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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/06/1983 VB minutes l$i MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT DECEMBER 6, 1983 CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER Mayor Krause called the meeting to order at 8:03 P.M. INVOCATION INVOCATION The invocation was given by Trustee Farley. ROLL CALL ROLL CALL Present upon roll call: Mayor Carolyn Krause Trustee Ralph Arthur Trustee Gerald Farley Trustee Leo Floros Trustee Norma Murauskis Trustee George Van Geem Trustee Theodore Wattenberg APPROVAL OF MINUTES APPROVE .Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved MINUTES to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the 11/15/83 Village Board held November 15, 1983. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Pass: Farley Motion carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS A~D REVIEW QUARTERLY REPORT ~PPROVAL__Q~ Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Farley, moved to BILLS approve the following list of bills: General Fund $ 347,015.73 Revenue Sharing Fund 23,279.88 Community Development Block Grant 67,085.09 Illinois Municipal Retirement 19~733.46 Waterworks & Sewerage Fund Operation & Maintenance 125,973.28 Parking System Revenue Fund 1,613.30 Capital Improvement, Repair or Replacement Fund 1,450.56 Fire Equipment 1964 10,204.00 Public Works Building 1964 35,626.50 Fire Station 1964 25,457.50 Trust Fund 200.00 SSA ~5 Bond & Interest Fund 296,932.00 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 8,709.19 $ 963,280.49 Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. The quarterly report was presented. Comparison was made REVIEW OF with this period from last year and funds appear to be QUARTERLY running as projected. It was noted that sales tax revenue REPORT is up approximately 11% with the projection that the holiday season will create more sales tax than last year. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS - CITIZENS TO BE HEARD Police Chief Pavlock and Mayor Krause presented awards to the following Police Officers for their achievements: OFFICER OF THE Honored for Runners-Up for Officer of the Year YEAR AWARD were Officer Marvin Bonnstetter, Officer Michael Felten, and Officer Gary Helfenbein. Mayor Krause and members of the Village Board applauded Officer Philip Herman upon being named Officer of the Year for his many contributions to law enforcement in the Village. MAYOR'S REPORT AMEND CH. 13 Mayor Krause presented a request from Sizzler Restaurant International, Inc. for a Class "W" SIZZLER'S liquor license. Sizzler's is planning to re-open CLASS "W" their facility at 110 East Rand Road, which closed in 1981. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to authorize the creation of a Class "W" liquor license for Sizzlers' at 110 E. Rand Road. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance will be presented at the December 20th meeting for first reading. O'HARE NOISE: Mayor Krause presented a summary of a report TOWER ORDER conducted by Black & Veatch relative to O'Hare Airport noise. The recently passed Tower Order stipulates that air traffic will take different paths during the first 4 months of 1984, which will place the flight patterns over Mount Prospect. --- It was suggested in the report that the Village conduct specific tests to monitor the noise generated both before the change in flight patterns and again afterwards to measure the level of noise. The Village would work with the Village of Arlington Heights in developing the results since it would effect both communities. A proposal submitted'by Russell Hannula to conduct noise monitoring tests, including the rental of the necessary equipment, set-up and interpretation of the results was discussed. It was noted that $2,400 would cover the equipment rental and $3,600 for all the other work involved for the proposed six week monitoring period. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Murauskis, moved to authorize the Village Manager to enter into a contract with Russell Hannula for the noise monitoring tests relative to O'Hare Aiport, Tower Order, in an amount not to exceed $6,000. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, .Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem Nays: Wattenberg Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING - GRACO, INC. Mayor Krause called the Public Hearing for the purpose GRACO, INC. of considering a request for Industrial Revenue Bonds INDUSTRIAL from Graco, Inc , a Minneapolis Corporation, in an amount REVENUE BONDS ' not to exceed $5,000,000, to order at 8:40 P.M. Mayor Krause noted that proper legal notice was made by publishing notice in the Mount Prospect Herald December 6, 1983 Page Two 153 on November 18, 1983. Mr. Bill Milne, Treasurer of Graco, Inc. presented the request before the Village Board stating that all the necessary documents have not been prepared and will be presented at the next meeting of the Village Board, December 20, 1983. Mr. Milne stated that Graco, Inc. and Opus Corporation had reached an agreement as to the purchase price of the building at 1000 Bus~ness Center Drive, Mount Prospect, Illinois, which building is approximately 99,700 sq. ft. The operation in Mount Prospect would be for light industrial manufacturing. A brief history of Graco, Inc. was presented. It was stated that the Graco, Inc. plans to accept an offer made by Bankers Trust Company as the purchaser of the bohds. No objectors were present, and with no further business to be discussed on the this subject, Mayor Krause declared the Public Hearing closed at 8:47 P.M. Trustee Murauskis, seconded by Trustee Farley, moved to bring an item to the floor that was not listed on the agenda, namely a Resolution relating to the pending request for Industrial Revenue Bonds for Graco, Inc. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. RES. NO. 52-~ Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Resolution No. 52-83 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROJECT ON BEHALF OF GRACO, INC. AND THE FINANCING THEREOF Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance pertaining to the Graco project will be presented December 20, 1983, authorizing the issuance of bonds. A Resolution was presented that would authorize the Village SELF- to enter into an agreement with Gallagher Bassett for INSURANCE the administration of the self-insurance program effective January 1, 1984, for property, casualty and workers' GALLAGHER compensation coverage. BASSETT Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Resolution No. 53-83 RES.NO. 53-83 A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH GALLAGHER BASSETT INSURANCE SERVICES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A SELF-INSURANCE PROGRAM IN THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Ftoros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. CITIBANK: A Resolution was also presented that would authorize the DEPOSITORY establishment of a subaccount with Citibank as a depository for funds relative to the Gallagher Bassett Agreement. Page Three December 6, 1983 154 Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Resolution