Lombard trustees approve consent agenda including groundwater restriction, contracts and grants

The Village of Lombard Board of Trustees approved a multi-item consent agenda at its March 20, 2025, meeting, including a groundwater-use prohibition ordinance related to soil contamination, several public-works contracts, a retail business grant and routine payroll and accounts-payable approvals.

The consent agenda was moved by Trustee Brian Puccio and seconded by Trustee Bob Dudek; a roll call recorded Trustee Levesque, Trustee Puccio, Trustee Duddeck (recorded spelling in transcript), and Trustee Metoyer as voting "Aye." The board then closed regular business and adjourned; no executive session was held.

Why it matters: The package contains items that affect village infrastructure, stormwater/groundwater controls and public spaces — including a targeted restriction on potable groundwater use around a small set of properties tied to a soil-contamination remediation and multiple contracts for road, sidewalk and utility work that will be implemented this year.

Key actions and amounts approved or advanced:

- Payroll and accounts-payable approvals: $2,011,973.23 (accounts payable period ending 03/07/2025); $1,068,578.04 (payroll period ending 03/08/2025); $747,474.28 (accounts payable period ending 03/14/2025). These were presented as part of the consent agenda.

- Resolution: environmental indemnity agreement and highway authority agreement related to soil contamination at 401 East North Avenue. (Referenced alongside a groundwater-use prohibition ordinance.)

- Ordinance (first-reading/waiver requested): prohibition on installation or…