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Home My WebLink About05/17/1994 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND WARD' OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT MAY 17, 1994 CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER Mayor Fadey celled the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. ROLL CALL Present upon roll cell: Mayor Gerald Farley Trustee George Clowes Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee Richard Hendricks Trustee Paul Hoefert (arrived late) Trustee Michaele Skowron Trustee Irvana Wilks INVOCATION The invocetion was given by Trustee Wilks. INVOCATION- APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved to approve APPROVE the minutes of the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of MINUTES Trustees held May 3, 1994. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Skowron, Witks Nays: None Pass: Hendricks Motion cerried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to approve APPROVE the following list of bills: BILLS General Fund $ 734,416 Refuse Disposal Fund 2,370 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 12,667 Community Development Block Grant Fund 21,570 Water & Sewer Fund 330,586 Parking System Revenue Fund 2,184 Risk Management Fund 87,787 Vehicle Replacement Fund 43,131 Capita[ Improvement Fund 4,473 Downtown Redev. Const. Fund -- Police & Fire Building Const. 7,599 Flood Control Construction Fund -- EPA Flood Loan Construction Fund 621 Street Improvement Construction Fund -- Debt Service Funds 260 Flexcomp Trust Fund -- Escrow Deposit Fund 28,522 Police Pension Fund -- Firemen's Pension Fund -- Benefit Trust Fund 2,167 $1,278,353 Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion cerded. FINANCIAL REPORT Trustee VVilks, seconded by Trustee Corcoren, moved to accept the financial report for the period April 1, 1994 through April 30,1994, subject to audit. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoren, Hendricks, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. MAYOR'S REPORT ACKNOWLEDGE Mayor Farley presented a Resolution that acknowledged the DR. THOMAS RICH contributions of Dr. Thomas R. Rich, Superintendent of Schools for River Treils School District 26. RES.NO. 20-94 Trustee Skowron, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved for passage of Resolution No. 20-94 A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DR. THOMAS R. RICH Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoren, Hendricks, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. PRESENTATION: Mayor Farley and Fire Chief Cavello acknowledged the heroic acts HEROISM of the following members of the Fire Department and presented them with plaques: Brian Caffrey, resident Del Ulreich, Deputy Fire Chief Skip Hart, Fire Prevention Inspector APPOINTMENTS: Mayor Farley asked the Board to concur with his recommendation to make the following appointment and re-appointments: PLAN COMMISSION Plan Commission - Appointment Angela Volpe, 15 S. George Street, term to expire May1, 1995 Economic Development Commission - Reappointments John Riordan, 1016 Na Wa Ta, term to expire May 1, 1996 Ben Trapani, 222 S. Pine Street, term to expire May 1, 199~ Business Development and Redevelopment Commission Reappointments Hal Predovich, 200 E. Lonnquist BIvd, term to expire May 1, 1998 Keith Youngquist, 7 S. Edward Street, term to expire May, 1997 Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Mayor and appoint Angela Volpe to the Plan Commission, reappoint John Riordan and Ben Trapani to the Economic Development Commission, and reappoint Hal Predovich and Keith Youngquist to the Business Development and Redevelopment Commission. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoren, Henddcks, Skowron,Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Page 2 - May 17, 1994 COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS - CITIZENS TO BE HEARD Charlene Lowell, 508 South Maple Street, expressed her opposition LIONS PARK to any plans School District 57 has to construct a parking lot in herSCHOOL neighborhood. Luke Praxmarer, 2104 Jody Court, expressed his opposition to MEIER ROAD extending Meier Road through to Central Road. EXTENSION OLD BUSINESS ZBA 9-A-94, Text Amendment ZBA 9-A-94 An Ordinance was presented for second reading that would CONVALESCENT/ amend Chapter 14 (Zoning Ordinance) Article XIV to allow a NURSING HOME convalescent-nursing home as a Conditional Use in an R-5 District. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended granting this request by a vote of 6-1. