Tinley Park committee forwards multiple contracts, code updates and grant agreement to Village Board; July 2 meeting likely canceled
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At its May 7 Committee of the Whole meeting, Tinley Park trustees voted to forward a string of contracts and code amendments — from electrical aggregation and legal engagements to water-main and landscaping contracts — to the Village Board, and agreed to forego the July 2 meeting unless urgent business arises because of Rib Fest staffing.
The Tinley Park Committee of the Whole on May 7 voted to forward multiple contracts, village-code amendments and a subrecipient grant agreement to the Village Board while directing staff to try to handle pressing items before the July 2 meeting because of Rib Fest staffing demands.
Staff member Hannah, describing the village’s participation in the Northern Illinois Municipal Aggregation Consortium (NIMAC), said the village’s street-lighting accounts are included in a pooled bid that opens May 21 and that the village has about 24 hours to lock in a price. "This is just our electrical aggregation for our street lighting accounts," Hannah said, asking for authority to execute the resulting contract to secure the lowest competitive pricing.
The committee also agreed to renew outside services and letters of engagement. Trustees moved renewals for Cornerstone Government Affairs (legislative consulting), several special-counsel engagement letters and a Rotor Group lobbying contract to the Village Board for final approval. No trustees raised substantive questions during those presentations.
Public-safety and equipment purchases were on the agenda. The chief outlined a subrecipient grant arrangement with Cook County that would allow the South Suburban Emergency Response Team (CERT) to receive grant and asset-forfeiture funds through the village. "This is — you'll recall on April 2 the board entered into agreement with CERT to act as a fiduciary so they can receive grant funding and asset forfeiture funding," the chief said. Trustees moved the agreement to the Village Board.
The committee considered technology and public-safety equipment purchases for police vehicles, including 14 laptops, in-car video systems, docking stations, warranties and cloud storage. The transcript lists a cost figure for those items that appears garbled; meeting presenters did not provide a corrected dollar amount in the discussion. The committee voted to forward the purchase request to the Village Board.
Public works staff (John) briefed trustees on a water-main replacement on 179th Street between Oak Park Avenue and 66th Court — about 1,200 linear feet — plus roughly 200 feet on Harlem Avenue to connect dead-end mains. "We had three responses. Steve Spees was the lowest," John said, asking the committee to move the contract to the Village Board.
John also asked to renew a third and final year contract with City Escape Garden and Design LLC for landscape planters and beautification and to enter a new contract with Stantec Consulting Services for maintenance of naturalized stormwater areas; Stantec was selected after two submittals. The transcript contains a reported Stantec contract amount that appears to be mis-transcribed; trustees noted the price appeared under budget and forwarded the contract.
On code changes, staff described cleanup amendments to Title 3, Chapter 32 of the village code governing the Marketing Commission — correcting meeting dates, consolidating two former commissions and lowering the number of commissioners. Trustees who reviewed the edits confirmed the current commission size is nine and supported forwarding the amendments to the Village Board. The committee similarly forwarded proposed edits to Chapter 74 relating to administrative adjudication for vehicle standing, parking and compliance.
The mayor urged caution about scheduling the July 2 Village Board meeting because staff will be focused on Rib Fest preparations. "Our whole unified command staff meets almost every day for the four-day Rib Fest," the mayor said, and suggested moving urgent items to the second June meeting or calling a special meeting if necessary. The committee agreed to a "wait-and-see" approach and effectively agreed not to hold the July 2 meeting unless something pressing emerges.
No members of the public addressed the committee during public comment. Trustees then moved to adjourn; the meeting ended at 6:17 p.m.
The items forwarded to the Village Board will return for final action at a later board meeting; the committee did not take final, board-level votes on those contracts or ordinance changes at this session.
