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City of Oak Forest City Council met March 12.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

MAYOR: Henry L. Kuspa 

ALDERMEN:

1st Ward – Kenneth Keeler

2nd Ward – Joe McCarthy

3rd Ward – Charles Wolf

4th Ward – Paul Selman

5th Ward – Jim Emmett

6th Ward – James Hortsman

7th Ward – Denise Danihel

CLERK: Nicole T. Tormey 

TREASURER: Ericka Vetter 

CITY ADMINISTRATOR: Timothy J. Kristin 

FINANCE DIRECTOR: Colleen M. Julian 

FIRE CHIEF: Gary Kasper 

POLICE CHIEF: Jason Reid 

BUILDING COMMISSIONER: Mike Forbes 

PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR: Michael Salamowicz

COMMUNITY PLANNER: Paul Ruane

ECONOMIC DEV DIRECTOR:

EMA DIRECTOR: Joe Pilch

CITY ATTORNEY: Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd.

1. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Roll call

3. Announcements

4. Motion to establish Consent Agenda

5. Consent Agenda

A. Approval of minutes:

1. Committee of the Whole - February 13, 2024

B. Consideration of the following list of bills dated:

1. Regular bills - FY 2023-2024

2. Supplemental bills - FY 2023-2024

C. Consideration of the following minutes:

1. Economic Advisory Council - February 7, 2024

2. Consumer Protection Commission - February 21, 2024

6. Administration

A. Approval of a collective bargaining agreement between the City of Oak Forest and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 700 (Oak Forest Public Works Department) for years May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026. See the attached memo with supporting details from City Administrator Timothy Kristin.

B. Approval of Ordinance 2024-03-1020O, authorization for disposal/sale of city owned property. See the attached memo with supporting details from City Administrator Timothy Kristin.

C. Approval of Gene Lode as an Oak Forest Building Department plumbing inspector.

7. Public Works

A. Approval of purchase of 22 replacement personnel lockers for Public Works in the budgeted amount of $25,706.12. See the attached memo with supporting details from Public Works Director Michael Salamowicz.

8. Information Technology

A. Approval of purchase of 2 Dell Servers for SAN Refresh from the CIP budgeted quote of $31,786.00. See the attached memo with supporting details from IT Director Tom Rieman.

9. Economic and Community Development

A. Approval of Resolution 2024-03-0457R authorizing a façade grant for commercial property owned by Shamrock TBC, Inc. at 5301 W. 159th Street.

10. Citizen Participation: The Oak Forest City Council invites public comment at its meetings, but it generally does not have the ability to provide an immediate response to some questions raised during the Citizens Participation portion of a council meeting without some reasonable opportunity to review them. Therefore, the City Council encourages questions to also be submitted in writing in the event that they need to be referred to City staff to help assure a more thoughtful and informed response. Individual comments are limited to three (3) minutes.

11. Old business

12. New business

13. Executive session

14. Adjournment

https://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03122024-1881