Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, July 22, 2025 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 8, 2025.

6.Claims List:

  1. Consider a motion to approve the Claims List of Tuesday, July 22, 2025 in the amount of $822,531.27.

7.Hear from the Audience

8.Presentation(s):

  1. View Chicago LLC will give a presentation of the Proposed Halsted Gateway Monument Sign at 175th Street and Halsted Street.

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

  1. A.Budget Amendment/Acceptance of Proposal/Professional Engineering Services/Burns & McDonnell:  Approve a budget amendment of $90,000 to the water sewer fund; and, accept a proposal from Burns & McDonnell of Chicago, IL for professional engineering services (Tasks 1, 2, and 3) in an amount not to exceed $90,000 to assist the Village of Homewood in Design and Bidding of Lead Service Line Replacement Fiscal Year 2026 in accordance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency requirements.

  2. B.Letter of Intent/American Dance Center/1933 Ridge Road:  Authorize the Village President to sign a Letter of Intent (LOI) between the Village of Homewood and the American Dance Center to complete a due diligence period to perform the necessary analysis and evaluation of the property at 1933 Ridge Road, Homewood, IL with the intent of negotiating a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the owner(s).

  3. C.Intergovernmental Agreement/Illinois Department of Health Care and Family Services/Ground Emergency Medical Transportation Program:  Authorize the Village President to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Department of Health Care and Family Services for reimbursement of unrecovered costs of ambulance transports through the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (GEMT) Program.

  4. D.Agreement/Illinois Department of Transportation/Traffic Signal Improvements:  Authorize the Village President to enter into an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation supporting the improvement of the existing signalized intersection of Riegel Road at Holbrook Road for the modernization of traffic lights, traffic signal cabinet, and increased-visibility street name signs, with an estimated amount of $1,772.73 to be reimbursed to the State of Illinois for the removal and replacement of Emergency Vehicle Preemption devices.

  5. E.Purchase Approval/Two Snow Plow Trucks/Rush Truck Centers/Henderson Products Inc.:  Waive competitive bidding due to purchasing through a joint governmental or cooperative purchasing program; authorize the purchase of two (2) 2025 International HV607 chassis from Rush Truck Centers of Springfield, IL in the amount of $232,252.82; and, authorize the purchase and delivery of two (2) truck prep packages from Henderson Products Inc. of Huntley, IL in the amount of $359,548.41, for a total purchase price of $589,587.23.

10.Old Business:

  1. Direction to Staff/Water Rate Study Option:  Direct staff to engage Burns & McDonnell of Kansas City, MO to finalize the Water Rate Study Report based on the selected water rate option and to present the final Water Rate Study to the Board at a future meeting.

11.Bid Opening:

  1. Bid Opening/Sale of Village-Owned Property/18155 Dixie Highway:  Direct staff to review the submitted bids, perform the required due diligence and return to the Village Board at a future meeting with possible options and development/developer bid award recommendations.

12.General Board Discussion

13.Executive Session: Consider a motion to enter into executive session to discuss the following:
Purchase or lease of real property under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5).

14.Adjourn

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