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Village of Berkeley Village Board met Jan. 7

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 Employee Service Awards

Thirty (30) Years – Laurie Hastreiter

Twenty (20) Years – Eric Hrsak, Joe Wagner

Fifteen Years (15) Years – Robert Burke, Dan Bresnahan

Five (5) Years – Nicholas Simons, Justyn Miller, Shawn Finnen, Alex Rojas

4.2 Swearing in Police Pension Board Trustee Mary Grace

Siragusa (2 year term)

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 3, 2024

7. Claims Ordinance

Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1542 in the amount of $743,241.02

Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1543 in the amount of $490,459.50

8. Committee Reports

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

Trustee Liaison Report

Monthly Report

Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Memo

Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving an Honorary Street Designation of “Joe Villarreal Way” for the 1400 Block of Victoria Avenue in the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois

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

Trustee Liaison Report

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

Trustee Liaison Report

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

Trustee Liaison Report

Monthly Report

Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement between the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois and Baxter & Woodman, Inc. for Phase II Engineering of the 2025 Sanitary Rehabilitation Project in an amount not to exceed $35,720.00

8.5 Intergovernmental Relations (Chair – Trustee Thomas; CoChair – Trustee Perez)

Trustee Liaison Report

Motion to Approve a Resolution Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement for Participating in the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network (IPWMAN)

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

Trustee Liaison Report

9. Village President

1/20/25-Martin Luther King Holiday - Village Offices Closed

1/21/25-Village Board Meeting at 6:30 pm

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

Motion to enter into Executive Session to consider the:

1. Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance or Dismissal of Specific Employee(s) and/or Legal Counsel 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(1)

2. Collective Bargaining, Salary Schedules; categorically 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(2)

3. Appointment/Removal for Public Office or Attorney 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(3)

4. Consideration to Purchase, Lease (Buy), or Acquire Specific Real Estate Property 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(5)

5. Setting Price for Sale/Lease Specific Real Estate Property 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(6)

6. 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)

7. Probable or Imminent and Pending Litigation 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(11)

8. Establish Reserves or Settle Claims (Tort) 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(12)

9. Consideration of Release of Executive Session Minutes 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(21)

14. Action After Executive Session

15. Adjournment

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