Village of Crete President and Board of Trustees met March 23.
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.
· Ryan Allison, Director of EMA, will present appreciation certificates to EMA individuals who have served 100+ hours in 2025.
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 – March 9, 2026
· Approval of Bills: March 9, 2026 thru March 20, 2026
· Ratification of Payroll – Bi-weekly payroll ending March 18, 2026
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
EMA – Ryan Allison
Animal Control/Code Enforcement Officer – Katelyn Tieri
Fire & Police Commission – Jim McPhee
Planning Commission – Brett Millsap
Heritage & Architecture Commission – Phyllis Monks
Media Consultant – Nick Borrell
COMMUNICATIONS:
WARRANTS:
· Letter received from Local Union No. 174 Carpenters and Joiners regarding desire for local union participation in Earthrise project.
· Email received regarding the annual Misericordia Candy Days on Friday, April 24th and Saturday, April 25th. They will not be in the streets, and are in the process of contacting business owners for permission to collect outside their establishments.
OLD BUSINESS:
None
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Discussion and consideration of moving forward with an agreement for GoGov services to enhance resident engagement, service requests, and communication within the Village.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
None scheduled
ADJOURNMENT:
NEXT MEETING ACTIVITY:
The next regular Village Board Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building on April 13, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Other Meeting Activity:
Police Pension Board Meeting, April 8, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. at Municipal Building
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.
Agendas & Minutes
