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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 03/12/1985 - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE HELD ON MARCH 12, 1985 President Charles J. Zettek called the meeting to order at 8 :06 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 901 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Village and noted for the record that the following were present: Trustees Joseph T. Bosslet, Ronald L. Chernick, Edward R. Hauser, James P. Petri, Michael A. Tosto, Stephen M. Unlarik. Attorney, George Knickerbocker; Village Manager, Charles A. Willis ; and Village Clerk, Patricia S . Smith were present at this meeting. Reverend Mark Hein, Vicar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, gave the invocation. President Zettek introduced Mr. Robert Bonesteel, Director of Communications for the Salvation Army. Mr. Bonesteel presented the "Golden Kettle" award to the Elk Grove Village Community Service for raising the highest amount of money ($2 , 690 . 00) for the "Red Kettle Drive" of any suburban service unit. Lynette Swanson, Community Service Coordinator, accepted the award. It was moved by Trustee Petri and seconded by Trustee Tosta that the minutes of February 26 , 1985 be approved as submitted and that the Board dispense with the reading thereof. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Petri and seconded by Trustee Hauser that the Board authorize the disbursement of $467,579 . 26 in payment of invoices as shown on the March 12 , 1985 Accounts Payable Warrant. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE : Trustees Bosslet, Chernick, Hauser, Petri, Tosto, Uhlarik; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. President Zettek proclaimed April 27 , 1985 as "Arbor Day" in Elk Grove Village, and March 10 through 16 as "Girl Scout Week" in Elk Grove Village. President Zettek informed the Board that a Certificate of Conformance has been awarded to Elk Grove Village for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. George C . Coney, Finance Director, received an award of Financial Reporting Achievement for being primarily responsible for the Village having earned the Certificate . Trustee Chernick asked that the second paragraph of item (E) , Ordinance No. 1706 , Section 14 . 512 , Additional No Parking Street Areas, of the Consent Agenda be changed to read, "to waive the first reading rule of an ordinance and adopt Ordinance No. 1706" . CONSENT AGENDA It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Tosto that: A. The Board adopt Resolution No. 16A-85 entitled, "A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A DECLARATION OF EASEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AND MOUNT PROSPECT STATE BANK (SERFF.CZ/BURGER KING) " . B. The Board adopt Resolution No . 27-85 entitled, "A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING BOTH THE RETENTION OF THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL ASSISTANT ACT OF 1972 , AS AMENDED (THE REVENUE SHARING ACT) , AND THE EXTEN- SION OF THE ACT BEYOND ITS CURRENT EXPIRATION DATE" . 1 - 3-12-85 C. The Board grant a request to waive Section 8 . 004 of the Subdivision Control Ordinance , Easements , to permit building construction in the west five feet of an existing 15-foot easement of Lot 29 in Section 23B. D. The Board adopt Resolution No. 18-85 , entitled, "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT TO . SIGN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS EMERGENCY SERVICES AND DISASTER AGENCY (CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY) " . E. The Board waive the first reading rule of an ordinance and adopt Ordinance No. 1706 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14 . 512 (ADDITIONAL NO PARKING STREETS AND AREAS) OF THE MUNICIPAI, CODE BY PROHIBITING PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF BIESTERFIELD ROAD BETWEEN ROHLWING ROAD AND A POINT 300 FEET WEST OF MEACHAM ROAD" . F. The Board award a purchase contract to Layne-Western, Inc. of Aurora, Illinois to pull, inspect and repair Well #8 pump at a cost not to exceed $40 , 000 if the repair work is not under warranty. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion to adopt the Consent Agenda, Items "A, B, C, D , E , and F" , and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Chernick, Hauser, Petri, Tosto, Uhlarik, Bosslet; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Tosto, Chairman of the Capital Improvements Committee , said the Village Engineer, Ray Peterson, was to have met with the Representatives from the Railroad regarding the Industrial Ditch Cleaning project on March 5 , 1985 and asked the Engineer to report on that meeting. Mr. Peterson responded that the meeting did not take place due to the fact that the Railroad Representative had been transferred out of State and he is now in the process of setting up another meeting. Trustee Petri , Chairman of the Cable T.V. Committee ; informed the Board that a memo had been received from the Park District recommending names to be considered to serve on the Community Television Board. Trustee Petri asked that the memo be routed to all the Trustees and can then be acted upon at the next Village Board meeting. Trustee Petri said there was a meeting of