VILLAGE OF PALOS PARK
Meeting Agenda
Monday, January 10, 20117:30 PM

1) CALL TO ORDER

2) ROLL CALL

3) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4) APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A. Regular Council meeting of December 13, 2010

5) RECOGNITION/PROCLAMATIONS/APPOINTMENTS/PRESENTATIONS

A. Proclamation Declaring January 23-30, 2011 as Park Lawn Awareness Week

B. To pass a Resolution acknowledging the Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau as our Convention and Visitors Bureau of record for the marketing and promotion of the tourism industry

C. Presentation by Tree Body to discuss proposed Tree Code revisions

6) HEARINGS
A. Amendment to Section 1460.02 of the Village Code in regards to Tree Conservation on Construction Sites

7) CONSENT AGENDA
All items on the consent agenda are routine or have been brought forward at the direction of the Board of Commissioners and will be enacted with one motion. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.

A. To continue Mid-Iron rezoning to the February 14, 2011 Village Council meeting for action in conjunction with action in relation to a proposed annexation agreement and annexation ordinance

B. To ratify payment of invoices on the Warrant List for December 27, 2010 in the amount of $66,671.96

C. To approve payment of invoices on the Warrant List for January 10, 2011 in the amount of $48,363.02

D. To approve the Supplemental Warrant List for January 10, 2011 for manual checks, payroll, and recurring wire transfers in the amount of $260,778.97

8) OLD BUSINESS
A. Consideration to approve in ordinance form a corner side setback variation of 33.9 feet for property located at 8920 W. 125th Street

9) BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
A. To approve in ordinance form an amendment to Section 1460.02 of the Village Code in regards to Tree Conservation on Construction Sites

10) INFORMATION & UPDATES

A. Public Works and Streets, Recreation Report

B. Building and Public Property Report

1. Building Department Report

2. To adopt an Ordinance Amending Part Fourteen, Title Six, Chapter 1460 of the Palos Park Village Code in Regard to Construction Conduct

C. Public Health and Safety Report

1. Palos Park Police Cadet Scholarship

D. Accounts and Finances, Treasurer, Library Report

E. Mayor’s Report

F. Clerk’s Report

G. Administrator’s Report

1. To approve the Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency (IRMA) annual contribution and deductible in the amount of $110,622.00

2. To approve the Lease Agreement between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) and the Village of Palos Park in connection with the proposed bicycle/pedestrian trail along the Cal-Sag Channel to connect to the Centennial Trail on the west and the Burnham Greenway Trail on the east

11) ANNOUNCEMENTS

12) CITIZENS AND VISITORS COMMENT PERIOD

13) ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING