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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 01/09/2001 - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS HELD AT THE CHARLES J. ZETTEK MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 901 WELLINGTON AVENUE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2001 . Village Mayor Craig B. Johnson called the meeting to order at 8 : 15 P.M. 1. ROLL CALL: Present: Mayor: Craig B. Johnson; Trustees: Nancy J. Czarnik, Bart K. Dill, Patton L. Feichter, Samuel L. Lissner, James P. Petri, Chris Prochno Also Present Village Manager, Gary E. Parrin; Village Attorney, George B. Knickerbocker; and Village Clerk, Ann I . Walsh A quorum was present. 2. INVOCATION Reverend Thaddeus Czarnecki, Deacon, Queen of the Rosary Church, delivered the invocation. The Mayor noted the presence of several students from James B. Conant High School who were attending the meeting as a class assignment. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting held on December 4, 2000 as submitted. MOVED: Trustee Petri SECONDED: Trustee Czarnik VOICE VOTE MOTION CARRIED 4 . REPORT OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES Oath of Office - The Mayor administered the Oath of Office to Police Officers Timothy Kleinfeldt, Anne Kapolnek and Stephen O'Neill who were appointed to the Elk Grove Police Department on September 23, 2000 and recently graduated on December 15, 2000 from the Police Academy at the College of DuPage. Chief Schmidt gave a brief history of each Officer. The Officers and their families were invited to a small "Welcome Coffee" in the Chief' s conference room following the swearing-in. Fireworks - Donations for the 2001 4t" of July fireworks are less than what had been collected last year. Donations can be made with payment of the water bills. Liquor Hearing - A Liquor Hearing has been called on January 23, 2001 at 6:00 p.m. as a result of a recent check by the Police Department of liquor stores within the Village . Mayor Johnson reminded the citizens of the Village' s requirement that all patrons, no matter what age, produce identification when purchasing liquor at packaged goods stores. The Ordinance went into effect on January 1, 2001 . The recent sting resulted in the lowest failure rate within the last four plus years . The failure rate has been cut in half even prior to the new law going into effect. All establishments now following the law were thanked for their cooperation. December 10, 2000 - The Mayor and Trustee Dill attended a get- together with the Alexian Brothers during the holidays . 1 1-9-01 December 11, 2000 - Mayor Johnson attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts . The Elk Grove High School Jazz Band performed and it was a very successful event. Police Officers directing traffic that day were off-duty and had been hired back by Krispy Kreme per Village policy. The Village will allow, on a limited basis, the hiring of Officers by establishments who want to hire Officers to help with traffic or other events taking place. The Officers are compensated by the private business and not at the expense of the taxpayers . SOC Meeting - The Village hosted a forum on January 4, 2001 of the communities and members of the Suburban O'Hare Commission, The Commission is seeking to establish the same criteria for Chicago that is used by other cities for the soundproofing of homes affected by airport noise. Support for a third airport remains the same. Elected Officials have shown interest and support for a third airport and the Commission is very optimistic that the third airport will become a reality. Chicago currently uses 70 decibels as the criteria for soundproofing homes. Los Angeles, San Francisco and Minneapolis currently use 65 decibels, with some looking at 60 . If Chicago used 65 decibels it would mean 4, 600 Elk Grove homes would be eligible for soundproofing. Forty-nine thousand homes would be eligible throughout the entire region. Conversations have been held with State legislators regarding State legislation that would place soundproofing under the control of the individual municipalities and require Chicago and the airlines to pay for the soundproofing through the taxes collected from passengers travelling through O'Hare. This would be overseen by the State. Soundproofing contracts would be taken out of Chicago's control . Referendum - As a show of support for this issue, the SOC municipalities will place an advisory referendum on the April 3, 2001 ballot that would ask the question: "SHALL THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE REQUIRE CHICAGO AND THE AIRLINES TO PAY FOR SOUNDPROOFING OF ALL RESIDENCES ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY O'HARE NOISE WITHOUT ANY COST TO THE HOMEOWNER?" Mayor Johnson stated this effort could also be beneficial to homeowners surrounding Midway airport and residents living east of the airport who are also adversely affected by airport noise. Signs will be made available from