West Cook News

Village of Berkeley Village Board met Dec. 3

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 Swearing in Planning and Zoning Commissioner Rhonda Laye

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 November 19, 2024

6.2 Executive Session Minutes from November 19, 2024 (not for public release)

7 Claims Ordinance

7.1 Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1542 in the amount of $393,339.98

8 Committee Reports

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

8.1.1 Trustee Liaison Report

8.1.2 Motion to Approve an Ordinance of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois Adopting a Schedule of Meetings for Calendar Year 2025

8.1.3 Motion to Approve an Ordinance of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois for the Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes for Tax Year 2024

8.1.4 Fiscal Year 2024-2025 2nd Quarter Financial Dashboard

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 Approving the Reimbursement of Redevelopment Project Costs to Mittera Illinois LLC Under the Redevelopment Agreement for the Redevelopment of 5656 – 5670 McDermott Road, Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois, as Amended

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

8.3.1 Trustee Liaison Report

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

8.4.1 Trustee Liaison Report

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

8.5.1 Trustee Liaison Report

8.5.2 Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Elmhurst for the High Street Improvement Project

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 12/7/24 Tree Lighting and Electric Lights Festival at 3pm - 5 pm

9.3 12/24/24 Christmas Eve Holiday – Village offices closed

9.4 12/25/24 Christmas Day Holiday – Village offices closed

9.5 1/1/25 New Year’s Day Holiday – Village offices closed

9.6 1/7/25 Village Board Meeting at 6:30 pm

10 Village Administrator

11 Village Attorney

12 Public Comments and Questions

13 Executive Session

13.1Motion 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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