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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 03/14/1978 - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE HELD ON MARCH 14, 1978 President Charles J. Zettek called the meeting to order at 8:26 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 901 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Village and directed the Village Clerk, Eleanor G. Turner to call the roll . Upon the roll being called the following answered PRESENT: Trustees Ronald L. Chernick, Lee D. Garr, Edward W. Kenna, Theodore J. Staddler, Michael Tosto, Nancy L. Vanderweel . Village Attorney, George Knickerbocker and Village Manager, Charles A. Willis were present at this meeting. The Reverend J. Ward Morrison, Pastor of the Queen of the Rosary Catholic Church, delivered the invocation. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the minutes of the regular meeting of February 28, 1978 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. President Zettek announced the issuance of a Proclamation proclaming March 25 and 26, 1978 as "Elk Grove Elks Lodge No. 2423 Annual Easter Bunny Event". It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board authorize the disbursement of $31 ,271 . 13 from the Water and Sewer Operating Fund, $66,459.41 from the General Corporate Fund, $209.23 from the Civil Defense Fund, $1 ,272.29 from the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund in payment of invoices as shown on the March 14, 1978 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 Chernick, Garr, Kenna, Tosto, Vanderweel ; NAY: none; PASS: Trustee Staddler; ABSENT: none; where- upon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Garr that the Board authorize the Village Treasurer to sign a contract with Commonwealth Edison Company for the installation of two street lights at a cost of $2,990.33 (developer has paid these costs) , and for a monthly energy and maintenance cost of $30.38 for both lights which will be installed at Oakton and Kent Streets. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Garr, Kenna, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Garr and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board adopt Resolution No. 15-78 entitled, "A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE TUNNEL AND RESERVOIR PLAN OF THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO AND ITS BENEFITS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES OF THE REGION". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Staddler, Vanderweel , Chernick, Garr; NAY: none; PASS: Trustee Tosto; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board authorize a variation from the Subdivision Control Ordinance to allow the DeBruyne Construction Company permission to leave an existing foundation to encroach on the north 15-foot easement located at 970 Pauly Drive (this founda- tion was mistakenly placed on the easement and the top two feet have since been removed) . The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Garr, Kenna; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Tosto and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board authorize a contract in the amount of $28,376.00 with Bleck Engineering Company, Waukegan, Illinois, the low bidder, to prepare the engineering plans and specifications for the rehabilitation of the Ridge Avenue Lift Station. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Garr, Kenna, Staddler; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. 1 - 3-14-78 It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board adopt Resolution No. 16-78 entitled, "A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AN EXTEN- SION TO A LETTER OF GUARANTEE IN LIEU OF A PERFORMANCE BOND FROM NORTHWEST FEDERAL SAVINGS, GUARANTEEING THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THIRD LIFT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ELK GROVE TOWN ESTATES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ELK GROVE BOULEVARD BETWEEN RIDGE AVENUE AND J. F. KENNEDY BOULEVARD". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Vanderweel , Chernick, Garr, Kenna, Staddler, Tosto; NAY: none; ABSERNT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board adopt Resolution No. 17-78 entitled, "A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A LETTER OF GUARANTEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 ,530,815.43 IN LIEU OF A PERFORMANCE BOND FROM ALLIANCE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, GUARANTEEING THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR PARKVIEW HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION LOCATED WEST OF ROHLWING ROAD AND SOUTH OF BIESTERFIELD ROAD". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Chernick, Garr, Kenna, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel ; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. A request from Zavier Kaufman, contract purchaser, for a variation from the Subdivision Control Ordinance to not install sidewalks at the southwest corner of Louis Avenue and Busse Road, was referred to the Capital Improvements Committee. It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board authorize Change Order No. 3 for the Pump House at Wells No. 10 and 11 in the amount of $4,785.00 to Flodstrom Construction Company, consisting of the fol- lowing changes: Additional piping to connect the reservoir with the pump house $4,221 .00; Completion of the fence around the well site $564.00. Following discussion concerning the completion of the fence around the well site and the responsibility for this expenditure, the foregoing motion was amended with the consent of the second to provide that the disbursement to Flodstrom Construction Company consist only of $4,221 .00 for the additional piping to connect the reservoir with the pump house. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the amended motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Garr, Kenna, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Garr that the Board grant a variation for the Parkview Hei hts Subdivision in accordance with a letter of request dated February 16, 197 from the Elk Grove Engineering Company, said variation to allow the following lots to exceed the allowed 3-foot drop from the back of the homes to the existing swale along the common boundary line of the Parkview Heights Subdivision ard Section 17: Lots No. 181 , 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, and 187. