Board of Trustees Meeting

VILLAGE OF HOMEWOOD BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023 VILLAGE HALL BOARD ROOM CALL TO ORDER: President Hofeld called the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees to order at 7:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: President Hofeld led trustees in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Clerk Marilyn Thomas called the roll. Those present were Village President Richard Hofeld, Trustee Cece Belue, Trustee Julie Willis, Trustee Jay Heiferman and Trustee Lauren Roman. Trustee Lisa Purcell and Vivian Harris-Jones were absent. President Hofeld introduced staff present: Village Manager Napoleon Haney, Village Attorney Chris Cummings, Assistant Village Manager Tyler Hall, and Police Chief Denise McGrath. MINUTES: The minutes of the meeting of Feb. 28, 2023, were presented. There were no comments or corrections. A motion was made by Trustee Roman and seconded by Trustee Belue to approve the minutes as presented. Roll Call: AYES—Trustees Belue, Willis, Heiferman, Roman and President Hofeld. NAYS –None. Motion carried. CLAIMS LIST: The Claims List in the amount of $1,321,527.62 was presented. There were no questions from the Trustees. A motion was made by Trustee Willis and seconded by Trustee Roman to approve the Claims List as presented. Roll Call: AYES—Trustees Belue, Willis, Heiferman, Roman and President Hofeld. NAYS –None. Motion carried. President Hofeld said four items totaled 58 percent of the Claims List: $153,338.37 to Burns & McDonnell for engineering work, $284,767.65 to Chicago Heights for Lake Michigan water, $242,831.26 for employee health insurance for March and $81,974 to Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District. HEAR FROM THE AUDIENCE: President Hofeld invited anyone in the audience to address the board on any subject not on the agenda. No comments were offered. Omnibus Vote: Consider a motion to pass, approve, authorize, accept, or award the following item(s): A. R-3139/Executive Session Minutes/Approval and Destruction: Pass a resolution approving executive session minutes from November 23, 2021, and June 2022 to  February 7, 2023, and authorizing the destruction of executive session audio recordings from January 2021 to June 2021. B. R-3140/Release of Executive Session Minutes: Pass a resolution determining minutes or portions thereof from executive sessions no longer requiring confidential treatment. C. Agreement/Traffic Enforcement Services/Sensys Gatso USA, Inc.: Authorize the Village President to enter into an agreement between Sensys Gatso USA, Inc. of Beverly, Massachusetts and the Village of Homewood for red-light camera traffic enforcement services at a cost of $33 per citation. D. Agreement Amendment/HCF Homewood, LLC: Authorize an amendment to the restated redevelopment agreement between HCF Homewood, LLC and the Village of Homewood, originally approved July 27, 2021, to facilitate development of a mixed- use project in the Village’s Downtown Transit Oriented Development Tax Increment Financing District. A motion was made by Trustee Roman and seconded by Trustee Jay Heiferman to approve the Omnibus Report as presented. Roll Call: AYES—Trustees Belue, Willis, Heiferman, Roman and President Hofeld. NAYS –None. Motion carried. GENERAL BOARD DISCUSSION: President Hofeld acknowledged the passing of Jim Wright, a former Village trustee and firefighter, who died March 10 after a battle with cancer. A motion was made by Trustee Roman and seconded by Trustee Willis to adjourn the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees. Roll Call: AYES—Trustees Belue, Willis, Heiferman, Roman and President Hofeld. NAYS –None. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7:06 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Marilyn Thomas Village Clerk