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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 01/28/2014 - VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES ' �v�GROVEV1��9c� . TyF 2`; CfprgmAl.cucA, MINUTES REGULAR VILLAGE BOARD MEETING January 28, 2014 1. CALL TO ORDER - 7:07 p.m. Roll Call Present: Mayor Craig B. Johnson,Trustees Nancy J. Czarnik, Jeffrey C. Franke, Patton L. Feichter, Samuel L. Lissner, James P. Petri, Christine K. Prochno A Quorum was present Also Present: Village Manager Raymond R. Rummel, Village Attorney George B. Knickerbocker and Village Clerk Judith M. Keegan 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INVOCATION - Pastor Curt Hansen, Elk Grove Baptist Church 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF January 14, 2014 Motion to approve the Minutes of the Regular Village Board Meeting held on January 14, 2014 as submitted and dispense with the reading. Moved by Trustee Petri Seconded by Trustee Czarnik VOICE VOTE MOTION CARRIED 4. MAYOR & BOARD OF TRUSTEES' REPORT - Mayor Johnson announced there will be a Public Hearing on February 11, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. addressing a TIF Redevelopment Plan and Project. The public is invited to attend. The Mayor stated prior to tonight's Board Meeting, the Village honored Doctor Alan Shapiro, Chairman of the Fire & Police Commission for forty-five plus years of volunteer service to the Village. A plaque honoring Doctor Shapiro was added to the Village's Rotunda of Recognition. Mayor Johnson addressed recent weather conditions. During the five days from January 17 through January 22, 2014,the Public Works Department conducted five plowing and salting operations using approximately 650 tons of salt. There were approximately three to fifteen trucks out operating for six to twelve hours per operation. The Mayor stated the Village has received several letters from residents complimenting the maintenance of Village streets this winter. Mayor Johnson commended and thanked the Public Works Department for doing such a great job. Trustee Franke stated a Citizen's Police Academy will be starting tomorrow night. Classes will take place on Wednesday evenings for eight consecutive weeks. The Elk Grove Rotary Club is offering fourteen thousand dollars in various scholarship funds. Applicants have to be an Elk Grove Village resident attending Elk Grove High School, Conant High School or St. Viator High School. Applications are available on the Rotary website. Applications are due by February 14, 2014. Trustee Lissner attended the Illinois Gubernatorial Forum presented by the Daily Herald and ABC 7 News on January 16, 2014. Trustee Lissner was disappointed the question he submitted to the moderator about local municipal problems did not get asked. The candidates spent the majority of the time being critical of each other. On January 23, 2014 Trustee Lissner attended the Elk Grove Chamber and Greater O'Hare Association event held at the Elk Grove Village Hall. It was a very nice event that was well attended. Trustees Petri, Czarnik and Prochno were also in attendance. Mayor Johnson asked Trustee Lissner if local pension reform was addressed by the candidates at the Gubernatorial Forum. Trustee Lissner stated the issue was not addressed. Page 1 of 4 Mayor Johnson stated the Daily Herald sponsored a charitable event with the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday at the Elk Grove Cinema. A movie about the Blackhawks was shown. The event was sold out. Mayor Johnson thanked John Mc Donough, the Blackhawks and the Daily Herald for having the event in Elk Grove Village. Trustee Petri thanked the Public Works Department, Police Department and Fire Department for the good job they have been doing during the cold winterx weather. On January 25, 2014 Trustee Petri and Assistant Village Manager, Joe Carey, attended the legislative breakfast. There were approximately 160 people in attendance. Some of the local Mayors brought up local Municipal pensions. Union representatives expressed their opinions on pensions. Overall it was a good meeting. Trustee Czarnik thanked the Public Works Department, Police Department and Fire Department for all of their hard work during the cold and snowy weather. Residents have commented how much they appreciate how well the streets are plowed in Elk Grove Village. Trustee Czarnik also attended the Elk Grove Chamber and Greater O'Hare Association "Business After Hours" event on Thursday. It was interesting to meet and talk with local business representatives. Trustee Feichter commented how great Public Works is doing plowing the streets. It is evident how good the Elk Grove streets are taken care of when you see the condition of the streets in surrounding towns. Many towns are low on salt and will be unable to continue salting their side streets. Some towns haven't even been plowing their side streets. Trustee Feichter stated it was in the