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the orland park prairie | December 27, 2018 | 3
Orland Park Village Board
More drainage and water main
improvements coming this winter
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
Round It Up
A brief recap of action and discussion from the Dec.
19 meeting of the Orland Park Village Board.
• In a 6-0 vote, the Village Board approved the
appointment of Robert Sullivan and Patrick Duggan to
the Orland Park Retiree Health Insurance Trust Board
of Trustees.
• As part of the Consent Agenda, trustees voted 6-0 to
allow the Consolidated School District 230 bass fishing
team to use Lake Sedgewick for a two- or three-day
ice fishing event in December 2018, or January or
February 2019.
• Trustees voted 6-0 to use Water Fund Contingency
Fund money to pay Airy’s Inc., of Tinley Park, in the
amount of $72,564.82 for work performed to repair a
water main break at 151st Street and 88th Avenue.
Just because winter is here
does not mean work stops in
the Village of Orland Park.
The Village Board voted
6-0 Monday, Dec. 17, to
approve a proposal from
Burke LLC, of Rosemont,
to perform drainage and water
main improvements this
winter in the Fairway subdivision.
Mayor Keith Pekau
was absent.
The proposal is for the
guaranteed maximum price
of $2.7 million. According
to Village documents, if the
project were to exceed that
price, Burke LLC would be
responsible to pay for the remaining
balance.
“This is a continuation of
a water main improvement
project that was started in
2017,” Public Works Director
John Ingram said.
“There’s a little bit different
of an issue with this one [in]
that the work is going to be
done over the winter.”
Ingram said last winter
the Village did a similar water
main replacement. As a
result, he was able to note
some benefits for performing
this type of work over
the winter. They were: less
impact on residents, as they
are less likely to be outside,
and less dust and noise.
“It worked out very well
and was very well received
by the residents,” Ingram
said.
Ingram noted this project
was for the third phase
of a four-phase project to
complete water main improvements
in the Fairway
subdivision. In order to get
through the permit process
and start the work by the end
of January 2019, Ingram said
it was necessary to move this
from the Public Works Committee
meeting earlier in the
evening and before the Village
Board that same night.
Later during the meeting,
the trustees voted 6-0 to
postpone discussion or voting
on an ethical standards
of conduct ordinance. In
making the motion, Trustee
Carole Griffin Ruzich said
she had asked staff to work
on the ordinance with Village’s
legal counsel.
“It came to light during
a meeting several months
ago when a resident spoke
about that there might be
some gaps in our ethical ordinance,”
she said. “I took a
look at it and asked staff to
work with the Village attorney
in drafting one.”
But the mayor asked if
the trustees would hold off
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on talking about or voting
on the matter while he was
away. Ruzich said she felt it
was appropriate to postpone
discussion and vote on the
item until a future meeting.
Trustee James Dodge,
serving as mayor pro-tem,
agreed. He also suggested
the extra time could be used
to submit any additional
questions or comments to
Village staff in constructing
the ordinance.
“I think there are a number
of things in here that are
worthwhile for us to look at
— and probably a couple of
suggestions and edits,” he
said.
According to Village documents,
the ordinance establishes
“ethical standards of
conduct for appointed and
hired employees and public
officials of the Village of Orland
Park, whether compensated
or not.”
The item was postponed
to the first meeting of January.
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