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Home My WebLink About01/05/1960 VB minutes 427 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, JANUARY 5, 1960 The meeting was called to order at 8:18 P.M. by President roll call Lams. Upon roll call, the following trustees answered Present: Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. No one was absent. Village Clerk Reynolds asked that the entire body of Res. 29-59 be added to the minutes, and copies were distributed~ Trustee Airey, minutes seconded by Trustee Casterline, moved that the minutes of the meeting of December 15th be approved as amended, inc%uding Res. 29-59. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the fo~owing response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Norris and Schlaver. Pass, Trustee Gaw. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved that the bills of January 5, 1960 be approved as follows: General $ 22,725.65 Garbage 5,435.19 Parking System 114.20 Library 694.30 Motor Fuel Tax 1,824.38 Water 7,919.06 Surplus 477.90 $ 39,190.68 The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Norris, moved to advance temporarily from the General Fund the amount of $1,362.41 to the advance of Municipal Building Bond & Interest Fund, to cover bond and interest funds payments due on January l, 1960. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlav~r. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Gaw, seoonded by Trustee Ekren, moved to advance temporarily from the GeneraI Fund the amount of $582.66 to the Fire advance of Equipment Bond & Interest Fund Prior to 1959, to cover bond and interest funds payments due on January l, 1960. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Casterline, moved to advance temporarily from the General Fund the amount of $1,713.26 to advance of Special Assessment #60 for the Village's portion of Public Benefit funds First Installment. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Ekren, read and moved for the passageof Proposed Ordinance #701: AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING TRAFFIC TO STOP BEFORE ENTERING FOUNDRY ROAD FROM FOREST AVENUE AND Ord. #701 TO STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF PROSPECT MANOR Stop traffi, AND HIGHLAND AVENUE. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried and Ordinance #701 passed. January 5, 1960 Discussion was held regarding traffic patterns on Busse Traffic Avenue between the library and the bank, and on Emerson in front of around the bahk. Trustee Casterline offered to talk over with the bank Bank the board's intention of eliminating parking on these streets directly in front of their building. The Board approve~ of this; Trustee Casterline will report the outcome at the next meeting. Trustee Airey read proposed amendments and additions to the zoning code in regard to Industrial Zones~ and made the following Zoning Code motion, seconded by Trustee Ekren: "That the Board of Appeals should proposed hold a pablic hearing with respect to proposed amendment to subsections amendments A, B &nd D, and to add a new subsection F to Section 8, I-1 District of Industrial the Village of Mt. Prospect zoning ordinance." The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Schlaver, seconded by Trustee Casterllne, moved that Well ~8 the plans and specifications for pump and connecting main and equipment Pump and for Well #6 as prepared by the Village Engineers be accepted and approved. connecting The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the main following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Schlaver, seconded by Trustee Ek~en, moved that the bids for collecting main and equipment of Well #6 as specified in plans Well #8 and specifications as prepared by the Village Engineers and approved by bids this Board be opened on Tuesday, February 2nd, at 8:00 P.M. in the Village Hall, and that publication of notices of bids be authorized. The Presidaut put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekrren, Gaw~ Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Schlaver, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved that the Village Attorney be authorized %o pr~mre the necessary revenue bonds Well #6 ordinance and to take whatever action is necessary to obtain approval Water Revenue of a water revenue bond issue for Well #6. The President put the Bonds question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Norris stated that the Village Engineers have recom- Funk's Mount mended the acceptance of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water mains Prospect Gardens and paving improvements in Funk's Mount Prospec% Gardens Subdivision. subdivision - Trustee Norris the~ moved$ seconded by Trustee Schlaver, that the Board accept the sanitary sewers, water mains and paving improvements in this subdivision. Village Manager Appleby then asked the Board to withhold this approval at this time until other matters were cleared up that had just come to his attention. Trustee Norris and Trustee Schlaver then withdrew their motion. Trustee Ekren referred to a letter from Nasco Construction Co. who are building the shopping center at Rand and Central, in which Shopping Center %hey reques~ formal confirmation of permission for ex%ension of Rand & Central their building permit for an extra year, making it two years in all. This had been verbally agreed previously. Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Airey, then moved that the building permit of Nasco Construction Co. be extended to two years from the date of issuance. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: &yes, Trustees Airey, Casterllne, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Airey, seconded by Trustee Casterline, moved that the Foreclosure Village Attorney be directed and authorized to represent the Village Suit in Foreclosure Suit ~59-S-22714. The President put the question, the 59-S-22714 Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Where- upon the President declared the motion carried. January 5, 1960 Trustee Airey, seconded by Trustee Gaw, moved that the Brickman plat of Unit #B of Brickman Manor First Addition be referred to the Manor 1st Add~ Plan Commission for study and recommendation. This motion carried Unit #3 by acclamation. President Lams read a copy of a resolution regarding adjustment of tax collection methods this year by the County. Trustee Norris, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved for the adoption of Proposed Resolution #1-60: ~ A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LORENZ ~ PLAN OF Res. # 1-60 ISSUING AND COLLECTING ESTIMATED TAX BILL Tax collection BASED UPON ONE-HALF OF THE 1958 LIABILITY The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Board discussed the holding of a second New Citizens night, and decided that it should be held in the Village Hall Community Room on February 22nd. Trustee Norris, seconded by Trustee Airey, moved for adjournment, and the meeting was regularly adjourned at 9:41 P.M. January 5, 1960