Lombard trustees approve budget amendment, consent items and committee membership expansion; recess to executive session

The Village of Lombard Board of Trustees on June 19 approved a multi-item consent agenda, adopted an ordinance amending the village's fiscal-year 2024 budget and approved an ordinance to increase membership on standing committees and the plan commission. The board then recessed to executive session to discuss acquisition of real property and pending litigation.

The consent agenda — which the board approved by roll call — included routine payroll and accounts-payable approvals; contracts for building inspections and elevator-plan review; several surface-treatment and parking-lot paving contracts; an intergovernmental agreement with Glenbard Township High School District 87 for paramedic services at football games; and a proposed five-year agreement with Axon Enterprise for police equipment and services with specified annual payments listed in the meeting record. The motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Trustee Militello and seconded by Trustee Bochner; the roll call recorded all trustees present voting “Aye.”

The board adopted an ordinance amending the village's fiscal-year 2024 budget. The motion was made by Trustee Egan and seconded by Trustee Hammersmith and was approved by roll call. The meeting record lists multiple line-item increases as read into the record, including transfers to the pension stabilization fund and building reserve fund and increases to water and sewer operations and police and fire pension funds; the transcript includes numerical phrasing that appears garbled in parts (see clarifying details).

The board also approved an ordinance amending various sections of the Lombard Village Code to expand membership on standing committees from eight to nine members and to increase the Plan Commission from seven to nine members, including provision for a student member. Trustee Jessica Hammersmith described the change as intended to broaden volunteer opportunities and said openings will be posted to the village website and social media beginning the next morning. The ordinance passed by roll call after a motion by Trustee Hammersmith and a second by Trustee Motelho; the roll call recorded all voting “Aye.”

After the votes, the board voted unanimously to recess the regular meeting to an executive session for acquisition of real property and pending litigation. The motion was made by Trustee Motelho and seconded by Trustee Egan.

Votes at a glance - Consent agenda: approved (motion: Trustee Militello; second: Trustee Bochner). Roll-call votes recorded as Aye from Trustees Levesque, Hammersmith, Dudek, Egan, Metoyer, Militello, Bochner and Wagner. - Ordinance amending fiscal-year 2024 budget (Item A): approved (motion: Trustee Egan; second: Trustee Hammersmith). Roll-call recorded as Yes/Aye by the trustees present; President Puccio recorded Aye. - Ordinance increasing committee and Plan Commission membership (Item B): approved (motion: Trustee Hammersmith; second: Trustee Motelho). Roll-call recorded as Aye by trustees present. - Motion to recess to executive session (acquisition of real property and pending litigation): approved (motion: Trustee Motelho; second: Trustee Egan). Roll-call recorded as Aye by trustees present.

The meeting record contains the full text of consent-agenda items and the budget amendment as read into the record; specific contract amounts and payment schedules for some contracts (for example, the multi-year Axon Enterprise agreement) were read aloud and are recorded in the transcript. Where transcript wording is unclear or appears corrupted, this article flags those items in clarifying details rather than altering figures.

The regular meeting was recessed for executive session after the votes; no actions from executive session were included in the public record at the time the meeting recessed.