Business Section of the Daily Herald today that Caputo's is coming to Elk Grove Village sometime in late April. Mayor Johnson stated the Village has not received official notification from Caputo's yet. Trustee Prochno stated the Public Works Department is doing a great job with snow removal and asked that residents please shovel their sidewalks and assist neighbors and friends who are unable to shovel themselves. There was'a Sister City meeting on January 20, 2014. Students from Elk Grove High School that will be participating in the Foreign Exchange Program attended the meeting. There will be two one thousand dollar Betty Erickson Memorial Scholarships available from the Lioness Club. A formal announcement and the locations where applications will be available will be announced at the next Village Board meeting. 5.ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WARRANT: Motion to authorize payment of invoices as shown on the January 28, 2014 Accounts Payable Warrant in the amount of $618,570.79. Moved by Trustee Petri Seconded by Trustee Czarnik AYES: Trustees Feichter, Franke, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik NAYS: None MOTION CARRIED 6. CONSENT AGENDA a. Authorization of a request to waive the annual alarm license fees for the Elk Grove Village Park District for seven facilities in the amount of$175. b. Authorization of a request from Rodriguez Dance Theatre to waive fees for a Class A Liquor License and a Food Dealer License for the purpose of a fundraising event to be held on January 31, 2014 at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church located at 1072 Ridge Avenue. c. Authorization of a request to award a contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Breathing Air Systems of Moweaqua, IL for the purchase and installation of a High Pressure Breathing Air Compressor and Fill Station with Accessories in an amount not to exceed $22,226.65 from the Foreign Fire Insurance Fund. d. Authorization to renew a professional service contract to Lauterbach & Amen, LLP of Warrenville, IL to perform the Village's annual audit of financial statements in a total contract amount not to exceed $32,800. Page 2 of 4 e. Concur with prior authorization for an emergency purchase contract with Chick Construction/A-1 Salt, of St. Louis, MO for the delivery of 500 tons of bulk rock salt in the amount of$49,750. f. Adopt Ordinance No. 3368 entitled "AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ABC TRUCK & BODY REPAIR INC. TO PERMIT A COMMERCIAL TRUCK REPAIR SHOP IN AN 1-2 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1463 LUNT AVENUE, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS." g. Adopt Resolution No. 5-14 entitled "A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATENESS FOR CLASS 6B STATUS PURSUANT TO THE COOK COUNTY REAL PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION ORDINANCE AS AMENDED FEBRUARY 15, 2006 FOR CERTAIN REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 135-139 JOEY DRIVE. ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS." h. Adopt Resolution No. 6-14 authorizing the Maintenance of Streets and Highways by a Municipality under the Illinois Highway Code and appropriating $1,203,400 from the Motor Fuel Tax Funds (MFT) for the 2014 Street Maintenance Program. Mayor Johnson asked if staff members or Village Trustees had any questions or comments regarding the Consent Agenda. No Response. The Mayor asked if anyone in the audience wished to address the Village Board regarding any items on the Consent Agenda. No Response. Motion to approve Consent Agenda items "a through h." Moved by Trustee Czarnik Seconded by Trustee Franke AYES: Trustees Feichter, Franke, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik NAYS: None MOTION CARRIED 7. REGULAR AGENDA- No items on the Regular Agenda 8. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE - Trustee Petri - The Committee met to discuss the Street Maintenance Program. There are not enough funds available from the MFT program so reserve funds will also be used. There is an extensive list of streets. There are other streets not on the list that.wil,l receive significant patching. The bid will go out as soon as possible. Mayor Johnson stated that Village streets get resurfaced every twelve to fourteen years. Cul-de-sacs a little less frequently because they don't have as much traffic. Some of the heavier trafficked streets and older pozzolanic streets are done a little more often. Discussion pursued about how bad the pozzolanic streets get. Mayor Johnson stated replacement of the pozzolanic streets should be in the Village's long term plan. 9. JUDICIARY, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE -Trustee Lissner- Trustee Lissner called a meeting of the JPZ Committee on February 25, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. in the Chernick Conference Room to discuss a Special Events Policy. Trustee Lissner stated the Committee