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Westmont board approves downtown mural grant, sidewalk waiver, software dashboard and vacation-time changes
Summary
The village board approved a facade/mural improvement agreement (up to $24,000) for 42 N. Cass, a cash-in-lieu sidewalk waiver for 4119 N. Lincoln, a contract with Invisio Solutions for a public strategic-plan dashboard, and personnel code changes increasing initial vacation awards.
The Westmont Village Board on April 30 approved a package of new-business items intended to support downtown improvements, transparency tools and employee recruitment.
Assistant Village Manager Parker described a facade-improvement agreement to ready the side of the building at 42 North Cass Avenue for a proposed mural; the village would provide up to $24,000 to prepare the wall and the agreement requires the business to install the proposed mural and maintain it. "If this restaurant does not install the mural after the village helped pay for the work ... the village gets to claw back up to $24,000," Parker said, and the agreement also allows the village to recover funds if the mural is removed within five years.
On transportation and development, the board approved a request from Fine Home Builders LLC to waive the sidewalk-installation requirement at 4119 North Lincoln Street and to accept payment in lieu because the property sits in a part of Liberty Park that lacks a connected sidewalk network; staff said the site was recently annexed and a contiguous sidewalk is not expected soon.
The board also approved an agreement with Invisio Solutions to provide strategic-plan analytics and a public dashboard that will allow residents to track progress on village goals. Government service staff said the dashboard will host performance metrics and enable the village to show progress on stated priorities.
On personnel policy, Village Manager Gunther won approval for text amendments to Chapter 62 to increase vacation time awarded at hire from 40 to 80 hours and to standardize department-head starting vacation at four weeks. Staff said the change affects 14 full-time and two part-time employees (16 total) and will be retroactive to the manager’s start date.
All motions passed on roll calls recorded at the meeting. The agreements include maintenance and performance expectations and, for the mural, a repayment provision if requirements are not met.
