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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 08/24/1965 - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEET ING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD CF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE HELD ON AUGUST 24, 1965, President Jack D. Pahl called the meeting to order at 8:08 p. m. in the Municipal Building in said Village and directed the Village Clerk to call the roll. Upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "PRESENT" - Ronald L. Chernick, George C. Coney, Thomas A. Garrity, Ralph A. Levis, George E. Mullen, Charles J. Zettek; "ABSENT" - none. Village Attorney Edward C. Hofert was present at this meeting, Village Manager George L. Majorca was absent. It was moved by Trustee Garrity and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the minutes of the regular meeting of August 17, 1965 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 Pahl read a report, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Attorney Hofert reported: 1 . That there seems to be a hardship on the petitioner, (Mr. Fred Christian, 627 Oakton) as to a swimming pool fence, however the ordinance prohibits what is proposed. He said the Board may wish to reconsider whether or not they wish to regulate the fences around pools in this way. 2. That he has a photocopy of a proposed receipt as regards the tax escrow for the Elk Grove Water & Sewer Company, Inc. and that he can see no reason why the Village should not release the money in escrow in accord- ance. with the proposed receipt. 3. That the amendment on the taxi ordinance was passed in February 1965 which was well after the franchise was granted, therefore the franchise holder cannot claim he had any rights invested as a result of the ordinance passed in February. He said that under the circumstances the Board can pass the suggested change to the ordinance without regard to the holder of the license, and he has prepared an ordinance in accordance with the change as directed at the last meeting. Following discussion, it was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Mullen that the ordinance regulating swimming pools and fences adjacent to or surrounding said swimming pools be amended by striking that portion pertaining to 50% visibility of said fence. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - Lewis; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Garrity that the Village Board direct the issuance of a permit for a fence, as requested, to Mr. Fred _ Christian, 627 Oakton. The President directed the Cleric to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - Lewis; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Clerk read the Fire Department and the Water & Sewer Department reports for the month of July 1965. These reports will be on file in the Clerks office for review. It was moved by Trustee Garrity and seconded by Trustee Chernick that the Board authorize the disbursement of 47,295.39 from the Water and Sewer Department Operating Account and $13,963.89 from the General Corporate Account in payment of the invoices on the Accounts Payable Warrant as presented. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. - 1 - Reg. 8-24-65 J. PRESIDENT'S REP CRT AUGUST 24 1965' 1 . I hereby Appoint as Chairman of the Citizen's Advisory Committee, David Von Schamburgi As members ,of the Committee, I hereby appoint: Charles Van Abrahams, �e r0. Id. Gw�a R. Kongabel, Robert Schaefer# Elmo Hilderbrand, Mrs. Wanda Crtyn} James Callhhan, Eugene Elleryj Dr. Donald A. Froehlke, Francis Ji Dillon] Theodore Staddler, George Wallace Meyer and Don Walker. It wAl.be sometime early in September before the Special Citimehs+s Advisory Committee Can meet and set up their program, and I hereby appeal to anyone eiie in the Village who would like to serve on this Committee and participate in this very important work. (Ai 0. h, j J kD. Pal P es dent The Clerk reported that the Plan Commission has approved the preliminary and final plats of Unit 28 of Centex Industrial Park and the proposed and final gla U;,& 29 Agdication for Morse Avenue from the east property line of Lot 57 in Unit 28 to the west boundary line of Route 83 in Centex Industrial Park. It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Trustee Garrity that the Board adopt Resolution No. 48-65 entitled. "RESOLUTION OF APPRCAAL OF PLAT OF SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS CENTEX INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT 28" . The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Tris tee Lewis that the Board accept the dedication of Morse Avenue from the east property line of Lot 57 in Unit 28 to the west boundary line of Route 83 in Centex Industrial Park. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. President Pahl said that the Cook County Zoning Board is considering having a Plan Commission established to advise them in cases involving rezoning in unincorporated areas. It was the consensus that the Village President notify the Cook County Board of Commissioners of the Board's desire for them to establish a Plan Commission to advise the County Zoning Board and request that consideration be given to appointing the members to the Commission from the municipalities which are vitally effected. The Civil Defense Director (Police Chief Jenkins) reported that he is contacting all those persons who were previously active in the Civil Defense program to learn if they are still interested and that he is assembling all available Civil Defense material for use in their program. The Clerk read a letter dated August 23, 1965 from Mr. Donald R. Henning, 596 Corrinthia Drive requesting a zoning variation to maintain a three foot fence along Love Street, two feet inside the sidewalk from the rear of his property to a point about 75 feet forward. This request was referred to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a public hearing. Copies were distributed of proposed ordinances relating to dogs on public walks, security deposits for water service, and relating to taxis. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Tru; tee Garrity that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 400 entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17.211 (C) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE RELATING TO DOGS IN PUBLIC WALKS. " The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trusteesanswered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Coney that the Board waive the first reading rule with respect to an ordinance relating to security deposits for water service. