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City of Oak Forest City Council met April 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: Scott Durano 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. Consideration of the following list of bills dated:

1. Regular bills - FY 2024-2025

2. Supplemental bills - FY 2024-2025

B. Consideration of the following minutes:

1. Emergency Telephone System Board - March 4, 2025

C. Proclamation No. 2025-04-0312P recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week April 13-19, 2025

6. Administration

A. Approval of the appointment of Sergeant Ryan Burnett to the position of Deputy Chief of the Oak Forest Police Department.

7. Public Works

A. Approval of Pay Estimate No. 3 to Iroquois Paving in the budgeted amount of $76,607.37 for the 2024 MFT Road Program.

8. Community Development

A. Approval of Resolution 2025-04-0483R approving a first amendment to the redevelopment agreement for the site located at 15541 S. Cicero Avenue.

B. Approval of Resolution 2025-04-0484R authorizing the release of lien at 15541 S. Cicero Avenue. See attached memo with supporting details from Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development Paul Ruane.

C. Approval of Resolution 2025-04-0485R authorizing the release and satisfaction of mortgage at 15541 S. Cicero Avenue.

D. Approval of Resolution 2025-04-0486R repealing and terminating Resolution 2016-01-0280R approving purchase of property and authorizing execution of real estate purchase agreement at 15541 S. Cicero Avenue.

E. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1070O authorizing release (abrogation) of easement at 15541 S. Cicero Avenue.

F. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1071O authorizing the issuance of Tax Increment Financing Revenue Notes of the City of Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois, and providing the execution of certain agreements in connection therewith. 

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

http://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082025-2107