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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/13/1994 COW minutes MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SEPTEMBER 13, 1994 I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was celled to order by Mayor Gerald Farley at 7.39 p m Present at the meebng were Trustees George Clowes, T~mothy Corcoran, R~chard Hendncks, M~chaele Skowron and Irvana Wilks Trustee Paul Hoefert arrived at 8 50 p m Aisc present at the meeting were V~llage Manager M~chael Janonls, Assistant to the V~llage Manager Dawd Strahl, Skip Hart of the F~re Department, F~nance D~rector Dawd Jepson, Public Works D~rector Herb Weeks, Deputy Public Works D~rector Glen Andler, Public Works Streets Supenntendent Mel Both and V~llage Engineer Jeff Wulbecker. II. MINUTES Acceptance of the Minutes from August 23, 1994 Mobon was made by Trustee Corcoran and Seconded by Trustee Skowron to accept the M~nutes Trustee Wilks abstained from accepting the M~nutes M~nutes were approved ( ~- III. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD Roger C~ernlak, owner of the Conflrlbntaj Bakei~y, spoke I-]e s~ated ~ ceme to t~e meeting to voice h~s cbncerns {'61at~ng t(~ the F~rd Department i'eqb~ement that he install a Knox bdx A Kno~( box Is the for securing of a key to his building which only F~re Departn~ent personnel would have access to the box In the case of an alarm, they could use the key to enter the building without damaging the building (w~ndows, doors, etc) He feels that h~s secunty ~s being compromised by the requirement of ~nstalhng such a box and he has been ~n Court and been fined $100 a day until ~nstallabon of th~s box He feels he ~s being singled out beceuse he has a spnnkler system Skip Hart spoke. He stated the Ordinance ceme out of a staff recommendabon to prowde access to businesses for F~re Department personnel w~thout damaging the property to gain entrance ~n cese of an alarm He stated that the had celled the Knox box company and they reported to him they have received no reports of vandalism or damage to the boxes they prowde He stated that there are 196 businesses in Mount Prospect w~th spnnkler systems and approximately 130 businesses with the Knox box The F,re Prevention Bureau is requmng Knox boxes and spnnkler systems in businesses which are h~gh-nsk of fire due [o vanous building conditions er the bus~ness operation ~tself Mayor Farley stated that the box that he has examined appears to be secure and beheves that Mr Czernlak ~s rece~wng fair treatment Trustee Clowes asked whether a warranty ~s available from the company that manufactures the boxes and whether there have been destruction claims filed against the company The consensus of the Village Board was that after review of the warranty, the Mayor will poll the Village Board to determine if they want to change this regulation of requiring Knox boxes to be Installed where sprinkler systems are In place. IV. WEDGEWOOD TERRACE - STORM WATER STUDY REVIEW Mayor Farley prowded a general overview of the Wedgewood Terrace Storm Water Study area Resident Nancy Bobikewicz, t 114 Meadow Lane, spoke She ~s President of the Wedgewood Terrace Homeowners Associatmn She stated that she is satisfied w~th the ~nteracbon which has occurred between the homeowners, the Eng~neer and the Village m an effort to recbfy their situation She stated that her only concern was the maintenance of the culverts and d~tches She stated that most c~bzens ~n the area do maintain the d~tches but there are some ~nd~wduals who are downstream that do not maintain the d~tches and she would recommend the V~llage Board approve an Ordinance to charge homeowners for d~tch maintenance Herb Weeks stated that there ~s currently no Ordinance ~n the V~llage Code which requires people to maintain ditches Herb also stated that he currently does not · ~ have the manpower to clean each and every d~tch in the Village and must rely on ~' c~tizens to maintain d~tches and feels that it ,s their respons~bihty. " Mr. Janonis stated that ~fwe maintained d~tches, then there may be an expectabon that the Village maintain parkways also He feels ,t is ~mportant to put the burden on the homeowner Melonle Pond, Project Engineer for RUST Engineering, spoke. She stated that she had made changes to the ongmal plans at residents' requests and comments relating to concrete culverts and add~bonal ditches and the number projected for private property improvements may ~ncrease s~nce the numbers were esbmated a couple of years ago There are five homes which w~ll need some type of grading improvements and two other properties which will requfre some type of private property improvements 2 · Consensus of Village Board was to request staff to draft an Ordinance relating to ~'~' ditch and culvert maintenance for consideration of the Village Board. There will be approximately $11,000 in private property improvements. The