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Home My WebLink About12/07/1971 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES December 7, 1971 CALL TO ORDER Call vo order Mayor Teichert called the meeting to order at 8:10 P. M. INVOCATION Invocation Trustee Ahern gave the invocation. ROLL CALL Roll call Present upon roll call: Ahern Anderson Monroe Richardson Scholten Teichert Arrived at 8:25 P.M. Furst APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING ~OVEMBER 16, 1971 Approval Trustee Monroe, seconded by Trustee Scholten, moved the min- of utes of the regular meeting held November 16, 1971 be aDorovedminutes as submitted. November 16,1971 Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Approval of bill~ Trustee Scholten, seconded by Trustee Anderson, moved for approval of bills in the following amounts: General $105,240.83 Parking System Revenue 1,350.96 Waterworks & Sewerage Depr., Imp., &Ext. 1,545.67 Operations & Maintenance 21,370.90 $129,508.36 Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS Attorney Robert Moore, reDresentin~ owners of the Furniture Case#71- Hutch, located at 930 E. Northwest Highway, appeared before 31A the Bbard to appeal the decision of the Board of Appeals to deny a variation petition to change the lettering and con- tinue the use of an existing sign. (Case #71-31A) Mr. Moore cited Section 9.309 of the Municipal Code relating.to non-conforming signs as the basis of his request. The sign had been erected in 1958, before passage of the ordinance in 1966, and had been in continual use. The Village Manager recommended granting the oetitioner his request to change the lettering on the sign, stating the lettering or wording should not be construed as a structural change. Trustee Monroe, seconded by Trustee Ahern, moved to grant to the petitioner, Furniture Hutch, the right to put in lettering on the sign commensurate with the business on that property, without structural change to the sign. Upon roll call: Ayes: A'he~n Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. A petition was received from 100% of the homeowners on svree~ name Chimu Lane (formerly Roberts Lane) to change the street change amend- name to Mohawk Lane. Trustee Scholten, seconded by Trusteemenv To Richardson, moved to approve an amendment to Ordinance 2324, ord.2324 for a first reading, changing the name of Chimu Lane to Mohawk Lane. Upon roll call: Ayes: Aherm Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. December 7, 1971 MAYOR'S REPORT Bus service At a Committee-of-the-Whole meeting action was taken to program authorize the administration to participate with Randhurst 6 week and the Chamber of Comme~ce on a six-week free bus service shoppers special ~in an amount not to exceed $2,000. Trustee Anderson, seconded by Trustee Furst, moved to ratify the action taken to authorize the administration to participate in the bus service program as outlined, not to exceed $2,000. Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. At the Committee-of-the-Whole meeting action was taken to planning authorize the administration to hire a planning consultant consultant for work in planning in the newly-annexed area relative to zonihg and land uses, not. to exceed $2,000. Trustee Richard- son, seconded by'Trustee Ahern, moved to ratify the action taken and authorize the Village Manager lo hire a consultant not to exceed $2,000. Upon roll call: A~es~ Ahern AnderSon Furst Monroe Richardson Schoiten Motion carried. appointment Mayor Teichert repor'ted Mr. Fred Reiman had resigned his of Douglas position as a member of the Police Pension Fu.n.~ because Winkelman to he had moved out of state and recommended the appointment the Police of Douglas Winkelman to fill the vacancy. Trustee Scholten, Pension Bund seconded by T~ustee Fu~.st, moved .to concur in the appointment to fill a of Douglas Winkelman as a member of the Police Pension Fund. vacancy Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. bowling Trustee Monroe, seconded by .Trustee Furst, moved to authorize alleys & the administration to allow bowling alleys and establishments establishment~ousing same to continue operation on January 1st until 3:00 housing same A..M. to continue · operation UPon roll call: Ayes: Ahe~n Anderson Furst Monroe until 3:00A.M. Richardson Scholten as of Jan.1. Motion carried. 1971 Fire Trustee Teichert commended the Mt. Prospect Fire Department Prevention and Fire Chief Pairi~tz on receiving second place Class II Week Contesv from the Chicago AssociatiOn Of Commerce and Industry's 1971 Fire Prevention Week Contest. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN REPORTS BUILDING COMMITTEE Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Ahern, moved for waiver of the rules to discuss the petition for Hines'Lumber Case 71-~8A Co. (Case 71-38A) 604 ~. Central, for a variation for re- Hines Lumber dection of minimum lot area from 4 acres to 1.7 acres, re- ]o. duction in front setback from requ.ired 30 feet to 0 feet, reduction of required side yard to permit open storage as presently used. Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Forest Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. December 7, 1971 he Board of Appeals voted the reauested variations be granted, except that the new construction shall conform as shown on the plans presented~ Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Anderson, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Board of Appeals and grant the requested variations. Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. The Village Attorney was requested to draft an ordinance for Case 71-38A to be presented at the December 21, 1971 regular Case meeting. 38A FINANCE COMMITTEE The Finance Committee reviewed the petition of Carl's Pizza for a beer and wine license. Trustee An~derson, seconded by Carl's ?±2 Trustee Monroe, moved to concur with the recommendation of beer and the Finance Committee to prepare an ordinance for a liquor license restricted to beer and wine for consupti'on on the wine restaurant premises. Upon roll call: Ayes: 'Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Nays: Ahern Motion carried. Trustee Furst recuested the Clerk to place the ord'inance sub- mitted for a second reading on the agenda December 21st. Trustee Furst, seconded by Trustee Anderson, moved to cGnsider an item not on the agenda,'namely, an analysis of t'he proposed computer program, proposed cpm- Upon roll call: Ayes: Aher~ Anderson Furst Monro~UVer program Richardson Scholten Motion carried. Other communities have voted and accepted the study as is. However, the Finance Director has submitted to the Committee some objections, i. e., 1: There is no schedule of priorities of items to be included on the co~ou'ter for the four commun- ities and it was felt that water billing should be moved up to top p~rlority; 2: It is necessary to consider'the~selection of a computer-manager; 3: There should be~a dec~sion on the best method of' processing the program and the direction of the manager before the group is committed. JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Case 71-14P R. Springston RA to R4 1400 Linneman was re- viewed by the Committee. Trustee Ahern, seconded by Trustee Monroe, moved the Board concur with the recommendation of th~asen Judiciary Committee to grant the zoning of the southerly 102 £p~±ngs~c to R-3 and the northerly portion consisting of 7 lots of 60' each lot to R-2. Mr'. Malcolm Young, Chairman of the Plan Commission, Mr~, Harold Ross and Mr. Robert McBride, members of the Plan Commission, appeared before the Board. It was their contention that be- cause Mr. Springston had submitted a new proposal a new hearing should be inst~ituted. ~urt~er, the alternate plan ~resented was, in their opinion, too high in density. Other suggestions had been made regarding the compatibility of cluster housing vs. the usual apartment type complex in an area in close prox- imity to single-family residential. Objectors present were George Brown, 1415 Hickory, Charles Jessie, 1419 Hickory, Fred Hammer, 1210 Linneman, Mrs. L. Peterson, 1413 S. Hickory and Mr. J. Mentus, 1422 S. Hickory. Trustee Ahern, seconded by Trustee Furst, moved to postpone December 7, 1971 the above motion indefinitely. Upon roll catl~: Ayes: Ahern Ander~s'on 'Furst ~Monroe Richardson Scholtea Motion carried. Trustee Furst, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved the Board dire~t~ the case back to the Plan Commission', reopen- ing of the case on a Plan Commission level, with readver- tisement and appropriate notice with subsequent hearing, and additional recommendations to the Village Board', at no additional cost to the petitioner with the exception of the cost of the transcript.. Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. CASE 71-17P Union Oil Co. 200 S. Main B-3 to B-4 ~ase ?l-l?P Trustee Ahern, seconde~d by Trustee Anderson, moved to con- Union Oil Co.cur in the recommendation of the Plan Commission in Case 200 S. Main- 71-17P to rezone the property from B-3 to B~4 and the at- B-~ To ~-q torney to draft the appropriate ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Ric.hardson Scholten Motion carried. - The Village Manager announced the appointment of Elbert B. ~lber~ B. Giddens, effective January 1, 1'972, as Police Chief. Giddens - Police Chief Trustee Furst, seconded by T.rustee Anderson, moved prove a ref'und to Brickm'an Builders for permit fees and escrow deposits in the amount of $5,809.30 in total, in- cluding $3,521.80, being 80% of permit fees. Brickman Bldrs. permit fees Upon roll call:' Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe escrow deposits Richardson Scholten' Motion carried. Sealed bids were opened for the purchase of a 3/4 ton pickup truck .and the Director of Public Works and Vil-lage Manager recommended the lowest bid of $3,213.00 a$~ s~bmitted by Grand- Spaulding Dodge for a Dodge D2gO be accepte.d. Trustee ~rand Spauld-Scholten, seconded by Trustee Anderson, moved to approve ing Dodge the purchase from Grand-Spaulding as outlined above. bids for pick-up truck Upon roll call: Ayes: Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten At the time of the roll call Vote Trustee Ahern was~absent. Motion carried. OTHER BUSINESS The pre-annexation nearing for property south of AlgonQuin and east of Nordic Road was continued to the next meeting. pre-annexation of propervy south of Algonquin east of Nordic Rds. December 7, 1971 he Village Engineer and Village Manager recommended execution of a contract with Pinner ~1 ~97~C°m°anv Pinner Electric for traffic signal maintenance from . . ' . Go. - traffic through November 30, 1972. Trustee aneerson, seconeeesigna1 ma±a by Trustee Furst, moved to authorize the Mayor to s~gn and the Clerk to attest the contract with Pinner Elec- tric Company from December l, 1971 through November 30, 1972. Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion.carried· An ordinance was presented for first reading amending Section 13.101, 13·104, 13.106~A and 13.113 of the Municipal Code pertaining to liquor licenses and cer- Ord~a~n~e · . senve~ zor ±sv tarn changes were made. Trustee R~chardson, seconded readin amend by Trustee Ahern, moved to authorize the Village At- . ~ g~. - · . zng ~ec~on torney to draft an amendment to the l~quor l~cense codel~ 101 1~ 10, commensurate with the changes suggested· The Clerk wasl~'106~ : · a anm requested to place this matter on the next agenda. 13.113 - liqu, licenses Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried· The Forest River Fire District Agreement and Order (No. 71~C0 0526) and a resolution directing the execu- tion of an agreed order were presented· Forest Ri~er - 're Dis~. Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee MOnroe, moved ~e~ reemen~ authorized to sign Resolution No. 38-7~ Mayor and Clerk be ~ RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREED ORDER CONTAINING A CO~TRACT FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE TO THOSE AREAS WITHIN THE FOREST RIVER Resolution for FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT fire protection- Forest River Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried· Trustee Furst, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved to waive the requirements of two readings of an ordinance oertaini, ng~to designation of Vill~age President and Mayor· Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. Trustee Anderson, seconded by Trustee Scholten, moved for passage of Ordinance #2327: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION'2.1.04 OF TNE MUNICIPAL CODE Ord. #2327 (Designating President as Mayor) Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried· December 7, 1971 Trustee Scholten, seconded by Trustee Monroe, moved for authorization of the Mayor and Clerk to sign and ~ Kaplan and 3raun 4th Addition Unit #2 olat of Kaplan & Braun DO i4th U~%nds. sion subject to posting of oublic improvement Addition #2 Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. Trustee Furst, seconded by Trustee Richardson, moved to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign and attest Kaptan & Brau~ Kaplan and Braun 7th Addition ~lat of subdivision sub- 7th Addition ject to ~osting of public improvement bonds. plat Upon roll call: Ayes: Aherr Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. A resolution was presented authorizing a oermit appli- cation to the Illinois Division of Waterways for the construction of a vehicular bridge over Weller Creek at $¢hooi Street. Discussion followed regarding a resolution - proposal for a similar bridge to be constructed at ~illiami. Street. The matter was deferred to the Decem- construction vehicular brid~eer 21 meeting. over Weller Cre~. Paul Lutheran Church at 100 S. School Street requested permission to erect a church road marker on the parkway at the southwest corner of Central Road and School Street. · Trustee Ahern, seconded by Trustee Monroe, moved to grant St. Paul - cnur~e request. road marker Upon roll call: Ayes: Ahern Anderson Furst Monroe Richardson Scholten Motion carried. The Golfhurst Civic Association requested a permit to erect lighted entrance markers on Louis Street at Golf Road. Be- cause there i.s a study now being made regarding a proposed Golfhurst Civicsite distance ordinance the matter was referred to the Fire Assoc. lighted and Police Committee. markers on LoUi~oMMiTTEE~ ANNOUNCEMENTS Street Committee-of-the-Whole meeting December 14, 1971 with an Executive Session preceding the meeting at 7:30 P. M. ~.~q~ q~q~garding the acquisition of land, followed at 8:00 P. M. ~1~~w~fth, 97 a discussion on Old Orchard. Building Committee meeting cancelled for December. Judiciary Committee meeting cancelled for December. Fire and Police Committee meeting cancelled for December. Public Health and Safety Committee meeting December 8, 1971 with Board of Health on revision of health ordinance. Finance Committee meeting December 20, 1971. Public Works Committee meeting cancelled for December. ADJOURNMENT Adjournment Trustee Scholten, seconded by Trustee Anderson, moved the meeting be adjourned. Time: 12:20 A. M. Unanimous. DONALD W. GOODMAN Village Clerk December 7, 1971