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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/10/1994 COW minutes MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MAY 10, 1994 I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was celled to order by Mayor Gerald Farley at 7 41 p m Present at the meeting were Trustees George Clowes, Timothy Corcoran, Paul Hoefert, M~chaele Skowron and Irvana Wilks Absent from the meebng was Trustee R~chard Hendncks Also present at the meeting were Village Manager M~chael Janoms, Assistant to the Village Manager David Strahl, Village Attorney Everette Hill and Finance D~rector Dawd Jepson II. MINUTES Motion was made by Trustee Corcoran and Seconded by Trustee Clowes-to approve the Minutes of April 26, 1994. M~nutes were approved w~th Trustee Wilks abstaining III.CITIZENS TO BE HEARD None IV. UPDATE CHAPTER 13 - LIQUOR CODE AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY ORDINANCE Mayor Farley's opening comments stated that this ~s the first comprehensive review and update s~nce 1975 of the V~llage L~quor Code Village Attorney Everette H~II provided an overview of the summary of changes in the new draft compared to the current Ordinance A general d~scuss~on by the V~llage Board and the V~llage Attorney followed over specific language ~ssues Vanous nuances of the Code including defimt~on of vanous terms were d~scussed Consensus of the Village Board: Approve the changes as d~scussed by the V~llage Board members and include the changes as outhned in the Code by the V~llage Attorney The Board also d~rected staff to move forward w~th drafting the Ordinance m a form which could be considered at a future Village Board meeting David Schein, 7t2 Na-Wa-Ta, spoke He stated that he felt the Parental Respons~b~hty Ordinance was very good and he ~s happy that Mount Prospect has taken the lead m such an important ~ssue and ~s thankful to the Board and Village for the Ordinance Attorney revising 1 V. PARTIAL ABATEMENT OF THE 1993 PROPERTY TAX LEVY David Jepson prowded an overview of the various options available for abatement of the Property Tax as requested by Trustee Clowes He stated that the first installment of the Property Tax which is due shortly ~s designed for the 1993/1994 Village Budget The second installment will go toward the 1994/1995 Budget Due to the current fiscal year, the overlap ~n the Levy amounts creates a hmlt on the amount which can be abated without significantly ~mpactlng specific Budget revenues M~chael Janonls recommends the approval of Option 3 as outhned in the memorandum and described by Mr, Jepson Mr, Janoms also recommended as part of the approval of Option 3 that the staff bring back a review later in 1994 to the Village Board to determine whether the amount for 1994 should be abated The 1994 amount which could be considered to be abated at a future date would be monies earmarked for fiscal year 1994/1995 Consensus of the Village Board: Approval of Opbon 3 as outlined in Mr Jepson's memo, whereby the 1993 Levy would be reduced by $175,000 and the 1994 Levy would be reduced by $250,000 However, the reduction ~n the 1994 Levy is dependent upon final approval of the Village Board at a future meeting once the staff has rewewed the financial impact of the Levy reduction upon the Budget VI. CHANGE IN THE VILLAGE'S FISCAL YEAR Manager Janon~s prowded a general overview of the pros and cons of switching · the fiscal year. He stated among the ~tems that could be considered as s~gmficant improvements by changing the fiscal year would assist c~bzens ~n helping them understand the Budget process of the V~llage Also, one of the major ~tems to consider by changing the fiscal year would allow the V~llage to track revenues more closely to the tax filing requirements and the construcbon season Finally, the change in fiscal year would also bnng the Village ~nto comphance with SWANCC Consensus of the Village Board: There was general support for the change ~n the fiscal year of the Village beginning January 1, 1996 Therefore, the e~ght-month Budget year would be from May 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 VII. EMPLOYEE ASSISTED COMPUTER PURCHASE PROGRAM Assistant to the V~llage Manager Dawd Strahl prowded a general overview to the V~llage Board deta~hng the benefits which would be derived from the Village assisting employees in purchasing computers for home use 2 Among the major benefits to be achieved was a supplement to the training time of the employees in ubhzmg software and hardware on the job The program , would prowde funds for employees to purchase their computer, whereby employees would then repay the V~llage over a maximum of a two-year period VIII.MANAGER'S REPORT None IX. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Trustee Wilks congratulated the RAPP Group for their recent banquet Trustee Clowes recently attended a seminar about youth orgamzabons and obtained some good ~nformabon which he ~s going to pass along to other Board members VI. ADJOURNMENT The Committee of the VVhole meeting adjourned ~nto Executive Session at 1000pm Respectfully subm~tted__,~ (~ DAVID STRAHL DS/rcc Assistant to the V~ltage Manager