A proposal, an approval and a completed project are different events. These permanent timelines and published records connect the evidence and identify what remains unverified.
795 published records and 16 reviewed projects · Source review 2026-09-06. Selected coverage; this is not a complete list of municipal activity.
On May 2, 2022 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, budget amendments increasing the Uptown TIF Fund's transfer out by $499,560 to reimburse the Parking Fund for non-reimbursed costs of building the Library parking lot. The staff memo calls the remaining construction and design costs TIF eligible expenses. The consent agenda motion carried.
On March 7, 2022 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, closing the debt service fund for a bond series that had been reissued; the staff memo says the fund was no longer required after the reissuance. The consent vote was 6–0.
On February 7, 2022 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, an Uptown TIF Fund budget amendment of $28,440 because payments under the TIF's intergovernmental agreements exceeded budget. The staff memo says the payments are prescribed by the agreements with the two school districts and the Park District. The consent vote was 7–0.
On December 20, 2021 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, an Uptown TIF Fund budget amendment of $19,050 for the costs of reissuing a bond series. The staff memo says those costs were not rolled into the new bond issue. The consent vote was 6–0.
At its meeting on December 6, 2021, the City Council adopted the gross aggregate property tax levy for the City and the Library at $18,518,005. The motion carried 5–1. The minutes record the Finance Director's explanation that this was an overall levy increase of 0.43%. The ordinance levied $4,088,160 as the Library tax.
Bids were opened on September 8, 2021. On September 20, 2021 the City Council approved construction contract PW-21-26 with Copenhaver Construction, Inc., the lowest responsive bidder, for $1,263,511, by a 6–0 vote.
On July 19, 2021 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, year-end budget amendments to several funds, including the Uptown TIF Fund. The staff memo lists an Uptown TIF general contractual services amendment of $92,371 and says that account was over budget because new student and new property payments were higher than anticipated. The consent vote was 7–0.
On May 17, 2021 the City Council approved the Phase III engineering contract for the Marvin Parkway Flood Control Project with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. for $131,850, by a 7–0 vote. It was the only proposal received by the April 28, 2021 due date; the firm had designed the project and prepared the City's Stormwater Master Plan.
On May 17, 2021 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda (7–0), the street resurfacing program contract with Brothers Asphalt Paving, Inc. The contract was for $999,164.93, the lowest bid, against a budget of $1,000,000. Staff had recommended it to the Committee of the Whole on May 10, 2021.
On April 19, 2021 the City Council approved, by a 7–0 vote, an intergovernmental agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the Marvin Parkway Flood Control Project. Staff expected a total project cost of $2,200,000, with $950,000 reimbursed for construction under the District's Stormwater Partnership Program.
On March 15, 2021 the City Council approved the engineering design contract for the Green Library Parking Lot Project for $120,835, by a 7–0 vote, as staff had recommended.
Contract award · City Council
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 23 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, a motion in the Planning and Zoning Commission to recommend that the City Council approve a special use for a large child home day care of more than eight children at 612 North Home Avenue, subject to the applicant's parking plan, failed 1–6. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · City Council
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 23 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use allowing a physical therapy provider to operate a medical/dental clinic in a Summit Mall tenant space at 110-112 Euclid Avenue. The vote was 7–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
On February 1, 2021 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a budget amendment raising the Uptown TIF Fund's transfer out to two debt service funds by $141,689. The staff memo says the increase was needed to prevent a year-end deficit in the debt service funds. The consent vote was 7–0.
On May 18, 2020 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the street resurfacing program contract with Arrow Road Construction. Staff had recommended $914,953.24, the lowest bid, against a budget of $1,000,000. On December 21, 2020 the Council approved a purchase order increase of $43,489.39. Warrant reports reviewed show $958,442.63 paid to the contractor in that fiscal year, equal to the original contract plus the increase.
At its meeting on December 21, 2020, the City Council approved the gross aggregate property tax levy for the City and the Library, and the motion carried 5–2. The staff scorecard for that final reading puts the levy at $18,437,844. The ordinance levied $4,008,000 as the Library tax, and the staff memo lists the police pension component of the net levy at $3,166,400 and the fire pension component at $2,763,637.
On February 3, 2020, the City Council approved the final reading of an ordinance terminating Special Service Areas No. 86 through No. 96 and No. 98 through No. 103 on a roll call vote of 7–0; the draft ordinance made the termination effective for the 2019 tax year. The Committee of the Whole had approved the first reading on January 27, 2020 by 6–1. Staff said the areas were created between 2006 and 2008 to pave alleys and listed remaining balances of $184,945.36; a budget amendment approved on May 4, 2020 closed the funds into the General Fund for $182,387.
