Village of Lake Villa

REGULAR MEETING

VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA

May 28, 2008

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 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. Harms and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve the minutes of the May 14, 2008 Village Board Meetings.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

MAYOR:

Executive Session

Personnel Budget and

Collective Bargaining It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Harms to go into Executive Session for the purpose of Personnel Budget and Collective Bargaining after a brief recess following Citizens to Address the Board.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Rosen Subdivision & Park

Place Condo It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Hall to direct Attorney Bateman to review the Rosen Subdivision and Park Place Condo proposal.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

FINANCE:

Summer Celebration It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve contracts and payments to R&R Productions for $1,550.00; Marc D. Pulido (World Class Noise) for $1,500.00; and Spectrum Pyrotechnics, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $18,000.00 for the Celebration of Summer events on Saturday, June 7^th.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

PLANNING, PROPERTY &

PARKS:

Deep Lake Weed Treatment It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve the expenditure for weed treatment for the Village portion of Glacier Park on Deep Lake to be paid to the Deep Lake Improvement Association not to exceed $1,500.00.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

PUBLIC SAFETY: Tr. McDonald informed the board that a “Safety Day” would be held on Sunday June 8^th from ll:00 – 3:00 pm. at the Lake Villa Metra Train Station.

BUILDING AND ZONING:

Vending Machine It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Trkla to approve the vending machine at Walgreens with the appropriate vending machine license.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Zoning Compliance Forms It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve the Mayor’s signature for Bart Rockow – 1600 N. Milwaukee Avenue and Your.Org.Inc. – 468 Park Ave. Unit 12 for Zoning compliance.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Building Department Red

Tags It was moved by Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. McDonald to forward three red tag violations to Attorney Bateman that are in need of further action – 44 Oak Knoll – 501 Arapaho and 1326 Cedar Lake Road.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Tall grass It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Trkla to direct the Building Inspector to send letters to violators of the tall grass ordinance.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Building Code Violations It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to direct the Building Inspector to send letters to residents that are in violation of the Village building codes.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Zoning Code Violations It was moved by Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. Harms to direct the Building Inspector to send letters to those in violation of the Village zoning codes.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 NAYE: 1(Tr. McDonald)

MOTION CARRIED

CITIZENS TO ADDRESS

THE BOARD: Joyce Frayer of 50 Oak Knoll asked that someone check the residence at 44 Kevin for violations. She also inquired about the absence of the Lake Villa Sign located on the North side of Grand Ave. by the BP Station (980 E. Grand). There was also a question regarding the location of the street sign at Oak Knoll and the condition of the railway crossing on Cedar Avenue that has been extremely rough.

Dominic Scardino of 68 Balsam had some questions regarding a few issues in the village regarding grass, selling or advertising on the row and the disposition of a building when a business moves out.

Recess: 9:05

RECONVENE: It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to reconvene the regular meeting of the Village Board at 11:28 pm.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village Board at 11:30 pm.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 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