2026 Village Board Meeting Minutes

 CRAINVILLE VILLAGE BOARD

Board Meeting

Tuesday May 12, 2026

 

 

         Mike Harbin                   Yea                 Sam Jones              Yea (President)

         Julie Aue                          Nay                John Oetjen           Yea

         J.D. Williams                   Yea                 Jim Rains               Yea

         Brad Olson                      Yea                 Jaci Chapman       Yea (Clerk)

         Tena Steinacher              Nay               Art Mize                  Yea                             

 

A quorum was present:

Minutes:

Minutes from the April 14, 2026 regular Board Meeting were presented. There were two   corrections. (1) on page two Barr Street is a water extension, and (2) on page five the Carterville High School thanked the Village for putting an ad in the High School Year Book.  

Motion 1: Mize made the motion and Harbin seconded the motion to approve the April 14, 2026 Village Board Meeting Minutes as corrected. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report:

Village Financial Report was given to all Board Members.   

Motion 2: Harbin made the motion and Rains seconded the motion to bring down $30,000 from the Illinois Fund to the Village General Fund. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

Bills:

May 2026 bills were presented.

Motion 3:   Mize made the motion and Rains seconded the motion to pay the May 2026 bills as presented. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

James B. Childress Scholarship Awards

Evan J. Marik and Kenadi Compton were both recognized as the recipients of the James B. Childress Academic Scholarship for 2026. President Jones presented each recipient with a certificate and a scholarship check.

Visitor Participation  

There was no Visitor Participation.

PSC Engineering Report (Sam Jones Reporting)

Motor Fuel Budget

PSC has given the Village two options for the MTF budget for 2026-2027. The MFT funds for 2026/2027 will be used to continue the resurfacing and repair of Marion Street. Potts presented two options for using MTF. Option 1 would do all repair work in 2026-2027. This option would almost deplete the Village MTF. Option 2, The road project would divide the project into two years, and would not deplete MTF. In options 1 and 2 there will be a portion of the total road repair cost that will come out of the Village General Fund. However, in option 2 the portion that would come out of the Village’s General Fund would be divided between the two years. The Board decided to proceed with option 2.

Department Heads

Water Report: (Pam Borders)

  1. There are 808 water customers
  2. 625 garbage customers.
  3. 0 Building Permits
  4. 1 new customer
  5. 2 final customers
  6. 0 solar permit
  7. Room Rental 0

Water Appeals

There were two water appeals.

Steve Hutchins filled his swimming pool.  The Board decided to look at his sewer bills for the last three months and take the highest bill and charge him for sewer at that rate.

Felisa Cruise had a water heater that went out. The Board decided to look at her sewer bills for the last three months and take the highest bill and charge her at that rate. Her water usage will be based on her last three months of water usage; water that was used over her highest bill will be charged at the Village’s cost from Rend Lake Water District.

Street/Water-Sewer

Farrar submitted his written report for April/May. The Board asked him to look at the stop sign at Grand and Samuel. There are tree limbs that are obstructing the view of the stop sign. He was also asked to look at the corner of Timothy and Susan. The vegetation has grown up to the point where visibility is limited.  

Police Report (Chief Lindley)

Chief Lindley presented his written report.

Old Business

Budget

The Board decided that the budget will be tabled and discussed at a continued meeting on Tuesday May 26, 2026.

Economic Development Grant Request

Turners Table has applied to the Village for financial help to do some proposed maintenance work on the outside of the restaurant. The restaurant is located within the Village’s T.I.F. and funds from the T.I.F. can be used for eligible maintenance projects. Turners Table has provided the Village with a proposal on their maintenance projects, and included projected revenue for the next fiscal year. The Board decided to grant Turners Table’s application for funding that will go towards maintenance work on the restaurant. The Board will grant $20,000.00 for their proposed project. The money will be awarded in two installments. The first installment will be $10,000.00 for the start of the project. The second installment will be $10,00.00 and will be provided when the project is completed.

Motion 4:  Harbin made the motion and Rains seconded the motion to grant Turners Table’s request for money to help fund maintenance projects for the restaurant; The Board approved $20,00.00 ($10,000.00 upfront and $10,000.00 after work has been completed), money to come out of the T.I.F. account. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

Spectra Tech

Jones told the Board that Spectra Tech lined the sewer manhole at Lakeshore. After the last rain the manhole was inspected and no groundwater was detected.

New Business

Michelle McDaniel – Special Use Permit

Michelle McDaniel is applying for a Special Use Permit to put a Christian Academy in the strip mall off of East Plaza. The space she wants to use for her Academy has been used as a school in the past. The school will be renting the space, and the owner of the building will still be paying taxes on the property.

