HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 11/27/1973 - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
HELD ON NOVEMBER 27, 1973
President Charles J. Zettek called the meeting to order at 8:04 p.m, in the
Municipal Building, 90i 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. Specs, Theodore J. Staddler, Michael Tosto, Nancy L.Vanderweel .
W Noonan Samelson was present at this meeting representing the Village Attorney,
Edward C. ' Hofert.
The Reverend Joseph W. Peoples, Jr. , Pastor of St. Nicholas Episcopal Church,
delivered the invocation.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the minutes
of the regular meeting of November 13 , 1973 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.
Fire Chief Allen Hulett ,also Civil Defense Director , introduced the Service
Directors and Deputy Director of the newly reorganized Civil Defense Organiz-
ation and the Village President administered the Oath of Office to the follow-
ing persons:
Deputy Director - Clark Fulton
Police Services - Chief Jenkins
Public Works - Don Ciaglia
Communications - John Kivlehan
Volunteer and Family Services - Salvation Army Captain C. Harvey
Logistics and Resources - George Corey
- Mr.Glen Lerum, Plans and Operation Officer, and Captain John Henrici , Fire
Rescue and Ambulance Service Director, who were not present at this meeting,
will be sworn in by the Village Clerk at a later date.
The Village President scheduled an Executive Meeting of the President and
Trustees following this meeting for discussion regarding personnel .
It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board
authorize the disbursement of $12,876.93 from the Water and Sewer Department
Operating Account , $17,662.68 from the General Corporate Account , $14.85 from
the Civil Defense Fund Account and $24,924.49 from the Federal Revenue Sharing
Fund Account in payment of invoices as shown on the November 27, 1973 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, Specs, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel ; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon
the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 127-73, authorizing the Village President to sign a Pre-
annexatlon agreement between Parkway Bank and Trust Company, Trustee under Trust
No. 1951 , Matthew and Penelope Manaves, and William ans Tasia Kotsios and the
Village of Elk Grove Village. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll
on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees
Kenna, Specs, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, President Zettek; NAYS: None;
ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the 9oard
waive the first reading rule with respect to an ordinance increasing the number
of Class "A" liquor licenses from eight to nine. The motion was voted upon
by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Spees that the Board
adopt Ordinance No.895 entitled, " AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 20.009 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE INCREf,SIWG THE NUMBER OF CLASS "A" LIQUOR LICl.k ES". Tile Pres-
ident directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being
called the following answered AYE: Trustees Spees, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel ,
Chernick, Kenna; NAYS: None ; ABSENT: None ; whereunon -the President declared the
motion carried.
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It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board
waive the first reading rule with respect to an ordinance annexing the Manaves
and Kotsios property located between Higgins Road and Touhy Avenue, west of
Elmhurst Road. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President
declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board
adopt Ordinance No. 896 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE
VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll
on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees
Staddler, Tostg,Vanderweel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees , President Zettek; NAYS: None
ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board
waive the first reading rule with respect to an ordinance zoning the above
annexed property to B-2, General Business District. The motion was voted upon
by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board
adopt Ordinance No. 897, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE ZONING CERTAIN REAL ESTATE
ANNEXED TO THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE' . The President directed the
Clerk to call the roll and upon the roll being called the following answered
AYE: Trustees Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees , Staddler; NAYS:
None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Spees that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 128-73 entitled, "A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF A PLAT OF
DEDICATION FOR PUBLIC ROAD FOR A PORTION OF HIGGINS ROAD''. (fronting the above
annexed property) . 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, Kenna, Spees, Staddler, Tosto; NAYS: None ; ABSENT: None;
whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
jThe Village Attorney was directed to prepare a recommendation for the Board
l on a proposed resolution repealing resolution No. 99-73 and requiring base
(\ repairs and resurfacing of a portion of Touhy Avenue and an extension of or
withdrawal of the proceeds of the irrevocable Letter of Credit No. 53992•
It was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee Tosto that. the Board adopt
Resolution No. 129-73 , Releasing a third lift Letter of Credit No. 53993 in the
amount of $20,000.00 for Chase Avenue from Tonne Road east to a point 285 feet
north of Touhy Avenue and Lively Boulevard from the railroad spurline south of
Chase Avenue north to Landmeier 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, Kenna, Spees, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel ; NAYS: None;
ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board
direct the Village Manager on behalf of the Village of Elk Grove Village, to enter
into an agreement with Police Office William A. Ulke to provide pension bene Fits
comparable to those provided other Police officers participating in the Police
Pension Fund and to obtain the necessary financing thereof.
