1985-02-04 - Village Board Regular Meeting - Minutes 6548
2/4/85
MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE
VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO
GROVE, ILLINOIS, HELD IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, VILLAGE HALL, FEBRUARY 4, 1985.
President Clayton called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. CALL TO ORDER
Those present stood and pledged allegiance to the Flag.
Roll call indicated the following present: President Clayton; ROLL CALL
Trustees Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, and Reid.
Trustee Glover was absent. Also present were: William Balling,
Village Manager; James Doyle, Assistant Village Manager; William
Brimm, Finance Director; and Gregory Boysen, Director of Public
Works.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Reid, to approve the minutes of APPROVAL OF
the January 21, 1985 Regular Meeting. Upon roll call, Trustees MINUTES
voted as follows:
AYES: 4 - Marienthal, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSTAIN: 1 - Stone
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
Mr. Brimm read Warrant #543. Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by WARRANT #543
Hartstein, to approve Warrant #543 in the amount of $361,177.73,
authorizing payment of bills listed. Mr. Brimm answered a question
from Trustee Marienthal on the Warrant. Upon roll call, Trustees
voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
President Clayton reappointed John Quick to the Zoning Board of ZBA
Appeals for a term to expire May 1, 1988. Moved by Marienthal, APPOINTMENT
seconded by O'Reilly, to concur with President Clayton's appoint-
ment. Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared
carried.
Trustee Stone introduced Eric Schultz of American Cablesystems CABLE TV
of Illinois; Mr. Schultz then presented a system update to the
Board. Mr. Schultz answered questions from the Board, as well
as listening to their comments. Trustee Stone stated that he
was originally apprehensive about transferring the franchise, and
is now extremely pleased with the American Cablesystems franchise.
Trustee Stone reviewed his memo to the Board of January 31, 1985
regarding Cable Television Franchise Fees, and explained these
fees. There was some discussion by the Board regarding the use
of the franchise fees, and it was determined that the Finance
Committee will discuss these fees during their meeting tomorrow
night, and will then make recommendations on use to the Board at a
future meeting.
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Trustee Marienthal complimented Trustee Stone on coming up with
appropriate ideas as to how to use the funds from franchise fees.
Trustee Hartstein stated that he would encourage the Village REVENUE
to urge Congress and the President to reconsider their position SHARING
on the early demise of Revenue Sharing. President Clayton asked
Mr. Balling to prepare a resolution as Trustee Hartstein suggested.
Trustee O'Reilly believes that it is premature to take a position
on the subject at this time. Trustee Marienthal agreed with Trustee
Hartstein.
Trustee O'Reilly stated that she believes it is a good idea to BOARD POLICY_
reaffirm Board policy on the following two items:
1) When the Board wants to spend an amount of time on a subject,
that subject should be brought before the Board to be sure
that the majority is in favor of pursuing the subject.
2) An item should be on the agenda before the Board gets into a
full discussion on a subject or takes pollings on positions
of a subject.
There was no objection from other Trustees to continuing to adhere
to these policies.
Mr. Balling noted that the Village Planner and the Village Attorney HAPP FARM II
are attending the Board Meeting at the Village of Arlington Heights
regarding the Happ Farm II.
Mr. Balling noted that there is no meeting planned for February 11, FUTURE AGENDA
1985. The Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, February 18, 1985
falls on a staff holiday, so the meeting will be rescheduled as a
Special Meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 1985.
Mr. Balling presented the Board with an update on the Lake Michigan LAKE MICHIGAN
Water system. WATER
Mr. Rod Jacobs, representing School District 125 made a presentation SCHOOL
to the Board outlining the facilities problems at Stevenson High DISTRICT 125
School, and asked the Village Board to pass a resolution in support
of the District 125 February 26, 1985 referendum. Also in attendance
representing Stevenson were Dr. DeFour, Connie Thorn, and Mery Roberts.
Trustee Hartstein stated that there is a great need for expansion
in School District 125, and moved that the Village Board prepare a
resolution in support of the February 26, 1985 referendum for School
District 125. Trustee Reid seconded the motion. Both Trustee
Hartstein and Trustee Reid urged residents of School District 125 to
vote "Yes" on February 26, 1985 in support of the referendum.
