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Home My WebLink About04/16/1996 CS minutes MAYOR GERALD L FARLEY TRUSTEES GEORGE A. CLOWES TIMOTHY J. CORCORAN RICHARD N HENDRICKS PAUL WM. HoEFERT MICHAELE W. SKOWRON IRVANA K. WILKS VILLAGE MANAGER MICHAEL E. JANoNIS VILLAGE CLERK CAROL A FIELDS LS2:\lM1fO&l!:. ~ @&'iJ~ \ - z,O-- D.L Village of Mount Prospect 1 00 South Emerson Street Mount Prospect. Illinois 60056 NEW AREA CODE 847 Phone: 708 / 392-6000 Fax: 708 / 392-6022 roo: 708 / 392-6064 MINUTES CLOSED SESSION APRIL 16, 1996 The Closed Session was called to order at 9:14 p.m., in the conference room of the Senior Citizens' Center, 50 South Emerson Street, for the purpose of discussing Personnel and Litigation. Present at the Closed Session were: Mayor Gerald L. Farley; Trustees George Clowes, Timothy Corcoran, Richard Hendricks, Paul Hoefert, Michaele Skowron, and Irvana Wilks. Also present were: Village Manager Michael Janonis and Assistant Village Manager David Strahl. Village Board members reviewed Minutes of the Closed Session from the April 2, 1996 meeting. The Minutes were approved unanimously by a roll call vote of Mayor Gerald Farley; Trustees Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron and Wilks. Personnel Mayor Farley distributed evaluation instruments for the Village Manager to all Board members. He asked that completed evaluation forms be returned to his office by April 30. Thereafter, the Mayor would summarize the results and review with Board members. Village Manager Michael Janonis informed Board members that negotiations with the Public Works Union were ongoing. Discussions were moving at an extremely slow pace. Mr. Janonis asked Board members to refrain from engaging in discussions with either Union members or the media. Village Manager Michael Janonis indicated that he was in the process of finalizing an offer for a Finance Director. Village Manager briefly reviewed the search process and indicated that all of the final candidates possessed the requisite skills to successfully fill the position. Village Managerinformed Board members that Fire Chief Ed Cavello had notified him that he was applying for the Fire Chiefs position in the Village of Winnetka. Mr. Janonis explained that Chief Cavello's interest in the Winnetka job was not because of dissatisfaction with Mount Prospect but rather represented an opportunity to enhance his income by retiring from Mount Prospect. drawing a pension and earning a salary as the Fire Chief of another community. Mr. Janonis indicated that this is a common practice among Police and Fire Chiefs and is perfectly allowable under current State law and pension rules. Brief discussion among the Board indicated that they would be sorry to see Chief Cavello go but they felt that offering the Chief a similar arrangement would not be in the best interest of the Village. Litigation Mr. Janonis updated Board members regarding the pendency of a Declaratory Judgment Suit against Concord Development for a proposed development on the unincorporated parcel at Wolf and Kensington Roads. Mr. Janonis indicated that his most recent discussions with Concord Development indicated that they had planned to withdraw their application before the City of Des Plaines and not proceed with the project. However, they were experiencing some difficulty because of certain contractual arrangements which they had with the property owner. Board members directed the Village Manager to monitor the situation closely and if there were any indication that the project was moving forward, he should immediately move to perfect the lawsuit. The Village Manager briefed the Board on the status of the Addison Court lawsuit. He indicated that attempts were still being made to have the property owners along Addison Court annex to the Village as part of the settlement that would see the Village fund a \; trV major portion of storm water improvements which would relieve periodic flooding in the ./ . \~...lL. area. The 1983 lawsuit is based on an inadequate storm water drainage system resulting in damage to certain properties on or abutting to Addison Court. Mr. Janonis reminded Board members that the Village was joined in the suit in the late 1980s when the Village forcibly annexed the area. While the Village had absolutely no hand in causing the flooding or worsening the condition, the Judge in the case had refused to dismiss the Village out. Mr. Janonis indicated he would keep Village Board members abreast of any new developments. Trustee Hendricks asked about the need for official Board action on the Concord Declaratory Judgment. After consulting with Village Attorney Buzz Hill, it was determined that it would be proper, in order to keep an element of surprise, to have the Board ratify the action of filing Suit at the next Board meeting immediately after said filing. There was no other business taken up during the Closed Session. On a Motion by Trustee Corcoran and Seconded by Trustee Hoefert, on a roll call vote, the Closed Session ended at 9:51 p.m. No action was taken or further business discussed. On a Motion by Trustee Wilks and Seconded by Trustee Clowes, the Board meeting adjourned at 9:53 p.m. M EJ/rcc ~ I~ /!!:1!J d\ ~~ @5 . OJ dQ!::!l d[? 2)~ I!!:s@