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VILLAGE OF 1 2 3 KENILWORTH, IL 4 5 Village Board of Trustees 6 Meeting 7 March 16, 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 March 16, 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 Absent 21 Trustee Amy Hannus Present 22 Trustee John Gottschall Present 23 Trustee Matthew Lojkovic Present 24 Trustee Joseph Vitu Present 25 President Cecily Kaz Present 26 27 28 A quorum was present in person. 29 30 Others Recorded as in Attendance: 31 32 Village Officials and Staff: 33 Michael Gagnon Village Clerk 34 Kathy Thake Village Manager 35 Heather McFarland Assistant to the Village Manager 36 Greg Jones Village Attorney 37 Donicio Silva Village Police Chief 38 Jordan Schmidt Management Analyst 39 Molly Burns Management Analyst 40 Donald Leicht Superintendent of Public Works 41 42 Others, signing in as displayed in Participant List: 43 44 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 J.T. Mohr 1 Steve Hardt 2 Charlie Peterson 3 Margie Zander 4 David Joyce 5 Lilly Ryan 6 7 Approval of Minutes 8 9 President Kaz asked if there any questions or comments regarding the following minutes: 10 11 A. Village Board – February 17, 2026 12 13 Hearing none, President Kaz then asked for a motion to approve the minutes as presented. Trustee Lojkovic 14 so moved, and Trustee Hannus seconded the motion. 15 16 A roll call vote was taken as follows: 17 18 For: Ransford, Hannus, Gottschall, Lojkovic, Vitu 19 20 Opposed: None 21 22 The roll call tally was five votes in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the minutes approved. 23 24 President Kaz tabled agenda item III for attention later in the meeting. 25 26 Approval of Warrant List 27 28 President Kaz then asked Trustee Gottschall to report on the Warrant List. He highlighted Class B payments to 29 be ratified as payroll related, and Class A warrant payments to be approved were for continuing work on the 30 Lakefront Improvement Project, fire protection services, and dispatch services for the Kenilworth Police 31 Department. 32 33 Hearing no further comments from the Board, President Kaz asked for a motion to approve the warrants as 34 presented. Trustee Vitu so moved, and Trustee Ransford seconded the motion to approve the Class A 35 warrants in the amount of $1,030,677.88 and to ratify the Class B warrants in the amount of $131,378.84. 36 37 A roll call vote was taken as follows: 38 39 For: Ransford, Hannus, Gottschall, Lojkovic, Vitu 40 41 Opposed: None 42 43 The roll call tally was five votes in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the warrants approved 44 and ratified. 45 46 47 48 Regular Scheduled Business 1 2 President then introduced Regular Scheduled Business beginning with Items for Consideration by Omnibus 3 Vote and reading them aloud as follows: 4 5 A. Items for Consideration by Omnibus Vote 6 1. Appointment of Lars Djuvik to Serve on the Plan Commission for the Term 03/2026 – 7 03/2029 8 9 2. Resolution Releasing the Village from the Surety Bond Requirement for Work Upon State 10 Roadways Within the Village 11 12 3. Resolution Authorizing the Use of the Municipal Partnering Initiative (MPI) Contractual 13 Pricing Pursuant to Government Joint Purchasing Act, 30 ILCS 525/0.01, et. seq., with 14 Everlast Blacktop Inc., of Elgin, Illinois for the 2026 Sidewalk Replacement Program in the 15 Amount of $27,500 16 17 President Kaz then asked whether any Trustees would like to take any item out of Omnibus Consideration. 18 They did not. She then asked whether there were any questions from the public on any of these three items. 19 Resident David Joyce asked whether the appointment of Mr. Djuvik was filling a vacancy on the Plan 20 Commission and, if so, whose vacancy it was filling. President Kaz responded to Mr. Joyce’s satisfaction. 21 Hearing no further questions, President Kaz asked for a motion to authorize the resolutions as stated and 22 make the appointment. Trustee Gottschall so moved, and Trustee Lojkovic seconded the motion. 23 24 A roll call vote was taken as follows: 25 26 For: Ransford, Hannus, Gottschall, Lojkovic, Vitu 27 28 Opposed: None 29 30 The roll call tally was five votes in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the resolutions authorized 31 and the appointment made. 32 33 President Kaz then introduced agenda item V.B4 and asked Police Chief Silva to present on the item. 34 35 B. Items for Discussion 36 4. Resolution Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Village of Kenilworth 37 and the Village of Wilmette for Wilmette’s Use of the Kenilworth Police Prisoner Lockup 38 and Firearm Range 39 40 Chief Silva related the status of the Wilmette Police Department (WPD) Firearm Qualification Facility as being 41 under construction creating the need for WPD to find alternate sites to conduct qualification exercises. WPD 42 has secured a number of alternate sites and has asked that the Kenilworth Police Department (KPD) firing 43 range be made available on an auxiliary basis. This should not put the KPD range under any undue strain. He 44 assured the Board that WPD has been informed of all rules and regulations related to KPD firing range use and 1 has agreed to abide by them. 2 3 Moving on to the request from WPD that the Prisoner Lockup Cell be made available as well, Chief Silva 4 thanked Village Attorney Jones for his help in negotiating terms of use that allow the Village to lend assistance 5 to WPD without undue exposure to liability. As with the firing range, the understanding is that WPD would 6 only use the KPD lockup on an auxiliary basis. 7 8 President Kaz cited the WPD’s intention to use Cook County Correctional Facilities as a first resort. Chief Silva 9 informed the Board that potential uses of the KPD facility should be by offenders of minor crimes. Trustees 10 clarified the period of construction, and therefore the shared use by WPD, should last for the duration of FY 11 2026 and all of FY 2027. Hearing no further questions from the Board or from the public, President Kaz 12 requested a motion to approve the Intergovernmental Agreement as presented. Trustee Ransford so moved, 13 and Trustee Gottschall seconded the motion. 14 15 A voice vote was taken as follows: 16 17 For: All 18 19 Opposed: None 20 21 The voice vote was all in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the resolution authorized. 