Mundelein Minute

Sorry for the late podcast! We're trying to get back on schedule. In this podcast we recap the Village Board Meeting held on Monday, September 27, 2021. Topics include: Business Incentive Grants (BIG), Diamond Lake residential rezoning, vehicle leasing, roads, ambulance billing, and more. As always, please reach out with any questions: hello@mundeleinminute.com. 

The Western Slopes Stormwater "Big Dig" project is complete! This project was four years in the making, cost more than $9M, included land swaps, park creation, multiple easements, and nearly a half-mile worth of 7 foot box culverts being buried. It's officially done! 

This week we take on a controversial topic - Utility Tax. We discuss our opinions and votes and we welcome your feedback. We also discuss the overall board meeting held on August 23, 2021. 

We're a week behind but still recording! Sorry! This week we explore last week's Mundelein Village Board Meeting, including: liquor license changes, a special use permit for Sundance Saloon, bill payments, and more.  Also, a shoutout to Mundelein Village Planner Taylor Wegrzyn for his planning and execution of the Mundelein Grand Prix!

This week we discuss the Village's new public commentary policy, a new restaurant coming to Mundelein, and fully recap the Village Board Meeting held on July 26, 2021. Questions? Emails us at hello@mundeleinminute.com

With this week's episode we recap the Village Board Meeting and discuss a new brewery coming to Mundelein, electric aggregation, storage rental fees, and more. We moved this week's episode to zoom to try a new format. Let us know if you have any questions - hello@mundeleinmintues.com 

This week we recap the board meeting on June 28, 2021. Diving into the agenda, we discuss an emotional outstanding citizen award, upcoming sale of village property, Starbucks variances, and more. If you have questions, send us an email - hello@mundeleinminute.com

With our tenth episode we move the podcast outside to introduce The Turquoise Table - an initiative to spend time in your front yard in an effort to get to know your neighbors and build a community. We talk about where it started, the book, and the ideas behind the initiative. Join us at a #TurquoiseTable and become #FrontYardPeople with us.

During this week's board meeting we introduced three promotions at the Mundelein Fire Department, reviewed a presentation for a new Starbucks on Lake, St., added a new part time fire inspector position, awarded a water tower painting contract, and more. This episode covers the agenda beginning to end and provides details regarding the new Emergency Incident Recovery Billing, among other discussion...

We're constantly talking about staff this and staff that. Well, who is that staff? This week we discuss who that staff is, what they do, and their qualifications.  A few books were mentioned in this week's episode. Check out the YouTube description or visit Mundelein Minute for titles and links.

In this week's episode we recap the Village Board Meeting held on May 24, 2021. During this meeting, Trustee Russell chaired the meeting in Mayor Lentz's absence. We'll recap the full agenda covering Pride Month in the Village of Mundelein, PUDs, banking changes, and all the Village business.

This week we recap the Village Board Meeting held on May 10, 2021. During this meeting we welcomed new trustees, our new clerk, and had a swearing in ceremony. We handled a lot of business as part of our fiscal year start and new board changeover. Please reach out to us with any questions - hello@mundeleinminute.com

From diverse backgrounds and a circulatus path to Mundelein (or back to Mundelein), we both got involved for different reasons. In this episode we take a step back to introduce ourselves, where we came from, and what the catalyst was for each of us to get involved in municipal government. Please reach out with any questions ( hello@mundeleinminute.com ) and we'll see you in the next episode after...

Welcome to episode 4 of Mundelein Minute. This week we discuss the second Village Board meeting of April, including: board member recognitions, liquor and gaming licenses, Beelow annexation, GMX plat consolidation, and more! 

The Village of Mundelein is projected to end the year with a $1 million dollar surplus - the first surplus in eight years! That money is being allocated to our reserves. In this video we discuss Municipal Math - how a government budgets and spends money and what that looks like for the fiscal year 2022 Budget. We also discuss American Rescue Plan funding. A slide show presented to the trustees is...

In this short episode we dive into the packet for the Wednesday, April 21, Planning and Zoning commission meeting - mainly the GMX plat of consolidation, explaining the "why" behind the recent filing and request. Questions/Comments - hello@mundeleinminute.com . 

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1, of the Mundelein Minute. This revamped video series is growing into a podcast and this is the first episode of the season. In this episode Erich Schwenk & Kara Lambert dive into our vision for the podcast and a recap of the Mundelein Village Board Meeting on April 12, 2021. Questions - hello@mundeleinminute.com