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Village of Berkeley Village Board met Jan. 16.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1 Call to Order

2 Pledge of Allegiance

3 Roll Call

3.1 Motion to Approve Electronic Attendance of Trustee Graf-Stone due to Employment Purposes and Trustee Thomas due to a Family Emergency

4 Presentations and Appointment

4.1 2023 Employee Service Awards

4.1.1 Thirty-Five (35) Years – JoAnn Buerger

4.1.2 Fifteen (15) Years – Jeffrey Parker & Brent Hoekstra

4.1.3 Ten (10) Years – Christopher Soda

4.1.4 Five (5) Years – Nicholas Canby & Anthony Rialmo

4.2 Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Memo

5 Public Hearings

6 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.

6.1 Village Board Minutes from December 5, 2023

6.2 Executive Session Minutes from December 5, 2023 (not for public release)

7 Claims Ordinance

7.1 Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1523 in the amount of $1,744,889.72

8 Committee Reports

8.1 Administration, Finance and Technology (Chair – Trustee Graf-Stone; Co-Chair – Trustee Mathews)

8.1.1 Trustee Liaison Report

8.1.2 Monthly Report

8.1.3 Quarter 2 Financial Dashboard

8.1.4 Motion to Approve a Resolution of the Village of Berkeley, Illinois Authorizing the Execution of Illinois Department of Transpiration Documents Approving the Municipal Maintenance Expenditure Statement for the Motor Fuel Tax Fund for FY 2022-2023

8.2 Community and Economic Development (Chair – Trustee Salemi; Co-Chair – Trustee Thomas)

8.2.1 Trustee Liaison Report

8.2.2 Motion to Approve a Resolution Authorizing the Submission of Proposed Amendments to the Village of Berkeley Zoning Code regarding Banquet Halls, Event Spaces, and Initiation of Amendments

8.3 Public Safety (Chair – Trustee Mathews; Co-Chair – Trustee Hammar)

8.3.1 Trustee Liaison Report

8.3.2 Monthly Reports

8.4 Public Works and Utilities (Chair – Trustee Hammar; Co-Chair – Trustee Salemi)

8.4.1 Trustee Liaison Report

8.4.2 Monthly Report

8.5 Intergovernmental Relations (Chair – Trustee Thomas; Co-Chair – Trustee Perez)

8.5.1 Trustee Liaison Report

8.6 Community Events (Chair – Trustee Perez; Co-Chair – Trustee Graf-Stone)

8.6.1 Trustee Liaison Report

9 Village President

9.1 Village President Report

9.2 1/23/24 Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting at 6:30 p.m.

9.3 2/6/24 Village Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m.

10 Village Administrator

11 Village Attorney

12 Public Comments and Questions

Please limit comments to three (3) minutes in length, unless further granted by the Board

13 Executive Session

13.1 Motion to enter into Executive Session to consider the:

a. Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance or Dismissal of Specific Employee(s) and/or Legal Counsel 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, 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)

14 Action After Executive Session

14.1 Motion to Approve a Resolution of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois Regarding the Review of Closed Session Minutes

15 Adjournment

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