Lombard trustees approve consent agenda; private school application withdrawn after lease fell through

The Village of Lombard Board of Trustees on Thursday, Jan. 9 approved its consent agenda, authorizing payroll and accounts-payable disbursements and awarding multiple maintenance and professional-services contracts. The board also recorded that an application for a conditional use to operate a private school in the Woodlake Office Park had been withdrawn by the applicant after the property owner backed out of a lease.

The consent agenda included approval of village payroll and accounts-payable items: payroll for the pay period ending Dec. 14, 2024, listed at $991,222.32; accounts payable for the period ending Dec. 20, 2024, listed at $1,306,511.60; a payroll entry for the period ending Dec. 28, 2024, listed at $1,125,300.78; and an accounts-payable entry for the period ending Jan. 3, 2025, listed at $2,097,692.50. (A line in the transcript for accounts payable for the period ending Dec. 27, 2024 appears garbled and is reported here as transcribed; see audit.)

On land-use items forwarded from the Plan Commission, the board recorded recommendations or approvals for conditional uses and zoning variations under the Lombard Village Code. Items presented on consent included conditional-use recommendations for…