Council Minutes 10-26-20 Special BudgetCALL TO ORDER:
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS HELD IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, ROOM 102, DES PLAINES CIVIC CENTER, MONDAY,
OCTOBER 26, 2020
The Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Des Plaines was called to
order by Deputy City Clerk Fast at 6:00 p.m. The meeting was lived -streamed
via: http://desplaines.org/accessdeplaines and played on DPTV Channel 17 on
Monday, October 26, 2020.
ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated the following Aldermen present: Lysakowski, Moylan, Rodd,
Zadrozny, Brookman, Chester, Smith, Goczkowski. A quorum was present.
MAYOR PRO TEM: Deputy City Clerk entertained a motion for a Mayor pro tem for tonight's meeting.
Moved by Brookman, seconded by Smith to elect Alderman Chester as Mayor pro
tem for tonight's meeting. Upon roll call, the vote was:
AYES: 8 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Rodd, Zadrozny
Brookman, Chester, Smith, Goczkowski
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
Mayor Bogusz entered the meeting at 6:02 p.m.
Also present were: City Manager Bartholomew, Assistant City Manager/Director of Finance Wisniewski,
Director of Public Works & Engineering Oakley, Assistant Director of Public Works Watkins, Assistant
Director of Engineering Duddles, Director of Community & Economic Development McMahon, Police Chief
Kushner, Fire Chief Anderson, Director of Information Technology Sora, Director of Human Resources
Madison.
PUBLIC The City of Des Plaines continues to follow social distancing requirements. In
COMMENT: response to the risks created by the COVID-19 outbreak, Governor Pritzker issued
Executive Order 2020-07 on March 16, 2020, suspending the Open Meetings Act
provision relating to in-person attendance by the members of the public body. Tonight's
meeting is allowed to be conducted via video conferencing.
2021 BUDGET:
No members of the public were present. One public comment, Exhibit A, was
received and was distributed to the City Council prior to tonight's meeting.
MAYOR BOGUSZ DECLARED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS NOW
RESOLVED INTO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
FINANCE COMMITTEE —Alderman Chester, Chair
Chairman Chester stated that the 2021 General Funds that would be reviewed at this
meeting including Elected Office, City Manager, Finance, Community & Economic
Development, Public Works and Engineering, Police, Emergency Management
Agency, Fire, and Police & Fire Commission. The next meeting will be October 28
and the final meeting, if needed, will take place on November 12, 2020.
OVERVIEW
GENERAL FUND:
ELECTED
OFFICE:
CITY CLERK:
CITY MANAGER:
LEGAL:
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY:
MEDIA
SERVICES:
HUMAN
RESOURCES:
HEALTH &
HUMAN
SERVICES:
FINANCE:
COMMUNITY &
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
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City Manager Bartholomew presented the 2021 Proposed Budget Introduction and
Overview. Items have postponed from the 2021 Budget due to lack of revenue, caused
from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Council Request: The $25,000 budget request for Legal Fees for the April 2021
election was approved.
Council Request: None
Council Request: None
Council Request: The $5,000 budget request for Cisco UCS Blades for continuation
of a 2017 project was approved.
Council Request: The $3,000 budget request for NeoGov Onboard Module to allow
a more efficient way to on -board employees was approved.
Council Request: The $38,000 budget request for an upgrade to the city's website
design was approved.
Council Request: The $96,860 General Wage Increase of 1.5% for non-union
employees was approved.
Council Request: The $15,000 budget request to ERP System for continued training
was approved.
Council Request: Re -organization of the Human Resources Department staff will
provide for operational savings of $5,960.
Council Request: A $10,000 budget request to provide additional funding to social
service agencies that provide services to the Des Plaines residents.
Council Request: None
PUBLIC WORKS
& ENGINEERING Council Request: None
POLICE: Council Request: The $100,000 budget request for a tree pruning was approved.
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Council Request: The $9,000 budget request for a salt conveyor belt replacement
and installation was approved.
Council Request: The $10,000 budget request for Narcan was approved.
Council Request: The $10,000 budget request for additional training for Police
Department operations was approved.
FIRE: Council Request: The $3,100 budget request for Investigations Division training was
approved.
Council Request: The $88,248 budget request for a contractual increase to Village of
Wheeling Dispatch was approved.
Council Request: The $18,000 budget request for a uniform/gear washer was
approved.
Council Request: The $18,605 budget request for a TSI PortaCount to be in
compliance with OSHA and NFPA standards was approved.
Council Request: The $20,000 budget request for an automatic chest compression
device was originally not an approved item. Following discussion, without objection,
this item was approved.
OVERHEAD: Council Request: The $10,000 budget request for N95 respirators in response to
Covid-19 was approved.
Council Request: The $3,150 budget request for rescue task force ballistic protection
was approved.
Council Request: The $50,000 budget request for Des Plaines History Center funding
was approved.
Business assistance will be discussed in an upcoming committee meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Brookman, seconded by Goczkowski, to adjourn the Special Meeting of
the City Council. Upon roll call, the vote was:
AYES: 8 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Rodd, Zadrozny
Brookman, Chester, Smith, Goczkowski
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
Motion declared carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 PM.
Laura ast, Deputy City Clerk
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APPROVED BY ME THIS `it
DAY OF ftV Zy,1 , 2020
Matthew J. Bogusz, MAYOR