22 23 President Kaz then returned to agenda item III. 24 25 Village President’s Report 26 27 A. Recognizing 30 years of Service – Steve Hardt (Public Works Department) 28 29 After establishing that Mr. Steve Hardt was in attendance remotely, President Kaz recognized Mr. Hardt for 30 his 30 years of service to the Village of Kenilworth. She recounted the history of his positions at both 31 Kenilworth Water Supply Facility and the Department of Public Works. She praised his responsible 32 stewardship of the Village assets, his willingness to mentor new employees, and his personal dedication and 33 dependability whenever called upon. His willingness to make personal sacrifices in the interests of the Village 34 was highly commendable and President Kaz presented Mr. Hardt with a Certificate of Appreciation on the 35 occasion of his retirement. She then invited Superintendent of Public Works Leicht to speak. Mr. Leicht 36 declared it was an honor to work with Mr. Hardt, that he considered him more as a friend than an employee, 37 and that his contributions to the successful maintenance of Village assets will be sorely missed. He went on to 38 describe Mr. Hardt as a terrific person and thanked him for his many years of service. 39 40 President Kaz then moved to Reports from Staff 41 42 Report from Staff 43 44 A. Community Development 45 B. Finance 1 C. Police 2 Chief Silva began by reiterating the three areas of concentration by the Kenilworth Police Department – 3 Traffic Safety, School Security, and Community Engagement. He took a moment to describe recent criminal 4 activity, then moved on to a review of monthly activity statistics. Calls for service were higher than the prior 5 month. He attributed this to greater traffic safety enforcement activity designed to encourage safe driving 6 habits among Kenilworth Residents and visitors. He went on to address community engagement activity with 7 a local preschool and KPD participation in an evacuation drill at Sears School. He concluded his report by 8 detailing recent applications made for a KPD Full-Time Police Officer vacancy. 9 10 D. Public Works 11 12 Superintendent of Public Works Leicht began his remarks by reviewing the department’s response to recent 13 storm activity. He assured the Board that sewer capacity was challenged but functioned effectively. He 14 attributed sporadic flooding to clogged catch basins, that were easily addressed, alleviating the problem. He 15 pointed out that recent flood control efforts taken on Woodstock Avenue worked as expected. 16 17 He went on to introduce a new concept developed in cooperation with the Kenilworth Park District and 18 Kenilworth Council of Garden Clubs (a.k.a. Beautification Council) to bring a single vendor to coordinate the 19 planting and cultivation of Village planters. It includes the execution of a comprehensive plan to be directed 20 by Ms. Bridget Schroeder at the Contained Garden, a local planting consultant. Mr. Leicht expressed 21 excitement at the projected result. 22 23 E. Legal Counsel 24 F. Village Manager 25 26 Village Manager Thake began her report by acknowledging Chief Silva, Superintendent of Public Works Leicht, 27 and Management Analyst Jordan Schmidt for their participation in a recent charity fundraiser, updated the 28 Board on the status of the annual financial audit, described recent storm activity that affected construction 29 progress at the Lakefront, detailed the progress of other construction taking place there and prepared the 30 Board for possible adjustments that may need to be made to the completion schedule given these events. 31 She concluded her comments by announcing a pending computer system upgrade. Management analyst 32 Burns was given the floor to discuss activity in beach facility hiring. She described an influx of applications for 33 job openings due to word-of-mouth recruitment by recent employees. She went on to describe her own 34 completion of lifeguard training and pending completion of lifeguard instructor certification that will allow the 35 Village to onboard new employees at a lower cost. 36 37 Business from the Public 38 39 President Kaz then asked whether there was any business from the public not included in the evening’s 40 agenda. Resident David Joyce wanted clarification as to why the Board was not addressing recent 41 developments related to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) at 515-519 Park Drive. He felt the issue was 42 important to many residents and required further discussion. He recounted his history in the Village and past 43 experience with preceding administrations and expressed his opinion regarding the reasons for the present 44 Board’s position. He reiterated his stance on what action the Board should take on the PUD and characterized 1 what he perceives to be the stance of the Board and the Village staff. He went on to list procedural decisions 2 with which he disagreed. He described Village officials and staff as unsympathetic to his opinion. 3 4 President Kaz took an opportunity to thank Mr. Joyce for the substance of his comments but took issue with 5 the tone Mr. Joyce displayed while expressing his views regarding the Board and Village staff. She encouraged 6 him to continue to make his contributions to the discussion of Village affairs but only if they can be done in a 7 respectful manner. She went to reiterate that the steps in a time-honored process of development review are 8 being observed scrupulously and do not call for Board consideration at this time. She reminded Mr. Joyce 9 that no decision has been made regarding the PUD, and that the Village has gone to great lengths to conduct 10 a fully transparent review of the PUD request and kept Village residents fully apprised of the status of the 11 process as it has unfolded. Mr. Joyce concluded his remarks by asking the Board to review some recent 12 advocacy activity regarding the PUD. Resident Lilly Ryan, a high school student completing course work by 13 auditing a Village Board Meeting, took time to thank the Board for all the work they do for the Village. 14 15 Adjourn 16 17 Having no further business, President Kaz asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Trustee Ransford so 18 moved, and Trustee Gottschall seconded the motion. 19 20 A voice vote was taken as follows: 21 22 For: All 23 24 Opposed: None 25 26 The voice vote was all in favor, and none opposed. President Kaz declared the meeting adjourned at 7:34 27 p.m. 28