the Suburban O'Hare Commission saying "Protect our Homes - Vote YES on the referendum. Motion to adopt an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR THE SUBMISSION OF A PUBLIC QUESTION TO THE VOTERS OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, COOK AND DUPAGE COUNTIES ILLINOIS AT THE CONSOLIDATED ELECTION ON APRIL 3, 2001." MOVED: Trustee Dill SECONDED: Trustee Feichter AYES: Trustees Dill, Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik MOTION CARRIED Carlo Cavallaro, representing AT&T Cable, addressed the Board to explain why the residents have experienced problems with cable service after AT&T began new digital service on December 20tH It was noted 100 channels were offered under the old system and 263 on the digital plan. Residents who have the analogue cable system no longer have access to some of the movie and music channels as a result of this change. Numerous complaints have been made by residents who are unable to contact AT&T by phone or are unable to upgrade their cable package. Mr. Cavallaro reassured the Board that efforts have been made by AT&T to remedy the problems. 2 1-9-01 Members of the Board commented on the lack of proper communication to the customers regarding the changes and discussed the rates for the digital service. Mr. Cavallaro stated the analogue cable programming will remain available to residents if they wish to stay with that plan and discussed various methods being considered by AT&T to advertise the rates and new digital programming. The AT&T package rates were provided by Mr. Cavallaro as follows: Digital Bronze-$39 . 99; Digital Silver-$54 . 99; Digital Gold-$64 . 99 and Digital Platinum-$79 . 99. 5. APPROVAL OF WARRANT Motion to authorize payment of invoices as shown on the January 9, 2001 Accounts Payable Warrant in the amount of $1,274,929. 70 . MOVED: Trustee Petri SECONDED: Trustee Czarnik AYES: Trustees Dill, Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik MOTION CARRIED 6. CONSENT AGENDA A. Elk Grove Public Library - Grant a request to waive the year 2001 alarm user license fee in the amount of $75. 00; Elk Grove Park District - Grant a request to waive the year 2001 alarm user license fee in the amount of $300 . 00; School District 59 - Grant a request to waive the year 2001 alarm user license fee in the amount of $200. 00; and School District 54 - Grant a request to waive the year 2001 alarm user license fee in the amount of $75.00 . B. Amitron Corporation, 2001 Landmeier Rd. , Elk Grove Village Accept a donation of $500.00 for the Fire Department Pension Fund. C. Plan Commission Public Hearing/PCS Primeco - Authorize a public hearing before the Plan Commission to consider the petition of PCS Primeco for a Special Use permit to install cellular antenna and related equipment at the Meacham Fire Station, 676 Meacham Road. D. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report - Accept the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2000. E. TranSystems Corporation, Schaumburg, IL - Award a professional service contract for Phase 2 engineering services related to Business Park street lighting improvements in a total contract amount not to exceed $34, 301 from the Industrial/Commercial Revitalization Fund. F. Oakton Street Training Facility - Increase the fiscal year 2000-2001 Capital Projects budget in the amount of $39, 688 for expenses associated with the construction. G. Higgins Road and Lively Boulevard Intersection Project Award a contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Greco Contractors, Inc. , Des Plaines, IL in a total contract amount not to exceed $228, 381 . 80; and Award a contract to Pinner Electric, Inc. , Brookfield, IL for traffic signal modifications related to this project in a total amount not to exceed $31, 600 . 00. H. Police Department Training - Concur with the Assistant Village Manager' s prior authorization to allow Police Sergeant John Nowacki to attend the Northwestern University Traffic Institute School of Police Staff and Command at a cost not to exceed $3, 200. 3 1-9-01 I . Hon Company, Muscatine, Iowa - Award a contract to furnish and deliver office furniture under the Federal Government General Services Administration contract pricing in a total amount not to exceed $9, 288 . 37; and Award a contract to Desks, Inc. , Chicago, IL to design, deliver, and install Miller Chairs in a total contract amount not to exceed $3, 000 . 