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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/02/1991 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE I~YOR ~ BO~.D OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT ~2s~TU~R¥ 2, ~99~ /~1 CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL ~resent upon roll call: Mayor Gerald Farley Trustee Ralph Arthur Trustee Mark Busse Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee Leo Floros Trustee George Van Geem Trustee Donald Weibel ~NVOCATiON The invocation was given by Trustee Arthur. INVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved APPROVE to approve the minutes of the Special meeting of MINUTES the Mayor and Board of Trustees held December 11, 1990. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Pass: Floros Motion carried. Trustee Busse, seconded by Trustee Weibel, moved to approve the minutes of the Regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Trustees held December 18, 1990. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, APPROVE BIT3S moved to approve the following list of bills: General Fund $ 464,459 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 6,582 Community Development Block Grant Fund 23,160 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 9,863 Watez~orks & Sewerage Fund 49,699 Parking System Revenue Fund 1,411 Risk Management Fund 63,515 Motor Equipment Pool Fund 1,219 P.W. Facility Construction Fund A - P.W. Facility Construction Fund B - Capital Improvement, Repl. or Rep. Fund 3,863 Special Service Area Const. #5 - Special Service Area Const. #6 - Downtown Redev. Const. Fund (1985) - Downtown Redev. Const. Fund (1987) - Corporate Purpose Improvement 1990 - Debt Service Funds 400 Flexqomp Trust Fund 6,000 Escrow Deposit Fund 13,588 Poli~ Pension Fund 39,549 Firemen's Pension Fund 41,634 Benefit Trust Fund $ 724,942 Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Van Geem questioned a bill authorized for payment from a previous list of bills. The item was~ $6,315 paid to the Northwest Municipal Conference. Itc was noted that this item was a one time special projec~i ~ in which the Conference is reviewing variou~u~ Commonwealth Edison franchise agreements COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS - CITIZENS TO BE HEARD~ None. MAYOR'S REPORT .... Mayor Farley and Village Manager Dixon read the namesz~ of the many people who contributed to the Vill~geJ~ Christmas STAR and Meal Basket programs. The ~yor~& expressed his appreciation for their generosity. OLD BUSINESS ZBA 82-SU-90 ZBA 82-SU-90, Mount Prospect Commons Shopping c~er~. MOUNT PROSPECT At the request of the Petitioner, final action o~ ~ COMMONS SHOPPING the Village on the request to grant a SpeCial BILLIARD/CAFE permit a billiard parlour/cafe in this shopping c~ht~ at the northwest corner of Golf and Busse Roads-was~ ~ deferred to the January 15th meeting of the Vil~ag~., Board. AMEND CH. 11 An Ordinance was presented for second reading that TAXI CAB FARES would amend Article XI of Chapter 11, which provides[~ for an increase in the taxi-cab rate. ORb. NO. 4266 Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Weibel, made-a~ mot%on to adopt Ordinance No. 4266 subject to ~and~torY~<. review by the Village Board of the service being, s, provided by March 31, 1991 and if said service, in theJ. sole discretion of the Board, has not substantiall~ improved, the rate increase may be rescinded. ~. No_~ further Hearing shall be required to bring about~%h~ recession of the increases. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE VILLAGE CODE Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Flo~os,~,~ Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. REFERENDUM An Ordinance was presented for second reading that~ QUESTION: would place an advisory referendum question on the~] FIRE/POLICE April, 1991 election ballot which asks if the residentS~i.. BUILDING would support the construction of a new Fire and Police-'~ Building. It was noted that the Village Board will'~be~ interviewing prospective developers for the dow~tow<~ redevelopment area on January 5th and following'that- meeting the Board should have a better idea of th~ desired location for a new Fire/Police building. Discussion of this subject was deferred to a Special meeting of the Village Board called for Tuesday, January Sth. BUDGET AMENDMENT An Ordinance was presented for second reading t~ would amend the 1990/91 budget. Page 2 - January 2, 1991 NEW BUSINESS ZBA 93-SU-90, 2218 South Busse Road ZBA 93-SU-90 The Pe%itioner is requesting an amendment to 2218 S.BUSSE Ordihance No. 4108 to permit a car wash within ROAD the subject Planned Unit Development, commonly referred to as the Rosenow Property. It Was~noted that the proposal is for a 24 hour self-service car wash. The drive-thru facility would be constructed of face brick and would include a landscape plan exceeding the requirements of the Village. The lot coverage would be approximately t5%, rather than the permitted 75%. It was stated that there would be a stacking area for approximately 35~h~cles. Attorney Sanford Stein, representing a car wash operation located on South Elmhurst Road, expressed his opinion that the legal notice was improper since it di~ not contain the request for front yard se~acks. He also stated that the Petitioner did not prove a need for the request and asked that the~matter be remanded back. to the Zoning Board of Appeals for additional expert testimony relative to need for such a use as well as traffic patterns A representative of J & L Industries, also located within the subject Planned unit Development, stated that he had concern relative to the safety of his customers and employees if this car wash was pe~m~ted, since they would share the main access road. He also expressed concern relative to the water pressure necessary to provide adequate fire safety. several other people spoke in opposition to this proposal. Mayor Farley noted the legal notice for this case conta, ined the appropriate information and saw no reason to remand this case back to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Mr. Farley stated that if the Board concurred with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals to grant the request any expert testimony or additional comments could be made at the next meeting when an Ordinance would be presented for first reading. Trustee Corcoran questioned the water pressure issue and Trustee Van Geem stated that he did not necessarily favor a 24-hour operation. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals and grant the requested amendment to OI~inance No. 4108 to permit a car wash. Upon r'oll call: Ayes: Arthur, Corcoran, Van Geem, Farley Nays: Weibel, F]or0$ Pass: Busse M~tion carried. Trustee Busse explained that he passed on this motion to avoid what may be conceived as a conflict of interest. An Ordinance will be presented for first reading at the January 15th meeting of the Village Board. Page 3 - January 2, 1991 ZBA 94-SU-90 & ZBA 94-SU-90 & ZBA 95-V-90, 812 Deborah Lane ZBA 95-V-90 The Petitioner is requesting a Special Use to permit 812 DEBORAH LANE a 3-car garage and a variation to permit a driveway 34 ~ feet wide. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended granting these requests by a vote of 6-0. Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved to concur with the reco~unendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals and grant the Special Use and variation being~ the subjects of ZBA 94-SU-90 and ZBA 95-V-90. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Florosi~3 Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried An Ordinance will be presented for first reading at the January 15th meeting of the Village Board. ZBA 96-A-90 ZBA 96-A-90, Text A~endments TEXT AMENDMENTS The case proposes the following amendments to Chapter AMEND CH.14 14 (Zoning Ordinance) of the Village Code: 1. To change the meeting time of the Zoning Board of appeals from 8:00 PM to 7:30 PM; 2. To permit home occupations in all residential zoning districts, with certain performance standards; and 3. To revise the requirements for lot consolidation~ The Zoning Board of Appeals recommends granting these.~ text amendments by a vote of 5-0. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Busse, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board-o~? Appeals to change the meeting time for the Zoning Boar~ of Appeals meetings from 8 PM to 7:30 PM. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. Inasmuch as there are several issues involved with the subject of permitting home occupations, Mayor Farley.~i'{ asked that this subject be placed on a Committee of the Whole agenda for January 22nd. Trustee Van Geem, seconded by Trustee Weibel, refer discussion on the subject of home occupations the Committee of the Whole meeting on January 22nd. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros,~5' Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Weibel, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board o~u Page 4 - January 2, 1991 Appeals to revise the requirements for lot consolidation. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance will be presented January 15th reflecting thesetwo text amendments. A Resolution was presented that would grant STATE authorization to the Village to perform certain ROADWAY maintenance on State rights-of-way without having MAINTENANCE first obtained a permit or posted a bond. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved RES.NO.1-91 for passage of Resolution No. 1-91 A RESOLUTION PROVIDED FOR THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT TO PERFORM CERTAIN MAINTENANCE WITHIN STATE RIG~TS-OF-WAY Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. A Resolqtion was presented to amend Resolution RES.NO. 17-86 No. 17-86 providing for certain people to be exempt from paying for a Village vehicle sticker. This amendment includes the Sign. Review Board and Recycling Commission. Trustee Busse, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved for passage of Resolution No. 2-91 A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 17-86 RELATIVE TO PERSONS WHO SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM PAYING FOR A MOUNT PROSPECT MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE Upon roll call: Ayes:~ Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. A Resolution was presented that would authorize FOREST RIVER execution of the annual Agreement between the ~'~F. E PROTE~r£ON Village and the Forest River Fire Protection DISTRICT District to provide emergency services of the AGREEMENT Fire Department for the year 1991. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Busse, moved RES.NO. 3-91 for passage of Resolution No. 3-91 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT AND THE FOREST RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Upon ~roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. Page 5 - January 2, 1991 VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT INSURANCE: Village Manager John Dixon presented a proposal for PROPERTY & property and liability insurance recommended by LIABILITY Corporate Policyholder's Counsel (CPC), the Village's~.: insurance consultant. The recommendation is to carry the coverage at the premium cost as follows: Public officials $37,800 ~/.? Law Enforcement 38,852 ?~.~ Workers' Comp 44,022 Paramedic Liability 5,567 Property Insurance 25,259 $150,500 Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Weibel, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Village Manager and authorize the insurance coverage as listed. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. INSURANCE: Mr. Dixon presented a request to renew the existing MEDICAL contract with Brookfield, Inc. as claims administrators of the.Village's medical insurance. It was recommended that the Village enter into a 3 year agreement with Brookfield, Inc. at a annual cost of $44,907 ($11.88 per employee per month) with an increase not to exceed 6% for 1992 and 1993. Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved to ~concur with the recommendation of the Village Manager and authorize a 3 year contract with Brookfield, Inc. as the Village's medical insurance administrators at a cost of $11.88 per employee per month with a limit of 6% increase for the years 1992 and 1993. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem, Weibel Nays: None Motion carried. STATUS REPORT: Mr. Dixon announced that the Court had issued a ruling DISCONNECT SUIT in favor of those properties on the south side of the Village around the Busse Road area who filed action to disconnect from the Village. He also announced that the Appellate Court had issued a Stay until January 16, 1991. ELK GROVE RURAL Mr. Dixon stated that the Elk Grove Rural Fire FIRE PROTECTION Protection District has filed the necessary documents DISTRICT to remove their tax from the bills of approximately 26 single family homes, which have been taxed by both the Village and Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District for emergency services. DOWNTOWN A meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, January 5th DEVELOPMENT to interview prospective developers of the downtown area. Following that meeting it is anticipated that the Village Board would be able to determine the appropriate location for a new fire and police building. ANY OTHER BusINEss STATE INCOME At the request of Trustee Van Geem, the Board discussed TAX SURCHARGE the subject of the whether the Village should encourage the Governor to retain the State Income Tax Surcharge. Page 6 - January 2, 1991 rustee Van Geem noted that while the Village benefits from this surcharge, other governmental bodies do not receive the proportional benefits. ~ Mayor Farley stated that this subject will be discussed at the Northwest Municipal Conference meeting and he will support the continuation of the surcharge at that meeting. &DJOURNF~SI~T There being no further business to come before the ADJOURN Board, Mayor Farley declared the meeting adjourned. The meeting was adjourned at 10:04 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk Page 7 - January 2, 1991