Okay. Ready. Mayor, I'd like to call to order the regular meeting of the Elwood Park Mayor and Council for May 15, 2025 to order at 7:03 p.m. On roll call, we have council members Fullo here. Golbeck here. Samson
here. Sheridan here. Choicy here. Council President Peller Green here. Mayor Kleti here. We have a quorum. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. How is everybody doing out there? Good. All right. Positive vibe in the room. That's what
we want. Uh we have a interesting evening. We'll be honoring a young lady uh that hasn't arrived yet. So, this ought to be good. Uh, I guess u isn't that like a Hollywood entrance? You come in a little late. Has to be. Has to
be. Oh, I think I think she's arriving now. Okay. We want if we had a spotlight, we'd put it on her, but we can't. So, uh, all all it's all good. So uh before we do that though u could everybody please rise for a prayer and
flag salute and blessing our meeting tonight will be Muhammad Almighty have allowed us the opportunity to come together to serve the city of Alar it citizens grant us mercy guidance
Bestow your mercy and your guidance upon the mayor, the council and shower them and their families with good health and specifically our chief grant him strength with recovery.
Grant us all the citizens of Elar understanding of the task these great people are doing and for us to assist them in their tasks and for us to be understanding of all the outcomes. I pray in your name the name
of the father and the name of the creator of all things creator of Adam Eve Abraham Moses Jesus and in your name we pray always. Amen. Amen. 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. Let me speak about the girl. I know I
know about the Lord. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I think uh our celebrity has arrived and she brought a busload of people with her too. The bus is parked right outside.
Right. Whereas chapter 231 of the public laws of the state of New Jersey require at the commencement of every meeting a statement of compliance be read by the presiding officer. Now therefore be advised that the meeting requirements for this meeting have been met by
publishing a special notice in the record in Herald News and by posting such notice in the office of the burl clerk as well as in a public place within the municipal building and by notifying interested citizens. Said
notice was posted and transmitted on January 3rd, 2025 and published on January 8th, 2025. First up, we have approval of minutes. We have the April 3rd, 2025 work session, April 3rd, 2025 executive
session, April 17th, 2025 special executive session, and the April 17th, 2025 regular meeting. May I have a motion to approve the minutes? So move. Second. Any discussion? Call the role, please. First by Councilman Folo, second
by Council President Peline. I roll call. We have council members. Yes. Golbeck, yes. Samson, yes. Shardan, yes. Troy, yes. Council President Pellegrin, yes. Motion carries. Next up, we have a presentation for the
certificate of achievement. Ladies and gentlemen, this certificate is for Kiana Alvarez for her outstanding wrestling accomplishments. She was the North One regional champ, the county champ, and placed sixth in
the state. She also set the school record for girls wrestling wins in a year, which equals 23. Now, Kiana, would you raise your hand, please? There you are. Um, what what I'd like to do maybe as a
fundraiser is uh stage an event where you and a former wrestler Mike Feligno and I'm sure we can raise some money uh with that. Would you be interested in doing that if you had to? Okay, Mike, start beefing up,
[Laughter] Mike. Um, speaking of Mike Flign, would you like to say something, Mike? Yes, mayor. Thank you. So, this is an amazing accomplishment as Shian Terelli walks in the room late. Shian, push-ups at the
end. Um, amazing accomplishment. Kiana, I know her and her family very well for many years since she's a little tikeke. Um, but wrestling is a a sport that teaches life lessons, right? As does mixed martial arts, all combat sports, uh, all sports in general. But this
particularly teaches life lessons because it's you against your opponent with nobody to help you, right? So Kiana has uh embraced that role. She has an amazing family, amazing support system. Pablo and Jess, raise your hands. Great family. Hey, you too, Isaac. Get them
up, baby. Look at that little boy there. And friends and family. So she has done an amazing job. She dedicated herself to the sport and the the proof shows, right? She brought home a medal to the Burough of Elwood Park and I am an
alumni. I'm a former Elwood Park Crusader wrestler and it's very near and dear to my heart and this family is very near and dear to my heart. So, congratulations. Keep up the good work. Keep training. Her dad will not, you know, take anything less than 100% 5
days a week. So, good job. Congratulations. And mayor, can she come up and get her her certificate? Yes. All right. Come on up, Michael. Before we do that, Councilman Fisol, please. Do it now. Yeah.