met earlier this evening to discuss item c. Sports & Athletics in Industrial Districts. The Committee agreed with a majority of the Plan Commission recommendation except for a few extra words at the end of the Text Amendment. The JPZ Committee felt the use of the words "recreational uses and amusements" was too vague. Removing those words would eliminate the requests for haunted houses, paintball tournaments, etc. The main use is for typical sports training. JPZ meeting minutes will be distributed and the Village Board will act on the recommendation at the next Village Board meeting. The Village Manager recommended that the Village Attorney prepare an Ordinance for the next Village Board meeting also. Trustee Lissner announced the new Elk Grove Village news program on Channel 6 which was airing at 2:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. will be airing at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. starting in February. 10. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE - Trustee Franke - No Report, Mayor Johnson asked that Medicare Supplement Plan be added to the Personnel Committee Agenda. Mayor Johnson asked that Trustee Franke have information ready for Village Board action at the February 11, 2014 Village Board meeting. Page 3 of 4 11.RECYCLING&WASTE COMMITTEE- Trustee Feichter-There are no weather delays this week with Waste Management pickup. Old and unwanted Christmas lights and cords can be brought to Village Hall for recycling. Trustee Franke asked if Christmas trees were still being picked up by Waste Management. The Village Manager advised they would be picked up. 12.INFORMATION COMMITTEE -Trustee Prochno -The Channel 6 viewership survey is completed. Channel 6 will be compiling the results of the survey. Trustee Prochno hopes to have a report on the results at the next Village Board meeting. 13.CABLE TELEVISION COMMITTEE-Trustees Lissner/Petri- No Report 14.INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION COMMISSION -Trustees Lissner/Petri Trustee Petri announced the Commission will be meeting for Budget review and Master Plan review on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Development conference room. 15.YOUTH COMMITTEE -Trustee Franke-Scholarship forms are available on the Village website, at the high schools, and at the main Park District office. Three one thousand dollar scholarships are being offered. Applications are due by May 2, 2014. 16.PARADE COMMITTEE-Trustee Czarnik-The annual Hometown Parade will take place on Saturday,June 14, 2014. The Parade theme is"Under the Big Top." Parade applications will be mailed in the near future. The next meeting of the Parade Committee will take place on February 3, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. 17.HEALTH &COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE -Trustee Czarnik-The Community SpiritAward winners for February are the Elk Grove Jaycees. The Jaycees are a non- profit civic group that emphasizes community service, social networking and leadership development for young adults between the ages of twenty and forty-one. The Jaycees have aided in sponsoring various community events since 1958 and they continuously dedicate their time to the Elk Grove Village community. Watch"In The Grove" on Chanel 6 during the month of February to hear more about the Jaycees. "The Caring Place" is the official name of the Community Respite Program. The Program is offered on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m.at Christus Victor Lutheran Church. It is a great socialization program for adults. The program is organized and supervised by trained and caring staff. The services of the Community Health Nurse are available to residents for help or advice on health issues. Residents should not hesitate to contact Nurse Jane for assistance. 18.LIQUOR COMMISSION - Mayor Johnson- No Report 19.SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE - Mayor Johnson-The next special event is the Memorial Day Ceremony. 20.MID-SUMMER CLASSICS CONCERT SERIES UPDATE - Mayor Johnson -the Concert Series will begin in six months. 21.PLAN COMMISSION -Village Manager Rummel- No Report 22.ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS-Village Manager Rummel- No Report 23. REPORT FROM VILLAGE MANAGER- No Report 24.REPORT FROM VILLAGE CLERK- No Report 25.UNFINISHED BUSINESS-The Unfinished Business appears on the Consent Agenda and can be removed from the Agenda. 26.NEW BUSINESS- none 27. PUBLIC COMMENT-7:47 p.m. - Mayor Johnson recognized Boy Scout Robert Stanislawski in the audience. Robert was in attendance to earn his Citizenship in the Community badge. 28.ADJOURNMENT- Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:52 p.m. Moved by Trustee Czarnik Seconded by Trustee Feichter AYES: Trustees Franke, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik, Feichter NAYS: None MOTION CARRIED Judith M.Keegan,Village Clerk Mayor Craig B. Johnson Page 4 of 4