City of Joliet City Council met Dec. 27.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
ROLL CALL:
CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON AGENDA ITEMS:
This section is for anyone wanting to speak regarding agenda items and are allowed a maximum of 4 minutes. It is not a question and answer period and staff, and the City Council do not generally respond to public comments. The City Clerk has a copy of the public speaking procedures; please note, speakers who engage in conduct injurious to the harmony of the Council shall be called to order by the Presiding Officer and may forfeit the opportunity to speak.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
All evidence and testimony will be presented under oath. The petitioner will be allowed to present first. After the petitioner is completed, interested parties will be allowed to present evidence and/or cross examine the petitioner. As this hearing is legislative in nature and not administrative, an interested party shall be defined as someone who either owns property within 600 feet of the proposed development site, or a member or official representative of an affected governmental body; the remainder of those who wish to be heard shall be classified as public speakers. Interested parties will present second. Once the interested parties have completed, public speakers will be heard. These individuals are public speakers, so the applicable public speaking rules shall be in effect: Speakers should try to address all comments to the council as a whole and not to any individual member, repetitive comments are discouraged, total comment time for any one person is 4 minutes, no speaker shall engage in a debate or make direct threats or personal attacks or be uncivil or abusive, disruptive behavior by the members of the public will not be tolerated, and the presiding officer may limit irrelevant, immaterial, or inappropriate comments or statements.
Ordinance Approving the 2022 Annual Budget for the City of Joliet
a. Ordinance to Include in the 2022 Annual Budget for the City of Joliet a discretionary Subsidy for the Will County Metropolitan Expositions and Auditorium Authority (Rialto)
b. Ordinance Approving the 2022 Annual Budget for the City of Joliet
588-21 Ordinances for the Levy and Assessment of Taxes for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2021, and Ending December 31, 2021, in and for the 1996 Joliet Special Service Area Number Fourteen (Joliet City Center), and the 2009 Joliet Special Service Area Number Seven (Park Hill Subdivision)
589-21 Ordinances for the Levy and Assessment of Taxes for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2021, and Ending December 31, 2021 in and for the City of Joliet; including the Joliet Public Library
590-21 Ordinance Abating the Taxes Heretofore Levied for the Year 2021 to Pay Debt Service on $3,665,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2020A, and $6,535,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2020B, of the City of Joliet, Will and Kendall Counties, Illinois
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
This section is for anyone wanting to speak regarding non-agenda items and are allowed a maximum of 4 minutes. It is not a question and answer period and staff, and the City Council do not generally respond to public comments. The City Clerk has a copy of the public speaking procedures; please note, speakers who engage in conduct injurious to the harmony of the Council shall be called to order by the Presiding Officer and may forfeit the opportunity to speak.
CLOSED SESSION to discuss the following subjects:
PERSONNEL: The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific City employees (5 ILCS 5/120/2(c)(1)).
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: Collective negotiating matters and salary schedules for one or more classes of City employees (5 ILCS 5/120/2(c)(2)).
LAND ACQUISITION or CONVEYANCE: The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the City, including whether a particular parcel should be acquired, or the setting of a price for the sale or lease of property owned by the City (5ILCS 5/120/2(c)(5,6)).
PENDING or THREATENED LITIGATION: A pending legal action against, affecting or on behalf of the City or a similar
ADJOURNMENT:
https://joliet.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=915708&GUID=E1EF98B9-DD58-4EEA-B191-4CC953FD36EF
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