BG Brief Quarterly Newsletter_October-December 2024 issue

BRIEF QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2024

LETTER FROM THE ViLLAGE PRESiDENT Greetings! I hope you had a fantastic time at this year’s ŪƯÍīĺϙ@ŘĺŽôϙ"ÍƅŜϤϙiŪŘϙôIJîϱĺċϱŜŪııôŘϙèôīôæŘÍťĖĺIJϙſÍŜϙÍϙ ſĺIJîôŘċŪīϙŘôıĖIJîôŘϙĺċϙťēôϙŽĖæŘÍIJťϙèĺııŪIJĖťƅϙſôϙŜēÍŘôϠϙċŪīīϙĺċϙ Eric Smith ċŪIJϠϙèĺIJIJôèťĖĺIJϙÍIJîϙŕŘĖîôϟϙ ēôϙĖIJÍŪČŪŘÍīϙôŽôIJťŜϙÍťϙťēôϙ ÍŘħϙ ESmith@vbg.org "ĖŜťŘĖèťЍŜϙIJôſϙÍıŕēĖťēôÍťôŘϙÍIJîϙŕÍŽĖīĖĺIJϙſôŘôϙēŪČôϙŜŪèèôŜŜôŜϙ ÍIJîϙÍîîôîϙťĺϙĺŪŘϙĺŽôŘÍīīϙôIJĤĺƅıôIJťϙîŪŘĖIJČϙ @ϙ"ÍƅŜϤϙ ŜϙſôϙťŘÍIJŜĖťĖĺIJϙĖIJťĺϙċÍīīϠϙƅĺŪϙ èÍIJϙŜťĖīīϙôIJĤĺƅϙÍīīϙťēÍťϙ ŪƯÍīĺϙ@ŘĺŽôϙēÍŜϙťĺϙĺƯôŘϠϙīĖħôϙèēôôŘĖIJČϙċĺŘϙĺIJôϙĺċϙ @ϙ ŜèēĺĺīŜЍϙıÍIJƅϙċÍīīϙŜŕĺŘťŜϙťôÍıŜϙÍIJîϙôIJĤĺƅĖIJČϙťēôϙċÍīīϙèĺīĺŘŜϙÍīĺIJČϙĺŪŘϙôƄťôIJŜĖŽôϙ ťŘÍĖīϙIJôťſĺŘħϟ IЍıϙôƄèĖťôîϙťĺϙŜēÍŘôϙťēÍťϙĺŪŘϙťĺſIJϙĖŜϙæŪƏƏĖIJČϙſĖťēϙťēôϙŜĺŪIJîϙĺċϙŕŘĺČŘôŜŜϟϙ>ŘĺıϙŘĺÍîϙ ĖıŕŘĺŽôıôIJťŜϙťĺϙċÍèĖīĖťƅϙŪŕČŘÍîôŜϠϙſôЍŘôϙſĺŘħĖIJČϙēÍŘîϙťĺϙıÍħôϙ ŪƯÍīĺϙ@ŘĺŽôϙôŽôIJϙ æôťťôŘϟϙ ĺIJŜťŘŪèťĖĺIJϙĺIJϙĺŪŘϙÍîÍŕťĖŽôϱŘôŪŜôϙæŪĖīîĖIJČϙſÍŜϙŘôèôIJťīƅϙèĺıŕīôťôîϙÍIJîϙ ŪæīĖèϙ®ĺŘħŜϙÍIJîϙôIJČĖIJôôŘĖIJČϙĺŕôŘÍťĖĺIJŜϙÍŘôϙIJĺſϙŪŕϙÍIJîϙŘŪIJIJĖIJČϙÍťϙťēôĖŘϙIJôſϙ īĺèÍťĖĺIJϤϙ®ôЍŘôϙČôťťĖIJČϙŘôÍîƅϙťĺϙıÍħôϙťēôϙĺīîϙ ŪæīĖèϙ®ĺŘħŜϙæŪĖīîĖIJČϙťôıŕĺŘÍŘƅϙ>ĖŘôϙ ťÍťĖĺIJϙŗŪÍŘťôŘŜϙſēĖīôϙſôϙŘôæŪĖīîϙ ťÍťĖĺIJϙ͔͑ϙϼƱIJîϙıĺŘôϙĖIJϙťēôϙЊ®ēÍťЍŜϙFÍŕŕôIJĖIJČЋϙ ŜôèťĖĺIJϽϟϙ ŜĖîôϙċŘĺıϙťēÍťϠϙîôŽôīĺŕıôIJťŜϙÍŘĺŪIJîϙťĺſIJϠϙīĖħôϙ ēôϙ īĺŽôϙϼ[Íħôϙ ĺĺħϙ îϙ ÍIJîϙ ťϙ͗͒ϽϙÍIJîϙ ĖŜĺIJϙ ŘĺŜŜĖIJČϙϼ͕͔͐ϱ͕͔͐ϙ"ŪIJîôôϙ îϽϙÍŘôϙĺIJϙťēôϙıĺŽôϟϙ ťÍƅϙ ĖIJċĺŘıôîϙťēŘĺŪČēϙťēĖŜϙIJôſŜīôťťôŘϠϙĺŪŘϙèĺııŪIJĖťƅϙôŽôIJťŜϙèÍīôIJîÍŘϙĺIJϙťēôϙſôæŜĖťôϠϙ ÍŜϙſôīīϙÍŜϙťĖıôīƅϙŪŕîÍťôŜϙŽĖÍϙĺŪŘϙſôôħīƅϙôϱIJôſŜīôťťôŘϙÍIJîϙŜĺèĖÍīϙıôîĖÍϙèēÍIJIJôīŜϟ [ÍŜťϙŜŕŘĖIJČϠϙIϙĖIJťŘĺîŪèôîϙÍϙIJôſϙôIJČÍČôıôIJťϙŜôŘĖôŜϙèÍīīôîϙЊ ŘôŜĖîôIJťЍŜϙ ĖèħϟЋϙ(Íèēϙ ŗŪÍŘťôŘīƅϙôŽôIJťϙċĺèŪŜôŜϙĺIJϙÍϙħôƅϙČŪôŜťϙÍIJîϙťĺŕĖèϟϙIϙĖIJŽĖťôϙƅĺŪϙťĺϙĤĺĖIJϙŪŜϙĺIJϙ ŪôŜîÍƅϙ bĺŽôıæôŘϙ͐͘ϙæôťſôôIJϙ͖ϡ͒͏ϙϱϙ͗ϡ͒͏ϙÍϟıϟϙÍťϙ>ĖŘôϙ ťÍťĖĺIJϙ͔͑ϙĺIJϙ"ŪIJîôôϙ ĺÍîϙċĺŘϙIJôƄťϙϙ ŘôŜĖîôIJťЍŜϙ ĖèħϙſēôŘôϙƅĺŪЍīīϙıôôťϙĺŪŘϙIJôſϙ>ĖŘôϙ ēĖôċϤϙ´ĺŪϙèÍIJϙīôÍŘIJϙÍæĺŪťϙťēôϙ "ôŕÍŘťıôIJťДŜϙċÍèĖīĖťƅϙŕīÍIJŜϙÍIJîϙēĺſϙſôДŘôϙôIJŜŪŘĖIJČϙťēÍťϙÍIJƅϙèēÍIJČôŜϙſĖīīϙıÍĖIJťÍĖIJϙ ťēôϙťĺŕϱťĖôŘϙƱŘôϙÍIJîϙ(a ϙŜôŘŽĖèôϙƅĺŪЍŽôϙèĺıôϙťĺϙôƄŕôèťϟϙ ēÍIJħϙƅĺŪϙċĺŘϙæôĖIJČϙŕÍŘťϙĺċϙſēÍťϙıÍħôŜϙ ŪƯÍīĺϙ@ŘĺŽôϙŜĺϙŜŕôèĖÍīϟϙIϙīĺĺħϙċĺŘſÍŘîϙťĺϙ ŜôôĖIJČϙƅĺŪϙÍťϙĺIJôϙĺŘϙıĺŘôϙĺċϙĺŪŘϙŪŕèĺıĖIJČϙôŽôIJťŜϤϙ IJîϙſĖťēϙťēôϙēĺīĖîÍƅϙŜôÍŜĺIJϙ èĺıĖIJČϙŪŕϠϙŘôČÍŘîīôŜŜϙĺċϙſēÍťϙƅĺŪϙèôīôæŘÍťôϠϙIϙſĖŜēϙƅĺŪϙÍIJîϙƅĺŪŘϙċÍıĖīƅϙÍϙēÍŕŕƅϙ ÍIJîϙēôÍīťēƅϙŜôÍŜĺIJϟϙ

