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Villa Park board passes multiple ordinances and resolutions; summary of motions and vote outcomes
Summary
The Village of Villa Park Board of Trustees took a series of formal actions at its Jan. 27 meeting, approving code amendments, contract change orders and appointments including a change to dog-license fees and an $811,804 engineering agreement for Ardmore Avenue Phase 1.
The Village of Villa Park Board of Trustees took a series of formal actions at its Jan. 27 meeting. Key outcomes:
- Appointment: The board appointed Kimberly Tuttle to the Community Fund Commission, term to begin upon being sworn in and run through April 30, 2026. Motion by Trustee Patrick; second by Trustee O'Fano. Vote: unanimous by roll call.
- Ordinance, Chapter 5 (dog licenses) — first reading waived and adopted: The board approved amendments to Chapter 5 of the Villa Park Municipal Code to eliminate the village’s $4 annual dog-license fee while retaining the registration requirement through the Villa Park Police Department (VPPD). Staff and Chief Mike Rivas said county rabies-registration requirements remain in effect; the municipal fee generated roughly $300 annually. The ordinance was approved after waiving the first reading. Vote: roll call in favor.
- Ordinance, Chapter 14 (fleeing/attempting to elude) — first reading waived and adopted: The board adopted changes to Chapter 14 to reduce the municipal administrative fee for citations tied to fleeing/attempting to elude from the previous amount to $750 (to comply with state limits for non-home-rule municipalities) and to clarify due-process procedures that route such administrative citations through the village’s administrative adjudication process and provide appeal rights. The board waived the first reading and then adopted the ordinance. Vote: roll call in favor.
- Ordinance rescinding Ordinance No. 4229 (Hawthorne Development special use): The board passed an ordinance formally rescinding Ordinance 4229, removing the special-use planned-unit-development (PUD) approval for the Hawthorne/Garden Station project. Staff said the PUD had expired Jan. 6; the action clears the code and requires any future developer to start again through the PUD process. Vote: roll call in favor.
- Resolution — Final change order No. 1 for Wisconsin Avenue Improvement Project (A Lamp Concrete Contractors Inc.): The board approved final change order No. 1, a net contract deduction of $71,362.20 on the A Lamp contract. The adjusted contract amount is $626,812.55. Public Works Director Michael Guerra confirmed the change reflects field-measured balancing of contract quantities. Vote: roll call in favor.
- Resolution — Ardmore Avenue engineering agreement (Civil Tech): The board approved a resolution authorizing the village president to enter into a professional engineering agreement with Civil Tech Engineering Inc. for Ardmore Avenue Phase 1 preliminary engineering for an amount not to exceed $811,804. (See separate coverage for project details.) Vote: roll call in favor.
- Consent and routine items: The board approved the consent agenda, including bill listings for the weeks of Jan. 13 and Jan. 20 totaling the amounts listed in the packet, and accepted minutes from several advisory commissions. Vote: roll call in favor.
Votes and procedure notes: Where a first-reading waiver was requested the board voted to waive and then proceeded to final action the same evening. The board recorded roll-call votes for the major items; the clerk announced affirmative votes for all trustees present on the listed measures.
Ending: Most items were approved unanimously. Several required follow-up steps — for example, the Ardmore engineering agreement requires kickoff work and public outreach and the Wisconsin change order requires final contract closeout procedures — and staff said they will return with implementation updates.
