Board of Trustees Meetings
Regular MeetingNiles, IL · May 25, 2021
Agenda
MAYOR ACTING VILLAGE
George D. Alpogianis MANAGER
Hadley Skeffington-Vos
TRUSTEES
John C. Jekot VILLAGE CLERK
Joe LoVerde Marlene J. Victorine
Danette O'Donovan Matyas
Denise M. McCreery Phone: (847) 588-8000
Craig Niedermaier Fax: (847) 588-8051
Dean Strzelecki www.vniles.com
1000 Civic Center Drive, Niles, Illinois 60714
AGENDA
NILES BOARD MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
May 25, 2021
7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Recognition of Award Recipient Patel Brothers by State Comptroller as a Strong Ethnic Business (Mayor
Alpogianis)
Upcoming Summer Events (Community Engagement Coordinator Katie Schneider)
Buy Your Vehicle Stickers by June 30 - Village Hall will be open two Saturdays, June 19 and June 26 from
8:30 a.m. to Noon (Kent Oliven, Finance Director)
Village Facilities will be Closed on Memorial Day, May 31, 2021
PROCLAMATIONS
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - May 2021
PRESENTATIONS
PRESIDENT'S REPORT President Alpogianis
Village President Executive Directive 2021-01
COVID-19 Community Update (Fire Chief Feld)
VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT
Bike and Pedestrian Updates, Construction Updates, Support Local Businesses
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public comments will be accepted in person during the meeting, in advance of the meeting by email, and
remotely during the meeting via Zoom
In Person Comments:
The floor is open for public comments on agenda items only. Please step up to the microphone, state your
name and city, and make your comment. You will be allotted three minutes. Please make sure you sign in at the
reception desk.
Remote Comments via Zoom:
Go to zoom.us/join, or call (312)626-6799, and enter meeting ID 840 3605 9561 and passcode 60714. The
public may raise their hand via Zoom and will be called upon for Agenda items only. If joining by phone,
callers can dial *9 to raise their hand. You will be allotted three minutes.
Advance Comments by Email:
Public comments received by 3:00 p.m., on the day of the meeting will be read at the end of live comment
under Public Comment. Advance public comments should be emailed to: contactniles@vniles.com and
contain the following information:
Name and Address (Optional: City, State, Phone)
Organization, agency, etc. being represented. (If representing yourself, put "Self")
Topic or Agenda Item Number Comments
CONSENT AGENDA-NEW BUSINESS
All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted in one motion. There will be
no individual discussion of these items unless a Trustee so requests, in which event the item will be removed
from the Consent Agenda and considered at the end of New Business.
Item 1 Approval of March 15 and March 31 FY2022 Budget Workshop Minutes
Item 2 Approval of April 27, 2021 Fiscal Year 2022 Public Budget Hearing Minutes
Item 3 Approval of April 27, 2021 Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes
Item 4 Approval of May 11, 2021 Special Board Meeting Minutes
Item 5 Resolution Appointing President George D. Alpogianis as Director and Trustee
John C. Jekot and the Village Manager as Alternate Directors to the Board of
Directors of the Northwest Municipal Conference (NWMC) for FY2022
Item 6 Resolution Appointing President George D. Alpogianis as Director and Trustee
John C. Jekot and the Village Manager as Alternate Directors to the Solid
Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) for FY2022
Item 7 Resolution Appointing Trustee Dean Strzelecki as Director to the Regional
Emergency Dispatch (RED) Center Board of Directors for FY2022
Item 8 Resolution Appointing Fire Chief Martin C. Feld as a Director and the Village
Manager as an Alternate Director to the Northeastern Illinois Public Safety
Training Academy (NIPSTA) for FY2022
Item 9 Resolution Authorizing a Contractual Agreement with Alfred G. Ronan, Ltd.
