HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 01/04/1963 - VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
HELD ON JANUARY 4, 1963 I
President James R. Gibson called the meeting to order at 8:00 P.M. in the Municipal
Building in said Village and directed the Village Clerk to call the roll. Upon
n the roll being called the following Trustees answered "PRESENT" - Francis J. Dillon,
Eugene V. Keith, Jack D. Pahl, James R. Young, Charles J. Zettek, Jr. ; "ABSENT" -
Charles P. Smith. (Trustee Smith arrived at 8:06 P.M. )
Also present at this meeting was Mr. Paul D. Speer, 33 S. Clark St. , Chicago, the
Village' s Financial Consultant. (Mr. John Black, of Alvord, Burdick & Howson,
Consulting Civil Engineers, arrived at the meeting at 9:12 P.M. )
President Gibson made the following statement: "On December 20th, the Village
Board authorized the signing of a contract with the Elk Grove Water and Sewer Co.
for the purchase of the property of this company. Also authorized at the same
time was the signing of supplemental agreements which were an integral part of
the purchase negotiation. Also authorized was a new revenue bond ordinance
authorizing four million dollars in revenue bonds, The Village has been notified
in the newspaper and by letter issued by the Board and mailed to the residents in
the Village as to some of the background of the decisions and negotiations, the
reasons for the decisions and the basis upon which those decisions were reached.
This Special Meeting was called tonight to give further information to any interested
residents about the negotiations, the deliberations and the conclusions reached
which led up to this action on the 20th of December."
The President then opened the meeting for questions from any of the approximately
55 persons who were in the audience. Questions were asked by the following persons :
Mr. Robert F. Fleming, 57 Ridgewood; Mrs. Seth S. Grossman, 267 Thorndale Ave. ;
Mr. 1d. Brandt, 620 Pinewood; Mr. C. D. Mancuso, 530 Walnut Lane; Mr. Robert Borman,
58 Wildwood Road; Mr. Richard Gorham, 1101 Elmwood Lane; Mr. J. J. Yohanan, 528
Middlebury; Mr. Anthony Swies, 928 Elmwood Lane; Mr. Copeland, 274 Greenbrier;
Mr. John Haar, 457 Lilac Lane, Elk Grove Village.
Answeres to the questions asked by the above named were answered by President
Gibson, Messrs. Speer, H,,)fert, Black. Trustees Dillon and Keith participated in
discussion. A court reporter's transcript of the entire meeting is on file in
the Village Clerk's Office, and is made a part hereof.
President Gibson thanked members of the audience for their attendance and interest.
It was moved by Trustee Dillon and seconded by Trustee Pahl that the meeting be
adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President
declared the motion carried, and the meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
Eleanor G. Turne
j Village Clerk
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Approved:
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JdZes R. Gibson
President
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