# Meeting Events

Meeting: `pi8u9wv9dm0.2026-4-20_freeport_township_meeting`

Meeting date: `2026-04-20`

Meeting type: `township_board`

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## Decisions and Votes

- **Approval of Minutes for April 6th, 2026 Meeting** — Passed
  - **Summary:** Motion to approve the minutes for the April 6th, 2026 meeting.
  - **Evidence:** “All right, motion by Altensey, second by Wilken.”
  - **Evidence:** “Seen that there are none. Okay, all in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [00:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=19s)

- **Approval of Bills Payable** — Passed
  - **Summary:** Motion to approve bills payable.
  - **Evidence:** “The next order of business is approval of bills payable. I need a motion and a second please. So moved. Second.”
  - **Evidence:** “Motion passed. Altensey seconded by McIlwain.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [01:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=81s)

- **Approval of Appropriation Ordinance T-26-2026, T-001 (Fiscal Year 2026-2027)** — Passed
  - **Summary:** Motion to amend the ordinance due to changes in the budget.
  - **Evidence:** “You need a motion to amend according to this because it was different than the original that we motioned to amend in order to accept these, this change. Wilken, McIlwain, Altensey, Odendahl, Sellers, Motion passed.”
  - **Evidence:** “So we need a motion to go on it, right? No, you need a vote on the approval of the budget as amended. So we need to we need to vote to approve the budget as amended okay okay so madam so madam clerk call the roll.”
  - **Evidence:** “Wilken? Aye. McIlwain? Aye. Altensey? Aye. Odendahl? Aye. Sellers? Aye. Okay. Motion passes.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [04:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=261s)

- **Renewal of Service Provider Agreement with Jeharry Allen**
  - **Summary:** The next item was the discussion and approval of the renewal of the service provider agreement with Jeharry Allen for Operation Jumpstart Program.
  - **Evidence:** “The next on the business is the discussion and approval of the renewal of the service provider agreement with and Jeharry Allen for Operation Jumpstart Program. So I need a motion and a second.”
  - **Review flags:** unattached\_motion\_request
  - **Source timestamp:** [06:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=372s)

- **Service Provider Agreement Renewal (Operation Jumpstart Program)** — Passed
  - **Summary:** Motion to approve renewal of service provider agreement with Jeharry Allen for Operation Jumpstart Program.
  - **Evidence:** “So moved. Second. Motion by R. And C. Second by McIlwain.”
  - **Evidence:** “Matta, Clark, Keith, all in a row. Odendahl? Yes. Altensey? Aye. McIlwain? Aye. Wilken? Aye. Sellers? Aye. Motion passes.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [06:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=411s)

- **Adjournment** — Passed
  - **Summary:** Motion to adjourn the meeting until Monday, May 4th, 2026 at 4:30 PM.
  - **Evidence:** “Okay, I'll intend to motion to adjourn until Monday, May 4th, 2026 at 4.30. 26Th at 4:30 PM So moved.”
  - **Evidence:** “Second. All in favour? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carried.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [19:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=1187s)

## Procedural Actions

- **Attendance and Quorum Confirmation**
  - **Summary:** The board confirmed a quorum was present by calling the roll.
  - **Evidence:** “Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ted Odendahl? Here. Kathy Wilken? Here. Kathleen Altensey? Here. Kelvin McIlwain? Patrick Sellers? Here. We have a quorum.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [00:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=19s)

- **Board Agenda Items**
  - **Summary:** The board reviewed the next order of business items: Assessor's Report, Trustee's Report, and Public Comments.
  - **Evidence:** “Alright. So the next order of business is the Assessor's Report. Okay. Next order of business is the Trustee's Report. Trustee's. Anything. Next order of business is Public Comments.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [17:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=1079s)

## Presentations and Reports

- **Supervisor's Report (Expenditure and Budget)**
  - **Summary:** The township spent 72% of the amount budgeted for this fiscal year, resulting in an ending balance that is expected to be higher than what was approved.
  - **Evidence:** “We're 72% of what was budgeted, so that's kind of, this is kind of to go with the kind of show on paper, the conversation we said that typically we end up less than what we budgeted. Yes, so clearly we're ending 18% below what the budget was, so even though there is an ending balance that on the service you may think it might look higher, in reality, based on our past experience, it's going to be higher than what was approved, because we were budgeting for $1.5 million and we're coming in at $1.1.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [16:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=970s)

