REGULAR MEETING

VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA

July 23, 2008

 

 

 

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 23, 2008 at the Lake Villa Village Hall.

 

SALUTE THE FLAG:                The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Trustee McDonald.

 

ROLL CALL:                             Roll call indicated the following present:  Trustees Dykstra, Hall, Harms, McDonald and Trkla.  Trustee Effinger, Mayor Loffredo, and Clerk Brownlee were absent.  With a quorum present the meeting was called to order.

 

Temporary Chair                         It was moved by Tr. Harms, seconded by Tr. Trkla to appoint Tr. McDonald as Temporary Chairman.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

Clerk Pro-tem                               It was moved by Tr. Harms, seconded by Tr. Hall to appoint Lori Heitman as Clerk Pro-tem.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

ATTORNEY:                              Attorney Bateman reported that he was working on the ordinances to adopt the new building regulations that were discussed at the last meeting.

                                                     

                                                      Attorney Bateman gave a report concerning the Lake Vista subdivision.

 

                                                      Attorney Bateman reported on his research of other Village cell tower rental agreements.

                                                     

FINANCE:

Lake Vista Letter of Credit        The Board discussed the Letter of Credit for Lake Vista Subdivision.  The Board agreed to schedule a special meeting for July 30^th to discuss the status of Lake Vista Subdivision.

 

ROADS & STREETS:              It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. McDonald to go out to bid for the Leaf Collector.           

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

PLANNING &

PUBLIC PROPERTY                Director of Public Works McCollum explained the progress of the OSLAD project and options of bidding the project with options of base bid without asphalt and extra gravel or an alternate bid of with asphalt and no extra gravel.

 

                                                      It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Trkla to authorize the Director of Public Works to go out for bid for Phase I of the OSLAD Park.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

PUBLIC SAFETY:                     It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to accept the

Orians resignation                      resignation of Part-time Patrolman Andy Orians effective July 11, 2008.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

Roth resignation                         It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to accept the resignation of Part-time Patrolman Ron Roth effective July 18, 2008.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

Tim Andrews                              It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to accept the June resignation of Tim Andrews of the Public Works Department.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

BUILDING & ZONING:           It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize the Temporary Chair to sign the Zoning Compliance Form for the Family Care Center of Lake County  to move to 500 Park Avenue.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

                                                      It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize the Temporary Chair to sign the document to send the Nielsen Plaza replacement sign to the Architectural Review Board.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

 

CITIZENS TO ADDRESS

THE BOARD:                             Matt Balinski, an Eagle Scout candidate requested a copy of the Village Budget.

 

                                                      Karen Balinski inquired about when they could expect the repaving of streets in Ishnala Country Estates.

 

ADJOURNMENT:                     It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Trkla to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village Board at 8:48 pm.

                                                      ROLL CALL VOTE WAS:         AYES:    5              MOTION CARRIED

 

 

   

 

APPROVED BY ME THIS______________________DAY OF__________________________, 2008

 

 

 

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JAMES MC DONALD, TEMPORARY CHAIR

                                                                                               

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LORI HEITMAN, CLERK PRO-TEM