1982-05-03 - Village Board Regular Meeting - Minutes 6030
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO
GROVE, ILLINOIS, HELD IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, VILLAGE HALL, MAY 3, 1982
In the absence of the Village President, the Clerk called CALL TO ORDER
the meeting to order at 7:40 P.M. Those present stood and
pledged allegiance to the Flag.
Roll call indicated the following present: Trustees Marien- ROLL CALL
thal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske, and Schwartz.
President Clayton was absent. Also present were: William
Balling, Village Manager; William Raysa (arrived at 7:52 P.M.) ,
Village Attorney; James Doyle, Assistant Village Manager;
William Brimm, Finance Director; Gregory Boysen, Director of
Public Works; Ray Rigsby, Superintendent of Public Works; James
Truesdell, Village Planner; Richard Kuenkler, Village Engineer;
and Paul Kochendorfer, Village Treasurer.
Moved by Stone, seconded by O'Reilly, to appoint Trustee Marien- PRESIDENT PRO TEM
thal President Pro Tem for tonight's meeting. Upon voice vote,
the motion was unanimously declared carried.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Hartstein, to approve the minutes APPROVAL OF MINUTES
of the April 19, 1982 Regular Meeting. Upon roll call, Trustees
voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSTAIN: 1 - Schwartz
Motion declared carried.
Mr. Kochendorfer read Warrant #477. Moved by O'Reilly, seconded WARRANT NO. 477
by Stone, to approve Warrant #477 in the amount of $304,010.61
authorizing payment of bills listed. Upon roll call, Trustees
voted as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske,
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
President Pro Tem Marienthal noted that Deputy Clerk Carol Henn- VILLAGE PRESIDENT
enfent's husband passed away today, and extended sympathies to REPORT
her.
President Pro Tem Marienthal appointed Allen Goldberg to the PLAN COMMISSION
Plan Commission for a term to expire April 30, 1983. Moved by APPOINTMENT
Hartstein, seconded by Stone to concur with President Pro Tem
Marienthal's appointment. Upon voice vote, the motion was unan-
imously declared carried. Mr. Goldberg was in the audience,
and President Pro Tem Marienthal introduced him to the Board.
and thanked him for his desire to serve the Village.
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President Pro Tem Marienthal appointed Harvey Morowitz to the COMMISSION
Fire and Police Commission for a term to expire April 30, 1983. APPOINTMENT
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Hartstein, to concur with Pres-
ident Pro Tem Marienthal's appointment. Upon voice vote, the
motion was unanimously declared carried. President Pro Tem
Marienthal also introduced Mr. Morowitz to the Board, and stated
that the Village looked forward to working with him.
President Pro Tem Marienthal made the following reappointments COMMISSION
to Village Commissions, terms to expire April 30, 1985: REAPPOINTMENTS
APPEARANCE COMMISSION: Carmelo M. Cea
BOARD OF HEALTH: David Saidel, Joan Kuffel, Janet Schotz, and
Joan McCleary
ELECTRICAL COMMISSION: Gerald Metz, Charles Wilhelm
FIRE & POLICE COMMISSION: John Doerrer
PLAN COMMISSION: Mary Jo Reid, Rosalie Kaszubowski
POLICE PENSION FUND BOARD: Robert Back
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION: James Schrader, William F. Fletcher
ZBA: Mark Perlman, David Stolman
Moved by Stone, seconded by Gerschefske, to concur with Pres-
ident Pro Tem Marienthal's appointments. Upon voice vote, the
motion was unanimously declared carried.
President Pro Tem Marienthal noted a memo to the Board dated TRUSTEE LIAISON
April 29, 1982 from President Clayton designating the follow- ASSIGNMENTS
ing Trustee Liaison assignments:
TRUSTEE MARIENTHAL: Zoning Board of Appeals
Youth Commission
Transportation
TRUSTEE STONE: Plan Commission
Cable Television
TRUSTEE O'REILLY: Finance
Police Pension
Fire Pension
TRUSTEE HARTSTEIN: Intergovernmental (excluding Cable TV)
Board of Health
TRUSTEE GERSCHEFSKE: Appearance Commission
Community Blood Donor Commission
Electrical
TRUSTEE SCHWARTZ: Fire & Police Commission
Buffalo Grove Days
ESDA
President Pro Tem Marienthal noted President Clayton's memo to CITIZEN'S ADVISORY
the Board of April 29, 1982 regarding the Citizen's Advisory COMMITTEE ON MUNIC-
Committee on Municipal Water Policy. The members of this Commit- IPAL WATER POLICY
tee will be: Trustee O'Reilly, Trustee Schwartz, Treasurer
Kochendorfer, President Clayton (ex-officio) , Village Manager
Assistant Village Manager, Finance Director, Director of Public
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Works, Village Engineer, and five (5) citizens from the commun-
ity to be chosen.