Special service area · City Council
Committee recommendation (reported in a later record), Feb 11 2020 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission opened a public hearing on January 14, 2020 on applicant-requested text amendments regarding veterinary services (animal hospitals) and voted to continue it. According to the staff cover memo to the City Council, the commission voted 5–0 to recommend approval of the amendments after the hearing concluded on February 11, 2020. The commission's own minutes of that meeting are not available as text. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
At its meeting on December 16, 2019, the City Council approved the property tax levy for the City and the Library at final reading, and the motion carried 5–1. The staff scorecard for that final reading puts the levy at $17,559,850, and the ordinance levied $4,008,000 as the Library tax.
At its meeting on December 17, 2018, the City Council approved the property tax levy for the City and the Library as part of its consent agenda, whose motion carried 6–0. The staff scorecard for that final reading puts the levy at $16,481,003 and lists the Library Board's resolution as a reduction of $1,957,524. The next year's scorecard restates this levy at $16,498,859, listing its net debt service at $257,754 rather than $240,202.
Ordinance · City Council
Recorded step (recorded in draft minutes), May 23 2019 · Evidence
The property owner at 510 N. Greenwood Avenue asked for a major variance to place a ground monument sign with no setback, partly in the public right-of-way. After a hearing the Zoning Board of Appeals continued the case to the next meeting by a vote of 6–0. At that meeting the City Planner reported that the applicant had withdrawn the request and planned a sign that conforms to the Zoning Ordinance.
Because that year's street resurfacing contract came to $1,135,088, above the budget of $1,100,000, staff requested a Motor Fuel Tax Fund budget amendment of $35,088. Staff reported that the Committee of the Whole approved it on July 8, 2019, and the City Council approved it on its consent agenda on July 15, 2019 (6–0).
On May 20, 2019 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda (7–0), the street resurfacing program contract with Builders Paving LLC. Staff reported $1,135,088 as the lowest bid, against a budget of $1,100,000. Later minutes report the contract at $1,135,088 and a budget amendment of $35,088 to cover the difference.
A second-floor business tenant at 18 S. Northwest Highway applied for variances for a projecting sign and a wall sign. At the applicant's request the Zoning Board of Appeals voted only on the projecting sign and recommended that the City Council approve a major variance for it. The minutes record that the motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. The final City Council action is not part of this record.
On April 3, 2019 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, closing a debt service fund after the final payment on its bonds, moving $26,700 of remaining balances into the Uptown TIF Fund. The staff memo calls the closure a non-cash accounting transaction. The consent vote was 7–0.
On January 22, 2019 the City Council approved the engineering design contract for the Marvin Parkway Flood Control Project with Christopher B. Burke Engineering LLC for $101,979, by a 5–0 vote, as staff had recommended.
Contract award · City Council
Recorded step (reported in a later record), Jan 1 2019 · Evidence
The City Council approved an ordinance rewriting the Municipal Code section on water and sewer rates and fees as part of its consent agenda on November 7, 2018; the consent agenda carried by roll call 7–0. The staff memo listed the water rate rising from $7.97 to $8.11 and the sewer rate from $1.42 to $1.51 per thousand gallons, with higher fixed charges, starting January 1, 2019. The ordinance also added a $50 service fee on the return of construction water meter deposits. The Municipal Code's later history lists it as Ordinance No. 2018-40.
On December 3, 2018 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a budget amendment to the Uptown TIF Fund to reimburse the Park District for eligible project costs under the City's intergovernmental agreement with the Park District. The staff memo put the amendment at $400,631. The memo says the agreement lets the Park District request funding in four specified years of the redevelopment agreement and that this was the fifteenth year. The consent vote was 6–0.
Public record · City Council
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Aug 23 2018 · Evidence
The applicants (Ryan and Renae Grob) sought a major variance at 1345 S. Knight Avenue to add a second story to a nonconforming house. After the hearing on August 23, 2018, a motion to approve the request was made and the board voted to recommend approval to the City Council; the staff cover memorandum to the Council reports the vote as 5–0. The department's annual report lists the variance as approved by the City Council. The parcel is PIN 12-02-106-014-0000.
On June 18, 2018 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda (6–0), the street resurfacing program contract with J.A. Johnson Paving Co. for $1,353,058.55. Staff reported $1,353,058.55 as the lowest bid and recommended the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. The program budget was $1,400,000, the level the Council had proposed at a budget workshop when it proposed enlarging the program.
At its meeting on December 18, 2017, the City Council approved the property tax levy for the City and the Library at final reading, and the roll call shows the motion carried 6–0. The staff scorecard for that final reading puts the levy at $18,333,305, with a net levy of $18,021,639. At the meeting on December 4, 2017, the levy motion as presented listed $19,425,265; the Council amended it, and the main motion as amended carried 7–0.
