Council approves insurance renewals, worker’s-comp settlement and photo-enforcement vendor name transfer
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Summary
Berwyn’s council authorized renewals for crime and property insurance, approved a $19,500 workers’ compensation settlement, and authorized a vendor-name transfer for the city’s photo-enforcement contract; council also handled several small administrative parking and block-party items.
The Berwyn City Council approved multiple administrative and financial items including insurance renewals, a workers’ compensation settlement, and a vendor transfer for the city’s photo enforcement contract.
City Administrator Siaba Green asked the council to authorize a three-year crime insurance policy with Hanover Insurance Company totaling $8,505 (three annual installments of $2,835); the council concurred and authorized executing the contract. The council also approved a property/inland-marine/auto/physical damage insurance policy with Travelers Insurance for the coverage period 06/01/2025 to 06/01/2026 in the amount of $187,112. Both motions passed on recorded roll-call votes.
City Attorney Bertuca presented a motion to authorize settlement of a workers’ compensation case (24WC027504) in the amount of $19,500; the council approved the settlement on the record. Bertuca also reported communications with the Illinois Department of Transportation and the council approved a name transfer on the city’s photo enforcement contract to All Tech Tracking LLC; the motion to fix the necessary signatures carried on a roll-call vote.
On other administrative items, the council concurred with a clerk recommendation to deny a block-party request for the 7100 block of West 20th Street (limited-access road) and denied two handicap parking requests (1848 S. Grove Ave. Apartment 2 and 3834 S. Home Ave.), while approving an override of a prior handicap denial for 2703 Euclid Avenue after an agenda correction. Those items were handled as routine consent or kiosk items and recorded as motions and roll-call votes.
