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Home My WebLink About11/24/1959 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, VILLAGE OF MGUNT PROSPECT, NOVEMBER 24, 1959 The meetiug was called to order at 8:12 P.M. by President Lams. Upon roll call, the following trustees answered present: Airey, Caster- roll call line, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved that the minutes of the meeting of November l?th be approved as corrected. The President minutes 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 Ekren, moved that the bills of November 24th be approved for payment as follows: General $5,2BB.11 Garbage 12?.04 bills Water 4,934.14 $10,294.29 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 Airey, moved that the financial report for the month of October be approved and placed on file. The October President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following financial response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Norris, Gaw and report Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Casterline brought up the subject of lease agreement with Lattof Car Rental, Inc. regarding the four police cars used by the Lattof Village. Mr. Appleby read proposal from the above-mentioned firm, which agreement proposal included new Chevrolet automobiles for one year, fully maintained with tires, oil change and greasing, regular gasoline for a temporary police car period, no insurance, no add oil, wa§hing or storage. Price per month rental per vehicle, including gasoline, $$01.72. It was verbally agreed by Lattof Car Rentals, Inc. that this contract could be renewed in writing in a year. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Gaw, moved that the lease agreement of Lattof Car Rental, Inc., in their letter of November 7, 1959 be approved and accepted. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Gaw, Ekren, Norris and Schlaver. Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Casterline reported that the P~lice Pistol Shoot was fairly successful in tha~ out of the various municipalities participating, Police our boys placed third; Arlington and Des Plaines first and second, in pistol that order. Two of the ~en from our Department won turkeys. The Board shoot congratulated the Police Department on their skill. Trustee Gaw gave a report on an electrical survey made of the municipal building, giving his recommendation for repairs and installation. After a short discussion, Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Schlaver, moved that the electrical contractor, Charles R. McDonald, draw specifications Electrical for this improvement to take care of present needs, and that the Village wiring - Manager be authorized to advertise for bids upon receipt of these speci- Village fications. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with.the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, Norris and Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. 11-24-59 Trustee Norris referred to the memo from Manager Appleby re Street improvement of streets by special assessment, contained in last improvement week's minutes. Some discussion followed, in which the majority by special decided to add to the improvements described therein; Wm. Cadigan, assessment engineer for Consoer, Townsend & Associates, agreed to make any engineer- lng recommendations. Whereupon Trustee Norris, seconded by Trustee Gaw, made the following motion: That Consoer, Townsend & Associates prepare a preliminary estimate on the various special assessment projects mentioned in the memo, including the following additions: Pine Street running north from Northwest Highway one block, 2?', Bl' and $6' wide; Lincoln Avenue, 2?', Bl' and B6' wide, Forest Avenue from Northwest Highway to MacArthur Drive, and for 2?' width on George and Albert Streets. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Nays, Trustee Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. I-Zoning Revision of Sec. 8, 1-Industrial District of the zoning ordinm~ce as drafted by the Village Attorney was referred to the Judiciary Committee for future consideration. President Lams read~the~fcllowtng memo from the Village Manager: Connectinns Our Municipal Code does not require houses to be connected to sewers to sewers where sewers are available. To the best of our knowledge, when the Northwest Meadows Sewer Special Assessment proSect is completed all areas of the Village will have se~ers available. It is our belief that where sewers are available they should be used, and it is our recommendation that the Municipal Code~be amended to make house connections to them mandatory. This question was referred tothe Street Committee for study and recommendation. Trustee Norris, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved to open and read returns of the Library Bond Issue Referendum. This motion carried by acclamation and CIerk Reynolds read the returns as follows: Election returns Precinct #1 Precinct #2 Library addition Yes 29B Yes 2?6 No 356 No 237 Total Yes 574 No 593 Trustee Airey, seconded by Trustee Casterline, then moved that the Board accept the results of the Library Referendum for Bond Issue held on November 21st and the totals officially noted, and that the Bond Issue did not carry, by a majority of 19 votes. The President put the question and the 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. The matter of the racket picketing ordinance was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Proposed Trustee Schlaver read a proposed ~solution which in effect welcome to would extend a welcome to light industry to the V~llage, stating that light he would,like to encourage annexations of property for this purpose. industry After some discussion, President Lams referred this to a special committee, composed of Trustees Casterline, Gaw and Schlaver. November 24, 1959 Village Manager Applebyread a letter from the Volunteers of America, a non~rof~ organization, asking that they be allowed to place a man in a San~a Claus suit at a spot iu the business section of town Solicitation to solicit funds, for one day. He also read a letter ~om the Better of funds for Business Bureau substantiating the fact that this organization raises charity funds mainly for hospitalized veterans and their families. T~ustee Norris, seconded by Trustee Schlaver, moved that the request of Volunteers of America be granted, and this motion carried by acclamation. Village Manager Appleby stated that stop s~ns were being placed along Foundry Road at Eastwood, Fairview and Prospect Manor and Forest st~ signs Avenue; also 4-way st~ signs at Prospect Manor and Highland, on a trial basis. Mr. Michael Mokate of Northwest Homeowners' arose and asked that something be done about putting sidewalks in on Elmhurst Street north of sidewalk Central, east side of streW. It was pointed out that this land is the Elmhurst St private property~ the Haberkam~familyand the cemetery belongs to St. Paul Church, and that no land was ever dedicated for public use. However, because the property is used quite extensively by pedestrians, President Lams referredthe question to the Street Committee. Trustee Airey, seconded by Trustee Castertine, moved for adjournment and the meeting was regularly adjourned at 10:24 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Eo Robert Re~ November 24, 1959