During discussion, Trustee Spees stated that he did not feel it was the Village
Board' s responsibility to rectify State Statutes wherein provision is not given
for transfer of pension priviliges when police and firemen move from one depart-
ment to another.
The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll
being called the following answered AYE: Trustee Kenna, Staddler, Test,),
Vanderweel , Chernick; NAY: Spees; ABSENT: 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. 130-73 entitled"A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CASTING OF BALLOT
FOR EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE OF THE ILLINOIS MUHICIPAL RETIREMENT FUND BOARD." The
President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll
being called the following ,n_vicred AYE : Trustees Spee> , Staddler, Tosto,
Vandetweei , Chernick, Kenna; NAYS : None; ABSENT: Nonce ; whereupon the President
declared the motion carried.
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It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the
Board adopt Resolution No. 131 -73 entitled "A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A LETTER
OF CREDIT FROM THE FIRST ARLINGTON NATIONAL BANK GUARANTEEING THE CCM.t.ETION
OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN MAYFAIR INDUSTRIAL PARK". 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,
Kenna, Spees; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared
rthe motion carried.
/ It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 132-73 entitled " A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A LETTER OF CREDIT
FROM THE FIRST ARLINGTON NATIONAL BANK GUARANTEEING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THIRD
LIFT ON THE EXISTING STREETS IN THE MAYFAIR INDUSTRIAL PARK". The President
directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called
the following answered AYE: Trustees Vande n%eel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees, Staddler,
Tosto ; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the
motion carried.
Trustee Kenna, Chairman of the Judiciary, Planning and Zoning Committee scheduled
a meeting for 9:00 a.m. , Saturday, December 1 , 1973, to discuss Monarch Disposal
Company' s service rates for apartments and the Pecora annexation petition.
Trustee Kenna reported that the Judiciary, Planning and Zoning Committee met and
has made the following recommendation: That the Board concur with the recommend-
ation of the Plan Commission and deny the petition of Centex Homes Corporation
for a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance which would permit a projection of
two feet into the required side and rear yard setback areas in residentialsections.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board concur
in the recommendation of the Plan Commission with the exception that a penetration
of one foot be permitted into side yards, and that the Board direct the Village
Attorney to prepare the necessary amendment to Ordinance No. 842 to permit this
one foot penetration into side yards which is identical to the requirements of
the previous Zoning Ordinance No. 20. 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, Kenna, Spees, Staddler, Tosto; NAYS: None; ABSENT:
None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried,
Trustee Kenna also reported that the Judiciary, Planning and Zoning Committee
has recommended that the Board concur in the Plan Commission' s recommendation
on Docket 73-10 and approve a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance which will
permit a maximum height of 60 feet in the A-2, Multiple Family Apartment District,
provided that at least 50 percent of the Off-street parking spaces required under
the terms of the ordinance be in an underground garage and that the maximum
height limitation of 35 feet may be exceeded by one foot for each additional three
feet by . hich both the minimum front and side yard requirements of the A-2
District are exceeded.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board
direct the Village Attorney to prepare a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance
in accordance with the foregoing recom,,-ndation and an ordinance of rezoning
from R-3 , Single Family to A-2, Multiple Family Apartment District of approx-
imately 3.907 acres of land located on the south side of Elk Grove Boulevard
between Ridge Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard, as requested by the petitioner Phoenix
Construction Company,
In response to Trustee Chernick' s question concerning the proximity of the pro-
posed building on this property to the existing apartment buildings at this location,
the Building Commissioner noted that the plans in his office show a seventy foot
distance between the two buildings.
It was moved by T__,�- =pces that the foregoing motion be tabled. The motion,
was not recngniz�d for lack of a second.
For :,r„ ing further discussion, the President directed the Clerk to call the roll
un the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: TrUSteE:S
Kenna, Spees , Stadd Ier, VanderweeI , NAYS : Trustees Chernick, Tosto; ABSENT: None
whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
Trustee Vandern,eel scheduled a meeting of the Personnel Committee for 7:00 p.m. ,
Thursday, December 13, 1973.
