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CITY OF WEST CHICAGO - 475 Main Street
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Regular Meeting
February 17, 2020
1. Call to Order. Mayor Ruben Pineda called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
2. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Alderman Jakabcsin led all in the pledge of allegiance.
3. Invocation. The City Clerk gave the invocation.
4. Roll Call and Establishment of a Quorum
Roll Call found Aldermen James E. Beifuss, Jr., Heather Brown, Jayme Sheahan, Michael D.
Ferguson, Alton Hallett, Sandy Dimas, Melissa Birch-Ferguson, Christopher Swiatek, Jeanne M.
Short, Rebecca Stout, John E. Jakabcsin, and Noreen Ligino-Kubinski present. Aldermen Lori
J. Chassee and Matthew E. Garling were absent. The Mayor announced a quorum.
City Clerk Nancy M. Smith was also present.
Also in attendance were City Attorney Patrick K. Bond, City Administrator Michael L. Guttman,
Chief of Police Mike Uplegger, and Public Works Director Rob Flatter.
5. Public Participation. The City Clerk read a letter from Diane Ferguson, Board Chair,
McAuley School Restoration Initiative, in which Ms. Ferguson provided an update on the
cooperation agreement between the Initiative and the West Chicago Historical Society.
6. City Council Minutes - February 3, 2020. Alderman Ferguson made a motion, seconded
by Alderman Swiatek, to approve the minutes of February 3, 2020, with no changes. Voting
Aye: Aldermen Beifuss, Brown, Sheahan, Ferguson, Hallett, Dimas, Birch-Ferguson, Swiatek,
Short, Stout, Jakabcsin, and Ligino-Kubinski. Voting Nay: 0. Motion carried.
7. Corporate Disbursement Report. Alderman Dimas made a motion, seconded by Alderman
Brown, to approve the February 17, 2020, Corporate Disbursement Report in the amount of
$531,912.18. Voting Aye: Aldermen Beifuss, Brown, Sheahan, Ferguson, Hallett, Dimas, Birch-
Ferguson, Swiatek, Short, Stout, Ligino-Kubinski, and Jakabcsin. Voting Nay: 0. Motion
carried.
8. Consent Agenda - Consideration of an Omnibus Vote
* Infrastructure Committee. Alderman Beifuss read and explained the following:
A. Ordinance 20-0-0001 - An Ordinance Authorizing the Disposal or Sale of Surplus
Equipment, Stock Inventory, and/or Personal Property Owned by the City of West Chicago
B. Resolution 20-R-0002 - A Resolution Authorizing the City Clerk to Execute and
Submit, to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois Department of Transportation
Resolution for Maintenance of Streets and Highways by Municipality Under the Illinois Highway
Code (BLR 14220), and the Illinois Department of Transportation Local Public Agency General
Maintenance Estimate of Maintenance Costs (BLR 1422), for Expenditures Using Motor Fuel
Tax Funds for FY 2020
C. Resolution 20-R-0006 - A Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Contract
Amendment #1 and First Extension to the 2019 Right-of-Way Maintenance Program Contract
with Classic Landscape Ltd. for Right-of-Way Maintenance Services During Fiscal Years 2020
and 2021 (for an amount not to exceed $122,505.00 per year)
D. Resolution 20-R-0007 - A Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Contract
Agreement with Layne Christensen Company for Professional Services Related to the
Rehabilitation of the Pump and Motor Assembly Associated with the City’s Well Station No. 8
(for an amount not to exceed $128,000.00)
E. Resolution 20-R-0008 - A Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Contract
Agreement with Steve Piper and Sons, Inc. for Professional Services Related to the 2020
Forestry Maintenance Program (for an amount not to exceed $64,660.18)
F. Approve - The City Administrator’s Emergency Purchase of Services to Repair a
Watermain Break at 700 E. Roosevelt Road from November 22, 2019, thru December 7, 2019 -
Tri-County Excavating, Inc. (for an amount not to exceed $72,942.10)
Alderman Beifuss made a motion, seconded by Alderman Hallett, to adopt the above items.
Voting Aye: Aldermen Beifuss, Brown, Sheahan, Ferguson, Hallett, Dimas, Birch-Ferguson,
Swiatek, Short, Stout, Ligino-Kubinski, and Jakabcsin. Voting Nay: 0. Motion carried.
9. Reports by Committees. None
10. Unfinished Business. None

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11. New Business. None
12. Correspondence and Announcements
Upcoming Meetings
- February 18, 2020 Plan Commission/Zoning Board of Appeals (cancelled)
- February 24, 2020 Public Affairs Committee
- February 25, 2020 Historical Preservation Commission
- February 27, 2020 Finance Committee (cancelled)
The City Clerk presented the Western DuPage Chamber of Commerce award to Mayor Pineda.
The City was awarded the trophy at the Chamber’s Annual Banquet.
The City Clerk invited everyone to the West Chicago High School’s Board of Education meeting
tomorrow night where students would be awarded certificates from the Veterans of Foreign
Wars for the Voice of Democracy program.
The City Clerk announced that the Lions Club pancake breakfast would be held on Sunday,
March 1, 2020.
13 Mayor’s Comments. The Mayor said he was glad to be back from his vacation in the
Florida Keys. Alderman Ligino-Kubinski had been in Cabo, Mexico, and City Attorney Bond had
been to Curacau.
14. Executive Session. At 7:15 pm, Alderman Brown made a motion, seconded by Alderman
Birch-Ferguson, to adjourn into executive session to discuss security procedures, school
building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a
threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the
public, or public property under [5 ILCS 120/2(c)8].
Voting Aye: Aldermen Beifuss, Brown, Sheahan, Ferguson, Hallett, Dimas, Birch-Ferguson,
Swiatek, Short, Stout, Ligino-Kubinski, and Jakabcsin. Voting Nay: 0. Motion carried. Minutes
for the Executive Session are filed separately.
15, Items to be Referred for Final Action from Executive Session: Not applicable.
16. Adjournment. See above.
Respectfully submitted,
Vie Creer nN, Vo robe.
Nancy M. Sate
City Clerk