HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 05/28/1974 - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
HELD ON MAY 28, 1974
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
directed the Village Clerk, Eleanor G. Turner to call the roll . Upon the
roll being called the following answered PRESENT: Trustees Ronald L. Chernick,
Edward W. Kenna, George T. Spees, Theodore J. Staddler, Michael Tosto; ABSENT:
Trustee Nancy L. Vanderweel . Village Attorney, Edward C. Hof ert and Village
Manager, Charles A. Willis were present at this meeting.
The Reverend Schuyler V. Butler, Pastor of the Elk Grove Baptist Church,
delivered the invocation.
It was moved by Trustee Staddler and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the minutes
of the regular meeting of May 14, 1974 be approved with the following corrections:
pages 2, 3 and 4 to be corrected to show ordinances numbered 925 through 931 to
be changed to read numbers 926 through 932 respectively. The motion was voted
upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
The President announced receipt of the resignation of Mr. Mead Killion from the
Plan Commission effective June 28, 1974 due to business and family commitments.
Mr. Killion' s resignation was accepted with regret.
It was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee Chernick that the Board
authorize the disbursement of $590.73 from the Water and Sewer Department
Operating Account , $4,555.57 from the General Corporate Account , and $24.25 from
the Civil Defense Fund Account in payment of invoices as shown on the 1973/74
Accounts Payable Warrant and $13,793.42 from the Water and Sewer Department
Operating Account , $16,393.99 from the General Corporate Account, $329.87 from
the Civil Defense Fund Account and $6, 199.87 from the Federal Revenue Sharing
Fund, in payment of invoices as shown on the 1974/75 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, Kenna, Spees,
Staddler, Tosto; NAYS: None; ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President
declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee. Kenna that the Board
authorize a sign variation requested by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,
1501 Nicholas Boulevard, for a 32 foot high free standing sign as outlined
by the Building Commissioner. (This was a request to replace an existing sign,
installed in 1961 under Ordinance No. 117. The replacement sign will be approx-
imately 50% less in square foot area and the height will be 15 feet lower. The
sign exceeds the height restrictions of the present ordinance by 14 feet and is
the only non-conforming feature of the new sign. ) The President directed the
Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the follow-
ing answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Spees, Staddler, Testa, Chernick; NAYS: None;
ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declarec the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Staddler and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board
authorize assigning Fire Engineer Randall Scott to non-emergency and non-driving
duties in the Fire Department for a two yeaiperiod subject to reconsideration
based on reexamination and reevaluation of Engineer Scott ' s physical condition
in February, 1976. (The Clerk was requested to follow up for a status report in
one year) . The President directed the Clerk to call the rr' l on the motion and
upon the roll being called the following answered AYE : Trustees Spees , Staddler,
Tosto, Chernick, Kenna; NAYS: None; ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the
President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Staddler and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board
authorize the Plan Commission to conduct a public hearing with regard to an
adjustment to the zoning district line (commercial and industrial ) on a parcel
of land located at the northwest corner of Martin Lane and Higgins Road in the
Mayfair Industrial Park, (Finegan Subdivision Units 2 and 3) , hearing to be
called after receipt of hearing fees. The President directed the Clerk to call
the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE :
Trustees Staddler, Taste, Chernick, Kenna, Spees ; NAYS: None ; ABSENT: Trustee
Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
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A meeting of the Capital Improvements Committee was scheduled by Trustee
Chernick to be held on Monday, June 3 , 1974, at 8:00 p.m. to discuss with
the architect the location of a fire station west of Route 53, and with
Village Engineer Donald Ciaglia for a discussion of all items on the Committee' s
agenda.
The Clerk reported receipt of the approval of the Plan Commission and Village
Engineer of the following one lot subdivisions: Higgins Industrial Park Units
No. 148 and 149, Finegan Subdivision Unit 4 ( a resubdivision of Lot 9 in
Mayfair Industrial Park) , and the 'Kotsios-Manaves Subdivision at the inter-
section of Touhy Avenue and Elmhurst Road. The Clerk also reported receipt of
the approval of the Plan Commission, Village Engineer and Judiciary, Planning
and Zoning Committee of the following plats of subdivision consisting of more
than one lot : Higgins Industrial Park Units No. 147 , 150 and 151 , Finegan
Subdivision Unit 1 , (a resubdivision of a portion of Lot 5 in Mayfair Industrial
Park) .
