Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, January 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 of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held on January 9, 2024.

6.Claims List:

  1. Consider a motion to approve the Claims List of Tuesday, January 23, 2024 in the amount of $1,024,836.77.

7.Meet Your Merchants

8.Hear from the Audience

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

  1. A.Amendment to Redevelopment Agreement/Stoney Point Grill/2033 Ridge Road:  Authorize an amendment to the redevelopment agreement between Stoney Point Grill and the Village of Homewood to extend the opening date to March 31, 2024 which facilitates the development of a restaurant in the Downtown TOD Tax Increment Financing District.

  2. B.Budget Amendment/Ground Emergency Medical Transport/Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services:  Approve a budget amendment for $573,838.61 to the Ground Emergency Medical Transport (GEMT) Ambulance Fees line item within the Fire Department budget to satisfy the 50% cost share invoices submitted by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as agreed upon in the Intergovernmental Agreement.

  3. C.Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement/ECOM/SOUTHCOM: Authorize the Village President to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement (ICA) between the Village of Homewood and participating members of E-COM and SOUTHCOM to implement an Enhanced 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System to be known as the ECOM/SOUTHCOM Joint E-911 Emergency Telephone System.

  4. D.R-3174/Intent to Reimburse Expenditures/Proposed 183rd West Tax Increment Financing District:  Pass a resolution declaring the Village’s intent to reimburse qualifying expenditures for the proposed 183rd West Tax Increment Financing District.

  5. E.M-2278/Amendment to Fee Schedule/Public Works:  Pass an ordinance amending the “Public Works Fees” section of the Homewood Fee Schedule to reflect the 2.5% water rate increase from the City of Chicago Heights for 2024 and authorizing amendment of the fee schedule in 2025 when the 2025 Chicago Heights water cost is determined.

10.General Board Discussion

11.Adjourn

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