Thank you, Mayor. Before we present the certificate, I want to moment I want to take a moment to recognize an outstanding young athlete who has made the entire Elwood Park community proud. Kiana, your accomplishments this season speak volumes. North one region champion, county champion, and a sixth
place finish in the entire state. On top of that, you set a new school record with 23 wins in a single season for girls wrestling. That's not just success, it's history. Let's give a round of applause for her. on behalf of the mayor and council for your outstanding wrestling
accomplishment, dedication, and hard work has led you to amazing success. Congratulations [Applause] We're going to have the council speak.
Yeah. And then we'll come back and take a little Okay. Councilman Samson, please. Kiana, I just want to thank you and uh congratul wish you congratulations and wish you all the best in your future. Uh Park is a is a flourishing and proud
community and it's because of spirit of the people like you that make us uh continue to to get stronger and better and especially when I see it in young people. So again, thank you for uh thank you for your steadfast courage and your outstanding performance and um I wish
you well in the future. [Applause] Mr. Ken, I just want to personally congratulate you on your accomplishments, not only the championship and the record- setting wins, but on making your entire community proud. You've represented
Elwood Park with strength, heart, and excellence. To your parents and your coaches, give yourself a round of applause. Thank you for your continued dedication to our youth. Kiana's success is not only an inspiration to our youth, but in it inspires us to reinvest and
expand the wrestling programs in town and bring it back to greatness for our future generations. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Pollo, Mr. Gen Kean, and your whole family. As a fellow Elwood Park graduate, uh this is
absolutely awesome. Anytime Elwood Park is on the map for something positive and a championship, we all benefit from it. And it's really it's really cool. I know girls wrestling is one of the fastest and largest growing sports in the state of New Jersey, in the country. Um, and
that's even more special that that you know, you're you're you're an early winner in in this growing sport. And I hope 5, 10, 20 years from now, the kids at Elmo Park High School know of your story and what you accomplished. So, congratulations again, Tracy.
Congratulations, Kiana, on all of your outstanding wrestling accomplishments. Not only are you, you know, breaking through glass ceilings for yourself, you're blazing trails for all of the young female athletes that
will come after you. Uh, congratulations and I wish you continued success. Councilwoman Sheridan. Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I'd like to say uh congratulations, Kiana. Keep up the good work. You are amazing. And I'd like to
say thank you to the family for getting her to where she had to be to what she is today. Thank you very much, Council President Line. Congratulations Green on all your
accomplishments in wrestling. You're just amazing. We all are so proud of you and all of your success. You've proved that determination and hard work truly pays off. Keep your hard work going and know that your community is so very proud of you. Enjoy this special recognition. You truly earned it.
Congratulations to the whole family. And I happened to Google your name when we were going to do this and oh my god, you are all over the internet. I couldn't get enough of reading about you. you you really have paved the way for so many young athletes and I was just so I I
never met you, but I was so proud of you reading all about you and I was excited to meet you tonight and to honor you here. So, congratulations again and to all of your family who helped her get to where she is. A round of applause for you also. Well, you reap what you
sow. You put the work into it, put the energy into it. Sacrifice. Culmination of all that put together is success. Uh that's what I I feel sports do to our nation, our our
town. It's a boot camp of life. Some of us will go on to the service and experience really boot camp. But for the rest of us, this is an excellent form of learning who you are number
one, who the people next to you are, and what you're going to become. It's outstanding here to see the family behind the person. Um, my father-in-law said something to me early on. He said the friends will come and go, he says,
but your family will always be there. And I think there's a great exhibit of that here this evening. So, how about a hand for the parents and the friends? What do they say? It takes to raise a child. The whole village, right?
