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INVOCATION:
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG:
ROLL CALL:
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 does 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.
MAYOR PRO TEM:
COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS:
CONSENT AGENDA:
Invoices to be Paid
Award of Contract Extension for the 2023-2027 Landscape Maintenance Services (Utilities) Program to Ramiro Guzman Landscaping in the amount of $140,366.78
Purchase of ISCO Flow Metering Equipment from Gasvoda & Associates, Inc. in the Amount of $49,995.00
Award of Contract to Center for Internet Security (CIS) for CrowdStrike Endpoint Security Solution Annual Renewal in the Amount of $65,142.00
Award of Contract to Euna Solutions for Euna Procurement Annual Renewal in the Amount of $26,500.00
Award of Contract to Cities Digital Inc. for Laserfiche Document Management System Annual Renewal in the Amount of $75,050.00
Approval of Minutes
AGENDA ITEM:
Professional Services Agreement for the Phase III Engineering Services for the Joliet City Square - Ottawa Street Parking Deck Building Modifications, to TY Lin, in an amount not to exceed $104,088.00
Approval of Change Order No. 1 for the Emerald Lawns Water Main Improvements Project to Austin Tyler Construction Inc. for a Deduction in the amount of ($571,601.18) and Pay Estimate No. 6 and Final in the amount of $614,195.92
LICENSES AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS:
Application for a Drive Thru Permit for a Culver’s Restaurant at 1301 Shale Road
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Public Hearing for a Resolution to Approve an Annexation Agreement for the Annexation of Approximately 795 Acres Surrounding S. Rowell Road and Bernhard Road (A-4-25)
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:
Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Article II - City Manager Authority for Succession Hiring and Temporary Appointments
Ordinances Approving the Annexation of Approximately 795 Acres Surrounding S. Rowell Road and Bernhard Road, Classification to I-1 (Light Industrial) Zoning and Preliminary Planned Unit Development and Preliminary Plat of Joliet Technology Center Subdivision. (A-4-25 and PUD-8-25)
RESOLUTIONS:
Resolution Authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Joliet and D Construction Inc., for Temporary Use of City-Owned Property for IDOT’s Cass Street Bridge Project
Resolution Accepting Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Low Interest Loan L176077 for the 2026 Water Main Replacement Program
Resolution Accepting Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Low Interest Loan L176080 for the 2026 Lead Water Service Line Replacement Program
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 does 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.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS:
MOTION TO RECONVENE:
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Communication, Technology & Information Systems
Finance
Public Service
Pastor Jacob Garcia, Crossroads Christian Church, 2312 Essington Road
Consent Agenda Items Approved
ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Beth Beatty and Interim Corporation Counsel Todd Lenzie
Agenda Item