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Maywood board creates Energy and Environment Commission, retools beautification group
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Summary
Trustees approved an ordinance to create an Energy and Environment Commission, abolish the Environmental Beautification Commission and create a Beautification Commission; an amendment replaced the Resident Recognition Award Program with a Citizen/Business Recognition Award. Vote was 4–2.
The Village of Maywood Board of Trustees voted to amend the municipal code to create an Energy and Environment Commission, eliminate the Environmental Beautification Commission and establish a new Beautification Commission.
Under Old Business the board considered an ordinance amending Title III, Chapter 31 of the Maywood Village Code. Trustee N. Booker moved the code amendment and Trustee M. Jones seconded. An amendment to replace the Resident Recognition Award Program with a combined Citizen and Business Recognition Award was offered and adopted as part of the motion. The motion ultimately passed 4–2, with Mayor Edwenna Perkins and Trustee I. Brandon voting no.
The ordinance language and effective dates were presented in the meeting packet (cover memo dated Sept. 25, 2019 from Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd.). On the record, trustees discussed the structural change and the award-program amendment; no funding reallocation for the new commission was specified during the recorded discussion. The board directed staff and the village attorney to finalize ordinance language and administrative details.