Tinley Park trustees approve contracts, appointments and software upgrades; drive‑thru hours referred to Planning Commission

The Village of Tinley Park Board of Trustees on March 18 approved multiple contracts, personnel appointments and software upgrades and sent a proposal to limit drive‑through hours at a retail center to the Planning Commission for review.

The board unanimously approved a subscription upgrade for the police department’s FUSIS Real Time Crime Center from Axon Enterprise, Inc., a 24‑month upgrade priced at $199,995.84; purchased annual Microsoft 365 licensing from GoFullCloud for $107,250; and authorized two water‑main replacement construction contracts with M & J Underground totaling $5,892,902.15.

Those actions, together with approvals for engineering and consulting work and several personnel appointments, represent routine operational business but include multi‑hundred‑thousand‑dollar items and projects that affect public safety, utilities and the village budget.

Trustees voted on the package over the course of the regular meeting. Vote tallies on roll calls recorded the board as voting in favor on each listed item.

Key actions approved and votes at a glance

- Resolution 2025‑R‑036: Designated April 13–19, 2025 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Tinley Park. Motion introduced by Trustee William (Bill) Brennan and adopted on roll call (board recorded unanimous support).

- Appointment: Wendy Rakke to 9‑1‑1 dispatcher, effective April 7, 2025. The board approved the appointment on roll call (unanimous). Motion and second were not named in the recorded transcript.

- Appointment: Kurt…