The Oak Park Village Board votes Tuesday on a $6 million design contract for a new police headquarters at 11 Madison.
The meeting agenda lists Resolution 26-295, which would approve a professional services agreement with Johnson Lasky Kindelin Architects, known as JLK, for design development and construction documents. The contract would not exceed $6 million and would direct staff to prepare budget amendments.
The Village Board directed staff in August 2026 to advance JLK's schematic design for the police department component of the Oak Park Municipal Campus, according to the agenda. JLK has since submitted a proposal covering the remaining design phases.
The Nov. 10 meeting begins at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers at Village Hall, 123 Madison St.
Water rates shifting to two tiers
The board will also take up Ordinance 26-185, a first reading and potential approval of a new water and sewer rate structure covering 2027 through 2031. The ordinance would replace the village's flat-rate billing system with a two-tier model using a 10,000-gallon quarterly threshold.
The board voted 6-1 on Sept. 15 to approve the tiered approach, as the Wednesday Journal reported. That vote selected the rate structure and directed staff to draft the formal ordinance now before the board.
Under the new structure, the first 10,000 gallons a household uses each quarter would be billed at a lower rate. Usage above that mark would cost more.
In 2027, the Tier 1 rate would be $12.18 per 1,000 gallons, compared with $12.79 for Tier 2, according to the village's announcement of the rate structure. By 2031, those figures would reach $13.18 and $16.37. The monthly service charge would also rise gradually, going from $12 in 2026 to $21 by 2031 for most homes.
Households using 10,000 gallons or fewer per quarter would save about $3.60 compared with a flat-rate alternative in 2027, according to the village. That savings grows to about $20.60 per quarter by 2031. Households using 40,000 gallons would pay roughly $3.90 more in 2027 and $13.30 more by 2031.
Trustee James Taglia cast the lone dissenting vote in September.
$82,500 for the Chamber of Commerce
Resolution 26-317 would approve a one-time $82,500 contribution to the Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce. The agenda describes the money as funding for a financial sustainability plan focused on membership initiatives.
No additional detail about the Chamber's financial circumstances appears in the agenda materials.
Dispatch audio and other items
Trustees Eder and Cory Wesley are sponsoring Motion 26-258, which would place an item on a future West Suburban Consolidated Dispatch Center (WSCDC) board agenda. The motion asks WSCDC to develop a plan and identify funding for a 30-minute delayed public audio feed of main-band police dispatch communications.
The motion would not itself create or fund the feed.
The agenda also includes a first reading of 2027 building and construction permit fees, a new annual registration fee for professional offices, a special use permit for a massage service at 6955 North Ave., and a $75,000 parking signage contract with NAFISCO, Inc.
