Village of Lake Villa

REGULAR MEETING

VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA

FEBRUARY 14, 2007

CALL TO ORDER: The Regular Meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Lake Villa was called to order at 8:02 p.m. on February 14, 2007.

SALUTE THE FLAG: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Frank Loffredo.

ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated the following present: Mayor Loffredo; Attorney Bateman; Trustees Dykstra, Effinger, Frayer, Hall, Harms and McDonald. With a quorum present, the meeting was in order.

CLERK PRO-TEM: It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. McDonald to appoint Lori Heitman as Clerk Pro-Tem.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

MINUTES: It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Effinger to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of January 24, 2007.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

MAYOR:

Vista Hospital It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Hall to authorize Mayor Loffredo to draft and sign a letter expressing the Village’s support for the Open Heart Center and Vista Health Systems Hospital.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

FINANCE:

Accounts Payable It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve the Accounts Payable for invoices due on or before February 14, 2007 as presented with the addition of a Snap On Tool invoice in the amount of $899.95 for a total of all invoices of $237,676.14.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

Special Census It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve payment of $50,378 to the Census Bureau to conduct a special census and to authorize the Mayor to sign the Memorandum of Understanding.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

Burnett Ave Sewer It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve pay request #1 for the Burnett Avenue Sewer project per the Engineer’s recommendation in the amount of $89,334.00 to be paid from the Sewer Accumulation.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

Belmont Well House It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve pay request #1 for the Belmont Well House Completion project per the Engineer’s recommendation in the amount of $114,415.26 to be paid from the Water Accumulation.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

Burnett Ave Sewer

Change Order It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve the Burnett Avenue Sewer Replacement Change Order # 1, as recommended by the Engineer for an additional $1,973.50.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

Tr. Dykstra informed the Board that the Finance Committee would be meeting next Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 5:30pm to work on the Fiscal Year 2008 budget.

WATER AND SEWER Tr. Harms reported that she attended a Lake Michigan Water Study meeting and that a report of the study should be available in mid March.

ROADS & STREETS: It was moved by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize a letter to be issued to the County that the Village has no objections to the Hoffelt Subdivision on Petite Lake Road and to authorize the signing of the report from the County.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

PUBLIC SAFETY: It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to hire Brian Bodden as a part-time Patrol Officer at $15 per hour.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve one week from February 19-26, 2007 of light duty for Officer Winquist as requested.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to deny Sergeant Geraty’s request for 4-6 weeks light duty per Chief Visconti’s memo.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

ORDINANCES &

LICENSES:

2007-02-01 It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Harms to adopt Ordinance 2007-

Truancy/Drug Paraphernalia 02-01, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA VILLAGE CODE (RE: Section 6-2-17, “Possession of Drug Paraphernalia”, and Section 6-2-19, “Truancy”, of Chapter 2 of Title 6)

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

2007-02-02 It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Harms to adopt Ordinance 2007-

Impact Fees 02-02, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA VILLAGE CODE (RE: Section 8-1-6, “Impact Fees”, of Title 8, “Building Regulations”)

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

BUILDING & ZONING:

Effinger Building

122 E. Grand Avenue It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize the Mayor to sign the zoning compliance form for JB Kids to move into the Effinger Building at 122 E. Grand Avenue as approved and recommended by Robert Streicher.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 (Dykstra, Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald)

PASS: 1 (Effinger)

MOTION CARRIED

Marketing Innovations It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize the Mayor to sign the zoning compliance form for Marketing Innovations LLC to move into 500 Park Avenue, Unit 112 as approved and recommended by Robert Streicher.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

Blackthorn Grille Tr. Hall advised that as discussed in committee, the Blackthorn Grille sign would be tabled until more information could be provided.

CITIZENS: Mr. Scardina expressed his concerns about the new vehicle license fee being unfair to residents with only one vehicle. The Board explained that it is a per household fee.

Mr. Scardina suggested that the Village consider using reminder envelopes on cars forgetting to pay their Metra parking fee instead of issuing a ticket for a first offense. The Board said they would discuss.

Lake Villa Township Supervisor Dan Venturi thanked Tr. Harms for her help with the Township hosted AARP Luncheon.

Mayor Loffredo welcomed Mr. Scardina and his business to the Industrial Park.

ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to adjourn the meeting at 8:30pm.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED

APPROVED BY ME THIS_______________________DAY OF_________________________, 2007

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FRANK M. LOFFREDO, MAYOR

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LORI HEITMAN, CLERK PRO-TEM