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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

 

 

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FRANK M. LOFFREDO, MAYOR  

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ALICE K. BROWNLEE, VILLAGE CLERK