The whole meeting for the Elgin City Council for December 17th, 2025 to order.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Council members Alfaro.

President Dixon.

Present.

Good.

Here.

Martinez?

Here.

Ortiz?

Here.

Powell?

Here.

Stefan?

Here.

Thorne?

Here.

Mayor Captain.

Here.

Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting of December 3rd, 2025.

Second.

Move the second for approval.

Any corrections or additions?

Hearing none, court please call the roll.

Council members Alfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne.

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

Motion's approved nine zero.

We have public comment this evening.

Uh we'll one person signed up.

Sue Webb.

Hi, I'm Sue Webb, um, 322 Adams Street, President of the Southwest Area Neighbors.

Um, I'd like to give you our wish list for 2026.

It um is still could happen and it may.

Um, the first thing we'd like to mention is we need advocation for the railroad crossing on National Street.

We have had several issues of people not stopping where they should before the railroad track.

One issue that was even brought up to me was that uh a person actually vacated their car in hopes that they had enough room for the train to pass.

So if there could be more signage or something at that location, I know working with the railroad is not the easiest.

I worked with the state.

Um, so we're we're familiar with that.

But if we're um having issues with the accident that occurred on the other track location, let's see if we can't solve another one before it happens.

So we need advocation for that.

The other wish list that we have is um in around 20, you know, 2010.

Swan came to the city asking for the Lord Sewer Basin project to be started, and in 2011 it was started.

Um, we're still waiting for the finishing of that.

So we're hoping to get that progressed, you know, as we can.

But um, we're you know, we just want to bring the attention up that it's been quite a while, and we may want to focus a little on finishing that project and fine-tuning what we need to now.

Um as you know, we still have a issue with that.

We'd love to get you all gift cards to Starbucks, but you never have coffee left in the cup by the time you get to City Hall to drink it.

So I just drove on it the other day.

See, so we just want to remind you of those things.

And um, we know you're trying your best, and we're not complaining.

We just are sometimes the middle child in the family.

So we just want to remind you that we are still here and we still have some needs before we you know, before the holes in our shoes get really big.

We just want to remind you.

So thank you for listening and have a happy Christmas.

Thank you.

Same to you.

Yeah, okay, Mr.

Manager.

Thank you, Mayor.

Item A is on both agendas, and this is fire protection agreements with Illinois Tool Works and Cavestro LLC.

City currently has one year fire protection agreements with both of these companies, both located outside the city's corporate limits.

The fire protection services provided under each agreement include the same firefighting response and ambulance services if the property was located within the city's corporate limits.

During the past 23 years, the fire department has responded to a total of 112 calls for service under the terms of these agreements, three of which occurred in 2025.

Payment to the city under these agreements is derived from a tax rate that currently equates to two dollars and ten cents per 100 dollars of equalized assessed valuation.

That means the city is going to be deriving about 98,000 in revenue next year for these agreements.

Okay.

Move for approval.

It doesn't need a motion at this time, but are there any questions for the manager at this time?

No.

Okay.

Item B is uh Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA Flood Insurance Rate 2026 Map Revisions and the attendant Kane County Stormwater Management Ordnance Amendments.

FEMA regularly reviews flood insurance rate maps referred to as firms to identify flood hazards, flood hazards, assess flood risks, and provide accurate data to guide stakeholders in taking effective mitigation actions.

The process supports the national flood insurance program and provides the basis for community floodplain management regulations and flood insurance requirements.

To maintain Elgin's certified community status, the city must adopt firm revisions and appropriately revise its stormwater ordinance.

Doing so allows Elgin property owners to participate in the national flood insurance program, which provides flood insurance to help reduce economic impact of floods by providing an insurance resource that is not typically covered by homeowners insurance.

Move for approval.

Second.

It's been moved and seconds for approval.

Any discussion?

Mr.

Ortiz.

Thank you.

City Manager for the flood mask got redone a couple years ago.

And all of our downtown on the buildings on Grove and Riverside Drive are in the floodplain now, according to the map, so their insurance went up.

Is there any way since it's improv improvised infrastructure over there?

I never see the river overflowing on the east side to like get them to re-establish that or we look at that.

When those map revisions were taking place, the city did weigh in with its objections.

We hired engineers to help analyze what um FEMA was presenting in those instances, but we were overruled with the with the arguments that we were making.

So unfortunately, the revisions that are in place affecting those businesses, as you properly recognize, have not seen any water from the river in any time in recent history are located within the floodplain based upon the modeling that FEMA is now using.

All right, thanks.

Anything else?

Mr.

Stefan.

Yep.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um is this related to what we had a presentation on, I believe, about a year, year and a half ago on the because the memo mentions this involves the Lords Park Tributary and Pappa Creek.

And I know we looked at some of the flooding issues there, and I I believe we had staff came up with a rough estimate of some of the mitigation costs uh that we'd incur if we tried to kind of fix some of the flooding issues, most of which were clearing out the under the underpasses below roads and other things where the creeks go underneath to make sure they're clear.

Is this related to that?

It is related in the sense that those tributaries and water bodies, you're right, are create creating those impacts.

Those revisions that the city is still studying and will eventually be making won't modify the flood map floodplain maps, but they will be able to create conditions that minimize the potential impact from those areas.

You're absolutely correct, though.

Thank you.

Okay, anything else?

Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne.

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

The motion is approved 9-0.

Item C is a resolution committing local funds for various transportation improvement projects under the Federal Surface Transportation or STP funding.

The Kane Kendall Council of Mayors about every two years opens a call for projects to apply for federal funding.

KCOM's 2026 call for projects will be ranking projects seeking federal surface transportation funds to design and construct transportation improvement projects within the city.

To participate in this call for projects, the city must commit local funds to pay for portions of the projects being applied for.

This resolution identifies the city's plan to commit local funds for phase one and phase two engineering and portions of the construction costs for transportation improvement projects for which it's being applied for.

Since 2018, the city has received about 22 and a half million dollars under federal SDP funding commitments.

This resolution includes identifies one, two, three, four, five, about eleven different areas for funding, some of which were previously placed on the SDP funding contingency list.

Move for approval.

Second.

Move and second for approval.

Any discussion?

Hearing none, clerk please call the rule.

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

How?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes, motions approved nine zero.

