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Home My WebLink About11/18/1997 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT NOVEMBER 18, 1997 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley called the meeting to order at 7:33 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ROLL CALL Present upon roll call: Mayor Gerald Farley Trustee George Clowes Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee Richard Lohrstorfer Trustee Daniel Nocchi Trustee Irvana Wilks INVOCATION The invocation was given by Trustee Nocchi. INVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES APPROVE Trustee Nocchi, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to approve MINUTES the minutes of the regular meeting of October 21, 1997. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved to approve the minutes of the special meeting of October 28,1997. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved APPROVE to approve the following list of bills: BILLS General Fund $ 689,986 Refuse Disposal Fund 117,571 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 6,436 Community Development Block Grant Fund 10,042 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Fund -- Debt Service 2,655,181 Capital Improvement Fund 89,079 Capital improvement Construction Fund 2,500 Downtown Redevelopment Construction Fund 13,700 Police & Fire Building Construction 1,733 Flood Control Construction Fund 28,605 Street Improvement Construction Fund -- Water & Sewer Fund 516,257 Parking System Revenue Fund 4,286 Risk Management Fund 119,031 Vehicle Replacement Fund -- Vehicle Maintenance Fund 35,615 Computer Replacement Fund 1,103 Flexcomp Trust Fund 10,238 Escrow Deposit Fund 237,710 Police Pension Fund Firemens Pension Fund 1,311 Benefit Trust Fund $ 4,54O,384 Trustee Clowes stated that he approves the bills as submitted except the authorization for $1,462 issued to TAP, for which amount he abstains. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Necchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to ratify the payment of bills for the period October 30,1997. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Necchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. FINANCIAL Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Necchi, moved to accept the REPORT financial report through October 31, 1997, subiect to audit. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corooran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Necchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. MAYOR'S REPORT EMPLOYEE In conjunction with the ongoing quinquennial celebration RECOGNITION: for employees, Mayor Farley and Director of Finance Brian VILLAGE HALL Caputo acknowledged Barbara Dyon, Accounts Payable, on her 10th anniversary with the Village. Mayor Farley also acknowledged Michael Janonis, Village Manager, on the occasion of his 5th anniversary during his current tour of duty with the Village. PRESENTATION: Mayor Farley, Police Chief Pavlock and Deputy Chief Richardson ELAINE TOWELL presented a plaque to Elaine Towell who is retiring following 17 RETIREMENT years as Crossing Guard Coordinator for the Village. PROCLAMATION: Mayor Farley presented a Proclamation to Rhonda Serafine, FAMILY READING representing the Adult Continuing Education Program of School NIGHT District 214, in recognition of Family Reading Night on November 20th. PRESENTATION: Marianne Shank, Executive Director of the Illinois Government DISTINGUISHED Finance Officers Association (IGFOA) presented Mayor Farley with BUDGET a plaque acknowledging receipt of the Distinguished Budget PRESENTATION Presentation Award. It was noted that this is the 5th consecutive AWARD year Mount Prospect has achieved this level of excellence. APPOINTMENTS Mayor Farley asked the Village Board to concur with his YOUTH COMM recommendation to appoint the following residents to the Youth Commission: Youth Members: Alicen Prikkel, 1731 Pheasant Trail loth Grade, 1 year term Yomika Patel, 1707 Victoria Drive 10th Grade, 1 year term Page 2 - November 18, 1997 Elizabeth (Betsy) Busse, 1007 Greenfield, 4 year term Craig Heinrichs, 602 N. Eastwood, 4year term ~ ~.,~ ~ David Schein, 512 Na Wa Ta, 4 year term . Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to concur with the 'recommendation of the Mayor and appoint the above listed residents to the Youth Commission. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, . Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Mayor Farley stated that the first meeting of the Youth Commission will be held on Wednesday, December 3rd at a place to be announced. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS At the request of the Mayor, Bill Cooney, Director of Community Development, gave a brief update on the streetscape improvement presently underway around the Northwest Highway/Central area. It was noted that the project is behind schedule due to the fact that unforeseen problems had been Unearthed. NEW BUSINESS A Resolution was presented that would approve the 1998 Community COMMUNITY Development Block Grant Entitlement Program and the 1998 annual DEVELOPMENT Consolidated Plan. BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM Bill Cooney, Director of Community Development, presented the proposed financing and categories for $383,000.00 available from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development contained in the 1998 Consolidated Plan. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved for passage RES. NO. 42-97 of Resolution No. 42-97 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 1998 ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED PLAN INCLUDING THE FISCAL YEAR 1998 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING Mayor Farley called the Public Hearing to order at 8:10 PM, PUBLIC HEARING noting that it was called pursuant to proper legal notice having been published in the Mount Prospect Herald on October 27 CABLE T.V. and in the Mount Prospect Journal & Topics on October 29th. ADDITIONAL Page 3 - November 18,1997 The purpose of this Public Hearing was to consider whether an additional cable franchise would be in the best interest of the Village. Assistant Village Manager David Strahl stated that the purpose for a Public Hearing is set forth in State Statutes and should determine various items relative to the nee(: capacity of public rights-of-way, potential disruption to existing users of right-of-way and economic impact. The following residents expressed their support for an additional cable provider, which would give residents a choice: Karen Krok, 204 S, Albert Street Gregory Glover, 1717 Mura Mark Karlowski Fred Bril 1762Azalia Lynn Bencic, 1707 Bonita Mike Zadel, 800 Na Wa Ta Tom Hubberts, 212 Wimbolton Richard Lankey, 312 S. Albert Duke Dynek, 246 Hatlen Ken Kwasnik, 919 Tower Brenda Desmore, 346 S. Maple Representatives 0f Ameritech gave a presentation relative to the cable servicas available. Mayor Farley noted that [he Village will continue to discuss this subject and if the Village does enter into a franchise with Ameritech it will take a considerable amount of time for the necessary equipment to be constructed and in place prior to service being available. Mayor Farley closed the Public Hearing at 9:06 P.M. SAFETY COMM. The Safety Commission reviewed the traffic regulations RAND ROAD @ LOUIS, along Rand Road at Louis, Henry and Isabella that were instituted HENRY & ISABELLA 6 months ago in order to see if those regulations should be retained. It was the recommendation of the Safety Commission that problems have decreased as a result of the turn restrictions and that these traffic regulations should remain in effect. Members of the Village Board agreed that the traffic regulations being the subject of discussion should remain m effect. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT BID RESULT: Village Manager Michael E. Janonis presented the following bid results for the purchase of a copy machine for the Public Works Department: 5 Year Vendor Make/Model w/Maintenance Column Office Equip. Panasonic 7760 $27,200 Copier Sales Minolta 6001 $27,888 Minolta Business Minolta 6001 $31,750 COLUMN OFFICE Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to concur EQUIPMENT with the recommendation of the administration and accept the Iow Page ,4 - November 18, 1997 qualified bid submitted by Column Office Equipment, Inc. for a Panasonic 7760 at a cost of $14,700, including trade-in, and five year maintenance agreement at $2,500 a year for a total of $27,200.00. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Nocchi asked that a cost analysis be provided in the future relative to purchasing a copy machine versus entering into a lease. A request was presented to waive the bidding procedure and LEAK authorize the purchase of a water leak detection equipment DETECTOR upgrade. It was noted that the equipment used by the Village identifies areas where water is being wasted, however, it is specialized equipment and an upgrade to the existing equipment would save a considerable amount of money. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to concur FLUID with the recommendation of the administration to waive the CONSERVATION bidding r)rocedure and authorize the purchase of one TriCorr 2001 upgrade from Fluid Conservation Systems at a cost not to exceed $39,460. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corooran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. A request was presented to waive the bidding procedure and LEAF authorize the purchase of a used leaf loader from the Village LOADER of Skokie at a cost of $12,500.00 Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved to concur SKOKIE with the recommendation of the administration and authorize the purchase of a used leaf loader from the Village of Skokie at a cost not to exceed $12,500.00. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Glen Andler, Director of Public Works, gave a status report on LEAF the leaf pick-up program, noting that the leaves were extremely PICK UP slow in falling this year which causes a problem by delaying the PROGRAM conversion of equipment from the leaf pick-up program to snow removal equipment. It was noted that the leaf pick-up program has been extended a few days in order to accommodate residents. A request was presented to authorize the purchase of seven COMPUTER personal computers for the Fire Department, which computers PURCHASE Page 5 - November 18, 1997 will be purchased as part of the computer replacement capital program approved by the Village Board as part of the 1997 budget. The computers will be purchased from Gateway 2000 at a cost not to exceed $12,500. GATEWAY 2000 Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to concur with the recommendation of the administration and authorize the purchase of seven PCS from Gateway 2000 at a cost not to exceed $12,500. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. STATUS REPORT Mr. Janonis stated that the agenda for the Committee of the Whole meeting on November 25th will include discussion of the proposed 1998 budget for the Public Works Department, discussion of insurance and the 1999 budget forecast. NW HHY SIGNALS Mr. Janonis stated that an automobile accident over the weekend had damaged the signal box controlling traffic and the crossing gates at Central and Northwest Highway, which required members of the Police Department to direct traffic during peak hours. As of late afternoon, that control box has been repaired and are signals and working again. ANY OTHER BUSINESS EAGLE SCOUT Trustee Hoefert stated that in an effort to become an Eagle Scout, JAMES SKILES James Skiles will be conducting a blood drive on December 20th and asked residents to support this effort. NEW BUSINESSES Trustee Wilks stated that she represented the Village in the opening of three new businesses, Carel's Ritzy Reruns, and Fanella Artful Furniture, both on west Busse Avenue, as well as the ground breaking for the Mount Prospect National Bank. Trustee Wilks clarified discussion of a previous meeting relative to renovating single family homes noting that she did not intend for anyone to think she was proposing the inspection of single family homes and that she supports the inspection of projects requiring permits. CLOSED SESSION CLOSED SESSION Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to go into Closed Session for the following purposes: Land Acquisition 5 ILCS 120/2/(c) (5) - "The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired." Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Page 6 - November 18~ 1997 The Board went into Closed Session at 9:50 P.M. Mayor Farley reconvened the meeting at 10:20 P.M. RECONVENE Present upon roll call: Mayor Farley Trustee Clowes ...-. Trustee Corcoran Trustee Hoefert Trustee Lohrstorfer Trustee Nocchi Trustee Wilks Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Lohrstorfer, moved to APPROVE approve the minutes of the last Closed Session held CLOSED October 28, 1997. SESSION MINUTES Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried, Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved to approve the minutes of the last Closed Session held November 11, 1997, Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, ,,... Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Farley adjourned the meeting at 10:22 P.M. ADJOURN Carol A. Fields .-.. Village Clerk Page 7 - November 18, 1997