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Glendale Heights board approves several contracts, ordinances and appoints two department heads
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Summary
The board approved multiple consent-agenda items and adopted new ordinances authorizing technology and infrastructure contracts, and adopted a resolution appointing Keith Knautz as director of leisure services and Andrea Cravens as finance director.
The Glendale Heights Village Board on Thursday approved its consent agenda and adopted several ordinances covering software licenses, road and utility contracts and a tree‑planting partnership, then confirmed two senior staff appointments.
Consent items the board approved included payroll and accounts payable totaling $3,589,726.19 and several resolutions and contracts: purchase of Microsoft Exchange software subscriptions through Dell Technologies; a partnership agreement with Trees Forever for community tree plantings; a second amendment to the towing-services contract with Bloomingdale Rescue and Recovery, Inc.; and a notice of award and contract for the village’s 2025 MFT road project.
In new-business votes the board waived first reading and adopted ordinances including the sixth amendment to the services agreement with Prescient Development Inc. (doing business as Prescient Solutions) (Ordinance 2025-23) and a contract award to Utility Service Co., Inc., for storage‑tank maintenance and renovation on the West Verdot 1.5 million‑gallon ground tank project (Ordinance 2025-24). Trustees recorded roll‑call votes approving these measures.
Appointments: the board adopted Resolution 2025‑R‑60 to appoint Keith Knautz as director of leisure services and Andrea Cravens as full-time finance director. Mayor Giannelli introduced the appointments and highlighted Knautz’s long service in leisure services and Cravens’s finance experience; Cravens was described as deputy director for the past decade. Trustee Light recorded an abstention on the resolution; other trustees voted in favor.
Why it matters: the ordinances and contract approvals advance planned infrastructure and technology updates and formalize two permanent department‑head appointments. Several items were routine contract actions included on the consent agenda; the board recorded motions, seconds and roll‑call approvals for each.
Implementation: departments responsible for the respective contracts and projects will proceed with vendor onboarding and contract execution; staff will report back to the board as work progresses.
