The Oswego Village Board held a regular meeting on February 4, 2025, at 7:00 PM. The meeting included recognitions, a public forum, approval of a consent agenda, consideration of an economic incentive agreement for 19 East Jackson Street, and related sewer/water service agreement. Trustees also discussed the grocery tax and future meeting agendas.
In tonight's Pledge of Allegiance. If you all please rise and join the Chief in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands undervisible with liberty and justice for all. Roll call, please. President Kaufman. Here. Trustee Geist. Present. Trustee John Senate. Present. Trustee Kart. Present. Trusty McCarthy Lang. Present. Excuse me, Trusty Novi. Present. Trustee Torres. Present. First up, we have uh recognitions and appointments. Um we have a special one this evening, Kath Kathleen Navara. Twenty years of service to our Oswego police department. Uh Kathleen could not be here with us this evening, but uh she's been an invaluable member of the police department for for two decades. So I want to continue uh wishing her all the best and many more years to come. Next up, we will open the public forum. If there's anyone who would like to speak, please feel free to come forward now. I don't have any green slips, so anyone can feel free to come down. Hi there. Um so I was talking with a gentleman in the community Saturday, um, and I meant to send this to you, Dan, and I apologize. Um this is uh uh has to do with a roundabout on Grove Road. He's a cyclist when he when he drives his bird drives his bike when he rides his bike around the area uh upgrode road, he said the you know he's talking about and I drove it. The parkway's really thin now, uh narrow because of the fact that the roundabout has taken up that parkway. The problem is is that that lip that the uh the side of the road is not uh high enough, and he's had a couple cars that have not been paying attention and taking the roundabout at about 45, 50 miles an hour, and so they accidentally jump up onto the side of the road and he's had to you know kind of veer off. So he just wanted to know if there was any possibility or any plan for there to be any kind of guardrail or a higher curb or anything like that. I just wanted to bring it to your attention because he mentioned it. I said he should come here for public forum. I don't see him, and I didn't want it to get um passed up. So it wasn't really a complaint, just uh resident making a suggestion, and so I don't know if that's in the works or even in our purview here. Uh it is a county intersection, but I could you know have Kurt or Public Workshop to reach out to the county on that resident's behalf and see if there's something they can do about it. He said he almost got hit like twice, so yeah. Thanks. Thanks, Michelle. Anybody else wishing to address the board this evening? Seeing nobody, we will close the public forum and move on to staff reports. Dan do have one report this evening. I'll turn it over to Jean. Thanks, Dan. Uh as you all know, Bridget's last day with the village is tomorrow, so I wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude for her dedication and contributions over the past three years. Bridget has played a large role in shaping our communication strategy, strengthening our brand presence, and ensuring clear and impactful messaging across all channels. Bridget's efforts in assisting with village events has been significant in engaging the community and ensuring successful outreach and participation. We are excited for the next chapter in her career and wish her every success in her new role.