Will County Gazette

City of Lockport City Council Met Jan. 20.

Here is the agenda 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 

CL-1.	Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes from December 16, 2020 Suggested Action: Approve the Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes from December 16, 2020 as presented.
CL-2.	Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from December 16, 2020 Suggested Action: Approve the Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from December 16, 2020 as presented.
FN-1.	Payroll Periods Ending December 13, 2020, December 27, 2020 & January 10, 2021 Suggested Action: Approve the payroll periods as presented.
CED-1.	Amendment to Special Use Permit for an Automobile Dealership, High-End, Used; Preliminary/Final Subdivision Plat; Preliminary/Final Consolidation; Preliminary/Final Development Plan for the Property Located at 816 E. 9th Street (GL Quality)  Suggested Action: Approve Ordinance No. 20-032 the amendment to the Special Use Permit for a high-end used automobile dealership for the property located at 816 E. 9th Street, (GL Quality). Approve Resolution No. 20-145 the Preliminary/Final Subdivision Plat and Preliminary/Final Development Plan for a 7,550 SF parking lot for the property located at 816 E. 9th Street, (GL Quality).
PW-1.	Release of Letter of Credits for Phase 3 and 4 for Sagebrook Residential Subdivision Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 20-146 to release the Sagebrook Phase 3 Letter of Credit No. SLCLSTL11668 in the amount of $144,406.35 and Phase 4 Letter of Credit No. SLCLSTL11857 in the amount of $184,651.38.

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)  H. PUBLIC HEARING 

PH-1. Public Hearing on the Annexation Agreement for the Property Located at 505 Thornton St., Unincorporated Will County and Final Vote on the Approval of the Annexation Agreement and the Annexation Ordinance

Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 20-148 on the annexation agreement of a property located at 505 Thornton St., Lockport, Illinois (requires 2/3 vote: Mayor votes) and approve Ordinance No. 20-034 annexing property located at 505 Thornton St. (requires simple majority vote: Mayor does not vote). 

I. REGULAR BUSINESS ACTION ITEMS 

CED-1.	Rezoning of 505 Thornton Street From R3 Single Family (Unincorporated Will County) to R1 Single Family Zoning District (City of Lockport) Suggested Action: Approve Ordinance No. 20-033 for the rezoning from R3 Single Family (Unincorporated Will County) to R1 Single Family (City of Lockport).
FD-1.	Bills through January 12, 2021 Suggested Action: Approve the various bills as presented.
PW-1.	5th Street to 9th Street Water Main & Roadway Reconstruction Project Award Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 21-004 authorizing the Mayor and City Staff to execute the contracts from Austin Tyler Construction Inc. for the 5th - 9th Street Water Main & Roadway Reconstruction Project in the amount of $4,770,378.26.
PW-2.	2021 RFP Consideration for Cleaning Services and Accept the Proposal Submitted by Vega Building Maintenance, Inc. in the Amount of $108,756.00 for 3 Years for 4 Facilities Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 21-018 accepting the proposal for cleaning services to be provided by Vega Building Maintenance, Inc for cleaning services of City facilities in the amount of $108,756.00 for 3 years.

J. PERMANENT COMMITTEES 

K. 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) minute 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.  

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, 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.) 

L. EXECUTIVE SESSION: OPEN MEETINGS EXEMPTIONS 

2(c)(1) Appointments, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance or Dismissal of specific Employees. 

2(c)(2): Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 

2(c)(3) Selection of a person to fill a Public Office, including a vacancy in a Public Office. 

2(c)(5) Purchase or Lease of real property, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired. 

2(c)(6) The setting of a price for Sale or Lease of property owned by the public body. 

2(c)(11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 

2(c)(21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06 

M. ADJOURNMENT

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