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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/09/1995 COW minutes MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MAY 9, 1995 I. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Gerald Farley called the meebng to order at 7 32 p m Present at the meeting were. Mayor Gerald L Farley, Trustees George Clowes, T~mothy Corcoran, R~chard Hendncks, Paul Hoefert, M,chaele Skowren and Irvana W~lks Also present at the meeting were V~llage Manager Michael Janon~s, Assistant Village Manager Dawd Strahl, Commumcat~ons Administrator Cheryl Pasahc, Human Services D~rector Nancy Morgan, Enwronmental Health Coordinator Robert Roels and Community Development D~rect0r Wilham Cooney I1. MINUTES Acceptance of the M~nutes from April 25, 1995 Mobon made by Trustee VV~lks and Seconded by Trustee Corcoran to approve M~nutes Trustee Wilks requested some revisions to the M~nutes M~nutes were approved as rewsed ~ Trustee Hendncks abstained from accepting the Minutes III. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD Resident Ralph Hillenbrand, 1318 Mallard Lane, spoke He commented upon the · Shopping Cart Ordinance and suggested other stores take the lead of AId~ where ~t charges a deposit for the carts and returns the deposit once the carts are returned to the store He also requested some mformabon on the trees which were cut down on bnneman.Road as part of the reconstrucbon project He questioned whether the trees were on an easement or on res~denbal property on the east s~de of the street He thought the trees could bb replanted Manager Janonis responded to Mr. H,Ilenbrand's comments by stabng that the new Ordinance concerning shopping carts is designed to get businesses' attention and cooperation tn resolving the situation and he will continue to be open to d~scuss the shopping cart s~tuatmn w~th any store which may be interested Concerning the trees which were removed as part of the reconstruction projected, he stated he would check into ~t and get back to Mr, H~llenbrand concerning whether the ~ ~ trees were ~n shape to be transplanted or had to be removed IV. NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SENIOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES- MOUNT PROSPECT PLAN Th~s Program ~s a regional effort by Northwest Community Hospital to ~denbfy and allewate possible gaps in sen~or healthcare dehvery systems throughout the region The request of the V~llage ~s to provide space and a telephone to be ubhzed by Mount Prospect residents to request th~s assistance through the hospital group Maureen Comeaux, Director of Senior Services for Northwest Community Hospital, spoke She stated that the growing senmr populabon m the northwest suburban area has necessitated the need to identify spe=fic needs of the sen~ors and encourage sen~ors to stay healthy so that their health does not determrate to the point where extensive medical care is necessary To coordinate this activity, a Semor Adwsory Coun~l would be formed to educate and coordinate volunteer assistance and d~ssemmate vanous informabon on services to sen~ors Th~s program ~s designed to be a three-year program by the Adwsory Council By the end of the third year, it ~s beheved that the network w~ll be in place to provide the necessary services and address the needs idenbfied by the area sen~ors General comments of the V~llage Board included the following ~tems The space provided would be a part-bme space within the Senior Center where residents would call and talk to the senmr advocates who represent the volunteers The community residents are the persons who determine the services necessary through their Input and through ubhzatmn of this advocate The V~llage would remain Impartial and not endorse Northwest Commumty Hospital d~rectly through cooperabon ~n th~s program Diane Lewandowsld, of the Senior Healthcare Advisory Council, spoke She sa~d the program ~s designed to assist In meeting the needs of the sen~ors by rewewmg what exists now and what needs to be added to fulfill any gaps m service to the senmrs The group will work with any and all available groups and is not intended to supplant the Village's Human Servlcas Department by c?mp, etmg ~n service delivery w~th them Human Services Director Nancy Morgan spoke She stated she welcomed such a cooperative effort so that services can be more extensive which are prowded to area semors She also stated that the three-year commitment of the V~llage ~s a commitment for the office space only. Angela Volpe, 15 South George, spoke She asked who would be responsible for hab~hty ~f one of the advocates Is injured dunng the performance of their dubes Maureen Comeaux stated that the Northwest Community Hospital would be hable for such ~njury General consensus of the Village Board wes to enter into a cooperative effort with the Northwest Community Hospital Senior Healthcare Services Program and provide the requested office space for the three-year period. CABLE TV CITIZEN SURVEY FORM