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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/13/2001 COW minutes MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FEBRUARY 13, 2001 I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:32 p.m. by Mayor Gerald Farley. Present at the meeting were: Trustees Timothy Corcoran, Paul Hoefert, Richard Lohrstorfer, Dennis Prikkel, Michaele Skowron and Irvana Wilks. Staff members present included Village Manager Michael Janonis, Assistant Village Manager David Strahl, Community Development Director William Cooney and Public Information Officer Maura Jandris. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of Minutes from January 23, 2001. Motion made by Trustee Hoefert and Seconded by Trustee Corcoran to approve the Minutes. Trustee Wilks requested a modification to the Village Board comments regarding restaurant inspections. Minutes were approved with the revision. III. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD None. IV. CONSIDERATION OF CHANGING THE MEETING DATE FROM TUESDAY TO MONDAY EVENING Mayor Farley stated that he is leaving the meeting due to a close friend's passing just a few hours before the meeting and would ask Trustee Corcoran to take over the balance of the meeting on his behalf. Village Manager Janonis provided an overview of the options from the staff's viewpoint. He stated that as far as staff is concerned, there are no major issues, which would prohibit consideration of this change in meeting days. He did note that there may be some conflict related to volunteer availability for televising the meetings due to the City of Des Plaines' meetings that occur on Mondays and the fact that some volunteers participate in Des Plaines and Mount Prospect. He also stated that the Agenda delivery could be a potential issue whereby it would leave Village Board members one less day to review the packet. General comments from the Village Board members included the following items: Several Board members stated they have geared their personal life around meeting on Tuesday evenings but recognize the need to remain convenient for residents who want to attend meetings. There was also a comment made regarding the likelihood of long weekends and Holidays occurring on Mondays causing the change of meeting day to a Tuesday on a periodic basis anyway. Some Trustees voiced concern that the meeting day could be a limiting factor on possible Trustee candidates due to the day of the week that the meetings are normally held. There was a comment made that Tuesday is considered mid- week especially for business travel purposes and Monday would probably minimize the impact of travel and the necessary absences from Village meetings. There was also a question regarding possible confusion with citizens due to various Holidays occurring on Mondays and whether the Board would actually meet on those days or not~ Mike Zadel, candidate for Village Trustee, spoke. He stated that his schedule is flexible enough that could appear on either Monday or Tuesday night for meetings and it would not conflict with his job. Consensus of the Village Board was to retain Village meetings on Tuesdays for Village Board and Committee of the Whole meetings. V. QUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY Village Manager Janonis pointed out that there had been some preliminary surveying that the Village conducted at the last Welcome New Resident meeting and those results are included in the packet. He also stated that District 57 recently performed a phone survey to determine residents' views regarding the recent Referendum. It was also his understanding that there is some desire from the Village Board to look at the retail needs of the community through survey opportunities. General comments from the Village Board members included the following items: Several Board members felt that it was critical to see what attracts people to Mount Prospect and ensure the community remains viable and in order to determine what works it is likely necessary to ask the people. It was also suggested that the survey documents be prepared and analyzed by a survey professional. There were also comments regarding the projected Village identity and what the Village would like to accomplish from such surveys and theoretically what would be the next step. Assistant Village Manager Strahl stated that there can be several ways to approach residents through surveying. One method is to survey residents on a specific service; i.e., Police services, and utilize those results for discussion of the value of services provided. He also stated that part of the performance measurement project of comparing other municipal services includes a component that would require some input from the residents to compare against actual performance. General consensus of the Village Board members was to undertake drafting of a new residents' survey targeting residents who have recently moved to the community. It was also suggested that surveys be designed to target various municipal services to measure performance in providing those services. It was also suggested that some survey be undertaken to determine why people are attracted to Mount Prospect or another community in terms of home purchasing. Finally, it was recommended that some type of retail survey be undertaken to ask area residents about the attractiveness of retail in Mount Prospect. VI. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT None. Village Manager Janonis stated there was no need for a Closed Session that had previously been scheduled for this evening. VII. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Trustee Lohrstorfer inquired regarding the signboards that have recently been installed along Euclid informing drivers as to upcoming construction and he wanted to find out what the extent of the construction might be. Trustee Hoefert also pointed out that there is a significant pothole at the exit of Randhurst by Home Depot and there are extensive potholes along Central near the Public Library, which should get attention. VIII. ADJOURNMENT Since there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, DAVID STRAHL DS/roc Assistant Village Manager H:\GEl'ACow~Minutes\021301 COW Minutes.doc