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Votes at a glance: Orland Park board actions March 17, 2025
Summary
A roundup of motions, contracts, resolutions and votes from the Village of Orland Park Board of Trustees meeting on March 17, 2025, including accounts payable, consent agenda, bids/contracts and other approvals.
At its March 17 meeting the Village of Orland Park Board of Trustees took the following formal actions (motions, contracts, resolutions, ordinances and roll-call outcomes). Where the transcript did not provide a named second, "second not specified" is recorded. If a vote was not broken out by named member in the transcript, the roll call results below reflect the board’s recorded responses.
1) Accounts payable approval (03/04/2025–03/17/2025) Motion: Approve accounts payable for 03/04/2025 through 03/17/2025 in the amount of $3,253,785.88. Mover: Trustee Healy. Outcome: Approved by roll call; all trustees and mayor voted Aye.
2) Consent agenda items a–n (payroll, projects, purchases, permits) Motion: Approve consent agenda items a through n (payroll 02/28/2025; Crystal Tree Subdivision water main replacement engineering proposal; various purchases and projects; closed-session minutes approval; special event permits; agreements including therapy canine handler and Saint Michael's youth ministry picnic, among others). Outcome: Approved by roll call; all trustees and mayor voted Aye.
3) ITB25-018 Asphalt paving/paving patching award Motion: Authorize contract with McGill Construction LLC (Frankfort, IL) for the 2025 asphalt pavement patching project, not-to-exceed $474,900 ($399,900 base + $75,000 contingency); authorize manager to execute contracts subject to attorney review. Outcome: Approved by roll call. Trustee Campos stated, “I abstain due to a family relationship with a non awarded bidder.” Roll call recorded six ayes and one abstention.
4) Ashburn Corner landscape plan and final ordinance Motion(s): Approve final landscape plan; adopt final ordinance (case 2025-0218). Outcomes: Landscape plan approved 5–2; final ordinance adopted 4–3. (Details and debate summarized in separate article.)
5) SB Friedman consulting agreement (Orland Square Mall) Motion: Approve agreement for hourly as-needed consulting services, not-to-exceed $30,000; authorize village manager to execute contracts. Outcome: Approved by roll call; ayes recorded.
6) Orland Square Mall inducement resolution (possible TIF) Motion: Adopt inducement resolution related to possible TIF for Orland Square Mall (Dick’s Sporting Goods Incorporated) to allow reimbursement of eligible pre-formation expenses if a TIF is later adopted. Outcome: Adopted by roll call; ayes recorded.
7) Invest in Cook program commitment (intersection safety improvements) Motion: Adopt resolution authorizing the village’s commitment for the 2025 Invest in Cook program for safety improvements at Fourth Avenue and 150 Ninth Street. Outcome: Adopted by roll call; ayes recorded.
8) 160th/Seventh Street multiuse path contract amendment Motion: Approve contract amendment and change order with Civiltech Engineering to increase the total contract amount by $84,339.70 to a new total of $334,328.70 for multiuse path design/engineering work. Outcome: Approved by roll call; ayes recorded.
9) Verizon Wireless lease agreement amendment (13611 LaGrange Road) Motion: Approve amendment; staff presented background questions about rates and asked for full lease history. Board moved to table the item to the next meeting. Outcome: Motion to table carried by roll call; item to return with full background and historical lease information.
10) Service Sanitation portable toilets contract reauthorization Motion: Reapprove waiver of competitive bidding, approve professional service agreement with Service Sanitation for rental and service of portable toilets for athletic fields, schools and special events with FY2025–2026 costs not to exceed $76,275.21 per year and option years for a total contract cost including options not to exceed $616,645.70. Outcome: Approved by roll call; ayes recorded. Trustee Healy questioned paying for school sites but noted an existing intergovernmental agreement.
11) Grant agreement OSDash25Dash2643 with State of Illinois Motion: Approve grant agreement (OS-25-2643) between state of Illinois and village for an all-inclusive park (phase 2 of Shusha Park) and authorize village manager to execute related contracts subject to attorney review. Outcome: Approved by roll call; ayes recorded.
12) Acceptance of fiscal year 2023 ACFR Motion: Accept the fiscal year 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report ending 12/31/2023. Outcome: Accepted by roll call; ayes recorded. Auditor reported unmodified opinion and one significant deficiency related to recreation deferred revenues.
13) Ordinance amending appendices A and B to ordinance number 5,963 (second amendment) Motion: Adopt ordinance amending appendices A and B to ordinance 5963 (second amendment). Outcome: Adopted by roll call; ayes recorded.
Several items were handled on the consent agenda and by roll-call votes without extended discussion; items that drew substantive public or trustee debate (Ashburn Corner, Orland Square Mall inducement/TIF discussion, Verizon lease questions, and the audit presentation) are described in separate articles.
