Quantcast

West Cook News

Friday, November 22, 2024

Hillside Board of Trustees considers additional tax levy for library needs

Taxes blue manila folder

Contributed photo

Contributed photo

At a meeting this week, the Hillside Board of Trustees considered a measure to approve an additional 0.2 percent tax levy to support library functions for fiscal 2016-2017.

Hillside uses a mayor/trustee form of government. The board consists of the mayor and six trustees. The board is the village's policy-making body, which approves ordinances and adopts resolutions.

Below is the agenda for this meeting, as submitted by the board.

VILLAGE OF HILLSIDE

AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING

OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, 425 HILLSIDE AVENUE,

HILLSIDE, IL 60162

AT 7:30 P.M. ON MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016

1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. ROLL CALL

4. TOWN HALL MEETING

5. APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES for Regular Meeting of

April 25, 2016.

6. VILLAGE CLERK:

A. Oaths of Office to Police Sergeant Dan Pereda, and Police

Officer Michelle Duhr.

B. CONSENT AGENDA

All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be

routine in nature and will be enacted in one motion.

There will be no separate discussion of these items

unless a Board member so requests, in which event, the

item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and

considered a part of the Board Member’s committee

business.

1. Illinois Department of Revenue: Sales tax returns

for month of March, 2016, in the amount of $348,277.87.

Amount received for March, 2015, in the amount of

$346,730.30.

2. Illinois Department of Transportation: Motor Fuel

Tax allotment for the month of April, 2016, in

the amount of $18,563.81.

3. Approval of gross payroll for periods April 16 through

April 29, 2016, in the amount of $264,022.72, and April

30 through May 13, 2016, in the amount of $267,654.20.

4. Payment of bills for the month of May, 2016, in the

amount of $522,897.50.

AGENDA FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 23, 2016 PAGE 2

5. Com Ed: Utility tax for the month of February, 2016,

in the amount of $35,986.27.

6. NiCor Gas: Utility Tax for the month of March, 2016,

in the amount of $10,127.12.

7. Excise Tax for the month of March, 2016, in the amount

of $24,079.05.

8. Code Enforcement Officer’s Report (April, 2016).

9. Police Department Report (April, 2016).

10. Fire Department Report (April, 2016), and corrected

March Report.

11. E.M.A. Report (April, 2016).

12. Public Works Department Report (April, 2016).

13. Building Inspector’s Report (April, 2016).

14. Social Services Report (April, 2016).

Motion to accept and approve Consent Agenda. (Roll

call vote).

7. DEPARTMENT HEAD OPERATING REPORTS:

A. Treasurer/Director of Economic Development John Flood

B. Police Chief Joseph Lukaszek

C. Fire Chief Jeffrey Pilz

D. Public Works and Building Services Director Joseph Pisano

8. VILLAGE ENGINEER’S REPORT:

9. VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT:

AGENDA FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 23, 2016 PAGE 3

10. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A. Finance, Licensing, and Ordinance Review Committee:

(Trustee Kramer)

1. First reading of Appropriation Ordinance 16-06.

B. Public Works, Inspection Services, Economic

Development Committee: (Trustee Andersen)

1. Motion to approve proposal from K2N Crest,

1010 Jorie Boulevard, Suite 320, Oak Brook, Illinois

60523, for work at 431 Hillside Avenue renovation for

the amount of $49,260.00, and authorizing Administrator

to sign and execute same.

2. Motion to approve final payment of $72,624.36 to

Illinois Department of Transportation as part of the

Village’s 20% cost share for expenses incurred for the

Mannheim Road Streetscape Project.

C. Public Safety Committee: (Trustee Watson)

1. Motion to approve Fire Chief Jeffrey Pilz to attend

Illinois Fire Chiefs Association 46th Annual Symposium

Program, Peoria, Illinois, May 25-27, 2016, at a cost

of $404.00.

2. Motion to approve Fire Captain Howard Murray to attend

Illinois Fire Service Institute, Champaign, Illinois,

October 3-7, 2016, at cost of $1,325.00.

3. Motion to approve purchase of a new Horton Ambulance,

for an estimated purchase price of $229,000. This

price includes a new power loading cot system which

IRMA will pay for one third of the cost. This price is

after the IRMA one third match.

4. Hillside Emergency Management Agency to sponsor a

search and rescue training exercise on Saturday, June

18, 2016, at 31st and LaGrange Road in the LaGrange

Park Woods.

5. Community Watch Meeting is Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at

7:00 p.m. in the Board Room.

AGENDA FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 23, 2016 PAGE 4

D. Planning, Zoning and Legislative Committee: (Trustee

Delgado)

E. Environmental Committee: (Trustee Lomeli)

F. Community Relations Committee: (Trustee Farries)

1. Report on Project UFO held at the Hillside Commons

on Saturday, May 14, 2016.

11. OLD BUSINESS:

12. NEW BUSINESS:

A. Finance, Licensing, and Ordinance Review Committee:

(Trustee Kramer)

1. Motion to approve Resolution 16-03, Authorizing

Illinois Public Pension Fund Association Deferred

Compensation Plan as an Employee Benefit Option, and

authorizing Mayor and Clerk to sign and execute same.

2. Motion to approve Resolution 16-01 Determining to Levy

Additional tax of 0.2 percent for Library Purposes for

FY 2016-2017, and authorizing Mayor and Clerk to sign

and execute same.

B. Public Safety Committee: (Trustee Watson)

1. Motion to approve Ordinance 16-07, for the sale of old

911/dispatch Village property to the Village of

Schiller Park, at a cost of $1,700.00, and authorizing

Mayor and Clerk to sign and execute same.

C. Environmental Committee: (Trustee Lomeli)

1. Motion to approve Resolution 16-02, Endorsing the

Metropolitan Mayors Caucus’ Greenest Region Compact 2,

and authorizing Mayor and Clerk to sign and execute

same.

AGENDA FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 23, 2016 PAGE 5

13. VILLAGE PRESIDENT:

A. Hillside’s Annual Memorial Day Observance is at noon on

Monday, May 30th, at the Veterans Memorial in the Hillside

Commons.

14. ANNOUNCEMENTS:

A. Next Board-of-a-Whole Meeting to be held at 7:30 P.M.

on Monday, June 13, 2016, in the Board Room of the

Municipal Complex, 425 Hillside Avenue, Hillside, IL,

60162.

15. ADJOURNMENT:__________P.M.

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS