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City of Oak Forest City Council met Jan. 14

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

City Council Chambers

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. City Council - December 10, 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. Fire and Police Commission - October 1, 2024

2. Fire and Police Commission - October 15, 2024

3. Fire and Police Commission - October 30, 2024

4. Emergency Telephone System Board - December 3, 2024

6. Administration

A. Approval of Ordinance 2025-01-1054O Class BVG liquor license increase for Oak Forest New Horizon at 14741 S. Central Avenue.

B. Approval of Ordinance 2025-01-1055O Class BVG liquor license increase for Harold’s Chicken #65 at 16200 S. Cicero Avenue.

C. Approval of Ordinance 2025-01-1056O authorizing a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act for Mr. John Laroy at 15620 S. Oak Park Avenue.

7. Community Development

A. Approval of Ordinance 2025-01-1053O establishing a public hearing and a joint review board meeting for the amendment of TIF #6.

8. Fire Department

A. Approval of Ordinance 2025-01-1057O authorization for disposal/sale of city owned property, Pierce ladder truck and Ford police unit.

B. Approval of payment to Fire Service Inc. in the unbudgeted amount of $11,490.89 for repair to pump on Engine 39. See attached memo with supporting details from Fire Chief Garrick Kasper.

9. Public Works

A. Approval of pay estimate no. 2 to Iroquois Paving in the budgeted amount of $128,499.87. See attached memo with supporting details from Director of Public Works Michael Salamowicz.

B. Approval of proposal from HR Green for design and construction engineering for the 2025 MFT Road Program. See attached memo with supporting details from Director of Public Works Michael Salamowicz.

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

http://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01142025-2055