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Highwood City Council debates whether to ask voters to eliminate the elected clerk position

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Highwood City Council met at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20.

The Highwood City Council meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month in Council Chambers at City Hall. The Committee of the Whole meets at 6 p.m., followed by the regular council meeting at 7:30.

Here is the agenda as provided by Highwood:

CITY OF HIGHWOOD

REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 7:30 P.M.

AGENDA

Call to Order

1. Roll Call

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Review of Minutes to be Approved

3.1. City Council: December 5, 2016

3.2. Committee of the Whole: December 6, 2016

4. Appointments (Mayor Pecaro)

5. Approval of Warrant List:

5.1. 12/20/2016 AP Warrant List

6. Public Input – Items Not On Agenda

7. Mayor’s Report

8. Committee Reports

9. Treasurer’s Report

10. Clerk’s Report

Action Items

11. Unfinished Business

12. New Business

12.1. Consideration of an Ordinance for the Levy, Collection and Assessment of Taxes for the City of Highwood for the 2016 Tax Levy.

12.2. Consideration of an Ordinance Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2016 to Pay the Principal and Interest on General Obligation Bond Not to Exceed $4,000,000 (TIF Alternate Revenue Sources) Series 2002, of the City of Highwood, Lake County, Illinois.

12.3. Consideration of an Ordinance Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2016 to Pay the Principal and Interest on a General Obligation Bond Not to Exceed $4,000,000 Series 2010, of the  City of Highwood, Lake County, Illinois.

12.4. Consideration of an Ordinance Abating the Tax Heretofore Levies for the Year 2016 to Pay the Principal and Interest on $2,250,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds Series 2013, of the City of Highwood, Lake County, Illinois.

12.5. Consideration of A Resolution Authorizing a Renewal of Workers’ Compensation and General Liability Insurance Coverage.

12.6. A Consideration of an Ordinance Authorizing a First Amendment to Redevelopment Agreement Between the City of Highwood and 440 GBR, LLC for the development of City Owned Land at 438-440 Green Bay Road and Comprising a Part of the Downtown TIF Redevelopment Project Area of the City of Highwood, Lake County, Illinois.

12.7. Consideration of an Ordinance Putting the Question of Eliminating the Elected Clerk Position to a Referendum of Highwood Voters.

13. Any Action Necessary Coming Out of Executive Session

14. Adjournment

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