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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, August 16, 2021 Page 4 always looking for volunteers. It's three months different this year. We are going to do a lot of advertising on Cruise Night at The Grove to get things going. Senior Services - Also, I don't want to talk about this to be honest with you, but the Senior Snow Plow program is coming up for the winter program. No one wants to think in August about snow, but we did get the initial quotes back. They average between $30-55 more per driveway. I saw the cost coming. A year ago, gas prices were under $2.00 and manpower was a little less expensive. To my knowledge, they haven't had an increase across the board for many many years. What my recommendation is going to be is to increase the cost to the resident by $25 and the Village will pick up the additional cost which is around $40 per household additional. Some will be $35 more, some $55 more. That's what we are going to look at doing this year. It will be the same amount of driveways. It does increase the cost of the program by around $9,000. The fees last year were $150 for single and $200 for circular. This year, the resident fee will be $175 for single and $225 for circular. Sean Supler will be heading off the program this year. I will help him throughout the program. Does anyone have any questions concerning this:' There were none. Mr. McAvinew stated, thank you Council President Schutt stated, thank you, Mr. McAvinew. Scott Sipos (Service Department) — Just a few things, thank you, Council President. Service, if you noticed has been working away through the Village this summer trying to maintain our landscaping to a higher standard and remove old shrubs and put in some new landscaping. Two such areas if you are out around the town is we had some complaints about the North Aintree sign being too dark and not being noticeable at night so we rejuvenated the sign and painted the letters metallic gold so this way when someone is pulling up with their headlights, they can read it at night. The residents seemed to be really happy with that. Another area to take a look at if you are out and about is along the Bruce Rinker Trail. We removed some of the old landscaping that was grown over. We added some 200 dune grasses, some hydrangeas and some heartscape. It looks real nice. The guys have been doing a real good job. The gentlemen who did that was Mike Pozzuto, Michael Giallombardo and Kevin Soros. They are doing a fantastic job. I gave them a vision and some supplies and they made it into reality. I just wanted to throw that out there. That's all I have this evening. Thank you. End of report. Council President Schutt stated, thank you, Mr. Sipos. OLD BUSINESS Council President Schutt stated, there is no Old Business to discuss this evening.