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Week of November 11, 2026: Village October 20 decisions posted — kratom ban and cannabis dispensary approved; estimated 2026 levy is $13,735,833

This edition works from documents published since the November 4 edition. The Village has posted its November 10, 2026 Board and Committee of the Whole packets — and inside the Board packet are the minutes the Briefing has been waiting on: the October 20, 2026 Board minutes and the October 6, 2026 Committee of the Whole minutes. The October 20 decisions are reported below as decisions; everything dated November 10 is an agenda item, because no November 10 minutes have been posted. The Park District has posted a November 10 agenda only, the Library District has posted nothing new, and U-46’s new November 9 agenda carries no bills, contracts or levy items.

Village of Bartlett — Board of Trustees & Committee of the Whole

Meetings: Board of Trustees, Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 7:00 p.m., and Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Village Hall, 228 S. Main Street; Committee of the Whole, Tuesday, November 10, 2026, Village Hall; Community & Economic Affairs Commission, Monday, November 9, 2026, 6:00 p.m., Village Hall. Sources: the Village’s November 10, 2026 Board agenda and packet (157 pages, which embed the October 20 Board minutes and the October 6 Committee minutes), the November 10 Committee of the Whole agenda and packet, and the November 9 commission agenda and packet. No minutes for the November 10 meetings have been posted, so November 10 items are agenda items, not decisions.

Decided October 20 (minutes now posted): kratom ban, cannabis dispensary, parking restrictions

The Board approved its consent agenda as amended (Trustee Deyne voting no). The consent items approved include:

  • Ordinance 2026-100 — a special use permit for a medical cannabis dispensary at 1683 S. IL Route 59.
  • Ordinance 2026-101 — amending Section 1-8-6 of the Village Code regarding salaries for elected officials. The October 6 committee discussion that preceded it cited figures of $12,800 per year for the Village President, $4,500 for a Village Trustee and $12,250 per year for the Village Clerk, plus a $1,000 stipend for the Liquor Commissioner.
  • Ordinance 2026-105 — accepting the public improvements for 1360 Schiferl Road.
  • Resolution 2026-104-R — an intergovernmental agreement with the Bartlett Park District for enforcement of Park District ordinances.
  • Resolution 2026-106-R — the 2026 Pavement Preservation Project agreement with Corrective Asphalt Materials, LLC. The minutes do not state an amount for this agreement.
  • A Class D liquor license for Renate’s German Restaurant, the Arts in Bartlett Halloween Funfest parade permit, and a BAPS fireworks display request.

Voted separately, both carried with all six trustees voting yes:

  • Ordinance 2026-102 — amending the Municipal Code to prohibit kratom, synthetic drugs, and nitrous oxide for recreational use. The minutes state fines of $50–$750 and potential business license revocation; once signed, businesses have a 30-day timeframe to come into compliance before enforcement, and 14 locations currently sell the products.
  • Ordinance 2026-103 — restricted parking areas: parking restrictions on the dead end and both sides of Winston Lane south of Hawk Hollow Drive, weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; parking is allowed outside those hours.

The October 20 Treasurer’s Report (for August 2026) states sales tax received for the month of May totaled $672,542, up $16,712 or 2.5% from the prior year; Motor Fuel Tax allotments received in August totaled $171,337, down $1,445 or 0.8%; and income tax received for August was $453,779, up $24,606 or 5.7%. The minutes also state that about 75 lead services remained in the spring, the last two were eliminated the week before the meeting, and the Village is lead free as of that week.

The October 6, 2026 Committee of the Whole minutes, also in the packet, record discussion only — no formal votes — on the kratom ordinance and elected-official salaries (both decided October 20, above) and on the proposed 2026 property tax levy (before the Board as an agenda item November 10, below).

