Board Meeting Minutes 01/13/2026

Village of Hammond Board Meeting Meeting Minutes Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Village Hall, 105 East 1st Street, Hammond, Illinois 61929 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at7 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 – Absent Kelsey Wells, Clerk/ Treasurer- Present 3. Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 4. Acknowledgment of Videographer None at this time The Village President acknowledged the meeting videographer. None at this time 5. Adoption of Agenda A motion was made to adopt the agenda. Motion: Kristina | Second: Billie | Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 6. Consent Agenda A motion was made for the consent agenda of approval of the amendments of the monthly board meeting of December 9th, 2025, the personnel committee meeting of December 4th, 2025, and the special board meeting of December 18th, 2025. Motion: Billie | Second: John | Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 7. Consent for Financial approval A motion was made for the consent agenda to approve the financial and the treasurer report for December of 2025 and pay bills for January of 2025. Motion: Billie | Second: John | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, John, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, absent Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 8. Reports Village Clerk Report Coming over the shutoff list for December. Kelsey informed the board that pioneer would be coming in on February 2nd to set up the new water building system and everything looks like it'll be ready for that so the new water bills will be in February we'll be going out Kelsey and Norman board and reminded them that she will be out starting February 5th for her surgery for roughly a week through the 13th but could be two weeks and we'll let them know once her surgery is completed on the 5th of February. Public Works Superintendent Report Roman has completed over two of the three lift stations, and the third one is pending weather to be finished in January. NPR came out and completed the work that they had quoted inside the water treatment facility, and need to be done. Ron went over that there had been three major leagues in town on the villagers' side that had nothing to do with the village, but a lot of water had been lost due to those leaks. It was a discussion about the filter lakes that are inside the water treatment facility that they could break and that they really do need to look at options of getting them replaced he has had one quote already and has two more other people coming out that will be giving quotes for these to see who can do the work Ron went over well pumps that need to be replaced but wasn't sure how one of them that is inside the water treatment facility is going to be replaced they might have to remove the roof to have it lifted out they have not been worked on since the 90s but they are going to need some work done to them and it's something that's going to have to be looked at. Too high service pumps need to have some work done, and they are slowly deteriorating. The last time those were worked on was in the 90s. A&R about 3 years ago gave a quote for $70,000 roughly. Josh asked Brian if some of the work would be able to be done themselves, so that they would be able to get the parts he would offer to assist in getting some of the work done to help cut costs for the village. 9. New Business Discussion/Action regarding: • Bank pickup of water deposits It was just going to be able to have Kistina be able to pick up water deposits from the bank to be able to assist as another option, in any case, not just with Kelsey being out for surgery. A motion was made to let Kristina Bjordahl pick up the water deposits from the bank permanently. Motion: Josh| Second: Billie | Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • Mailing permit fee and annual cost Kelsey pointed out that to get a million permit it costs $370 each year, and it would be something that was going to be needed for that to be completed, and asked if it was something the village wanted to do or continue to hand stamp. The village board determined that they would be willing to pay the $370. Motion: Billie | Second: John | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, John, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, absent Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied • Clerk hours during February medical leave It was that John and Billie will fill in while Kelsey is out for surgery, the office hours will be very limited, and they will be able to post what days they will be working that week of. • Code Enforcement Officer job listing and interview scheduling The board discussed the time for the personnel committee to meet on January 29th at 6:30 to be able to look over and discuss some of the applicants that have applied for the code enforcement job opening. 10. Old / Unfinished Business Discussion/Action regarding website updates Councils on the board at this time there is a change in some of the website cost of switch over there was a miscommunication on their end and it could be up to $1000 a little over what the initial 6 was to get everything changed over and costs for the village Kelsey is asking the board to approve this so that they can continue working on getting the website updated. A motion was made to spend up to $1000 on the website to have all of the information added to the website from the old website. Motion: Josh| Second: John | Roll Call Vote: Josh, Yes, Kristina, Yes, John, yes, Billie, yes, Pam, absent Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 11. Public Comment Public comment was received in accordance with Village policy. Ted Day was in attendance at the meeting and would like to discuss his options of being on the village board. He would like to be able to join one of the two open seats that the board has. The board informed that they would discuss it in executive session and let him know after the fact. 12. Executive Session Motion was made at 8:10 PM to enter executive session. Motion: Josh| Second: Billie | Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied Motion to enter Executive Session pursuant to: 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) – Litigation 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) – Personnel A motion was made to come out of executive session at 8:44 PM. Motion: Kristina| Second: Billie | Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied 13. President and Trustee Comments none 14. Adjournment Application was made to adjourn at 8:46 PM. Motion: Kristina| Second: Billie | Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 Absent, and 2 open seats Vote: X Approved ☐ Denied Village Clerk Date: Village President Date: