Board Meeting Minutes 04/14/2026

1 Village of Hammond Board Meeting Meeting Minutes Date: Tuesday, April 14th, 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 7:02 p.m. by the Village President. 2. Roll Call John Drummond, President – Present Billie Larkins, Trustee – Present Josh Bartley, Trustee –Present Kristina Bjordahl, Trustee – Present Pam Thompson, Trustee – Present Ted Day, Trustee – Present Kelsey Wells, Clerk/ Treasurer- Present Ron Miller, Public Works Superintendent - Present 3. Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 4. Acknowledgment of Videographer Melissa 5) Sheriff Mark Vogelzang (Possibly), Keith Stanberry Notes: Mark nor Keith was able to attend the meeting on this evening. 6. Adopt Agenda A motion was made to adopt the agenda. 2 Motion: Kristina | Second: Billie Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, and 1 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 7) CONSENT AGENDA: Approve the Minutes of the Monthly Board Meeting, Friday, March 10th, 2026. Approval of Minutes for Approving the Minutes of the Monthly Board Meeting on Tuesday, March 10th 2026. Motion: Billie | Second: Kristina Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, and 1 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 8) CONSENT AGENDA: Approve the Financials: Treasurer’s Report for March 2026, Pay Bills for April 2026 Financial Reports (Treasurer / Bills): Approve the Financial Reports: Treasurer’s Report for March 2026, Pay Bills for April 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: Ted | Second: Pam | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 9) Village Clerk Report; Public Works Superintendent Report. Discussion/Action re: Reports Clerk(Kelsey) Went over the shut off list and the 3 people that was on the list. Given the ordinance Violation and Litigation list. Went over to Ameren, coming out to shut off the gas and power at the old building, and they are both connected together, and the Village will have to get the power cut from building to building, and the gas is the same way. Ameren will be back to dig the new line for the gas when we are ready. Will meet with the Aduit team to get on Monday the 20th to QuickBooks up and going. Public Works (Ron) - Temporary fixed a leak on a customer’s yolk, like is in the pit. 3 - Valve is leaking, closed it & open it a couple times, still leaking, but very slow. - Ponds finally caught up, took 17 days. - Then got another 1.8 inches of rain & the lift stations were back in alarm for another day & a half. - Had to pull a lift station pump, was blowing capacitors, had wipes wrapped around the impeller. - Another pump was tripping out, replaced the run capacitor. - Picked up the pipes that were replaced at each lift station. - Uncovered 2 catch basins on north E st, still need to run a camera down to see where they go. - Picked up 4 dead animals, 2 squirrels, 1 opossum, 1 cat. - Customer's sanitary sewer line plugged; it was bored through by Medicom. - Called & reported a cable line down, Medicom came out & repaired. - Pre-chlorine line in the water plant came off, repaired. - Working on the pile. - Started mowing, Butler eye surgery at the end of the month, then will start after he is cleared. - Evergreen oil/chip company is coming to clean up the rock that never stuck & going to redo it. - Daily/Weekly water testing. - Monthly EPA sampling, water & wastewater. - Need to decide on which company to service the wells. - Old Village Hall & Community Building gas & electric are tied together. - Changed out 2 endpoints on customer meters that would not read, replaced free A motion was made for the wells to be pulled and tested up to $10,000 for water. Motion: Josh| Second: Ted | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 10) New Business Discussion/Action Items • • Personnel Committee updates Will be Gone over in Executive Session. 4 • • Liability Forms for ball field and Community building Kelsey gave the board a Liability form for them to look at that will be signed for anyone that is wanting to use the Village ball field, and Community Building. A motion was made by Billie for the Liability Form to be used going forward. Motion: Billie | Second: Pam Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, and 1 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • • IT/Cameras for dump piles and ponds We have one camera at the wood pile that needs a new card, and another camera that he would like to put down at the shed and ponds. The board asked if we had to pay for a plan for them or could just get an SD card for each A motion was made to buy to SD card max amount $50.00. Motion: Josh | Second: Ted | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • • Old Office building updates Went over to Ameren, coming out to shut off the gas and power at the old building, and they are both connected together, and the Village will have to get the power cut from building to building, and the gas is the same way. Ameren will be back to dig the new line for the gas when we are ready. A motion was made to table till the next meeting. Motion: Billie | Second: Pam Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, and 1 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • • MFT Budget/updates Went over the budget for MFT that was completed, and due to cuts from the government not giving out the extra money, our funding was decreased. 5 A motion was made to accept the Budget for 2026 for MFT. Motion: Ted | Second: Kristina| Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • • Animal Control Looking to be able to get a contract with somewhere to be able to take animals. A motion was made to postpone till the next board meeting. Motion: Kristina | Second: Josh Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, and 1 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • • Reserve Debt CD A motion was made for the CD to be moved to First Mid Bank and trust at a 7-month term. Signers will be Billie Rae Larkins, Trustee, and Kelsey Wells, Village Clerk. Motion: Ted | Second: Pam | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • Police are being added part-time to work in the village A motion was made for the contract to be signed, which will go through December 31st, 2026. Up to 9hours a week at $80.96 per hour. The county will provide everything needed. Motion: Ted | Second: Billie | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes 6 Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • • Committee Listing Approval A motion was made to postpone work on changing some of the committees. Motion: Billie | Second: Josh Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, and 1 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • • Summer Help Notes: A motion was made for Mike Butler to start as summer help up to 20 hours a week at $15.00 an hour. Motion: Ted | Second: Josh | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • • Water Rates Ordinance #2026-0214 Notes: A motion was made for the water rate to change by 3%. The minimum charge for water will go from $25.00 to $25.75. And a charge of $19.50 ($15.00 water; $4.50 sewer) per 1,000 gallons will be increased to $19.95 ($15.45 water $4.50 Sewer.) The Rates that will start on May 1st, 2026. Motion: Ted | Second: Pam | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 7 12) Old/Unfinished Business • • Website updates THE website is still being worked to get all the information added and changed over. • • Personnel policy Will be gone over in the Executive session. • • Another dumpster for town cleanup A motion was made for the Village to pay for a 4th dumpster for town clean-up day. Motion: Ted | Second: Kristina | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • • PIPELINE WANTING WATER Notes: A motion was made to table until more information can be obtained. Motion: Billie | Second: Kristina Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, and 1 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 13) Public Comment None at this time. 14) Executive Session Motion was made at 8:27 PM to enter executive session. Motion: Kristina| Second: Pam | Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied Motion was made at 9:09 PM to end the executive session. Motion: Billie | Second: Ted | Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat 8 Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 15) Discussion/Action re: Executive Session A motion was made for Aimee Nevitt to be hired at $15.00 An hour for the first 60 days and then up to $20.00 after probation and approval as the deputy clerk. Motion: Ted | Second: Kristina | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, Ted, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, yes Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 16) President/Trustee Comments John informed the board he would be resigning at the end of the month. 17) Adjournment Motion was made at 9:22 PM to end the executive session. Motion: Pam | Second: Billie | Vote: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 Absent, and 1 open seat Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied Village Clerk Date: Village President Date: 9 Executive Session Notes 5ILCS 120/2 (c) (11): Litigation 5ILCS 120/2 (c) (1): Personnel Notes: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________