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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 10/04/1962 - VILLAGE BOARD • • MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETIAC OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE HELD ON. OCTOBER 4,_1962 President James R. Gibson called the meeting to order at 8:25 PM 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" - Francis J. Dillon, Eugene V. Keith, Jack D. Pahl, Charles P. Smith, James R. Young, Charles J. Zettek, Jr. ; "ABSENT" - none. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Young that the minutes of the regular meeting of- September 27, 1962 be accepted and 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 Gibson gave. the following report: 1 . Reported receipt of a check in the amount of $500 from the Forest View Home- owners Association as a deposit as requested in Attorney HofertIs letter to Mr. Budwick, President of the Association and Mr, Schultz, Attorney.' In his letter` of transmittal, Mr: Budwick stated the Village will receive a letter from Mr. Schultz agreeing to the conditions set forth in Mr. Hofert' s letter and the President requested Attorney Hofert to submit to Pair. Schultz, in contract form, the above mentioned conditions. 2: Reported that as a result of a conference with Dr. Bardwell and Mr. Everett Lewy; Attorney for the School District, regarding the annexation of the Higgins School, Mr. Lewy will confer with Attorney Hofert. 3. Reported that he has accepted an invitation to attend the dedication on October 15th of the Executive Headquarters of United Air Lines. 4. Stated that a meeting of representatives of the Village and the Elk Grove I-later and Sewer Co. to discuss terms of the acquisition of the property has been tentatively scheduled for October 10th. 5. Appointed Trustee Jack Pahl to the Chairmanship of the Judiciary and Planning Committee and to membership of the Finance Committee. 6. Requested the Judiciary and Planning Committee to review existing ordinances, in the light of a model Ordinance Regulating Traffic in the September 1962 issue of the Illinois Municipal Review, and to recommend to the Board whether or not a new ordinance should be adopted. 7. So that the Village may receive full advantage of the program of the 49th Annual Conference of the Illinois .Municipal League, the President requested the attendance of certain meetings and panels by the Trustees and asked that each take notes and prepare a report for the other members of the Board of those meetings and panels attended, 8. Said that at the Board meeting of September 27th, he suggested the appoint- ment to the Youth Commission of an employee of one of the companies in the Industrial Park, rather than a "Centex representative" as reported in the October 4th issue of the Elk Grove Herald. 9. In connection with the Air Pollution Control Ordinance under consideration by the Judiciary and Planning Committee, requested Trustee Pahl to attend a public hearing on a proposed Cook County Air Pollution Control Ordinance on Wednesday, October 10, 1962 at 10 AM in the Cook County Court House, and asked Trustee Pahl to let him know if he could not attend, so that someone else could attend in his place. Regarding the vacancy on the Water Company Negotiating Committee, created by the resignation of Trustee Hartshorn, Trustee Keith volunteered to serve on this Committee as an alternate for Trustee S:iith. President Gibson issued a Proclamation proclaiming the week of October 14 through October 20, 1962 as Suburban Homemaker Week and commended Paddock Publications and the National Suburban Press Foundation for conducting a search for the Homemaker of the Year. Trustee Keith requested that the Board change the order of business and allow Petr. Robert Beaupre, Chairman of the Playground and Recreation Board, to present a report. There being no objections, Mr. Beaupre made the following request for funds for the period October 1st to December 31st: -1- Reg. 10-4-62 i Park 5: Landscape - $500.00 Equipment-- (tots) - $475.00 Park 4: Equipment (tots) - $475.00 Park 3: Equipment (intermediate) —$125.00 Park 2: Equipment (tots) - $614.00 Supervised basketball program: $100.00 TOTAL REQUESTED: $2,289.00 i It was moved by Trustee Keith and seconded by Trustee Dillon that the Board accept the recommendation of the Playground and Recreation Board and authorize an expenditure of $2,289.00 as per plan outlined above. (President Gibson stated (1) that this expenditure is within the budgeted amount and (2) the Playground and Recreation Board will give adjacent property owners an oppor- tunity to voice their opinions as to the location of the park equipment.) The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Dillon and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board authorize the expenditure of $3,460 from the General Corporate Account for final contract payment to National Heat and Power Co. for work done on the Municipal Building. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; 11NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. President Gibson requested that he be excused from the meeting for a brief time, and he turned the gavel over to Trustee Dillon and asked that he serve as President Pro-tem. Engineer Fletcher was requested for an opinion regarding the final payment of 10jL to Endurance Paving Company for paving of the parking area at the Municipal I ^ Building. i The President Pro-tem reported that the Building Department has received a request from the Chicago Sanitary District for permission from the Board to install a rain fall measuring gauge on the municipal site, preferably east of the Building Department offices. The gauge would be installed on a 4 x 4 foot concrete pad with a total height of three feet above grade. The rainfall would be measured by telephone cable direct to their Chicago Office and the only maintenance on the part of the Village would be to empty the cup tester after each rain fall. It was moved by Trustee Young and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board authorize the Village Clerk to write the Chicago Sanitary District stating that the Village Board grants permission for installation of a rain fall measuring gauge on the municipal site. The motion was voted:-upon-°.by .acc'amation; :where- uponithe President Pro-tem declared the motion carried. Trustee Smith presented two warrants for authorization for payment as follows : (1) 13 invoices totaling $450.95 from the General Corporate Account, 3 invoices totaling $25,715.34 from Motor Fuel Tax funds; (2) 12 invoices totaling $3,926.30 from the General Corporate Account. It was moved by Trustee Smith and seconded by Trustee Young that the Board authorize the payment of 13 invoices for a total payment of $450.95 from the General Corporate Account and 3 invoices totaling $25,715.34 from Motor, Fuel Tax funds. The President Pro-tem directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President Pro=tem declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Smith and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board authorize the payment of 12 invoices totaling $3,926.30 from the General Corporate Account. The President Pro-tem directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President Pro-tem declared the motion carried. -2- Reg. 10-4-62 Trustee Zettek reported that the Bicycle Safety Program will be in effect late in October or early in November under the Chairmanship of the Reverend David ` Crail with the assistance of 25 to 30 persons who have indicated an interest in, and a willingness to work with the program. A meeting of the Public Safety Committee and the Fire Department was sc'-eduled for 8 R4 Wednesday, October 10, 1962. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Keith that the Board authorize an expenditure of $125.00 for the expenses of Police Chief Clifford I chile attending a conference of t!-Ie International Police Chiefs Association in St. Louis from October 6th throu-h October 11th, 1962. The President Pro-tam cl directed the Clerk to cal]_ the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; ':NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President Pro-tem declared the motion carried. Trustee Zettek reported that a representative of the State Division of Traffic Safety will be at the Village Hal]_ at 8 Pi\4 October 15th and that various persons in the Village interested in traffic safety, and representatives of civic groups have been invited to attend this meeting. Trustee Zettek suggested that all Board members be in attendance. Trustee Zettek opened a discussion as to the purchase of a new Police Department squad car and said that one of the Police Department cars now has over 60,000 miles on the speedometer and two others have 45,000 and that experience has shown that when the mileage passes the 50,000 mark, extensive and major repairs become necessary. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Keith that the Burd authorize the Village Clerk to advertise for bids on the purchase of one police vehicle, according to specifications previously established, bids to give price with and without automatic transmission, to include trade in on a 1961 i'o^d, bids to be opened at the regular meeting of the Village Board to be held October 25, 1962. The President Pro-tem directed the Clerk to call the roll on the = ot.icn. and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "'1 '" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President -Pro-tem declared the motion carried. The Clerk read a proposed resolution, prepared by Engineer Fletcher, which designated Tonne Road from Devon Avenue to Landmeier Road as an Arterial Street. Engineer Fletcher stated that Tonne Road was originally a County road. It was moved by Trustee Young and seconded by Trustee Young and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board adopt Resolution No. 24-62 