00. J. Letter Center Agreement/Airborne Express Inc. - Adopt Resolution No. 1-01 entitled, "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND VILLAGE CLERK TO EXECUTE A LETTER CENTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN AIRBORNE EXPRESS AND THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE." K. Local Government Taxpayers' Bill of Rights - Adopt Ordinance No. 2804 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 2 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE BY ADDING SECTION 3-2-10 LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXPAYERS' BILL OF RIGHTS." L. Amend Village Code/Cigarette and Tobacco Dealers - Adopt Ordinance No. 2805 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE B, CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO DEALERS, SECTION 3-6B-6 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AS IT PERTAINS TO SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE. " Motion to approve Consent Agenda items "A. , B. , C. , D. , E. , F. , G. , H. , I. , J. , K. , and L. " MOVED: Trustee Czarnik SECONDED: Trustee Feichter AYES: Trustees Dill, Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik MOTION CARRIED 7 . REGULAR AGENDA None BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 8. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN FEICHTER Meeting Schedule - The next meeting of the Committee will be held Monday, January 15, 2001 at 9: 00 a.m. in the Chernick Conference Room to review and for recommendations to the Board regarding the Salt Creek Stabilization Study and the 2001 Street Maintenance Program. 9. JUDICIARY, PLANNING 6 ZONING COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN LISSNER a. Cellular Tower Guidelines - The Village Attorney has been directed by the Committee to prepare a Text Amendment to be forwarded to the Plan Commission for a public hearing. Following the public hearing a recommendation by the Commission will be presented to the Village Board. b. Fence Regulations - No report at this time . Motorist Use of Cellular Phones - The JPZ Committee has been waiting for action from the State on this subject. Chairman Lissner commented some towns have already taken action. If no action is taken by the State, the Committee will discuss this item. 10. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN PETRI No report 4 1-9-01 11 . RECYCLING & WASTE COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN CZARNIK Chairman Czarnik reported on the large amount of junk mail that has been recycled rather than put into landfills. 12. INFORMATION COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN DILL No report 13. INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION COMMISSION TRUSTEES LISSNER/PETRI Meeting Schedule - Trustee Lissner announced that the next meeting would be held on February 1, 2001 . Residents were encouraged to view Channel 6' s "Strictly Business" featuring the Elk Grove Business Park. Trustee Petri noted that Items E. and G. on the Consent Agenda were related to the Industrial/Commercial Revitalization Program. 14. YOUTH COMMISSION - TRUSTEE PROCHNO Meeting Schedule - A meeting is scheduled on Saturday, February 3, 2001 at 8 : 00 a.m. in the Council Chambers to be followed by "Coffee with the Board of Trustees" . 15. PARADE COMMISSION - TRUSTEE CZARNIK Meeting - A meeting was held Monday, January 8, 2001 . Responses are being received in regards to letters sent requesting sponsorship of floats for the June 16`" Night Parade. Members of the Commission will appear on "Koffee Klatch" sharing Parade information with the viewers. 16. PLAN COMMISSION - VILLAGE MANAGER No Report 17 . ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - VILLAGE MANAGER ZBA Docket 00-22 - Motion to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals to direct the attorney to prepare an Ordinance granting a variation to permit a fence height increased from six foot (61011) to eight foot (81011) at the Oakton Street Fire Station. MOVED: Trustee Dill SECONDED: Trustee Lissner AYES: VOICE VOTE MOTION CARRIED The petitioner, Elk Grove Fire Chief James MacArthur, was present and advised by the Board that permits could be obtained prior to approval at the next Board meeting. Motion to waive permit fees for the above variation request. MOVED: Trustee Dill SECONDED: Trustee Feichter AYES: Trustee Dill, Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik MOTION CARRIED ZBA Docket 00-23 - The Village Manager presented a recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals (AYES : 3; NAYS: 2) regarding a variation request to reduce the amount of square footage for parking at the Office Depot Store on Landmeier and 83. This would reduce the amount of parking for one stall for every 180 square feet to one stall for every 223 square feet for construction of three buildings to house a Quizno' s Subs, Panda Express and a Starbucks Coffee . 