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Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 4 2024 · Evidence
for EnerGov Assist services. The staff memo describes an additional year of live training and consulting for the community development department's permitting and inspection software. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Amended (recorded), Mar 20 2024 · Evidence
On March 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a purchase order increase of $38,878.57 to Civiltech Engineering, Inc. for the Cumberland Watermain Project. The staff memo reports the original engineering design contract was $177,757.50 and cites added oversight for work in state highway right-of-way and unforeseen field changes. The roll call was 5–0.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 4 2024 · Evidence
On March 4, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a contract with Mackie Consultants for Hastings Street water main engineering services, including design and construction inspection, in the amount of $64,605. The staff memo and evaluation sheet identify the request for proposals as PW-24-06 and report that Mackie scored highest, although it was not the lowest-cost proposal; the agenda item printed a different number. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 4 2024 · Evidence
On March 4, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, two equipment purchases from Casey Equipment Company through the Sourcewell cooperative contract: a compact motor grader for $246,586.10 and a tandem drum asphalt roller for $47,051.76. The staff memos list budgets of $225,000 and $51,000 respectively, so the grader exceeded its budgeted amount. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 4 2024 · Evidence
The City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance updating the Municipal Code's construction codes on February 20, 2024 (roll call 6–0) and approved the final reading on its consent agenda on March 4, 2024 (roll call 6–0). The staff memo describes the update as adopting newer International Code Council editions of the building, fire and life safety codes with local amendments, following public seminars. Source: draft minutes.
Ordinance · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 4 2024 · Evidence
The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Amended (recorded), Mar 20 2024 · Evidence
The memo states the City pays nothing for tow services; the party needing the tow pays the fees. The roll call was 5–0.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Amended (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 4 2024 · Evidence
On March 4, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the first one-year extension of the traffic court attorney contract with Addis Greenberg, LLC of Northbrook, Illinois. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Amended (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 4 2024 · Evidence
The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded), Mar 20 2024 · Evidence
On March 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the contract for the Watermain Valve Insertion Project (PW-24-09) with Superior Excavating Company in the amount of $391,396. The bid tabulation from the opening on February 28, 2024 shows three bids, the next lowest at $476,456. The staff memo describes new valves, a hydrant and a short watermain replacement. The roll call was 5–0.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded), Mar 20 2024 · Evidence
On March 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a contract with McCann Industries Inc. for one new wheel loader tractor in the amount of $231,000, bought through a purchasing cooperative. The staff memo lists a budget of $215,000 for the purchase. The roll call was 5–0.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 20 2024 · Evidence
On February 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a contract with Monroe Truck Equipment for upfitting five Public Works pickup truck chassis in the amount of $206,968. The staff memo reports the quotes came through the Sourcewell purchasing cooperative and that the chassis had been purchased separately. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 20 2024 · Evidence
On February 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a resolution authorizing a contract to buy one Police Department vehicle for no more than $45,000. The draft resolution grants a limited exception from the City's competitive bidding rules, citing supply-chain problems with bids and purchasing cooperatives; the staff memo names a Ford Explorer to replace an older command vehicle. The seller is not identified. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 20 2024 · Evidence
On February 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a resolution continuing the City's participation in the Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative and authorizing the City Manager to sign a contract with the lowest-cost electricity supplier for up to thirty-six months. The resulting supply contract is not part of this record. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 20 2024 · Evidence
On February 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a contract for the sewer lining project (PW-24-04) with Hoerr Construction in the amount of $503,736.60. The bid tabulation from the opening on February 1, 2024 shows seven bids, with the next lowest at $519,618.68; the staff memo cites a program budget of $600,000. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Amended (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 20 2024 · Evidence
On February 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a one-year extension of the traffic signal and street light maintenance contract (PW-22-07) with H & H Electric Company. The staff memo reports the extension carries no price change and is the second and final extension allowed; no total dollar amount is stated. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 20 2024 · Evidence
On February 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, an amendment to the prior fiscal year's Uptown TIF budget for intergovernmental agreement payments to other taxing bodies. The staff memo's table raises the payments account from $1,208,103 to $1,345,663. The staff memo says the agreements provide shares of increment, Hinkley Park capital reimbursements and new student growth payments, and that increment above budget and a Park District capital request raised the payments. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
On February 5, 2024 the City Council approved the final reading of an ordinance granting major variances (VA-24-03) that allow a second-story addition to follow the existing side-yard encroachment of a nonconforming house at 320 N Redfield. The draft ordinance recites the Zoning Board of Appeals' recommendation of approval with one dissent. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Zoning variance · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
The staff memo reports that tax increment collection for the district had ended while site improvements continued. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
The attached resolution lists the streets to be milled and resurfaced and gives the total project length. The staff memo notes the resolution is required before the contract is bid; the construction contract itself is a separate action. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
Proposed (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
The roll call was 7–0. Establishment requires a later ordinance. Source: draft minutes.
