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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/23/1994 COW minutes MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AUGUST 23, 1994 I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Gerald Farley at 7 33 p m Present at the meebng were Trustees George Clowes, T~mothy Corcoran, R;chard Hendncks, Paul Hoefert and M,chaele Skowron Absent from the meeting was Trustee Irvana W~lks Also present at the meeting were V~ltage Manager Michael Janoms, Ass;stant to the V~llage Manager Dawd Strahl, Commumcatlons Admm;stretor Cheryl Pasahc, V,llage Clerk Carol Raids, Human Serwces D~rector Nancy Morgan, Planning D~rector W~lham Cooney, V~llage Planner Make S~ms and Inspection Services Chuck Benc~c II. MINUTES Acceptance of the M~nutes from August 9, 1994 Motion was made by Trustee Corcoran and Seconded by Trustee Skowron to accept the Mmutes M~nutes were unammously approved III, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD Dean Prlkkel, 1731 West Pheasant Trail, spoke He requested a Stop S~gn to be ~nstalled at Pheasant Tra~l and Lavergne He submitted a Petition from residents ~n the area w~th 34 s~gnatures IV, TAXI-CAB RATE INCREASE - PUBLIC HEARING Manager Janonis ~ntroduced the topic by prowd~ng general background on tax~-cab rates He also stated that the V~llage also works w~th other area commumt~es to coordinate efforts relabng to rates and service He stated that he has been ~nformed of no s~gn~ficant service problems dunng the past couple of years Mayor Farley declared the Pubhc Heanng open at 7 41 p m w~th Trustees Clowes, Corcoran, Hendncks, Hoefert and Skowron present Nobce was pubhshed on August 4, 1994 ~n the Da~ly Herald ~ Nick Zajac, of American Taxi, spoke. He stated that he ~s requesting the rate ~ncrease at th~s time due to the ~ncreased cost of doing business which ~ncludes insurance and fuel increases He stated his last increase was granted ~n 1991 Village Clerk Carol Fields stated that the V~llage has regulated rates s~nce before ~')_~ 1974 and has used the regulabons to regulate the number of companies and vehicles through the Ordinance ~n the past Trustee Hoefert spoke He stated there appears to be three companies operabng w~th~n Mount Prospect He would request the V~llage Board consider deregulating tax~-cabs However, he would I~ke to retain the ab~hty to hcense and ~nspect and st~ll prowde semor clbzen rate oversight Mayor Farley stated that he felt ~t was important the tax~-cab companies nobfy the V~llage of ~ncreases so the Village would be aware of the effect on semor c~tlzens Trustee Corcoran stated that he th~nks the ~ncrease ~s justified and agrees to the ~ncrease but does not want to deregulate Trustee Clowes stated that he supports the rate ~ncraase but would like to deregulate also Trustee Skowron requested some mformabon about the hand~capped/semor c~bzen d~scount program works Nancy Morgan stated that ~n order to qualify for the program, riders must have a ~ doctor's note and must have mob~hty I~m~tat~ons She stated that there were approximately 5400 rides tn 1993 and the ndersh~p so far this year has remained consistent w~th the prewous year Trustee Skowron stated that she supports the ~ncrease and would support deregulabon Trustee Hendrlcks stated that he had no comment Mr. Lynch, of South Louis, suggested the Board consider setting the rates as maximums or not to exceed rates Therefore, it would allow compet~bon for other taxi-cab companies to charge less than the maximum rates Dick Bachhuber, 625 South Edward, spoke He stated that he has expenencad some service problems with poor dnvlng and poor malntenanca of the vehicles Mr. Janonis stated that the vehicles are respected four t~mes per year Mr. Zajac stated that if nders see problems, it ~s ~mportant that they report them to the company for resolution Randy Moss, 303 Cab Company, spoke He stated that he has been expenenc~ng the same cost increases as Amencen Taxt He stated he would recommend deregulabon and stated that the market determines the rates to be charged He (~ayor Fted he operates m towns which are deregulated and theyrequ~re prior obce requirements for rate tncreases ~,~[~¢N.~.-~ arley d~rected staff to determine the ~mpact of Ordinance language whtch stated tn part a maximum rate or not to exceed figure for the rates and recommended bnnging back the d~scuss~on of deregulation at another Commtttee of the Whole meeting Trustee Hendrlcks stated that he ~s opposed to the rate tncrease and he has no pos~t~on on deregulabon because ~t ~s not on the Agenda Trustee I-Ioefert stated that there appears to be a majonty and wants to move forward Mayor Farley closed the Public Hearing at 8:18 p.m, V. CABLE TELEVISION TECHNICAL REVIEW Cheryl Pasalic stated that as part of the Franchise Renewal process, ~t ~s necessary to look at the performance of the cable televts~on system Jonathan Kramer, President of Commumcet~ons Support Corporabon, spoke He ~s responsible for the techn~cel rewew to determine the cond~bon of the cable system as part of the Franchise renewal He stated that he found p~cture-quahty problems at the beginning of the cable hne at TCl and recommended changes ~n order to ~mprove the p~cture He also stated that he has been unable to complete the test due to the problems at the head end of the cable hne at TCI's fac~hbes He anticipates completing the technical testing dunng the first week of December and he also stated that TCl