Morton Grove board adopts animal-control and fines ordinances, OKs electric change order and routine warrants
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Summary
On Nov. 12, 2025 the Morton Grove Village Board approved two ordinances (animal-control and updated monetary penalties), a change order with HH Electric for traffic-signal/streetlight maintenance and a $852.77 warrant register; several land-use and budget ordinances were presented for first reading.
The Morton Grove Village Board on Nov. 12 approved Ordinance 25-28 (amending animal-control provisions), Ordinance 25-29 (adding and updating monetary penalties in the municipal code) and Resolution 25-76 (a change order with HH Electric for traffic-signal and streetlight maintenance). The board also approved a warrant register for $852.77 and heard first readings of several other ordinances and administrative updates.
Trustee Travis moved adoption of Ordinance 25-28, which was revised since its first reading to remove a conflict with a Cook County feral-cat measure. The motion passed on a voice vote recorded as 6–0. Trustee Travis then moved adoption of Ordinance 25-29, which adds specific penalties for code sections created earlier in 2025 and removes obsolete penalty language; that measure also passed 6–0.
Trustee Thill presented Resolution 25-76, a change order with HH Electric for ongoing traffic-signal and streetlight maintenance under the village’s maintenance program. The board approved the resolution 6–0. Trustee Khan presented the warrant register totaling $852.77; the board approved payment 6–0.
On first reading (no vote), the village administrator introduced Ordinance 25-30 to amend code sections on surplus-property sales (raising the threshold from $1,000 to $3,000), clarify special-event rules and clean up recent e-scooter language. The administrator also presented Ordinance 25-33, proposed amendments to liquor-license regulations and associated fees, and described an experimental parking pilot on Menard Avenue (no standing during school drop-off/pickup hours, one-hour limits between 08:30 and 15:00 on school days except for zone-1 permit holders, and no U-turns on specified blocks).
Trustee Khan presented first readings of Ordinance 25-31 (the 2026 village and Morton Grove Library budgets) and Ordinance 25-32 (the 2025 tax levy to be collected in 2026). Trustee White presented three additional first readings related to special-use and subdivision matters for properties on Lincoln, Fernald, Dempster, Narragansett and Ferris avenues and announced upcoming small-business workshops at the public library.
Board members framed the approved measures as routine municipal governance: code updates intended to reflect recent policy changes and to remove obsolete language, a procurement change order to maintain street infrastructure, and administrative proposals advancing through the ordinance process. No further public hearings or plan-commission reports were scheduled during the meeting.
The meeting adjourned following public comment.
Actions at a glance: Ordinance 25-28 (animal control) — adopted, vote 6–0; Ordinance 25-29 (monetary penalties) — adopted, vote 6–0; Resolution 25-76 (change order with HH Electric) — approved, vote 6–0; Warrant register for 11/12/2025 — approved, $852.77.