Special service area · City Council · Park Ridge
Amended (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
for the Alley Repair Program. The staff memo reports the project was originally approved at $118,560, was completed slightly over that amount, and that the shared alley account had also covered green alley costs. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Amended (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
The staff memo reports the project was approved at $2,235,000 and that unforeseen conditions led to change orders and added quantities. The contractor is not named in the memo. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
On February 5, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, contracts and purchase orders for individual trades on the Fire Station renovation and addition. Cordogan Clark & Associates solicited the bids. The memo puts the total anticipated project cost at $8,421,694, compared with $7,833,564 in the adopted budget. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Scheduled (recorded), Jan 22 2024 · Evidence
The final reading of an ordinance granting a special use for a medical/dental clinic at 147 N Northwest Highway was on the City Council agenda for January 22, 2024. The minutes page covering this item is not available in the text corpus, so the Council's vote is not established here.
Special use · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 22 2024 · Evidence
The City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance amending the Historic Preservation Commission chapter of the Municipal Code on January 8, 2024 (roll call 7–0) and approved its final reading on its consent agenda on January 22, 2024. The staff memo explains the change removes the fixed five-member quorum rule so that the commission, reduced to seven members, follows the Open Meetings Act quorum for its size. The final-reading consent motion carried with one alderperson absent.
Ordinance · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 8 2024 · Evidence
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the list of annual purchase orders for which competitive bidding is waived (utilities, government agencies, telecommunications and continuing contracts). The roll call was 7–0. The list sets spending limits; it does not show what was later paid.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 8 2024 · Evidence
The roll call was 7–0.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 8 2024 · Evidence
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, an amendment to the prior fiscal year's General Fund budget of $19,818.18 for Fire Department portable radios and a thermal imaging camera. The staff memo reports the equipment was paid for by a previously approved FEMA Assistance to Firefighters grant of $19,818.18 that had not been included in the original budget. The roll call was 7–0.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 8 2024 · Evidence
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the final reading of an ordinance amending the Municipal Code's disorderly conduct section. The draft ordinance adds public urination and defecation to the list of disorderly conduct offenses. The roll call was 7–0.
Ordinance · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 8 2024 · Evidence
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a one-year extension of its contract with Lauterbach & Amen, LLP for third-party audit services for the fiscal year just ended. The roll call was 7–0.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 8 2024 · Evidence
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the final reading of an ordinance adding a parking space utilization section to the traffic and parking chapter of the Municipal Code. The draft text provides that regulated parking spaces may be used only for parking vehicles unless a special event permit or outdoor café license allows otherwise. The roll call was 7–0.
Ordinance · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded), Jan 8 2024 · Evidence
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a three-year contract with Comcast Business Voice Edge for City-wide Voice over Internet Protocol phone service in the amount of $80,606.80. The staff memo reports that the request for proposals drew many responses, that Comcast was the high-scoring responsible proposer, and that its price was the second lowest offered. The roll call was 7–0.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 8 2024 · Evidence
On January 8, 2024 the City Council adopted, on its consent agenda, an ordinance amending the Municipal Code section on utility billing rates. The staff memo summarizes the increases: the water rate from $8.92 to $9.81 per thousand gallons and the sewer rate from $1.74 to $1.91 per thousand gallons, citing rising costs including Chicago water rate increases. The roll call was 7–0. The ordinance number is not printed in these records.
Ordinance · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Dec 4 2024 · Evidence
At its meeting on December 4, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission discussed and approved its regular meeting calendar for the following year by voice vote (6–0).
