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VILLAGE OF 1 2 3 KENILWORTH, IL 4 5 Village Board of Trustees 6 Meeting 7 July 20, 2026 8 9 Call to Order 10 11 President Kaz called to order the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kenilworth at 7:00 p.m. on 12 July 20, 2026. 13 14 Roll Call 15 16 President Kaz requested a roll call, and the results were as follows: 17 18 Trustees: 19 Trustee Tim Ransford Present 20 Trustee Christopher Ottsen Present 21 Trustee Amy Hannus Present 22 Trustee John Gottschall Present 23 Trustee Matthew Lojkovic Present (Remote, Voting*) 24 Trustee Joseph Vitu Present 25 President Cecily Kaz Present 26 27 *President Kaz indicated that she was in receipt of a request from Trustee Lojkovic to attend the meeting 28 electronically in accordance with the Electronic Meeting Attendance Policy. As a quorum is physically present, 29 the Trustee will be authorized to attend electronically unless a motion is made and passed by a two-thirds 30 majority of those physically present to deny the request. Hearing no such motion, President Kaz deemed the 31 Trustee Present as a voting member. 32 33 A quorum was present in person. 34 35 Others Recorded as in Attendance: 36 37 Village Officials and Staff: 38 Michael Gagnon Village Clerk 39 Peter Shadek Village Treasurer 40 Kathy Thake Village Manager 41 Heather McFarland Assistant to the Village Manager 42 Greg Jones Village Attorney 43 V V I L L A G E O F V I L L A G E O F l l a g e o f Donicio Silva Village Police Chief 1 Ryan Glew Police Commander 2 Jordan Schmidt Management Analyst 3 Molly Burns Management Analyst 4 5 Others, signing in as displayed in Participant List: 6 7 Dan Strahan 8 James Janikowski 9 Louis Keiler 10 J.T. Mohr 11 Abby Laczkowski 12 13 Approval of Minutes 14 15 President Kaz asked if there any questions or comments regarding the following minutes: 16 17 A. Committee of the Whole – June 2, 2026 18 B. Village Board – June 15, 2026 19 20 Hearing none, President Kaz then asked for a motion to approve the minutes as presented. Trustee Ransford 21 so moved, and Trustee Gottschall seconded the motion. 22 23 A roll call vote was taken as follows: 24 25 For: Ransford, Ottsen, Hannus, Gottschall, Lojkovic, Vitu 26 27 Opposed: None 28 29 The roll call tally was six votes in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the minutes approved. 30 31 Village President’s Report 32 33 President Kaz began her report by providing an update regarding the application to develop the properties 34 located at 515-519 Park Drive in Kenilworth. The applicant has chosen to withdraw their request, and it will 35 no longer be under consideration by the Board. 36 37 She then reminded everyone that there will be a Committee of the Whole meeting held on July 28th from 38 5:00-7:00 pm. to continue the discussion of proposed changes to the zoning code prior to any preparation of 39 draft language taking place. The subject will be zoning code regulations in the business district. She reminded 40 everyone that this is the second in a series of such meetings to be held before any changes are ratified. 41 42 Approval of Warrant List 43 44 President Kaz then asked Trustee Gottschall to report on the Warrant List. Trustee Gottschall highlighted 45 Class B payments to be ratified as payroll related, and Class A warrant payments to be approved highlighting 46 payments to Bulley & Andrews in their capacity as construction manager of the ongoing Lakefront 47 Improvement Project, to Woodhouse Tinucci Architects for design services, and to the Village of Wilmette for 48 water supply. Trustees clarified the present status of Lakefront Improvement Project payments both past and 1 future for both construction management and architectural services, advisory service payments for the 2 Kenilworth Police Department, and the source and purpose of “bond” payments shown on the warrant list. 3 Manager Thake and Assistant to the Manager McFarland responded to the Board’s satisfaction. 4 5 Hearing no further comments from the Board, President Kaz asked for a motion to approve the warrants as 6 presented. Trustee Ottsen so moved, and Trustee Vitu seconded the motion to approve the Class A warrants 7 in the amount of $1,561,658.14 and to ratify the Class B warrants in the amount of $162,846.81. 8 9 A roll call vote was taken as follows: President Kaz then 10 11 For: Ransford, Ottsen, Hannus, Gottschall, Lojkovic, Vitu 12 13 Opposed: None 14 15 The roll call tally was six votes in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the warrants approved and 16 ratified. 