Village of Lake Villa

REGULAR MEETING

VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA

February 27, 2008

CALL TO ORDER: The Regular Meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Lake Villa was called to order at 8:05 p.m. on February 28, 2008 at the Lake Villa Village Hall.

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; Clerk Brownlee; Trustees Dykstra, Hall, Harms, McDonald and Trkla. Trustee Effinger was absent. With a quorum present the meeting was called to order.

MINUTES: It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Hall to approve the minutes of the February 13, 2008 Village Board Meeting with the corrections stated by Tr. McDonald.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

MAYOR:

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

Litigation Probable or Imminent

It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Trkla to go into Executive Session for Litigation Pending as well as Probable or Imminent with reasons to be stated by Attorney Bateman in Executive Session.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Mayor Loffredo asked which Trustees would be available to participate in the St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 15, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.

FINANCE: Tr. Dykstra informed the board that there would be a Finance Committee meeting on Monday, March 10 at 6:00 p.m. at the Village Hall.

Tr. Dykstra left at 8:30 p.m.

WATER & SEWER:

Change Order – Water

Facilities Building It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve Change Order #3 – Water Facilities Building, as recommended by the engineer, resulting in a reduction of the contract by $649.00. The new contract amount will be $1,603,543.91.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

PLANNING, PROPERTY &

PARKS:

Additional Engineering

Services – OSLAD Mansion

Park

It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Trkla to approve the additional work Bollinger, Lach & Associates has performed to date at a cost of $3,356.35 and to authorize the Mayor to sign the latest proposal in the amount of $3,540.00 for the OSLAD Mansion Park project.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

Hey & Associates, Inc. –

OSLAD Mansion Park It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve the work performed to date by Hey and Associates, Inc. related to the OSLAD Mansion Park site in the amount of $2,935.00, authorize the Mayor to sign the proposal dated 2/21/2008 and authorize payment of a $1,000.00 retainer.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

PUBLIC SAFETY:

Squad Car It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Hall to authorize Chief Visconti to purchase a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria squad car not to exceed $23,000.00 as a state bid from Landmark Ford minus $1600.00 trade-in on a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

ORDINANCES &

LICENSES:

2008-02-02 It was moved by Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. McDonald to adopt Ordinance 2008-02-02, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1 OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA VILLAGE CODE (RE: AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 4, “GENERAL PENALTY”).

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

BUILDING & ZONING:

Cadre Communications It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve Zoning Compliance for Cadre Communications, 210 Lake Avenue, in Nielsen Plaza.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

Community Trust Credit

Union It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve only two business signs on the tower of Community Trust Credit Union of 1380 N. Deep Lake Road and forward on to the Architectural Review Board.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

AT&T It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. McDonald to direct Mayor Loffredo to sign the permit request form for AT&T, 803 E. Grand Avenue and forward on to the Architectural Board for review.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

Sanctuary Banner Signs It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve temporary banner signs for Sanctuary Apartments for a 30 day period with an optional permit for an extra 30 days.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

CITIZENS TO ADDRESS

THE BOARD: Robert Johnston of 262 West Grand Avenue inquired as to whether there would be an Economic Development Meeting taking place anytime soon.

RECESS: 8:45 pm.

RECONVENE: It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to reconvene the regular meeting of the Village Board at 9:12 pm.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

Settlement Agreement –

Applied Technologies It was moved by Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. McDonald to direct Attorney Bateman to draft a settlement agreement with Applied Technologies detailing their proposed payment of a total of $40,000.00 over a four month period.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Trkla to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village Board at 9:15 pm.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED

APPROVED BY ME THIS______________________DAY OF__________________________, 2008

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FRANK M. LOFFREDO, MAYOR

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ALICE BROWNLEE, VILLAGE CLERK