REGULAR
MEETING
VILLAGE
BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA
MAY 9, 2007
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 May 9, 2007.
SALUTE THE
FLAG: The Pledge of
Allegiance was led by Mayor Frank Loffredo.
ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated
the following present: Mayor Loffredo; Clerk Brownlee; Attorney
Bateman; Trustees Effinger, Hall, Harms and McDonald. Trs. Dykstra and Frayer were absent. With
a quorum present, the meeting was in order.
MINUTES: It
was moved by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. Hall to
approve the minutes of the regular meeting of April 25, 2007.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION
CARRIED
OATH OF OFFICE: Clerk Brownlee administered the oath of office
to Trustee Karen Harms and Trustee Steve Trkla.
ROLL CALL: Roll
call indicated the following present Mayor Loffredo;
Clerk Brownlee; Attorney Bateman; Trustees Effinger,
Hall, Harms, McDonald and Trkla.
Tr.
Dykstra was absent. With a quorum
present, the meeting was in order.
MAYOR:
Reappointments It was moved by Tr.
Harms and seconded by Tr. McDonald to reappoint Roger Visconti as Chief of
Police; James Bateman as Village Attorney; Lori Heitman as Village Treasurer;
Glenn McCollum as Director of Public Works; Applied Technologies as Village
Engineers and Duncan and Associates
as Village Planners.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
FINANCE:
Accounts
Payable It was moved
by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve payment of invoices due on
or before May 9, 2007 in the
amount of $305,019.58
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED
Spectrum
Pyrotechnics It was moved by
Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize the signature of the
contract from Spectrum Pyrotechnics in the amount of $15,000.00 for fireworks
display and authorize the Treasurer to pay a 50% deposit at this time.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
ROADS & STREETS:
Condell
Building – 50 S.
Milwaukee It was moved
by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. McDonald to authorize
the attorney to draft a letter regarding 50 S. Milwaukee
(Condell Building)
with the answer to their request and authorize Mayor Loffredo
to sign said letter.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
PLANNING, PROPERTY &
PARKS:
Weed Treatment
– Deep
Lake
It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Effinger
to approve payment for weed treatment at Deep
Lake to the Deep Lake Improvement
Association not to exceed $1,300.00 and to come from the maintenance of parks.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Leave of
Absence It was moved
by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve and extended leave of
absence (2 year period) for Jim Finn, part time police officer.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
ORDINANCE & LICENSES:
2007-05-01 It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to adopt Ordinance
2007-05-01, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
THE SALE OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA”. Use
“none” as minimum price.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED
2007-05-02 It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Effinger
to adopt Ordinance 2007-05-02, “AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA CODE (RE: NEW CHAPTER 15, “SOLID
WASTE DISPOSAL”, OF TITLE 3)”.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED
BUILDING & ZONING:
Signs It
was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Effinger to
authorize Mayor Loffredo to sign the approval for “Salon and Spa” and “Paws for Applause”
and then forward on to the Architectural Review Board.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
Village
Treasurer reported that the check for $627,280.00 was received on April 27th
for the closing of park property on Deep
Lake and Grass Lake Roads.
CITIZENS TO ADDRESS
THE BOARD:
Peter Parker from the Fire District reported that construction of the fire
house on the east side of Lake Villa
Township is progressing and should
be completed by December. Personnel have
been hired as full time administrators for the Fire Department.
ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. Effinger
and seconded by Tr. McDonald to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village
Board at 8:37 pm.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
APPROVED BY ME THIS_______________________DAY
OF_________________________, 2007
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FRANK M. LOFFREDO, MAYOR
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ALICE
K. BROWNLEE, VILLAGE CLERK