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Home My WebLink About10/15/1996 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR ANp BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT OCTOBERr t5, t996 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley celled the meet;rig to order at 7:40 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL · ROLL CALL Present upon roll cell: Mayor Gerald Farley Trustee George Clowes Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee Richard Hendricks (arrived late) Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee Irvana WIIks INVOCATION The invocetion was given by Mayor Fadey. INVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to APPROVE approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Mayor and MINUTES Board of Trustees October 1, 1996. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, WIIks Nays: None Motion cerried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to APPROVE approve the following list of bills: BILLS General Fund $ 1,043,668 Refuse Disposal Fund 6,095 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 27,441 Community Development Block Grant Fund 87,960 Debt Service 128,253 Capital Improvement Fund 6,846 Capital Improvement Construction Fund - Downtown Redevelopment Construction Fund - Police & Fire Building Construction 3,338 Flood Control Construction Fund 85,388 EPA Flood Loan Construction Fun - Street Improvement Construction Fund - Water & Sewer Fund 233,899 Parking System Revenue Fund 16,829 Risk Management Fund 118,204 Vehicle Replacement Fund 1,145 Vehicle Maintenance Fund 36,889 Flexcomp Trust Fund _ Escrow Deposit Fund 23,998 Police Pension Fund _ Flremen's Pension Fund 90 Benefit Trust Fund $1,820,043 Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Wilks Nays: None Motion cerried. FINANCIAL REPORT FINANCIAL REPORT Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to accept the Financial Report dated January 1, 1996 through September 30, 1996, subject to audit. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Wilks Nays: None ~ Motion carried. Trustee Hendricks arrived at the meeting at this point. MAYOR'S REPORT ORDER OR BUSINESS: Mayor Fadey asked the Board to change the Order of Business so CHANGE he could recommend appointing Arlene A. Juracek to fill the vacancy on the Village Board created by the resignation of Michaele Skowron. APPOINT TRUSTEE ARLENE JURACEK Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to concur with the recommendation of Mayor Farley to appoint Arlene A. Juracak to the position of Village Trustee, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Skowron, which term would expire April 30,1997. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendrlcks, Hoefert, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. EMPLOYEE Mayor Farley and Fire Chief Cavello honored the following RECOGNITION: members of the Fire Department who are celebrating their t~['~Ei ~_ DEPT. quinquennial anniversaries with the Village: Robert B. Clark 25 Years Arthur W. Felski 25 Years Kenneth B. Stahl 25 Years Charles Livingston 20 Years James Florey 10 Years Anthony T. Huemann 10 Years Brsndan M. Keady 10 Years Douglas D. Lubash 10 Years John J. Malcolm 10 Years Chris J. Truty 10 Years Michael T. Werner 10 Years Donald A. Wisniewski, Jr. 10 Years Wilkie C. Escondo 5 Years FIRE ALLIANCE: Mayor Farley and Fire Chief Cavello honored Firefighter Randy MOUNT PROSPECT Werderitch for constructing the Mount Prospect House at the Burn HOUSE - BURN CAMP Camp, as well as several local business and/or civic organizations for their support on this project. PROCLAMATION: Mayor Farley proclaimed Thursday, October 31st as Halloween/ HALLOWEEN Trick or Treat Day in the Village. FIRE PREVENTION Mayor Farley, Fire Chief Cavello and Public Education Officer POSTER AWARDS Rich Doubek presented ribbons to the school children who won awards for excellent Fire Prevention posters and/or essays on that subject. Page 2 - October 15, 1996 COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS Lloyd Seamens, operator of the coffee shop located within the TRAIN STATION Mount Prospect train station,, stated that he has a lease with COFFEE SHOP the Village to operate the coffee shop. Mr Seamens recently realized that the lease was not assignable and since he plans to retire, he would like to amend the lease so he can sell the business and assign the lease to the new owners. Mr. Seamens requested the Board to amend his lease with the Village to allow the lease to be assigned to another party and for an additional 5 year period. Administration was directed to prepare the necessary documents