REGULAR
MEETING
VILLAGE
BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA
May 13, 2009
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 13, 2009 at the Lake Villa Village Hall.
SALUTE THE
FLAG: The Pledge of
Allegiance was led by Mayor Loffredo.
ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated
the following present: Mayor Loffredo; Clerk
Brownlee; Attorney Bateman, Trustees Dykstra, Harms, McDonald and Trkla. Trustees Effinger and Hall were absent. With a quorum present the meeting was called
to order.
MINUTES: It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by
Tr. Harms to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Village Board of
April 22, 2009.
ROLL CALL VOTE
WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
OATH OF OFFICE: Attorney Bateman administered the Oath of
Office to Village Clerk, Alice Brownlee.
Village
Clerk Brownlee administered the Oath of Office to Mayor, Frank Loffredo and
Village Trustees, Kathy Battistone, Ray Jelinek and Jim Mc Donald.
ROLL CALL: Roll
call indicated the following present:
Mayor Loffredo; Clerk Brownlee; Attorney Bateman, Trustees Battistone,
Dykstra, Harms, Jelinek, McDonald and Trkla.
MAYOR:
Executive
Session It was moved
by Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. Harms to go into Executive Session at the end
of the meeting for the purpose of Pending
Litigation, Litigation which is Probable or Imminent, Personnel Matters and Collective
Bargaining.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
Resignation It was moved by
Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to accept the letter of resignation from
Raymond Jelinek as the Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 ABSTAIN: 1(Trustee Jelinek) MOTION CARRIED
Reappointments It was moved by Tr.
Harms and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to make the following reappointments:
Village
Attorney – James Bateman, Ltd.
Chief
of Police – Ronald Roth
Treasurer
– Lori Heitman
Director
of Public Works – Glenn McCollum
Village
Planners – Duncan & Associates
Village
Engineers – Applied Technologies
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
AAA Tentmasters It was moved by Tr. Harms
and seconded by Tr. Trkla to approve the AAA Tent masters agreement with the
proposed addendum to be submitted to AAA.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
FINANCE:
Accounts
Payable It was moved
by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve the Accounts Payable for
invoices due on or before May 13, 2009
in the amount of $213,440.39 as
presented.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
Fiscal Year
Budget 2009-10 It was moved by Tr.
Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve the Budget for the 2009-10 Fiscal
Year as well as salary increases for non-union employees retroactive to May1,
2009 as discussed and reviewed by the Board in Committee, which are reflected
in the Budget, and salaries of all employees covered by the existing Collective
Bargaining Agreement shall be as provided in that Collective Bargaining
Agreement, as amended.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
WATER & SEWER:
Engineering
Services
Lake
Michigan Water It
was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. McDonald to authorize the Mayor to
sign the Agreement for Professional Services with Applied Technologies to
provide engineering services for the Northern Lake County Lake Michigan Water
Planning Group, on behalf of the Village, not to exceed $9,990.00.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
Oakwood
Avenue It
was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Jelinek to award the Oakwood Avenue
Improvement Project to the apparent low bidder, Maneval Construction Co. in Grayslake,
IL in the amount of $217,768.60 as
recommended by the engineer.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
PLANNING, PROPERTY
& PARKS:
Mansion
Park – Restroom
Bid It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to reject the bid of Port Angel
Corporation as non-conforming to the bid requirements, per the Village
Attorney’s recommendation, and to award
the contract for the Mansion Park Improvements – Restroom project to Nielsen
Development, Inc. at a cost not to exceed $61,589.00, subject to compliance
with all bidding and contract document requirements.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 PRESENT: 1(Tr. Dykstra)
MOTION
CARRIED
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Purchase
Patrol Vehicle It was moved by
Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve the request of Police Chief
Roth to purchase a 2009 Dodge Charger Patrol Vehicle from Thomas Dodge not to
exceed the sum of $20,600.00 to come from the capital expenditure account with
two trade-ins and to waive the bidding process.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
ORDINANCES & LICENSES:
2009-05-01 It was moved
by Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. Harms to adopt Ordinance 2009-05-01, “AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF A CERTAIN MEDIA HOSTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN DEBELLIS COMMUNICATIONS
AND THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING DEBELLIS
COMMUNICATIONS TO INSTALL CERTAIN ADVERTISING DISPLAY EQUIPMENT ON VILLAGE
PROPERTY”.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Resolution
2009-05-01 It was moved by
Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve Resolution 2009-05-01, “A
RESOLUTION APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS FOR THE
TOWNHOMES OF CEDAR CROSSING II ASSOCIATION”.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
BUILDING & ZONING:
Zoning
Compliance
Application It was moved by
Tr. Battistone and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve the Mayor to sign the
Zoning Compliance Application for RJW
Investment Consultants at 850 Tower Drive, Suite #108, Lake Villa, IL.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
RECESS: 8:32 PM
RECONVENE: It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Jelinek to reconvene the regular
meeting of the Village Board at 9:35 p.m.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
Award
Skateboard Bid It was moved
by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Jelinek to reject the bids of both Rampage
LLC of Bridgeport, Connecticut and Let’s Go Play Inc. of Tinley Park, IL as
non-conforming bid requirements per the Village Attorney’s recommendation and
to award the contract for the Skateboard Park project to American Ramp Company of
Joplin, Mo. at a cost not to exceed $119,996.70 subject to compliance with all
bidding and contract requirements.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by
Tr. Harms to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village Board at 9:37 pm.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
APPROVED
BY ME THIS______________________DAY OF__________________________, 2009
__________________________________________
FRANK M.
LOFFREDO, MAYOR
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ALICE K.
BROWNLEE, VILLAGE CLERK