1980-09-15 - Village Board Regular Meeting - Minutes 5733
9/15/80
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO
GROVE, ILLINOIS, HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
VILLAGE HALL, SEPTEMBER 15, 1980.
President Clayton called the meeting to order at 7: 30 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 Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske.
Trustee Marienthal was absent. Also present were: William
Balling, Village Manager; William Raysa, Village Attorney;
William Sommer, Assistant Village Manager; William Brimm,
Finance Director; Richard Kuenkler, Village Engineer; and
Paul Kochendorfer, Village Treasurer.
Moved by O 'Reilly, seconded by Hartstein, to approve the APPROVAL OF
minutes of the September 2, 1980 Regular Meeting. Upon MINUTES
roll call , Trustees voted as follows :
AYES: 5 - Stone, O 'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske
NAPES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - marienthal
Motion declared carried.
Village Treasurer Kochendorfer read Warrant #436. Moved by WARRANT #436
Stone, seconded by O'Reilly, to approve Warrant #436 in the
amount of $220,531 .57, authorizing payment of bills listed.
Mr. Balling explained that an interim check was being processed
for Well #1 , which will appear on the Warrant for October 6,
1980. Upon roll call , Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske
NAYES : 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Marienthal
Motion declared carried.
President Clayton then read a Certificate of Commendation for CERTIFICATE
Officer Steven Balinski . She then presented the Certificate OF COMMENDATION
to Officer Balinski , and thanked him for the outstanding job
that he is doing.
President Clayton appointed William Fletcher to the Transportation TRANSPORTATION
Commission for a term to expire April 30, 1982. Moved by COMMISSION
Hartstein, seconded by Kavitt , to concur with President Clayton 's
appointment. Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared
carried.
President Clayton reported on the trip to Columbus , Ohio by CABLE TV
the Cable TV Committee on September 4, 1980. She felt the trip
to view this installation was very helpful to the Committee.
President Clayton stated that Trustee Kavitt had asked to be
relieved of the responsibility of serving on the Cable TV
Committee, due to personal and business commitments. Mrs.
Clayton appointed Trustee Stone to take Trustee Kavitt 's place
on this Committee.
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President Clayton stated that she had attended a Northwest NORTHWEST
Municipal Conference meeting on September 10, 1980, where MUNICIPAL
the extension of Route 53 was discussed. Lake County has CONFERENCE
recommended that such items be prioritized, and that Route
53 carry the lowest priority, while the Lake front freeway
carry a high priority. The NWMC passed a resolution
objecting to the manner in which this was done, without any
public notice or input ; they also feel it is out of line
because it is the only project which is prioritized within
the year 2000 plan.
President Clayton stated that she attended the Illinois ILLINOIS
Municipal League Conference in Chicago this past week-end. MUNICIPAL
One of the sessions that she attended pertained to Consolidated LEAGUE
Elections . She stated that the next Village election will be CONFERENCE
April 7, 1981 ; the Municipal Election will be the first on the
ballot; there will be special provisions for party labels ,
should there be need for same.
Mrs . Clayton also stated that she had been to a session where
State Comptroller Burris spoke; and another where Mr. Johnson,
Director of the Department of Revenue spoke.
President Clayton stated that she was on the Nortran 690 TRANSPORTATION
bus this morning when the 1 ,000,000th rider boarded the bus .
She stated that a plaque was presented to the rider, and
commented on the success of the 690 route in Buffalo Grove.
Trustee Gerschefske reported that there was a celebration on RAUPP
September 14, 1980 at the Raupp Memorial Museum, in recognition MEMORIAL
of the Museum's 1st Anniversary. MUSEUM
Trustee Hartstein reported that a revised plan has been TOWN CENTER
submitted by Ken Tucker & Associates which encompasses many
things in the B-5 Ordinance.
Village Treasurer Paul Kochendorfer reported that the loan for NORTH FIRE
the fire house was completed in time to secure the low interest STATION
rate.
Mr. Balling reported that there is a request from Mr. Bakshis of PLAYER'S PUB/
Player's Pub asking permission to install three electronic games GOLF COURSE
and a juke box in the Club House in order to generate business
during the off season. The machines would be non-pinball ; they
would be rotated on a 30 day basis, with the Village approving
each machine that would be installed.
Mr. Balling stated that staff recommendation is that Mr. Bakshis
be permitted to install these machines from October 15, through
April 1 , 1981 , with the Village monitoring same during the winter.
Trustee O 'Reilly stated that she is against this request because
she feels that it will adversely affect the family atmosphere
that there now is in the Club House.
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Trustees Hartstein and Gerschefske stated that they were in
favor of installing the machines so that the tenant has a chance
to have a profitable business during the winter months, as long
as the Village has control over the type of machines installed.
Moved by Gerschefske, seconded by Hartstein, that there be
Board concurrence with Mr. Balling's memo, allowing the
requested machines to be installed in the Club House, with
the stipulation that they not be pinball machines. Upon
�./ roll call , Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 4 - Stone, Hartstein , Kavitt, Gerschefske
NAYES: 1 - O'Reilly
ABSENT: 1 - Marienthal
Motion declared carried.