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Garr; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. At this time, 8:57 p.m. , the President asked if there were any persons in the audience who wished to address the Board. Students who will be participating in the "Youth in Government Day" were introduced to the Board. William Muhlenfeld, Executive Director of the Northwest Municipal Conference, made a brief presentation to the Board which accompanied a distribution of the 1977 Annual Program Summary of the Northwest Municipal Conference. Trustee Chernick scheduled a meeting with the Capital Improvements Committee for 7:00 P.m. , Wednesday, March 15, 1978 to continue the M.F.T. Program discussion. In accordance with the recommendation of the Capital Improvements Committee, it was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board authorize the Layne-Western Companyto test drill for a shallow well in Section - 2 - 3-14-78 22 South; an amount not to exceed $5,000.00, and if this test is considered to be successful that Layne-Western be further authorized to proceed with a 7 day test pumping at a cost not to exceed $6,000.00. If these procedures fail to locate the shallow well found to be in the area in August 1967 that Layne-Western be authorized to proceed to drill for a dolomite well at a cost not to exceed $7,500.00. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Garr, Kenna; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Kenna scheduled a meeting of the Judiciary, Planning and Zoning Committee for 9:00 a.m. , Saturday, March 25, 1978 to discuss licensing of Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Centers and a request from Mobile Oil for rezoning at the northwest corner of Meacham and Nerge Roads. Trustee Vanderweel scheduled a meeting of the Personnel Committee in Executive Session for an exit interview for 7:00 p.m. , Monday, March 20, 1978, and a meeting at 8:00 p.m. on the same day for discussion of the personnel rules and regulations. In accordance with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals, it was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board concur with the recommendation and direct the Village Attorney to prepare an ordinance granting a variation from the Zoning Ordinance as it relates to rear yard requirements in the I-2, General Industrial District, to permit an addition to an existing building at 2201 Arthur Avenue. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. In accordance with the request from the Elk Grove Village Jaycees, it was moved by Trustee Staddler and seconded by Trustee Garr that the Board authorize the issuance, without fee, of licenses for a carnival , including the sale of food and beer for a carnival to be sponsored by the Jaycees, for Wednesday, May 10 through Sunday, May 14, 1978, at the Lions Park upon receipt of proper documents of necessary insurance coverage; and authorize permission to the Jaycees to post approximately 100 posters throughout the Village advertising the event, provided said signs are removed within 5 days following the carnival closing. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Garr, Kenna, Staddler; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; where- upon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trsutee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board waive the first reading rule on an ordinance relating to enforcement of Health Code violations. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 1207 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24A, SETTLEMENT OF PENALTIES, BY AUTHORIZING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE VILLAGE TO ENFORCE HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS AND PROVIDE FOR VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT AND COMPROMISE OF THE VARIOUS PENALTIES THEREFOR". The President directed the Cletk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Vanderweel , Chernick, Garr, Kenna, Staddler, Tosto; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board waive the first reading rule on an ordinance rezoning property located at the southwest corner of Meacham and Biesterfield Roads from R-3, Residential District, to B-2, General Business District, for a Convenience Shopping Center. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 1208 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE VILLAGE FROM R-3, RESIDENTIAL, TO B-2, BUSINESS (CONVENIENCE SHOPPING CENTER)". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Chernick, Garr, Kenna, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel ; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. - 3 - 3-14-78 The Clerk reported that a copy of the report covering the examination of the Firemen' s Pension Fund by the State of Illinois will be on file in the Clerk's Office for review. The Village Manager referred to a report prepared to the President and Trustees on March 8, 1978 relating to a proposed change in the method of financing for the Police Central Dispatch District and asked the Trustees for comments. In accordance with the recommendation of the Village Manager, it was moved , by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board authroize the disbursement of $545.00 for towing services performed at the Village' s request during the snow storm on January 26, 1978 by P. & P. Enterprizes, Inc. , Elk Grove Village. (This involved removal of cars from intersections to clear the way to the Alexian Brothers Medical Center, reimbursement is being sought from the car owners) . The President directed the Clerk to callthe roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick; NAY: Trustee Garr; PASS: Trustee Staddler; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. In accordance with Staff recommendation, it was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board award a contract to the low bidder, Pro-Mech Systems, Inc. in the amount of $35,754.00, payable from Federal Revenue Funds, for the remodeling of the Pratt Avenue Sewage Lift Station. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Garr; NAY: none; ABSENT: none; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board direct the Village Attorney to prepare an ordinance implementing the recom- mendations in a memorandum of March 3, 1978 from the Deputy Chief of Police relating to traffic signs in Section 17, 18, 19, and 20. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Staddler reported that as a result of continued efforts, the Regional Transportation Authority' s proposed bus from Chicago to the Village's Industrial Parks will begin service within the next few days. Any dispute relating to the payment of tolls for the busses to use the Northwest Tollway will be settled at a later time between the Tollway Commission and the R.T.A. . It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 10: 15 p.m. Eleanor G. Turner Village Clerk I Charles J . Zettek I, Village President - 4 - 3-14-78