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Joliet, IL · March 31, 2025

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City of Joliet 150 West Jefferson Street Joliet, IL 60432 Meeting Minutes - Final Monday, March 31, 2025 5:30 PM City Hall, Council Chambers City Council Meeting MAYOR TERRY D'ARCY MAYOR PRO-TEM COUNCILMAN JOE CLEMENT (1/1/2025 - 3/31/2025) COUNCILMAN CESAR CARDENAS COUNCILMAN CESAR GUERRERO COUNCILMAN LARRY E. HUG COUNCILWOMAN SUZANNA IBARRA COUNCILMAN PAT MUDRON COUNCILWOMAN JAN HALLUMS QUILLMAN COUNCILWOMAN SHERRI REARDON City Manager - Beth Beatty Interim Corporation Counsel - Todd Lenzie City Clerk - Lauren O'Hara City Council Meeting Meeting Minutes - Final March 31, 2025 Citizens who are unable to attend the meeting can email comments in advance of the meeting to publiccomment@joliet.gov. INVOCATION: Pastor Jeff Sandstrom, Victory City Church, 1741 Essington Road PLEDGE TO THE FLAG: ROLL CALL: ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Beth Beatty and Interim Corporation Counsel Todd Lenzie. MAYOR: Attachments: Approver Report Proclamation for Autism Spectrum Disorder.pdf APPROVAL OF AGENDA: A motion was made by Councilwoman Sherri Reardon, seconded by Councilman Cesar Cardenas, to approve the Agenda as written. The motion carried by the following vote: CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON AGENDA ITEMS: APPOINTMENTS: MAYOR PRO TEM: A motion was made by Councilwoman Suzanna Ibarra, seconded by Councilman Joe Clement, to appoint Councilman Guerrero to serve as Mayor Pro-Tem for the term April 1, 2025 through April 30, 2025. The motion carried by the following vote: COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS: Land Use & Economic Development Public Safety Public Service CONSENT AGENDA: Attachments: Pre-Council Meeting Minutes - March 17, 2025.pdf City Council Meeting Minutes - March 18, 2025.pdf Approver Report Page 1 of 5 City Council Meeting Meeting Minutes - Final March 31, 2025 Attachments: Invoices 03.31.25.pdf Approver Report 2024 Annual City Collector’s Report Attachments: 2024 ACCTS RECEIVABLE BY FUND.pdf 2024 ACCTS RECEIVABLE SUMMARY.pdf 2024 Receipt Summary.pdf 2024 RECEIPTS BY FUND.pdf CITYCLRK-24.pdf Collector-24 signed.pdf Approver Report Professional Services Agreement for the 2025 Annual Service Agreement for Sewer System Monitoring to Xylem Vue Inc. in the Amount of $34,077.00 Attachments: PSA - Real Time Monitoring 2025 - Xylem.pdf Approver Report Professional Services Agreement for the 2025 Public Utilities Department Leak Detection and Meter Testing to M.E. Simpson Co., Inc. in the Amount of $595,380.00 Attachments: 2025 PSA Leak Detection Meter Testing_ME Simpson.pdf Approver Report Approve Purchase of G7C Handheld Monitors for the Joliet Fire Department from Conway Shield in the Amount of $62,303.00 Attachments: Approver Report Approve Purchase of EXO 8 Area Monitors for the Joliet Fire Department from Conway Shield in the Amount of $8,543.00 Attachments: Approver Report Approve Purchase of Nozzles for Frontline Fire Department Engines from Air One Equipment, Inc. in the Amount of $84,667.00 Attachments: Approver Report Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement for the 2025 Sanitary Sewer Investigations and Rehabilitation Program to RJN Group Inc. in the Amount of $13,205.70 Attachments: Approver Report Approve Payment of the 2025 Membership Dues for the Lower DuPage River Watershed Coalition in the Amount of $25,140.08 Page 2 of 5 City Council Meeting Meeting Minutes - Final March 31, 2025 Attachments: LDRWC Agency Dues Table 2025-26.pdf Approver Report Consent Agenda Items Approved A motion was made by Councilman Clement, seconded by Councilman Guerrero, to approve all said Consent Agenda Items. The motion carried by the following vote: AGENDA ITEM: Award Two Business Continuity Grants for a Total Amount of $85,518.79 Attachments: Approver Report A motion was made by Councilwoman Sherri Reardon, seconded by Councilman Cesar Cardenas, to approve COUNCIL MEMO #235-25: Award Two Business Continuity Grants for