Board of Trustees Meetings
Regular MeetingNiles, IL · August 24, 2021
Agenda
MAYOR ACTING VILLAGE
George D. Alpogianis MANAGER
Hadley Skeffington-Vos
TRUSTEES
John C. Jekot VILLAGE CLERK
Joe LoVerde Marlene J. Victorine
Danette O'Donovan Matyas
Denise M. McCreery Phone: (847) 588-8000
Craig Niedermaier Fax: (847) 588-8051
Dean Strzelecki www.vniles.com
1000 Civic Center Drive, Niles, Illinois 60714
AGENDA
NILES BOARD MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
August 24, 2021
7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Annual Public Works Open House to be Held on Saturday, September 18, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. at 6849 Touhy Avenue (Public Works Director Braun)
Open House Fire Department to be Held on Saturday, September 25, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. - Noon at Fire
Station 2 Located at 8360 Dempster Street (Fire Chief Feld)
St. John Brebeuf Oktoberfest 8301 N. Harlem Avenue - September 10- from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and
September 11 from 1:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (Trustee Jekot)
Community Wide Garage Sale September 10-12, 2021 (Community Development Director Ostman)
Village Facilities will be Closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 6, 2021
PROCLAMATIONS
Constitution Week - September 17-23, 2021
Chamber of Commerce Week - September 12-18, 2021
PRESENTATIONS
Community Solar Program Presentation by Mark Pruitt
PRESIDENT'S REPORT President Alpogianis
COVID-19 Community Update (Fire Chief Feld)
VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT
Updates: Rodents, Streetlights, Union Negotiations, and Construction Updates
TRUSTEE REPORTS
Trustee McCreery (Building and Zoning Committee)
Trustee LoVerde (Finance Committee)
PUBLIC COMMENT (AGENDA ITEMS ONLY)
The floor is open for public comments on agenda items only. Please step up to the microphone, state your
name and city, and make your comment. You will be allotted three minutes. Please make sure you sign in at the
reception desk.
CONSENT AGENDA-NEW BUSINESS
All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted in one motion. There will be
no individual discussion of these items unless a Trustee so requests, in which event the item will be removed
from the Consent Agenda and considered at the end of New Business.
Item 1 Approval of July 27, 2021 Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes
Item 2 Approval of July 27, 2021, Board Informal Consideration Minutes
Item 3 Ordinance Authorizing the Disposal of Surplus Personal Property Owned by
the Village of Niles (IT Department Equipment)
Item 4 Ordinance Accepting a Plat of Easement Grant for Certain Property Located at
8203 to 8307 W. Golf Road
Item 5 Ordinance Accepting a Plat of Easement Grant for Certain Property Located at
9210 Milwaukee and Golf Mill Center
Item 6 Resolution Appointing Village Manager Joseph S. La Margo as Alternate
Director to the Northwest Municipal Conference Effective August 31, 2021
Item 7 Resolution Appointing Village Manager Joseph S. La Margo as Alternate
Director to the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County Effective
August 31, 2021
Item 8 Resolution Appointing Village Manager Joseph S. La Margo as Alternate
Director to the Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy Effective
August 31, 2021
Item 9 Appointment of Village Manager Joseph S. La Margo as Commissioner for the
Morton Grove-Niles Water Commission Effective August 31, 2021
Item 10 Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the Illinois
Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Village of Niles to
Provide Emergency Ambulance Service
NEW BUSINESS
Item 1 Resolution Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City of Trustee Matyas
Chicago and the Village of Niles for the Installation and Maintenance of
Streetlights on Milwaukee Avenue Within the City of Chicago in Connection
with the Milwaukee Avenue Street Lighting Project
Item 2 Appointment of Janet Lee to the Planning and Zoning Board President Alpogianis
Item 3 Appointment of Jaclyn Jaime to the Human Services Committee President Alpogianis
Item 4 Ordinance Amending Chapter 2 Administration, Article III. Officers and President Alpogianis
Employees, Division 2 Village Manager, Section 2-104 Powers and Duties to
the Niles Code of Ordinances
Item 5 Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a ‘Unique Use’ at 7034 Trustee McCreery
Milwaukee Avenue (21-ZP-31)
Item 6 Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a ‘Smoking Establishment’ Trustee McCreery
at 8415 Golf Road (21-ZP-34)
Item 7 Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a ‘Dwelling – Multi- Trustee McCreery
Family’ and Four Variations from the Zoning Code for Property Located at
6605-6615 Milwaukee Avenue (21-ZP-35 and 21-ZP-36)
Item 8 Resolution Adopting the Facade & Streetscape Improvement/Beautification Trustee McCreery
Program
Item 9 Resolution Authorizing Compensation for Land Acquisition Legal Services Trustee Matyas
Related to Parcel No. 0MD0001 Located at 6872-6886 Touhy Avenue for an
Amount Up to $22,800
Item 10 Resolution Authorizing the Use of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) Funds to Pay Trustee Matyas
Compensation for Land Acquisition Legal Services for Parcel No. 0MD0001
Up to $22,800
Item 11 Supplemental Resolution Authorizing the Use of Rebuild Illinois Funds to Pay Trustee Matyas
for the Local Public Agency Match for the Howard Street (FAU 1334)
Rehabilitation and Bike Path Construction in the amount $327,355.83
Item 12 Amended Resolution for the Authorization for the Use of MFT Funds to Pay Trustee Matyas
for the Local Public Agency Match for the Howard Street (FAU 1334)
Rehabilitation and Bike Path Construction in the Amount $256,006.68
Item 13 Ordinance Approving a Change Order Number 1 for Combination Pedestrian Trustee Matyas
and Street Lighting design for the Golf Road Sidewalk Infill Project From HR
Green, Inc., by Increasing the Contract Price by $109,436.74 for a Total
Contract Amount of $367,828.45 and Authorizing the Expenditure of Funds to
Pay for Such Change Order
Item 14 Resolution Authorizing the Use of Motor Fuel Tax Funds to Pay for the Trustee Matyas
Additional Scope of Services with HR Green, Inc. for Combination Pedestrian
and Street Lighting Design for the Golf Road Sidewalk Infill Project
Item 15 Board Approval - Payment to Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Trustee Strzelecki
Services for the Fire Department for Transport of Medicaid Patients in the
Amount of $122,682.99
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Treasurer's Report - June 2021
Treasurer's Report - July 2021
NEXT MEETINGS
September 28, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. - Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
PUBLIC COMMENT (NON-AGENDA ITEMS)
EXECUTIVE SESSION (if necessary)
ADJOURNMENT