REGULAR
MEETING
VILLAGE
BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA
APRIL 13, 2005
CALL TO
ORDER: The Regular
Meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Lake Villa was called to order
at 8:00 p.m. on April 13, 2005.
SALUTE THE
FLAG: The Pledge of
Allegiance was led by Mayor Frank Loffredo.
ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated
the following present: Mayor Loffredo;
Attorney Mullen; Clerk Brownlee; Trustees Dykstra, Effinger,
Frayer, Hartwig, McDonald and Raukohl.
With a quorum present, the meeting was in order.
MINUTES: It was
moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Raukohl to approve the minutes of the March 23, 2005 meeting.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
MAYOR:
Executive
Session
Pending & Prospective
Litigation It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Hartwig
to go into Executive Session after a brief recess following Citizens To Address The Board for the purpose of Pending and
Prospective Litigation.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
Class “F”
Liquor License It was moved by Tr.
Frayer and seconded by Tr. Raukohl
to approve a Class “F” Liquor License for the Lake Villa Rescue Squad Dance June 11
– 12, 2005 and waive
the fees with a Hold Harmless Agreement in place.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
DEKA It
was moved by Tr. Hartwig and seconded by Tr. Frayer To authorize the statutory
public hearing on proposed property exchange between Lake Villa and DEKA Investments pertaining to the
proposed Lake Tower Crossing PUD.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 7 All trustees and Mayor Loffredo MOTION CARRIED
FINANCE:
Accounts
Payable It was moved
by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve
the accounts payable invoices on or before April 13, 2005 in the amount of $247,448.77.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Part Time
Accountant It was moved by
Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to hire Kim
Graff to fill the Part time Accountant position at $17.00 per hour with a start
date of May 2, 2005.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
MSI Software It was moved by
Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize
the Treasurer to purchase the MSI credit card software, equipment and adapt our
website to accept credit card payments at a total cost not to exceed $6,000.00.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
Mansion
Light Fixtures It was moved by
Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Raukohl to authorize
the order of light fixtures for the inside lower level of the Mansion addition
from Warren Electric, Inc. in the amount of $10,995.36 and to authorize a check
in the amount of $6,000.00 for a deposit on the order and to waive the bidding
process.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Finance
Meeting Tr. Dykstra
scheduled a Finance Meeting at 6:00 p.m. April 20, 2005.
PUBLIC WORKS:
Roads &
Streets
Striping
Program It was
moved by Tr. Raukohl and seconded by Tr. Effinger to authorize the Mayor to sign a Lake County DOT
indemnification form for the annual road way striping program.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Street
Sweeper It was
moved by Tr. Raukohl and seconded by Tr. Effinger to authorize the Director of Public Works to rent
a street sweeper from Standard Equipment Company at a cost not to exceed
$3,000.00.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
PUBLIC
SAFETY:
Squad
Auction It was
moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Raukohl to
authorize Chief Visconti to auction a confiscated
1991 GMC with the Illinois State Police and any proceeds to be placed back into
the department DUI fund.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
ORDINANCE
& LICENSES:
2005-04-01 It was moved
by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. McDonald to adopt
Ordinance 2005-04-01, “AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE CODE ESTABLISHING A SEWER SUBAREA SYSTEM”.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
2005-04-02 It was moved
by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. McDonald to adopt
Ordinance 2005-04-02, “AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE CODE REGARDING DISORDERLY CONDUCT”.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
2005-04-03 It was moved
by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Hartwig
to adopt Ordinance 2005-04-03, “AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE CODE REGARDING APPROVED DESPOSITORIES”.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 ABSTAIN: 1 (Tr.
Dykstra)
MOTION
CARRIED
BUILDING
& ZONING:
Heritage
Trails & Estates It was moved
by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. McDonald to
approve the final plats of Heritage Trails and the Estates subdivision pending
the attorneys receipt and acceptance of all required documents and fees and the
villages final acceptance of the developers agreement and final acceptance
memos from all consultants.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 ABSTAIN: 1 (Tr. Dykstra)
MOTION
CARRIED
CITIZENS TO
ADDRESS
THE BOARD: Marcia Kulp of Grass Lake Road read a letter pertaining to the run-off from
the Deka project at the corner of Deep Lake Road and Grass Lake Road. She
also had some questions pertaining to the lights installed at the Baseball
Field on Grass Lake Road.
Floyd
Whitney had some questions regarding the lighting and the run-off also.
8:20 Recess
RECONVENE: It was moved by Tr. Effinger
and seconded by Tr. Frayer to reconvene the regular
board meeting of the village board at 9:03 p.m.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
Land
Appraisal It was
moved by Tr. Hartwig and seconded by Tr. Frayer to direct Terry Denoma to
appraise a four acre parcel of village property south of the water tower on Deep Lake Road.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Interim
Attorney It was
moved by Tr. Hartwig and seconded by Tr. Raukohl to retain James Bateman to handle all pending
litigation for the Village of Lake Villa in cooperation with John Mullen.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Clarification
Ownership It was moved by Tr. Hartwig and seconded by Tr. McDonald to authorize Attorney
Mullen to review Cedar Lake Island ownership.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
2005-04-04 It was moved
by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Hartwig
to adopt Ordinance 2005-04-04, “AN
ORDINANCE GRANTING PRELIMINARY AND FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE LAKE TOWER CROSSING
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT” pending
final resolution of drainage issue.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. Frayer and
seconded by Tr. McDonald to adjourn the regular board meeting of the Village
Board at 9:45 p.m.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
APPROVED BY ME THIS____________________DAY
OF__________________________ 2005
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FRANK M. LOFFREDO, MAYOR
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ALICE K. BROWNLEE, VILLAGE CLERK