entitled "RESOLUTIOi%? FOR DESIGNATION OF ARTERIAL STREETS UNDER THE ILLINOIS HIGHWAY COD21p1 . The, President Pro-tem directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President Pro-tem declared the motion carried. The Clerk read a proposed resolution, prepared by Engineer Fletcher, Which appropriated $21,500 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the purpose of maintaining arterial streets from January 1, 1963 to December 31, 1963. It was moved by Trustee Young and seconded by Trustee Keith that the Board ado-pt Resolution No. 25-62 entitled "RESOLUTION FOR MAINTENANCE OF ARTERIAL STREETS OR STATE HIGHWAYS BY MUNICIPALITY UNDER THE ILLINOIS HIGHWAY CODE". The President Pro-tem directed the Clerk to call the rDll on the motion and upon the _roll bein`• I called the following Trustees answered !'AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none; whereupon the President Pro-tem &3-clared the motion carried. The Clerk read a proposed resolution, prepared by Engineer Fletcher, which I appropriated $13,500 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the purpose of maintaining ncn-- arterial streets from January 1, 1963 to December 31, 1963. It was moved by Trustee Young and seconded by Trustee Keith that the Board adopt Resolution No. 26-62 entitled "RESOLUTION FOR MAINTENANCE OF NON-ARTERIAL STREETS OR STATE HIGHWAYS BY MUNICIPALITY UNDER THE ILLINOIS HIGHWAY CODE". The President. Pro-tem directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being -3- Reg. 10-4-62 called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY' - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President Pro-tem declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Young and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board authorize the Village Clerk to advertise for bids covering snow removal equipment, namely: motor grader and 6 wheel trucks, bids to show price for each piece of equipment per hour and bids also to show labor on an hourly basis, bids to be opened at the regular meeting of the President and Board of Trustees to be held October 25, 1962. The President Pro-tem directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - I Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Where- upon the President Pro-tem declared the motion carried. At this time (9:20 PM) the President Pro-tem recessed the meeting for no more than 15 minutes to allow residents in attendance to address the Board members. President Gibson reconvened the meeting at 9:33 PM, and directed the Village Clerk to call the roll. Upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "PRESENT" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "ABSENT" - none. Based upon a question raised during the recess, President Gibson assigned to the Judiciary and Planning Committee and the Village Attorney the obligation to resolve the question of what constitutes the grade from which erection of a fence, within or exceeding Village ordinance requirements, is based. Building Inspector Walla stated that a building permit has been issued to the property owner whose fence plans were discussed during the recess, but that erection of the fence had not begun. I Following the rendering of an opinion by Attorney Hofert that the Village Board is within its rights to revoke a permit provided no construction has been started, it was moved by Trustee Dillon and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board direct the Building Department to revoke the permit in question pending an investigation, the results of which will be reported next week by the Village Attorney and the Chairman of the Judiciary and Planning Committee. The notion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Clerk reported receipt of a petition and plats of annexation from Centex Construction Company for annexation of. 10 acres of property on Devon Avenue between Elmhurst Road and Route 83. (The petitioner: Chicago Title and Trust Co. under Trust No. 42730.) This request was referred to the Plan Commission and the Zoning Bcard of Appeals. I The Clerk read a letter dated October 2, 1962 from Evan W. Stebbins which requested consideration for approval of a Preliminary Plat, which was enclosed, of the Higgins Road Commercial area. This was referred to the Plan Commission. The Clerk read a letter dated October 3, 1962 from Evan 4d. Stebbins enclosing one copy of a plat of Section 10, 10-A and 10-B. Mr. Stebbins stated in his letter that the construction of pavement, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, and storm drainage has been satisfactorily completed in the area known as Section 10, the streets of which are shaded in red on the Plat, and that Centex Construction l Company guarantees pavement, curbs and gutters, sidewalks and storm drainage for one year from October 3, 1962 against faulty workmanship and materials, exclusive I of ordinary wear and tear and that Centex. Construction Company agrees to provide