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. Okay, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Trustee Estrada-Volpe? Here. Trustee Zavaznevich? Here. Trustee Conte? Here. Trustee Sargent? Here. Trustee Kaminsky? Here. Trustee Lolino? Here. President Saviano? Here. Okay, we'll open up to public comment. Is there any public comment tonight? Of course there is. We explored the idea, but it's from a construction standpoint, The building next door shares the same roof, so it wasn't feasible, so we passed on it. Yes. That's an ongoing problem in every community. Our police department is monitoring it. We all experience the same thing. We have no deal with them. Our deal is that they should abide by the law and take a parking space. That's why God invented horns. Madam Clerk, do you have any reports tonight? Just to remind everybody, as you can tell, early voting has started today. Oh, no. I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, one more person. Sure. Can you just state your name for the record, sir? Although we respect the village's decision, all our suspended villages . This time, we feel we will build a partnership . The village's decision to change only a matter of months ago One thing we've learned here in the village, trust in the house. We're sure. Although we're not surprised to be honest. If you don't believe. There's only this past. Why do this? We're asking. Although, excuse me, although we were . Considering the steep increases . It was only a couple of days ago LRS LRS feels that the We respect . Very respectfully, we ask the Village Council . Either way, we are grateful . Thank you very much, and thank you for your service to our community. We appreciate that. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Just a reminder that, as you can tell, early voting has started here in the boardroom. It will go until March 18th. The presidential primary is March 19th at your local polling place if you're not able to come during early voting. That's all I have. Nothing to report, President Savia. Mr. President, last Monday, the Planned Zoning and Development Commission met here in these village chambers and heard a special use petition from good vets, and the council unanimously recommended that the village board consider approving it. They will be opening up in the old T-Mobile Sprint site next to Panera. Great. Always need more dog houses. Thank you, Mr. President. Just something from the school district. Preschool screening is going on at John Mills. If you have a three-year-old that you'd like to assess... their development or readiness for school, contact John Mills. Something fun, our District 401 spelling bee went 42 rounds before we got a winner. So that winner is going to go to West Central and represent us there. High school, first time ever. We have a female who made it to state and placed sixth, and she was on the podium representing Elmwood Park. Thank you. No report tonight, Mr. President. Mr. President, I'd just like to report that the Finance Committee met this evening Reviewed the bills and vouchers for the month of February and unanimously recommend it to Stanford. Mr. Durkin? I don't have a report tonight, but I defer the balance of my time to the village manager, who's got a lot to report on. I'm going to talk fast, Mr. President. As you heard, the agreement for waste collection between the... Village and Lakeshore Recycling Systems expires on April 30, 2024. That contract provides an option to extend the agreement for an additional five years on the same terms, except for the monthly collection rates. At the Village's request, Lakeshore did provide rates for the next five-year period, but the Village also received an unsolicited proposal from Flood Brothers Disposal Company to provide service for the next seven years. Both companies were asked to submit best and final proposals. The Village received and evaluated the best and final proposals from both Lakeshore and Flood and determined that entering into an agreement with Flood is in the best interest of the residents of Elmwood Park. With that, the Board will be asked to approve a waste collection agreement between the Village and Flood beginning May 1, 2024 and ending April 30, 2031. The basic terms and conditions of the agreement remain materially the same as the current agreement with Lakeshore. This is a, quote, take-all contract, meaning that residents will not have to purchase stickers to discard excess waste. All solid waste will be collected once per week, and if the volume of solid waste exceeds the capacity of the container, it will be picked up at no cost to the resident provided it is packaged properly and not simply left on the ground. Flood will send notices to each household preparing them for the transition to As part of the transition, residents will receive all new refuse carts. The Board will consider an amendment to the contract with H&H Electric tonight to continue to maintain the village's street lighting system. The unit prices have been adjusted to reflect inflationary increases to labor and equipment. The scope of the contract has not changed. We are simply extending the term for a period of three years. If approved, the amended contract will next expire on March 31, 2027. The board will consider several agreements with Enterprise Fleet Management, which when taken together will allow the village to lease a variety of light and medium-duty vehicles as needed. If approved, the village will move to lease nine vehicles initially. Five of them will be Dodge Durangos and will be fully outfitted for use in police patrol. Public Works will get the four remaining vehicles, three of which will be pickup trucks and one van. The police vehicles have a lease term of four years, while the pickup trucks and the van have a lease term of five years. In terms of costs, there are upfront costs of $75,861 and monthly lease payments of $10,432. The pickup trucks and the van include maintenance. Annual maintenance cost for these vehicles is $2,664. The board will be asked to approve a right of entry agreement for 22 to 23 Conte Parkway. This agreement grants temporary access to Ralph DeVino Enterprises to commence demolition inside the property for its prospective development of a restaurant at the site. DeVino