Council Minutes 05-03-21MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS HELD VIA ZOOM VIDEO
CONFERENCE ON MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021
CALL TO The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Des Plaines, Illinois, was called
ORDER: to order by Mayor Bogusz at 7:02 p.m. The meeting was lived -streamed via:
http://desplaines.org/accessdeplaines and played on DPTV Channel 17 on Monday,
May 3, 2021.
ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated the following Aldermen present: Lysakowski, Moylan, Rodd,
Zadrozny, Brookman, Chester, Smith, Goczkowski. A quorum was present.
Also present were: City Manager Bartholomew, Assistant City Manager/Director of Finance Wisniewski,
Director of Public Works and Engineering Oakley, Community and Economic Development Director
McMahon, Fire Chief Anderson, Police Chief Anderson, and General Counsel Friedman.
PRAYER AND The prayer was offered by Alderman Smith followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to
PLEDGE: the Flag of the United States of America offered by Alderman Rodd.
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.
Public comments were allowed to be e-mailed to publiccomments@desplaines.org or
phoned in to the City Clerk's Office by 5:00 p.m. on May 3, 2021.
Resident John Maag disagreed with the recent agreement authorizing a wage increase
for the City Manager and reminded Senior Citizens who need any type of assistance to
contact the Center for Concern.
Javier Montez owner of Las Torres, 1118 Lee Street, requested assistance from the city
inspectors to get his restaurant open for business.
ALDERMEN AND Mayor Bogusz, City Clerk Tsalapatanis, Alderman Rodd and Alderman Smith
MAYORAL expressed their appreciation to the residents, elected officials and staff and
ANNOUNCEMENT congratulated the newly elected officials.
MANAGER'S
REPORT:
CONSENT
AGENDA:
None
Moved by Rodd, seconded by Zadrozny, to establish the Consent Agenda. Upon voice
vote, the vote was:
AYES: 8 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Rodd, Zadrozny
Brookman, Chester, Smith, Goczkowski
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
Cont.
AWARD
BID/CRACK &
CONCRETE
SEALING:
Consent Agenda
Resolution
R-79-21
AUTHORIZE
AGMT/
ALGONQUIN
ROAD:
Consent Agenda
Resolution
R-80-21
AWARD BID/
CIP STREET &
UTILITY
IMPROVEMENTS:
Consent Agenda
Resolution
R-81-21
AWARD BID/CIP
CONCRETE
IMPROVEMENTS:
Consent Agenda
Resolution
R-82-21
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Motion declared carried.
Moved by Smith, seconded by Goczkowski, to approve the Consent Agenda. 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.
Minutes were approved; Ordinance M-6-21 was adopted; Resolutions R-79-21,
R-80-21, R-81-21, R-82-21, R-84-21 were adopted.
Moved by Smith, seconded by Goczkowski, to approve Resolution R-79-21, A
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH DENLER, INC FOR
ASPHALT CRACK SEALING AND CONCRETE JOINT SEALING in the amount
of $72,070. Motion declared carried as approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Smith, seconded by Goczkowski, to approve Resolution R-80-21, A
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT
WITH THE STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. Motion declared carried as approved unanimously
under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Smith, seconded by Goczkowski, to approve Resolution R-81-21, A
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH JOHN NERI
CONSTRUCTION, INC OR THE 2021 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
STREET AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACT A. Motion declared
carried as approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Smith, seconded by Goczkowski, to approve Resolution R-82-21, A
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH DINATALE
CONSTRUCTION, INC FOR THE 2021 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS, MFT -21 -00000 -01 -GM in the amount of
$730,388.80. Motion declared carried as approved unanimously under Consent
Agenda.
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APPROVE Moved by Smith, seconded by Goczkowski, to approve Resolution R-84-21, A
PURCHASE/1380 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY
E. OAKTON LOCATED AT 1380 E OAKTON AVENUE, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS in the
STREET: amount of $190,619. Motion declared carried as approved unanimously under Consent
Consent Agenda Agenda.