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved for passage ORD.NO. 4644 of Ordinance No. 4644 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE XIV ENTITLED "R-5 (SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENCE DISTRICT)" OF CHAPTER 14 OF THE VILLAGE CODE Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Hendricks Motion carried. ZBA 10-Z-94 and ZBA 11-CU-94, 350 North Wolf Road ZBA 10-Z-94 & The second readings of an Ordinance rezoning the subject property ZBA 11-CU-94 from an O-R (Office Research) District to R-5 (Senior Citizens 350 N. WOLF RD Residence) District and an Ordinance granting a Conditional Use to allow a convalescent-nursing home were continued until the June 7th meeting in order to allow the Petitioner to secure a Certificate of Need from the State. The subject of parking on the 200 block of North Louis Street is LOUIS STREET still being negotiated and a report will be presented to the Village Board PARKING when some definitive action has taken place. An Ordinance was presented for second reading that would amend AMEND CH.21 Chapter 21 (Building Code) by amending the Property Maintenance PROPERTY Code in its entirety. It was noted that the BOCA Property MAINTENANCE Maintenance Code, with amendments, was being proposed for adoption. CODE The Ordinance also contained language relative to graffiti, the removal and notification process. Trustee Clowes asked that the time period of ,"'"- 14 days allowed for graffiti removal be reduced to 7 days. Trustee Wilks suggested that in order to reduce the time the owner has to remove graffiti, the Board retain the services of a company to remove graffiti and the Village would bill the property owner, similar to the method presently used for weed control. Village Manager Janonis asked the Board to allow the 14 days to remain as proposed in order for staff to get an idea about its effectiveness. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved for passage of ORD.NO. 4645 Page 3 - May 17, 1994 Ordinance No. 4645 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE XIII ENTITLED "PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE" OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE VILLAGE CODE Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Clowes asked that the effectiveness of this Ordinance relative to graffiti removal be reviewed in 3 months. AMEND CH. 8 An Ordinance was presented for first reading in conjunction with REAL ESTATE adoption of the new Property Maintenance Code. This Ordrnance TRANSFER TAX prohibits the issuance of Real Estate Transfer Tax stamps if there is a violation pending against the subject property. Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to waive the rules requiring two readings of an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Hendricks Motion carried. ORD.NQ 4646 Trustee CIowes, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 4646 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8 ENTITLED "REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX" OF THE VILLAGE CODE Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS ZBA 16-CU-94 ZBA 16-CU-94, 1634 W. Algonquin Road 1634 W. ALGONQUIN The Petitioner is requesting an amendment to Ordinance No. 4630 which would allow adding approximately 1,200 square feet to the previously approved day care center. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended granting this request by a vote of 5-0. Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals and grant the Conditional Use requested in ZBA 16-CU-94. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Skowron Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance will be presented June 7th for first reading. Page 4 - May 17, 1994 ZBA 14-V-94, 1805 Apache ZBA 14-V-94 The Petitioner is requesting a variation to allow a deck to be 1805 APACHE attached to an existing deck, creating a zero foot separation from an accessory and principal structure, instead of the required 10 feet. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended granting this request by a vote of 5-0. Trustee Corcoren, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals and grant the variation requested in ZBA 14-V-94. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Hendricks MotiOn carried. An Ordinance will be presented July 7th for first reading. Trustee Hoefert arrived at the meeting at this point. ZBA 17-V-94, 7 North Marcella ZBA 17-V-94 Appeal from decision of Zoning Board of Appeals 7 N. MARCELLA The Petitioner is appealing the decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals to deny the request to allow a deck to encroach into the required rear yard by 3 feet. The Zoning Board of Appeals, which is final in this instance, denied the request. Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals to deny the variation requested in ZBA 17-V-94. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. While no document was presented, reference was made that An AMEND CH. 13 Ordinance was presented for first reading that would amend Chapter 13, Alcoholic Beverages, of the Village Code in its entirety. This Ordinance will be presented for second reading on June 7th. