HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/19/1954 VB minutes 41 5 V MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTES, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL
BUILDING, MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS
ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1954
The meeting was called to order by President Lams
at 8 :15 P.M. and the Clerk was then directed to call the roll.
On roll call the following Trustees answered "Present ":
Ibbotson, Viger, Wilson, Willer, Wright and Schlaver. Absent:
None.
The minutes of the meeting held October 5th were then
read. A motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wright,
that the minutes be approved as read. The President put the
question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following imme
response: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President
declared the motion carried, and said minutes approved as read.
A motion was made by Trustee Schlaver, seconded by
Wright, to approve the additional bills for the month of
September, as approved by the Finance Committee, and that pay-
ment be made with the exception of the bill of Wood Electric Co.,
covering the traffic signals at main and Central Road. The
President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the
following response: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the
President declared the motion carried.
A letter under date of October 13, from the Chicago
Heart Association, requesting permission to hold their Heart
Fund Drive on Sunday, February 27, 1955, was then read. A
motion was made by Trustee Wright, seconded by Schlaver, that
the request be grznted. The motion was voted upon by acclamation,
whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
A motion was then made by Trustee Viger, seconded by
Wright, to approve for payment the final bill of the Keno Construction
Co., Inc., covering 1953 Water Works Improvements, Contract No. 2,
in the amount of $2,151.06; this bill, having been previously
approved and recommended for payment by the Village Engineers.
The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll with
the following response: Ayes: All; Nays: None.. Thereupon the
President declared themotion carried.
A proposed inspection agreement between the American
LaFrance Foamite Corp. and the Villageof Mount Prospect was
then read. A motion was made by Trustee Viger, seconded by
Willer, that the agreement be accepted and that the President
and Village Clerk be authorized to sign, on behalf of the
Village. The President put the question, theClerk called the
roll, with the following results: Ayes: All; Nays: None.
Thereupon the President declared the motion carried.
A motion was then made by Trustee Wright, seconded by
Willer, that the Public Service Company be authorized to install
street lights at the additional locations of 1. Milburn St. and
See -Gwen, 2. Milburn St. and We -Go, 3. We -Go and Pendleton Place,
4. Maple St. and Lincoln St., 5. Council Trail and Maple St.,
61 Council Trail and Elm St., 7. Council Trail and Wille St.,
8. Berkshire Lane and Wille St., 9. Berkshire Lane and Main St.,
10. Berkshire Lane and Emerson, 11. Berkshire Lane and Maple,
12. Berkshire Lane andElm, 13. School St. and Henry Ave., 14.
School St. and Central Rd., 15. School St. and Thayer St., 16.
Candota and Busse, 17. Candota and Evergreen, 18. Candota and
Milburn, 19. Dale and Northwest Hwy., 20. Mac Arthur and North-
west Hwy., 21. Isabella and Dale, 22. Isabella and Mac Arthur,
23. Gregory andDale, 24. Gregory and Mac Arthur, 25. Gregory and
Oak, 26. Isabella and Oak, 27. Memory Lane and Oak, 28. Memory
Lane and Mac Arthur, 29. Memory Lane and Dale, 30. Isabella and
Forest. The President put the question, the Clerk called the
roll, with the following response: Ayes: All; Nays: None.
Thereupon the President declared the motion carried.
A motion was then made by Trustee Wilson, secondedby
Willer, to authorize the expenditure of a sum, not to exceed
$325.00, for the cost of a survey of Weller Creek Drainage
Ditch, as outlined by Consoer, Townsend & Assoc., in their letter
of October 18, 1954. The President put the question, the Clerk
calledthe roll, with the following response: Ayes: All; Nays: October 25, 1954
None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried.
A motion was made by Trustee Viger,
seconded by Schlaver, that the special permit gran 4451
Miss Audrey Lukas, to operate a dancing school at 301
S. Wille St., be revoked, effective as of November
1, 1954, and that the Village Clerk be instructed to so
inform Miss Lukas. The President put the question, the
Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes:
All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the
motion carried.
A motion was then made by Trustee Wilson,
seconded by Willer, that the corrected plans, as sub-
mitted by Revere Engineering Co., and approved by
Consoer, Townsend and Associates, covering Sewers, Water
mains, and house services, for J. A. Weber's Sub-
division be approved. The motion was voted upon by
acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion
carried.
A motion was then made by Trustee Wilier,
seconded by Wilson, that the Building Committee be
instructed to issue building permits, as requested by
Brickman Home Builders, for homes on Russell St., be-
tween Memory Lane and Highland Ave., subject to the
requirements of all Mount Prospect Ordinances. The
motion was voted upon by acclamation, with Trustee
Wilson voting Nay. Thereupon the President declared
the motion carried.
