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Village of Berkeley Village Board Met Sept. 7

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Village of Berkeley Village Board Met Sept. 7.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1 Call to Order

2 Pledge of Allegiance

3 Roll Call

4 Presentations and Appointment

4.1 Oaths of Office

4.1.1 Police Officer Naveed Bhatti

4.1.2 Property Maintenance Coordinator Paul Wegner

4.2 Introduction of Social Work Intern Robeson Gall – Library Director Ryan Cox

4.3 Body and Dashboard Camera Demonstration

4.4 Village Website Update Preview

5 Public Hearings

6 Public Comments and Questions (Consent Agenda Items Only) Please limit comments to five (5) minutes in length, unless further granted by the Board.

7 Consent Agenda

The matters listed for consideration on the Consent Agenda are routine in nature or have all been discussed by the Board of Trustees previously and are matters on which there was unanimity for placement on the Consent Agenda at this meeting.

7.1 Village Board Regular Meeting Minutes from August 17, 2021

7.2 Village Board Special Meeting Minutes from August 19, 2021

8 Claims Ordinance

8.1 Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1470 in the amount of $520,249.14

9 Committee Reports

9.1 Administration, Zoning and Technology (Chair –Trustee Graf-Stone; Co Chair – Vacant)

9.1.1 Trustee Liaison Report

9.1.2 Motion to Approve a Resolution of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois Approving a Proposal from Chicago Sign Group, LLC for Village Entrance Signage Removal and Installation Services in an Amount not to Exceed $53,652.00

9.2 Finance and Economic Development (Chair – Vacant; Co-Chair Trustee Salemi)

9.2.1 Trustee Liaison Report

9.2.2 Motion to Approve a Resolution of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois Approving the Local Public Agency Agreement for Federal Participation to be Entered into by the Village of Berkeley and Illinois Department of Transportation and for the Appropriation of Village Funds for the Purpose of Paying for the Local Agency Share Related to the Construction of the Improvements on Proviso Drive Under IDOT Project Number LOSK(765), State Job No. C-91-200-18, MFT Section No. 18-00035-00-PV

9.3 Police and Property Maintenance (Chair – Trustee Salemi; Co-Chair Trustee Hammar)

9.3.1 Trustee Liaison Report

9.4 Fire and Health (Chair – Trustee Mathews; Co-Chair Trustee Perez)

9.4.1 Trustee Liaison Report

9.5 Public Works and Utilities (Chair – Trustee Hammar; Co-Chair Trustee Mathews)

9.5.1 Trustee Liaison Report

9.5.2 Motion to Approve a Resolution of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois Rejecting All Excavation and Site Utilities Bids for the Proposed Public Works Material Storage Building 2

9.5.3 Motion to Approving and Authorizing the Execution of Agreements for the Construction of the Village of Berkeley Public Works Department Materials Storage Building Between the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois, and Concrete by Wagner, Inc. S.C.G. Contractors, Inc., A & B Construction, LTD., United States Alliance Fire Protection, Inc., Amber Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Continental Electrical Construction Co. and the Stone Group, Inc.

9.5.4 Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of Change Order No. 1 for the Berkeley School District and Jerele Avenue Water Main Lining Project in an Amount not to Exceed $10,596.27

9.6 Community and Intergovernmental Relations (Chair – Trustee Perez; Co Chair Trustee Graf-Stone)

9.6.1 Trustee Liaison Report

10 Village President

10.1 09/08/2021 Neighborhood Watch Meeting at 6:30 p.m.

10.2 09/09/2021 Joint Village/Park District Meeting at 6:30 p.m.

10.3 09/10/2021 Curbside Electronics Recycling Event

10.4 09/13/2021 Industrial Pedestrian Connector Public Meeting at 3:00 p.m.

10.5 09/17/2021 WCMC Annual Dinner at 7:00 p.m.

10.6 09/21/2021 Village Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m.

11 Village Administrator

12 Village Attorney

13 Public Comments and Questions

Please limit comments to five (5) minutes in length, unless further granted by the Board

14 Executive Session

14.1 Motion to enter into Executive Session to consider the:

a. Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance or Dismissal of Specific Employee(s) 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(1)

b. Collective Bargaining, Salary Schedules; categorically 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(2)

c. Appointment/Removal for Public Office or Attorney 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(3)

d. Consideration to Purchase, Lease (Buy), or Acquire Specific Real Estate Property 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(5)

e. Setting Price for Sale/Lease Specific Real Estate Property 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(6)

f. Security Procedures and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property. 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(8)

g. Probable or Imminent and Pending Litigation 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(11)

h. Establish Reserves or Settle Claims (Tort) 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(12)

i. Consideration of Release of Executive Session Minutes 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(21)

15 Action to be Taken as a Result of Executive Session

16 Adjournment

https://www.berkeley.il.us/vertical/Sites/%7BB4877CC9-5533-47FA-94DE-B3C09F1665AB%7D/uploads/September_7_2021_Agenda_Packet-reduced.pdf