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Votes at a glance: Oswego board approves consent agenda, bill list, trustee electronic attendance and other measures
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Village Board approved the consent agenda (including engagement letters and ordinances), authorized electronic attendance for a trustee, approved the bill list for $1,155,529.69, adopted the Route 34 PUD ordinance and awarded a $185,000 contract for a comprehensive-plan update.
The Village of Oswego Village Board took several formal votes at its Feb. 18 regular meeting. Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript follow.
- Electronic attendance: The board approved Trustee Tom Geist’s request to attend the Feb. 18 meeting electronically after he submitted required documentation. Recorded votes: Trustee Jones Sennott — yes; Trustee Novey — yes; Trustee Torres — yes; Trustee McCarthy Lang — yes; Trustee Kurt/Kern — yes. Outcome: approved.
- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda as read. Items listed by staff included Committee of the Whole minutes (Feb. 4), Village Board minutes (Feb. 4), Chapman and Cutler engagement letters (WIFIA loan, general obligation bonds, taxable bond issuance), an ordinance amending Title IX, Chapter IV (traffic control signage map), a resolution approving an underwriting engagement letter with Robert W. Baird & Co., revisions to Title 3 chapters and Appendix A of the municipal code, and a resolution authorizing the finance director to enter into a contract for the purchase of electricity from the optimal electricity provider process. Roll-call votes recorded in the transcript included multiple trustees voting yes; outcome: approved as read.
- Bill list: The board approved the bill list dated Feb. 18, 2025, in the amount of $1,155,529.69. Recorded votes included Trustee Johnson — yes; Trustee McCarthy Lang — yes; Trustee Novey — yes; Trustee Torres — yes; Trustee Kerr — yes; Trustee Geist — yes. Outcome: approved.
- Final PUD (Route 34 & Kendall Pointe Drive): The board approved an ordinance adopting a final PUD to permit commercial development (see separate article). Recorded roll-call votes: Trustee Jones Sennott — yes; Trustee McCarthy Lang — yes; Trustee Torres — yes; Trustee Novey — yes; Trustee Geist — yes. Outcome: approved.
- Comprehensive plan update contract: The board approved a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Ginkgo Planning and Design, Inc. in the amount of $185,000 to update the village comprehensive plan and conduct a key-area study of Wolf’s Crossing. Recorded votes: Trustee McCarthy Lang — yes; Trustee Novey — yes; Trustee Torres — yes; Trustee Jones Sennott — yes; Trustee Kerr — no; Trustee Geist — yes. Outcome: approved (5–1 recorded).
Where the transcript did not record a mover or seconder for a motion, the entry above notes the action text as read by staff. If an agenda item was part of the consent agenda, it was approved as part of that bundled vote. The transcript did not provide ordinance or resolution numbers for most consent items; those details were not specified during the meeting.
