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Joliet council approves ordinances, grant and multiple permits; votes at a glance
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Summary
At its April 21 meeting the Joliet City Council approved multiple ordinances and resolutions, accepted a $1 million mental-health grant, amended the budget to carry forward prior projects and approved several liquor licenses and capital contracts; motions were carried by roll call.
The Joliet City Council adopted a slate of ordinances, resolutions and contract awards during its April 21 meeting, including a $1 million grant for a no-cost counseling program, a budget amendment to carry forward previously approved projects, and several land-use and permit items.
Key outcomes:
- Grant acceptance: Council adopted an ordinance accepting a $1,000,000 grant from the Will County Community Mental Health Board to create an additional grant-funded social-worker position and expand counseling services (council member ordinance 226-26).
- Budget amendment: Council approved an amendment to the city’s annual budget to carry forward 2025 projects into the 2026 fiscal year; the mayor and staff said no new expenditures were added.
- Personnel policy: An ordinance amending Chapter 2, Article 2 to authorize pre-separation recruitment and temporary appointments (limiting temporary payroll to 90 days) was adopted after committee modification.
- Land use: Council approved the New Stone Shire Phase 2 preliminary PUD and an amendment to the JJC student-housing PUD (council memo 225-26).
- Contracts and purchases (consent agenda): Vehicle lift equipment purchase and installation to NAPA Auto Parts (not to exceed $550,000); purchase/installation of Joliet Slammers fire-suppression piping ($186,770); integrity floor resurfacing at 90 Osgood St. (~$84,913.20); body-armor vests for SOS (~$54,616.25); fire-station cabinets and installation (~$67,067); grass-cutting contracts (Summit Lawn Care $38,970; Culpeper Lawn Works $17,535). These were approved as part of the consent agenda.
- Licenses: Council approved multiple liquor-license issuances (Venue 98 at 227 N. Gougar; Granary & Home at 81 N. Chicago St.; The Prime House at 3147 W. Jefferson; Wingate by Wyndham Joliet at 101 McDonald Ave; LongHorn Steakhouse at 16329 S. Boulevard Place).
- Right-of-way and MFT actions: Council approved a resolution appropriating supplemental motor-fuel-tax funds for an engineering amendment on the Farrell Road over Spring Creek Bridge project and accepted a permanent easement for County Line Road improvement work.
Motions were typically moved, seconded and recorded as carried during the meeting. Where recorded on the transcript, council members voted by roll call; the clerk announced "motion carried" after the roll calls. Several items were accompanied by brief committee reports explaining purpose and funding sources.
