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City of Oak Forest City Council met Jan. 28

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. City Council Special Meeting - December 23, 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. Protection Commission - January 8, 2025

2. Veterans Commission - November 21, 2024

3. Civil Service Commission - December 16, 2024

6. Administration

A. Approval of the appointment of Dominic A. Rana to the position of Emergency Management Agency volunteer/officer. See the attached memo with supporting details from Mayor Henry L. Kuspa.

B. Approval of appointment of three (3) part-time plumbing inspectors Andrew Yerkes, John Vandercar and Keith Osearo. See attached memo with supporting details from Mayor Henry L. Kuspa.

C. Approval of the appointment of Scott Alan Durano to the position of Chief of the Oak Forest Police Department. See attached memo with supporting details from Mayor Henry L. Kuspa.

7. Community Development

A. Approval of Resolution 2025-01-0479R designating EM8 Oak Forest K Partners LLC as the developer and authorizing the negotiation of necessary agreements for the completion of the redevelopment project. See attached memo with supporting details from Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development Paul Ruane.

B. Approval of Ordinance 2025-01-1058O authorizing a variation for the location of an electronic message sign in relation to residential property and allowance for the location of the existing sign in the IB – Institutional Building District at 5300 W. 155th Street. See attached memo with supporting details from Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development Paul Ruane.

C. Approval of Ordinance 2025-01-1059O authorizing a special use permit for a child day care service facility in the C3 – Central Business District at 15120 S. Cicero Avenue, Unit 3-5. See attached memo with supporting details from Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development Paul Ruane.

D. Approval of Resolution 2025-01-0468R authorizing a plat of consolidation titled “Live Mas Consolidation” at 5301 W. 159th Street. See attached memo with supporting details from Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development Paul Ruane.

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: The purpose of the executive session is the discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated in Section 2.06. 5 ILCS 120/(c) (21).

12. Adjournment

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