has been cooperative tn h~s review efforts Mayor Farley stated that the ~nformabon prowded ~s not necessary to be acted upon and anbc~pates add~tmnal d~scussion once the written report has been submitted Manager Janonis stated that the V~llage has experienced numerous problems w~th TCl's service ~n the past and ~s concerned that the past performance ts an md~cabon of future service He feels that TCl has no commitment for quahty service to the subscnbers Trustee Coreoran stated that he feels that TCI should pay for the consultant to this point s~nca TCl caused the problem which d~d not allow the consultant to fimsh his report Susan Dean, System Manager for TCI, stated that TCl has spent over $1 m~lhon improwng the Mount Prospect head end and was ~n the process of activating the head end when the auditor arrived She stated that TCl ~s not ~gnonng the system as stated by the Trustees VI. CABLE TELEVISION FORM 393 RATES - PUBLIC HEARING Mayor Farley opened the Public Hearing at 8:47 p.m. Trustee Clowes, Corcoran, Hendrlcks, Hoefert and Skowmn were present. The public not~ce of the Heanng was published in the Da~ly Herald on August 8, 1994 Che~/I Pasalic stated that there is I~m~ted regulation authority available to Mount Prospect and it must follow very specific regulation and formulas The V~llage was certified to regulate local rates as of October of 1993 Th~s is only a preliminary Hearing and at least one additional Heanng w~ll be scheduled ~n order to sohc~t ~nformabon from c~t~zens relating to the regulation of basic rates Trustee Corcoran recommended a rewew of the rates s~nce the date that TCl came ~nto being w~th~n Mount Prospect and compare the year-by-year increases to ~nflat~on He also stated that he felt TCI was ~n the process of doing some cost sh~ftlng and had limited impact on overall rates Susan Dean, from TCl, stated that she would inwte Trustees and the Technical Consultant to rewew the capital ~nvestment that TCI has made recently Jim Mitchell, from TCI, stated that he had wanted to get the technical programs up and running for Intelhgent TV pnor to the Consultant arriving He also stated that TCl will provide a VIP box for rewew of all system channels although they have not typically done this ~n the past Trustee Coreoren recommended a future Committee of the Whole meeting to demonstrate the new system and the d~fference between the old and the new system Mayor Farley closed the Public Hearing at 9:00 p.m. Cheryl Pasalic stated that she hoped there would be an ~ntenm rate order ~n Ord~nanca form by late September or early October for the Board to consider ~'~ VII. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE Bill Cooney prowded a general overview of the Comprehensive Plan based on the comments the V~llage Board members had made at a previous Committee of the Whole meeting He stated that over 31 ~tems which received comments, 18 ~tems were changed based on the comments made and 13 ~tems were recommended to remain as is by the staff V~llage Board members prowded comments on the proposed rews~ons Item 4 of B~II Cooney's memo Trustees felt that services to all people should be provided ~n the narrabve and not specifically target any individual groups Item 15 of Mr Cooney's memo was requested to be rewsed so that the street resurfac~ng I~st could be put ~nto an appendix or it could be referenced through the annual Budget Capital Improvement Budget Item 16 Various members of the Board stated they felt the statement relating to the Park D~stnct and School D~stnct use of commumty property or reuse of such fac~hbes may not be compabble to ong~nally ~ntended use Staff is to reword the language based on the comments of the V~llage Board members Item 19 Language should be rewsed The V~llage should work toward mutual a~d for Paramedic serwces to ehm~nate the need for future north s~de fire stabon Item 21. Board members would hke the language rewsed to menbon the rehab~l~tabon of the water tower and the eventual moving of the water tower to Melas Park Don We,bel, Chairman of the Plan Commission, stated that item 15, repair of infrastructure for flood control issues was ~ntended to protect the land use and recommends the delebon of ~tems referencing ~nfrastructure ~tems not related to protecbng land use Manager Janonls stated that he would I~ke to bnng the Comprehensive Plan for approval of the V~llage Board once these comments are incorporated into a revised version VIII. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT Manager Janonis stated that he would I~ke to receive some input from V~llage Board members as to their thoughts for staff to prepare for long-term d~scuss~on ~tems relabng to budget and operations IX. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Trustee Skowron requested a Committee of the Whole d~scusslon in the near future to d~scuss the Baleflll and would I~ke a short bnefing from someone e~ther on the Board or on staff deta~hng the Board's involvement ~n the Balefill tssue to date Trustee Hendricks stated that Centel has pebt~oned the Ilhno~s Commerce Commission to engage ~ts $ 05 calhng area to respond to c~bzen complaints and pressure The remaining Items mga~llng Residential Garage Regulations and the Zoning/Property Maintenance Code Issues were deferred until another Committee of the Whole meeting. X. ADJOURNMENT The Committee of the Whole meebng adJOUrned at 10 07 p m Respectfully submitted, DAVID STRAHI. DS/rcc Assistant to the V~llage Manager