Eric Smith

Eric Smith, Village President

ViLLAGE TRUSTEES ViLLAGE CLERK Andrew Stein

AStein@vbg.org

Lester Ottenheimer

LOttenheimer@vbg.org

David Weidenfeld

DWeidenfeld@vbg.org

Janet Sirabian

JSirabian@vbg.org

Joanne Johnson

JRJohnson@vbg.org

Frank Cesario

FJCesario@vbg.org

Denice Bocek

DCBocek@vbg.org

What’s

HAPPENING Meet your new Fire Chief

Chief Kane

VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE 50 RAUPP BOULEVARD BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089

Deputy Deputy Chief Chief Collins Collins

Buffalo Grove resident/business

The Buffalo Grove Fire Department (BGFD) is now operating under a new leadership team...well sort of. You see, the team is not new to town! In July, Fire Chief Larry Kane was sworn in to the top position after serving the past two years as Deputy Chief.

Likewise, Deputy Fire Chief Shawn Collins, who has served with BGFD since 2002, was promoted from the position of Battalion Chief.

Leading the village’s fire, emergency medical services (EMS) and emergency management operations is no small job. It requires strong leadership, technical expertise, crisis management skills, strategic planning, effective communication, financial acumen, training and development capabilities, emotional resilience and ethical integrity to ensure public safety and operational efficiency.

Chief Kane has got all that. But we wanted to get to know him on a personal level. Scan the QR code to read an interview, and say hello next time you see him out in the community.

Facilities projects to enhance services New Public Works training room

It’s been a long time coming! The Public Works Department had been operating in a facility that it had long outgrown. Construction on the adaptive reuse of the new facililty has been completed and operations have moved to 1650 Leider Lane, providing adequate space for all public works and engineering functions now and for well into the future.

847-459-2545

PUBLIC WORKS

(Non-Emergency) 847- 459-2560

POLICE DEPARTMENT

(Non-Emergency) 847- 537-0995

FIRE DEPARTMENT

50 Raupp Boulevard Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089 847-459-2500 | info@vbg.org vbg.org

Tuesdays-Fridays: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Mondays: 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

VILLAGE HALL

Another facility that has out-served its useful life is Fire Station 25, located at 505 W. Dundee Road.

Village leadership had been considering strategies to update its facility needs for this station in a manner that would not negatively impact service levels nor create a burden on the taxpayers. After many options Fire Station 25 were considered, rebuilding Fire Station 25 at its current location was the most thoughtful approach to achieve our goals. And what is more Smart. With heart. than aligning this project’s start with the vacancy of the old Public Works building? That’s right: The building’s Lake Cook Road location, layout and garage sizes make it the perfect temporary quarters for Fire Station 25 when its renovations begin in the coming months.

More info on these projects

Need-to-know INFO Rake it up! Ooo ooo.