## Discussion

- **Abstention on Bills Payable**
  - **Summary:** Multiple board members abstained from the vote regarding bills payable.
  - **Evidence:** “Wilken, McIlwain, Altensey, Odendahl, Sellers, All abstained.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [01:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=108s)

- **Approval of Appropriation Ordinance T-26-2026, T-001 (Fiscal Year 2026-2027)**
  - **Summary:** The initial business was the approval of Appropriation Ordinance T-26-2026, T-001, fiscal year 2026-2027.
  - **Evidence:** “The initial business is approval of Appropriation Ordinance T-26-2026, T-001, fiscal year 2026-2027.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [02:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=163s)

- **Approval of Appropriation Ordinance T-26-2026, T-001 (Fiscal Year 2026-2027)**
  - **Summary:** Changes to the budget included an accounting services payroll fee (QuickBooks fee) and adjustments to the O'Neill Towne Fund ending balance.
  - **Evidence:** “We have accounting services payroll fee, which is our QuickBooks fee. She had it for a dollar, O'Neill Towne Fund ending balance, the total funds ending balance on page 11. So, and everything went up 999 dollars because that's, you know, she had to take it.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [03:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=196s)

- **Service Provider Agreement Renewal (Operation Jumpstart Program)**
  - **Summary:** Discussion regarding adjustments made to the service provider agreement and the importance of the program for youth employment.
  - **Evidence:** “I made the adjustment that there was an adjustment on page 13, which we had in there 18 hours per month. It should have been 18 hours per week. So I changed the word from month to week. So that's the change that we had for the service provider agreement. So I made that adjustment. The only thing I would say is I think this is an important role. And I think it's a complicated role, having had a little bit to do with working with people in the same kind of background Me! Me! To the board. Will you guys give a report every meeting? No. But as progress, as we make progress, we will give you those reports. And as you guys can see from the last time I provided a report, the numbers have grown. The success is there. This program is necessary. And if we are going to help our youth, this is one of the ways that we do it.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [07:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=439s)

- **Service Provider Agreement Renewal (Operation Jumpstart Program)**
  - **Summary:** Details on the oversight and structure of the Operation Jumpstart Program.
  - **Evidence:** “So your question is, the oversight, the oversight is me, Johara answers to the supervisor of Freeport Township. ... I wrote those nuances. I created those gears. So I know every piece that's working in this program, how it's supposed to be working. And Jahari reports to me directly all the time and I'm keeping close tabs on numbers.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [12:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=750s)

- **Service Provider Agreement Renewal (Operation Jumpstart Program)**
  - **Summary:** Program status and potential for replication.
  - **Evidence:** “All I'm saying is I think it's all it's there's in part because it is there's a danger that it it kind of becomes left over there because it's you know because you don't want to everybody try May this help clear things up? ... So can other townships duplicate? Absolutely, if they would like. And I would encourage other townships to duplicate.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [12:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=750s)

- **Financial Status and Surplus Potential**
  - **Summary:** The current year-to-date spending is $1.1 million, which is under the budgeted amount of $1.5 million.
  - **Evidence:** “because we were budgeting for $1.5 million and we're coming in at $1.1.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [16:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=985s)

- **Financial Status and Surplus Potential**
  - **Summary:** The board anticipates returning approximately $400,000, but this amount will be finalized after the fiscal year ends.
  - **Evidence:** “So we should probably be returning maybe like maybe $400-something thousand. The way the way it's looking, but you know we will we'll gauge that once the once the fiscal year actually ends and then we'll go back and take a look at how things end.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [17:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=1043s)

## Public Comment

- **Public Concerns Regarding Neighborhood Safety and Escalation**
  - **Summary:** A resident reported witnessing 12 to 15 children, aged approximately 13 to 16, confronting individuals from the Batten Forum across the street. The resident noted that this is an ongoing problem that has worsened since new individuals moved into the neighborhood.
  - **Evidence:** “Across the street, right in front of my house. House, 12 to 15 kids, ages from probably 16 down to about 14, 13, were confronting individuals that lived across street who were part of the Batten Forum. The police were called, they cleared the streets, and there's been an ongoing problem that's getting worse.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [18:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=1120s)

- **Public Concerns Regarding Neighborhood Safety and Escalation**
  - **Summary:** The resident stated that despite sending a call log to the city council, no response was received, and expressed fear that the current situation will escalate from words to something much worse.
  - **Evidence:** “The cities. I got the call log and everything sent it to everybody on the city council. Of course you don't hear back from them. But this is going to be a problem and I'm so afraid that it is going to escalate from words to something much worse.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [19:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8u9WV9DM0&t=1149s)