By Andrea Arens
An agreement with Tria Architecture for a space needs analysis was put back on the agenda at the June 10 Peotone Village Board meeting. It didn’t pass the first time at the March 25 board meeting, because Trustee Todd Sandberg thought it should be tabled for six months and reevaluated. Trustee Nick Strba agreed and suggested June.
Administrator Ingalls took that to heart and added it to the June 10 agenda, even including the same memo from the first time she recommended the facilities’ study.
And while her memo indicated Tria’s was the low bid at $18,850, the resolution to approve the agreement with Tria was for “less than $40,000.”
Mayor Peter March said because there were no major cost overruns with the streetscape, it was put back on the agenda. Although this list of bills included a payout to R.W. Collins for $9,134.45 for “Downtown Streetscape – 112 N. Second Street – Remove Tanks.”
Tria’s contract included a space needs analysis for $18,850, conversion to AutoCAD for $3,850, and a facility assessment service for $13,850 – for a total of $36,550.
The contract with Tria Architecture for a village facility study would provide a Space Needs and Facility Assessment for village hall, the police station, and the public works facility at 208 E. Main, the public works facility at 207 N. Railroad, and the newer public works facility at 31831 S. Rathje. The analysis would determine how the current facilities could be renovated or expanded to accommodate current and future uses of the facilities. The assessment would determine the condition of the current facilities and identify any necessary repairs or code violations.
Peotone’s capital improvement plan wish list includes $5M for the purchase of a new village hall in the future.
Renovations have been made already to the village hall, including new HVAC systems and minor renovations to village hall, for just under $50K.
Since it was tabled last time, no one had to vote, but Trustees Sandberg, Strba, and Hudson agreed tabling it till later with the unknowns of the streetscape made sense.
This time, Trustees Richards motioned, Sluis seconded, and Trustees Marevka and Hudson also voted yes. Trustee Sandberg and Strba, once again, voted no.
In other board news, the first payout for the Streetscape also was approved for $206,757.12.
The board also unanimously approved the hiring of full-time police officer Jospeh Santacaterina. The official swearing in will be at the next village board meeting.
Trustee Todd Sandberg is the husband of Editor Andrea Arens. Any coverage of his activity is not an endorsement of such.