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INVOCATION:
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG:
ROLL CALL:
MAYOR:
Proclamation Recognizing April 25th as Arbor Day
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.
APPOINTMENTS:
Appointment to the Joliet Public Library Board
COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS:
CONSENT AGENDA:
Invoices to be Paid
Award of Contract for Vehicle Lift Equipment Purchase and Installation to NAPA Auto Parts in an Amount not to Exceed $550,000.00
Award of Contract for the 9 Osgood Street Floor Resurfacing to Integrity Concrete Coatings in the Amount of $84,913.20
Approval of Amendment No. 3 for the Phase II Engineering Services for the Farrell Road over Spring Creek Bridge Improvement Project - MFT Section No. 21-00542-00-BR - to Hutchison Engineering, Inc. in the Amount of $15,000.00
Approve the Purchase of Body Armor/Vests for SOS from First Spear in the Amount of $54,616.25
Purchase for Fire Station 1 of Cabinets from Riverton Cabinet Company in the Amount of $35,194.00 and the Installation of Cabinets for Fire Station 1 from Heintz Construction Inc. in the Amount of $32,450.00 for a Total Amount of $67,644.00
Approval of Minutes
Award of Professional Services, Purchase, and Installation of the Joliet Slammers Fire Suppression Pipe Replacement to AMS Industries, Inc in the amount of $186,770.00
Award of Contracts for Grass Cutting on Vacant City Lots to Summit Lawncare in the amount of $38,970.00 and to Culpepper Lawnworks in the amount of $17,535.00
LICENSES AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS:
Issuance of Class “B” and Class “M” Liquor License at 227 N. Gougar Road - Barber Oberwortmann Horticultural Center-Venue Ninety-Eight.
Issuance of Class “E” Liquor License at 81 N. Chicago Street - Internode Greenery & Home.
Issuance of Class “B” Liquor License at 3147 W. Jefferson Street - The Prime House.
Issuance of Class “E” Liquor License at 101 McDonald Avenue - Wingate by Wyndham Joliet.
Issuance of Class “B” Liquor License at 16329 S. Boulevard Place - LongHorn Steakhouse.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS:
ORDINANCES:
Ordinance Accepting a $1,000,000.00 Grant from the Will County Community Mental Health Board for the No-Cost Counseling Program, Amendment of the 2026 Budget to Receive and Expend Grant Funds, and Creation of an Additional Social Worker Position to Perform Grant Funded Activities.
Ordinance Approving the Preliminary Planned Unit Development of Neustoneshire Phase Two (PUD-2-26)
Ordinance Approving an Amendment to the Preliminary and Final Planned Unit Development of Joliet Junior College Student Housing Subdivision (Ordinance #13226) (PUD-3-26)
Ordinance Authorizing an Amendment to the Annual Budget of the City of Joliet for the 2026 Fiscal Year (2025 Projects Funded in 2026)
Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Article II to Authorize Pre-Separation Recruitment and Temporary Appointments
RESOLUTIONS:
Resolution Authorizing the Sale of a Police Dog to K-9 Officer Adam Stapleton
Resolution Appropriating Supplemental Motor Fuel Tax Funds for Amendment No. 3 to the Phase II Engineering Services Contract for the Farrell Road over Spring Creek Bridge Improvement Project - MFT Section No. 21-00542-00-BR
Resolution Accepting A Grant of Permanent Easement at 18711 S. County Line Road for the County Line Road (Van Dyke Road - Kennedy Drive) Roadway Improvements Project
CITY MANAGER:
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS:
ADJOURNMENT:
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Pastor Herbert Brooks, Jr., St. John's Missionary Baptist Church, 104 E. Zarley Boulevard
Finance
Legislative
Public Assets
Public Service
ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Beth Beatty and Interim Corporation Counsel Todd Lenzie
Consent Agenda Items Approved