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 43-74 entitled,"A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBD-
IVISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 147". The President
directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called
the following answered AYE: Trustees Tosto, Chernick, Kenna, Specs, Staddler;
NAYS: None; ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the
motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 44-74 entitled, " A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF
SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 148". The President
directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called
the following answered AYE: Trustees Chernick; Kenna, Specs, Staddler, Tosto;
NAYS: None; ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the
motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
.adopt Resolution No. 45-74 entitled, " A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF
SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 149". The President
directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called
the foljowing answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Specs, Staddler, Tosto, Chernick;
NAYS: Kone: ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the
motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 46-74 entitled,"A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBD-
IVISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 150". The President
directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called
the following answered AYE : Trustees Specs, Staddler, Tosto, Chernick, Kenna;
NAYS: None; ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the motion
carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Reso;..tion No.47-74 entitled, "A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBDIVI -
SION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 151". 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, Chernick, Kenna, Specs; NAYS:
None; ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the motion
carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 48-74 entitled, "A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF
SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS FINEGAN SUBDIVISION UNIT NO. W. The President
directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called
the following answered AYE: Trustees Tosto, Chernick, Kenna, Specs, Staddler;
NAYS: None; ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the
motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 49-74 entitled, "A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF
SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS FINEGAN SUBDIVISION UNIT NO, 4. The President directed
the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the follow-
ing answered AYE : Trustees Chernick, Kenna, Specs, Staddler, Tosto; NAYS: None ;
ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
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It was moved by Trustee Kenna aMd seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 50-74 entitled, " A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF
SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS KOTSIOS-MANAVES SUBDIVISION' . The President directed
the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the
following answered AYE: Trustees Specs, Staddler, Tosto, Chernick, Kenna;
NAYS: None; ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the
motion carried.
Trustee Chernick requested that the architect meet with the Buildings and Grounds
Committee at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 3 , 1974 regarding item 17d on the agenda -
Municipal buildings and grounds maintenance.
Following report by the Village Clerk of a request for a bake sale license by
the Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post No. 9284, it was moved by Trustee Staddler and
seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board authorize the issuance of a license,with-
out fee, to the Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post No. 9284, Elk Grove Village for their
annual bake sale on Saturday, July 20, 1974 at the Grove Shopping Center and the
Park and Shop 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
Staddler, Tosto, Chernick, Kenna, Specs; NAYS: None; ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ;
whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
In reply to a question from Trustee Staddler, Attorney Hofert stated that the
proposed contract for fire and ambulance service between the Village and Itasca
Meadow Farms Homeowners Association is in his office and he will report on this
matter at the next Board meeting.
President Zettek called an Executive Session of the Board following this meeting
concerning personnel .
At this time, 8:40 P.M. , the President asked if there were any persons in the
audience who wished to address the Board. Fireman Bernard Goss stated that he
was spokesman for a group of Village employees who feel that the recent 8.5%
salary increase given to Village employees was not sufficient to meet the inflated
cost of living, and that this was being called to the Board' s attention. President
Zettek said that Mr. Goss' comments were so noted.
A representative of the Elk Grove Village Jaycees requested the Board' s permission
to install a banner across the street at Biesterfield Road and Arlington Heights
Road advertising their annual carnival and parade in June.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
grant permission to the Elk Grove Village Jaycees to install a banner sign at
Arlington Heights and Biesterfield Roads consistent with getting the approval of
Cook County to so advertise their events in June. The President directed the
Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following
answered AYE: Trustees Tosto, Chernick, Kenna, Specs, Staddler; NAYS: None;
ABSENT: Trustee Vanderweel ; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the meeting
be adjourned. The motion was voted upor. by acclamation; whereupon the President
declared the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
Eleanor G. Turner
Village Clerk
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
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