Trustee Tammy Brown said she has drafted a 25-question employee engagement survey and will submit it to the mayor, the village administrator and the Village of Dolton board for approval.

Brown said the survey and a separate statement of 15 business-ethics principles are intended to gauge staff morale and improve internal practices. "It's just to make us better at what we're doing," Brown said. "We know that our employees have been through a battle as we have as well. So just to make sure that things are on the right track ... and to let them know that we also care about them as well."

Brown said the survey is designed to let employees signal where the village may be "not doing right" or not listening to staff. She told the board she intends to deliver the materials "by the end of this week" for the mayor's and board's review and formal approval before distribution to staff.

No formal vote was taken on the survey or the ethics principles during the committee report. The items remain subject to review by the mayor, the village administrator and the board before they are shared with employees.