Mr. Balling reported on the status of the crossing guards at PRAIRIE
the Prairie School . He stated that the recommendation is that SCHOOL/
the permanent crossing guard be placed at Kingsbridge and CROSSING
Brandywyn. Trustee O'Reilly stated that she had received a GUARDS
number of calls from parents asking that the crossing guard
at Thompson and Brandywyn be retained a little while longer,
until the cars get used to using the newly placed STOP sign.
Trustee Hartstein stated that he had also received calls along
the same line. The recommendation of the Board is that the
crossing guard be retained at Thompson and Brandywyn for one
more week, along with the permanent guard at Kingsbridge and
Brandywyn.
President Clayton asked if there were any questions from the QUESTIONS FROM
audience. There were none. THE AUDIENCE
President Clayton explained the Consent Agenda, and stated that CONSENT AGENDA
any member of the audience or the Board could request that any
item be removed for full discussion. It was requested that
Item A be removed.
Moved by O ' Reilly, seconded by Hartstein, that Resolution RESOLUTION
#80-42, conveying a portion of the Mill Creek Park to the kr80-42
Buffalo Grove Park District , be passed. (Mill Creek
Park conveyancE
The Village of Buffalo Grove and Buffalo Grove Park District to Park Dist.)
have jointly filed tax exemption for a small southern portion
of the Mill Creek Park. The Park District has been maintaining
the property and is willing to accept the site.
Upon roll call , Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 5 - Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Marienthal
Motion declared carried.
Trustee O'Reilly stated that she requested that this item be OUTLOTS Dr E,
removed from the Consent Agenda because she does not feel that & F/UNIT #3
these items are in proper condition to convey to the Park OUTLOTS B, C,
District. Discussion followed on whether or not all work should & G/UNIT #4
be completed before this land is conveyed to the Park District. GREEN KNOLLS/
B.G. PARK
DISTRICT
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Park Commissioner Knaack stated that Mr. Crosland has stated
that the Park District would prefer that the Village hold the
land until all work is completed, mainly because they feel
that the Village will have more success in getting all the
work done by the contractors .
Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone for purposes of
discussion , that the Green Knolls park sites not be
conveyed at this time, until the improvements have been
�•/ completed. After further discussion , Trustees voted as
follows :
AYES : 5 - Stone, O' Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Marienthal
Motion declared carried.
-CORRECTION the consensus of the Board
It was/scabcek that, in the future, all conveyances would
be handled as above, unless special circumstances indicate
otherwise.
Mr. Balling stated that John Yost of Keifer. Engineering, PRELIMINARY
and Dick Kuenkler were present to answer technical questions ENGINEERING
on the subject. Mr. Balling then referred to Greg Boysen 's WELL #7
memo of September 11 , 1980; he proceeded to explain the status
of Well #7. He stated that staff's request this evening is that
the Board accept the preliminary engineering report and its
recommendations , and authorize the consulting engineer to proceed
with final design.
Mr. Yost then gave a brief technical summary of the facility,
and commented on the contents of the engineering report.
One concern expressed by the Board is the location of the
site. Discussion followed on this , as well as how much of
the engineering costs are directly related to the specific
site. It was stated that approxiamtely $26,000 of the total
cost would not be transferable if the site were to be changed.
There was also discussion on exactly how much land is needed
for the well site. Concern was expressed regarding going
into final design on a site which the Village does not yet
own.
Regarding any legal action taken regarding the Fiore property,
since the property for this well would be deeded to the
Village immediately, the Village would then own the property,
and any legal action taken would have no affect on it. However,
it was stated that, if the Fiore property is not annexed, the
Village runs the risk of losing some of the invested funds in
this particular site.
Moved by Gerschefske, seconded by Kavitt, to accept the
engineering report and proceed with the recommendations in
Chapter 8 authorizing final design for Well #7. Upon roll call ,
Trustees voted as follows :
AYES: 2 - Kavitt, Gerschefske
NAYES: 3 - Stone, O' Reilly, Hartstein
ABSENT: 1 - Marienthal
Motion defeated.
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It was suggested that staff investigate the possibilities
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of the Suffield location. Mr. Balling stated that he would
prefer to bring back a more final report on the Fiore location
before anything further were done with the Suffield location.
There was no Board objection to Mr. Balling's suggestion.
After further discussion, Trustee Hartstein moved that the
Village Board authorize proceeding with all non-site related
` development in terms of engineering. Trustee O 'Reilly seconded
�•/ the motion, which was unanimously approved roved by- voice vote.
Mr. Balling stated that he would like to approach the Park
District on the recreational element of the site.
Trustee O'Reilly moved that staff approach the Park District
with regard to the recreational element of the Well #7 project.
Trustee Stone seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved
by voice vote.
Moved by O 'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to adjourn the meeting. ADJOURNMENT
Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously approved. The
meeting was adjourned at 9:34 P.M.
Janet M. Sirabian, Village Clerk
APPROVED BY ME THIS 20)
DAY OF , 19 80.
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