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City of Oak Forest City Council met April 22

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: 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. Public Hearing for the City of Oak Forest FY 2025-2026 budget

A. Motion to open Public Hearing

B. Public comments

C. Motion to close Public Hearing

5. Motion to establish Consent Agenda

6. Consent Agenda

A. Approval of minutes:

1. City Council - February 25, 2025

2. City Council - March 11, 2025

3. City Council - March 25, 2025

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 & Police Commission - February 22, 2025

2. Fire & Police Commission - March 18, 2025

3. Civil Service Commission - March 6, 2025

4. Veterans Commission (revised minutes) - February 20, 2025

5. Veterans Commission - March 20, 2025

6. Consumer Protection Commission - April 9, 2025

7. Planning and Zoning Commission - March 19, 2025

7. Finance

A. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1071O closing 2004A Debt Service Accounting Fund.

B. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1072O establishing charges for the fresh water supply system for the City of Oak Forest. See attached memorandum with supporting details from Finance Director Colleen Julian.

C. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1073O establishing charges for wastewater collection system for the City of Oak Forest. See attached memorandum with supporting details from Finance Director Colleen Julian.

D. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1074O approving fiscal year 2025-2026 annual budget. See attached memorandum with supporting details from Finance Director Colleen Julian.

8. Administration

A. Approval of contract with MIAND, Inc. d/b/a Mad Bomber Fireworks Productions in the unbudgeted amount of $35,000.00 for the Independence Day Celebration 2025.

B. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1078O amending Chapter 31.03 of the Oak Forest City Code correcting scrivener’s error. See attached memorandum with supporting details from City Administrator Tim Kristin.

C. Approval of the appointment of Hunter Heyman to the position of Community Planner. See attached memorandum with supporting details from Mayor Henry L. Kuspa.

D. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1076O authorizing a Class F liquor license ownership change for 7-Eleven, Inc. d/b/a 7-Eleven #33776J at 14717 S. Central Avenue.

E. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1077O authorizing an ownership and classification change from Class F liquor license to a Class GVG liquor license for Oak Forest Marathon at 15301 S. Harlem Avenue. See attached memorandum with supporting details from Mayor Henry L. Kuspa.

F. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1079O authorizing a Class F liquor license ownership change for Walgreens Drug Store #5104. See attached memorandum with supporting details from Mayor Henry L. Kuspa.

9. Information Technology

A. Approval of payment to IT Savvy in the budgeted amount of $29,655.27 to update current three (3) core network switches. See attached memorandum with supporting details from IT Director Tom Rieman.

B. Approval of payment to CDW-G in the budgeted amount of $12,392.48 to allow IT Department to move data backups to cloud storage, Wasabi. 

C. Approval of three (3) year contract with ZScaler in the budgeted amount of $47,078.32 for network production. See attached memorandum with supporting details from IT Director Tom Rieman.

10. Police Department

A. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1080O amending City Code Chapter 32.061 Fee for Police Administration Processing for fee for bail/bond administration. 

11. Community Development

A. Approval of Resolution 2025-04-0487R authorizing a plat of subdivision titled “Midlothian Farms II Subdivision” dividing five lots into two at 4758 W. 151st Street.

B. Approval of Resolution 2025-04-0488R approving the updated 2025 Official Oak Forest Zoning Map. See attached memorandum with supporting details from Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development Paul Ruane.

C. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1069O authorizing a text amendment to Table 9-106 F.3 Permanent Signs as determined by Zoning District for monument sign allowance in multi-family residential districts.

D. Approval of Ordinance 2025-04-1075O authorizing a special use permit for a monument sign in the R6 – Multi-Family Residential District at 15923-38 LeClaire Avenue. See attached memorandum with supporting details from Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development Paul Ruane.

12. Fire Department

A. Approval of purchase a new Pierce Enforcer Pumper in the amount of $1,099,990.00.

B. Approval of purchase of two (2) sets of Genesis battery operated extrication equipment in the amount of $89,800.00 (earmarked to be purchased in upcoming fiscal year CIP). See attached memorandum with supporting details from Fire Chief Garrick Kasper.

13. Public Works

A. Approval of proposal from Semmer Landscape for 2025-2027 turf/slope mowing services (2025 $72,000.00; 2026 $74,150.00; 2027 $76,400.00).

B. Approval of contract with Seemer Landscape for the 2025-2027 planter boxes and pots, planting beds, mowing and maintenance (2025 $47,800.00; 2026 $49,250.00; 2027 $50,750.00).

14. 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.

15. Old business

16. New business

17. Executive session: The purpose of the executive session is the appointment, employment and compensation of specific employees. Act. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) and to discuss litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11).

18. Adjournment

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