Lombard trustees approve consent agenda, including $11.15M water tower design-build and road, sewer contracts

The Village of Lombard Board of Trustees approved its consent agenda, which included payroll and accounts-payable items, amendments to liquor-license classifications, changes to the Village Code on amusement devices, multiple construction and engineering contracts, and several intergovernmental and vendor agreements.

Key items approved on the consent agenda included:

- Approval of accounts payable and payroll: accounts payable for the period ending 04/04/2025 in the amount of $695,260.16; village payroll for period ending 04/05/2025 in the amount of $1,083,450.20; and accounts payable for period ending 04/11/2025 in the amount of $749,435.36.

- Ordinances amending liquor license classifications, including: reclassifying Greek Islands Restaurant at 300 E. 20 2nd St.; establishing a new liquor-license class "GGGG"; and decreasing the number of entries in the Class EVG category after Glass Court Swim and Fitness ceased operations at 830 E. Roosevelt Road (effective 03/30/2025) for the remainder of the January 1–June 30, 2025 licensing term.

- Amendments to Village Code for amusement tax and coin-operated amusement devices, including an explicit exclusion for certain coin-operated devices from the definition of "amusement" and removing a separate licensing requirement for coin-operated amusements for businesses holding Class MM licenses.

- Subdivision and zoning matters: final plat and variations for 837 S. Westmore Myers Road (Eastgate Shopping Center) and a conditional use request for a daycare center at 55 W. 20 2nd Street (Office Plan Development District). (Details of staff recommendations and companion variations were presented on second reading.)

- Engineering and construction contracts and awards: - North Grama Street resurfacing design engineering amendment No. 1, Baxter & Woodman, $28,500 (wetland delineation and land-acquisition/ easement work). - South Lombard elevated storage tank design-build professional engineering support services, Baxter & Woodman / Bowler Design-Build with CB&I, not to exceed $11,149,637 for a 1,500,000-gallon water tower using a design-build procurement method. - Sanitary closed-circuit-television inspection and cleaning (renewal), Sewer Tech LLC, $208,710.37. - Woodrow Avenue reconstruction (Westmore Myers to Addison Road), Schroeder Asphalt Services, $793,794 (low bid of eight received) to replace pavement, curb and gutter, sidewalks, driveway aprons, storm sewers, lead service lines and install new underdrain. - Sidewalk-slicing program award, Hard Rock Concrete Cutters Inc. of Wheeling, Illinois, $18,101.60 (lowest of two bids); contract allows two 1-year extensions.

- Administrative and programmatic items: adoption of agreement with International City Management Association Retirement Corporation doing business as MissionSquare Retirement to provide administrative services for the Village retirement plan; authorization for Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Cooperative (NIMAC) to solicit electricity bids and for the village manager or director of finance to execute a contract with the lowest-cost provider; continuing participation in the Suburban Tree Consortium; cruise-nights parking lot license agreements for 118 and 211 W. St. Charles Road.

The board heard the consent items in a single block. Trustee Anthony moved approval; Trustee Dan seconded. Liz conducted a roll call that recorded the trustees present voting "Aye." The transcript records trustees Levesque, Puccio, Dudek, Malhotel and Bochner voting in favor; the motion carried.

Several items presented on second reading included zoning variations and developer requests that were part of the packet; the transcript records the petitioners' requests and the board's vote to approve those items as presented on second reading. The record shown does not include separate debate on most consent-items in the excerpt.

The board then moved on to separate agenda items and concluded regular business without entering executive session.