West Cook News

Village of Bellwood Village Board met May 15

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 A - The intergovernmental agreement provides for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to perform a condition assessment of high-risk sanitary sewers and correction of any deficiencies identified therein in order to assist in the mitigation of any basement sewer back-up,

iii Item C - The Village received several bids pertaining to the 2024 Sidewalk Replacement Program, the attached awards the contract to the lowest responsible bidder for the project,

iv Item D - The Village received several bids pertaining to the 2023 PY CDBG Program Alley Reconstruction Project, the attached awards the contract to the lowest responsible bidder for the project,

v Item G - The attached provides for the purchase of a street sweeper and a sewer cleaning machine from the lowest bidder identified by and through a joint purchasing cooperative,

vi Item I - The Village solicited bids for the 2024 Watermain Replacement Project and desires to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder,

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

i Departmental Report,

ii Item B - The attached for the purchase and sale of the real estate identified herein for redevelopment purposes

iii Item K - The agreement provides for the redevelopment of the identified St. Charles Road properties,

iv Item L - The Village has approved the redevelopment of the St. Charles properties to include commercial and residential development the attached is in furtherance of the development,

v Item M - The Resolution referenced herein allows for a Class 6b which grants the owner a reduction in real estate taxes for a thirteen-year period, Cook County provides municipalities with the ability to provide said real estate tax incentives in order to minimize the number of vacant, dilapidated and blighted property within their respective communities,

vi Item N - The Village desires to engage the company to assist in testing certain aspects of construction of the buildings as part of the Bellwood Gateway Development,

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

i Departmental Report,

ii Item H - The Village desires to engage the company to assist in the collection of data pertaining to sprinkler system RPZs,

iii Item J - The Planning Commission held a public hearing and has unanimously recommended the approval of the zoning relief pertaining to the Village of Bellwood Gateway Project,

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

i Departmental Report,

ii Item E – Proclamation recognizes and supports National Safe Boating Week,

iii Item F - Employee filed a claim before the Illinois Industrial Commission seeking recovery for benefits, losses and damages relating to an alleged injury suffered during the course of employment, the parties by and through counsel have reached an amicable resolution of the matter in the amount of $11,078.01,

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

i Departmental Report,

ii Item O - The attached grants an easement to COMEd,

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

i Departmental Report,

ii Authorize payment of bills,

iii Ratify investments,

iv No items appearing on the consent agenda,

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 A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago,

b An Ordinance Approving and Authorizing the Purchase and Sale of the Real Estate commonly referred to as 2615 Grant Avenue, Bellwood, Illinois 60104,

c A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of a Contract by and between the Village of Bellwood and M&J Asphalt Paving Company, Inc. the Lowest Responsible Bidder,

d A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of a Contract by and between the Village of Bellwood and M&J Asphalt Paving Company, Inc. the Lowest Responsible Bidder,

e A Proclamation Recognizing National Safe Boating Week,

f A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of a Settlement Contract and Release by and between the Village of Bellwood and David Martin,

g A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and Brown Equipment Company (Joint Purchasing Cooperative – Sourcewell),

h A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and BSI Online Backflow Solutions, Inc.,

i A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and Calumet City Plumbing Co., Inc. The Lowest Responsible Bidder,

j An Ordinance Granting the Approval of a Map Amendment, a Text Amendment, Approval of Vacation of Village Right-of-Way, Approval of Plats Subdivision for Consolidation, and Approval of Various Conditional Uses, including a Planned Development, with Exceptions, for the Properties to be Commonly Known as 2711, 2712, and 2719 St. Charles Rd., Bellwood, IL 60104,

k A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of the Design-Build Redevelopment Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC for the Bellwood Gateway Project,

l An Ordinance Authorizing and Approving the Execution and Delivery of Agreements with the Bellwood Municipal Housing Corporation and other Parties relating to the Housing Project and related matters in connection therewith,

m A Resolution Approving a Class 6B Real Estate Tax Incentive for the Property Commonly Referred to as 2615 Grant Avenue, Bellwood, Cook County, Illinois 60104,

n A Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement by and between the Village of Bellwood and Quast Consulting & Testing, Inc.,

o An Ordinance Granting an Easement to Commonwealth Edison Company,

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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