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Village of Berkeley Village Board met Dec. 7

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Village of Berkeley Village Board met Dec. 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 Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report – Brian LeFevre from Sikich LLP

4.2 Chair/Co-Chair and Liaison Appointments

Committee

Chair

Co-Chair

Administration, Zoning, and Technology

Trustee Graf-Stone

Trustee Mathews

Finance and Economic Development

Trustee Mohammed

Trustee Salemi

Police and Property Maintenance

Trustee Mathews

Trustee Hammar

Fire and Health

Trustee Salemi

Trustee Perez

Public Works and Utilities

Trustee Hammar

Trustee Mohammed

Community and Intergovernmental Relations

Trustee Perez

Trustee Graf-Stone

Organization

Liaison

Alternate

Berkeley Park District

Trustee Hammar

Trustee Perez

Berkeley Public Library

Trustee Mohammed

Trustee Graf-Stone

Berkeley School District 87

Trustee Mathews

Trustee Salemi

Berkeley-Hillside Baseball

Mayor Lee

Trustee Hammar

Neighborhood Watch/Lions Club

Trustee Perez

Trustee Mathews

Hillside-Berkeley Chamber of Commerce

Trustee Salemi

Trustee Mohammed

Berkeley Community Garden Club

Trustee Graf-Stone

Mayor Lee

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 Minutes from November 16, 2021

8 Claims Ordinance

8.1 Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1476 in the amount of $252,925.29

9 Committee Reports

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

9.1.1 Trustee Liaison Report

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

9.2.1 Trustee Liaison Report

9.2.2 Motion to Approve a Resolution of the Village of Berkeley, Illinois Accepting the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and Related Financial Documents for the Fiscal Year Ending April 30, 2021

9.2.3 Motion to Approve an Ordinance of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois for the Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes for Tax Year 2021

9.2.4 Motion to Approve an Ordinance of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois Abating the tax hereto levied in Ordinance 17-22 for the Tax Year 2021 to pay the Principal and Interest on $1,112,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2017

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

9.3.1 Trustee Liaison Report

9.3.2 Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the County of Cook on behalf of the Cook County Sheriff and the Village of Berkeley

(Police Department Dispatching Services)

9.4 Fire and Health (Chair – Trustee Salemi; Co-Chair Trustee Perez) 9.4.1 Trustee Liaison Report

9.4.2 Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Village of Hillside, Cook County, Illinois and the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois Providing for Emergency Services Fire Dispatching and

Prisoner Detention Services

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

9.5.1 Trustee Liaison Report

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 12/21/21 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

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/December_7_2021_Agenda_Packet-Reduced.pdf