Item D is a joint funding agreement and resolution for improvement under the Illinois Highway Code.

It's an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation, and this involves the Kimball Street Traffic Signal Interconnect project.

This project will be modernizing and coordinating traffic signals along Kimball Street from Dundee Avenue to North Grove Avenue.

The city has been awarded a federal congestion mitigation and air quality grant providing 80% of the funding for this project.

The CMAC program requires local agencies to provide a 20% funding match.

The city's share in this instance will be 135,306 for the total project of just about half a million dollars.

Move approval.

Second.

Move and second for approval discussion.

Hearing none, Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Dorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

Motion's approved nine zero.

Item E is an intergovernmental agreement with Hanover Township for winter maintenance services.

The city and Hanover Township have been operating under the terms of a 2017 intergovernmental agreement designed to enhance snow and ice control efficiencies for both respective agencies.

Under the IGA intergovernment agreement, Hanover Township has access to and may store up to 500 tons of road salt in the city's Shales Parkway salt storage facility.

In exchange, Hanover Township provides winter maintenance services on certain roadways under the city's jurisdiction.

The current IGA, as I said, originally executed in 2017 as a number of annual one-year extensions.

Um if the city approves this extension for the 2025-26 season, plans to present a revised multi-year agreement will be presented in the later half of 2026.

Move for approval.

Moved and second for approval.

Any discussion?

Hearing none, Clerk, please call the rule.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorn?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

Motion's approved nine zero.

Item F is the acceptance of public improvements at 1007 North Randall Road.

That's the location of the most recent Starbucks Coffee in Elgin.

This resub subdivision in the Valley Creek subdivision was completed to accommodate the development at this location.

The public improvements to be accepted include a sanitary main and its respective appurtenances.

Move for approval.

Moved and second for approval.

Any discussion hearing none, Clerk, please call the rule.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good?

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

The motion is approved nine zero.

Item G is change order number one for bid 25-043 relating to parking structure repairs and painting.

Spring Street parking deck, which is now more than 40 years old, requires ongoing maintenance to protect its structural components and concrete surfaces from continuous exposure to the elements.

This project included the removal and replacement of joint sealants, the application of new traffic coatings, and minor concrete floor repairs.

When the project was initially bid, concrete repair work was included, but the preliminary inspections did not indicate that numerous tendons were broken beneath the surface of the concrete.

To maintain the structural integrity and protect the longevity of the parking deck, these tendons must be repaired.

These repairs are required to provide safety for the patrons using the deck and to preserve this aging structure.

All work is now scheduled for completion by the end of April 2026.

Move for approval.

Second.

Move to second for approval.

Any discussion?

Mr.

Ortiz.

Uh city manager for the Forton Street Parking Deck.

Are we ever going to open up the top two floors?

Because during uh high traffic events at Festival Park, we run out of space and the top two floors are usually empty and it's gated right now.

So can we at least open them up during those events?

Yes.

I would like to have them opened all the time.

So that's something that we can revisit.

We had um instances, it was closer during the pandemic where the upper floors were being used by persons and vehicles as a little raceway and creating issues in the downtown.

I think it's something we can talk to the police department, land management to see what we can do to utilize those those upper floors.

So I think it's time to revisit that.

Thank you for that reminder.

Anything else?

Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good?

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

Motion's approved nine zero.

Item H is the fourth amendment to the current agreement with Stewart spreading for the removal and disposal of water treatment lime residuals.

The city's water treatment plants produce these lime residuals and they're stored at two lagoons.

The lime residuals in these lagoons must be regularly removed to provide sufficient capacity.

The city's been contracting with Stewart Spreading since 2021 to remove the Lime residuals and then repurpose that product for agricultural soil replenishment.

Approving this amendment will authorize steward spreading to continue the removing and land application during 2026.

Move for approval.

Second.

It's moved and second for approval.

Any discussion?

Hearing none, or please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes, the motion is approved 90.

Item I is first amendment to an existing engineering services agreement with Engineering Enterprises Inc.

for the lead service replacement program year five improvements.

Elgin has been replacing lead service lines on an ongoing basis since 2020.

The year five program will be using IEPA funds and other funding sources to replace about 900 services and to also uh replace about 20,000 feet of water main.

EEI has prepared and is planning to bid six contracts for this year's program.

This amendment is for construction and engineering services along with daily oversight of those six contracts.

Move for approval.

Second.

Move and second for approval.

Any discussion.

Hearing none, Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes, the motion is approved 90.

Announces from the council.

Ms.

Sagalfaro.

I just want to wish everyone a happy holidays and also give a special thank you to everyone who's trying to make these holidays as special as possible for people who are helping the nonprofits who are making sure children have toys, families have food on the table, etc., the warming shelter, every thing that everyone's doing because it has been a brutal cold winter so far, and we haven't even started winter.

Um and thank you to everyone who's been patrolling our streets and trying to protect our community.

So thank you and happy holidays.

Mr.

Ortiz.

Um my White Sox never do the best in the past like 20 years, they got the first round pick next year, so hopefully we get three more games under our bows victories than not.

So and I appreciate everything uh Miss Afaro said.

I was gonna say some stuff along the same lines, but she beat me to it.

So I agree with her.

Okay.

Anything else from the council?

Uh Ms.

Martinez.

Thank you, Mayor.

I would just like to congratulate the King County Clerk's Office and the King County Board.

Uh today there was a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new King County satellite office.

Um it is located at 2170 Point Boulevard, suite 600 on the northwest side of Algin.

To be precise, um, it's located off of I-90 and Randall Road.

You turn into Point Boulevard.

If you're like me, you ask what other nearby restaurants and it's you turn right where the or you turn east where Jimmy's Char House, and it's actually across the street from Cafe Roma.

So I just would like to congratulate them.

Please look on their website.

And uh they have um very uh very logical and easy access, and the hours are great.

They even have one time window open until 8 p.m.

So this is good for us in Algin and the northern part of um King County.

Thank you, Mayor.

Mr.

Thorne.

Thank you, Mayor.

Well, I know uh councilwoman El Faro eluded to this, but I just like to wish a happy holidays to all the Elgin residents and especially Elgin seniors.

Uh the holiday time is when no one should be alone out there.

So if anyone out there listening, watching on TV in the audience, even today, if you know a senior that's by themselves, pay him a visit, give them a call.

Uh, even if you stop by shovel their walk, something.

There's a lot of seniors in Elgin that are all by themselves.

And uh you could brighten their day.

The best thing you can give a senior often is your time.

Thank you.

Okay.

Anything else?

Motion from staff.

Thank you, Mayor.

I'm asking for Chief Lally to provide an update on the police departments continuing investigations relating to the ICE enforcement activities occurring in the 1600 block of Maple Lane on Saturday, December 6th.

Thank you, Chief Ludley.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council members and the Elgin community.

So the department is continuing its investigations relating to the U.S.

immigration and customs enforcement activities that occurred in the 1600 block of Maple Lane on Saturday, December 6th.

On December 6th, the police department's emergency communication center received over 50 calls relating to the incident.

As of December 16th, the department has taken eleven police reports related to this incident that include a traffic crash in the 1600 block of West Highland and an incident in which a subject that was taken into custody by federal agents on December 6th on Maple Lane that entered into an apartment in the same location that he did not reside at, and reports of also people being struck by pepper balls and people being exposed to other chemical irritants.

The department has been in contact with the King County State's Attorney's Office, who is in the process of further reviewing several of these incidents for potential criminal charges.

Additionally, you can go to our transparency site and you can find the link there as well.

And as displayed during the incident, officers responded to any requests for service, assisted with providing medical aid, and are now in the process of conducting investigations into allegations that have been brought forward to the department, working in conjunction with the King County State's Attorney's Office.

Even when I know that these words may not provide comfort for some people or an outcome that they may want, it is still very important to me that the Elgin community hears this from me.

Anything else?

Nothing, Mayor, thank you.

Okay.

So moved.

Second.

Move the second to adjourn.

Court, please call the roll.

Council Member Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stephen?

Yes.

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes, we are adjourned.

We'll reconvene at the regular council meeting at 7 p.m.

We'll call a regular meeting of the Elgin City Council for December seventeenth, twenty twenty five to order.

I've given you a warning.

I'm giving you a warning.

People have a right to speak.

We have a right to conduct the meeting.

I just started the meeting.

I call the meeting to order.

I called the meeting to the leadership.

I called the meeting to order.

I'm going to advise you one time.

If you don't conduct yourself here in a nice manner, we're going to ask you to leave the meeting.

I pledge allegiance of the United States of America.

One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for white closet.

All right.

Well, Cork, please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro.

President.

Dixon?

Present.

Good.

Here.

Martinez?

Here.

Ortiz.

Powell?

Here.

Stefan?

Here.

Thorne?

Here.

Mayor Captain.

Here.

Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting of December 3rd, 2025.

So move.

Second.

Move the second for approval.

Any corrections or additions?

Hearing none, Court, please call the roll.

Councilmember Melfarr?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes, motion's approved nine-zero.

We have one communication this evening.

I've asked Miss Powell to stand in for me.

That's a proclamation remembering Risa Jones.

Dr.

Barber and the board members that are here couldn't join me here at the podium and staff.

It's an honor to read this.

Uh Risa Jones was uh a dear member of our community, uh, someone I considered a colleague and a close friend.

I can't believe it's been a year since since she's left us, so it gives me a great pleasure to read this proclamation on her behalf.

Whereas the City of Elgin and the culture arts community lost a valued member and leader on December 7th, 2024, with the death of Dr.

Reesa Don Jones.

And whereas Risa was a well-renowned member of the Elgin community, where she dedicated her time to her nonprofit Hamilton Wings program, which was created to encourage at-risk children to find their wings and excel in the performing arts.

She worked with local schools for children's art programs, created SCORE, where she counseled students from diverse backgrounds to write, stage, and perform their own operas.

She performed with many charitable organizations using her talent of singing.

I'm gonna pause right there, because if anybody ever heard Risa Jones sing, you were in for a treat.

While serving on the Elgin YWAC Board of Directors, Elgin Community College Board of Directors, partnering with Mujeres Latinas, Unidas, and Artre y Binestar, Kofi and Padres Compoder.

Risa was 2013 recipient of the Margaret Hills Award and had been recognized March 2024 by the Elgin Area Chamber as volunteer of the month.

And whereas Risa's kindness, dedication, energy, leadership, and graciousness, and reached enriched the arts and culture of Elgin.

Her guidance and profound impact on our community will be unforgettable.

Now, therefore, I Tish Powell, on behalf of David Captain, mayor of the City of Elgin, Illinois, do hereby extend its sincerest condolences to Dr.

Risa Don Jones' family, friends, colleagues, and our Elgin community.

The city recognizes Dr.

Reesa Jones, Dr.

Risa Don Jones' achievements, contributions, and commitments that have made Elgin a better place to live in.

I do hereby proclaim Saturday, January 10th, 2026, as Dr.

Risa Don Jones Day in the City of Elgin.

Thank you.

Okay, that brings us to the portion of the meeting where we allow people to speak for up to three minutes on issues of uh importance to them.

And because of the number of people that have signed up tonight, I'm gonna hold you strictly to the three minute time limit.

Uh first person to sign up uh this evening is Joseph uh Dine, I believe.

Hello everyone, I'm Joe Van Dyke.

Um I don't have a speech prepared, so this might be a little jumbled, but um I just wanted to talk about ice again.

I work in a hospital a couple hours away from here.

Every day I go to work.

I wonder if today's gonna be the day that I get a call that ICE is coming for my family or friends.

Well, today was that day.

My girlfriend owns a restaurant in Elgin, and I got the call that three masked ICE agents with guns were in the restaurant.

They walked right in, started demanding ID from all of the customers.

She wasn't there at the moment, it was her day off, and they refused to leave because the owner wasn't present and telling them to leave.

They stopped at all the tables of the brown people and skipped every title that had white people.

Not a single white person was uh forced to provide ID.

One customer recorded it, it's all on video, and then they demanded his phone, demanded his ID.

Wasn't till that she got there and told them they had to leave that they finally left.

And then I sat there for more hours, left the hospital I work at in the middle of the shift, had to tell them, hey, they can't family emergency because of that.

And then you'd have to sit here and wonder are they gonna come back?

When they look left and they went to fresh market and kidnapped someone else.

I just I don't know how you can see what's anybody can look at what's going on right now and not clearly point and see who the bad guys are.

