Board approves FY2027 Chicago Executive Airport budget, multiple development and zoning measures; consent agenda and bills passed

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All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Village Board and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the general order of business and considered after all other Agenda items.

This resolution approves a one-year renewal agreement with Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc. for engineering services in an amount not to exceed $750,000 for the Storm Sewer Televising, Mapping, and Condition Assessment Project. Fiscal Year 2025 will be the third of three one-year renewal options. | attachments=2 | reports=1

For many years, as a part of a proactive street maintenance program, the Village has used surface treatments of asphalt roadways to extend the life of its pavements. Reclamite is a maltene-based asphalt roadway treatment applied to roadway surfaces to protect the asphalt by preventing moisture infiltration, thereby extending the time before a roadway requires resurfacing. This resolution approves year three of the contract with Corrective Asphalt Materials, LLC for the 2026 Asphalt Surface Treatment Program, bid through the Municipal Partnering Initiative (MPI), in an amount not to exceed $61,100. | attachments=3 | reports=1

Information Technology (IT) staff recommends Village Board authorization of the purchase of 34 personal computers made by Dell Inc. to replace equipment that is approximately six years old and no longer supported or serviced by the manufacturer. | attachments=3 | reports=1

The Village Manager is recommending a 3.25% adjustment to salaries for non-union personnel, effective May 1, 2026. This level of adjustment is supported by funds included in the FY2026 budget. Attached is the recommended Compensation and Classification sc hedule for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2027, reflecting a 3.25% adjustment to the salary schedules for all non-union positions. | attachments=2 | reports=1

The attached resolution authorizes the execution of a settlement agreement and mutual release for the purpose of resolving a lawsuit in the case of Elena Calin and Viorel Calin v. Walmart, Inc., Ferland Bony, and Village of Wheeling . The total settlement is $70,000. The plaintiffs claim the Village engaged in willful and wanton conduct in an investigation into a shoplifting event at Walmart that resulted in an arrest. The settlement is not an admission of liability but the compromise of a disputed claim that the Village was prepared to defend at trial based on the reasonableness of the Village’s actions. | attachments=2 | reports=1

All Listed Items for Discussion and Possible Action

The Chicago Executive Airport Board of Directors has recommended approval of the Airport's Fiscal Year 2027 budget. Please see the attached budget and memo from Chicago Executive Airport Director of Finance Jason Griffith. | attachments=3 | reports=1

The owner of the property at 268 7th Street seeks major site plan and building appearance approval for the construction of a new six-unit multifamily residential building on the vacant parcel. In 2024 the Village Board granted the requested approval to an identical proposal on the same property, but construction never commenced, and the approval expired. The current property owner seeks renewed major site plan and building appearance approval to proceed with development of the property consistent with the previously approved plans. At its March 11 meeting, the Plan Commission unanimously recommended approval of this request. The Zoning Code requires that new buildings have a concept review by the Village Board prior to formal consideration by the Plan Commission unless the requirement is waived by the Village Manager. Since this project was reviewed and approved by both the Plan Commission and Village Board in 2024, the Village Manager has waived the requirement. | attachments=15 | reports=1

The petitioner is seeking special use approval to operate an entertainment establishment to be known as “604 The Arena” within the former Buca di Beppo restaurant located at 604 N. Milwaukee Avenue. The petitioner is in the process of securing a parking agreement with the owner of the parking lot to the south, and the Plan Commission has included a condition that no construction permits of any kind shall be issued until a shared parking agreement between the two property owners is submitted and approved by the Director of Community Development. At the March 11, 2026, Plan Commission hearing, the Commission unanimously recommended approval of this request. The requested approval is associated with and contingent upon requests for a variation to reduce the minimum required stall length, for a variation to reduce the minimum required drive aisle width, and for major site plan and appearance approval; ordinances granting these requests immediately follow this item on the Village Board's April 6 agenda. | attachments=8 | reports=1

Hamro Investment Group, LLC seeks a variation to permit a reduction in the minimum required parking stall length from 18.5 feet to 18.0 feet associated with the construction of a building addition and related site improvements for “604 The Arena,” a proposed entertainment establishment to be located at 604 N. Milwaukee Avenue. At the March 11, 2026, Plan Commission hearing, the Commission unanimously recommended approval of the variation request. The requested approval is associated with and contingent upon requests for a variation to reduce the minimum required stall length, for a variation to reduce the minimum required drive aisle width, and for major site plan and appearance approval. Ordinances granting these requests immediately precede and follow this item on the Village Board's April 6 agenda. | attachments=8 | reports=1

Hamro Investment Group, LLC seeks a variation to permit a reduction in the minimum required drive aisle width from 25 feet to 24 feet, associated with the construction of a building addition and related site improvements for “604 The Arena,” a proposed entertainment establishment to be located at 604 N. Milwaukee Avenue. At the March 11, 2026, Plan Commission hearing, the Commission unanimously recommended approval of the variation request. The requested approval is associated with and contingent upon requests for a variation to reduce the minimum required stall length, for a variation to reduce the minimum required drive aisle width, and for major site plan and appearance approval. Ordinances granting these requests immediately precede and follow this item on the Village Board's April 6 agenda. | attachments=8 | reports=1

Hamro Investment Group, LLC seeks major site plan and building appearance approval to construct a building addition and to undertake comprehensive façade renovations to the former Buca di Beppo restaurant building at 604 N. Milwaukee Avenue. The project includes architectural enhancements such as exterior material upgrades, a change in the building's color scheme, an expansion of the building footprint, and associated site improvements and landscaping. The petitioner is in the process of securing a parking agreement with the owner of the parking lot to the south, and the Plan Commission has included a condition that no construction permits of any kind shall be issued until a shared parking agreement between the two property owners is submitted and approved by the Director of Community Development. At the March 11, 2026, Plan Commission meeting, the Commission unanimously recommended approval of this request. The requested approval is associated with and contingent upon requests for a variation to reduce the minimum required stall length, for a variation to reduce the minimum required drive aisle width, and for major site plan and appearance approval; ordinances granting these requests immediately precede this item on the Village Board's April 6 agenda. | attachments=17 | reports=1

This ordinance authorizes a second amendment to the redevelopment agreement for the Westin hotel property to provide that the Village will reimburse up to $150,000 to the developer with Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds for the installation of a new monument sign. The new monument sign will include an electronic message center, and the second amendment provides the Village with regular access to the electronic message center portion of the sign to promote Village events and activities. The existing redevelopment agreement does not provide the Village with the use of the sign. | attachments=2 | reports=1