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City of Prospect Heights City Council will meet Aug. 25

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A. July 28, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes

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

B. July 22, 2024 City Council Executive Meeting Minutes (not for public release)

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

C. April 15, 2025 City Council Executive Meeting Minutes (not for public release)

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

D. April 28, 2025 City Council Executive Meeting Minutes (not for public release)

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

E. June 9, 2025 City Council Executive Meeting Minutes (not for public release)

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

4. PRESENTATIONS

A. Laserfiche Software Status Report and Update by Jordan Johnson

5. APPOINTMENTS, CONFIRMATIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS

A. Appointment of Peter Falcone as the City Administrator and consideration of concurrence of Appointment by the City Council

6. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA MATTERS (FIVE MINUTES 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 City 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, Voice Vote)

A. R-25-47 Staff Memo and Resolution Authorizing Peter Falcone, City

Administrator, as the new Designated Signatory for the City of Prospect Heights

B. R-25-48 Staff Memo and Resolution Authorizing Lloyd Austin, Assistant to the City Administrator, as the Authorized Agent of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF)

C. R-25-49 Staff Memo and Resolution Authorizing the Appointment of a Representative and an Alternate to the Governing Body of the North Suburban Employee Benefit Cooperative (NSEBC)

D. R-25-50 Staff Memo and Resolution Authorizing the Appointment of a Director and an Alternate to the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC)

E. R-25-51 Staff Memo and Resolution Authorizing the Appointment of a Delegate and an Alternate to the Northwest Municipal Conference (NWMC)

F. R-25-52 Staff Memo and Resolution Authorizing an Agreement Establishing Vehicular Parking and Traffic Regulation Enforcement and Enforcement of City Codes and Ordinances with Willow Woods Condominiums, Palwaukee Equities, LLC (Palwaukee Plaza), Prospect Crossing Shopping Center, Holiday Inn Express & Suites, and Prospect Heights Hotel LLC DBA Motel 6 Prospect Heights

8. OLD BUSINESS

9. NEW BUSINESS

A. O-25-14 Staff Memo and Ordinance Granting Certain Variations to allow an Accessory Structure, detached garage, to be constructed at 407 W. Dorset (1st Reading)

Action Requested: (Discussion/Informational)

B. Waiver of 1st Reading O-25-15 Staff Memo and Ordinance Granting Certain Variations to Allow an Accessory Structure (Pergola) at 13 South Parkway (1st Reading)

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

C. O-25-15 Staff Memo and Ordinance Granting Certain Variations to Allow an Accessory Structure (Pergola) at 13 South Parkway (2nd Reading) Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Roll Call Vote)

D. R-25-53 Staff Memo and Resolution Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement with Cook County for Phase I Engineering Services and Award of up to $111,200 in County Grants Toward Preliminary Engineering Costs for the Installation of the Willow Road Sidewalk Project

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

E. R-25-54 Staff Memo and Resolution Authorizing A Civil Engineering Service Agreement with Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., for Phase I Design Engineering Services for the Willow Road Sidewalk Project for a Not-to-Exceed (NTE) Fee of $138,946.00, Subject to City Attorney Approval

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

F. R-25-55 Staff Memo and Resolution Expressing the City Council of Prospect Heights’ Commitment to the Illinois Department of Transportation that the City of Prospect Heights finds an on-road bike lane or shared-use path does not fit within the development plan for property along IL 83

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

G. R-25-56 Staff Memo Resolution of the City Council Authorizing the Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City of Prospect Heights and Prospect Heights Park District Regarding the Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission

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

10. STAFF, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND COMMISSION REPORTS

A. July Financial Report by Assistant Finance Director Bob Tannehill

11. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS

A. Approval of Expenditures

General Fund $103,781.43

Motor Fuel Tax Fund $0.00

Tourism District $2,729.46

Solid Waste Fund $0.00

Drug Enforcement Agenda Fund $0.00

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 $0.00

Special Service Area - Constr #6 (Water Main) $0.00

Special Service Area - #8 Levee Wall #37 $0.00

Capital Improvements $28,694.41

Special Service Area - Debt #6 $0.00

Road Construction Debt $0.00

Water Fund $40,800.43

Parking Fund $0.00

Sanitary Sewer Fund $598.13

Road/Building Bond Escrow $0.00

TOTAL $176,603.86

Wire Payments 08.08.25 Payroll $197,631.85

July IMRF Payment Manual Checks $15,692.09

-IL Secretary of State $453.00

-Wheel-Inn Body & Motor Works (Squad #604 Repair) $1,629.57

TOTAL WARRANT $392,010.37

12. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS (FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT)

13. EXECUTIVE SESSION

A. (1) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting…

B. (11) Litigation…

14. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, IF REQUIRED

A. Motion to Approve Compensation for City Administrator Effective August 5, 2025

15. ADJOURNMENT

Action Requested: (Motion, Second, Voice Vote)

https://prospectheightsil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/39/files/agenda/2757