Moved by Marienthal, seconded by Stone, to approve the forma-
tion of the Citizen's Advisory Committee on Village Water Policy.
Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared carried.
Mr. Raysa arrived at this time.
President Pro Tem Marienthal brought up the subject of the TRUSTEE
Village President and Trustees or staff members being reimbursed REIMBURSEMENTS
for their expenses when attending a function or educational semi-
nar relating to Village business. Lengthy discussion took place
regarding this subject, with both opinions being expressed.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to deny payment for Village
attendance at Harry Walsh's Retirement Dinner.
After further discussion, Trustee voted as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske,
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Marienthal, that the Village not pay
for the Northwest Municipal Conference dinner the same evening.
After discussion, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 2 - Marienthal, O'Reilly
NAYES: 4 - Stone, Hartstein, Gerschefske, Schwartz
Motion defeated.
It was requested that staff prepare a policy regarding official
representation at certain educational seminars.
Trustee Stone explained the Warner Regional Cable Group Agreement, CABLE TV
as outlined in Mr. Doyle's memo to Mr. Balling of April 27, 1982.
Moved by Stone, seconded by Hartstein, to approve entering into
an agreement to join the Warner Regional Cable Group. After discus-
sion, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske,
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Hartstein, to appoint Trustee Stone
as delegate to the Warner Regional Cable Group.
Upon roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske, Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
�./ ABSTAIN: 1 - Stone
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Stone, seconded by Schwartz, to appoint Trustee Hartstein
as the alternate delegate to the Warner Regional Cable Group. Upon
roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Gerschefske, Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSTAIN: 1 - Hartstein
Motion declared carried.
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Mr. Balling introduced Mr. Larry Freedman, who gave the Board a COMMONS STATUS
status report regarding the Commons. Mr. Freedman stated that REPORT
he has been appearing on behalf of Unity Savings prior to its
acquisition by Talman/Home; he also represents Lexington Develop-
ment Company, which had been acting with Unity in the development
of the parcel. Mr. Freedman introduced Mr. Steve Cohen, who will
be representing Talman/Home from this point on. Mr. Cohen referred
to a letter dated April 30, 1982 from Mr. Norman Geis to Mr. Raysa
regarding the Letters of Credit for the Commons. Mr. Cohen stated
that Talman/Home has acquired a number of projects recently, and
that they cannot give any definitive information on proceeding with
this project at this time. They will evaluate the project and
attempt to do whatever they can to expedite the matter, hopefully
within 30 days.
A resident of the Commons asked if there could be some action taken
after 30 days in order to clean up the area in question. Mr. Raysa
reviewed the bond situation. Mr. Cohen stated that the individual
to deal with at Talman would be Mr. Dennis Holland. Mr. Raysa
stated that he would now like to have a new Letter of Credit
issued from Talman/Home. President Pro Tem Marienthal asked that
Mr. Cohen be in contact with the current residents of the Commons
to keep them apprised of developments. Mr. Balling stated that
there will definitely be a status report on June 7, 1982. Mr.
Cohen stated that Mr. Norm Geis would be the current contact for
Mr. Raysa.
Mr. Balling gave a status report on the Westwood Subdivision. WESTWOOD SUB-
Mr. Raysa also commented on the Letter of Credit. DIVISION
Mr. Raysa commented on the fact that the Village has just dealt LETTERS OF
with two Letters of Credit that have been issued by a financial CREDIT
institution, which either has the end loan on the property, or
the mortgage loan, or the construction loan. He stated that this
is twice that he has not received, upon demand, the balance of
the Letter of Credit. Mr. Raysa stated that he may develop a
policy to let future developers know that he may not accept on
behalf of the Village, Letters of Credit from any financial
institution that has the construction loan or the end load on
the project. Mr. Balling stated that the Village Attorney will
draft up a statement to be presented to the Board on May 24, 1982
when the Development Ordinance is reviewed.
