The following items were discussed and/or action was taken at the village of Harwood Heights Board of Trustees meeting on Dec. 8.
Board approves new traffic signs
The intersection of Gunnison Street and Olcott Avenue is about to become a four-way stop following a Dec. 8 decision by the board to install stop signs for traffic traveling in all directions through the intersection.
A section of the east side of Oriole Avenue will become a no-parking zone under a Dec. 8 approval from the board to restrict parking from the corner of Lawrence Avenue to 25 feet down the street.
Residents warned about calls from utility companies
Harwood Heights Mayor Arlene Jezierny issued a warning to residents against providing their personal information to electric companies that call to solicit new customers.
Representatives of power companies have been placing calls in Harwood Heights to ask residents to switch to a new power provider, Jezierny said. The callers ask residents to read the customer ID numbers from their current power bills, Jezierny said. Customers who switch from ComEd, the village’s electrical aggregation partner, could risk losing their current rates, Jezierny said.
The following expenditures were approved by the board:
The village paid $110 to Municipal Clerks of Illinois for 2017 membership dues.
The village purchased road salt for $3,187 from Compass Minerals of Chicago.
Case Lots Inc. of Lyons was paid $3,187 for janitorial supplies for village hall.
A total of $65,650 was paid to Meade Electric Company for labor and materials for the traffic signal modification project at Lawrence and Oketo avenues, and $2,067 was paid to Christopher B. Burke Engineering for engineering services for the same project, including costs associated with the commercial development with a Portillo’s and Art Van Furniture store being constructed at Harlem and Lawrence avenues.
The amount of $2,818 was paid to the Cook County Bureau of Technology for a software system that transfers mug shots and fingerprints to Illinois State Police.
A payment of $10,529 was made to the village’s legal counsel, Ancel Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C. for billing through June 30.
Azavar Audit Solutions of Chicago was paid $10,529 for auditing services.
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A total of $5,792 was paid to Miller Cooper & Co., Ltd. For annual audit costs.
Expenses in the amount of $3,469 for the village’s basketball program were approved.
A total of $27,234 in 911 expenditures was approved.
The board purchased liability insurance from The Horton Group and a $296,361 policy for workers compensation insurance with the Illinois Public Risk Fund.
Board meeting scheduled
The next Harwood Heights Village Board meeting will be held Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at village hall, 7300 W. Wilson Ave.
Natalie Hayes is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.