I am here at village board. Terri Cummings, Jeff Van Buskirk are not here. Wagner is on zoom.
The Hitts and the Parsons are here. You may remember them from last time with the sewer issue.
Kirsten Schaefer is also here to discuss her food project.
They are doing investments and bills right now.
Schaefer is speaking now. She has worked on a community service project “Feed your Neighbor.” The project helps with food insecurity. She created the project because her friend has to pay for their own dinner from their birthday or Christmas money.
10 percent of the hs is food insecure. Restaurants around St. Joseph allow people to pay for a meal at Roch’s, Scratch, El Toro, and the Ribcage. Food insecure residents can go to restaurants and redeem a free meal.
I am going to get more info. This is an amazing project she has put together.
Fruhling-Voges said she thought it was a good project.
Hitt and Parsons time. Painter wants to wait until the next meeting because there are so many people gone.
Art kinda hinted that the insurance company refused the claim again but didn’t say it outright.
To recap, the lift station failed, the alerting system failed, the Parsons ended up with sewage in their basement. It cost more than $7,000 to clean up not even counting the build back and the family wants some form of payment from either the insurance or the village since it was the village’s lift station that failed.
Todd Hitt is asking for clarifications and saying he has rebuttals to what the insurance company has said. Joe the village administrator said he wants the rebuttals in writing.
Hitt says the village is negligent. He is disappointed people aren’t here to take the vote, ect.
Basically- they aren’t giving them an answer tonight.
Clark Dietz gave the village a pro/con list of locations for the splash pad. I am going to get a copy of it. They are being vague but whatever. Next meeting is when Water Odyssey is going to be here. Art wants to know how much water it is going to use. Question- would the public be willing to pay a 25 cent surcharge on their sewer bill so $3 a year to fund the water?
We raised more than $800 from the trunk or treat. THank you Wagners and IGA. The fire wives are donating 10 percent of their Christmas Pancake Breakfast to the splash pad and we are placing doorhangers out.
Max suggested a QR Code.
Go to Stjosephsplashpad.com I made this website to keep people updated and you can also donate to our go fundme from there.
Discussing pedestrian walk ways now.
Luke is talking about the changes they are making to keep the lift station failure from happening again.
Oh wait, Dan Davis isn’t here either. SO its Wagner, painter and Art. It’s only a quorum since Tami is here and can vote.
Mike saying previously the lift station had alarms and no one called. HOW is that possible. If someone hears a boom it’s on the St. Joseph page. How would no one call for a blaring alarm? I mean I believe it but lord.
They are discussing selling vehicles, buying new ones.
They are discussing light bars for vehicles.
Discussing staff coaching and governing body coaching services. It sounds like this is “hey, you can do this this and this as a trustee” but you shouldn’t do “this this or this.” Its probably to tell them that they are to decide policy not like nitty gritty stuff like where the signs for a business are going to be located.
Costume parade was very very well attended. About 30 kids attended. (My three were there!) It was a good event and beautiful day, the mayor said. (It was. So cute.)
On Veterans Day Shawn Hallett, the SJO resource officer, will be speaking at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Monument near the HS. and then the legion will host ham and beans and chilli after the presentation.
Discussing some tree situation. Painter hates that they didn’t buy local. They bought trees in Bloomington and Painter wanted them to buy local. #makessense
Mike saying he did get a quote and they were higher.
Meeting is over.
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