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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/13/1961 VB minutes MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1961 President Schtaver called the meeting to order at 9:12 P.M. roll call with the following trustees present: Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Absent, Gaw. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved that the minutes minutes of the previous meeting of June 6 be approved as corrected. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Absent, Trustee Gaw. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved that bills for the week of June 1Bth be paid as follows: General $2,888.65 Garbage 2B.14 Library 15.00 bills LO Water, operations 3B?.74 ~0 Water Bond &Int 552.50 $3,815.06 The President put %he question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Absent, Gaw. Whereupon the President dec]a-ed the motion carried. Trustee Br~hl reported that the Special Committee on Insurance Insurance have received property appraisals from an insurance company; Village Oommitte~ Attorney has rough draft of their report; draft of their report is presently being typed and will be in the hands of the Finance Committee before June 30, to be presented to the Board early in July. The Finance Committee has requested the Village Treasurer to Garbage gather some information on the Garbage Collection service with the collectioz intention of completing study and giving recommendation withi~%hecn~xt BO days. Trustee Phillips reported that Well #6 has completed a 95-hour Well #6 run, and sample therefrom is now undergoing a bacteriological test. Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that arrangement as agreed upon between the Board of Trustees and Edward C. Hofert for Village services as attorney at an annual salary of $9,000 exclusive of work Attorney done in connectionwith-appeals to the Appellate and Supreme Courts, salary etc., be accepted and approved. The President put the question, the Clerk called the rull, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruht, Casterline, Ekren and~Phillips. Absent, Gaw. Whereupon the Presi- dent declared the motion carried. Following is letter from Edward C. Hofert upon which the preceding motion is based: Ma~ 2, 1961 President and Board of Trustees Village of Mount Prospect Attention: C. O. Schlaver, President Gentlemen: Re: Employment as Village Attorney In response to your inquiry, I would be most happy to serve the Village of Mount Prospect as its Village Attorney. The following are suggested terms of employment: An annual salary of $9,000 per year which would include all legal work exclusive of work done in connection with appeals to the Appellate and Supreme Courts, special assessments, work dcne in cnnnection with bond issues, local traffic and police cases, and matters which are not in the regular course of business. In each of the foregoing excepted instances, an agreed fee or rate June 13, 1961 216 0 Attorney will be submitted in accordance with normal Chicago Bar Association's Hofert (cont'd)schedule as to fees and rates, subject to your approval. salary It is understood that I will attend all Village Board meetings and make available one day each week for Village business in Mount Prospect, if such is desired. It is also understood that an informal time record will be maintained by me, which would serve as a guide for an annual review. The foregoing arrangement cam be made effective immediately should you and the Board of Trustees desire m~ employment. -- Yours very truly, s/ Edward C. Hofert Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved to con~ur Ke~dal A. in the appointment of Kendal A. Creeks as Village Prosecutor to Crooks-as Village represent the Village in the Police Magistrate's court and the Prosecutor court of the Justice of the Peace. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Ekren, Casterline and Phillips. Absemt, Gaw. Whereupon the President declared the metion carried. Trustee Ekren stated that Town Development Company has never Town Development Co. paid its water hook-on fees nor public improvement fees for Water hook-on fees WeGo Park Subdivisi&n, Units 1 and 2. He referred to letter from Attorney Downing of December 22 as follows: December 22, 1960 Town Development Com~r~ny ~415 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago, Illinois Attn: Leuis Kline Gentlemen: ~ Re: Town We-Go Unit No. 1 and No. 2 I have been requested by the Judiciary Committee of this Village of Mount Prospect to write to you concernin~ moneys which are due and payable to the Village of Mount Prospect on the following basis: Pursuant to Section 29.110 Water hook-on fee - Unit No.1 - 6Y lots at $25.00 $1,675.00 Unit No.2 - 83 lots at $25.00 .. 