Before the Board November 10 (agenda items): estimated 2026 levy, $13,735,833

The November 10 meeting opened with a public hearing on the property tax levy. Finance Memo 2026-12 and the agenda item executive summary place a motion before the Board to establish the estimated 2026 property tax levy at $13,735,833, stated as a 0.70% increase from the 2025 extension. The memo’s table gives the components: General Corporate $7,269,094; Police Pension $3,535,334; subtotal $10,804,428; Debt Service $2,931,405; total $13,735,833. An estimated levy must be established at least 20 days before adoption of the final levy, which is scheduled for December 1, 2026.

Also on the November 10 agenda (agenda items)

  • Bill List, November 10, 2026: $2,306,030.95 (invoices due on or before November 10, 2026). By fund: General Fund $1,391,270.41; Motor Fuel Tax Fund $486,756.82; Vehicle Replacement Fund $128,221.76; Sewer Fund $123,120.72; Water Fund $98,806.12; Golf Fund $39,414.17; Central Services Fund $24,751.75; Lake St TIF $11,586.08; Developer Deposits Fund $1,000.00; Parking Fund $618.12; Police Pension Fund $295.00.
  • Change Order #1, A-Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc. — a $98,754.75 increase to the 2026 Various Streets Resurfacing Project contract. The packet states A-Lamp was awarded that project on July 21 for $3,202,362.55; with the change order the total is $3,301,117.30, under the original budget of $3,500,000. The change order covers permanent repair of a large pavement patch left by earlier water main breaks at South Bartlett Road and Stearns Road; proposals ranged from $98,754.75 to $172,175.00, with A-Lamp the lowest.
  • Engineering services, BLA, Inc. — $81,300 for design of a traffic signal at Naperville Road and Spaulding Road. The packet states a Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways traffic study identified the intersection as meeting the criteria for a traffic signal; the design process is anticipated at approximately 14 weeks from notice of award, with signal construction incorporated into an upcoming capital budget.
  • Bartlett Hills kitchen floor coating, Arflow Systems — $30,708, against $50,000 included in the fiscal year 2026-27 capital budget (Municipal Building Fund). The resolution would waive advertising for bids and approve the agreement; the packet states the Bartlett Hills Clubhouse kitchen floor has reached the end of its useful life.
  • International Operating Engineers, Local 150 agreement — a successor collective bargaining agreement, tentatively agreed October 26, 2026 and ratified October 29, 2026, with across-the-board wage increases of 3.25% effective May 1, 2026, 3.50% effective May 1, 2027, and 3.75% effective May 1, 2028; lump-sum performance bonuses of $1,100 for Exemplary or Superior evaluations for employees at the top of the pay range; and a uniform and work boot allowance increase from $550 to $650 per employee.
  • Merry and Bright fireworks — a request to hold a fireworks display on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 5:15 p.m., pending approval of the RKM Fireworks Company certificate of insurance.
  • A resolution approving removal of one dead tree in the Heritage Oaks Tree Preservation Easement at 320 S. Oak Avenue (no amount stated).

Committee of the Whole, November 10 (agenda item): Lake Street Corridor TIF Master Plan

The committee packet presents the Final Master Plan, November 2026, for the western portion of the Lake Street Corridor TIF District, prepared by Houseal Lavigne, which the Village selected in February 2024. The plan’s programming test fit (November 2, 2026) gives district totals of 195,065 square feet of commercial space and 673,224 square feet of residential space — 539 multi-family units and 129 townhomes — with parking required of 2,377 spaces, parking provided of 2,189 spaces, and a parking shortfall of 188 spaces (72 with 10% sharing). The packet states the preferred plan was presented at a July 22 open house attended by over 200 residents, and that traffic was the leading concern, raised by 83% of survey respondents.

Community & Economic Affairs Commission, November 9 (agenda items)

The commission packet includes a proposed Belong in Bartlett Small-Scale Event Assistance Program: the program document states the Village Administration Department will budget $20,000 for fiscal year 2027-28, with applicants eligible for a maximum of $2,000 per event and a limit of 10 events per year, for new, free, public events of no more than one day. A November 3, 2026 memorandum from Tony Fradin states that if there is interest, the concept could be brought back for further discussion in conjunction with the Village’s upcoming budget process. The packet also includes a Discover DuPage presentation proposing a $10,000 annual investment for full municipal partnership with the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau (a presentation item; no approval is recorded in the packet), and notes Small Business Saturday 2026 on November 28.