Takes a village. There you go. And I think our council people all hit on strategic points about your achievement. So damn the torpedoes and full steam ahead. Yeah.
the whole family. I guess you guys um you come up here with us here. We don't want them blocking the mayor out. recess. Are you going to put it to the side? So, you want to talk about it later.
Okay, mayor. After our recess, I would like to reestablish a quorum for the May 15th, 2025 mayor and council regular meeting. On roll call, we have council members here. Golbeck here. Samson here. Sheridan here. Troy here. Council
President Pellegrine here. Mayor Kleti here. May almost forgot I was here. Okay. Next on the agenda, we have ordinances on first reading. We have resolution
R-159-25 introduce ordinance uh 25-11 on first reading be it resolved that an ordinance entitled an ordinance adopting burough code section 2-66 restricted areas to address municipal building access be passed and
adopted on first reading and be it resolved at a final hearing on said ordinance will be heard in the municipal building on Thursday June 12th 2025 at 7:00 p.m. or soon thereafter as same can be heard at which time any persons interested in said ordinance can be heard. Be it further resolved that the
burough clerk be and she is hereby authorized to advertise in a legal newspaper a notice of introduction and final hearing as required by law. Mike, you want to break this down just a little bit? Oh, I'm sorry. I will do so. Um, so this is to address uh access to
the building. Uh right now there's no ordinance in place that that permits the burrow to designate uh portions of municipal hall as a um restricted area. So that that's intended to do that. Uh it will essentially result in signs being posted in certain areas informing the public that that this portion of the
building is off public access and and limit them from being able to uh see those places. So once the ordinance is passed, I believe the chief will be going around with the appropriate burough officials to to figure out what appropriate areas need to be designated and there'll be signs posted. Then there'll be signage posted. Yeah, it
makes sense because you those people don't know uh and they they come through the area they it's restricted. Yeah. So some some areas are offices that have confidential records that that need to be shielded obviously. Um so this will just clarify and add some heightened
protection for that. Okay. May I have a motion on the ordinance? So move. Second. Any discussion? Call the role, please. First by Council President Pelgine, second by Councilman Folo. On roll call, we have council members Folo.
Yes. Gbec, yes. Samson, yes. Sheridan, yes. Tracy, yes. Council President Pellegrine, yes. Motion carries. Next, we have resolution R-160-25. Introduce ordinance number 25-12 on first reading. Be it resolved
that an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending section 7-21 multi-way stop intersections to add stop signs on FinC Avenue/Bank Street be passed and adopted on first reading and be it resolved that a final hearing on said ordinance will be heard in the municipal building on
Thursday June 12th 2025 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as same can be heard at which time any persons interested in said ordinance can be heard. Be it further resolved that the burough clerk being and she is hereby authorized to advertise in a legal newspaper a notice of introduction and final hearing as
required by law. Basically this is a stop sign request. May I have a motion on the ordinance? So move. Second. Any discussion? Call a roll please. First by council president. Second by councilman Folo. And roll call we have council
members. Yes. Golth. Yes. Samson. Yes. Sheridan. Yes. Troy. Yes. Council President Peline. Yes. Motion carries. Next we have resolution R-161-25 introduce ordinance number 25-13 on first reading. Be it resolved
that an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending section 7-20 stop sign inter stop intersections to add a stop sign on Elwood Terrace at Glenwood Avenue be passed and adopted on first reading. And be it resolved that a final hearing on said ordinance will be heard in the municipal building on Thursday, June
12th, 2025 at 7 o'clock p.m. or as soon thereafter as same can be heard at which time any persons interested in set ordinance can be heard. Be it further resolved that the burough clerk being she is hereby authorized to advertise an illegal newspaper, a notice of introduction and final hearing as required by law. Once again, this is a
stop sign request. May I have a motion on the ordinance? So move. Second. Any discussion? Call the role, please. First by Council President Peligine. Second by Councilman Folo. And roll call, we have Council Member Foso. Yes. Golbeck, yes.
