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City of Oak Forest City Council met Nov. 12

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

ASST. COMM. DEV DIRECTOR: Paul Ruane

EMA DIRECTOR: David Rana

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 - October 22, 2024

2. City Council - October 22, 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. Consumer Protection Commission - October 16, 2024

2. Senior Commission - January 9, 2024

3. Senior Commission - February 14, 2024

4. Senior Commission - March 13, 2024

5. Senior Commission - April 10, 2024

6. Senior Commission - May 8, 2024

7. Emergency Telephone System Board - October 1, 2024

8. Planning and Zoning Commission - October 2, 2024

9. Civil Service Commission - October 3, 2024

10. Civil Service Commission - October 10, 2024

11. Civil Service Commission - November 2, 2024

D. Proclamation 2024-11-0310P recognizing Veterans Day in the City of Oak Forest

6. Administration

A. Appointment of Vince Joyce to the Oak Forest Planning and Zoning Commission.

B. Approval of amendment to the Oak Forest Police Department Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association (VEBA). See attached memo with supporting details from City Administrator Tim Kristin.

C. Approval of Ordinance 2024-11-1045O authorizing a Class F Liquor License for Yash and Harsh LLC at 5347 W. 159th Street (Citgo Gas Station).

7. Community Development

A. Approval of Ordinance 2024-11-1046O authorizing a special use permit to allow office space in the C2 – General Service Commercial District at 5320 W. 159th Street, Unit 303H. 

8. Public Works

A. Approval of the proposal from Concentric Integration for the Water Department Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) server upgrade in the budgeted amount of $39,900.00.

B. Approval of the purchase of new 2025 Peterbuilt Model 548-5 ton dump truck/snow plow and upfit equipment in the total budgeted amount of $258,640.90.

C. Approval to release Performance Bond No. 0810182 in the amount of $3,755,893.57 for the LPC development at 167th Street and Cicero Avenue.

D. Approval of execution of the Locally Based Service Vehicle Program Agreement with Pace. See attached memo with supporting details from Director of Public Works Michael Salamowicz.

9. 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.

10. Old business

11. New business

12. Executive session

13. Adjournment

https://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-2020