HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/25/1999 CS minutes
MAYOR
Gerald L. Farley
Phone: (847) 392-60CC
Fax: (847) 392-6022
TOO: (847) 392-6064
TRUSTEF.S
Timothy ~. Corcoran
Paul Wm. Hoefert
Richard M. Lohrstorfer
'laniel A. Nocchi
ichaele W. Skowron
Irvana K. Wilks
VILLAGE MANAGER
Michael E. Janonis
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VILLAGE CLERK
Velma W. Lowe
Village of Mount Prospect
100 South Emerson Street Mount Prospect. Illinois 60056
MINUTES
CLOSED SESSION
MAY 25,1999
The Closed Session was convened to discuss Land Acquisition and Personnel at
9:19 p.m. Present were: Mayor Gerald Farley, Trustees Paul Hoefert, Richard
Lohrstorfer, Daniel Nocchi, Michaele Skowron and Irvana Wilks. Absent from the
Closed Session was Trustee Timothy Corcoran. Staff present included: Village
Manager Michael Janonis and Assistant Village Manager David Strahl.
Personnel
Village Manager Janonis provided an update on the status of Public Works negotiations
with the SEIU.
Assistant Village Manager Strahl passed out the demands and Village counter-offers
and stated that the Village and the Union remain considerably far apart in wages
because of the Union demand to be the highest paid Public Works employees in the
marketplace. A mediation meeting has been requested in an attempt to resolve the
impasse. Staff will continue to update the Village Board as additional developments
occur.
Property Acauisition
Fannie Mav
Village Manager Janonis stated that Fannie May has agreed to go to the White Hen site
and staff is working on revising the contract to address the EPA issues. There has
been a demand for no further action letter from the IEPA, however, the likelihood of
obtaining such a letter prior to any resolution with the former station owner is unlikely at
this point.
White Hen
The Village may have to buy the property as is without restrictions due to the site
contamination issue and go after the former station owners.
117 South Main Street
A pre-trial has been scheduled and all parties are required to appear in Court. The
Village currently has $240,000 on the table and has authorization to go up to $250,000
if necessary to close the deal. The Village has historically covered the closing costs for
obtaining the properties.
Consensus of the Village Board was to offer no more than $250,000 for the
property at this time.
First Chicago Bank Building
Trustee Hoefert stated that the First Chicago Bank building's current owner, Bank One,
is interested in selling the property. The property will be offered through a broker to
market the property and the Village has the right of first refusal for a period of 30-60
days to perform any due-diligence review of the property. The Bank has stated that
they would like to maintain some type of presence within the Bank and would be a
tenant in the building with the Village as the landlord.
Village Manager Janonis stated the Village would obviously need the full 60 days and
would need to bring in the necessary people to review the site. He stated the work
would have to be done to find out what the Bank requirements are and what the status
of the leases are. Preliminary projections for the combination of the Village Hall and
Senior Center are about 40,000 square feet. Previous offers have been made to School
Districts to offer the office space for their purposes. He stated there would be a need to
hire some experts to resolve this and the Bank will not likely wait for a Referendum.
Consensus of the Village Board was to authorize staff to get necessary appraisals
and start contacting engineering firms that could assist in the due-diligence
review.
The Closed Session was adjourned at 10:00 p.m. and moved into Open Session.
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DAVID STRAHL
Assistant Village Manager
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