17 18 Regular Scheduled Business 19 A. Items for Consideration by Individual Vote 20 1. Resolution Approving an Agreement between the Village of Kenilworth and Kenilworth 21 Union Church for Enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code and Village Ordinance Violations 22 in Designated Parking Areas located at Kenilworth Union Church, 211 Kenilworth Avenue 23 and 417 Warwick Road 24 25 President Kaz began consideration of Items for Consideration by Individual Vote by reading the first one aloud 26 and then asking Kenilworth Police Chief Silva to comment on the item. Chief Silva described the traffic 27 patterns involved and the agreement made two years ago and in force presently with Kenilworth Union 28 Church (KUC) regarding traffic restrictions of those patterns (the agreement). The item before the Board 29 enhances the agreement by specifying that Kenilworth Police Department (KPD) will enforce those restrictions 30 on both Kenilworth public property and specified KUC private property. President Kaz then asked whether 31 there were any questions from the Board. Trustee Gottschall introduced resident Abby Laczkowski of 421 32 Warwick Road who asked for clarification of the terms of the agreement regarding traffic participants, timing 33 for special regulation, and the direction of traffic flow regulated by the agreement. Chief Silva responded by 34 describing the present traffic flow limitations, direction and parking restrictions. He went on to specify the 35 purpose of the item under consideration presently is to allow KPD to enforce these restrictions not only on 36 Kenilworth public property, but also on specified KUC private property. Ms. Laczkowski then clarified parking 37 restrictions across the street from 417 Warwick Road. President Kaz then asked Chief Silva to clarify what 38 aspects of the agreement will involve KPD officers. Trustees clarified that the KPD has the right but not the 39 obligations to enforce these restrictions, the days, times, and services affected by the agreement, and the 40 origin of the agreement being enforced. Village Attorney Jones provided a history of the agreement as well as 41 the resolution under consideration presently. 42 43 Resident James Janikowski of 429 Warwick Road clarified the property designated by KUC on which KPD 44 officers will be allowed for enforcement duties, the times when permission would be granted to KPD officers 45 to perform those duties, the specific traffic flows affecting Warwick Road and whether there were studies 46 done to assess traffic flows. After Chief Silva responded to Mr. Janikowski’s satisfaction. President Kaz asked 47 Attorney Jones to review the history of public comment that took place two years ago when the agreement 48 between the Village and KUC was ratified. Attorney Jones recounted the agreement coming about in 49 conjunction with KUC seeking approval of a building addition. Estimates of traffic volume were provided at 50 that time and subject to review multiple times. Mr. Jones went on to describe the agreement as dealing with 1 two main themes: The newly constructed driveway use restrictions for Sunday and Non-Sunday services, and 2 the direction of traffic flow during the restricted periods. The item under consideration presently addresses 3 how KPD can assist KUC in enforcing restrictions related to those themes. With no further comments from 4 the Board, President Kaz recognized Ms. Laczkowski once more. She sought to clarify parking restrictions 5 related to a third theme, the pick-up and drop-off of children attending school at KUC. Mr. Janikowski sought 6 to clarify the number of children allowed to attend school at KUC and aspects of traffic patterns during the 7 pick-up and drop-off of children during school days. Attorney Jones addressed those clarifications to their 8 satisfaction. President Kaz reviewed the history of the Special Use Permit (SUP) reviewed and approved two 9 years ago that specifically addressed the questions residents Laczkowski and Janikowski were raising and 10 contrasted the present agenda item as a more narrowly focused aspect of that SUP. She went on to direct 11 Mr. Janikowski to contact Assistant to the Village Manager Heather McFarland with any further inquiries he 12 might have concerned the SUP or this agenda item. Trustees then clarified the focus of the item under 13 consideration with Attorney Jones. President Kaz then asked for a motion to approve the resolution. Trustee 14 Ransford so moved, and Trustee Hannus seconded the motion. 15 16 A roll call vote was taken as follows: 17 18 For: Ransford, Ottsen, Hannus, Gottschall, Lojkovic, Vitu 19 20 Opposed: None 21 22 The roll call tally was six votes in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the resolution approved. 