Village will share costs of these Improvements at $0%, however, some property owners will have more Improvements than others, therefore, there will not be an equal division among all property owners. The Board also requested research by staff relating to drainage easements to specific properties affected by the Improvements. Finally, the Board set the time frame for the Improvement as 1997. V. SOLID WASTE AGENCY OF NORTHERN COOK COUNTY Mayor Farley prowded general ~nformabon relating to concerns of the Village and th~s ~nformabon prowded by SWANCC relates to SWANCC's response of the demal of the landfill permit and the continuation of Mount Prospect's participation in SWANCC F~nally, the Board is ~nterested in ~nformabon relating to the proposed extension of hours of operabon for the Transfer Station Brooke Beal, Executive Director of SWANCC, spoke. He stated the Agency ~s currently rewewmg ~ts options and recommendations w~ll be brought forth to the Board cf SWANCC on September 21 to determine the next move of SWANCC Among the opbons to be d~scussed may be possible ht~gat~on He stated the Transfer Station is currently accepting 600 tons of garbage per day and have had no =tabons at the Stabon filed by the EPA or the c~t~zens which are included ~n the "Good Neighbor" Program The recommendabon is to process waste unbl 9 00 p m ~nstead of 6 00 p m Aisc, the Stabon w~ll accept waste until 4 00 p m in the future just as ~t does now, however, ~t w~ll have additional time to bundle the bales and sh~p to the landfills the first th~ng the next morning The request ~s also to store bales of garbage overnight ~n the building ~f the bales are totally enclosed and are on the trucks inside at the brae the landfills close Aisc, the change ~n hours of the Transfer facility ~ncludes a recommendabon not to operate on Saturday because there ~s not enough material to warrant Saturday hours any longer He feels that the change ~n hours w~ll be more cost-efficient and w~ll prowde no negabve ~mpact on area residents He stated that the Village of Mount Prospect's obligation under the Project Use Agreement ~s 8 86% of the debt which ~s currently $60 m~lhon ~n Bonds He also stated that the Agency charges rates to members to cover their percentage of the cost of the overall operabon and port~on of the Capital costs There was general d~scusslon of the V~llage Board relating to Transfer Station issues There was no general consensus of support for a change in the hours of operation. Dave Jepsen spoke He stated that h~s estimate of the cost of terminating the Project Use Agreement to be approximately $5,484,340 and he beheved there m~ght be a poss~b~hty of potenhal future hab~hty to the V~llage for Bonds The Village would also be obhgated to pay an additional $2 00 per ton and be required to use the Transfer Station even after termination of the Agreement Brooke Beal stated that the V~llage would not have to pay $5 4 m~lhon at one t~me It would just be pa~d through t~pp~ng fees and the V~llage would no longer have voting rights He stated there would be no additional surcharge required of the V~llage The Village would be required to cover ~ts port~on of the capital and the debt currently outstanding He stated he was not sure of the details relating to termination of the Agreement but th~s was h~s recollection Trustee Hoefert recommended SWANCC prowde a cost breakdown to each member if SWANCC was broken up Mr, Janonis stated that these first changes to the operation of the Transfer Station may or may not be a problem but future changes w~ll be based on economics Furthermore, communities who are closest to the Station should get some type of advance not~ce prior to d~scuss~on at the Executive Committee level of SWANCC Trustee Comorsn stated that there appears to be a decrease In members' waste and feels that the Agency w~ll market its excess cepac~ty to keep volumes steady General consensus of the Village Board was to request review and summary by SWANCC estimating the cost to get out of SWANCC based on the Project Use Agreement. VI. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT No report VII. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Trustee Hendricks stated that he is going to request the V~llage Board reconsider the vote on the Nextel Tower at the V~llage Board meeting on September 20 He also requested a Resolution to allow all Trustees to be considered alternate SWANCC delegates Consensus of the Village Board was not to direct staff to draft a Resoluaon allowing all Board members to be considered altemate members to SWANCC. III. ADJOURNMENT A Motion was made to go into Executive Session to discuss L~t~gat~on and Land ^cqu,s~t~on Motmn was approved w~th Trustee Clowes and Trustee Hendncks voting against going into Executive Sessmn The Board entered Executive Session at 10 02 p m Respectfully submitted, DAVID STRAHL DS/fcc Assistant to the V~llage Manager