Will County Gazette

Village of Crete President and Board of Trustees met Aug. 11.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

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 – July 28, 2025

• Approval of Bills July 28 thru August 8, 2025

• Ratification of Payroll - Bi-weekly payroll ending August 6, 2025

REPORTS: PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES:

Finance, License and Ordinance – Trustee Katrina Seifert

Water Department – Trustee Stephen Johnson

Road and Bridge – Trustee Steve Bruns

Public Health – Trustee Jamie Healy

Building and Grounds – Trustee Keith Miller

Public Safety – Trustee Holly Milburn

President Mark Wiater

COMMITTEE AND DEPARTMENT REPORTS:

Village Administrator – Michael Smith

Police Department – Chief Scott Pieritz – Report submitted

Fire Department – Administrator Neal Haemker

Superintendent of Public Works – Justin Pancrazio

Building Department – Building Inspector Mike Smith – Report submitted

Code Enforcement – Code Enforcement Supervisor Ryan Allison – Report submitted

Fire & Police Commission – Jim McPhee

EMA – Ryan Allison – Report submitted

Animal Control/Code Enforcement Officer – Katelyn Tieri – Report submitted

Planning Commission – Brett Millsap

Heritage & Architecture Commission – Phyllis Monks

Media Consultant – Nick Borrell

COMMUNICATIONS:

WARRANTS:

• Chicago Southland is asking for upcoming events to be submitted by September 1 at VisitChicagoSouthland.com/SubmitEvent to make the Fall/Winter Events Guide 

• Request by the Crete Lions Club to hold their Annual Lions Club Candy Day for the Blind on Friday October 3, 2025 and Saturday October 4, 2025. They want to solicit donations at the corner of Main & Exchange from dawn to dusk. Board action may be taken. 

OLD BUSINESS:

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Resolution No. 2025- _____ : A resolution authorizing the purchase of a certain Public Works vehicle and the borrowing of $108,000.00 from Old Plank Trail Community Bank. Board action is anticipated.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

ADJOURNMENT:

NEXT MEETING ACTIVITY: The next regular Village Board Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building on August 25, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Other Meeting Activity:

August 18, 2025, 1pm: Bid Opening for road paving

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