Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commission — Skokie, IL
Date: 2025-06-24

Village of Skokie
 Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commission
 AGENDA

 June 24, 2025
 7:00 pm
 Village Hall Room D/E
 Public Comments: sustainability@skokie.org


  I. Approval of Minutes

 II. Old Business

 a. Budget approved
 b. Hefty ReNew Giveaway program

III. New Business

 a. Residential Sustainability Awards
 b. Additional Community Solar program
 c. Side walk locations
 d. Village Hall EV Charging update
 e. At-home Household Hazardous Waste Collection - next pickup date in
 Skokie is July 15. A $75 fee applies
 f. Skokie Green Business Recognition program update


IV. Other business

 V. Public Comment

VI. Next meeting:

 a. TBD

VII. Adjournment




Document Number: 511765

Memorandum
TO: Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commissioners

FROM: _______________________________________________________________________
 Andrew D. DeCanniere, Commissioner, Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commission

DATE: July 2, 2025

SUBJECT: June 24, 2025 Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commission (SEAC)
 Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 7:04 PM in Conference Room D/E at Skokie Village Hall

Present: Vice Chair Jim McNelis, Commissioners Christopher Buccola, Andrew DeCanniere,
Michael Gershbein, Lisa Gotkin, Rick Moskovitz, Emily Okallau, Robert Render, Charles Saxe,
Assistant to the Public Works Director / Staff Liaison Elizabeth Zimmerman

Also Present: Rachel VanHoose, Skokie resident

Absent: Chairperson Jennifer Grossman, Commissioners Alma Likic, Olivia Mahoney

I. Approval of Minutes

Minutes from the May 27, 2025 meeting of the Sustainable Environmental Advisory
Commission were unanimously approved as presented.

II. Old Business

 a. Budget Approved

 Staff Liaison Zimmerman informed Commissioners that the Village passed a budget for
 FY26, which includes numerous environmental sustainability projects among the
 scheduled capital improvement projects. General discussion ensued.

 b. Hefty ReNew Giveaway Program

 Staff Liaison Zimmerman noted that residents have been really engaged and that there
 has been a lot of interest in the Hefty ReNew program within the community. More
 specific statistics about the program are forthcoming.




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III. New Business

 a. Residential Sustainability Awards

 Subcommittee has been working on promoting awards. A couple of nominations have
 been received. Staff Liaison Zimmerman noted that the Residential Sustainability Awards
 were promoted in the Village’s electronic newsletter, The Scoop, on both May 20th and
 June 3rd. General discussion ensued.

 b. Additional Community Solar Program

 Staff Liaison Zimmerman noted that there will be lots of community solar capacity
 coming soon, in addition to MC Squared Energy Services. The Village will be promoting
 this additional capacity once it is on the grid. More information will be forthcoming.

 c. Sidewalk Locations

 It was noted that sidewalks will be installed at various locations along Fargo, Frontage,
 Karlov, Linder, Lockwood, Long, and Madison. Discussion ensued.

 d. Village Hall EV Charging Update

 Staff Liaison Zimmerman informed Commissioners that there are three new chargers at
 Village Hall. Installation is nearly complete. The stations will be for Village vehicles
 only. This will bring the total number of new chargers at Village Hall to 13. She also
 mentioned that they are awaiting pricing for 11 new EV pool cars, which are vehicles
 that are shared between departments. The Village also received its first EV Chevrolet
 Blazer police vehicle. They are currently out to bid for five EV chargers at the Police
 Department, which would bring the total number of chargers there to 10. Public Works
 will have two new EV pickup trucks.

 e. At-home Household Hazardous Waste Collection

 Staff Liaison Zimmerman spoke about the new Household Hazardous Waste collection
 program, which is being offered by the Village of Skokie, the Solid Waste Agency of
 Northern Cook County (SWANCC) and Clean Harbors. The Village covers most of the
 fee of disposal, with residents paying $75 per pick-up. Next collection date is July 15th.

 f. Skokie Green Business Recognition Program Update

 An event recognizing the businesses that participated in the program and completed the
 checklist will take place in the third quarter of 2025. Intent is to begin recruiting new



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 businesses to participate in the second cohort at that same event. This new group would
 likely start working through their checklists by the first quarter of 2026.

IV. Other Business

Commissioner Gotkin commented on Aldi’s ongoing environmental sustainability efforts.
General discussion ensued.

V. Public Comment

Rachel VanHoose spoke to the Commission about local food and agriculture.

VI. Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commission will take place on
Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

Update: On July 2, 2025, Commissioners were informed that the next meeting has been
rescheduled and will take place one week early, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.

VII. Adjournment

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:16 PM with a motion from
Commissioner Okallau, seconded by Commissioner Buccola.




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