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Westmont board approves consent agenda, authorizes vehicle and IT purchases and small grants
Summary
At its Feb. 20 meeting the Westmont Village Board approved a consent agenda that included five purchase orders totaling $878,507, a finance ordinance, special-event permits for ‘Race to the Flag,’ and several new-business items including a zoning map update, a water-rate amendment and a $3,799.41 outdoor-dining grant to Whiskey Hill.
The Westmont Village Board approved a consent agenda and a package of routine and project-specific items during its Feb. 20 meeting, including five purchase orders totaling $878,507, a finance ordinance, event permits and a set of new-business approvals that the board approved by roll call.
Manager May read the consent agenda, which included minutes from the Feb. 6 meeting; Finance Ordinance No. 4 in the aggregate amount of $2,184,755.38; and five purchase orders: CDW LLC for $89,450 (three new servers and a backup server for IT), Gordon Flesch Company for $54,020 (annual lease payments), Baxter & Woodman for $65,000 (GIS consulting services), Foster Coach for $28,000 (replacement ambulance, unit Medic182), and Patson Inc./Trans Chicago Truck Group for $642,037 (replacement of six dump truck plows). Manager May said some of the truck orders dated to earlier preorders and that the Freightliner units on the lot offered a shorter delivery timeline.
The board approved the consent agenda on a roll call after a motion by Trustee Little. The combined total shown in the meeting record—purchase orders plus Finance Ordinance No. 4—was $3,063,262.38.
Also on the consent agenda the board approved permits and street closures for the 2025 Race to the Flag event to be held May 25, including live amplified sound and special-event permits; the transcript notes the item was on the consent calendar and follows prior-year formats.
In new business the board approved three additional items on the consent/regular agenda: - Zoning map: The board adopted the revised 2025 zoning map dated Dec. 31, 2024, as the official 2025 zoning map; Planning staff said the update compiles changes from the prior year and there were no significant changes to report. - Water-rate amendment: Assistant Village Manager Parker explained a housekeeping change to the bi-monthly rate code to ensure certain public or taxing bodies (schools, churches, municipal facilities) that receive residential rates are not charged higher "overage" rates based on single-household usage assumptions; the board approved the amendment. - Outdoor dining grant: Finance staff recommended a reimbursement grant of $3,799.41 to Whiskey Hill at 5 W. Quincy Street for outdoor dining chairs and tables under the village "outdoor dining on public parkway" grant program; the board approved the reimbursement. Finance staff said Whiskey Hill was the only applicant in 2024 and that award amounts were matched to licensed quantities of furniture.
Late in the meeting the board moved into a closed executive session to discuss the employment and performance of specific employees and pending litigation with the Hyattan Estate; the board voted to enter executive session and stated no further public business would follow when the session ended.
The votes on the consent agenda and most new-business items were recorded by roll call as yes; the meeting record shows unanimous approval among the trustees present for the items listed above.
