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Oswego trustees approve multiple contracts and a $1.25 million bill list in consent agenda
Summary
At its meeting the Village of Oswego board approved a consent agenda that included engineering and sewer contracts, equipment purchases and the bill list totaling $1,248,041.09.
The Village of Oswego Board of Trustees approved the consent agenda, which included minutes, several contract awards, equipment purchases and the board’s bill list totaling $1,248,041.09.
Items approved on the consent agenda included minutes from the Jan. 21 Committee of the Whole and Regular Village Board meetings (including approval and release of Jan. 21 closed-session minutes); an ordinance amending Title 3, Chapter 7 regarding a Class S1 liquor license for USA Soccer, Inc., doing business as Playtime Soccer; and a supplemental Phase 2 engineering services contract for the Wolf's Crossing and Douglas Road roundabout with Alfred Benish and Company in the amount of $59,486 (plus fixed fee costs).
Other consent items approved by recorded roll call included a resolution appointing Assistant Village Administrator Jean Beaky as plan coordinator for Mission Square; a contract with VISU Sewer of Illinois, LLC for a Brookside sewer manhole rehabilitation project in the amount of $217,630; final acceptance of public improvements and release of surety for Redwood Apartments Phase 1 (resolution repealing Resolution 24R03 and authorizing final acceptance effective Feb. 5, 2025); purchase of a 2025 John Deere Gator XUV 845M in the amount of $27,605.96; and purchase of a 2024 Ford Super Duty F-250 in the amount of $61,625 from National Auto Fleet Group, LLC.
The board then approved the bill list dated Feb. 4, 2025, in the amount of $1,248,041.09 by roll call vote.
Nut graf: The consent agenda bundles routine and contract items for expedited approval; several procurements and a sewer rehabilitation contract were approved, and the board finalized its accounts-payable list for the period.
What the approvals cover: The engineering contract will advance design work for a roundabout at Wolf's Crossing and Douglas Road; the VISU Sewer contract funds rehabilitation of Brookside sewer manholes; and equipment purchases address parks/public-works needs. The Redwood Apartments action accepts public improvements and releases project surety for Phase 1 effective Feb. 5, 2025.
Votes at a glance: The meeting record shows roll-call voting in favor of the consent agenda items and the bill list with trustees recorded as voting "yes" during the roll calls. The transcript indicates unanimous recorded affirmative votes among trustees present for the items put on the consent agenda.
Ending: The board moved on to new business after approving the consent agenda and bill list.