23 24 2. Ordinance Amending Chapter 150 of the Kenilworth Village Code Regarding Drainage & 25 Grading Regulations 26 27 President Kaz then read the second agenda item for consideration by individual vote aloud and asked 28 management analyst Jordan Schmidt to report on it. Mr. Schmidt began by recounting a history of the 29 drainage and grading code dating back to 2016 and its focus on storm water run-off. Tonight’s agenda item 30 presents some recommended changes to the code designed to improve the process for residents while still 31 maintaining the intent of the code. He recounted a review of proposed changes by the Building, Planning, and 32 Zoning Committee (BPZ, the Committee) on July 6, 2026, which resulted in a recommendation by the 33 Committee to approve these recommended changes. They were as follows: 34 35 • A change to the definition of Impervious Surface to align with that of the Zoning Code, and the 36 addition of definition for Designed Permeable Surface (DPS) materials that are being used to allow the 37 passage of water through for better drainage. The recommendation went on to propose a 38 Permeable Surface Credit such that 70% of DPS surface would count toward stormwater detention 39 calculations. 40 41 • A change to required soil borings used to determine the lowest floor elevation for new construction 42 from one soil boring to three such borings. This would ensure a minimum standard for borings among 43 all applicants and establish greater predictability in their use. 44 45 • A change to Regulated Activities that trigger drainage and grading regulations to reduce costs for 46 smaller scale projects. Topographical Surveys could be used on these projects rather than Civil 47 Engineering Plans which are much more expensive. 48 49 • A change to the Drainage and Grading Code to allow for and appeals process modelled after the 50 appeals process found in the Steep Slope Code by addressing whether regulations impose an 51 unreasonable and undue economic hardship on the applicant that limits reasonable use of the 1 property or is otherwise unreasonably burdensome given the benefits to the Village. Appeals could 2 be heard by either the Village Board of Trustees or the Building, Planning, and Zoning Committee. 3 4 • A change to the application process by adding an application fee. 5 6 That concluded Mr. Schmidt’s comments. Trustees clarified the intent of these recommendations and the 7 impact of increasing soil boring from one to three. Dan Strahan of Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc. serving 8 as Village Engineer, addressed those questions to the Board’s satisfaction. President Kaz then opened the 9 floor to questions from the public. There were none. She then asked for a motion to approve the ordinance. 10 Trustee Ottsen so moved, and Trustee seconded the motion. 11 12 A roll call vote was taken as follows: 13 14 For: Ransford, Ottsen, Hannus, Gottschall, Lojkovic, Vitu 15 16 Opposed: None 17 18 The roll call tally was six votes in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the amending ordinance 19 approved. 20 21 President Kaz then invited reports from staff and recognized Police Chief Silva. 22 23 Report from Staff 24 A. Community Development 25 B. Finance 26 C. Police 27 28 Chief Silva began his report by recounting the onboarding of a newly-hire patrol officer and the launch of the 29 Kenilworth Police Department (KPD) social media page. He reported 8 crimes were committed in Kenilworth 30 during the month of June, 5 of which involved motor vehicles. He reiterated the need for residents to observe 31 greater caution when securing their motor vehicles. Activity for the month was on par with recent months. 32 KPD staff attended a reunification training drill at New Trier High School. Trustees clarified the logistics and 33 the locations of motor vehicle crime activity as well as the impact of the Automated License Plate Reader 34 (ALPR) presently employed by the Village. In response to an inquiry by Trustees to compare criminal activity 35 in Kenilworth to that of neighboring communities, Kenilworth Police Commander Ryan Glew recounted 36 recurring crime activity strategies and tactics, the location of recovered stolen property, the role that ALPR 37 plays in the regional area. Trustees clarified what tactics residents can employ to frustrate criminal activity 38 and elaborated on the effectiveness of the ALPR deployment. Chief Silva and Commander Glew recounted 39 the value of citizen video recordings in solving crimes. 40 D. Public Works 41 E. Legal Counsel 42 F. Village Manager 43 Manager Thake announced the commencement of annual budgeting preparations for FY 2027. 44 45 Business from the Public 46 47 President Kaz then asked whether there was any business from the public not included in the evening’s 1 agenda. Ms. Laczkowski reviewed the conversation regarding agenda item A1 and clarified next steps. 2 3 Adjourn 4 5 Having no further business, President Kaz asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Trustee Ransford so 6 moved, and Trustee Ottsen seconded the motion. 7 8 A roll call vote was taken as follows: 9 10 For: Ransford, Ottsen, Hannus, Gottschall, Lojkovic, Vitu 11 12 Opposed: None 13 14 The roll call tally was six votes in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the meeting adjourned at 15 7:54 p.m. 16