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Votes at a glance: Oak Park council actions Jan. 6, 2025
Summary
At its Jan. 6 meeting the Oak Park City Council approved the consent agenda (including several bids and payments), adopted an amusement-code amendment, adopted a credit-card policy, approved a payment to Newman Smith Architecture, accepted Mayor Pro Tem Carolyn Burns' resignation, and authorized a consent judgment in 8 Mile LLC litigation.
Key outcomes from the Oak Park City Council meeting on Jan. 6, 2025:
- Consent agenda approved: included regular meeting minutes (12/16/2024); payment to OHM Advisors for engineering consulting ($5,162.50); authorization to bid 2025 water-main replacement and Northfield reconstruction projects; pay application #1 for 2024 sewer and catch-basin cleaning and TV inspection project in the amount of $72,316.08; request to bid the 11 Mile Parking Lot Replacement Project; and new/renewal licenses (01/06/2025). (Transcript: consent items summarized by the mayor.)
- Credit-card policy adopted: council adopted a resolution to expand and control city credit-card use (see article). (Vote: motion carried.)
- Newman Smith payment approved: council approved a payment to Newman Smith Architecture for Event Hub-related architectural services. Staff said the municipal-services relocation portion of the contract had been paused. (Vote: motion carried.)
- Ordinance adopted: second-reading and adoption of an amendment to Chapter 10, Amusements and Entertainment (replacement of Article 6 on mechanical amusement devices). The mayor said portions were repealed because they are preempted by state law and other provisions were outdated. Roll-call responses in the minutes recorded Council Member Edgar = Yes; Mayor McClellan = Yes; Council Member Radnor = Yes; Council Member Whitehead = Yes; motion carried.
- Resignation accepted: Council accepted Mayor Pro Tem Carolyn Burns' resignation effective at the end of the meeting and approved a public posting/application process to fill the vacancy within 30 days.
- Closed session and legal action: Council voted to enter closed session for attorney-client matters, accepted closed-session minutes, and approved the city attorney's recommendation to enter a consent judgment on the 8 Mile LLC litigation (roll call recorded as Yes by Council Member Edgar, Mayor McClellan, Council Member Radnor and Council Member Whitehead).
The council adjourned following the closed-session actions.