Like if you can't do that, then you're fucked in the head.

Like something's wrong with you.

You are the bad person.

And I think Elgin City Council needs to be blunt with the public about what Elgin PD can do to help us.

Is there anything physical, anything they can do to protect you in the moment?

Is there any line that ICE agents can cross that Elgin PD would stop them?

Is it only stuff in the line of duty, or can an ICE agent go in a restaurant and could they just do beat up everyone in the restaurant if they wanted?

I'm not saying they would.

Is there a line that they can cross that Elgin PD can step in and arrest them or do anything to help?

And if not, tell the public hey, if you call the police, we'll send police out, but all they're gonna do is record it, and whatever ICE decides they want to do to you in that moment, they're still gonna do it.

That might help people with their decisions on how they want to handle the situation.

I'd like to respond to that because there are 128 Illinois laws.

I didn't even know she wasn't that are being ignored, and they're in fact to I'm sorry, an organ that is gonna be proposed.

Ma'am, you're gonna have to sit down.

We have to have decorum in this, and you can you don't have the right to speak, he's got the podium.

Go ahead and finish, please.

So that's mostly what I wanted to say.

I just again I don't see how whether you're Republican or Democrat, how you can look at what's happening and not point out and see exactly who the bad guys are, like I said.

Um, and I'm disappointed in anybody that doesn't stand up and and and help each other.

That's the only way that we're gonna get through this.

If you see somebody dealing with ice agent, record, help them.

Don't don't stay quiet.

That's all I got.

I I don't know what else to say.

Okay, thank you.

Lynn Hutchins.

I didn't hear the name.

Good evening.

My name is Lynn Hutchins.

In June of this year, after the sudden notification of the 890 Gulf Boulevard project, I read the proposal to the city from the Umaya group describing their plans for the temple complex they planned to build there.

One thing that caught my attention and that of my neighbors was a statement that the people of both the Sherwood Oaks and Oak Ridge subdivisions had been informed of the temple project and that we were all essentially happy with it and behind it.

Needless to say, this is totally untrue.

We at Oak Ridge had only just found out about the project, and we are all definitely not happy about it.

The statement is indicative of all of our dealings with the group and their lawyer.

They have not been forthcoming or transparent with their plans.

In informational meetings, both of which were planned before the zoning meetings where the plan was being reviewed, they have tried to imply that we only need to deal with daily traffic and one major holy day a year.

However, one of our neighbors who is herself Hindu called them out on this at the second meeting, pointing out that the other festivals, uh all the other festivals celebrated throughout the year, we would have to deal with.

During the second meeting, they showed the changes to the design.

They chopped off one wing of the temple building, removed the four-story condo building, and a couple of the townhomes.

This leaves a large open area of green space conveniently in position to allow them in the future to add back what was removed from the design with little or no oversight or control by the city of Elgin.

This idea was questioned at the second informational meeting, and we were told there were no such plans, but we have no faith in what we are being told by this group or their lawyer.

It's just not appropriate to the area.

It's going to cause serious impact on local traffic on Lake Street, as well as our ability to easily enter and leave our own subdivision.

It will also impact the resale value of our homes and even our ability to sell our homes because who is going to willingly buy a home next to a humongous, noisy, gated and walled complex that will cause so much disruption to the area.

We have already shown our opposition to this, and I want you to understand one thing.

This morning I received a diagnosis of cancer.

But I am still here tonight to speak against this project.

That is how important this issue is to me and to all of our neighbors.

When this comes before you, I urge you, please, to vote against it.

And I also would urge you to please drive through our area.

Take a look at what we've been talking about.

See for yourself the impact that it's going to have on all of us, including all the people not just in our subdivision, but around uh in the surrounding area.

Anyone who travels Lake Street is going to be in packed.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Jesse Astro.

Jessica Astro.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council members.

My name is Jessica Astrog, and I've been a resident of Algin since two.

I grew up having gone to Huff and Lord's Park Elementary, Larson Middle School, and Elgin High School.

Proud graduate of the class of 2000.

I chose to purchase a house in Algin to stay close to my mom who still resides here and raise a family here.

When I moved in, I had been told that the land behind our house was protected land, nothing could be built on it.

It was at one point supposed to have been a continuation of the Oak Ridge community.

The Oak Ridge subdivision is safe, quiet, and a place I look forward to coming home to every day.

I also invite you to please come out to see the neighborhood to see Route 20.

We frequent Elgin's downtown residence and events restaurants and events.

However, if this proposed development at 890 Gulf Boulevard is allowed to build behind our homes, our lives change for the worse.

You've heard it from our neighbors who have spoken here at City Council meetings, and you've seen two planning and zoning meetings where you've heard from three different neighborhoods who are all in opposition of the build.

From safety issues, massive traffic concerns, and the incompatibility with our neighborhoods based on Elgin's own comprehensive plan and the LaSalle factors.

The development is not fit for this location.

This past May, when we found out about this development, I started a petition in opposition that still stands today.

We have over 200 Oak Ridge and Sherwood Oak residents in opposition.

Your constituents have clearly voiced that this is not wanted in our neighborhood.

It has nothing to do with religion.

It has all to do with the magnitude of what is being proposed, despite the changes made from the group.

Your own planning and zoning commission spoke the first time by denying the petition and a second time when there was no majority vote in favor.

In fact, the commissioners stated that the land should stay vacant.

They have been down Route 20 and know what type of traffic we combat with daily, which is expected to get worse with the IDOT overhaul.

Nothing of this size is acceptable.

The Umaya group's own social media shows every single event they've held has been outdoors with loudspeakers and colored smoke flares.

They continue to compare themselves with BAPS and Bartlett.

And per BAP social media and local news outlets, their events draw over 10,000 people.

The tiny corner behind our neighborhoods is not appropriate for a build of this size.

There are well over 200 people saying they are opposed.

There are traffic concerns, safety issues, environmental issues, incompatibility issues, but the loudest issue should be the negative impacts to our quality of daily life.

Please listen to your residents when we ask you to deny the bill at 890 Gulf Boulevard.

If I may approach, I have copies of the petitions for you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening.

My name is Delany Hernandez.

I'm a community member who is very involved in bettering my town.