2,075.00 $3,750.00 Ordinance #302~ Sec. 6 Public Improvement Fee - Umit No. 1 $1,306.29 Unit No. 2 1,534.24 $6,590.53 We would appreciate your immediate attention to this matter __ and request that payment he made directly to the Village of Mount Prospect in order that this matter might be cleared. If there are a~y questions, kimdlyadvise. Sincerely, s/ Robert J. Downing June 13, 1961 Trustee Ekren then read the reply from Town Development Company: December 27, 1960 Town Develo~ ment Co. Ruskin~ & Downing (cont'd) 105 S~~ La. Salle St. Chicago 3, I~linois Attn: Mr. R. J. Downing Gentlemen: Re: WeGo Park Unit gl and Unit #2 Pursuant to your letter of December 22, 1960, I wish to call your attention to the fact that this matter was thoroughly discussed at the time Messrs. Appleby, Lame, Downing, Klein and Tuber had a meet~ug at Mr. Downing's office, shortly after Mr. Appleby became Village Manager and Mr. Downing became Village Attorney. It was understood and agreed that the hharges you are calling for were not due and owim~ the Village of Mt. Prospect, and that the only charge that was due and owing was in reference to Unit #B, where you called for $25 per. lot for water hook-on fees. We have adhered to our agreement and we have made our last payment for Unit The meeting that I refer to took place some time in 1957 and I am certain that if the persons present will go back in their memories or any notes that they have available from that meeting they will find that I am correct. I am at a loss to. understand why, after some three years, this matter is being opened for discussion. I know you gentlemen are we~l aware that whenever we have made any agreements with the Village that we have executed same without delay. Gentlemen, I am certain there has been some oversight here and I feel that after due consideration you. will acknowledg'e that I am correct. Our Mr. Klein is out of town at ~resent and I expect him to return some time after the 10th of January, 1961; this being the reason that I am answering your correspondence. Very truly yours, TOWN DEvELOPmENT COMPANY Juli&n F. Tuber Letter from Robert J. Downing, December 29th, 1960 made reference to the above letter, stating that he had checked his file and could not loca~e any memoranda concerning this meeting; that he did not recall the specific subject matter of above-mentinned discussion, asking if any of the other parties present might recall specifically this discussion; if so, kindly advise comrse of action to pursue. Trustee Bickley, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved that the Village Attorney be instructed to institute proceedings to collect amounts due and owing for water hook-on fees and 1% public improvements fees for Units I and 2, We Go Park Subdivision. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. ~.~ Trustee Bickley gave the Police Committee report, stating Police Co,mitt that work is still continuing on the Kantor homicide, case; that on report Monday an automobile stolen at 9:48 A.M. was recovered eight minutes later; that the public be advised to procure their dog tags within the next two weeks as drive will begin to see that all dogs are licensed. Trustee Ekren reported that his committee had met with committee from Prospect Meadows and the Northwest Homewwners group and the Annexation representatives from the Brickman property north of Foundry Road Brickman at Rte. 12 to come to agreement re zoning of this property. Trustee Oasterline, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved to authorize the Village Manager to employ the Village Engineers for drainage the purpose of looking into any trouble spots that have arisen within the Village limits regarding drainage. The President put the question, June lB, 1961 the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Brnhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Absent, Gaw. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. President Schlaver read annual Appropriation from the Library, which tcalled $55,000, and read their report as follows: Annual Library Report June 6, 1~61 Report of the Mount Prospect Public Library Library services continued to expand during 1960-61. Total circulation was 18B,288; an increase of 21,206 over the previous year. Added to this should be the large number of books and periodicals consulted in the library of which no statistical record is kept. 2,348 books were added to the collection; lB records, which included courses in shorthand and typing. Total number of books available is now 23,410, plus the loan collection of almost 2,000 volumes from Chicago Public Library. We receive 79 periodicals and ~ newspapers. There are 10,488 b~rrowers' cards in active use, plus 394 non-resident family cards for which a fee of $3.50 is charged. This non-resident fee has been raised as of