Machesney Park trustees approve consent agenda including property purchases, budget amendments and Route 251 funding

The Village of Machesney Park Board of Trustees approved a 10-item consent agenda during its April 21 meeting, authorizing property purchases, budget changes, updates to building codes and the use of state and local infrastructure funds for Route 251 improvements.

Village Administrator James Rick presented the consent agenda, listing 10 items that included two final-reading ordinances, several first-reading ordinances and four resolutions tied to the village’s budget and transportation projects. The board voted 7-0 to approve the consent agenda on a motion by Trustee Schromberg and a second by Trustee Kidd.

Items read into the record included: Ordinance 05-25 (final reading) authorizing purchase of three single-family properties from Monica McCarthy; Ordinance 07-25 (final reading) authorizing budget amendments for fiscal year 2024–25; Ordinance 08-25 (first reading) to amend chapter 4 of the village code to create a class CT caterer liquor license; Ordinance 09-25 (first reading) approving disposal of certain village personal property; Ordinance 10-25 (first reading) adopting current building codes, chapter 8, sections 1–14; Resolution 20R-25 authorizing settlement of certain interfund balances for fiscal year 2024–25; Resolution 21R-25 approving the motor fuel tax appropriation for maintenance in fiscal year 2025–26; Resolution 22R-25 authorizing the use of Rebuild Illinois funds and motor fuel tax funds for Illinois Route 251 median improvements; Resolution 23R-25 for supplemental authorization of motor fuel tax funds for the Illinois Route 251 sidewalk improvements; and Resolution 25R-25 authorizing the village to bid the Stones Landing expansion project.

Most items were presented as either a final or first reading as noted above; the consent vote carried all items together and contained no separate roll-call tallies for individual ordinances or resolutions in the record. Where the transcript did not provide additional detail about program specifics, funding breakdowns or effective dates, those particulars were recorded as not specified in the meeting minutes.

The approval allows staff to proceed with the next administrative steps described in each ordinance or resolution, including bidding the Stones Landing expansion project and advancing Route 251 median and sidewalk work as authorized by the listed resolutions.