President Pro Tem Marienthal asked if there were any questions QUESTIONS FROM
from the audience. There were none. THE AUDIENCE
President Pro Tem Marienthal explained the Consent Agenda, and CONSENT AGENDA
stated that any member of the Board or the audience could re-
quest that an item be removed from Consent for full discussion.
There were no such requests.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to pass Ordinance #82-16, ORDINANCE #82-16
approving the FY82-83 Appropriation Ordinance. The Village (Appropriation
Board has conducted a public hearing on this ordinance pursuant Ordinance)
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to state Statute, and is in a form acceptable for final consid-
eration.
Upon roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal,Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske,
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to pass Resolution #82-24, RESOLUTION #82-2•
approving the intergovernmental transfer of certain easement (Northwest
rights to the Northwest Water Commission. The NWC has requested Water Commission
use of certain easement rights to deliver water to Reservoir #6.
1 The Village Attorney has approved the form of this resolution
and agreement. Upon roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske,
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to award bid for 1982 MFT 1982 MFT
materials to lowest qualified bidders: Group One Materials - MATERIALS
Liberty Asphalt for $21,341; and Group Two Materials - Meyer
Material for $5,062.50. Annual bidding is conducted for the
purpose of materials charged to the Municipal MFT Program. Upon
roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske,
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to accept the Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT -
of the Police Pension Fund. The Police Pension Board recommends POLICE PENSION
approval of their annual report. Upon roll call, Trustees voted FUND
as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske,
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to accept the Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT -
of the Fire Pension Fund. The Fire Pension Board forwards their FIRE PENSION
annual report for informational purposes. Upon roll call, Trustees FUND
voted as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske,
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
President Pro Tem Marienthal read a Proclamation establishing PROCLAMATION -
May 16, 1982 for the St. Jude's Bike-a-Thon in Buffalo Grove. St. Jude's
Bike-a-Thon
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Moved by Gerschefske, seconded by Hartstein, to pass Resolution RESOLUTION #82-2`
#82-25, approving a design engineering agreement between the (Pavement Eval-
Village of Buffalo Grove and Baxter & Woodman to implement the uation Program)
Village of Buffalo Grove Pavement Management Program. Trustee
O'Reilly stated that she is not voting against this particular
company, she is voting against the entire plan and the method
of procedure. Upon roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 4 - Stone, Hartstein, Gerschefske, Schwartz
NAYES: 2 - Marienthal, O'Reilly
' Motion declared carried.
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Moved by Gerschefske, seconded by Schwartz, to pass Resolution RESOLUTION #82-2(
#82-26, authorizing the use of MFT funds for engineering design (Pavement Manage-
services in connection with the Municipal Pavement Management ment Program
Program. Upon roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 4 - Stone, Hartstein, Gerschefske, Schwartz
NAYES: 2 - Marienthal, O'Reilly
Motion declared carried.
President Pro Tem Marienthal noted memos from Mr. Balling and BUFFALO GROVE
Mr. Kuenkler concerning the Buffalo Grove Center Subdivision. CENTER
Moved by Gerschefske, seconded by Hartstein, to approve the
Final Plat of Subdivision for the Buffalo Grove Center (Lake-
Cook and IL Route 83) , subject to the points outlined in the
Village Engineer's report dated April 26, 1982. Upon roll
call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske, Schwartz
NAYES: 1 - Marienthal
Motion declared carried.
Mr. Gitlitz explained to Mr. Raysa and the Board the reasons
that developers use the same financial institutions for loans
as well as Letters of Credit. Mr. Raysa then responded to Mr.
Gitlitz' comments.
Moved by Schwartz, seconded by O'Reilly, to refer the change in BUFFALO GROVE
plan of development for the Buffalo Grove National Bank to the NATIONAL BANK
Plan Commission. Upon roll call, Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske,
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
President Pro Tem Marienthal noted that the Village is again GARDEN PLOTS
offering garden plots on Busch Road at a price of $6.00.
Moved by Hartstein, seconded by Gerschefske, to adjourn to ADJOURNMENT
Executive Session to discuss land acquisition. Upon roll call,
Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Gerschefske
Schwartz
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
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The meeting adjourned to Executive Session at 8:55 P.M. The
Executive Session adjourned at 9:45 P.M.
Janet Sirabian, Village Clerk
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APPROVED BY ME THIS 17it DAY OF
Q.Ju� , 1982.
Vil age President Pro Tem
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