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Votes at a glance: committee approves variances, contracts and capital purchases; select items advance to council
Summary
At its April 7 meeting the Community Development Committee approved zoning variances, professional services contracts, and equipment purchases and forwarded one tavern liquor application to the full council with a negative recommendation.
The Community Development Committee recorded votes on multiple ordinances, resolutions and procurement items at its April 7 meeting. The committee applied standard roll‑call procedures; the items below summarize formal committee outcomes and key details. (Where committee minutes did not provide full roll‑call name-by‑name tallies for each item, the committee's recorded ‘‘Aye/No’’ votes are summarized.)
Votes at a glance
- Agenda Item A — Ordinance (Zoning Calendar No. 2775): Granted a variance from residential driveway requirements to permit replacement of a second driveway at 919 Commonwealth Avenue. Committee vote: passed (majority recorded “Aye”).
- Agenda Item B — Ordinance (Liquor; Lake Liquors): Increased the number of Class C retail package sales liquor licenses by 1 for Lake Liquors (applicant Sunny Patel). Committee vote: passed.
- Agenda Item C — Ordinance (Liquor; Toluca's Restaurant and Cantina Inc., 1415 Washington Street): Increase in Class A tavern licenses. Committee vote: negative committee recommendation to full council (committee majority opposed; will be considered by city council with committee’s negative recommendation).
- Agenda Item D — Ordinance (Conditional use permit amendment): Extension of hours for banquet hall at 701 Pine Street (Club Lehi Bodega). Committee vote: passed; staff to monitor complaints and potential review.
- Agenda Item E — Ordinance (Zoning Calendar No. 02/07/1977): Variance from front and interior side yard setbacks to permit reconstruction of a nonconforming building at 506 Tenth Street. Committee vote: passed.
- Agenda Item F — Ordinance (Conditional use): Conditional use permit for age‑restricted multi‑unit residential above ground floor at 3670 Casimir Pulaski Drive (Zoning Calendar No. 2778). Committee vote: passed.
- Agenda Item G — Resolution: Professional services agreement with Deagan Group for environmental services at 200 East Seahorse Drive (former Johnson Motor site) for $113,185. Committee vote: passed.
- Agenda Item H — Resolution: Professional services agreement with Electromatic Ventures Inc. for design, manufacture and installation of the Waukegan identity letters for $115,600. Committee considered a motion to hold over to mid‑May but ultimately voted to proceed because of grant timing; committee vote: passed.
- Agenda Item J — Resolution/Contract: Contract with Leopardo Companies, Inc., for demolition and renovation of police department training room bathrooms under joint purchasing provisions; amount not to exceed $628,000.47. Committee vote: passed.
- Agenda Item K — Resolution: Purchase of two 2024 F150 Super Crew trucks for the police department truck enforcement unit; total $95,920 (price included on board docs). Committee vote: passed.
- Agenda Item (Truck weighing system) — Resolution: Purchase of portable truck weighing system (SAW 3) for truck enforcement; $75,940. Committee vote: passed.
- Agenda Item L — Resolution: Procurement of vehicle installation services (Havey) for police vehicles; $21,335.60. Committee vote: passed.
Several other routine zoning and procurement items were also approved by the committee during the session. Items that passed in committee will proceed to the city council as required by the municipal process or be executed administratively per procurement rules.