Motion 5: Harbin made the motion and Rains seconded the motion to grant Michelle McDaniel a 5-year Special Use Permit. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

Honor Wreaths

Motion 6: Oetjen made the motion and Mize seconded the motion to purchase 10 Honor Wreaths to be placed on veterans’ graves in the Carterville City Cemetery in December; cost will be $170.00 money to come out of the Village General Fund. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

911 Servers

The City of Marion manages the server for the County 911 calls. The software for the server needs to be updated. The cost to update the server will be $40,000.00. Marion is asking communities in the 911 district to help with the cost of the update. The Board decided to give the City of Marion $500.00 toward updating the 911 server.

Motion 7:  Oetjen made the motion and Rains seconded the motion to give $500.00 to the City of Marion to update 911 server; money to come out of the General Fund. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

Power Aggregation

Jones told the Board that he received information from Homefield Aggregation; they will be charging .11378 KWH.  Homefield Aggregation has assured the Village that moving forward once a resident opts out of the aggregation agreement they will not have to fill paperwork out each year.

Block Party

The Board was asked by Carterville to donate to their Block Party that was held in April. No motion was made to donate.

Grocery Tax Ordinance

The Grocery Tax Ordinance was tabled until the Continued Meeting on May 26, 2026.

Executive Session

Motion 8: Mize made the motion and Rains seconded the motion to go into Executive Session at 7:20 pm to discuss legal and personnel issues. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

The Board came out of Executive Session at 7:35 pm.

The Board decided to continue the May 12th 2026 Board Meeting. The Continued Board Meeting will be held on May 26, 2026 at 6:30 pm at the Village Hall. Notices of the continued meeting will be placed on the front door of the Village Hall and on the Village Web Site.   

  

                                              Respectfully Submitted                                

                                              Jacquelyn Chapman, Village Clerk

 

CRAINVILLE VILLAGE BOARD

Continued Board Meeting

Tuesday May 26, 2026

  

         Mike Harbin                  Yea                     Sam Jones           Yea (President)

         Julie Aue                         Nay                    John Oetjen        Yea

         J.D. Williams                  Yea                     Jim Rains             Yea

         Brad Olson                     Nay                    Jaci Chapman     Yea (Clerk)

         Tena Steinacher             Nay                    Art Mize              Yea                             

 

Old Business

Budget

The Board discussed the Amended Budget for 2026/2027. The only part of the 2026/2027 Budget that needed to be revised was the T.I.F. Budget. Jilek will amend the T.I.F. and provide all Board Members a copy of the revision.

Jones told the Board that the Harrison Bruce Foundation will be donating a new Police SUV vehicle. The donation will include outfitting the SUV.

Motion 9: Harbin made the motion and Oetjen seconded the motion to approve the Amended Budget for 2026/2027 with the understanding that the T.I.F. part of the Budget will be revised as agreed upon.  All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

Turners Table

Moran Economic Development told the Village that since Turners Table is located in the Village’s T.I.F. District, they are eligible to receive funding for property improvements. Moran Economic Development provided the Village with a contract that sets the terms and agreements between the Village of Crainville and Turners Table. The Village also passed “Ordinance Authorizing a Redevelopment Agreement with Turners Table, LLC for the Remodeling & Redevelopment & Improvement of Certain Property Utilizing Tax Increment Financing.”

Motion 10: Rains made the motion and Williams seconded the motion to pass Ordinance 2026-2 “Ordinance authorizing a Redevelopment Agreement with Turners Table, LLC for the Remodeling & Redevelopment & Improvement of Certain Property Utilizing Tax Increment Financing.” All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

New Business

Grocery Tax Ordinance

Motion 11: Mize made the motion and Harbin seconded the motion to pass Ordinance 2026-1 “An Ordinance Implementing a Municipal Grocery Retailers’ Occupation Tax and a Municipal Grocery Service Occupation Tax”. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

Miscellaneous

Sewer Issue

A resident that lives on Red Howerton had a sewer blockage. In the course of fixing the sewer blockage, Village Street/Water Workers found out that this resident’s sewer lateral was tied into Carterville’s sewer instead of the Village of Crainville’s sewer. The resident’s sewer is being treated by Carterville, and they are paying their sewer bill to Crainville. If the resident moves ties their sewer line into Crainville’s sewer main the cost to the resident would be several thousand dollars. Jones will talk to Brad Robinson, Carterville’s Mayor, to see if they can come up with a solution to the problem.    

Adjournment

Motion 12: Harbin made the motion and Williams seconded the motion to adjourn the Board Meeting at 7:00 pm. All present voted yea and the President declared the motion carried.

 

 

 

                                                  Respectfully Submitted                                

                                                  Jacquelyn Chapman, Village Clerk

                                                                               

                                                                               

 

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