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City of Prospect Heights City Council will meet on December 9.

Here are the agenda provided by the council:

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

      A. November 25, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

4. PRESENTATIONS

      A. Prospect Heights Police Pension Board Presentation by Police Pension Board Trustee Tom Huitink

      B. Chicago Executive Airport Update Presented by Director William Kearns

5. APPOINTMENTS, CONFIRMATIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS

      A. City of Prospect Heights Proclamation Honoring Illinois Pop Warner 9U State Champions

            – Arlington Heights and Prospect Heights 9U Dawgs

6. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA MATTERS (Five Minute Time Limit)

      (Citizens are asked to identify the agenda item they would like to address and will be provided the opportunity to speak to the issue after its presentation and before City Council action)

7. CONSENT AGENDA - All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the general order of business and considered as a separate Agenda item.

      Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

8. OLD BUSINESS

      A. O-24-13 Staff Memo and Ordinance for Consideration of Text Amendments to Title 5 Zoning: Chapter 2: Definitions, Chapter 3: General Provisions and Chapter 6 adding Keeping Fowl (chickens) as a permitted Special Use; and Title 9 Police Regulations: Chapter 1: Animal Control of the City Code Pertaining to Keeping Fowl (chickens) in the R-1 Single Family District. (2nd Reading)

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      B. O-24-24 Staff Memo and Ordinance Police Pension Levy (2nd Reading)

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      C. O-24-25 Staff Memo and Ordinance SSA 1 Levy (2nd Reading)

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      D. O-24-26 Staff Memo and Ordinance SSA 2 Levy (2nd Reading)

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      E. O-24-27 Staff Memo and Ordinance SSA 3 Levy (2nd Reading)

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      F. O-24-28 Staff Memo and Ordinance SSA 4 Levy (2nd Reading)

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      G. O-24-29 Staff Memo and Ordinance SSA 5 Levy (2nd Reading)

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      H. O-24-30 Staff Memo and Ordinance SSA 8 Levy (2nd Reading)

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      I. Tabled from November 25, 2024 Meeting Approval of the 2025 City Council Regular Meeting Calendar

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

9. NEW BUSINESS

      A. Requested First Read Waiver O-24-31 Staff Memo and Ordinance Exempting all School and Park District Employers Within Prospect Heights from the Cook County Paid Leave Act (1st Reading)

            Action Requested: (Informational/Discussion)

      B. O-24-31 Staff Memo and Ordinance Exempting all School and Park District Employers Within Prospect Heights from the Cook County Paid Leave Act (2nd Reading)

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      C. R-24-46 Staff Memo and Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of an Internet Firewall for City Hall in the Amount of $10,876.83 to be Installed by the City’s IT Contractor DeKind Computer Consultants

            Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

      D. O-24-32 Staff Memo and Ordinance Amending Various Sections of the City Code Related to Title 1, Chapter 6, Section 7I: Powers and Duties as it Relates to City Administrator Purchasing Authority for Prospect Heights (1st Reading)

            Action Requested: (Informational/Discussion)

10. STAFF, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND COMMISSION REPORTS

11. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS

      A. Approval of Expenditures

General Fund                                                 $218,305.89

Motor Fuel Tax Fund                                                 $0.00

Tourism District                                                  $6,250.00

Solid Waste Fund                                            $41,382.00

Drug Enforcement Agency Fund                       $4,517.28

Special Service Area #1                                           $0.00

Special Service Area #2                                           $0.00

Special Service Area #3                                           $0.00

Special Service Area #4                                           $0.00

Special Service Area #5                                    $2,604.00

Special Service Area #6 - Water Main                     $0.00

Special Service Area #8 - Levee Wall #37        $2,604.00

Capital Improvements                                   $125,827.67

Special Service Area #6 - Debt                               $0.00

Road Construction Debt                                          $0.00

Water Fund                                                     $32,803.08

Parking Fund                                                         $78.49

Sanitary Sewer Fund                                      $64,706.72

Road/Building Bond Escrow                                    $0.00

TOTAL                                                           $499,079.13

Wire Payments

11/29/2024 Payroll 

TOTAL WARRANT                                        $690,877.19

12. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS (Five Minute Time Limit)

13. EXECUTIVE SESSION

14. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, IF REQUIRED

15. ADJOURNMENT

https://www.prospect-heights.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092024-1474