Leaves will be dropping soon. All leaves and landscape waste should be bagged for curbside collection or placed in your labeled mixed-organics container. The week of December 9 is the last week of the year to place this waste at the curb. Remember to never rake leaves or debris into the street. Doing so can lead to flooding when it rains. Don't want to rake and bag leaves? Mulch them with a lawnmower to give your lawn and soil some excellent nutrients!

Seasonal maintenance tips

Take care of your home with preventative maintenance this fall - it’s Smart. With heart. As the weather cools, it’s a great time tune up your furnace, check and change batteries (if needed) on smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, clean out your dryer vent system, drain outdoor faucets and irrigation pumps and clean and your gutters, downspouts and eaves.

Enjoy and spooky and safe Halloween

Designated Halloween trick-or-treating hours in BG are 3 - 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 31. Indicate that you are welcoming trick-or-treaters by turning on exterior lights during that time. Drivers should be high alert, turning on headlights, taking extra time on neighborhood streets and entering and exiting driveways slowly and with caution, checking for pedestrians. Parents, make sure to check through all collected candy before children dig in! Be safe and have fun!

Donate outerwear and toys this holiday season Helping support our community in need during the holidays is one of the many ways our BG community has heart. The Police Department’s annual coat drive is collecting new and gently used coats and outerwear from October 1 to April 1, with all donations going to Midwest Veterans Closet. Out shopping?

Consider grabbing an extra toy for a child in need. The annual Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Collection will collect new, unwrapped toys from November 4 and December 10. All donations are collected in the Police Department Lobby.

Take note of holiday schedules

Village Hall will be closed on Monday, October 14, Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 20, Tuesday and Wednesday, December 24 and 25, as well as Wednesday, January 1.

For Thanksgiving week, only Thursday and Friday waste collections will be delayed by one day. For the December and New Year’s holiday weeks, only Wednesday-Friday pickups will be delayed one day.

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National Coffee with a Cop Day @ Starbucks (Milwaukee and Deerfield) Farmers Market @ Mike Rylko Community Park Farmers Market @ Mike Rylko Community Park Trick-or-Treat Trail @ Community Arts Center Arts & Crafts Fair @ Community Arts Center Harvest Fest @ Kingswood Church Super Saturday: Getting Excited About Science @ Indian Trails Library Experience Diwali: A Festival of Lights* @ Community Arts Center Senior Public Safety Breakfast Club @ Alcott Center Enchanted Night at the Museum @ Raupp Museum Bowling with Buddies @ Bowlero* Memory Café @ Alcott Center* Frozen, Jr. Performance @ Community Arts Center* National Drug Take Back Day @ Police Department lobby Mobile Passport @ Vernon Area Library Howl-O-Ween Canine Costume Contest @ Willow Stream Park Trunk or Treat @ Saint Mary Paris Let the Good Times Roll: Retirement Fair @ Vernon Area Library Trick-or-Treat Drive Thru @ Fire Station 26

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Frozen, Jr. Performance @ Community Arts Center* Used Book Sale @ Indian Trails Library Parenthood Unplugged @ Community Arts Center* Diwali Dance Celebration @ Vernon Area Library* ‘Working America’ exhibition opens @ Raupp Museum Veterans Day Celebration @ Community Arts Center Golf Dome open for the season Finding Nemo, Kids Performance @ Community Arts Center * Mini Comic Con @ Vernon Area Library Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band Fall Concert @ Vernon Hills High School* Memory Café @ Alcott Center* Finding Nemo, Kids Performance @ Community Arts Center*

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Community Blood Drive @ Alcott Center Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band’s Holiday Concert @ Saint Mary Parish Community Blood Drive @ Fire Station 26 *Registration or ticket is required via hosting organization.

VILLAGE HALL Mondays: 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Tuesdays-Fridays: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

50 Raupp Boulevard Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089 847-459-2500 | info@vbg.org vbg.org

FIRE DEPARTMENT (Non-Emergency) 847- 537-0995

POLICE DEPARTMENT (Non-Emergency) 847- 459-2560

PUBLIC WORKS 847-459-2545