Kane County Reporter

City of Geneva Committee of the Whole met July 7

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

Elected Officials Present: Mayor Burns, Ald. Bowring, Ald. Furnish, Ald. Kilburg, Ald. Kosirog, Ald. Malecki, Ald. Marks. Ald. Mayer, Ald. Palmquist, Ald. Paschke, Ald. Reinecke, Clerk Kellick.

Elected Officials Attending by Teleconference: None.

Elected Officials Absent: None.

Others Present: City Admin. Dawkins, City Asst. Admin. McCready, City Attny. Sandack, Supt. Holton, Supt. Javed, Supt. Van Gyseghem, Dir. Babica, Dir. DeGroot, Dir. Milewski, Dir. Tymoszenko, Asst. Dir. Landers, Chief Passarelli.

Others attending by video or teleconference: None.

Call to Order

Ald. Furnish, serving as chair, called the meeting to order at 7:38 PM noting all council members were present.

Approve Committee of the Whole Minutes from June 16, 2025, Special Committee of the Whole Minutes from May 12, 2025, and Special Committee of the Whole Minutes from June 23, 2025

Moved by Ald. Kosirog, seconded by Ald. Palmquist.

MOTION CARRIED by voice vote 10-0.

Items of Business

Consider Draft Resolution Authorizing an Agreement with All City Management for Crossing Guard Services.

Moved by Ald. Kilburg, seconded by Ald. Kosirog.

On a question by Ald. Paschke, Chief Passarelli stated that guards work 30 minutes each morning and evening, five days a week. The goal of the department is for new hires to be independent contractors. All City Management would pay $23.50 per hour instead of the current $22.50 per hour.

On a question by Ald. Bowring, Chief Passarelli answered that there is only one alternate because advertising for the position resulted in no applicants. Ald. Bowring stated that increasing compensation may help to increase recruitment. Admin. Dawkins noted while recruitment is one driving factor the process of contracting out for crossing guards began in 2010, with the goal to eventually contract all the work out to transfer liability and risk management to a third party.

On a question by Ald. Malecki, Admin. Dawkins stated that school districts have traditionally declined to pay for crossing guards when asked.

Several Alderpersons expressed that a higher salary may attract more applicants.

Moved by Ald. Marks, seconded by Ald. Paschke to postpone discussion to the July 21 Committee of the Whole meeting.

On a question by Ald. Bowring, Chief Passarelli stated that the City would retain the current crossing guards and that the goal was to have the transition in place by the school year on August 22.

Roll call:

AYES: 9 (Bowring, Furnish, Kilburg, Malecki, Marks, Mayer, Palmquist, Paschke, Reinecke)

ABSENT: 0

NAYS: 1 (Kosirog)

MOTION CARRIED

Approve Resolution Authorizing an Economic Incentive Agreement by and Between the City of Geneva and Nick and Jim Nicolaou for 427 and 421 E. State Street – Honeybird.

Moved by Ald. Paschke, seconded by Ald. Kilburg.

MOTION CARRIED by voice vote 10-0.

Consider Draft Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Contract with Vons Electric, Inc. in the Amount of $235,825.00 for Replacement Generator at the Police Department.

Moved by Ald. Marks, seconded by Ald. Bowring.

On a question by Ald. Kosirog, Admin. Dawkins stated that the generator could be moved or installed elsewhere if needed.

MOTION CARRIED by voice vote 10-0.

Consider Draft Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Bodwe WBK Engineering to Provide Construction Oversight for Public Improvements.

Moved by Ald. Bowring, seconded by Ald. Kosirog.

MOTION CARRIED by voice vote 10-0.

Consider Draft Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Memorandum of Agreement with MIF Geneva Park-J, LLC and MIF Geneva Park-M, LLC to Extend Watermain Improvements in Accordance with the Pipeline Crossing Agreement Dated December 20, 2021.

Moved by Ald. Bowring, seconded by Ald. Paschke.

MOTION CARRIED by voice vote 10-0.

Consider Draft Resolution Authorizing Approval of a Proposal from Associated Technical Services Ltd. for a Water System Leak Detection & Location Survey in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $35,000.00.

Moved by Ald. Paschke, seconded by Ald. Marks.

On a question by Ald. Malecki, Supt. Van Gyseghem stated that if a leak occurs on the homeowner’s property, a letter is sent to the owner notifying them that they have 30 days to correct the leak. On another question, Supt. Van Gyseghem noted that acoustical testing is used to detect leaks.

MOTION CARRIED by voice vote 10-0.

Consider Draft Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of a 2026 John Deere 624P 4WD Loader from West Side Tractor in an Amount Not to Exceed $273,062.26.

Moved by Ald. Bowring, seconded by Ald. Paschke.

MOTION CARRIED by voice vote 10-0.

Consider Draft Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of a Falcon 3-Ton Asphalt Recycler and Hot Box Trailer from Midwest Paving Equipment, Inc.

Moved by Ald. Marks, seconded by Ald. Paschke.

MOTION CARRIED by voice vote 10-0.

Public Comment

Resident Elaine Haughan noted that she would like to see wind phones installed in Geneva. She explained that a wind phone is a symbolic tool for dealing with grief in which a tactile non-working phone is installed in nature and mounted to a bench or post in the community. One can dial a loved one’s number to talk. The concept began in Japan by a gardener after the 2011 tsunami which helped community members with their grief. Ms. Haughan explained that her son passed away at age 18. She now has over 12 people working with her on this idea for the community.

Admin. McCready passed out postcards to City Council members and stated that SPAC chair Melanie Mannon would be reaching out to council members about SPAC’s annual community update event to be held July 29 at the library. He asked that councilmembers pass out the cards to anyone wanting to learn more about the strategic plan.

New Business

None.

Adjournment

On a motion by Ald. Mayer, the meeting was adjourned by unanimous voice vote at 8:38 PM.

https://www.geneva.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07072025-2555