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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/27/1995 COW minutes MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE JUNE 27, 1995 I. .CALL TO ORDER Mayor Gerald L Farley celled the meeting to order at 7.32 p m Present at the meeting were Mayor Gerald L Farley, Trustees George Clowes, Timothy Corcoren, Rtchard Hendncks, Paul Hoefert, and Mtchaele Skowren Also present were Vdlage Manager Mtchael Janonis, Public Works Dtrector Glen Andler, and Admmistrattve Intern Cathleen Freels Trustee Irvana Wilks arnved at approxtmately 8 30 p m ~ II MINUTES ~ ~ t Acceptance of the M~nutes of June 13, 1995 A motion was made by Trustee Hoefert and seconded by Trustee Corcoran to approve the Minutes Minutes were approved III CITIZENS TO BE HEARD Resident Ralph Hillenbrand,'1318 Mallard Lane spoke He commented that there was an article ~n the paper that d~sturbed h~m He was upset w~th comments made by V~llage Trustees regarding prowd~ng free vehicle stickers for disabled Trustee Comoran responded that his statement was not that he was against d~sabled indlwduals receiving free sbckers but that he wanted the receipt of free stickers to be based on financial need Trustee Clowes responded that individuals who serve on a commission are g~ven free vehicle stickers as a token of apprec~ation for serving the Village Resident Jerry Sodaro, 1777 Crystal Lane spoke He commended the Village Board for doing a better job at keeping down taxes compared to the other boards ~n the V~llage He asked whether the Village Board members were going to support the L~brary's desire to put a referendum question on the November ballot which asks the voters whether they support expanding the ) hbrary Mr Sodaro expressed h~s oppos~tion to the L~brary having another referendum so soon after last year's referendum, the result of which ~nd~cated that the voters objected to the expansion, He also indicated that state statute gives the Village Board the authority to approve or reject a referendum question proposed by the L~brary Board Trustee Hoefert responded that he feels that the V~llage Board does not have the nght to reject the decision of another duly elected government body Trustee Clowes stated that there was a proposal ~n Spnngfield that recently fa~led whmh stated that the same referendum quesbon cannot appear on the ballot more that once w~th~n a year and one day Trustee Skowron stated that she does not beheve that the Wllage Board should d~ctate to another duly elected government body IV ,PRESENTATION OF FLOOD STUDIES - SEE-GWUN/MILBURN MAPLE/BERKSHIRE -.Public Works Director Glen Andler presented an overview of the flood control study In 1990, the V~llage Board approved the RJN Flood study As a result, the Board authonzed 14 projects to be completed over a number of years The See-Gwun/M~lburn area has 212 homes and the Maple/Berkshire area has 63 homes Although the Maple/Berkshire area was not ~ncluded in the original RJN study, a study of th~s area was commissioned because of extensive basement flooding arising out of a very heavy rain storm last summer The See-Gwun ~mprovements have already been addressed from a budgetary standpoint . Mr. Dana Can'oll of RUST Envirunment and Infra~-ucture presented the results of the study to the V~llage Board which included an evaluabon of existing systems, ~denbflcebon of defects, and recommendations to either rehab~htate or replace portions of the existing system A d~scusslon followed concerning the capacity of the current system and whether the repaired system would accommodate the amount of rain that would fall dunng a storm such as a 10 year storm or 25 year storm Glen Andler stated that a preapphcat~on has already been submitted to IEPA for possible Iow interest loan ehg~bllty A 'ff'a~hty plan" ammendment will also have to be submitted by RUST The sooner design drawings are completed, the greater the hkehhood of rece~wng such funding ~ Several residents asked quesbons and addressed the Board The consensus of the V~llage Board was to autho~'~ze the preparabon of the plans to be submttted to iEPA Further d~scuss~on regarding the phasing of the Maple/Berkshire project would be undertaken as part of the upcoming budget process - V. REVIEW OF RECALL PROCEDURE The Mayor asked the Board first to consider whether the wording of the referendum questmn was acceptable A d~scussmn followed concerning the wording of the referendum The consensus of the group was to approve the referendum questmn and bnng th~s before the Board for a first reading on July 5, 1995 The Mayor asked the Board for their preference on the matter of "cause" A d~scuss~on followed concerning whether the ordinance should contain a section that requires a statement that specifically defines cause as malfeasance, m~sfeasance, nonfeasance, or failure to carry out the oath of office The second opbon considered was whether the voters should dec~de the reason for the recall and require the pet~boner to s~mply provide a maximum 200 word statement defining the reason for the recall petition Trustee Clowes, Trustee Hendncks, and Trustee Wilks expressed their p?eference for "specific cause". Trustee Skowron, Trustee Hoefert, Tru'st~e Corcol;~r~ a~d~{h-e'~Ma~ ~(~re~s~d their preference for "voter cause", The Board discussed add~bonal details of the recall peflbon The Board agreed to retain the second option prowded for paragraph E, secbon 8 1706 concerning hawng the petition contain a 200 word statement The consensus of the Board was to remove the "or have attached thereto" statement from that paragraph The Board wants to make ~re the statement ~s clearly pnnted on the petition The Board d~scussed how many s~gnatures would be required on the pebbon (Sec 8 1704 paragraph D ) The consensus of the Board was that a recall pebt~on must be s~gned by electors numbering not less than 10% of the total number of registered voters The number of registered voters would be determined at the t~me of the last general elect~on Staff was d~rected to make the appropnate changes to ~the draft recall ordinance VI. MANAGER'S REPORT The V~liage Manager reported that the response to the Cable Telews~on survey has been much greater than anticipated The Manager also announced that after a year w~th the V~llage, Adm~nmtrabve Intern Cathleen Freels will be leaving to pursue a pos~t~on ~n the pnvate sector ,~..~ VII, ANY OTHER BUSINESS ~ Trustee Hoefert wanted to know whether the Board wanted to formally d~scuss the subject of David Strahl's memo concerning complaints about leaf-blower noise and other loud no~ses in the mommg The consensus of the Board was not to add this subject to any agenda Trustee Wilks expressed her concern that the Park D~stnct was cons~denng purchasing the Trade Services building which would remove th~s budding from the Wllage's tax roll Mayor Farley suggested that ind~wdual Board members express any concerns they have d~rectly to the Park D~stnct Board A mobon was made by Trustee Hoefert and seconded by Trustee corcoran that the Board adjourn ~nto closed session to d~scuss personnel The Board moved into Closed Session at 10 25 p m VIII, ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10 38 p m .... Respectfully submitted, ~ CATHLEEN R FREELS Admlmstrat~ve Intern