City of Lockport City Council will meet May 3.
Here is the agenda as provided by the Council:
a. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
b. ROLL CALL:
c. INTRODUCTION:
d. AGENDA PARTICIPATION:
(Any person who wishes to speak on a topic that is on the Agenda of the Meeting shall
fill out a Speaker Card before the start of the Meeting, either at the City Clerk’s Office, or may
give to the City Clerk before the start of the Meeting itself, stating name, and topic on the
Agenda to be discussed. Speaker Cards are required for each of the items the Speaker wishes
to address. The purpose of the Cards is to obtain the spelling of name of the Speaker, contact
information, and provide for efficient meeting administration. All Speakers shall comply with
these rules, which shall be posted at the Speaker Sign-In desk and rulings of the City Clerk.
Speakers shall be called by name to approach the podium by the City Clerk. A time limit of five
(5) minutes shall be imposed on each Speaker.)
Illinois Municipalities may adopt a group of assorted Ordinances, Resolutions, Motions,
and orders by a single Roll Call Vote called an Omnibus Vote or approval by Consent
Agenda. The Omnibus Vote/Consent Agenda Vote shall be taken following the unanimous
consent by the City Council as to the items to be included in the vote. There will be no
separate discussion on these items unless a Council Member or Citizen so requests. In
that event, the item will be removed from the Omnibus Vote/Consent Agenda and
considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda
e. CONSENT AGENDA:
1. April 19, 2017 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve the
April 19, 2017 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes as presented.
2. April 19, 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve
the April 19, 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes as presented.
3. Payroll Period ending April 23, 2017: Motion to approve the
payroll period ending April 23, 2017 as presented.
4. Various Bills: Motion to approve the Various Bills as presented.
5. Proposal for Preliminary Services Related to the Establishment for Quiet Zones within
the City of Lockport for Rail Crossings (CN & BNSF): Motion to proceed with the
Preliminary Engineering Services required for Quiet Zone Improvements for Rail
Crossings in the City of Lockport for $25,000 from Ducere, LLC.
6. Renewal and Amendment No. 2 of an Intergovernmental Agreement with Will
County for operating a Recycling Center at Prime Boulevard Facility/Resolution No.
17-050: Motion to approve Resolution No. 17-050/A Resolution approving an
Intergovernmental Agreement between the County of Will and the City of Lockport for
the operation of a Recycling Drop-Off Site.
7. Surplus Property/Resolution No. 17-049: Motion to approve Resolution No. 17-049/
A Resolution authorizing the disposal of surplus items that are listed within the
Resolution.
8. Request for Additional Funding – Proposed Construction Project at the Lockport Police
Station: Motion to authorize the Police Department to spend no more than
$286,831.60 on this project from 2017 budgeted Asset Forfeiture Funds. This figure
includes a $20,000 contingency.
9. PZC Case #2017-001: Preliminary/Final Development Plans for a Multi-Tenant
Building on Lot 5 in Lockport Square/Resolution No. 17-051: Motion to approve
Resolution No. 17-051/A Resolution approving Preliminary/Final Development Plans
for Lot 5 Lockport Square (Panera Bread)
f. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES: (If not approved as a Consent Agenda Item)
g. APPROVAL OF PAYROLL: (If not approved as a Consent Agenda item)
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h. MAYOR’S REPORT:
1. Memo 5/3/17 M-1 Appoint Joe Piper as Mayoral
Appointee to the Police Pension
Board.
Action: Motion to appoint Joe
Piper to the Police Pension Board for
a two (2) year term. Term expiring
April 1, 2019.
2. S. Streit Memo 4/27/17 M-2 Reappointment of Chief of Police
Action: Motion to reappoint Terry
Lemming as Chief of Police effective
May 3, 2017.
i. CITY CLERK’S REPORT:
j. STAFF REPORT:
1. CITY ADMINISTRATOR:
2. FINANCE DIRECTOR:
3. POLICE CHIEF:
4. CITY ATTORNEY:
5. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY &
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
1. P. Hirth Memo 4/26/17 CED-1 Amendment to Chapter 155: Signs
specifically Section 155.09 addressing
Prohibited Signs/Ordinance No. 17-013
Action: Motion to approve Ordinance
No. 17-013/ An Ordinance amending
Chapter 155: Signs as it pertains
to Section 155.09 Prohibited Signs
(Perimeter and Border Window
Lighting).
6. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS:
7. CITY ENGINEER:
1. A. Wagner Memo 4/28/17 ED-1 STP Bridge – Second Street Bridge
Project/Concurrence to
Award/Resolution No. 17-053
Action: Motion to approve Resolution
No. 17-053/A Resolution to concur with
the Award of the STBP Second Street
Bridge Project to D Construction, in the
Amount of $938,430.30.
k. PERMANENT COMMITTEES;
1. PLAN & ZONING COMMISSION:
2. HERITAGE AND ARCHITECTURE:
l. NEW BUSINESS – MISCELLANEOUS
1. SWEARING IN OF NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS
1. Mayor - Steven Streit
2. City Clerk - Kathleen Gentile
3. City Treasurer - David Palya
4. Alderwoman Ward 1 - Renee Saban
5. Alderwoman Ward 2 - Christina Bergbower
6. Alderman Ward 3 - Darren Deskin
7. Alderwoman Ward 4 – Catherine Perretta
m. OPEN FLOOR FOR COMMENTS
(Comments will be heard on items that do not appear on the Agenda.
The Public Comment portion of the Agenda shall be subject to a twenty (20) minutes
limitation. A time limit of five (5) minutes shall be imposed on each Speaker.
The purpose of having Public Comments as an Agenda Item is to allow any person
to make his/her views known to the City Council upon any subject of general or public
interest.
The Council recognizes that Public Comments are for the purpose of legitimate
inquiries and discussion by the Public, and not for the purpose of advancing arguments or
repetitious questions concerning matters which the Council believes to be closed or not
of general public concern.
The Council shall have the right during this period to decline to hear any person or subject
matter upon proper motion and majority vote by the Council.
Each person wishing to speak during the Public Comment portion of the Agenda must fill
out a Public Comment Speaker Card stating name, and the topic about which he/she
wishes to speak as well as a sign-in sheet, and give to the City Clerk at the Meeting itself.
The purpose of the Cards is to obtain the spelling of the name of the Speaker, contact
information, and provide for efficient meeting administration.
The order of speaking shall be based upon the order of sign-in with first person signing-in
speaking first and so forth. If the twenty (20) minutes has elapsed before all Speakers
who have signed up are allowed to speak, the City Council may elect to continue the time
period.
However, if the City Council elects not to extend the time period those Speakers who
signed up but did not speak may if they so choose to be placed on the next Agenda under
the Public Comments Section and shall be placed at the top of the Sign-In Sheet in the
same order they were in from the previous Sign-In Sheet.
All Speakers shall comply with these rules which shall be posted at the Speaker Sign-In
desk and rulings of the City Clerk. )
n. ADJOURNMENT
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