Roselle board approves liquor-license increase, multiple contracts and parade closure; several routine items passed

The Village Board of Roselle on April 14 approved a package of routine ordinances, contracts and resolutions, including an amendment to the village liquor-license cap to allow a new restaurant to pursue state licensing, multiple public-works contracts and a highway closure for the Rose Parade on June 1.

The items were taken in succession under motion votes with roll calls. The board approved an ordinance to increase the number of class T liquor licenses from 17 to 18 to allow Sunny's Italian Kitchen, on Lake Street, to begin the state's licensing process. The board also approved a sister-city agreement framework with Lotzen, Germany.

The consent and action agenda included construction and engineering awards for water and street work. The board adopted a resolution authorizing execution of a contract for the 2025 water-main replacement project with Morrow Sewer Construction in the amount of $968,954 and separately approved an engineering-services contract with Engineering Enterprises, Inc., for construction engineering in the amount of $164,839. It also authorized the Sidewalk Trip Hazard Removal Program contract with Hard Rock Concrete Cutters for an amount not to exceed $90,000.

Other approved items included: - A resolution to close the state highway for the annual Rose Parade on June 1, 2025. - Change order No. 1 for the 2025 pavement preservation and seal coating program with Denler, Inc., adding $24,704.39. - Approval to sell the real property at 435 E. Irving Park Road via an approved purchase-and-sale agreement (ordinance adopted). - A letter of intent to award to John Burns Construction for the Boderman SDP biological nutrient removal upgrades project (resolution adopted). - A contract with Door Systems / Assa Abloy US, Inc., for overhead-door improvements for the fire and public-works departments not to exceed $56,054. - Approval of accounts payable for April 14, 2025, totaling $1,397,979.41.

All motions passed on roll-call votes. Where individual board members were recorded during roll call, votes were indicated as “aye” by the members present; the meeting minutes and roll calls recorded board members naming Trustees de la Pena (listed in roll calls as “Trustee de la Pena” / “Trustee Della Penna” in the transcript), Domke, Forsyth, Perkowski (appearing as Betsy Perkowski in roll-call statements), Prokowsky, Trejo and Lanisa, and Mayor Pawlowski.

Several items on the consent agenda were listed as routine and approved together in a single vote: minutes of March 24, a resolution to close a state highway for the Rose Parade (June 1), contract approvals for the water-main replacement project, associated construction engineering, and the sidewalk trip-hazard removal program.

The board also authorized administrative and public-works contracts that will move to implementation: the Boderman SDP upgrades LOI and the overhead-door contract for fire and public works. Financial approvals included a change order for pavement work and the accounts-payable batch.

Votes at a glance (motion text as stated in meeting and outcome): - Ordinance amending Village Code to increase class T liquor licenses from 17 to 18 (for Sunny's Italian Kitchen, Lake Street) — ordinance adopted (roll call: recorded ayes by trustees present). - Resolution establishing sister-city agreement framework with Lotzen, Germany — adopted (roll call recorded). - Resolution authorizing contract with Morrow Sewer Construction for 2025 water-main replacement — adopted; contract amount $968,954. - Resolution authorizing construction-engineering contract with Engineering Enterprises, Inc. — adopted; amount $164,839. - Resolution authorizing contract with Hard Rock Concrete Cutters for sidewalk trip-hazard removal — adopted; not to exceed $90,000. - Resolution to close state highway for Rose Parade on June 1, 2025 — adopted. - Change Order No. 1 with Denler, Inc. for 2025 pavement preservation — adopted; additional $24,704.39. - Ordinance authorizing sale and purchase agreement for 435 E. Irving Park Road — ordinance adopted. - Resolution to issue letter of intent to John Burns Construction for Boderman SDP biological nutrient removal upgrades — adopted. - Resolution authorizing contract with Door Systems / Assa Abloy US, Inc. for overhead doors (fire & public works) — adopted; not to exceed $56,054. - Approval of accounts payable for April 14, 2025 — approved; total $1,397,979.41.

The meeting record shows the motions were noncontroversial and carried by recorded “ayes” during roll call; no recorded “no” votes or recorded abstentions were entered in the motions summarized above in the transcript excerpts provided.

The board moved on after the votes to substantive discussion items on the agenda.