Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, September 26, 2023 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 September 12, 2023.

6.Claims List:

  1. Consider a motion to approve the Claims List of Tuesday, September 26, 2023 in the amount of $595,600.46.

7.Meet Your Merchants

8.Hear from the Audience

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

  1. Donald Dean for the position of Police Officer.

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

  1. A.R-3158/Retirement/Kenneth Reusnow:  Pass a resolution honoring Kenneth Reusnow on his retirement from the Village of Homewood Police Department.

  2. B.R-3159/Retirement/Vincent Starks:  Pass a resolution honoring Vincent Starks on his retirement from the Homewood Police Department.

  3. C.Reappointments/Senior Advisory Committee/Tree Committee:  Approve the reappointments of Alene Rutzky to the Senior Advisory Committee for a three-year term ending on September 26, 2026; Jack Levitt to the Senior Advisory Committee for a three-year term ending on September 26, 2026; and, Paul Kramer to the Tree Committee for a three-year term ending on September 26, 2026.

  4. D.R-3160/Executive Session/Approval of Minutes/Authorize Recording Destruction:  Pass a resolution approving Executive Session minutes from February 28, 2023 to July 25, 2023 and authorizing the destruction of Executive Session audio recordings from October 2021 through March 2022.

  5. E.R-3161/Release of Executive Session Minutes:  Pass a resolution determining minutes or portions thereof from executive sessions no longer requiring confidential treatment.

  6. F.Intergovernmental Agreement/Illinois Department of Health Care and Family Services/Ambulance Transports:  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 Medicaid.

  7. G.M-2265/Special Use Permit/Ink-N-Um/18661 Dixie Highway:  Pass an ordinance granting a special use permit for a Tattoo Studio/Body Piercing Facility on application by Robert Garrity, “Ink-N-Um” at 18661 Dixie Highway, in the B-3 General Business zoning district.

  8. H.Budget Amendment/Sales Tax Revenue Sharing/Ford of Homewood:  Approve a budget amendment in the amount of $23,219 to the General Fund for the payment to Ford of Homewood for sales tax revenue sharing.

  9. I.R-3162/Amended Fund Balance Policy/General Fund:  Pass a resolution approving an amended Fund Balance Policy for the General Fund.

11.New Business:

  1. A.M-2266/Class 4A Liquor Licenses/Crab Bagz LLC/18681 Dixie Highway:  Consider a motion to pass an ordinance amending the Table of the Number of Liquor License Limitations by Class to increase the allowed number of Class 4A liquor licenses by one for the Crab Bagz location at 18681 Dixie Highway, subject to successful completion of the liquor license application process.

  2. B.Acceptance/2022-2023 Annual Financial Report:  Consider a motion to accept the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Village of Homewood Annual Financial Report.

12.General Board Discussion

13.Executive Session: Consider a motion to enter into executive session to discuss the following:

Pending litigation under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)11.

14.Adjourn

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