City Council Meeting
Regular MeetingCrystal Lake, IL · March 4, 2025
Agenda
CITY OF CRYSTAL LAKE
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
City of Crystal Lake
100 West Woodstock Street, Crystal Lake, IL
City Council Chambers
March 4, 2025
7:00 p.m.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Approval of Minutes – February 18, 2025 Regular Meeting
5. Accounts Payable
6. Public Presentation
The public is invited to make an issue oriented comment on any matter of public concern not otherwise on
the agenda. The public comment may be no longer than 5 minutes in duration. Interrogation of the City
staff, Mayor or City Council will not be allowed at this time, nor will any comment from the Council.
Personal invectives against City staff or elected officials are not permitted.
7. Mayor’s Report
8. City Council Reports
9. Consent Agenda
a. Special Event Request – Downtown Crystal Lake Garden Party and Flower/Plant Sale –
Saturday, May 17, 2025
b. Special Event Request – Downtown Crystal Lake Farmers Market – Saturdays, June 14, 2025
to September 27, 2025
c. Special Event Request - 2025 Woods Creek Feet Meet, Street Closure and Police Assistance
Fee Waiver – Sunday, April 27, 2025
d. Class 16 Temporary Liquor License Requests – Crystal Lake Park District 2025 Events
10. Class 16 Temporary Liquor License Request – Girls on the Run of Northwest Illinois, Sunday, July
20, 2025
11. City Code Amendment to increase the Number of Class 28 Liquor Licenses and to increase the
Number of Video Gaming Licenses - Applicant: Railroad Street PJC LLC, d/b/a Crystal Lake
Junction, 88 Railroad Street, Unit B
12. Commercial Façade Improvement Grant Funds request for Lake Roots, 475 W. Virginia Street,
requesting $20,000 in matching grant funds
13. No Parking Restriction 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on School Days on Hill Drive from Walkup Avenue to
Sunset Terrace, Catherine Court from Hill Drive to Sunset Terrace and Sunset Terrace from
Catherine Court to Hill Drive
City Council Agenda
March 4, 2025
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14. 751 Oak Court - Variations from Article 3 to construct a garage addition to an existing home that
encroaches 19.2 feet into the required 49.2-foot street side setback
15. 5333 Northwest Highway - Sign Variation for a Wall Mural
16. 5689 Northwest Highway, Core Waters Edge Retail, LLC - Final Planned Unit Development
Amendment and Final Plat of Subdivision for a portion of the Water’s Edge development
17. Replacement Pump Purchase – Cooperative purchasing through the U.S. Government’s General
Service Administration Federal Acquisition Service Contract No. 47QSMS24D00C6, for the pricing
and delivery of one (1) new Godwin Dri-Prime Model CD160M - Critically Silenced Unit with Road-
Ground Trailer Option, at a total cost of $120,353.01
18. Resolution Amendment – Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Maintenance and
Repair – Various Facilities
19. Server Computer Purchase: Use of Midwestern Higher Education Compact Cooperative Purchasing
Program contract #MHEC-04152022 for the pricing and delivery of three (3) new servers, at a total
cost of $32,694.17 for the Water and Sewer Division, and the Wastewater Division Supervisory
Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System
20. Ordinance waiving the competitive bidding requirements under City Code Section 102-3 and
authorization to enter into a contract for Electrical Maintenance Services for Traffic Signals, Street
Lights, and Rectangular Rapidly Flashing Beacons (RRFB) with Meade, Inc. in the 2020 contract
pricing
21. Proposal Award – Design Engineering Services for the Wastewater Treatment Plant 2 & 3 Tertiary
Filter Upgrades & Rehabilitation Project
22. Proposal Award – Independence Day Fireworks Display
23. Designation and Sale of Surplus Property
24. Council Inquiries and Requests
25. Adjourn to Executive Session for the purpose of discussing matters of pending and probable
litigation, the sale, purchase or lease of real property, collective bargaining and personnel, review of
draft Executive Session Minutes, and Semi-Annual Review of Executive Session Minutes
26. Reconvene to Regular Session
27. Approval of Executive Session Minutes that includes the dates of February 6, 2024, August 20, 2024,
December 17, 2024, January 21, 2025, and February 4, 2025
28. Consideration to destroy verbatim records that includes the dates of February 7, 2023, March 7,
2023, June 20, 2023, and August 1, 2023
29. Consideration of action following semi-annual review of Executive Session Minutes
30. Adjourn
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