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Timberlake council approves multiple emergency resolutions, accepts NOACA sidewalk funding
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the Village of Timberlake council suspended reading rules and approved a package of emergency resolutions and ordinances including personnel appointments, a towing contract amendment and acceptance of NOACA funding for a Lakeshore sidewalk project; two abstentions were recorded.
The Village of Timberlake council approved a series of emergency resolutions and ordinances at its Jan. 21, 2025 meeting, including personnel appointments, a towing‑service agreement amendment and acceptance of regional funding for a Lakeshore sidewalk project.
Council suspended the three‑reading rule and approved Resolution No. 2025‑1 appointing Gerard Joyce as President Pro Tempore; the suspension and final approval were recorded as carried with Council member Jerry Joyce abstaining. Council unanimously approved Resolution No. 2025‑2 to confirm Spiros Gonakis as legal counsel and Resolution No. 2025‑4 to confirm James O'Leary as assistant solicitor.
The council approved Resolution No. 2025‑3 to amend the Village's 2025 Permanent Appropriations and Ordinance No. 1‑2025 to amend employee wages and salaries; both measures were passed after suspending the three‑reading rule. Ordinance No. 2‑2025 appointed Ryan Konrad as Street Commissioner at a nominal compensation of $1 per year; Konrad abstained from the suspension and final vote on that ordinance. Ordinance No. 3‑2025 authorizes acceptance of NOACA 2026–2029 Transportation Improvement Program funding for the LAK‑283‑3.27 Lakeshore Sidewalk Project; council members discussed holding a town hall to display project drawings and raised questions about the grant's matching‑fund requirements.
Council adopted a resolution amending the agreement with Vitalone's Towing Service and a resolution authorizing the hire of Robert Hovanes as an auxiliary patrolman for the Timberlake Police Department. Resolution No. 2025‑7 (declaring surplus personal property) and Ordinance No. 4‑2025 (authorizing acceptance of a NOPEC Energized Community Grant) were presented for first reading and were not acted upon for final passage.
Most votes were recorded as "all in favor" where noted in the meeting minutes; specific tallies were only recorded when an abstention was named (Jerry Joyce on 2025‑1; Ryan Konrad on Ordinance 2‑2025). The meeting agenda and minutes include links to the full meeting recording for those seeking verbatim remarks and the official roll call.
