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Votes at a glance: Forest Park council actions, Jan. 24, 2022
Summary
The council approved multiple routine and substantive items on Jan. 24, 2022, including bills, bond abatement, vehicle and equipment purchases, a Ferdinand Avenue design agreement, a Low Income Home Water Assistance IGA, community event approvals and several board appointments.
At the Jan. 24 Forest Park Village Council meeting the following motions and votes were recorded (all outcomes show recorded roll-call results):
- Approval of January 10 regular meeting minutes — approved (motion to adopt). - Approval of January 10 closed-session minutes — approved (motion to adopt). - Bills-by-resolution (total $775,869.25) — adopted as Resolution R-08-22 (unanimous). - Ordinance O-04-22: Abatement of 2021 tax levy to pay principal and interest on series 2012 general obligation bonds — adopted (unanimous). - Ordinance O-05-22: Authorize purchase of two fully equipped 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe police vehicles — adopted (unanimous). - Ordinance O-06-22: Authorize purchase of two fully equipped 2024 heavy-duty plow trucks — adopted (unanimous). - Resolution R-09-22: Authorize execution of professional design agreement with Burke Engineering for Ferdinand Avenue water main resurfacing — adopted (unanimous). - Resolution R-10-22: Intergovernmental agreement with the Community Economic Development Association of Cook County for the Low Income Home Water Assistance Program — adopted (unanimous). - Approval: Forest Park Chamber of Commerce banner request for 26th annual St. Patrick's Day parade (March 5) — approved (unanimous). - Approval: Park District solicitation for Fourth of July fireworks donations — approved (unanimous). - Appointments: Tim Gillen (police & fire), Jordan Kuhn (traffic & safety), Joanne Greeb (fire pension), Celeste Leonard (library), Casey Mulcher (rec board), Andrea Morello (ethics commission) — appointments approved (unanimous).
Vote tallies in roll-call items show five recorded yes votes (Commissioners Burns, Maxim, Nero, Vogt and Mayor Hoskins) on each recorded roll call in the transcript. Where specific dollar amounts were not stated on the record for a procurement item, the motion text on the agenda was adopted as presented.