Samson, yes. Sheridan, yes. Tracy, yes. Council President Pellegrid, yes. Motion carries. Next, we have ordinances on second reading. We have resolution R-12 162-25. Introduce ordinance number 25-09
on second reading. Whereas a public notice has been given by the burough clerk that an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending section 7-20 stop intersections to add stop signs on Grove Street at Vivveny Street was introduced and passed at a meeting held on Thursday April 17th 2025 and that further
consideration of this ordinance will be taken up at this meeting and whereas all persons interested in said ordinance were given an opportunity to be heard concerning the same. Now therefore, it be it resolved by the mayor and council of the Bwood Park that an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending section 7-20 stop intersections to add stop
signs on Grove Street at Vivveny Street pass on final reading. Motion to open to the public second. Anyone from the public here to speak on this ordinance and this ordinance alone? If not, I will close the public portion.
May I have a motion to adopt the ordinance? Some move. Second. Call the roll, please. First by Council President Pelgine. Second by Councilman Folo. On roll call, we have council members Facilo. Yes. Gabbec. Yes. Samson, yes. Sheridan, yes. Troy, yes.
Council President Peline, yes. Motion carries. Next, we have resolution R-163-25. Introduce ordinance number 25-10 on second reading. Whereas a public notice has been given by the burough clerk that an ordinance entitled an ordinance by the mayor and council amending the burrow of Elwood Park code
of ordinances to repeal chapter 28 flood damage prevention to adopt a new chapter 28 to adopt flood hazard maps to designate a flood plan administrator and providing for severability and an effective date was introduced and passed at a meeting held on Thursday, April
17th, 2025 and that further consideration of this ordinance would be taken up at this meeting and whereas all persons interested in set ordinance were given an opport opportunity to be heard concerning the same. Now therefore, it be it resolved by the mayor council of the burl of Elwood Park that an ordinance entitled an ordinance by the mayor and council amending the burrow of
Elwood Park code of ordinances to repeal chapter 28 flood damage prevention to adopt a new chapter 28 to adopt flood hazard maps to designate a flood plan administrator and providing for severability and an effective date passed on final reading. May I have a
motion to open to the public? Some move. Second. Anyone from the public here to speak on this ordinance and this ordinance alone? If not, I will close the public portion. May I have a motion to adopt the ordinance?
Second. Call the role, please. First by Council President Pelgine. Second by Councilman Folo. On roll call, we have council members Folo. Yes. Golc. Yes. Samson, yes. Sheridan, yes. Tracy, yes. Council President
Pellegrine, yes. Motion carries. Next, we have our consent agenda. We have the following resolutions. Resolutions R-164-25, approval of payroll. R-165-25, approval of bills list. R-166-25, resolution authorizing tax
exemption for disabled veteran 33 Lincoln aka block 401, lot 24. R-167-25 resolution authorizing tax exemption for disabled veteran 385 Mola
Boulevard aka block 1113 lot 37 R-168-25 resolution to refund taxexempt veteran R-169-25 resolution to refund tax exempt veteran R-170-25 resolution to refund tax exempt
veteran R-171-25 authorized release of escrow R- 172-25 Authorized proposal for professional services alignment group market street improvements R-173-25 appointment of fair housing
special counsel R-174-25 appointment municipal medical physician/medical provider Michael Kelly R-175-25 appointment of public safety telecommunicator police department Kevin Paresi
R-176-25 appointment of OEM deputy coordinator R-177-25 appointment of OEM deputy assistant coordinator. R-178-25 Appoint part-time seasonal worker Department of Public Works.
