Village of East Hazel Crest Village Board met April 22.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
By 7204 pm all members of the Board had called in for a tele conference meeting with the following member present:
Officials: Mayor Thomas A. Brown, Administrator Lazuka and Clerk Minnis and Trustees Trustees Forte, Kearns, Johnson, Ewan, Smith & Ortiz.
Also present were: PD Chief Janich, FD DC Mills, and PW Supt. King.
Invocation & Pledge. Mayor Brown gave the invocation; followed immediately by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Minutes: Trustees Kearns and Ortiz made the motions to approve the minutes of the 3122120 regular meeting. All trustees were in favor. Mtn. carried.
Reports of Village Officials:
Mayor's Report:
1) Resolution 19-11; Outlining programming to modernize CenterAvenue from 171't to 175th Street. Mayor Brown expounded on the 100% funding for the project thru the SSMMA TDCH policy. Trustees Keams and Smith made the motions to approve Resolution 19-11. All trustees were in favor. Motion carried.
2) RESOLUTION 19-12; Authorizing borrowing up to $450,000.00 from the TIF Fund to be placed in General Corporate Fund to pay appropriated expenses from that fund. Trustees Johnson and Ortiz made the motions to approve Resolution l9-I2. All trustees were in favor Mtn. carried.
Mayor Brown told members of the need to furlough clerical employees in the front office, Police Dept. and some employees in Public Works. He asked for members to approve the Administrator to determine what employees should be given time off (furloughed) and the length of the furlough. Questions were asked. Trustees Smith and Kearns made the motions to approve the request. All trustees were in favor. Mtn. carried.
3) RESOLUTION 19-13; MFT MAINTENANCE FOR 2020.
Trustees Smith and Ortiz made the motions to approve $75,000.00 for the 2020 Motor Fuel Tax Maintenance Program. All trustees were in favor. Mtn. carried.
Clerk: Clerk Minnis read the letter from the Salvation Army requesting permission to solicit funds in public ways on Friday, June 5th, 2020 for their Donut Day Campaign and for their Red Kettle Campaign on Mondays thru Saturdays from November 1st thru December 24th,2020 Trustees Smith and Kearns made the motions to approve the requests.
All trustees were in favor. (Based on the Governor's Stay Order and Public Safety directives. Mtn. carried.
Note: phone contact was lost at7:20 pm with Clerk Minnis and Tr. Ewan.
Administrator:
1) Request to extent license renewals for 30 days. Trustees Johnson and Ortiz made the motions to extend Crime Free and Business License renewals to June 1't. All trustees were in favor. Mtn. carried
2) Request approval to continue contract with current auditors. Trustees Smith & Kearns made the motions to approve extending the contract with our auditors for additional three (3) years. All trustees were in favor. Mtn. carried.
3) Request to approve renewal of employee health insurance with BCBS at 5% increase. Trustees Keams and Ortiz made the motions to approve the 5o/o increase with BCBS. All trustees were in favor. Mtn. carried.
4') Request of OUTDOOR MEDIA rent abatements. Dtscussion. Trustees Smith and Johnson made the motions to deny the request. All trustees were in favor of denial. Mtn. carried.
5) Discussion on closure. Members concurred to follow the directive of the Governor.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Streets: Trustee Forte had nothing to report.
Note; reconnection with Clerk Minnis and Tr. Ewan was made at 7:30 pm.
Finance/License:
I Trustees Keams and Johnson made the motions to approve the following lists of bills: Bills dated 3127120 in the amount of $85,890.15 ; bills dated 4/15/20 in the amount of $31 ,229.67; and bills dated 4/15/20 in the amount of $1,554.00. Roll Call: all trustees voted aye. Mtn. carried.
Signs/Maintenance/Construction: No report by Trustee Johnson.
Health/Safety/Personnel: Trustee Ewan had nothing to report.
Water/Sewer: No report by Trustee Smith.
Police/Fire: Trustee Ortrz read the March, 2020 report of PD activities. This report will be on file in the Clerk's office.
Old Business: none
New Business: Mayor Brown noted the installation of the traffic light at 174th & Halsted is operational. Congratulations to Administrator Lazuka for her untiring efforts in the completion of this project $2,000,000.00 project with only $30,000 of EHC funds
Announcement: Trustee Kearns told of free lunches for children and senior citizens being distributed from buses at the ACADEMY at l74th and Throop St. Mayor Brown said this information will be distributed thru the next Village Newsletter.
Executive Session: none
Adjournment: Trustees Smith and Kearns made the motions to adjourn. All trustees were in favor. Mtn. carried. Time: 7:45 pm.
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