Ordinance No. 417, entitled "AN ORDINANCE
VACATING PORTIONS OF STREETS AND ALLEYS IN RANDVIEW
HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION IN THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT,
ILLINOIS ", was then read. A motion was made by Trustee
-^' Willer, seconded by Viger, that this ordinance be
passed. The President put the question, the Clerk callec
the roll, with the following response: Ayes: All; Nays:
None. Thereupon the President declared the motion
carried, and said ordinance passed and approved.
A letter under date of October 12, from Mr.
Paul Gendel was then read. this letter requesting
foreclosure prodeedings to be instituted by the Village
for delinquent general taxes and special assessments,
covering lOt 129 in H. Roy Berry Company's Colonial
Manor. A motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded
by Wilson, that the Village Attorney be authorized to
prepare a resolution to foreclose lein of special
assessments, subject to the approval of Leonard Meade.
The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the
President declared the motion carried.
A letter was then read under date of October
19, from Fleetwood Homes, Inc., requesting a foreclosure
of special assessments on lot 13 in block 24 in the sub-
division of blocks 15, 16, 24 and 25 in Busse's
Eastern Addition to Mt. Prospect. A motion was then
made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wright, that the
Village Attorney be authorized to prepare a resolution
to foreclose a lien of special assessments on this
property, subject to approval of Leonard Meade. The
motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the
President declared the motion carried.
The following petition was then read:
ANNEN AND BUSSE4 INC.
October 18, 1954
The Honorable, Theodore Lams
President of the Board of Trustees
Vill a_ a of Mt. Prospect
Mt. Prospect, I11.
Dear Sir:
The undersigned Ruth Busse, Edward J. Busse and
William N. Annen are the owners of a certain lot
October 25, 1954 located on the north side of the Northwest Highway
between Louis Street and Edward Street in Mt.
Prospect, Illinois, legally described as follows:
Lot 33 in Block 22 in the Resubdivision
,.o of Lot 7, in Block 21, lots 12 to 19 both inclu-
4 5 b sive in Block 22 and lots 12 and 13 in Block
23, in Busse +s Eastern Addition to Mt.
Prospect in the East a of Section 12, Town 41,
Range 11, East of the Third Principal Meridian
in Cook County, Illinois.
We request that your consideration be given to rezoning the
above described parcel from Residential (R -1) to Business (B -1).
Respectively submitted,
(S) Ruth Busse
Edward J. Busse
William N. Annen
A motion was then made by Trustee Willer, seconded by
Wilson, that this petition be referred to the Zoning Commission, PI
for the holding of a public hearing, and the recommendations then
to be submitted to the Board of Trustees. The motion was voted
upon by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion
carried.
Ordinance No. 418, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE VACATING FOREST
AVE. BETWEEN ISABELLA STREET AND GREGORY STREET IN THE VILLAGE OF
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS" was then read. A motion was made by
Trustee Willer, seconded by Schlaver,that this Ordinance be passed.
The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll with the
following response: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President
declared the motion carried and said ordinance passed and approved.
Ordinance No. 4.19, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AMMENDING
SECTION 7 OF CHAPTERS, OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT BUILDING CODE OF 1938"
was then read. A motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by
Ibbotson, that this ordinance be passed. The President put the
question, the Clerk called the with the following response:
Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion
carried and said ordinance passed and approved.
Ordinance No. 420, entitied, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER
6 OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT BUILDING CODE OF 1938" was then read. A
motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Viger, that the
Ordinance be passed. The President put the question, the Clerk called
the roll, with the following response: Ayes: All; Nays: None. There-
upon the President declared the motion carried, and said ordinance
passed and approved.
Ordinance No. 421, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
16.1 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT BUILDING CODE OF 1938" was
then read. A motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wilson,
that this ordinance be passed. The President put the question, the
Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes: All;
Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried,
and said ordinance passed and q) proved.
Ordinance No. 422, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
2 OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT BUILDING CODE OF 1938" was
then read. A motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by
Wright, that the ordinance be passed. The President put the question,
The Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes: All;
Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried,
and said ordinance passed and approved.
Letters under date of October 14, from Mr. Edward J.
Callahan, Attorney, and under date of October 18, from Chicago
Title & Trust Co. regarding a petition for rezoning of the
property of the Town Development Co. were then read. A motion
was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Viger, that these two °""
letters be referred to the Zoning Commission for their study mad
comments. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon
the President declared the motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the
meeting, a motion was made by Trustee -Ibbotson, seconded by
Willer, that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon
by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion carried
and the meeting regularly adjourned.
October 25, 1954