Budget Discussion Wraps Up, and Committees Tackle Church Growth, Cool Cities Initiatives and More

Elmhurst City Council members will spend one final evening discussing the 2014 budget as a Committee of the Whole on Monday, Nov. 25. That meeting will begin at about 8 p.m., after the city's standing committees have a chance to meet.

Committee meetings begin at 7 p.m. and public comment is welcome at all meetings. 

The following items will be discussed in committee Nov. 25:

Development, Planning and Zoning

• Bethel United Church of Christ request for a conditional use permit for the construction of a fellowship hall and the renovation of a residence for use as an administrative center
• Single-family home monotony policy: A guide used by the city to help architects and builders in creating varied designs to avoid homes appearing too similar to one another will be discussed.
• Sustainability policy: sustainable environmental practices as an integral component of the city's leadership role in the community. Policy guidelines and programs will be discussed.

Finance, Council Affairs and Administrative Services

• Review TIF incentive request from Yorky's Restaurant
• Annual review and rate adjustment charged to Illinois American Water Company for sewerage treatment. The committee will discuss a rate increase to $2.894 per thousand gallons. The rate was $2.707 in 2013, and 2.525 in 2012. Yearly sanitary flow is about 1.75 billion gallons.
• A review of the procurement auction process to reduce city expenditures by allowing vendors to bid down the price the city is currently paying for commodities

Public Affairs and Safety

• Stop sign requests at Utley Road and Grace Avenue, and at May Street and Prairie Avenue
• Purchase of one Toyota Camry SE
• Review of the motor home/RV ordinance
• Amendment to the part-time police officer ordinance

Public Works and Buildings

• Stormwater upate
• Sanitary system update
• Bids for the mezzanine project at Elmhurst Public Works garage
• Park Avenue lift station replacement - engineering
• Saylor and Jackson lift station sewage grinder replacement
• Elmhurst Water Reclamation Facility dissolved air flotation replacement project
• Gladys right-of-way vacation