Trustee Stone stated that, although the Trustees may individually
be in support of the District 125 referendum, the Village Board has a
policy of not taking a stand on any referendum for another taxing body.
Trustee O'Reilly agreed with Trustee Stone. Trustee Marienthal also
agreed that the Village Board should not get involved in supporting
a referendum for the school district. Trustee Hartstein explained
why he believes that it is appropriate for the Village Board to
support the District 125 referendum.
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Trustee Hartstein withdrew his motion, and Trustee Reid withdrew
his second. The reason that the Village Board did not take a
position was because of policy.
The Trustees did urge all residents of School District 125 to
study the facts and to get out and vote on this referendum on
February 26th.
President Clayton asked if there were any questions from the QUESTIONS FROM
audience. Mr. Thorn asked if the Village would consider changing THE AUDIENCE
the deadline for Village stickers to the summer months, rather
than January 1st. President Clayton stated that the suggestion
would be given serious consideration.
President Clayton explained the Consent Agenda, and stated that CONSENT
any member of the Board or the audience could request that an AGENDA
item be removed for full discussion. Trustee O'Reilly asked
that Item XI. , B. , be removed from the Consent Agenda.
Moved by Stone, seconded by Marienthal, to pass Ordinance #85-7, ORDINANCE
an Ordinance Providing for the Recoupment of Advances for Con- #85-7
struction of a Sanitary Sewer on Fabish Drive between Highland (recapture)
Point Unit 7 and Busch Road. This recapture ordinance has been
prepared in accordance with the terms of the "Offsite Improve-
ment Agreement Concerning 33 Sanitary Sewer Project" approved
by the Board on January 21, 1985. Upon roll call, Trustees
voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Stone, seconded by Marienthal, to authorize the waiver WAIVER OF BIDS
of bids to purchase the golf course bridge. This is the only (Golf Course
local supplier of the Town and Country Bridge which matches Bridge)
the bridges at Lexington-in-the-Park, and the one installed
last year on the 16th fairway. The quoted price of $5,789 is
$4,211 below the amount approved for this improvement. Upon
roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Stone, seconded by Marienthal, to refer to the Plan REFERRAL TO
Commission the development ordinance revisions. The Village PLAN COMMISSION
Engineer requests the referral of these proposed revisions to (development
the Plan Commission for review and recommendation. Upon roll ordinance
call, Trustees voted as follows: revisions)
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
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Mr. Brimm summarized the lease between the Village and Eat's ORDINANCE
Incorporated, as outlined in his memo to Mr. Balling of Jan- #85-8
uary 23, 1985. Moved by Hartstein, seconded by O'Reilly, to (Eat's Inc.)
pass ordinance #85-8, amending a lease between the Village of
Buffalo Grove and Eat's Incorporated, an Illinois corporation.
Upon roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
President Clayton declared a recess from 9:06 P.M. to 9:16 P.M. RECESS
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Marienthal, to pass Resolution RESOLUTION
#85-4, urging the formation of a State Committee to study #85-4
handgun regulation and related issues. (Handgun
Regulations)
Trustee Stone stated that he would like to see the word "handgun"
changed to "weapon" in the proposed resolution when referring to
mandatory prison sentences in Paragraph 1. He also believes that
this needs to be done on a national level, and suggested that the
proposed resolution be sent to the President, rather than the
Governor.
Trustee O'Reilly amended the motion to send a separate resolution
to the President, as well as the one to the Governor. Trustee
Marienthal amended the seconded to the motion. Trustee O'Reilly
also amended the motion to change the word "handgun" to "weapon"
at the end of the 4th line in Paragraph 1. Trustee Marienthal
amended the second to the motion.
Trustee Hartstein stated that he believes that the proposed
resolution should be directed to persons not only using weapons
in the commission of a crime, but also to persons carrying weapons
which could be used in the commission of a crime. Trustee Stone
stated that he believes that there are some items which could be
innocently carried, but could also be used, in certain circumstances,
as a dangerous weapon.