But at this moment, I'm very scared, hopeless, frustrated, and to be quite honest with you, I'm mad.

I'm just as mad as everybody else in this room, just containing myself.

I am seeing my community under attack by ICE agents who are running wild in the streets, in our streets.

I asked for transparency from the city and the police at this time about what can be done from the people in charge.

And how far is enough?

When is it really enough?

My brother was shot in the face at two feet distance.

My blood.

Somebody who's also a member of the community who helps the community, who volunteers at soup kitchens with me, who helps youth, orphans, elderly people.

We're not just people that live here, we're people that try to make this town better.

And we're young people at that too.

I was tear gassed and pepper sprayed alongside neighbors' children.

Some people may say, why were they there?

They live there.

A person was grabbed, beat, and piled on top of, and that's not okay.

Simply because of the color of our skin, simply because we're brown.

90% of Elgin is my or is made of minorities, excuse me.

And in this time, we don't feel safe, we don't feel heard, we don't feel protected.

I need to know what can we do?

What will you guys do?

What will the police do to keep me, my family, our children, the next generation safe?

Because the head, the way that it's headed right now is not good, I can tell you.

So please take into consideration that we're good people, and the color of our skin should not matter if we're getting protected by the police or not.

Our tax dollars pay for the police to protect and serve us.

In this time, we're being told we can call the police, but we cannot call the police.

Because they're not coming to save us.

Some of you can call the police because of the color of your skin, and you don't know that you have that um entitlement, but you do.

Some of us can't call the police because they won't come.

Or if they come, they'll just watch.

All of us in this room bleed red.

We are all the same, and we deserve respect, and we deserve to be safe in the town that we work on to make so much better.

Excuse me, but I'm quite nervous.

I don't like speaking in front of people, but this is how important this is.

And I'm gonna continue to speak, I'm gonna continue to fight for my people because every single person in my community that is a brown person that is a black person would give the shirt off their back for you.

It doesn't matter what color you are.

We all work together.

In this time, we're taking care of us.

We're backing us up.

We need to know that we, the people who elected you are gonna have you guys protect us too.

Because if it wasn't so on these projects that LJ Blue Alge.

Thank you.

Linda Searcy.

Linda Searcy.

Good evening.

I was a senior in L in high school, living in Rockford when the consent decree was formulated in 1967.

I came to Elgin after graduating from college, married, purchased a home in the historic district, and had three children and lived there for 18 years.

At that point, we were ready for a change.

A neighborhood which was quieter and had some land.

Sherwood Oaks offered the ability for our children to continue their education at their current schools, and we got to live in a quiet acre uh lot that had mature trees.

When we moved, there was no oak ridge.

We were cocooned in acres and acres of wildlife, including fox, coyotes, deer bats, etc., and it was quiet and peaceful.

Now I have in my possession the 23-page consent decree modification, which allowed the subdivision now known as Oak Ridge to be developed.

This agreement stipulates how the land will be developed right down to the size of the lots and the costs of the homes mortaring the two subdivisions.

We weren't talked at or talked or told what to think.

It was a legally binding mutual agreement.

The first time the position to rezone 890 Golf Boulevard came before the planning and zoning committee, numerous falsehoods were presented as truths in the section entitled Inappropriate Current Zoning.

The Temple Group's lawyer was called out on these erroneous accusations and asked on numerous occasions by several individuals to file a statement of purpose and compliance, correcting these misinformation.

In his current submission under inappropriate current zoning section 3.1 through 3.7, he does much of the same.

He expects that his every word will be believed and unquestioned.

Well, you can outright lie and you can lie through omission.

Both exist in this latest proposal.

Well, goodbye, green space, and hello to the return of the four-story condo buildings with all of its amenities.

The applicants can look at Elgin's comprehensive plan.

They can look at Elgin's growth plan.

They can look at Elgin's zoning documents under general provisions, purpose, and intent.

They can call it a mixed-use residential religious proposal.

They can call it a PCF and a PMFR and try to make it fit within the LaSalle factor.

But what they can't do is make it safe and workable, no matter how much they distort the truth, and they won't ever get either subdivision's approval to terminate the consent decree.

For all of those who find themselves traveling down Lambert, Route 20, Shales Park, Wayne Hillard, please vote down this petition to rezone.

You'll be safeguarding lives.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

My name is Fel Blackwood.

I'm 21 years old.

I've lived in Elgin my entire life.

I went to school in the city through 12th grade.

I attend college here, and now I have been tear gassed here.

The show of unity that greeted ICE on December 6th was heartening.

The community response was large and swift.

Blankets were thrown to the balcony where ICE had cornered the man.

Citizens allowed others into their homes to use their restrooms and warm their frigid hands and get warm refreshments.

It wasn't enough.

He was still taken.

Ice still threw people to the ground and illegally attacked us with chemical munitions.

What are we actually doing to protect our neighbors?

What is truly being done to protect the community?

I was there for three hours and others double that.

And those gas cannons just weren't kept on ice spelts by our shouts.

Our words didn't stop them from shooting a citizen in the face with a pepper bowl.

That can kill someone.

We've tried words, we've tried filming, we've tried protesting.

None of it has made a difference.

If this is not the time to defend our rights with force, what is?

We wait for ice to open fire into a crowd, to crack someone's skull open on the pavement, to crush a protester on a vehicle.

What is the line?

Stop enforcing state law banning open carry outside of schools and government buildings.

That is the next deterrent.

If they are truly so bold as to violate our rights openly while looking upon a crowd three times as large as them, jeering and shouting and telling them telling them they are breaking the law and documenting everything they do from four different angles.

That's not enough.

Sure, we can sue them, we should.

But that won't undo the gas and pepper spray, burning our eyes and stinging our throats, and it sure as hell won't happen.

Stop it from happening again.

I know that legally your hands are tied regarding impeding ice.

Fine, I don't expect that to change.

This is not that.

This is taking measures within your power to give us the rights to defend ourselves and our neighbors when ICE decides to show up to brutalize us and illegally arrest someone again.

We don't have three more years.

We don't have that kind of time.

We need to do more than tell ICE to leave that their families are disappointed in them.

We need to take our community's defense seriously, and that means citizens greeting tyranny with something to back up our will.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Caroline Hernandez.

Caroline Hernandez.

Good evening, everyone.