is responsible for all costs and expenses associated with any such activity, and he's also required to provide and maintain required insurance. The agreement has a term of 60 days. The Board will consider an ordinance tonight to shorten the hours for charitable solicitations from 9 p.m. to 8 p.m. Commercial solicitors will continue to be prohibited from soliciting after 5 p.m. The Board will be asked to approve an extension of our engagement of GW and Associates PC. They have performed a village audit for three years. The letter under consideration extends the relationship for three more years, covering the audits for 2024, 2025, and 2026. The engagement includes preparation of the annual financial audits, as well as a single audit if required, and all TIF compliance reports. The proposed cost for 2024 is $65,000, cost for 2025 is $67,500, and the cost for 2026 is $70,250. GW will, however, submit new engagement letters each year. The Board will consider a software licensing agreement with DACRA, which will be used to issue parking and other local ordinance and building code violations. In addition to the issuance of citations, the DACRA system includes a module to manage the hearing and adjudication process. Current agreement is unfortunately obsolete and no longer supported. The proposed agreement with DACRA goes from execution until April 30, 2026. The monthly licensing fee is $2,500. And there's also a fee for all citations over a stated monthly limit as well. The board begets to adopt an ordinance that reserves the village's allocation of private activity bond volume cap. We do this once a year, as you know. Once reserved, the village can either use its volume cap or transfer it during the calendar year 2024. And lastly, the village is applying for a CDBG grant from Cook County that would assist with building two new green alleys in town The cost is $803,012.40. If awarded, the grant will provide $400,000 toward this cost. The board will be asked to pass a resolution tonight that authorizes the filing of this application and also certifies that the matching funds have been identified and will be made available if the grant is awarded. Thank you, Mr. Volpe. My report, I just want to expand on the garbage contract a little bit. We've been here almost 11 years in this administration, and we have never raised... garbage rates and this contract will allow us at least for the next three to four years also not to raise garbage rates so i want to thank mr volpe for you know sharpening his pencil um because i think the residents uh don't realize what we've done for them i don't think there's a community around here that for 15 years they haven't experienced a garbage rate increase so thank you mr volpe and thank you to flood brothers Okay, let's go to Consent Agenda. This evening on the Consent Agenda, we have approval of the minutes of the meeting of the President and Board of Trustees held on February 5th, 2024. A motion to approve payment of the bills and vouchers for the month of February. Oh, I'm sorry, missed one. Receive and file minutes of the Finance Committee meeting held January 8th, 2024. A motion to approve payment of the bills and vouchers for the month of February 2024 in the amount of $3,134,592.40. various license applications received and processed by the village clerk's office, an ordinance authorizing the execution of a master equity lease agreement and a full maintenance agreement for the lease and maintenance of vehicles, an ordinance authorizing the execution of a waste collection agreement between the Village of Elmwood Park and Flood Brothers Disposal Company, a resolution authorizing the execution of a right of entry agreement between the Village of Elmwood Park and Ralph DeVino Enterprises, Inc., An ordinance authorizing the execution of a second amendment to a contract between the Village of Elmwood Park and H&H Electric Company. An ordinance authorizing the execution of a master software licensing agreement between Dacra Tech LLC and the Village of Elmwood Park. An ordinance authorizing the execution of an agreement between Cintas Corporation and the Village of Elmwood Park. An ordinance reserving and authorizing the transfer of volume cap in connection with private activity bond issues and related matters. an ordinance amending Chapter 35 of the Elmwood Park Village Code regulating certain types of solicitations, an ordinance authorizing the execution of an engagement letter agreement for professional auditing services between GW and Associates PC and the Village of Elmwood Park, and a resolution authorizing submission of an application for grant funding through the Community Development Block Grant for the construction of green alleys. We have a motion. I'll make a motion to approve. I'll second. On the question, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Trustee Estrada-Volpe? Yes. Trustee Zavagevic? Yes. Trustee Conte? Yes. Trustee Sargent? Yes. Trustee Kaminsky? Yes. Trustee Lolino? Yes. President Saviano? Yes. Okay, moving on to communications. We have submitted by Marissa Maschioni, Secretary of the Plan, Zoning, and Development Commission, a recommendation for approval of a special use application for good vets at 7404 West North Avenue. Motion to receive and file, Mr. President. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, yikes, have it. There being no old business, we'll move on to new business. An ordinance authorizing and approving a special use permit for a veterinarian office to be located at 7404 West North Avenue, Elmwood Park, Illinois. Motion to approve, Mr. President. I'll second. Madam Clerk, on the roll. Trustee Estrada-Volpe? Yes. Trustee Zavaznovic? Yes. Trustee Conte? Yes. Trustee Sargent? Yes. Trustee Kaminsky? Yes. Trustee Lolino? Yes. President Saviano? Yes. Okay, is there any other business we brought before the board tonight? Mr. President, I'd just like to commend your office and the administration on the fine event. That fight night was a great evening. You guys did a great job. It was a great night. People really enjoy themselves. Thank you, Alan. Okay, I now entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved, Mr. President. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? You guys have it. Meeting adjourned. Have a great night.