R-179-25 appointment part-time seasonal worker Department of Public Works. R-180-25 appointment part-time seasonal worker building department. R-181-25 appointment of recreation department staff.
R-182-25 approved Elwood Park Fire Department stipen program first quarter compensation R-183-25 appointment of library board member R-184-25 resignation of firefighters R-185-25 leave of absence of firefighter
R-186-25 hiring employees to staff the Emwood Park Emergency Medical Service Unit and R-187-25 resolution to approve the consent agenda. Motion on the consent agenda. So move. Second. Any discussion?
Call the role, please. First by Council President Pel Green. Second by Councilman Samson. On roll call, we have Council Member Bur Foso. I need to recuse on 182-25, 184-25, and 185-25. Yes to the rest. Okay.
Councilman Golivc. Yes. Samson. Yes. Sheridan. Yes. Tracy recusing them 182-25, 184-25, and 185-25. Yes to the rest. Okay. And
council president, yes. Motion carries. Next, we have departmental reports. We have the library board meeting minutes from March 17th, 2025. The board of health meeting minutes from March 10th, 2025, and the zoning board meeting minutes from March 26, 2025.
I have a motion to accept the departmental report. Some move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I I thought I was going to blow that. Yeah. Good job. Okay. Mayor, at this
time, this concludes my portion of the meeting. I will turn it over to you for council reports, Mr. Folo. Thank you, Mayor. It's going to be short tonight. Uh, congratulate I'd like to congratulate uh, Jeanie on your appointment to the library board. Welld deserved. I know you'd served that board
very well. You're very informed. Uh, so congratulations. Progress mayor, Mr. Gumbach. Now, we all have to congratulate you cuz if we don't, it looks bad. But even though you know, you know how we all feel about you. So, so welcome aboard. I remember you've been going to meetings.
I mean like you know when uh the lady from Wayne was involved you know so you've been you've been going for for many many years um I I I encourage um I encourage the residents to attend the Memorial Day parade it's a trai it's a beautiful beautiful tradition um in
Elwood Park that um we still keep going but um you know we need we need the attendance to to to stay strong and you know especially for our newer residents so whatever we as council members as a community do can to advertise that um uh would be a very positive thing Thank you, Mayor. Progress. Thank you,
Councilman. Councilman Samson. Yes, Mayor. Uh, Councilman Galbec and I met with uh council regarding the shade tree ordinance. Uh, we're going to uh work to uh revamp that. There's a couple minor uh adjustments that we're working
on that. That was a a successful um a great meeting. Um finance committee met today. We paid the bills and myself and uh uh Pam, I'm sorry, Councilwoman Tracy. Um Burgers with the Blue is
tomorrow, so the chief is buying everybody burgers. So that's uh 1 to 4 behind Steve's on uh D Avenue right in front of uh Mosquito Jungle. We all know where it is. Uh last night's fire. So, uh, as we all slept, as the burrow
slept, uh, being protected by the blanket, uh, of coverage that our finest and our bravest provide us, there was a report of a fire in the apartment area on Ioia. Um, I terrace chief. Yes, sir. I terrace and um the fire department
responded at 4 and the fire was brought under control at about 528. We got some mutual aid assistance. What I really want to remind everyone is that these volunteer firefighters got up at 4:00 in the morning and they worked till a fire was out. Then they went they got the
trucks back ready to respond again and they went to their own jobs. So this is a sacrifice that occurs regularly. I I talk about the weekends. I talk about the holiday periods. And again in the middle of the night they got up to to serve our burrow and they did a great job. And uh that can't go un uh
unnoticed or unrecognized. Thank you to our bravest. Um for outside activities, the ARP meeting was uh last Thursday that went well. Uh homeowners trip is uh to Wind Creek is on 523. Linda Colbyini runs that. You
can contact myself or Linda for tickets. She has tickets available. Next Elks breakfast is uh the first Sunday in June at 61. And that's always an excellent meal at a good price. Jeanie, congratulations. We missed you at the last breakfast. You actually went on a cruise. I mean really
the whole the whole corner of the room was empty though. So other than that, Mayor Progress and thank you for everything. Thank you, Eric. Eric, uh we got a bus trip coming from um the homeowners, right? Could you elaborate about that, please? Yeah, that's the one I just spoke of. That's on the homeowners uh bus trip to Wind Creek on
uh 523, which is next Friday, not tomorrow, but the Friday after. It's $50 with $25 $35 back to the participants. Like I said, you can reach out to myself or Linda Colombini directly and uh there there are tickets available.
