Maywood trustees approve $863,673.91 warrant list and omnibus package including opioid settlement and storm-relief agreement
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Summary
At its Dec. 14, 2021 special meeting the Village of Maywood Board of Trustees approved Warrant List No. 200520 totaling $863,673.91, confirmed multiple commission appointments and passed an omnibus motion covering development approvals, an opioid-settlement participation, grant applications and intergovernmental storm-relief and traffic-enforcement agreements.
The Village of Maywood Board of Trustees approved Warrant List No. 200520, totaling $863,673.91, at its special meeting on Dec. 14, 2021. Trustee A. Sanchez moved the payment list and Trustee S. Reyes-Plummer seconded; the board voted unanimously to approve the warrant list.
The vote came alongside a broader omnibus motion — moved by Trustee Sanchez and seconded by Trustee Reyes-Plummer — that bundled a range of items including the village’s participation in national opioid settlement agreements with certain distributors and manufacturers, final design approvals for two Access Health and Housing, LLC development projects, and submission of a Rebuild Downtown & Main Streets capital grant application for the 5th Avenue and Lake Street corridor. The omnibus motion passed unanimously.
Why this matters: the warrant list authorizes the near-term expenditures the village plans to pay, while the omnibus approvals set in motion several multi-agency projects and potential funding streams. The opioid-settlement participation commits the village to join national settlement terms with distributors listed in the packet. The storm-relief design agreement approved in the same omnibus ties Maywood to a cost-sharing arrangement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District for Van Buren and 5th area relief work related to the 2021 I-290 corridor project.
Board discussion and actions: staff presented the Open Invoices Report (Dec. 8, 2021), showing $621,041.86 in open invoices, and monthly financial material; the board discussed those reports but took no separate action. The packet also included statements for legal services for October 2021 (a $5,130.00 statement for general matters and a combined $39,775.46 for employment, litigation, redevelopment and miscellaneous matters); the board reviewed but did not vote on those statements.
Other approvals included authorization of an HRIS human-resources module purchase (license, set-up, training and annual support fees as listed in the packet) and formal participation in ARPA-related engagement and survey materials. The board also approved an amendment to the automated traffic-law enforcement contract with American Traffic Solutions, now Verra Mobility, and several ordinances and resolutions, including an amendment to the village code regulating foreclosed and vacant buildings and an ordinance authorizing condemnation of a public-utility and sidewalk easement at 600 South 9th Avenue.
The meeting included a public comment from a resident identified as S. Gibson; Mayor Nathaniel George Booker responded. No formal action resulted from that comment.
Next steps: several operational recommendations were advanced to a later board meeting for ratification, including an equipment purchase for snow removal and the village manager’s vacation time. The board recessed into closed session to discuss pending and probable litigation under Illinois statute and adjourned at 9:30 p.m.