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- Ambulance purchase (consent agenda): Approved a resolution waiving competitive bidding and authorizing a contract with Foster Coach Sales Inc. for a 2025 Type 1 ambulance through the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative; expenditure recorded in packet as $371,557. Vote: unanimous.

- Ratify and waive competitive process for office furniture (Motion 1): Ratified invoices to Villa Park Office Equipment for Village Hall furniture purchases and waived the competitive bidding requirement; staff said the cumulative purchases exceeded the village manager’s $20,000 authorization. Vote: unanimous.

- Additional furniture purchase (Motion 2): Waived competitive purchasing and authorized additional furniture purchases for the village manager’s office and fire department offices, not to exceed $15,000; trustees noted quotes valid through Jan. 31, 2025, and a potential 4% price increase thereafter. Vote: unanimous.

- Leak-detection services (Public Works action): Approved a waiver of competitive bidding and a not-to-exceed $35,000 contract with Associated Technical Services for leak detection and pinpointing in the water-distribution system. Background: $24,500 was budgeted in the water distribution fund; several main breaks and increased emergency work prompted the request. Vote: unanimous.

- Sidewalk grinding (Safe Step LLC change order): Approved change order No. 1 with Safe Step LLC to increase the sidewalk grinding vendor total to a not-to-exceed $24,000 (original approval $20,000; additional identified work amounted to $3,911.22). Vote: unanimous.

- Training participation agreement: Approved a resolution authorizing the La Grange Park Police and Fire Departments to participate in an active-shooter training drill hosted by Adventist Midwest Health (DBA University of Chicago Medicine AdventHealth LaGrange Hospital) on Feb. 4, 2025. Vote: unanimous.

- Tax abatements (Finance): Approved ordinances abating portions of the 2024 property tax levy for (1) the 2014 general obligation refunding bonds (sewer) and (2) the 2016 general obligation corporate purpose bonds (road and fire). Staff recommended a $120,000 abatement of the 2016 bond levy to maintain sufficient debt-service fund balance after a 5% Cook County loss factor. Vote: unanimous.

- Kimley Horn Phase 1 engineering letter agreement (Commercial Revitalization item): Approved resolution and appropriation of Market TIF funds for preliminary engineering of La Grange Road traffic-safety improvements (packet showed consultant lump-sum $331,000; a later meeting remark referenced $371,000 — staff said they would clarify). Vote: unanimous.

All motions were approved by roll call with the transcript recording unanimous votes. The meeting record contains vote tallies recorded as unanimous for each listed action; specific trustee name spellings appear variably in the transcript, so the roll-call tallies are included here as unanimous outcomes rather than reproducing inconsistent name spellings from the audio transcript.

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Staff told the board the village secured a $175,000 Invest in Cook County grant to help fund preliminary engineering. The letter agreement presented in packet materials proposes a lump-sum fee; the packet text identifies a $331,000 lump-sum proposal from the consultant, while a later staff comment in the meeting referred to the Phase 1 cost “coming in at $371,000,” creating a discrepancy recorded in the transcript that staff said they would clarify in follow-up materials to trustees.

Village staff described Phase 1 as required to pursue any geometric changes or signaling on the IDOT-controlled La Grange Road corridor: Kimley Horn’s work will include studies and alternatives analysis, advocacy with IDOT for the village’s preferred option and preparation of a project development report (PDR) that IDOT would need to consider for later design and construction phases. Staff estimated design engineering and construction phases could follow in 2026 and 2028 respectively, with additional grant funding sought for construction.

Trustees pressed for contractual protections and the ability to terminate if the project becomes unworkable; staff and the village attorney said standard engineering agreements allow termination and payment for work completed to the termination date. Trustees also discussed the village’s prior engagements with IDOT and the need for Kimley Horn to secure IDOT’s acceptance of a defined project.

The motion approved a resolution authorizing the phase 1 letter agreement and appropriation of TIF district funds to pay for preliminary engineering services, with the Invest Cook County grant to reimburse up to $175,000 of project cost. The motion passed unanimously.

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The four—listed in the meeting as Daniel Griffin, Alex Keesling, Christian Keesling and Emma Allison (the transcript later contains an alternate spelling, Ellison)—were recognized after staff said each completed a basic operations fire academy, obtained state firefighter certification, and completed emergency medical services training as licensed EMTPs or EMT-Bs, plus practical apparatus driving and pumping tests.

The fire chief told the board that most recruits train nights and weekends while holding other jobs or school commitments, calling the work “a huge commitment” and praising the recruits’ dedication. The village clerk administered an oath of office; family members took part in a pinning ceremony and introductions.

The chief noted the department operates predominantly as a paid-on-call organization and described continuing training expectations: regular Tuesday or Monday trainings, maintaining call response percentages and pursuing further leadership and instructional roles within the department. He also noted that multiple additional candidates are in the fire academy or finishing probation.

The board president and trustees congratulated the new firefighters and thanked family members for their support. The transcript does not record personnel badges numbers or individual employment contracts.

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Walsh told the La Grange Park Board that two offenders arrived at the buyer-seller meeting and “both brandished handguns and the victim was shot in the upper right leg,” and that La Grange Park officers stopped the vehicle shortly afterward, recovered a handgun and assisted Indian Head Park investigators with lineups and body-worn camera downloads.

The presentation noted that, after ballistics tied the recovered firearm to the shooting, the Cook County state’s attorney approved charges of armed robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm. Walsh read an Indian Head Park Police Department award citation naming La Grange Park Chief Timothy Contoy and members of the La Grange Park Police Department for “professionalism and exemplary police work while assisting the Indian Head Park Police Department in securing charges of armed robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm for the incident that occurred on Aug. 28, 2024.”

Individual awards were read for Sergeant Timothy Griffin, Detective Nick Spurgesch (name appears with variant spellings in the transcript), and Officer Blake Patchett; Chief Walsh said Patchett made the traffic stop and recovered the weapon. Chief Contoy accepted the recognition on behalf of the department.

The board president thanked Chief Walsh on behalf of the board, staff and residents, calling the recognition humbling and praising first-responders’ work.

Details recorded in the meeting show La Grange Park assisted with lineup procedures, downloading of body-worn camera footage, and other technological support that Indian Head Park credited as material to securing charges. The meeting transcript does not contain court outcomes or subsequent case filings beyond the state’s attorney’s approval to charge.

For readers: the presentation and awards were ceremonial recognition of interagency assistance; the transcript attributes the investigation and charging decisions to Indian Head Park investigators and the Cook County state’s attorney.

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