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT Village Manager Michael E. Janonis presented the following bid BID RESULTS: results. The following bids were received for a new custom ordered QUINT: Quint and demonstrator model for the Fire Department: FIRE DEPT. Custom Order: Bidder Amount Pierce Manufacturing Inc. $ 540,248 Simon Ladder Towers inc. $ 544,254 Mid America Truck & Equipment Co. $ 556,659 Page 5 - May 17, 1994 Demonstrator: Bidder Amount Simon Ladder Towers, Inc. $ 49g 860 Smeal Fire Apparatus* $ 486,646 Pierce Manufacturing Inc. $ 520,250 Mid Amedca Truck & Equipment Co. $ 546,369 *This company did not offer local sen/ica, only in Nebraska. It was noted that the prices for the custom ordered Quint exceeded the amount budgeted for this item and the administration recommended rejecting those bids. The demonstrators came with a variety of standard features and the piece of equipment with the most features and lowest cost including those features was the Quint offered by Pierce Manufacturing Inc. Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee W~lks, moved to reject all the bids received for the custom ordered Quint, due to the fact that the prices exceed the budgeted amount. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. It was noted that the 4 bids received for a Quint offered a variety of equipment that came with the unit. The unit proposed from Pierce contained the most useful equipment out of the 4 p~ecas of equipment. PIERCE MFG. Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to accept the bid submitted by Pierce Manufacturing Inc. in the amount of $520,250 for a Quint for the Fire Department, including all the features noted. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Skowron, Walks Nays: Hendricks Motion carried. SHARED COST Village Manager Janonis presented the following bids for the shared SIDEWALK cost sidewalk replacement program: REPLACEMENT PROGRAM Bidder Amount Suburban Concrete $73,127.50 Raj Concrete 74,320.00 M & C Scavelli 74,558.00 Schroeder & Schroeder 75,045.00 GEM Construction 87,830.00 King's Point General Cement 90,340.00 Globe Construction 94,470.00 It was noted that 215 property owners had requested participation in this program. Page 6 - May 17, 1994 Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to concur with the SUBURBAN recommendation of the administration and accept the Iow qualified bidCONCRETE submitted by Suburban Concrete in the amount of $73,127.50 for the shared-cost sidewalk replacement program. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion cerried. Trustee Hoefert asked staff to check into some sidewalks installed last year that don't seem to have held up and asked if the guarantee was still in place. Mr. Janonis asked for specific Iocetions and stated that the guarantee was in effect and staff would check out the areas noted. An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would abate a portion ABATE of the real estate taxes levied for the 1993 year. TAXES Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of an Ordinance. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Hendricks Motion carried. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved for passage ORD.NO. 4647 of Ordinance No. 4647 AN ORDINANCE TO ABATE A PART OF THE TAXES LEVIED FOR CORPORATE AND MUNICIPAL PURPOSES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING MAY 1, 1993 AND ENDING APRIL 30, 1994. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. TRUSTEE COMMENTS Trustee Wilks complimented the entire Public Works staff for the excellent Public Works Open House held on May 14th. Trustee Witks congratulated the senior Citizen Center on the celebration of the 17th Anniversary of establishing the center at this location. Trustee Wilks also complimented Trustee Clowes on the recent Youth Fair noting that it too was a success and commended Trustee Clowes for his interest and involvement in this event. It was announced that Fire Chief Cavello would be sworn in as the President of the Illinois Fire Chief's Association on Tuesday, May 24th, which is an honor and accomplishment. Page 7 - May 17,1994 ANY OTHER BUSINESS CANCEL Mayor Farley announced that the Committee of the Whole meeting COMMITTEE OF scheduled for Tuesday, May 24th was cancelled. VVHOLE MEETING EXECUTION EXECUTIVE SESSION SESSION Trustee Skowron, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to adjourn into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing Property Acquisition. U pon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carded The Village Board went into Executive Session at 8:55 P.M. Mayor Farley reconvened the meeting at 9:43 PM Present upon roll call: Mayor Farley Trustee Clowes Trustee Corcoran Trustee Hendrlcks Trustee Hoefert Trustee Skowron Trustee Wilks ADJOLI RN ADJOURNMENT Mayor Farley adjourned the meeting at 9:43 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk Page 8 - May 17, 1994