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REGULAR MEETING

VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA

JULY 13,  2005

 

 

 

 

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 July 13, 2005.

 

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, Effinger, Frayer, Hall, Hartwig and McDonald.  With a quorum present, the meeting was in order.

 

MINUTES:                                   It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve the minutes of June 8, 2005 and June 22, 2005.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

Pending Litigation/Perspective

Litigation                                     It was moved by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. McDonald to go into Executive Session for the purpose of Pending and Perspective Litigation following a short recess after Citizens to Address the Board.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

MAYOR:

Class “F” Liquor License          It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Hartwig to approve a Class “F” Liquor License for Eddie Bauer at the Lehmann Mansion for a wedding on July 16, 2005.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Class “F” Liquor License          It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Effinger to approve a Class “F” Liquor License for Lake Villa Fire Department for Lake Villa Days waiving all fees and or inspections for the dates of August 4, 5, 6, and 7, 2005.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Auditor                                        It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Hartwig to accept the engagement letter from the firm of Dam, Snell & Taveirne, Ltd. dated  July 11, 2005 for the audit of bank financial statements of the Village of Lake Villa.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Ride for Kids                               It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Hartwig to authorize the Village to sponsor village affiliated personnel wishing to participate in the “Ride for Kids” Pediatric Brain Tumor fund raiser that will take place on Sunday, June 17, 2005.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

FINANCE:

Accounts Payable                      It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve payment of the invoices on or before July 13, 2005 in the amount of $336,909.83.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Cedar Ridge II Unit 2                 It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve the reduction in the letter of credit to a balance of $940,491.63 for Cedar Ridge II Unit 2.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

WATER & SEWER

Well house & Mains                 It was moved by Tr. Hartwig and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize the engineer to prepare plans and specifications for bidding a new well and offsite water mains not to exceed $90,000.00.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

ROADS & STREETS:

Resolutions                                 It was moved by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. Frayer to adopt Resolutions 2005-07-1(1994 – Grand Avenue), 2005-07-02(1997 MFT Salt), 2005-07-03(1998 MFT Salt), 2005-07-04(1999 MFT Salt) and 2005-07-05(2000 MFT Salt).

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

 

 

 

 

Amber Fields                               It was moved by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. McDonald to award the MFT/Amber Field Lakes project to Peter Baker & Son for the bid amount not to exceed $151,478.46 as recommended by the engineer.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

 

Lake Villa Hills                            It was moved by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. Frayer to award the MFT/Lake Villa Hills project to Payne and Dolan for the bid amount not to exceed $160,090.00 as recommended by the engineer.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

PLANNING, PROPERTY

& PARKS:

Mansion Payment

                                                      It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve payment to Marty’s Painting for $6,150.00 for work completed at the mansion.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Mansion Payment                      It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve payment to Hank Cook for gutter replacement at the mansion in the amount of $1,130.00.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Parks & Recreation                    It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Hartwig to pay Jan Hilliard and Greta Berna of the Parks & Recreation Department $14,000.00 each payable on a bi-weekly basis.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

ORDINANCE & LICENSES:

2005-07-01                                    It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. McDonald to adopt Ordinance 2005-07-01, “AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA,  LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING ON THE 1ST DAY OF MAY 2005 AND ENDING ON THE 30TH DAY OF APRIL 2006.”

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

CITIZENS TO ADDRESS

THE BOARD:                             Stacy Braverman of 1720 Cherry Court in Oakland Ridge Subdivision spoke to the board regarding irrigation heads in parkways.

 

                                                      Robert Streicher, Building Inspector updated the board regarding the ReMax sign at the Rosen Plaza not being in compliance.

 

                                                      Bill Burns of the Architectural Review Board told the board that the station lights would be box lights with acorn lights in them with a decorative arm.

 

                                                      Steve Davis of 551 Rae Avenue approached the board regarding horsepower issues on Cedar Lake. 

 

                                                      Chief Visconti recommended that there be a “no wake” area for all of Cedar Lake.

 

                                                      RECESS:        9:18 p.m.

 

RECONVENE:                            It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Effinger to reconvene the regular Village Board meeting at 10:20 p.m.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    6              MOTION CARRIED

 

Waller/Campus                           It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to direct the issuance of Village of Lake Villa Site Development Permit to authorize the commencement of construction on the Lake Vista Subdivision after all changes required as a result of the settlement understanding reached with the U.S. District Court Judge Der-Yeghiayan have been made on the Final Plat and Final Engineering.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              NAY:      1  (Tr. Hartwig)

                                                                                                                                                MOTION CARRIED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADJOURNMENT:                     It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Effinger to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village Board at 10:21 p.m.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    4              NAY:  1 (Tr. Hartwig)

                                                                                                                PASS:    1 (Tr. Effinger)

                                                                                                                                                MOTION CARRIED

 

APPROVED BY ME THIS ________________________DAY OF _______________________, 2005

 

 

 

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FRANK M. LOFFREDO, MAYOR

                                                     

                                                                                                               

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                                                                                                ALICE K. BROWNLEE, VILLAGE CLERK