Trustees for the Village of Lombard voted unanimously Tuesday to table two ordinances tied to the Pinnacle planned development, delaying a second-reading vote until the boards Sept. 18 meeting.

The move came after Trustee Bernie Dudek, participating remotely, asked for a two-week continuance so he could review additional information and meet again with residents and the petitioner. "Measure twice, cut once, and it's better to be right than fast," Trustee Bernie Dudek said, asking colleagues to postpone the final vote.

The request produced sustained public comment about the project's size, traffic, school overcrowding and construction practices. Several nearby residents urged the board to reduce the number of units and to require stronger guarantees for project completion. "How long does he have to do this? Is it 10 years or 50 years?" asked Terry Perkatt, a nearby resident, during public participation. Lynn O'Donnell, a member of the Lombard Historical Society and a former Lombard Historical Commissioner, said, "Let's honor the present and past homes, character, and style of homes in Lombard. Let's not let extremely oversized mansion style townhouses...change the vision of our village." Resident Kristen Dominguez said simply, "I'm still against it."

Why it matters: The Pinnacle project has previously received approvals and an annexation, but trustees must act on specific implementing ordinances. The Sept. 18 delay gives trustees additional time to examine stormwater and open-space concerns raised by Trustee Dudek and to allow the petitioner to respond to new questions from neighbors.

What the board decided: Trustee Dan Mettello moved to table ordinances 9A and 9B to the Sept. 18 board meeting; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with Trustees Levesque, Hammersmith, Dudek, Egan, Metoyer and Wagner recorded as "aye." No formal seconder name was recorded on the public transcript. The boards action was procedural: tabling the ordinances postpones a final legislative decision rather than rejecting the project.

Developer and construction issues: Mark Daniel, representing the project team, apologized for a construction incident on Aug. 29 in which contractors partially and then fully closed School Street and directed traffic, an action he said should not have happened. "This should not have happened...This will not happen again," Daniel said. He described steps the developer is adopting: requiring written acknowledgement of the construction management plan from subcontractors, immediate reporting of neighbor complaints with a stated 24-hour response protocol, and retaining a site superintendent or on-site representative whenever work is in progress.

Open space and project design: Daniel said the project sits under a planned-development framework and that the team has requested a deviation from DuPage Countys open-space expectations that reduces open space to about a 5% level. He said additional interior program space and internal parking choices, rather than driveway access onto nearby residential streets, account for roughly 10,000 square feet of the projects footprint changes. He also said changing the plan from 22 units to 11 units is what is before the board now; the larger, previously approved plan remains part of the project's earlier approvals.

Public-safety and traffic: Board members asked the police and staff about school-safety and traffic risks. Police Chief Grama (on the record during board discussion) said that most Lombard elementary schools are in residential areas and that there was no specific crash trend showing children struck by cars at schools in Lombard. Village Manager Tim Niehaus said the police department would recommend, if the development moves forward, marking both sides of Fourteenth Street as no parking/standing/stopping to preserve sight lines for vehicles exiting the southern end of the development; the village would advance that as a formal recommendation to the public-safety committee chaired by Trustee Dudek if implementation is needed.

Timeline and schedule impacts: Project representatives told the board the tabling will delay the contractors schedule; Daniel said the pause would prevent completion before Christmas and would push work into the holidays and into mid- to late January. No binding completion bonds or specific time limits for finishing the development were presented during public comment; a resident asked how long the developer would have to complete the project but the board directed residents to follow up offline for specific permit or contractual timelines.

Whats next: The matter will return to the Board of Trustees on Sept. 18. Trustees asked the petitioner and staff for additional information on stormwater, open space calculations, parking and the economic differences between the 22-unit and 11-unit plans so the trustees can review details before the final vote.

Discussion vs. formal action: The boards vote at the meeting was a procedural tabling of ordinances 9A and 9B; no ordinance adoption, permit issuance or final policy decision occurred. The developers pledge to tighten construction controls and the police departments potential parking recommendation are measures described as forthcoming actions, not completed requirements enforced by the board at this meeting.