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Board approves consent agenda, ordinances, resolutions and contracts in unanimous votes
Summary
Trustees approved a package of ordinances, resolutions and professional service agreements, including a public camping ordinance, surplus-asset declaration, an IEPA loan-disbursement authorization, two public-improvement acceptances and multiple design PSAs. All formal votes recorded were unanimous (6–0).
At its July 28 meeting the Village of Montgomery Board of Trustees approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and professional-service agreements by recorded roll call. Each formal motion listed below passed by recorded vote; the transcript shows each item carried by a 6–0 roll call unless otherwise noted.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: approved (minutes of July 14 executive session; accounts payable summary through 07/28/2025 totaling $1,500,598.30; refuse report for June 2025; liquor-license fee waiver and appointment to the historic preservation commission). Motion moved by Trustee Brzozka, second by Trustee Youngerman. Roll call: 6–0.
- Ordinance 21-40 (regulating public camping): second reading and adoption. Moved by Trustee Maraszek; second by Trustee Brzozka. Roll call: 6–0.
- Resolution 2025-021 (amendment to Montgomery Development Fund program): approved. Moved by Trustee Maraszek; second by Trustee Youngerman. Roll call: 6–0.
- Ordinance 21-41 (declare village personal property surplus and authorize disposal): waiver of first reading and passage on second. Moved by Trustee Geyer; second by Trustee Youngerman. Roll call: 6–0.
- Resolution 2025-022 (authorize village administrator to sign IEPA SRF loan documents and disbursements): approved to streamline loan administration. Moved by Trustee Maraszek; second by Trustee Geier. Roll call: 6–0.
- Resolution 2025-023 (accept public improvements and bond reduction for Care Center on Commerce, Unit 1): staff and engineer recommended bond reduction; approved. Motion second by Trustee Maraszek/Brzozka (record shows motion and second); roll call: 6–0.
- Resolution 2025-024 (intergovernmental agreement conveying village property to the Oswego Fire Protection District): agreed; approved. Moved by Trustee Maraszek; second by Trustee Brzozka. Roll call: 6–0.
- Class K-2 liquor license (new license class for florists; Schaeffer's Greenhouse, 120 S. Lake St.): waiver of first reading and passage on second; license application to be finalized after background checks. Moved by Trustee Youngerman; second by Trustee Bauman. Roll call: 6–0.
- PSA for 2026 infrastructure road program (design engineering): approved to begin design work for crack sealing, patching, rejuvenation and resurfacing with the goal of bidding in early January. Moved by Trustee Geyer; second by Trustee Maraszek. Roll call: 6–0.
- PSA for 2026 South River Street water-main improvement (design engineering): approved to remove two auto-flushers and reduce water loss; staff indicated potential SRF funding. Moved by Trustee Geyer; second by Trustee Berzaszka. Roll call: 6–0.
- Resolution 2025-025 (accept public improvements and bond reduction for Rivago): approved. Moved by Trustee Youngerman; second by Trustee Maraszek. Roll call: 6–0.
Each of the above items was presented by the relevant director or legal counsel before the board took the recorded votes.