Thank you, Councilwoman Sheridan. Um thank you, Mayor. Um I just wanted to remind everybody, um Councilman Genach already did about the Memorial Day parade. Um the fire that was yesterday.
Um thank God for our number one fire department. Um, I give them a lot of credit. I mean, they are just outstanding. I just wanted to bring that to everybody's attention. Terry, was anyone hurt uh during the
either residents or fire people? No, everybody got out. Everybody's fine. Red Red Cross was here today. Two families are, you know, without. But, um, hopefully they'll get the electric back tonight and everything will work out.
Thank you. Thank God for our fire department. Councilwoman Tracy. Well, I I guess I have to congratulate Genie. So, congratulations and and I will confirm you were very
missed on on Sunday that that like uh Councilman uh Samson said, the entire corner was was empty. So, we did miss you, but welcome back. I hope you enjoyed your trip. Um, summer camp still has some spots open and they will
um ha uh have registration open until June the 13th or until they reach capacity. Um, the off the rails pro wrestling event is scheduled to be held on Saturday, May
31st. The tickets are $20 in advance, 25 at the door. Doors open at 6:00 and the bell rings at 7. EP Bombers uh football and cheerleading registration is open. You can visit
www.pbomers.com. And the Bombers are also holding a cheer cheerleading clinic on June 7th and 8th. The cost is $25 a day and uh you can register for that on Community Pass. The next rec board
meeting is May 19th at 7:30. For my board of ed update, re-registration for grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 has to be completed by June 6th. And then in um addition to Memorial
Day, the schools will be closed on May 23rd and 27th for unused snow days. school will also be closed on June 10th for teachers in service and June 19th for Junth. The their senior award ceremony will take place on June 6th.
And the deadline to apply for the softball and the homeowners association scholarships is tomorrow. and I am looking forward to celebrating our youth um of significant achievements
on Sunday the 18th at the Elks and the next board of ed meeting is Tuesday May 20th progress. Thank you councilwoman Council President Peline. Yes, a few things mayor. First congratulations Genie. Anything you take on you always
do great with you're very serious about your roles and we appreciate you. Border health update. Our free rabies clinic for dogs and cats was held last evening. 38 dogs and nine cats were vaccinated. Their next meeting will be held on Monday, June 9th at 700 p.m. Please
update. Eric uh already said that, but I just want to say I go every year and it's a great opportunity for all of our residents to come together with our police department, get to know them, great food and great fun and great conversation. So, please come out and uh
be there for our police department. Let me see. I'm sorry. The New Alwood Park Chamber of Commerce, their next event will be the 5K and one mile strut for charity. The date is May 18th. Location Birchwood Park. Time 12 p.m. For more
information on this event, go to their website at www.woodparkchamber.org. Come join us for a very special event to help others. Their next meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 20th at 6:30 p.m. at our local VFW. Then our residents assistance
program update. Last Sunday, the Az volunteers did their annual spring cleanup in our community. Over 30 volunteers were on hand to get the job done. We thanked them and we thank our police officers for helping that day to keep everyone safe. Also, the volunteers
asked if Mayor Kleti would stop by, and he did. And he personally thanked all of the volunteers for their dedication to our community, and you just had to see the kids. The mayor's here, the mayor's here. Didn't matter I was there or anybody else. It was just they wanted to
shake hands with the mayor, and he spoke with each one of them, and it was just a good feeling. Finally, I found some friends. And then lastly, um, regarding the unfortunate fire early this morning, I wanted to thank all of our first
responders for all the heroic actions. You're all truly heroes to us. And to the families displaced, know that our community is here to help you. Our residents assistance program team has already spoke to some of them and we're ready to work with the Red Cross to help
them. So, anything they need, um, Angela Fava went down and met a couple of the families and whatever they're going to need, whether it's gift cards for food or anything else we can help with. That's why we have that program and we'll be there to help them. And I just
