Kendall County Times

Village of Oswego Committee of the Whole met Nov. 7.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

CALL TO ORDER

President Ryan Kauffman called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Board Members Physically Present: President Ryan Kauffman; Trustees Tom Guist, Karin McCarthy-Lange, Karen Novy, Jennifer Jones Sinnott, and Andrew Torres.

Board Members Absent: Trustee Kit Kuhrt

Staff Physically Present: Tina Touchette, Village Clerk; Jason Bastin, Police Chief; Rod Zenner, Community Development Services Director; Andrea Lamberg, Finance Director; Joe Renzetti, IT Director; Bridget Bittman, Community Relations Manager- Marketing; Kevin Leighty, Economic Development Director; Kerry Behr, Project Engineer; Madeleine Trinco, Management Analyst; and David Silverman, Village Attorney.

PUBLIC FORUM

Public Forum was opened at 6:02 p.m.

Bob Sterioti addressed the Board regarding a water leak at 522 Tewksbury Court; was only given 5-7 days to fix the issue; met with Public Works and they couldn’t turn the b-box off; was told the leak is on their property; if the b-box is compromised then the Village needs to replace; M.E. Simpson report shows leak is zero feet from the b box; thinks the leak is the b-box; don’t listen to one side of the story; have videos to show the Board; contacted other communities; resources are limited; bullied by Public Works; met with Administrator Di Santo.

There was no one else who requested to speak. The public forum was closed at 6:10 p.m.

OLD BUSINESS

F.1 Financial Audit for Fiscal Year 2023 Presentation

Annual audit reports were provided to the Board. Brian LeFevre, from Sikich LLP, presented the audit. There are three sections to the audit:

1) Introductory

• Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Award- 20th year receiving this award

2) Financial

• Unmodified opinions on basic financial statements

• GASB sets the rules

• Other reporting required if spending more than $750,000

• In compliance

• Unmodified opinion on TIF

• Management Discussion and Analysis- explanation of financial statements/the “whys” of the audit

3) Statistical

Board, staff and auditor discussion focused on audit went smoothly; assets at market value; structurally in balance. There was no further discussion.

NEW BUSINESS

There was no new business.

CLOSED SESSION

There was no closed session.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 6:21 p.m.

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