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The recommendation aims to allow the village to use that 1% of sales tax revenue to fund new public safety buildings and \"reduce future debt payments,\" Trustee Dan said. The committee also received \"funding options for public safety facilities, including strategies to secure debt service by 2027,\" Dan added, and said the committee's next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 24.

Why it matters: The committee's recommendation would change the statutory or code-limited use of an existing revenue stream rather than increasing the total sales-tax rate, potentially freeing funds that could be applied to construction or debt service for police, fire or other public safety facilities. The ordinance will be presented to the full Village Board at a future February meeting for consideration; the transcript does not specify the exact February date.

Details and limits from the meeting: Trustee Dan characterized the action as a committee recommendation. The transcript records no board vote or adoption of the ordinance at this meeting; board-level action was not taken. No specific debt amounts, project cost estimates, or projected revenues tied to the repurposed 1% were provided in the recorded discussion. The committee discussion referenced timelines for securing debt service by 2027 but did not provide further fiscal modeling in the transcript.

What remained unspecified in the meeting record: the exact statutory or code language proposed for the ordinance, the formal ordinance number, precise fiscal projections tied to the repurposed tax, and the February calendar date when the ordinance will be presented to the board. The committee reported unanimous support for the recommendation at the committee level, but no Village Board vote occurred on the ordinance during the Feb. 6 meeting.

Meeting context: The finance report occurred during committee reports near the start of the Feb. 6 Board of Trustees meeting. The committee speaker said the change would not increase the current sales tax rate and framed it as a reallocation of the existing 1% for broader permissible uses related to public safety facilities.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lombard - Village Board of Trustees on 2025-02-06 6:00 PM - Revised February 4, 2025 - Feb 06, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Trustee Dan (first name only in transcript), reporting for the Finance Committee, said the committee \"unanimously voted to recommend that the village board approve the proposed change to suspend the current restricted 1% non home sales tax and adopt a new ordinance to implement a broader use 1% non home real sales tax.\"","taxTitle","Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois","taxId",56843,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6687004,"Lombard trustees approve consent agenda covering contracts, grants, zoning recommendations and equipment purchases",594,218000,812000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2247854-1957febcd4ec47e52f46dfc3e350fa39&start=218&end=812","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2247854-1957febcd4ec47e52f46dfc3e350fa39/thumbnail_218000.jpg","/articles/6687004/Lombard/DuPage-County/Illinois/Lombard-trustees-approve-consent-agenda-covering-contracts-grants-zoning-recommendations-and-equipment-purchases","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6687004-b89c8311df0d322f2d6be7cb6c8a2653/orig.mp4?Expires=1771198820&Signature=DBdD3zK~va94lJJTZrHHtoRvtZ~XeHP0l0fPn7O-9DK9Kt~KoHJAcyr7kVW-hHoMNAJUmEykiDnh3xdKGrz57ioaiDjrULDU9QZFiNLW9cW88G-BzyuRvFVjs-7BbiiX7eDs7icWya0oEAlsfiWoQxCICThI3hNj37utvb6Ijrv4Oq~wNPu0WVzfj6RySu4zOddEa0jdrO7VTENPYFUL6WX6Sj2NqU287z77RN4aMD0~somT-hv9C~JRtlNxOx4jUW01-ECL3rP3VcNnS-SYO1BZocsNGEQZqcxHMXFjPVK1L5OC3sBFjQcQntH0xp9wAXpV8m~Rh~2pCpH2zJxeAg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Village of Lombard Board of Trustees on Feb. 6 approved a broad consent agenda that included payroll and accounts payable, capital purchases, engineering contracts, multiple local tourism grants and Plan Commission recommendations on conditional uses and code text amendments.

President Gennaro opened the consent agenda and asked for a motion; trustees moved and seconded the motion and Clerk Liz conducted the roll call. Trustee roll-call votes recorded in the transcript show unanimous \"aye\" votes on the consent items.