the Five Town Group on March 7 , 1985 and American Cablesystems said they were specifically working on the reception of Channel 6 . (Trustee Petri noted that the reception this evening seems to have improved. ) American Cablesystems is getting together a list of their spare equipment that the Village may wish to purchase. A list was also given out of telethons and community interest programs that they will be doing. American Cablesystems is preparing an audit of the Rolling Meadows and Palatine studios in order to bring all of that equipment up to service. Trustee Petri said the Chairmanship of the Cable Group will transfer from. Elk Grove Village to Hoffman Estates; therefore , the next meeting in May, 1985 , will be held in Hoffman Estates . - 2 - 3-12-85 Trustee Bosslet asked if a response was sent to Mount Prospect regarding Village participation to establish a Municipal Video Production Studio. The consensus of the Board has been not to participate and the Village Manager will so respond to that request. President Zettek said he had met with representatives of a metal finishing firm who are looking to locate in Elk Grove Village and are looking for Industrial Revenue Bond monies. Since the Village has no Bond money available, the Finance Director contacted the firm and opened up the avenues with the State for them to get the Industrial Revenue Bond monies . The Village will be coordinating that effort. The Village Attorney said there was a hearing today regarding the property located at 1353 Cumberland Circle East. The Judge was entertaining dis__.issing the actions subject to the residents not being allowed to occupy the house without a Village Occupancy Permit. The Attorney asked the Judge to reconsider and give the Village time to petition for fees that the Village has expended. The Judge did reconsider and the next hearing will be sometime in April , 1985 . President Zettek asked the Community Service Coordinator, Lynette Swanson, if they were getting any nominees from those people in the Community who have given much of their efforts towards various endeavors for the Village. Mrs . Swanson said there will be several people recognized at the Awards Dinner. Trustee Petri, Chairman of the Budget Committee, said a meeting has to be scheduled for salary review. The Finance Director said he would be sending out a synopsis of the final budget totals and notice of the proposed budget must be placed in the newspaper by Thursdav, March 21 , 1985 . Trustee Hauser said the Northwest Municipal Conference Arterial Studv Committee met on Monday, March 11 , 1985 at the Arlington Heights Village Hall. There was representation from Schaumburg, Arlington Heights , Prospect Heights', Hanover Park, Palatine, and Elk Grove Village along with several of the chambers from the Conference area . David Miller of the Metro-Transportation Group, the consultant that has been hired bv_ the Northwest Municipal Conference , will be coordinating the Committee work. This Committee will be broken up into 5 Committees who will do various studies and evaluations to be given to the Northwest Municipal Conference Transportation Committee and then ultimately to the Mayors of the Communities . (Trustee Hauser said he expects this Job to run until the end of the year. ) President Zettek said he and Jim Ryan, President of Arlington Heights , are forming a Citizens Committee made up of 5 or 6 members from Arlington Heights and 5 or 6 members from Elk Grove Village to pursue a full interchange at Arlington Heights Road and the Northwest Tollway. The Village Clerk read a letter of request from the Rotary Club for a waiver of license fees incurred with their annual carnival to be held May 15 through 19 , 1985 at the Grove Shopping Center. It was moved by Trustee Bosslet and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board waive all license fees connected with the Rotary Club Carnival to be held May 15 , through 19 , 1985 at the Grove Shopping Center. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Village Clerk said she received letters from Clark Fulton, Jane Broten, and President Zettek, requesting permission to post campaign signs for the April 2 , 1985 Election. - 3 - 3-12-85 It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board authorize Clark Fulton, Jane Broten, and Charles J. Zettek (candidates for the April 2 , 1985 Election) to post. campaign signs in the Village of Elk Grove Village with the stipulation that the signs be removed after said Election. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Village Manager reported on the following items : 1 . The Northwest Municipal Conference meeting will be held Wednesday, March 13 , 1985 at 7: 30 p.m. at the Mount Prospect Library. President Zettek will be attending this meeting. 2 . There will be a meeting of the Joint Action Water Agency Board of Directors on either Thursdav, March 14 , 1985 or Friday, March 15 , 1985 at 7 : 30 p.m. to consider the refinancing of bonds and notes issued in 1982 . There will be some 30 Million Dollars less in the overall cost to the seven communities over the -life of the bond issued. President Zettek asked the Finance Director to give a short rundown of the Village water rates . The Finance Director said the current water rates are $1 . 