May 21, 2024 Approved Minutes

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE OAK PARK TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES HELD TUESDAY, May 21, 2024, CONDUCTED IN-PERSON AND ELECTRONICALLY.

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Clerk DaToya Burtin-Cox called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.

The meeting was conducted in-person and electronically. On the call of the roll the following participated in-person: Trustee Davis, Trustee Ade Onayemi, Township Supervisor, Clarmarie Keenan, Township Attorney, John Garofalo, Township Manager E. Michel, Clerk, DaToya Burtin-Cox, Director April Dugal, General Fund, Director Megan Traficano, Youth and Family Services, Communications Coordinator, Ashley Elaine. 

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Oak Park resident, Jacob Drews, made an oral presentation to the Board requesting that a referendum be placed on the upcoming November election ballot dealing with public funds being used for the Chicago Bears stadium.

Consent Agenda

Minutes from May 7th, 2024, and bills for the period of April 27th through May 10th were approved by the board.

A motion was made by trustee Onayemi and seconded by trustee Davis. The board voted unanimously to reprove the consent agenda.

Business Items

  • Notice a public hearing for the fiscal year 2025 Township budget
    • Item was not discussed. This matter is not need it for broad approval and the Township gently pulls what the Wednesday Journal
  • Approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Village and Township of Oak regarding the provision of fuel
  • The agreement allows senior services to buy fuel from the village when necessary. A motion was made by Davis and seconded by Trustee Onayemi. The board voted Unanimously so approve. 

Discussion Items

  • Departmental budget presentation (Youth and Family Services and General and Emergency Assistance)
    • Youth and Family Services
      • a change in the budget regarding prevention services. The amount was cut in half because the grant ended in the middle of the term. Additionally the service was wrapped into the community justice program.
    • General and emergency services
      • seeking to increase funds available for emergency services. Would like to provide assistance in the future for a TANF recipient. Looking to the board to make policy about providing assistance to TANF participants.
  • Strategic planning discussion
    • See vocabulary memo. Manager Michel drafted a memo outlining regularly used terms and defining them for the Township. He is requesting that the board reviewed these terms to provide any changes or questions.
  • discussion of the diversity, equity, and inclusion statement
    • Staff collaborated on formulating the statement.

Brief Reports:

Township Manager

  • Byline bank increase the interest rate on the account from  3.5% two 4% allowing for full collateral return.
  • Youth and Family Services intergovernmental agreement with park district up for discussion. River Forest is sunny back on to the intergovernmental agreement-this is tentative. The park district may not fly back on. Trustee davis is requesting talking points why the relationship between the Township and the park district in order to speak to other board members about this issue.

Township Supervisor

  • Has been in constant contact with the Township manager. Provided a thank you to Director Traficano for her work with the youth and Family Services.

Youth and Family Services

  • no meeting

Senior Services

  • met Wednesday with two new members in attendance
  • board approved the name change to senior and disability services 
  • inquire as to whether the committee needed to change its name. This matter is to be looked into and discussed further.
  • Renovations and senior services are almost complete

CMHB

  • No report.

IGOV

  • met on Saturday May 18th
  • discuss public forum regarding participating on boards and getting elected 

ADJOURNMENT OF GENERAL MEETING

Motion raised by Trustee Davis and seconded by Trustee Onyemi. Board voted unanimously to adjourn. 

Executive Session

Adjournment of Executive Session

NEXT MEETING

The next public meeting of the Oak Park Township Board of Trustees will be a Regular Board of Trustees Meeting conducted in-person and/or electronically at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at 7:30 pm at the Township Office located at 105 S. Oak Park, Ave, Oak Park, IL.

Respectfully submitted by
and recorded in the office of

/s/ DaToya Burtin-Cox
DaToya Burtin-Cox, Clerk

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