Upon roll call, Trustees voted as follows on the motion to pass
Resolution #85-4, urging the formation of a State Committee to
study handgun regulation and related issues:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Marienthal, to pass Resolution RESOLUTION
#85-5, urging the formation of a National Committee to study #85-5
handgun regulation and related issues. Upon roll call, Trustees (Handgun
voted as follows: Regulations)
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
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Trustee Hartstein discussed the suggestion of putting an
ordinance on the books in Buffalo Grove relating to mandatory
incarceration for persons convicted of using a weapon during
commission of a crime. President Clayton polled the Board:
"Yes" indicates favor of having, as an agenda item, considera-
tion of an ordinance with regard to mandatory incarceration
when using a handgun in a crime; "No" indicates opposition:
YES: Marienthal, Hartstein
NO: Stone, O'Reilly, Reid
`./ ABSENT: Glover
Moved by Hartstein, seconded by O'Reilly, to pass Resolution RESOLUTION
#85-6, in support of an Industrial Revenue Bond to be issued #85-6
by the Illinois Development Finance Authority for Mid-West (Mid-West
Automation Systems, Inc. Upon roll call, Trustees voted as Automation
follows: Systems, Inc.;
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
Mr. John Green, architect with Rabin-Lenoble, representing SCARSDALE
Scarsdale Development, gave a presentation regarding the PLACE
proposed subdivision. The parcel consists of 9.5 acres, and
they are requesting R-5 zoning; the density would be 3.75 units
per acre, with the total number of units on the parcel being 36.
Trustee Marienthal stated that he thinks the plan lacks imagina-
tion; he does not agree with the three detention areas on the plan;
he does not like a cul-de-sac in excess of 800' long; he does not
believe that this plan should be referred to the Plan Commission.
Mr. Green responded to Trustee Marienthal's comments.
Trustee O'Reilly agreed with many of the comments made by Trustee
Marienthal; she does not see that this cul-de-sac can be refigured
unless additional land is acquired. Mr. Frank Morelli, developer,
responded to the question of acquiring additional property.
Trustee Hartstein agreed with comments already made, and thinks
that the permanent cul-de-sac concept needs to be eliminated,
and that there must be a tie-in to another development.
Trustee Stone stated that he does not see anything in this plan
which makes it worth sending to the Plan Commission; he would
like to see another access point; he would like to see Mr.
Morelli acquire some property to the west, or work with the
property owners to the west.
Trustee O'Reilly suggested that, if this plan does not go to the
Plan Commission, they look at R-4 zoning, access, and how much area
there is between this property and Buffalo Grove Road extended.
Trustee Reid stated that he believes Mr. Morelli has tried to do
something with a parcel with limitations; he is encouraged to see
larger lot sizes.
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Mr. Morelli stated that the staff did like this plan, and he
believes that it would turn out to be a nice subdivision.
Moved by Reid, seconded by Stone, to refer the Scarsdale Place
Single Family Subidivision to the Plan Commission. Upon roll
call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 2 - Hartstein*, Reid
NAYES: 3 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion defeated.
*Provided there is a tie-in to the other subdivisions.
Trustee O'Reilly had some questions on the documents; Mr. RESOLUTION
Boysen answered Trustee O'Reilly's questions. Moved by O'Reilly, #85-7
seconded by Hartstein, to pass Resolution #85-7, accepting the (Buffalo Grove
"Agreement for Federal Project M-6003(255)" concerning construction Road)
(Phase III) of the Buffalo Grove Road (Lake-Cook Road to Dundee
Road) street improvement. This resolution authorized the exeuction
of an agreement for construction of the Buffalo Grove Road improve-
ment. As pointed out by the Director of Public Works, Village
funding of the project is well below the initial $200,000 estimate.
Upon roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Reid, seconded by O'Reilly, to move to Executive EXECUTIVE
Session to discuss employment matters. Upon roll call, SESSION
Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Reid
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Glover
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Hartstein, seconded by Stone, to adjourn the meeting. ADJOURNMENT
Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:11 P.M. The Executive Session
terminated at 10:59 P.M.
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Janet Sirabian, Village Clerk
APPROVED BY ME THIS I9L DAY OF
, 1985.
Village Presi ent