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REGULAR MEETING

VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA

July 8, 2009

 

CALL TO ORDER:                   The Regular Meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Lake Villa was called to order at 8:05 p.m. on July 8, 2009 at the Lake Villa Village Hall.

 

SALUTE THE FLAG:                The Pledge of Allegiance was made by all in attendance.

 

ROLL CALL:                             Roll call indicated the following present:  Clerk Brownlee; Attorney Bateman, Trustees Battistone, Dykstra, Harms, Jelinek, McDonald and Trkla.  Mayor Loffredo was absent.  With a quorum present the meeting was called to order.

 

ELECT MAYOR PRO-

TEM:                                            It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to elect Tr. McDonald as Mayor Pro-Tem.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

MINUTES:                                   It was moved by Tr. Jelinek and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Village Board for June 10, 2009.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

MAYOR:  ZBA

Appointment                              It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to advise and consent to the membership of Kevin Kruckeberg to the Zoning Board of Appeal with the appointment being made by Mayor Loffredo.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Police Department

Commendation                           A letter from Police Chief Roth to Trustee McDonald regarding the outstanding police work accomplished by Detective Rochelle Tisinai was delivered to all in attendance.

 

Miss Lake Villa                           The 2009 Miss Lake Villa, Laura Balinski,- Junior Miss, Sara Quinn, and Little Miss,  Cooper Morita introduced themselves to the board of trustees and thanked them for their support.

 

FINANCE:  Accounts

Payable                                        It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Battistone to approve the Accounts Payable for invoices due on or before July 8, 2009 in the amount of $221,474.56.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Software Updates                      It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize the Treasurer to purchase Runtime, version 11. 0 10 user software license and three seats of Relativity Database Administrator, version 11.0, with ODBC Database Manager software from Harris Computer Systems, at a cost not to exceed $4,075 with installation.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

                                                      It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize the Treasurer to order the LiveVault Backup Service from Harris Computer Systems at a cost not to exceed $1,140 per year.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Miss Lake Villa Pageant            It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Battistone to approve $1,000.00 donation to the Miss Lake Villa Pageant.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Cedar Ridge II                             It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Trkla to authorize the Village Engineer to communicate to Orleans Homes that it is the position of the board that those nine (9) areas of base repair and crack filling in the Cedar Ridge II Subdivision be repaired and approved by the Village Engineer then the Village will release the existing maintenance letter of credit. 

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

WATER & SEWER:

Employee Resignation              It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. McDonald to accept the resignation of Nick Secketa from the Public Works Department as of July 6, 2009.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

PUBLIC SAFETY:

K-Band Radar                             It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize Chief Roth to purchase one “MPH” Industries Python III K-Band dual radar at a cost not to exceed $1250.00.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Employee Resignation              It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Trkla to accept the resignation of Tina Cora from the Police Department as of July 8, 2009.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

BUILDING AND ZONING:

Sign Review                                It was moved by Tr. Battistone and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to approve Mayor Loffredo to sign the Sign Review request from Lakes High School – Eagle Way – Polley Field scoreboard supporter sign as submitted prior to the Architectural Board review.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Zoning Compliance                   It was moved by Tr. Battistone and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to approve Mayor Loffredo to sign the Zoning Compliance Form for Karz R Us of 473 Park Avenue Unit # 100 contingent upon approval from the Lake Villa Fire Department and Lake Villa Public Works Department because of grease interceptor.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Resolution 2009-07-01

Lake Vista Letter of Credit        It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to adopt Resolution 2009-07-01 a resolution declaring a default and authorizing the calling of a certain letter of credit held as a performance guarantee regarding Lake Vista Subdivision and providing that in the event that confirmation of the existing Amcore letter of credit by U.S. Bank in a form approved by the village attorney  is not received by the village by the close of business on July 13, 2009, that a default shall be declared and said letter of credit shall be called.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

 

 

CITIZENS TO ADDRESS:      Joyce Frayer of 50 Oak Knoll inquired as to the whether the Mayor pro-tem had the authority to make motions during the meeting.  She also asked about the Polley Field sign and the expected price of the water/sewer rates to come.

 

ADJOURNMENT:                     It was moved by Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. McDonald to adjourn the regular meeting of the village board at 8:45 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