Lombard trustees approve consent agenda covering contracts, grants, zoning recommendations and equipment purchases

The Village of Lombard Board of Trustees on Feb. 6 approved a broad consent agenda that included payroll and accounts payable, capital purchases, engineering contracts, multiple local tourism grants and Plan Commission recommendations on conditional uses and code text amendments.

President Gennaro opened the consent agenda and asked for a motion; trustees moved and seconded the motion and Clerk Liz conducted the roll call. Trustee roll-call votes recorded in the transcript show unanimous "aye" votes on the consent items.

Key items approved on the consent agenda (as described in the meeting record): - Accounts payable and payroll: accounts payable of $596,050.94 for period ending Jan. 24, 2025; payroll for period ending Jan. 12, 2025 of $1,163,501.81; accounts payable of $1,496,136.63 for period ending Jan. 31, 2025. - Ordinances on first reading (waiver of first-reading requested in some cases): amendments to the Lombard Village Code regarding alcoholic beverages that decrease certain liquor-license counts due to voluntary nonrenewal or ownership changes (specific ordinance numbers not provided in the transcript). - Equipment purchases and surplus declarations: purchase of one wheel loader from Westside Tractor Sales of Veil, Illinois, for $160,262.68 (waiver of bids requested); declaration of a 2014 wheel loader (unit SM453) as surplus. Purchase of seven Zoll X Series cardiac monitors with five-year warranties for $284,068.94, and authorization to declare seven old monitors as surplus with a trade-in value of $7,500. - Engineering and professional services contracts: Main Street resurfacing design engineering with Civiltech Engineering, not to exceed $361,708.48; Highland Avenue sewer separation resident engineering services with Thomas Engineering Group, not to exceed $158,635.48. - Maintenance and service agreements: continuing perpetual warranty and maintenance agreements with Utility Service Company for the Highland elevated tank (not to exceed $38,832.37 for the extension) and the North Avenue standpipe (not to exceed $265,003 for the extension); annual software subscriptions for FY2025 in an amount not to exceed $375,200. - Purchasing and inventory: purchase of Neptune water meters from Water Resources Inc., not to exceed $128,793.50, with staff recommending waiver of the informal bidding process because Water Resources Inc. is the local distributor for the village's Neptune meter system network. - Community Promotion & Tourism Committee grants: recommendations to fund local tourism events from hotel/motel funds, including $25,000 for the Lombard Lilac Parade (plus the cost of village services), $2,000 to the Lombard Garden Club for lilac purchases, $10,000 to the Lombard Junior Women's Club for the Lilac Princess program, $5,000 to the Lombard Area Chamber of Commerce for the Lilac Times Arts & Crafts Fair, and $5,000 to support the 2025 Farmers Market (plus village services overtime costs). The committee also recommended grants for Brewfest, Cycling Classic, Food Truck Social Spooktacular and Candy Cane Lane Holiday Market; the transcript states those applications were heard by the committee and recommendations will be transmitted to the board. - Economic & Community Development Committee: recommendation approving amendments to the Veil Business Grant Program payout provisions for non-restaurant retail businesses. - Plan Commission recommendations: conditional uses recommended for 434 East North Avenue to allow motor vehicle sales and service in the B4 Corridor Commercial District; a variation and approval recommendation for a proposed nine-unit multifamily building at 227 S. Westmore-Meyers Road in the R4 Limited General Residential District (the application seeks relief from the lot-area-per-dwelling requirement); and recommended text amendments regarding clear lines-of-site areas in the village code.

Following the consent agenda vote, President Gennaro said the meeting would recess to executive session "for the purpose of collective negotiating matters, discussion of executive session meeting minutes for the purpose of approval and semiannual review of the minutes and the acquisition of real property." A motion to recess was moved by Trustee Dan (first) and seconded by Trustee Puccio and carried on roll call votes recorded in the transcript.

What the record does not include: ordinance numbers, specific contract documents beyond amounts and vendors, full fiscal analyses for contracts and purchases, and any dissenting or abstaining votes (the transcript shows aye votes in roll calls).