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Village of Bellwood Village Board met March 20.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1 Call to Order

2 Roll Call: Mayor Harvey, Trustees Ciavattone, Boston, Holman, Robinson, Delgado, Nightengale

3 Pledge of Allegiance

4 Approve the Board Meeting Agenda

5 Approve Minutes of last meeting of the Village Board

6 Presentations

7 Committee Reports / Presentation of Items to appear on the Consent Agenda

a Public Works – Trustee Ciavattone, Chairman; Trustee Delgado, Member,

i Departmental Report,

ii Item H - The agreement provides for a phase I study for sidewalk improvements to improve access the Village’s METRA Station as part of a grant provided by the RTA/CMAQ Access to Transit Program,

iii Item I - The attached approves the Village’s Application for the 2024 Program Year Community Development Block Grant Application pertaining to the Village’s Street Resurfacing Project,

iv Item J - Annually the Village purchases rock salt in preparation for the next winter season as a joint participant in a joint purchasing cooperative administered by and through the State of Illinois Central Management Services,

b Community Development – Trustee Boston, Chairman; Trustee Robinson, Member,

i Departmental Report,

ii No items appearing on the consent agenda,

c Quality of Life – Trustee Holman, Chairman; Trustee Boston, Member,

i Departmental Report,

ii Item G - The Planning Commission held a public hearing and has unanimously recommended the approval of the conditional use for the operation of a daycare,

d Administration – Trustee Robinson, Chairman; Trustee Ciavattone, Member,

i Departmental Report,

ii Item F - The Village desires to renew its agreement with the Company for various services including the digitization and records retention program as well as its computer maintenance and programming needs,

e Public Safety – Trustee Delgado, Chairman; Trustee Nightengale, Member,

i Departmental Report,

ii No items appearing on the consent agenda,

f Finance – Trustee Nightengale, Chairman; Trustee Holman, Member,

i Departmental Report,

ii Authorize payment of bills,

iii Ratify investments,

iv Item A - The Village on an annual basis adopts an appropriation ordinance providing for the appropriations of funds for the calendar year, it should be noted that the village staff once again proposes a balanced budget for the calendar year 2024,

v Item B - The Village on an annual basis adopts an appropriation ordinance providing for the appropriations of funds for the calendar year. From time to time it is necessary to amend the appropriation ordinance in order to provide for and authorize certain expenditures,

vi Item C - The Village of Bellwood is required to annually perform an audit of the financial records of the village the findings of which are adopted and published,

vii Item D - The agreement engages Sikich, LLP for the purpose of performing an audit of the Village’s financial records,

viii Item E - The attached Agreement provides for a renewal of an existing agreement with Nyhart to provide actuarial analysis of the Village’s respective pension funds including the Village’s Police and Fire pension funds,

g Ad Hoc Committees:

i Traffic Safety – Trustee Nightengale, Chairman; Trustee Holman, Member,

ii Other,

iii No items appearing on the consent agenda,

8 Consent Agenda

a An Ordinance making Appropriations for the Calendar Year beginning January 1, 2024 and Ending December 31, 2024,

b An Ordinance Approving Supplemental Appropriations for the Calendar Year Beginning January 1, 2023 and Ending December 31, 2023,

c A Resolution Adopting the Findings of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Year Ending December 31, 2022,

d A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and Sikich, LLP,

e A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and the Howard E. Nyhart Company, Inc.,

f A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and Impact Network, LLC,

g An Ordinance Granting a Conditional Use for the Property Commonly Referred to as 3500 Wilcox Avenue, Bellwood, Illinois 60104,

h A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Amended Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and Edwin Hancock Engineering Company,

i A Resolution Approving the 2024 Program Year Community Development Block Grant Application,

j A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and the State of Illinois Department of Central Management Services (Joint Purchasing Cooperative),

9 Action on Consent Agenda,

a Any items to be removed from the Consent Agenda

i Discussion on removed items

ii Action on removed items

b Place items on the Consent Agenda

c Approve Consent Agenda

10 Mayor’s Report

11 New Business

12 Unfinished Business

13 Public Comment

14 Adjournment

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