Forum. 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:02.440 The police were called. They cleared the streets. 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:05.440 There's been an ongoing problem that's getting worse. 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:10.599 worse. There's some individuals moved into the neighborhood several months ago and brought their problems with them. 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:19.640 The cities, I got the call log and everything sent it to everybody on the city council. Of course, you don't hear back from them. 00:19:20.260 --> 00:19:21.599 But, 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:29.360 this is going to be a problem, and I'm so afraid that it is going to escalate from words to something much worse. 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:32.519 So, 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.519 this could be a very bad year. 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:41.119 and the city is on total lockdown as to what's really going on. I think we all know that so 00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:43.760 it's happening and it's real. 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:49.360 Thank you. Any more public comments? 00:19:50.320 --> 00:19:52.480 Seeing that there aren't any other business coming before the town. 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:59.960 Okay, I intend to motion to adjourn until Monday, May 4th, 2026 at 4.30 p.m. 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:01.960 26th at 4.30pm. 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:03.960 So moved. 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:05.960 Second. 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:09.960 All in favour? 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.960 Aye. 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:12.960 Any opposed? 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:14.960 Motion carried. Meeting is adjourned. 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:16.960 Thank you all for coming.