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Village Board approves consent agenda, adopts whistleblower ordinance and other routine items
Summary
The Village Board of Carol Stream approved minutes, established and approved a consent agenda that included a personnel policy update, a vehicle purchase, adoption of a whistleblower report ordinance, a resolution supporting DuPage legislative priorities and payment warrants.
The Village Board of Carol Stream approved several routine items during the Jan. 6 meeting, adopting a new whistleblower ordinance and approving payments and purchases via a consent and omnibus vote.
Trustee Guthrie moved and Trustee Zelnick seconded approval of the Dec. 16, 2024 minutes; the roll call recorded unanimous ayes from trustees present and the motion carried.
The board established a consent agenda and later placed multiple items on that agenda. By omnibus vote the board approved the consent-agenda items, which the clerk read as including: updates to the personnel manual (discriminatory workplace harassment, equal employment policy and voting leave); purchase of one 2025 Toyota RAV4 XLE from Saint Charles Toyota for $35,197 for assignment to a federal task force; an ordinance amending ordinance no. 2021-09-43 to adopt a whistleblower report policy (adopted as ordinance no. 2025-01-01); Resolution No. 3398 supporting the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference legislative action program for the 2025 session; payment of regular bills for Dec. 17, 2024 through Jan. 6, 2025; and addendum warrants for the same period.
All items on the consent agenda were approved by roll call. Specific motions recorded in the transcript included establishing a consent agenda and approving items by omnibus vote; the clerk called roll for each recorded vote, and trustees answered "Aye." No recorded "No" or abstain votes are shown in the transcript.
Votes at a glance: - Approve minutes, Dec. 16, 2024 — Moved: Trustee Guthrie; Second: Trustee Zelnick; Outcome: approved (ayes recorded). - Establish consent agenda — Moved: Trustee Anselmo; Second: Trustee Guthrie; Outcome: approved (ayes recorded). - Place items on consent agenda — Moved: Trustee Fruzzaloni; Second: Trustee Guthrie; Outcome: approved (ayes recorded). - Approve consent-agenda items via omnibus vote — Moved: Trustee Anselmo; Second: Trustee Fruzzaloni; Outcome: approved (ayes recorded). - Personnel manual policy updates (discriminatory workplace harassment, equal employment policy, voting leave) — Approved via omnibus vote; motion recorded as part of consent items. - Vehicle purchase: 1 2025 Toyota RAV4 XLE from Saint Charles Toyota, $35,197 — Approved via omnibus vote; intended assignment: federal task force. - Ordinance amending ordinance no. 2021-09-43 (adopting whistleblower report policy) — Adopted as ordinance no. 2025-01-01; approved via omnibus vote. - Resolution No. 3398 (supporting DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference legislative action program for 2025) — Approved via omnibus vote. - Payment of regular bills (Dec. 17, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025) and addendum warrants — Approved via omnibus vote.
The items were handled as routine business; the board did not engage in extended debate on these items during the recorded portion of the meeting.