the Village with a maintenance bond when the Village accepts Section 10 for permanent maintenance. The above was referred to the Village Engineer for a recommendation, said recommendation to include the size of the bond to be furnished by Centex Construction Company. President Gibson again asked to be excused to speak to the Village Prosecutor, and turned the gavel over to Trustee Dillon to serve as President Pro-tem. The Clerk read a letter from George Mullen of the Plan Commission, stating that the following information has been received from the Elgin District Office of the State of Illinois Division of Highways (Expressway Division) regarding the proposed IReg. 10-4-62 link between the Congress Expressway and the Northwest Tollway: coming north from Route 19 on the east side of Route 53 and just south of Devon Avenue, their west right of way line will be the east line of the WBBM property; and from Devon they will go north to Biesterfield Road; from which point they may go either west or east of Route 53 to the Northwest Tollway. It was emphasized that north of Route 19 their plans are tentative. Location of the interchanges are firmly established at Thorndale and Higgins Roads. The Clerk reported receipt of a copy of a letter from E. N. Fletcher to the Building Department recommending approval of Metropolitan Sanitary District Sewer Permits Nos. 1962-194, 1962-223, 1962-225, 1962-220, 1962-218, 1962-193, 1962-195. It was moved by Trustee Keith and seconded by Trustee Young that the Board allow the Northwest Suburban Council No. 751, Boy Scouts of America, permission to conduct a clothing drive in the Village on Saturday, November 10, 1962 and Saturday, November 17, 1962 and to permit them to park their trailer in the Municipal Building parking lot to be used as a collection point for the filled bags of clothing. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President Pro-tem declared the motion carried. The Clerk read a resolution, prepared by Attorney Hofert, commending Frank F. Scharringhausen. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Young that the Board adopt Resolution No. 27-62 entitled "A RESOLUTION CO14MENDINTG FRANK F. SCHARRINGHAUSEN FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AS BUILDING CONYMISSIONER". The inoti6n--was voted upon -by- the by the President' Pro-tem.declared the motion carried. . President Gibson returned, and took the Chair. President Gibson appointed Dr. Roger W. Bardwell to the Youth Commission and requested the concurrence of the Board in this appointment. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Young that the Board concur in the President's appointment of Dr. Roger W. Bardwell to the Youth Commission. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, I Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. President Gibson appointed Walter A. Jones to the Youth Commission, and requested the concurrence of the Board in this appointment. It was moved by Trustee Young and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board concur in the President's appointment of Walter A. Jones to the Youth Commission. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, I Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Clerk presented a proposed ordinance, prepared by Attorney Hofert, rezoning approximately 94 acres of property at the SE corner of Devon Avenue and Route 83 from R1 to M2. It was moved by Trustee Keith and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board waive the first reading rule with respect to the above proposed ordinance. ne President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered -AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY' - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Keith and seconded by Trustee Young that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 253 entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING TO PROPERTY BOUNDED BY DEVON AVENUE ON THE .FORTH AND ROUTE 83 ON THE WEST, DU PAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS" . The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek; "INAY" -- none; "ABSENT"' - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. i -5- Reg. 10-4-62 " • • The Clerk presented an ordinance relating to stop intersections, first reading having been on September 13, 1962. It was moved .by Trustee Young and seconded by Trustee Keith that the Board adopt I Ordinance No. 254 entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENMING SECTION 14:204 (STOP INTER- SEC TIONS) AND SECTION 14.202 (DESIGNATED THROUGH STREETS)". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Keith, Pahl, Smith, Young, Zettek.- "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Young and seconded by Trustee Keith that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried, and the meeting adjourned at 10:12 PM. I Eleanor G. Turner Village Clerk Approved: Ja s R. Gibson President I Ir^ i ,I I I II 1 I I I I -6- Reg. 10-4-62 i I