May 28 Village Board meeting recordings released

The Village has released edited audio recordings from the May 28 Village Board meeting.  To access the menu of the meeting’s topical audio recording segments, click here.

The full public portion of the meeting lasted a somewhat grueling 3 hours and 56 minutes, so we’ll try to cut to the chase of the significant points of the meeting.

Twenty-five residents and non-residents spoke before the board during the public comment session, most voicing concern about the status of all horse boarding in the Village.

Prior to public comment, however, assurances were given by Village officials allaying the false rumors that had brought so many to the meeting.  A direct link to that recording can be found here.

Trustee Messer, during his Building and Zoning report, referenced a 2011 court decision finding flaws in our Village Code pertaining to horse boarding.  We must remind readers Trustee Messer has liaised with our Zoning Board since before that time, so it reinforces our concern as to why horse boarding codes have not been addressed until recently.  Click here for his report.

Likely the most significant recording segment is the administration report and discussion.  There was a fascinating discussion on new protocols for nominating residents to appointed bodies.  A copy of the unnecessary proposed hurdles for volunteers can be downloaded here.

This proposal and ensuing dialog once again demonstrates extreme hypocrisy, as well as a complete lack of respect towards the President by the majority of the board. Those exchanges can be heard here.

The other major topic for public comment which drew residents to the podium was the consideration of adding bicycle lanes to Haegers Bend Road in return for upwards of 1.5 million dollars in grant money for essentially rebuilding the roadway.  Village Hall staff discovered the grant opportunity and conveyed it to Roads and Bridges Trustee Patty Meroni who brought it before the Village Board many months ago.

Things got a little awkward, to say the least, when a relative of Trustee Meroni made the last public comment of the evening against adding bike lanes to Haegers Bend and referencing the lack of documentation of a petition against them in minutes to be approved.  Her pointed remarks can be heard here.