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Home My WebLink About04/18/1978 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ~ April 18, 1978 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Krause called the m~ting to order at 8:07 P.M. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Trustee Richardson. ROLL CALL Present upon roll call: Mayor Krause Trustees Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Wattenberg, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Village Board held April 4, 1978. Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved to approve the following bills: General 322,588.59 Parking Syst.em Revenue 1,108.77 Motor Fuel Tax 20,867.02 Corporate Purposes Constr. 1973 4,951.36 Waterworks & Sewerage Bond & Interest 184,150~00 Depr., Impr., & Ext. 28,927.33 Operation & Maintenance 53~417.70 616,010.77 Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved to approve the financial report dates March 31, 1978, subject to audit. Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Watltenberg Motion carried. COMMUNICATION AND PETITIONS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD John Parsons, President of the Mount Prospect Public Library Board, commented on the recently appointed Advisory Committee relative to the present Library Board system, noting that Committee had met on April 8th but he was unable to attend due~to~he door being locked. The following people spoke in support of the Village employees and Village Manager Eppley: James Grier, 103 E. Hiawatha Melvin Krumrey, 817 S. School Marie Caylor, 1308 Pima Lane George Anderson, 1005 Isabella · i Maureen Falcon, spoke in support of the actions of the Village Board. PG. i 4/18/78 MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Krause made the following proclamations: Holy Family Hospital Volunteers' Week - April 16 - 22, 1978 Law Day U.S.A. - May 1, 1978 Firefighters Recognition Week - May 7 - 13, 1978 Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Murauskis, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 2781 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13.103A OF CHAPTER 13 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (Alcoholic ~-~ Liquor Dealers) Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. Terry Frakes, Chairman of the Insurance Commission, presented that Commission's recommendation to increase the Village's coverage from $500,000 to $1,000,000. Trustee Wattenberg, sec6nded by Trustee Murauskis, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Insurance Commission and increase the liability limit to $1,000,000. Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. MANAGER'S REPORT Village Manager Eppley presented a Resolution which would designate Fire Chief Pairitz as the local agent iE a ~ Natural disaster should occur in the Village of Mount Prospect. ~ Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Resolution No. 13-78 A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING FIRE CHIEF LAWRENCE A. PAIRITZ AS LOCAL AGENT IN THE EVENT OF NATURAL DISASTER Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg ~ Motion carried. Mr. Eppley presented the following bids opened on April 13, 1978, for the cleaning and painting of WeI1 #12 - Tamarack & Thornwood) Bobbe & Co. $3,680 Craftsman .Painting Service, Inc. 5,500 Jetco Ltd. 2,600 Newman Co. Contractors, Inc. 4,845 Inland Rainey Corporation 5,435 Paris Painting Co. 4,000 --~ Mr. Eppley requested concurrence with the recommendation of Herb Weeks, Director of Public Works, in accepting the low bid submitted by Jetco Ltd. in the amount of $2,600. Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Floros, moved to concur with the recommendation and accept the low bid of $2,600 submitted by Jetco Ltd. Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. PG. 2 4/18/78 Trustee Floros, seconded by Tr~ste~.Richardson, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 2782 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE BY AUCTION OF AUTOMOBILES OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Upon roll cs~ll: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. The Village Manager read a request from the Mount Prospect Jaycees relative to waiving the fees for their upcoming carnival. Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Murauskis, moved to waive the fees for a carnival to be held by the Jaycees, except for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Village. BUILDING COMMITTEE Trustee Hendricks presented ZBA 52-Z-77, 53-V-77, Mount Prospect State Bank. Mayor Krause addressed Bernard Lee, attorney for the petitioner, noting that due to technical faults, the petitioner might want to re-petition this particular case in order to be in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance. Following discussion, Mr. Lee stated that the petitioner would re-file the request for a variation to allow a parking lot at the southeast corner of Maple and Busse Ave. Since the re-filing was due to technical difficulties, it was determined that the cost of republishing would be assumed by the Village. ZBA 5-Z-78, 6-SU-78, 7-V-78, 3026' S. Busse Road Robert D. Teichert, attorney for the petitione~, gave a brief presentation on the requests. Trustee Hendricks, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for Board concurrence with the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Building Committee to grant the requested re-zoning, special use and variations in ZBA Cases 5-Z-78, 6-V-78 and 7-V-78. Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendrieks Minton Richardson Wattenberg Nays: Murauskis Motion carried. Ordinances relative to the above cases would appear on the May 2nd agenda for 2nd readings. ZBA 1-Z-78 and 2-V-78, 300 W. Golf Road, were continued to the May 10th meeting of the Building Committee. ZBA 12-V-78, 2 West Rand Road, was referred back to the Zoning Board of Appeals under the same number. ZBA 14-SU-78, 101 E. Rand Road Trustee Hendricks, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for Board concurrence with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of~ Appeals and Building Committee to grant the requested special use. Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros HendrIcks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. FINANCE COMMITTEE Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Murauskis, moved for passage of Resolution No. 14-78 A RESOLUTION MAKING CERTAIN APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS WITHIN THE ANNUAL FISCAL 1977-78 BUDGET PG. 3 4/18/78 Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Minton, moved to ratify the action taken by the Board relative to entering into an agreement with the Police Department's wage negotiations. Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. Trustee Wattenberg commented on the passage of the proposed budget expressing his concern relative to spending, and expressed appreciation to the Finance Commission for their efforts in reducing expenses. Trustee Minton stated his opposition to a no-raise policy and expressed support of Village M~nager Epptey. Jim Grier, 103 E. Hiawatha Trail, questioned certain aspects of the proposed budget. Ralph Arthur, 14 W. Hiawatha Trail, expressed his appreciation to the Village Board for their efforts in reducing the proposed budget. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Resolution No. 15-78 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET - 1978-79 Upon roll call: Ayes: Ftoros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 2783 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CERTAIN PLANS FOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. FIRE AND POLICE COMMITTEE No report. JUDICIARY COMMITTEE No report. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE No report. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Minton, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 2784 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE A REVISED WATER RATE SCHEDULE Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. Pg. 4 4/18/78 ~' rustee Richardson explained that there was a bond issue in 1959 by the MSD for Mount Prospect sanitary relief sewer system. Monies have been accun~ulated by the-~District through residents payments of service charges and it was the belief of the Board that sufficient funds have__been accumulated to call these bonds for payment. Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Murauskis, moved to authorize the Mayor to sign and Clerk to attest the MSD Maintenance Agreement commencing May 1, 1978, until such time as sufficient monies have been accumulated to call in those bonds, no additional funds will be paid for any other purpose. Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. OTHER BUSINESS Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee H~ndricks, moved to authorize the Mayor to sign and Clerk to attest the Kensington Creek Pleat of Resubdivision (northwest corner River and Kensington Roads), subject to any public improvement bonds Upon roll call: Ayes: Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Motion carried. COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS The following Committee meeting dates were announced: Building Committee May 10 Finance Committee April 27 Public Works Committee April 20 Mayor Krause called an Executive Session at 10:12 P.M. for the purpose of discussing personnel. The meeting was reconvened at ll:18 P.M. Present upon roll call: Mayor Krause Trustees Floros Hendricks Minton Murauskis Richardson Wattenberg Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Minton, moved to adjourn the meeting. Upon roll call: Ayes: Unanimous Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at ll:19 P.M. Donald Wo Goodman. Village Clerk PG. 5 4/18/78