Village Council Minutes: October 22, 2026

Forest Village Council
October 22, 2026, 7pm

Village of Forest Council met in regular session on October 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM in Council Chambers.

Mayor Hastings called the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Attendance:

• Derek Hastings- present
• Valerie Mullholand- present
• Mary Dickinson- present
• Loretta Perkins- present
• Joe Moore- present
• Sarah Hankins- excused absence
• Danielle Moore- present

Village Announcements: None

Approval of Agenda for October 22, 2026:
V. Mullholand moved to approve agenda for 10/22/26 meeting with amending to add excused absence request for V. Mullholand in New Business. D. Moore seconded. Vote: 5 yeas, 0 nays. Agenda approved.

Approval/Corrections of Minutes: M. Dickinson moved to approve minutes from 10/8/26 Council Meeting. L. Perkins seconded. Vote: 5 yeas, 0 nays. Minutes approved.

Bills: V. Mullholand moved to approve the payment of bills. D. Moore seconded. Vote: 5 yeas, 0 nays. Payment of bills approved.

Citizens’ Comments and Guest Presentations: None

Old Business:

Second Reading of Resolution 2026-07 Authorizing the Mayor to prepare and submit an application to OPWC for Smith St. and Railroad St. resurfacing was completed.

Second Reading of Resolution 2026-08 Authorizing the Mayor to prepare and submit an application to OPWC for Phase 1 of the Waste Water Treatment Facility (lagoons) was completed.

New Business: First reading of ORDINANCE 2026-07 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF FOREST FIXING WATER RATES AND CHARGES TO PAY FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER UTILITY was completed with amending section 3.

M. Dickinson moved to approve V. Mullholand’s absence from 12/10/26 meeting. D. Moore seconded. Vote: 4 yeas, 0 nays. V. Mullholand abstained. Absence excused.

Committee Reports

Mayor: Committee appointment changes were announced for Business and Industrial Development Committee. M. Dickinson was appointed chair of the committee. Tonya Headington was added to this committee. V. Mullholand and Neal Boyd were removed.

Finance/Audit: Committee met on 10/22/26. Next meeting is scheduled for 11/12/26 @ 6pm. The committee will meet again on 11/23/26 @ 5pm to finalize 2027 appropriations to present to Council. Committee looked at funding options to purchase new meters. V. Mullholand moved to grant J. Davis $20,000 to be split from water and sewer funds for purchase of new meters. J. Moore seconded. Vote: 5 yeas, 0 nays. Purchase approved.

Safety: Committee met on 10/12/26. Compost key is first come first serve basis. Village will be obtaining a new domain name for emails for compliance. Neighborhood Watch program needs to establish rules and guidelines. Entrance to the City Hall building will be changing. Entrance for employees will be the front door and west door for Police Department. Fall Festival will be held 10/24/26 from 1-5pm. Next meeting is scheduled for 11/16/26 @ 6pm.

Police Chief: None

Fire Chief: None

Ambulance Board: None

Service: Next meeting is scheduled for 11/10/26 @ 6pm.

Administrator: J. Davis gave an update on open projects. Continuing to work on alleys. The current road project is not completed. J. Davis obtained quotes for security cameras for water plant and maintenance building. Park has already approved purchase of security cameras. V. Mullholand moved to approve purchase of security cameras for $5500 for water plant and maintenance building. L. Perkins seconded. Vote: 5 yeas, 0 nays. Purchase approved. J. Davis reported around 6-7 residents have signed up for compost removal scheduled for 11/7/26. J. Davis reported he is in process of finalizing leaf pick up plan/schedule.

Park Board: Committee met on 10/12/26. J. Davis has a list of items that need to be completed. Two lights are out at the park and this is being addressed. Committee approved a quote to have the restrooms repainted. There are some trees that need removed from soccer field and park. Winterization needs to be completed. Next meeting is scheduled for 11/9/26 @ 9am at City Hall.

Market Square: None

CIC: None

Business/Industrial Development: Meeting scheduled for 11/9/26 @ 5pm.

Zoning and Planning: Committee met on 10/12/26. Discussion was held about a property having parking lot stoned with the water pit being located in the middle of the lot. Revisited the parking of private vehicles on Dixon Street alley thru Zimmerman Street, with further action to be taken against vehicle owner. Discussed the need for undeveloped alley definition. Letter to be drafted for residents on rezoning of properties. J. Davis will have the list of properties that the Village mowed due to tall grass submitted by 11/1/26 for assessments to be added to owner’s property taxes. Next meeting is scheduled for 11/16/26 @ 6:45pm.

Human Resources/Ethics: Have been completing interviews for Village Administrator position. Will be meeting on 10/26/26 @ 5pm to discuss candidates.

Tree Commission: Mayor Hastings advised that the committee needs to schedule a meeting to create a tree plan to present to Council.

Village Solicitor: No major updates at this time. Needs to review Ordinances sent to him and needs to draft an agreement that needs completed for a drainage issue.

Fiscal Officer: Working on 2027 Appropriations and loan applications. Will be scheduling Annie Kober’s retirement party.

V. Mullholand moved to adjourn meeting. M. Dickinson seconded. Vote: 5 yeas, 0 nays, Meeting adjourned at 8:03pm.

Brenda Kromer, Fiscal Officer
Derek Hastings, Mayor

Approved: 11/12/26