to comply with the request of Mr. SeamenS. Trustee Henddcks asked that the Village Board reconsider their action adopting an Ordinance governing commercial vehicles, which Ordinance was passed at the last regular meeting. A motion to reconsider the action taken would have to be by someone on the prevailing side, which was to adopt the Ordinance. Trustee Hendricks voted against adoption. Trustee Henddcks moved to consider an item not on the agenda, specifically commercial vehicles. The motion failed due to lack of a second. OLD BUSINESS None. NEIN BUSINESS A request was p~esented for the Board to approve a Plat of Survey for a condominium conversion at 810 - 616 Sha Bonee Treil. It was noted thst the while the conversion of 4 units does fall within the condominium conversion Ordinsnca, the Development Code does require a Plat of Survey for the subject property be approved by the Village Board. The Plan Commission did review this Plat of Survey and recommended approval by a vote of 5-3. Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Plan Commission and approve the Plat of Survey for the property located at 610 - 616 Sha Bonee Trail. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Juracek, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. · Elmer Blasco and Leo Floros explained the that a Veterans' Memorial VETERANS' Foundation has been established to collect funds to construct a MEMORIAL band shell at Lions Park as a memorial to veterans. It was noted FOUNDATION: that while all the necessary paperwork has been filed with the AD HOC appropriate e:~titles to crea~ the not for profit Foundation, having COMMI'I-I'EE the Village establish an Ad Hoc COmmittee would be welcomed. Page 3 - October 151~-~1996 Trustee WIIks, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to authorize the administration to draft a Resolution to be presented at the next regular meeting of the Village Board creating the Veterans' Memorial Foundation Ad Hoc Committee. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Juracek, Wilks ~Nays: None Motion cerried. TCI A Resolution was presented that would authorize the Village to NON-COMPLIANCE draw down on a $10,000 letter of credit for non-compliance with the Franchise Agreement. It was noted that the Franchise Agreement requires TCI to provide a studio for Iocel productions, which studio was recently dismantled. Doug Wells, representing TCl, explained that TCl is in the process of moving and remodeling offices and the studio was dismantled as a part of this process, however, the studio will be provided. It was the recommendation of the administration that this matter be deferred until the next meeting in order to give TCI additional time to comply with the conditions of the Franchise Agreement. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT BID RESULT: Village Manager Michael E. Janonis presented the following bids for the installation and removal of holiday lights: HOLIDAY LIGHTS Vendor Amount Der Strand Winkler Tree and Landsceping $15.50 Robert W. Hendricksen $16.28 B. Haney & Sons No bid WGN Flag and Decorating No bid Nel's Johnson Tree Experts No bid WINKLER TREE Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to concur with the recommendation of the administration and accept the Iow bid submitted by Winkler Tree and Landsceping for installation and removal of holiday lights in an amount not to exceed $30,000. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Juracek, Wilks Nays: None Motion cerried. BUDGET HEARINGS Mr. Janonis reminded the Board and audience that the budget hearings for the proposed 1997 budget will begin October 22nd at 6:00 PM. ANY OTHER BUSINESS COMMUTER Trustee Wilks stated that a resident had complained about the PARKING lack of commuter parking for residents and asked if staff would check out the status of the municipal parking lots as to whether the lots are full or if modificetions need to be made in regulations governing commuter parking. Page'4 -October, 15, 1996 RUSTEE HENDRICKS: 10 MINUTE SPEAKING Trustee Hendrlcks noted that he had reviewed the tape from the LIMITATION October 1st Village Board meeting where the Mayor had said he ~ exceeded the 10 minute limitation for talking, which review indicated that he had talked for a pedod of 5 minutes and therefore had not exceeded the 10 minute limitation. Mayor Farley acknowledged that he had misjudged the amount of time Trustee Hendrlcks spoke and apologized for the misunderstanding. ADJOURN ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, Mayor Farley adjourned the meeting at 9:28 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk Page 5 - October 15, 1996