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Coney and seconded by Trustee Lewis that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 401 entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22A.102 OF THE ELK GROVE VILLAGE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SECURITY DEPOSITS FCR WATER SERVICE. 011 The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motim and upon the roll being called the following Trustee answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Lewis that the Board waive the first reading rule with respect to an ordinance relating to taxis. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. - 2 - Reg. 8-24-65 It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Trustee Garrity that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 402 entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SECTION 22.1121 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE RELATING TO TAXIS. " The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Cherniok, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; 'ABSENT"- none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Mr. Robert Winkle, representative of Centex Corporation, reported that the petition for rezoning of land on the east side of Tonne Road from M-2 to M-1 will be ready within the next two or three weeks. Mr. Winkle said that since this action is being taken at the request of the Village Board, Centex feels that the costs, involved in the required zoning hearing, should be borne by the Village. It was moved by Trustee Garrity and seconded by Trustee Lewis that the Board waive the fees for advertising and court reporting of the zoning hearing on rezoning land east of Tonne Road to M-1 . With the consent of the second, Trustee Garrity revised his motion to read that the Village will pay the costs of publication of the legal notice and the court reporter's fees. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Where- upon the President declared the motion carried. Following further discussion of the above subject, it was moved by Trustee Lewis and seconded by Trustee Coney that the Village Board join with Centex Corporation, or such other persons as Centex may designate, as petitioner for rezoning of that property east of Tonne Road to M-1 zoning. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. At this time (9:00 p.m.) the President declared a recess to permit residents In attendance at this meeting to address questions and comments to the Board members. President Pahl reconvened the meeting at 9:18 p.m. and directed the Village Clerk to call the roll . Upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "PRESENT" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "ABSENT" - none. Trustees Mullen and Coney reported that they attended a Committee meeting with the administrative staff of School District 214 to discuss a swimming pool for the }sigh school being built in Elk Grove Village, but before any further planning can be done, the approximate cost must be ascertained. During the discussion which followed, it was pointed out that if such an arrangement is undertaken, a referendum would be required to guarantee the loan payment however, there would be no tax levy with the proposed leasing arrangement which is under discussion. Trustee Mullen suggested that the Board also discuss with Centex Officials, at their August 30th meeting, the question of acquiring more property at well #3 and the approaches for the proposed Clearmont Bridge, in addition to apartment e it . The Clerk was requested to prepare an agenda for this meeting. In reply to Trustee Mullen's question, President Pahl said that the procedure as regards the draft of the proposed zoning ordinance prepared by Tec-Search is as follows: (1 the Board members will study the draft and make recommendations to the Plan Commission by September 15th, (2) a joint meeting between the Plan Commission and Village Board will be scheduled to discuss the draft; (3) as a result of this meeting, final direction is given to Tec-Search for the final draft. - 3 - Reg. 8-24-65 The Clerk reported that the State Division of Highways has approved the Board's resolutions requesting MFT appropriations for seal-coating of various arterial and non-arterial streets. Engineer Fletcher has prepared a notice for publication for bids to be returned by 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 31 , 1965 and opened at that tiros . The Engineer is concerned about the lack of sufficient time for the contractor to complete this project during this season and has suggested that since there is no legal requirement for the bid opening to be at a Board meeting, that the Manager and Clerk open the bids. The low bidder would be then notified to be prepared to start the day following the next regular meeting at which time the contract would be officially awarded. It was moved by Trustee Garrity and seconded by Trustee Lewis that the Board authorize the Village Clerk to advertise for bids for seal-coating of various arterial and non-arterial streets, bids to be opened at 4:00 p.m, at the office of the President and Board of "rustees, Village Hall, Tuesday, August 31 , 1965. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motim and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - nnne.; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motim carried. The Clerk reported receipt of a contract from Public Service Company for additions to the street lighting system in Section 12 from Essex Road to Devon Avenue. It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Trustee Coney that the Board authorize the President and Clerk to sign a contract for street lighting in Section 12. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustee answbred "AYE" - Chernick -- Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Where- upon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Garrity and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board authorize the Village Clerk to open and read the bids on snow nlowine. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Clerk opened and read the following bids: Ed Hoffman Trucking $15.00 per hour 8251 N. Oriole Avenue 6 truck Niles, Illinois 0100. check enclosed) Clark Cartage Corp. P1 .50 per hour 4015 S. Rowling Rd. 3 truck now, 7 if needed Palatine, Illinois G. & T. Trucking, Inc. 414.00 per hour 612 Woodworth 5 trucks Roselle, Illinois ( 1100, check enclosed) Milburn Brothers, Inc. X13.75 per hour 704 Central Road 4 trucks Mt. Prospect, Illinois (3100. check enclosed) The foregoing bids were referred to the Village Manager. - 4 - Reg. 8-24-65 It was moved by Trustee Garrity and seconded by Trustee Chernick that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried, and the meeting adjourned at 9:48 p.m. a Eleanor G. TytVbr Village Clem/ " APPRWED: Jack D, ahl Presid n - 5 - Reg. 8-24-65