I am here to tell you that there is absolutely a way to prevent all of this from going on.

All the pepper spraying, all the ice nonsense, and what that is is ending the illegal non ice non-response policy of Chief Anna Lally.

That directive is illegal.

It violates over 128 Illinois statutes.

So when this city council sits up here with at least three attorneys who should know better and know the law and try to tell you that there's nothing that can be done, they are absolutely lying to you.

And I can promise you that they are going to be held accountable.

They're going to be held accountable civilly and they're going to be held accountable criminally because the police department has an obligation to respond.

Right now, what is going on that everybody here is describing is there is a two-tier discrimination, a two-tier policy that if you're white or non-Hispanic, a hundred percent of your 911 calls are going to be answered.

But if you are Latino, they are not.

Every single 911 call needs to be answered.

Every single one.

And just so you know, the violations imposed per violation are $50,000.

And that could be attributable to every single 9-1-1 call that is not answered.

Do the math.

Over 30 calls on December 6th went unanswered.

So 30 times 150,000.

Just right there.

This city council right here is ignoring the law.

And let me go ahead and tell you, I'm an attorney.

On November 5th, I told them about this.

On November 19th, I prepared a 74-page notice of 1983 action.

And that is a document that indicates to them that I am going to reign the civil rights.

Okay.

And Marcos is going to ask me to speak on his behalf as his attorney so I can finish.

Okay, he has three minutes.

You have three minutes.

I would like for Carolina Hernandez to take my time.

So I prepared what's called the equal protection for everyone ordinance.

That ordinance specifies and identifies six duties.

Everybody is looking at this ICE situation like it's an immigration situation.

It is not.

It is a civil situation.

It is a police accountability situation.

We are requiring that these six duties which are required by Illinois state law be fulfilled.

That the LJ police department serves everyone, every single 911 call.

That they verify the identity and warrants of everyone at a scene.

That they intervene against abuse, that they document all activity, that they report all violations, which now include the Illinois Accountability Act, and that they protect everyone equally.

Let me go ahead and tell you that there are cities that are doing this right, like Evanston, who is also a city manager state.

They are doing things the way they're supposed to be done.

Same trust act, same statutes, and they are getting it.

So what does this mean for the city council?

First of all, check your stockings because there are a bunch of city out uh no, I'm sorry, not city elves.

There are a bunch of attorney elves that have worked quite quite extensively to put in complaints for oh so many regulatory agencies that are naming each and every one of you individually.

You are going to be accountable for your actions, and these account these actions have taken place for over eight years.

For over eight years, there has been a policy of non-response to ICE.

Well, let me go ahead and tell you that is a bastardization and a perversion of the law because the Trust Act prohibits police from assisting the federal immigration enforcement.

It does not prohibit them, and it never intended to prohibit them from police presence, from police response, from police protection, or from police documentation.

The Elgin Police Department and this entire city council that it ratifies this every time it's brought up by all the people that show up here, have abandoned the 50,000 residents who keep asking where is the police?

This is going to end.

If someone had died, you'd all be looking at life.

Why?

Because you've been put on notice multiple times, multiple times, with extensive, extensive citation of case law.

There are three, there's a worthless city attorney here who can't even write an ordinance work to save his life.

But there are three attorneys on here who should know better.

The law cannot be more clear that you have an obligation for the police department of this city to respond and serve and protect everyone equally.

Got a little sensitive there, right?

Are we good?

Can I start my time?

You got your three minutes.

All right.

This is a this is who we're facing.

All these people are up for re-election up soon.

So let's remember their ugly ass faces.

All their faces.

The Hispanics that work under this council is disgusting.

Really disgusting.

I started off this meeting by calling off that chief lady should be here.

And what did what did they decide to do?

Call a 10-minute research because their feelings got hurt.

I didn't cuss anybody out.

I didn't say anything.

I'm a loud ass Mexican.

This is my voice, you like it or not.

So let me present myself as I haven't the past two times.

I've been at this council meeting.

My name is Angel Manuel Martinez.

I am a guisanera dance instructor in this ugly ass city right now.

On December 6th, the city of Elgin and this leadership failed us.

Come on now.

Chief Laley was awarded a 2025 leadership award.

That's what's funny about all of this.

That leadership showed that day.

Her failed leadership and her so-called accountability led to a lot of our neighbors being pepper sprayed, a lot of tear gas being released onto our streets, and it ended up with me being laid on the ground with multiple agents atop of me.

I got a fraction rent because of it.

I had to take two weeks off of work.

No paid leave.

Because the city decided to fail us.

The city, the police say they were not involved.

There was a moment when the cities were closed.

How is it all of a sudden?

Our streets opened up.

If it wasn't from the hull of them.

Our streets were closed.

So how is it that they say that they did not help out on December 6th?

They say they helped out because they helped a couple people that got pepper spray.

My partner being one of them.

Because we were speaking on our neighbor who is not a criminal.

He has one thing on his record.

A traffic violation.

Taking care of 2014.

That is our fucking neighbor.

He is not a criminal.

And every one of you that sit here with your stupid ass outfits.

Because it's Christmas around the corner.

We don't have that thing.

Our kids are asking us.

Are you coming home today?

Our kids are asking us.

Is it gonna be you today?

You guys failed us!

You can make a video today up and say I'm with you guys.

But your actions at the beginning of the council meeting when I asked for Chief Annelies to be standing here, showed otherwise.

Please resign.

Please and we'll do our community a whole lot better.

Because again, like it was stated before.

We Latinos are LJ.

We are the domain.

And it's not just us, but we are.

We can get these other individuals out of office.

And there needs to be something in place so we can decide who served in our police voice.

Please start wrapping your comments up.

Jason left this donor paying me.

He gave up locations early October of where to find our people.

And those locations weren't the ones that they were targeting.

Please start wrapping up your comments.

Don't be a snowplay.

Thank you.

Everybody's face in her course.

She said our job is too damn good at these type of people.

So why didn't you mention us?

You've used your three minutes, thank you very much.

You've used your three minutes, thank you very much.

We have two other people that have signed up.

They wanted to talk about the uh tax increase.

I always give them a uh chance to uh they can either speak now or wait until that time comes.

Leave it to you, David Tees.

Hello, thank you for letting me speak today.