for Lobbying Services on Behalf of the Village of Niles from May 1, 2021
through April 30, 2022 in the Amount of $60,000
Item 10 Resolution Authorizing a Contractual Agreement with Kolpak & Grcic for all
Village Prosecution Services on behalf of the Village of Niles for Fiscal Year
2022 in the Amount of $80,200
Item 11 Board Approval - Annual Bid Waiver for Police Department 2021-2022 Annual
Uniform Order from JG Uniforms of Chicago
Item 12 Board Approval – Professional Evidence Analysis and Processing from
Northern Illinois Regional Crime Lab in the Amount $45,022
Item 13 Board Approval - Authorizing a Bid Waiver and Purchase for the Monthly
Usage Fees of the STARCOM Radio System by the Niles Police Department
to Motorola for a Total Amount of $31,200
NEW BUSINESS
Item 1 Appointment of Trustee Joe LoVerde as Chair of the Finance Committee President Alpogianis
Item 2 Ordinance Providing an Appropriation for the Village of Niles, Cook County, Trustee LoVerde
for the Fiscal Year Beginning May 1, 2021 and Ending April 30, 2022
Item 3 Ordinance Authorizing a Loan Agreement and Authorizing the Village of Niles, Trustee Matyas
Illinois to Borrow Funds from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Water Pollution Control Loan Program
Item 4 Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a ‘Medical/Dental Clinic’ Trustee McCreery
and a Variation to Increase the Permitted Percentage of Shared Off-Site
Parking for Property Located at 7403-7421 N. Milwaukee Avenue (21-ZP-09
& 21-ZP-10)
Item 5 Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a ‘Drive-Through Facility’ Trustee McCreery
and three Variations Regarding C-3 District Design Standards for Property
Located at 7900 N. Milwaukee Avenue (21-ZP-13 & 21-ZP-14)
Item 6 Board Approval - Remand the Special Use Permit for ‘Smoking Establishment’ Trustee McCreery
for Property Located at 8936 Greenwood Avenue to the Planning and Zoning
Board (21-ZP-15)
Item 7 Board Approval - Remand the Special Use Permit for ‘Massage Service Trustee McCreery
Establishment’ located at 249 Golf Mill Center to the Planning and Zoning
Board (21-ZP-19)
Item 8 Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a ‘Drive-Through Facility’ Trustee McCreery
at 8584 Dempster Street (21-ZP-20)
Item 9 Ordinance Amending Chapter 2 Administration, Article II President and Board President Alpogianis
of Trustees, Article III. Officers and Employees, Article IV. Departments,
Article V. Boards, Committees and Commissions, to the Niles Code of
Ordinance
Item 10 Ordinance Amending Chapter 6 Alcoholic Beverages, Sec. 6-1. Definitions and Trustee Niedermaier
Sec. 6-66. Effect of Transferring Business to the Niles Code of Ordinances
Item 11 Ordinance Amending Chapter 10 Amusements and Entertainments, Article IV. Trustee Niedermaier
Regulations for Licensees Operating Video Gaming Terminals, Section 10-83
Number of video gaming licensed establishments, Section 10-87 Annual Fees,
Appendix D Fee Schedule, and Appendix E Penalties to Niles Code of
Ordinances
Item 12 Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with the State of Trustee Matyas
Illinois and the Village of Niles Appropriating Funds for the Touhy Avenue at
Gross Point/ Harts Road Intersection Improvement Project
Item 13 Supplemental Resolution Authorizing the Use of Rebuild Illinois Funds to Pay Trustee Matyas
for the Local Public Agency Match for the Howard Street (FAU 1334)
Rehabilitation and Bike Path Construction in the amount of $327,355.83
Item 14 Resolution Authorizing a Contractual Agreement with Christopher B. Burke Trustee Matyas
Engineering for Professional Engineering Services for Preparation of the
Contract Documents, Specification and Construction Inspection of the Four
Flaggs Standpipe in the Amount of $69,071
Item 15 Resolution Authorizing a Contractual Extension with Milieu Design, LLC to Trustee Matyas
Provide the Municipal Landscape Maintenance and Lawn Restoration Program
in the Amount of $174,105
Item 16 Board Approval - Authorizing the Purchase of Spare Street Light Poles and Trustee Matyas
Parts from KSA Lighting in the Amount of $89,267.00
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Treasurer's Report - March 2021
NEXT MEETINGS
June 22, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. - Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
PUBLIC COMMENTS
EXECUTIVE SESSION (if necessary)
The Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance or Dismissal of Specific Employees of the
Public Body per 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1)
Real Estate per 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5) and (6)
ADJOURNMENT