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Waukegan Council clears consent agenda, approves $748,358 rescue boat and other routine items
Summary
On Feb. 2 the Waukegan City Council approved the consent agenda including vendor payments and several engineering resolutions, agreed to buy a rescue boat for $748,358.35, and extended a temporary accounting-services contract; two vendor checks were pulled for separate votes.
The Waukegan City Council on Feb. 2 approved its consent agenda and cleared several routine and capital items, including vendor payments and a rescue-boat purchase.
Council approved the consent agenda by motion (Alderman Newsom; second Alderman Turner) and recorded unanimous 'Aye' roll-call votes from Aldermen Guzman, Martinez, Felix, Newsom, Turner, Donaldworth and Florian. The consent reading covered minutes, payroll, and resolutions for engineering, joint funding, change orders and settlements.
Two vendor checks were pulled from the vendor-payments item so an alderman could vote against them individually (a $250 check to Louie's restaurant and a $400+ check for council meals). After amending to remove the two checks, the council approved vendor payments totaling $2,974,387.59 and later voted separately to approve the two pulled checks; one tally showed Alderman Martinez recorded as 'Nay' on a pulled check vote and Alderman Florian recorded a 'No' on another roll call.
The council approved a resolution to purchase a rescue boat from Grovis Aluminum Boat LLC for $748,358.35 (motion by Alderman Guzman, second by Alderman Florian). Roll call recorded 'Aye' votes and the motion passed.
Other approved items included a change order for purchase of fire hydrants (not to exceed $200,000), a settlement and release for a police employee workers' compensation claim not to exceed $30,007.46, and a software-as-a-service agreement with Inspection Vault, LLC (no cost to the city as described on the agenda).
Council also voted to extend a professional-services agreement with Robert Half for temporary accounting services, increasing the previously approved amount (transcribed reference to $87,000) and setting a new expiration date of Feb. 20, 2026. The council adopted the 2025 HOME Investment Partnership resolution to allocate HOME funds for first-time homebuyer assistance and rehab programs.
What happens next: The rescue boat purchase and the other contracts will move to procurement and implementation by the assigned departments. The two pulled vendor checks are now recorded in the minutes with individual votes. Council members indicated follow-up reporting on contract execution and finance items through the treasurer's office.
Provenance: Consent-agenda reading and initial motion (SEG 1566–SEG 1657); vendor-payment pulls and separate votes (SEG 1658–SEG 1812); rescue-boat purchase discussion and roll call (SEG 1813–SEG 1851); treasury report and Robert Half extension (SEG 1852–SEG 1947); HOME allocation vote (SEG 1948–SEG 1996).
