Lynwood trustees approve mobile-food ordinance, solar permit, settlement authorization and three payment memos

The Village of Lynwood Board of Trustees on Jan. 14 approved an ordinance creating a licensing chapter for mobile food vendors, granted a special‑use permit to a proposed solar farm, authorized the village president to execute a settlement agreement in a pending federal Section 1983 case and approved three bill‑payment memos covering payroll and other expenditures.

The board voted unanimously on each item. Trustee Christie Lilly moved the ordinance (Ordinance No. 24‑25) to add Chapter 22, Article 7 on mobile food vendors; Trustee Dunlap seconded and all trustees voted “yes.” Attorney Boyle told trustees the measure had its first reading at the December meeting and the new chapter “streamlines the process” for mobile vendors, separating it from the general business license code.

Trustees also adopted Resolution No. 24‑26, granting a special‑use permit to Flower Moon LLC for a solar energy project. The permit came to the board with a recommendation from the Zoning Appeals Board; Attorney Boyle described it as a “special use permit application from Flower Moon LLC” for a solar farm.

On a separate motion, trustees voted to authorize the village president to execute a settlement and release in Andrew Snead et al. v. Village of Lynwood et al., case no. 22‑cv‑00266, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Attorney Boyle said the matter was handled by special counsel Peterson Johnson Murphy and described it as “a 1983 action” settled “far below what had been demanded initially by the plaintiffs.” The board voted in support of the motion as presented.

Finance motions to approve three bill‑payment memos also passed unanimously. Bill payment memo No. 1513 totaled $237,242.96 and included payroll for the period described in the motion as 11/27/24. Bill payment memo No. 1514 totaled $357,581.69 and included payroll for the period noted as 12/8/24 to 12/21/24. Bill payment memo No. 1515 totaled $228,984.24 and was approved as stated; the payroll period given in the meeting for that memo was unclear in the record.

What the board approved

• Ordinance No. 24‑25 — Adds Chapter 22, Article 7, mobile food vendors. Motion: Christie Lilly; second: Trustee Dunlap; Roll call: Lilly, Dunlap, Blakey, Clark, Marshall (all “Yes”). Outcome: approved.

• Resolution No. 24‑26 — Special‑use permit to Flower Moon LLC (solar farm). Motion: Christie Lilly; second: Trustee Dunlap; Roll call: unanimous. Outcome: approved.

• Resolution No. 24‑27 — Authorize village president to execute settlement and release in Andrew Snead et al. v. Village of Lynwood et al., Case No. 22‑cv‑00266 (N.D. Ill.). Motion: Christie Lilly; second: Trustee Marshall; Attorney Boyle noted special counsel review. Roll call: unanimous. Outcome: approved.

• Bill payment memo No. 1513 — $237,242.96 (includes payroll period stated as 11/27/24). Motion: Trustee Marshall; second: Trustee Clark. Roll call: unanimous. Outcome: approved.

• Bill payment memo No. 1514 — $357,581.69 (includes payroll period stated as 12/8/24 to 12/21/24). Motion: Trustee Marshall; second: Trustee Clark. Roll call: unanimous. Outcome: approved.

• Bill payment memo No. 1515 — $228,984.24 (payroll period as stated in the meeting was not clearly recorded). Motion: Trustee Marshall; second: Trustee Clark. Roll call: unanimous. Outcome: approved.

The-approved items carry administrative next steps: the mobile‑vendor ordinance will be added to the village code; the Flower Moon LLC special‑use permit proceeds per the zoning board recommendation; and the settlement authorization allows the village president to sign the agreement handled by special counsel. Trustee motions and roll‑call votes recorded during the meeting are part of the official minutes.