Votes at a glance: Orland Park board approves grocery tax ordinance, property purchase, road work and multiple contracts

The Village of Orland Park Board of Trustees approved a set of ordinances, contract amendments and purchases during its meeting. Major outcomes included adoption of a municipal grocery retailers/service occupation tax, approval of a purchase-and-sale contract for 17101 Wolf Road, site-plan approval for a Weber Grill in Downtown Orland Park and several contract amendments and funding agreements for road and trail projects.

Grocery tax ordinance: The board adopted an ordinance creating chapter 26 of title 7 of the municipal code to implement a municipal grocery retailer’s occupation tax and municipal grocery service occupation tax. The roll call recorded Ayes from Trustee Waller, Trustee Lawrence, Trustee [Lieblatt/Leaflet] and Mayor Dodge; Trustee Healy and Trustee Malani cast No votes. The ordinance passed by roll call vote as read in the meeting materials.

17101 Wolf Road purchase: The board approved the purchase-and-sale contract for 17101 Wolf Road and authorized execution of the contract. Public comment included a local resident, John Nugent, who questioned the valuation and described an appraisal figure. The transcript records the appraised value as $1,200,000 and a contract purchase price discussed in the public comment as $1,300,000. The roll call on the motion recorded Ayes from Trustees Lawler, Lawrence, [Lieblatt/Leaflet], Healy and Malani and Mayor Dodge; the motion passed.

Downtown Weber Grill: The board adopted an ordinance approving the site plan, landscape plan and elevations for Weber Grill at Downtown Orland Park (Parcel H, 970440 Third Street). Trustees voted in favor by roll call; the motion passed.

Neighborhood Road Improvement Program: The board authorized change order No. 2 and contract addendum B to the original contract with Lindell Builders Brothers Inc. to increase the 2025 contract amount by $235,000, producing a revised not-to-exceed contract amount of $4,704,166.21 for the 2024–2026 neighborhood road improvement program; the motion passed by roll call.

Accounts payable and consent agenda: The board approved accounts payable for 08/19/2025 through 09/02/2025 totaling $2,000,785.48. The consent agenda (payroll for 08/15/2025; approval of closed-session minutes; an SB Friedman master services agreement; and Saint Michael’s cross country meet) was approved by roll call.

Invest in Cook grant IGA: The board approved and authorized execution of an intergovernmental agreement with Cook County for $150,000 of Invest in Cook funding for phase 2 design engineering of the 90 Fourth Avenue and 150 Ninth Street intersection safety improvement project; the motion passed on roll call.

McGinnis Slough multiuse path: The board approved change order No. 5 (addendum E) to the professional services agreement with Baxter & Woodman for McGinnis Slough multiuse path phase 1 preliminary engineering, increasing the contract by $68,096 and extending the contract termination date to Sept. 30, 2026. Staff explained the increase covers additional survey, coordination with Forest Preserve and ComEd, and design revisions requested by the Forest Preserve. The motion passed on roll call.

Budget amendment and procurement ordinances: The board approved fiscal year 2024 budget amendment number 3, which included rollovers and net expenditure increases across funds (general fund increase of $629,745.92; capital improvement fund increase of $9,082,048.03; recreation and parks fund increase of $124,390.22; water and sewer fund increase of $898,909.47; total net increase listed in the agenda $10,735,093.64). The board also adopted an ordinance amending procurement rules to establish criteria for determining a responsible bidder and approved an ordinance amending appendices A and B to ordinance 5963 (sixth amendment). All motions were adopted by roll call as recorded in the meeting.

Several other routine items were approved by the board, including approval of a Weber Grill site plan, contract amendments for neighborhood and park projects, and formation steps for multiple advisory boards that will be staffed as the village implements new commissions. Where the transcript did not record a full roll-call sequence for every item, the meeting minutes will serve as the official record for detailed vote tallies and procedural text.