5 1-9-01 As a point of clarification, the Mayor noted existing parking stalls are not being eliminated, but rather, vacant land to the side of Office Depot will now be developed and parking stalls would not be added to meet the additional square footage requirements. Mr. Patrick Corrigan of Hamilton Partners, representing Office Depot, responded to questions regarding the variation request . The small three unit strip center to be constructed would utilize some of the existing parking stalls . Revenue generated would be between sixty-five and eight-five thousand dollars the first year. The site currently meets all Village Codes and access to the site will include a right-in/right-out only on Busse Highway. One access point will be on Landmeier as a left-in/left-out. There are no plans to close that location. Motion to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals to direct the attorney to prepare an Ordinance granting a variation to the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the minimum required parking spaces of an existing Office Depot Store to permit construction of a 6,400 square foot building addition at 1670 Landmeier Road. MOVED: Trustee Lissner SECONDED: Trustee Petri AYES: VOICE VOTE MOTION CARRIED The Petitioner was advised that permits would be available and work may begin prior to the January 23, 2001 Village Board meeting. ZBA Docket 1-01 - A variation request was presented by the Village Manager for a variation at 1260 E. Higgins Road. At the time of annexation of the property there was an existing building as well as a storage building that created a non-conforming use with two buildings on one lot. The owner wants to demolish the storage building and replace it. Motion to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals to direct the attorney to prepare an Ordinance granting a variation to the Zoning Ordinance to allow two (2) principal buildings on one property by demolishing an existing legal non- conforming building and replacing it with a new building. MOVED: Trustee Dill SECONDED: Trustee Feichter VOICE VOTE MOTION CARRIED The petitioner was present and was told permits could be obtained by contacting the Director of Engineering and Community Development. 18. REPORTS OF OTHER BOARDS, COMMISSIONS & COMMITTEES a. CABLE TV COMMITTEE - TRUSTEES PETRI/LISSNER Meeting Schedule - A meeting of the Regional Cable Group is scheduled in Buffalo Grove on Thursday (January 11, 2001) at 7 : 30 p.m. b. COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD - TRUSTEE CZARNIK Meeting Schedule - The next meeting will be on Thursday, January 18, 2001 at 7 : 30 p.m. in the lower level of the Charles J. Zettek Municipal Building. Blood Drive - Will be held on Saturday January 27, 2001 from 8 : 00 a.m. to Noon. Call the Health Department for an appointment at 357-4240. 6 1-9-01 Holiday Food Baskets - Thirty-nine individuals and families received baskets . Donations were received from individuals, families, companies, church groups, Scout Troops, organizations and Village employees. Four volunteers helped deliver food and gifts to senior recipients. Red Kettle Drive - The Drive was very successful and raised $2, 637 . 87 which is a 73% increase from last year. Trustee Czarnik extended appreciation to all those involved in this effort. Village Garage Sale - The sale will take place on Saturday, May 19, 2001 . Further information will follow. Youth Employment Service (YES) - Many residents have taken advantage of this service group, especially with all the snow removal needed. c. LIQUOR COMMISSION - MAYOR JOHNSON Liquor Hearing - January 23, 2001 at 6: 00 p.m. in the Council Chambers d. MILLENNIUM COMMITTEE - MAYOR JOHNSON Meeting Schedule - A "wrap-up" meeting is scheduled on January 29, 2001 at 6: 00 p.m. in the Chernick Conference Room. 19. ORDINANCE, RESOLUTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - VILLAGE CLERK None 20. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None 21. REPORT FROM THE VILLAGE MANAGER The month of December set all sorts of records for snow as well as weather. Over 33 inches of snow fell and over 5, 486, 000 pounds of salt were spread by Village personnel . There was a great deal of overtime and over 21, 000 miles were added onto the snowplowing trucks. The Manager congratulated the Public Works Department for a phenomenal job. The Mayor added praise for the Police and Fire Departments and their efforts at that time. If the State declares Illinois and the County as a disaster area the Village will be applying for funds . Two years ago the Village was reimbursed $75, 000 in funds to help out with costs. Mayor Johnson asked that all residents assist anyone needing help with shoveling their property during this weather. He stressed the need to be patient with the snow removal process . It is not plausible for the workers to clear snow without putting it in the parkway and driveways. Requests have been made by citizens to have sidewalks cleared by the village. The Mayor stated a 50% tax increase would be necessary to allow for sidewalk clearing services . The workers have been doing a good job and many surrounding towns have complimented the Village on the snow removal of our streets. 22. NEW BUSINESS None AUDIENCE - 9:21 p.m. No Response 7 1-9-01 The Mayor invited the Conant High School students to join the Village Board before leaving the meeting. 23. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:22 p.m. MOVED: Trustee Czarnik SECONDED: Trustee Petri AYES: Trustees Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik, Dill, Feichter MOTION CARRIED Ann I. Walsh Village Clerk Craig B. 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