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Home My WebLink About10/17/1995 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT OCTOBER ¶7, t995 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ROLL CALL Present upon roll call: Mayor Gerald Farley Trustee George Clowes Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee Richard Hendricks Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee Michaele Skowron Absent: Trustee Irvana Wilks INVOCATION The invocation was given by Mayor Farley. INVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Ciowes, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to approve APPROVE minutes of the regular meeting of the Village Board held MINUTES October 3, 1995. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron Nays: None Motion carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to APPROVE approve the following list of bills: BILLS General Fund $ 938,144 Refuse Disposal Fund 37,844 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 12,306 Community Development Block Grant Fund 4,379 Debt Service 153,253 Capital Improvement Fund 2,419 Downtown Redev. Const. Fund -- Police & Fire Building Const. 110 Flood Control Construction Fund 3,433 EPA Flood Loan Construction Fund -- Street Improvement Construction Fund -- Water & Sewer Fund 100,877 Parking System Revenue Fund 2,447 ..--. Risk Management Fund 121,057 Vehicle Replacement Fund 11,865 ~ Vehicle Maintenance Fund 28,620 Flexcomp Trust Fund 12,577 Escrow Deposit Fund 171,516 Police Pension Fund -- Firemens Pension Fund -- Benefit Trust Funds -- $1,600,847 Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron Nays: None Motion carried. MAYOR'S REPORT EMPLOYEE Mayor Farley and Fire Chief Ed Cavello, presented RECOGNITION: plaques and certificates to the following employees in the Fire FIRE DEPT. Department in recognition of their quinquennial anniversaries: Dennis R. Thill 30 Years John R. Bagby 20 Years ~ Henry C. Dawson 10 Years Mark T. Wojtkiewicz 10 Years Terry L. Reinlein 5 Years DONATION: FIRE Fire Chief Cavello introduced a representative from ARCO Oil who PREVENTION VAN donated a van to the Fire Department for use by the Public Education Officers. BURN CAMP Fire Chief Cavello introduced members of the Mount Prospect Firefighter's Association who recently sponsored the First Annual Golf Outing. Mayor Farley and Fire Chief Cavello presented awards of special recognition to Lt. John Malcolm and Firefighter/ Paramedic Tony Huemann for organizing the golf outing resulting the Association being able to present a check in the amount of $5,104 to the Illinois Alliance Fire Safety Burn Camp for its support and activities involving burn victims. HEROIC SERVICE Mayor Farley and Fire Chief Cavello presented plaques of AWARDS appreciation to Steve Cubberly, a resident of the Village who STEVE CUBBERLY & lead an eldedy citizen out of his house that was on fire, and to FF/PP HUEMANN Mount Prospect Firefighter/Paramedic Tony Huemann who, while ~-~ off duty, was instrumental in securing appropriate medical care for the victim of an automobile accident. PRESENTATION: Marsha McMahon, representing the United Way/Crusade of Mercy UNITED WAY Campaign, presented a plaque to the Village acknowledging the CAMPAIGN tremendous amount of support given by Village employees. PROCLAMATION: Mayor Farley proclaimed Tuesday, October 31 st at "Halloween/ HALLOWEEN Trick or Treat Day" in the Village. FIRE PREVENTION Mayor Farley and Fire Chief Cavello presented the many awards POSTER AWARDS to students of kindergarten through 8th grade from local schools for their posters and/or essays relative to Fire Prevention. RECESS Mayor Farley declared a short recess at 8:13 P.M. RECONVENE Mayor Farley reconvened the meeting at 8:18 P.M. Present upon roll call: Mayor Farley Trustee Clowes Trustee Corcoran ~.~ Trustee Hendricks Trustee Hoefert Trustee Skowron COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD None. OLD BUSINESS AMEND CH. 18 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would amend Page 2 - October 17, 1995 Chapter 18 (Traffic Code) by prohibiting parking on the west side of William Street between Berkshire and Golf Road and on the south side of Sunset between Edward and Williams Streets on both Saturdays and Sundays. The Safety Commission recommended approving these amendments by a vote of 8-0. This Ordinance will be presented at the next regular meeting of the Village Board on November 8th for second reading. NEW BUSINESS Mayor Farley stated that the City of Rosemont has submitted an application to the State of Illinois Gaming Department for a casino gambling license. In exchange for surrounding municipalities to express support for their application with the State, the Mayor of Rosemont has proposed a portion of the revenues Rosemont will receive from a casino would be shared by those municipalities. Mayor Farley also noted that it is proposed that the Northwest Municipal Conference would also receive revenue as a result of casino gambling being approved by the State and asked direction from the Village Board as to whether they would support the Northwest Municipal Conference receiving these revenues. Mayor Farley asked members of the Village Board if they supported receiving revenues from a gambling casino in Rosemont. Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee Hendricks, moved to support the proposal of the City of Rosemont to share revenues resulting from Rosemont being granted a casino license from the State of Illinois. Upon roll cell: Ayes: None Nays: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron Motion failed. it was also the unanimous opinion of the Board to direct the Mayor to reject the offer of Rosemont to share revenues from casino gambling with the Northwest Municipal Conference. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT Village Manager Michael E. Janonis presented the following bid BID: results for janitorial services for five Village facilities for a two (2) JANITORIAL year period: SERVICES Bidder Amount per Year ......Commodore Maintenance Systems $51,444.00 Total Cleaning Service $60 816.00 Imperial Service Systems $62 664.00 Kimco $66 528.00 Total Building Service $74 460.00 Neat Cleaning Service $75 120.00 Atlas Preferred Services, Inc. $76 200.00 Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to concur COMMODORE with the recommendation of the administration and accept the lowest MAINTENANCE qualified bid submitted by Commodore Maintenance Systems to SYSTEMS Page 3 - October 17, 1995 provide the janitorial services for five Village facilities for a two year period at a cost not to exceed $51,444.00 per year. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron Nays: None Motion carried. ANY OTHER BUSINESS MAKE A DIFFERENCE Trustee Skowron stated that in recognition of "Make a DAY Difference Day" on Saturday, October 28th, members of the Village Board and residents will be cleaning up the Boxwood area. Anyone interested in participating in this event should go to the Boxwood area at 8 AM with gloves and cleaning equipment. The Village's Public Works Department would provide dumpsters for the debris. CLOSED SESSION CLOSED SESSION Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to go into Closed Session for the purpose of reviewing minutes of Closed Sessions in order to determine if minutes of those Closed Sessions should be released from confidential status. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron Nays: None Motion carried. The Board went into Closed Session at 8:38 P.M. The Board reconvened at 8:50 P.M. Present upon roll cell: Mayor Farley Trustee Clowes Trustee Corcoran Trustee Hendricks Trustee Hoefert Trustee Skowron It was noted the Board met in Closed Session to consider if minutes of previous Closed Sessions can be released from confidentiality. The Board directed staff to prepare a Resolution for the next meeting at which time it will be specified which minutes can be released. ADJOURN ADJOURNMENT Mayor Farley adjourned the meeting at 8:52 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk Page 4 - October 17, 1995