I just want to start out by saying I am a lifelong resident of Elgin, born and raised here.

Um watched Elgin grow, uh develop change, some amazing changes, great changes.

I know we haven't had a property tax increase for 11 years.

It means you guys are doing a good job.

Everybody's been doing a good job for 11 years, and we don't raise our property taxes, but one of the things is is that ECC hit us with 4.6% property tax increase.

Kane County hits us uh every year we're getting hit by taxes, and it's it's it's starting it's starting to hurt us.

I mean, I know that if you come out and say that it's like $12 a month and all that stuff, but I just got my yesterday my new mortgage statement.

I'm on a fixed thing, uh, a fixed mortgage, and it went up $200.

Yeah, my home insurance went up.

That's expected.

But my question is over the last 10 years, new revenue has come into Elgin.

Video poker.

I know Carpenter's Bill's smaller than Elgin, but I know their intake is uh I don't know what Elgin's numbers are, but I know that their intake is $750,000.

That's what their cut is.

They got one pot dispensary that's new revenue eight years ago.

I know Elgin passed, they have a pot dispensary here at Carpenter's Bill, 1.1 million is their cut.

I don't know what Elgin's is, I can't say it.

I should have looked it up.

Got a lot of stuff to do, but we got another one that's being built now, too.

More revenue's been coming in the last 10 years with pot dispensaries and with video poker.

And my question is is there any other options?

Could we negotiate the percentage?

Because I got a lot of elderly people.

Is our taxes going to keep going up every year?

I mean, they're struggling as it is now.

They're on fixed income.

That's why I'm on the committee for seniors, because we're allocating money for programs for them to help them with their utility bills to help them with uh living cat food, dog food.

A lot of donations of cat food and dog food.

I got a family.

I'm not rich.

I don't make a lot of money.

I'm a blue collar worker.

I'm a plumber.

I work by myself.

I own the company, but we don't make a lot of money when you're by yourself.

I don't have a big crew.

So I'm asking City Council.

Start looking around.

Look for other options.

Because believe it or not, twelve dollars a month does hurt us when we're just gonna get hit at a hit year after year.

Our taxes keep going up.

Our mortgage payments are gonna keep going up.

Food prices are at an all-time high.

I got a five foot seven, thirteen-year-old kid at a hundred and fifty pounds, and he's eaten me out of house at home.

Really, literally.

Brings us to bids.

We have one bid tonight, bid number two five dash zero five eight water treatment chemicals.

Mr.

May I'll make the motion that we award this bid to the ten vendors who are going to supply our water department with fourteen chemicals, twelve of new, twelve of which we had new pricing this year in the total amount of four million five hundred and five thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.

Council members of our Dixon?

Yes.

Good?

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stephen?

Yes.

Thorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes, the motions approved nine zero.

Brings us to other business.

The first item is an ordinance adopting the twenty twenty-six budget in lieu of passage of an appropriation ordinance.

Move for approval.

Second.

Move and second for approval and discussion.

I just want to say at the last council meeting.

Anything else?

Clerk, please call the role.

Council members of Harold?

No.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good?

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stephen?

Yes.

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes, the motion's approved eight one.

Item two is an ordinance for the levy and assessment of taxes for the fiscal year beginning January first, twenty twenty-five and ending December thirty first, twenty twenty-five of the city of Elgin, Kane and Cook County, Illinois.

Move for approval.

Second second.

Moved and second for approval.

Any discussion.

Ms.

Alfaro.

Similar to the last one, um, voting against the property tax increase, so I will be voting no on this one to be transparent with the community.

Okay.

Anything else?

Clerk, please call the roll.

Council members al Faro.

No.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

The motion's approved eight one.

Item three is an ordinance establishing fees for various city services, permits, licenses, use of facilities, and other matters.

Move for approval.

Second.

Move to second for approval.

Any discussion.

Ms.

Alfaro.

I have some questions for first staff.

On the packet and page 46.

Um, I believe it's the refused collection.

Um, it's slightly going up for 2026.

Um it's going up for the disposable stickers, it's going up 16 cents.

And I was just wondering the rationale for making it go up to 16 cents.

Are we just going?

Is there a percentage that we're utilizing?

Is it increasing tickets?

Oh, it's part of the contract.

That was different, Councilmember Powell.

It's part of the contract.

That was prior to my being on the council, so thank you for that clarification.

Um let's see, and then I have a few more, so bear with me.

On page 48, Bluff City Cemetery.

Um, it's expensive to bury loved ones, and the fees go up here.

So is that also tied to a contract?

Is that why the fees are going up?

I can't say specifically why the fees are going up, but we do have a contract that provides all of the burial services, so I would imagine that that's the result of it.

I just can't tell you that with definitive certainty at this time.

Okay, everything let's see.

Um parks and the lawyers park at Wing Park Aquatic Centers.

The where is it?

Um no, that was fine because only the non-residential went up.

Um oh seven, it was on the golf.

Uh the um the fees are the same for um resident and non-residents.

I was curious.

That's for the individual unlimited golf and cart and individual unlimited um golf green fee only.

Um, all the others have a differentiate between non-resident and resident, so I was curious on why those two were similar for resident and non-resident.

Without asking golf director Mike Lehman, knowing that the golf is golf uh golf fund is an enterprise fund, there's a recognition that the the cost for those differences, there's no distinction between we're here to attract non-residents as well for all of those venues, so that's why there isn't the so it's one of those like you get them in and then the other things are a little bit more than that.

Correct, that's knowing that there's a benefit for living in the city for having these courses that are still designed to serve a broad swath of the Chicago metro area, okay.

Um and then lastly for the Elgin art showcase.

Um the one-day rental is the same for resident and non-residents, but everything else, like the one-day rental, um, the Friday Sunday rental is there's different prices.

So is that the same rationale is just to attract more people to run out for a one-day rental?

That's what I would have to imagine again in the absence of being able to ask Amanda Harris specifically.

So I'm sorry, I just don't have that.

No, sorry, that granular information.

No, thank you.

Okay, that's all I had.

Okay, anything else?

Okay, clerk please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes, Dixon?

Yes.

Good, yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz, yes, Powell, yes, Stefan?

Yes.

Thorne?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes, motions approved 9-0.

Item four is an ordinance for the levy of assessment of taxes for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2025, in and for the city of Elgin special service area number 19.

