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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/09/1958 VB minutes MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES Pn~LD IN TEE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, MT. PROSPECT, ILLINOIS, ON TUESDAY, SEPT~24BER 9, 1958 The meeting was called to order at 8:17 P. M. by President Lams ~m~ the Clerk mas then directed to call the roll. On roll call, the following trustees answered "Present,: Airey, Broad and Norris. Absent: Casterline, Willer and Schlaver. Trustees Wilier and Schlaver appeared later during the meeting. Ail trustees having previously received copies of the minutes of the meeting held September 2, 1958, it was moved by Trustee Norris and seconded by ~T~.x~ustee Broad that the minutes be approved as submitted. The President D~X~ the question and the Clerk c~11ed the roll, with the following reapo~se: -Ayes: Trustees Airey, Broad and Norris. Nays: None. Absent: Casterline, Wilier, and Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried and said minutes approved as submitted. It was moved by Trustee At~ey end seconded by Trustee Norris that the list of bills in the amouut of $8,110.56 to be paid as of Bills September 9, 1958 be approved for payment. The President put the question and the Clerk called the roll with the following response: Ayes: Trustees Airey, Broad and Norris. Nays: None. Absent: Casterline, Willer and Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Village Clerk Reynolds presented a petition signed by six property owners in the vicinity of Central Road and Busse Road protesting the American zoning of the American Legion property to business, which was read Legion as follows: Property Protest "We the undersigned, as owners of more than twenty percent Petition (20%) of the property abutting end adjoining the following Case 58~15 described property and in accordance with Chapter 24, Section 73-8 of the Cities end Village Act of the Tlltnois Revised Statutes, do hereby register our protest to the proposed rezoning of the following described property from its present zoning, or R-1 Residence to B-3 Business.. Then followed the legal description of the property, as referred %o in Case 58-15. This petition was referred to the Clerk's file until the recommendations of the Zoning Board have been heard. Village N~-ager Appleby than read the following letter from Raymond Rosene: Ra~mond Rosene September 8, 1958 Streets Presidant and Board of Trustees cf the Village of Mt. Prospect Mt. Prospect, 711inois Gentlemen: I am enclosing herewith copies of several letters that have been written to me or that I have written. NaViag attended quite a few Village Board meetings oger a period of the last two years, it is m~ understanditg that mar~ streets in the Village of Nount Prospect have bee~ put in by special assessment. It is further m~ understan~t~E that whan a special assessment is levied, there is a public benefit accruing to those persons who find it necessary to pay the cost of special assessment. I find that the recent average of this public benefit is .some fifteen per cent (15%). After you have thoroughly checked over the correspondence that I have enclosed, I wo~ld like to volunteer a number of things that might solve m~ problem and cause the street in question to be paved. Considering the advantage that would accrue to me of s fifteen per cant (15%) public benefit, I would be willing to go along completely with the insta~lation o£ streets and am~ other needed improvemeuts by special assessments. I can assure you that the bonds issued to cover the costs of these improvements would be purchased by William Frisch Realty Company, Road Builders~ or I would be willing to provide the Village of Mo~nt Prospect with paid bills from the Road ~,~der showiug that I have paid for the installation of the necessary streets. September 9, 1958 I would 0~11 your attention to the letter dated May lb, 1957, from the firm of Consoer, To~msend & Associates, your Village Engineers, wherein they say, "As the writer stated to you, because of the relatively sm,11 amount of construction cost represented by these ~rovements, the preparation of detailed plans co~vering this work would be, in our o~inion, a needless additional em~onse. We feel that upon proper epproval by the Village of Mount Prospect of this procedure, construction line and grade can be established in t~sfield for your paving contractor". As one of the enclosed letters indicated, I was referred to your Village Engineers by your Village Manager. I have tried to conform to your requirements. I have had msr~ conferences with the proper party or parties in the Village of Mt. Preepect~ and even though some- t~E in excess of two years has gone by, I have yet to get a def~-~te to ~ relatively small problem. I would ag~ call yeur att- enrich to the fact that I am willing to ~upply the Vtllage with paid bills from the Read Builder or to put ug;~a performance end construction boud or to sub~it to special assessment proceedings. Zt is my opinion that the inst,llation of this street is in the public interest. I would appreciate ar~ ae~ion that you ms~ take that would make possible the compl~ion of this ~11 amount of paving at the ~inimum convenience and e~ense to al]~ p~ies Cencerned..