Tinley Park committee advances liquor license, contracts and $1.36 million water-tower rehab to Village Board

Tinley Park’s Committee of the Whole on Feb. 4 voted to forward several items to the Village Board, including approval of the Jan. 21 minutes, a Class A-1 liquor license application for Durbin’s Harmony Square, an annual membership renewal in the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, an agreement with City Escape Garden and Design LLC for code-violation lawn maintenance, and a $1,357,883 contract award to JETCO LTD for rehabilitation of the Post 11 elevated water tower.

Why it matters: the items sent to the Village Board involve routine governance (minutes and association membership), local business regulation (a liquor license application), ongoing code-enforcement contracting and a major public-works contract that will use village funds and affect a visible village asset.

The committee approved moving the Jan. 21, 2025 Committee of the Whole minutes to the Village Board with a roll-call vote. No discussion was recorded on the minutes beyond the motion and roll call.

On the liquor license, the committee considered a Class A-1 application for Durbin’s Harmony Square at 17327 Oak Park Avenue. The committee recorded no substantive discussion; a motion to forward the license application to the Village Board carried by roll call.

Trustees moved and seconded a motion to forward the village’s annual membership renewal in the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association to the Village Board. Committee members asked no substantive questions during that item; the motion carried by roll call.

The committee also approved forwarding an agreement with City Escape Garden and Design LLC to continue lawn-maintenance services used for code-violation abatement to the Village Board. A staff member told trustees the village has used the same lawn service and that continuing with the incumbent is less expensive for the village; the item was described as coming in under the budgeted amount and as funded through a recent bond. The committee recorded no follow-up questions and voted to forward the agreement.

On the Post 11 elevated water tower, staff (identified in the meeting as Mr. Urbransky) told the committee that bids were solicited for maintenance and repairs and that JETCO LTD submitted the low bid. The committee voted to forward approval of a $1,357,883 contract award to JETCO LTD for the rehabilitation work to the Village Board. During the short discussion trustees noted the tower will be repainted and that the village plans to place a new village logo on the tower; no public comments were recorded during the meeting.

All motions described above passed on roll-call votes at the Committee of the Whole and will be considered by the Village Board at its next meeting.

Votes at a glance (committee roll-call results as recorded in the meeting transcript): minutes approved (yes: Trustee Brady; Trustee Brown; Trustee Mahoney; Trustee Mueller; Trustee Shaw; Trustee Sullivan). Durbin’s Harmony Square liquor-license referral (yes: Trustee Brady; Trustee Brennan; Trustee Mahoney; Trustee Mueller; Trustee Shaw; Trustee Sullivan). South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association membership renewal referral (yes: Trustee Burien; Trustee Brian; Trustee Mahoney; Trustee Mueller; Trustee Shaw; Trustee Sullivan). City Escape Garden and Design LLC agreement referral (yes: Trustee Dunne; Trustee Brown; Trustee Mahoney; Trustee Mueller; Trustee Shaw; Trustee Sullivan). JETCO LTD contract award referral for Post 11 elevated tower rehabilitation (yes: Trustee Brady; Trustee Brown; Trustee Mahoney; Trustee Newer; Trustee Shaw; Trustee (name not specified in transcript)).

The meeting closed with no public comment and was adjourned at 5:59 p.m.