No. 54-83 RES.NO. 54-83 A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING CITIBANK AS A DEPOSITORY FOR THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING - AMERICAN TAXI PUBLIC HEARING: AMERICAN TAXI Mayor Krause called a public hearing to order at ADDITIONAL 8:56 P.M. for the purpose of considering a LICENSES request for 6 additional taxi cab licenses as requested by American Taxi Company. Proper legal notice was made by publishing notice in the Mount Prospect Herald. James Antone Nulli and John Coyne, President of American Taxi, presented their request stating that their company has experienced sufficient demand to warrant 6 additional licenses, bringing the number of vehicles authorized for American Taxi to 18 in the Village. Mr. Bob Birk, Birks Transportation (Prospect Cab) had been notified of the hearing however had officially responded stating that he could not attend the meeting due to personal matters and asked that the public hearing be continued to another date. The Village Board opted to proceed with the hearing and request as presented. There being no objectors and no further discussion, Mayor Krause declared the hearing closed at 9:08 P.M. Trustee Murauskis, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to authorize 6 additional taxi cab licenses for American Taxi, bringing total authorization for this company to 18 vehicles. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. A Resolution was presented that would authorize CABLENET: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to reduce a REDUCE LETTER Letter of Credit for Cablenet, Inc. in favor of OF CREDIT the Villa.ge from $200,000 to $50,000. This request is pursuant to the Village Code which states that when 90% of the residents of Mount Prospect are able to connect to the Cablenet system the letter of credit can be reduced. RES.NO. 55-83 Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Resolution No. 55-83 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A REDUCTION IN THE LETTER OF CREDIT PERTAINING TO CABLENET, INC. COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Wattenberg Nays: Van Geem Motion carried. December 6, 1983 Page Four 155 A proposal was submitted by Kerrison & Byrne to AUDIT PROPOSAL conduct the Village's audit over the next 3 years, with the proposal being on a~yearly basis. KERRISON & BYRN~ Since certain information requested of Kerrison & Byrne had not been received, it was decided to continue this item to the next meeting, December 20, 1983. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT Village Manager Terrance L. Burghard presented a request BID WAIVER: to waive the bidding process in order to purchase PURCHASE POLICE specialized equipment for the Police Department, namely RADIOS seven replacement portable radios from Motorola. It was noted by Police Chief Pavlock that due to the specialization of the product all radios should be of the same make for compatibility. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to waive the bidding process and authorize the Village Manager to negotiate the purchase of 7 portable radios from Motorola at a cost not to exceed $7,944.00. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wat%enberg Nays: None Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS The Safety Commission submitted its recommendations for AMEND CH. 18 possible amendments to the Traffic Code. SOUTH I-OKA A request had been received from Mrs. Bina, 917 S. I-Oka as follows: a. Four-Way STOP at I-Oka and Sunset b. No left turn between 7 A.M. and9 A.M. and between 4 P.M. and 7 P.M. at the following: Westbound Lonnquist Blvd at I-Oka Westbound Sunset at I-Oka Eastbound Golf Road at I-Oka c. Reduce speed limit from 25 MPH to 15 MPH on I-Oka between Lonnquist Blvd and Golf Road d. Have I-Oka become a dead-end at Golf Road The Safety Commission recommended reducing the speed limit from 25 MPH to 20 MPH and took no action on the other requests since they did meet warrants. There was discussion by the Board members as to the various effects any of the actions would have on that street and the surrounding area. It was felt that reducing the speed limit by 5 MPH would not improve the situation. It was decided by the Board that notification would be given to residents of the 800 and 900 block of I-Oka stating the items to be considered, except the request to make a dead-end, and schedule discussion of this matter at the Board meeting January 17, I984. The Safety Commission also recommended authorizing a PROSPECT YIELD sign on Memory Lane at Prospect Manor. MANOR AT MEMORY LAND Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Safety Commission and authorize the placement of a YIELD sign on Memory Lane at Prospect Manor. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance will be presented at the next meeting reflecting the addition of a YIELD sign. Page Five December 6, 1983 156 AMEND CH. 18 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would amend the Traffic Code to include prohibit parking on Elmhurst Road, between Golf and Oakton St., and on Algonquin Road, entire jurisdiction. This action is required by the Illinois Department of Heighways. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Murauskis, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of an ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, ORD.NO.3383 moved for passage of Ordinance No. 3383 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SCHEDULE VI OF ARTICLE XX ENTITLED "NO PARKING ANYTIME" OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE VILLAGE CODE Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None ANY OTHER BUSINESS BLAINE'S BLAINE'S PLAT OF SUBDIVISION SUBDIVISION Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved -- to concur with the recommendation of the Plan Commission to authorize the Mayor to sign and Clerk to attest her signature on the Blaine's Plat of Subdivision (consolidating 1% lots into one lot of record). Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. EXECUTIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE Trustee Watt~nberg, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, SESSION: moved to hold an Executive Session for the purpose PERSONNEL of evaluating the Village Manaqer - Personnel. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. -- The Village Boar~ went into Executive Session at 9:46 P.M. Mayor Krause reconvened the meeting, having come December 6, 1983 Page Six 157 out of Executive Session, at 11:04 P.M. Present upon roll call: Mayor Krause, Trustees Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Trustee Wattenberg, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, SALARY: moved to authorize an increase in salary for the VILLAGE MANAGER Village Manager in an amount of 5%, bringing his ~salary to $56,000. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg, Krause Nays: Farley Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT ADJOURN Trustee Wattenberg, seconded by Trustee Murauskis, moved to adjourn the meeting. Upon roll call: Ayes: Unanimous Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 11:06 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk Page Six Page Seven December 6, 1983