Village of Crete President and Board of Trustees met Dec. 8.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
Call to Order: 7 p.m.
Village of Crete Municipal Building
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 – November 24, 2025
· Approval of Bills: November 24, 2025 thru December 5, 2025
· Ratification of Payroll – Bi-weekly payroll ending November 26, 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
EMA – Ryan Allison – Report submitted
Animal Control/Code Enforcement Officer – Katelyn Tieri – Report submitted
Fire & Police Commission – Jim McPhee
Planning Commission – Brett Millsap
Heritage & Architecture Commission – Phyllis Monks
Media Consultant – Nick Borrell
COMMUNICATIONS:
WARRANTS:
Excise (Telecom. Tax) – (Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$
Sales Tax – (Col. ) 2025-$ 2024-$
Sales Tax of ½ percent – (Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$
Income Tax – (Col. ) 2025-$ 2024-$
Local Use – (Col. ) 2025-$ 2024-$
MFT Allotment – (Col.) 2025-$ 2024-$
Pers. Prop. Rep. Tax–(Col. ) 2025-$ 2024-$
ComEd Utility Tax (Col. Oct) 2025-$ 26,982.04 2024-$ 33,595.61 Nicor Utility Tax (Col. ) 2025-$ 2024-$
Video Gaming Report (Col. ) 2025-$ 2024-$
· Thank you card received from Linda Bruns & Family for flowers sent from village to the funeral of James Bruns
OLD BUSINESS:
None
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Ordinance No. 2025- : An Ordinance levying taxes for Corporate Purposes of the Village of Crete, Illinois, for the Fiscal Year commencing on the first day of May 2025 and ending on the thirtieth day of April 2026. Board action is anticipated.
2. Ordinance No. 2025- : An Ordinance abating a portion of the tax heretofore levied for the tax year 2025 to pay the debt service on $1,350,000.00 of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2019, BQ Chase Alternate Revenue Source, of the Village of Crete, Will County, Illinois. Board action is anticipated.
3. Ordinance No. 2025- : An Ordinance for the Levy and Assessment of Taxes for the Village of Crete Special Service Area No. 4 for the Fiscal Year commencing on the First Day of May, 2025 and ending on the thirtieth day of April, 2026. Board action is anticipated
4. Motion to Approve Professional Fee Agreement with Sparrow Property Management LLC (Earthrise Solar Project). Board action is anticipated.
5. Consideration/approval of proposed meeting dates for 2025. Board action may be taken. 6. Consideration/discussion of the regularly scheduled board meeting of December 22, 2025. Board action may be taken.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
ADJOURNMENT:
NEXT MEETING ACTIVITY: The next regular Village Board Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building on December 22, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. (Pending discussion on whether to cancel the December 22, 2025 meeting)
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.