Communications Administrator Cheryl Pasalic provided a general overview to the Village Board members of the background and the necessity of the Community Survey She stated that th~s Survey is required as part of the renewal process and it ~s necessary to offer the wntten survey opportunity to every residence and business m the community She stated that she has liberally borrowed mformatmn and questmns from other communities m preparatmn of th~s survey instrument She stated it Is ~mportant to receive the ~nput from the residents to determine what they want to see on t v and measure service level She stated that there has been field tesbng of the survey itself The survey Is just about ready to be sent out to community residents She is looking and hoping for approximately a 10% return rate General comments by the V~llage Board ~ncluded the following ~tems The budgeted cost of the survey was approximately $2,000 which ~ncluded pnnbng and postage The survey package would include a business return envelope w~th the survey to encourage return to the V~llage Additional suggesbons from the V~llage Board members ~ncluded cons~derabon of ~ncentlves to residents for returning a completed survey, Manager Janonls stated that as part of the performance-based customer service budgeting program that the V~llage ~s embarking upon, this survey ~s the first of other surveys which w~ll undoubtedly be used ~n the future to determine service needs and ~nputs General consensus 0fthe Village Board westo move forward with the survey once staff has completed the necessary preliminary work. VI ANIMAL TRAP PROGRAM In the past, the V~llage has been lending out ammal traps to various residents m order to trap animals hve which may be a nuisance Unfortunately, as part of our renewal process for our Release Permit w~th the Cook County Forest Preserve D~stnct, it was determined that we are ~n wolabon of the Permit restncbons The V~llage staff ~s requesting the Board consider terminating the program m which the Vdlage lends traps to residents but sbll provide a hst of available area vendors who are capable of meebng the requirements of the Cook County Forest Preserve D~stnct permit Community Development Director William ¢ooney provided a general outhne as to the h~story of the program and how the program ~s currently being utd~zed He also esbmated that ~n order to comply w~th the Permit restrictions, ~t would require approximately one-half day of staff t~me per animal which was trapped and s~nce there has been a hm~ted number of residents which have benefitted from the use of the traps, he ~s recommending the Vdlage Board consider termmabng the program at th~s t~me However, he also stated that the V~llage could assist residents m unusual c~rcumstances General consensus of the Vdlage Board was to terminate the Animal Trap Program whereby the Village no longer lends traps to residents for residential use to trap nuisance animals. Vii. LINE OF SUCCESSION AS PART OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Dunng the recent D~saster Preparedness rewew, Board members felt there needed to be clanficabon as to succession of Officers ~n the event of an emergency. Mayor Farley stated that he ~s satisfied w~th the rews~ons to the Ordinance and D~saster Plan relating to a dear hne of succession m the event of an emergency General comments of the V~llage Board included a suggesbon to revise the succession to the Mayor language It was requested that the word "may" be replaced w~th the word "shall" whereby the V~llage Board would be required to meet and dec~de who would be designated as the Mayor ~n the Mayor's absence Th~s change ~s ~ntended to confirm or appoint the Mayor's replacement ~n the event of an emergency ~f the Mayor's absence continues dunng the emergency General consensus of the Village Board was to accept the language as subm~ted by the staff provided the language is changed to reflect the requirement of the Village Board to meet and confirm or appoint the alternate to the Mayor. VIII. MANAGER'S REPORT Manager Janonis stated that due to the wet spnng, some road projects had been delayed but once the weather improves, the road program will move forward as quickly as possible VII. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Trustee Clowes stated that the Youth Sports and More Festival is scheduled for May 21 at the RecPlex Trustee Skowron stated that Coffee w~th Council will be May 13 at 9 00 a m at the Village Hall Mayor Farley w~shed Trustee Hendncks and h~s w~fe happy anniversary Mayor Farley requested that the ~tem of Personnel be added to the Closed Session Agenda and requested a Motion to enter into Closed Session to d~scuss Personnel, and Acqu~s~tmn and D~spos~bon of Property Motion made by Trustee Wiiks and Seconded by Trustee Skowron Moved into Closed Session at 918pm Closed Session adjourned at 10 08 p m VIII, ADJOURNMENT There being no further bus~ness, the meeting was adjourned at 10 09 p m Respectfully submitted, DAVID STRAHL DS/fcc Assistant V~llage Manager 5