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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
January 27, 2015
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Following 5:00 PM Executive Session
NEW BUSINESS
1. Subject: Reconstituting the issue: Consideration of a recommendation
Industrial/Commercial to reconstitute the
Revitalization Commission Industrial/Commercial Revitalization
Reference: Memo from the Director of Commission
Business Development &
Marketing
C: Mayor & Board of Trustees, Village Manager, Deputy Village Manager, Assistant Village
Manager, Village Attorney, Village Clerk (3/6w/o), All Department Heads (7w/o), Cable
Television Coordinator
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
January 27, 2015
6:35 p.m.
Johnson, Mayor
Feichter, Village Trustee
Czarnik, Village Trustee
Prochno, Village Trustee
Petri, Village Trustee
Lissner, Village Trustee
Franke, Village Trustee
Absent: None
Staff: R. Rummel, Village Manager
M. Roan, Deputy Village Manager
G. Knickerbocker, Village Attorney
J. Keegan, Village Clerk
J. Grodzin, Director of Business Development & Marketing
M. Jablonski, Assistant Village Manager
Reporters: Christopher Placek, Daily Herald .
Restructurine the Industrial Commercial Revitalization Commission (ICRC
Trustee Jim Petri, Co -Chairman of the ICRC, stated that the ICRC had been discussing its
direction over the past year. The ICRC was originally created 20 years ago and its
recommendations have resulted in reinvesting $60 million into the business park and the creation
of two long-term plans. While the ICRC has boasted significant accomplishments during its
existence, the ICRC made a unanimous decision in November that restructuring was necessary to
get more people involved and keep its efforts relevant to the community.
Trustee Petri explained that the plan is to change the ICRC into an advisory committee called the
Business Leaders Forum, which would be more involved in providing input, feedback and ideas,
and move away from reviewing capital budgets prepared by staff. The change to a committee
would allow for more people to get involved, including more business owners in the Business Park
and others who might not be able to make a long-term commitment for attendance. The Business
Leaders Forum would meet 3 times per year, over lunch or breakfast to accommodate working
schedules.
Current ICRC Commissioners would be invited to stay on as "Legacy Members," and
approximately 20 new members would be by invited though the Director of Business
Development. Two Trustees would remain liaisons for the Village Board. The Business
Leaders Forum would also include representatives from all Village Departments, so that matters
could be addressed immediately.
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The Committee discussed that members of the new advisory committee would not be given the
benefits associated with appointed positions.
The Committee determined that current ICRC members should be invited to attend one last
Village dinner, and an announcement could be made at the event thanking them for their years of
service.
The consensus of the Committee was to dissolve the ICRC effective May 1, 2015 and to establish
a Business Leaders Forum as an advisory committee. Village staff was directed to prepare an
ordinance dissolving the ICRC. Village staff was further directed to prepare an official letter to
current ICRC members requesting their presence at the Village dinner on April 24.
The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
c: Mayor & Board of Trustees, Village Manager, Deputy Village Manager, Assistant Village
Manager, Village Clerk, Director of Public Works, Director of Community Development, Police
Chief, Fire Chief, Finance Director, Village Attorney