Kendall County Times

Village of Oswego Committee of the Whole met July. 15.

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 Jac Cooper, Jennifer Hughes, Rachelle Koenig, Karin McCarthy-Lange, and Karen Novy.

Board Members Absent: Trustee Andrew Torres

Staff Physically Present: Dan Di Santo, Village Administrator; Jean Bueche, Asst. Village Administrator; Tina Touchette, Village Clerk; Jason Bastin, Police Chief; Curt Cassidy, Public Works Director; Andrea Lamberg, Finance Director; Rod Zenner, Development Services Director; Joe Renzetti, IT/GIS Director; Kevin Leighty, Economic Development Director; Andre Jungermann, Project Manager; Lisset Padilla, Communications Manager; and Dave Silverman, Village Attorney.

PUBLIC FORUM

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

Jennifer Kopina addressed the Board regarding the relocation of the dog park. She lives in Deerpath Creek near one of the proposed locations where the dog park would be located; her backyard is small and they are not allowed to have fencing; she would not like the dog park to be there and would like to be part of future discussion we have on the location of the dog park.

There was no one else who requested to speak. The public forum was closed at 6:04 p.m.

OLD BUSINESS

There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS

F.1 Considerations of Remaining Annual Road Maintenance Capital Funds

Director Cassidy addressed the Board regarding the road maintenance Capital Funds. The Village estimated $3.1M for the 2025 annual road maintenance project. Staff completed the necessary engineering for the 2025 annual road maintenance project. Estimated construction costs came in under the proposed budget amounts leaving roughly $427,879 of CIP funds. Andre Jungermann, Project Engineer for the Village, presented the following options as alternatives for the remaining CIP funds:

• Staff proposes using the funds for the engineering of S. Harrison Street improvements, a cost of approximately $205,000. If that engineering also included the Benton Street connection, the total engineering cost would be approximately $535,000. This would move the project engineering from 2027 to as soon as Fall 2025, with construction in subsequent years.

• One temporary parking lot can be constructed at 6-12 W. Van Buren. This will increase parking in the downtown area for businesses on the south side of US 34. The cost estimate for engineering and construction of the parking lot is $145,000, and the property can accommodate approximately 20 new parking spaces.

• Additional parking can also be constructed on Adams Street adjacent to the silos. This will increase parking in the downtown area for businesses like Nitty Gritty Barbershop, Sarabella Nail Studio, 113 Main, The Scoop, and the vacant Dairy Barn. The cost estimate for engineering and construction is $25,000, and the property can accommodate approximately 17 new parking spaces.

• If this option is selected, engineering would be conducted in 2025, with construction 2026.

• Utilize the money for additional roadway resurfacing in 2025 at high priority locations that are deteriorating faster than expected.

• Would include the above roads for the 2026 resurfacing program

Board and staff discussion included: Benton and Harrison projects were included in the old comprehensive plan; can mix and match any of the options; getting more of the downtown worked on; Millstream is the worst; should not do temporary parking; need to communicate how or when we will do roads; Harrison Street buildings will be done the end of this year and will be phased with the next building project; will not hold up the buildings; construction of Harrison St. would not be done until end of next year; doing the additional roadways first; if additional roadways are not done this year, they will be top of the list for next year; whether we can do both Harrison and the additional roadways; would need to come up with an additional $64,000 from the General Fund; don’t want to overcommit because the General Funds are earmarked for the new Public Works facility; community survey showed concerns with the Old Post Road area; roads are always needing to be done; always looking at getting engineering done; TIF clock is ticking; best positioning is doing the engineering for Harrison St. and patching the roads; could potentially open up opportunities for grants for Harrison St.; most people don’t understand the reasoning behind engineering; we are going to need to explain to people why we aren’t doing their roads; Harrison St. is a road project; when will Douglas Road be extended to the south; waiting for developer to extend; it’s currently a dead-end into a field; can have a future discussion at a Committee of the Whole or budget meeting regarding Douglas Road; downtown streetscape standards; how do we expand the sidewalk standards to incorporate other elements; easements; comp plan addressed the designs; creating Harrison St. as a gathering place; closing off the street but not having it feel like it’s closed in.

The consensus was to do the following:

1) South Harrison St. streetscape engineering= $205,000

2) Millstream Lane from Hoover to Washington= $192,000

3) Mill Road 4” Patch in wheel path from Lynx to Gates Creek= $25,000

There was no further discussion.

CLOSED SESSION

A motion was made by Trustee McCarthy-Lange and seconded by Trustee Koenig to enter Closed Session for the purposes of discussing the following:

• Pending and Probable Litigation

• Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance, or Dismissal of Personnel

• Collective Bargaining, Collective Negotiating Matters, Deliberations Concerning Salary Schedules

• Sale, Lease, and/or Acquisition of Property

Aye: Jac Cooper      Jennifer Hughes

Rachelle Koenig      Karin McCarthy-Lange

Karen Novy

Nay: None

Absent: Andrew Torres

The motion was declared carried by a roll call vote with five (5) aye votes and zero (0) nay votes.

The Board adjourned to Closed Session at 6:30 p.m.

The Board returned to open session at 7:05 p.m. A roll call vote was taken. All attending Board members were physically present for the roll call.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.

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