WEBVTT 00:00:04.690 --> 00:00:06.690 May we all stand for the place, please. 00:00:06.690 --> 00:00:19.690 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. 00:00:19.690 --> 00:00:21.690 Madam Clerk, please call the roll. 00:00:21.690 --> 00:01:14.150 Ted 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 business 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. Thank you, Calvin. Are there any questions for the minutes, for the minutes for last meeting? 00:01:14.150 --> 00:01:21.150 Seen that there are none. Okay, all in favor. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 00:01:21.150 --> 00:01:28.549 The next order of business is approval of bills payable. I need a motion and a second please. 00:01:28.549 --> 00:01:31.549 So moved. So moved. Second. Motion passed. 00:01:31.549 --> 00:01:37.599 Altensey seconded by Mcllwain. Please take a look at the bills payable if you haven't done so already. 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:48.469 There was a charge from the trust. Yeah. Yep. Go ahead. I asked him about it. 00:01:48.469 --> 00:02:23.090 Wilken, Mcllwain, Altensey, Odendahl, Sellers, 00:02:23.090 --> 00:02:24.090 All abstained. 00:02:24.090 --> 00:02:25.090 Oh, you're going to abstain? 00:02:25.090 --> 00:02:26.090 Yes. 00:02:26.090 --> 00:02:27.090 Yes, abstain. 00:02:27.090 --> 00:02:28.090 Okay. 00:02:28.090 --> 00:02:29.090 Let me put that just a minute. 00:02:29.090 --> 00:02:30.090 Don't leave me yet. 00:02:30.090 --> 00:02:31.090 Odendahl abstains. 00:02:31.090 --> 00:02:34.039 Okay. 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:35.039 Oh, that's right. 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:36.039 Boys and girls. 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:39.439 Okay. 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:40.439 Did you call? 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:41.439 I did. 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:42.439 I did. 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:43.439 Patrick Sellers. 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:44.439 Oh, okay. 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:45.439 Well, all right then. 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:46.439 All right. 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:47.439 Motion passed. 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:48.439 Motion passes. 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:57.400 The initial business is approval of Appropriation Ordinance T-26-2026, T-001, fiscal year 2026-2027. 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:01.919 We've had our motion and our second man. We've had our discussion. Did you guys see the 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.599 adjustment that Liz made? 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:07.960 Is that what these tabs are for? 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:12.240 Yes. Did you guys know why she did it? 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:16.080 It was in the email, but it's probably good to go ahead and explain it here. 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:23.479 We have accounting services payroll fee, which is our QuickBooks fee. She had it for a dollar, 00:03:53.479 --> 00:04:03.240 O'Neill Towne Fund ending balance, the total funds ending balance on page 11. So, and 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:07.240 everything went up 999 dollars because that's, you know, she had to take it. 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:10.240 I don't have page two in here. I have one, three. 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:11.240 I have three. 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:12.240 Thank you, Miss. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:13.240 Right. 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:14.240 Those are the changes. 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:15.240 Those are the changes. 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:16.240 Okay. 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:21.540 Those pages, what I was saying was those pages are the ones that have the changes on them. 00:04:21.540 --> 00:04:48.540 You need a motion to amend according to this because it was different than the original that we motioned to amend in order to accept these, this change. 00:04:48.540 --> 00:05:22.430 Wilken, Mcllwain, Altensey, Odendahl, Sellers, Motion passed. 00:05:22.430 --> 00:05:34.069 now we're going to vote to approve the budget as amended as amended okay so what 00:05:34.069 --> 00:05:39.430 I need a motion to approve the budget as amended we just did that okay so madam 00:05:39.430 --> 00:05:43.670 Burke this this is the motion this is this is to approve the budget well no I 00:05:43.670 --> 00:05:49.149 think we do need a motion we just did a motion to amend we amended it we just 00:05:49.149 --> 00:05:54.149 We just did the motion to amend it, but now we need a motion to go on it, right? 00:06:12.149 --> 00:06:17.149 No, you need a vote on the approval of the budget as amended. 00:06:19.149 --> 00:06:49.149 So we need to we need to vote to approve the budget as amended okay okay so madam so madam clerk call the roll. Wilkins? Aye. McElwain? Aye. Altensey? Aye. Odendahl? Aye. Sellers? Aye. Okay. Motion passes. Good job. Hey Ted, good catch too. Thank you. Appreciate that. The next on the business is the discussion and approval of the renewal of the service provider agreement with 00:06:49.149 --> 00:06:51.949 and Jeharry Allen for Operation Jumpstart Program. 00:06:51.949 --> 00:06:53.230 So I need a motion and a second. 00:06:53.230 --> 00:06:55.069 So moved. 