City Council

CITY OF LOCKPORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025 7:00 PM CITY HALL, 3RD FLOOR, BOARD ROOM A. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE B. ROLL CALL C. INTRODUCTION D. LIAISON'S REPORT E. MAYOR'S REPORT 1. Lockport Township High School Athletes - McKena Miglorini, 1st State Champion in the Lockport Girl's Track History; Nolan Lamoureux, IHSA Class 3A 800 Meter Run Title F. 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 G. CONSENT AGENDA 1  CC-1. Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from June 4, 2025 Suggested Action: Approve the Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from June 4, 2025 as presented. CC-2. Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes from June 4, 2025 Suggested Action: Approve the Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes from June 4, 2025 as presented. CA-1. Approve Task Order with V3 for an Environmental Cleanup with Preliminary Remediation Estimates for 1728 S. State Street Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 25-053 a Task Order with V3 Companies for Environmental Cleanup and Preliminary Remediation Estimates at 1728 S. State Street. FN-1. Payroll Period Ending June 8, 2025 Suggested Action: Approve the payroll period as presented. CD-1. Special Use Permit for a Planned (Residential) Development; Rezoning From C2 Community Commercial to R2 Single Family Residential; Preliminary and Final Development Plan (in-one-step); and Final Plat of Subdivision for the property generally located north of Division Street and East of Cedar Road (known as Flagstone Villas)/ PZC Case #2025-005 Suggested Action: Approve Ordinance No. 25-005 a Special Use Permit for a Planned (Residential) Development for a 23 Unit Townhome Development & Rezoning from C2 Community Commercial to R-2 Single Family located north of Division St. & east of Cedar Rd. CD-2. Release of Bond and Initial Acceptance of Site Improvements for J&A Sales Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 25-054 releasing of Bond and Initial Acceptance of Site Improvements for J&A Sales. H. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES (IF NOT APPROVED AS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM) I. APPROVAL OF PAYROLL (IF NOT APPROVED AS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM) J. REGULAR BUSINESS ACTION ITEMS M-1. Appointment of John Arizzi as the Successor Chief of Police Upon the Retirement of Richard Harang as the Police Chief of the Police Department of the City of Lockport as Recommended by the Mayor Suggested Action: Approve John Arizzi as the Successor Chief of Police of the City of Lockport upon the Retirement of Richard Harang as a Member of the City of Lockport Police Department. FN-1. Bills Through June 10, 2025 Suggested Action: Approve the various bills as presented. CA-1. Approve Change Order #1 for Expenses Not-to-Exceed an Additional $490,000 for Plumbing/Lighting as Part of the HVAC Renovations Project at City Hall 2  Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 25-061 a Change Order in the amount not to exceed $490,000 for completion of the City Hall Lighting Plan and additional Plumbing Renovation. PW-1. Award the Cove Avenue Water Main Relocation Project to Austin Tyler Construction in the Amount of $1,461,157.26 Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 25-051 awarding the Cove Avenue Water Main Relocation Project to Austin Tyler Construction in the amount of $1,461,157.26. PW-2. Award the 2025 Stormwater Project to Austin Tyler Construction in the Amount of $213,950.37 Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 25-052 awarding the 2025 Stormwater Project to Austin Tyler Construction in the amount of $213,950.37. PW-3. Award the 2025 Sidewalk & ADA Project to Strada Construction Co. in the Amount of $132,157.00 Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 25-055 awarding the 2025 Sidewalk & ADA Project to Strada Construction Co. in the amount of $132,157.00. K. PUBLIC HEARING L. PERMANENT COMMITTEES M. NEW BUSINESS N. 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. 3  All Speakers shall comply with these rules which shall be posted at the Speaker Sign-In desk and rulings of the City Clerk. O. 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 P. 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