City of Palos Heights Roads & Construction Committee met Feb. 10
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
CALL TO ORDER
A meeting of the Roads & Construction Committee was scheduled for Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Clifford at 6:30 p.m. A quorum was not present; therefore, no official business could be conducted. In attendance were Chairman Clifford, Alderman Basso, Public Works Director Joe Smith, Aurimas Spucys of Morris Engineering and Recording Secretary Jan Tomaszewski. Alderman Lewandowski and Alderman Begley were absent.
Chairman Clifford will bring items requiring approval before the City Council at the next City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes for the meeting of January 13, 2026 will be approved at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Roads & Construction Committee.
SUPERVISOR’S REPORT
Director Smith reported:
A. Snow Report.
• 1/14/26
• 1/16/26
• 1/18-19/26
• 1/24-25/26
• 1/31/26
298.64 tons of salt used since 12/29/25
1,825 gallons of liquid used since 12/29/25
Director Smith advised the Committee that the City received 200 tons of salt.
We received an email from Morton Salt regarding the 2027 salt price increase. We currently pay $65/ton for salt. Morton Salt is estimating next year’s cost will be $150/ton. This is mainly due to the salt mines cutting back on production due to the previous mild winters. No matter if all the salt mines worked 24/7, they will still not have enough salt to meet the demand.
We will purchase as much additional salt this year as we can at the lower rate.
B. 2026 MFT.
➢ Motion to request approval to solicit bids for the 2026 MFT.
➢ Motion to request approval to adopt a resolution to close a portion of Harlem Avenue on Saturday, July 4th for the annual Independence Day Parade between the hours of 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:
A. Morris Engineering Report
No report, although Morris Engineer did update the Committee on the bid process for the 2026 MFT.
➢ Motion to approve payment to Morris Engineering for engineering services for various projects throughout the City in the amount of $47,970.76.
OLD BUSINESS
Chairman Clifford asked about the turning lane in relation to the flashing light at the bike crossing at Rte. 83 and Oak Park Avenue.
Morris Engineer explained that the turning lane gets restriped as part of the flashing light installation. The turning lane will be extended due to the stop bar being placed before the crosswalk. Work will commence when whether permits.
Chairman Clifford also inquired as to any outstanding issues on the Harold Avenue/Cypress Lane projects. Morris Engineer stated that they will go through and remedy any residential issues remaining, landscaping, etc. closer to April.
The last item that Chairman Clifford brought up was the empty lot on Melvina that is up for sale. There have been many inquiries. Chairman Clifford advised the interested parties that there are certain restrictions that they will have to go through before anyone would be allowed to rebuild on the property.
Morris Engineer stated that by zoning, it’s a buildable lot, but there is a lot of homework to be done.
Most of the burden will be placed on the Building Department.
NEW BUSINESS
None.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
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