Move for approval.

Second, move the second for approval.

Any discussion?

Miss Alfaro.

Um, so this is a question for the city manager.

Just if I'm interpreting this correctly and for transparency to the community.

Um, although it says here that it the total is 55,000 uh 230.

The majority of that, if not all of that, if I read this um correctly, that total appropriation total revenues come from other taxation, correct?

So if you could just clarify, sure, a special service area is uh there's there's a benefit that the city helped finance that's that's uniquely um benefits a particular geographic area.

thousand uh two hundred and thirty the majority of that if not all of that if I read this part um correctly that total appropriation total revenues come from other taxation correct so I'm if you could just clarify sure a special service area is uh there's there's a benefit that the city helped finance that's that's uniquely um benefits a particular geographic area in this instance it's an industrial park that wanted to create a traffic signal to benefit its users and that was something that again worked in conjunction with the city to make that installation and they're paying us back over the years with that and that comes through additional payments on their property taxes basically all and that's something they've been fully aware of for quite a while that is correct okay thank you for clarifying that okay anything else clerk please call the roll council member Zalfaro yes Dixon yes good yes Martinez yes Ortiz yes Powell yes Stefan yes Thorn yes mayor captain yes motions approved nine zero item five five is a resolution adopting the three year financial plan move for approval second moved and second for approval any discussion ms alfaro just similar to transparency for the community given that this um three year plan includes the one year where we're proposing property tax increase and I voted against the property tax increase I'll be voting against this given that's included in this three year plan okay clerk please call the roll council members alfarro no Dixon yes good yes Martinez yes ortiz yes Powell yes Stefan yes thorn yes mayor captain yes motions approved eight one item six is an ordinance amending uh or an ordinance amending ordinance number g six uh sixty five twenty four establishing a pay plan for certain part time and seasonal employees of the city of elge move for approval second move and second for approval any discussion hearing none clerk please call the roll council members alfaro yes Dixon yes good yes Martinez yes ortiz yes Powell yes Stefan yes Thorn yes mayor captain yes the motions approved nine zero item seven is an ordinance amending ordinance number g sixty six dash twenty four establishing a pay a pay plan for certain part time and seasonal employees of the city of Elgin parks and recreation department move for approval second move the second for approval any discussion hearing none clerk please call the roll council members alfarro yes Dixon yes good yes Martinez yes Ortiz yes Powell yes Stefan yes Thorne yes mayor captain yes the motion is approved nine zero item eight is a resolution authorizing a fire protection agreement with the Illinois Tool Works move for approval second move and second for approval any discussion hearing none clerk please call the roll council members alfaro yes Dixon yes good yes Martinez yes ortiz yes Powell yes Stefan yes Thorn yes mayor captain yes motions approved nine zero item nine is an a resolution authorizing a fire protection agreement with Covestro uh LLC move for approval second second move and second for approval any discussion hearing none clerk please call the roll council member Zalfaro yes Dixon yes good yes Martinez yes ortiz yes Powell yes Stefan yes Thorne yes mayor captain yes the motion's approved nine zero item ten is an authorization for payment to make it making county law enforcement training center for police academy tuition move for approval second moved and second for approval any discussion hearing none clerk please call the roll council members alfaro yes Dixon yes good yes Martinez yes ortiz yes poell yes Stefan yes thorne yes mayor mayor captain yes motions approved nine zero item eleven is an authorization for payment to Westside tractor move for approval second moved and second for approval any discussion I just want to say thank you to staff who was listening to the feedback from the the residents and and from council on the importance of getting those signs done faster and so thank you to staff for moving this along I know it was a whole team that put into the work and so thank you for all staff for for moving that along okay you got ahead of us by one tractor on the track that is it's we're voting on the tractor on the one before oh my god yes I did you got ahead you got ahead of us by one my apologies okay don't retract them though because the nice tractor so please keep those comments for my storm okay any discussion on item 11 tractor no sorry okay my apologies clerk please call the roll council member Zalfaro yes Dixon yes good yes Martinez yes ortiz yes Powell yes Stefan yes Thorn yes mayor captain yes motions approved nine zero item twelve is authorization for payments to signs by tomorrow okay so I just now my comments regarding to that my apologies for the mistake um thank you for staff for listening to the residents um during public comment and and from city council and understanding the need to get that done faster and so thank you for the initiative for staff for getting that done um and having those available in a timely manner thank you move for approval second move and second for approval and we still have 500 signs downstairs so people uh please start picking them up clerk please call the roll council member Zalfaro yes Dixon yes good yes Martinez yes ortiz yes Powell yes Stefan yes thorn yes mayor captain yes motions approved nine zero consent agenda move for approval second move the second for approval any discussion

And so thank you for the initiative for staff for getting that done and having those available in a timely manner.

Thank you.

Move for approval.

Second.

Move and second for approval, and we still have 500 signs downstairs.

So people uh please start picking them up.

Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good?

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorn?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

Motions approved nine zero.

Consent agenda.

Move for approval.

Second.

Move and second for approval.

Any discussion.

Hearing none, Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good?

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Storne?

Yes.

Mayor Campton.

Yes.

Motions approved nine zero.

Miscellaneous business.

Move for approval.

Second.

Move and second for approval.

Any discussion.

Hearing none, Court, please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good.

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorn?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

Motions approved nine zero.

Um.

Move for approval.

Sarka just moved and second for approval.

Any discussion?

Hearing none, Court, please call the roll.

We did.

We voted on it.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, we already voted on that one.

Given ahead of myself.

Yeah, we're all doing that today.

Okay, bring us to announcements.

The next committee of the whole meeting will be Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 at uh 6 p.m.

in the city council chambers.

The next regular meeting of the Elgin City Council will be Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 at 7 p.m.

in the city council chambers.

I'd entertain a motion to adjourn.

So moved.

Second.

Moved and second to adjourn.

Court, please call the roll.

Councilmember Zalfaro?

Yes.

Dixon?

Yes.

Good?

Yes.

Martinez?

Yes.

Ortiz?

Yes.

Powell?

Yes.

Stefan?

Yes.

Thorn?

Yes.

Mayor Captain.

Yes.

Motions approved 9-0.

Everybody have a uh on the council and in the uh community.

Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

And everybody stay safe.