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Votes at a glance: La Grange Park trustees approve budget, contracts and routine measures
Summary
At its April 22 meeting the La Grange Park Board of Trustees unanimously approved the consent agenda, travel expenses for IML lobby day, zoning variations, an animal-services contract with Hinsdale Humane Society, a waiver to use RFPs for public-works services, and budget ordinances and amendments.
The Village of La Grange Park Board of Trustees recorded the following roll-call and voice-vote actions at its April 22 meeting. All votes listed below passed by unanimous vote unless otherwise noted.
- Consent agenda (minutes, closed-session minutes, work session minutes; abolish working cash fund; accounting-services agreement with Lauterbach and Amen LLP; FY25-26 employee pay plan ordinance; accounts payable and payroll authorization motions): Approved by roll call (Trustees Lautner, Zorro, Sheehan, Stewart, Caputo — all yes).
- Travel expenses for attendance at the Illinois Municipal League (IML) lobby day (April 1–3): $1,007.91 approved by roll call.
- Zoning variations at 306 North La Grange Road (case 25-0001) for Stephen May and Michael Bogart: ordinance granting two variations (increase building coverage to 31.24%; reduce detached garage rear setback from 5' to 3'): Approved by roll call.
- Resolution authorizing execution of a stray animal services agreement with the Hinsdale Humane Society (impound fee set at $385; 3.5% automatic annual increase; seven-day holding period): Approved by roll call.
- Authorization for staff to solicit competitive proposals (RFPs) and waive the formal newspaper-advertised competitive-bid process for select public-works services (tree removal, stump grinding, emergency tree work, general tree maintenance, section tree trimming, winter stone supply, gravel and spoil hauling): Approved by roll call.
- Ordinance approving the fiscal year 2025-26 operating budget: Approved by roll call.
- Approval of the fiscal year 2025–29 five-year plan: Approved by roll call.
- Ordinance amending the fiscal year 2024-25 operating budget to reflect transfers and project timing adjustments (including $2,000,000 transfer to sewer fund): Approved by roll call.
- Motion to approve committee and collector reports as presented: Approved by voice vote.
Where the meeting record listed roll-call tallies, individual trustee votes recorded during roll call included Trustees Lautner, Zorro, Sheehan, Stewart and Caputo voting yes. Several items were presented as consent or routine items; when an explicit mover/second was recorded in the transcript it is noted elsewhere in staff documents. Specific ordinance or resolution numbers were not specified on the meeting record for several items and are listed as "not specified" in the board packet.