20 per thousand gallons plus 14 cents per day demand charge for residential customers . It would appear from the figures received from Black & Veatch Engineers that there will not have to be a rate increase in Mav as had been previously thought. It is possible that a rate increase may have to be made in Mav of 1986 at about 35 cents per thousand gallons . That would raise the $1 . 20 rate to $1 . 55 and then there would not have to be an increase until 1990 if water consumption continues as it has over the past years . President Zettek said this would come to $240 . 00 per year for water usage only for the average customer who uses 10 , 000 gallons of water per month. President Zettek discussed this water rate with Mr. Gallitano, a candidate for the April election, who was in the audience. The Village Manager continued his report as follows : 3 . On March 8 , 1985 the Village was visited by 16 law enforcement officers from Northwestern Traffic_ institute. Students who are active law enforcement officials in their own communities and in their own countries : Egypt, New Zealand, and Taiwan were present along with Wisconsin State Police, New Jersev State Police , Illinois State Police , Pennsylvania, Chicago, and the Village of Deerfield among others . Lieutenant Ray Rose is our representative to the nine month Law Enforcement Program at the Northwestern Universitv. It was through Rav' s prompting that the group took the day to visit the Elk Grove Village Police and Fire Department facilities . The Village President and Village Manger met with the men and were impressed with the caliber and quality of the officers who made up that class . The spokesman for the 4 - 3-12-85 group was from New Zealand and he acknow- ledged (with considerable appreciation) the attention, time, interest, and help the Village of Elk Grove has given to that group not just in the tour but in the materials that Ray Rose has made available to them during their class study and work efforts. 4 . There is a meeting in Schaumburg of the Sub- Regional Transportation Committee, of which Trustee Uhlarik is a member, on March 16 , 1985 at 9 : 00 a.m. The Committee will begin to formulate a position paper to be fc.warded to the Suburban Bus Board as well as concerning the discussion of the specific traffic trends and patterns in the Greater Wood- field area. 5 . The 1985 Compendium Report has been distributed today which contains information on what the various Village Departments do or how they do it and how much they have done. 6 . An add promoting the Village of Elk Grove is appearing in the 1985 Business Directory serviced by the Greater O 'Hare Association of Industry and Commerce. Copies will be made available from the Association. It was moved by Trustee Hauser and seconded by Trustee Bosslet that the Board hold an Executive Session after this Board meeting. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE : Trustees Hauser , Petri , Tosto, Uhlarik, Bosslet, Chernick; NAY: none ; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. President Zettek asked if anyone in the audience wished to address the Board. Discussion followed regarding an item in the newspaper concerning removal of Mr. Gallitano ' s campaign signs from various locations throughout the Village . The Building Commissioner, Thomas Rettenbacher told the Board that he had received a request to waive the Building Permit Fees , in the amount of $235 . 00 , for interior remodeling and alterations for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Bosslet that the Board waive the Building Permit Fees for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Village Manager asked for Board approval to distribute a letter to the residents along Arlington Heights Road advising them of the construction to install a water main on the west side of Arlington Heights Road between Elk Grove Boulevard and Oakwood Drive. It was moved by Trustee Tosto and seconded by Trustee Bosslet that the board approve the distribution of a letter as stated above. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Village Manager requested authorization to respond to the Northwest Municipal Conference regarding: - 5 - 3- 12-85 1 . The Illinois Commerce Commission ' s examination of services provided by utility companies to municipalities. We have already advised the Conference that we would contribute up to $200 . 00 to the Conference to cover legal expenses toward that effort. 2 . A contribution of $200 . 00 to the Conference to cover legal expenses associated with the litigation presently underway to cause the County Tax Collector to release some 18 Million Dollars in tax funds. It would be in the best interest of the community to support the efforts of the Conference in bringing this litigation to a successful conclusion, and recommend your consideration to authorize up to $200 . 00 for that effort. It was moved by Trustee Petri and seconded by Trustee Hauser that the Board authorize a contribution of $200 . 00 to the Northwest Municipal Conference for legal expenses for litigation as stated above. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Bosslet and seconded by Trustee Petri that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 9 : 10 p.m. Patricia S. Smith Village Clerk Charles J. Zettek Village President - 6 - 3-12-85