a Total Amount of $85,518.79. The motion carried by the following vote: LICENSES AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS: PUBLIC HEARINGS: ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS: ORDINANCES: Ordinance Amending the 2025 City of Joliet Annual Budget for the City-Wide Tree Inventory and Award of Contract to Great Lakes Urban Forestry Inc. in the Amount of $307,395.00 Attachments: Ordinance Amending the 2025 Annual Budget Tree Inventory.docx Approver Report A motion was made by Councilman Larry E. Hug, seconded by Councilwoman Sherri Reardon, to adopt COUNCIL MEMO #237-25: Ordinance Amending the 2025 City of Joliet Annual Budget for the City-Wide Tree Inventory and Award of Contract to Great Lakes Urban Forestry Inc. in the Amount of $307,395.00. (ORDINANCE NO. 18737) The motion carried by the following vote: Ordinance Amending Section 19-150 of the City of Joliet Code of Ordinances to Regulate Truck, Semi-trailer, Trailer, Pole Trailer, Recreational Vehicle, and Bus Parking Attachments: Truck Ordinance Approver Report Page 3 of 5 City Council Meeting Meeting Minutes - Final March 31, 2025 A motion was made by Councilwoman Sherri Reardon, seconded by Councilman Joe Clement, to adopt COUNCIL MEMO #238-25: Ordinance Amending Section 19-150 of the City of Joliet Code of Ordinances to Regulate Truck, Semi-trailer, Trailer, Pole Trailer, Recreational Vehicle, and Bus Parking. (ORDINANCE NO. 18738) The motion carried by the following vote: RESOLUTIONS: Resolution Accepting a Grant of Permanent and Temporary Easements for 706 North Broadway Street on the Broadway Street (Theodore St. to Ruby St.) Water Main Improvements Project Attachments: Resolution AGR-706 Broadway Utility Easements-20250313.pdf Approver Report A motion was made by Councilman Cesar Cardenas, seconded by Councilwoman Suzanna Ibarra, to adopt COUNCIL MEMO #240-25: Resolution Accepting a Grant of Permanent and Temporary Easements for 706 North Broadway Street on the Broadway Street (Theodore St. to Ruby St.) Water Main Improvements Project. (RESOLUTION NO. 8121) The motion carried by the following vote: Resolution Accepting a Grant of Permanent and Temporary Easements for 800 East Jackson Street on the Virginia Phase 1 Water Main Improvements Project Attachments: Resolution 800 E Jackson Easement executed with Exhibit revised.pdf Approver Report A motion was made by Councilwoman Suzanna Ibarra, seconded by Councilwoman Sherri Reardon, to adopt COUNCIL MEMO #241-25: Resolution Accepting a Grant of Permanent and Temporary Easements for 800 East Jackson Street on the Virginia Phase 1 Water Main Improvements Project. (RESOLUTION NO. 8122) The motion carried by the following vote: Resolution Declaring Certain City of Joliet Property as Surplus Attachments: Resolution Approver Report A motion was made by Councilman Joe Clement, seconded by Councilwoman Jan Hallums Quillman, to adopt COUNCIL MEMO #242-25: Resolution Declaring Certain City of Joliet Property as Surplus. (RESOLUTION NO. 8123) The motion carried by the following vote: Page 4 of 5 City Council Meeting Meeting Minutes - Final March 31, 2025 Resolution Declaring Certain City of Joliet Property as Surplus Attachments: Resolution Approver Report A motion was made by Councilwoman Sherri Reardon, seconded by Councilwoman Suzanna Ibarra, to adopt COUNCIL MEMO #243-25: Resolution Declaring Certain City of Joliet Property as Surplus. (RESOLUTION NO. 8124) The motion carried by the following vote: CITY MANAGER: PUBLIC COMMENTS: MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS: ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made by Councilwoman Jan Hallums Quillman, seconded by Councilwoman Sherri Reardon, to adjourn. The motion carried by the following vote: Page 5 of 5

Agenda