want to say as a community, we're always there to help each other. And together, we always stand strong. It's not just in good times, but anytime something happens or there's a family in need in this community, everyone up here rallies together to make sure those families get
what they need. And that's like the greatest gift to me being on this team is that we may all differ at times, but every time there's a situation where people need help, we all rally together and we do the right thing for everybody. So that that warms my heart. I'm sorry
that that happened. I'm sorry people are going through this, but I want them to know that whether they call us tomorrow, next week, 6 months from now, we are here as a community and we will work very hard to help them through whatever difficulties they're going through. Thank you, Mayor Progress. Thank you. Uh
yeah, Lorraine, I was amazed today watching the emails going back and forth. Red Cross is involved. Our people are involved spontaneously like that. No hesitation. Um, great, great, great effort. And getting back to the
children, I believe not one of them were from Elwood Park. They came from other towns to clean our town. I think that speaks for itself. And you're doing a wonderful job with that. Uh, stay course. I know I don't have to tell you that. It's you. It's your your
love and it's your it's your soul. So all right, Memorial Day. Yes, we cannot forget that Daniel. It's a big day for our country, big day for our town. Uh we always like to have an festive air about
it. We have our police department, our fire department, all different organizations in town will be represented. Uh we need for you people to come out and enjoy en enjoy the festivities and also pay attention to what we're there
for which is the remembrance of all those that have served and died for our country. So it's a solemn day but it's it's a a great exciting day also. It's I get mixed feelings on on uh that day.
and Jeanie Fry tag. Let me tell you this this young lady here uh when you talk about the library if there was a d a library dictionary and you looked under and saw her name would be right there under library. That's how suited she is
for this job. And I we couldn't have asked for a better person coming from your family that's been dedicated. your your for your your husband was dedicated and now your son uh it's a family of dedication and and
very smart and I'm I'm glad we got you there, Jeanie. All right, I believe that's it for me. Let's move on. Motion to open the floor to the public. Second. All in
favor? I. Anyone from the public here to speak? I see we have an old friend amongst us. Kenny, you got to hit the button. Okay. It's got to turn red. Is that it? Yes. All right. Mayor and
Cong and Councilwoman, I have a couple things to tell you. One, I have to tell you something. I like the new park you built that in right by the rail tracks on on M Road. Yes. I mean on Muller Drive. I want to tell you, mayor, I got
a good name for that little park. We should name that Maya Park. Uh well, I'm sure that's appropriate, but it's been named already. Oh, yeah. I didn't know that. Yeah, it's it's dedicated to the
veterans of the Vietnam War. Ah, so and not only that, we do have Mullen Boulevard. I know, but we We also have the mobile library, right? So, uh, not to say that he doesn't deserve another, right? But it's a little too late for
that. All right. No, I'm sorry about that. Okay. All right. I got another news for you and girls and you'll be shipped. What I'm going to say, guess what? Liz Morgan now going to be in the movies. Really? Yep. She's going to be a
movie star. WWE wrestler. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, we had her here and we recognized her, right, Mike? No. No, we haven't. I'm actually I'm actually mayor. I'm in talks with uh her representatives and the WWE to get her
scheduled here. Uh because they were out in Europe for was it Wrestlemania last? So all of March they were in Europe for their um Yeah. Well, yeah. They have to find a schedule for her. So once they get back
a movie star now. Oh yeah. Well, once they get back to me, they'll uh they want to schedule something so she can be honored here. So, we'll wait to uh hear what they say. Good, buddy. Keep going with that. Good. I'm happy for you. They did that for me. Thank you. We appreciate that. We did it just for you,
Kenny. Right. Now, what else I want to tell you, Chief? We have a problem in town because you don't you nobody watching what going on the boats anymore. I see a lot of turnarounds on local street going
down the oneway street. Yes, I see a lot of that. Do me a favor. Get the license plate. Email it to me or call in. I keep yelling at these people and I tell them turn around. Get their license plate.
