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City of Palos Heights City Council met March 5

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. INVOCATION

3. ROLL CALL

4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

5. CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval of Minutes:

1. City Council Meeting –February 20, 2024.

B. Approval of Payroll and Voucher List for the period ending March 1, 2024.

C. Approval of a Special Event Permit request from the Parks & Recreation Department to conduct their annual Chocolate Chase 5K on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the designated race route.

OPENING OF SEALED BIDS

REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS

Mayor:

6. General Remarks and Updates.

City Clerk:

Treasurer:

7. Treasurer’s Report for the period ending January 31, 2024.

8. Motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report for the period ending January 31, 2024.

City Attorney:

COMMUNICATIONS

CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL **

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

Finance: Chairperson Alderman McGrogan

9. Motion to approve COVID Pay for certain non-union Police Department employees.

Public Safety: Chairperson Alderman Basso

10. Motion to adopt an Ordinance amending Chapter 74 “Equipment; Loads”, Section 74.028 “Video Devices”.

11. Motion to direct the City Attorney to draft an agreement between the City of Palos Heights and the Forest Ridge Homeowners Association to enforce parking violations on private roadway. Municipal Grounds and Property: Chairperson Alderman Begley

12. Motion to adopt a Resolution for the Mayor to execute the power supply agreement from the winning bidder through the Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative on March 27, 2024.

13. Motion to approve Total Automation Concepts, Inc. to upgrade the Schneider Electric Temperature Control in City Hall in the amount of $15,525.00.

14. Motion to approve Thermopol-Mechanical Inc., to install a ductless HVAC system in the City Hall Conference Room in the amount of $7,200.00.

15. Motion to approve the purchase of a blue diamond swing arm bush cutter ssl mower-model number 103874 from Alta Equipment Company in the amount of $19,436.00.

16. Motion to approve Country Landscaping for brick paver maintenance on both east and west sides of Harlem Ave from 122nd Street to 123rd Street in the amount of $16,941.61.

17. Motion to approve Holiday Outdoor Décor for the Harlem Ave decorations in the amount of $9,376.25.

18. Motion to approve for the Mayor to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District regarding the Lake Katherine Parking Lot Green Infrastructure Grant.

Planning and Zoning: Chairperson Alderman McGovern

Recreation: Chairperson Alderman Key

Roads and Construction: Chairperson Alderman Clifford

License, Permits & Franchises: Chairperson Alderman Lewandowski

Water and Sewer: Chairperson Alderman Bylut

19. Motion to Bid the 2024 Sanitary Sewer Cleaning and Televising project.

20. Motion to Bid the 70th Ave Lift Station Rehabilitation project.

21. Motion to approve engineering services involving reconditioning of Misty Water Tower with Dixon Engineering & Inspection Services for the amount of $9,800.00.

22. Motion to approve engineering services with Lockwood, Andrews, & Newnam, Inc. for design and new 300,000-gallon water reservoir in the amount of $76,466.00.

23. Motion to approve engineering services with Lockwood, Andrews, & Newnam, Inc. to rehabilitate the Southwest Hwy Lift Station in the amount of $70,752.00.

24. Motion to approve professional engineering services with Lockwood, Andrews, & Newnam, Inc. for the 70th Ave Lift Station Rehabilitation and 2MG Water Reservoir Reconditioning projects in the amount of $12,327.00.

25. Motion to approve payment for professional engineering services with RJN Group for the 2023 Sewer Rehabilitation Design and Construction and On-Call Underground Infrastructure Services rendering through February 2, 2024, in the amount of $7,086.05.

26. Motion to approve payment for professional engineering services with Strand Associates, Inc. for the College Drive Water Main Lining, On-Call Engineering services, and the 131st Street Water Main CIPP Lining rendering through January 31, 2024, in the amount of $16,513.56.

27. Motion to approve payment for professional engineering services with Morris Engineering, Inc. for the Cypress Water Main Replacement and IL 83 & Navajo Creek projects in the amount of $20,353.70.

REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Business/Economic Development: Chairperson Alderman Key

Cable TV: Chairperson Alderman McGovern

OLD BUSINESS

CITIZENS WISHING TO ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS EVENING’S BUSINESS*

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE SESSION

RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION

ADJOURNMENT

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