Public record · Historic Preservation Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 2 2024 · Evidence
At its meeting on October 2, 2024, after a brief discussion with the Director of Community Preservation and Development, the Historic Preservation Commission voted to recommend that the City Council adopt the City's Historic Preservation Plan, which commissioners and staff had drafted and revised over the preceding months. The vote was 6–0. Adoption rests with the City Council; its action is not covered by this record.
Public record · Historic Preservation Commission · Park Ridge
Recorded step (recorded), Feb 7 2024 · Evidence
At its meeting on February 7, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission reviewed a hundred-year-old home recognition application for the house at 525 S. Vine, including a photo of the original blueprints. A commissioner noted that the house appears on the historic Sanborn fire insurance maps, which she suggested could be used to verify the age of future applications. The approved minutes record that the commission reached consensus on the application; no motion or roll-call vote is recorded.
Public record · Historic Preservation Commission · Park Ridge
Recorded step (recorded), Jan 3 2024 · Evidence
At its meeting on January 3, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission reviewed an application under the City's hundred-year-old home recognition program for the house at 916 Cleveland Ave. Commissioners first discussed whether the program was appropriate for the commission to run, and staff reported that the City's attorneys had confirmed it was. The approved minutes record that the commission reached consensus on the application; no motion or roll-call vote is recorded.
Public record · Historic Preservation Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Dec 10 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use allowing a professional office on the ground floor at 139 N Northwest Highway, in the Uptown commercial subdistrict, where an office on Northwest Highway needs a special use. The vote was split, 6–3. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Public hearing (recorded), Dec 10 2024 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission opened a public hearing on amendments to the City's Comprehensive Plan for the Uptown Master Plan, after staff reviewed the changes made in response to Commission and public feedback. No recommendation vote was expected that night, and the Commission continued the hearing to January 14, 2025 by a vote of 9–0. The outcome is not part of this record.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Dec 10 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing on fence regulations, which the City Council had discussed at a Committee of the Whole meeting because of the number of fence variance cases, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments to the Zoning Ordinance as modified at the meeting. Commissioners agreed on raising the maximum fence height in residential districts and discussed separate rules for corner lots; the minutes do not state the corner-lot outcome. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 12 2024 · Evidence
After the City Council's Committee of the Whole discussed on October 7, 2024 whether libraries should be added to the uses an adult-use cannabis dispensing organization must be located away from, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments, modified to specify public libraries. The vote was 5–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 12 2024 · Evidence
After the City Council's Committee of the Whole discussed public noticing requirements for government buildings on October 7, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. Staff confirmed such projects would still need at least a site plan review. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Oct 29 2024 · Evidence
The vote was 6–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Sep 24 2024 · Evidence
The applicant first withdrew a companion request to rezone the site, offering to pursue a text amendment making car washes a special use in the existing district instead. The Commission continued the hearing to September 24, 2024 by a vote of 7–0, and on September 24, 2024 recommended that the City Council approve the special use by a vote of 9–0.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Oct 15 2024 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review for an addition to the existing clubhouse of Park Ridge Country Club at 636 N Prospect Avenue. The vote was 7–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Sep 24 2024 · Evidence
The Commission had already recommended the special use for dwellings above the ground floor on this site; staff said any future ground-floor tenant needing a special use would apply separately. The vote was 8–0. These minutes are the draft version.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 15 2024 · Evidence
After the Committee of the Whole discussion of April 15, 2024, the Mayor and City Council asked for a text amendment separating tobacco-related retail uses from other retail goods establishments, with the Commission to weigh permitted or special use status. The Planning and Zoning Commission opened the hearing, asked what counts as a business primarily selling tobacco and about licensing, and continued the case to October 15, 2024 by a vote of 8–0. On October 15, 2024 it recommended the amendments on a split vote of 5–2. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 10 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended a text amendment, sent to it by the Mayor and City Council after their discussion of April 15, 2024, to make drive-through facilities special uses. Staff said car washes are not drive-through facilities under the ordinance and would not be affected. The vote was 8–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Aug 27 2024 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by the owner for a multi-family residential building at 425 W Talcott Road, a site rezoned to residential use in an earlier year. Staff noted the project had already received variances for a reduced front yard and a larger detached garage. The vote was 8–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
