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Village of Berkeley Village Board met May 6

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. Presentations and Appointment

Oaths of Office administered by the Honorable ShawnTe Raines-Welch, 4th District, Cook County Circuit Court - Invocation by Mark Dodgson

1. Village President Robert E. Lee Jr.

2. Village Clerk Belia Nowak

3. Village Board of Trustees

a. Jason Mathews

b. Teresa McKelvy

c. Roger Thomas

4. Library Board of Trustees

a. David Ditchfield

b. Shawn Dooley

c. Christina Hawn

d. James Marino

e. Denise Mason-Smith

5. Park District Board of Commissioners

a. Teresa Larem

b. Paul Smith

6. Planning and Zoning Commissioner Larry Hammar

State of the Village Presentation – Village President Robert E. Lee Jr.

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.

Motion to Approve the Consent Agenda as presented

1. Village Board Minutes from April 15, 2025

2. Executive Session Minutes from April 15, 2025 (not for public release)

7. Claims Ordinance

Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1551 in the amount of $868,741.65

8. Committee Reports

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

Trustee Liaison Report

Motion to Approve an Ordinance Amending an Ordinance Authorizing the Issuance of Not to Exceed $6,000,000 General Obligation Bonds of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois, for the Purpose of Financing Capital Improvements throughout the Village

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 Vacant)

Trustee Liaison Report

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

Trustee Liaison Report

Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement between the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois and Visu-Sewer of Illinois, LLC for the 2025 Sanitary Sewer System Rehabilitation Project in an Amount Not to Exceed the Grant Funding of $400,000.00

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 III Engineering of the 2025 Section 6 Sanitary Rehabilitation Project in an Amount Not to Exceed $60,600.00

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

Trustee Liaison Report

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

Trustee Liaison Report

9. Village President

1. Village President Report

2. 5/17/25 - Volunteer Celebration, Wall of Mayors & Time Capsule Dedication

3. 5/20/25 - Village Board Meeting at 6:30 pm

Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of a Fourth Amendment to the Employment Agreement between Rudy Espiritu and the Village of Berkeley

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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