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Bolingbrook trustees approve water-plant repair, public-works equipment purchases and new liquor license
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Summary
At the Aug. 26 meeting the Bolingbrook Mayor and Board approved three capital purchases and an ordinance adding a full-service liquor license for Fusion Marina Company; all roll-call items passed 5-0 with one trustee absent. The board also approved payables totaling $4.27 million and reviewed tax receipts.
The Bolingbrook Mayor and Board of Trustees on Aug. 26 adopted multiple resolutions and an ordinance to fund repairs and replace public-works equipment, and approved a new full-service liquor license for a business opening in September.
In roll-call votes that recorded five yeas, zero nays and one absence (Trustee Bhavini K. Patel), the board approved: Resolution 25R-081 authorizing Evoqua Water Technologies to repair clarifier No. 2 at Water Treatment Plant 3 for a cost not to exceed $50,665.04 (under the budgeted $55,731.54); Resolution 25R-082 to purchase a Vermeer BC1500 chipper from Vermeer Midwest for up to $103,062.00 (under the $109,522.00 budgeted amount); and Resolution 25R-083 to buy a pull-behind generator from Buckeye Power Sales for up to $84,570.00 (under the $89,692.00 budgeted amount).
The board also passed Ordinance 25-025 to amend Chapter 6 of the Village Code to increase Class D-2 (full-service) liquor licenses from 15 to 16, allowing Fusion Marina Company at 151 E. Boughton Road to open in early September.
The meeting approved two bill listings for payment. Bill Listing A totaled $3,165,495.04 and Bill Listing B totaled $1,106,650.38, for combined payables of $4,272,146.42. The minutes of the Aug. 12 meeting and the agenda for Aug. 26 were approved earlier in the meeting by voice vote.
Finance figures reported to the board included June 2025 state income tax receipts of $771,811.78 (a 6.3% decrease year over year), May 2025 sales tax receipts of $4,458,682.73 (a 22.9% increase year over year), and June 2025 motor fuel tax receipts of $275,076.59 (a 3% decrease year over year). The May 2025 state administrative fee was $35,955.72.
Motions and movers recorded in the minutes include: the minutes approval (motion by Jose Quintero, seconded by Troy J. Doris); bill approvals (motion by Michael T. Lawler, seconded by Troy J. Doris); Resolution 25R-081 (motion by Jose Quintero, seconded by Jean M. Kelly); Resolution 25R-082 (motion by Michael T. Lawler, seconded by Jean M. Kelly); Resolution 25R-083 (motion by Troy J. Doris, seconded by Jean M. Kelly); and Ordinance 25-025 (motion by Jose Quintero, seconded by Michael J. Carpanzano). Where roll-call tallies appear in the record the five trustees listed as voting yea were Carpanzano, Doris, Kelly, Lawler and Quintero; Trustee Patel was recorded absent.
The meeting ended at 8:15 p.m. after a motion by Quintero and a second from Lawler to adjourn.
Votes at a glance: - Minutes approval: motion Quintero, second Doris; voice vote carried. - Bill listings (A $3,165,495.04; B $1,106,650.38; total $4,272,146.42): motion Lawler, second Doris; roll call Yea 5, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Patel). - 25R-081 (Evoqua clarifier repair, ≤$50,665.04): motion Quintero, second Kelly; roll call Yea 5, Nay 0, Absent 1. - 25R-082 (Vermeer BC1500 chipper, ≤$103,062.00): motion Lawler, second Kelly; roll call Yea 5, Nay 0, Absent 1. - 25R-083 (pull-behind generator, ≤$84,570.00): motion Doris, second Kelly; roll call Yea 5, Nay 0, Absent 1. - Ordinance 25-025 (increase Class D-2 licenses to allow Fusion Marina Company): motion Quintero, second Carpanzano; roll call Yea 5, Nay 0, Absent 1.
(Amounts and vote tallies are reported as recorded in the meeting minutes.)