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Lemont board approves consent agenda including liquor‑license ordinance, CIP, bond reduction, IGA amendment and police contract
Summary
The Lemont Village Board on Feb. 24 approved a multi-item consent agenda including an ordinance revising liquor-license rules, the FY2026 capital improvement plan and a collective bargaining agreement with the police union.
The Lemont Village Board on Feb. 24 approved a multi-item consent agenda that included ordinance O-05-25 amending local liquor-license rules, resolution R-11-25 adopting the village—s fiscal year 2026 capital improvement plan, resolution R-12-25 authorizing a reduction of a letter of credit for 13467 Main Street, resolution R-13-25 approving a second amendment to an intergovernmental agreement with the village of Romeoville, and resolution R-14-25 approving a collective bargaining agreement with the Metropolitan Alliance of Police, Chapter 33.
Trustee McClafferty moved to approve the consent agenda and Trustee Shaughnessy seconded the motion. The board approved the package by roll call: Trustees Stapleton, Kitridge, Maher, McClafferty and Shaughnessy voted yes. Trustee Rick Sangowski was recorded absent.
The ordinance listed as O-05-25 was described during the meeting as an amendment to municipal code chapter 5.04 addressing liquor licenses and the issuance of a Class A-3 license; details of which licenses would be decreased or newly issued were not specified in the public discussion. The capital improvement plan was identified as the village—s FY2026 CIP but supporting project-by-project allocations were not discussed during the motion. The reduction of a letter of credit was tied to the address 13467 Main Street; the board did not discuss the original amount or the new reduced amount on the public record. The intergovernmental change described in R-13-25 was referred to as a second amendment to an existing agreement with the village of Romeoville; the text of the amendment was not read aloud during the meeting.
The collective bargaining agreement approved under R-14-25 covers employment terms between the village and the Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 33; the consent-motion record did not include a breakdown of the contract—s financial terms in the public discussion.
All items in the consent package passed without further public debate. The board later took up other business, including a police promotion and a set of staff resolutions.
