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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 01/14/1975 - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF 7"': PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THt :'_LAG,E OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE HELD ON JANUARY 14, '975 President Charles J. Zettek called the meeting to order at 8:05 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, Theodore J. Staddler, Michael Tosto, Nancy L. Vanderweel ; ABSENT: Trustees Edward W. Kenna, George T. Spees. Village Attorney, Edward C. Hofert and Village Manager, Charles A. Willis were present at this meeting. The Reverend Joseph W. Peoples Jr. , Pastor of St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, delivered the invocation. The minutes of the regular meeting of January 7, 1975 were corrected by striking ''for $125.00'' from line 2 of paragraph 3 on page 3. It was moved by Trustee Staddler and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the minutes of the regular meeting of January 7, 1975 be approved as corrected and the Board dispense with the reading thereof. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; where- upon the President declared the motion carried. President Zettek introduced Mr. Donald Ring, the newly appointed principal of the Elk Grove High School , and he welcomed Mr. Ring to the community and wished him well in his new responsibilities. The President announced an Executive meeting of the Board following this meeting to discuss acquisition of land. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board authorize the disbursement of $66,338.52 from the Water and Sewer Department Op- erating Fund, $81 ,010.65 from the General Corporate Fund, $39, 181 .75 from the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund, and $35.80 from the Civil Defense Fund payment of invoices as shown on the January 14, 1975 Accounts Payable Warrant. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion ; nd upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Chernick, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel ; NAY: none; ABSENT: Trustees Kenna, Spees; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Board deferred action on a request from Gladstone Realty for an extension until February 1 , 1976 to remove or demolish the building located at 200 East Higgins Rd. Representatives of this firm will be present at the next meeting. It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board adopt Resolution No. 5-75 entitled, ''A RESOLUTION INDICATING THE INTENT TO PARTICI - PATE WITH OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA IN A JOINT PLANNING PROCESS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN RESULTING IN COORDINATED WASTE TREATMENT MANAuEMEN7 SYSTEM FOR THE AREA''. 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; NAY: none; ABSENT: Trus- tees Kenna, Spees; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Tosto and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board autl-irize that four Firefighters be enrolled in the Para-Medic and Emergency Medical Technician Courses, two each, thus bringing authorized strength for that service to twelve Para-medics and twelve Emergency Medical Technician's. 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, Staddler; NAY: none; ABSENT: Trustees Kenna, Spees; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Clerk was requested to ask the Plan Commission for a report on the status on the DeBruyne annexationand zoning petition which was heard by the Plan Commission on December 2, 1974. - 1 - 1-14-75 Trustee Vanderweel announced that a meeting will be held at noon, Friday January 17th, between Village Officials, representatives of the Chicago Transit Authority and the Elk Grove Association of Industry and Commerce. The topic of discussion will be the possibility of providing CTA bus service from Chicago to the Industrial Park. Consideration by the Transportation Committee to provide bus service for residents of Elk Grove Village to the Industrial Park will follow this discussion. Mrs. Jane Broten, Referral Secretary of the Community Services Board, presented a report to the Board concerning the Northwest Suburban Homemakers Service which is a proposal to provide homemaker services to the incapacitated or elderly within the Village from February 1 , 1975 thru April 30, 1975. Following a discussion of this report, at the recommendation of the Village Attorney, Mrs. Broten was requested to provide a memorandum to the Community Services and Village Boards setting forth the criteria to be established for the granting of this service. At this time, 8:45 p.m. , the President asked if there were any persons in the audience who wished to address the Board. There being none, the meeting continued. The Village Manager reported: 1 . That official notification has been received from the United States Bureau of Census certifying the population of Elk Grove Village at 25.303 as of October 3, 1974 as a result of the •Special Census. 2. That President Zettek will be installed on January 15, 1975 as President of the Northwest Municipal Conference and the Village Manager will be installed as Secretary. 3. That a recommendation has been given to the Board that the Village, at this time, not participate in the Housing and Community Development Act (of 1974) . Any changes in this law or in the guidelines will be studied and the Manager's office will keep abreast of any such changes. 4. That a report has been given to the Board concerning the proposed use of the 911 emergency number. There is much work and considerable expense in adoption of this concept, and the report recommended that the Village maintain the posture of staying informed and attending any discussion on this subject. 5. That the Village's building inspectors will act as observers in Centex' inspection of furnaces in approximately 1700 homes where defective heat exchangers are suspected. At the request of Trustee Staddler, the Manager will request that Centex Homes, Inc. furnish the Village with a copy of their consultant's report on the defective furnace problem, if such a report exists. In order to provide time for the petitioner to prepare additional information, the public hearing by the President and Board of Trustees concerning the Bonovolanta/SBL annexation and zoning petition will be reconvened on January 21st, as scheduled and will be immediately recessed to 7:00 p.m. January 29th, 1975. A staff report on the Dial-a-Ride and Commuter Bus Service will be studied by the Transportation Committee. The Chairman, Trustee Vanderweel , will call a meeting of that Committee for the purpose of discussing this report. Trustee Vanderweel reported that citizens of Elk Grove Village who have voiced complaints to the State, County and Forest Preserve District regarding the Cosman and Bisner Road access to the recreational area in the Salt Creek Watershed Protect have been told that Elk Cove Village has not made an official formal ob- jection to this planned access . Written communications from the Village to the respective responsible agencies do exist and the Village's objection has been voiced at a number of meetings. However, a formal document such as a resolution has not been adopted. Following this discussion, the Manager was requested to arrange a meeting of the Village Board sitting as a Committee-of-the-Whole for 7:00 p.m. prior to a Village Board meeting , to discuss this matter. President Zettek appointed- Trustee Staddler, Chairman and Trustees Spees and Vanderweel as members of the Budget Committee for 1975/76. - 2 - 1-14-75 It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 9:08 p.m. Eleanor G. Turner Village Clerk Charles J. Zettek Village President - 3 - 1-14-75