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Chicago Ridge board approves consent agenda, authorizes grant-funded camera purchases and staff hires
Summary
The Village of Chicago Ridge Board unanimously adopted a broad consent agenda April 14 that authorized vendor payments, approved business licenses, funded additional license‑plate‑reader and body‑camera cloud storage with grant funds, and authorized multiple hires; the meeting also included the swearing‑in of a new firefighter and the police chief.
President Lind called the Village of Chicago Ridge Board to order April 14 and, after an executive session, the board reconvened to take a slate of routine and business items.
The board unanimously approved expenditures and multiple SUR/board-approved totals presented in the April 14 resolution. Trustee McFarland moved the spending authority and Trustee Meslar seconded; Trustees Davenport, Kowalski, Lenz, McFarland, Meslar and Siegel voted AYE and none voted NAY.
The board then established and adopted a consolidated consent agenda that combined minutes, resolutions, ordinances, business‑license approvals, contracts and procurement authorizations. Among the items approved were minutes and a pending projects status report; a resolution supporting a Municipal Housing Authority; a resolution authorizing write‑off of unpaid water fees; and an ordinance amending the code on temporary tents.
The consent agenda included multiple business licenses approved pending inspections: Anointed Ink LLC (5920 W. 111th St.), J2M Trucking Inc. d/b/a J2M Trucking (6301 W. 101st St., dispatch only), Ridge Liquors LLC (5936 W. 111th St.), China Wock Chicago Ridge Inc. (Chicago Ridge Mall FC‑12), and Marcor LLC d/b/a Meineke (6154 W. 111th St.). Approval of Yalla Meat at 10600 Ridgeland Ave was postponed.
The board also approved procurement and personnel items on the consent agenda. A quote from CCI Flooring to resurface an apparatus bay was approved in the approximate amount of $74,000 (approximate amount stated in the record). The board authorized purchase of additional license‑plate‑reader (LPR) cameras at $39,540.34, with the expense to be paid from an Organized Crime Grant and the Department of Justice account, and directed purchase of cloud storage for LPR footage ($12,960.00) and for body‑camera data ($19,818.28) to be paid from grant accounts; the record notes these purchases were to be made at no expense to taxpayers. The board authorized hiring one full‑time clerical employee and two part‑time desk employees, and approved hiring two EMA officers. The Police Department was authorized to send Chief Tony Layman and Deputy Chief Shaughnessy to the SSACOP 2026 conference.
Trustee Siegel moved and Trustee Kowalski seconded adoption of the consent agenda as amended; on roll call Trustees Davenport, Kowalski, Lenz, McFarland, Meslar and Siegel voted AYE and none voted NAY.
The meeting also included administrative and records actions: the board approved a J.V. Henik recommendation to engage D. Kersey for Sallyport repair and voted to release a set of executive‑session minutes from 2010–2014 from non‑public to public status as listed in the packet.
Earlier in the evening the board performed swearing‑in ceremonies for Firefighter/Paramedic Anthony Potesta and for Police Chief Tony Layman.
The board adjourned after concluding business.
