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City of Oak Forest City Council met July 22

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

MAYOR: Jim Hortsman ALDERPERSONS:

CLERK: Nicole Tormey 1st Ward – Kenneth Keeler

TREASURER: JoAnn Kelly 2nd Ward – Joe McCarthy

TAXPAYER ADVOCATE: Grace Bardusk 3rd Ward – Chuck Wolf

CITY ADMINISTRATOR: Moses Amidei 4th Ward – Curt Kunz

FINANCE DIRECTOR: Colleen Julian 5th Ward – Jim Emmett

FIRE CHIEF: Garrick Kasper 6th Ward – Jim Stuewe

POLICE CHIEF: Scott Durano 7th Ward – Denise Danihel

BUILDING COMMISSIONER: Michael Forbes

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 2025-2026

2. Supplemental Bills - FY 2025-2026

B. Consideration of the following minutes:

1. Consumer Protection Commission - July 9, 2025

2. Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - April 10, 2025

3. Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - June 26, 2025

4. Civil Service Commission - June 5, 2025

5. Veterans Commission - June 19, 2025

6. Administration

A. Approval of Resolution 2025-07-0495R, adopting the City of Oak Forest Public Participation and Comment Policy.

7. Finance Department

A. Approval of Ordinance 2025-07-1101O, amending the City Code to implement a municipal grocery retailers’ occupation tax and a municipal grocery service occupation tax.

8. Fire Department

A. Approval of Resolution 2025-07-0496R, authorizing the acceptance of a Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation grant in the amount of $44,900.

9. EMA

A. Approval of a proposal from Orland Painting & Decorating in the budgeted amount of $12,500 to paint the Emergency Management Garage located at 5301 157th Street.

10. Public Works

A. Approval of payment of Pay Estimate Number 1, for work completed through July 3, 2025, from M&J Asphalt Paving Company, in an amount of $822,177.92 related to 2025 MFT Road Program. See attached memorandum with supporting details from Public Works Director Michael Salamowicz.

B. Approval of payment of Pay Estimate Number 3 and Final for all work completed related to 2024 MFT Road Program from Iroquois Paving in the amount of $109,439.10.

11. 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.

12. Old Business

13. New Business

14. Executive Session

A. Motion to enter into Executive Session to discuss Collective Bargaining (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2): Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.

15. Adjournment

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