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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/03/1995 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT JANUARY 3, 1995 CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley celled the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. ROLL CALL Present upon roll call: Mayor Gerald Farley Trustee George Clowes Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee Richard Henddcks Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee Michaele Skowron Trustee Irvana Wilks INVOCATION The invocetion was given by Trustee Clowes. iNVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to APPROVE approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Mayor MINUTES and Board of Trustees held December 20, 1994. Upon roil call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None ~-, Motion cerried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to APPROVE approve the following list of bills: BILLS General Fund $ 768,647 Refuse Disposal Fund 186,063 Motor Fuel Tax Fund -- Community Development Block Grant Fund 5,837 Water & Sewer Fund 390,052 Parking System Revenue Fund 1,132 Risk Management Fund 101,972 Vehicle Replacement Fund 25,985 Capital Improvement Fund 17,190 Downtown Redev. Const. Fund 200 Police & Fire Building Const. -- Flood Control Construction Fund -- EPA Flood Loan Construction Fund -- Street Improvement Construction Fund 41,693 Debt Service Funds 747,348 ~ Flexcomp Trust Fund -- Escrow Deposit Fund 59,299 Police Pension Fund 62,363 Firemen's Pension Fund 64,150 Benefit Trust Fund 2,226 $2,474,157 Upon roll call: Ayes: Ciowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Henddcks stated that he opposes the payment of the bills to Pedersen & Houpt for legal services if those bills include the legal opinion on a Recall Ordinance. MAYOR'S REPORT APPOINTMENT: Mayor Farley presented Michael Hoffman, 102 N. Maple Street, ?" MICHAEL HOFFMAN, and recommended the Board concur in the appointment of PLAN COMM. Michael Hoffman to the Plan Commission filling the vacancy : created by the resignation of Tom Mc Govern, term to expire May, 1997. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Mayor to appoint Michael Hoffman to the Plan Commission, term to expire in May, 1997. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, VVilks Nays: None Motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS- CITIZENS TO BE HEARD None. OLD BUSINESS AMEND CH. 18 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would amend the Traffic Code as it relates to the Pine/Wille area in conjunction with the Clocktower development. The Ordinance also prohibits parking on Heritage Drive the first 500 feet east of Wolf Road. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: CI0wes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Skowron, VVilks Nays: Hendricks Motion carried. ORD.NO. 4698 Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 4698 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE VILLAGE CODE Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. "STOP" ON WILLE A request from residents to install a STOP sign for north and AT THAYER southbound traffic on Wille Street at Thayer Street. The Safety Commission recommended by a vote of 8-0 to install a YIELD sign. This item was deferred from the December 20th meeting in order for members of the Village Board to obtain additional information. Page 2 - January 3, 1995 Village Manager Janonis stated that while there had been discussion that the requested STOP sign did not meet warrants, it should be noted that two accidents occurred at this intersection over the past weekend. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to grant the requested STOP sign for north and southbound traffic on Wille Street at Thayer. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Hendricks Motion carried. An Ordinance will be presented for first reading at the January 17th meeting of the Village Board. An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would substitute AMEND CH. 5: a member from Public Works as a voting member of the Safety SAFETY COM. Commission, instead of the Traffic Engineer. The Safety Commission recommended this amendment by a vote of 5-2 with one abstention. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of an Ordinance. ~ Upon tell call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, [ Skowron, Wilks Nays: Hendricks Motion carried. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved for passage ORD.NO. 4699 of Ordinance No. 4699 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE X ENTITLED "SAFETY COMMISSION" OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE VILLAGE CODE Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS ~ An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would establish RECALL procedures for the recall of elected officials. There was discussion as to whether the proposed Ordinance would change the form of government, which would require a referendum to determined if the voters of the Village support such action. It was also suggested that the proposed Ordinance is too broad and that specific reasons for recall should be adopted, i.e. absences from meetings, questionable or bad decisions, conviction of a felony. Page 3-January 3,1995 Trustee Wilks asked that another legal opinion be obtained, this one from the Illinois Municipal League, as to whether recall is constitutional and/or permitted by law. This Ordinance will be presented at the next meeting on January 17th for second reading. REZONE DOWNTOWN: A request was presented from staff to waive the requirement of WAIVE POSTING the Zoning Ordinance to post a sign on each piece of property SIGN REQUIREMENT being the subject of a Zoning Board of Appeals case. It was noted that staff will be filing a Petition to rezone all the properties in the downtown district to newly created zoning districts designated for the downtown business district, which includes approximately 200 parcels of property. It was noted that posting 200 signs would be visually objectionable, apart from the fact that the Village does not have 200 signs and would have to go through the expense of creating that many signs. It was suggested that 15 signs could be posted at strategic places throughout the proposed area being the subject of the ZBA case which could accomplish the desired result, which is to notify any interested parties. Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to concur with the request and waive the requirement to post notices on each parcel of property being the subject of the Zoning Board of Appeals case to rezone the properties to the downtown district zoning classification. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoren Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT EXTEND SICK Village Manager Michael E. Janonis and Finance Director David LEAVE INCENTIVE Jepson presented a proposal to extend the sick leave incentive program, recently approved as part of the negotiated agreement with the Labor Contract with the Firefighters, to apply to all other Village employees. Mr. Jepson stated that the high cost of medical insurance is one of the reasons employees ara delaying retirements. Under the proposed plan, when an employee meets the appropriate qualifications for "retirement" in their department, any unused sick pay would be placed into an account which could be used to help pay medical premium costs and/or medical expenses. If approved by the Board, a Resolution will be presented at the next meeting confirming the Board's acceptance of the policy for the official records and authorizing an amendment to the Personnel Manual. Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to concur with the recommendation of the administration and accept the proposal to extend the sick leave incentive plan to all employees. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoren, Henddcks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Page 4 - January 3, 1995 A request was presented to waive the bidding procedure WAIVE BID: and authorize the purchase of a replacement vehicle for the PURCHASE Public Works Department as part of the State bid for vehicles. VEHICLE Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to waive the bidding procedure and authorize the purchase of a vehicle for the Public Works Department as a part of the State bid. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. A request was presented to authorize an increase in the contract I-OKA/SUNSET with Arrow Road Construction for additional work involved with ROADWAY I-Oka Avenue/Sunset Road reconstruction project. PROJECT It was noted that the reconstruction project, I-Oka between Lonnquist Blvd and Golf Road and on Sunset Avenue between Elmhurst Road (Rt. 83) and Hi Lusi involved additional costs in the amount of $12,888.36. Trustee Skowron, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to increase the contract amount to Arrow Road Construction in the amount of $12,888.36 for the I-Oka/Sunset reconstruction project. , Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Henddcks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Village Manager Janonis presented a proposed settlement HEMPHILL in the Hemphill vs Village law suit as it pertains to the SUIT: development of the Village Commons development at SETTLEMENT Elm and Evergreen. Mr. Janonis stated that the proposed settlement involved a dollar figure of $35,000 and recommended accepting. Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved to authorize acceptance of the settlement in the Home by Hemphitl law suit as specified. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Henddcks '~'"~ Motion carried. TRUSTEE COMMENTS Trustee Hendricks stated that there had been some personnel INSPECTION changes in Inspection Services, and asked the Mayor to SERVICES establish a Committee to investigate. Mayor Farley stated that the Manager had informed the Board of the changes and that there was no need for a investigation, Page 5-Janua~ 3,1995 UCLID AVE Trustee VVilks stated that with Cook County doing roadway ROADWAY improvements on Euclid Avenue in the near future, she asked the IMPROVEMENT Village Manager for a estimate on the cost for the Village to install sidewalks on the south side of Euclid as needed. It was noted that there are no sidewalks and it causes people to l~ave to walk in the street. SNOW REMOVAL Trustee Wilks stated that while plowing, the snow from the plow is deposited on sidewalks, specifically at Central road and Owen Street. It was noted that children cross at that intersection and the snow on the sidewalk makes itdifficult to walk and asked what could be done to keep the sidewalks clear of snow. JEPSON: FINANCE Trustee Wilks and the Board congratulated David Jepson, Finance AWARD Director on receiving yet another award for budget preparation and presentation. ANY OTHER BUSINESS None. CLOSED SESSION CLOSED SESSION Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to go into Closed Session for the purpose of discussing Property Acquisition. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. The Board went into Executive Session at 9:45 P.M. The Board reconvened at 10:00 P.M. Present upon roll call: Mayor Farley Trustee Clowes Trustee Corcoran Trustee Hendricks Trustee Hoefert Trustee Skowron Trustee Wilks Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to direct staff to proceed with the preparation of the appropriate documents to effectuate the purchase of the necessary right-of-way in furtherance of the proposed reconstruction of Linneman Road. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks ~. Nays: None Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Farley adjourned the meeting at 10:03 P.M. Village Clerk Page 6 - January 3, 1995