Board Meeting Minutes 05/12/2026

1 Village of Hammond Board Meeting Meeting Minutes Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Time: 7:00 PM. Location: Village Hall, 105 East 1st Street, Hammond, Illinois 61929 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Billie Larkins. 2. Roll Call John Drummond, President – Absent Billie Larkins, Trustee – Present Josh Bartley, Trustee –Present Kristina Bjordahl, Trustee – Present Pam Thompson, Trustee – Present Ted Day, Trustee – Present Kelsey Wells, Clerk/ Treasurer- Absent Aimee Nevitt, Deputy Clerk-Present Ron Miller, Public Works Superintendent - Present 3. Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 4. Acknowledgment of Videographer N/A 5. Waste Management/ Flock Camera via Zoom Rescheduled for next meeting, June 9, 2026 6. Adopt Agenda A Motion was made to adopt the agenda. 2 Motion: Ted| Second: Kristina Vote: 5 yes, 0 No, 1 open seat,1 absent Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 7. CONSENT AGENDA: Approve the Minutes of the Monthly Board Meeting, Tuesday, April 14th, 2026. Approve the Minutes for Personnel Committee Meeting for April 6, 2026. Motion: Ted | Second: Kristina Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 open seat, 1 absent Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 8. CONSENT AGENDA: Approve the Financial(s): Treasurer’s Report for April 2026, Pay bills for May 2026. A motion was made for the consent agenda to approve the financial and the treasurer report for March 2026, Pay Bills for April 2026 Motion: Kristina | Second: Pam | Roll Call Vote: Josh, yes; Ted, yes; Billie, yes; Pam, yes; Kristina, yes; John, absent Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 9. Village Clerk Report; Public Works Superintendent Report. Discussion/Action re: Reports Billie went over Kelsey’s Clerk Report. 2 people are still on the shut-off list. Given the ordinance violation listing/litigation handout. Once the bids are approved for Ameren, the building will get them out to get working. Need to put a wall up for more room in the office so we are in storage compliance, and everything isn’t on top of everything. Working to get QuickBooks up and running. Website is almost done, had to stop to get QuickBooks up and running. Went over ball field quotes. Not sure if they are using it. Will call this week. Public Works(Ron) - More heavy rain backed everything up again - S.E.'s main plugged up 2 times, had to be jetted out - Intersection of 7th & D st had to be jetted also 3 - Vandeventer here for yearly maintenance of the lift station pumps, do not have a report yet - Well #2 has been pulled for inspection. You have the report, still waiting for camera to be run to check the casing & screen - Filter #1 is letting out a little more iron than normal, still working on it - New record on the leak detection, 472 GPH at the car wash - Put the trail cameras up at the wood pile & down at the ponds - Making a list of signs that need straightening - Also, of trees that need trimming - Already trimmed a couple that were blocking views of the road - Mike has started mowing - Several bids for electric, gas & teardown on the 2 building & separating gas & electric, you should have them - Wastewater samples that need to go to Monticello started this month - Daily & weekly water & wastewater testing - Monthly EPA samples - Evergreen came & cleaned up loose rock - Getting bids for sidewalk work - Water plant generator was not operating correctly during the power outage. Cummings came out & adjusted the volts 10. New Business Discussion/Action Items Acceptance of Resignation of President John Drummond Motion was made to accept the resignation of village president John Drummond Motion: Kristina | Second: Pam | Roll Call Vote: Josh, yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Kristina, yes, Pam,yes, John, absent Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied Appointment of Ted Day as President to Fill Vacancy Motion was made to accept Teddy Day as the village president and to be a check signer, as the president of the village. Motion: Billie | Second: Kristina | Roll Call Vote: Josh, yes, Pam, yes, Billie, yes, Kristina, yes 4 Vote:4 yes, 0 no, 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied Acceptance of Resignation of Ted Day as Trustee A motion was made to accept the resignation of Ted day as trustee since he is now filling the vacancy as the mayor of the village of Hammond Motion: Pam | Second: Kristina| Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Billie, Yes, Pam, Yes, Kristina, Yes Vote:4 yes, 0 No, 2 open seats Kristina administered the Oath of Office to Newly Appointed President Ted Day. Declaration of Vacancy in Board Trustee Position Ted Appoints David Schum Motion was made to accept Ted's appointment of David Schum as a Village of Hammond Trustee Motion: Kristina| Second: Josh, Roll Call Vote: Billie, yes, Ted, yes, Pam, yes, Josh, yes, Kristina, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 2 seats open Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied Kristina administered the Oath of Office to Newly appointed Trustee David Schum. Community Building Wall Bids A motion was made to approve Bid for wall for office up to $3,000. Split 3 ways between General, Water, and Sewer. Motion: Josh| Second: Ted| Roll Call Vote: Pam, yes Kristina, yes, Ted, yes, Josh, yes, Billie, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 absent 1 seat open Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 5 Disconnect Gas/Power for Community Building Josh is going to look into bids to verify that they are accurate for what we are trying to do. Then a Special Meeting can be set to discuss. Ordinance #2024-04 “ An Ordinance Authorizing Zoning, Within the Corporate Limits of the Village of Hammond.” Motion to table until Next Meeting Motion: Josh| Kristina Second Building of New Home in Village Limits Approved Building Permit for New Home at 203 W Water for Chris Davis Motion: Josh| Second Kristina Roll Call Vote Josh, yes, David, yes Kristina, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 seat open Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 11.Old/Unfinished Business Website update – Website is still being worked on to get all information added and changed over. Animal control- Tabled until the situation changes. Committee Listing Approval- Ted and Kristina are working on and will present at next meeting. Old Office Building/Building update/ Bid for Demolition-Everyone received the bids and are reviewing. Talk of Another Dumpster for Town Cleanup- was approved at previous meeting. Pipeline Wanting Water- Tabled until more information is obtained. Flock Cameras-Rescheduled for next meeting. 12. Public Comment- Romona Lowder asked what flock cameras are. And it was explained that they are license plate readers to assist police 6 13. Executive Session Motion was made at 7:49 PM to enter executive session. Motion: Kristina| Second: Josh | Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied Motion was made at 8:06 PM to end the executive session. Motion: Kristina | Second: Josh | Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat 14. Discussion/Action re: Executive Session 15.President/Trustee Comments No comments 16. Adjournment Motion was made at 8:10 PM to end the executive session. Motion: Josh | Second: Kristina | Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied Village Clerk Date: Village President Date: 7