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Home My WebLink AboutVILLAGE BOARD - 02/26/1962 - VILLAGE BOARD II I i MINUTES OF A REGULAR 14EETING OF THE I PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE HELD ON FEBRUARY 26, 1962 1 President James R. Gibson called the meeting to order at 8:15 FM at 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, Robert E. Hartshorn, Eugene V. Keith, Charles P. Smith, James R. Young, Charles J. Zettek, Jr. ; "ABSENT" - none. I It.was moved by Trustee Dillon and seconded by Trustee Hartshorn that the minutes of the regular meeting of February 19, 1962 be approved with the following corrections: page three, paragraph seven should read, "It was moved by Trustee Zettek and -------"; page three, paragraph eight, line 2 should read, "to maintain four Fire Dept.-------"; 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 reported: 1. That Officer William F. Soutar was elected by the Police Department t-3 serve the unexpired term of former Police Officer Wayne Maynard on the Police Pension Board of Trustees. 2. That the Illinois Municipal League has requested a contribution of $75.00 toward litigation expense of a suit for a declaratory judgment and injunction regarding House Bill 1668, and recommended that Elk Grove Village share the expense of this suit. l 3. That Mr. Don Walker, Chairman of the Park Commission, has resigned because of the travel requirements of his work. + 4. Appointed Mrs. G. W. Meyer to the unexpired term of Mr. Walker. 5. Directed the Village Clerk to issue Scavenger Licenses to the following firms who have submitted applications in compliance with Village requirements: Barrington Trucking Co., Roy Strom Refuse Removal Service, Inc., Van Der Molen Disposal Company. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Young that the Board concur in the appointment of Mrs. Meyer to serve the unexpired term of Mr. Don Walker, Chairman of the Park Commission. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Keith that the Board authorize an expenditure of $75.00 to the Illinois Municipal League for the Village's share of 4 litigation expense of a suit for a declaratory judgment and injunction regarding House Bill 1668. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Hartshorn, Keith, Smith, Young, Zettek; 1%4Y" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion i carried. President Gibson administered the oath of office to Officer William F. Soutar of the i Police Pension Board of Trustees. Trustee Zettek requested that the Board deviate from the agenda to allow Mr. R. Altergott of the Traffic Safety Committee to address the Board. There being no objections, Mr. Altergott requested the following appropriation in order to further the program of the Traffic Safety Committee: $500 to equip the Traffic School; an additional $200 to finance a Bicycle Safety program; and $100 for paper, postage, supplies and posters such as those used during Fire Prevention Week. Following discussion with Mr. Robert Fleming, Chairman of the Budget and Estimate Committee, of their plans for handling appropriation requests for the year 1962-63, Mr. Altergott was asked to submit his committee' s request to the Board through the Budget and Estimate Committee, as will the other Departments and agencies of the Village. Attorney Hofert reported that (1) as a result of a meeting he had with Mr. Nongard, of Nongard, Showers & Murray, Inc. , representating Centex Construction Co. regarding the water and sewer company acquisition, he will be forwarded certain information that j the Village has not received, and this information, in turn, will be then given to 1 -1- Reg. 2-26-62 + I I i the Board's committee on negotiations; (2) he has met with Engineer Fletcher and l Trustee Young but that they are 'still in the process of arriving at definite con- clusions regarding the covering of Elk Grove Boulevard ditch. i Engineer Fletcher stated that he has received the site improvement plans of Unit One of the Apartment Site; that no streets are proposed, only driveways and parking areas are planned; and that of concern to the Village are the plans for the street openings of the driveways. Mr. Fletcher will review these plans with Trustee Young and other Board members and report to the Board at the regular meeting of March 12th. The Clerk read a letter from Mr. E. W. Stebbins, Centex Construction Co. , enclosing a plat of survey of Section 5, the apartment area site. The Board referred this to the Plan Commission. The Clerk read letters from (1) The Salvation Army requesting permission to conduct its annual Doughnut Day on Friday, June 8th, or, should there be inclement weather I on this datq Friday, June 15th; (2) the Northwest Suburban Council No. 751, Boy Scouts of America inquiring as to possible violation of village ordinances in their plans to distribute clothing bags, furnished by Good Will Industries, to homes in the Village. on Saturday, March 17, 1962 and to pick up filled bags of clothing on Saturday March 24, 1962. The Board granted permission to the Salvation Army to conduct its Doughnut Day on the requested day; and instructed the Clerk to inform the Boy Scout Council that no ordinances will be violated in their above proposed plan. The Clerk presented a proposed ordinance authorizing transfers among appropriations, first reading having been on February 19, 1962. It was moved by Trustee Smith and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board adopt Ordinance Nj. 223 as amended, entitled "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS AMIONG APPROPRIATIONS". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Hartshorn, Keith, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. ,I It was moved by Trustee Zettek and seconded by Trustee Keith that the Board approve ' an expenditure of no more than €1270. from the Bond fund for the purchase' of a base station and point to point radio for the Police Station from Motorola, Inc. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Hartshorn, Keith, Smith, Yung, Zettek; "NAY" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Keith and seconded by Trustee Young that the Board authorize an expenditure of no more than $290. to cover the purchase of fire extinguishers for the Municipal Building, Fire Station and Street Dept. building, purchases to be made from the Bond Account. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on I the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Hartshorn, Keith, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none. Idhereupon the President declared the motion carried. Following discussion it was the decision to have an informal open house at the Fire Station and Municipal Building for the companies in the commercial and industrial Iparks. After a tour of the building, the Board will meet with the visitors to i discuss any mutual problems. It was moved by Trustee Hartshorn and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board authorize an expenditure of not more than $10 to purchase 6 copies of "Zoning Primer" published by Chandler-Davis, for distribution to members of the Zoning 'i Board of Appeals. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Dillon, Hartshorn, Keith, Smith, Young, Zettek; "NAY" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Hartshorn stated that he has talked to attorneys representing the Village in the request for extension of the Commercial Zone, and that since the proper papers have been filed in the matter of reconsideration by the Illinois Commerce Commission, there is no action the Village can take at this time. It was moved by Trustee Y.-Dung that the Board authorize an expenditure of 4234.00 to cover the cost of a used Wagner plow to be used on the International end-loader. For lack of a second, the above motion failed. I -2- Reg. 2-26-62 �II President Gibson suggested that Trustee Young investigate and report within 30 days I the possibility of the Village building a road through the Hotpoint property to provide additional access to the Village. It was moved by Trustee Hartshorn and seconded by Trustee Dillon that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried, and the meeting adjourned at 9:45 P'=. ' i Eleanor G. Turne Village Clerk Approved: ashes R. Gibson resident I : I i, ,i it l hI i I 'II I i i Reg. 2-26-62 _--- i - I