Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, July 23, 2024 07:00 PM Village Hall Board Room

Board Meetings will be held as in-person meetings. In addition to in-person public comment during the meeting, members of the public may submit written comments by email to comments@homewoodil.gov or by placing written comments in the drop box outside Village Hall. Comments submitted before 4:00 p.m. on the meeting date will be distributed to all Village Board members prior to the meeting.

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1.Call to Order

2.Pledge of Allegiance

3.Roll Call

4.Introduction of Staff

5.Minutes:

  1. Consider a motion to approve the minutes from the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held on July 9, 2024.

6.Claims List:

  1. Consider a motion to approve the Claims List of Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in the amount of $413,558.64.

7.Hear from the Audience

8.Meet Your Merchants

9.Presentation(s):

  1. Assistant Village Manager Terence Acquah will give a presentation of the RAVE Communications Software.

10.Oaths of Office: The Village Clerk will administer the oath of office to:

  1. A.Valerie Spada for the position of Finance Clerk.

  2. B.Joshua Burman for the position of Director of Public Works.

11.Omnibus Vote: Consider a motion to pass, approve, authorize, accept, or award the following item(s):

  1. A.Reappointments/Appearance Commission/Economic Development Committee:  Approve the reappointments of Jack Hrymak and Kalinda Preston to the Appearance Commission for a three-year term ending on July 23, 2027; and Terry Keigher and Craig Schmidt to the Economic Development Committee for a two-year term ending on July 23, 2026.

  2. B.Bid Award/HVAC Replacement/Jones Environmental Control, Inc.:  Award a bid to Jones Environmental Control, Inc. of Mokena, IL, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $41,878. to replace the HVAC rooftop unit located at the Village of Homewood Auditorium, 2010 Chestnut Road.

  3. C.Bid Award/Street Sweeping Services/ Advance Sweeping Services:  Authorize the Village Manager to engage the services of Advance Sweeping Services of Rockford, IL for contract sweeping services for five residential and 15 commercial sweeps in an amount not to exceed $8,366.66 per residential sweep, and $833.33 per commercial sweep.

  4. D.Purchase/Passageway Lighting/Chicago Lightworks:  Authorize the purchase of ten (10) Color Kinetics Red, Green, Blue, White (RGBW) lights and one (1) Pharos controller from Chicago Lightworks, of Lisle, IL, for an amount not to exceed $27,228.

  5. E.Waive Competitive Bidding/Contract Approval/Tivoli Lighting/F.H. Paschen:  Waive competitive bidding due to utilizing a professional company that has previous experience with this project in Homewood; and, approve a contract with  F.H. Paschen, of Chicago, IL for the purchase and installation of Tivoli lights along both sides of Martin Avenue, from Chestnut Road to Martin Square, in the amount of $170,978.94 with a contingency amount of $8,000 to cover the costs for any unforeseen and/or underground construction issues for a total amount of $178,978.94.

  6. F.Agreement/Public Parking Lot Signage/ROEDA Signs:  Authorize the Village President to enter into an agreement with ROEDA Signs of Lynwood, IL for illuminated public parking lot entry signs and parking directional signs in the amount of $64,463.

  7. G.Redevelopment Agreement Amendment/Wind Creek IL LLC:  Authorize the Village President to enter into an amendment to the redevelopment agreement with Wind Creek IL LLC.

12.New Business:

  1. Discussion/Liquor License/Mitchell and Michaels Plat Du Jour/18031 Dixie Highway:  Discuss a liquor license request from Mitchell and Michaels Plat Du Jour.  After discussion, and if the Board is in favor of granting the request for a liquor license, staff should be directed to prepare an ordinance to increase the allowed number of Class 4A liquor licenses for the proposed Mitchell and Michaels Plat Du Jour location at 18031 Dixie Highway. The ordinance will be agendized at a future Board meeting, once the petitioner successfully completes the application requirements for a Village of Homewood liquor license.

13.General Board Discussion

14.Adjourn



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