City of Joliet City Council Meeting Meeting Agenda MAYOR TERRY D'ARCY MAYOR PRO-TEM COUNCILMAN JOE CLEMENT (1/1/2025 - 3/31/2025) COUNCILMAN CESAR CARDENAS COUNCILMAN CESAR GUERRERO COUNCILMAN LARRY E. HUG COUNCILWOMAN SUZANNA IBARRA COUNCILMAN PAT MUDRON COUNCILWOMAN JAN HALLUMS QUILLMAN COUNCILWOMAN SHERRI REARDON City Manager - Beth Beatty Interim Corporation Counsel - Todd Lenzie City Clerk - Lauren O'Hara Monday, March 31, 2025 5:30 PM City Hall, Council Chambers Citizens who are unable to attend the meeting can email comments in advance of the meeting to publiccomment@joliet.gov. INVOCATION: Pastor Jeff Sandstrom, Victory City Church, 1741 Essington Road PLEDGE TO THE FLAG: ROLL CALL: MAYOR: Proclamation for Autism Spectrum Awareness Attachments: Proclamation for Autism Spectrum Disorder .pdf Approver Report APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Page 1 of 6 City Council Meeting Meeting Agenda March 31, 2025 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON AGENDA ITEMS: This section is for anyone wanting to speak regarding agenda items and are allowed a maximum of 4 minutes. It is not a question and answer period and staff, and the City Council do not generally respond to public comments. The City Clerk has a copy of the public speaking procedures; please note, speakers who engage in conduct injurious to the harmony of the Council shall be called to order by the Presiding Officer and may forfeit the opportunity to speak. APPOINTMENTS: MAYOR PRO TEM: COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS: Land Use & Economic Development Public Safety Public Service CONSENT AGENDA: Approval of Minutes: Pre-Council Meeting - March 17, 2025 Council Meeting - March 18, 2025 Attachments: Pre-Council Meeting Minutes - March 17, 2025.pdf City Council Meeting Minutes - March 18, 2025.pdf Approver Report Invoices to be Paid Attachments: Invoices 03.31.25.pdf Approver Report 2024 Annual City Collector's Report 226-25 Attachments: 2024 ACCTS RECEIVABLE BY FUND.pdf 2024 ACCTS RECEIVABLE SUMMARY.pdf 2024 Receipt Summary.pdf 2024 RECEIPTS BY FUND.pdf CITYCLRK-24.pdf Collector-24 signed.pdf Approver Report Page 2 of 6 City Council Meeting Meeting Agenda March 31, 2025 Professional Services Agreement for the 2025 Annual Service 227-25 Agreement for Sewer System Monitoring to Xylem Vue Inc. in the Amount of $34,077.00 Attachments: PSA - Real Time Monitoring 2025 - Xylem.pdf Approver Report Professional Services Agreement for the 2025 Public Utilities 228-25 Department Leak Detection and Meter Testing to M.E. Simpson Co., Inc. in the Amount of $595,380.00 Attachments: 2025 PSA Leak Detection Meter Testing_ME Simpson.pdf Approver Report Approve Purchase of G7C Handheld Monitors for the Joliet Fire 229-25 Department from Conway Shield in the Amount of $62,303.00 Attachments: Approver Report Approve Purchase of EXO 8 Area Monitors for the Joliet Fire 230-25 Department from Conway Shield in the Amount of $8,543.00 Attachments: Approver Report Approve Purchase of Nozzles for Frontline Fire Department 231-25 Engines from Air One Equipment, Inc. in the Amount of $84,667.00 Attachments: Approver Report Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement for the 232-25 2025 Sanitary Sewer Investigations and Rehabilitation Program to RJN Group Inc. in the Amount of $13,205.70 Attachments: Approver Report Approve Payment of the 2025 Membership Dues for the Lower 233-25 DuPage River Watershed Coalition in the Amount of $25,140.08 Attachments: LDRWC Agency Dues Table 2025-26.pdf Approver Report AGENDA ITEM: Page 3 of 6 City Council Meeting Meeting Agenda March 31, 2025 Award Two Business Continuity Grants for a Total Amount of 235-25 $85,518.79 Attachments: Approver Report LICENSES AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS: PUBLIC HEARINGS: All evidence and testimony will be presented under oath. The petitioner will be allowed to present first. After the petitioner is completed, interested parties will be allowed to present evidence and/or cross examine the petitioner. As this hearing is legislative in nature and not administrative, an interested party shall be defined as someone who either owns property within 600 feet of the proposed development site, or a member or official representative of an affected governmental body; the remainder of those who wish to be heard shall be classified as public