But I just want to tell you that. I just want to tell you that. And may there's one thing that you don't know. this town. There's one side street right behind you street behind your building here and no name on the street. No,
there's no sign on the corner. No, nothing. Elmherst. Yeah. Is Elmherst, can we get something on there? Mike, now very cany. Mike and and and
and Bob do one thing to tell you please. I got to tell you something the truth. We had a stop sign on M on Malberry Street where the city hall parking lot was now. But the problem is it was
knocked down and never put back up. Where right in the corner where you put that big sign? He said uh no park. Uh-huh. There used to be a stop sign there many years ago and you took it
down because we hit it and then we were able to put it back up. You got to find out if there's an ordinance for it. If there's not an ordinance, but there was one there. I know that's only Yeah. But I just want to tell you reason why I'm saying that cars they're coming
out you know the other way and they and they'll stop and they you you got two car two ways they're going to go no stopping. You understand what I'm saying? So I just want to tell you there used to be a stop sign there. I know that. Very good Kenny. That's two two
items you brought to our attention. Yeah. I just tell you I know things. And another thing, mayor, we need to fix center street. That is road is very bad. It's all potholes. What? What street is that? South center.
South center. That road is very bad. It's underneath the bridge. And then we go. That old thing is really bad. He's right. Okay, we'll get it on the list. I'm not promising you it's going
to happen tomorrow. I know, but we'll get it on the list. It need to fix really bad. If we even maybe fix the poles, maybe it'll be better. Yeah, because there are big holes. They Okay. Our business agent wrote it down.
So, I'm just trying to tell you things when need to be done. This town needs a lot of fixing. There's a lot of things they doing things that nobody does. I'm working on. Well, with good residents like you pointing it out to us, you keep us on our toes. That's right. That's
what I'm here for. Help you out. Thank you. All right, Kenny. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good seeing you again. Yeah. Nice to see you, too. Anyone else care to speak from the audience? Want to thank everyone for the kind
words and for the votes, but I'm up here to make a public service announcement. This Sunday, Epic and the Elwood Park Historical Society will be having a trivia day at the library. Can be teams of up to four people, $10 a person or
$30 per team. We're having a professional group do it gratus for us which is very nice and it's the same people that do the one at the Garfield library. So if you know anyone that's interested in trivia or you can help spread the word I'd appreciate it. It's
at 1:00 at the library. Thank you. Thank you. We appreciate that. As a matter of fact each and every meeting if you would bring us up to date with the library I would appreciate it. Nobody knows better than her. Anyone
else care to speak? If not, I will close the public portion. May I have a motion to go into executive? So move. Second. All in favor? I. Thank you. Good night. Whereas
the open public meeting actually they could stay if they wanted, right? Are we going to take action? We're not taking action. It's just exe it's just executive. We're coming back out. We're coming back out. We're not we're not coming back out. Okay. Okay. Whereas the
Open Public Meeting Act PL 1975 chapter 231 permits the exclusion of the public in from a meeting in certain circumstances. And whereas this public body is of the opinion that such circumstances presently exist. And whereas the governing body wishes to discuss attorney client privilege information, litigation, legal reports
and negotiations. Minutes will be kept and once the matter involving the confidentiality of the above no longer requires that confidentiality, then the minutes can be made public. Now therefore it be resolved that the public be excluded from this meeting. video screening.