00:06:55.069 --> 00:06:55.949 Second. 00:06:55.949 --> 00:06:59.269 Motion by R. and C. Second by McIlwain. 00:06:59.269 --> 00:07:03.430 Are there any questions about this? 00:07:03.430 --> 00:07:08.990 I made the adjustment that there was an adjustment on page 13, 00:07:08.990 --> 00:07:13.430 which we had in there 18 hours per month. 00:07:13.430 --> 00:07:15.149 It should have been 18 hours per week. 00:07:15.149 --> 00:07:19.310 So I changed the word from month to week. 00:07:19.310 --> 00:07:26.029 So that's the change that we had for the service provider agreement. 00:07:26.029 --> 00:07:30.269 So I made that adjustment. 00:07:30.269 --> 00:07:35.189 The only thing I would say is I think this is an important role. 00:07:35.189 --> 00:07:39.790 And I think it's a complicated role, having had a little bit 00:07:39.790 --> 00:07:45.990 to do with working with people in the same kind of background 00:08:15.990 --> 00:08:49.639 Me! Me! Me! 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:56.779 to the board. Will you guys give a report every meeting? No. But as progress, as we 00:08:56.779 --> 00:09:01.960 make progress, we will give you those reports. And as you guys can see from the last time 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:09.960 I provided a report, the numbers have grown. The success is there. This program is necessary. 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:18.200 And if we are going to help our youth, this is one of the ways that we do it. Okay? To 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:23.879 to get them employed, to get them their GED, to get them in college, to get them in the 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:30.360 trades, these are the things that we can do to help our youth, okay? 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:34.279 So the importance of this program is just that, the importance of the program, and the 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:38.840 importance of the program is to help our youth, as we've been talking about doing, as we've 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:40.419 been doing this. 00:09:40.419 --> 00:09:47.080 So your question is, the oversight, the oversight is me, Johara answers to the supervisor of 00:09:47.080 --> 00:10:00.019 Freeport Township. Okay. Anybody have any more concerns, questions, comments, concerns, give them to me because tonight is the night we vote to approve. 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.000 because tonight is the night we vote to approve this contract because I want to keep the program going. 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:10.000 Yeah, no, I mean, I'll just say, um, gosh, it's been in existence for two years now, I think it was three years. 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:11.000 What's that? 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:12.000 The program. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.000 No, this is the first year. 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:17.000 This is the second half of the first year. 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:18.000 Yeah. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:22.000 Because it was a six-month program, more of a trial year. 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.000 And then we extended it to the end of the year. 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.000 Which is April 31st? 00:11:31.190 --> 00:11:45.190 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, so I'm comfortable with the controls that are in place. 00:11:45.190 --> 00:11:54.190 Don't see where the complication comes in at because the mission of the program is pretty straightforward. 00:11:54.190 --> 00:12:19.750 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. 00:12:19.750 --> 00:12:30.769 I'm not criticizing the program in any way. I'm saying it's complicated work. It's important work. 00:12:30.769 --> 00:12:40.009 All I'm saying is I think it's all it's there's in part because it is there's a danger that it 00:12:40.009 --> 00:12:49.970 it kind of becomes left over there because it's you know because you don't want to everybody try 00:12:49.970 --> 00:13:18.610 May this help clear things up? There are different mechanisms in the program. There are different 00:13:18.610 --> 00:13:22.529 Gears. There are all these different nuances inside the program, but please understand 00:13:22.529 --> 00:13:28.049 that I wrote those nuances. I created those gears. So I know every piece that's working 00:13:28.049 --> 00:13:32.129 in this program, how it's supposed to be working. And Jahari reports to me directly all the 00:13:32.129 --> 00:13:37.450 time and I'm keeping close tabs on numbers. I want to see progress. Now, I know there's 00:13:37.450 --> 00:13:42.370 going to come a point in time where the program is going to plateau. Every program does that. 00:13:42.370 --> 00:13:47.730 Okay. And that's when we sit down and we kind of reinvent the program to make sure it keeps 00:13:47.730 --> 00:13:56.730 We're getting more and more people calling to join the Jumpstart program. 00:13:56.730 --> 00:14:01.730 Actually, we had a gentleman call from Rockford who wanted to be a part of the Jumpstart program. 00:14:01.730 --> 00:14:06.730 Unfortunately, you're not from Freeport, so we can't assist you. 00:14:06.730 --> 00:14:15.730 But the program is starting to get well known, it's starting to get big, but the controls are in place. 00:14:15.730 --> 00:14:22.730 So can other townships duplicate? 00:14:22.730 --> 00:14:33.730 Absolutely, if they would like. And I would encourage other townships to duplicate. 