now, to become effective as cards expire, te $7.50 per year. This is the rate charged by the Des Plaines Library and is less than that charged by many libraries in the area. It reflects the cost of the new building and helps to equalize the expense to residents and non-residents. Details of financial expenditures a~e on the attached form, a copy of which has been filed with the State Librarian. Book par- chases had to be curtailed ~because cf lack of space to shelve them. Necessary maintenance has been cared for and the building is in excellent physical shape considering its ten years' hard use. It is planned te redecorate after alterations are completed and this is part cf our contract with the architects. Approximately 4,000 children were enrolled in the Summer Reading Club and did some reading. 1,094 completed the requirements of 8 books for Grades 1 to 4 and 12 books for Grades 5 to 8. These children were entertained at a special movie program given on three afternoons at the Prospect Theater at which admission was by invi- tation only. A Story Hour for pre-schoolers is held twice a menth. The big project, of course, was the passing of the referen- dam for a $19~,000 bond issue. The help of the Friends of the Library, who financed the cost cf the brochure, provided ~peakers at various organization meetings and in many ways assured the success of the electi m~ cannot be too highly praised. The Library Board is indeed grateful to them and to the many individuals who helped; and last, but by no means least, to the members of the Village Board who gave freely of time and support. Frequent meetings are now being 'held with the arehi%~ets and 'it is hoped that by September work will actually get umder way. Temporary partitions and heat will be provided se that it is hoped that at least partial service can be continued all during the con- struction period. Yours very truly, s/ Dorothy W. Kester June t3, 1981 2,63 President Schlaver read the following letter: June 12, 1961 Weller Mr. C. O. Schlaver, Village President Creek Village Hall, Mount Prospect, Ill. Dear President Schlaver: As Safety and ~qelfare Committee Chairman of the West Mount Prospect Civic Organization and as Chairman of the Westbrook School P.T.A. Safety Committee, I and members of m~ committee wish to extend our heartfelt appreciation for the sfforts of both the Village Attorney, Mr. Ed Hofert, and Trustee, Mr. Harry Bruhl, for their outstanding efforts in the pursuance of the covering of Weller Creek. I am sure everyone is aware of the continuing efforts of Mr. Bruhl during the past year, but it is certainly highly commendable that these efforts and the outstandiag job of Village Attorney Ed Hofert bore fruit with the passing cf House Bill 151Y by the House Appropriations Committee last Tuesday night. It was obvious to all of us present that Attorney Ed Hofert had done an excellent Job to get the approval of the Appropriations Committee for said bill. We certa~ly feel that his efforts should not go without recognition on the part of our Organization. I might personally add that the above action seems to be a reflection of a significant and profound change in the effectiveness of the Village Administration as pertains to matters which directly concern residents of Mount Prospect. I personally f~el that both yourself and all the members of the present board are doing an excellent job of representing the needs of our growing community. Sincerely, Thomas J. Lynam, Chairman West Mt. Prospect Safety & Welfare Committee, Safety Committee, Westbrook P.T.A. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that the Village go on record with the County in regard tc Zoning Docket 200 as County follows: The Village objects to the proposed rezoning on the basis Zoning that the proposed site (at Elmhurst and Algonquin Roads) will be used to serve liquor in a direct line and close proximity to the Forest View High School. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Absent, Gaw. ~hereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved that the Sunset Hts. Village accept the improvements, namely, sewer, paving and water, by Sub. - the developers of Sunset Heights Subdivision in Lonnquist Boulevard, improvement: from on~-half blsck east cf Nawata to one-half block west of See Gain. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motinn carried. PreSident Schlaver referred the matter of permission to Robert Street E. Kinney to plant privet hedge along sidewalk on Village property Committee between Busse and Cleven Streets to the Street Committee. President Schlaver referred to letter from C. ~. & A. dated Louis Munao' June 6 re Louis Munao's First Subdivision, #59-51 as follows: 1st Sub. June 6, 1961 Dear Mr. Appleby: Re: Louis Munao's First Subdivision C.T.