Village of South Chicago Heights Board of Trustees met Nov. 2.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
Regular meeting was held at the Village Hall, 3317 Chicago Road, South Chicago Heights, Illinois. Mayor Matthews called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance followed. Mayor Matthews requested Clerk Linan to call roll. The following were present:
Terry Matthews Mayor Eugene Fazzini Trustee
Catherine Linan Clerk Mark Martin Public Works
Matt Welch Attorney Chad Vlietstra Fire Chief
John Ross Trustee John Dolasinski Treasurer
Sally Marrufo Trustee Nick Goncher Bldg. Director
Tracy Bosco Trustee William Joyce Police Chief
Terry Fiorenzo Trustee Jesse Kozinski Lieutenant
Eric Stanton Trustee
Village Administrator Nora Gomez was absent.
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES: Trustee Marrufo motioned to approve the Regular Board of Trustee meeting minutes of October 19, 2020 with one correction that Jesse Kozinski was present, seconded by Trustee Bosco. There being no further discussion, the roll call vote being:
Ayes: Terry Fiorenzo, Eugene Fazzini, Eric Stanton, Sally Marrufo, & Tracy Bosco.
Nays: None.
Abstain: None.
Absent: Trustee Ross.
Motion carried 5 to 0.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None
APPROVAL OF THE MANUAL CHECK LIST OF OCTOBER 31, 2020: Trustee Marrufo motioned to approve the manual check list of October 31, 2020 seconded, by Trustee Bosco. There being no further discussion, the roll call vote being:
Ayes: Terry Fiorenzo, Eugene Fazzini, Eric Stanton, Sally Marrufo, Tracy Bosco & John Ross.
Nays: None.
Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried 6 to 0.
APPROVAL OF THE BILL LIST OF NOVEMBER 2, 2020: Trustee Marrufo motioned to approve the bill list of November 2, 2020 seconded, by Trustee Fiorenzo. There being no further discussion, the roll call vote being:
Ayes: Terry Fiorenzo, Eugene Fazzini, Eric Stanton, Sally Marrufo, Tracy Bosco & John Ross.
Nays: None.
Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried 6 to 0.
TRUSTEE/COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Fire Chief Vlietstra stated that there were 135 calls for service in October and that 102 were for EMS and 33 were for fire.
Police Chief Joyce summarized the multiple agencies that are participating in logistical planning such as IEMA, ISP, ILEAS, and Cook County for election day, post-election days and cyber security. Chief Joyce stated that the South Suburban Mobile Field Force will be activated to assist with crowd control and that his perspective is that operations will proceed as it did during the civil unrest earlier this summer.
ated that during the month of October the police department responded to 631 calls for police service which is less than the previous 3 months that were over 700 calls. Lieutenant Kozinski stated that Halloween patrol went well and that they assisted Steger with a fatal crash where an 8-year-old child died.
Public Works Director Martin stated that his department has had since January: 13 water main breaks, fixed 2 water main repairs, did 2 valve replacements, did 3 valve repairs, repaired 6 B boxes, repaired 2 sanitary short lines, and repaired 8 sanitary sewer.
OLD BUSINESS: None
NEW BUSINESS:
RESOLUTION 2020-R-22: A RESOLUTION FOR MAINTENANCE UNDER THE ILLINOIS HIGHWAY CODE: Mayor Matthews presented the resolution. Trustee Fiorenzo motioned to approve the resolution seconded, by Trustee Stanton. There being no further discussion, the roll call vote being:
Ayes: Terry Fiorenzo, Eugene Fazzini, Eric Stanton, Sally Marrufo, Tracy Bosco & John Ross.
Nays: None.
Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried 6 to 0.
RESOLUTION 2020-R-23 - RESOLUTION FOR MAINTENANCE UNDER THE ILLINOIS HIGHWAY CODE: Mayor Matthews presented the resolution. Trustee Stanton motioned to approve the resolution seconded, by Trustee Fiorenzo. There being no further discussion, the roll call vote being:
Ayes: Terry Fiorenzo, Eugene Fazzini, Eric Stanton, Sally Marrufo, Tracy Bosco & John Ross.
Nays: None.
Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried 6 to 0.
RESOLUTION 2020-R-24: A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF THE COMPRESSOR BID QUOTATION BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND AIR ONE EQUIPMENT, INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE NEW STATION BREATHING AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM: Mayor Matthews presented the resolution. Trustee Fazzini motioned to approve the resolution seconded, by Trustee Ross. There being no further discussion, the roll call vote being:
Ayes: Terry Fiorenzo, Eugene Fazzini, Eric Stanton, Sally Marrufo, Tracy Bosco & John Ross.
Nays: None.
Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried 6 to 0.
MAYOR'S REPORT: Mayor Matthews read a thank you card from the family of Evelyne Ross. Mayor Matthews announced that the Village would be assisting Alicia's House with the distribution of 50 Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets and ask for any volunteers.
ADJOURNMENT: With nothing further to discuss, Trustee Stanton motioned to adjourn the Regular meeting, seconded by Trustee Fiorenzo. On a voice vote, all ayes, no nays; the motion so ordered. Meeting adjourned at 7:24 p.m.
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