City of Lockport City Council Met March 17.
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 March 3, 2021
Suggested Action: Approve the Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes from March 3, 2021 as presented. |
| CL-2. | Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from March 3, 2021
Suggested Action: Approve the Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from March 3, 2021 as presented. |
| FN-1. | Payroll Period Ending March 7, 2021
Suggested Action: Approve the payroll period as presented. |
| CA-1. | Authorization for the City Administrator to Enter into an Agreement with V.I.P. Valet Services Inc. for Extended Valet Services for the Remainder of 2021 in Support of Downtown Lockport Businesses
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 21-042 authorizing the City Administrator to enter into an Agreement with VIP Valet Services, Inc., for valet services for downtown businesses on weekends and/or other events to not exceed $75,000 for 2021. |
| PD-1. | Request to Declare Items as Surplus
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 21-037 authorizing the disposal of surplus items. |
| PW-1. | Authorize Task Order to Strand Associates for Completion of a Risk and Resiliency Assessment of the City Water Supply System
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 21-040 task order from Strand Associates for completion of a risk and resiliency assessment of the City water supply system in the amount of $26,600.00. |
| PW-2. | Release of Letter of Credit for Highlands of Lockport
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 21-041 to release the Highlands of Lockport Letter of Credit No. S508242 in the amount of $2,500,000.00. |
G. APPROVAL OF PAYROLL (IF NOT APPROVED AS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM)
H. PUBLIC HEARING
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| PH-1. | Vacation of a Portion of Canal Street to the Abutting Property Located at 115 W. Division St., Lockport, IL
Suggested Action: Approve Ordinance No. 21-008 vacating a portion of Canal Street by the City of Lockport, to the abutting property located at 115 W. Division Street, Lockport, IL. |
| FN-1. | Bills through March 9, 2021
Suggested Action: Approve the various bills as presented. |
| PD-1. | Urging a Trailer Bill to Amend Public Act 101-0652, Known as the Police and Criminal Justice Reform Bill (House Bill 3653)
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 21-039 urging Legislative Amendments to the Public Act 101-0652 (Criminal Justice Reform Act). |
| PZ-1. | Adoption of the City of Lockport Official Zoning Map
Suggested Action: Approve Ordinance No. 21-009 adopting and authorizing the publication of the updated City of Lockport Official Zoning Map. |
| CED-1. | 18 Madison Street Rezoning from R1 Single Family Residential Zoning District to RO Heritage Residential Zoning District (PZC Case #2021-001)
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 21-038 final resubdivision for the property located at 18 Madison Street (D.Oxley); and Approve Ordinance No. 21-007 rezoning of the property located at 18 Madison Street from R1 Single Family Residential to RO Heritage Residential (D. Oxley). |
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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