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Village of Berkeley Village Board met March 19.

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 Partner Agency Annual Reports

4.1.1 Berkeley Community Garden Club

4.1.2 Berkeley Neighborhood Watch

4.1.3 Berk-Hill Baseball

5 Public Hearings

5.1.1 Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget Hearing

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 March 5, 2024

7 Claims Ordinance

7.1 Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1527 in the amount of $220,518.72

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 Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving a Public Mural Easement Agreement for the 2024 Centennial Mural at 1750 N. Taft Avenue

8.1.4 Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving a Professional Services Agreement for the 2024 Centennial Mural 

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

8.2.1 Trustee Liaison Report

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

8.3.1 Trustee Liaison Report

8.3.2 Monthly Reports

8.3.3 Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the Village of Berkeley and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office regarding Non-Employee Deputization

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

8.4.1 Trustee Liaison Report

8.4.2 Monthly Report

8.4.3 Motion to Approve a Resolution of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois Approving a 2024 Community Development Block Grant Application for the 2025 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project

8.4.4 Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement Between the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois and Performance Pipelining for the 2024 Sanitary Sewer System Rehabilitation Project in an Amount Not to Exceed $200,000.00

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 3/29/24 Spring Holiday (Village Offices Closed)

9.3 4/3/24 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

15 Adjournment

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