Board approves electricity aggregation, culvert and winter services; several landmark and tax items set for later action

The Village of Lake Bluff Board of Trustees on Sept. 29 approved several operational contracts and advanced multiple historic-designation ordinances while deferring or rejecting other measures.

The board voted to award a two-year extension of the village’s electricity aggregation contract to MC Squared Energy Services LLC, accepted a low bid for the Birch Road culvert stabilization project and authorized a one-year snow-removal/salt application agreement with TGF Enterprises Inc. Other items — including a local grocery/home-rule sales tax extension and a demolition contract for 33 East North Avenue — failed to gain the votes needed for final approval.

Why it matters: The electricity aggregation vote continues a program that matches ComEd’s published tariff for participating residents while returning civic contributions to the village; the culvert award and the snow-removal contract are funded from existing capital and operating budgets and affect near-term stormwater and winter operations. Several landmark designations will change property…