Will County Gazette

City of Lockport Committee of the Whole met April 2.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

A. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

B. ROLL CALL

C. INTRODUCTION OR PROCLAMATION (REQUIRING NO FORMAL ACTION OR APPROVAL)

D. MAYOR'S REPORT

E. ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSENT OR ACTION AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING

CD-1. Special Use Permit for an Auto Repair Shop for the Property Located at 1603 S. State Street/PZC Case #2025-001

CD-2. Amendment to Preliminary/Final Development Plans for a Coffee Kiosk (Drive-Thru Only) Facility for Lockport Square Lot 9B (7-Brew Coffee)/PZC Case #2024-014

CD-3. An Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) Between the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and the City of Lockport to Develop an Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Plan

CD-4. 2025 Official Zoning Map Update; Adopting and Authorizing the Publication of the Updated City of Lockport Official Zoning Map

F. NEW BUSINESS - MISCELLANEOUS

G. 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.

H. 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 or employees.

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

2(c)(5) Purchase of 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 and actions 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

I. ADJOURNMENT

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