Board of Trustees Meeting

VILLAGE OF HOMEWOOD BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING TUESDAY -SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 VILLAGE HALL BOARD ROOM CALL TO ORDER: President Hofeld called the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees to order at 7 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: President Hofeld led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Clerk Marilyn Thomas called the roll. Those present were Village President Richard Hofeld, Clerk Thomas, Trustee Barbara Dawkins, Trustee Karen Washington, Trustee Vivian Harris- Jones, Trustee Lauren Roman, and Trustee Jay Heiferman. Trustee Lisa Purcell was absent. President Hofeld introduced staff: Village Manager Jim Marino, Attorney Christopher Cummings, Director of Finance Dennis Bubenik, and Assistant Village Manager Napoleon Haney. MINUTES: The minutes of the meeting of August 24, 2021 were presented. There were no comments or corrections. A motion was made by Trustee Dawkins and seconded by Trustee Washington to approve the minutes. Roll Call: AYES—Trustees Dawkins, Washington, Harris-Jones, and Heiferman. NAYS –None. Trustee Roman abstained. Motion carried. CLAIMS LIST: The Claims List in the amount of $1,601,006.10 was presented. There were no questions from the Trustees. A motion was made by Trustee Roman and seconded by Trustee Harris-Jones to approve the Claims List as presented. Roll Call: AYES—Trustees Dawkins, Washington, Harris-Jones, Roman and Heiferman. NAYS – None. Motion carried. President Hofeld said that four items comprised 83 percent of the Claims List: $658,642.25 to Burns & McDonnell for work on the water supply line project; $381,153 to the City of Harvey for Lake Michigan water; $239,643.87 for the September payment for employee health insurance; and $94,184.60 to Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District. HEAR FROM THE AUDIENCE: Doyle Ladner addressed the board on the need for education and encouraged all to show young people how education can have long-lasting benefits throughout their lives. A resident asked for an update on an intergovernmental agreement between Homewood and Hazel Crest regarding the development of the Calumet Country Club site. President Hofeld said that Homewood and Hazel Ccrest approved separate resolutions pledging cooperation in any potential development of the property, but there is no intergovernmental agreement, and Homewood has had no conversation with Hazel Crest since that time regarding the property. REAPPOINTMENTS: A motion was made by Trustee Heiferman and seconded by Trustee Washington to approve the reappointment of Dexter Johnson to the Planning and Zoning Commission for a five- year term ending on Sept. 14, 2026. Roll Call: AYES—Trustees Dawkins, Washington, Harris-Jones, Roman and Heiferman. NAYS – None. Motion carried. PRESENTATION: President Hofeld marked September 2021 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with a signed proclamation . OMNIBUS VOTE: Trustees were asked to pass, approve, authorize, accept or award the items on the Omnibus Report: A. Budget Amendment/Thornton Revenue Sharing: Approve a budget amendment in the amount of $29,000 for Thornton Revenue Sharing, which increases the approved FY2021- 2022 budget from $66,673 to $95,673. B. Intergovernmental Agreement/Ground Emergency Medical Transportation Services: Authorize the Village President to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Department of Health Care and Family Services for reimbursement of unrecovered costs of ambulance transports through Medicaid. C. Consider an Ordinance re-enacting regulations formerly contained in the Village's municipal code regulating small wireless facilities on Village-owned right-of-way and utility poles. D. Pass a resolution supporting and consenting to the renewal of a Class 8 Cook County tax classification for the property located at 2138 183rd Street, owned by Excel Investments, LLC. E. Authorize the Village President to enter into a Master Pole Attachment agreement with Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless of Basking Ridge, NJ to establish procedures and guidelines for the company’s installation, mounting, maintenance, modification, operation and/or replacement of small wireless facilities within the Village of Homewood. A motion was made by Trustee Roman and seconded by Trustee Harris-Jones to approve the Omnibus Report as presented. Roll Call: AYES—Trustees Dawkins, Washington, Harris-Jones, Roman and Heiferman. NAYS – None. Motion carried. GENERAL BOARD DISCUSSION: None. A motion was made by Trustee Roman and seconded by Trustee Dawkins to adjourn the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees. Roll Call: AYES—Trustees Dawkins, Washington, Harris-Jones, Roman and Heiferman. NAYS – None. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Marilyn Thomas, Village Clerk