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REGULAR MEETING VILLAGE OF CALL TO
ORDER: The Regular Meeting
of the Village Board of the Village of Lake Villa was called to order at 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; Lori Heitman; Trustees Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, and McDonald. Trustee Effinger was absent. With a quorum
present, the meeting was in order. CLERK PRO-TEM: It was moved by Tr. Frayer and
seconded by Tr. McDonald to appoint Lori Heitman as Clerk Pro-tem. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5
(Dykstra, Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION CARRIED MINUTES: It was moved by
Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Hall to approve the
minutes of the regular Village Board Meeting of ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION CARRIED MAYOR: Executive Session– Pending Litigation It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Dykstra
to go into Executive Session for the purpose of Pending Litigation after a
brief recess following the regular meeting. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED Summer of Celebration The Mayor announced the Village’s Summer of Celebration that
was held this past weekend was very well attended considering the weather. Quiet Corridor It was moved by Tr. Frayer
and seconded by Tr. Hall to authorize payment of $3,731.45 payable to ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED ATTORNEY: Attorney Bateman announced that a public
hearing for the Lesser Annexation was scheduled for tonight. Public
Hearing Lesser Annexation It was moved by Tr. Frayer
and seconded by Tr. McDonald to open the public hearing for the Lesser
Annexation. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED Attorney
Bateman asked for public comments from the floor. There was no public
comments made. It
was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer
to close the public hearing. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED Attorney
Bateman gave reports on the Saxonian litigation and
the Johnston/Buschman litigation. Attorney Bateman reminded the Board that the
deadline to have the Home Rule issue to be added to the November ballot would
be the first meeting in August. FINANCE: It
was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer
to approve the accounts payable dated ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED Auditors It
was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer
to approve the proposal from Dam, Snell, and Taveirne,
Ltd. to prepare the Audit of combined financial statements and preparation of
the Annual Comptroller’s report in the amount of $12,925.00 and to prepare the
Police Pension Fund report to the Illinois Department of Insurance in the
amount of $1,275.00. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED BCBS renewal It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve the renewal of our current Blue Cross
Blue Shield and Guardian employee benefit plans effective ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED It
was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer
to approve pay request # 3 for the Belmont Well #15 project in the amount of
$114,300.00 per the Engineer’s recommendation. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES 5 MOTION CARRIED PLANNING
& PUBLIC
PROPERTY: ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED OSLAD Grant It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Frayer
to authorize the Parks and Recreation Committee to apply for an OSLAD grant for
$300,000 and to designate $600,000 of Park Accumulation Funds to be used for
the Improvement Project of which $300,000 would be reimbursed by the grant if
awarded. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED Playground Equipment It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Frayer to waive the bid process and authorize the Director
of Public Works to purchase the playground equipment (option 1) for Lehmann
Park and Steven Sherwood Park, from Recreation Concepts, Inc. at a cost not to
exceed $17,458.40 per park with funds to come from the Park Accumulation Fund. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED Metra Station Maintenance It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize the Director of Public Works to hire
3Phase Electric Inc. to replace 8 ballasts and install an exhaust fan at the Metra Station at a cost not to exceed $4,600. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES 4 (Frayer,
Hall, Harms, McDonald) PASS 1 (Dykstra) MOTION CARRIED Architect It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to authorize the Parks
and Recreation Committee to direct the Architect to draw necessary plans for an
amount not to exceed $5,700. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED PUBLIC
SAFETY: Police Commission Annual Report It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Frayer
to accept the Police Commission’s annual report. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED Squad Purchase It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize the Police Chief to purchase a 2006
Ford Ranger from Landmark Automotive for an amount not to exceed $12,172.00 to
be taken from the Squad Accumulation Fund. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED Mobile Incident ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED BUILDING
& ZONING: It
was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Frayer to
waive the fee for the sign permit for the Lake Villa Historical Society. ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED CITIZENS: Mayor Loffredo
opened the floor to Citizens wishing to address the Board. Tr.
Frayer asked that the Trustees be copied on any
invitations to the Village to attend parades. Mayor
Loffredo called for a 5 minute recess at Reconvene The
Regular meeting was reconvened at ADJOURN: It
was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer
to adjourn the meeting at ROLL
CALL VOTE: AYES: 5 (Dykstra,
Frayer, Hall, Harms, McDonald) MOTION
CARRIED APPROVED
BY ME THIS_________DAY OF_________, 2006 _________________________________________ FRANK M.
LOFFREDO, MAYOR ___________________________________________ LORI
HEITMAN, CLERK PRO-TEM |