&A. #59-51 We have, as you know, recently had-conversations with Mr. Louis Munao in regard to the completion of the surfacing of the streets in the referenced subdivision. June lB, 1961 ouis Munao's It has been o~r policy in the past to defer final surfacing 1st Sub (cont'd) of streets pending the completion o f all heavy home construction. (south of Creek) In the case of this Subdivision, it was Mr. Munao's intent, when he first began development, to complete the homes before requesting final surfacing. Mr. Munao has had limited success in his home~ sales on this project and has now decided~ to sell the property' as lots 'to individuals. He advises that this will probably be a prolonged program extending over three or four years. Mr. Muna6 is presently completing all work on sidewalks in the subdivision, planting trees, and putting in black dirt on the parkways. He has requested that the final sur- facing of the streets be done, so that he may close out his escrow account with the Village and also render the lots in the subdivision to a more salable condition by virtue of the completed surfacing of streets. We have discussed this with Milburn Brothers who hold the paving contract on this project, and they advise that if completion of sur- facing is deferred beyond this paving season, that additional money will be requested by them for additional restoration of streets, as well as for increased labor and material costs in the intervening time. Tn this present situation, if past practice is adhered to, it is impossible to say when the surfacing of streets could be done in vi*~ of the uncertain status of sales on this pro~ect, and the prospect that it may be three or four years hence before all homes are built on these lots. Such a long delay in addition to creating a financial problem will no doubt create an inconvenience to the present and near future residents of the subdivision. Therefore, there seems to be no good choice except to permit the surfacing of streets. If this is done, it would, therefore, be in the Village's interest to require that applicants for building permits on this project be required to post an ample cash deposit to guarantee against street damages. Mr. Munao advises that he would be willing ts comply to such -- a deposit request for any lots which he subsequently builds upon and will make this requirement known to any parties to whom he sells lots. If the Village is in accord with the above, we will arrange for completion of surfacin~ of the streets. Very truly yours, William J. Cadigan Consoer, Townsend & Associates This matter was referred to the Village Attorney for action. Randhurst Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that the sewers Village Manager be authorized to sign Sanitary~ District Permit to connect sanitary sewers from Randhurst, on behalf of the Village. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Absent, Gaw. ~hereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved that the R-4 Zoning Zoning Board of Appeals be requested to hear Case 51-14, Amendment to District Residential Zoning, which would add the R-~ District, at their next regular meeting. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bic~ley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Mr. Orlando Calametteo, representing the M. P. Country Club, M.P. Country arose and referred to letter by the Club in which it was stipulated Club - liquor that liquor license should not be.considered in fixing the price of the Club during condemnation suit by the Park,'and again asked for liquor license from the Village. Attorney Rofert replied that such stipulation' should be addressed to th~ Park Board and is no concern of the Village. Some conversation followeSi in which Trustee Bickley read signed statement by Charles Payne, President, of the Park Board, wherein Mr. Payne charged that Mr. Calametteo had visited him in his home on Sunday last and made threats regarding his name, his home and his Job. June lB, 1961 2:65:1: Trustee Bickley then asked Mr. Calametteo why~;'he had not shown up at the Village Rall on Monday night and explained these charges to the Police Co~ittee. Mr. Calametteo replied that he misunderstood the date to be this night, Tuesday; that Mr. Payne had given the wrong slant to his remarks, that he, Mr. Calametteo, had been wrongly indicted by the newspapers. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that the Village Attorney be instructed to prepare an ordinance allowing for one additional Class B liquor license. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, none. Nays, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren and Phillips. Absent, Gaw. Whereupon the President declared the motion defeated. The meeting was adjourned by acclamation at lO:4B P.M. Respectfully submitted, R~th C. Wilson, Clerk June t3, 1961