00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:43.309 What do you guys think? All is fair? Any more questions, comments, concerns? We're good? 00:14:43.309 --> 00:15:13.309 Matta, Clark, Keith, all in a row. Odendahl? Yes. Altensey? Aye. McIlwain? Aye. Wilken? Aye. Sellers? Aye. Motion passes. Motion passes. Next on the business is the Supervisor's report. I'm not going to bore you guys to death with a whole bunch of talk. Thank you. Wow. Wow. I must talk too much. Okay, I'm going to hand out the expenditure and budget report. I think this might be the last one for 00:15:13.309 --> 00:15:15.309 For this fiscal year. 00:15:15.309 --> 00:15:19.420 I'm not mistaken. 00:15:19.420 --> 00:15:30.960 And so I really don't have a whole lot to discuss. 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:34.960 I mean, I could think of something, have Barbara do a whole lot of writing, but I'm not going to do that. 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:36.960 I wouldn't do that. 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:38.960 And then do it in a different language. 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:40.960 Yeah, do it in a different language. 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:25.960 We're 72% of what was budgeted, so that's kind of, this is kind of to go with the kind of show on paper, the conversation we said that typically we end up less than what we budgeted. 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:40.399 Yes, so clearly we're ending 18% below what the budget was, so even though there is an 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:46.279 ending balance that on the service you may think it might look higher, in reality, based 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:59.740 on our past experience, it's going to be higher than what was approved, because we were budgeting 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:23.619 for $1.5 million and we're coming in at $1.1. So that's all I just want to point that out. 00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:30.259 Alright. So we should probably be returning maybe like maybe $400-something thousand. 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:38.980 The way the way it's looking, but you know we will we'll gauge that once the once the 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:42.900 fiscal year actually ends and then we'll go back and take a look at how things end. But 00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:49.059 as you can see we are under budget. Yeah no problem with being under budget 00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:57.420 and no problem if that turns into a surplus, that's fine because it's good to have reserves 00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:59.860 in place because you never know what may come up. 00:17:59.860 --> 00:18:00.860 Right. 00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:01.860 Absolutely. 00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:04.549 Absolutely. 00:18:04.549 --> 00:18:05.549 All right. 00:18:05.549 --> 00:18:08.549 The next order of business is the Assessor's Report. 00:18:08.549 --> 00:18:09.549 Okay. 00:18:09.549 --> 00:18:14.349 Next order of business is the Trustee's Report. 00:18:14.349 --> 00:18:15.349 Trustee's. 00:18:15.349 --> 00:18:18.460 Anything. 00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:21.460 Next order of business is Public Comments. 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.460 Yes. 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:40.460 Yeah, I'm a speed girl. And at the last board meeting, Mr. Orlow spoke about school year's ending, kids are going to be out, and he can talk about an undercurrent, and these kids will be spilling into our neighborhoods. 00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:46.460 Two days later, I saw exactly what he was talking about. Across the street, right in front of my house. 00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:53.019 House, 12 to 15 kids, ages from probably 16 down to about 14, 13, were confronting 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:57.500 individuals that lived across street who were part of the Batten Forum. 00:18:57.500 --> 00:19:03.059 The police were called, they cleared the streets, and there's been an ongoing problem that's 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:04.059 getting worse. 00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:08.099 There's some individuals moved into the neighborhood several months ago and brought their problems 00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:09.099 with them. 00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:18.099 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. 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:28.099 But this is going to be a problem and I'm so afraid that it is going to escalate from words to something much worse. 00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:37.099 So this could be a very bad year and the city is on total lockdown as to what's really going on. 00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:42.099 I think we all know that. It's happening and it's real. 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:47.990 Thank you. Any more public comments? 00:19:47.990 --> 00:19:52.400 Seeing that there aren't any other business coming before the town. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:57.400 Okay, I'll intend to motion to adjourn until Monday, May 4th, 2026 at 4.30. 00:19:57.400 --> 00:20:09.849 26th at 4.30pm. So moved. Second. All in favour? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carried. Meeting is 00:20:09.849 --> 00:20:14.029 adjourned. Thank you all for coming.