Key items approved on the consent agenda (as described in the meeting record):
- Accounts payable and payroll: accounts payable of $596,050.94 for period ending Jan. 24, 2025; payroll for period ending Jan. 12, 2025 of $1,163,501.81; accounts payable of $1,496,136.63 for period ending Jan. 31, 2025.
- Ordinances on first reading (waiver of first-reading requested in some cases): amendments to the Lombard Village Code regarding alcoholic beverages that decrease certain liquor-license counts due to voluntary nonrenewal or ownership changes (specific ordinance numbers not provided in the transcript).
- Equipment purchases and surplus declarations: purchase of one wheel loader from Westside Tractor Sales of Veil, Illinois, for $160,262.68 (waiver of bids requested); declaration of a 2014 wheel loader (unit SM453) as surplus. Purchase of seven Zoll X Series cardiac monitors with five-year warranties for $284,068.94, and authorization to declare seven old monitors as surplus with a trade-in value of $7,500.
- Engineering and professional services contracts: Main Street resurfacing design engineering with Civiltech Engineering, not to exceed $361,708.48; Highland Avenue sewer separation resident engineering services with Thomas Engineering Group, not to exceed $158,635.48.
- Maintenance and service agreements: continuing perpetual warranty and maintenance agreements with Utility Service Company for the Highland elevated tank (not to exceed $38,832.37 for the extension) and the North Avenue standpipe (not to exceed $265,003 for the extension); annual software subscriptions for FY2025 in an amount not to exceed $375,200.
- Purchasing and inventory: purchase of Neptune water meters from Water Resources Inc., not to exceed $128,793.50, with staff recommending waiver of the informal bidding process because Water Resources Inc. is the local distributor for the village's Neptune meter system network.
- Community Promotion & Tourism Committee grants: recommendations to fund local tourism events from hotel/motel funds, including $25,000 for the Lombard Lilac Parade (plus the cost of village services), $2,000 to the Lombard Garden Club for lilac purchases, $10,000 to the Lombard Junior Women's Club for the Lilac Princess program, $5,000 to the Lombard Area Chamber of Commerce for the Lilac Times Arts & Crafts Fair, and $5,000 to support the 2025 Farmers Market (plus village services overtime costs). The committee also recommended grants for Brewfest, Cycling Classic, Food Truck Social Spooktacular and Candy Cane Lane Holiday Market; the transcript states those applications were heard by the committee and recommendations will be transmitted to the board.
- Economic & Community Development Committee: recommendation approving amendments to the Veil Business Grant Program payout provisions for non-restaurant retail businesses.
- Plan Commission recommendations: conditional uses recommended for 434 East North Avenue to allow motor vehicle sales and service in the B4 Corridor Commercial District; a variation and approval recommendation for a proposed nine-unit multifamily building at 227 S. Westmore-Meyers Road in the R4 Limited General Residential District (the application seeks relief from the lot-area-per-dwelling requirement); and recommended text amendments regarding clear lines-of-site areas in the village code.

Following the consent agenda vote, President Gennaro said the meeting would recess to executive session \"for the purpose of collective negotiating matters, discussion of executive session meeting minutes for the purpose of approval and semiannual review of the minutes and the acquisition of real property.\" A motion to recess was moved by Trustee Dan (first) and seconded by Trustee Puccio and carried on roll call votes recorded in the transcript.

What the record does not include: ordinance numbers, specific contract documents beyond amounts and vendors, full fiscal analyses for contracts and purchases, and any dissenting or abstaining votes (the transcript shows aye votes in roll calls).","At its Feb. 6 meeting the Village of Lombard Board of Trustees approved a consent agenda that included accounts payable and payroll, equipment purchases, engineering contracts, several local tourism grants, and Plan Commission recommendations for conditional uses and text amendments; the board then recessed to executive session.","actionData","errors"]

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Lombard finance committee backs ordinance to repurpose 1% non-home sales tax for public safety buildings

Lombard trustees approve consent agenda covering contracts, grants, zoning recommendations and equipment purchases