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Forest Park council approves a slate of ordinances and resolutions; bills totaling $448,677 adopted
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting the council approved multiple ordinances and resolutions (including bills resolution R-84-25 totaling $448,676.70), adopted ordinances O-41-25 and O-42-25, and approved grant/contract actions and community requests with recorded roll-call votes.
The Village of Forest Park council approved a series of routine and substantive measures at its Sept. 8 regular meeting, adopting several ordinances, resolutions and administrative approvals.
Key votes at a glance
- Bills resolution (R-84-25): Council dispensed with the reading of individual bills and adopted the aggregate amounts presented by department. Departments and amounts listed by the clerk total $448,676.70 (refunds/allocations; public affairs; police; community center; accounts and finance; fire; health and safety; streets and public improvements; public property; seizure; federal customs; TIFF; VIP; water department).
- Ordinance O-41-25 (license fee schedule): Adopted on first motion with unanimous recorded votes.
- Ordinance O-42-25 (sale/disposition of surplus property): Adopted unanimously.
- Resolution R-85-25 (6B classification for 7501 Industrial Drive — Chicago Specialty Bakers): Approved after the owner described rehabilitation plans, equipment installation and local hiring intentions; commissioners asked about renovation scope and hiring outreach.
- Resolution R-86-25 (waiver of IMRF hiring fees for full-time administration/accounts payable clerk): Approved.
- Resolution R-87-25 (subscription renewal with Thomson Reuters): Approved after discussion of audits and privacy safeguards; council requested audit documentation from the police chief.
- Resolution R-88-25 (professional engineering services — water GIS survey): Approved to add water infrastructure to village GIS.
- Resolution R-89-25 (Cook County disaster response and recovery fund award application): Approved.
- Resolution R-90-25 (pricing schedule for digital phone services with AT&T): Approved.
- Resolution R-91-25 (engineering services for lead water service line material inventory assistance): Approved.
- Raffle license (Kuanas Club of Forest Park): Approved.
- Community center trip agreement (Greeet Metropolis): Approved.
- Public-art permission: Council amended a motion to set an end date (holiday walk) and requested a revised application with photos/layout; the amendment and main motion were approved conditionally.
Votes and movers: Most motions were moved by Commissioner Maxim and seconded by Commissioner Nero; roll-call tallies on the recorded items in the transcript show unanimous recorded 'I' or 'Hi' votes from the five-member body (four commissioners and the mayor) on the items presented.
Clarifying details: The clerk presented department-level dollar amounts that sum to $448,676.70; where transcript text had inconsistent punctuation/decimal placement staff should be consulted for official accounting records.
Ending: The meeting concluded after administrators’ and commissioners’ reports and a motion to adjourn.