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At this time, the President asked if there were any persons in the audience
who wished to address the Board. Mr. Paul Fuchs , representing the Winston
Grove Homeoo-:ners Association, presented a petition containing 359 signatures ,
supporting the Plan Commission' s recommendation to deny the Devon/53 project
and recommending that the project be approved only under the strict inter-
pretation of the R-4 Zoning Regulations of Ordinance No. 842.
The Clerk reported receipt of the approval of the Plan Commission and Village
Engineer of the following plats of I -lot subdivisions: Higgins Industrial Park
C Units No. 131 , 133 , and 134, and Elk Grove industrial Park Unit No. 9.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 133-73 entitled " A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF
SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT No. 1311: The President
directed the Clerk to call the roil on the motion and upon the roll being tailed
the following answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Spees, StaddleV, Tosto, V,nderweel ,
Chernick, NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion
carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 134-73 entitled " A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF
SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 133". The President
directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called
the following answered AYE: Trustees Spees, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick,
Kenna; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 135-73 entitled"A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBDIV-
ISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 134". 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, Kenna,
Spees; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion
carried.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
adopt Resolution No. 136-73 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF
SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS ELK GROVE INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 911. 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, Kenna, Spees,
Staddler; NAYS: 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 with respect to an ordinance amending the provisions
of the Zoning Ordinance relating to permitted uses and establishing a veterinarian
out-patient clinic as a conditional use. The motion was voted upon by acclamation;
whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board
adopt Ordinance No. 898 entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5.81 , PERMITTED
USES IN THE 1 -1 (RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE (ORDIN-
ANCE NO. 842) OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE , ESTABLISHING A VETERINARY OUT-
PATIENT CLINIC AS A CONDITIONAL USE". The President directed the Clerk to tail
the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered
AYE; Trustees Vanderweel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees , Staddler, Tosto; NAYS: None
ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
A report dated November 23, 1973 from the Director of Finance, George Coney to
the Village Manager, concerning water and sewer rates for senior citizens was
referred to the Village Attorney.
The Village Manager reported that a public hearing before the President and
Board of Trustees has been scheduled for 7:00 p.m. , Tuesday, December ll , 1973 ,
to consider the pre-annexation igreerent relating to the Slough Park properties
located on the east side of Busse Road approximately 1 ,000 feet couch of Oakton
Street and consisting of approximately 25 acres and approximately 15.8 acres
located on the north side of Oakton Street west of Busse Road and cast of Higgins
Road as relocated.
The- Manager also reported that ,, hearing daio before the Zoning Board of Appeals
is being SO.ughL to consid,,i the variation petit ;,,;! concerning approximately 72
homes in. Scction 19 which were constructed in violation of the Zoning Ordinance
as it pertains to side and rear yard set backs.
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The Village Manage reported receipt of an invoice in the amount of $450.00
from Schirmer Engineering Corporation for services related to a fire protection
report on the Halo Light project at Route 83 and Avenue.
It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board
authorize the disbursement of $450.00 to Schirmer Engineering Corporation for
a report on the Halo Light project . The President directed the Clerk to call
the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following ansa:ered
AYE: Trustees Chernick, Kenna, Spees , Staddler, Tosto, Vanden eel ; NAYS: None;
ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
In consideration of the conservation of energy, Trustee Tosto reported that if
each resident of Elk Grove Village places one brick in the bathroom water closet
it would replace one quart of water and v.ould not interfere adversly with the
operation of the tank, He stated that this s•rould save approximately 17 million
gallons of water annually with a monetary saving of 376 ,500.00 on water bills.
He suggested that the Village purchase sufficient i:ricks , at a cost of
approximately $1 ,000.00, which %:ould supply each h07eowner with bricks for their
water closets thereby eiffecting savings as noted above.
A discussion folloried concerning the report of Schirmer Engineering Corporation
as to the fire protection at the Halo Lighting plant and the Manager was requested
to arrange a meeting between the Village Board, the Attorney, and Mr. Schirmer
to discuss this report.
It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the meeting
be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by accla ation; whereupon the President
declared the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 9: 52 p.m.
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