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ROLL CALL:
MAYOR:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
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.
APPOINTMENTS:
Appointment to the Committee for Citizens with Disabilities
COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS:
CONSENT AGENDA:
Approval of Minutes:
Award of Contract for the Transfer of the City of Joliet’s Satellite Flow Monitoring Sites to the SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) System to Metropolitan Industries in the Amount of $196,475.00
Invoices to be Paid
Award of 2025 Traffic Signal Materials Purchase Order No. 5 to Traffic Control Corp. in the Amount of $28,562.00
Award of Professional Services Contract for the Removal of Fuel and Fuel Tanks from 9 Osgood Street to Petroleum Technologies Equipment, Inc. in the Amount of $125,000.00
Award of Professional Services Agreement for the Southeast Joliet Sanitary District GIS Mapping Project to TWiG Technologies in the Amount of $93,387.50
Approval of Change Order No. 1 for the Cass Street / Jefferson Street Streetscape Repair Project - 2024 to PT Ferro Construction Co. in the Amount of $15,015.24 and Payment Request No. 2 and Final in the Amount of $16,755.46
Approval of Payment for the Annual Sensus Analytics and SaaS Systems to Core & Main LP in the amount of $87,623.00
Approval of the Purchase of Water Metering Equipment from Core & Main LP in the Amount of $350,000.00
Award of a Professional Engineering Services Agreement Related to the Northpoint Development Plan Review to Hutchison Engineering in an Amount Not to Exceed $40,000.00
Approval of Amendment No. 2 for the Professional Services Agreement for Engineering Design Services for the Fairmont Water & Sewer Extension Project on Behalf of V3 Companies for a no Change in Cost
AGENDA ITEM:
Approval of Retiree Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits Options
LICENSES AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS:
Issuance of Class “B” Liquor License at 3340 Mall Loop Drive - El Flamingo Bar & Grill Inc.
Resolution to Deny Issuance of Class “B” Liquor License at 3111 Theodore Street - Spicy Larry Café LLC
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.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS:
ORDINANCES:
Ordinance for the Levy and Assessment of Taxes for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2025 and Ending December 31, 2025, in and for the 1996 Joliet Special Service Area Number Fourteen (Joliet City Center)
Ordinance for the Levy and Assessment of Taxes for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2025 and Ending December 31, 2025, in and for the 2009 Joliet Special Service Area Number Seven (Park Hill Subdivision)
RESOLUTIONS:
Resolution Appointing an Authorized Agent for Purposes of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Resolution Approving the Subrecipient Award Agreement between Will County and the City of Joliet for the Southeast Joliet Sanitary District Water System Improvements
Resolution Declaring Certain City of Joliet Property as Surplus
Resolution Authorizing Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the Southeast Joliet Sanitary District and the City of Joliet
CITY MANAGER:
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:
ADJOURNMENT:
This meeting will be held in an accessible location. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact The City Clerk Office, 150 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432 at (815) 724-3780. Live, online streaming of Regular City Council and Pre-Council meetings is now available at www.joliet.gov. Videos and agenda packets can be accessed by clicking on the Meetings & Agendas link at the center of the home page for "Joliet City Council E-Agenda & Streaming Video." The new page includes archived footage and interactive agendas available for the public to view at their convenience.
Finance
Public Service
ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Beth Beatty and Interim Corporation Counsel Todd Lenzie.