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City of Oak Forest City Council met Oct. 8

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. City Council - September 25, 2024

B. Consideration of the following list of bills dated:

1. Regular bills - FY 2024-2025

2. Supplemental bills - FY 2024-2025

C. Consideration of the following minutes:

1. Veterans Commission - August 15, 2024

2. Fire & Police Commission - June 24, 2024

3. Fire & Police Commission - September 7, 2024

4. Fire & Police Commission - September 12, 2024

5. Emergency Telephone System Board - September 5, 2024

6. Planning and Zoning Commission - September 18, 2024

7. Civil Service Commission - September 3, 2024

D. Proclamation No. 2024-10-0309P recognizing Ashleigh Konecny for completing the Venturing Summit Rank

6. Public Works

A. Approval of Pay Estimate No. 1 to Iroquois Paving in the budgeted amount of $856,452.07 for the 2024 MFT Road Program. See attached memo with supporting details from Public Works Director Michael Salamowicz.

B. Approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Joint Funding Agreement for engineering services from HR Green for the completion of the Phase II study for Sidewalk Improvements Project in the amount of $79,320.00. See attached memo with supporting details from Public Works Director Michael Salamowicz.

7. 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.

8. Old business

9. New business

10. Executive session

11. Adjournment

https://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10082024-1999