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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/15/1980 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES January 15, 1980 CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER Mayor Krause called the meeting to order at 8:07 P .M. INVOCATION INVOCATION Trustee Miller gave the invocation. ROLL CALL .ROLL CALL Present upon roll call: Mayor Krause Trustees Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg APPROVAL OF MINUTES ~MINUTES Trustee Miller, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Trustees held January 2, 1980. Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley F]oros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS AND FINANCIAL REPORT BILLS & Trustee Miller, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to · FINANCIAL approve the following list of bills: REPORT General 302,328.01 Motor Fuel Tax 53,556.39 Community Development 3,699.48 Waterworks & Sewerage Operation & Maintenance 55,915.06 Parking System Revenue 1,829.20 417 ,~28.14 Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Miller, seconded by Trustee Murauskis, moved to accept the financial report dated December 31, 1979, subject to audit. Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS ~- CITIZENS TO BE HEARD Mayor Krause honored the following Village employees for their ~EMPLOYEE years of service to the Village and presented them with CAREER Career Certificates: C~RT IFICATES 25 Years of Service: John Savage 20 Years of Service: Richard L. Jesse Herb Weeks 15 Years of Service: Harold E. Barra Dennis R o Thill John A. Gibson Donald E. Barra Leslie WuOllett Warren Fischer William K. Kline 10 Years of ServiCe: Dottie Reed Drew G. Johanson Charles Nick Robert R. Randolph Andy R. Toth Theodore F. Gorskie, Jr. Thomas E. Jacobi June H. Mainzer James S. Roray Fred W. Heubert Wallace E. Gesicki Raymond J. Vrabec ~ MANAGER'S REPORT S~ALE OF VILLAGE ViIlage Manager Burghard presented an ordinance authorizing PROPERTY - FigUre Dept~ the sale of a 1953 Fire Department Tanker for second reading. Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 2976 ,_ORD. 2976 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TI-IE sALE OF SPECIFIED PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ~RANDVIEW/.k Mr. Burghard gave a status report on the flooding problem ~HIGHLAND \ brought to the attention of the Board at the January 2nd meeting. ~-~FLOODING = It was reported ~hat following investigation by the administration no specific problem was noted that would cause a flooding problem, however, at the request of the residents of the Randview/Highland area, the adminstration was directed to have a detailed engineering study made of the combined sewer system. The following residents expressed concern over the problem: Joe Moore ,.616 Prospect Manor George Watanabe, 607 Prospect Manor It was also determined that the MSD would be requested to present an engineering study on the Randview/Highland area since they had conducted a study some years ago in the subject area and additional MSD connections had been made since then. The Village Manager stated that a meeting would be held to discuss the Problem with the residents and to inform them of the results of the propoSed studies ,after the February 5th Board meeting. The Village Manager presented a proposed lease of Village owned V & G PRINTERS property at the northeast corner of Busse Avenue and Main Street --. -----~LEASE -~ which had been rented to V & G Printers since the Village acquired' 33-3____~5 S. Main St. the property in 1975. Trustee Watte~berg, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved to authorize the Mayor to sign and Clerk to attest her signature on a lease with V & G Printers effective through December 31,1980, at a rate of $6.00 per square foot (2,300 sq. ft. - $1,150 per month). Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. 2 ~-~5-80 Village Manager Burghard and General Counsel Barbara Baran ~CONDOMINIUM presented the fact that certain requirements contained in the CONVERSION - recently passed Condominium Conversion Ordinance were .Suspension of causing a hardship on the management firms. Section 24. 1502c Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Floros, moved to suspend Section 24. 1302c (Ordinance No. 2961) of the Municipal Code for a period of 30 days, relative to the requirement property report. Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. As a status report, Mr. Burghard announced that Pre'Annexation RAUENHORST NJ-Gas Propert~¥ discussions were underway with Rauenhorst Development (NJ-Gas Property). ' The Village Board would be kept informed as to the proceedings. Mr. Burghard also announced that interviews will begin to PLANNER} secure a Planner, due to the resignation of Tom Murphy, and TRAFFIC E~GINEE a Traffic Engineer, following John Sauter's resignation. The VilIage Manager nOted that he had abstained from voting on CABI~E T,V. a proposal for municipalities to sponsor cable T .V., which proposal was presented at a Northwest Municipal Conference meeting, which action received concurrence from t, he Board. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Krause requested the Board to consider retaining an KENSINGTON outside consultant to prepare an impact study (relative to taxes, ,CENTER traffic, Village services, etc.) on ,the proposed Rauenhorst RAUENHOI~ST Development (Ni-Gas Property - Kensington Center). The .~Ni-Gas P~erty Manager should negotiate with~the developer to absorb the cost. Trustee Wattenberg, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved to authorize the~.~-illage Manager to retain a consultant to do an impact study for the annexation of the NJ-Gas Property to the Village at a fee not to exceed $15,000 with the Village Manager to report back to the.Board relative to the developer (Rauenhorst) paying for such a study. Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. Mayor Krause presented a status report on the Brickman law suit, BRICKMAN CASE Wheeling Trust and Savings vs. ViIlage of Mount Prospect ~ Wheeling Trf~st. (Woodview Homeowners Association), and upon a verbal poll of the vs. Villag~ Board, it was determined that the administration and General Counsel proceed and attempt to negotiate with the developer using the density factor provided for in the current Zoning Ordinance. COMMITTEE REPORTS BUILDING COMMITTEE ZBA 70-A-79, Crystal Towers ZBA 70-A-79t TruStee Floros presented an ordinance for first reading that CRYSTAL TOWER~ would amend the Crystal Towers PUD, Ordinance No. 2436. The ordinance would appear on the February 5th Board agenda for 2nd reading. ZBA 68-A-79, Text Amendment to Zoning Ordinance ZBA 68-A-79 An ordinance amending the size of the notice provision of the Zo__ning Ordinanc~e Zoning Ordinance was presented for first reading, with second Amendmen. t reading to take place February 5th. - 3 - ~-~5-8o FINANCE COMMITTEE BALAKA FOODS~ Trustee Miller presented an ordinance increasing the Class "R" 15 W. Prospect~ liquor licenses for Balaka Foods, Inc., 15 W. Prospect Avenue. Trustee Miller, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for ORD. 2977 ~ passage of Ordinance No. 2977 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ORD. 2978 ~ Trustee Miller, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved for ASSESSMENT~ passage of Ordinance No. 2978 REBATES . AN ORDINANCE DECLARING REBATES OF SPECIFIED AssESSMENTS Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Mot{on carried. Trustee Miller presented the report of the Finance Committee meeting held January 8, 1980. MERIT TASK A Merit Task Force, consisting of seven employees and two FORCE~ administrators, had reviewed the salary structure for those .-~ ~ employees not represented by unions or negotiating team. A survey had been conducted including municipalities in close proximity to Mount Prospect and private industry. Following the review of the survey, the Merit Task Force and the Village Manager submitted a guideline for Board consideration in order to bring those non-represented employees into competitive salary ranges. Following discussion, Trustee Miller, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Village Manager to raise the minimum and maximum salary ranges for non-represented employees effective February 1, 1980. Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: Floros Motion carried. The Director of Management Services, Martha Peppler, had presented a proposal to the Finance Committee to purchase PURCHASE_~ an IBM copier presently being used in the Village Hall. ~-~ IBM COPIER It was explained that the purchase of the copier would result I i ~ in a substantial savings for the Village over a period of five .. '~ years. Trustee Miller, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved to concur With the recommendation of the Finance Committee to purchase the IBM copier on a five year contract. Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. 4 ~-~5-8o Trustee Miller then presented'the recommendation of the ~ORTHWEST, Committee to withdraw from the Northwest ~unicipal Data MUNICIPAL~D ~A~ System. ~ SYSTEM. Trustee Miller, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, mOved for RES. 1-80 passage of Resolution 1-80 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE NORTHWEST MUNICIPAL DATA SYSTEM Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Floros Miller Murauskis Richardson ~Wattenberg Nays: None Motion Carried. A status report was given on the following subjects: Fiscal Policy Review of Mayor and Board of Trustees Salaries Financial Information Reporting FIRE AND POLICE COMMITTEE No report. No report. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE No report. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Trustee Farley' presented the report of the Public Works Committee meeting held January 10, 1980. Trustee Farley presented the recommendation of the Committee T__T~FFIC SIGNAL to recommend a full 4-way traffic signal to be installed at .COUNCIL TRAIL & Council Trail and Elmhurst Road (Route 83), which signal ..E. LMHURST ROAD~ would be paid in part by the State, Federal funds, and the Village at a total cost of $80,000. An alternate proposal was to install a pedestrian activated signal at a cost of $40,000 which costs would also be borne by the State, Federal funds and the Village. The following residents spoke in opposition to a 4-.way traffic signal: Jackie Frank, 517 S. Elmhurst Cy Thomas, 508 See Gwun Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Miller, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Public Works Committee to install a 4-way traffic signal at Council Trail and EImhurst Road (Route 83). Upon roll call: Ayes: Farley Miller Nays: Floros Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion failed, Following a poll of the Board, it was determined that the Manager should have a uniformed crossing guard posted at that intersection and that a pedestrian activated signal be installed. A status report was given on the following subjects: Lake Briarwood Subdivision drainage problem Planting of trees on County Highway right-of-way Cost regarding installation of outside reading water meters Blackhawk Subdivision water supply Cable T .V. - 5 - i-i5-8o OTHER BUSINESS None. ITEMS TO BE REFERRED None. COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS The following Committee meeting dates were announced: Building February 11 Finance February 12 ~ Fire and Police January 28 ' Legislative/Judiciary January 17 Public Health & Safety January 24 Public Works Regular meeting cancelled due to a Committee of the Whole meeting to be held February 7 for the purpose of discussing acquisition of Lake Michigan water EXECUTIVE. EXECUTIVE SESSION SESSION Mayor Krause called the meeting into an Executive Session %or the purpose of discussing Personnel and Property Acquisition~. at 11:10 P.M. Mayor Krause reconvened the meeting at 12:31 A.M. Present upon roll call: Mayor Krause Trustees Farley Floros Miller Muruaskis Richardson Wattenberg ADJOURNMENT Trustee Wattenberg, seconded by Trustee Farley, moved to adjourn the meeting. --- Upon roll call: Ayes: Unanimous Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 12:32 A .M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk - 6 - ~-~5-8o