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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/17/1989 VB minutes MINUTES OF ~IE I~GULAR I~EETING OF THE NAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ~I{E VIL~GE OF MOUNT PROSPECT J]U%"JARY 17, 1989 CAT.T. TO ORDER Mayor Krause called ~he regular meeting of the Mayor CA?.r. TO ORDER and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect to ~rder at 7:30 P.M. Present upon roll call: Mayor Krause Trustee Ralph Arthur Trustee Gerald Farley Trustee Leo Floros Trustee Norse Mureuskis Trustee Van Gees Absent: TrUstee Wattenberg IN%~OCATIO~ The invocation was given by Trustee Floros. INVOCATION APPROVAL OFM~NUTF~ Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Farley, ~oved APPROVE MINUTES to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Mayor a~d Board of Trustees held January 3, 1989. Upon roll call= Ayes: Art~lur, Farley, Floros, MUrauskis, Van Geem Nays~ None Motion carried. API~OF BII~ Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee van Geem, moved APPROVE BILLS to approve the following list of bills: General F~nd 784,942 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 40,737 Co~munity Development Block Grant Fund 7,133 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 70,580 Waterworks & Sewerage Fu~d 240,044 Parking System Revenue Fu~d 6,522 Risk Management Fu~d 75,587 P.W. Facility Construction Fund A - P.W. Facility Construction Fund B 4,990 Capital Improve~ent, Repl. or Rep. Fund 75,192 Special Service Area Const. $5 109,922 Speolal Service Area Co,st. $6 - Downtown Redev. Const. Fund {1985) 36,649 Downtown Redev. Const. Fund (1987) - Debt Service Funds 6,364 Flexcomp Trust Fund 3,604 Escrow Deposit Fund 42,405 Police Pension Fund Firemens' Pension Fund - Benefit Trust Fund $2','502,671 Upon roll call= Ayes= ]~thur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays= None Motion carried. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to accept the financial report dated December 31, 1988, subject to audit. Upon roll Call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Hurauskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. --~ COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS Trustee Arthur noted that he had attended the Mount Prospect Jaycees reception over the weekend atwhichthe Village Board members and some administrators were acknowledged for their support of the Jaycees. NA¥~R'SREPORT Mayor Krause noted t harM rs. Egan's 3rd grade class at Lions Park Elementary School would be watching this Board meeting on Channel 63 and encouraged their involvement in local government and civic affairs in future years. OL~BUSIb'F~S ZBA 70-V-88 ZBA 70-V-88, 1400 Cleven Avenue 1400 CLEVE~ A~ Ordinance was presented for first reading that would grant a variation, t? permit a 4 foot separation between the principal structure and a detached garage. It was noted that the petitioner has agreed to provide the drywall required to provide an adequate barrier between the garage and the neighboring house, as well as other safety features recommended by the Fire Department. At the request of the Petitioner, Trustee Farley, seconded byTrusteeArthur, moved to waive therule requiring two readings of an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Muragskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. ORD. NO.4019 Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 4019 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A VARIATION FOR PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1400 CL~13N AVENUE KNOWN AS 3 NORTH WESTGATE ROAD Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING: Mayor Krause called a Public Hearing, called pursuant to proper legal notice having been published in the local newspapor, to order at 7:45 P.M The purpose of this Public Hearing is to consider amendments to the ordinance governing the operations of cable T. V. and to consider the matter of a fine, as discussed last month at a meeting of the Village Board. Page 2, 1989 Mayor Krause asked if there was anyone in the audience who would like to voice thsir opinion relative to the TCI operation of Cable T. V. in Mount Prospect. Ralph Dee, 220 W. Coventry Place and the resident at 1701 Cottonwood, stated that they have had service __ problems, getting through to TCI via the telephone and problems with resolving the outage. Dan Delaney, State Manager of TCI, Inc. stated that many improvements have been made in the quality of service, including increased number of customer service representatives, which has reduced the amount of time a customer remains on hold, and increased the efficiency of handling problems. Mr. Delaney also stated that since the Village is amending the ordinance regulating operations of Cable T.V., it would be appropriate to negotiate an amendment to the Franchise Agreement. It was the opinion of the Village Board that the proposed amendments should be adopted in an effort to reduce the number of customer service complaints being received. It was noted that the Cable Council will be meeting within the next few days and that entity will be recommending various changes to the regulations governing Cable T.V. Trustee Farley also brought up the matter~ continued from a previous public hearing, on whether the Village should levy a fine against TCI for non-compliance. It was the recommendation of Trustee Farley not to levy a __ fine since improvement in the many problem area, customer service, as improved. Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved to concur with the recommendation that no fine be levied against TCI, Inc. for non-compliance through the date of this Public Hearing. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. There being no further discussion, Mayor Krause declared the Public Hearing relative to TCI Cable T.V. closed at 8:20 P.M. NEW BUSINESS ZBA 66-A-88, Text Amendment ZBA66-A-88 This case proposes several text amendments to Chapter 14, TEXT AMEND. Zoning, including: Standards to increase the size of residential garages; reduce the lot coverage of impervious surface in R-1 District from 50% to 45%; establish a 30 foot front yard setback for commercial __ property; provide for satellite dishes as a special use in B-4 District; prohibit retail use in an I-1 District; provide for day-care centers as a Special Use in B-l, B-3 and B-4 Districts; increase the height for fences behind the front lot line from 5 feet to 6 feet; restrict driveway width for one-car garage to 15 feet; and, to delete specific language which is addressed in the newly adopted parking requirements. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended approving these amendments by a vote of 6-1. Page 3 - January 17, 1989 There was discussion as to whether the 30 foot front yard setback would create a hardship on businesses and concern that the subject of fence height did not provide for a board-on-board type fence or decorative area above the § foot height. The administration will look into these concerns. Trustee Arthur, seconded byTrustee Van Geem, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals and approve the text amendments being the subject of ZBA 66-A-88. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Van Geem, Murauskis Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance will be presented for first reading on February 7th. SELL MISCET.n~NEOUS An ordinance was presented that would authorize the ITEMS disposal through public auction of miscellaneous items owned by the Village. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Floros, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. ~.,. ORb. NO. 4020 Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Floros, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 4020 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING DISPOSAL OF SPECIFIED VILLAGE OWNED PROPERTY Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. AMEND CH. 8 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that REAL ESTATE would authorize the purchase of Droperty by a TRANSFER TAX governmental bo~y as 'exempt' from t~e real estate transfer tax. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Farley, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Van Geem, Murauskis Nays: None Motion carried. ~D.NO. 4021 Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 4021 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE VIII ENTITLED "REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX" Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Van Geem, Murauskis Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance was presented for first reading that AMEND CH.11 would create a drug and alcohol testing procedure TAXI CAB for taxi cab drivers. DRIVER TESTING This Ordinance will be presented February 7th for second reading. Village Manager Joh~ Fulton Dixon presented a rec~/est PURCHASE to purchase personal computers/word processors COMPUTERS for specific departments. Trustee FloroS expressed his concern relative to this expenditure due to the fact that a recent memo from the Village Manager indicated a request to be presented with the upcoming budget to increase the n~mher of employees. Trustee Murauskis, seconded by Trustee Farley, moved to waive the bidding procedure an~ authorize the administration to solicit quotes for the purchase of the specified computers/word processors as determined. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: Floros Motion carried. A request was presented to authorize the purchase of a GEO BASE ~EO base computer and mapping system for the Public COMPUTER & Works Department. MAPPING SYSTEM Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to waive the bidding procedure and authorize the administration to solicit quotes for the purchase of a GEO base computer and a mapping system. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: Floros Motion carried. The Village Manager presented a proposal from SCHOENBECK York Associates for the design of Schoenbeck Road. ROAD Trustee Arthur, seconded by Tz~/stee Farley, moved YORK ASSOC. to accept the proposal submitted by York Associates for the design of Schoenbeck Road at a cost not to exceed $8,290.00. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. Mr. Dixon presented a proposal to retain the law LEGAL firm of Glass, Hill, Dallmeyer and Roth for limited SERVICES: in-house legal services as well as continuing to GLASS,HILL to serve as prosecutor for the Village. These DALLMEYER & additional services Will increase the existing ROTH contract by $10,000. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to retain the services of Glass, Mill, Dallmeyer and Roth for limited in-house legal services as well as Page 5 - January 17, 1989 providing the prosecution services for the Village. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. HIGH SERVICE The Village Manager presented the following bid results BOOSTER PUMP for modifications to a high service pump: Bidder Total PJM Contractors, Inc. $61,725 A.J. Ix)we & Son, Inc. $69,959 Awltec Electric Co. $72,950 Wm. Ziegler & Son $73,388 Markham Electric, Inc. $75,200 Northwest Industrial Piping $79,700 It was noted that the 10w bidder, PJM Contractors, Inc., indicated they would sub-contract the mechanical work, which is in violation of the specifications. It was also noted that the PJM Contractors have lost a portion of their bonding power with the State of Illinois. It is the recommendation of Greeley and Hansen that the Village not accept the low bid submitted by PJM Contractors and accept the next lowest bid submitted by A.J. Lowe & Son, Inc. A.J.LOWE & SON Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Farley, moved to reject all the bids submitted for modifications to a high service pump and award the bid to A.J. Lowe & Son, Inc. at a cost not to exceed $69,959. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. FLETCHER ENG. Mr. Dixon presented a request to redistribute previously SCHOOL ST/ approved funds for the School Street reconstruction and EVERGREEN AVE the Evergreen Avenue water main project with Fletcher PROJECT Engineering. The amounts approved on December 15, 1987 were $12,000 for the School Street portion of the project and $2,000 for the Evergreen Avenue portion. The new amounts are $9,663 for School Street and $4,335.23 for Evergreen Avenue. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to co,cur with the recommendation of the Village Manager relative tothe Fletcher Engineering costs for the School Street reconstruction and Evergreen Avenue water main, which total should not exceed $14,000. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried~ Village Manager Dixon introduced Donald Mazza, the newly hired Assistant Finance Director for the Village. Page 6 - January 17, 1989 r. Dixon also noted that the participation in the Village's recycling program was approximately 50% at the last pick-up. ADJOURNMENT Trustee Murauskis, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved ADJOURN tO adjourn the meeting. -- Upon roll call: Ayes: Unanimous Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 9:07 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk -- Page 7 - January 17, 1989