What happens next: the final 2026 Village levy is scheduled for adoption on Tuesday, December 1, 2026, and the adopted levy ordinance must be filed with the County Clerks before the last Tuesday in December (December 29, 2026). The November 10 agenda lists the Board’s consent items as including approval of the October 20 Board minutes and the October 6 committee minutes summarized above. Agendas for the November 17, 2026 Board and Committee meetings have not been posted (“Not Included”), and no November 10 minutes have been posted.

Bartlett Public Library District — Board of Trustees

Source: the library’s Board of Trustees page, checked November 11, 2026. No new Library Board document has been published since the October 28 edition.

October 22 minutes still not posted

The most recent Library Board document is still the agenda for October 22, 2026; the minutes cell for that meeting is blank. Whether the October 22 action items — Tax Levy Ordinance 2026-9, the financing ordinances for the Renovation and Addition Project and the New Library Project, the Bill List of $266,275.10 and the transfer of $254,199.42 — were adopted still cannot be reported until those minutes are posted. No board document stating an outcome of the November 3, 2026 library bond propositions ($22,200,000 for a remodel and addition; $45,000,000 for a new library) has been posted.

What happens next: the library’s schedule lists a Committee of the Whole meeting and a regular Board meeting on Thursday, November 19, 2026; no agendas for those meetings have been posted yet.

Bartlett Park District — Board of Commissioners

Regular meeting: Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Thomas C. White Administration Building, Board Room, 696 W. Stearns Road. Source: the district’s Regular Board Meeting Agenda for November 10, 2026 — the only new Park District document since November 4. Signed minutes for October 13 and October 27, 2026 have still not been posted; the newest signed minutes remain those for September 22, 2026, covered in the November 4 edition.

On the agenda November 10 (agenda items, not decisions)

  • Presentation of the Barracuda Bay Water Park Conceptual Master Plan Overlay.
  • Approval of a districtwide phone system upgrade. The agenda states no dollar amount, vendor or contract terms for this item, and no board packet is linked from the Park Board page.
  • Consent agenda: approval of the minutes of the regular Board meeting of October 27, 2026 (those signed minutes have not been posted on the district’s page).

What happens next: signed minutes for the October 13 and October 27, 2026 meetings, and for November 10, will be covered here when the district posts them. No agenda for a November 24, 2026 meeting has been posted.

School District U-46 — Board of Education

Board of Education meeting: Monday, November 9, 2026, 6:00 p.m., U-46 Welcome Center, 1019 East Chicago Street, Elgin, IL 60120, Room C100. Source: the standard meeting agenda published in the district’s Diligent board portal. The portal publishes agendas only; no signed minutes are posted, so no votes are reported.

November 9 agenda: no bills, contracts or levy items

The one new U-46 document since the November 4 edition is the agenda for a November 9, 2026 meeting. Its open-session business is limited to board and superintendent updates and audience comments; its remaining items are a closed session, student disciplinary cases and pending, probable or imminent litigation — matters outside this Briefing’s scope, on which no one is named here. The agenda contains no itemized bills, no consent-agenda contracts, no levy items and no work-session items, so there are no new U-46 dollar figures to report this week.

What happens next: the November 9 agenda states the next regularly scheduled meeting is Monday, November 16, 2026. The portal lists both November 16 meetings — the Finance Committee and the regular Board meeting — as “Final version not published,” so no November 16 agenda or packet is available yet. The November 2 agenda, covered last week, scheduled the 2026 levy public hearing for November 16 and the November 2 work-session items (Legacy Middle School equipment, $278,538.65; Incident IQ software, $2,203,745.22 over five years; Elgin High School mobile classroom lease, $323,972.00) for Board action on November 16.

Documents used for this edition

The Briefing takes no position on any board’s decisions. It reports what the documents say. If you spot an error, tell us and we’ll check it against the source document.