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Village of Berkeley Village Board met Sept. 16

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. Presentations and Appointment

Taft Avenue Corridor Plan Phase I Presentation – Bryan Luke from Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd. (CBBEL)

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

Village Board Minutes from August 19, 2025

Resolution Approving the Appointment of a Delegate and Alternate Delegate to the Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency

7. Claims Ordinance

Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1559 in the amount of $225,074.64

Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1560 in the amount of $165,093.75

8. Committee Reports

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

Trustee Liaison Report

Monthly Report

Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving the West Cook Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Prepared by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

Motion to Approve a Resolution of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois Approving Two Project Applications to be Funded under the 2025 Illinois Safe Routes to School Program

Motion to Approve an Ordinance Amending the Village of Berkeley Village Code to Impose a Grocery Tax

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

Trustee Liaison Report

Monthly Report

Motion to Approve an Ordinance of the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Approving a Planned Unit Development and Variation Relative to 5300 St. Charles Road.

Motion to Approve an Ordinance Amending the Village of Berkeley Village Code Repealing and Replacing Title 10 Building and Development Chapters 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 14 of the Village of Berkeley Building and Development Code Providing for Severability and Establishing An Effective Date

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

Trustee Liaison Report

Monthly Reports

Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving an Agreement with Flock Group, Inc., for the Installation and Maintenance of a Drone System, Live Video Surveillance System and Enhanced License Plate Reading Software Upgrade

8.4 Public Works and Utilities (Chair – Trustee Thomas; Co-Chair – Trustee Perez)

Trustee Liaison Report

Monthly Report

Motion to Approve an Ordinance Amending the Village of Berkeley Village Code to Regulate Maximum Truck Lengths on Taft Avenue

8.5 Intergovernmental Relations (Chair – Trustee Mathews; Co- Chair – Trustee McKelvy)

Trustee Liaison Report

Motion to Approve a Resolution Authorizing the Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Taft Avenue Streetscape Phase II Plan by and between the Village of Berkeley, Cook County, Illinois and Cook County, Illinois

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

Trustee Liaison Report

9. Village President

09/25/25 Taft Avenue Public Information Meeting from 4 to 7 p.m.

10/04/25 Tour de Proviso in Oak Park at 7 a.m.

10/4 & 10/5 Autumnfest along the Prairie Path from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

10/7/25 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

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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