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Villa Park trustees pass several ordinances, approve bill listings and postpone major engineering resolution
Summary
At its July 14 meeting the board approved a municipal grocery tax, changes to the liquor commission and event license fees, a gazebo size variance and the bill listings; trustees postponed consideration of a $997,733 CDM Smith engineering agreement for Ardmore until July 28.
The Village of Villa Park Board of Trustees handled multiple routine ordinance readings and votes at its July 14 meeting, and recorded several actions the board approved by roll call or voice vote.
Highlights and votes at a glance:
- Municipal grocery tax ordinance (second reading): Approved on roll call. The ordinance amends Chapter 23 to adopt a municipal grocery retailer's occupation tax and grocery service occupation tax. Staff recommended approval and the ordinance received a second reading and passed by roll call vote.
- Local Liquor Control Commission ordinance (second reading): Approved on roll call. The board amended Article 2 of Chapter 3 to revise how the local liquor control commission is constituted; related appointments were made by the president for informational purposes.
- Class G liquor license fee changes (second reading): Approved on roll call. The ordinance amends Chapter 3 to change class G liquor license fees for village‑sponsored events; staff said any retroactive credits or administrative handling could be processed without board action if needed.
- Gazebo area variance at 734 S. Villa (ordinance for variation): Approved on roll call. The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of petition PZ‑25‑06 to enlarge a gazebo from 200 sq ft to 250 sq ft; trustees approved the variation so the existing structure would not have to be removed.
- Bill listings (consent agenda 9d): Approved. The board approved bill listings for the weeks of 06/16/2025 ($125,338.59) and 06/23/2025 ($627,275.49) as part of the consent agenda by roll call vote.
- CDM Smith engineering agreement for Ardmore grade separation (resolution 13a): Tabled to July 28. Trustees asked staff for detailed funding, timing and right‑of‑way information before approving a phase‑1 engineering agreement priced not to exceed $997,733; staff said the ICC offered a 50% phase‑1 match and that the engineering phase could take roughly 24 months.
Several agenda items and supplemental items were postponed to the July 28 meeting by board motion. The board also approved routine consent‑agenda actions and entertained public comments on items including Ardmore grade separation, liquor commission appointment changes, parental leave policy and fireworks complaints.
Ending: Trustees asked staff to return with additional details and written responses on several items for the July 28 meeting; multiple items were explicitly continued to that date.
