Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Votes Roundup topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: Highwood City Council, Oct. 7, 2025
Summary
A quick roundup of formal actions from the City of Highwood council meeting on Oct. 7, 2025, including approvals of minutes, bills, appointments, reports, a commuter station agreement amendment and a grocery tax ordinance.
The City of Highwood City Council took the following formal actions at its Oct. 7, 2025 regular meeting.
Approval of minutes — Sept. 16, 2025: Motion to approve the minutes passed. (Mover/second not specified in the transcript; vote details not specified.)
Appointment — Planning and Zoning Commission: Donald Gold was appointed to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The motion was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote (recorded as "Aye").
Warrant list — Oct. 7, 2025: The council moved to pay the bills on the warrant list for Oct. 7, 2025. A roll-call vote was recorded: Bauer — Aye; Slavin — Aye; Hanson — Aye; Peterson — Aye; Mark Gutzis — Aye. Outcome: passed.
Treasury report — August 2025: The council approved the treasury report for August 2025 after a motion and second; the meeting record indicates the report is "where we expect to be" but gives no additional financial detail. Outcome: passed.
First amendment to agreement for operation and maintenance of the commuter station facility (Highwood): The council directed staff to sign a first amendment to the agreement for operation and maintenance of the commuter station facility in Highwood. The motion was moved and seconded and followed by a roll-call; the transcript records affirmative responses by councilmembers. Outcome: motion passed.
Ordinance implementing municipal grocery occupation taxes: The council waived first reading and approved an ordinance implementing a municipal grocery retailers occupation tax and a municipal grocery service occupation tax. Roll-call vote recorded as unanimous (Bauer, Slavin, Hanson, Peterson, Mark Gutzis — all Aye).
