PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the proposed amendments to the PZC bylaws to update meeting processes, procedures, and requirements, as well as a change to the PZC meeting start time from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. if there is PZC consensus to do so.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Anna Franco, AICP, Community Planner
BACKGROUND:
Staff included a report related to possible bylaws amendments on the February 18, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) agenda. This report was prepared based on feedback from members of the PZC regarding an interest in changing the meeting start time for PZC meetings as is currently listed in the PZC bylaws. In this same agenda item, staff proposed additional bylaw amendments to reflect current meeting procedures, recent updates to the Illinois Open Meetings Act and Illinois Election Code, and other administrative items that could be adopted along with the change to the meeting start time.
At the conclusion of discussion on February 18th, the PZC approved a motion to direct staff to prepare an amendment to the PZC bylaws to update the PZC meeting start time, as well as other necessary bylaw content for approval at an upcoming PZC meeting.
DISCUSSION:
Attached to this agenda item is a marked-up version of the PZC bylaws which outlines the changes being proposed at this time (new language is underlined; language proposed for deletion is stricken, and where language has been relocated has been noted in green text. A clean version with all changes accepted is also attached for ease in reading.
It should be noted that in addition to posting this agenda item and proposed bylaws on the City's website in advance of the April 15th PZC meeting, the City also provided information regarding this agenda item on its social media sites.
In summary, the proposed changes include (note: this list is not exhaustive):
- Change to PZC meeting start time from ...
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