Resolution
R-84-21
SECOND Moved by Smith, seconded by Goczkowski, to approve Second Reading Ordinance
READING/ M-6-21, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS
ORD. M-6-21: PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF DES PLAINES. Motion
Consent Agenda declared carried as approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
APPROVE Moved by Smith, seconded by Goczkowski, to approve the Minutes of the City Council
MINUTES: meeting of April 19, 2021, as published. Motion declared carried as approved
Consent Agenda unanimously under Consent Agenda
APPROVE Moved by Smith, seconded by Goczkowski, to approve the Closed Session Minutes of
MINUTES: the City Council meeting of April 19, 2021, as published. Motion declared carried as
Consent Agenda approved unanimously under Consent Agenda
NEW BUSINESS:
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION — Alderman Chester, Chairman
WARRANT Moved by Chester, seconded by Rodd, to approve the Warrant Register of
REGISTER: May 3, 2021 in the Amount of $4,246,474.44 and approve Resolution R-83-21. Upon
roll call, the vote was:
Resolution AYES: 8 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Rodd, Zadrozny
R-83-21 Brookman, Chester, Smith, Goczkowski
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
RECESS;
Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Rodd, to recess the meeting at 7:50 p.m. for the
presentation of plaques to the outgoing elected officials and the swearing-in of the
newly elected officials. Motion declared carried.
PRESENTATION: City Manager Bartholomew presented items of appreciation for service to:
Matthew Bogusz — Mayor, 2013-2021
Jennifer Tsalapatanis — City Clerk, 2017-2021
Denise Rodd — Third Ward Alderman, 2013-2021
Don Smith — Seventh Ward Alderman, 2014-2021 and 1997-2009
SWEARING-IN The Honorable Judge Bruce Lester administered the Oath of Office to the following
CEREMONY: newly -elected officials:
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Andrew Goczkowski — Mayor
Jessica M. Mastalski — City Clerk
Mark A. Lysakowski — Alderman — First Ward
Sean Oskerka — Alderman — Third Ward
Carla Brookman — Alderman — Fifth Ward
Patricia Smith — Alderman — Seventh Ward
COUNCIL Mayor Goczkowski called the meeting back to order at 7:56 p.m.
RECONVENED: Roll Call indicated the following Aldermen present: Lysakowski, Moylan, Oskerka,
Zadrozny, Brookman, Chester and Smith
COMMITTEE ON Moved by Chester, seconded by Zadrozny, to nominate Alderman Brookman as the
COMMITTEES: Chairman of Committee on Committees.
Alderman Brookman requested that Committee forms be made available to the
Aldermen and the date for a meeting of Committee on Committees is May 17, 2021.
Upon roll call, the vote was:
AYES: 7 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Oskerka, Zadrozny
Brookman, Chester, Smith
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
DECLARATION On March 16, 2020, a Declaration of Civil Emergency for the City of Des Plaines
OF CIVIL related to the COVID-19 emergency was authorized. The Declaration provided that:
EMERGENCY: (1) the City may enter into contracts for the emergency purchase of goods and services;
(2) the City Manager may implement emergency staffing protocols pursuant to the
City's respective collective bargaining agreements; and (3) directed City officials and
employees to cooperate with other government agencies.
In accordance with Illinois statutes, the Mayor's Declaration lasted only for a period
of seven days, unless it was extended by action of the City Council. At each
subsequent City Council meeting, the City Council, by motion, extended the
Declaration until the next adjournment of the next special or City Council meeting.
This extension of the Declaration includes the Supplemental Order dated July 29, 2020.
Mayor Goczkowski presented an extension to the Declaration of Civil Emergency.
Moved by Moylan, seconded by Zadrozny, to extend the Declaration of Civil
Emergency until the adjournment of the next regular, special, or emergency meeting
of the City Council. Upon roll call, the vote was:
AYES: 7 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Oskerka, Zadrozny
Brookman, Chester, Smith
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Brookman, seconded by Chester, to adjourn the meeting. Upon voice vote,
motion declared carried. The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
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Andrew Goczkowski, MAYOR
. Mastalski — City Clerk