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Committee of the Whole and Board Meeting – August 19, 2025

Village Board & Commissions — Tuesday, August 19, 2025
BodyOswego, Illinois
SessionVillage Board & Commissions
DateTuesday, August 19, 2025
StatusFILED
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Trustee Cooper.

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Here.

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Trustee McCarthy Lang.

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Here.

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Trustee Novi.

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Here.

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Trustee Torres.

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Here.

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Trustee Hughes and Trustee Koenig absent.

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All right.

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First up, we'll open the public forum.

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If there's anybody wishing to address the village board and the public, please feel free to come forward now.

0:26

Seeing nobody, we will close the public forum.

0:29

And that is all we have on the agenda this evening.

0:31

So we're going to go into closed session tonight.

0:34

So I'll move I'll accept a motion to move into closed session for the purposes of pending and probable litigation, appointment, employment compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of personnel, collective bargaining, collective negotiating matters, deliberations concerning salary schedules, or the sale, lease and or acquisition of property.

0:52

So Trustee Torres?

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Yes.

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Trustee McCarthy and Lang?

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Yes.

1:01

Trustee Novi.

1:02

Yes.

1:02

Trustee Cooper.

1:04

Yes.

1:05

All right.

1:05

We're going to be uh in the community session room.

1:08

Or the community room, I mean.

1:42

Are you getting ready for your three?

1:46

Operate operative.

1:56

Okay.

2:08

I'll let you know.

2:39

All right, we are back in open session.

2:41

I need a roll call, please.

2:44

President Kaufman.

2:45

Here.

2:48

Trustee Cooper.

2:49

Here.

2:50

Trustee McCarthy Lang.

2:52

Here.

2:52

Trustee Novi.

2:54

Here.

2:55

Trustee Torres absent.

2:57

All right.

2:58

Let's adjourn our committee the whole.

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And move right over into our board meeting.

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Let's wait.

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Summary of Proceedings

Committee of the Whole and Board Meeting – August 19, 2025

The Village of Oswego held a Committee of the Whole meeting on August 19, 2025, at 6:00 PM at the Oswego Village Hall. The meeting consisted of a public forum, a vote to enter closed session, and a brief open session to adjourn. No public comments, old business, or new business were conducted in open session. The board unanimously voted to enter closed session for multiple purposes under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. After reconvening, the board adjourned both the Committee of the Whole and the subsequent regular board meeting.

Public Forum

  • No members of the public addressed the board.

Closed Session

  • The board voted unanimously (4-0) to enter closed session for the purposes of pending and probable litigation, appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of personnel, collective bargaining and negotiating matters, deliberations concerning salary schedules, and the sale, lease, and/or acquisition of property, as cited under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), (2), (5), and (6). Trustees present: Cooper, McCarthy Lang, Novi, Torres. Trustees Hughes and Koenig were absent.

Key Outcomes

  • After closed session, the board reconvened in open session. Roll call showed President Kaufman and Trustees Cooper, McCarthy Lang, and Novi present; Trustee Torres was absent. The board then adjourned the Committee of the Whole and immediately moved into the regular board meeting, which was also adjourned without further action.

Note: Trustee Torres was present for the closed session vote but absent when the board returned to open session. Trustees Hughes and Koenig were absent for the entire meeting.

Meeting Transcript

Trustee Cooper. Here. Trustee McCarthy Lang. Here. Trustee Novi. Here. Trustee Torres. Here. Trustee Hughes and Trustee Koenig absent. All right. First up, we'll open the public forum. If there's anybody wishing to address the village board and the public, please feel free to come forward now. Seeing nobody, we will close the public forum. And that is all we have on the agenda this evening. So we're going to go into closed session tonight. So I'll move I'll accept a motion to move into closed session for the purposes of pending and probable litigation, appointment, employment compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of personnel, collective bargaining, collective negotiating matters, deliberations concerning salary schedules, or the sale, lease and or acquisition of property. So Trustee Torres? Yes. Trustee McCarthy and Lang? Yes. Trustee Novi. Yes. Trustee Cooper. Yes. All right. We're going to be uh in the community session room. Or the community room, I mean. Are you getting ready for your three? Operate operative. Okay. I'll let you know. All right, we are back in open session. I need a roll call, please. President Kaufman. Here. Trustee Cooper. Here. Trustee McCarthy Lang. Here. Trustee Novi. Here. Trustee Torres absent. All right. Let's adjourn our committee the whole. And move right over into our board meeting. Let's wait.

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