Elmhurst council approves consent agenda; separate vote taken on DPZ chair appointment

The Elmhurst City Council approved its consent agenda on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, by a 10-0 vote with three members absent, approving a series of minutes, payments, ordinances, resolutions and intergovernmental agreements listed on the agenda. The council removed item 6.4 (the appointment to the Development, Planning & Zoning committee) from the consent agenda for separate consideration and later approved that appointment by the same vote count.

Why it matters: The consent agenda included the city’s largest listed payment for the period, professional engineering agreements, intergovernmental project agreements and land-sale letters of intent that will shape near-term capital projects and budget commitments.

Votes at a glance (agenda item number, short description, immediate outcome) - 6.1: Minutes of the Dec. 2, 2024 regular meeting — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.2: Minutes of the Dec. 16, 2024 regular meeting — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.3: Accounts payable (listed total $2,681,050.09) — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.4: Appointment of chair to the Development, Planning & Zoning Committee (Alderman Jensen) — removed from consent for separate consideration; later approved, 10-0-3. - 6.5: Appointment of Cheryl Leone to the Elmhurst University Commission — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.6: Referral: review of permit fees and durations, Chapter 24 of the municipal code — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.7: Ordinance amending ZO 13-2024 to authorize time extension for final Planned Unit Development and conditional use permit for work at 300 W. Grand Ave. — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.8: Ordinance granting a conditional use permit for a PUD for drive-through expansion and parking reconfiguration at 235 S. Illinois (Route 83) — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.9: Ordinance authorizing execution of a letter of intent for sale of the southern portion of a vacant parking-lot property (First Street/Addison Ave/York St., PIN 0602-22058) to Elmhurst Center for the Performing Arts — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.10: Resolution approving revisions to the Explore Elmhurst Community Grant Program — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.11: Resolution approving a 9th amended modification agreement with the Bensenville Fire Protection District No. 1 and the City of Elmhurst — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.12: Resolution approving a professional engineering services agreement with Baxter & Woodman, Inc. for water reclamation and sanitary sewer system facility plan update — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.13: Resolution approving a Phase 2 engineering services agreement with BLA, Inc. for the Palmer Drive local overlay roadway improvement project — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.14: Resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Elmhurst and the Village of Berkeley for the High Street Improvement Project — approved on consent, 10-0-3. - 6.15: Resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Elmhurst and the Village of Villa Park and the First Amendment to the agreement with TransSystems Corporation for the Riverside Drive/Illinois Route 83 improvement project — approved on consent, 10-0-3.

Details: The clerk read the consent agenda into the record. Alderman Nadera moved to approve the consent agenda minus item 6.4; Alderman Brand seconded. The motion to approve the consent items (excluding 6.4) passed 10-0 with three members absent. Item 6.4 was then read and considered separately and later approved by roll call 10-0 with three absent.

Notes and limits: Item descriptions reflect the language used when the consent agenda was read into the record. Where full text (for example, ordinance numbers beyond the ZO reference) or attachments were not read aloud during the meeting, that specific detail is not specified in the meeting record.