Will County Gazette

Village of Crete President and Board of Trustees met Oct. 27.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

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 – October 13, 2025

· Approval of Bills: October 13, 2025 thru October 24, 2025

· Ratification of Payroll - Bi-weekly payroll ending October 15, 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

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:

· Crete Masonic Lodge pancake breakfast, November 2, 2025 from 8am – 1pm.

OLD BUSINESS:

None

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Resolution 2025- : A Resolution authorizing the Village of Crete to hold their annual Christmas Parade on Illinois Route #1 on Saturday, December 6, 2026 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Board action is anticipated.

2. Request from Crete Country Christmas committee for a Sound Permit Application, December 4 – December 7, 2025. The hours are extended beyond normal staff approval. Dec 4, 5-9pm. Dec 5, 5-11pm. Dec 6, 11am-11pm. Dec 7, 9am-2pm. Board action is anticipated.

3. Resolution 2025- : A Resolution authorizing a reimbursement to Salon 22, LLC for eligible costs of façade improvements using TIF funds from TIF #2. Board action is anticipated.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

1. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)

2. The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)

ADJOURNMENT:

NEXT MEETING ACTIVITY: The next regular Village Board Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building on November 10, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Other Meeting Activity:

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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