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City of Oak Forest City Council met Aug. 13

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

MAYOR: Henry L. Kuspa ALDERMEN:

CLERK: Nicole T. Tormey 1st Ward – Kenneth Keeler

TREASURER: Ericka Vetter 2nd Ward – Joe McCarthy

CITY ADMINISTRATOR: Timothy J. Kristin 3rd Ward – Charles Wolf

FINANCE DIRECTOR: Colleen M. Julian 4th Ward – Paul Selman

FIRE CHIEF: Gary Kasper 5th Ward – Jim Emmett

POLICE CHIEF: Jason Reid 6th Ward – James Hortsman

BUILDING COMMISSIONER: Mike Forbes 7th Ward – Denise Danihel

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 - June 25, 2024

2. City Council - June 25, 2024

B. Consideration of the following list of bills dated:

1. Regular bills - FY 2023-2024

2. Supplemental bills - FY 2024-2025

C. Consideration of the following minutes:

1. Veterans Commission - June 20, 2024

2. Consumer Protection Commission - July 10, 2024

3. Civil Service Commission - June 28, 2024 

4. Emergency Telephone System Board - July 2, 2024

6. Administration

A. Approval of the appointment of Joseph Donley to the Oak Forest Civil Service Commission.

B. Approval of Ordinance 2024-08-1037O authorizing a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act for Luis Cunguan at 17300 Lockwood Avenue.

C. Approval of one-year broker service fee agreement with Alliant paid quarterly for a total fee of $50,985.00 for property, liability and workers compensation program.

D. Approval of one-year broker service fee agreement with Alliant paid quarterly for a total fee of $42,436.00 for employee benefits and consulting. See attached memo with supporting details from HR Manager Bridget Parfitt.

7. Public Works

A. Approval of 2022 Water Main Improvement Project Pay Estimate No. 6 in the budgeted amount of $303,812.50.

8. 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.

9. Old business

10. New business

11. Executive session

12. Adjournment

https://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08132024-1971