~ I would a~k that this street be inst~lled to co~f0rm ~o the new pavement now under construction from Lonn~st P~rkw~ north. This ~avement does not have 1-11 surfacing but is 27~ from back to bank of curb. Yours very truly, $/ Rsymond A. Rosene, A.I.A. This matter has been refe~med to the Village Manager for Stud~.. Trustee Norris of the Street Committee outlined the back- ground leading up tO a decision of the Street Committee that the Village could not accept responsibility for the sewers ina~ch as it does not control the sewer system. Trustee Willer, who took kis seat during this discussion, stated that the sewers were almost immediately handed over to the Metropolitan Senitary District from Sewers the previous Jurisdiction of the Weller Creek Drainage District. Grewe Mr. ~_gene Grewe of ll3 N. Wave~ly was invited to comment about this matter, which was brough about by his request for reimbursement of e~enses incurred by him when he hooked on to a lateral from the street and found that part of the old pipe had to be replaced because it was far too small. Mr. Grewe was advised to take this matter up with the former commissioner of the Weller Creek Drainage District because these laterals were inst~l]ed about 30 years ago, when the Weller ~reek Dr_~.i-gae District controlled the sewers. Trustee Norris then made the following motion: "Inasmuch as most house service sewers or sewer laterals have been la~d by others than the Village, namely by private individuals, plumbers and subdividers, I move that the Village of Mt. Proepeot establish a policy of assu~ing no reeponsibility for such house service sewers from the m-~- to the house." This motion was referred to the Judiciary Co.~itteeto be prepared as a resolution with %he help of the Village ~ttoruey Crossing gates A report of a meeting with Mr. Stark of the Cook County Central Road Highw~ DeDt, regarding crossing gates at Central Road and Northwest Highws~ was made by President Lams, Turstee Airey and ~illaEe Manage A~pleby. Part of the deley was caused by an attemgt by. the Count~ to get Federal aid, but it appears as if plans wi// be submitted to the State and the bids w~11 be let within the next two weeks. ~nderground work w~.tl ~ossibly begin by Novemeber l, 1958,but comgleticn will probably not occur until next epring. Trustee Broad, seconded by ~rustee Willer, made the September §, 1958 ollowing motion:. "that 'the Village Attorney be directed to prepare an or~i-~aee presiding that all bw~l~ing be equipped With provision-for run.off of water,. The~resident put the Gutte~s~ question and the ~l~k ~atled the roll~ wit~ the following response: Ayes: Trustees At~ey, Broad, Norris, Wilier. Neys: None. Absent: Schl~ver and Oasterline. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. At the end of the meeting Mr. Dan Serafine spoke f~om ~he floor and said he would be glad to assist Trustee Broad in drafting such m~ or~1~amce, speaking as President of the Builders Association. Trmstee Broad brought ~ the subject of speed limit signs on Lincoln Street which have been posted by County County Highwey engineers. The residents ob~ct to a 35-mile per Highw~ hour limit in a residential area With school. Chief Whittenberg Speed said he is taking the matter ~p with the CoUnty but mean- signs while ~1~ put up our own 20 m.p.h, signs. I% was smggested that signs indicating slow speed when school is in session be l~osted. Truste~-~ire~ ~mov~d, seconded by Trustee W~er, that "that Village be authorised to purchase a metering machine, Pitney-Bowes Model 4250, for the price of $836.25". A discussion concern~ug the need for such a large postage metering mac.hine fellowed~ after which Trustee ~iller moved Postage that the mormon to purchase be tabled un~il a d~¢ision has Meter been reached by a committee appointed to I~E. imtolthe matter. The committee consisted of Trustees Broad, Norris and Airey. This motion was seconded by Trustee Bread, the President put the question, the Clerk called the roll with the following response: Ayes: Trustees Airey, Broad, Norres and Willer. Nays, none. Absent: Castertine and Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Airey, seconded by Trustee Wilier,made the following motion: "that the Treasurer's report for Jmly 31, 1~58 be approved end placed on file". The President put the question and the Clerk c~11ed the roll with t~e i~lowing response: Ayes: Trustees Airey, Broad, Norris, Willer and Schlaver. AbSent: Casterline. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the me'ion carried. Trustee Schlaver took his seat during the above discussion. Trustee Willer made the comment that the Village Treasurer, James King, had done a very fine job since taking Treasure~ o~er the office, and this was concurred in by ~11. King ~the Res~bdivision of Lot 1, Block 1 in Fr~-~ Serafine,s Frank Third Addition be referred to the Plan Comm~ion for stud~ and Serafine reco~endation". The President put the question and the Subdivision motion was carried by Accl~m~tion. Trustee Sehiaver, seconded by Trustee Norris, moved that "the V*~ge Manager be authorized to purchase fire hose in the amount of $l,262.50". The Bresidem~ put the Fire question, the Clerk c~11ed the roll, with the ~zllowing Hose response: Ayes: Trustees Airey, Broad, Ne~x-ls, Schlaver and Willer. Nays: None. Absent: Casterline. Whereupon ~he President declared the motion carried. Trustee Atrey asked if the Board had as yet established Deputy Clerk the office of deputy clerk. ~pon being assured that it was, Phyllis Gardner Village Clerk Reynolds suggested the appointment of Nfs. Ph~llis Gardner as deputy. Trustee Broad moved, seconded by Trustee Willer, that "Mrs. Phyllis Gardner be appointed as Deputy Clerk of the Village of Mt~ Prospect.~. The President put t~e.question, the Clerk called the roll, wit~ the f~llowing ~mse: Ayes: Trusteees! Airey, Broad, Norris, SchIaver and Willer. Nays: None. Absent: Casterline. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. September 9, 19~8 ewers on Village Manager Appleby reported that the State Highway S. Elmhurst Department ~n*ormed b~m that they will put the sewer beneath the No removal of street in South Elmhurst Road between Weller Creek and trees Street so that there will be no damage t~,~rees. Neanw e Council Trail und Pine Street will be used as detours. Prospect Manor Mr. Amundsen, 305 N. Prospect Avenue, spoke from the elm trees floor regerdimg the sewers to g~ in down his street. An appointment was made for him and the residents interested to meet with Mayor Lams and Nanager Apple~ the following Saturday to discuss where these sewers would be placed. There being no further business to come before the Board, it was moved by Trustee Willer and seconded by Turstee Bread that the meeting by adjourned. The President put the questio~ and the vote was t~ken by acclamation, wherempen the President declared the meeting regularly adjourned as of 10:11 P.M. t~ smbmitted, ~ E.R. Rey~~ September 9, 1958