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Palos Park council approves consent agenda, abates 2022 bond tax levy and authorizes HR Green building-code review
Summary
The council approved routine consent items including Ordinance 2025-1 (abatement for bonds series 2022A) and payment of $99,962.60 in invoices; it also approved a resolution to hire HR Green for up to $10,000 to review and recommend updates to village building codes following a new state law.
The Palos Park Village Council on Jan. 27 approved routine consent items and a resolution to begin a building-code update review.
On the consent agenda the council adopted Ordinance 2025-1, an ordinance abating taxes levied by the Village of Palos Park for Bond Series 2022A, and approved payment of invoices on the warrant list dated Jan. 27, 2025, in the amount of $99,962.60. The consent agenda passed on a roll-call vote; Commissioners Patan, Wade, Reid, Polk and Mayor Milovich Walters recorded yes votes.
The council also approved minutes from its Jan. 13, 2025 regular meeting by unanimous roll-call vote.
Separately, during the Building and Public Property report, Commissioner Wade summarized changes in Illinois law and proposed that the village engage its building-code consultant, HR Green, to compare the village’s currently adopted 2012 International Code Council (ICC) codes with the 2021 ICC and the 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC). Wade said Public Act 103-0510 requires structural design review not be less stringent than the baseline codes published by the ICC, and staff recommended the review to align village practice with current standards.
The council approved a short-form agreement with HR Green for up to $10,000 on a time-and-materials basis to identify differences between the village’s 2012 codes and the newer codes and to recommend amendments for council consideration. Commissioner Wade said funds for the work will come from fiscal-year 2025 budget lines that were originally set aside for a planning study that the village did not receive grant funding to pursue.
The HR Green resolution (Resolution 2025-R-01) passed on a roll-call vote with all members voting yes.
No additional conditions or dissent were recorded on these items during the meeting.