speakers. Interested parties will present second. Once the interested parties have completed, public speakers will be heard. These individuals are public speakers, so the applicable public speaking rules shall be in effect: Speakers should try to address all comments to the council as a whole and not to any individual member, repetitive comments are discouraged, total comment time for any one person is 4 minutes, no speaker shall engage in a debate or make direct threats or personal attacks or be uncivil or abusive, disruptive behavior by the members of the public will not be tolerated, and the presiding officer may limit irrelevant, immaterial, or inappropriate comments or statements. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS: ORDINANCES: Ordinance Amending the 2025 City of Joliet Annual Budget for the 237-25 City-Wide Tree Inventory and Award of Contract to Great Lakes Urban Forestry Inc. in the Amount of $307,395.00 Attachments: Ordinance Amending the 2025 Annual Budget Tree Inventory.docx Approver Report Ordinance Amending Section 19-150 of the City of Joliet Code of 238-25 Ordinances to Regulate Truck, Semi-trailer, Trailer, Pole Trailer, Recreational Vehicle, and Bus Parking Attachments: Truck Ordinance Approver Report RESOLUTIONS: Page 4 of 6 City Council Meeting Meeting Agenda March 31, 2025 Resolution Accepting a Grant of Permanent and Temporary 240-25 Easements for 706 North Broadway Street on the Broadway Street (Theodore St. to Ruby St.) Water Main Improvements Project Attachments: Resolution AGR-706 Broadway Utility Easements-20250313.pdf Approver Report Resolution Accepting a Grant of Permanent and Temporary 241-25 Easements for 800 East Jackson Street on the Virginia Phase 1 Water Main Improvements Project Attachments: Resolution 800 E Jackson Easement executed with Exhibit revised.pdf Approver Report Resolution Declaring Certain City of Joliet Property as Surplus 242-25 Attachments: Resolution Approver Report Resolution Declaring Certain City of Joliet Property as Surplus 243-25 Attachments: Resolution Approver Report CITY MANAGER: PUBLIC COMMENTS: This section is for anyone wanting to speak regarding non-agenda items and are allowed a maximum of 4 minutes. It is not a question and answer period and staff, and the City Council do not generally respond to public comments. The City Clerk has a copy of the public speaking procedures; please note, speakers who engage in conduct injurious to the harmony of the Council shall be called to order by the Presiding Officer and may forfeit the opportunity to speak. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS: Page 5 of 6 City Council Meeting Meeting Agenda March 31, 2025 CLOSED SESSION to discuss the following subjects: PERSONNEL: The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific City employees (5 ILCS 5/120/2(c)(1)). COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: Collective negotiating matters and salary schedules for one or more classes of City employees (5 ILCS 5/120/2(c)(2)). LAND ACQUISITION or CONVEYANCE: The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the City, including whether a particular parcel should be acquired, or the setting of a price for the sale or lease of property owned by the City (5ILCS 5/120/2(c)(5,6)). PENDING or THREATENED LITIGATION: A pending legal action against, affecting or on behalf of the City or a similar legal action that is probable or imminent (5 ILCS 5/120/2(c)(11)). ADJOURNMENT: This meeting will be held in an accessible location. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact The City Clerk Office, 150 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432 at (815) 724-3780. Live, online streaming of Regular City Council and Pre-Council meetings is now available at www.joliet.gov. Videos and agenda packets can be accessed by clicking on the Meetings & Agendas link at the center of the home page for "Joliet City Council E-Agenda & Streaming Video." The new page includes archived footage and interactive agendas available for the public to view at their convenience. Page 6 of 6