Will County Gazette

Village of Crete President and Board of Trustees met Feb. 10.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

Call to Order: 7 p.m.

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

CITIZENS SPEAK:

Visitors are always welcome to all public meetings of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Crete. Interested parties wishing to speak should identify their intent to speak, they then may give their name and where they reside if they so choose and then make their comment. Persons may also provide their address privately to the Village Clerk if they so choose; persons are advised that addresses are considered private information under the Freedom of Information Act and thus are exempt from disclosure pursuant to any Freedom of Information Act request. However, in order to give proper consideration to all items on the agenda, the President has the authority to limit participants in debates and will close repetitive or abusive remarks. In addition, public comment rules are posted in the board room.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

Special orders:

UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGENDA

All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a board member so requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.

Approval of Minutes: Regular Board Meeting - January 27, 2025

Approval of Bills January 27, 2025 thru February 7, 2025

Ratification of Payroll - Bi-weekly payroll ending February 5, 2025.

REPORTS: PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES:

Public Health - Trustee Katrina Seifert

Water Department - Trustee Stephen Johnson

Road and Bridge - Trustee Steve Bruns

Building and Grounds - Trustee John Phelan

Finance, License and Ordinance - Trustee Mark

Wiater Public Safety - Trustee Holly Milburn

President Michael Einhorn -

COMMITTEE AND DEPARTMENT REPORTS:

Village Administrator - Michael Smith

Police Department - Chief Scott Pieritz - Report Submitted; See attached. Two months reported.

Fire Department - Administrator Neal Haemker

Superintendent of Public Works - Justin Pancrazio -

Building Department - Building Inspector Mike Smith –

Code Enforcement - Code Enforcement Supervisor Ryan Allison -

Fire & Police Commission - Jim McPhee

EMA - Ryan Allison -

Animal Control/Code Enforcement Officer - Katelyn Tieri –

Planning Commission - Karen Tellef

Heritage & Architecture Commission - Phyllis Monks

Media Consultant - Nick Borrell

COMMUNICATIONS:

Warrants:

Excise (Telecom. Tax) - (Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$

Local Use - (Col. ) 2025-$ 2024-$

Sales Tax - (Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$

Sales Tax of 2 percent - (Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$

Income Tax - (Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$

MFT Allotment - (Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$

Pers. Prop. Rep. Tax-(Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$

ComEd Utility Tax (Col. Dec) 2025-$ 21,811.43 2024-$ 22,493.23

Nicor Utility Tax (Col. ) 2025-$ 2024-$

Video Gaming Report (Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$

The Masons Crete Lodge #763 will host their annual spring Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, March 2, 2025, 1419 Main Street, Crete. Hours: 8:00 am until 1:00 pm. Cost: Adults: $12.00, Children ages 5 to 12: $5.00, Children under age 5 are free.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Minutes from January 30, 2025 Planning and zoning commission meeting. Board action may be taken.

2. Ordinance No. 2025- An Ordinance amending the Village of Crete Zoning Ordinance to create a regulatory framework for Solar Panel Systems. Board action may be taken.

3. Ordinance 2025- An Ordinance amending Section 28-246 (Accessory Buildings) of the Village of Crete Zoning Ordinance to expand allowable accessory buildings. Board action may be taken.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Ordinance No. 2025- An Ordinance granting a Special Use Permit for certain property located within the Village of Crete, Will County, Illinois (225 W Burville Rd, Crete, IL 60417). Board action may be taken.

2. Ordinance No. 2025- An Ordinance rezoning certain property located within the Village of Crete, Will County, Illinois, from its current zoning classification of R-1 (Single Family Residence District) to a new zoning classification of R-4 (Multifamily Residential District) (201 W Richton Rd., Crete, IL 60417) Board action may be taken.

3. Ordinance No 2025- An Ordinance granting a variance for certain property located within the Village of Crete, Will County. Illinois (201 W Richton Rd, Crete, IL 60417) Board action may be taken.

4. Ordinance No. 2025- An Ordinance granting a variance for certain property located within the Village of Crete, Will County, Illinois (201 W Richton Rd, Crete, IL 60417) Board action may be taken.

5. Resolution No. 2025- A Resolution denying a zoning variance for certain property located with the Village of Crete, Will County, Illinois (201 W Richton Road, Crete, Illinois 60417) Board action may be taken.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

1. Probably, Imminent, Pending Litigation (5 ILCS 120/2(C) (11).

2. Review of Executive Session Minutes.

ADJOURNMENT:

NEXT MEETING ACTIVITY: The next regular Village Board Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building on February 24, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Other Meeting Activity: Board of Fire and Police Commissioners will meet at 7 pm on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at the Municipal Building, 524 W Exchange Street, Crete.

Pursuant to the open meetings act, this notice had been posted in the window of the Village Clerk's office 48 hours prior to the meeting. No new or additional business to act upon may be added to this agenda.

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